#i know nothing of what this is from but i love this sketchy style

[in1-nutshell]

Hello! It's me Again! Firstly, I want to say thank you so much and I really enjoy/love it!

If it's okay to request could you do another part of this request (Elita One's twin sister w/ Sg Blackarachnia)?

The reactions/interactions of other Cons, Shockwave, Lockdown, Swindle (you can change/add Wasp or other cons, if you like);

Or reactions/interactions of Autobots (team Prime)?

(Takes place after reuniting with Optimus Prime, Autobots meeting Bot and their reactions/interactions to her)

also if it's okay to make a one of them as a separate request?

(Sorry if it's too much/complicated. Also take your time and thank you so much!)

She is back!!! Our Spider is back!!

I will be posting the second part to this request later on.

Hope you enjoy!

Elita One's twin sister with SG! Blackarachnia's personality reaction to Shockwave, Lockdown, Swindle, and Wasp

SFW, Platonic, Hint of Romantic, Slight Angst, Cybertronian (techno organic) reader

TFA

As Megatron’s personal and only medic in the Decepticon army, Buddy sometimes had to travel where he went. From across the mountains to someone on the opposite end of the screen. That was how she got to know many mechs in the army.

“We are going out.”--Megatron

“We?”--Buddy

“You and I.”--Megatron

“Me? Sorry, not today My Lord. I have to work on the med bay.”--Buddy

“What needs to be done in the med bay?”--Megatron

“Not going to tell you because then you’re just going to get someone else to do it. And no one here can organize my stuff the right way. I was trying to fix Blitzwing’s servo, my tool kit was nowhere to be found. For about half an hour I was searching for it, and it was under your throne. Who puts stuff there?”—Buddy

“You have been stuck here for the last couple of cycles. I do think it is wise for you to get out and stretch your struts.”--Megatron

“You would love to see that wouldn’t you?”--Starscream

“Starscream!”--Megatron

“Wait what did he say?”--Buddy

“Nothing! We are going!”--Megatron

Megatron grabbing Buddy’s servo and leaving without a word.

When Buddy met Shockwave, it was through the main screen in the Decepticon HQ on Earth.

Shockwave had all her information from her Academy records. To say he was skeptical of Buddy’s position on the team was an understatement.

It wouldn’t be the first time the Decepticons would have a former Autobot change sides. No doubt Buddy would be the last one to do so either.

In this case, however, it nearly seemed too good to be true.

Shockwave going through going through Buddy’s file before the video meeting.

“Let’s see here… death certificates with no body found… former student at the Autobot Academy…several medical certifications, impressive… Special powers? Strange... Excellent marksmanship… Former protégé of some field tech, boring… Most likely to follow the Prime status? Unexpected but nothing more…what… had connections with Ultra Magnus?!”--Shockwave

It truly seemed too good to be true, but he kept quiet about his skepticism to himself. His first step was to get close to Buddy and try and get some information on them. Maybe find out if she is a mole or any potential blackmail material.

Shockwave was expecting someone sketchy trying to fill in the stereotypical Decepticon role or an Autobot with a poor, and or, offensive Con skit memorized.

Not someone who had their own unique style that would be associated with Decepticonism and who deeply cared for their comrades.

“Shockwave.”--Megatron

“Lord Megatron.”--Shockwave

“This is our newest chief medical officer on Earth, Buddy.”--Megatron

“Hello Shockwave, it is a pleasure to meet you.”--Buddy

“Erm—thank you Buddy, is it? Such a peculiar name.”--Shockwave

“Yes, it isn’t a common name or one that sparks any fear into the sparks of the enemy but, that is who I am. How has your day been?”--Buddy

“My what?”--Shockwave

“Oh, sorry was that not an appropriate question to ask?”--Buddy

“I—it has been a good day as of now.”--Shockwave

“That’s good to hear. We can’t have one of the Decepticon’s top spy’s in a rough shape can we?”--Buddy

“Top spy?”--Shockwave

“Yes! I have read a little bit about your work through the reports.”--Buddy

“You’ve read my reports?”--Shockwave

“You’ve read some of the reports?”--Megatron

“Of course! They are interesting to read. And it also doesn’t help when you leave some of the data pads out in the open My Lord. Especially around my work area.”--Buddy

“Don’t you have to go and reorganize the medbay’s newest supplies?”--Megatron

“Oh yes! Good-bye Shockwave! I do hope to get to know you better and that your work is truly—”--Buddy

“Buddy.”--Megatron

“All right, all right I’m going. Bye!”--Buddy

Buddy walks out of the room.

“… She seems like a nice addition to the medical wing.”--Shockwave

“Yes…”--Megatron

“… I am not looking for a relationship now, My Megatron. Anyways Buddy is not my type.”--Shockwave

“…”--Megatron

Shockwave was left a bit confused after that interaction with Buddy. It only got worse once Buddy had willing gone to the screen to contact him.

“Hello Shockwave!”--Buddy

“Hello Buddy. Has something happened? This call was unscheduled.”--Shockwave

“I know but I wanted to talk to you.”--Buddy

“About what pray tell?”--Shockwave

“Anything.”--Buddy

“I’m not sure I am following…”--Shockwave

“Last call you seemed… well you seemed a little bit lonely. It cannot be easy keeping up the façade of being Longarm Prime all day, especially in front of the council, Ultra Magnus, and the entire Elite Guard.”--Buddy

“…It is not. But there are certain bots here that are a bit dimmer than the average bot. It makes things easier. One of the Prime’s has the IQ of a bag of rusty bolts.”--Shockwave

“Is that so? Ouch! Do tell more.”--Buddy

“I believe one of the Autobots are on to me.”--Shockwave

“Are you sure? Do you need back up or something?”—Buddy

“No, not at the moment.”--Shockwave

“Good, you can never be too safe.”--Buddy

“Yes…”--Shockwave

Shockwave was in denial of the friendship that was forming through those calls. He didn’t need friends talking to his audial all day long!

It’s not like he looked forward to having those talks with Buddy.

Nope.

Absolutely not.

It’s not like the two of them have swapped personal com lines to further talk about personal things and away from the prying optics of other Cons that entered the room.

It isn’t until one late night he realizes how deep he is in.

Longarm listening to yet another boring presentation with the other Primes, trying not to stab Sentinel’s big chin with a pen. His mind slowly wondering what Buddy is going to talk about this time when he tells them about Sentinel’s big chin.

He freezes.

Oh.

Oh no…

He has a friend.

He has a good friend now.

How does one keep a good friendship like this from falling into pieces in the face of a war?!

A little while later Shockwave starts searching up ‘Ways to keep good friend’ on Bing.

Blurr opening the door, giving Shockwave just enough time to go back into Longarm form.

“I know there is a spy here Longarm! I can feel it—what are you looking up?”--Blurr

“Umm… engex bottles.”--Longarm

“…”--Blurr

“…”—Longarm

“Oh really! What years are you looking at? I personally think—”—Blurr

Longarm/Shockwave sagging in a bit of relief from the scare.

Swindle and Lockdown met Buddy at a weapons meet.

Megatron had invited Buddy to meet his arms dealer and favorite mercenary, Swindle and Lockdown. Buddy didn’t get much information on the two, being that they were on the borderline sections of potentially ‘sell outs.’

“Lord Megatron, is there any more things I need to know about these two mechs?”--Buddy

“Lockdown will not speak out of line. He is more interested in getting the latest gadgets for his collections.”--Megatron

“Mod collector, got it. And this ‘Swindle’?”--Buddy

“Any price he tries to get you to buy is a terrible one. Leave the bargaining to me.”--Megatron

“And when you mean bargaining, you mean peacefully or using intimidation?”--Buddy

“Yes.”--Megatron

“You are impossible sometimes.”--Buddy

“Only for you.”--Megatron

“What?”--Buddy

“Here’s our stop.”--Megatron

Swindle had been told beforehand that Megatron was bringing someone else to meet him. The new medical chief, from what he understood.

He thought about displaying a couple more weapons for this new Con, maybe get them to buy something.

Swindle placing a big cannon on the table.

“That’s a bad idea Swindle.”--Lockdown

“Oh hush! You don’t know what he is like.”--Swindle

“First, she. Second, I did my homework.”--Lockdown

“But they could have a fascination in cannons once they see this beauty.”—Swindle

“Like I said, I did my homework. I heard around that the medic isn’t too found in weapons.”--Lockdown

“If that is true, then why would she even want to go to a weapons meet with Megatron?”--Swindle

“I don’t know—Speaking of which, look who’s here.”--Lockdown

Megatron landing on top of the platform with huge mechanical spider coming off of his back as they both transformed.

“I thought you said Earth spiders didn’t get that big!”--Swindle

“That’s the chief medical officer, numb nuts.”--Lockdown

The two Cons were not expecting Buddy.

Well, more Swindle, after all, Lockdown did do his homework.

Lockdown kept to himself while politely introducing himself to Buddy. She politely responded back with a small smile.

Swindle kept on showing the weapons to Megatron as the other two made small talk about modifications.

“Hey Buddy!”--Swindle

Lockdown mouthing ‘no’.

Megatron wondering what this was about.

Swindle wrapping an arm around Buddy.

Megatron’s optics are staring at it like it did a capital offense.

“What do you think of these bad boys? I’m sure that there is something here that has caught your attention.”--Swindle

“Oh? Sorry I’m just here to visit, I’m not interested in buying.”--Buddy

“Oh please, I’m sure we can work something out. You’re the new chief medical officer, right? How about I show you some of the tools I—”--Swindle

Lockdown coughing.

“Lockdown and I got at another exchange. Top notch and… and…”--Swindle

“Umm, Swindle are you feeling, okay? You’re looking a little bit queasy?”--Buddy

Swindle just now noticing the Death Glare Megatron was giving him, specifically at the arm still wrapped around Buddy’s frame.

Swindle quickly dropping it.

“How about this, Buddy. I give you these tools, for… free. For free, and you tell everyone at the base about the great deals you got here!”--Swindle

“I mean, I could—”--Buddy

“That’s wonderful! Here they are and here are the weapons you purchased Megatron!”—Swindle

Megatron still glaring but nodding.

“Oh! Okay, Bye Swindle and thank you for the tools. I’ll be sure to tell everyone back on base.”--Buddy

“Anytime Buddy!”--Swindle

“Good-bye Lockdown. I hope you have a good time finding those new mods!”--Buddy

“Much obliged Buddy, bye.”--Lockdown

Megatron and Buddy transforming, Buddy getting on Megatron’s back as he zooms out of there.

“… Did you soil yourself?”--Lockdown

“N-no!”--Swindle

Swindle brushed him aside and continued organizing his stuff in his chassis.

Lockdown just wondered if one day he might see Buddy again. It was nice to have someone else besides Swindle to talk to sometimes.

Buddy met Wasp under less pleasurable circumstances.

Buddy had been taking a break from the stuffy base one night and decided to take a walk on one of the islands nearby.

They had been walking around the area when they heard noises.

Like rapid little pede steps.

It couldn’t have been the Dinobots. Their steps were a kin to a mini earthquake.

It was someone else.

Quickly, she webbed herself to a nearby tree and watched.

A small green mech appeared from the brush.

He looked scared.

But what could have scared him?

Sure, Grimlock and the others were a bit much but if they were after the mech then Buddy would have heard them.

No, someone or something else was after the small guy.

“Wasp!”--Optimus

Buddy freezing.

“Wasp, I know you’re out there! Come out with your servos up!”--Sentinel

Wasp making more whinnying noises.

Buddy quickly snapped out of it and webs him up into the tree with her.

“Ah--”--Wasp

“Shh! Don’t scream, I’m here to help. But I can’t help you if you continue to scream, okay?”--Buddy

Wasp nodding slowly.

It was Optimus and Sentinel.

As much as Buddy wanted to know what was going on with both parties, her attention was on the shaky mech that looked like he was about to have a panic attack.

Wasp didn’t know what to think at that moment, but right now this bot was helping him get away from the Elite Guard so he decided to play along.

The Autobots suddenly came out of the brush.

Buddy and Wasp froze seeing them from their hiding place.

Wasp was already looking for a way out when he saw his savior start to shake.

At first, he thought it was out of anger and that they were going to pull out their weapon and start shooting up the place.

Until he saw her optics.

Big, wide, shaky, filled to the brim with fear.

He had seen those optics before. Those were his optics sometimes.

What had those Autobots had done to this Con to get a reaction like this?

Buddy thought that she had finally come to terms with everything that had happened, especially when Optimus showed up.

Seeing Sentinel there sent another wave of flashbacks her way. It was too much; it was too much. She knew that she should have been listening in on the conversation, it could drop some important information for the team.

But the flashes of Elita’s smile, Sentinel’s antics, and Optimus’s laughter filled her senses like no tomorrow.

Buddy was in such a shaky state she didn’t know it until the little green mech held her servo gently. Like one would do to their kid if something was scaring them.

He was trying to calm her down.

She slowly stopped the shaking as the Autobot’s left the area. After a bit more of waiting, the two climbed down the tree.

“Thank you. I’m sorry you had to see that. I was the one trying to help you and you ended up helping me.”--Buddy

“Wasp is glad you okay. Nice lady bot scaring Wasp a bit.”--Wasp

“Again, sorry about that… Wasp? Is that your name?”--Buddy

“Yes. This is Wasp.”--Wasp

“Well, I’m Buddy. You have some scratches on you. I have a med kit with me, I can fix those up right now if you want.”--Buddy

Wasp looking at Buddy hesitantly before nodding.

Buddy getting to work.

“You are doing such a good job at staying still Wasp. Most of my patients like to move a lot. You’re doing so much better than they are right now.”--Buddy

“Wasp doing good job?”--Wasp

“Yes, yes you are Wasp.”--Buddy

“Buddy bot too nice to Wasp.”--Wasp

“No one can be too nice Wasp. It’s just that sometimes… sometimes empathy can get lost in wars like this.”--Buddy

“Wasp don’t like Autobots.”--Wasp

“I feel you Wasp…”--Buddy

“…Autobots hurt Buddy bot? Hurt Buddy bot bad?”--Wasp

“…Yeah, you could say that…”--Buddy

“…Autobots hurt Wasp too.”--Wasp

“I’m sorry to hear that Wasp…”--Buddy

“Wasp sorry for Buddy bot…”--Wasp

“Welp, I finished fixing those scratches and dents.”--Buddy

“Thank you!”--Wasp

“…Would you like to come with me to the Decepticons? That way you’d be safe from the Autobots.”--Buddy

Wasp pausing not sure what to answer.

“Listen, you don’t have to answer that right away. That’d be selfish of me to expect that from you right now. This is my private channel, if you need me, just call me.”--Buddy

Wasp in amazement simply nodding.

“You take care okay, Wasp.”--Buddy

“Bye Buddy bot!”--Wasp

[wildglitch]

Alastor protects Billy from demons like neron who try to eat his soul

*sometime during the 80's&

Billy:*Walks down sketchy ally*

Demon:*about to attack him*

*Wosh*

Billy: Hmm? Oh hey Al, what are you doing on Earth?

Alastor: *Wiping his mouth* Oh nothing much my dear boy, Just runing some erens. How about you? I trust you've been staying out of trouble correct

Billy: Yep! I was actually on my way to the movie's wanna come?

Alastor: I would love to! You know they used to show those little picture shows all the time back home, never really my style but a good place for hunting.

Billy: You know on second thought, we should good to the dinner down the block, I'm hungry anyway. *exits ally*

Alastor: Oh yes! I'm felling quite peckish myself.

Billy:Ahuh...hey Al.

Alastor: Yes Billy?

Billy: You didnt eat that imo did you?

Alastor: Billy please, have a little faith, I know your prefrences...I only Maimed it a little

Billy: *Tierd sigh of a boy who has to apologise to his attempted asassin about his watch deer...for the 48th time...this decade*

[bestbouy]

i think i just love the idea of the different universes with their like, styles???

like how Gwen's is totally watercolor and Hobie's is all scrapbookish punk n newspaper, y'know???? and, of course, Miles and Pavitr's are both more "normal" but they still have that... you know... v i b e... they're both normal but they have elements that make it their own. Like how Pavitr's universe is mainly super warm colors?

anyways this got me thinking y'know how it's super obvious Hobie has a different universe style?? not so much for Gwen because hers is a little different, but with the whole. changing skin, the OUTLINE, it's very obvious

I think it'd be super cool if in Hobie's universe, it's kind of like the opposite for anybody who's not from it? They have their own like, radius of... their own dimension???

I'm only comparing this to Hobie's dimension, it's very obvious none of this would happen in CANON so I'm literally just spitballing. Also because Hobie is the only one with the outline and funny overlay thing, and it'd be fun to play around with the other three's possible like,,, vibe!!

Gwen would leave like, imprints of watercolor? like dabbing it on a piece of paper, leaving color that dries out back to normal over time?? it would bleed into the world around her, it might even mimic her emotions with the color!

If she was upset it would be harsh, spread more, it would come out in spiked reds and blacks?

happy would seep in a lot more subtly, and cover a lot more space, but you wouldn't realize how much room it's taking up just because it's so slow to take it up and really is only at about.. idk, 20% opacity, slowly builds up the happier she gets? it would be more visible in puddles, just like with normal watercolor (Compared to anger, which would be very in-your-face and obvious)

It would rely a lot on her emotions, methinks, the stronger they are, the more visible the color!

Miles would have a sketchy, drawing-like atmosphere to him, kind of like what you can see on the spot y'know? and, since the spot came from Miles' dimension, I think it makes sense!

It would be less noticeable, but the things he interacts with would probably turn into a slightly stylized version of itself? A cup he holds or drinks from wouldn't change DRAMATICALLY, but it might copy his look and have sketch-like lines around it. Nothing huge, but enough that you can tell what he's touched in the past few minutes/hours

Pavitr would have a similar vibe to Gwen's, but with warm colors instead! His effect wouldn't change with emotions like hers, but it would probably bleed in the same way as hers. He would leave behind trails of warm oranges and yellows wherever he goes and leaving it behind on what he touches. He wouldn't notice this, but it would be veeery obvious to Hobie or anybody from his dimension.

Actually, I think the way that we can spot Hobie because of his differences in outline/radius effect would highly apply to them in his dimension! Everybody in Hobie's world can CLEARLY tell that Gwen, Miles and Pav aren't from there, and while the common person might not recognize they're from another universe, they might get the same feeling as if you were seeing like.. a skinwalker, or something. They're human, but it doesn't feel like it.

ANYWAYS back to Pavitr

He has a warm, cozy vibe, I think unlike the others his can seep more into emotions, I think he's an empathetic person and that melts into his little area effect. if he's super happy or excited about something the people around him get a tiny bit happier too!! when he's sad (and it's rly hard to make him sad bc this boy is POSITIVE THINKER #1) his colors get a bit colder, but I don't think they would affect other people like his happy ones do, honestly just SEEING such a normally happy guy so sad would do enough to ur mood than some radius effect lol

ANYWAYS that's just a lil thought. they are silly. and this is going into my ideas folder. have a good one n remember to drink water

(I would go on but this is super long already XD)

[lemon-muncher]

I was thinking some Shalnark x Dom reader? The gender and particular flavour is up to you :3 whether you're in the mood for sadism, bondage, pet play, whatever really. I just want to make him whine and feel so good he cries ✨😌

I LOVE HIM SO MUCH GOOD LORD SOMEONE HOLD ME BACK FROM HIM

Doing this headcanon style so I can add a bunch of stuff for him <3

I'll be keeping this gender neutral and have separate mini headcanons in some of them for female and male genitalia :]

Shalnark is definitely a crier. As much as he hates to admit it, the second he gets the tiniest bit overwhelmed, his eyes water like crazy.

Considering he's a manipulator, both as a person and as a nen user, giving up control isn't something he's use to. But the second his partner rips the control from under his feet, he's at their mercy without complaint.

Definitely a switch... Like I said, he's a manipulator and needs control to do pretty much anything but he finds it nice to let o of all the stress every once in a while.

He's kinky... THERE I SAID IT!!! He may have a cute and innocent face but the things he searches on his phone will get him sent to horny jail! Dude as 50 taps open dedicated to porn and twitter threads of some of the most foul things. I'm talking the hub, X Videos, probably some sketchy furry roleplay is mixed in there too.

Lets get into some of the specifics:

Chocking: He has the biggest turn on for breath play and he has ZERO clue where it came from... Whether you're riding him, plowing into him from behind, or forcing his head deeper into you sex, if you restrict his breathing in anyway, his eyes are immediately rolling back.

Hair Pulling: Another one that'll get his eyes rolling. He has the prettiest blonde hair and who wouldn't take the opportunity to pull him up by it. He has a really sensitive scalp so the slightest tug will have him yelping. If you snuggle after the deed, and you scratch his head he'll quite literally purr

Impact Play: I have nothing to say about this just know it's on my mind...

Roleplay: Yeah...

Feminization: Put this man in a pink frilly skirt! Call him princess and throw some thigh highs on him. Another one of his kinks that he randomly developed. Probably started from a twitter video to be honest. But he loves if you dress him up all nice and pretty and takes him out. Call him 'your girl' or 'princess' out in public and he'll pull you to a nearby alleyway.

Exhibitionism: Will have sex with you anywhere. And I mean ANYWHERE. The alleyway I mentioned, yeah, that's a frequent quicky spot for you guys. He already has to be careful about being spotted since he's a criminal but the thought of being spotted in such a vulnerable position has his holding back moans

Voyeurism: I guess you could call watching your own sex tapes voyeurism... But he always has his phone recording during sessions between the two of you. Even if its just making out, he has it on tape. If either of you are away on a mission and he's horny, he's going through his achieves of the two of you.

Mommy/Daddy Kink: He randomly whined mommy/daddy while you fucked him and quite literally caused you to freeze in place. Not cause it's a bad thing but because he pulled that shit straight out of his ass and surprised the both of you. Wants to be babied from his mommy/daddy but also wants his back blown out by them.

Anal Play/Pegging: This man thrives off of prostate orgasm. Loves the feeling of having endless orgasms without spilling a drop of cum. Whether it's your fingers, tongue, buttplug, or cock/strap-on, he'll end up shivering from it the feeling of being full. I'd like to think he sent you a porn link of anal play on 'accident' just to give you the hint of what he wants.

[genericpuff]

Let me preface this: I'm an architecture major

I used to be a big LO fan but obviously fell out of love of it like a lot of us did, and I know LO uses SketchUp for backgrounds. That is not an issue I have with the comic or any comic, I want artists to have an easier time in any way they can. I was always under the impression Rachel imported the models into Photoshop and drew over them like you can see in the early episodes with the sketchy lines. Well, school just started recently for me and I now have access to SketchUp for my coursework, and I made a few discoveries: 1. Photoshop cannot read SketchUp files, and while you can import them into Clip Studio through some configuring, they can be finicky and will lose parts in the importing process, so they are best used into the original SketchUp program to export as PNGs. 2. Many of the models Rachel uses are incredibly easy to find, especially if you put "modern", "luxury", or "classy" before the main part of the search. Many of the houses and rooms for example are first page results. 3. The biggest discovery: You know how we all assumed Rachel was hand-drawing all the lines over the SketchUp models and how she gave up the longer LO went on? Well, it's actually worse. It turns out SketchUp has a thing called "Styles" in it, which means you can mess with the lines and look of the model, such as making it look more like a blueprint or playing with the colors. Well, they have a lot of styles on SketchUp known as "sketchy lines", which are the exact ones Rachel used early in the comic to fit with her style, and it takes a literal click of a button to do. All she would do is pose the model, click the sketchy line style, and export the PNG. That's it. So, yeah, Rachel is so checked out of the comic that she can't even bother to click a single button to make the models fit into the comic's style anymore. Use that information however you like.

Ouhhh sorry OP, I'm about to like, undo all the work you just put into that ask. We've already known about the 3D background problem for a long while now.

First off, it's more likely LO doesn't use SketchUp but actually Acon3D, which is a website that offers 3D models both for free and at cost, which are actually compatible with software like Clip Studio. As soon as you open it up you'll likely see a lot of very familiar backgrounds that are often used in romances, isekais, and period pieces. It's literally the go-to spot for Webtoon Originals creators. Like, to the point that I wouldn't be surprised if Naver was partnered with them because of how many of their creators use it.

Second, there's plenty of up-to-date evidence to support the fact that Rachel doesn't exclusively stick to one software, sometimes she's drawing in Photoshop, sometimes she's drawing in Clip Studio Paint, sometimes she's drawing in Procreate. She's undoubtedly using Clip Studio for her paneling, speech bubbles, and backgrounds, as there are built in tools to utilize and convert 3D materials into lineart, among other features that are recognizable as coming from CSP because they're not available in PS or Procreate.

Third, yes, she just uses filters to turn her backgrounds into lineart, this has been apparent since S1. The only backgrounds she's ever 'hand drawn' were the ones involving lots of nature and even those are mostly just Photoshop brushes stamped on.

Like I realize I'm probably bursting your bubble here and I apologize for that lmao but these buildings were never hand-drawn, this is not new information (￣﹏￣；) I appreciate you mentioning your own experiences with it as you're learning it though, I find once you start to learn the process yourself you really start to notice what others are doing. Even I've gone through that over the past couple years as I started to use 3D models and more advanced tools specifically for drawing webtoons.

I will mention btw, there's nothing wrong with using 3D models for your character drawing and backgrounds. The only time it tends to get frustrating is when you're reading a comic that isn't making any attempts to blend the background in with the art style.

Like, The Kiss Bet probably uses 3D models to help with perspective and laying out scenes quickly without second-guessing, but you can tell they still hand-draw over the models because they look natural and like they belong to the comic's stylization. The characters don't look out of place sitting in a living room and the living room doesn't look distracting.

But then you get stuff like Lore Olympus, Let's Play, and Midnight Poppy Land, and it becomes a bit more obvious they're not giving a shit about backgrounds lmao

I get it, WT's deadlines are cutthroat as fuck, but if it's getting to the point that you have an entire team behind you and you're literally just copy pasting video game models from Phantom Hourglass, then it's probably time to re-focus your priorities a bit. There are comics with as few as 1-2 assistants (and even in some cases no assistants at all!!) pulling off backgrounds better than this, even when they're taking shortcuts.

(Nevermore and City of Blank)

But a lot of that does come down to how WT manages its expectations as well as support for their creators. The deadlines and requirements WT puts their creators under are insane and awful in the long-term, and they're not acting with the amount of professionalism they ought to be for a platform that's trying to breakout as a major publisher here in the West. I feel like it comes down to WT loosening the choke chain around their creators, but also creating a standardized level of quality to ensure it's not suffering for the sake of quantity. The traditional literature industry has real editors and stages of quality control for a reason, whereas WT is more interested in just throwing as many series at the wall and dumping all their stock into the ones that stick.

[wren-galathinyus]

okayokay season two arcane has me feeling so many things right now and I know none of these are original thoughts but I have to scream them somewhere, so spoilers under the cut

-GRIEF AS A THEME!!! it is going to be Caitlyns downfall, in the first episode you see her clearly surrounded by a sketchy dissociated world, trying to not let it affect her, and as it goes on, she's part of the world again, and then finally as we get further she has her conversation with vi "don't change" but she already has so much! and that grief is driving her to do things! she shot at jinxs' new kiddo! she is going to go too far down that path and I'm not sure she can come back, but I'm loving how complex and nuanced this season is treating her. she's already to the point where she will hurt those closes to her (Vi) to get the revenge that she thirsts for. episode one and episode three Cait are two completely different people and the switch is so interesting to watch

-the animation is fucking phenomenal!!!!! there are so many brain fucks of different styles clashing while holding hands! rahhhhhhh!!!

-the entire notion of legacy and passing down trauma!!! Jinx is silco and Vi is Vander. they are at odds with one another, one trying to protect the innocent while maintaining the fight for the better, the other on a path of violence that they believe nessacery for change (even though it's not even quite about that yet, right now it's just Jinx being destructive in the wake of everything that's happened). but the directly drawn parallels to Jinx and Silco letting each other go unto the water. and then there's Isha (??) who's an imitation of powder who now idolises Jinx. she looks up to her and is to Jinx what powder was to silco that day in the rain, there is a passing down of trauma and violence

-CAITVI AKA PILTOVERS FINEST oh lord give me strength these lesbians are going to end me. the eye contact, the tension, the inexplicable ability for them to match and trust each other while almost completely being at odds in some ways. the kiss was everything, it was an I'm here, I'm not leaving, I'm not going to change, I love you, I promise. and the visible metaphor of vi letting down her guard (dropping the gauntlets) to fully embrace this statement, only to later see the complete betrayal and break down that comes with Caitlyn hitting Vi and quite literally abandoning her. she did change, it was not longer about bringing Jinx to justice, but having Cait stop at nothing to get revenge. (I also find it incredibly funny that lesbian heartbreak is going to presumably what gives us emo Vi)

-Ambassa Medarda the conniving evil sexy woman you are, that is all

-Viktor omg Viktor, the amount of religious imagery from him alone in his what, 5 minutes of screen time, but there is so much of him clearly lost to the Hexcore as he no longer *feels* human but feels a deep insight to others and wishes to stop pain and finally do good

-the teaser at the end of every episode for Dr Singed creating Warwick (I think that's his name it's been a while since I brushed up on LOL lore). I can't wait to see how his appearance later in the season is going to affect both of our girls

-also, speaking of vander, the fact that all it took for Vi to be like fuck it and put on the badge, was for her to hear someone say that they wished more people with her heart had badges, fuck

-another tidbit on Caitlyn is the fact that the Kirraman key she inherits tells us so much of her mother and family's legacy being the ones to assist clean air in the under city, and Caitlyn in her journey to avenge her mother completely undoing it by abusing to grey air to hunt Jinx

-Jinx saying its only right for her to die at her sisters hands!

-Sevika and Jinx being the power couple (platonic) that I never knew I needed. one begging to be lead and useful again, one need solace and something to fix so that she can fulfil some fucked up idea she has of herself

-another on Caitlyn. just the one scene at the end if episode one when she tells the council members to shut up and respect her? mommy? sorry. mommy? sorry

-Ekko and heigmerdinger are so precious and Ekko bonding with Jayce instead of just completely butting heads with him is actually perfect, but still I can't help but see the way they interact and recall the way Vi and Jayce interact in the first season. Ekko is Vi's little brother and you can't tell me otherwise

-oh yeah, and the new opening credits go hard, can't wait to see the impacts and foreshadowing they hold when the rest of the season releases

-and as a final thought, I'm actually really curious to see what sort of time jump is going to exist between all three acts, and how that mimics the format of the first season

[racefortheironthrone]

Any chance you have seen and/or have thoughts on Across the Spider-Verse?

I literally just got back from Across the Spider-Verse and sat down at my computer, so this is about as fresh as a take as I can manage.

Short version: it's an astonishingly and relentlessly ambitious film that aims to outdo every other Spider-Man movie, every other multi-verse movie, and even its own first entry in the Miles Morales trilogy. And it succeeds.

Full spoilers below the cut. You have been warned.

The Visuals

Before I get into anything about the story, I want to first give full credit to the directors Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemo Powers, Justin K. Thompson, and the entire team at Sony Pictures Animation. If you saw the first Spider-Verse movie and aren't an animation nerd, you probably were impressed but didn't realize how revolutionary it was. I'll let Movies With Mikey explain the details, because it's easier if you can see what people are talking about:

When your first entry wins an Academy Award by thumbing your nose at Pixar, the reigning king of animation, and the principles of animation set down by the Nine Old Men, you have every right to sit back on your laurels.

For Across the Spider-Verse, the Sony Pictures Animation team clearly decided: fuck that. If the first film had wowed audiences by combining a half-dozen styles of animation on the screen at the same time, the second film would drown you in dozens and dozens of Spiders-Men and -Women (and -Animals) drawn in every style imaginable: Da Vinci's yellowing parchments and sketchy penicls, harsh cell-shading, punk rock collage art, 90s-style comic panels full of impossibly rippling muscles, crappy hand-drawn animation from the 1967 tv show, and then for a tip of the hat to Who Framed Roger Rabbit and the man who should have been Spider-Man - live action.

The backgrounds show the same love: from the off-set printing of Miles' world (my favorite detail is that you know that Miles gets sent to the wrong Earth when the color scheme shifts from purple to green), to the dripping painterly pastels of the Gweniverse, to the riotous greens and yellows of Mumbattan, to the clean Pixaresque light blooms of the Spider-Society's technological utopia (which looks a hell of a lot like something out of Brad Bird's dreams).

I am thoroughly in awe of the mentality behind the animation in this film, the absolute determination to challenge one's own limits and exceed one's past accomplishments.

The Story

If there is a single world that defines Across the Spider-Verse, it's "canon." The moment Miguel O'Hara uttered that word, my spidey-senses started tingling and I realized that Lord & Miller came to this film with a sermon. See, if there's one message from the first Spider-Verse movie it's that "anyone can be Spider-Man." But if there's two messages is that "you can't save everyone" - the idea that the thing that unites all Spiders-Folk from across the multiverse, it is a common understanding of loss, a tragic origin that drives each hero to impossible efforts to never let it happen again.

Across the Spider-Verse's message is: "why?" I cannot begin to explain the absolute vibranium balls it took to question not just a core premise of your previous movie, but one of the core premises of the entire multi-media multi-corporate franchise. And yet, Lord & Miller show nothing but confidence executing this turn.

FULL SPOILERS OF THE BIG TWIST AHEAD in 3:

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At the beginning of the film, which makes the brilliant move to start by telling Spider-Gwen's story since we already know Miles, we are introduced to Miguel O'Hara (the Spider-Man from 2099) as a badass who leads a secret organization dedicated to protecting the mutliverse...but who secretly is also here to protect "canon."

At the turning point of the film, when Miles is finally invited to join the Spider-Society, we are let in on a dark truth: the safety of the multiverse depends on the suffering of Spiders. Just as Uncle Ben must die, so must a gallant police captain - although almost subtextually, Spider-Gwen hints that so too must the Gwen Stacys who "fall for Spider-Man" - to keep Spider-Man emotionally isolated and solely dedicated to his mission of protecting New York. Trying to avert this lonely fate, to live a happier life, brings about the destruction of all that is.

Through an act of unabashed heroism in Mumbattan - saving the life of a gallant police captain and an innocent child - Miles has inadvertently endangered an entire universe. And unless he allows his own father, the gallant captain, to die as well - the same fate will befall his own. Miles, being a good son and a good person, refuses to accept this and takes on the entire Spider-Society to get home and save his father.

In the chase, we are let in on a second, dark truth: Miles wasn't invited to join the Spider-Society because he is one of the anomalies they hunt, because he was never supposed to be Spider-Man. (You see how this builds on both the speech from Miles' mom about not letting white society tell him he doesn't belong AND the message from the first film?) The Kingpin's collider experiments allowed an Alchemax spider to cross over from Earth-42 to Earth-1610...and as a result, Earth-42 never got a Spider-Man.

When Miles accidentally is sent to Earth-42 instead of his actual home, he learns what that meant. Without Spider-Man, Captain Jeff Davis (Brian Michael Bendis is a real mensch like 99% of the time, but man did he fuck up with that one) died instead of his brother Aaron. Because the intended Spider-Man of Earth-42 was...Miles Morales. Instead, he has become a dystopian Brooklyn's Prowler, a living reminder of the damage the accident of Earth-1610's Miles' creation has caused. This is why you don't violate "canon."

Except...as we learn, Miguel O'Hara is wrong and our Miles is right. When Gwen is sent back to her own universe, which she has been running away from because she knows that it means confronting both her father the gallant captain and the inevitability of his death, she learns that George Stacy quit the force rather than take his promotion: Captain Stacy doesn't have to die. Nor did Captain Singh. Nor does Captain Davis. (For that matter, Miles doesn't have to lie to his family and live a double life as Spider-Man, as we see from his accidentally-misdirected confession.)

We are not the prisoners of the "canon."

Ever since Amazing Fantasy #15, "with great power there must also come great responsibility" has been the indisputable truth of Spider-Man. At this point, it's become a meme: "the Parker luck." Over and over again, Peter Parker must suffer for our sins - Uncle Ben dies, Captain Stacy dies, Gwen Stacy's death ushers in a whole new era of comics and the phenomenon of "fridging," his marriage to Mary Jane has to be done away with because the Spider Office are apparently psychological eternal adolescents, Aunt May has died and almost died so many times everyone's stopped caring.

And that's the problem: we've been playing the same hit for 61 years and it's gotten old. In the process, creators and audience together have condemned Spider-Man to a Sisyphean existence of eternal backsliding, unable to move on, build a life for himself, mature, die and give way to new Spiders. Hell, the best thing that's happened to Peter Parker in the last several decades was an AU in which he has a super-powered wife and daughter and can settle into a middle age of teaching at the Xavier School.

That's the sermon that Lord & Miller came to preach: just as in 2018 it was time for a new Spider-Man, now it's time for new stories that have the courage to try something different.

A Side-Note About the Multiverse

As with the animation side of the story, Lord & Miller could have sat back on their laurels when it came to the concept of the multiverse. After all, they were the ones who made it cool and sent Marvel Studios scrambling to catch up (still haven't succeeded at that, by the way). I don't think Everything Everywhere All At Once needed the creative help, but it absolutely helped sell the movie to producers that a multiverse movie could make millions and win Oscars. (Funny how that works.) Instead, Lord & Miller took it up a notch by asking "what is the purpose of a multiverse?"

Hot take: I don't like the Spider-Verse events. For all that they've given us some amazing Spider designs - and we saw them all up on screen in Across the Spider-Verse - no one cares about the stories. That's because the naked purpose of the comics was to market test Spider designs, see which ones generated buzz, and then make spin-off comics about those Spiders.

Across the Spider-Verse uses the concept of a multiverse, the shiny Macguffin that multi-billion dollar corporate conglomerates will hope will the ticket to riches, to strip Spider-Man down to the essentials by showing every conceivable variation and asking us what they all have in common. Is it suffering, or a commitment to doing the right thing?

Conclusion:

Holy shit, is firing Lord & Miller the biggest mistake Disney has made since Walt refused to recognize the animators' union in 1941.

[mk-writes-stuff]

OC Interaction Tag

Rules: describe an OC of yours, then describe how that OC would interact with the OCs of the people who tagged you

Thanks @kaylinalexanderbooks and @illarian-rambling for the tags!

Kaylin’s OC: Maddie is an 11-year-old girl who is quiet, curious, and a bit of a risk-taker. She's generally well-liked but isn't sure why people like her. She fidgets and squirms and likes to remain active, especially with her hands. She's a STEM kid through and through, loving each letter in the acronym. Maddie takes things apart, such as pens, to see how they work and eventually joins her school's robotics club. She believes in direct fairness - will match your tone with her - and gets a little upset if she is misunderstood, which is often, since she thinks she's straightforward. Her honesty leads to her being nosy, as she believes everyone should be open. Maddie is an animal shapeshifter, and enjoys the physical sensation of morphing as well as pushing her limits a little too much. She's a gamer who prefers consuls with buttons and enjoys old sci-fi shows and modern cartoons. Despite not quite understanding emotions, she does try to be there for the people she cares about, and usually tries to defuse a serious situation with a little joke.

Katie’s OC: Astra DuClaire is a 25 year old witch. She was too poor to get a proper education, so she snuck into lecture halls and bribed her way into labs to learn her trade, eventually taking on the specialty of runic mechanics. After learning all she could, she slapped some steel baba yaga legs on a vardo wagon and began her business as a traveling mage in the sketchy land of her birth. As a person, the first thing one would notice about Astra is her arrogance. She's prideful to a fault when it comes to her magic, though this is mostly a front to cover up some deep insecurities regarding her lackluster education. She loves helping people, is hungry to learn new things, and has a deep, angry sense of social justice. She believes all people have inalienable dignity. In her dialog, she's coarse and has a raunchy saying for every occasion. It doesn't matter that she's five nothing, her argumentative streak stretches into next week and she will be a bitch about it. But as angry as she can be, she has just as big a capacity for wonder and love. Her hobbies include tinkering, embroidery, and pirating music.

My OC: Stellaris is a disliked nobleman, the younger brother of Sixth Station head Cassiopeia. He’s a scrawny-looking blond man with big purple eyes who wears shabby nobleman’s clothing and has a permanently flat affect. Stellaris is autistic, which makes him unpopular among nobles due to his complete inability to understand social cues and perform social niceties such as eating food he dislikes because it was offered to him. He has a kind heart but struggles to express it and communicate well to others. His special interest is history and he loves telling others about it and asking them about anything they know about it, but he doesn’t mind taking turns talking about interests if people are willing to take their turn listening to his. He is extremely blunt and honest at all times, even when it might come across as rude, although he frequently doubts or disparages himself because of how people have treated him.

How Stellaris and Maddie would interact: I think they’d get along very well! Stellaris wouldn’t understand Maddie’s interests, but he’d be happy to listen to her talk about her interests and tell her what he knows about Seven Stations technology, which I think she’d really enjoy. He’d definitely want to tell her about his interests and would be delighted to know that she’s from what he considers historical times and would probably ask her a bunch of questions. I think their communication styles are really compatible, he wouldn’t mind her being a bit nosy and trying to be straightforward. She might end up mimicking his tone and accidentally talking way louder than she should out of a misinterpretation that he was yelling at her (he tends to talk a bit too loud), but I think they’d get along despite this.

How Stellaris and Astra would interact: Honestly, I think she’d scare him at first. Astra has a very forceful personality that I think he’d find intimidating. I feel like Astra would initially find him a bit weird but would quickly figure out that there’s a lot more to him than his “strange” mannerisms and take a liking to him. I think if he ever talked about how the other nobles treat him, she’d get really angry on his behalf and he’d take a whining to that real fast. He’d start off just doing what she told him to because he’s a bit afraid of her, but I think he’d start chatting with her after she realized she wouldn’t hurt him. After that, I think they’d talk a lot about their interests, and he’d interrogate her about her life too, because her life reminds him a lot about history. He might accidentally pry a bit far and get her to bristle by asking about something she’s sensitive about, but he’d apologize profusely enough that I think she’d be willing to let it go.

I love this game! I hope y’all like the interactions, lmk what you think of them :)

@elsie-writes @rkmoon @televisionjester y’all want to play?

[ryuichirou]

Replies

More replies! A lot of the follow-ups to our previous replies, I’ll try my best to link everything…

Anonymous asked:

YesyesYES!!! I saw your answer to my other ask, where you mentioned that Ruggie is the only guy Jamil would be cool hooking up with and I thought "wait, is this about what I think it is?" and it absolutely was! I'm so glad that my Glomas ask could give you an excuse to scratch that Ruggie/Jamil itch you had!

They would absolutely get along like a house (or in this case college) on fire, to the point that they would wonder "uh... how come we've never hung out before?". They both know very well why. Anyone with eyes can see that there's something sketchy about Jamil, so I can imagine that Ruggie would be at least a little wary of him. On his part, Jamil would probably tell himself that there's nothing to be gained by associating himself with what seems to be little more than a petty rogue with sticky fingers. But once they make the jump from "This guy is shady" to "Wait, this guy is my kind of shady" it's all downhill from there.

(this is related to this post)

Hehehe yesss thank you for your patience, Anon!! <3 And for giving us an opportunity to talk about these two. It really was an itch that needed to be scratched. Twst just keeps being that great ocean of potential ships…

And yes you nailed it once again – this is exactly that, the “this guy is MY kind of shady” thing!! Match made in heaven, truly lol, they would be unstoppable together. Unstoppable in their pursuit to just make their own lives a little more comfortable and a little less stressful, that is.

I’m so happy they got to hang out in canon, even if it’s just for a little bit lol

Anonymous asked:

After reading your fem Floyd/fem riddle headcanons, I can now clearly see fem Floyd hugging fem riddle close to her bust and poor riddle just gets smothered by Floyd’s boobs, which Floyd would no doubt find to be both very cute and very amusing

(this is related to this post)

Yeah, this is exactly how their interactions would go lol Floyd doesn’t think twice about these things, well, she didn’t at first, but now that she sees that Riddle gets bothered by it… let’s hug her tighter!! <3

Floyd is going to suffocate this poor girl one day…

Anonymous asked:

(Same anon that asked what would happen if Idia ever cheated on Azul)

Like I said before I'm fairly interested in your Azuidia marriage AU so I was wondering what would Idia and Azul's marriage would be like if they actually did love each other and this wasn't just for the purpose of business?

(the previous reply!)

Well, them marrying for the business reasons was kind of the whole idea behind the AU. Even if they had feelings for each other, even if the whole thing is just one big cope, both of them are too uncomfortable with the idea of genuine feelings to be open about it from the get-go, I think.

Overtime, they could gradually begin to resemble a legitimate couple, and if they were to actually open up to each other (well, it’s Azul who needs to open up for the most part), they might get very close. They already are in a weird way.

They do use the “well I’m your husband” card with each other sometimes, both jokingly and seriously. Azul cooks for both of them sometimes, and it’s hard to tell if he’s just enjoying the role of a married man or if he genuinely enjoys it. He also gets cuddly sometimes, and while Idia complains, it’s not like he’s super opposed to it. But still, there are too many obstacles preventing a “we’re just happily married” scenario, and honestly they kind of like it that way (for better or worse).

Anonymous asked:

People keep asking about Overblot Kalim, but what about Overblot Epel?

He’d probably just get knocked on his forehead and then get grounded for misbehaving, Butters style LOL

But in all seriousness, even though his level of magic or stress doesn’t seem to be on the overblot level, his overblot might actually be interesting. Like the design (apple theme? Poison?) and powers, with his unique magic being paralyzing and such. He could make quite a scary boss…

Anonymous asked:

Sudden FloVil thoughts! You know how Azul canonically sold moisturizer (or skin care stuff) made of Floyd's "liquid" to Vil? What if one day Vil found out the secret ingredient and took it straight from the source?

Amazingly, we actually replied to a similar question before!

Anonymous asked:

Was looking back at your Halloween art of Floyd and Vil, do you think they'd ever sleep together?

Yeah… they might.

It sounds like something almost impossible; like I mentioned before, they’re not exactly each other’s type. But I feel like they realise that there is tension in the air when they’re around each other. So I actually can see a scenario in which they’d end up sleeping together once, because Vil wanted to cool his own head off. And of course Floyd wouldn’t mind, he’ll have sex with anyone he’s into.

Anonymous asked:

Do you have any thoughts on JadeSil? I am a fan of this rare pair so I wanted to hear your thoughts on it!

We talked about them a couple of times: 1, 2 (the 2nd one is quite brief; I can't find more examples right now though...)

In short, while we’re not super invested in this ship and don’t have much ideas for it, they do have fun potential.

Anonymous asked:

QUESTION! whaddya think about Kalim x Idia ?

Great in theory, at this point I want Kalim to force every character through his magic carpet ride just to see their reaction lol And that one vignette in which the trio of extraverts attacked Idia was amazing.

Kalim is very pushy without meaning to be, and Idia has absolutely no power over him. They’re the duo that would be quite fun to watch.

But other than that, we haven’t really thought about them as a ship much. Not opposed to it though.

Anonymous asked:

I'm the anon who asked about Trey and teeth. I was watching a previous halloween event last night where Sebek mentioned his dad works at a dental clinic and Trey was like "Did you just say DENTAL CLINIC?? 👀👀" so now I get it better...

LOL welcome to the amazing world of Trey-is-obsessed-with-teeth. I forgot about that scene completely…. Trey please stop flirting with other people’s dads just because they work with TEETH 😭😭😭

Anonymous asked:

hello, orthoxreader smut writer here to say that Circusp newest song Metronome is very shroudcest pilled and i can't stop noticing it

Ahh it’s beautiful!!

'Cause I don't wanna leave this world

Without you holding onto me

No I don't wanna let this lonely heart be

An isolated beat

Like this part especially. Thank you for telling us.

[parvulous-writings]

I have several questions about your BG3 ocs again! I'm still curious!

What are Renton, Micheal, Markus, and Ilvon's heights?

How do they feel about physical touch?

Are they affectionate (physically or emotionally) to anyone or just their loved ones?

How protective are they of their loved ones?

How good are they at reading & writing? Thanks! - Fluff anon

Fluff... I love when you submit anything, praise be to you!!

Warnings: Spoilers for the end of Act 2 in Markus' section, very vague allusions to bedroom time in Ilvon's (very vague indeed, but still.)

Renton

Renton stands a little taller than Gale, at a good ol' 6'1 - or 185.4cm! So, a little over average - and paired with his buff build, makes him the perfect farmhand.

He's a big fan of physical touch! He loves hugs, holding hands with his significant other, and cheek kisses! The only PDA he gets embarrassed about - particularly when he's in his early twenties - is kisses on the lips. He also gives piggy backs to his friends, should they need or want them.

Renton becomes very affectionate once he gets to know someone - side hugs and shoulder pats for his newer friends, full on hugs and hair ruffles for closer friends, and a lot of hand-holding for his significant other. Touch is very important to him! He's also a brilliant listener, and can be quite emotionally vulnerable when the conversation veers that way. He's a bit awkward with his words when he wants to tell someone he cares for or about them, but he does eventually manage to get the message across. He thinks.

Renton can be quite protective - not in a jealous way, moreso just if they are in any kind of danger or risk of getting hurt, he becomes quite protective. He can and will charge into very stupid situations to try and help his loved ones. Think... Taking on three trolls at once, with not a huge amount of combat experience. With nothing but a sword. That's Renton.

He can read at a very basic level - fairy tales, and general notes and such, but he isn't very good at grasping higher level academic books, they confuse him a lot, especially when he has to tackle a long word. His writing is also average - and very sketchy, think chicken scratch. He tries his best, but it's not always legible.

Micheal

A nice, round 6ft, or 182cm!

Physical touch is mainly reserved for those closest to him - family, very close friends, and lovers. He 'll pat shoulders, but unless there is a deep or long-standing bond between him and the other party, he doesn't do much more than that. It's nothing against anyone, it's just a boundary that he maintains, he likes keeping that kind of display for those who have a place in his heart.

He often tells people how honoured he is to have them as a friend, and if he's speaking to a lover, this is kicked up several notches; he'll tell them how handsome or pretty they look, how they grace him with their presence, and how lucky he is to have them. Any woes of theirs, he'll listen to, and try to help in any way that he is able to - be that through cuddling to block out the rest of the world, or taking action to sort the source of whatever the issue may be.

Like Renton, Micheal isn't protective in a jealous way. He lets them fight their own battles, too - he won't immediately step in to aid them. If he knows they can or will manage, he lets them take that path. If they are out of their depth, however, he sees it as his duty to aid them in any way that he can.

Micheal is very well read, and has bea

utiful hand-writing; he's well educated, and was originally going to study law before he chose to instead take his paladin oath and leave home. Even after so long away from studies and 'normal' life, he has that cursive style to his written hand.

Markus

He is 5'9-5'10 (Probably around 176cm)!

Markus isn't a massive fan of physical touch from most people. The only ones who ever got a pass to touch him were (formerly) Laenna, and of course, Ilvon. The only time he really goes to hug anyone outside of this is during moments of extreme emotion - such as the defeat of Ketheric Thorm at Moonrise. During moments like this, he can hardly contain himself, so it practically bursts out of him, like a flower during spring; only, a flower doesn't hug nor squeeze as tight as Markus does. When he regains his composure a few moments later, he pretends as if nothing happened.

The only one he shows affection for - before any relationship - is Ilvon. They're incredibly close - and Ilvon is the only one that Markus truly feels that he can trust, now that Laenna is gone. He rarely shows affection when in front of or around others, but he likes sleeping close to Ilvon. He's not exactly emotionally available at first, either. Markus isn't entirely helpful when it comes to being there for someone emotionally, because he has a lot of anger, hatred, and a few other issues that he needs to heal from first.

He can be protective - it depends on the type of relationship he has with someone. If you're just friends, he's not overly protective, if at all. If you're lovers, however, he can become over-protective, and even jealous at times. He doesn't like people threatening or taking what he views as 'his' - it's his more animalistic side rearing it's head, something he very much should work to control.

He's fairly well-read; he's studied druid texts and doctrine in his youth, so he's no stranger to longer words, prose or - in some instances - legalese. His handwriting wouldn't tell the same story, however. It's rough, and he'll often break a couple of quills whilst trying to write a letter, he can be very heavy handed at times.

Ilvon

6'2, or 187cm!

Ilvon is perfectly fine with physical touch, though he isn't usually the one to initiate it! He's often nervous of overstepping someone's boundary when it comes to touch, so lets whomever he is with take the lead on that front. He gives some of the best hugs! One of his favourite things to do with someone he's close to - either friend or lover - is take their hand in his lap, and just hold it, or play with their fingers, to occupy himself during campfire conversations.

He's affectionate with anyone who needs it - he's very much a calm healer of any group he's in, in an emotional or physical sense. He could be seen as a therapist friend, in some regard. But he loves being able to provide any sense of comfort, to his friends, family, or loved ones. He shows his affection through teaching - such as the way he leads his life, if you were to ask him a question, he would gladly answer - and gift giving. Sometimes the gifts are a bit... Unconventional, but they all have reasoning behind them.

Ilvon is constantly checking in to make sure everyone is alright - how they're feeling, if they've had enough food, if they're too tired to continue on the road right now and need a break. This extends to more intimate moments with lovers, as well - always checking in. Openness and honesty is Ilvon's bread and butter when it comes to protecting those around him, even if he can't always help physically (which he does, in fact, try to avoid).

Like Markus, he's well read on doctrine and the teachings of Silvanus. He has absolutely no issue with reading such subjects - and will, when he has the opportunity - seek out such texts to read for pleasure, he likes to challenge himself. His writing is much more elegant that his younger peer, and flows like a scholar's. He likes to decorate his written words as well, making certain letters look like animals when he deems appropriate.

[bosskie]

Molluck Anatomy Practicing

Man, it happened again... I just had to draw before going to sleep but yeah, finished after sleeping. I should try to do more sketchy sketches but it just happens that I just gotta do details and stuff... I still cannot really stand my line art, so I gotta kinda hide it under shading and stuff...

I'm not good at anatomy but I'm doing my best to learn it, though it's trickier here since Molluck ain't easy to draw... He got so long arms that I kinda had to make him have an odd pose to have at least one hand visible... My original sketch just didn't have big enough hands, so after fixes, I just had to accept this situation. I feel like I'm still not drawing his body proportions right... Also, just some weeks ago I realized that I have drawn his hands incorrectly multiple times, his fingers I mean... It just feels like I keep learning new things about him...

But well, this one feels like the best one so far. I guess that at least after getting that proper (poseable) 3D Molluck model done I start to understand how his anatomy, proportions and such work... I just see that there's something wrong with the anatomy and pose here but well, I just need to practice more. Though, it's kinda difficult to pose his legs since well, they are pretty dead, atrophic from not being used... I wonder if he is even able to move them, even a bit, or do they just hang around... But his odd little legs are somehow endearing, at least for me. Also yeah, I don't know why but Molluck looks somehow confused here... Like he had just woken up.

Oh, and this did remind me of one older traditional sketch similar to this I have never shown:

You can see him having incorrect hands here but it's just the amount of joints in his fingers. I might like the style better here but his body has more problems here.

Oh, and I just feel like adding that sometimes I just think about that how there seems to be less 'Molluck thirst' than it used to be like 3-2 years ago. Well, I can get it but mine hasn't faded away, at all, just getting 'worse'... Man, after two months it's been 3 years of Molluck for me. It just feels like I finally have found the right one for me. Getting into the Emperor (BG3) just strengthened this feeling since I just saw how strong my feelings for Molluck are, preventing me from really having other characters around me. Though, the Emperor only started to interest me because his appearance reminded me of Molluck (and I love octopuses) but he is still my favourite character in that game and I love him but only as a friend. (I even bought the whole game because of him... But it was worth it and I'm currently doing my 5th playthrough...)

I do understand if someone thinks that I'm 'crazy' or something since yes, I do am crazy about Molluck! Also, I'm used to be seen as 'odd', like my whole life, so yeah, it's just what I am. It's just that Molluck is so 'me', like I have said many times; he felt like me as a Gluk and that's what got me into him. I remember feeling nothing toward him when I saw him for the first time, both in AO and SoulStorm. I'm just kinda immune to appearance stuff... Someone can look pleasant but eh, it evokes no desire in me. I don't even wanna call someone beautiful before knowing the person. Stereotypically 'hot' people look even ugly to me... Well, I often see that I have different opinions than the others but I don't even find Molluck ugly, even he is kinda meant to be ugly, at least to humans, since the SoulStorm art book calls him ugly and says that he is even uglier now, but he is said to be attractive by Glukkon standards, so... Well, I seem to be attractive by 'human standards', so a good match, eh? I have said this earlier but I have just heard from multiple people that I'm (very) handsome... I don't even know what to do with my appearance, it's just for identifying me, what else it needs to be... I mean, I'm not even interested in looking attractive, just pleasant enough for myself.

I don't know what has made the others thirsty for Molluck but, like I said, my reason was that I saw myself in him and only after that his appearance catched my attention. But even it was so, man, he do is such a beautiful Gluk! And well, even if there do are some difficulties due to his body since it limits him, there are ways to deal with it and I'm glad to help him out; he can give big hugs and kisses! I still honestly don't know about these terms, like what he is to me, thought many terms can exist at the same time but the main one I mean... I prefer friend-like love but it's more than that still... Romantic love is something like seeing the other as ideal, not about true love, just being in love, if I have understood correctly (I have seriously needed to read multiple definitions for it and I'm still not sure...). I see that Molluck isn't perfect and I don't want him to be perfect either but he is perfect one for me still. I'm basically trying to say that I don't really feel like using this 'fictional other' term like many self-shippers seem to use since it doesn't describe mine well enough. Well, whatever, I just love this Gluk so much!

[the-owl-tree]

okay

I for some reason have a very strong feeling that I am gonna poke the bear by asking this

and I am very scared to

but

considering you like xenofiction and manga

what are your opinions on Beastars

runs away

you know what that's fair because i had to do a little circle around my chair when you brought up beastars because of how many feelings i have on it.

tldr: beastars first half is an original and immaculate story that grounds its issues in its world before metaphor, but falls so flat on its face for the finale that it essentially doomed its own fate to die with a pitiful whimper

spoilers for beastars

I adore Beastars (the first half at least). It is such a strikingly original world that roots all of its problems IN ITS WORLD - which is my biggest problem with allegorical works of art. Beastars takes every step to show how these issues manifest within its world and how people would respond BEFORE it tries to lean on the metaphor and that's what I think separates it from Zootopia. Beastars is a world before it is a metaphor. I love her artwork and I love the character design, her expressions and the way she draws teeth and claws are my favorite. Paru Itagaki is an amazing artist, she has this very sketchy style reminiscent of Q Hayashida that I adore and much like Q, she knows how to make scenes weighty and bloody and PAINFUL. You will FEEL IT when these characters bit and claw at one another.

Beastars justifies its high school setting because it is specifically about how this world informs the development of its characters. Them being in high school is a great way to show their growth between young people trying to figure out their place, their self in their understanding of their school only for them to change as they grow. It's fantastic! The rich way the characters interact and perceive one another, interweaving both animal urge and emotions is fascinating to read. Paru Itagaki's strength is in her character writing and interactions, I adored the high school romance because I understood WHY these characters did things the way they did and I loved all the care that was put into making sure that every aspect of themselves informed their actions.

Legosi is such a kindly and endearing protagonist. I like that's he's a little weirdo and proud of it, I like that he's consistently making an effort to understand others. His relationship with Haru is my absolute favorite and, well, that's why the second half was such a let down.

In a stunning first half with enjoyable character arcs and fascinating character development, the sudden plummet into shounen battle arcs with the I'm InSaNe Melon was a huge let down. The second half, I firmly believe NEEDED to focus on Haru and Legosi's relationship. It is the ANCHOR of the story, it is the complete heart of both character's and it is so firmly enjoyable because of the dynamic that Itagaki has written. But instead, the finale stumbles on half-baked concepts (they made jojo stands?? and did NOTHING WITH THEM?????), unfinished plot lines (louis was in the mafia and didn't go to jail, his father is still cartoonishly evil and its never resolved), and antagonists so boring and unoriginal that i was begging for the manga to just put me down. Not to mention the whole predator and prey thing is just....resolved? all of a sudden?? not very well explained? Oh yeah! The great whale says we can eat fish now, glad that elaborate building up of the market and its cultural importance in the city can be resolved! What a way to go!

It is such a horrendous finale for such an intriguing and original series. I can only be at peace knowing the final chapter was the date we deserved WAY EARLIER. I loved Legosi working as a delivery guy, I could've had an entire slice of life series around that but nope! Boring pointless battle arc time. Sucks ass.

It sucks because the first half is so so good and I highly recommend it! I don't want this series to go out with such a whimper but goddamn....the ending is soooo bad. If you're interested in it, dip out as soon as Melon appears I mean it. You'll be happier, just go read Beast Complex it's so much better than the finale please just trust me on this.

[tophattrio]

TOP HAT TRIO ARCHIVES: Part 1

Warden: Look at all this lovely art of us! We could fill a museum! Professor: There's so much it seems like we can't keep up... Once-ler: ..... Y'kno what guys? I'm gonna take a break...

((A small fraction of my old old old trio art, most of which has never seen the light of tumblr (under the cut)! None of this is colored. Some of this is pre-blog or just... REALLY early-era Trio art, so some of it is... dated. Also, as indicated by the top, this is part 1. Meaning there will probably be more, LOL...))

((I hope it's okay if I ramble some fun facts in the middle of this!))

We're gonna start off with this silly lil doodle of the lads! This was drawn during the era where I did my silly crossover drawings, before I mustered the courage to turn them into an askblog.

Based on the date, I must've drawn this next one while I was in the process of actually making the blog... potentially their original "profile" images? Or just a doodle I did to get me hyped...

As you can see, all the drawings so far are pencil and ink... that's because (if I remember correctly) this is when I was VERY new to computer tablets! I felt more confident in my traditional art so I would slap quick colors onto the back of a bunch of ink-drawn replies and make minor adjustments with the tablet. I remember being hesitant to switch to a fully digital style since I felt the sketchiness was almost part of the style of trio? But I've come to accept change is good! Everything post-Greed M!A is all (or mostly) digitally lined (with the occasional trad sketch), but if you look closely at the trio in this (and many other) early-day responses, you can definitely see the pencil marks!

Unposted Thneedville High Trio!!! I was SO obsessed with the Once-ler Askblog AU's back in the Once-ler Fandom's hayday... they were a lot of fun to observe on the side and I wanted to be part of that in my small way, but unfortunately, I was a coward so I never did LOL... I'm thinking this was drawn in February or March 2013...

And, something I drew on the same page, Truffula Flu Trio!!!! I think I briefly thought about making it (and thneedville high) a sideblog but I felt like I couldn't commit for multiple reasons: (1) AU hype was dying down a little, (2) It was a bit too serious a concept for Trio; I wanted to keep them lighthearted and silly (covers bad end with a hand). And (3) I was still doubting whether or not my blog counted as a Once-ler blog (being only 1/3 once-ler) and whether I was valid to participate in events. Eventually I got over that fear when I joined Camp Weehawken and participated in the fandom revival of 2015, but the fear was definitely there at the very beginning and I hesitated to jump in on some stuff because of it!!

These were some of my earliest (unanswered) asks! I think for a while I thought I accidentally deleted the Pinkie Pie one, but it mysteriously came back one day?? I don't plan to finish these but might as well get some closure since I already drew them. I had to look up which troll typing was the one being used here so I might be wrong, I know nothing about homestuck except chapter 1 and 2 and whatever I osmosis from my mutuals LOL...

Peacock was drawn before I knew anything about Skullgirls...... within the past few years I recently watched her gameplay/storyline! She's defs a fun character. Trio are probs neutral about her. I'm not confident enough to do anything major with her, but I would love to cameo her more!

I got a few asks / M!A's about genderbent versions of the trio back in early 2013 and these were my doodles for that. The designs were based off of different designs floating around tumblr at the time that I liked. I'm not interested in doing this M!A anymore, but the dresses are cute!

Some glasses shenanigans I never posted for some reason?? (For reference: (1) (2) (3) (4).) It's silly stuff like this that make me realize Trio!Professor is a little bit like "Cheerful Mystery" Professor but like... waaaaay more tame HAHA (I never read the manga back then because I was upset they made Layton OOC, but from what I've seen he's... a lot more chaotic there). Which, ykno, good chance explains why Trio!Professor stays sane around Once-ler and Warden and their wacky selves.

Some wardlers and layclaires!! Also a few super old things I doodled out for Lovestruck M!A part 2 (including warden being a perv and oncie being flustered and confused, LMAO) but... idk if I have the energy to commit to it at the moment... partially bc thinking about getting an influx of shippy-type asks gets me overwhelmed and idk if I can commit to another magic anon all my magic anons manage to kill the blog somehow 😭, but ykno... saving the anons in my inbox in case I change my mind... Love these guys dearly regardless,,, <3

Some doodles of Layton and his rivals!! I think someone sent a small "Descole takes over the blog" M!A (hence the itty bitty chibi head LMAOO) but (again) I don't have the energy to commit to anything but vanilla THT right now. I still thought the idea was fun enough to draw out and anticipate in advance! If I change my mind y'all will know about it...

My first drawing of Wilson from Don't Starve!! I didn't even play Don't Starve at the time, but I wanted to do research if I was going to properly execute the magic anon and I fell in love with him immediately. Unfortunately he (and his game) became my new brainrot and I still feel really bad about that LAUGHS, but hey! Was worth it! Maybe someday I'll redo trio mods for DST...

I may have him cameo again, but potentially after his character update in Don't Starve Together eventually drops, of course, :3 chants give us lore lore loRE LORE-

Aaaaaand that's all I'm gonna show for now... until next time everyone!

PART 1 (you are here!) || PART 2 (TBA) || PART 3 (TBA) || …

[faffreux]

Your art!! It is so pretty! You have this one style that just makes me think:

‘this is a screenshot from a cartoon and I wanna watch it!’ The colors are so vibrant and everything is so crisp!

And then there’s this other style you do and I don’t know how to describe it and do it justice. It’s this sketchy (I mean this as a positive thing! It gives such an amazing effect!) sort of style that focuses on a few colors that really pop! And the only thing that comes to mind is ‘abstract dreamscape’. And I don’t know that I have a good reason for that. It just reminds me of an unfamiliar world of different colors and adventure!

Aaaa hope this wasn’t too weird or awkward. I’m just trying to say your art is really beautiful and I love it so much. Please never stop doing what you do. :)

That’s the COOLEST THING EVER to me if anyone thinks my stuff looks like it could be a cartoon, haha. I really try and I look back to a lot of the shows I grew up with for inspiration!! Thank you!

And thank you for recognizing my other style as well - I’ve found it to be incredibly cathartic to be able to toss my emotions onto a canvas in the form of abstractions and color when I don’t feel like I have the technical skill level needed to express it in a more polished way.

That’s not to say the scratchy stuff doesn’t require skill - it’s just a different sort tbh and one that I find is a lot more relaxing for me to work at than my regular art.

There’s a lot in your wording here that I appreciate more than you know but I’d be rambling forever if I kept going about it. I’ll just say that what you say it reminds you of… that’s basically what I’m going for. So thank you. 💕

There’s nothing weird about this ask. I’m answering this on my break at work bc I couldn’t leave it here another moment longer without telling you how much it made my week. Thank you so much!!! 🍭🌼🌿

[zenzaaaaaaaaaaaa]

fantasy high junior year ep 1 liveblog

oh motherfucker i crashed into obsession with dimension 20 in a big way in a very short period of time. let's goooooooo

i find it hilarious that the loading time on dropout tanked right as it hit release time. i know you are all out there frantically hitting refresh

oh shit the content warning from neverafter narration ohohoho are we gonna have a fucked up season

!!!! i love the art style of the intro!!!! all fun sketchy!!!!! post it note graph paper lined paper crumply yes yes

i love lou's shirt so much. fun colors and mushrooms!

emily you are fair and valid but also that is the jankest setup for drinks ever. are you pouring hot drinks straight into a mason jar with no handle.

hand holding!! lil fingertip touchies. i feel like this will come back later and hurt me.

fantastic camera work and cinematography so far. somebody is working their ass off.

Oh lou has fun earrings! and his dead dad has a job in cleveland!

of course emily would play a wizard if fig died. you can rip her spell cards away from her cold dead hands and even then only if you could get past murph

night yorb. so stupid i love it.

gnome raised orc boy so upset about agricultural ramifications

I do love slow degradation apocalypse. a very fun concept. is the night yorb capitalism brennan. brennan you have to tell us if the night yorb is capitalism. are the yorbees elon musk fanboys.

oh i love the night yorb! i am a big fan of little fucked up goth creatures who communicate through screaming and incredible violence

I love the character profile screen! really leaning into the fun aesthetic

fig has defense mode and attack mode like crocs if her mini has a skateboard or not.

my boy gorgug! he is eating so much dust and making fun things these days

I do not trust squeem. squeem is going to go full calroy cruller. squeem who are you.

adaine just like me fr. covered in lil guys. she's a true wizard pondering orbs and summoning random shit for no particular reason.

boggy!! moggy!! i trust them and love them. rosamund du prix who. adaine abernant is the best disney princess

gorgug has a homunculus? what the hell is that

is. is baby driving. why is baby driving.

fabian is a callout post for me specifically. just because you learn to point your toes and flexibility to lift your leg into the air doesn't mean you have to do it all the time. it's just convenient. Also the haircut and the all black. fabian is just me with one less eye and much more charisma.

is he fucking the mirror? why is he fucking the mirror? fabian the mirror has to be evil. you only like people who are evil. oh he's fucking his own reflection. that's. that's. that's something.

Saint Kristen Applebees (ex-blanket burrito, current fitness buff, definitely not still upset about Tracker, 4 dexterity) sitting in the van like a normal person, not fucking mirrors

Riz! Riz! Riz! Oh thank god he's driving. With mage hand. He has to keep recasting it every minute but he's just extra like that

Rest easy y'all, he still has a stupid hat. it's just now a fedora. my condolences. counterpoint he is accessorizing and has a choker.

I love siobhan's massive folder of spell cards. she has her own spellbook

why are the two people safely inside the car the people that lost the most hp. fabian and kristen why are you exiled inside the van now

He has a necklace and choker? Riz as someone who accessorizes way too much you should have disadvantage on stealth from all that jangling

Riz driving the van with just a little more effort than a group of stoats

"so sexy inspector gadget"

they are going to fall over.

night yorb shittin sunday. it is fully wednesday but it is also night yorb shittin sunday

please fabian stop fucking the mirror

fabian last time you tried to leave a car it went so awfully

fabian it went so awfully. +13 to acrobatics for a 15 DC. this is deeply comical

"there is nothing magical about getting hit by a car"

lou got the murph curse

this is the Bad Kids experience. tables all over again. Imagine if the first thing lou did on his first turn of junior year was kill fabian

emily is raring at the bit to use silvery barbs. oh shit murph's got it too! power couple! they gave each other advantage

nat 20 dex save for a mod 16. no one is doing it like kristen applebees

fig don't huff night yorb shit.

riz needs to get vehicular manslaughter knuckle tattoos

oh cassandra i love you

portent rolls!!

gorgous

!!! the sound effect on the eldritch blast!!

squeem with some big fabian energy

gorgug does zelda know the complex relationship you have with squeem

gorgug is worried about the kelly blue book on his very heavily modified angelically possessed van

'the sunday scaries but you worked on the weekend'

"you started the season by getting run over. immediately."

night yorb shitting sunday once more

"ribbon dance this motherfucker!"

kristen is in her ricky matsui era

i trust no new characters they introduce now. that cowboy centaur with alcoholism and a rough family situation and the man he lets ride him are going to kill someone in this party i can feel it.

that fucking vulture

i love the bisexual lighting of this background

oo the glitter on the battle sheet on that mini rules

fabian no fabian don't fabian just stay on your motorcycle

oh thank fuck

actually no i'd prefer fabian to get crushed under the hangvan than to keep flirting with this fucking mirror. already broke up with aelwyn huh. probably for the best but really man don't fuck the mirror

balthazar is gone. but brennan very carefully didn't say dead so now i am very worried about us getting a cowboy space dead existentialism manifest destiny villain this season. and by very worried i mean hopeful

squeem

riz my dexterous son dodge that shit with 28+ rolls damn

cassandra you deserve the world. kristen please help a lady out. she's so lonely

murph's little beans!

oh we're getting in deep with the deep exhaustion of kids and teens forced to fight wars they were told would be good for them!!! my favorite!!!! i love this !!!!

what the fuck emily. uh. sour and curdled. is this ravening war again. is fig in deep with the cheese demons. fig is in deep with cheese demons. is she. is she the hungry one. is she with the hungry one now. what the fuck

well mark me down as scared and hungry

fabian stop flirting with the mirror.

oh shit there's a portal coming up next

oh no the van is going to die isn't it

duncan vs. plug debate on the economics of paying for blowjobs in the desert

[traskomancer]

RPG a Day 21-25

Day 21: Favorite licensed RPG

Free League's Alien RPG, hands down. I can't think of any other licensed games I even play off the top of my head, and the Alien game is very well done. The stress mechanic and 3 act structure go a long way to achieving the feel of the source material.

Day 22: Best secondhand RPG purchase

Not even a purchase but a trade; I swapped a 5e book to @marquisnaberius in exchange for the 2e Unknown Armies core book and the 1e One Shots book. As far as strictly things I've bought, I did get a lot out of my set of core books for D&D 3.5 as a kid despite barely actually playing that particular edition. I was used to 4e and the juxtaposition was interesting. Also, I like the sketchy art style in the PHB.

Day 23: Coolest looking RPG product/book

I'm very partial to games that have a diegetic-ish style, like Monsters and Other Childish Things, the Unknown Armies 3e character sheet, and so on.

I also really like the art and feel of the Mothership scenario Gradient Descent. As far as the coolest art, Over the Edge 2e has some great stuff, though there are many others I could mention. Tales from the Loop is obviously designed around its art to some extent. This is definitely a prompt with a lot of answers.

Day 24: Complex/simple RPG I play

I think D&D 5e is the most complex RPG I feel I fully understand, and I do mean I FULLY understand it. I have half the monster manual and spell lists memorized and can improv anything else I need. It is kind of nice having a system of moderate-to-high complexity at my beck and call. I know there are much more complex systems around, including other editions of D&D, but I don't really want to make the mental investment of learning them. That's not what I enjoy in RPGs these days anyway. If I want crunch I'll play a video game.

As far as the simplest game, Fiasco is basically improv with a little bit of dice prompting for structure. So if you consider improv simple, which I feel is a plausible perspective, then that would count. One page games like Lasers and Feelings and Everyone is John of course also count for this.

Day 25: Unplayed RPG I own

Oh god, so many. I've already mentioned Monsters and Other Childish Things a few times in these prompts. Troika!, Ryuutama, Liminal Horror, Vaesen, The Dee Sanction, Mothership, and Fellowship all also fit this category. And that's to say nothing of all the games I've played once or twice and would love to come back to...