#i'd love to hear more about your OCs tho ^^

[artekai]

Just wanted to say I was looking in the reblogs of one of my AITA posts and laughed at your tags then recognized you immediately upon seeing your name from the toxic ship tournament 😭 small world

NO WAY.... YOU'RE THE CEO X AROWANA PERSON...... hiiiiiii I was rooting for those two, they were one of my favorite contenders! Congrats on second place btw!! (even if I'm a little late lol) ^^

Glad to hear my tags made you laugh hehe 8D But you're telling me those other banger OCs were also yours? Kudos to you, then. They sound super interesting ^^

Anyways this is how I feel right now lol. Like two ships passing by in the night...

[falliay]

Hello! Sorry to pop in suddenly but I was looking through your wonderful blog here and saw Copper, your OC, and i was wondering if you would be okay with sharing some Copper facts? I'd love to hear about him and his story if that's okay. He seems so interesting.

No pressure tho. I'm just being curious. I love your blog!

Oh of course I can talk more about him! He’s for sure my most popular TF oc (considering I barely do anything with them)

(Gif by @pineapplestix , number 1 Copper fan)

Name: Copper, of Iacon

Faction: Autobot

Alt Mode: a Metal Box

Equipment: Photon rifle, datapad, jet-pack

Abilities: His alt mode, although seemingly useless at first, serves as a shield to him whenever things get too messy (similarly to a turtle in it’s shell). Hidden in his right thumb is a microphone which he uses to record his interviews. Due to his small size, he’s pretty stealthy and can go unnoticed by bigger mechs.

About: Copper is an aspiring historian and archivist who travels around the galaxy to document and store information about the war and its participants. He’s curious, brave, reckless, and sometimes rather apathetic. Due to his impulsive need to get more information for his writings, he tends to jump into more danger than he can handle. Most bots see him as an annoyance, frequently interfering in battles to interview those fighting - others, however, see him as a very sad and lonely individual who’s trying anything to be at least a bit useful and memorable during this war.

During the narrative, he is also shown to not really understand the meaning of being an Autobot or Decepticon - and that he was an Autobot for the sake of being safer around his own teammates, which isn’t necessarily true because he did suffer a lot of harassment and bullying for his “uselessness” in battle.

(by DaemonBG on Twitter)

Extra facts!

- He has a British accent (it was a joke at first, not canon)

- He loves ice cream

- At first, I wanted him to not be able to transform - but him being a box would be cooler in my head

- His alt mode is a reference to the Companion Cube

[kp-does-suff]

Here's some eeveelution stuff because why not

I've been drawing some evolutions for a while now and decided to share them I hope you like my characters!

[You're going to see that I love incorporating the shiny designs in these characters]

So this is Copper she was originally going to be a little one-off drawing, I was just like "I should draw an Eevee from memory today" and that's how she came to be. She's an energetic kid and wants to be a good battler just like her mom.

[also all of the characters don't have stats or natures or anything like that yet at least if I do come up with something like that I might put it in a separate post. I'd also like to hear your opinions because I'm not very knowledgeable on that stuff]

This is Copper's mom Stella! She's a bit hard on Copper but she means well. She's actually a descendant of the Espeon in red's team. She's stoic and serious the majority of the time.

This is Wave, Copper's dad! He's a more go with the flow type of guy he's extremely chill Copper actually gets most of her traits from him even though she lives with her mom the most. (they're not divorced or anything they just have different trainers) he's kinda like bandit from bluey.

This is Spark. Copper's uncle, Wave's brother. He's the oldest out of the three so that means that he worries and panics the most. He doesn't have any animosity or resentment to his siblings he just grew up with the mentality that he always had to be the "protector, the leader, the one in charge"

This is Ruby. Copper's aunt She's the second oldest and actually decided to be in the show biz, despite what happened to her parents. She was actually the first of the three siblings to get a trainer and it's kinda strained her relationship with her siblings. She rarely talks to them anymore, they still care about each other of course but it was such a weird feeling. Despite the horrible thing that happened to their parents why would she want to pursue that career?

[also if you're wondering what happened to their parents I think I might make that a separate post so out for that if you're interested!]

And so that concludes my showcase of my Pokemon OCs! They were really fun to work on and I can't wait to make more stuff for them in the future.

Are there any questions, comments, concerns, anything you think needs to be improved upon? I'm open to constructive criticism for my story (not my art tho but that's besides the point) also I wanna thank @lockandkeyhyena (sorry for the tag) for inspiring me to do this I love their characters and stories I'm glad he let me ramble in his inbox about them lol.

[myrmyrtheorca]

give me your favorite manga or anime of all time. NOW. like, the ones who changed you as a person. if you are okay with questions like that!

HELLO HI I RISE FROM THE GRAVE FOR THIS INCREDIBLE YAPPING OPPORTUNITY

fr tho thank you Lottie for asking me too despite my death apparent, this will be long, I'll put the honorable mentions first as to make it a little more interesting and KHR will be at the bottom for the same reason-

Honorable mentions!

Sailor Moon - love myself some female friendship and magical girls. And women who could kick my ass like Pluto.

Black Rock Shooter - as above, plus vague setting and cool transformations.

Fate series - ok hear me out. I haven't watched the anime and just started the VN, I mostly play the mobile game, but it's about history and there's cute girls in it. Peak.

The Vision of Escaflowne - COOL MECHAS (hasn't finished it)

Yuru Camp - CUTE GIRLS FRIENDHIP AND COZYNESS also relaxing music (hasn't finished it)

Serial Experiments Lain - what the fuck was that

Violet Evergarden - tears? tears in my eyes? stop???

Dungeon Food - I'd have put this above if I wasn't just at the second volume of it, holy shit this is so fun but I feel it will crush my soul soon

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Ah. Lord, NGE. The vagueness of its worldbuilding, the psychological aspects, the occult and religious simbology, and the GODDAMN MUSIC. If you like classical, epic and otherwordly music, I beg you to check out NGE's score even if you're not interested in the anime itself because Shiro Sagisu is a gift from the gods and one of the best composers of our time. The series is a masterpiece. People despise the movies but IMO they do exactly what a movie should do: entertain. Anno embraced the "I'll be cringe, but I'll be free" and went all out on them, as he should have. Also, there's Kaworu Nagisa. Look at him!

Steins;Gate

PLEASE. PLEASE DO AND DON'T DO THIS TO YOURSELF AT THE SAME TIME. I WAS NOT READY. This anime will take your heart, embrace it, warm it up, GRIP IT IN ITS HANDS, CHEW IT AND SPIT IT OUT. Admittedly I played the VN because I wanted to experience all endings and OH MY GOD. It's terrifying and emotionally damaging. I started playing the sequel (Steins;Gate 0) and I had to STOP because it's so gut-wrenching in all the good ways that I need to be in the right spot for it.

Bleach

talk about recent experiences. I live under a rock when it comes to popular anime most times, and I never had the occasion to watch Bleach until recently (still haven't technically finished it because I'm waiting for TYBW to finish releasing to watch it). I... don't know what it is about Bleach that I like so much, but it got me in a similar way to KHR, as in I think about it often against my will and I'm even considering creating an OC for it. I think it's the characters, because the story is pretty straightforward... yeah, yeah it's the fictional men again. Kubo makes handsome men who fight with swords and transformation and everyone has their own powerups and...hhhngh. Look at this batch of cookies.

Ah no, wait, there's Shiro Sagisu again as composer. Almost forgot. *dances aggessively to spanish guitars*

Dr. Stone

I'm not a science brain, totally the opposite. Math doesn't math, geometry is evil and chemistry is wizardry. BUT, I love things that TRY to teach me those things in a funny and accessible way. I still won't understand them, but it was fun trying! And Dr. Stone has that, it's the moment I realize I like it when things are explained to me in that way, especially through media. Plus, fun characters, emotional moments, and cool plot.

Katekyo Hitman Reborn

Fortunately or unfortunately depending on your opinion on the show, KHR was the first ever japanese piece of media (excluding videogames) I've ever consumed. Being a lonely and socially awkward human being, it soon became my personality. It was these fuckers who made me get into manga altogether, I started buying the volumes (but only up to Varia Arc because 1. I didn't have an allowance, everything was done with Christmas/Easter/birthday money and 2. I was so obsessed with the Varia that my goldfish brain lost interest mid Future Arc.) and from there I discovered the pleasure of physical copies. The show has never aired in Italy, so nobody knew what the fuck I was talking about. It was, as many others were for me, a very lonely experience. But it was also the first time I felt... unique? Like, "this is my special little treasure and nobody can take it from me" kinda thing. I was emotionally invested in this show and every small piece of merch I could find like my Varia character songs CD became some of my most prized possessions (UNTIL I STARTED GIFTING AWAY MY SET OF VONGOLA RINGS BECAUSE I WANTED TO BRIBE PEOPLE INTO LIKING THE SHOW) (YEAH THAT WAS. STUPID. BECAUSE IT OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T WORK. AND ONLY MADE ME FEEL MORE LONELY AND RINGLESS) Then, the falling off. I started playing an MMO that also shaped part of my personality and as you often do with things that remind you of lonelier times, I sold my volumes and stopped thinking of KHR... until recently, when I joined this fandom and the spark came back because fuck it I'll be cringe but I'll be free. I got my fair share of flack for hyperfixating on an old anime at 24 years old, but it's one of the best experiences I've ever had. So yeah. KHR was ultimately good for me.

[durrtydawg]

Hiiii

Firstly, your talent for writing an accurate Sam is unmatched

I saw on one of ur asks that you said you were gonna continue the Sadir Inheritence (dunno if I spelt that right) which I love sm, jw what your plans were for it — no spoilers obviously — but I sorta mean in the sense of is it gonna be more of a slow burn or is something gonna happen with Sam and reader soon??? No pressure tho (cause on a more serious note I saw your latest posts and I hope you’re doing okay❤️❤️

Aww hi! what a sweet ask!

I'm 100% continuing with it- I'm so sorry to have sort of.... yapped on about it for ages and then given you nothing. No excuse, really.

In terms of how it's going to work, I think it's safe to say... it definitely gets weird.

Bit of the supernatural, bit of... made up history (though that's a given with uncharted fics, i fear lol). I'm really excited to share it, but I'm not totally happy with it yet, so am waiting to have a few chapters finished at once so I'm certain it all ties together.

And whew - is it slow burn?? I'd say... medium burn. I'd also say, it's certainly not going to be a straightforward progression in terms of Sam & Reader's relationship. Hope it'll make sense when I get my shit together and give you some content looool. I'm also still in two minds regarding making an OC placeholder (purely bc it'd be nice to do descriptions from time to time), or leaving it as an unnamed reader, (which is a fun challenge and hopefully inclusive!) so lmk if you've got thoughts on that haha (help).

Anyway thanks for this - hearing that someone's actually interested has fuelled my excitement to get on with writing it!! Any more q's about it, please ask!! <3

[mawrrbid]

I've been working on these two guys since yesterday, and I am having the most fun I ever had in a while.

Both of them are highly inspired by Yaelokre's aesthetic, "Wolf" also having some inspiration from Vessel, Sleep Token's singer.

They don't have name yet (just referencing to them as Lamb & Wolf for now), nor story, but I do have few things settled down.

Feel free to keep reading if you want to see me ramble about OCs that are not even fully fleshed out yet.

I mostly have design drafts in my sketchbook. Most of them of Lamb because he was the first one I came up with, along with one digital draft for their colors.

The main idea was to keep them simple so I could eventually cosplay them someday for funsies, but alas, brain is screaming to me to make them more detailed, so I will have to revise their design.

Wolf's first draft was on digital, and I hate it so bad. I did it at 1 a.m after playing for few hours online with friends, my brain was just NOT there.

I hate the colors, I hate the clothes, I hate everything. I actually had their design idea BEFORE Lamb. It was supposed to go in a complete different direction and be a lot more based of Vessel. So I just, did a 180° turn and completely changed the direction of what I wanted to do with them, which kind of lost me in the process of designing them, I didn't even know what kind of aesthetic I wanted to go for with them kjhjkkj.

But I picked up my sketchbook, and managed to pull something that I like a lot more.

As I mentioned, I do not have a set up story for them, but they are basically the whole "appearance can be deceiving" trope.

In short, I just want people to sit in front of them, and wonder who's the real monster. Is it the clearly not human one who looks like they could rip you appart, or the one with the sweet smile & innocent demeanor? Who knows?...

I wanna work more on them, but I am running out of steam since I've been working on them for like... Almost a full day?? So will take a break, probably gather some more references, make moodboard and color palette. Because even tho I have kind of solid idea on what colors I want Lamb to be, I have NO idea which colors I'm gonna give to Wolf. Wanted them to be kind of complementary, Lamb blue and Wolf red, but red doesn't look good on Wolf no matter how hard I try so I'm gonna have to do more test on that matter kjhjk.

Anyway, I don't know why I felt the need to do that super ass long post. I feel like people follow me here mostly for Touchstarved content. But I kind of wanted to ramble about something else for once.

I also don't often share my thought process whenever I create OCs from scratch, but I thought it could be interesting??? Porbably not, it's mostly just me rambling heh.

Sorry for all potential typos, I am not fully awake while writing that, and my ADHD is like, off to the roof lately.

ALSO, if you have name ideas for these two, please lmk!! I'd love to hear your suggestion. 🙏

[kaledya]

God I'm so glad you ask about Arzel, but I'll wait a little bit to give a description of it, sometimes I don't explain myself correctly and I think supporting it with images and making it more visual will help :D

Also, I can't wait to hear your feedback, even tho this might be the lightest chapter of the 3 made, and you might actually like the forth one, it's name is "Demon Awakening", kinda tells it.

Good Morning Afternoon Or Night

Oki doki! Let me know when you description it, I'd love to draw fanart of him! Or Balrog.

First of all, I'm sorry for the late reply. Even though I read the chapter before, I couldn't reply for some reasons.

I really loved the episode! The dialogues were great and I found the encounter between your two OCs(Belial and Balrog) really cool and beautifully depicted.And it was a nice addition to the story.I guess these two characters are old enemies?

And it's great that the Roo threat is slowly appearing!It is also very enjoyable to read the teacher-student relationship between Balrog and Constantine! And your drawing at the end of the episode is great too!

And I already have questions in my mind. Who are Belial and the Balrog? How do they know each other?What does Belial want form Constantine?How will Lucifer react to the upcoming events?SERIOUSLY EXCITING I can't wait to get to know your OCs and I'm looking forward to the next chapter!

[futterman]

your art is so cute ogmmgmgmg I LOVE UR OC SMMMM ^_^ <3333

do you have any lore or headcanons for your yumeship??? i'd love to hear more about them !!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAHTHABK YOU so much. i actually have a lot of lore i haven’t jotted down yet but here’s a few that are in my notes app.. don’t mind the unseriousness i cannot write if it is serious 😭

🪺

hen has DID, which also means she has huge memory gaps, she has 2 known alters, herself and helga, helga is a sweet woman who likes to take care of children and is overall very nice and then hen. a BITCH! hen is the main one that’s fronting especially post-murkoff.

before getting arrested she used to practice her makeup skills on corpses that mother gooseberry lended, even though hen never killed anybody herself (she is very LOUD. and would 100% trip on her own knife) she got sent off to the sinyala facility anyways

she’s on the gooseberry hour as a co-host but after the hour ends she goes on her next program which is a “adult program” there’s no official name of this program but after 22:00 to 00:00 the adult program she’s in comes on🤫 i’ve drawn her in that uniform before , she wears her gooseberry hour uniform in the trials tho.. there could be children present!!

murkoff cut her face open for some research but decided it would be easier to just staple it instead of stitches 4 shits and giggles then it got infected , every other staple other than the ones on her face are surgical stitches though

she can’t run due to her legs being super fucked up so she just walks and prays a reagent just walks into her (bless her heart) the big grunts are more dangerous in her maps than her herself 😭😭😭 her legs have always been super weak due to all the cocaine she snorts also she also has myasthenia gravis (MG) and for that she takes edrophonium which murkoff does not give her anymore bcz they don’t want her to overdose during a trial even thought you CANT OVERDOSE ON EDROPHONIUM . cus they are hating ass bitches

she has a lazy eye so she barley looks straight (her right eye (the one with the worse uveitis) is the lazy one) but when she looks to the side they look normal

big coke fein this is the 50s guys, also a drug mule, she ALSO used to take thorazine (a psychotropic drug, mainly used in treatment therapy, making it possible to calm unruly behavior, anxiety, agitation, and confusion without using physical restraints), this was also used by murkoff on her

her and gooseberry are divorced, they were married pre-murkoff, on the down low but they were married for about 10.. years and got „divorced“ because gooseberry thought hen died (rip). hen didn’t die tho and they were reunited in the trials again. gooseberry got pissed off cus she thought she left her 😭 so technically divorced.. neither of them have moved on tho aw

[ominous-feychild]

✦ Musical OC Tag 2 ✦

Following this open tag from @mysticstarlightduck! I did a few more on SaS's characters on this post, but am creating another to put more songs for the tAR main characters!!

Rules: Share 1-3 songs you feel best embody a character from your WIP/s, either in general or at this moment in the plot.

Characters from the Arcane Rifts: Gene, Tazin, and Mislav

Using generalized songs! Though some of them are definitely better placed at various points in the characters' lives, but... oh, well!

GENE

1. Fire - The Score

In my head I hear a million conversations I'm spinning out, don't wake me up until the end The rivers flowing in denial I can't fake it I'm paranoid that all my thoughts are all my friends (...) All these thoughts I battle creeping up my skin, creeping up my skin Fears they try to rattle who I am within, where do I begin It's one of those days, my world is crashing everything looks on fire It's one of those nights, I'm dreaming but I'm walking on a wire All these thoughts I battle creepin' up my skin, burn 'em from within like

(but pretty much the entire song tbh--)

2. Hopeless - Picturesque

Am I the only one that sees the problem In a room with no doors, no clock Time's flying Don't remember how I got here Think I'm lost, now I'm stuck Warped vision, feeling dizzy hit the ground and wake up I've been here before Bodies on the floor Cold shit Burning up my throat Staring at the door Focused I think I should go

(once again pretty much the entire song tho)

3. Paradise - RIELL, M.I.M.E

I'd run and I'd run and I'd Hide in a secret place They'd never, they'd never Find it, not for the weak minded, show me all your scars (...) I've heard time heals everything That broken down house got a new coat of paint I still feel it everywhere The walls closing in, that unbreathable air Are they so different, your house and mine? Both have their secrets buried inside When we grow up, we all fight to survive 'Cause everybody wants something

TAZIN

1. Apologize - Grandson

I lose a bit of myself with every selfie Lose sleep over wealth, it's not healthy Finding a new religion on Yelp to come help me Praying to the label itself, "Do not shelf me" In the middle with the beggars and rejects Reading between text with weed, liquor, and sex She say she love me at dusk, but at dawn I pack up my things and I'm gone And I don't know where I'm gonna go But I don't care, I'm on the road Never been a perfect soul But I will not apologize Been a lot of places in this life And I did a lot wrong I can't make right Never been a perfect soul But I will not apologize (Said I will not apologize)

2. Rockstar - Call Me Karizma

And I don't care about anything Play me hard, baby break my heart I don't need ya, I got a Visa Swipe three times, it'll take you far Okay okay, I guess I'm a mess No one told me fame would be like this I used to be called a fuckin' bitch Now every night I can fuck your bitch (...) Get a check, make it four Takin' meds, take some more Sick of sex, but I'm bored Okay okay, I guess I'm a dick No one told me fame would be like this I used to be called a fuckin' bitch Now every night I can fuck your bitch

(obviously this is for an older version of Tazin, not the smol babi child you see in books 1 and 2--) (oh, and yeah, this stuff is a good part of why I give him a hard time. Because he grows into this.)

3. Enemies - The Score

Fight til the end of me, til the end of me Did you think that it would be that easy? This ain't a tragedy, a tr-tr-tragedy I'm not going six feet in the ground It's not a fever dream, it's reality Cut me open and my heart's still beating Healed from my injuries, now I'm on my feet I'm not going six feet in the ground Cause I believe underneath I won't ever lose composure No defeat, won't retreat

MISLAV

1. Past the Past - New Medicine

I try to move on but every time I do I can't get past the past My therapist thinks I'm a wreck Why do I spiral and obsess Over heartbreak and regret? Things I said I can't take back I can't get past the past All I've learned growing up Is everyone lies and people suck I try to see the good but I can't find it Must be something broke in my mind

2. If It's Vengeance You Want - Unlike Pluto

Eye for an eye Never made sense to me, payback till everyone's blind Sacrifice Morals, integrity, everything comes with a price Oh, why Stand by You'd rather rage and take it out on me It's fine Don't lie You are lost so you just make up enemies Eye for an eye Everybody tells themself a lie To justify If it's vengeance you want, don't be shy Lie for a lie Trading in angry delusions you hold in your mind Buried under The floorboards of your Cold War, foundational agony, oh

(and literally the whole song ngl)

3. Blood // Water - Grandson

Beg me for mercy Admit you were toxic You poisoned me just for Another dollar in your pocket Now I am the violence I am the sickness Won't accept your silence Beg me for forgiveness We'll never get free Lamb to the slaughter What you gon' do when there's blood in the water? (...) I am the people I am the storm I am the riot I am the swarm When the last tree's fallen the animal can't hide Money won't solve it What's your alibi?

These songs were simultaneously so easy and yet so difficult to pick. Like, I've had such a large selection of songs for Gene and Tazin (some of my longest-existing characters!!!) for a while, so there was a huge pool to pick from... and Tazin's were the top of his playlist, of course, haha. Meanwhile, Gene surprisingly had two newer songs in there! Congrats on the growth, Gene!... oh wait it was just more depression nvm, sorry bud.

Tag List!!!: @honeybewrites (I feel like this counts, but if you think otherwise I can not include this kinda thing in "story stuff", haha)

Divider by @cafekitsune

[thelightofmylife]

i was writing an ask a little bit ago but i tabbed out of my phone and it deleted the whole thing (T⌓T);;

ah, no matter ! i will try again. it’s five ! @5-lover

i wanted to express my admiration for the fact that you put pieces of yourself as a whole into your inserts - that’s something i find very sweet to do, and appreciate how much care you express towards your significant other(s) !

to answer the same question in turn, i tend to use OCs, purely because i see myself in my creation (as you so mentioned !) but also enjoy a customised little backstory ! (and, also, for universes where one is not typically human - my little pony, for example - it makes a bit more sense for me !)

i had a few questions i was curious for, and were deleted in my previous draft, but i will write them out again ! i persist \o/ !!

(no pressure to answer any or all of these ! i am simply a curious thing with a love for your energy and way of word ! <3)

firstly !! — sleepwear ! i love sleepwear. have you a clue as to what your charmer would wear to bed ? maybe something matching with yourself, or something entirely different ? whatever it is, it should be cozy to rest up against !!

secondly — it’s a given you are loved as a whole, that much is true ! however, does your aventurine have a favourite ? perhaps something he kisses more oft than not, or appreciates to look at further ? or, if it’s a more conceptual thing, something he smiles at whenever it happens ? ♡

lastly — how did you come to realise your love for him ? i adore hearing such tales of things, it’s always so genuine and sweet !

i do hope you’re having a wonderful day my friend, and feel no pressure to even respond or not ! take care ! (nwn)/

Hellllooo five!!! @5-lover It’s usually why I tab out and write it on notes or my Pc but I’m too tired to reach my PC so phone it is… slowly. Thank you so much :(( for seeing the care and love I put into this, it’s a LOT,,,,, I want to live vicariously thru my self insert so I can continue to love andlove and lov.e i'm not. used to being loved. i'd rather love. so i feel afraid thinking about my f/o's loving me back. i'm so... i'm tender but i've only ever known hurt for loving and caring about people, lovers and friends alike. But almost in a nihilistic pointless way, I keep doing it because love is good but it is so scary.

i think that's sooo cute htat you have pony ocs tho ! but the way I see it is that you can also fine tune your backstory even as an SI <3 !however i think your interpretation of such is super jazzy. sorry for the late repy-ly, i could,nt sit up all day long until now basically to talk to yoooou!! agony :( i saw this and I was soooo excited to reply. uuuu...hate being Big Sicky you are so sweet and i feel i can talk to you all day so i challenge u to also answer those questions and will send sme of my own when i look thru ask games or regain energy 1) Sleep wear... https://www.youloveit.com/entertainment/3739-honkai-star-rail-aventurine-leisure-pajama-new-official-wallpapers.html this is what he canonically wears to bed ~ so hot and cute! I just want to eat him up in a non sexual way (am asexual, want to kiss him so much!!) so cute and so baby. he sleeps so innocently and cutely, but I think he enjoys silky or satin jammies, maybe even cotton,,! I will match if he can get me something sensory safe but i love my vietnamese pajamas or my wittle night gowns teehee <3 very breathable .... i treasure mornings with him

2) I...i don't know. but i like to believe he loves my kindness and sincerity towards him, when i kiss his cheeks so lovingly and giggle and hold him so tight and close he feels warm. i think he thinks i'm hilarious, and pats my head whenever i have an airheaded moment due to my sickness teehee it makes me a very silly person for what it is worth.

3) i realized it when i saw how broken we are as people and yet, he had so much love in him still. the way I see it is that two broken halves don't make a whole but we can soothe ourselves by being together, and be happy despite the horrors of the universe, and carve out a small part for ourselves. we are entitled to have a shred of happiness for our deep suffering and grief. i just feel...so connected to him in hardship. it's hard to explain cuz we're quite different but i think we need each other thanks to our personality types and what we look for in the world

thank you so much !! i had SO much fun answering, i'd love to hear back asap <3 you can reply in replies or however you wish. I want you to of course answer whatever you want or tell me what you want but I offer back 1) what is your relation to Celestia? Are you a guard, royalty that is married, etc?

2) What do your dates with the Princess look like?

3) If I were to ask Princess Celestia what's three things she is head over heels about you, what would she tell me? People often love for the most surprising reasons even if you do not expect it. We often find ourselves loving the most silly, little, endearing things about another person, even if you do not see it in yourself.

4) What would a bouquet from you to Princess celestia contain? <3

answer freely <3333 !!!! sending you much love !!

[cashmoneyyysstuff]

crap. I was just reading through ur rules and realized you don't write for ocs. if there is a loophole for your oc tho, I'd be happy to hear more about her!

much much love and apologies - Kovu

awww that's okay it happens ! i Do mention i don't write oc REQUESTS but i never said anything about my own oc's so....but either way i'd love to talk about her (n some other ones) !! talking about oc's is always fun so im glad you asked !!!! <3

[solitaireships]

Hi, Shepherd! I got your ask, but won't be able to answer it for a while since I leave for work soon ... I still wanted to return the favor, though!

I know Chae-Yeong is one of your OC f/os, so I wanted to ask about your ship with her! How did her and Helena meet, and how quickly did they fall for each other? Also, I'd love to hear more about Chae-Yeong, in general! I'm a big fan of OCs of all kinds, and want to give you a chance to talk more about her!

~ 🪻

Hi Sarah! And no worries, this took a while to respond to for me bcs I’m at work too lol

But thank you, I love talking about Chae-Yeong so much! So the thing with her is originally I made her for an OC focused rw/by fic I was working on set in Atlas, and I wanted to flesh out that world a little more and some characters there. Mainly James bcs I’m also so in love with him and wanted to give him some more background. Initially she and him were just going to be friends, but over time I was like wait. Romance. And I’ll be honest, she was a little bit of a self insert at that point and when she became a part of the TTRPG storyline I ran in college

But so with rw/by, they’re based on fairy tales, legends, etc. And the big inspirations for Chae-Yeong are the Scarlet Pimpernel and the Paper Ballerina from the fairy tale of the Steadfast Tin Soldier. I do also joke she’s based on Batman and the myth of the ethical billionaire lol

bcs Chae-Yeong’s from a wealthy family, but she’s a bastard in the traditional sense of the world. Her mother had an affair with a family doctor who was a Faunus (basically rw/by minority race that has an animal trait of some kind). She has snake fangs that are retractable, so she’s able to pass as human, and she was basically forced to growing up by her father bcs of the stigma that’d give their family by making it very obvious she was the product of an affair. She grew up doing ballet tho, and ended up going to school to become a Huntress (specialized monster hunter) which is where she met James, they were made partners and put on a team together. Shortly after graduating tho, she was forced to quit being a Huntress by her dad and take over the company after her older brother unexpectedly passed away

Anyway, after that she used her position as an opportunity to try to help uplift people below her. She fights for reforms, pours as much money as she can into community stuff, makes sure her company has a program to help people in need get as much support as possible. But an assortment of different personal losses combined with a lot of anger boiling under the surface and no outlet to get that out with led to her deciding to become a vigilante known as the Scarlet Shepherd (which you may notice is where my name is from). That way she’s able to take more direct action against people in power who are easily able to get away with their crimes, and fulfill some of the stuff she trained to do as a Huntress

Anyway, for her and Helena. The two of them met by chance at a coffee shop. Chae-Yeong thought that Helena was pretty and flirted a little before giving her her number. I do think part of it for Chae-Yeong liked that Helena was also a human passing Faunus (Helena’s got rabbit ears, but they’re lop ones so they mainly blend in with her hair unless you’re really close). It took a while for them to get more serious with each other bcs both of them are very much the type to take their time to get close to someone. I think it was after Chae-Yeong told Helena about her being the Scarlet Shepherd that led to them completely falling for each other

[oddball-artz]

YOU MENTIONED AN EPITHET!

*cool epic drumroll*

WHAT IS HER EPITHET? SOUNDS COOL, AND DOES IT HAVE ANY MAJOR DRAWBACKS?

(Apologies in advance for how long it takes for me to answer these, creative block is a bitch, tysm for asking abt her though, I can't even express how excited I am to have someone who isn't me or my partner like an oc of mine) Her epithet is soothe, but I'm still working out the details of her major powerset, but I can give you some of her powers and the drawbacks her epithet has (these are subject to tweaks and changes however, and if you have any suggestions I'd love to hear em) :]

She has the ability to heal and soothe the pain from wounds if she can touch it (think the ability lay on hands from d&d). Visually, when she does this, a lavender colored aura surrounds her hands. When someone touches the aura, it emits a sensation close to that of menthol. Drawback to this is that her hands will sometimes go numb with the same menthol-like numbness, but this time hiked up to an uncomfortable degree(kinda like when your arm falls asleep but on steroids). This doesn't happen often, but the more she uses her epithet, the more likely the chance of it happening. It can last from anywhere between a few seconds and a few minutes, and she just kinda has to wait it out. Heat helps the numbness fade faster, so she carries around those snap to heat packs in her pockets just in case.

She has another aura, but this one calms rather than heals. The aura itself is less opaque and more shimmery than its healing counterpart. Still affects the likelihood of the numbness, tho. (This aura is less like lay on hands and more like sanctuary, which is also a dnd ability or Molly's silence bubble). She can shape it and adjust how far it reaches (within limits of about 10 feet). Within the aura, it's been described as feeling like the weight of the world has been taken off your shoulders, even just for a moment. Dalia wouldn't know though, all her powers only work on others.

She also has exactly one summon. It's glowing moth things (that may or may not be inspired by the visuals for Here Comes A Thought from Steven Universe) she can summon a maximum 10 at a time, and they're pretty average size for a moth. When they make contact with someone who's not Dalia, they poof into the same calming aura that she can make, just on a way smaller scale. There's two problems that come with them, though. One, she can't unsummon them once they're summoned, she has to wait for them to poof on their own. And two, sometimes when she's nervous or stressed, they just kinda appear. She's not consciously summoning them, but they are her newest power, so she has trouble controlling them and making sure she doesn't summon them on accident.

I'll probably go more in-depth about it later, but that's the basic run-down of it. (Also, sorry for any typos or logical inconsistencies, I blame it on the fact that a lot of the writing for this was done at ungodly hours of the night lmao)

[skyrim-forever]

for the asks: 2, 8, 10, and 23 for theodora and rochelle!! (and ondolemar if you like, i wanna hear ur headcanons!! :3)

Hello friend! Thank you so much for the ask!

2) Who's your OCs best friend? How did they become best friends?

Theodora: Theo's best friend is her childhood friend Phy! Phy is a Bosmer/Altmer archer and thief. After her father passed Theo moved in with Phy and her mother in Northern Valenwood. They eventually move to the Imperial City and she joins Theo a few months after the events of Helgen. They became best friends because Theo's father used to commission Phy's mother for leather (she's an excellent hunter and craftsmen) . Theo kept begging her father to take her on one of his trips to Valenwood and he finally agreed when she was 11 and as soon as they said hi they were fast friends, in only the way 11 year old girls can be <3 They were born 1 week apart and refer to their birthdays as "our birthday is coming up" (this is a nod to me and my bestie <3)

Rochelle: She struggled a lot growing up and not having many friends. First half of her life her and her sister Colette (they had Reachmen names during this time but this keeps it less confusing) lived with their mother in the Reach. Then they were sent to live with their father at his estate in High Rock. In both places Rochelle struggles to make friends, she's shy and doesn't really understand social signals. So for a while her closest friend is Colette, who she's also jealous of being everyone's favourite. Her time at the CoW is reletively short so no time to get invested in anyone, she did get along with Brelyna tho <3 Though he would scoff at such notions, she considers Neloth to be the closest thing to a best friend, he encourages her research and that's all she really wants :)

Ondolemar (Eve's version): So I have a few thought son this. My version of him is that before joining the Thalmor he was studying the Dwemer and had a love of history. So I think he would get along well with Calcelmo and Aicanter, enjoying having dicusses and learning about their research. It'd be bittersweet as he'd look and them and think "this is likely what I'd be doing if I stuck to the path I was on" I won't get into my hcs of why/how he joined the Thalmor but if you're curious feel free to ask it's kind of an essay haha. I also think he'd be of course friendly with his guards, who I've named Cisephona (made her his cousin for fun!) and Ganlian. But he's in an authority role to them so it's difficult to have an organic friendship with your boss haha. Not long after they start seeing each other he would consider Theo a friend, sort of his cop out of admitting he has feeling for her, "I have feelings for her and that feeling is friendship" :P But they do grow to be friends and lovers.

8) What hobbies does your OC have? What do they do to unwind?

Theodora: She likes dancing and drinking, big on socializing which goes from heavy unhealthy partying to hosting large gatherings as she gets older. She also enjoys swimming as well as alchemy and herbal medicine sleeping with Ondolemar

Rochelle: She likes to read, that's her favourite thing in the world, gaining knowledge. She unwinds by mediating, something her mother taught her as a Reachmen wise woman.

Ondolemar (Eve's version): He also enjoys reading, particularly history books. He likes to unwind alone with a glass of wine and a dense historical account. And of course he does a fair bit of unwinding with Theo haha

10) How does your OC handle their mental health? Do they take care of themselves?

Theodora: She does not handle it <3 She opts to distract herself, something that started when she moved to the Imperial City looking to cope with the loss of her father and uncle. Distracting include dangerous men, fighting in the arena, and lots of drinking. In take years but she does get to a more stable place and just talks about her feelings when she's feeling them with people she loves. Oddly enough, when she unexpectedly gets pregnant this helps a lot! She's gotta take care of herself to take care of the future baby so she gets 9 months to build better habits.

Rochelle: She bottles things up and pushes them way down until there's too much and she blows up. She has trouble communicating and opening up due to often feeling misunderstood.

Ondolemar (Eve's version): My hcs for him involve him having the need to prove himself worthy in the eyes of the Dominion. And not feeling worthy and some of the treatment he's received hurts him but he believes that they are correct in their assessment. So he tends to rationalize his feelings instead of feeling them. As he grows as a person he ends up confessing a lot of negative experiences of his life and how they've directly impacted him and how he views himself. This also directly ties into my hcs about why he joined the Thalmor.

23) Is your OC reliable? Can I call them up at two in the morning if I have a flat tire?

Theodora: answered this here :) she's kinda reliable :P

Rochelle: Unless you're Colette, Neloth, or Talvas (most of time anyways) no. She'd rather be alone with her books and making tea.

Ondolemar (Eve's version): Being in the military for so long has instilled reliability in him. You have to be reliable because others are counting on you, gotta get those reports to Elenwen on time! And he does stick his neck out for his gaurds and Theo when they need him, doing so first and asking questions later.

[the-cpu-system]

HI i'm new here but i'd LOVE to hear more about your self ship !! and also some handsome jack (+ self-ship?) headcanons 🙇‍♀️✨ do you have any AUs or do you usually stick to canon timeline?

HI!! Sorry this is so late, I need smthin to do in class so im responding to this now lol.

Sorry if this isn't good?? I don't do well with vague questions, BUTTT you wanna hear more about my self ship hmmm?????

I'll give some info about just me and Jack !! Not my self insert. Soooo.. hm. Me and Jack are married!! He's my wife. Not my husband, my wife. I'M his husband. Don't ask ab any of this, its hard to explain. He's my wife. I've liked Borderlands for a little over a year? My ex (at the time boyfriend ig) introduced me through Tales!! Holojack, actually. He was my first introduction to the characters. I do NOT selfship with Holo, though! This is a thing that's like. important! I don't selfship with Holo!!

Me and Jack got together sometime in the middle of my relationship with my ex? Kinda near the end of it. It was me and my exes like,, 4th break up or something. I needed comfort in something and Jack was there! That's when I started to get into Borderlands more and really started to dip into the fandom. He stayed my wife even when I (unfortunately) got back with my ex. Our last real breakup was actually decently recent I'd say, and Jack was there for me :). He's been with me ever since!! I made my self insert when I first started selfshipping with Jack (at that time I didn't even think I was ficto or actually seriously selfshipping) and now he's just slipped away from me and become an oc lol.

Just a little ago, I also got with Mordecai!! He's my gf. He's not my main f/o, but I do talk about him occasionally. It's kinda hard to most times with how unpopular he is? lol.

I do usually stick to canon! With my s/I (Max) x Jack, there's slight canon divergence by the verrry end of it all. Important, sure, cus Max gets Jack to stop with the vault and colonizing Pandora and crap. BUT, everything else is exactly the same! And with Mordecai there's no canon divergence.

The only AU I really have is BnB au? Dragonkeep? I sometimes dabble in that cus I'm a sucker for fantasy. Max is a helf-elf druid, by the way. In BnB.

Jack headcanons!! Yea!! Ive got a lot, mostly silly, but here's a few:

ive said this before but, demiboy (technically). He just says he's a dude. Doesn't correct people when they use he/they for him.

His scar is blue still! It's never not blue. (his scarrrr.. drooolsssss)

He has a prosthetic eye! Glass, not cybernetic. I know a lot of people hc him with an ECHOeye, but idk I just don't think he'd be comfortable with cybernetics

Hes a bottommmmmmm. Switch, actually, but bro likes being dominated (this isn't really a hc ig? This is basically canon)

YEA!!! I'm bout to go to lunch so this is all you're gettin. Sorry it was long!! Hope this answered tho!!

[bottombatch]

Fanfic Writer Questions

thanks for the tag @optiwashere!

If you're reading this, consider yourself tagged! But here is one more for the road: @collegeoflore

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Apparently I have 20? That's news to me lol. I would have guessed like 10 to 12. I've used this AO3 account for a while, I guess.

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

62,119 words, according to the statistics.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Currently, only Baldur's Gate 3. Before that I was writing lightcanon for League of Legends.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

1. And They Were Roommates

2. To Muzzle a Gith

3. Misfit and Nomad

4. I Thought About You

5. Workouts in a Winter Hellscape

Damn. Some of these are callbacks.. Not too surprised, though. These either have popular ships or popular fandoms. LoL lightcanon in 1, 3, and 4 make sense to me, even if I'm embarrassed by the writing in them. Continually shocked by To Muzzle a Gith. I guess Shadowzel is that popular? I don't know. I have so little desire to write for them again and the writing in it makes me cringe, tbh. Same with #5 LMAO. You couldn't pay me enough to reread the fics I wrote in highschool.

5. Do you respond to comments?

Yes, always! Well. If someone comments on something really old I might not? But only because im scared they'll ask me to update it lmao. But in general, yes! I love talking and hearing what people liked!

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

If I'm including the 20 QOTD Challenge fic (and i am because this is my post), I'd have to give it to Nerves, ch19 of that challenge. I mean, its a flashback scene about killing a childhood friend (and maybe lover) for a crumb of an uncaring goddess' attention.

It's pretty much the only piece of angst I've written that doesn't have some overtone of hope to it. I'm hoping to work it into my act 1 rewrite because I like it so much.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

To me, its Savoring Seconds from the challenge. It's bittersweet but after everything those two have been through... It's the happiest I can envision them ever being. Maybe that's just my bias tho :P

8. Do you get hate on fics?

No? Do most people get hate on fics? I haven't had anything of the sort. Hard to imagine what that would even be like..

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Yes, I do. Outside of To Muzzle a Gith, I think I write pretty tame stuff? More emotional than anything.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

A Common Song was really the only crossover, but even then.. it was really just a League of Legends fic with a cyberpunk2077 au. It had some good ideas tho.. maybe I'll return to it some day.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I've noticed?

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Not really. I've helped with brainstorming before but that's really all.

14. What's your all time favorite ship?

This.. is tough. I change fandoms too often for something like this 😭 If I had to pick a bg3 ship... Laz/Karlach. Is it cheating to say my OC ship? Probably. But fuck you, its MY post. I've cried multiple times on the bus just thinking about these two, no one else had quite the strangle hold on me. (I was thinking abt Karlach's funeral btw).

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

A Common Song. I was cooking on some of those ideas but I was FAR too ambitious lmao

16. What are your writing strengths?

I'm... Not totally sure, to be honest. Its hard to read your own stuff and see what's uniquely strong. If you have any thoughts, please let me know!

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I don't think my writing has much rhythm to it. I'd like to work on that. Also my grammar is shoddy at best. English classes were always my lowest grades :,)

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

For fantasy languages I think it's fun! It can add a lot of depth and creates a lot of insight to a characters culture. Dabbling with Drowic for example was a lot of fun.

But like, a real language? Naw. I don't know any other languages so unless it was a phrase I knew a character said in canon.. I wouldn't want to risk a shoddy google translate.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Uh. It was either Invader Zim, Mass Effect, or SAO? I'm not totally sure. This would have predated AO3, when I was in middle school or something. I've tried to find those fics but I think they're genuinely lost.

Probably for the best lol.

20. Favorite fic you've written?

Currently, it is Snowfall. Once I post it, I think it'll be the act 1 rewrite.