#distressedwalnut

[saltymongoose]

Hi coming in with another silly idea Imagine that the Player is in early Nevada, and around the time Nexus is supposed to fall they fall into a type of coma. Jeb goes through with his plan (painfully without the player by his side), Hofnarr turns into Tricky with his last thoughts begging for the Player to come back. Phobos' fight being much more easy due to the fact he thinks his god abandoned him. Then the Player comes back like "hey sorry about that" and Jeb starts wailing while Tricky goes YIPPEE and runs around them like an excited dog.

Why is everything you draw so cute omg 😭, everyone is so adorable here. It's honestly a little weird to see the Employers look so huggable, I love it.

To actually get into the scenario though, my thoughts on this are far too long to make it into a normal ask response, so you're getting some sort of unofficial hcs instead lol. Enjoy!

<The Player Falls into a Coma before the Fall> ft. Jebus, Hofnarr/Tricky, the Employers & Phobos

(TW: Yandere)

There was no warning for your sudden coma whatsoever. At most, you felt a tad more exhausted than usual at the end of the day, but this can be attributed to many different things, so of course you wouldn't worry about it. Neither would anyone else either, for that matter.

You had absolutely no idea that when you slowly fell asleep that night, you wouldn't be waking up again for a very long time.

It certainly wouldn’t take long for those you know to find out about your condition either. For one, Hofnarr and Jeb would want to recap their plan with you before going through with it, so naturally they stopped by for that. However, they find you unconscious and completely unresponsive to their every attempt to wake you. To make matters worse, there isn't a sign that you'd been awake at all in the past few days; the buildup of dust on your furniture and the letters in your mailbox shows as much.

Despite their worry, they’d eventually have to leave your side, if only to get more medical supplies and other things to help you. This opens up a window for the others in your life to finally take action, those being the Employers.

The shadowy figures had been keeping tabs on you all the time, so when you just didn't wake up, they would probably be the first to know - even if their actions came second to the Nexus Scientist's.

(You didn’t send the Deliberator a “good morning” text and he started panicking. What could possibly be so bad that you didn't speak to him? A cursory call to the worried AAHW agents the Auditor had sent to tail you was proof enough that you'd deviated from your usual schedule, and you weren't the type to ever be late.)

They were quick to take you from your home and to a more secret place, so that they could keep close observation over you.

Honestly, despite how much the Employers might brag about knowing you better than anyone else (a privilege they gained from being the first to realize your existence), they truly know little about your anatomy. However, they can tell that sleeping for full days isn't normal at all, judging by your previous behavior.

They're also far too stubborn to ask any other mortals for help as well, so they simply resigned to try to help you themselves while keeping you safe with them. They couldn't do much else, so hopefully you'd understand that once you awoke in a strange place.

Nevada rots without your guidance and the grunts you were close to were left reeling by this (unintentional) abandonment you committed.

Phobos loses much of his drive due to his own emotional frailty as he grappled with his uncharacteristic self-doubt and questioning. As it happens, this also makes him more zealous as well. In his last moments, he has a second wind, believing that if he just fights hard enough, you might decide to come back and help him in his battle against Christoff. (But you don't. You couldn't.)

Jebus' feelings are surprisingly parallel to the Director's in terms of worship and near zealotry. Except, he believes it might be his fault that you left, which only increases the fervor he has to complete his plans. It will be painful without you there, but this agony is his repentance for the sins which he has wronged you with. It is only through this that he believes you might show your presence once more, even if it’s not now.

Unfortunately, Hofnarr's transformation into Tricky was just as painful as it would be otherwise, and the pain of abandonment just makes it worse. Funny, how the pictures taken of you with him and Christoff were miraculously unscathed within Hofnarr's lab even after Tricky came to be. The zombified clown must have found some value in them, even if he couldn’t remember the complete reason why he felt so warm when he looked at them.

Of course, you did actually awaken eventually. You had no idea how much time had passed when you woke up, so seeing the Employers look so uncharacteristically worried when you woke up was really odd. You honestly think they’d be weepy if they had the ability to cry.

You really didn’t know how to react to the news that you’d essentially been in a coma for thirty years. Your first course of action is to find Jeb and Tricky to find out what actually happened since you feared your early appearance might’ve had an impact on the timeline regarding Nevada’s fall. This leads to very different reactions.

Jeb isn't one to typically show much vulnerability, but seeing you again completely shatters those walls he's kept up for so long. At first, he thinks you're just a hallucination; the culmination of all the longing he has for you finally taking its toll on his broken mind as almost a cruel joke. 

The first words he speaks to you after thirty years is a short, "You're not real", said as more of an insistence to himself than anything. But when he comes closer and you don’t disappear, and he reaches out a trembling hand to rest lightly on your shoulder, and you stay, he just breaks. The warmth of your form washes over him like it used to, and suddenly he feels an uncomfortable tightness well up in his throat as tears gather in his eyes.

You reach up to hold his taller form closer to you, sinking to the ground with him as he buries his face into your neck and sobs. His hold on you is soft, and his hands are still shaky; he's holding you like he's scared of shattering you, and he only gets weaker when you whisper soothing words and apologies to him.

Compared to Jebus, your meeting with Tricky was a lot more upbeat. It’s probably because he was spared much of the reflection and sorrow that Jeb went through due to his rather unstable mental state, but that didn’t stop him from somehow recognizing you. It’s almost like a switch flipped in his mind, and he went from violently slamming his sign into some poor grunt's face to freezing at the sight of your face.

He then tosses the sign away and almost launches himself at you to envelop you in a tight bear hug, screaming excitedly while you grin back rather tiredly. (You hope your eardrums will be okay after this.) But in the next second, he's whirling away from you, flailing his hands as he continues to talk.

It’s like being greeted by your dog after being away for months; he never stops moving or asking hurried questions about where you’ve been, intermittent with little words about how much he’s missed you.

Both Jeb and Tricky are very clingy after this. Even if they don't get along now, they're not willing to let you leave their sides after this, especially not when you go to sleep. (What if you fall into a coma again? Someone has to be there to take care of you.)

Deep down, they also have a striking suspicion that someone was behind your coma. They didn't know who exactly, but there was no other explanation to them than this. How else would you, Nevada's most powerful being, fall into such a state?

(In the near future, when you come across Hank and the others, let's just say that your scientists won't be deterred from leaving your side quite so easily. You'd been gone for thirty years, so you should only expect their companionship to remain more permanent for the coming years.)

[outhereinnevada]

Art trade with @distressedwalnut ! Always love drawing Emilia!

[stxrblight]

Commissions for @distressedwalnut !! I completely forgot to post these here lol, I do adore these two they're adorable, also the first few were made through last year and the most recent of this year being the two at the bottom.

I find it funny how you can see my style change through these lol

[squirrelboi]

[mav-the-artist]

"I shall be the instrument of Armageddon."

[seelko21]

Comission for @distressedwalnut

I've been having too much fun with the charcoal brushes

[eatleech]

reposting old stuff from my twit to here

art trade w @distressedwalnut art for @meachapelin

[beemers-hell]

So I decided to be funny and host a very quick collab project right lmao

Happy Women's History Month! We are celebrating both female and feminine leaning Madness OCs for the occasion!

Here are the credit pages for everyone who participated!

From top left to right, bottom left to right:

EBONY & BANK - Me lmao

PATHOS - @s0uless-b0nes

VALERY - @trashcansienna

GRANK & MAW - @green--y

ROSE - @p1nkm4dn3ss

BISCUIT - @darlingvendetta

BOX - @knightlysnowy

EMILIA - @distressedwalnut

A.N.N.A. & ESTHER - @32lice

ROMPGIRL & WRAITH - @pinkburgerbox

MINETTE - mayhems_spam on twt!

TD - @adoorsocnonsense

HANANOKI - N3VAK1 on twt!

SKULL - @anghelcode

ROSE - savysnakeyes on twt!

DELILAH - Zirik_Fear on AO3!

LIZ - @michabyun

FRUIT HANK - @lil--ichigo

FADE - DoddlesofLab on twt!

ROCK - @arandanoedgy

MARTHA - @cinnamonpatty

TYLER - pinkpumpkinsp2 on twt!

ANNETTE - @phantas-mag0r1a

PROCRASTINATOR - Jxsterings on twt!

TILLY & DOMIEL - @kit-combat

ENVY & IVY - NV_NAVEL on twt!

DAHLIA - @christnarr

IRIS - @pybytes

AKARI - BackupHikarun on twt!

PUANK - bunnieykr on twt!

KITTEN - @pestilencegremlin

[barsik099]

👉👈

@alexstarksblog

@distressedwalnut

@iexistapparantly

@beemers-hell

[no1sycaterpillar]

art for @distressedwalnut!!!

I wonder if Emi's glasses taste like grape candy...

[fluffydeoxys]

HEJ HEJ! erm twirls hair nervously

JUST WANTED TO COME BY HERE AND SAY THAT YOUR ARTSTYLE IS WONDERFUL. AND I ALSO WANNA ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY INSPIRATIONS THAT KEEP YOU GOING

okay thats all thank you byebye ja ja ja

Awe thank you so much! That's a very big compliment!

Truthfully a big reason why I keep going is the lovely things people say and find interesting about my characters. I look at every tag and that keeps the fire going in me, I think. (Thank you to everyone who does share their thoughts in rbs! It makes my day!)

The most satisfying thing to me is when my work inspires people to make their own things! And naturally, I also love discussing my characters and ideas with others. Many things that I draw come from conversations with people. I've made a few friends thanks to getting into Madcom again, and they've been my biggest support honestly. I couldn't do this without them.

Anyway, to actually answer your question. I'll keep this primarily Madcom focused, cus honestly I don't really have too many like, broad inspirations?

Artists who draw and write a lot of their own characters are my biggest inspirations. Artists like @/meachapelin, @/beemers-hell, @/distressedwalnut, @/somsonsomsoff, @/magiturge and the like. Honestly even just coming across anyone's personal OC work is fascinating for me. Character interactions are also really enjoyable for me, so I love @/mersei47's and @/silly-deimos' work for that. It always gives me a good giggle.

mungo_bung0 on twitter and @/sugarrcola-blog were also big inspirations for stylisation and helping me realise how much I enjoy really pushing the shape language of these characters. Still learning, though!

I'd probably say my biggest overall inspiration is @/killing-machine. I may be overstepping as his art is of himself, and I don't mean to lump his work in with fanart. Regardless at least, his style and understanding of the other characters was really eye-opening to me and makes me really happy. What he does and has to say makes me want to delve deeply and properly into these characters.

[saltymongoose]

With the nose asks I'm surprised no ones brought up nose bleeds. I get them pretty often so I can imagine the first time any grunt sees the Player just randomly throw their head back as they ask for a napkin Probably doesn't matter how severe it is they're gonna freak out. Doc (and or Jeb and Hof depending on where Player is) completely losing it on the inside as it seems to be bleeding from the inside, and then mid way through mentally preparing himself for surgery or something Player's like "yeah it happens when the airs dry" or "Oh I broke my nose one time and now it just happens occasionally."

I love it - yet another distinctly human phenomenon to throw the grunts into absolute pandemonium lmao.

Any injury that the Player gets becomes the top concern of whoever they're with, and random, causeless ones are the most panic-inducing of them. At least if you trip or get hit by a spray of debris, your grunts can properly assess the situation and use their background knowledge to help you. But if you get a nosebleed, it essentially concerns a body part of yours that they know very little about sustaining a wound that has zero obvious cause to exist.

It's not like you got hit there or anything, which then leads your grunts to fear that you've got internal bleeding or perhaps a bad head injury that's only making itself known now. You know, otherwise lethal things.

Even the most intelligent of grunts (i.e. Christoff and Hofnarr, perhaps even 2BDamned) are stumped on what to do, which of course just pushes them further into a panicked spiral. They're rushing to get medical supplies for you, pushing you to tell them all about your wound while subtly nudging you to lie down on whatever flat surface is closest so they can examine you, and even preparing mentally for surgery on the most important person in their life. You're sitting there with a tissue to your nose and a mostly nonchalant expression while they're trying to come to terms with taking your life in their hands to do urgent brain surgery.

The funny thing is that they're so worried it causes you to be more concerned over them than your own nosebleed. You don't want them to get a heart attack, so you gently try to reassure them that you're okay while trying to stop your blood from dirtying your shirt too badly.

Since we're on the topic of them, I also think that these three grunts in particular are probably the easiest to calm down (at least outwardly) with your explanation of what a common nosebleed is. Their panic comes from it being you who's bleeding combined with their lack of knowledge over what's happening to you. And also what they should do to help treat you, which is actually nothing because you have it handled - but you know they're not going to be content with that, so you may as well assign them to be your "nurses" during this whole mishap. If not only for their peace of mind.

As for the other grunts, their distress is far worse by comparison, because 9/10 times they don't even have any background with medical things at all - nor have most of them had in-depth discussions about your anatomy like Doc. And given how much blood can pour out of your nose when it happens, you're going to have to try a bit harder than you'd like to convince them that no, you're not dying, this is just sort of normal for you. (Cue them freaking out again because wtf, bleeding like this is a usual thing for you? Why??)

Even after your nosebleed passes, your grunts are going to be far more cautious and protective around you than they usually are (which is saying something). They wouldn't want to risk you being hurt again after such a recent injury, especially after losing all of that blood.

[outhereinnevada]

Birthday cake for Emi. For @distressedwalnut

Bonus pic:

[christnarr]

mass attack YAAAAAAY, image described in alt text so you know who everyone is (in no order) ocs belong to: @toxicsdoodlecloud , cadetbeepboop , @grayfilmsandstuff , @kyforyelsystem , kitsu99_ , @distressedwalnut , KR1STALIX , @anghelcode , @crystalheartsam, @lxquidartist, @divinestranger, chrorex , @ghostmysterlos, @unsaiiinted, starsrslazar , @viperraid, @poryphoria, gutzcore , butter_

[trashcansienna]

I WAS GONNA POST THIS ON THE LAST MINUTE OF MY BIRTHDAY BUT I WAS TOO LATE ON TUMBLR LMAO Happy birthday to us @distressedwalnut

[alexstarksblog]

Cute makeup on two big girls💅🌹

@distressedwalnut