#i hope i could answer :D

[sassydefendorflower]

Hi Rora!

I know you're a fan of a lot of different things, but is there a uniting or common theme in all of them that draws you in? In other words, is there a particular trope or character archetype/dynamic that appeals to you most?

Rae x

Funny you would ask that- asdfghjk

My friends and I have tried to distill my taste down to its basics many times and there are certainly certain characteristics that predispose a character into becoming my favorite blorbo. No character has to have all of these, but usually the more the better:

genius/above average intellect

forcefully independent OR complicated relationship to their own bodily autonomy - both at the same time is best

funny little guy, the comedic relief character, it's a mask but i want that mask to STAY THE FUCK ON

sufferer of grievous bodily harm at some point, admittedly I prefer it to have permanent consequences

a liar - to the story at large but also to themselves

confident and capable

That's how you get favorite characters like Dick Grayson (above average intelligence, soooo independent!!! stop answering Bruce's calls pls!!!, literal sunshine guy, pain pain pain, and the Universal Constant of the DC universe) but also Edward Elric (genius, funny little guy, has this thing about his body, gets literally ripped apart, his actually really, really good at his job) or Sokka back in my ATLA days (THE comedic relief guy, also the group tactician, forced to be independent at an early age!, the MASK STAYS ON, if this wasn't a children's media he would be SUCH a liar) or my Blorbo-In-Law, Silver from Black Sails (smiles THROUGH the pain, liar liar pants on fire, will create a narrative to fit his own goals, and he will get his leg chopped off just to make the crew trust him).

I wouldn't go so far as to say that I have a confidence kink when it comes to my favorite characters, but I need them to be very good at what they do. I am not interested in someone crying in the rain - which sounds counterintuitive to my whump loving heart, i know. I just need to think that this person is the best at what they do which makes it TWICE as fucked up that they are now crying in the rain. It has to be sparsed out - can't deal with a character breaking down every second day. Need characters who schedule their breakdowns for once every ten years.

Other noteable examples: Riza Hawkeye (so competent, so violated in her autonomy, so fucking in control of everything), Rachel Animorphs (ha ha HAH HA, hates herself loves herself, plays a character because she has to, liar liar pants on fire), Adam Parrish (bodily autonomy who??, sold his soul to a forest and does not get what the big deal is, definitely the brains of the operation, so proud it turns him stupid), etc etc

[marsipain]

Norwegian Mikus :)

Left is Miku as a russ and right is Miku in a bunad!

[fowlfics]

the laws of tragedies, by @annabelle--cane

[sysig]

Go play pretend on your own (Patreon)

[daydreamerwonderkid]

Your opinions on superman?

Sorry for taking forever to respond. I was trying to find a way to properly explain how I feel XD

I am absolutely in love with Clark Kent. There is something so amazing about how the core of Clark's character is that he genuinely wants to do good because he simply believes it's the right thing to do.

I give a lot of credit to Ma and Pa Kent, obviously, for instilling that in him at a young age. But I also believe that Clark was always naturally inclined to be a kind person. He displays an impressive level of emotional intelligence and empathy for nearly everyone he meets. He's not perfect, but he makes an effort to understand other's motivations and actions.

I also appreciate how much he adores and respects Lois. Clark can never run out of things to say about her. I find it refreshing that a main stay of his relationship with Lois is that he admires and acknowledges her skill as a journalist/reporter. He never tries to undermine her or discredit her. In fact, one of the main reasons he's attracted to her is her dedication to her career. That and her bravery in the face of any danger she encounters. Even when she really should have bowed out forever ago XD

I also think it's very telling that of all the members of the Justice League, Bruce's best friend (other than Diana) is Clark. To me, that right there shows even further what a fantastic person Clark is. Because despite being someone as notoriously private and often irrationally paranoid as Bruce is, he is still able to let his guard down around Clark. I find it heartwarming and sometimes even hilarious that Clark is able to get away with giving Bruce absolute shit and Bruce is, more often than not, willing to tolerate Clark's teasing or even his serious reprimands. They both value the other's opinion and trust each other with their lives.

What I think more recent adaptations of Superman have forgotten, is that Clark never has had an interest in being a god or in using his abilities to establish himself as something superior to mankind. It's the opposite. Clark has such a high degree of self control over his own powers because of just how perfectly aware he is of how easily he could hurt someone if he wanted to.

But Clark doesn't have a desire for power. He genuinely wants to help people because he has the ability to do so.

Tldr; The reason Superman is so great is because Clark is a great person.

[svgvru]

suguru the type of guy to meltttt when you say shit like “my boy looks so good today” and shit.. the possessiveness and feeling of belonging does crazy things to him

esp in bed when you refer to his pussy as your pussy(bonus points if you call it your fleshlight) squirting for realsies😁😁

✮ THIRSTIN' FOR...SUGURU! 'n you are so right nonnie! simple words from your mouth could make him fucking swoon. anything, it wouldn't even have to be sexual. but when you are sexual, your words turn him to a pathetic mess! a mimicry of the man he was before you touched him, before you whispered to him. you know you can't say things like that! it'll get his boxers wet 'n then he has to finger himself 'n change. his sense of worth and belonging are shitty, and any praise you give him, specifically possessive-like praise gets him goin'. phrases like:

"that's my man."

"look at my pretty boy today! dressin' all handsome."

"look at my baby" / "thats my baby."

"oh, yeah. that's my pretty pussy."

*with a tap to his thigh "spread those legs, c'mon, let me see m'pussy."

"ion know, i think she likes bein' used as my fleshlight."

"look at this pretty fleshlight ꒰/pussy ꒱ of mine."

the key word is "my." despite how much he may deny it, he has a voice kink. and his brain his wired to your voice specifically and when you use the word "my," he squirting in your face. especially while making him cum, or afterwards?! "look at m'pussy, squirtin' like a waterfall", "my pussy couldn't take anymore, huh?", "c'mon. i know my pussy can do it." he's FOLDING, okayyyy. don't even try w/ a vibrator, he'll last seconds. he likes you stating that your his, that he belongs to you. it fuels his need to be...well needed. especially when you describe him as "pretty," he has zero idea why but it makes him blush every damn time. edit: he also loves it when you talk to his pussy like its a cognitive person. i 100% makes him cum, when you call his pussy a girl?!?! "c'mon girl, squeeze me tighter...im not talking to you, suguru."

long story short, he's a whore for your voice.

[sleepybean427]

Hey I hope you’re doing well and eating and all that ^_^

When you have the time, do you think you could draw Ryder? 👉👈

Here’s a reference in case you do want to draw him /nf

Hey Stanley! I’m so sorry, Tumblr didn’t notify me of this ask and I didn’t see it until I randomly opened the app. Gotta love the app sometimes 😅

Anyways, here’s Ryder!! I had so much fun drawing him and I really wanted to do him justice so I hope you like it!! 🩷

I looked through your blog to see what I could add to the drawing and Little Piggy was such a cute thing to add, I love it 🥺🥺

[kg2hub]

y'know what, i'm semi relieved my blog doesn't get as much attention anymore in the kg fandom. all my brain juice was spent in the 2019-2021 era fr 😭😭

[daz4i]

ohh if you do a character design analysis, i'd love to read one on atsushi and the removal of his beloved (to me) black stripe. could just be laziness but it's always been very strange to me

oooooo yeah i think the removal is out of "it would be a pain to add this to every frame he's in" D: same as the chain on chuuya's hat 😔

but as a general design analysis! atsushi actually has a lot going on!

lore wise, we know from some manga omake that 1 his hair looks like this bc he got a haircut from the kids in the orphanage 2 his clothes are a collection of stuff from the ada, each member got him a different piece

first off that's adorable. he's so cute. second i think it goes to show how affected he is by those around him - everything you can see on him besides his actual face was someone else's choice. i don't think it's entirely out of wanting to please others, more like being grateful to those who help him and are there for him, as well as not having enough of an established identity to make these choices on his own

atsushi's whole driving force for a good chunk of the story is to help others, so he can earn the right to live. and i think this is a good reflection of it! he is very dependent on the people in his life to confirm even the most basic of things (that he's allowed to live), and so it makes sense it'll be reflected in his design c: even if it ends up being mismatched or a mess of a haircut, he'll keep it this way, because that's physical proof that someone else gave him this permission, on him all the time

in addition to that, his design is mainly white with some splashes of black. that is ofc to oppose akutagawa's design, with the whole ying yang thing they've got going on

and ofc! to mirror the tiger! that's also why he has the black stripe in his hair, i think. black stripes on white fur hehe. as well as mirroring the smidge of white in akutagawa's hair imo! really hammer in the ying yang thing :P

it's interesting how his eyes are yellow and purple, usually a mix but sometimes with one overtaking the other. i think i read once that they're yellow when atsushi's more... protective and ig "good"? and purple when he's being vindictive or petty, but i could be misremembering/the thing i read might've been inaccurate, so pls take this with a grain of salt 🙏

still, whether or not that's true, i think this mix of colors is very interesting. to get into interpretation (which, tbf, this whole post is just that lol) it might be related to the time of twilight, governed by the agency? a connection between night and day, darkness and light. in a way, atsushi himself embodies that, by being the key to finding the book that every group in the story is looking for, that is the connecting force between everyone in the world due to its reality altering powers, but i like the idea that it's a subtle way of saying atsushi definitely belongs in the agency, and always has.

that's all i have now! i encourage others to offer their own takes, or cover anything i might've missed in the reblogs 🫡

[nowordsformylove]

I would love to hear more ideas from your jonesmith list if you’d like to share 🤲

yes absolutely I'll put it under a read more because it's going to be a lot.

ok so I know I've mentioned some of these before as ideas but I'll start with the ones that I drafted fics for:

Davy wants to take Mike out on a perfect date to show him just how deep his feelings are but the date keeps getting ruined and at the end he thinks he failed and that Mike wont like him now because he ruined their first date.

Mike keeps using terms of endearment for Davy and at first he doesnt notice because Mike calls everyone babe but when they get more romantic like sweetheart or honey Davy thinks that hes doing it to purposely fluster him and he decides to do it back. Mike suddenly stops doing it and Davy is confused why he misses it.

Davy notices that Mike never goes out on any dates and tries to secretly wingman for him by talking him up to all the girls they meet. When he realizes that Mike doesnt like girls he decides to help him win a guy.

Prince and the Pauper episode from the POV of Mike and Davy being in a secret relationship.

these are the ones that I never drafted fics for:

Similar to the nickname one above where Mike keeps calling Davy things like "tiny" and "short stuff" and hes not letting up. This was been frustrating Davy in more ways than one. Based on this post.

Wanted to write something centered around Davy's lovely plush lips and Mike noticing just how full and pretty they are and now that hes noticed he cant stop thinking about wanting to kiss him.

I had outlined a fic idea about Mike going out with a girl and Davy feeling jealous but he also feels guilty because hes always the one that gets the girl so he shouldnt be mad she picked Mike over him, but the more time Mike spends with her the more he realizes hes not jealous of Mike hes jealous of HER. The way I drafted this fic made it seem like it would work better for jork so I put it on the back-burner. (specifically the way I had the confession scene planned seemed more like a Peter-move than a Mike-move).

RPF fic set around 66/67 where Davy thinks Mike is very handsome (real life) and cool and he has a tiny "bro crush" on him. He goes out and buys a coat similar to Mike's but Micky ends up teasing him about it in front of Mike making him aware of Davy's little crush. Mike invites him out for drinks and then propositions him 🤭

Similar to above with it being an RPF fic based on the story where Mike left his own party to hop on his private jet to fly back to Texas just to get a burger, but in this Davy accepts the offer to go with and they fuck on his private jet.

I reallllyyyy wanted to do something for the episode too many girls but I could never come up with anything concrete. Always thought about Mike being upset at the idea of Davy leaving the group to be with some girl.

Wanted to do something for some like it lukewarm with crossdressing Davy but it was hard to get from "Davy hated crossdressing and refused to do it again" to "Davy dresses up again and acts all feminine for Mike's pleasure"

Really wanted to do a size difference fic but didnt know if I wanted to do Davy loves Mike's huge dick or "Mike loves Davy's tiny dick (SAD I couldn't decide on a pov because they are both so good).

I also thought briefly about a fic where Davy pressures Mike into having sex with him but that was more of a spur of the moment thought from my toxic yaoi loving mind haha... but what if 😳 needy Davy begging for Mike to fuck him and Mike who only feels useful when hes needed by the people around him. teehee

I also was planning to do a group poly fic centered on Davy being the group slut who gets fucked by all the guys it was going to be four parts (seperate but related) 1. jork 2. jonesmith 3. jolenz 4. group but I kinda lost my motivation for this one 😭 I DID start the jonesmith one and since they can all be read as one shots I may finish it and post it on its own rather than in a series.

[wraith-caller]

Unsurprisingly, I think about Rogier's bell bearing a lot. Why does it match Iji's, of all people's? All other spell casters, including Gowry who is not exactly the traditional sorcerer, have blue ones. I initially thought maybe his being blackened had to do with being death blighted, but then, D's bell bearing is still gold. And while Iji fell to the Black Knife assassins, there's no reason to think they can imbue someone with death blight. It is, after all, a consequence of contact with deathroot, not with the Rune of Death. So now I wonder if Rogier was somehow tainted just by handling the black knife print, and the Rune of Death is like some Lands Between equivalent of radioactive material. Just touching things the tiniest bit of it touched can contaminate you.

[toomanywordsnllines]

There's something about the way you colour that scratches my brain in the perfect way. I could stare at your work for hours and be content

Anon.... crying in my room (positivly) (so positivly) because of your message :') That's such a nice thing to hear :D!! Thank you for taking your time to send me a lovely message!! Because it absolutely made my entire day (and week....and month....) Have this lil (old) Soap as a Thank you <3

[hyp3rfixation-h3ll]

Surprise interview!! (Transformers: bot bots)

Fave bot bot?

thoughts on frostferatu?

thoughts on ulf and burgertron dating?

least fave botbot?

fave episode?

do you have a/any botbot ocs?

favorite botbot ship?

OHHHHOHOHOHOHOHOOOO I WUV WUV WUV SURPRISE INTERVIEWS . lesgo >:]

TOO MANY... all of the lost bots and ulf and brock o' lonely and sprinkleberry . also dave if he counts /silly

FROSTFERATU IS SOOOO SILLY he gives off major queer theatre kid vibes . love that for him love what he's got goin on

dare i say it ... they're toxic doomed yuri (SLASH JAY) . i think they're super sweet besides the conflict and i think they definitely have a chance to work things out . they deserve it

4. BIG TIE between spud muffin and fomo. spud because ... well. obvious reasons , and fomo for ALSO obvious reasons. theyre both major jerks. though i think spud actually has a chance of redemption so i hate him infinitely Less (but i still dont like him <:])

5. LONE BOT AND CARB NUMERO UNOOOOOO !!!!!! in second place is escape from snakatraz and also mall than meets the eye :o)

6. i DO have a few ocs, and you can find them in this post !

7. BURGERBONZ BURGERBONZ BURGERTRON X BONZ-EYE I LOVE YURI 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 THEYRE SO GIRLFRIENDS CODED

sorry im normal (NOT). for an in depth answer my favourite is Steak Cuts/Burgerbonz (i am the ceo and manager) , BUT bonz-eye / lady macaron and burgertron / ulf are ALSO very cute ( and in this post i share my polycule hcs for them all!! )

[skeletalheartattack]

wait hold on now I am genuinely curious: Why is D-Sides your favourite Gorillaz album? I never vibed with it myself so I am interested in hearing what you like about it that I'm missing out on.

so, i haven't listened to Gorillaz in a long while, nor do i tend to listen to music that actively these days, but i re-listened to the entire album, side 1 and side 2, to try and come up with a reason why i like it so much. i do want to preface and say, yeah, the album (side 1 atleast) is very "plain", there's not a whole lot going on, nor are there any guest artists on any of the songs.

but in listening to the album again, a few things kinda appear in my brain regarding the album. one is that it brings back a set of memories of taking trips to and from Ohio to live with my mother and step-father during a few breaks between high school, and how a lot of the songs in the album i remember heavily listening to while trying to sleep in the back of their car (i'm 6'2", and sleeping horizontally in the back of a moderately small car was. not great). i had the main 6 albums before Humanz installed to my kindle, since Humanz hadn't come out yet as these trips were between... 2014 and 2016. i mainly remember hearing D-Sides the most i feel on those trips, whether it be intentional, or my sleep patterns would have me looping back around to D-Sides... that or i mostly started with D-Sides at the beginning of those trips.

another thing i'm kinda thinking about after having re-listened to the album is how much side 1 kinda reminds me of Boe, in terms of the vibes; there's a lot of somber vibes i get from some songs that fits well for him (Hong Kong and Spitting Out the Demons both being notable songs that remind me of Boe himself, and also of those long trips). side 2 on the other hand, it's remixes remind me a lot of the Sims 2, specifically the console version, as i associate a lot of Sims 2 with it's console selection of music... which is mostly a more heavy focus on the electronic tracks from the PC version; a lot of the remixes feel like something i could hear playing on the radio while i'm controlling my sim around and doing tasks.

last thing, maybe, is that i never hear folks refer to D-Sides as one of their favourites, so maybe that's why i have it as mine. out of respect perhaps.

[dodgebolts]

What exactly would you say were the problems with mcc as opposed to this event? Like how could noxcrew fix mcc?

First off, the events are just completely different in structure—MCC is a team-based game with a rotating slate of minigames that's for the most part a monthly event, whereas Squidcraft is a free-for-all that takes place once a year and has a new slate of events from year to year. I don't think Noxcrew can do much in that regard to 'fix things' other than introduce more games? However, I'm fully aware of how much time and effort that takes to do, and since because they're not actually paid anything to run the event I have no expectations for them to do so. So on the Noxcrew side of things? Not much LOL

My criticisms are levied more towards the community—I've been a Dream in MCC enjoyer for a long time, and there's always been quite a bit of animosity and hostility towards him. At the beginning (say MCC6-MCC13) I think that there was at least some basis for it, he was much more loose-lipped and brash with his criticisms and I'll be the first to admit that he was a little annoying sometimes. But that came with unwarranted things like people literally inventing tiers just to keep him away from the community's golden boy S-tiers, and it often just felt like he was othered from the community because he brought a competitiveness people weren't ready to face despite. yk. it being a competitive tournament.

Also, during mcc's return, 2021 dttwt had a lot of ppl who were nasty and annoying and incited mcc drama just to fight about it (I'd been on the receiving end of it a few times trust me LOL). So those two things combined soured the general mcc community towards Dream and everything only snowballed from there. For instance, MCC14 was a DISASTER for the green guardians and right after, people on the reddit didn't even stop to go "hey, maybe he had an off event, he's just some guy after all" and instead went Okay Well he underperformed he should be demoted a tier immediately, and it was incredibly frustrating as someone who knew that his performance was a one-off. Thankfully he went on to back-to-back win the next two events but demotion never left the realm of discussion—not to mention that mcc days just became a cesspool on twitter, people across the board talking shit about how the dteam made mcc too sweaty or how the hermits were being boring and should get better at pvp etc and it was just. not fun to be part of the community.

That all spilled over into Dream needing to be incredibly careful with his words, setting boundaries about not harassing Scott/Noxcrew, softening every criticism with praise so that dttwt wouldn't get up in arms about a non-issue all while ALSO having to retain his reputation with the redditors so that he wouldn't be tossed to the side the second he underperformed. That is to say, it felt stressful to be a fan, and in some mcc's he ended stream bowing under the pressure, apologizing for underperforming or not winning when it wasn't something that I think most of his viewers cared about, and it just made some mcc days feel like a downer because he couldn't just let himself have fun, he had to be the diplomat towards everyone.

This event, on the other hand, just felt a lot more welcoming. Partially, I think that's because of the fact that it's a FFA instead of a team tournament, but it's also just that it didn't feel like anyone was coming into the day with malicious intent nor odds stacked against him, and there were very few expectations of him other than "woah that's Dream the best minecrafter in the world he seems like a cool dude" where ppl acknowledged he was just some guy who's good at the game. He didn't need to be diplomatic per se, he could just be his corny, teasing self towards people like Spreen and Rubius and no one would have started a hate campaign towards him because they'd take it in jest, and he didn't have any statisticians to perform incredibly well for either. It was p obvious he wasn't nearly as wired as he normally is during mcc and it made it so much more fun that he could perform without the pressure we normally see him under. He was just hanging with his friends, being a goofball towards strangers, and having fun fucking around! Which, with the multifaceted pressure during MCC, just isn't possible.

disclaimer this is completely from the perspective of someone who has primarily watched Dream (and his close friends) for mcc since 2020 so these criticisms center around him !! so it's not really a general thing

[heirofnepeta]

I would love to know the basics of Hallodon

Okay here's the VERY basics of the Hallodon because I literally just started revamping this bitch. Here we go.

Okay so they are creatures, similar to mammals although not from Earth so they cannot be classified as such.

They are named Hallodons because of the hallucinogenic substance (hallo) they can produce in many parts of their bodies, mostly released via the teeth (don) although they can release it from small barbs on their wrists, ankles, and the extremely small hair-like barbs on their backs.

The "hairs" are connected to the flesh under a "plate" on their back which lets them hide it so as to not accidentally drug friendly creatures.

Their teeth are mostly like most carnivorous species on earth, but they have fangs that can fold out to deliver a quite potent dose of the hallucinogen, similar in dosage to the barbs on their wrists and ankles, which causes brain death due to the high concentration of the substance.

They are preyed on by several larger species which i have yet to create.

They are blind, as they first evolved during a time where the sky was blotted out and sunlight was extremely low, if not none. So they have no eyes, or in certain sub-types have very underdeveloped eyes.

They hunt various smaller prey, and sometimes prey slightly larger than they are. Carnivorous, although they can digest small amounts of plants if they need to or want to season their meals. They have discovered fire and tools to aid in meat preparation and hunting.

To hunt they primarily use smell and touch to smell prey or feel vibrations in the ground for tunneling prey, which they have started hunting in recent times due to the up-rise of tools.

They generally do not speak, only speaking an underdeveloped language most don't know, and only speaking to other Hallodons. They theoretically COULD learn other languages if taught, although it would sound strange due to them not being built for that kind of speech.

Hallodons do have names that they will respond to, but they don't have any specific naming system, just whatever the Hallodon parents feel is best.

Hallodons generally come in colours matching their environment, with hints of brighter colours for courtship in stripes, spots, or other patterns on their fur. Certain mutations can leave ALL the fur brighter colours, although this generally decreases the survivability of the Hallodon due to being MUCH less camouflaged.

They average about 5 foot 9 inches, although certain sub-types can be much shorter, averaging a tiny 3 foot 5 inches. These smaller Hallodons are considered another species due to their different size, and unusual having of eyes, albeit underdeveloped.

And that's just about all i have about them right now. I've yet to even make a Hallodon character. have fun with them I guess! :)