#i was gonna just answer in emojis

[carry-on-my-wayward-gays]

hey can you hold this for me?

BABY

[custom-emojis]

Drags my corpse in here.

Hi obviously, I’m not dead. Just insanely burnt out. My boyfriends gonna be visiting me and I’m on new meds so I think by the end of the year I’ll be more normal. I plan to just not even attempt emojis until next year. This has just been a hard year for me art wise okay.

Next year I’ll try to actually be filling the queue again, but some things regarding emoji style will change and I can’t promise I’ll ever be able to deliver daily new content again. My OCD likes to pick up on habits like that way too easily and 2023 was really bad for me with the emoji queue in terms of absolutely obsessing over needing one to be posted daily at exactly the same time Or Else to the point I was missing sleep and food to fulfill it etc. I just can’t let that shit happen again and honestly daily content is an insane expectation from one person anyways.

So yeah, just a little update. I’m still active on my server but the tumblr will be just used to promote my other art until next year when I can stand to try emojis again.

Thanks for the understanding and support!

[sincerely-sofie]

WUH-OH! Art Game Alert!!!

Send a character from Cult of the Lamb + an emoji and I'll draw them in a modern AU and dressed for the occasion!

🌇 Street Wear / Casual

👸 Formal Wear

💍 Wedding

⛄ Cold Weather

⛱️ Hot Weather Clothes

💤 Lounge wear / Pajamas

💘 Date Night / Romantic Outing

🎂 Holiday (can specify which holiday / style of clothes specifically— Halloween costumes, ugly Christmas sweaters, etc!)

🌀 Outfit Swap (name two or more characters to swap the outfits of!)

😎 Asker’s Choice (can specify a certain style of clothes, like cottagecore or goth; send in a photo of a specific outfit; describe a specific situation for characters to dress for; etc!)

[navree]

okay, i don't mean to bring up drama (i really don't want to 😓😓😓) but since you're one of the few non-crazy hotd-adjacent blogs i follow, i gotta ask...where did the whole #teamfeminism thing come from?

You're too sweet, thank you <3

It's basically what I call Team Black fans, because their whole justification for feeling morally superior is that they support Rhaenyra, the female claimant in the Dance. And yes, Rhaenyra's usurpation is steeped in misogyny, it is predicated on that favoritism towards male-dominated primogeniture in Westeros and the disbelief in the ability of a woman to rule at all, let alone her specifically, that's undeniable and a big part of the story as a whole and her arc specifically in the show. But it's hard for me to view fans supporting Rhaenyra for fictional queen as an inherently feminist act when that apparently also means absolutely no appreciation for any other female characters (they despise Alicent for having the audacity to be a forced child bride, and they clearly don't care about Laena at all) and uncritical support for Daemon the Rogue Literal Pedophile. And it's certainly not very Feminist to take your issues with fictional characters and start harassing actual real women, calling Olivia horrible names not just in general but also to her face, making fun of Phia Saban's looks under the guise of mocking Helaena (another female character they dislike because she's not Rhaenyra), being so nasty about the child actress playing Jaehaera that she had to be recast when her mom pulled her from production, saying vile shit about Sara Hess because you don't approve of her creative decisions, saying that Olivia was having an affair with Ryan Condal to get Alicent more screentime, and in general being incredibly nasty towards female Team Green/Alicent fans (and my personal favorite, implying that queer fans of Olivia Cooke aren't actually queer and just being performative, because what's more feminist than denying women's sexualities just to seem cool on Twitter dot com?). Like, pardon me but your feminism isn't really feminism, it's a performative activism where you claim that, because you support one female fictional character's claim to a fictional throne, you're a feminist and then proceed to be incredibly anti-feminist and misogynistic in your actual actions in your actual life against actual women.

So it's mostly just an irony/mockery thing from me, given that members of Team Feminism seem to be the most anti-feminist and in general anti-woman people in this entire family, except for when they decide they want Rhaenyra to win and say they like two character traits of her's (cuz it's not like they see Rhaenyra as a full character either, but shrug dot emoji).

[angelpuns]

The anon-verse thing is really, really fun, but it is incredibly overwhelming to be the middle man for so many people ;-; I love getting asks and I love the idea that there is anon lore- like that is so fun and silly- but I can't be the middle man anymore because it is incredibly overwhelming. Probably doesn't help that I'm a bit of a people pleaser and the thought of disappointing anyone kills me inside, but I also am working on being better about that :)

So! I won't be answering anymore asks about anon-verse stuff ( specifically questions of joining or talking to other anons or what have you)

I still love getting asks! And ofc I'll still answer other asks, but I'm gonna try and focus more on asks that have to do with aus or things like that :)

Also I'm not mad or anything and it's not anyone's fault, I just very much bit off more than I can chew and WILDLY underestimated my tendency to be a people pleaser :/ - just a note for anyone who might get really upset about this because I know how it be <3

[skinandscales-if]

I'm a sucker for any kind of shifter-magic in the media. SO If MC is their dragon form for too long, there a possibility of MC getting stuck as a dragon and can't shift back to "normal" form but only temporarily? 📝🧍🎤

(also how would the RO's attempt to help?)

Oooo been a while since we’ve done some lore dives :D let’s get into it

also shifter-magic is so rad I agree friend 🤝

I’ve gone over this to an extent in this older post and the answer is still no, shifters don’t really get ‘stuck’ in either form, but that being said, shifting is an incredibly personal and hard to nail down thing for every individual, and everyone handles it differently. You can decide how exactly you feel your MC aligns with the concept, but inherently, shifting is a very emotional thing. You can embrace it and let it split out of you at any chance, or you can shove it down at every opportunity. This is why some shifters who haven’t practiced otherwise will have small bits of themselves, like claws and fangs, shift on instinct when surprised or frightened.

Gonna go off on a small tangent below the cut, but TLDR: Shifters may have difficulty acclimating back to another form, but no one necessarily gets stuck in a single form, not unless they forgot how to entirely, and even then it’s through instinct.

Despite what MC and larger society thinks, shifting is kind of a silly word for it, because it implies that the person who changes is naturally in one form automatically, when it is a consistent mix of the two. You can’t get stuck in one form as much you couldn’t get stuck in the other. There’s a frame of reference from humans to know how shifters stand out among them with draconic traits, but no full dragons around to compare how shifters deviate in their dragon forms to show human traits.

With this in mind, obviously if you spend too much time in one form or the other, you tend to let a lot of things fall out of practice. Like, for example, a shifter who spends years as a dragon would find it really difficult to walk as a human again because they’re not used to balancing without a tail, and on the other side of that, shifters who have spent years as humans have a really difficult time with spacial awareness in dragon form and often bump into a lot of things due to their increased size.

HOWEVER, I like the scenario :) so here’s how the RO’s would react if MC was stuck in dragon form

Atlas: Freaks out a little and tries to hide MC from others as he tries to figure this out. Breaks down a very specific technique to draw back in on yourself, uses a lot of technical language but it works well once MC can understand it

Puck: Tries to remind MC how to shift and how to control it, offering simple and easy to comprehend advice. Very good at this and surprisingly calming, even if they look uncomfortable the whole while

Skye: A little confused at the idea, but helps nevertheless, offering simple and easy to follow comparisons and ideas. She uses a lot of different techniques, kind of just throwing any and all ideas at the wall, but a few are genuinely helpful

Reese: Doesn’t see the problem and needs a little convincing to help, but eventually offers a few breathing techniques that are meant for anger but work surprisingly well for controlling one’s shifting

[triglycercule]

I Feel So Sigma! coming up with 13 different asks for a certain on vacation mutual but godDAMN how do people do this. but whatever. just to let yall know i am a KEYBOARD WARRIOR and if you ever need someone to spam your inbox,,,,, heh,,,, (smirks) call me XOXO (passes a note with a phone number (911))

[wundrousarts]

What are some of your fluffiest and angstiest nevermoor headcannons ?

This is the only Nevermoor headcanon that matters.

Jk jk but. Hmm 🤔. I’m going to be honest, I’m not sure if I ever really think about headcanons that often, at least not seriously? I kinda love the canon of Nevermoor so much that it’s hard to depart from it. Also, any headcanons I have tend to be sort of stuff related to character designs, such as this post about why I draw baggy Wunsoc sweaters. The biggest one is probably the glasses one I mentioned in my last post. I think I find it easier when people ask me questions or when I work off of something else than it is to come up with something from scratch.

If you want a very silly jokey headcanon, though, that goes completely against canon and yet I always refer back to….. Wunsoc merch store. Headed by none other than the Scholar Mistresses. And then multiple other parts of Wunsoc, also headed by them. Is it part of their job? Budget cuts? Who knows. The point is that it’s fun to imagine. And, crucially, there is a black market run by students as well. Because why not!

Some screenshots below the cut of when I’ve talked about it. I’ve may have mentioned it more and missed the messages, or just imagined doing so. 🤷. But I do think about it often as it’s very fun and silly.

If anything, I think these screenshots help prove that Nevermoor is genuinely on my mind 24/7, lol

[compacflt]

okay so obviously the whole point of ESTD is that ice is unhappy because he cannot accept that he loves maverick because he must serve his country and at the end he realizes how stupid that is when maverick dies!! but…do you think that your ice and maverick could have ever been happy had maverick forced ice to talk about it earlier on? do you see any potential for them to live their lives not publicly but also not as a complete secret? a world where slider would have known ice was happy and seen what caused that (his love for maverick)?

maverick, venice Italy, 2002: um i 🥺👉🏻👈🏻 love you actually

ice: 😳🤯😗 ok! I love you too let’s make this work!

…

ice, 2002: ok i think we should follow caroles orders and pull Bradley’s papers from the academy and also i am leaving you to get my second star because my career still comes first sry

maverick: i know we literally just codified our relationship but uh you suck i am breaking up with you forever fuck you

(relationship ends .)

[volivolition]

not doing well tonight folks! but yet we persist 💪

[fifteensjukebox]

truly nothing like the girl i had a crush on in college (and in two separate conversations i suspected it might be mutual) posting from the beaches concert that leandra is an icon and also i found out s few days ago she and her bf just broke up

[dream-sweet-in-grief-major]

[🛰️ anon] Maybe you should find shelter it's dark as shit out, at least wherever the fuck I am 💀

> Oh fuck. Well that sucks ass I guess you're alive right now, it's always sunny when I'm stuck here.

> Weird considering I can only show up when it's night.

[lavenoon]

So, I was wondering! In canon we know the reason Robin and Dusk started to bond was because he bantered back with them and kept up with their rhythm, creating a fun rivalry that eventually turned out into a closer relationship, with them worrying about the other a lot. In AU AU AU, what is exactly that makes Dawn reconsider his first impression of them? Was it like seeing them in action, or maybe they pushed themselves to their best performance after declaring him their rival? Or did he not even notice until one day he realized he was looking forward to seeing them and then had an Oh moment where he was like huh. Well time to turn up the charm! (and then internally cry because it doesn't work for the longest time XD). Totally not asking to have a better feel for Sun's characterization or any other writing reasons, nope! (I realize I adore reverse Sun a lot kjhkjh)

A multitude of things, in a way!

While the ankle-grabbing certainly set the tone (for Robin), there were many little moments that made Dawn just stop for a moment and reconsider them.

From "Why is this human so determined to make this job as difficult as possible" to "Wait huh they're actually not half bad" to "They take me seriously even as other agents invalidate my work. That's why they act like this."

Because other agents trying to explain away Dawn's (and Dusk's) quick rise of rank isn't just a thing of canon! Robin would be much more direct, though only when they assume Dawn isn't listening/ watching (he is, whoops, didn't wait long enough), and they go off. They're proud, and it is a little self serving, but they confirm that the rank is earned - "Why do you think we get paired up that much? If you could motivate me to improve by getting even remotely good enough, maybe I wouldn't have worked solo for so long."

Sun is used to people underestimating him, with his permanent grin and sunny demeanor - he half encourages it, even, or maybe better leans into it, to fly under the radar or surprise targets. It still chafes, but of course he wouldn't admit that. It's a mental adjustment to realize that this one agent who seems to have had it out for him since day 1 only did so because they assumed he's a threat to their position - a few things click into place for him then, and he sits up and takes notice.

Oh. Interesting.

It's not quite a crush (yet), but it's interest, and he's paying a lot of attention now!

Before that, he respected Robin as fellow skilled agent, though the jabs were rather harsh then, still. After this? He starts leaning more towards flirts and flustering, enjoying those reactions much more than the cutting remarks Robin opted for before :3c

(You and me both at Reverse Sun/ honestly Rival Sun in general because canon Sun got the same spunk if a different dynamic, I am constantly looking at myself with the "non judgemental, but very aware gaze" any time I write about him FGHDJSK)

[apencilandpen]

Hi friend! ⭐️,🎨, and 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧 for the ask game 💚

Hello friend!!!!!

Thanks for the questions! Okay, so I like to talk, so I'm gonna put it under the read more 😄

⭐️ - favorite comeback of the summer

Surprising absolutely no one, it's The World Ep. 2: Outlaw from ATEEZ. I'm a huge fan of concept albums, and they really pulled out all the stops for this one. I want to sit down and talk with them, their creative director, and the production team so badly.

Runner up albums would be SHINee's Hard and THE BOYZ's Phantasy Pt. 1: Christmas in August.

I really liked Shalala, Love Me A Little, and Cream Soda too, but didn't listen to the rest of the albums too much.

🎨 - favorite creation I made over the summer

I have a few!

I'm super proud of this guy! Hes got flair, hes got style, he looks like a slightly unhinged low level gotham villain! He came out basically exactly how I see him in my head, and it really pushes me to finish the rest of my Outlaw characters.

I tried a bunch of new things in this piece and it was super fun to experiment with. It also ended my Hongjoong art drought, so I'm very thankful 😌

I've got more, but I think 2 is enough for now 😄

👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 (I could not find the original emoji to save my life) - if I got into any new groups over the summer

Okay, so the only real new group I've gotten into is the Japanese rock band One OK Rock, specifically their album Luxury Disease. I love their songs Save Yourself, Prove, and Broken Heart of Gold. Can't recommend enough!

But like in the kpop sphere, I fell headfirst into WOODZ's discography a few weeks ago and have yet to come up for air. I don't know why it took me so long to get into his music bc I am obsessed. I love Drowning, Trigger, and Chaser. I'm still the world's most casual NCT listener, but I have a newfound appreciation for Taeyong bc Shalala was infectious and I think he's insane (positive).

I kind of feel like I'm stepping back from getting Fully into new groups. Idk if I have the energy to commit to that right now 😄

Oh, also, Super Junior. My sister and I have been watching a lot of Korean variety shows on Netflix, and Heecheul is Everywhere. So, now I've listened to a bunch of Super Junior songs and they're so silly and so fun 😄

[silverysnake]

🥰✨😍💌😌💅🏼🏳️‍🌈☺️💖

✨🫶🏻💜🏳️‍🌈☺️💌💕🥰