#fanstep

[aced0g]

Realized i’d never drawn Mali’s puppet Eden so uhhh here he is. Fun fact Mali just dresses Eden like he think Ortega would dress, but Mali gets to be more himself as Eden then himself ;w;

OH mali is 5′5″ and Eden is only 6′0″ he looks huge but really mali’s just small

[corvikae]

Haven’t drawn this bastard in a while! 

[devoraakss]

❤🧡💛💚💙💜Pride Icon Commissions ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

I always get so excited this time of year, so I figured I'd spread the love, so to speak!

If you have a character/oc that you would like to have for an icon, but you want it to be a biiiiit GAYER for June, I'm doing just that! I'm real tight on cash atm but I'd like to go to pride and get super gay shit this year! So I figured I'd give smth super gay to yall in return.

If you can describe your oc/character, I can draw them and put them on whatever pride flag you want! Prices and additional info are as follows!~

Single Icons - $5 USD each

Icon sets of 2: $10 USD per set

Icon sets of 5: $20 USD per set

Each icon features a fully colored and shaded portrait of your oc/favorite character, with LGBTQ+ pride flags as the background! Multiple pride flags are also an option! (for example; lesbian+asexual flag, trans+pansexual flag, aromantic+trans+pansexual flag, etc.)

If you are interested, hit me up through a PM here, or email; masondrawsart@gmail.com

Pride month is very special to me as I came out around this time of year to my family and social circles, and it really is the month of gays, cuz I'm about to start HRT!! Since I know some people cant afford to spare cash for smth like this, I will also be making some generic pride icons of characters from some video games and fandoms that will be free to use, but I cant determine when those will be finished just yet lmao

All in all, I hope you guys enjoy whatever your community is doing for pride, and know that I love all of my fellow lgbtq+, yall are very near and dear to my heart and have really made a positive change in my life.

*important edit*I WILL ONLY BE OFFERING THIS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE!!

I've rambled enough now but before I go I gotta say.

❤🧡💛💚💙💜TERFS/Exclusionists Dont Interact~❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[boo-cio]

I started playing Fallen Hero: Rebirth and I blame Y’all

In any case,,This is my Rat Son

Edit FT. Rat Mans Secret Identity- Thot

[killeret-and-the-void]

Former Sidestep, Riley Arcade

Now, super villain: Collateral Damage.

Appearance: His suit is ambiguous by design, easily lost in shadow and relying heavily on reflecting his opponents back at themselves. The visor itself acts as a one-way mirror, shaped like a triangle resting on one of its points. On the sides of the helmet toward the back there are two other shaped protrusions that make him resemble a chastised or otherwise scared animal or dog with their ears pinned back and down - this is for two reasons. One, the ‘frightened animal’ look in of itself could give him the edge of others underestimating him, and two, when paired with the mirror, his opponent will see themselves as the animal with their ears pinned so sadly back. It’s a form of soundless mocking. The are other shapes and elongations on other places of the armor as well, such as from the elbows, all to make him look more alien than human. Being human never did him any good in the past, so why make this new second skin of his anything but extraordinary? As for extra features, he requested the extra resistance to damage, and the telepathy boosters, because sometimes the best offense is a bit of defense... or at least that’s what he tells himself. Also there’s no cape (have we learned nothing from The Incredibles?).

The Name: Playing the role of a hero, he was eventually marked as dead, and easily forgotten; a victim. And for what? An organization where only one person took him seriously? He knew he was just collateral damage for the Rangers. And now he’s putting a positive connotation to the phrase because others get to feel the same way he has now for years.

Despite the name, however, he doesn’t go out of his way to put civilians in danger. He won’t go out of his way to ensure their safety, though, either. As such, his assault on the museum’s opening gala resulted in many injuries, but no casualties.

Goals: Ultimately, he wants to make a name for himself. He wants revenge against the people he feels betrayed him and made him feel unimportant. He wants to be loud, but strategic. But most importantly he wants to expel the truth of what playing the hero did to him; leaving him with irreparable scars and a tanked self esteem all for what feel like nothing.

But what about Riley himself? (Well he’s hiding under a read more. He’s safer there.)

Riley’s a bitter, bitter individual. Years of slowly working on his plan to recreate himself as the newest fearsome villain on the scene, all the while keeping completely to himself and being a nameless face in the crowd, truly did nothing to help his growing isolationism. It made him curt, socially unaware, and lonely. 

But it did help him hone in his telepathy, finding it to be his biggest ally in such a dilapidated state. It became so much easier to step out of his own hated body and adapt to the strengths and weaknesses of others, no matter their state or occupation. And along with his skills of the mind, he kept up with the latest tech and imagined what he could do and the life he could live if he just had unlimited resources.

With his mind frequently stuck in the past, he relives his trauma nearly every night and it exhausts him. But it also gives him a hell of a push to better himself. To be the person that ‘Sidestep’ couldn’t.

To be ambitious, to be meaningful, to have an achievable goal that wasn’t ‘Let’s see what civilian needs protection today’. Someone who wasn’t caught in the shadow cast by people who wouldn’t think twice about him.

But even all the most well thought out plans can have a roadblock, and Riley’s roadblock had a name: Ricardo Ortega.

Ortega, the hero, the perfect one, the former.... well, boyfriend probably wouldn’t be the word, but something close. The one he wanted to direct the brunt of his anger against but found that he couldn’t. Especially when he accidentally waltzed back into Riley’s life. With his annoyingly caring attitude.

As Collateral Damage, he treats ‘Charge’ like any other hero: an obstacle. But without the suit, Riley just becomes a conflicted mess, trapped between the parts of his past that weren’t horrible, and the knowledge that if Ortega knew what he’d become, he’d probably be disgusted. And he wants to think that it’d be a good thing, to see him as just another former friend and betrayer, but if that were the case, then why would the thought fill him with dread as it does?

So he’s stuck in a middle ground of simultaneously keeping him at an arm’s length, while also craving their old banter and the way they used to look at each other. He’d just as soon get into a yelling match with him as well as hug him mere minutes later.

And when one relationship is that complicated, it’s a no-brainer that all others must stay simple, or perhaps one might, quite frankly, implode. And that’s where Riley’s pawns come in.

Jane is the definition of Jane Doe, seen by Riley as merely a chess piece on a big board of moving pieces. Her purpose was never to be an extension of himself, and therefore any relation she has is primarily just for Riley’s eventual gain. A curious close, but strictly-business connection with Dr. Mortum, flirting with Ortega purely as a means for easy access to the gala, etc.

That being said, Jane is far from expendable, and Riley takes great caution with her safety. To keep an essential part of his plan, of course, but also (unadmittedly) because he loves the freedom of being anyone else. It’s a rush to be this attractive, charismatic woman and the play the part of someone much more assured of herself.

Unfortunately, with this new self esteemed granted by playing the part of Jane, he stumbled onto caring about another associate, who proved herself worthy of earning the title of his first henchman.

Rosie was an obvious first choice. Working together with her against the Psychopathor proved her worth, and her kindness towards Jane only bolstered her competence in Riley’s eyes. He would go as far as to say she was his first friend he’d had since his life turned to Hell - even if she’s totally unaware of his existence or the fact that they’ve met in more ways than one. But despite this, he has a strict plan to keep her, like many others, at an arm’s length away.

Of course, all plans have a habit of going to shit, but it won’t stop him from trying.

Any other interactions he’s had are more regrettable. Seeing Steel again opened up old wounds and a feeling of worthlessness, as he blames a lot of his lacking self-worth on the fact that the current marshal never even once pretended to trust him or believe in him; Herald is loved for the most obnoxious and enraging reasons (Riley loved pulling him down out of the clouds, where he seems to like to keep his head); and Lady Argent has proved to be a major thorn in his side - a fascinating and exciting one to goad, but a thorn nonetheless.

And that leaves him all with what, exactly?

The thrill of being Collateral Damage, a villain with a score to settle against the Rangers. It makes him a telepath who uses his powers to embezzle the rich and steal from their flashy, sad excuses for a ‘charity’ in which they merely show off their wealth. It makes him, himself, wealthy, and willing to use these resources to pay his growing villain circle handsomely and tinker with new advanced tech. 

It made him determined to never be a victim ever again. Not like Sidestep was.

The journey to get to that point had its hardships, however, as evidenced in the scars across his back and down his left arm, courtesy of a foolhardy one-man scuffle against a re-gene, and the dark bags under his eyes from sleepless nights.

But underneath all of that, and no many how many personas he creates, he’s still Riley. Androgynous, with a preference for lazy, baggy clothes, and a perfect unassuming face to blend into a sea of people. His earliest feeble attempt to separate himself from Sidestep and the trauma at the Farm (the half-assed dying of his hair from his natural blond to black) remained a constant, still never quite following through with dying his eyebrows, leaving them a couple shades lighter. He still has feelings for an old flame, no matter how much of a conflict of interest it is. And maybe he has a long way to go before he can balance his own identity with that of his puppet, and his public villain face....

But as far as he’s concerned? The sky isn’t even the limit anymore.

Bonus:

I figured this ‘profile’ of sorts would be naked without the Stats™. A snapshot of where he’s at at the end of Rebirth. 

(Why are those so big, Tumblr? Why?)

But fun fact, his blue vs. orange stats were more or less swapped before he made his debut as a villain. I’d like to think he was way more careless and destructive as he felt he had nothing to lose! But now he could lose everything he’s worked for so he’s toned down. At least a little.

[fuckyeah-wuyifan]

fanstep | do not edit.

[epluribusmodem]

Delicious

[aced0g]

Sometimes you just need to clear your head, and sometimes that doesn’t work and you start thinking about all of the people who’ve hurt you, all the people you’ve hurt, are going to hurt... and all you can do is stare off into the trees while the tears start to roll...

its mali again! just wanted to practice some realism so i used mali this time hes thinking about a lot of stuff

[aced0g]

This is how the post gala scene went right? 

alternatively: When your boyfriend is reckless in a fight and his recovery 

if my only contribution to fallen hero is memes so be it, i keep getting so many meme ideas for these characters and its great. Malachi went for the “put on random clothes” look 

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don’t repost/steal the image

[aced0g]

okay so this was just supposed to be a doodle alkdfjadskf but have my sidestep Cipher past and present

Back in his sidestep days he was very trusting, foolhardy, and innocent. Seven years and a lot of trauma later and he’s not only more powerful but willing to do whatever’s necessary to win or strike fear into people

i fucking love how this turned out i loosely based the fool side of the card after the actual card, but the death side is based on the fact that O!Cipher blew up the museum and caused a massacre 

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[aced0g]

When you’ve finally seen your best friend you thought was dead for 7 years and forgot how terrible his diet is 

At least Kenji has a good fashion sense! This is based off of that B99 scene and it fit so perfectly with Kenji and Ortega. If it was back in his Sidestep days Chen would probably take Ortega’s place. Lets say this happens in the Ranger’s building in Ortega’s office even tho Ortega’s in normal clothes and not his costume lmao i probably put way to much effort into this meme but its been stuck in my head for days

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[aced0g]

When your best friend forever knocks off your villain helmet in battle or alternatively, when you confirm your suspicions that your bff is a villain and also a huge fucking dumbass

im back on my meme shit this time with my dumbass Kenji

[aced0g]

That Chen Romance scene just kills me every time okay ;-; i replayed it again today and I was listening to romantic shit and i was just very inspired to draw them lkasdf i can only imagine what would happen if ortega caught them kissing

ummm anyways i love this game and all the characters so much 

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[corvikae]

“my cousin from another.... test tube, or something” (Paris belongs to @ratastrofiend) 

[aced0g]

did a style experiment cause I can’t sleep and why not. It’s pretty simple and cartoony but i like it a lot. This is featuring some of my my sidesteps: Malachi, Ben, and Kenji. Maybe one day I’ll do my other sidesteps in this style

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[corvikae]

Player Amygdala has joined the game.