#he looks a little different from my design of him from 2022 lol
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lvnesart Ā· 6 months ago
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some headcanons/a theory about Kaeya having been left in Mondstadt + some little notes about his father
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raven-at-the-writing-desk Ā· 3 months ago
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Hopefully this doesn't come off as snarky, but I find it genuinely hilarious that every "big-name" Leona fan that I've seen seems to like him against their will lol. I've always had Leona as my favorite, so it's fun to see the journey other people go through to liking/appreciating him!
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Look šŸ’¦ I canā€™t speak for other L*ona likers (regardless of size, honestly; I'm a firm believer that one's level of internet fame isn't a factor in the devotion for a character) but for meā€”to quote Scarā€”ā€œmy words are a matter of pride.ā€ And by confessing to (ick šŸ¤¢) LIKING LIONā€¦ itā€™s throwing all that pride out of a window. It seriously does feel like these feelings exist against my will.
I have a summary of my story to explain my relationship with the lion lore šŸ’€ I call it a summary, but itā€™s still kind of longā€” It's below the cut for those who are interested!
To begin with, the promotional materials didnā€™t sell me on him. Everything about how he initially presentsā€”from his arrogance to his ā€œtough/bad boyā€ design (seriously, that biker-cowboy combo of his dorm uniform is SO ugly and shows way too much skin for my likingā€¦)ā€”was so unappealing to me. He seemed exactly like the kind of character and tropes I tend to dislike. The only ā€œgoodā€ thing I saw in him was his face (which, ironically, is what Vil says about him) and maybe his UM chant particularly the line where he demands you kneel before him. Then comes along book 2, which is easily the weakest of the main story and does a HUGE disservice to him, making L*ona seem a lot stupider than he actually is. At that point, I had basically written his entire character off. I claimed to all my Twst friends that there was nothing that would ever make me like him.
Around 2022, I decided to get involved in a round of EBG (Epic Bias Game) which is basically like a test of your will?? Youā€™re supposed to compete with your friends to see who can go for the longest without talking about or acknowledging their oshi (which includes not being able to react to fan works of them). As part of EBG, each participant was randomly assigned a ā€œnew oshiā€ to replace the usual one AND GUESS WHAT, I GOT HANDED L*ONA BY THE WHEEL OF FATE šŸ’€
One of my friends (who knew I hardcore hated him at the time) assured me that this would get me to change my mind. They even went out of their way to write a little story explaining how my OC was forced to spend more time with L*ona, which led me into writing interactions between them to build more of the lore. I managed to outlast the friend in EBG, but didnā€™t win the entire game. I came out of it not really feeling super different about L*ona, but I think forcing myself to write about him extensively helped me gain a little more perspective on his character. I still didnā€™t like him, but I at least appreciated his presence in the cast a little more.
AND THEN TWST HAD TO COME AND BASH ME OVER THE HEAD WITH L*ONA CONTENTā€¦ All the little vignettes and voice lines where other characters would talk about what a good leader he is (*glares at Epel, Jack, Ruggie, Savanaclaw mobs, etc.*), when he sarcastically claims to be a ā€œdelicate princeā€ or a ā€œlost childā€, those moments where he sasses others, times when heā€™s able to use his charisma and/or intelligence to pull ahead, rare instances when he whips out his royal manners, him respecting womenā€¦ But I think the turning point for me had to have been book 6 OTL GOOD LORD, BOOK 6 FUCKED ME UP šŸ˜­ Him using his UM in a creative way to turn falling glass shards into harmless sand? And strategically turning himself in?? Willingly ceding control of the dorm to Ruggie??? Telling everyone about Styxā€™s lore???? AND THE BEEF HE HAD WITH JAMIL BUT STILL GIVING HIM WISDOM AND ADVICEā€¦ Sometimes I still tear up thinking about how L*ona says ā€œYouā€™re not like me,ā€ to Jamil šŸ˜” implying that part of the reason why L*ona guides others is because he has hope in their futures but not his ownā€¦ (Iā€™m still salty that EN messed up this line by changing it to ā€œIā€™m not like you,ā€ which makes him come off as way more arrogant šŸ’¦) Anyway, I blame book 6 for being the tipping point in my downward spiral šŸŒ€ IT GOT WORSE IN BOOK 7 WHEN HE STARTED SHOWING HE'S MOTIVATED TO ACTUALLY GRADUATE AND TAKES ON AN INTERNSHIP THAT COULD BENEFIT HIS COUNTRY... Special shoutout to the Club Wear card for being especially hot-- I did my best to hold out against the steady drip of content that called attention to hisā€¦ positive traitsā€¦ (Not that Iā€™m saying he doesnā€™t have any; I mean this in that whenever his strengths as a character are brought up, they really get to me as someone who loves intelligent, mature/responsible types and ā€œbig brotherā€ figures OTL) BUT IT'S SO HARD WHEN TWST KEEPS PULLING STUFF LIKE THAT???
Then in 2024 came the stupid Lost in the Book with Nightmare Before Christmas event šŸ’€ which finally introduced us to L*ona in full formal attire (MY WEAKNESS) and gave him the opportunity to be in the role of the "hero" and leader... and those Nightmare Suit vignettes šŸ˜­ Leona thinking about what it actually means to be "king"... Ugh, it was another strong showing of his character. I'm pretty sure it was this event that started the snowball of my friends (lovingly) bullying me about him and calling me a tsundere about it. Weirdly enough, a BUNCH of things started happening irl to push L*ona at me too. For example, my pet (who usually actively avoids or attacks Twst stuff) was actually eager to pose for a picture with a L*ona standee. In a group fan merch order, I had asked for the bonus Grim sticker but the artist (who had no idea about my complicated thoughts on L*ona) said they were out of the Grim sticker but they had L*ona stickers they could include instead. Most recently, I had just finished this last-minute artwork of Miss Raven eating pocky by herself to celebrate Pocky Day (11/11). Typically the fan art you'd see on this day would involve two characters playing the "Pocky Game" (in which the players try to eat a stick of pocky from either end; usually it's framed as romantic since meeting in the middle results in a kiss). However, I had chosen to do a solo Miss Raven art because I thought this suited her "I want to be taken seriously!" personality better. Well, guess what? I GOT A PACKAGE DELIVERY NOTIFICATION FOR THE TWST MERCH ORDER... WITH L*ONA IN IT šŸ’€ Almost like he heard there was food meant for sharing and he came to claim it for himself... Like I literally did NOT choose for these things to happen to me, THEY HAPPENED ON THEIR OWN. I DON'T BELIEVE IN PREORDAINED EVENTS BUT THE UNIVERSE SURE IS WORKING IN STRANGE WAYS.
So now that the tables have turned, itā€™s really embarrassing. Everything is coming back to bite me in the buttā€¦ It truly feels like L*ona plotted this all along and was on the prowl, patiently waiting for me to get worn down before he pounces and delivers the final blow to my ego OTL Like, it's gotten to the point where many of my long-time friends in the Twst community are now joking that "It's over" for J word... ONE OF THEM EVEN TOLD ME IT FEELS LIKE I'M GETTING DIVORCED AND L*ONA IS THEIR NEW STEPDAD, HOW AM I SUPPSOED TO FEEL ABOUT HTHAT ??????????? ? ? ????? ? ??? ? ?? ?? ? ???? ?
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But by the far the worst, the WORST part about everything here is that if L*ona were fully sentient, he would be so smug about recent developments šŸ˜” It makes me SO mad thinking about how he'd look down on me with that hot smug rage-inducing smirk of his and make fun of me for eating my words so badly.
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ā€œWhat was that you said about hating my guts, herbivore? ā€¦ Hah, it's written all over your face--you're terrible at hiding your true feelings. You can just give in, you know. Tell me how much you worship me. How much you want me. You'll give in eventually one way or another--so why not make this easier for the both of us and save us the time of playing the wait game? I don't bite, promise." (<- a liar)
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(Disclaimer: NOT MY MERCH; this is a L*ona Liker friendā€™s picture that theyā€™re letting me use as a reaction image šŸ˜…)
THIS IS FR MY OVERBLOT ORIGIN STORYā€¦
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starrysharks Ā· 6 months ago
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which reassassination character was the hardest to design?
kranken for sure. to me there are 2 phases of reassassination - the "purple and green" phase from around mid 2021 - early 2022, where the story was very underdeveloped, and the "black and red" phase (the current phase) where the story is fully developed and the project as a whole is edgier with a more defined aesthetic. octavia and kranken (then savory) were the only characters of the purple and green phase, and here are their very first designs -
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as you can see octavia has barely changed while savory and kranken are like night and day! i think it's because it was hard to make a good recognisable silhouette for him, especially as i started adding more characters (i felt that onion specifically held way too much resemblance to savory at some point.)
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as the years went by savory changed almost every time i drew him - he became more desaturated, his age changed from mid 20s to early 30s, he got taller, style changed, etc etc... meanwhile the most everyone else got was slightly different shapes and color palletes lol. i was really directionless at the time and of course my skill limitations stopped me from drawing him the way i'd truly want to.
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eventually we got a somewhat consistent set of design traits in order - a freakishly tall man with a spiral motif. i think changing his hair was a big part in "finalising" his design and giving him a good contrasting silhouette with octavia - though he still needs a few tweaks to make him easier to draw - but i really couldn't decide whether i wanted him to be more formal or dishevelled, tho the scruffy look won in the end lol ^_^
it's funny, he was as hard of a character to design as he was to write! if you don't know much about kranken, some of his primary character traits are instability, overthinking and frequent moodswings, caused by trauma both physical and mental (DIY lobotomies, literally drilling a nail into his head, and other stuff i can't talk about cuz it's too spoilery). i had no clue how to write his personality properly and had to write through about 3 slightly different personas (one more serious, one more erratic, one more creepy/peverted) - his current persona is a bit of a mix of all three. he's been through a lot in every category :P
(also the easiest character to design and write was onion. probably because they fall into a pretty simple trope of a nerdy sidekick, which was easy to write off of and subvert a little lol)
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tacoma-narrows Ā· 4 months ago
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Twenty (Three!) Years of Humanistic!
Abandoned Pools' first album, Humanistic was released 23 years ago today, on September 25th, 2001! For anyone who doesn't know, Abandoned Pools is my all time favorite band! I found them through Clone High in September of 2020 and immediately connected with a LOT of their songs, and in that time, Humanistic became my all time favorite album! A spot that it still retains to this day hehe.
So when I found out that the following year, almost a year to the day from when I started listening to Abandoned Pools, was Humanistic's 20th anniversary, I knew I wanted to make something big for that occasion! I ended up making a drawing based on each song in the album! This is similar to what I did for Owl City's album Cinematic later on, which I posted last year.
This is also sort of a look at proto Let's Get Back! in a way! I made this when LGB! was still just a duo act with PB and Shep, since Rye and Pumpernickel didn't join the lineup until I was about halfway through the project, and the band wasn't officially named Let's Get Back! until February of 2022 lol. The cover image here is based on the actual album cover for Humanistic, and I edited later to say "Covers by Let's Get Back!" to make it consistent with the rest of my LGB! art :3
Each piece in the series is below the cut along with the song they're connected to and some explanation about each one. Again, these pieces are three years old at this point, so some of the art is a bit wonky looking and some of these piece I'd do differently if I were to do them today, but most of them still hold up pretty well I think! :D
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1: The Remedy
I based this one on the line ā€œsave your breath, your soul is hollowā€ and wanted to do something simplistic but still interesting! According to my friend who also likes the song, this is ā€œexactly how that song feelsā€ lol. It was fun working with silhouettes here, which is something I've done here and there in the time since.
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2: Mercy Kiss
I decided to not actually draw them kissing bc the song says ā€œI donā€™t need your mercy kissā€ haha. Wanted to capture sort of a defiant attitude for this one. Posing is a little off here, and I've tweaked some minor things abt their design but overall one that I'm still pretty happy with :]
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3: Start Over
I was SUPER happy with the posing on this one, I love the sense of motion it has. Basically, I wanted to express being stuck in a cycle and just wanting to go back to the way things were, which was something I was REALLY feeling at the time, but is still sort of applicable today.
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4: Monster
Another one I REALLY like, with this one, I wanted to show that I can be a force to be reckoned with when standing up for myself. Or at least thatā€™s how the song makes me feel. Itā€™s a good rampage song too. This is another case where I really like how the pose came out. As you can also see, this is the only piece without PB since I wasn't sure how to incorporate him into this idea, but Iā€™m sure heā€™s still involved somehow lol. Also this is the best song called Monster, I do not take criticism at this time.
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5: Blood
Blood always feels like a sort of gloomy, spiral-y type song, so thatā€™s what I went for. The line ā€œwe watch it burn, and we never learn, this canā€™t be what youā€™re waiting forā€ was really the focus for this one. A neat vibe with this one overall I think that I'm pretty happy with.
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6: Suburban Muse
Suburban Muse makes me think of like, a fake sitcom town where things look normal, but things arenā€™t as great as they seem if you look a little closer. It even says ā€œcue the canned applauseā€ at one point. Also, those sort of, weird reality dreamscape neighborhood liminal space images like this where you can see where it's coming from but they just feel, off y'know
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7: Sunny Day
This one is kinda weird because Sunny Day is kinda weird (though in like the best possible way, I love it). I couldnā€™t quite come up with a solid idea for both my OCs here, so I based them on two separate lines: ā€œmy head is inside a cloudā€ for PB, and ā€œget off the bathroom floorā€ for Shep. In hindsight, I don't think the two separate lines approach really worked here since it feels more disjointed and not really representative of the full song, but I still like it well enough.
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8: L.V.B.D.
This one was hard to come up with something for. Iā€™ve never been super crazy abt L.V.B.D. since it feels, Very Heteroā„¢ and Iā€™m not about that. But itā€™s still sounds great and Iā€™m definitely super glad itā€™s part of the album. Went for drawing Shep and PB here as little stuffed dolls, which is related to the acronym in the songā€™s title (which stands for Little Virgin Baby Doll) and I couldnā€™t think of anything better aha. I should draw plushies more often though
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9: Ruin Your Life
Important: Shep and PB are only upset with upset with each other for the sake of this drawing, as I refuse to let anything bad happen between them for real. Anyways, the expressions were really fun in this one, and oh boy does this song feel very relatable over the last year or so.
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10: Never
This one is very similar to Ruin Your Life for me, where itā€™s a sort of comforting during a dark time kind of way. Just crossing the days off hoping that things will get better soon, thatā€™s what I went for here. The calendar is listed as 10/12 since this is the 10th song out of the 12 on the album, and the image is a reference to a previous drawing I had done of PB and Shep together :3
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11: Seed
Personally, Seed is my least favorite song from the album as a whole, for similar reasons to L.V.B.D. but in a, more gross kinda way that conflicts with my ace side. The song still sounds great musically for sure. Even tho Iā€™m not super crazy abt the song, I actually really like how this drawing came out, in fact it might be my favorite out of the whole batch, ironically enough lol. The boys are looking down into a hole from the line ā€œthereā€™s no more grace to fall from, thereā€™s nowhere left to go but downā€ and I'm really happy with how the perspective turned out!
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12: Fluorescein
Finally, Fluorescein is my favorite song of the entire album, and my favorite song in general! Itā€™s so aggressive and loud, I love it. I decided to draw PB confronting a giant Shep bc the song makes me feel like I can take on a huge adversary and win >:] Although I do like what I chose to do here, I kinda wish I had come up with something better to represent my all time favorite song lol
So in conclusion, like I said, Humanistic is my all time favorite album and it means so much to me. Really all of APā€™s work really means a lot to me, but Humanistic in particular. I found the band through watching Clone High and I am all the better for it. So thank you to Abandoned Pools for making something that Iā€™ve gotten so much out of and I absolutely cannot wait for the sixth album coming at the end of next year!! :D
So I hope you guys liked this little trip down memory lane with me, and if you're also an enjoyer of Abandoned Pools, please let me know what you think of these and what your favorite AP songs are! I'd love to know! And if you don't listen to Abandoned Pools, I highly recommend their music if you can't tell lol. If you enjoy early 2000s alt rock sort of stuff, there's a solid chance you'll enjoy Abandoned Pools :3
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yabancreations Ā· 2 months ago
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For wip game: Within Reach!
( I adore this one so much. Hua Cheng's worshippers have always been so interesting to me, and I love the idea of them having very different stories about who he is (ghost; a fox; man; woman; some other animal). And an eye symbol for 'helping' him find his beloved is so touching! Xie Lian picking up on little hints and slowly learning more of his new (not as new as you think my prince) dearest friend and being so tender with his San Lang šŸ™ Also it also having Hua Cheng sickfic-hurt/comfort bits! Whump is my jam, and it's not so often I see a good one for Hua Cheng.)
Within Reach! I'm so happy you like it. It was one of my very first ideas for a TGCF fanfic. Alongside The Newcomer and Heavenly Damnation ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½which was the one I ended up submittingā€” it was one of the pitches I prepared for the TGCF minibang 2022. At the time, I was translating manhua for Bilibili Comics, from which I learned a lot about Chinese mythology and wuxia/xianxia tropes. This led me to understand just how big MXTX had made the sandbox for TGCF canonverse fancreations, particularly with how loose she made the magic system, and how she built Hua Cheng's backstory up through rumours and half-truths. I thought I could explore this by writing about Hua Cheng's side of the 800 years of separation, but I didn't want Xie Lian to miss out! I then needed a lapse that MXTX had left open to interpretation, and during which Hua Cheng's ability to conceal his story or interfere was limited.
Now, if I wasn't a rabid fan of The Legend of Zelda, I don't think I would've chosen the time when Hua Cheng was sealed in a child form to tell this story, even if it's possibly the best moment for doing so. I don't like children in fiction. I've got nothing about real life children, on the contrary, but the use and connotation of childhood in fictional narratives is more times than not shameless propaganda for reproductive futurism, and I hate it. However, the biggest sidequest of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask features Kafei, a man who has been de-aged by a curse, and his fiancƩe Anju, who he's to marry on the same day the moon is going to fall and end the world. Kafei hides from Anju and the rest of the town in shame by wearing a fox mask (known in the game as Keaton mask, being Keaton a golden fox spirit). One good day, I looked at Kafei, thought of Hua Cheng, and had an epiphany, hahaha. If I'm very idle in the future, I'll write a TGCF x Majora's Mask crossover with Xie Lian as Anju, Hua Cheng as Kafei and Link as, well, Link. It'd be the ultimate "target audience = me", reason why I'm not in a rush to write it (I can simply daydream) but this explains the design of Hua Cheng's mask in the cover art I made for the fic. It's just Keaton's mask with Hua Cheng's trademarks, lol. Also, the eye windows/carvings might be Zelda's influence, too. There's a lot of eyes in the series, as they're the weak point of most bosses, and the emblem of the sheikah, a tribe of ninja warriors at the service of the Hyrulean crown.
In general, coming up with ways for Hua Cheng's worshippers to show their devotion and support has been a lot of fun. Hua Cheng will never appreciate the love they have for him or how they want to help him (he only cares about Xie Lian), but Xie Lian will see it and be very proud of him, I think. He's also delighted to be able to take care of his dearest friend during this trying times, and he'll baby him to oblivion, as he should ā€”you're so real for the Hua Cheng whump appreciation, I salute you.
They'll be a bit further from human settlements in the next chapter, so we'll mostly encounter creatures, rogue travellers, and cultivators with their own bewildering theories about Crimson Rain Seeking A Flower. I hope you enjoy it when I finally post it, and thank you for the ask!
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Back to WIP game main post.
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velvetwyrme Ā· 2 years ago
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Ever wondered what the fictional protagonists of Distilling Destiny might look like? Well, here's my interpretation ;>!!
If you don't know what Distilling Destiny is, I suggest you go read Flipping Fate- the fanfic I'm co-writing :>! It's a fake book that exists within the world of FF- written by the one and only Stretch! (or, in real life: @collegecomics18 ;D)
(Additional notes and thoughts under the cut!)
There's no "canon" design for these characters, but I thought it'd be fun to try come up with some concepts :>! I actually drew these months ago with a gap between finishing each, so they all look slightly different stylistically lol
First off! Each design is associated with a playing card suit; the Knight is associated with HEARTS (ā™„ļø) , the Soothsayer with DIAMONDS (ā™¦ļø) , and the Bard with CLUBS (ā™£). Not only can this be seen in small details, but also in their overall poses/shapes!
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The shapes also correlate very neatly into the idea that all the characters are from different kingdoms- I would have tried to differentiate each kingdom's clothing style a bit more buuuuut that's... a lot of work, and we only really see a couple characters from each kingdom, so I just stuck with making each character feel distinct.
One thing I also tried to go for was making all of them "faceless" in various ways, since the characters in Distilling Destiny are embodied by their roles in a way that effectively strips them of any further identity; during the book club, the DD!characters are referred to as they are in the book- they HAVE no names, and are only referred to by their titles. They are also meant to correlate to/reflect the characters of Flipping Fate in a not-very subtle way, on account of Stretch being the author (and... [REDACTED]).
The Knight's armour references a LOT of things. Obviously, OG Papyrus' battle body (even his little blue shorts ;>), but the red plume on his helmet is meant to call back to Undyne, and some of the golden bits (e.g on the back of his gauntlets) are not only "heart" shaped, but are also reminiscent of tridents and thus Asgore and the Royal Guard.
The Soothsayer's clothes are patterned with diamonds and coins- they are both a connection to the reader/MC, but also!!! In tarot the "matching" suite for diamonds would be coins/pentacles :]!! The Bard's pipe is a fantasy equivalent of his FF counterpart's bad habits, and his blue accents are meant to be a small nod toward his brother LOL.
Anyway, this is already long as heck so why not make it longer! So here are the sketches that I did back inā€¦.. SEPTEMBER 2022?? kjdhfkjsf
You can see the original sketch for the Bard is much smaller than the other two since I did it while I was at work LMAO (plus the initial idea for the Knight I had, which ended up getting changed.)
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Thank you for reading! If you got all the way down here, you probably deserve a little treat ;)!
So!! I mentioned at the beginning that each of the characters correspond to a card suit... which of course, means there is a spade as well.
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(The only reason he's not in this lineup is because I haven't finished drawing him yet kjhfjgkjgkjfhgdskjg,,)
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spicyraeman Ā· 2 years ago
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į“į“„źœ± - į“›Źœį“‡É“ & É“į“į“”
Saw a buncha chooms doin this lil trend and remembered that I had an old draft doing this very thing! Spiffied it up with even newer shots of my babes and it really makes me realize how far both me and my OCs have come :]
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March 25, 2022 || June 24, 2023
The shot on the left is legit my very first oc shot in cyberpunk. Id taken some landscape shots before this but this was where the blorbo brainrot started. Vons definitely come the farthest in terms of design, from big beefy maelstrom to like.. wet rat white boy energy I guess lol. She still got a long way to go though, probably gonna be working on her forever, she's my favorite little passion projectšŸ˜Œ
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June 2, 2022 || June 2, 2023
Didn't even realize these were exactly a year apart till I checked the dates!
Luis is basically the exact same as when I first made him, just the perfect design from the moment of creationšŸ˜ŒHe's the OC that really started my VP journey, I made him just to take pretty pictures of and learn the ropes. Glad I finally have the skills to show off his full beauty!
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September 12, 2022 || June 14, 2023
Lynk's design is one that feels both entirely different and very much the same to me. Same overall vibe and style, but more refined I suppose. Less scrungly mess of wires and more sleek and sharp borg. Really love their current design now, still wanna make 'em custom tattoos but it gonna be a while till i'm at that modding level!
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December 12, 2022 || June 1, 2023
Dallas was a design first backstory second kinda OC. I love her old design, think all the cyberware and makeup are really cool, but as I fleshed her out it just wasn't Dallas. Found myself in a comfy spot with her now though, even ended up making her her own custom complexion!
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December 5, 2022 || July 9, 2023
Technically there's an even farther back design I could use for Sunny but it's so different I can't even consider it him. His old design looks so similar yet so very different its kinda weirdšŸ˜…Sunny's design now is probably the one I'm most content with, I might try and add back his arm tattoos but until then he's pretty much perfect.
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December 8, 2022 || April 23, 2023
When I first made Midas my main goal was a dark moody playboy, which definitely stayed the same just in a radically different way. His OG personality was a playful and dramatic womanizer which I loved but I needed a straight man in this group of idiots and he had to be it. So instead he became a mysterious and gruff guy that has ladies falling over him whether he likes it or not, also he's a vampire now.
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froggo-tea Ā· 10 months ago
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I love how adorably you draw Xero. For me it is difficult to draw him so expressively, so how do you do it?
Waaaa thank u so much!!! Truly one of the best compliments I could ever receive :)
To be completely honest, Iā€™ve been drawing Xero for like 2 years now or like a year and a half. Practicing has made me understand how I want to portray his character and the personality he has (or that Iā€™ve given to him) in a way I donā€™t really acknowledge it, like, my hands know how to but my mind doesnā€™t- if that makes any sense lol
I still struggle to draw him from time to time, sometimes I feel like I do the same doodle lol. I guess exaggerating face features and moving them around is my way of doing it. Like I move his eyes a lot, every doodle of him has different eyes. I also add that little ā€œbrowā€ line on top to indicate the feeling better (just that one line can change the way he looks! which is impressive and a ur scary-) Playing around with poses too, even if you are just doing from the chest up twisting the body around helps, not just making him stiff in a straight line, certain poses can reflect someoneā€™s personality! Like the way you stand is different from the way others stand (some out all their weight into just one leg, some have their hands crossed, etc etc) and that can show the way you act.
Sometimes I draw a little fang to show mischief for example! When his eyes are straight it means tiredness but when they are more tilted they look more angry, another example!
Im not a big expert on art and itā€™s hard for me to explain stuff to others but I hope this helps! We all start drawing something in a way you might not like, but slowly you get good at it! dw youā€™ll find your way!!
Ngl this made me look through my old doodles, so hereā€™s how much Iā€™ve grown to draw Xero!
These 2 doodle were done in November of 2022. The way Iā€™ve drawn him has changed a lot actually- I hadnā€™t drawn him that much so these do feel a bit awkward- I hadnā€™t placed my art style on him yet, I was just using the in-game design.
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Here are three others that I had done around 2023. I was getting more used to drawing him, tho I was still improving at drawing! The emotion I give him is expressed through his eyes cause he doesnā€™t really have a mouth lol- different shapes of eyes can help change what heā€™s feeling for me so yee.
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And these are the last doodles Iā€™ve done for him, literally drew these yesterday. I feel so comfortable drawing him now cause heā€™s just so funky and silky. His helmet is so hard to get use to drawing tho, I still find it a bit hard to draw his side view but hey Iā€™m trying! (Also I tried redrawing the doodle of Xero on a throne-)
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Tbh Iā€™m really happy that you think he looks expressive!!! I always tell myself I gotta add more emotion to him and not letting him have an emotionless face, so Iā€™ve been forcing myself to add more and more feeling slowly lol.
I donā€™t really know the exact way of adding more expression tho, kinda just guessing why it may look like that. Sometimes, I just do it. So, keep practicing! Itā€™s what every artist tells other artists but itā€™s true, sadly lmfao.
Thank u again!! As the self-proclaimed #1 Xero hk fan (which lol probably Iā€™m not but I love him to much so I like to think it as that-) I am thankful that youā€™ve acknowledged my incredible skills at drawing this silly fool.
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8beats-per-minute Ā· 2 years ago
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Uncanny Valley AU Designs!!
ITS FINALLY HERE
You can skip to the designs if you want then come back, I wouldnā€™t blame you but I would like to apologize.
I donā€™t know what happened, I started this right after Christmas 2022 then worked on it basically nonstop for a week and a half. I basically finished Mikeyā€™s design with a few changes and started brainstorming for Raph then my brain was like ā€œlol noā€.
It might have been part finding reference poses for Raph or stress from school and exams or burnout or idk. Whatever it was made my motivation disappear. For 3 1/2 months.
I was like ā€œyes stuff is coming!!!! Iā€™m making stuff!!!ā€ And then that just didnā€™t happen.
Again, Iā€™m sorry.
Iā€™m not going to do much in descriptions (unless I add them later) cause itā€™s late and Iā€™m tired. Iā€™ve been actually busy for the past 2 weeks.
General design notes!!
I need up doing the connected ears to head idea so thatā€™s why they look so flat
These are meant to reflect Black and Japanese features. I AM NEITHER. If I did something offensive to one of these groups in these drawings I can guarantee I did not know and did not do this on purpose.
PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I DID SOMETHING OFFENSIVE AND I WILL CHANGE IT. I would appreciate it if it is done in a calm matter but I understand if itā€™s not. Just please donā€™t call me stupid or racist cause I also have feelings. You can yell at me if I take longer than a week to respond. It would also be best if it was in the comments so itā€™s easier to respond.
They all have naturally really sharp and thick nails, I just couldnā€™t show for some of them
I tried giving them masks that incorporated how they wear fabric in their hair. It looks okay but a little weird, especially for Leo and Donnie
Iā€™m writing/posting this between 11pm and midnight after a very long day and with a long day tomorrow so Iā€™m not writing the (aaa I forgot the name for it. The text that explains what the picture looks like) Iā€™ll add it when I have time Iā€™m really sorry tho
Now, without further adoā€¦
The designs!!!
(These might be changed, I have a tendency to change things after and be like wait I like that more but these are basically the designs. Theyā€™re also all post-movie so if you want to see pre-movie, as kids or apocalypse let me know :)).
LEO
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I gave Leo both vitiligo and red birthmark stripes. Everything is blue (of course) and Iā€™m not a huge fan of what I did for his clothes design but oh well heā€™s allowed to switch styles. I was stuck between giving him short hair and long hair and blond extensions or not but this is what I settled on. Heā€™s also 10% the type of person to have little bracelets on (Mikey made him the braided one obviously). I have this headcanon that heā€™d look the most similar to Splinter (as a human obv so Lou Jitsu) so I tried to do that, itā€™s just hard to go from animated to semi-realistic. Anyway heā€™s got that superstar dazzling smile/mysterious troublemaker grin. You canā€™t see but his hair tie is blue. Maybe an actual hair tie maybe a strip of fabric, maybe a scrunchie. It changes every few hours.Ā 
DONNIE
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I was actually pretty excited to do Donnieā€™s face specifically (him and his very square face). I had a really fun time with his shell tho and all the little spots and scars and spiny parts. I tried to make him look similar but not the exact same and I think I did okay. I definitely think theyā€™d look pretty similar just cause itā€™d be like ā€œhaha were twins :)) -Leoā€. I was going to give him headphone but forgot so just pretend thereā€™s headphone plz lol. I also believe heā€™d wear very baggy clothes but I made his collar way too high cause I feel like heā€™d hate the feeling of stuff on his neck (no this is not me projecting šŸ‘€). He also has sharp teeth but I didnā€™t show them.
MIKEY
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Oooh boy. I was so excited for Mikey!!! I also gave him vitiligo on his face, arms, hands and legs )not visible). I also feel like heā€™d change his hair around A LOT so I gave him a few different hairstyles. He also definitely has paint on most of his clothes and paints on them intentionally. Heā€™s a cool sock guy I just KNOW it. I tried keeping his little shell stickers on his ā€œcasualā€ design but had to move it to the other one cause it looked weird. I did put them on his knee pads if you looks close. I had to keep his other cool face knee pads of course, theyā€™re iconic. And I of course kept his off-centre gap tooth.
Last but certainly not leastā€¦
RAPH
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I had so many ideas for him and I got most of them but theyā€™re so half-assed Iā€™m sorry Raph šŸ˜­. Especially the pose ughhhh itā€™s so bad. And the shoes šŸ„². Anyways instead of focusing on what I did badly were going to focus more on the idea. A few thoughts I knew I wanted was the scar on his eye and shoulder and to add markings cause Raph deserves to glow too. I added some markings on his forehead and just below his ears if you look close. I also added some on his shell and the spikes on his shoulders. He definitely has the most obvious shell out of his brothers but itā€™s still smaller than how it is in the show. AH I JUST REALIZED I FORGOT HIS RAPH CHASM šŸ˜­. Sorryyyy. I also wish Raphā€™s markings were lighter but oh well.
Thatā€™s all for now! Now that I can stop stressing about finishing this I can try and post more about this, whether it be art or talking about it idk.
Also I plan on making a proper logo soon I just have a very busy month ahead of me so weā€™ll see how fast that gets done
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d3m0l1t10n-lvrs Ā· 11 months ago
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I honestly don't remember šŸ’€ I really don't remember my life up until now, because I was in such a bad place from my childhood up until I was 15. I always loved the dca, when security breach first came out they were my favorite! But, it wasn't until the summer of 2022 I fully got into the fandom! Idk what made me go and search for this community, but I'm so happy I did!!!
I've always had a thing for robots! When I was little, if there was a robot in a show or game, they would immediately become my favorite character and I would hyperfixate on them. I think the DCA was a mix of that, and the fact that they were so unique! Like bro those are some SOLID ASS CHARACTER DESIGNS
Since the summer of 2022!
I have with my friend! I haven't finished it tho. I have watched Markiplier play it tho!
I've only really done one thing, and that's my bookstore au, Inkdrop Literature! I promise I'm still working on it, this chapter is just rlly long and weird shejdheu
I love the murder-y ones lol. My favorites are Love, Death, and Rollerskates, Sleuth Jesters, Days of Laughs and Nights of Screams, The Night Shift, and Ghost in the Machine!
@ayyy-imma-ninja 'S SERIAL KILLER AU. HOLY SHIT IT'S SO GOOD I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have two animatronic characters that will appear in Inkdrop Literature! I love them a lot :))
Honestly I love it lol. It's crazy how different they look and act from the fandom's interpretations! I absolutely love them!!!!
The absolutely amazing creativity of the fandom!!!! There's never any boring content here!!!
Moon. While I adore Sun, I think Moon and I have a lot in common!
LOVE HIM AND ALL THE DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS OF HIM!!!! This fandom can make him a whore, a bloodthirsty killer, and a cinnamon roll and that's amazing
Idk what this means lol sorry
Idkshsjsjshej
Two separate beings in one body!
ANXIOUS, SHORT TEMPERED SUN!!!! While I love golden retriever Sun, let's be honest. That man is a shaking Chihuahua who's pissing and shitting everywhere and bites anyone who comes close
The villianization of moon! While I absolutely love it when moon is an evil bastard, I think that people villianize him too much! I'd love to see how the virus affects Sun as well, too
Me getting off my ass and working on Inkdrop Literature lol. Also, next Solar Luancy chapter
Depends if we're talking canon or fanon. Canon Sun- No, I'd probably cry if he gets irritated with me. Fanon Sun-YEAAAA WE'D BE BESTIES! Canon Moon-Yeah we're both fucking gremlins lmfao! Fanon Moon-Depends on which flavor he is. If he's all sweet and gentle, then I'd cling to him like Velcro
I REALLY FUCKING LOVE THIS COMMUNITY!!!! EVERYONE IS SO NICE AND TALENTED AND WE DON'T JUDGE EACH OTHER FOR SELF SHIPPING!!!!!! AAAAA
alright dca fandom, here's some questions bc i'm curious. the funky jesters make our brains go brr, but why? treat it as an ask game or answer in the tags if you feel like it! :)
how did you get here?
why these characters in particular? what was the hook for you?
how long have you been here?
have you actually played fnaf sb?
if you make content, what's your favorite piece you've contributed?
what's your favorite sort of art or fic? what genre/flavor/style?
what's your favorite au?
do you have any ocs, or have any ocs you're fond of?
what do you think of the dca's canon appearance? Scary? Cute? Something else?
what keeps you in this fandom despite the very small amount of canon content the dca had?
be honest: if you had to pick only one, sun or moon?
thoughts on eclipse?
thoughts on pre-glitch sun?
thoughts on pre-glitch moon?
do you interpret sun and moon as two sides of the same person, or truly two separate beings in one body? does it matter?
what's something in the fandom you'd like to see more of?
what's something in the fandom you'd like to see less of?
anything you're looking forward to?
do you think you'd actually get along with the dca if you met them irl?
free space! talk about whatever's on your mind!
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Spookie Jar #2: Black wolf
Started: March 20, 2022
Finished: March 24, 2022
Like I said before: with the exception of the four in my personal collection, Spookie Jars are pretty much always gifts from me to other people. (My friends have even joked about them being part of a rite of passage, lol.)
This is one of my earliest jars; it came along sometime after I finished my spotted hyena. (But you guys probably already guessed that šŸ˜‚) Although I always use photos of real animals as references, back then I clearly had no idea how to mimic the correct proportions of a wolf. It came out pretty cartoonish, but I was happy with how scary the teeth looked. Maybe I'll try again one day.
Thankfully, my dad still liked it when I gave it to him for his birthday. Filled with Haribo Happy Cola of course. He's loved that stuff since before I was born.
(Note: since the pictured sculpture is no longer in my possession, I had to take screenshots right off of Instagram. This will be the case for several other upcoming posts. So, unfortunately, no way to avoid those awkward little indicators. I KNOW there are ways to download pictures from Insta to put somewhere else, but I swear none of those methods worked for my devices, and I have no idea why!)
(Side note: if you look closely, you'll see that the paper-panel is a different from the ones in the first post. Something that will also be the case for many of the jars earlier in this series. That's because I've recently polished/updated the larva design I'd been using. The new one looks a little cleaner in my opinion, but it's still nice to look back at where it started.)
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nightroo Ā· 26 days ago
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*Throws this on the ground and runs*
Heyyy how long have I not posted here? Like actually 2 fuckin years or something?? Who knows!
Anyway, I am very busy with uni work (I'm on my final year! Can you believe that bc I can't), and because they require us to keep a record of everything we do, I don't really feel like posting here (where I used to ramble). Also, the whole AI debacle put me off posting my big finalized paintings, which is what this blog was for. And so, it was abandoned.
I also have a secret side blog for an unnamed brain rot game that has consumed much of my free time lol
So, why am I posting now? Well, I wanted to post about this somewhere, and this isn't (technically) uni work, or related to the brain rot game...
On the left, is Lykena, drawn around 2021, last time I made large changes to her design.
On the right, is her newest design, still a WIP, but like, fuck man. This looks like a whole different person drew it lmao.
I am always blown away by the sheer difference every time I go back to that time, even 2021 compared to 2022 is kinda like this, and I'm like ???
Okay I should talk about the actual fuckin design instead of being incoherent lol. So I was going for her being not exactly pretty. She's still pretty, don't get me wrong (maybe I'm biased but I love her ok), but she's flawed. Eye bags, underbite, messy hair, and not to mention her scars. The little superficial lines on the 2021 are cowardly, in my honest opinion, and if you give a character scars, go all in.
In the 2025 version, I also showed her before the story really takes off (aka before she gets powers, and gets injured by her god) and God she's so <333
(yeah, I'm here to love my ocs, who else would)
Also, finally she looks androgynous. I'm heavily considering bringing back an idea I had a longgg time ago, to make Rana Bigender (she/he) because I need to make everything gayer, and she does get mistaken as a man in earlier parts of the story, so like why not?
I didn't even say why I'm doing this fuck. So I want more pieces for my concept art portfolio (more... current ones at least), and re-designing the main 4 from Old Blood seemed like just the thing to do. I've been wanting to redesign them forever now, didn't really get the opportunity until now.
So I will have a full outfit redesign for him in the near future (hopefully). I already have a bunch of cool ideas for it, made a whole moodboard lol
I'm not promising I'm back, but I will be finishing my degree soon (what a concept), and idk maybe I miss rambling here. It's not as... social? As the sideblog (it's... scarily popular for God knows why haha, somehow I got a lot of followers and notes, I honestly still can't wrap my head around that) but I kinda like that there's no pressure on me here. I can post whatever I want, because I know maybe 10 people will see it.
(also helps that future potential employers won't be here, because... it's Tumblr lol)
So expect more updates on him. Maybe.
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hexfloog Ā· 2 years ago
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One menacing little meitantei I finished back in September for a contest at Nan Desu Kan 2022 :3c He both lights up (shoes and glasses) and has secret definitely not evil details which can only be revealed under black light. He placed second in the "figurine" category!!
Base kit is this Bandai Entry Grade Conan Edogawa that can be bought very cheaply and assembled without any hobby-specific tools. But I am a hobbyist and I do have a lot of tools on hand so I went a little nuts (below the break):
Base is scratch-built from black acrylic and real brick and mortar (these little slips are the kind made for cladding dollhouses). Since the brick material is real, it's heavier than it looks. Box was designed to have a removable door on the bottom in order to access the custom LED wiring and the on/off switches. It's just a door with a notch in it that you pry off with any tool that will fit, as it's only being held in place with double-sided tape.
There are two custom LED circuits wired into the figure. One circuit controls the LED in his glasses and runs all the way from a tiny spot just above his left eye (the LED is very small! just .6mm) down through his body, to his feet, and into the base. The other controls the ones in his shoes. The wires are not visible except behind the door in the base, they are routed through many a hand-drilled hole.
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The wires are incredibly fragile since they're so tiny... pieces fatigued off when I was putting this together since I was handling them too much trying to figure them out. I definitely could have done a better job here but I've given myself a pass since it's my first foray into this kind of stuff. It also works, so I can't ask for more, really.
The blue color in his eyes is hand-painted. The kit provides a sticker sheet for the details (below) but instead I opted to paint them in with my smallest brush because I'm a masochist I guess
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For what it's worth, I think it paid off lol. I did try to apply at least one of these and I thought it looked incredibly jarring, plus I didn't really trust the strength of the adhesive to stick well while I hauled him around.
Similarly, the sticker that is used for the homing glasses radar on the lens that lights up is custom-made. The kit does not come with this detail and I wanted something to justify the trouble of wiring up his glasses. A custom waterslide decal would have been ideal, but the issue with this one would've been finding a vendor that can print white (most run-of-the-mill custom services can't).
Under black light, Conan is knee-deep in UV-reactive paint splatter. I wanted to mimic the look of a luminol reaction on blood. Yeah this might've been an extremely self-indulgent decision because the shine in his eyes glow with this same paint too LOL but there was no way I wasn't completing the look by going for some evil eyes >:) Makes him look like an animal at night and I'm very here for it and also tagging this as Evil Conan now hehehe
With the exception of his glasses, and his eyes, the entire kit is finished with a matte topcoat. Without it, he's got a very plastic, glossy shine to him. The topcoat protects the black light paint, too.
Anyway I'm quite proud of this and I'm glad I finally took good pics ;0; It's very different from my usual gunpla-adjacent stuff (Zoids) and because the kit is so affordable I was more comfortable with experimenting. I'm delighted to have placed at all in the contest, and now I have unwavering confidence I can carry this experience to other kits I have on backlog >w<
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nikatyler Ā· 2 years ago
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šŸššŸ˜šŸššŸš Recap: Main Characters
Long post, woah. Well, I do have eight main OCs so no wonder...šŸ˜‚ I tried to pick my favourite 9 pictures of all of them from 2022. It was really difficult with some because they only had a few pictures (but in the end, everyone had more than 10). As always, Ross and Tyler win.
Let's talk characters under the cut, shall we?
Caleb, Tyler, Bianca
I didn't really develop their sims selves, but rather their nonsims counterparts in my vampire story -- KilliƔn, Tori and Bianka. I need to get back to that. The burnout was getting to me so I took a little break but I should get back to writing now. Long story short, shit's going down and I'm so close to wrapping everything up!
I continue diving deep into Tyler's feminine side and I love every single minute of it. I should not be feeling this much gender envy but yes I do get a lot of gender envy from Tyler okay lol
Sharon
Same deal, I mostly developed her nonsims counterpart, Saren.
For her sims version, I considered making her a werewolf again, but I still haven't made the final decision...however, I'm like 99 % sure she will canonically be a werewolf.
Rory
Aka new Rachel because I wasn't really happy with Rachel's design anymore and needed a change. Rory is hands down one of my most beautiful sims I've created this year.
I haven't taken many pictures of her though...something to fix in 2023.
Ross & Claeb
Ross. The man, the myth, the legend. Not much to say about his development, but he got a lot of attention. Especially on twitter. Instagram too, I guess. Why is it that wherever I go, people love him? Is he really that amazing? šŸ˜‚ I mean, I love him, but I never thought people would feel the same way and I still find it hard to believe.
Thank you, though. When you compliment him, I get more powerful, and that's not even a joke lol.
As for their relationship and the way I feel about them. Well, the rollercoaster lasted for...years, actually, but I think we're finally done with the ride. Caleb just *is* part of my OC group, there's no way around it. The face might be a townie but the personality I gave him, that's all my work...but at the same time, pouring that same personality behind another face just doesn't work lol.
And yes, they did break up in the legacy...I'll wrap up that storyline too, don't worry. šŸ‘€
Callias
Started off as a Caleb replacement, now a separate character who doesn't have that much in common with Caleb actually. Still needs a lot of development but boy. Do I love him.
Part of me wants to do a BC with him next year, part of me is like...he wouldn't settle for one partner. He's immortal, he's had many mortal lovers, he knows they'll go away, he's not too bothered by it. That's just the way he rolls, he's not looking for a forever soulmate.
Oh and he has history with Caleb...and shhh, I'm not sure if I'll explicitly say it in the legacy, but he'll have a thing with Ross too off screen (ts4!Ross I mean, ts3!Ross is a different deal) šŸ¤­ And I wonder if I should have all three of them canonically meet later but...
Well, in an AU save...šŸ‘€ All I'm saying is that they all would get along very well šŸ¤­ Callias would somehow insert himself into their relationship for a bit and they'd just accept it. I feel like neither of them would realize they lowkey became a polycule until someone else would point it out šŸ˜‚ But still, Callias wouldn't be with them *all* the time.
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sublime-beyond-loss Ā· 2 years ago
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I posted 32,856 times in 2022
That's 32,856 more posts than 2021!
149 posts created (0%)
32,707 posts reblogged (100%)
Blogs I reblogged the most:
@moishe-pipick
@lookcaitlin
@rain-bowss
@musclem3m0ry
I tagged 193 of my posts in 2022
#the stanley parable - 138 posts
#dungeons - 65 posts
#kevan brighting - 64 posts
#the narrator - 64 posts
#everywhere at the end of time - 16 posts
#the caretaker - 15 posts
#the stanley parable ultra deluxe - 11 posts
#tspud - 8 posts
#tspud spoilers - 7 posts
#ambience - 7 posts
Longest Tag: 139 characters
#speaking from experience tspud is a blackhole for any autist that starts to hyperfixate on it from which there is no escape once it has you
My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
Skip Button Alternate Ending
I got the idea to write out a 'what if' ending for the skip button scene concerning what would happen if the narrator was capable of acknowledging a player who refuses to keep skipping forward. This is heavily inspired by @give-soup-please writing prompts. I don't normally write in this style and I'm not one to write stuff that feels so much like wish-fulfillment, but hey, it can't hurt to be a little self-indulgent every once in awhile, and even then, boy is this ending earned by the time it is finished. It's no cakewalk for anyone involved, it just has a slightly happier outcome compared to the normal way this ends. I also just really like the idea that since the narrator is not human, he does not have a human mind, despite his personality closely resembling one. What if he is actually quite capable of enduring multiple eternities alone without going mad as long as he has the right motivation to do so and doesn't slip into an existential spiral along the way?
This can be read as platonic or romantic. Another choice. Make it count.
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#4
Everyone shut up, Iā€™ve figured out what the narrator is. Heā€™s a peacock. He spends all of his time presenting, screaming while presenting, and being weirdly aggro for no reason. The parable takes place on his butt feathers and every time you complete an ending, it adds another feather to his flamboyant ass.Ā 
194 notes - Posted November 8, 2022
#3
Itā€™s been several years since I last read through the manual of the Indiebox physical release of The Stanley Parable, and....
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My god, The Narrator the most autistic thing on the planet. Itā€™s like, I get that the manual is written the way that it is to be humorous and slightly unsettling, but boy if it does not feel like the Autism Experience playing out in miniature.Ā 
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The over explanation and difficulty with trimming it down. This is a whole ass mood right here. Overexplaining everything because youā€™re so used to being misunderstood and taken out of context.Ā 
This could also be seen as info-dumping about a special interest since the dude is unquestionably obsessed with his game and story.
See the full post
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twitch
Hereā€™s a long and very interesting interview with Kevan Brighting.
Some things of note:Ā 
He likes all of the different interpretations and designs of the narrator and his own interpretation is that he looks like Alan Rickman as Snape without the cloak.
He has had people asking if heā€™ll sign buckets if they send them to him and heā€™s had to refuse out of the fear that it would turn into him carting truckloads of buckets to the post office everyday lol.
He is a fan of the Adventure Line TM and wished they could have done more with it.
He has not played the game since he feels like he knows it well enough and there are no surprises to find for him, but he does enjoy watching other people play it, although he has not gotten around to doing so for UD yet.
He does not believe the narrator died during the skip button segment but simply got bored and left after waiting for so long. (EDIT: I should clarify this since some comments think he is giving a canonical explanation for what happened. Even he says he doesnā€™t know for sure. Itā€™s just his own interpretation. When even the writer himself in the Reddit AMA says he doesnā€™t know what happened to the narrator then its pretty clear youā€™re meant to have your own interpretations and come to your own conclusions.)
He finished recording most of his dialogue for UD three years ago.Ā 
290 notes - Posted July 24, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
*Rings bell* Come here TSP community. Come get your slop.
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Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review ā†’
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LOL YEP
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love-fireflysong Ā· 2 years ago
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I posted 2,195 times in 2022
215 posts created (10%)
1,980 posts reblogged (90%)
Blogs I reblogged the most:
@queenofbaws
@jamie-tiergan
@emmamountebank
@impossibleclair
@lunar-resonance
I tagged 1,219 of my posts in 2022
Only 44% of my posts had no tags
#until dawn - 125 posts
#the quarry - 101 posts
#asks - 58 posts
#my writing - 41 posts
#ashley brown - 39 posts
#chrashley - 34 posts
#chris hartley - 34 posts
#critical role - 30 posts
#climbing chrash - 27 posts
#josh washington - 23 posts
Longest Tag: 140 characters
#getting super close to the end of one of them so the drive and need to sit own and finish the stupid thing has taken a hold of my entire bod
My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
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The Hackett Family Tree that was on the wall in the house. Transcribed it out of itā€™s cursive to something more easily readable in case others wanted to know what the tree looked like lol. Only bit of info I wasnā€™t able to figure out was the line that was written under Nathaniel Hackettā€™s date of birth and death.
Transcript under the cut.
Jedediah Hackett (1681 - 1722) married Tempest Seimer (1692 - 1740) and they had one son, Nathaniel Hackett (1710 - 1765).
Nathaniel married Agnes Farthing (1717 - 1730) and they had three children. Two sons: Increase Hackett (1742 - 1806) and Secundus Hackett (1745 - 1750), as well as one daughter: Faith Hackett (1750 - 1830).
Increase married Hope Mather (1750 - 1810) and they had one son, Citus Hackett (1805 - 1856).
Citus married Mary Piggin (1810 - 1830) and they had one son, Azariah Hackett (1830 - 1905). He is noted as being Nathanielā€™s great-grandson. All children after him are marked similarly now.
Azariah married Ellen Washington (1835 - 1913) and they had seven children, five sons and two daughters. In order they are listed as: Benjamin Hackett (1855 - 1870, great-great-grandson), Matthias Hackett (1856 - 1880, great-great-grandson), George Hackett (1860 - 1926, great-great-grandson), Suzette Hackett (1860 - 1880, great-great-grandaughter), Thomas Hackett (1872 - 1877, great-great-grandson), Annabell Hackett (1888 - 1939, great-great-granddaughter), and Septimus Hackett (1890 - 1944, great-great-grandson).
Septimus married Moira Jackson (1895 - 1955) and they had two children. One daughter: Leah Hackett (1915 - 1965, great-great-great-grandaughter) and one son: Francis Hackett (1917 - 1975,Ā  great-great-great-grandson).
Francis married Louisa Clarke (1920 - 1985) and they had one son, Jedediah Hackett (1940, great-great-great-great-grandson).
Jedediah married Constance Guendy (1943) and they have three sons: Travis Hackett (1965, great-great-great-great-great-grandson), Christopher Hackett (1973,Ā  great-great-great-great-great-grandson) and Robert Hackett (1976,Ā  great-great-great-great-great-grandson).
Chris married Amelia Grant (1973 - 1999) and they have two children. One son: Caleb Hackett (1995, great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson ) and one daughter: Kaylee Hackett (1999, great-great-great-great-great-great-grandaughter).
43 notes - Posted June 19, 2022
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Just finished a run through of The Quarry, and Iā€™m crying cause this was the pic they used for the final headline after the podcast finished
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Bobby had a beard at one point????? A big, bushy, glorious one that has me sobbing in both fear and confusion cause I donā€™t know how I feel about it asdhasdashd
49 notes - Posted July 9, 2022
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Man I love this particular key art they used in the game for so many reasons. One of which is just the fact that the lightening in this is just gorgeous obviously, and the background of the moon behind the treehouse with that gorgeous starry sky. But the rest is just you can tell exactly what plans they had for the characters at this point and how things changed with all of them.
Like Jacob, Kaitlyn, and Ryan have little differences from how they finally ended up in the game. Their designs at this point were set in stone and I love that!
Apparently Dylan once had long hair and a manbun (plus he was apparently blond at one point????) and instead of the t-shirt itā€™s a jacket with patches on the sleeve, and itā€™s so different from what we actually got that it blows me away. Emmaā€™s wearing a white tangtop with her hair down and shorts it looks like.
But the two that interest me the most are Nick and Abi. Mostly because I feel like theyā€™re changes were decided on much, much later down the line. Like itā€™s hard to tell but Nick is clearly wearing glasses here, and we know from that unused drawing of Nick in Abiā€™s sketchbook that he was wearing glasses in all of them.
And Abi? Her outfit of that jacket, shorts, and knee length socks? Super familiar and absolutely jumped out at me right away because this picture of Abi that you can find in Chrisā€™s office?
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56 notes - Posted July 19, 2022
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Oh shit, just realized that I never actually did post the pic that @wacemā€‹ drew for me! So here it is, the last drawing I commissioned for my the last chapter of my fic The Final Days of Our Youth. Please send them all of your love cause oh my gods I still love this so much.
113 notes - Posted January 25, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
821 notes - Posted January 12, 2022
Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review ā†’
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