#i had fun with coloured text on this lmao

[industryhbo]

creations from every month of 2022: post your favourite/most popular post from each month this year (it’s okay to skip months)

i was tagged by @capinejghafa and @merlinaddams tysm 💖

january: > favourite: ozark + water > most popular: the office + something lgbt happened to me

february: > favourite: ozark season 4 part 1 > most popular: the women of ozark (gaslight gatekeep girlboss)

march: > favourite: the white lotus season 1 colours > most popular: hacks appreciation week - favourite episode

april: > favourite: severance s01e08 - mark and helly > most popular: severance s01e09 - helly

may: > favourite: succession / ozark parallel > most popular: fave unhinged redheads

june: > favourite: max mayfield s04e01 > most popular: hacks s1 finale/s2 finale parallel

july: > favourite: severance/made for love parallel > most popular: joseph quinn on the tonight show

august: > favourite: allison mcroberts (pink edit) > most popular: eddie munson meta - nerdist article

september: > favourite: ALOTO/paper girls parallel - gay metaphors > most popular: ALOTO characters + pride flags

october: > favourite: blorbo week - ava from hacks > most popular: IWTV - louis & claudia e06

november: > favourite: steddie + flight risk quote > most popular: lestat + tumblr tags part 1

december: > favourite: eddie munson + IWTV quote > most popular: lestat + doing things for louis when he asks

tagging: @castlesrichards​ @fightingdragonswithwho​ @haleyatwell​ @lengthofropes​ @thetwinsinlaw​ @trueloveistreacherous​ @sheisraging​ @royalarmyofoz​ @viktorhargreeves​ @zekelandon (no pressure!)

[typosandtea]

Draw nick….with your non-dominant hand

I AM FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE!!!!1!!1!!!!!!!

Had to sit on my hand bc I kept touching the screen agh lmao. No eraser either we die strong 💀

Genuinely though: Thanks for such a fun request! It’s great to do extra silly stuff like this and laugh at myself ahaha (I love silly!!)

[ID: A sketchy digital drawing. Done with the artist’s non dominant hand so the whole drawing is shaky and imprecise. The colouring in is messy and outside of the lines often. Nick valentine from fallout 4 is pictured from the thighs up and facing slightly to the left of the image. He is in his usual worn detective attire with his skeletal metal right hand shrugging with fingers stretched wide open, and his left arm is missing above the elbow and red, blue, yellow electrical wires are pictured arcing, and a black wire is not arcing. He is grimacing in pain with his teeth bared. He is saying “can anyone lend me a hand please!” The text is shaky and on a yellow background. To the right. Of nick’s head is the text “ow :(“. The background of the image is maroon. In the bottom left corner is the artist signature in navy blue saying “ typos & tea (left handed)” left handed is in capitals, and the text is very shaky. End ID]

Typo’s Simple Fallout Requests post link here :)

[joannaliangart]

A LIST OF THINGS I CAN’T REMEMBER (2024) 6.5 x 6.4 in 23 page case bound book and handmade pastepaper. Papercut art and poetry

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not sure if this is called papercut art? I'd been referring to it as 'paper art' in my mind but googling that leads to a lot of like, folded/oragami stuff too

final project for my praxis class in 3rd year! Got a good reception towards it during crit which was lovely C:

god this project took fucking FOREVER, I'm glad I did it because it turned out almost exactly how I pictured it but my goodness gracious AUGH it was a lil rough. I'd be working on this thing literally ALL day from morning till Very Late into the night for SEVERAL days straight to meet deadline it was kinda crazy. My floor was covered in a fuck ton of pastepaper I'd made and my finger was getting callused from holding the x-acto knife so frequently orz 23 pages of papercut images AND papercut words?? whhooweee

Watching a fullplay through of in stars in time is what kept me company during those long long days and nights haha, tis a very potent memory I have now (which now that the whole project-making ordeal is over is a p fun memory lol; isat is v v good)

some thoughts about this piece I jotted down in preparation for crit day:

A list of things I can’t remember my intention was to gather a list of mundane unimportant things as well as more like sad or poetically troubling things to disrupt it throughout. At the end it says “if I want to remember these things” because that is also something that I don’t remember, and it’s kind of the crux of the whole piece as this book at its core is about what kind of things are worth trying to hold into in your memory. 

That last page had black text because it’s the hardest to remember or think about, and as such it’s meant to be hard to read/make out clearly. 

The wavy black on the spine area is supposed to be like an encroaching darkness of forgetting lol

used pastepaper to make paper art trying to take advantage of the textures and colours I can make with pastepaper

+crit day installation! There were no white plinths left just this bright pink one?? But I was like. Actually that might fit the vibe lol and I think it did C: made the whole piece pop

For the assignment requirements we had to choose something from one of the special collections we visited, and I chose Janet Kellett's beautiful Qualicum Blue. And was also sooo grateful that googling it brought me to a whole website of theirs that had info on its creation. It's what got me into the rabbit hole of pastepaper and hoo boy! making it was a wholleee process haha; here's the slides I made for when we had to present our material research:

I did a WHOLE bunch of experiments; I really wanted to know what I could and could not do with pastepaper and I'm glad I pushed the material so much in the amount of time we had to complete this part of the project. My prof was surprised at how many experiments I did haha

+fun fact: I asked my prof if they could recommend me a place to source black paper for my book, and they sent me to what looked like such a weird sketchy on the edge of town looking place lmao But it was all good they were like a mass producer of paper or smth and they had a lil storefront? in their warehouse selling what I assume were leftover batches in smaller quantities; that was p fun and! Now I know where I can find paper

Also I got some remarks that the papercut art reminded people of The Very Hungry Caterpillar C:

[itsnotmourn]

CONCEPTS AND RAMBLINGS | "animal" cult pmv extras

thank you everyone for liking my pmv (and on yt and twitter) !! i got more attention than i thought it would and that means the world to me! <33

here’s some of my concept art + rambles for it!

the first thing i made up, the character designs!

i didn’t think to refine them because they were good enough to use LMAO... so i scribbled colours down, threw a filter and called it a night

i wanted a sharp change from the verses and chorus (since the song goes from calm to... louder) so i made it greyscale (with a red filter) that changed to brighter colours!

also changed the text font/colour for ignacio hmm. the font was hard to read, in my opinion.

ignacio's design

ignacio loses his bandage colours because that was too many colours for my liking… i completely forgot his hair highlights tho

ah and he doesn’t get a mouth until the fire scene too…

it was only meant to be done for a few frames but i thought it be cooler if it was consistent.

the missing mouth represents his repressed feelings/silence, or something like that.

skidad's design

i got a few questions on whether skidad was a goat. despite looks, skidad’s design is actually based on the herbiadean/jacob sheep! four horns!

i have drawn skidad as a jacob sheep before as well!

look at them ominous friends.

the resemblance to goats is something i considered as well (links with cult/sacrifice) so i think of it as a fun bonus

i gave him wolf teeth because the whole “wolf in sheep’s clothing” but also because i like it when prey animals are given predator features

i left the body as "human" because i only wanted the face to be censored… i considered clawed/darkened hands too but nah

skidad was originally going to be lined like ignacio, but i liked the lineless look for him so voila! makes it feel like he’s “not bound by anything”... actually, this is the same reasoning for the match to be “out” of the border, even though it’s ignacio’s hand

storyboards

i rarely storyboard (most are locked in my mind) but i figured it'd be fun to try!

halfway, i got bored of drawing digitally so i moved onto my notebook. i think it was a good decision; since i drew with my ink pen, it forced me to move on with my mistakes instead of clicking "clear canvas" lol

i had a pretty solid idea of what i wanted after weeks of listening to the song over and over again. the only thing that really changed was the mirror, which was replaced with a shadowy ignacio

the coloured thumbnails i actually did first, just to figure out out what i’m doing for the chorus part… limited palette my beloved

i didn't know where to put the text so i was scribbling everywhere lol

ratio changes

in the chorus, the ratio of ignacio and skidad’s frames changes! it’s more obvious if i combined them together, like this

less for ignacio, more for skidad

did you notice that the fire in this shot look like the cult ?!!! why did i do that, you ask? well:

the fire is the same “red”as the robe

too lazy to draw fire without abusing motion blur

mmm symbolism idk. it's somewhere there

it wasn’t in my plans but i’m happy i made the choice in the last minute. this was the last thing i needed to finish before syncing it up with the music

also this… i just wanted to point it out… make sure everyone knows... did you notice this? did you? did you did you? well now you do!!!

that's it !!! that's your trip into my mind!! okay byeeeee !!

[juney-blues]

ever since i made THIS POST a lot of people have been asking for a tutorial, even though in pretty much all of the screenshots i included the specific part of inspect element showing exactly what i edited.

so buckle the fuck up I guess because the tumblr userbase want to find out how to make html pages unusable and who am I to deny you.

get ready for Baby's First HTML and CSS tutorial lmao

ok so first things first we need to go over BASIC HTML

html is made up of these things called "tags" which specify certain parts of the web page, such as

HEADERS (<h1> through <h6> in terms of importance)

PARAGRAPHS (<p>paragraph here</p>)

LINKS (<a href="linkhere"></a>)

BOLDED SECTIONS OF TEXT(<b>bold here</b>)

and a bunch of other stuff,

by default however, specifying all of this just gives us a plain white page with plain black text of varying sizes

that's of course, no fucking good, and sucks shit, so the arbiters of html decided to let us STYLE certain elements, by adding a STYLE parameter to the tag

this can change any number of elements about how things are formatted.

text colour, page colour, font, size, spacing between elements, text alignment, you name it? you can change it!

you might've noticed that, certain elements are nested in other elements

and that any changes that apply to one element, apply to everything included under that element!

how convenient!

anyway this method of styling things by adding a style=" " to their tags is called "in-line style"

i think because the "style" goes "in" the "line"

it's generally ALSO a pain in the ass to style an entire website like this and should be exclusively reserved for small changes that you only want to apply to specific parts of the page.

for any real change in style you want to create a <style> section in your page's header!

this can be used to make changes to how all elements of a type in your page are displayed

or even add new elements with whatever wacky styling you want that can be used with the <div> tag!

wow! isn't css just dandy!

and hell you can even use External CSS™ if you're making multiple pages and want them all to have a consistent theme, by pointing to a .CSS file (which is basically just a <style> header without the <style> tags lmao

ok this is all well and good and very interesting if, say, you're making your own website

*cough*neocities*cough*itsreallycoolandfree*cough*

but you came here because you want to FUCK UP A WEBSITE and make it look STUPID!!

so this is where the transform css property comes in~

you can read up on it HERE if you want the details but basically it allows you to apply mathematical transformations to any html element you want,

all of these fun bastards,

they can be really useful if you're doing some complicated stupid bullshit like me

OR for having fun >:)

if you'll remember, earlier i said that css properties apply to literally everything nested in an element,

and you MIGHT notice, that literally everything in pretty much all html files, is nested in an <html> tag

you can use style=" " or regular css on pretty much ANY html tag,

INCLUDING HTML!

ok ok that was a lot of buildup for something that i could've explained in one or two lines, but i gave you all this fundamental knowledge for a reason,

well, two reasons, go make a neocities

CHAPTER 2: THIS POST HAS CHAPTERS NOW

CSS KEY FRAMES BABYYYY

THESE FUCKERS DON'T WORK AS INLINE STYLING

I HAD TO TEACH YOU HOW CSS WORKED, TO GIVE YOU THE KNOWLEDGE YOU NEED, TO ANIMATE PAGES. TO MAKE THE FUCKERY COMPLETE!!!!

OKAY SO AGAIN READ UP ON THIS IF YOU WANT THE FULLEST POSSIBLE UNDERSTANDING

BUT WHAT KEYFRAMES ALLOW YOU TO DO, IS ANIMATE CSS PROPERTIES

and then make a class, which calls that animation...

and then assign that class. to your html tag.

and then vomit forever

we can do it in 3d too,

the only limit is your imagination... (and how many parameters you want to look up on w3schools and mozilla mdn web docs)

CHAPTER 3: APPLYING IN PRACTICE

ok now the fun thing about all of this, is you can apply it to your blog theme, literally right now

like literally RIGHT now

like step one, make sure you have a custom blog theme enabled in your settings, because that's turned off by default for some reason

step 2: edit theme

step 3: edit html:

step 4: apply knowledge in practice >:)

[helenkordart]

“To place my life in your hands, even if my end is death, is something I’ll never regret.”

I started this one the day the license was first announced in July and then the next week my life went to shit and it took me full 6 months of countless redraws and frustration to get to the finish line 🥹🥹🥹 I couldn′t look at it for few months, but I′m back to loving it now 🥹🥹🥹

More details and explanations under the cut! Because I have so much to say about it! Hehe

Everything in this art is hand drawn. The windows, the wisteria, and more importantly the patterns! I went looking for recreations of Sui dynasty clothes and made my own patterns based on those. One day I want to draw them in actually historical clothes of the era tho because the like, general wuxia clothes just arent accurate and I frankly kind of bland. Sui dynasty had such fun layering and insane colour combos! But I love how this one turned out, the patterns were what finally helped the art feel cohesive. The dotted pattern on his top robe hem is the only one I didnt make myself, its one of the default csp patterns.

2. The colour scheme comes from my favourite of the Peerless covers, volume 4 of the traditional edition, lovingly dubbed the Blood licking cover. You know the scene 😳 (yes thats my own copy of the book)

3. Obsessed with how pretty Feng-er′s face turned out. His dimple 🥹 And the phoenix pendant Ququ got him at the end of the book. Ququ is actually wearing Feng-er′s coat in here and my headcanon is that Feng-er loves flaunting the pendant. He loves it so much

4. Ququ′s under eye bags 🥹🥹🥹 let that boy rest. Mwah. Also not so much fun fact, halfway through the art, I completely erased his whole head and drew it again and completely different because it was bothering me so much lmao. This one is SO much better

5. So I have this running joke where every time I draw book characters holding a book, I always add in the text a meaningful scene related to them. So here it′s the scene early on in the cave where Ququ tells him he thinks he's beautiful, but also insufferable and nobody could ever fall in love with him. Heh. Put on this clown wig, Ququ. Honk honk.

Also while my chinese studies are very much postponed rn, I do have a lot of training in japanese and yknow I actually missed writing in characters so much. Surprisingly therapeutic. Need to get back to it.

Anyway if you somehow made it here, wow! Thank you! I love you!

[writtenicarus]

AFTG Headcanon Series [2] Neil

part 1, part 2, part 3

So we all know that Neil and Mary would sleep with their backs to one another, right? Well from this I like to interpret as one of the main ways Neil likes to feel safe is by being held

Not because Mary held Neil, because she didn't, but because he was always so close to her every night and after years of pain not once did she turn to face him and hold him, and now he was in a safe environment, he ached to be held

Of course, when Andrew finds out about this, he is more than happy to hold him when he can and feels comfortable to do so

Neil doesn't share Andrew's love for ice cream. However, it's Kevin who introduced him to the world of sorbet. His favourite is raspberry.

Neil likes to play with fashion. Growing up clothes never had any gender, they wore what they found. Imagine Neil in neon tops and long, flowy skirts

HE LOVES TEA. HE CHANNELS HIS INNER BRITISH GENES OKAY? STUART SENDS HIM BOXES OF YORKSHIRE TEABAGS (im projecting again my bad)

Him and Allison go on weekly lunch dates every Saturday to catch up and gossip with one another, at first Neil is reluctant but he eventually loves them

Kevin comes to him whenever he's feeling anxious or upset

Has a really strong relationship with Jean after the Nest, they often call and text each other and love seeing each other at games, banquets etc

I'm sorry but I have always seen his hair as GINGER as in ORANGE not Auburn, he has ORANGE HAIR YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ITS JUST BRIGHT AND COLOURFUL LIKE HIS EYES

Cannot drink any form of soda/fizzy drinks or juice unless it's HEAVILY DILUTED. He actually recoils and squints. He hates it.

Uses he/him pronouns but doesn't really know what's going on with his gender. He only started thinking about it when he discovered people can identify however they want to. But when he's asked what people should refer to him as, he just says he doesn't care (he would prefer if you didn't refer to him at all)

You may think Neil is the one doing all the rambling? You're wrong. Apart from exy, Neil is a listener. He grew up being quiet all the time and sometimes going days without uttering a word. It's Andrew who rambles to him about his day, his hobbies, a bird he saw on the way home etc. Neil smiles, nods, and tries to remember every word

Ends up having loads of fidgets and little things to play with on a lanyard he uses in class because he just has to be doing something. Whenever he's in an open environment he has to be moving constantly

Jumps when the toaster goes off every fucking time lmao

Does maths for fun?! What a weirdo but he definitely likes how organised and calm writing out all the steps makes him feel

Can do that weird thing where you make your tongue into like a flower shape

Wherever he is his laptop is not far behind. That kid always has it on him and is almost always using it for something whether it be studying or watching exy reruns

Gets lots of piercings!! It's how he starts reclaiming his body whilst also playing it safe with the FBI

Had the softest most beautiful most gorgeous most oh my god did you hear that? Laugh ever.

I'm telling you his laugh is just genuinely so elating that it makes everyone around him feel at ease

Just generally the type of person you can be around and never feel uncomfortable, Neil always likes to make sure people feel safe around him. Not that he tries really hard to find out what people do and don't like, but he's so calm and passive he never does anything to push anyone anyways

ABSOLUTE BADASS some of the things he mutters under his breath are so fucking funny it's shocking sometimes

Overall, just an amazing human.

But he could kill you. Remember that.

[hannahssimblr]

can you put on your creative director / marketing hat and talk about the cover art for lucky boy (and/or both) 🎤

!!! I've actually never been asked about visuals before this is so fun!!

Okay! So here's the cover in question

Honestly I love this and I was really proud of how it turned out.

The raw & more detail is below the cut

Alright! so the idea for this was that it's simply an image of Jude: finally free!

Here he is backpacking in Thailand which he hasn't done yet as of the date of this post, but Lucky Girl readers will know that he eventually Does Do That.

You can tell by his hair here too that he's older. He has this haircut when he reunites with Evie briefly in 2012, so I imagine this trip took place sometime around summer-autumn 2011.

To be honest the whole purpose of Lucky Boy was as sort of an extension of the original story for Lucky Girl readers who wanted more in-depth detail about Jude's life, more than what he ever had the time to tell Evie during her portion of the story, so for that reason the story is filled with little hints of what we know will happen, as well as nods to specific things about him that some have already learned - Like, how the story opens with him getting both ears pierced. The fact that he was a boy with two (and eventually 3) piercings was something that Evie found particularly cute and unique about him, and it's something he references in jest from time to time. ("haven't you seen my cute little earrings?")

Anyway, Thailand is where he gets that rather meaningless forearm tattoo, but it's also a place where he spends a lot of time alone. He does travel with a friend, but said friend is holed up with food poisoning for a significant chunk of the trip, which makes me quite certain that Jude spent a lot of time doing a lot of thinking. I'll explore this more in the actual story when I get there, but it's worth pointing out that when Evie meets him after this trip she notices a certain calmness in him, and like he's lost a lot of the boyish energy ("I realise I am looking at a man"). I feel like this trip is somewhat responsible for that.

He's also, clearly, facing away from the camera, which is probably self explanatory. In the chapter with Jen's birthday, as they take the train to the aquarium in Bray he waxes lyrical (as usual, yawn!) about his preference to sit facing the engine, never looking back. It's the same in this image. He is always moving forward.

YET - that is his school bag. (It is the wrong colour, yes, i didn't have the recoloured version when i made this poster lmao) so there's a sense that he's still in some way tied to childhood, to the things that are unresolved. Lucky Girl readers already know what (and who) those things are but I'll develop all that further from my controllers seat here inside Jude's brain.

"It seems like we wanted the same thing (...) Not to grow up too quickly, like, to be allowed to just be a kid.”

Also - the toy attached to it represents Ivy. It's never explicitly stated in the story, but I think it's probably not in his character to have something like that on his bag unless it was gifted from someone important. So, he's carrying her with him too on his travels.

Now, for the artistic stuff (eek!)

I chose this pinky purple as the base colour by messing around with some hard light blending and the colour balance adj. because it creates that kinda fantasy feeling, like wonder and/or enlightenment is ahead, which hopefully for our dumb boy, it is. Purple is also often used in graphic design to indicate creativity, which is apt, seeing as he's an artist and all that.

I slapped in some sun in the corner ala 3 year old child's drawing, and added the text in yellow for no reason other than it's a complementary colour, and it picks up some of the yellows in the image.

Then added a text gradient to blend it in better and a little drop shadow effect

And finally some grain, paper texture and rounded corners because I wanted it to feel tangible, that sweet, nostalgic 35mm camera effect, or like a postcard.

and that's it!!

This was so fun, you know I love 2 yap and you gave me a platform to do so.

Thanks so much for your question!

[livestock-and-bibles]

VERY curious about ur mouthwashing thoughts but also it’s been a while since ive seen the game so ive gotta rewatch a playthru augh

There’s a couple of reasons as to why I don’t have much interest in the game!!

1. Gameplay

I honestly cannot stand this new trend of horror games that are just the player talking to people, walking around, occasionally finding an object. I dislike this in the game Bad Parenting also. I’m like. Why does this have to be game? There’s no gameplays so what’s the point? I think it would’ve been more enjoyable as a novel or an animated series with the graphics it already has! It would be very striking. So yeah I find the actual gameplay very dull. Also the controls look really wonky from when I watched gameplay of it

2. Characters

I found myself not really caring too deeply about anyone? Like Curly is okay I guess, I like his design and the disability theming but his actual personality is so meh to me. Jimmy has potential but it never really explains why is inferiority complex is so deep so I’m just like ??? Barely any of the characters ever get and of their backstory or family life discussed except for Daisuke and Swansea but even then it’s very little (but those two are my favourite characters and I have very little criticism for them lol. They carried the game). I have so much hatred in my heart for the way they wrote Anya. It just feels so misogynistic to me. Like ofc the only woman on the crew has the rape as backstory + pregnancy plot. I’ve never seen that before /s. I’m just so tired of that being the only plot line women get in horror media. I understand the pregnancy is supposed to parallel with Curly’s disability but it’s still a very tired trope. Also her design is clearly ripped off of Wendy Torrance from The Shining lmao. There’s also a lot of other design elements that are kind of ripped off from Evangelion (the text on screen resembles the the title cards, Curly post accident resembles an Eva, etc.) so I just don’t really care about most of the characters and their relationships except for Daisuke and Swansea, and they don’t get enough screen time anyway lol

3. Plot

Most of the base plot is pretty good and interesting. It’s a solid premise. But I feel as though it’s kind of meandering until you get to the big twists. I was just watching like. When are we getting to the meat of the story. I do like the dual / non linear narrative, that’s always fun. Definitely some enjoyment was lost just bc I saw spoilers online, but I think a game is pretty weak if it’s enjoyment is completely lost because of spoilers, like I replay The Dark Descent all the time even though I know the ending because the story is that strong and the gameplay is fun. That’s where the game kind of suffers because the gameplay is so weak. Also I think the ending was kind of dragged out. I was watching the playthrough and I was just sitting there like. When will this be over. I get it Jimmy is terrible. We do not need five more scenes about this. There are some really fun moments though, like when he eats Curly’s leg or when Swansea mercy kills Daisuke (That’s always a trope I love) Though those are the only scenes I can remember where I was genuinely enjoying the game.

Overall I feel that the game was more style over substance, and a lot of it just wasn’t really my cup of tea when it comes to games. Don’t even get me started on how the fandoms seems to ignore Swansea (an old fat guy) and Daisuke (the only person of colour). Like y’all’s ageism, fatphobia, and racism is really showing guys. I see how y’all favour the white, conventionally attractive characters over these two,

I really wanted to enjoy the game. I really did. But alas. It just wasn’t really my vibe when it comes to horror games and I can be picky so it’s not to say that my opinion is the only correct one, it’s just how I feel. It was mainly the gameplay that I had a problem with, I just can’t get into walking simulator games lol

[vide0n4sty]

i just read the whole issues with forcemasc scenes and while im agreeing with it, i wanna add my points into it: the scene is heavily white and eurocentric standards focused. like its always about "cutting your hair", not knowing in some cultures, like native american, its a masculine standards to keep a man's hair long. the whole ideas of masculinity has to be rough and shit. you have to have a beard, you have to have fat on, you have to wear this and that. and i remember there were some posts making fun of transmascs wanna be a "twink". like yes i know the existence of conventional beauty standards are harmful, but as long as it made said people happy about their choice and they don't force it into other people, what's the odd? plus this lowkey implying the idea of "you will regret when transition" radfems saying even and it made me cringe. and what about transmasc already had that type of body i thought yall agree on not bodyshame anyone?

do i like forcemasc and the idea of it? yes! but do i like how the community practicing it? i dont. tbh, the only forcemasc post i ever liked is like, something about letting your hair grow and you can wear a dress, you would still be a man

btw you are the only one i trust writing this kink lol no other people could do this justice

i appreciate that a lot, and yeah, i think there are definitely criticisms to be made about how forcemasc positions itself as like. the clean kink as opposed to forcefem, and yet falls back on eurocentric/white centric ideals of masculinity in service of its goal of gender affirmation as opposed to titillation. like if you're going to go into 'shave your head, be a bear' etc., commit to the bit, ya know?

i read this very good essay/post about why forcemasc is largely an obsolete fetish which references "disidentification" (codified by a queer person of colour) as a driving force behind forcefem;

forcefem kind of WORKS because it's a survival tactic, which the original text also connects to being a queer person of colour, taking these absurdly misogynistic and shameful fantasies where Woman is abject, the Othered object of desire (as women so often are in a patriarchal society), and reinterpreting into sexual gratification, gender affirmation, comfort, security, freedom

forcemasc doesn't scratch that same itch because Man (and wanting to be a man) simply is not abject in a patriarchal society, Man is not Othered, Man is not shameful.

and i think the forcemasc boys kind of KNOW THAT, so they have to push it further and lean into. like. eurocentric ideals of masculinity for their lame tboy poetry, as opposed to having a fetish about injecting T and getting a big cock and ooooo you wanna jerk off five times a day, you dumb gross boy, which i think is a little more generic but also a lot more overtly sexual too lmao

IDK!!! FORCEMASC IS A SEX THING. LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY, LOVES AND LAUGHS XOXO

[boundlesschaos]

TOA Anniversary Munday

Celebrating TOA and the people who contribute to make our group what it is. Repost, don't reblog. Only fill in what you feel comfortable sharing! Happy anniversary, TOA! Here's to many more years spent together. [Original by Neffi can be found here!]

Name: Ruru

Pronouns: any/all

Birthday (no year): 6/14

Where are you from? What is your time zone? Grew up in the East Coast, currently back living there. EST timezone.

How long is your roleplay experience? Easily 15+ years. I did RP on DeviantArt of all things (and even became a mod of said rp); moved to tumblr RP when it got popular, but then took a break for a few years when tabletop games took interest proper; returned to RP when Cecil and I found TOA.

How were you introduced to roleplaying as a whole? Outside of DeviantArt, I grew up playing a lot of make believe games with friends, which eventually moved to text. But really, dA was the big one that hooked me to RP proper....wild...

How were you introduced to TOA? Cecil was the one who found it? But I was wishing for more tumblr RPs around the time, since discord ones felt too intimidating.

Do you have any pets? Viola! Cute lil cat daughter

What is your favorite time of year and why? (Season, holiday, general period) I like the part of fall where the leaves change colours. Seeing flora change in general is fun for me.

What is your IRL occupation? IT Support; I also do game dev (mainly TTRPG) on the side when I can

Some interests and things you like/enjoy? I like running TTRPG games, drawing, designing and coding spreadsheets. Making improv games on the fly, rules and all. I also like exploring new places, especially when they're local. Picnics on the beach or park are great.

What non-Fire Emblem games do you play? A lot, but the game I just beat is Xenoblade Chronicles. I'm the sole remaining World Flipper fan- I mean, I like JRPGs a lot, so games like LiveALive and Chrono Cross come to mind as well.

Favorite Pokemon type & Pokemon: Bug type. Snom, Grubbin, Pinurchin, Trapinch, pokemon that have the shape (tm) are my favorites. I've always had a soft spot for the Lati duo as well.

Tell us some funfacts and trivia about yourself! I've lived in Japan for a fair bit, and became N5 proficient through that. I'm trying to study for N4. I will also never stop talking about TTRPG - namely that I make games and one of them is Fire Emblem based.

How did you get into Fire Emblem? NO JOKE BUT I first learned of Fire Emblem through some promotional pamphlet that came with Pokemon Sapphire I think??? And then saw them in Smash. Cecil definitely helped me get into it proper.

What Fire Emblem games have you played? Easier to say what I haven't, which is FE1 and FE3 (or their remakes). Only played Echoes, not FE2. The only games I started and never beat are Warriors, Three Hopes, and FE5.

First & Favorite Fire Emblem games: First exposure was one of the GBA, but Awakening was the first I beat proper, I think. My favorite FE games are 4 and 6.

List your 5 favorite Fire Emblem characters across the series! Niamh, Joshua, Hugh, Idunn, Lethe? Those are the first to come to mind that I consistently like.

Who was the first character ever to make you go “ooh I like this one in particular” and why? Can be any context and reason! This would have been so long ago...I liked characters like Chad, Lugh, Ricken, etc because they were the 'small boy who might not be taken seriously' type. Which, given I was a lot younger back then, also treated younger than i was by my family, and starting to realize I don't define my gender neatly, they were important characters to sympathize with.

Any Fire Emblem crushes? 😳 All my crushes are in Tellius LMAO but like. Titania. Nailah. Powerful Women....

If you’ve played (or are familiar with) the following games, who was your first S support? Who would you S support nowadays? - Awakening: Sully; might pick someone like Miriel? - Fates: Tsubaki; idk tbh....maybe him again - Three Houses: Shamir; probably Yuri? - Engage: Yunaka; maybe Kagetsu? [THIS WHOLE THING IS REMINDING ME that im not very attached to S supporting with the protag I GUESS]

Favorite Fire Emblem class? I like the ones where you can fly. Kinshi Knight is one of my favorites for the design and unique combination of flyer and bow.

If you were a Fire Emblem character, what would be your class and stats? Would you be playable? Probably a flier or a strategist type. My luck stat is either way too good or awful, no inbetween. Probably also a furry of some variety.

If you were a Three Houses character, what would be your affiliation? I'm your generic NPC civilian.

If you were an Officers Academy student, what would be your boons, banes and potential budding talent? - Boons - Faith, Riding (me remembering I rode horses as a kid) - Banes - Axes - Budding - Flying, Bows

If you were an Engage character, which nation would you originate from? Probably Firene for being very flowery?

How do you pronounce TOA? 🤔(separate letters, to-ah, other?) I pronounce it toe (the body part) + a (the letter). toe-a.

Current TOA muses: Niamh, Hugh

Past TOA muses? N/A

Who was your first TOA muse? If you no longer have them, can you see yourself picking them up again? Niamh

Do you believe you have a type of character you gravitate towards writing? I like writing characters who appear composed, put together, etc, but are actually definitely not. Their ability to empathize is either super good or they struggle dearly (but are aware of that shortcoming). the more unconventional their gender, identity, etc is, the better.

Do you have characters or types of characters you don’t think you can handle writing, but wish you could? Honestly any character with a sizeable amount of lore. I'd just spend way too much time worrying I interpreted one of their support conversations wrong or don't do the character 'the right way'.

What kind of scenes, situations etc do you believe you enjoy writing the most? I like writing situations where the characters learn a new facet about themselves, or discover a place beyond their wildest dreams.

Do you have any scenario in mind for your muse(s) that gets you thinking “man I hope I get to write this one day”? Maybe something that lets me explore Hugh's past or defines Niamh pre-meeting Cipher crew?

Favorite TOA-related memories? Candy game was fun. I also liked the teamwork and memery I had in BOEL this year.

Present or past tense? I think I write in present so that?

Normal size text, small text, no preference? Normal Text with no trimming because most of my replies are through my phone lmao...

Got any potential muse delusions to share? 😉 Sommie :) Both joking and genuinely serious. I love a small Frienb and i think it would be interesting to dive into the fact that Sommie has been around for a very long time, but realistically I'd probably only play him for a few months. Aside from Sommie, there are a couple of FE6 characters (Lugh, Raigh, Idunn) who could be fun but I like sticking to one muse per game. Constance I think about off and on but she hits my 'has too many supports' and therefore I'd worry about playing right. I still rotate the Three Hopes supports I read though. Maybe someday

[agendabymooner]

9 to 5 || f1 drivers (4)

(SPIN OFF TO COLOUR ME YOUR COLOUR and RUSH)

Summary: Lorelei Hester ‘Lester’ Alessandro is a bassist first and Daniel Ricciardo’s partner second. But it seems like another role is added to her resume as she begins her weekend in Baku as Toto Wolff’s children’s babysitter. 

Chapter/blurb summary: At the Mercedes hospitality, Lester and Toto prepared for a long weekend by easing the bassist's intimidation towards the Wolff kids' father. AND Toto and his kids had a different way to seal a deal, and everyone seemed to love it.

Content warning: Mentions of sickness, doting dad!Toto being doubtful, filler chapter part two (lmao), google/apple translated German, wholesome Toto Wolff + kids content.

Note: Updated the masterlist!!!!!

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iv. papa, soren and tia's promise hug

THURSDAY - Baku Race Weekend

The instructions were simple.

Keep an eye on the kids. They may be sweet but they’re menaces.

Make sure they’re fed (especially Tia because she’s a picky eater and she would cry if she didn’t eat). If Tia didn’t want anything from the venue, ask Toto’s assistant to drive them to the nearest restaurant or mall for food. Take Toto’s platinum card just so the kids are eating what they want. 

Make sure they’re entertained. They may visit other hospitality areas if they feel like it but never go near the busy garages. They can say hi to the people who worked, but they can’t go near any cars without Toto’s supervision.

Whenever Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc approach the kids to fulfill their uncle duties, scare the men a little bit to remind them that they’re not married to Toto’s in-laws yet. Tell them to “know their place” but with kindness.

If they ever want to take the kids to say hi to others, tell them that they need to text Toto directly. Not Tilly. Toto. Tilly’s at home, taking care of their youngest child. 

Don’t stress too much about putting the kids into danger. They know when to stay away from trouble.

The instructions were simple, but she swore she could feel her palms sweating while she was listening to Toto talk about the kids and how to care for them.

This wasn’t her first babysitting gig. She had a niece and nephews and their terrible two phases weren't that bad. Lester didn’t know why she scared herself so much when she thought of taking care of Soren and Tia. 

Still, Toto’s aura was intimidating. 

He was the same man who dressed his son in a denim shirt (with the letters SPAW — his son’s initials — embroidered on the bottom of its right hand pocket) and khakis shorts and his daughter in a beige puff sleeved shirt under her denim dungarees. He was the same man who had placed his daughter’s hair back with a bee barrette. Why was she so intimidated? 

He didn’t carry his emotions at work around his family and he was definitely a loving father, yet Lester’s still scared of him. Not in Max and Charles’ level of scared though. 

Inside the Mercedes hospitality stood Lester. She never felt awkward visiting the place even if her boyfriend was a driver for the rival team. If there’s anything that she had learned, it was that she had access to almost every team’s hospitality. Mercedes was a familiar place, seeing as she often found herself hanging out with Tilly whenever she was attending for the weekend. Talking to Toto alone was quite awkward but nevertheless she continued to nod along. 

“You need to stop being intimidated by me,” Toto told her with a frown, “I’m not scary.”

“Half the grid would beg to differ,” Lester muttered to herself. He didn’t hear it.

“You’re not going to endanger the two I promise,” he added, “they are well behaved.” 

“I’m not worried,” Lester waved off his comment, “we’ll have fun. Don’t worry too much about them, hm?” 

“This is the first time I have brought them to another country without Tilly,” Toto chuckled to himself. “I have managed to dress them up today, so that is good. No?” 

“They’re still breathing,” Lester told him, making him laugh. A rare one. She then shifted the topic to the other child who was forced to stay at home, “How is Adelmo?” 

Toto’s eyes showed nothing but solemnity. He ran his fingers through his hair as he sighed, “The poor boy has a croup. Ren and Tia were excited to show him everything but we cannot take him with us. He’s been coughing a lot so Tilly took him to their physician. So… yeah. He has been crying a lot. Tilly said it took her an hour to get him to settle and take his medicine.” 

Lester pursed her lips, “Poor little man.”

Toto nodded, “Tilly is just as restless as she normally would be on a race weekend. She would normally have a relaxed weekend whenever she stays back in England with the littles. She might as well have traveled with us, no?” 

“It’s best if she stayed back with Adelmo,” Lester shrugged, “to lessen the exposure to more sickness. I’m sure his croup would go away eventually.” 

“I hope so,” Toto sighed, now watching his older two play. “I should probably hand them over to you.” 

“You should definitely,” Lester nodded in agreement. “Be a Team Principal right now. You can be Papa later.” 

“I can be both at the same time,” Toto jokes, “you’re undermining my multitasking skills?” 

“I’m not trying to, but in between a team who will be racing on Sunday and two children who are petting Roscoe? I think your drivers need you more,” Lester chuckled before shooing him off, “go.” 

“Meine kinder,” Toto called the two, making the little ones turn and run to him. They stood before him, eyes that were once looking up moved their gaze as their father knelt down in front of them.

He spoke to them in a foreign language while gesturing at Lester, “Papa wird heute hart arbeiten. Ich brauche deine Hilfe, also hör zu, okay? Deine Tante Lorelei wird dir heute und morgen und morgen danach bei deiner Aufgabe helfen. Kannst du hart arbeiten wie Papa und Tante Lori erlauben, dir zu helfen?” Dad will work hard today. I need your help, so listen, okay? Your aunt Lorelei will help you with your task today and tomorrow and tomorrow after. Can you work hard like dad and allow Aunt Lori to help you? 

His son and daughter looked up at her as she offered them a smile, not knowing what they just spoke of. The children looked back at Toto before the boy asked, “Bedeutet das, Bücher zu lesen?” Does that mean reading books?

Toto answered, “It can be reading. Did you bring your books?” The boy nodded. 

The girl raised her hand, making the two look at her as she asked, “Ist es in Ordnung, wenn ich Onkel Max und Onkel Charles grüße? Und Onkel Lewis?” Is it okay if I say hi to Uncle Max and Uncle Charles? And Uncle Lewis? Now Lester understood a little bit of her question. Hearing the three drivers’ names did it for her.

Toto nodded, “Ja, aber du musst Tante Lori zuhören, wenn sie um etwas bittet. Und wenn du um etwas bitten willst, sag es ihr einfach und sie kann dir helfen.” Yes, but you have to listen to Auntie Lori whenever she asks for something. And if you want to ask for anything, just tell her and she can help you.

“Okay,” the kids answered at the same time. 

“Are we going to work hard this weekend?” Toto asked with a grin. “Together?” The kids nodded eagerly. “Okay then, kann Papa eine versprochene Umarmung haben?” Can Papa have a promise hug? 

Lester was so smitten at the sight of the father and the children that she hadn’t noticed the Mercedes photographer and cameraman were taking pictures and videos of the family. None of them noticed either, too busy attacking their father with a hug. Toto was attacking them with kisses all over their faces before he fell back, his children’s weight pushing him down. 

“Wenn wir später zurückkommen, werden wir Mama anrufen, dann werden wir sehen, ob es Delmo besser geht,” when we get back later, we’ll call Mama then we’ll see if Delmo feels better. Toto murmured before he stood up, messing with his son’s hair one more time before he looked up at Lester with a grateful smile, “Thank you again, Lori. I appreciate your help.”

“Bye Papa!” “See you Papa!” 

He waved at his kids again before starting his Thursday morning work. Peering down at the kids, Lester grinned and asked, “What are we working hard on today?” 

[vintagelacerosette]

Tag game Tuesday/picrew catch up!

Oh how I've missed doing these! Thank you so much to these sweetpeas who tagged me to do these tag games/picrew. Lyle @milkovetti Michelle @michellemisfit Bri @y0itsbri Evie @energievie Julia @juliakayyy Georgia @iansw0rld Kat @mybrainismelted Nosho @creepkinginc Cross @crossmydna Willow @ian-galagher Lyds @ardent-fox Vey @look-i-love-u Molly @deathclassic Jay @surviving-maybe 💕

💟Name: Myn/Shermyn

#️⃣Age: 27

🗺️Location: Sydney

🧥Do you own a robe? Describe it. Yeah a pink silky with lace trim one my older sister gifted me as my maid of honour gift 🥰

☕️Do you have a favorite mug? Describe it. Why yes! It's one of my prized possessions! My Gallacrafts mug I made art with the darling & talented Ling @lingy910y

🧣Do you have a favorite blanket? Describe it. You know I don't think I do & that's tragic 😔

🍵Coffee or Tea? Tea

↳🔥🧊Hot or Cold? Cold it's been so damn humid & dry in Sydney rn 😓

🧦Fuzzy socks or Wool socks? Wool

🧤Gloves or Mittens? Gloves but the fingerless kind so I can scroll/read fics on my phone lol

🔥Fireplace or Campfire? Fireplace

🌞🌜Sun or Moon? Both baby! They work in tandem to give us life ☀️🌙

🍬Chocolate candy or Sugar candy? Sugar 🍭

🥐Sweet Pastry or Savory Pastry? Sweet

🎃Peppermint or Pumpkin Spice? Peppermint. I haven't had pumpkin spice before

🛏️Go to bed early or Wake up early? Wake up early but i don't sleep early to make the happen 🥲

🥣Cold cereal in milk or Hot oatmeal? Cold cereal in milk I especially love the sweet ones. American cereal certainly hit the spot with their cinnamon toast crunch or lucky charms 🤤

🍞Potatoes or Bread? 🥔

And Finally…

🚬 Gallagher or Milkovich? It'll have to be MIlkovich even tho objectively the are more terrible ones than good. But to be fair the great stole my fucking heart 💖

Picrew

Which character from any media would you like to have as a father? 

I think Johnny Rose from Schitt's Creek would be a funny dad plus loaded 🤣

If money, laws, time, and effort were no object, what animal would you want to have?

I'd love an otter omfg they're so damn cute 😭

What is your Chinese takeout order? 

Sweet & sour pork & spinch noodle with wild mushrooms.

What's your favorite emoji?

🥹 I'm particularly fond of this one bc it's the marvelling of beauty for me

Would you rather have a library, greenhouse, or home theater in your house?

I think greenhouse. I think would be so soothing & I feel like I need more plants in my life hahaha

What childhood tv show do you think of the most fondly?

Cardcaptor Sakura 🌸

What was your tumblr like when you first joined?

I joined 2012 it was so aesthetic & I wished be one of those vintage aesthetic blogs hence my tumblr name lmao. I kinda got confused & scared how to use it so i stopped for 2 years. So i missed out all the fun drama i guess lol. Then I started using it as like a scrapbook of things I liked hahah

What clothing style do you love but don't feel compelled to replicate yourself?

50s but I feel that would be such an effort to pull off

If you were plopped into a fictional world, which one would you know the layout of the best?

Pokemon but like in the switch games. I've been playing too much instead of sleeping lmao

What is your favourite piece of art? 

Idk if I have a favourite but one that impacted me in high school was a piece called 'Atomic: full of love, full of wonder' by Nike Savvas. Funny thing is that I got to see it in person may 2 or 3 years after seeing it in a high school text book & having to do essays on it. It was by complete accident & I had no idea see was displaying her work in our national art gallery. It was magic to see a piece irl after studying it 🥰

Do you have a water bottle? what does it look like?

My bestie jusr got me this steel pink hello kitty tumblr that was a collab with a bubble tea shop! I love it I take it to work 💖

What fanfic trope is a quiet fave?

I think time travel with younger selves meeting their older selve & seeing how they fot their happy ending 🥰

Do you carry a daily bag? what does it look like? what's the weirdest thing in it?

Yeah a carry bag for work. It's this tote bag another bestie got me for my last birthday. It's really cute. It's pink & mint green with a cluster of cute things like teddy bear.

If you had to ship Mickey with another Gallagher, who would it be?

Respectfully no ❤️

What is a fanfic trope you didn't expect to like and then very much did?

I'd say mafia au especially bc of the amazing fic by Kay/Shamelessquestions, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Ian Gallagher.

Do you think s11 Mickey can still carry s11 Ian?

He sure could! He's our swol lil man

Look at them guns!!

Who got custody of the killing bat when they sold the house?

I kind have this tie between Fiona getting it or it being passed to Liam & Franny to keep the legacy going

Not tagging any bc I'm late but if you see this & you want to go ahead starlight 🩷

[pharawee]

25!

25.    favorite single gif you’ve ever made

There's this superstition that you can keep vampires busy by giving them something to count. That's me with the question you picked for me lmao (but thank you so much 💜💜 I just need a moment to really think about it).

...

Okay, I've decided to just cheat and choose several gifs.🤡

This again because I just think it looks so neat.

This gif because I got to listen to my retrowave playlist while making neonsynth gifs. The part with the sunglasses was my userpic for ages.

This particular gif from this set because this is when I first figured out which colouring and text I wanted to use. And then I listened to Criminal on repeat the whole day. Fun times.

This gif from this LITA set because the placement of the swirls was actually an accident and then I just rolled with it. I got so many compliments for this gifset too, so I'm all 🥰 now when I look at it.

And this Past-senger gif that looks super simple but colouring this weirdly tinted scene was actually super challenging (you can see how extreme I had to be with my adjustments layers because it made the lens flare turn blue in some of the other gifs).

Okay I'll stop now before I hijack this question some more (I'm the worst vampire ever).

✨Asks for gif makers

[monstersinthecosmos]

thank you to @birdblacksocialclub for tagging! <3

Are you named after anyone? I am named after an 80's soap opera character but I cannot say more because my real name is a Tumblr secret.

When was the last time you cried? omfg I can't remember which was last but this week I cried over a BTS clip I watched of the Curb Your Enthusiasm finale and also my GOT rewatch when Dany has to lock the dragons up 😭

Do you have kids? no lmao

Do you use sarcasm a lot? I THINK I USE IT MEDIUM for humor but I don't use it often in actual conversation because I don't want to be mean and I think it doesn't really come across over text.

What sports do you play? I HULA HOOP AND LIFT WEIGHTS IDK IF THAT COUNTS thats it that's the extent of my athletic pursuits

What’s the first thing you notice about people? in person probably their clothes, online probably THE STUFF THEY SHIP and then the tone with which they write meta 🤣

What’s your eye colour? Blue but I have partial heterochromia in my right eye so it's also brown.

Scary movies or happy endings? MANY SCARY MOVIES HAVE HAPPY ENDINGS WHAT DO YOU MEAN but scary movies

Any special talents? I can write I guess lol.

Where were you born? Long Island

What are your hobbies? fanfic writing, arts & crafts!, VERMICOMPOSTING, gardening!

Do you have any pets? I HAVE 2 THEY ARE VERY CUTE they are cat siblings named Ghost Pepper and Scrambles and they are about 21 months old!

How tall are you? 5'8

Favourite subject in school? dude idk I dropped out, I was miserable all day. When I went to college I had a lot of fun in Film Lit and the weirder photo electives.

Dream job? If I could make consistent money off photography and have it be my only job that would be so nice but the way it is now I find the business side of it so stressful that I prefer the setup I have now in which I have a cushy corporate admin job that pays the bills and allows me the freedom to have creative hobbies that I can do for fun without them being my job. I would love it if I could get into social work fields and do like community building and advocacy but they don't pay enough and/or I'd have to get more college and I can't afford it so !? Idk all I really want is something that pays me enough and lets me have hobbies but if it was something I felt good about doing that would be ideal. The company I work for now is morally acceptable for me because it helps people navigate the health insurance disaster in this country but I would also love to do work that would FIX the health insurance disaster in the first place, you know?

ANYWAY this was fun thanks!

tagging @apoptoses @rugbertgoeshome @ihaventcomeupwthanameforaheroyet @uncivilcivilservice @baba-o-riledup @defamink

[yanderu-deredere]

THIS IS SO UNHINGED AND YOU TOTALLY DONT HAVE TO IF YOU CANT OR DONT WANT TO BUT i kind of 👉👈 have a hand kink and so 👉👈 could you like 👉👈 describe your ocs hands? and also can i be 👉👈 anon hehe

a/n: lmao the fact that the hand kink as has so many hands is so so funny but also yes! i am lowk into hands too so this was super fun to write! thank you so much for this wonderful ask! i also didn't put any warnings cus like... it's just descriptions of hands?

eun-jeong yoo ★ profile

Eun-jeong's fingers are very thin and willowy but his entire hand overall is very big. He also keeps his nails a medium-length. Not long enough to pop any gloves at the vet but they get longer because he forgets to clip them.

Unfortunately, since he was burned by hot oil as a child, his entire hand and a good amount of his arms are covered in burn scars. They make the skin of his hands look much redder/browner than the rest of his body. The scars are also very wrinkly but soft. He often covers them up with long sleeves and leather gloves.

liam arieh ★ profile

Liam's hands are big but his fingers are neither thin nor thick. Kind of just the right amount LOL A fair amount of his fingers are calloused from playing the guitar growing up. He keeps his nails trimmed but, sometimes, he's too busy to remember when he should be trimming them. Other than that, his hand is comfortable to hold.

He doesn't have any scars on his hands or anything but he does have a fine-line tattoo of the face of Medusa on the back of one hand and of Arachne on the back of the other hand. They're both inked in red.

gavin byrne ★ profile

Gavin's hands are small LOL He has fingers that are a bit on the thicker side but the length of them are a bit shorter than average. He has a scar on the side of his hand from one time he was misbehaving with a knife. He ended up knicking himself and getting chastised by his parents. He bites his nails so they're always super short.

Other than that, there's no callouses or anything. His hands are relatively soft and smooth. He does have a tattoo on the back of his hands though. It's a fine-line tattoo of a hawk on one side and a robin on the other side. When he puts his hands together, the two of them look like they're about to face off. They're both in vivid colour.

ayaka yamato ★ profile

Ayaka has small hands too LOL . Her fingers are short and aren't exactly thick but they are on the chubbier side. She does have callouses from playing violin and cello growing up but she doesn't have any scars since she's always been very careful.

Her nails are always overly decorated in acrylic. They're not super long because she needs to text and stuff but her nails are longer than most people's nails. She asks her nail artist to put charms and gems on them so they clink sometimes when she moves them around.

ryuunosuke yamamoto ★ profile

Ryuu's hands are fucked up LOL. He has large hands with thick long fingers. He's played around with weaponry for so long that he has various callouses and scars from all of them; slashes from accidents with knives, raised bumps from times where he'd accidentally get pinched by a reloading gun, etc etc.

He often wears colourful band aids on his hands, just like on his face. He doesn't like looking at the scars (despite how much fun he's had getting them) so they're often hidden behind so many brightly designed band aids

fujio watanabe ★ profile

Fujio has a big palm but thick fingers that are a bit on the shorter side. Like Ryuu's hands, his hands are also very scarred. A lot of them are ones he has on his fingers from jamming them into things or getting them stuck places LOL A couple of his fingers are also a bit crooked from the way he'd broken them because they weren't set properly.

He has a lot of callouses from the years of heavy-lifting and construction work he had to do before he settled on his job at the Creamery. He also keeps his nails especially short because of the heavy-lifting he often had to do and the habit basically just stuck

gawain byrne ★ profile

Gawain's hands are long and lithe, with a medium sized palm and medium sized nails. Usually, he paints his nails black LOL but not for any other reason than he liked the aesthetic. Sometimes, he'd even go so far as to give them a white french tip. He often wears various gold rings to decorate his fingers too.

He has no scars on his hands or callouses but he does have a series of tattoos on his fingers. They're black vines wrapping around his middle finger, thumb and on his left pinky. The vines don't reach past his first knuckle and they match the vine tattoos he has on his torso.

ryouta watanabe ★ profile

Ryouta has very long fingers and a relatively large palm. His fingers are on the thinner side, though. He keeps his nails trimmed just because he types a lot and longer nails are a pain in the ass to type with.

He has a significant amount of callouses just because, as a young child, he had to do a lot of physical jobs to make ends meet. He doesn't have any sort of scars though. He does wear a ring on one finger but it's not any sort of significant jewellery. He just likes fiddling with it when he's bored.

yeong-bae kigal ★ profile

Yeong-bae has large hands with thick long fingers. He keeps his nails on the shorter side but not trimmed to the finger and like they're really almost obsessively well maintained (by him LOL). He often wears a pastel green because that's his signature colour on the band.

He has crescent shaped scars on his palms from his bad habit of digging his own nails into his skin when anxious. He also has callouses from playing the guitar and the bass all his life.

soren kumar ★ profile

Soren's hand is on the medium size and length but his fingers are a bit on the thicker side. He keeps his nails very well trimmed and as short as possible. He puts a cute almost coral pink nail polish on it, both because it's his signature colour in the band and because he really likes the colour.

His hands are both scarred and calloused from all the years he's been playing instrument after instrument, and from all of the mishaps he'd gotten from learning how to play them. Soren also often wears various rings on his fingers, in various styles and colours.

emm fiala ★ profile

Emm's hands are large and long and thick. She keeps her nails extremely short because growing them out would often lead to problems like breaking a nail or chipping them. She doesn't wear rings but she does have a tattoo of a rose on both the backs of her hands, with it's vines spreading out and wrapping around some of her fingers.

She has a lot of scars and callouses from her years of just working in construction and from all the scavenging she does on her routes around the abandoned factory town. Notable scars are a big one on her palm she got from some glass as well as a gnarly one on her pointer finger when she got it caught in something.

casimir fiala ★ profile

Casimir has the hands of a surgeon LOL His palms are definitely on the larger side but his fingers are long and lithe. The kind of fingers that are good with doing detailed work. He keeps his fingers on the medium side but doesn't like trimming them too much just because he likes the way they look. He always paints his nails pitch black because of the same reason.

He doesn't have any callouses or any tattoos of any sort. He'll wear his wedding ring, of course, but that's really it. He does have maybe a few slashing scars from the years he'd learned how to hone his knife skills and from some rather stubborn meals he'd captured.

mel lowell ★ profile

Mel's hands are of medium size and length but his fingers are very thick. He keeps his nails as short as possible because he hates it when he gets dirt under them. It's like the most uncomfortable feeling in the world for him LOL

He's lived his entire life in the woods so his hands are rough and scarred. A lot of the scars are just slashes he'd gotten from getting scratched or from mishandling a knife.

isamu lowell ★ profile

Isamu has hands proportionate to his height; very big palms and long fingers of medium thickness. Definitely wants to keep his nails short but forgets to trim them so they're kind of medium length. Doesn't take very good care of them though LOL

He does have a couple of scars from working with metal and with cars. Same goes for his callouses; he works a lot with cars and motorcycles so his hands have gotten rough over the years.

leonard lowell ★ profile

Leonard has very pretty hands. They're on the smaller side, with longer willowy fingers. He takes very good care of his nails and, if not coloured, they'd at least have transparent nail polish on them.

Unfortunately, though they look pretty on the outside, his palms are very fucked up. There's overlapping slashes over his palms from his years of getting hit there as punishment. He doesn't mind them but he's aware of how bad they look. He also has callouses from working around the cabin and from his life before he started living with Mel.