#hope hss

[triciabeloved]

hope and some random guy i cant remember the name of

+ some bonus doodles

[raziiyah]

hey! this is actually something i've thought about quite a lot before so here's how i see it:

since monsters are so diverse in the monster world, there are a vast amount of factors that are considered beautiful. some monsters may like 1 eye, some like 3 eyes and some like 8. some like feathers, scales, or fur. it just comes down to preference. but for monsters, generally, scary = beautiful

firstly, for the teeth thing, i imagined that just like human beauty standards, monster beauty standards can change. perhaps yellow teeth used to be the standard, but then it was discovered that whiter teeth made them more visible and gave them a scarier appearance. also, maybe they discovered that poor dental health caused monsters to lose their teeth sooner, which is a problem if you rely on them for scaring. proper dental care allowed you to stay healthy and kept your teeth in good condition, keeping you in the scaring career for longer. like when sulley is brushing his teeth in mi, mike really emphasizes getting rid of plaque

this change could also be why randall's teeth in mi are visibly whiter than they were in mu

as for female monsters, i see it sorta like how jessica rabbit from who framed roger rabbit is in toon town. she's regarded as very beautiful, but not as desireable or successful (to other toons) as roger rabbit, someone more cartoony and goofy looking

so though the more humanoid looking monsters could be considered beautiful, since being a scarer is known as the biggest achievement a monster could have, if you're scary, you're considered beautiful on a whole other level.

another idea i had is that scaring could be considered as a male dominated career, so the scary/beauty standards for female monsters aren't as scrutinized as much as male monsters. this could be why there are more female monsters that aren't necessarily as "scary looking"

this could also play a role into why the pnk's are so cutthroat- with a more conventionally beautiful appearance, they might not be considered the most successful in monster society. sure they could be models and movie stars

(though i can still see """scary/conventionally unattractive""" monsters being just as viable as models and moviestars in the monster world, maybe even more so),

but since scarers are the creme de la creme, "prettier" monsters could sometimes be seen as beautiful but maybe not typically the image of someone "successful" or "desireable" (my oc lia is a scarer and has a body type similar to the pnks so i made this an insecurity of hers hehe)

but monsters can combat this by showing their scariness through their glowing eyes, teeth, claws, etc. this could be valuable as well as there's a scary/surprising factor to appearing "innocent" at first, which could be advantageous in scaring, if you know how to use it (like the pnk's in the toxicity challenge or terri and terry in the scare simulator)

also considering the movie poster seen in maw; it's about monsters in space, likely referring to aliens. humans could be considered aliens/alien-looking to monsters because they come from another world, and heather has a more humanoid appearance

on the other hand, hss is more favored as "one of the most powerful, scary monsters in campus, and they have a more traditionally "scary" appearance. and in monsters at work, of the female monsters in the mu sororities, rosie levin was the one who made it to the same scare/(laugh) floor that sulley/(mike) are/(were) on, at monsters inc.

so really i think beauty is subjective in the monster world since everyone is so different. conventionally beautiful monsters are still beautiful, maybe even some monster's preference, but scary monsters are generally favored most, because of how much monster society is centered around scaring. after all, "scariness is the true measure of a monster."

@moonlight-monster @randall-simp-nadt88

[ryp3004]

"Where are they going, rylie?" i have no idea. that's between them and god.

@aliendxde @triciabeloved @cupofst4rs

Reasoning under the cut :P

Ryanne - I think she's the second best driver of this group, though she definitely prefers to be a passenger! Cow accessories everywhere! She got a bulk thing of them on amazon 😝 also, I don't think she likes people eating in her car. Also her and Olympia are talking about Duran Duran

Rhys - Rhys seems like a VERY nervous driver to me. Her back is ramrod straight and she is NOT looking away from the road. Cause she doesn't like to drive, their car is pretty clean! They have snacks and water bottles in the trunk just in case. I like to think those stickers are from Beckett.

Olympia - Plushies. Everywhere. Olympia strikes me as a sunglasses, tinted windows kinda driver. I also think she's the best driver of this group. Her sound system is the stuff of legends. I added the purple neon 1) cause it's sick as hell and 2) i like to think Jordan got them for her :). Also, Louie totally saw a cute dog on the sidewalk

Louie - It is a miracle they are getting to their destination in one piece. Poor Rhys is miming the brake pedal the entire time. Ocean stickers all over!! Also, fun fact, my best friend has christmas lights in her car! It's legal in michigan as long as their in the back seat! I also hit Louie with my anime fan beam so he got a goku plushie

[cherealta]

I've gone back into an huge high school story hyperfix for No apparent reason for this past month and half so i decide to make a new tumblr! it's been a while since i've been in an fandom space so i decide to stick to an more niche(? i guess) fandom with not so many people still here as it's not as overwhelming for me.

these girls have been with me since 2013 and 2014 respectively with many many different changes! however their core characteristics have stayed the same.

(more info under the cut!)

i was planning on drawing them about a week ago buuut my drawing tablet has decided to die on me and my only drawings of them are from <2022. which isn't ideal. then i remembered a few days ago i can just create them on sims, so for the time being i'll use ts4 as a way to visualize them until i get a new tablet!

a little brief introduction to them -

vivienne is my high school story prime mc and she transfers over to berry high in her sophomore year. bc of this the timeline is a bit different to the canon one (especially since the choices games are canon to the original timeline) as in my tl hss prime takes course from her sophomore to senior year (there's NO way all the stuff that happens in hssp happens in one year!!! pixelberry u can not convince me otherwises!!!). side confession but despite hss/hwu being an defining part of me i've never touched choices... which means i've just never considered were those games would fit into my timeline. so i guess i'd consider my tl an au.

agnieszka or angel is my hollywood u mc who i miss dearly and i'll forever be torn up by the fact that hwu is unplayable now. she's vivienne half sister (vivi is a product of affair. there's A LOT of lore that i'll hopefully go into in later posts) and the two aren't aware of eachothers existence until around 2010. despite this angel loves the fact she has an younger sister, even in unconventional circumstances, and wishes to grow closer to her. vivienne is hesitant at first but by 2018ish they have a very good relationship!! sure it takes a while but the two had to overcome a lot when it comes to their family.

for the years vivienne starts berry high in 2013 and agnieszka starts hwu in 2014 (basically when the games came out). they don't start having an consistent relationship until about mid-to-late 2015.

also this is my first time doing character sheets that aren't heavily drawn so hopefully they aren't too hard to read/understand. this is all i'll say for now as i don't want this post to get too long! i'll drop more info abt them as this month goes by.

[aliendxde]

@ryp3004 blue eyed stare vs pools of honey

[shaketheshakeiah]

ANOTHER DRAWINGGG!!!!

i cant stop drawing this guy :)

[reallyhardy]

HSS playthrough part 14 - hope's story. this one's a bit shorter as its JUST hope's story so it's more like half an hour -- i've been mostly playing in chunks of an hour and jumping around questlines, so i often wonder about the watchability of these videos, but i suppose their true main purpose is for my own archiving/understanding of the game as i work on a big long retrospective about it (and maybe about pixelberry in general, since as a game dev studio its changed so much since the HSS days)

[danielnelsen]

accidentally unlocking a plot that i’ve been saving is the Worst part of this game fr

[hsslilly-blog]

there we go. happy new year everyone!!!

[itsalwaysdark]

we had fun tho the whole family hung out and we did some sporclee and chronophoto and then globle me n lamp nd father did globle bc mein mamma went to sleep. yay :]

[triciabeloved]

the sillies!!! >_< they're on their way to throw rocks at max's car.

@cupofst4rs @aliendxde @ryp3004

[othercrossee]

Hes my pookie stick fr

[ryp3004]

i can't decide if autumn told them to pose or if they beat sakura at mario kart >:) @aliendxde

[madiush]

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!!

This year's drawing is for @spiderking404, hope you had a merry Christmas!

And thank you so much @homestuckss for letting me participate once again on HSS! I have so much fun drawing homestuck things every year fr.

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comically small gif because I didn't know how to make a gif

[aliendxde]

my current ideas for the good place au are

eleanor = koh

chidi = either nishan or kallie (can i somehow do both?)

jason = julian

tahani = payton (duh)

janet = autumn

derek = ..wes?? maybe

mindy = kara

the judge = professor edwin

[bwat5-blog]

Hope: Arcane Oneshot Fanfic

**Spoilers for season 2 but not-cannon compliant. Some more angst than I have ever tried but it all ends well**

** Kind of a more fleshed out idea to "someone to be strong for", hope you enjoy!**

Jinx sat alone in the cold, heavy silence of her cell. She didn’t move. Plates of old food lay scattered around her in various stages of decay. She was hungry—she knew that on some level—but the gnawing ache in her stomach couldn’t compete with the sheer weight of the emptiness inside her.

Every time she tried to move, she saw their faces.

Mom... Dad... Mylo... Claggor... Vander... Silco... Isha... her Isha...

And finally, Vi. A lifetime of being the toughest thing on two legs, and Jinx had finally brought her sister low—just as she had always feared she would. Every time she closed her eyes, all she could feel was Vi’s rattling gasps after the explosion. All she could smell was burning flesh and leather. All she could hear was Vi’s breathy whimper of pain:

"I love you..."

It didn’t matter what Caitlyn said. Caitlyn tried to convince her to eat, telling her how well Vi was recovering, but all Jinx could hear was her sister’s voice, looping over and over in her mind, blood washing over her as Vi proclaimed her love even while suffering to save her.

"Jinx... you’re a jinx. That’s all you are and ever will be, you little monster," the voices hissed in her ears. She curled up tighter, nails digging into her skin as she cried out.

Please... please stop...

Ding!

Jinx’s attention snapped to the sound of the bunker elevator. She forced herself to sit up straighter, though she still hunched in the corner, trying to calm her breathing. Slow, measured footsteps echoed in the empty hall.

Closer. CLOSER.

Finally, a man she didn’t recognize appeared. His hair was greying, but patches of color revealed a resemblance to Caitlyn. His tired, worn eyes betrayed his age, but he was dressed well. He dragged a chair over to the bars and sat down with a sigh.

He was quiet. Jinx waited—waited for words, for a bullet, for something. Finally, she couldn’t take the silence anymore.

"I realize I’m the only animal in this zoo, but mind telling me what you’re doing here... whoever you are?"

The man sighed. "My name is Doctor Tobias Kiramman. Does that mean anything to you?"

Jinx nodded slowly. "My sister’s Piltie princess is—"

"—my daughter, yes."

Jinx slid back into the corner, as tightly as she could. "Your wife..."

Tobias was still for a moment, then nodded. Jinx’s stomach dropped, and she turned away. "Whatever you came to do... please, just do it. I can’t. I can’t keep going like this..." she whispered, trembling.

He stood, and her heart began racing. She heard the jingle of keys and started breathing so hard she felt faint.

"Young lady, I am going to slowly sit down... and I am going to look at your hands. I am placing my trust in you now," he said quietly.

Jinx’s muscles locked with fear.

Hit him! Kill him! Escape!

The whispers began to scream—but then stopped, abruptly. Warm, calloused hands enveloped hers. Her breathing slowed, though terror still froze her in place. She couldn’t bring herself to look at the man she had wronged so deeply.

"My daughter tells me you prefer Jinx to your given name, Powder. Is that correct?" he asked, wiping the dried blood and filth from her cracked and torn fingers.

She nodded, too frozen to speak. She was certain she’d vomit if there were any food in her stomach.

"Hss!" she hissed as her hands began to sting. She tried to pull away, but Tobias held her hands gently, applying a soothing salve.

"I apologize—I should have warned you. My bedside manner is a bit dull these days," he said softly.

Jinx watched as he took out clean white bandages and slowly wrapped her wrists and hands. The movements were methodical, precise, and when he was done, her hands looked... they looked like Violet’s. A sob wracked her chest, and she scrambled away from him.

"WHY ARE YOU IN HERE?!" she screamed.

He didn’t move closer, just sat calmly. "How old are you, Jinx?"

She blinked in confusion at the randomness of the question. "Nineteen. Why?" she sneered, trying to summon hostility to push him away. She didn’t deserve his kindness.

"What is it telling you, Jinx?" Tobias asked gently.

She stared at him in shock. No one had ever been so direct about the voices before.

"It’s okay. You can tell me," he urged again, careful not to invade her space further.

The dark, shadowed cell was silent except for her ragged breathing.

"They’re only telling me what I already know... that I’m a monster. You know that better than anyone," she whispered, turning into the corner. "Just go. Your hands should be around my neck, not healing me."

Tobias exhaled slowly and leaned back against the cell bars, the door still open. "There was a time, not too long ago, when I might have tried to take you up on that."

Jinx laughed bitterly. "Well, what’s stopping you?"

"I see my daughter in you... and you in her."

Jinx turned to him, eyes wide. "Me and the princess? You’re joking."

Tobias smiled sadly. "Oh, a few months ago, I would’ve said the same. But after what you did, I wanted to understand. I thought that if I could grasp the creature who took my wife, it might make me feel strong again. So I asked around, sent feelers into Zaun. Would you like to know what I learned?"

He scooted slightly closer.

"I learned that you were a bright, inquisitive young girl who risked her life to save her family. I learned that you had a natural affinity for marksmanship and a budding inventor’s mind, even as a child. And I learned how the brutality of people like me plunged your world into darkness..."

He scooted closer again.

"And then I learned how, after trying to save your loved ones, you were left alone, afraid, and vulnerable. The wolf came for you. He fed you, clothed you, told you strength would ensure no one ever left you again—but he left you untethered, dragged you deeper into the dark. Until all you could see was the tower, the symbol of all that had been taken from you... and you lashed out."

Jinx sobbed, her chest heaving as he gently placed a hand on her knee.

"I am so very sorry for all that you have been through," he said, his voice breaking.

She threw her arms around his waist, crying harder than she had in years. How... how could he be kind to her, after everything? She felt his arms draw her closer as she sobbed until no more tears would come.

"I am so, so sorry," she whispered, looking up at him with red-rimmed eyes. "I... I can’t... How can you even be near me?"

He patted her back gently. "Because we failed you... you, and every child like you."

They sat quietly until her breathing calmed. Eventually, Jinx raised herself to the cot, unsure of what came next.

Tobias stood, dusting off his pants, and stepped out to bring a plate of food, still warm and covered. He uncovered it and handed it to her. Beside it were two small blue pills.

"Eat at least some of it, and take those. They’re not instant; your body will need time to adjust. But they’re a start. I’ll make you a deal, Jinx," he said, hunkering down to meet her eyes. "In a few hours, Caitlyn and I will come down with a single guard to move you to Caitlyn’s chambers, where she’s been caring for Violet. You’ll have to stay there for now, but you can be with your sister and help her recover. Would you like that?"

Jinx was overwhelmed. "I... please, yes. I’ll do anything you want. Thank you so much."

He smiled as she swallowed the pills and took a forkful of warm chicken and rice.

"It’s time to start taking care of yourself again. You and I will meet twice a day for now. Maybe, eventually, we’ll work on silencing those whispers forever."

As her mind spun, she ate gratefully. Before leaving, Tobias turned back to her.

"You are not a monster, Jinx. As I understand it, you’re the only reason I still have a daughter. You gave me a chance to make things right. You saved my whole world."

Tears streamed down her face as she smiled, feeling something she thought she never would again: hope