#in that case sorry for the double post lmao ���

[pixlatedvampire]

I havent finished anything in a bit so please enjoy my favorite Grima doodles lmao 💗🥰

[relaxxattack]

can you rant abt hiveswap and how it changes the per-established alternian lore and not in a good way. i hold no stake in this topic but i love to hear about worldbuilding differences and people complaining

oh my god i would loveeee too. well first of all the obvious stuff with how they seem to think the beta trolls were the stereotypes for their caste (NOT TRUE... very very untrue but ESPECIALLY untrue with like. jadebloods goldbloods and purplebloods who seem to get this the worst somehow)

i hateeee how they made jades preppy THATS KANAYAS THING.. AND SHES EXPLICITLY *WEIRD* FOR THAT. they literally mention it like over 20 times how kanaya is sooooo weird for liking fashion and dressing well and then. oh no i guess every jade does that actually whoops sorry! ToT and god do i even need to go into the terrible prevalence of the idea that "jadebloods are typically/instinctively nurturing" when that is textually not the case?

goldbloods all having double horns is not that big of a deal tbh but its really funny to me that they made that assumption when sollux is like. actively called a mutant for most of the comic. "oh yeah hes mutated and weird and fucked up and some of his body parts are doubled (cue dick jokes here)". like that was a thing for sollux but they just decided to say "well actually. thats just how all goldbloods are"

most purplebloods having a "clowny aesthetic" is fine with me honestly since theres an actual Profession of being a subjuggalator and presumably lots of purples are going to be wanting to go into that? but alllll of them being full on juggalo cultists goes directly against canon. its like. the difference between american lawmaking and christianity. yes the separation of church and state is like nonexistent here. but just because american lawmaking is an enterprise controlled by christianity doesnt mean that All Politicians/Cops are automatically christian. and definitely not the same kind of christian?? there are probably agnostic clowns, or clowns who are only into cultism for the aesthetic. even reformist vs. orthodox clowns. they may all be upholding the same systemic white christian status quo, but they doesn't mean they all fit into that niche themselves. if that makes sense?

and of course i've already made a whole post about how i hate the idea that olivebloods are all feral little rogues, since that makes very little sense in canon.

i would really love to do that full stream of the hiveswap and friendsim games just. going through all of their alternian stuff and explaining my thoughts on it and how it relates to canon... i could go on and on about this stuff for ages and get into way more than just caste stereotypes. i think i would need to reread all of homestuck first to make sure i wasnt just pulling shit out of my ass and was truly studied up though, lmao

[sunnysidesevenup]

Overview

Trying to make this post a bit more “official”, but still a little funny <3

For those who haven’t seen this project before, this is a fun little dating sim featuring people’s TWST oc’s. It started as a bit of a joke but now it’s… definitely not. It’s actually a full game now. Even people who have no knowledge of TWST will be able to play it, haha…

If you’d like to be added to the tag list, let me know ^^

Updates from the Dev Team!

First up, all the sprites have been completed! The bases being done by me, and then expressions made by those who wanted to <3 You might see the sprites floating around, depending on who wants to post theirs or not. Most likely they’ll be used in memes lmao

Nearly all the first meetings have been written! Everyone has been doing an excellent job writing for their own characters. Even if we keep getting derailed by ships….

The shop has been completed! Mostly. Featuring the weirdest collection of items you have ever seen. And marketable plushies. Why are there plushies of students at a school shop? The world may never know…

Some Interesting Patch Notes

From our lovely coder @ramshackle-ramblings, who you should check out immediately. Seriously. Go do so. I am paraphrasing these notes because I think they’re hilarious, also some of them happened a while ago. Sorry for the slow updates.

We’re on version 0.0.2!! This is very exciting.

Tilly is no longer hoarding infinite cream soda. I think this is a win.

Griffin is no longer breaking the game! Yippee! I’m still keep the Griffin Thanos snap meme on hand though. Just in case.

March exists again. And might be the main character now considering the infinite Yurch loop.

Gave Tilly his hat back. This one was actually my fault, sorry Tilly…

Infinite Yurch Loop Fixed. These guys just REALLY wanted you to witness them fight.

And, of course, out of context memes.

We have a whole channel for these, so we can’t leave them out. Sadly there is an image limit 😭

Dev Team (& Character Cast)

check them out. Do it. You know you want to.

Abraham & Alise @ramshackle-ramblings (sorry for the double tag <3)

Griffin @twsted-void

March @kumikokane

Yurena @ranas-twisted-wonderland

Constance @theolivetree123

Tsuki @prefectrose

Otto @w1ndigo0

Rory @miriaocs

Arlo (from me and against his will <3)

Tag List

@purplefirepit @kirexa

[slaaverin]

The way I laughed when I saw this post:

https://x.com/btsdeblueprint/status/1904540673518505984?s=46

And the comments/citations 😅😂. But when we tell them that for Jimin they said we exaggerate, that it is not that deep to change the color in the GCF.

It always baffles me how people are okay to say that Jungkook have a HUGE crush on Namjoon that he wants to marry him bla-bla-bla BUT the moment there is something about Jimin and Jungkook it’s “brother love”.

For me it’s because they don’t have the fear when they see Namjoon and JK together, they don’t feel like they could be a real couple, they laughed about it because they don’t really believe it (or do they?). But the fear of something being real like the possibility of being a couple, is something that they feel when they see Jimin and Jungkook together. They see it too! But it doesn’t match with the Ideal image they have of Jungkook which case in point is Fuckboy; heterosexual man; that could maybe fall in love with a fan girl (their dream).

But still, it baffles me 🤦‍♀️

What do you think of it?

Oh and Hi sorry I just rambled a lot, by the way love your blog and sorry for my English.

Have a nice day💜

Thanks for your lovely ask and your kind words 🥰💜

Omg this post..I mean it is indeed cute but the double standard is astonishing.

GCF Saipan was the same. The way it was structured and the lyrics choice clearly highlighted Jimin but then tkkers were still saying "the camera focused on Tae! He's in love with him" like please 😂 same for Namjoon.

The fandom is allergic to jikook.

I mean they must see the same thing as we do? But then probably find a way that makes sense to them to entirely dismiss it as fanservice/forced/bro behaviour.

Because I guess the alternative would rattle so many core beliefs, it's too uncomfortable to even look at.

"No I'm not seeing anything! I can't hear you lalalalala 🙉🙈" lmao

It's really childish but well.

Yes I agree with you they must see other ships less threatening because not real, just for fun, unlike jikook who hit a little too close to home. But there are also unfortunately still some who think these other ships are real - not only tkkers - look at yoonminers for example you have people who are in DEEP and not for fun. They actually believe it. It baffles me to this day.

You know fans having this fantasy of Jungkook being this heterosexual man coming to ravish them, I just had that thought but maybe we should give people a break. After all that's the whole concept of being an idol, they make people think they are single and that they are their fan's boyfriends, they push for it in many ways and have done so for years. I guess for many people and especially young fans, it's very hard to question things that are presented to them in such light. I'm not entirely sure I blame them for not questioning the status quo. Idk maybe that's too much mental gymnastics for some.

For many it's pretty obvious that it is not the case, that it's only a fantasy sold for a long time for money, it's just them playing the game, and now that they get older things might be different in many ways, but still. Jungkook has never said anything "clear" about his sexuality. To understand a little bit you need to closely pay attention to him and his action/words for years.

When you have the whole picture it is indeed pretty clear that he is not heterosexual.

But really what I learned is that people really do not pay attention at all, or pay attention only to what interests them.

Many don't know half the things jikook have done over the years.

Jikookers have the whole relationship and hundreds of moments in mind that depict a whole love story and a lot of lore.

But most people aren't aware of that.

Most of the time they barely see it and immediately dismiss it.

Since many have come accross different narratives and brainwashing when it comes to jikook they already begin with a bias.

I love when people say "I saw this jikook moment and thought there was something that wasn't right, something off, I need to look further into it" and then they binge jikook stuff and discover that indeed they was more to it than they thought and most likely become a jikooker afterwards.

But it comes purely from the individual and his own intuition/sensations. It's often when people make very deep dives to make their own opinions that they begin to see it.

But before this it remains very surface level.

And you know what? I'm not even mad. Everything moves fast in this fandom. You have news almost every day. You have music to stream, votes to make, the last yoongi cat meme to like, so much content you can spend months and months watching everything.

So am I mad that people dimiss jikook like this? Yes. Many of them do not bear good will and are full of hate for them. I can't forgive it. But I also want to nuance it by thinking there are also people who are simply not as deep into it than us, people who take things at face value, people who need things spelled out for them, young fans, casual fans, desperate girls who would love a star they will never meet to be their boyfriends and can't afford to think even for a second that their idol is gay because they would be sad and feel lied to.

Honestly, it pains me, but I get it.

I'm trying to let go of my frustration because the difference of treatement of jikook in this fandom is hard to accept. But I guess things are not entirely black & white and I'm trying to understand why people have a different perspectives (not the haters of course, fuck them). Like these people in the post you shared.

My first instinct would be to rant too and be angry, but then I think it's better for me to let it go. I'll say to myself "Let them have their fun 🤷🏻‍♀️". If they want to think Joon & Jungkookie are romantic and totally ignore the elephant in the room who am I to ruin it for them.

Anyway, yeah, that's hard.

Maybe I'm trying to make sense of things that just don't make sense lol

Don't mind me

These kind of posts become funny and ironic for real.

"Remember when JK made a FULL GCF about Jimin and being completely in love with him over a gay song? Yeah, THAT was romance folks." 📢

Anyway, it's hopeless 😶‍🌫️

I'd leave them in their bubble, I'm good in my own with the lovely jikookers, at least we have interesting stuff to talk about

Thank you for your ask and take care 💜🫂🥰 (your english was perfect btw!)

[epicleovilanon]

can u tell us anything else abt the roger rabbit au??? im SO hooked-- are there other twst characters that show up? or is it like solely jamikali?

Hi, sorry anon, i know i've been sitting on this one for a while lmao, work had me busy for a bit, but i promise i didn't forget you!

I honestly love any opportunity to talk about the who framed kalim al asim au, so answering this ask really was a special little treat for me that I was holding off on answering as a little reward for myself for finishing my work lol

so for the other NRC characters that show up, here’s a brief rundown!

Deuce Spade (and possibly an Epel mention or cameo)

I ran a poll that recently ended, about who the Eddie Valiant/PI character could be, and of the results, Deuce was in the clear lead. The follow-up was an OC who was a Scarabia student at the time KaliJami were students at NRC and thus a witness to Jamil’s second year Winter Break Overblot. This way, we get an outsider pov, but from someone who was still on the fringes of their dynamic back in school.

I like the idea of Deuce as the PI character but I did feel that something was missing. It was bouncing ideas around with the always amazing @mari-oaky that really helped me plot some things out.

Deuce is still the PI character but he’s not the ONLY PI character. Basically I’m splitting the role into two. As mari-oaky pointed out, a stranger who has no prior relation at all to Jamil and Kalim could actually offer a pretty intriguing perspective. Particularly as a non mage who has bought into the same biases that everyone else has regarding Jamil. So for the PI character, we have Deuce + OC partner.

The purpose of this OC partner is also to function in a way similar to Eddie and his prejudices. You know how Eddie dislikes toons? and in twst we already have an example of characters exhibiting anti-mage prejudices, with rollo (i.e. "magic is dangerous, therefore the world would be better off without mages") and also fellow (i.e. "the more magically gifted have an unfair advantage in society compared to a lot of people")

Of course, I need to double check what Deuce wants to be and what it means. I remember he says he wants to be a "magical enforcement officer of the elite anti-mage division" but I don’t recall exactly what that is, but its interesting. I'm going to have Deuce, for that position, have to work a few different internships and postings, some hard entry exams he has to study for, maybe additional academy years, to get to that level, and maybe, one of his internships was with this OC non-mage PI.

What I need to work on and tune-up is a timeline, because I think at the time of this fic, Deuce is a newbie in the elite anti mage division, so he has completed that internship and all, he's graduated the academy/academy equivalent, and he's working the case with the PI for reasons of "this is a high profile case that involves a lot of mages and he is acquainted with the PI character so they might actually work together"

Because PI’s I believe, tend to act independently and based on who hired the, yet in this case, he's working in tandem with Deuce, a mage, to clear a very high profile mage of murder, even when he doesn't want anything to do with them in general. I really think it could work! And I'm so excited because if Deuce is here I get to toss in an Epel cameo.

Timeline wise, Deuce (and Epel, who is Deuce's bf, and possibly doing Spelldrive? I don't know) is 23/24, whereas Kalim and Jamil are 24/25. I haven't really worked out a concrete timeline yet.

2. Azul Ashengrotto (and perhaps Jade and Floyd cameos as well)

The lounge Jamil is singing at is owned by Azul. Jamil is working there, perhaps as result as a deal with Azul.

I was toying with the idea of, Azul having, not that many yet, but a few, lounges and restaurants. Like, he is very much a businessman, a proprietor, whatever its called, and he's successful yes, but he's getting there, he's not got that many places yet.

He has maybe three? And he's in the process of expanding. Because at this point, they're like, in their mid 20s. So he IS successful of course, like three very busy very popular locations in different countries and kingdoms. But he wants MORE. He will probably always want more lol

So he doesn't live in the Scalding Sands permanently, but he does come by sometimes--I'm partial to the the idea of having Azul visit the scalding sands a bit more frequently during the whole frame up incident.

I initially had the patty cake scene happen between Azul and Jamil. But Acme ends up dead after, remember? And I'm not killing off Azul! Technically I can still make it work if I incorporate changes, but I don't know how yet, so for now, it's not Azul.

But it would have worked really well! Because its like, its this dude who had a crush on Jamil at NRC, and is successful and rich too.

So everyone already thinking Jamil is a gold digger + Kalim’s funds being limited and his position as heir being rocky, they’re trying to push the "jamil is moving on to shinier more opportunistic things” agenda. And Azul is that thing according to rumors, and he has a history of crushing on Jamil, as well as the fact that they are both schemers and have a past. (The past is that they get a sick thrill from teaming up to screw over another person.)

So I already had this scene in mind, with a bunch of shady, suggestive pictures taken of Azul and Jamil. But really what was happening is that Jamil is being blackmailed. (like Jessica.) To make Kalim end things with Jamil. But there’s a secondary purpose, and that purpose is to blackmail Azul as well, but Jamil is a schemer and Azul is a schemer and they caught on, and as the pictures were being taken they were discussing their own plans.

Of course, I scrapped it as soon as I remembered that the whole thing is that Roger is framed for the murder of Acme, Jessica’s “affair partner.” Which would suggest that Kalim is accused of murdering Azul, “the guy his husband is cheating on him with.”

But the Azul-Jamil dynamic is so much fun to me, so I’m going to have it involved on a lesser scale. Prior to the frame-up, there’s already rumors floating about Jamil and Azul, stemming from what people’s perceptions of Jamil are, Azul’s old crush, and the fact that when Jamil was traveling solo he did keep in contact with and visit Azul sometimes.

Of course, Kalim knows the rumors are just that—rumors, and is unconcerned about them, and his only frustration is of the way they affect Jamil, and the constant speculation people have regarding his marriage—it’s invasive and slanderous and he’s real tired of it.

He’s just so done with the constant, “damn that Jamil Viper really is nothing but an ungrateful cheater... having a rich husband that does everything for him wasn't enough, he apparently had to go and sleep with his own boss too. Once a snake, always a snake I guess.”

But to put it simply anon, you can expect Azul to show up, and if he’s on scene then you can imagine Floyd and Jade are not far behind. However they could be managing one of Azul’s other restaurants at the time so maybe they won’t be present! I’m not sure and cannot guarantee whether or not they’ll be there—but you know who I can guarantee?

3. Riddle Rosehearts

I can guarantee Riddle's presence, because while Jamil is dealing with a noir murder mystery frame up centered on his husband, Azul and Riddle are off on their own little rom com subplot. AzuRid and KaliJami are basically existing in different genres lmaooooo because yeah, all this is happening while Azul is swooning over divorce lawyer Riddle. (like mother like son lol)

So we're flashing from complex dark noir murder mysteries ft JamiKali to bright sappy comical AzuRid.

Like, picture those 2000s rom com cheesy movie ads, you know with those voice overs? and like, the trailers--where its like:

"a savvy businessman with a heart for contracts and an independent divorce lawyer whose very job is ending them--will they find love!"

Cut to riddle talking to Azul about how he, as a divorce lawyer, is disillusioned by love and marriage etc etc and Azul is internally making it his mission to change his mind

They're so corny and its so funny to me, they deserve nice things.

Like you have a scene like this--

Riddle, sipping his tea: "I've witnessed the inevitable downfall of every love story. I'm far too cynical to let my heart be swayed." Azul, desperate for a chance with Riddle: "Oh, come on! Not every romance ends in heartbreak. Just look at Jamil and Kalim—they're happily married and head over heels for each other!" Their phones simultaneously blowing up with notifications: "Al-Asim heir makes headlines: Husband’s affair partner found dead."

Now Azul has to make sure Jamil and Kalim's marriage doesn't fall apart just to prove a point to Riddle and hopefully get that first date.

4. What Some Other Characters Are Doing

I don't know if these will show up in any way, or be mentioned at all anon, but since you expressed interest, here's what the others are doing.

Ace is off-world, traveling with Yuu. They're supposed to come back in a two months.

The Diasomnia fam are in Briar Valley. Silver and Sebek are Malleus' Knights, and Lillia and Baul finally got their shit together.

Cater is a character I flip-flop around with a lot in terms of what he's doing post-NRC, but for now, he's a reporter or investigative journalist, and he's newly engaged to Vil, who having just wrapped up a live action drama series adaptation of a manga (think, Princess Jellyfish) and is now directing a new movie starring Ortho. (It's Ortho's first big role!)

Leona and Idia are dancing around each other still, after having broken up once already.

Ruggie plays Spelldrive professionally, but is currently helping Jade, who has been divorced from Trey for one year now, and Azul set up a new location in the Sunset Savannah. He's mostly interacting with Jade though as Azul is kind of occupied at the moment. Jade and Ruggie are tentatively setting up a first date.

Trey is a dentist, his siblings run the bakery, and he's caught in a love triangle between childhood best friend Che'nya and old school friend Rook Hunt. Rook and Trey are Vil and Cater's Best Man respectively, and Che'nya is hanging around as well for some reason, I don't actually know. Rook and Che'nya kinda dig each other's vibes. There's a solution here.

[bimbocoreblonde]

hi!!! i saw ur fall guy ficlet post, and i got so excited because THESE ARE SO CUTE

this is a lot to ask lmao im so sorry but what if

F (friendship) but then its a friends to lovers story with G (gentle) + H (hugs) + J (jealousy)?

THIS IS SO MUCH TO ASK BUT I JUST KNOW YOU'D ROCK THIS

thank youuu and hope ur having a great day!! <33

Hi, thank you for being my first ask!!! And hell yeah you can ask for a mix of prompts, although I wrote more of a very short fic than distinct prompts. I hope that's okay!

Being an intimacy coordinator was a job that constantly kept you on your toes - never more so when the intimate scene you were coordinating involved multiple people.

In this case, the director of this film had this ‘Mr & Mrs Smith’-esque scene in mind where the two protagonists went from fighting to making out back to fighting and then into a sex scene – and since the fight scenes were very intense, that meant you were not only working with the actors, but also their stunt doubles.

Not that you were complaining.

As ‘not actors’, you had been hanging out with a few of the stunt actors while on set – particularly the stunt double for the lead male role in this film, Colt. And Colt was an absolute sweetheart.

He’d looked after you since it was your first international shoot: riding with you to set in the mornings, going exploring around the city with you, making sure you got home safely before heading to his own hotel. He was also a bit of a gentle giant: guiding you around with a big hand on the small of your back, slinging an arm around your shoulder to support you on public transport so you didn’t fall over, holding your hand to help you out of the truck he drove to and around set.

Despite him having muscles that were ridiculous impressive, and a rough and tumble nature that meant he was constantly bruised and scraped before he started work, you always felt safe around Colt.

The fact he was easy to look at didn’t hurt, either.

You never voiced that thought aloud; as an intimacy coordinator, especially one who was assisting with scenes involving Colt himself, telling him you found him attractive would be crossing a major line. You didn’t want anyone calling into either of your professionalisms, especially when a lot of this work came about through word of mouth…but that didn’t mean you were blind.

Or adverse to asking him out after filming had wrapped up.

Some people on set, though, were not as firm on professional boundaries as you were.

The male lead for this film, some hot new star named Johnny, had been flirting with you since the first day he’d seen you on set. It wasn’t subtle, but you tried to ignore it as much as you could, striving to remain professional but polite.

Unfortunately, Johnny seemed to interpret ‘polite’ as ‘playing hard to get (but obviously into it)’. He really wasn’t doing anything to dispel the stereotype that good-looking people were stupid, but that wasn’t your problem.

Another week, and filming as set to wrap up – so for now, you continued to ignore Johnny’s thinly-veiled innuendos, and barely-veiled-at-all propositions, and headed over to where Colt was waiting by his truck to see if he wanted to grab dinner at a jungle-themed restaurant you’d seen on Instagram.

“You sure you wouldn’t rather go with Johnny?” he muttered, frowning over your shoulder (presumably at the mouth actor).

You, however, were frowning at him: “God, no. Why would I want to go anywhere with him?”

“You two seem to be friendly, is all.” Colt shrugged, finally looking at you…although he wouldn’t meet your eyes.

“I wouldn’t use the word friendly.” you responded tartly: “Maybe long-suffering on my part, and really annoying when it came to him.”

Colt looked confused: “You’re not into him?”

“No!” you exclaimed, probably too loudly but you needed to make it clear you were not ‘into’ Johnny: “I’m just trying to stay professional while he…does his best to be as gross as possible before I can call it harassment.”

Colt’s shoulders slumped, and after a moment of confusion you realised he looked relieved.

You didn’t get it – surely people didn’t actually think you were reciprocating Johnny’s horndog behaviour. You might not be able to publicly tell him to wind his neck in…but you felt like it was definite subject to your non-responses!

Suddenly concerned people might think you were into Johnny, you turned to storm off and do…literally anything to make it clear to God and everyone that you thought the man was a jerkoff, when a big hand wrapped around your wrist, and yanked you back towards a solid chest.

“Colt, what on earth - !”

You were cut off by Colt spinning you round and pulling you into a bone-crushing hug.

It should have been uncomfortable, but you actually found it…really nice. Colt’s arms were strong around your waist, pressing you close to his warm chest, even lifting you off of your feet a little. It was so easy to melt into his embrace, that familiar feeling of safety leeching the tension out of you, until you almost forgot why you had been about to storm off.

“I thought you were just waiting for filming to wrap up before accepting one of his offers.” Colt murmured into your hair.

“His many, many annoying offers.” you muttered bitterly, before Colt’s words actually sunk in: “But, wait, why would it matter if I was into Johnny?”

You felt Colt swallow, his voice nervous when he answered: “Because if you were into him, then you weren’t going to settle for me.”

“Settle?” you replied indignantly: “Colt Seavers, any woman would be lucky to have you! You’re an amazing guy, and don’t you ever settle for someone you think think that they’re settling for you.”

Colt was uncharacteristically serious when he spoke, his face solemn when he pulled back to look at you: “Even you?”

“Me?” you squeaked.

“Yeah. I was gonna wait until filming was finished, I know you want everyone to see how professional you are, but…I really don’t want to miss my chance. Do you want to go out for dinner tonight? As…as more than friends?”

You didn’t even need to think about it – you grinned up at Colt, happiness bursting through you: “I know the perfect place.”

[the-bloody-sadist]

Caught up on your updates and the last dwd chapter had me shaking my head at Emery (lovingly, even tho he big dumbdumb). I understand, truly, about moving it onto patreon again, just a bummer cause I can’t afford it atm 😭😭I’ve really loved the rewrites tho, so once I have a steady income, I shall be seeing them again 😈 Lemme say, I am feral for Minx and his silliness

I FUCKING HATE EMERY DUDE (lmao) NO NEED TO BE LOVING. but just kidding IM GLAD TO HEAR YOU WERE ENJOYING IT! Actually, it’s good you sent me this ask, as DWD isn’t even on a Patreon tier anymore. There were so few readers for the rewrite that I didn’t see the need, so the tier it was on is a tip jar now. I’m sorry to disappoint! I thought I’d removed the posts and info about that, so I’ll double check just in case!

I’m GOING to publish it when it’s done, and I’m writing on it every single day, so thanks for your motivation!

If I didn’t plan to publish, it would all be up on tumblr. I like free yaoi too, trust me 😔 but this is an important project!

[arcaneloverxx]

Streamer!Ellie Headcanons

Okay this is my first time writing something about Ellie and I had a lot of fun writing this, even tho its short. I saw a lot of streamer!Ellie and wanted to give it a try. Let me know how you guys like it <3!!

streamer!ellie who started streaming videos as a small joke, not really expecting it to blow up as much as it did.

streamer!ellie who doesn’t know how to respond to the comments in her chat about her being hot and shit.

“What are you guys even saying right now?” Ellie says as she's scanning through the comments in the chat.

lovergirl2003: OMFGGGG YOU ARE SO HOT!!!😻

christinawashere: What I would give to have a chance with you😩

bigmike_1: I think I just came…

coochieeater: BROOO let me eat that puss-😳

“Bro WHAT!?!?!? YALL ARE INSANE!”

streamer!ellie who will literally argue with a child. It doesn’t matter how old the kid is, she will not back down and will gladly talk shit back.

“You are so trash at this game.”

“I know damn well- chat did y’all hear that!” Ellie says, doing a double take from her monitor (where she was currently playing Roblox) and her camera. “Yeah well your mom didn’t think I was trash last night when I was with her” and the comments didn’t really help her case.

user4958231: Ellie that kid is like 10!!!😭

sallysmith: bro there is no fucking way she is arguing with a kid LMAO!!!

princessbubblegum: Okay, but like did the kid lie…💀

streamer!ellie who once ordered and tried smelling salts after her chat spammed her and requested (commanded) her to do it while streaming.

“Okay chat so these smelling salts just came in. You all wanted me to try it so damn bad.” She says while cutting open the package with her army knife.

After discarding all of the wrapping and freeing the little white bottle from its confinement, she pops off the top and faces back towards her camera.

“Bro are you guys trying to kill me or something? This shit looks sketchy as fuck. Pause, the fuck I’m supposed to do with this?” She asked while looking at the chat.

ellieswife: SMELL IT

biglesbo: Ellie don’t smell that shit pls🙏🏾

user14873: Y’all finna have this girl fucked up😂

deeznuts27: Put it to your nose and smell it

After reading the chat (and regretting some life choices) she put the bottle up to her nose and gave it a whiff.

She swears she almost died. After falling backwards out of her gaming chair and spending the next 15-20 minutes with her eyes watering, cursing out the people in her chat, and literally just freaking the fuck out, she threw the bottle away and promised to never try anything her chat suggests again.

streamer!ellie who accidentally punches a hole in her wall after losing a game of fortnite against Jesse.

“Guys...what the fuck…”Ellie says in shock while looking at the fist sized hole in her wall.

chuckysbride: Bro get this girl some help.

user1234: LMAOOOO😂

thisisnotdina: damnnn try explaining that one to Joel😬

"BRO SHUT THE FUCK UP DINA!"

(Yeahhhh Joel was pissed after seeing the hole.)

streamer!ellie who wonders why she’s suddenly getting tagged on TikTok. She opens the app and sees a video of her going viral.

Um, its a video of her, but what goes viral is what’s in the background.

(It may or may not be a pair of fuzzy handcuffs dangling from her bed post)

streamer!ellie who wears only wife beaters while on stream and accidentally (not) flexes while on stream. She has to sneeze or cough? Prepare to see her whole bicep in the camera.

billybunson12: You are not slick

ghostfacelover: Ellie put the arms DOWN!

user69: Ellie we know what your doing…BUT IM NOT COMPLAINING!🥱

streamer!ellie who is honestly so grateful for her fans and followers, because she knows that she wouldn't be where she currently is if it wasn't for them. And she makes sure to tell them every stream how much she loves and appreciates them (even if some of them scare her with their comments) <3

note: I really enjoyed writing this!!! sorry for is being so short. I really need to think of more ideas for Ellie asap lmao. lmk what you guys think <3

[tinylongwing]

🎵🤩🌷

🎵Do you make playlists for your fics?

(or art, I guess? that's a fun thought but I do not have music playlists for art I just listen to albums I like while drawing)

Anyway no, not really, though I do make character playlists. But I don't listen to music while writing, it's too distracting to have words on the page and words in my ears at the same time. I have to focus on the writing and let that be the only thing in my head.

I know I've shared Johnnie's playlist a million times but here it is in case anyone missed it. I don't have any other LH character playlists currently. I older ones that are mostly not relevant here right now for other characters I've fixated on, and lots for DnD stuff.

🤩 What's the most meaningful comment you've ever received?

No I'm kidding (robbie you bring me so much joy)

Uhhh god, over the many many years I can't really pick out one single most meaningful! I've had a lot of lovely comments on my art, especially my bird art where people have not just enjoyed looking at a thing but also enjoyed learning from it - especially true of some of my offhand scicomm attempts. I think I can summarize my favorite art comments as: "you should illustrate a bird field guide!"

Yes, I should. If someone wants to come up with a grant that would pay me for my time, I would love to. ;) But truly it's super meaningful to me that people feel this way!

(But you know, going back to robbie up there - if I also make people Care So Much about characters they had never thought about before too, that also warms my heart deeply and truly - I've had people in the past get into One Piece, for example, almost entirely because of my depictions of Rosinante. Sorry folks he's only in a few chapters but I'm glad I enabled you to read over a thousand manga chapters meanwhile).

🌷What's one of your fics that isn't as popular, but you hold dear?

None of my fics are popular lmao

My art though, man. It's a well known truth among artists that the works we love the most are the ones the internet cares about the least, generally speaking. The ones I sink the most time into, that I'm really proud of, are the ones that get the fewest notes. It's like a law. I can almost predict how well-regarded an artwork will be based on whether or not I love it vs think it's maybe just ok but will throw it on a post anyway for posterity. The latter are the ones people are obsessed with.

I guess I'll pick on Rigo again because this is one of my favorite fanart pieces I've ever done. The lighting! The mood! All those shiny drums! I'd never tried to do drums before and I think I pulled it off pretty ok but I also love giving some life to a character who doesn't have much canon time!

79 notes goddamn I mean look it's a small fandom and that's honestly pretty good all things considered, but it's kinda painful to spend a ton of time on something that stays in the double digits. It's okay though. Really. I'm fine. I promise.

Even worse off are the illustrations I did for the Birdwatcher board game, a game that has been largely praised in the tabletop games world for its artwork. So many kind things have been said! So I certainly can't complain. But then I go look at how the art did when I posted them here on tumblr and it's like

SEVENTEEN NOTES? SEVENTEEN? 1 7 ??? What the hell did I do? I love my displaying astrapia, look at him all upside down and cute, what a fun bird. 17 notes. Okay. Bye I guess.

[frudoo]

i saw too that post of non con and it ruined my morning lmao. But on a serious note, it is baffling to me the cognitive dissonance of the people like op and those in the comments pointing aggressive fingers in the same direction.

They will scream on rooftops that non con fics are romanticizing rape, romanticizing a crime. They will antagonize people who write/read it and label them as degenerate perverts.

This was posted in COD characters tags. They're telling me that they're ok with fictional war crimes, fictional torture, fictional murder, fictional destabilization of entire countries, fictional severe geneva convention violations, uwu-babygirlifying war criminals, and the glorification of fictional characters perpetrating all of that?

The fact that they cannot discern fiction from reality is already concerning, but does it mean that they are actually ok with all of the mentionned above? if for them writing/reading about rape = romanticizing real rape, i would only assume that for them writing/reading about war criminals = glorifying war criminals. Which is even more frightening if it's the case!

(But it's not the case, is it? Because they understand that fiction isn't reality. They understand that nobody is actually hurt by the actions of fictional characters. They just refuse to understand that their limit to what is comfortable to them is not universal, and that they are not a moral authority on anything. They pick and chose what fictional crime is ok. They only rise outrage to what THEY personally think is reprehensible. Have they ever thought that writing fluff about characters that heavily carry western imperialism propaganda would make uncomfortable people from the Middle East who saw first hand the brutility of American/British forces? Of course not. If you told them that they'd probably say "it's fiction sweetie :)" and go on with their day)

Anyway. Sorry for the rant. It's been bugging me all day.

tl;dr: fiction is fiction. imaginary guys cannot hurt/be hurt because they're not real. before you cry outrage on something you think is morally wrong, double check your own biais and try to apply the same logic. You're allowed to like stuff in fiction but not in real life. that's why fiction exists, so you can have a safe space to explore stuff without hurting anyone. You're fine. You're ok. It's alright.

Word for word anon!!!

[j-1-nx]

jinx 👍👍👍‼️‼️‼️ (sorry im sleep deprived i cant think straight. bascially we're a system n have powds, vi (tho she. is very much not like arcane-vi) and jinx. idk if youre comfy w "doubles" per se. seeing caitlyn slander makes me so happy lmfao. also the post about not being a zaun fan while being racist ableist etc bullshit irl is soo based.

love the hair btw, did you make it from scratch? :0 (we are still trying 2 make a wig for both me(? powder) and jinx, have great hair-like yarn but its so time consumimg we just. procrastinate it forever lmao

god my brain is soup rn. anyway bye bye -???blurry? ( @fish-n-friends )

Sorry this took so long to answer, and yeah I'm fine with doubles lol. I'll slander Caitlyn till the day I die lmfao. And I'm glad you agree with the post!

The wig is almost from scratch. We found it for like $12 at a convention flea market and the bangs were already half done, I just touched em up. The rest of it is from scratch, though. Rebraided the whole thing, brushed it out, styled the bangs and hairline and such.

The braids are detachable, also. The claw clips they came with were both already broken and brittle as fuck. Had to replace them. I'm pretty sure I have a photo from Katsu in an applebees where I couldn't be bothered with the braids and just took em off.

It only just occured to me that "from scratch" could've also meant, like, actually from scratch gluing wefts onto a base, so just in case that's what you meant then no. Pretty sure it was a pre-made base wig that the people we got it from at Isshocon had bought and decided they didn't want. But the styling and such is aaallll me bay bee!

It's technically not done and I've still got some gluing to do but eh, it was good enough to go to Katsucon lmao.

Anyway, moving on. Don't even worry about Vi not being, like, canon compliant lmao. I'm not all that like canon Jinx myself. Hope you're not as blurry now, at least!

[kerorowhump]

Can you… (coughs up blood) explain 262 to us plebeians when or if youve gotten to it… Man I went to look at volume 29 and realized the Keroro getting punched you keep posting is from there you have it tooooo good you have it all to yourself… I waaant it it is unbearable… (disintegrates into dust)

oh yeah i've already read this story

Here's a bunch of pics from my volume with brief translations of what's being said (which might not match perfectly with the RAW as these things tend to go but I'll double check my RAWs for the important words). I hope my english is correct lmao

"...Those are members of the Keronian military police force. They're part of another organization, different from the Keronian army."

"Originally they had the task of monitoring soldiers' behavior who were on mission to conquer some planet, punishing those who were playing around/slacking... but due to the troops' resentment, nobody wanted to enroll in the military police anymore, and the body became totally automated. This means the invasion attempts of our commander have been so questionable that he got arrested by those trashcans... kukuku"

"What's gonna happen to the sergeant?"

"Our system is very efficient. So the army will process the case automatically. Meaning..."

"He'll be fired, and our invasion will end that way."

"I can't accept something like that! Absolutely not! After all, the sergeant hasn't done anything wrong! Why are they doing this to him...?"

"Given the circumstances, I ask that you be a substitute commander for us!"

"Why me?"

"To enact a military operation we need five members!"

"Kero! Now I remember everything. It's the usual bureaucracy that goes around firing incompetent invaders... But my heroic subordinates will destroy this damn system! I don't want a mere automated system hindering my conquest of planet Pokopen!"

"I'm sorry, but I'm not automated at all... don't you recognize me, sergeant Keroro?"

"You're the Supreme Commander (or like chief commander I guess) of the Keronian army? Ugh... it can't be!"

"I'm sorry, but it is. Things are exactly as you see them. Today, to commander 366 Sergeant Keroro of Space Invasion Army Special Tactics Platoon... and to his subordinates, the duty of invading earth is revoked."

"The department of military police of the Keronian Army... commonly called 'Black Stars'. Therefore, all the negative military heritage/assets (in the RAW the word used is "LEGACY", 遺産, it fits) of planet Keron carry the same name. Uh uh... interesting! If it got in my way I'd destroy it immediately, but since we're similar, I'll let them off the hook."

"Commander sir! I respectfully ask you not to fire me! I haven't seriously put in effort in the invasion yet... actually, I was thinking of starting tomorrow!"

"It's not as you think." "Gero?"

"Number 366, rather... sergeant Keroro!"

"You haven't been fired at all... in fact, this is out of consideration for you."

"Your body has sustained a lot of damage due to the violent combats with Pokopenians. If you keep pursuing Pokopen's invasion, consuming even more vital energy, your body will be reduced to such conditions that you won't be able to conquer any planet ever again. The time has come to come back to Keron... Sergeant Keroro! You have the order not to invade that world!"

"No! I don't want to! I want to continue my invasion!"

"Although... to tell you the truth... I hadn't realized I was in such a (low) state." "I thank you for your consideration towards me, supreme commander... thinking of it, in this condition I can't handle such an important Keronian mission. I'll give up... on the invasion..."

"SERGEANT!"

(MOTHER BLACK STARS / control computer of the military police body of the Keron Army)

"Sergeant, don't be deceived!" "HUH?"

"This is the usual MO of the members of the military police body. Obviously, if they attempt to fire us, we'll resist for sure! kuku. Actually, let's do it anyway!"

"What the hell is that?!"

"So you found out, huh?"

"Us members of the military police body 'Black Stars' have been created to exterminate incompetent invaders! Inept soldiers only waste time and space, not to mention salaries!"

"Absurd! Why are there TWO individuals with a Keron Star on the front line?! That's such a useless waste!"

"I'm gonna explain to you the state of things. I've already been urged by HQ about the invasion... but since despite that I haven't been fired... there's NO PROBLEM!" (commander has resurrected!)

Does this help anything? 🫶 My opinion here is that the Mother Black Star was telling Keroro what he wanted to hear... and also perhaps that they were using a keron star on him (so it DOES have an effect? well i dont know if a keron star was being used so the jury is still out ig) and was influencing him into giving up the invasion

also super interesting that they're all called black stars. all the stuff the keron army did that's kinda probably not aligned with the space warfare treaty or something like that? whatever he means by "negative legacy"... that shi is inside Keroro's keron star too!! hm

[thatonepikminperson]

More head cannons to scare the children (Let's go baby, they may or may not be unhinged)

So, it's either as long, or a bit longer than the first post, but here's part 2, some are more unhinged than most lmao

On Collin's laptop, he often just has files laying around on his desktop just because he knows where everything is and "It's fine." Shepherd has demanded that he fix this, and he has not had the time to do so

Bernard actually needs to wear the shades, as they double as his glasses. He's just blind without them, which has lead to Dingo purposely taking his shade's away and holding them up in the air, where Bernard can't reach

It's canon that Bernard has a soulmate at home (Thank you Japanese Pikmin website), so dumb head cannon related to that is that his soulmate is related to Santi, bonus points if it's his sister, even more bonus points if it's Santi himself

Half of Shepherd's paycheck goes to dog toys and treats for Oatchi and the other dogs her family owns

Let's be real, Shepherd's family owns more than one dog, probably around ten or more

Russ has tried to get a 3D Printer into the ship several times, but Shepherd or Collin has always caught him and told him no

Russ has also 3D printed a sword and has smacked pretty much everyone on the head at least once.

Yonny is rather passive aggressive and petty, and once in middle school, he filled Dingo's backpack full of calculators just because he failed to do 3+1 correctly (Dingo said it was 5 for several minutes, this is also something he'll never live down)

Bernard will sometimes just sing songs out loud, and will just not care if anyone hears him. (Especially if it’s one of his favorites) (shout out to @alaskacoolkid1, your comment on the last post got me thinking this thank for that lol)

Dingo will not listen to anyone when they say a pterodactyl is not a dinosaur, to him it is and it's his favorite (And it annoys the hell out of Yonny every time he says this)

If Collin has to make a presentation, he usually just uses whatever images are faster to slap in the slideshow, and whenever he grabs an image of subpar quality, Dingo will send him the following image after Collin’s done presenting

Despite this, Dingo constantly needs to rely on Collin for tech support. (If you know the dynamic between Monarch and CyYu, then you already know what kind of shit Collin sometimes has to go through with Dingo)

If you need more context around the Bernard is banned from the kitchen head canon, then these following two images sum up pretty much what happened (Bernard is the left side and Dingo is the right)

Yonny is single-handedly the best at social deduction games while Russ and Collin are tied for the worst (Russ just sucks at lying while Collin feels bad about lying to people and will just often tell the truth)

Sad one now, but Moss will sometimes take a few Pikmin, and show them around the areas that Olimar loved to go, and sometimes at night, when she's all alone, she looks up at the stars waiting for him to come back (God that's so sad sorry about that)

Collin will sometimes listen to ASMR when he's really stressed. This has led to him accidentally sleeping on his laptop because he got a bit too relaxed

Oatchi will walk into a room, grab something (probably food) off a table, make eye contact with whoever is in the room, walk backwards out of said room without breaking eye contact

Shepherd does the Wordle everyday, because it’s fun

You know those videos of getting a cat groomed, yeah that’s basically what it’s like to try and make Oatchi take a bath (screaming and trying to escape)

Oatchi is scared of thunderstorms, so when they happen, he runs over and snuggles against Shepherd’s leg. It’s only her leg because Shepherd also is afraid of thunderstorms and will hug the nearest person to her, either trying not to cry or just crying until the storm is over

Bernard has at least 7 backup pairs of shades, just in case one breaks

Russ can not for the life of him spell certain long words like emergency or onomatopoeia. His brain just short circuits and he has to look it up every time

No one on the crew (aside from the Rookie) is good at rhythm games

Russ's parents still call him, and even sometimes bring him (and the entire crew) freshly baked cookies

And finally, Shepherd will often surprise the other members of her crew with gifts, and refuses to take any payment for the new gifts. She also has on her calendar important dates like her crewmate's and dog's birthdays, hired dates, and even her crewmate's parent's birthdays, just so she can celebrate with them too.

[crusherthedoctor]

As an IDW fan believe it or not, I do know how you feel, because I sometimes can’t even post funny quirky memes about my favorite idw characters without being told I’m a fake Sonic fan, there is nothing wrong with liking anything from Sonic that isn’t necessarily faithful to the games! If your friends are giving you a hard time for liking a movie they are not your friends! I’m sorry you have to deal with that.

Don't take this the wrong way, but I never thought the day would come where an IDW fan approached me with more consideration and basic decency than game fans. :P First time for everything, I guess.

For what it's worth, whenever someone's followed me and they have an IDW character as their avatar, I always feel bad because "yeah, you're probably not going to be following me for long lmao". Despite my endless layers of beef with the comic - which I should note is doubled by the fact that much like Prime, IDW is bizarrely treated as though it's canon to the game universe despite not actually being the case, which is very much not the situation with the movies and their fans, so that's an additional reason for why the changes in the movies bother me less by comparison - I don't go out of my way to take a piss on the fans who simply like it in their own space. It's always been the Flynn cultists (I don't use that word loosely: I held off on it for a long time because I didn't want to sound like a drama clickbait YouTuber, but with all their growing hijinks, I really struggle to think of a more accurate term for them now) that I have an legitimate issue with.

I already believed that the Sonic fandom (and Tumblr in general TBH) had a bad habit of jumping from one extreme to the other, never learning any valuable lessons all the while. Needless to say, this hasn't done much to dissuade that belief. It's actually one of the reasons why I had my 10 minute retirement period not so long ago: I didn't like how the fandom was shaping me, and I didn't like the way it was changing us. It's not a coincidence that during all this time, I've refused to advocate for intense gatekeeping, because while fandom tourists can certainly create undesirable and persistent complications, just look at Ian Flynn and the Encyclospeedia, that so-called solution is just way too disproportionate and overreaching for my personal comfort. I'm not going to say that I handle fandom affairs perfectly, I know I've made a mistake on occasion, but... I feel like nowadays, I'm being backed into a corner a lot more frequently between both sides of the equation. I don't know what I'm expected to do. I can be respectful, I can be sympathetic, but the one thing I can't do is mindlessly change how I feel about something artificially just so my stance is convenient enough for approval. And when you're always being talked down to like an idiot, no matter how many times you explain yourself, no matter how much leeway you give to them... well, maybe people were onto something about the hivemind accusations...

The worst part in the movie's case is that I knew going in that it was going to be a lose-lose scenario. Either I didn't like it, and thus I wouldn't be able to join in on other people's enjoyment, or I did like it, and thus I would become an enemy on sight for SA2 diehards, regardless of any nuance to my thoughts on it. I knew not everyone would like it, which is fine, but it seems the other way around is non-existent.

I don't know where I'm going with all of this, but tl;dr, I appreciate your understanding. :) I stand by my thoughts on influential adaptations that grind my gears, but outside of the aforementioned cultists and the obnoxious influence and behaviour of the Archie leftovers themselves (shout out to the Shadow scat edit), I'm trying to relax more otherwise, and I've been wondering if more folk could benefit from the same. If the guy who has to keep seeing headache-inducing Eggdad fanart everywhere can do it, anyone can.

[1moreff-creator]

DROS CH3 Part 3 First Impressions

Ooh... the Tumblr post with a link to the doc says this one's a little longer than usual... Now that sounds like fun! :D Let's see!

CWs

"Davis: …How’s everyone’s morning going?

Noah: It’s–

Kennedy: Don’t talk to them. That’s what the showrunners want." Oh dear, Kennedy's really doubling down on their theories, huh?

"Aidan: Whatever. I can leave, if you want me to.

Davis: Wh– there’s no reason to. Just because Kennedy is ordering us around doesn’t mean we have to listen. I’m surprised you’re so willing to go along with it, Aidan. You’re usually much more… resistant.

Kennedy: Usually? In the sense that you know each other usually?" Okay, first: Davis, Aidan's more on the camp of not bothering with anything annoying more so than actively defying any and all perceived slights against him, it makes sense he wouldn't want to deal with Kennedy. Two, Kennedy come on xD

"Ellis: Seriously, is there something in the air today? Is that the real motive? ‘Cause I feel like it’s not in Kennedy’s nature to settle so hard on one particular idea.

I look at Kennedy.

Ellis: “What if the showrunners want you to think that you shouldn’t be talking to the people they’ve made you believe are the mastermind and traitor?” Isn’t that what you’d normally be saying right about now?

Kennedy: The showrunners would want me to think that I can’t pin anyone down. They want paranoia to run rampant. I’ve targeted the correct choices, so moving forwards without doubt is the most important thing." It's true that Kennedy can sometimes get pretty stubborn on certain theories, though. Evidenced by how he's acting here lol.

"Paris: Speaking of which… I heard a little rule about the Customer Service Desk. Care to explain who returned the gun again, Aidan?

Aidan: Like I said, I did.

Paris: Well, I think everyone here should know that, even in the case of anonymous purchases, only the person who requested the item can return it. So, that means that Aidan’s either lying about returning it, or he checked it out in the first place~" Oh oh, right. This is not gonna do Aidan any favors in the mastermind defense case lmao.

"Aidan: Yeah, okay. Say what you want, I really don’t care.

Davis: Aidan?? You know that if you say stuff like that, they’re going to believe that you still have it, right…?

Aidan: And?

Davis: …You don’t. 

Aidan: And how do you know that?

Davis: I… believe you when you say you don’t?

Aidan: I’m not saying anything." Okay now Aidan's not making any sense! What even is his angle anymore? I guess he doesn't want people to put together that someone else must have asked for the gun, and get paranoid over it, but I can't tell if that's really the case or if Aidan's just fed up with refuting arguments or something else entirely!

"Paris: It means that he’s someone we can’t fully trust, anyways. And honestly, the more Davis defends Aidan, no matter what he says or does, the more he’s starting to look guilty, too~

Vivi: Do we actually have to accuse people like this, though? There are plenty of other ways to outsmart the killing game…

Taylor: “The best way forward is to pursue multiple plans at once. If we can figure out each and every possible way to win and work on all of them at once, we’ll be enough steps ahead of the mastermind to actually escape!”" Paris hopping on the Aidan attack train? Vivi going against Kennedy's idea? Things are heating up! Also who is Taylor meant to be making an impression of here? I don't know xD

"Noah: It… makes some sense, I guess. And it’s kinda nice to know more about the situation…" As Ellis brings up in narration right after, yeah you don't know shit, you're just speculating. Noah might just be seeking comfort wherever he can find it, though, which makes sense.

"Paris: How’re you doing today?

Ellis: …Worse.

Paris: Sorry to hear that. Maybe try the Spa?

Jeff: Maybe try somewhere that’s not here.

Ellis: Hmph. I’ll hand out postcards next meal: “wish you weren’t here.”" Wow, Ellis is in a mood today! You love to see it! xD

"I’d much rather give people the opportunity to watch the gorgeous Ellis Ortiz apply sunscreen in a bikini!

Because I’m still intending on meeting up with Vanessa, who lives on the Third Floor, I go there to wait. The lower dorm area is also more… trafficked, so to speak. More potential for more eyes on me!" There's no one here and Ellis still isn't missing one! Truly, he does not relent!

"Davis: You aren’t giving me much to work with. I’m trying to defend you, but when you shut me down, I don’t know how to–

Aidan: I never asked you to defend me. You realize you’re just adding fuel to the fire, right? If you give them nothing, they’ll shut up eventually. By defending me, you’re just convincing them there’s more to it.

Davis: Are you sure? Because Paris chimed in today, and that made things worse. You’ve seen at the Trials, people are pretty prone to suspecting the most suspicious person until it’s disproved…

Aidan: Okay, then let people be suspicious of me! I don’t care. And you shouldn’t either." Yeah Aidan not giving a fuck is starting to really become a problem. You can't just "ignore and move on" your way out of every situation my guy. And poor Davis, he's really trying but it ain't working lol.

"Then again… if they don’t realize I’m here, I might learn something I wouldn’t have otherwise. If they really are the mastermind and traitor, and they don’t think they’re being listened to, there’s no reason for them to lie to each other." Okay wow. Seems like Ellis' own conspiracy theorist tendencies are still at play, even with one of Kennedy's more out there guesses lol.

"Davis: Is it… really such a problem that I care about you…?

Aidan: Why? I’m the suspicious loner who might have a gun on him and also might be the mastermind. Shouldn’t you, I don’t know, ignore me like everyone else? Decide that there are better people to spend your time with? Stop caring so much about someone who doesn’t care what happens? [...]

Aidan: Whatever. It’s your problem if you want to defend me. But, I’m telling you now, it’s a better idea for you to just let me sink my own ship." Hell yeah, elaboration on Aidan's mindset! Seems like he's decided he's unsalvageable and won't allow anyone to try and shake him from that idea. A classic case of "caring about your life is pretty hard and he's scared to try", perhaps? I wonder how he came to have such a mindset...

"I really thought they’d be on the same page in one way or another! But, like, not in a way that requires me to have any faith in these chumps– that’d be ridiculous." On the other corner, someone is having issues of their own with admitting they care about things lol.

"Davis: I’m… not sure exactly how to feel. I know that Kennedy’s wrong, but I don’t have a way to prove it, and I don’t know how to convince everyone to just… move on.

Ellis: Heh. You think it’d freak Kennedy out if you gave up?

Davis: Maybe…? I don’t know that fighting back is going to do much good. But, giving up and letting Kennedy run the show doesn’t feel great, either… 

Ellis: Yeah, can’t disagree with that one." Davis going through it right now, holy hell.

"Ellis: So you did notice my swimsuit! Isn’t it worthy of some praise?!

Davis: Of course I noticed, you’re right there. It looks nice on you.

Ellis: Thank you. Jeez, what does it take to get some attention around here…?

I blink.

Ellis: Well, uh. Not in the way you’ve been getting it.

Davis: Unfortunately, that’s what everyone’s pretty fixated on at the moment. Myself included, I guess.

Ellis: Maybe you can distract ‘em with something else.

Davis: Such as?

Ellis: Uh… let’s see, what would distract me?

Davis: I’m not showing up to breakfast in a swimsuit." Okay these two are really funny together xD Needed that levity with all the shit that's currently hitting the fan lmao.

"Mark: Oh, hey. Are you guys heading to the Pool?

Vanessa: Yeah! Wanna join?

Mark: I probably won’t swim or anything, but I’ll keep you guys company." Interesting trio forming here, and with Jeff very possibly being at the Pool too, this might turn into a very unusual quartet lol.

"The three of us walk across the bridge to the Pool, where Jeff surprisingly isn’t." Or not! Hope he's not dead! (I doubt it but y'know, early kills are possible, especially with someone whose absence wouldn't raise too many eyebrows, so).

"Or maybe he’s dead." I swear to fucking god I hadn't read this far ahead before I wrote the other thing. The evidence that me and Ellis are the same keeps mounting xD

"Vanessa: Yeah, I kinda figured. You look a little silly in, like, a vest and everything at the poolside.

Ellis: Jeez, Vanessa. If I didn’t know better, I’d think that you were trying to get Mark to take off their clothes." Lmao.

"Mark: I can take my gloves off, if that’s a problem…?" I have wondered if there's anything plot relevant under those gloves, a la Kirigiri. I assume Mark would have noticed when they first showered, so I imagine either no or it's not something Mark would ask other people about (aka something like a scar as opposed to a tattoo a la Fenrir). My guess is on "nothing important under there" for now, though.

"Mark: Thanks, but at least for now, I’m fine just talking to you guys.

Vanessa: Aw, that’s sweet! I like talking to you, too.

Ellis: Thirded. It’s nice to have a break from crazytown over there." How sweet indeed! :D

"Mark pops back up above the water, sputtering a little.

Ellis: Oh, shit, do they not remember how to swim?" Oh that's a problem! Of all the things not to remember! Also, I doubt we're gonna have two drowning deaths, but it still worries me we're setting that up as a possibility :p

"Mark: Sorry about that, I…

They seem pretty shellshocked. 

Ellis: Did you hit your head?

Mark: No, I’m fine…" ... Was it a memory? Did Mark have bad experiences with drowning and this caused that to surface? (pun not intended).

"Ellis: Could water have been involved in Mark losing their memories…?" Oh for the love of-

"Ellis: Hmm. It’s also true that Robert and Grace’s deaths were both… y’know, like that. And Mark didn’t seem, like, specifically worried about it.

Could it be the surprise, then? The specific location in which they were hit? Or am I just totally off base?" Maybe, though I'm more leaning on the fact Mark experienced it firsthand here that really caused that, since the other two cases were things happening to other people.

"I hope that falling into the pool didn’t damage Mark’s memories by, like, re-traumatizing them. But, they still responded to their killing-game-chosen name. So, they probably haven’t forgotten anything from the past two weeks, right?" Hopefully!

"Davis: I’m glad you had fun. I’m alright, though obviously with everything that’s been going on, it’s a little… hectic.

Harper: Yes, I… can see why that would be the case. I really do wish things weren’t quite so hostile…" Harper's so nice... Good for ver!

"Harper: Yes, from what I’ve seen, it seems that most people are siding with Kennedy and Paris on the topic. That isn’t particularly shocking from those like Taylor and Vivi, but I am a bit surprised that Noah and Vanessa seem to agree with them as well." Dear god it's getting bad. Whoever dies this chapter, I imagine it's gonna cause a pretty large upheaval, with tensions this high.

"Davis: Honestly, for Vanessa and Noah, I assume that may be why they’re supporting Kennedy. It’s probably nice to be safe from suspicion, innocent or not, right?" I hadn't considered that, but it's very true...

"Paris: Hey Harper, Ellis; how’s it going~?

Harper: I’m doing alright…

Noah: That’s good to hear…!

Ellis: …

Davis: ...Hi?" Wow. I don't even have anything to say to that. Just wow.

"Paris: Yeah, so, we wanted to tell you guys that Kennedy says we’re still not talking to Aidan and Davis. Right, Noah?

Harper: Noah?

Noah: …I mean, it’s really not… that big of a deal, right…?" Bro??? It's getting critical out here.

"Paris: But, if the mastermind and traitor are part of the killing game because it’s a Resort attraction, it stands to reason that they’re fan favorites, right?

Huh? But, I’m the fan favorite.

Paris: It’ll probably bore the crowd if we ignore them long enough. Thus, we win!" This is... an angle lol. I've seen the whole idea of boring the audience in other places, but doing it by specifically avoiding those two is a hell of a plan to be sure. And don't worry Ellis, you're one of this fan's favorites! Aidan and Davis and kinda everyone else too but y'know that's besides the point.

"Paris: But it makes sense to try, right? I mean, imagine if someone dies in, like, a couple of weeks because you let this thing go on. You’d feel terrible, wouldn’t you?

Harper: … 

Davis: It’s not like it would be Harper’s fault.

Paris: It’s the fault of whoever lets this killing game go on when we could end it. If that’s Harper, it’s Harper." Holy hell the guilt tripping is crazy. Also ha! You failed, Paris! Davis talked and you answered, thereby violating your own rule. He he >:)

"Noah: Harper, it’s–

Paris: Noah. 

Noah: …" ??? Is Paris in her corruption arc? Is this finally the chapter where my constant suspicion of her pays off, or am I just as off base as ever? In any case, how much interesting stuff can happen in one chapter???

"Harper: …If that’s the case, perhaps it’s best I take my leave entirely.

Harper stands up, taking ver plate with ver.

Harper: Have a nice meal, all of you." Wow! Harper laying down the law! Hell yeah!

"Noah: Yeah… ‘cause, it’ll all be okay in the end…! Once we get out of this place, everything will start being right again." That is... some faith you have there, Noah! People's mental health is deteriorating left, right and center here!

"On one hand, I’m a little disappointed that Paris didn’t realize that I was ignoring her in the same way that she was ignoring Davis. I was totally gonna pull a whole, “oh, Paris, didn’t notice you there! I guess we should all take another look at who’s at the table and make sure we aren’t forgetting anybody.” But, on the other hand, I’m still kind of afraid of Paris and her social capital." I also didn't realize that was Ellis' strategy there, but yeah. Paris is becoming a hell of a problem. Are her and Kennedy shaping up to be this chapter's victims?

"Maybe it’s for the best that I leave Davis to sink on his own ship. I know Aidan was the one analogizing himself, but really, I think Davis is the ship, and Aidan is the anchor." Yeah, that's Ellis for ya'. And the ship metaphor is going crazy lol.

[Mark 3rd FTE Start] Hell yeah! FTE!

"Thankfully, Mark looks alright– it seems they recovered from their dip in the Pool earlier today. I don’t know if I should bring it up or not.

[2 lines later]

Ellis: Ooh, so where do you want to go for that? Straight to the Gym, or would you rather go for a run outside? Or, you could always do some laps in the… um." Wow you really fucked that one up didn't you? xD Immediately accidentally almost brought up the pool lmao.

"Ellis: Eh, not really. I’m by no means a jock, but I do like the look working out gives you. So, I exercise sometimes, but running sucks. I usually do other stuff.

Mark: Do you have a favorite?

Ellis: Hmm… well, it’s not exactly a workout, but yoga is fun." Wow... Ellis characterization... always welcome!

"Mark: I didn’t mean to try to figure out a talent. I just meant, then we have something to do while we keep talking." Aww :D

"Mark: Still, even if I wasn’t Ultimate at anything, I still must’ve been doing something, right? Like… what did you do before you got into the party scene? 

Ellis: …Well, I was the same old me, obviously.

Mark: But, what did you like to do? Or, did you have a favorite subject in school? That sort of thing.

Ellis: Pff, imagine caring about school. Maybe you don’t remember this, Mark, but school sucks. Especially American public schools.

They frown.

Mark: I can stop asking questions if you don’t want to answer them.

Ellis: …" Wow we really hate talking about the past don't we? xD

"Ellis: I liked… I dunno, Spanish, I guess? Some of my family members speak Spanish, so I came in there with a bit of an advantage. And, in my free time, I… windowshopped at the mall? Played video games on a busted old console? Got roped into painting my grandfather’s fence?" Ellis lore!!! And the crowd goes wild!!!

"Mark: Is it a bad memory?

Ellis: Is a puzzle piece from Puzzle A bad to pick up when you’re trying to put together Puzzle B? The Ellis Ortiz of the past is incompatible with the Ellis Ortiz of today, is all.

They look over at me.

Mark: …Do you really think so?

Ellis: Yep. The Ellis of the past could never be so lucky.

Mark: But, even if your luck is different, and as a result, your life is different, you’re still the same you, right?

Ellis: …All I was trying to say was, “the old Ellis wouldn’t have gotten to spend time with you.”" This is... really fascinating! I have to wonder just what that old Ellis' life looked like for the "new one" to reject it so thoroughly. Was it really just that it was boring? Or what the hell was happening there? What is happening now? ???

"Mark: I guess, whoever they were, the old Mark wouldn’t have gotten to spend time with you, either." Aww... Mark and Ellis are getting to be such good friends (or romantic partners for the more ship inclined). Really hoping all those Mark!Survivor guesses turn out to be right with the way this is going! Ha ha…

"In the club, nothing exists but the moment. It doesn’t matter who you were, or who you’ll be. Same with the stock market– you could have been born without a penny to your name, or be about to lose billions when the sun rises tomorrow, but as long as you have a dollar, you can cash in.

That’s where Ellis Ortiz is supposed to exist. And the Ellis of the past, before his grandfather’s dying gift or his first taste of what money can buy you, probably wouldn’t last a day in either of those arenas. Probably wouldn’t have lasted long in this arena, either. After all, look at what happened to Ro–" For a moment I was wondering who the fuck "Ro" was, but I'm pretty sure it's meant to be "Robert." So Ellis basically considers the old themselves to be a "normie", which makes sense. I guess she already doesn't have the best self-esteem, if her bravado and constant second guessing of herself are anything to go by, so she must have really hated her life before all that. Fascinating stuff... Ellis is awesome :O

"I’m the only one who’s lived with me for my entire life. Therefore, I’m the only one who can know for sure that the Ellis that exists right now is the best, brightest, strongest one there can be.

…The one that can’t force an announcer to announce the gun they returned, and makes excuses for cowering in the face of an influencer. Yeah, that’s me." Speaking of the second guessing and low self-esteem lol.

"Kennedy: Things have been going well. That means we need to crank it up." I don''t know if I'd describe things as "going well", and there definitely isn't a need to "crank it up" what. Kennedy on their crashout arc???

"Kennedy: If we’re really trying to make it so that the audience can’t watch the mastermind and traitor, wouldn’t it be better if they were out of sight, out of mind? We can’t force them into their rooms, but we can make sure that, if they’re out and about, they’re always supervised. That means they can’t sneak off to some mastermind location and alter the game." Holy shit it really is the Kennedy crashout arc she's going insane. This is awesome xD

"Aidan: I have literally no idea what you’re hoping to accomplish, but it’s not like I’m going to stop you.

Davis: But it’s pointless, isn’t it…? Besides, if this “works,” where are you going to go from there?" Wait these two are just here? I thought this was the kind of thing you'd talk about behind their backs what ToT

"Kennedy: You don’t have to be part of the rotation if you have such a problem with it. I’m proposing the best plan for the safety of the group.

Jeff: …

Kennedy: Enough people will join to make it work." This is actually fucking insane. We truly are going all in on this, huh? There's a goddamn civil war forming in the killing game what.

"Harper: I understand your plan’s appeal, Kennedy, but if we narrow our lenses even further watching over Aidan and Davis specifically, it would become even easier for a different mastermind and traitor combination to get away with whatever they pleased." Please listen to Harper, ve's starting to be the only normal one here T_T

"Kennedy: So, with that in mind, we should establish our rules and rotations. If anyone doesn’t want to contribute, then I guess we can make exceptions. First off–

Jeff: Can you please just shut up about this already?!" Wow! Even fucking Jeff is taking up arms on this bullshit! You know you've thoroughly fucked it up when you got Jeff of all people fiercely going against you lol. This might be one of my favorite parts in all of DROS so far just because of how much conflict there is with everyone here :D

[Jeff pops off] Holy hell they really went in! From calling bs on the logic of the "bore the audience to cancellation" plan, and the very idea that Aidan and Davis are mm and traitor to begin with, there's some great points made here! Awesome of Jeff to get a moment like this, he's dealt with a lot of shit this entire killing game xD

"Vivi: …I think Jeff’s right, you know? Like, I didn’t really love this whole thing either. Even if we still think Aidan and Davis are suspicious, we don’t need to go full-on surveillance mode, right?" Vivi joining the Aidan-Davis defense squad! Hell yeah. Love that she doesn't just blindly follow Kennedy, even with how much she usually sticks up for them.

"Kennedy: …Fine. We won’t watch them all the time. But they’re definitely still at the top of my watchlist." And it's cool that Kennedy's not completely unreasonable, even when she's still being extremely unreasonable.

"Harper: Still, I’d feel awful if the staff’s hard work went to waste… 

Ellis: Uh… they are still employees of the mastermind, y’know…

Harper: I suppose. Still, it does mean that they’re probably being ordered to do these sorts of things." Leave it to Harper to feel bad for the Staff lol. Though to an extent I get it; especially without the context of the full extent of the Tragedy, it's normal to wonder what the hell is in it for them.

"Harper: Yes, though I suppose that’s my issue. I should be taking more of a stance, in line with what I believe to be true.

And what you believe to be true is…?" Good question! I mean, I'm pretty sure Harper is more on the side of "leave Aidan and Davis alone", but still. Ve doesn't really talk about ver beliefs too much, pretty non-confrontational.

"Harper: I suppose “believing” a side isn’t quite the right way to put it. What I believe is that this conflict is needless and we should be putting suspicions aside to work towards a solution. But, it’s difficult to convince some of the others of that, especially if I don’t express myself clearly enough…" Yeah that makes sense.

"Paris: The mirrors and clothes back here are, like, totally perfect! Honestly, it’d be a great place to do a makeover.

Taylor: Yeah, definitely…" Hey you two! How's it going?

"Oh man, we didn’t say anything that Paris could use as dirt on us later, right…?" I think Harper's real opinions might count, but it's not horrible I think?

"Taylor: Hey. Don’t be too loud, I don’t want Paris to listen to me right now." ...? Interesting development, Taylor being all secretive around Paris.

"Taylor: I get the sense that high-conflict environments are what Paris thrives in, but it’s really draining. Everyone’s so high strung all the time, and I sometimes want to just tell everyone to be quiet about it, but I know she’ll get mad at me…" Man, everyone is having issues, huh? I struggle to think of many conflicts in other stories like this that feel like the entire cast has an unique and interesting opinion on the issue, it's genuinely impressive. It's so cool... :O As for Taylor specifically, I get why they feel like this, it's a pretty rough situation for them.

"Taylor: Hey, Paris, can I talk to you about something?

Taylor: “Yeah, totally! What’s up?”

Taylor: Well, we wanted to say that we feel like everyone’s making a big conflict out of nothing, and it’s getting tiring. Can we maybe stop it?

Taylor: “Oh, don’t worry about it, Tay! I’m sure everything’ll blow over soon. Trust me, I’ve got it covered~”

They roll their eyes.

Taylor: And that’d be the end of that." You know, when they listed all the possible ways that bringing up the issue with Paris would go, I thought about how it made sense that Taylor was confident in predicting how others would react to a given situation because of their talent, but seeing it in action really is something else damn.

"Taylor: “If you feel strongly about this, it would be best for you to voice your opinion as well. It might bring you ease. After all, if we all feel similarly, isn’t the only course of action to speak out about it?”

Harper: …Yes, I… suppose that’s true… 

Ellis: Oof, using ver own voice against ver. Brutal." Yikes. Well, at least Taylor's been staying away from the dead voices for a while, so there's and improvement there! I guess lol.

"I wonder how much Kennedy and Paris are aware of the trouble brewing underneath their seemingly solid support. Then again, if they got Jeff of all people to act up, they must know that something has gone horribly wrong." That's what I'm saying! Yeah, I hope they dial it back a bit, for their sake if nothing else lmao.

"... I decide to finally hit up the Spa. And, because Mark said that they had interest in checking it out, too, I invite them along." I thought this was gonna be another FTE for a moment, but apparently not! Interesting...

"After our relaxation period is over, Mark and I head back to our individual rooms before dinner." Oh okay, I guess the spa scene is done now! What xD

"Taylor: I still feel like any policy we have against them will just make things tense, right? It’s not really helping…

Jeff: Besides, if we let you keep it up, you’re going to start suggesting we lock down everyone to make the game unentertaining. I’m not dealing with that." And there's why Jeff was taking so much offense to that, I guess! Well, I imagine he was already getting bothered by the situation in general, but it makes sense if he stepped in mainly because he was worried about how Kennedy's ideas could impact his freedom.

"Kennedy: I’m not forcing anyone to agree with me.

Taylor: That’s… true, but you interrupt us when we try talking to the two of them, right?

Kennedy: I’m following what I think is the best course of action. It’s within your powers to ignore me." Kennedy's mindset is pretty fun here. They're essentially absolving themselves of causing harm by asserting that the others' actions are entirely on them. And while she's not completely wrong there, the logic's obviously a bit faulty. Kennedy is the one who brought up the ideas, he has some responsibility in the others following them no matter how much he denies it. And while they're obviously confident they're doing the right thing, the fact that they're still hiding behind the fact that they're not technically forcing anyone to do anything does show they're still being cautious, as they probably consider accounting for the possibility that they're wrong to be a good idea no matter how unlikely they think it is. God I love Kennedy <3

"Jeff: Yeah. I said it, and now I’m being roped into talking about it again. Even if I stand by what I said, that doesn’t mean I want to linger on it." Makes sense Jeff's already wanting to absentee their way out of the issue lol.

"I stick around in the Buffet for longer than normal tonight, mostly ‘cause I’m not sure exactly where I left things off with Mark. We went to the Spa together earlier today, so it’s not like we’re on bad terms. But not being on bad terms doesn’t necessarily mean that Mark wants to hang out for the third night in a row.

Should I send them a message? Should I go to the Foyer and expect that they’ll be there? Or did me inviting them to the Spa already count as our hang out sesh for the day, and I should just head to my room?" I mean surely they should be thrilled to spend any amount of time with the oh so awesome Ellis Ortiz, no, Ellis? It's always fun to see just how much he doesn't actually have the confidence in himself he pretends he has lmao.

"Ellis: Good evening, guapo." Callback to the Spanish thing, I love it.

"Mark fiddles with their gloves." Hm... Why you fiddling with those? Is there something plot relevant under those, Mark? Õ_o (/silly)

"Mark: That’s probably good. The more people start speaking up, the less one-sided our breakfasts will probably become." And here's Mark's opinion on the issue of the moment! I mean it was inferrable but still.

"Mark: I didn’t really have anything exactly planned for tonight. I guess… the main other talent category I came up with was ones based on identity or personality." You know I wondered for a moment what exactly they meant by that, and then I remembered this killing game has things like "Contrarian" and "Normie" and yeah now it makes sense xp

"Ellis: It could be more vague than that. More like… Ultimate Analyst, or something. Although, thinking about it, that sounds kinda OP…" Ha! Reference :)

"Mark: Other than that, one of the things I’ve done the most here is talking to you.

I smirk.

Ellis: Maybe you’re the Ultimate Ellis Enjoyer. I couldn’t blame you.

They blush." Man the Markellis shippers are eating tonight damn xD

"Ellis: Well, as much as I hate to say it, maybe it wouldn’t be focused on me specifically. It could be more general, like, some sort of talent for getting to know people one-on-one." Man we are getting abstract. You sure you don't wanna try video games first Mark? There's been like zero evidence for that theory since I first brought it up in my CH1 analysis, but it still exists lol

"Mark: Don’t feel like you have come up with something. It’s not like I can, either. Either way, though, thanks for helping me think about it. It’s really nice to hear whatever you have to say.

Ellis: I am something of a genius, true." Lmao.

"Ellis: You don’t have to answer this if you don’t want to, but… who do you think the mastermind and traitor are most likely to be?" Interesting question!

"Mark: …I have been thinking about it. But, to be honest, I haven’t really been able to figure much out. There’s not actually much to look at with anyone in particular." Kinda how I feel, yeah. Most people I feel can be dismissed out of hand, and those that can't are either dead or have some kind of issue that prevents me from thinking it's them T_T

"Ellis: Yeah, I’m at about the same place as you are, although I’ve probably thought about it less. Any option just feels so… bizarre. Especially if you throw in that it’s two people working together." True!

"Mark: I’m not saying you were. I just… I do have to worry, at least a little. If no one else seems to think they’re the mastermind, it’s always possible [I am]." Yeah, I can't imagine that's a particularly comforting possibility. Poor Mark T_T

[FTE End] These are always so sweet :)

"Before I came here, I was more of a “party first, ask questions later” kind of gal. But this killing game has me second guessing every party balloon I see, even when they’re just full of hot air." At least they're introspective enough to realize they're paranoid as hell!

"This is most likely a motive, after all. Given our track record, it would honestly be more surprising if it didn’t lead to a body or two.

Winning. Me winning. That’s what it would lead to.

If I can’t keep my eyes on winning anymore, does that mean I’ve already lost?" Oh oh, someone's ideology is starting to break down! I always imagined Ellis would tone down the "I'm gonna survive and it doesn't matter that everyone else is gonna die" mentality around CH3, and it looks like we're on track for that! Very excitted to see not just where Ellis goes, but also the entire cast! :D

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Yet another peak part from DROS! And this may have been one of the most peak of all, with all the super fascinating conflict that's starting to boil over. Tensions are raising and nothing's there to stop them! I'm very excited to see where this goes, so I'll see ya next week!

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...You wouldn't happen to have any more sketches of that yellow nymph from episode 20, would you? Because I LOVE their design kldfgjjk-

Haha I'm gonna be honest, she's one of my "design on the fly" characters so she doesn't have any preliminary concept sketches, sorry! I don't tend to do those much for background characters, I only do sketches for 'extras' like that if I'm specifically doing a study for future reference (ex. like when I sketched out Artemis' house layout because her house is going to be a recurring environment and I needed to make sense of it before I could continue drawing it LMAO). It just keeps me from getting bogged down on nitpicky pre-production stuff that keeps me from actually completing episodes, y'know? That Artemis house post is basically what happens when I get way too hyper-fixated and that's why I generally try to avoid it unless absolutely necessary LMAO I like keeping things simple enough to leave things up to people's imaginations (and not make things too unnecessarily detailed) but not too simple that it lacks foundation. In the case of the nymphs, I've been basing them off different plant life found in Greece. Definitely trying to give them more variety than what they have in LO!

That said, I'm currently winding down from a long day at a convention and I need to do something that isn't 'work' so here are some I drew up real quick! All I really planned around her while drawing her on the fly was her look, which is based off daffodils (her hair tie is meant to resemble the daffodil's stamen) and the brief look at her personality as the more experienced staff member. She's very much the "tired of this shit" employee who doesn't put up with a whole lot, not even from the Kings. NGL I can totally picture her being that waitress who double fists energy drinks and cigarettes for breakfast before her shift LOL

Enjoy! <3