#could just be the color palette though
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I dont have a good caption for this one..
Umm uh stars and stuff yippee..... Feel free to use this as a phone wallpaper or something, it is a pretty good size for that
Version without noise texture below cut
Idk which version I like more so I'm just posting both of them 💪💪💪
#empiresblr#art#artists on tumblr#jaloparker art#joel smallishbeans#smallishbeans fanart#smallishbeans#tiger joel !!!#or well weird tiger at least#like 4 drawings of this guy and 2 of them have funky color palettes#something about joel just screams funky colors to me#i tried to make some of his features more like cc joel but idk if you can tell :')#soft light mode has become a favorite for lighting now#thank you joel smallishbeans for giving me this revelation#i quite like the lighting on this one actually#could just be the color palette though#it looks real nice too#the whole piece is just very pleasant
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I LOVE ALL OF THESE CHARACTERS BTW. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE YOUR HATE FOR THEM ON MY POST
#textboxes#deltarune#susie deltarune#lancer deltarune#kris dreemurr#ralsei#my art#long post#hi welcome to my secret notes about this textbox adventure!#my developer's commemtary if you will.#i originally drew susiezilla in her light world color palette. but i changed it afterwards because i realized she likes herself better in#the dark world than in the light world. if she were to draw an idealized version of herself it'd be based on her dark world form.#if you pay attention to kris' drawing you'll see that they tried to give it big angel wings. but it's kind of hard to do that when you can'#control yourself.#i named Urisk that to complete the . uhm. quadfecta?#Frisk Urisk Chara Kris. or FUCK for short.#i was going to give urisk angel features because they're so Good. but i realized ralsei probably considers devils to be good rather than#angels. since he exists to banish the angel's heaven and all the heroes have strong devil motifs surrounding them.#i still gave them a halo though bc i still wanted them to seem Good.#i feel like the pacing on this one could have used some improvement#but overall i'm just happy i got it done! i'm very proud of it :]#that's the thing about these textboxes. it's really hard to go back and change previous textboxes#you've just gotta keep on chuggin forward until you reach the end! no looking back!#anyway i hope you enjoyed this one! :3#oh also. i put kris on the opposite side of everyone else to symbolize their isolation from everyone else bc of the soul#okay actually i have more to say. so susie's drawing looks like something hou could actually draw on a paper#meanwhile ralsei's was based on the drawing on his unused manual. which has pure black outlines and perfectly filled colors like it was mad#in ms paint. also i was originally going to include noelle and berdly in this too#berdly's OC was going go be Super Lord Berdly; Mayor of Smartopia#and noelle's OC was going to be really beautiful but really tragic
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Posting these here since they don't really have info. (Other than the last one.)
They're misc. characters that would be counterparts to the rest of the VS. Sonic.EXE cast. And by extension, the actual characters as well.
I already mentioned Cooper Plush, so I don't need to add him here.
Akuma Speedy.
An odd red-colored version of Speedy that appeared as a hidden easter egg in Speedy DVD.
Spunky, Coopeer, Fits, Heeheehoo Benedryl, Mr. Benedryl, and many others.
Chibi-like versions of the StP cast that appeared in the parody series Spunky The Game.
SPEDY PORCPIN
A poorly drawn version of Speedy that became a meme.
Supercharged Mr. Benedict.
Appearing in the Speedy The Porcupine comic series. He's exactly what you think he is, the result of Mr. Benedict gaining power from the super rings. After gaining this power, he believed he was unstoppable... until Speedy and Steel grabbed supper rings of their own, transformed, and defeated him. He just can't win no matter how hard he tries can he?
This is so canon compliant to the of sonic.exe verse. even the Shadow erasure is here !! /lh
#i could easily assume you just forgot about silhouette in this ask but its so much more funny to think he just. cant transform#srry for obsessing over the last part of the ask. everything else is of course also a banger#i did NOT realize heeheehoo benadryl is himiko for a good minute and i feel slightly ashamed /lh#speedy the porcupine au#steel the porcupine#the silhouette sketch is VERY minimal bc i still have no idea what he'd look like#i think the color palette is pretty good though. might try playing around w/ it a bit
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drew sonic on-model and off-model
#sonic the hedgehog#sth fanart#sonic#was truly taken aback by how desaturated my normal colors are when i colorpicked official art of sonic#this guy is BLUE#i had to crank my sonic's palette's saturation up by a lot just so they could match LMAO#2024#fanart#captioned#though maybe not well? so if anyone wants to re-caption it i don't mind#i struggle a lot with putting images into words i apologize
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Hm.
I don't usually talk about the things about Kliff that actually annoy me because my primary goal is to increase Kliff appreciation, but something I kinda don't like is that his palette basically has every color of the rainbow in it.
Not that I have anything against rainbows and he makes it work, but it makes doing anything "minimal" with him difficult.
#is kliff is gay? (joking. except not really because he is clearly bisexual)#i think the only color he doesn't have is a solid 'blue' but he has 'teal' from his eyes and tablet#which is between blue and green. so yeah. he basically has every color of the rainbow in his design#anyway. i started thinking about this because i was trying to make an alternate design for him#that would help him fit into my aesthetics better#similar to when i designed the malt shop series#but with less alterations to his outfit (though I could probably change that up too. maybe i'll use one of his concept designs)#anyway i decided to limit his palette to just 3 colors (hopefully i'll post it soon)#as you can imagine if i'm making it to suit my aesthetics#there's a lot of pink~
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Gladiator hero OC is winning the poll so I'm gonna ramble about my ideas for them for a bit
I think an important part of gladiators as an idea is the lack of autonomy, the glorification and entertainment value of violence and death that no one would volunteer to be a part of unless there were extenuating circumstances. The classic origin story is that the gladiator is a slave or a prisoner of war, but those aren't the only options here.
But this could also go in the direction of the colloseums being for something more like medieval tournaments, since that fits more with the general European Knight thing going on. It's already canon that the knights of hyrule castle have to prove themselves by battling a Stalnox, it wouldn't be much of a stretch for more honorable knights to have to compete to earn higher roles or even just for entertainment.
We know that there had to be many different families of knights with different strongholds across Hyrule, with Akkala Citadel and Fort Hateno and a training camp and multiple garrisons all around central and northeastern Hyrule. There were A Lot of knights for a long time before the calamity and there would've been Rivalries. Like sportballs.
But there's more angst in the more Roman interpretation of the existence of the coliseum(s). It also incorporates my idea to integrate the 'barbarian' outfit with an origin of being a caricature of a separate tribe of Hylians, with associations with the 'Zonai' in the Faron region. The set is so stereotypically 'warlike native' because it's literally more of a costume than an actual set of clothing someone would wear. The actual armor the Gladiator would wear would be inspired by Lynel armor and decorated in Lynel fur/leather. The royal family hosting the coliseum fights want to portray him as something closer to a monster than a hylian, does he have a choice other than to comply?
Another thing to consider is how all except one coliseum is in the depths, while most of the life down there, as we know it, belongs solely to monsters and the reanimated dead. Did Hylians even go down there? How did they get down there? Were there Hylians that lived down there? Did there use to be other people down there to watch? I am unsure.
That's all just about the basic setting and circumstances, what bout Gladiator Link? What is their specific lore? I may need help brainstorming lmao.
#what i do think is fun is through the use of monster hide natural armors can be colorful af and I think thats cool#I do want to incorporate mostly golden monster vibes through#i just think theres a lot of potential around that though as a design thing#also Gleeok scales as armor?!?! dude that would KILL#wait... so the general color palette could be like... that iridescent black of the Gleeoks and the golden/white of golden monsters??!#either the warpaint has to be black/purple like the scales/base 'barbarian' set or white and I can make the Gladiator darker complexion-wis#and have the war paint be white#many things to think about...#I still have to finish my sage of spirit!Link piece first but im a little slow about it#that doesn't mean I can't think real hard about a new guy!
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Saw some eeveelutions poll and am suddeny overcome with the desire to assign batb characters eeveelutions...
#like see youd THINK that Lumiere is a flareon bcuz fire and candle stuff#but lowk hes more jolteon (though that may be the color palette)#and if you take into account his theatre kid dramstics energy you get sylveon or even vaporeon as an option?#cogsworth is either an espeon or an umbreon#(cuz time mechanics yknow)#Belle is so espeon but I also want to assign her glaceon like so bad for some reason#Gaston is the most flareon to ever flareon#YKNOW WHOS GLACEON ACTUALLY?? ANGELIQUE#Babette kinda leafeon#anyways Lefou is like.. Eevee. but if hes gotta be evolved im feeling vaporeon#idk the neck ruff allows for the silly vibes that r very important to him#chip would also be an eevee but he'd evolve into a sylveon so easy. though hes got a high energy that can lean him towards jolteon a lil?#mrs potts is either a sylveon or an espeon#and that i think mostly depends on if belle is an espeon or a glaceon#Adam is tricky#Flareon but maybe also umbreon?#the enchantress is a leafeon#ig she chould b a sylveon too but#Maurice I was og thinking vaporeon?? but Jolteon probs suits him a lot better#better with the “invention just exploded in his face” look yknow??#oh cogsworth could ALSO be an eevee but that might also just be a color palette thing#could babette umbreon it up or do i just have a personal bias towards both of them???#i think she could umbreon it up maybe...#gem stop yapping in ur tags#beauty and the beast#batb
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Considering creating another side blog to post all of the dungeon meshi chilaios & tragedy au stuff because there is. A ridiculous amount of it to be posted
#Also I keep sending off the spoiler stuff to my gomens one and that's also not ..preferable#I'd be posting spoilers on the potential blog but I'd be tagging those most likely#Honestly one of the main reasons I haven't yet is because I can't think of a url lol#With the two ones I have right now it's pretty much the same thing the word order is just switched#So#Idk#random#also if made another one I could. Make the color palette symbolic hehe#And I sure do love symbolism#Uhhh idk though#I guess I could do something with different words for the url but Idk what or what else to do or Idk#Ahdhjsdhjs#heeelp jadhhdd
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xingqiu, gold accents, ginkgo leaves, the light golden color tea gets in sunlight
hu tao, also gold accents, mahogany wood, smoky things, spider lilies unfurling in the dark. but it would be cool to edit her art so it’s more high contrast (darker outfit and hair) with stark black plum branches against winter snow
chongyun, white, clouds, wisps of chill wind. fluffy things and a big fur coat
majority red palette ningguang would also be cool
and of course, zhongli with gold orange. old man can’t beat the geo lord cor lapis soulmates (ambiguous relationship) with azhdaha allegations
#for personal reference#had a revelation that ht's plum blossom thing could. could be turned into xue hua piao piao bei feng xiao xiao#you know. the meme song. HWIOEFJEKWJFWELJ she'd love it though#anyways i want to make these someday maybe as graphics if i ever improve lol so this is just a thought dump#i think ht and xq work the most bc they have pretty blatant accent colors on their outfits#cy works kind of but there's not that much i feel like i could do w white T_T#im sorry my boy i feel like i talk sm about him and then... no thoughts head empty when it comes to actually thinking about him#ning also doesn't really work but that's bc i think her palette already does a really good job balancing the gold and red#*doesnt rlly work as in: if you made a graphic where the major color is her accent color ie red#like it's SOOOOO delicious looking at her og outfit bc of the red hair thing her eyes and the tattoo on her leg#genuinely so appealing. looking at the in game fits maybe they couldve put more yellow on her dress but overall its still pretty good#very slay that there are canon milfs in this game and she's definitely one of them#going back to ht and xq i have never stopped having thoughts about xq maybe he's my real favorite blorbo#blue and gold genuinely fucks so hard like AAAAAAA wdym xingqiu progression of autumn golden ginkgo trees in liyue his eyes like pools of am#amber and whatever is going on with that metal thing on his outfit#his design man...#i was also gonna say xiao with like purple. but idk i feel like his design works better with that random hodgepodge of colors he has already#like its mixed up enough but it works. also red (minimal) green purple gold looks so good on him#ramblings!#hu tao#xingqiu#chongyun#ningguang#who else. kaveh w primary colors only would look cool. but first i'd have to make him not as pale................... warm colors suit him ok
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the more i draw bny the more i realize im simultaneously the most and least qualified to draw them 🙃 the ref i spent 3 months on has some flaws that become prevalent while drawing (like the legs like how tf do you connect those things up without looking silly) If i decide to redo it it will definitely be a lot more causal than the last one bc i just don't have the energy anymore to go crazy like that
i'm also just finding a lot of my artwork kind of stiff still, i don't feel like i do them justice a lot of the time with how i imagine their shapes and form
i also just. gotta iron out their colors so bad tbh their current ones are *alright* but i think they could be so much more compelling? i could also sticker bomb them a little bit...
#terminal talks#if you have any color palette ideas do let me know but jsyk i do wanna keep a white and purple theme#i do think though that turning down the green and adding some stickers would help immensely#i wish i could channel some artist who's really good with dynamics like mrspider and just go to town
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I swear to god once i start drawing digitally ill become an art account and be so much more active
#digital because my colored pencils sort of suck palette wise#though i guess i could just scan things i used just a pencil for?#like shading#i dunno stay tuned
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like these r soooo ugly and boring to me which is CRAZY bc i loveee rococo fashion and like i know this is a starter story so you dont wanna be giving people like the best things ever but its just a little bit cognitive dissonance when youre supposed to be playing as Marie Antoinette and youre getting outcunted by a random girl from 20s nyc*
*this is a joke just for me bc i think the outfits from gotham memoirs r also mostly rly boring
#and its like i get ittt i get that they arent rly historically inspired i get you want to modernise and i also get im just showing you the#thumbnails but i would killlll if they were based more on actual historical clothing IK THEY DONT CARE ABT RESEARCH RLY PROBABLY ik they use#ai for ? somethjng im not sure if its for making the dress concepts i believe some of the newer stories have ai portraits and stuff#which is annoying but whatever.#also idk if other stories do this ive only noticed it with queenarie but several of the outfits r just palette swaps which is like whatever#but its sort of lame.#gun to my heady favorites are primadonna; apricot dawn; and witty dame i guess.#and i have an irrational hatred for spring affections i find it soooo fucking ugly its crazy#i would like lavender temptations if it werent for that big cutout (primadonna also has something kind of like that but its less ugly)#gentle maid is also cute sxcept the bodice has this eeird thjng going on where it almost looks like the middle is#open? and just held together bythe bows? i think maybe the color they picked just happens to be very close to my girls skintone but it just#throws me off. and its also justtt kind of boring#but you know. i dont rly expect that much i get they dont want to make the pretty clothes free and i also get that rococo fashion wouldnt#rly be like. yk to me the best outfit sets in a dressup game r ones where theyre pretty altogether but the individual pieces r also usable#in combination with other ones you know. Obviously some of them r just going to be very specific to that look but i preferwhen theres at#least a bit ot mix and match. so maybe thatd be an issue if they took more historical inspo idk..#i also think it doesnt have to be historical to be Good or anything. i mean ots a bit silly to have a story inspired by marie antoinette and#have the fashion not rly be rococo (ig maybe some look inspired) But at the very least they could just look gooddd some of the silhouettes r#so ufly. im also not like rhe arbiter of taste. or a historical fashion genius its a surface level interest i have you know . not rlly#something im SUPER knowledgeable abt#its just crazy to have a story abt marie antoinette and give her ugly outfits. yk.#also disclaimer im not like a marie antoinette stan or whatever.#oh katerina rose is also cute.#a lot of the skirts from it just i hate the shape of them#in this whole thing i mean.#oh i also like tuilleres garden theain dress is not my favorite but the accessories r rly cute iirc. and i like the colorscheme though the#green is a bittt much.#i also have such beef eith sakura party for that bright pink hair it just does not look good to me im sry#i rly wish the hair in this game was like. you could recolor it#you can with the like base hairstyles you pick for your mc but the actual hair you get you cant . and obvs i get it Having a color that it
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this model + duplicate + edit material color = do you see where I’m going with it
#it’s so much pressure though every time I’m like ok I need to animate the deadline is worryingly close my brain is like but the outfit need#to be cuntier or else#and I’m like how do I do that I’ve never served anything in my life#this is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever planned I’m so glad my prof doesn’t gaf#how could I possibly recreate what makes an irl outfit cunty working on the restrictions of a defined color palette and limited edit range#this is truly what a designers job is about#maybe I can just make it cute and move on
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my dumbass just realized i could change the offset in tinke instead of having to edit those parts together.... it's way too late for that though
#i mean... still had to edit the color palettes so like it's not like i could have just exported them and called it a day anyway#wouldn't that be nice though. if these sprites were easy to rip
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lipstick stains.
reader decides to dabble with art using several lipstick as her tools and sylus' sleeping face as her canvas.
fluff. inspired by one of sylus' texts in the game (included down below near the end). no warnings, just little kisses and reader having a little fun <3

It's two in the afternoon and there's nothing to do until sunset, when it's time to get ready for a date with your lover who's currently sleeping.
No... maybe there is something you could do.
A certain someone recently just bought you several new shades of lipstick from the brand that you love. Maybe now is a good idea to see which color would suit your outfit best for your date.
You wore a sly grin as you gathered all of your new lipstick and tiptoed your way inside Sylus' bedroom.
He's still in the same position as when you put him to bed: mostly on his back, though his upper body's slightly on a higher level due to the fluffy cold pillow supporting his shoulders.
He's wearing his satin burgundy robe, which had gotten a little loose to expose a portion of his chest. You were tempted to rest your head against it, but you can't afford to be distracted right now. You have a mission.
You're going to test the shades of your new lipstick with Sylus' help.
First up is cherry.
You put on a single layer of that color on your lips, then you carefully leaned down towards Sylus' face and softly kissed his forehead. You made sure it was as light as a feather so he doesn't wake up and end your fun so soon.
Next: rose.
You painted your lips with the brighter shade and pecked Sylus' left cheek. It gave a similar result as the previous contender: it looks great, but this particular color probably won't match your outfit tonight.
Third candidate is: wine
This one went to his right cheek and your gaze lingered on it for a little longer than the rest, as the color seemed so fitting on Sylus' face. The stain of wine always did compliment him, so this shouldn't be a surprise.
Up next is blood-red.
It's darker than wine and you also love its velvety texture. More importantly, the kiss mark of its hue looks wonderful on Sylus' left jawline.
Following that is blush.
This one's brighter and more on the pink side. Even though you like it, tonight won't be the night when you'd wear it. Nonetheless, it certainly looks lovely on your lover's chin, which twitched for a second after you kissed it.
Next one is apple.
You kissed the right side of Sylus' jaw and awed at its surprisingly vibrant tone. This one might work quite well with your outfit.
There's the shade called merlot, too.
It's more on the darker side, but you're not sure if it'll look good with your outfit tonight. On the other hand, it's cute on Sylus' nose.
Last but not least: ruby
This one seems like it's in the middle of the palette in terms of saturation, and it appears to have an appealing texture as well. To test it out, you put it on your lips and left a mark on the little spot just above his lips.
Or at least, that was the plan.
Sylus stirred all of a sudden, so you ended up kissing him on the lips.
From the very moment your lips touched, your face heated up and you backed away in panic.
You've kissed him plenty of times. You've kissed him on the lips and on spots that are not his lips. You've done way more than kissing. And yet still, your heart raced at the thought of him catching you stealing kisses from him while he sleeps.
It's still a little early for him to wake up, so you decided to leave him alone for now. You took all of your lipstick with you and ran out before he could detect your presence.
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Your mouth drops at the text message you just received.
"I need to hide, quickly! You guys better not snitch on me! Especially you, Mephie!" You glared at the crow before leaving Luke and Kieran, suddenly ending your game of Kitty Cards.
You fled to look for a hiding spot, but it's too late. Your face planted against a strong chest.
You swore you heard a cough from behind you, followed by the sound of someone's phone clicking for a picture.
It didn't matter though because Sylus spared no attention to Luke, Kieran, and Mephisto as his eyes are completely focused on you.
"Sylus....." you laughed nervously. "Good afternoon. Had a nice dream?"
"Mhmm." He crossed his arms, giving you a raised brow. "In my dream, I was being attacked by a mischievous kitten while I was asleep."
"...."
"You're coming with me." He took one step towards you and leaned down to whisper to your ear. "You have to be punished for your crimes."
Suddenly, he threw you over his shoulder and retreated back to his bedroom.
Luke and Kieran looked at each other.
"Did you get the picture?"
"Yeah."
#love and deepspace#sylus#sylus love and deepspace#love and deepspace sylus#lads#sylus lads#lads sylus#lnds#sylus x reader#lads x reader#love and deepspace x reader#lynnsfics
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Here I request a damian x sunshine! fem! reader where reader is extremely passionate about art and everything magical. She loves translating whimsical visions into paint and flowery scenes too!!! Despite her extremely bubbly personality, her precious smile falters when people complement her works and she ends up stiff and avoiding eye-contact. Pair that with a tsundere Damian and I see sm fluff and cuteness><!!!! If u have the time ofc:D!!!... Otherwise, have a lovely day!! or night... x3!
I can absolutely make time. (I'll admit, I did have to look up tsundere because I'm not heavy into anime aside from a few shows, but I know now!)
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Damian Wayne would HATE a sunshine reader at first. The over the top, bubbly, smiling appearance annoyed him to no end.
School was beneath him and had been since he was in middle school. He thought he had grown to at least be able to tolerate it by the time he was a senior in highschool, so close to escaping it. Maybe his father would finally accept that he didn't need futile lessons when he already had an IQ higher than Einstein.
But then, in his very last year, he was thrown one last curve ball. A perky, energetic, irritatingly happy girl who somehow managed to be in every single one of his classes.
How anyone could be sitting with her done and her clothes pressed, thrilled to be alive at 7 am for Political Science, he didn't know. He certainly had no interest in it.
She always raised her hand to answer questions and always got them right, too. His only real interest was the art program he had right after lunch.
It was just his luck she was there too, sitting right next to him, humming while she spread her paints on the palette, mixing colors. It took at his willpower not to tell her to shut up. He figured she'd stop at some point.
The humming persisted until her brush actually hit the canvas, then, it was dead silent. He glanced over, confused by how she had miraculously shut up for basically the first time since 7 am. Her eyes were focused on the canvas, watching the paint smoothly spread over it. He looked over again and again throughout the class, noticing the way her forehead crinkled and her teeth sink into her bottom lip while concentrating.
He scowled, though, when the teacher complimented her painting, claiming it was "Bright, but had a hidden depth to be explored." Unlike his, which was. "Very dark and telling of his thoughts."
That annoyed him a bit, but not for long because it was replaced by confusion when she just shrugged meekly, avoiding the teacher's eyes. She did that a lot, he soon found after watching her a bit more instead of making a conscious decision to stop ignoring her entirely.
He saw her cheeks redden when the teachers said her answers were right or congratulated her on a text. He noticed her looking down at her desk when a classmate said something along the lines of asking for her help because she was doing really well in the subject. He saw her bury her head in her locker, pretending not to hear when guys asked her out.
Eventually, he was just too damn curious and after yet another football player got shot down, she took a breath, lifting her head out of her locker right before Damian slammed it shut with his hand.
He leaned against the locker beside it, his arms crossed, asking what was wrong with the guy for her to reject him. "Aside from the obvious lack of brain cells and the fact that he's on a one way track for steroid addiction and early balding, of course."
She snorted a laugh, covering her face as it reddened, before clearing her throat and replying. "Just wasn't interested."
"Who are you interested in, then?" He couldn't help but ask. "You've turned down the jocks, the nerds, the supposed bad boy who is a Mama's boy in disguise, and the suave poet who left notes in your locker. Not many cliques left. So, you're clearly not finding anyone who's your type. What js your type, anyway?"
Her lips quirks. "Are you stalking me, or something?"
No. Of course not. He had way better things to do. But...it wasn't like he wasn't bored out of his mind during school hours since he already knew everything in every class. So, maybe in a way, he was watching. Slightly.
"You're not interesting enough for me to bother," he retorted with no real bite. "You are a bit of an enigma though. I don't like those."
"Sorry. Not trying to be," she promised just shrugging. "But if you ever want to try to figure it out, go for it."
So, he does. He could easily run a background search, but that wasn't how he wanted to do it. No, he'd rather figure her out by himself.
During class, he paid special attention to her notes, taken with a pink pen, mostly covered in doodles of flowers and mountains, or a forest of some kind with a creek.
She, he admitted to himself, was quite good. Even better with paints during art class. He started asking questions, starting off easily.
"Why those colors?"
"Is there a memory attached?"
"Did you have a sketch to go off?"
Then, he started catching up with her at lunch, because it was the best time to really grill her.
"Why did you move to Gotham?" "
Where are you from?"
"No siblings, I'm sure, because you don't ever text or talk about one."
"You look allergic to carrots, since you keep picking them out of the salad during lunch. That or you just hate them. Which is it?"
He'd occasionally slip up though, without realizing, by starting a question with a compliment.—"Since you're good at art, I assume you've practiced since you were a child." The tips of her ears burned red and he frowned. "Why can you never take a compliment?" He asked.
"I can, I do," she defended.
"Yeah, but not well. You get all...weird about it." His voice was a bit less accusatory and more gentle.
She shrugged. "Just don't like them."
He couldn't understand that. Everyone liked compliments. It was the reason the world was polluted by attention seekers looking for praise.
"How come?" He pushed.
"Just don't," she insisted.
"Don't really feel like they're accurate." He hummed. "So, you have low self esteem despite your annoyingly perky attitude, then," he surmised.
Her eyes widened. "I do not!"
She definitely did, he knew then and there by her reaction. Her cheeks got redder, flushing to the point it looked like heavy blush and she stormed off, leaving her salad.
He ate the carrots, nodding to myself. He had finally figured her out.
But, for some reason, that wasn't enough.
He thought he'd be satisfied, but he wasn't. If anything, he felt a bit bad for pushing so hard when she clearly didn't like attention despite always being the center of it, just by being herself.
The next time they had art class, he complimented her painting, just to see her blush. It was really quite cute. So was she. Not that he could admit it.
He did it again and again until she was frustrated and he was amused, asking her to just admit it, which she finally did when they were alone in the classroom after it was let out.
"Fine!" She exclaimed. "Yes, I have low self esteem. I don't like compliments, they make me feel weird."
"That's called validation. You get it because you're good at things," he told her, his voice completely sincere despite trying to be sarcastic.
She held her arms, avoiding his eyes like she always did when she got a compliment. "Great, I'm competent. Doesn't mean people have to say."
Damian frowned a bit. "Humans are hardwired to say what we see. Just like we're designed to see what we say. But you don't do that part. You never see the reason behind all those compliments," he explained.
She scoffed lightly and it was perhaps the first time he'd ever seen so much attitude from her. "I see plenty. Students who want to walk all over me like a door mat because I'm nice and every guy just want to date me to say they've done me—" "
That is an incredibly crude thing to say about yourself," he interrupted. "Not to mention entirely untrue."
She rolled her eyes. Again with the attitude. It seemed she really was capable of it when she was fed up with something or he supposed someone. Him.
"Oh, please, spare me," she muttered sarcastically.
"I'm serious," he repeated. "That's untrue. Some guys, yeah, maybe even most. Definitely the dumbass football guy who is failing homemaking somehow. But plenty of men, who actually know how to be respectful, would appreciate you. And for more than your looks, as well."
"Oh, the sparkling personality, you mean? The one you think is a facade."
He had thought that. At first.
He sighed, clicking his tongue and shaking his head. "It's not a facade, but you have more layers than that." Her head tilted so he elaborated. "There's more than just the pink pens and highlighters, like the study method you use to scribble and write simultaneously for better retention rates. You're naturally bright, probably a B average if you didn't study, but you do."
"So?" She wondered.
"So," he parroted. "You make A's because you have a strong work ethic. Because you come from a family who prioritized it, maybe even to the point you were almost neglected from how often they were gone because you always seem fine going last, or getting whatever scraps you're handed inside of fighting for anything else."
She frowned, not at all liking to hear that. Not only because it was slightly true. Alright, definitely true. But also because it was something she worked to keep hidden.
"I thought you said I don't put up a facade?" She countered.
"You don't. You're happy, and bubbly, always looking on the bright side and that's not a ruse. It's who you are," he clarified. "But you can still get angry, frustrated, annoyed, especially when your character is called into question. Clearly."
She didn't know how to feel about the tone in his voice during that last part. "You can stop, now."
But he didn't. He didn't want to. He'd spent so long trying to figure her out and he was so sure he had done that he was his work to pay off, for her to admit he was right or at the very least hear what he had to say, even if she didn't want to say it was true.
"You're not vain about your looks, even though you could be without effort because you're easily the prettiest girl in this entire school."
Those words came out of nowhere, especially the last few. But he had said them and there was no taking them back, even if he wanted to.
It was silent for a while.
"You really are a stalker," she quipped quietly, looking to the floor.
He huffed in annoyance. "Take the damn compliment," he insisted, stepping closer to her, lifting her chin. "Look in my eyes, not away and just accept it."
He waited, to see if she'd push him away or let him compliment her. He swallowed, suddenly feeling the urge to go red as well, but refusing to allow himself to.
"Fine," she agreed in a whisper, locking eyes with him. That alone was clearly already hard, but she was trying. "You're not just the most beautiful girl at this stupid school," he muttered. "I think you could quite possibly be the most beautiful I've ever seen at all. Especially with that blush you seem to hate and hide."
Her cheeks got redder, her lips twitching to avoid any sign of emotion and it was clearly hard for her to look away, hating the level of attention. "It's not cute, it's utterly embarrass—"
"Don't try to refute it either," he interrupted, shaking his head calmly. "Just...just accept it. Please."
He said please. God, he hated doing that.
But it seemed to work and she gave a small nod, finally listening.
He nodded back, letting go of her jaw, stepping back and clearing his throat.
She stared for a bit, before grabbing the rest of her things and leaving him alone to blow out a long sigh, mentally cursing himself for that entire exchange. Perhaps even getting curious about her in the first place.
But then, a second later, she walked back in, the flush less prominent on her cheeks and ears. It was replaced by the look in her eyes, which seemed rather determined despite a bit of apprehension.
"You asked me, like six weeks ago, what my type was," she reminded him.
His eyes narrowed, recalling the conversation. The first time they ever actually had one. He meant it mostly as a quip or some dig. "Yeah, considering you've turned down like 3/4 of the boys in this school. Plus a few girls, for that matter."
She huffed a laugh, gripping the books in her arms closer to her chest and nodding. "Yeah, well, they weren't my type, you were right," she confirmed causing a bit of a smug expression to cross his face. "I didn't even really know I had one, but uh- I think I might."
He raised an eyebrow. "Oh, yeah?" He questioned, adding another quip. "Let me guess, older guys. You've been giving the math teacher eyes all week."
She shook her head firmly. "No, definitely not," she told him. "I'm pretty sure my type is the weird, stalker boys who are actually really sweet."
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