#i'm not gonna tag this

[wardentabriis]

Do you see it? Do you see my dumb Agrippa/Octavian vision with this kissy kissy Picrew? Do you see my vision?

Bonus:

[heretherebedork]

I'm still caught up in Cheum accusing Boston of assaulting her brother because he's straight and wouldn't do that while Atom was the one who not just attached himself to Boston but initiated the entire act. It's about Atom lying about every aspect of what happened and everything he said being believed because Cheum's internalized homophobia regarding homosexual desire and casual sex has come out in this attack on Boston.

It's about Cheum declaring that it doesn't matter what Boston says or what he actually did because the literal facts of who he is makes her certain that she doesn't believe him. Because being a gay man who has casual sex is enough to assume that he would not only initiate sex with literally anyone but would assault a straight man while drunk and blackmail him for more despite, you know, most of the accusations against being about how much gay sex he's getting on the regular.

But it's also how damn scared I am that there will be no consequences for this. There are two episodes left. So far the worst thing Cheum has had to do is make a singular apology to her girlfriend that she did within five minutes of being revealed to have her own biases and that was all it took to solve everything and other than that the narrative seems to consistently treat her as being right even when she's being judgemental.

I am worried that the show is just going to... let this all go. Let this slide. Just slip Atom out of the narrative being now we have Boeing to make the world's biggest mess and Cheum has made it clear that she doesn't care if Boston actually assaulted her brother or not.

I have a lot of fears, y'all.

[mkjulian]

Maid Albedo

[aeternal-nightmare]

I'm sure everyone already knows this but using only hypersexual male gaze women as ALL sorts of personifications of lust as a sin is misogynistic and boring. Because all the "lust" in fact is happening in the brain of a man who looks at her and likes to see women like this. Lilith from cthulhu mythos is a peak of this surely. She even "hunts men to steal their semen" or whatever. Like dude are you for REAL

[illusorysinger]

he's not my oc i was just possessed

[did-i-do-this-write]

Answering asks normally feels legitimately strange lmao

[puffin-smoke]

jesus christ, I'm listening to the whole Geordi playlist for the first time and THIS IS SO PAINFUL

[sepyana]

Made it into episode 20. This show's fun you guys

[pouletpourri]

giving myself pomni/gangle interactions since idk when we'll have more of that again

[emberfaye]

You know what?

I love you, fics that take months to update. I click on the newest chapter and have no memory of this place and get to go back some chapters and rediscover how much i love everything about this story.

I love you, fics that take years to update. I think of you fondly, and know your names, go search for you and see an update from this year and scream, diving in uncaring of any missed details (i will finish the update and read you in reverse because this is a treat you have bestowed)

I love you, fics that probably will never update again. Thank you for being a roman empire for my mind, thank you for teaching me about the ephemeral fandom experience, for inspiring a thousand million what if-s, for being a comfort read and a nostalgia read and a reread.

I love you fic writers, who jump into projects and stories with enthusiasm. I love you when you succeed in pumping out those chapters and that love doesn't go away when you stop.

I love you fic writers who post and then get in your own head and never feel confident enough to update, whether it's at all or whether it's just that one story.

I love you fic writers, who have a fandom or media hurt you to the point of abandoning or having a hard time with their WIPs.

I love you fic writers, who lose interest or have life changes or illness or bad memory. Thank you for being part of the fandom, a core part of the fandom. Thank you for the time spent in the fandom.

I love you, fic writers who try out something new and then stop. You're so valid.

I love you, WIP fics that may or may not ever get finished. Thank you for brightening my day in the way only you could have.

[hrokkall]

We are so bat

[oblique-lane]

References for Anomaly Diversion!!!

Official!! finally!!

I wanted to make their design stand out, so I created them from scratch; they're not loadouts you can find in-game. Plus a little bit of character description because I'm dying to talk about them and their roles in the story (*wearing a shirt that says "please talk to me about my fic"*).

Now I can finally draw them often!!

Somewhat goofy clothing sheets under the cut↓↓↓

I tried to design them the way their silhouettes and colors stay recognisable, as if they were meant to be used in-game later, to not to break the gameplay rules. I also wanted them to look as tf2-like as possible, I studied the hell out of the 3d models and on the last three I guess it started to turn out decent. Drawing Spy is still pain though.

Or maybe it's just that I'm not attracted to the majority of the mercs visually?? That's why they don't look satisfying?? Lmao. Need to adjust them to my tastes later.

I'm not sure I can exactly explain my design choices with these... How exactly they correlate to their characters. There is something, but I went for it fully intuitively.

//

For BLU scout I went for the softer, rounder oversized clothing to accent his insecurity and the need to shield himself for comfort. It still needed to shape his torso (game rules) but his hood and sleeves do the deed. There is also a strict rule in how to draw his freckles: they look more like moles and there's 7 or 8 of them. You won't believe me if I say this is lore relevant.

For RED Scout, I went with the more aggressive military style. I think I literally took this jacket design from a real military one. There should be an accent on his heavy relations with the army. His clothes are tight because he still likes himself.

RED Sniper is giving hunter vibes, forest type. BLU Sniper looks more like a fisher or a winter hunter. Not sure what deeper meaning I could assign to this except that BLU Sniper was heavily referenced on Ogata Hyakunosuke.

BLU Spy should radiate tiredness. His look is quite unkept for his standards but at this point it doesn't matter anymore. The turtleneck and the boots are special requests from @/gentlesurgeryenjoyer (xoxo)

BLU Medic just looks so freaking cool in a black shirt. It was a vision. I'm not sure if black and white accents mean anything in terms of which side those characters are on. I also wanted to separate him from another famous horror witnessing Medic.

And Miss Pauling was the most satisfying to draw, it was a gift to draw her last... I gave her pants because it's getting cold outside at the time when the story takes place. I also find it very impractical to go killing job in a pencil skirt, I'm sorry. She probably also wears snickers underneath.

And also thanks to @nightly-headache for helping out and assistance!

[mkjulian]

I'm dead... but, Bad Gwen

[chimchiri]

gideon & harrow OR rd and sf as cowboys please please please

It's the cowgirl necro and her gunslinger cav! Who is so damn extra she's got three guns: one left, one right, and one in pole position! (She swears the ladies love it!)

[anundyingfidelity]

(drawing too)

[egophiliac]

you know, I've been thinking about it, and there is actually one single scenario in which I would be okay with not getting a big ol' "Silver Vanrouge" out of Lilia.

(just kidding, I still need some "call me Silver, Mr. Vanrouge is my father" in my life, please don't let me down on this one Twst)