#just some Australiana

[deanwax]

Writer Interview

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About Me

When did you first start writing?

I would've cut my teeth in the Neopets roleplay forums around age 11-12, likely didn't start writing standalone fics until age 18-19.

Are the genres/themes you enjoy reading different from the ones you write?

Not really, but also: I'll read literally anything if it's presented as a graphic novel. It's been a useful way to discover new things, and historical graphic novels have been a gateway drug to documentaries and video essays.

Is there an author (or just a fellow writer!) you want to emulate, or one to whom you’re often compared?

I don't really concern myself with emulation these days, but way back I tried to style a novel heavily on the works of Poppy Z Brite. I was too green to understand how to give a gothic horror a point, and "Wailing" fizzled out with not much more than wallowing in edgy misery. I've still never been able to salvage the plot or characters to this day.

Can you tell me a little about your writing space(s)? (Room, coffee shop, desk, etc.)

In order of frequency: lying on my stomach in bed with a heat pack, at my computer desk, hunched up in the corner of a train, being weirdly intense in the bar of a local theatre. So yeah, I do a lot of writing on my phone.

What’s your most effective way to muster up some muse?

I'm actually in the middle of reckoning with my own limitations caused by a chronic pain condition, so I'm more in the camp of "let the muse come to you". I try to check in often, I'd only to smash out a few more notes or paste in some research.

Did the place(s) you grew up in influence the people and places you write about?

No, except Sucks Down Under which is literally set in early 2000s Australiana. For the most part I'm making stuff up freestyle.

Are there any recurring themes in your writing, and if so, do they surprise you at all?

I didn't think there'd be so much symbolic cannibalism when I started out, but here we are.

My Characters

Would you please tell me about your current favorite character? (Current WIP, past WIP, never used, etc.)

Man. Adam "Flicker" Prescott from Wailing was the OG, man. He was supremely socially awkward and couldn't stick up for himself against his trans friend who was too angry about gender to see how cruel they were being. He could see ghosts. Eventually he got separated from his body entirely and became a spirit trapped in the mind of the vampire who killed him. He deserved better.

Which of your characters do you think you’d be friends with in real life?

Flicker could live in the back of my mind if he wanted. I guess he does.

Which of your characters would you dislike the most if you met them?

Setting aside outright villains, I actually would start to avoid Alistair from Impressions of Aire for long stretches of time if I knew him IRL. He's way too socially outgoing, man. That's not my speed. Small doses only.

Tell me about the process of coming up with of one, all, or any of your characters.

The speed at which I can come up with these dudes is too fast to clearly separate the process onto steps. It helps to have a prompt to get the bones down, like a genre or an event that will happen in the story. Then: nyeeeooowwww.

Do you notice any recurring themes/traits among your characters?

Autism.

What’s your reason for writing?

Also autism. Yes, yes, the joy of creation. But also: I am putting the characters through The Situations with wildly different parameters.

Is there a specific comment or type of comment you find particularly motivating coming from your readers?

Babe, I write original fiction. Any kind of comment at all is a joyous rarity.

How do you want to be thought of by those who read your work? (For example: as a literary genius, or as a writer who “gets” the human condition; as a talented worldbuilder, as a role model, etc.)

A trickster.

What do you feel is your greatest strength as a writer?

Grounding the actions of the story in some kind of reason, or at least a process that can be observed if not clearly understood.

What have you been frequently told your greatest writing strength is by others?

Knack for words.

How do you feel about your own writing? (Answer in whatever way you interpret this question.)

I have loved everything I have ever written.

If you were the last person on earth and knew your writing would never be read by another human, would you still write?

Yes, so I could read it later.

When you write, are you influenced by what others might enjoy reading, or do you write purely what you enjoy? If it’s a mix of the two, which holds the most influence?

Any story where I've tried to inject content that would make it popular has hit wall until I've allowed myself to rework it to be as weird as I truly want it to be.

[sucharide]

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God I don't usually go in for romcoms, but Danny Deckchair just made me so happy. I guess, idk, Danny was so real, I also feel like a country kid stuck in the city. It was a delightful feel-good story, but yeah idk it really was just... delightfully Australian. The dialogue was just so great. (When his workmates called him a boofhead, and his girlfriend called him out for being a sook -- yeah! That's us! That's us!)

But all the shots of the landscape, the trees... like, that's home! That's my home! I should be there! I never lived in that specific area of New South Wales, but that's what my home looks like as well. Those gumtrees, those rolling hills, those country roads. Idk. Danny Deckchair filled me with so much yearning and it wasn't all for that man.

It really made me miss home, really made me miss the fresh country air. Idk. I need to get my license. I miss the bush. But also just... I miss being able to just relax in it. Visiting my family just doesn't end up being like that. You know how family can be.

I don't know. Danny Deckchair really embodies a slice of an idyllic (obviously idealised and fantastical) Australiana. Bit funny to have a Welshman as the leading man, but he pulls it off admirably (though I love when his Welsh accent would sneak through... but overall, he nailed the accent!).

anyway. not sure what point i am making... It just struck me how you see pictures of your country, your sort of... geography, I suppose? It just makes your bones ache, like they don't fit where you are right now. That's where I should be, that's where home is. Somewhere with valleys and gumtrees and rolling grassy hills and country roads with sweeping turns. That's where I need to get back to one day. The city is alright. But I'd give a lot to go sit on a deckchair out back on the side of a hill and watch the stars.

Maybe it's because I grew up in the bush. I think some people are destined to spend their life clawing their way back home.

[artemisbarnowl]

I've been lurking on this couch on marketplace that's from a furniture restoration/interior design business because it's quite cute but had just been reupholstered to the wrong colour.

I went in to the shop this morn anyway just to look and see if a green could work for my house (it could, it's just tooooo Australiana for my tastes with my yellow walls) and the owner tells me she's picking up an identical one (pre restoration) from Sydney this week and I can buy that one and pick the colour of the fabric?! It'll need less work than the green one since the varnish and rattan are still good so it will be cheaper, but still in the realm of new couch price since it's vintage refurb, but I'm fine with all that. She told me where they get fabrics from so I can go have a look at colours this week (not open on weekends) and give her some options, and by then she'll have the frame and we can get a firmer quote on work to be done.

[patrickblancos]

heyy! ✨🌿 (for the ask game)

✨ Do you have any nicknames?

Just a shortened version of my name... so most people call me Tab (I realise I don't tend to say my name on here, but not really for any reason 😅). I don't think I have any interesting nicknames or anything like that.

🌿 Describe your favourite outfit.

I'm not really a *fashionable* person so something simple... skinny jeans would definitely feature. Probably some boots, and then either a t-shirt or probably a nice darker coloured button up with Australiana native print. I love Australiana flora 😍 But I mean that's if I was going out. My favourite thing to wear is PJs because that means home and comfort.

Thank you! 😊

[seawater]

I don’t understand why others get so perturbed by people who have accents that are mixed. LET THE WOMAN SPEACK IN HER ENGLISH, American, FRENCH, Serbian, Australiana accent OKAY. it’s here, it’s serving some sort of multicultural that she picked up on her foreign travels and landed not back home but probably in another country and now resides for another 5 years where her other tongue will transform again.

just let people be multidimensional for humans sake, we all have the same bones.

AU REVIOR

[house-of-laminations]

Tbh we always talk about the more eldritch side of the obey me cast, but yknow what would be nice? Seeing these old grandpas get so shocked at how humans work now.

I don't really think demons have a proper concept of evolution. Maybe its more of a power up? But they certainly don't evolve like how humans would. It'd be funny to see some of them get shocked to learn that we didn't exactly look like this before. Of course some of em may know before, but other demons who just think of humans as food and nothing more would.

Idk its just funny to see a demon having a whole crisis because how tf did we go from that to that?

Anon not only is this hilarious to think about, especially when you consider the differences between human and demon biologies, but it's absolutely insane to imagine these ancient know-it-alls either just forgetting it or like. completely missing humans evolving. kinda like MC: i know as a human i think my species is kinda important but how do you MISS that? Brothers: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ so I wrote that. I hope you dont mind.

no cws, but there's a nod to dialuci, which could also be very easily read as a reckless MC making a joke at Lucifer's expense. 5.5k words again, babes.

Evolutionary Biology 101 with Prof. MC (or: how the demons missed the emergence of Homo sapiens sapiens only for MC to educate them)

Mammon

Mammon was created some time before Cambrian Explosion - though don't ask him what year, no one was keeping track of things like that back then.

The general goings-on of heaven didn't interest him so much, so Lucifer would often give him the more fun, creative projects to occupy his time.

He didn't pay much attention to humans either, not until Beel, Belphie, and Lilith started expressing an interest in them - and by then human development had progressed to the use of tools and currency - completely missing their initial emergence.

"Well this is a waste of time! There's nothin' shiny here at all," complains Mammon.

"You didn't have to come with me," you say, for what feels like the hundredth time.

In hindsight, it probably wasn't the smartest idea ever to bring the Avatar of Greed along with you while you visit the museum. Solomon had wanted you to pick up something from an acquaintance of his, and that acquaintance happened to be one of the research associates tied to the place. Your only saving grace has been the fact this is the Natural History Museum - still full of valuable artifacts, but less immediately obvious or eye catching. You wouldn't know what to do with Mammon in a place like the British Museum.

Or actually. On second thoughts... maybe you should take him there. He'd be right at home.

You leave the demon somewhere in near the entrance with a firm suggestion (though not an order) to stay put. The meeting is short and to the point, and you leave the office with an ancient scroll in hand.

Mammon is not where you left him when you return.

With a sigh, you find yourself a map of museum exhibits, resolving to find him by process of elimination. Maybe he's by some of the valuables displays - early tools, jewelry, and pottery could potentially snag his interest.

Except he's not where you expect him to be at all.

You find Mammon in one of the new exhibits - Roots of Australiana.

"I made that one," he says, pointing. You follow the line his finger makes and you can't help but feel the surge of fond exasperation when your eyes land on the taxidermy creature.

"Are you telling me you made the platypus?"

"Yup, all the handiwork of the Great Mammon!" he says, pride in his voice and the way he puffs out his chest. "Michael hated it but Lucifer loved it."

The affection you feel for this demon is immeasurable. You laugh, grabbing onto his arm and hugging him close, just to see that beautiful red blush take over his features. You don't let yourself be shocked by the fact that apparently Mammon was responsible for the creation of one of the weirdest creatures known to mankind. It makes a startling amount of sense.

You spend the next few hours in just that one exhibit, pointing at different animals and asking about their origins. Mammon doesn't know the answer to all of the questions you ask, but you do get a glimpse into what sort of life he maybe had before the Fall.

"Oh yeah! Jellyfish! Levi wasn't super interested in makin' anything but we all had to contribute something. He got his out of the way real early on too."

"Lucifer says he made the cassowary, but Satan swears up an' down that it was him drivin' at the time."

"Asmo, Beel, an' I worked together on Kangaroos. Or rather - I made kangaroos but Asmo didn't think they were 'cute' enough so he made wallabies. Beel was just a kid back then but he loved 'em so much he wanted to show Belphie and Lilith, so he made Rock-Wallabies. Small enough that he could pick 'em up and carry 'em in his lil' baby hands."

Eventually you get to the end of the exhibit, where there there's a display of recreations of the neolithic pre-human variations of the indigenous peoples. There's even an actual skull just sitting there in the open, beyond the rope boundary. Surprisingly, Mammon has something to say about this too.

"Lucifer, Simeon, an' a few of the other seraphim helped make those. I dunno why it took a bunch of them though considerin' there are none left around today. Too many cooks, I wonder?"

You freeze.

"Mammon," you start, still formulating your thoughts, "do you know what this is?"

He cocks his head, gaze flitting between you and the display. "It's jus' a monkey, isn't it? Not one of the cute ones though."

"No..." you say slowly, only because you yourself are kind of perplexed by this strange gap in his knowledge, "Well. Yes, kind of a monkey. But a monkey that eventually evolved into the human race."

There's a moment of silence as Mammon stares at you.

"You're shittin' me, MC," he finally says.

"I wouldn't lie to you about this," you say, even though you would in any other circumstance. Winding Mammon (or really, any of the brothers) up has become a personal past-time. "That right there is one of the protohumans. Paranthropus boisei if that plaque is to be believed."

Mammon looks so confused and it's hard not to giggle a little at his wide eyes.

But then you see his arm move and -

"Wait, Mammon-"

It's too late. Mammon has already reached inside the exhibit to grab hold of the skull. Alarms start blaring but he ignores it - probably doesn't even register to him. Instead, he's holding up the skull to be level with your own head.

You only just hold back from making an Alas, dear Yorrick joke.

"Nah, I don' see it. Where'd the fangs go? Your teeth so little compared to these chompers." he says, while fiddling with the admittedly ginormous teeth inside the skull.

You pull on his arm to try and get him to drop the skull before anyone sees, but he doesn't budge. "Please, Mammon. I'll tell you if you just put. The skull. Down."

You punctuate each word with more fruitless tugs at his arm, which prompts him to raise it higher to try and get the skull out of your reach. Security has now run into the room, and they're all trying to ask him the same thing - put the skull down and come with them.

Mammon snorts, narrowing his eyes. "Pesky humans," he grumbles, before wrapping his free arm around you.

You're not quite sure what happens next. You think there's a flash of wing, the touch of cool leather, but it's like your brain just doesn't know how to translate what your body is seeing, hearing, and feeling.

When the world starts making sense again, you have to blink a few times to get your eyes adjusted to bright sunlight. You can hear running water, and in front of you a platypus is lounging in the reeds of a small creek.

Mammon is still holding that skull.

"Alright, now that we're alone, you can start explainin' things," he says.

This is just too bizarre. You sigh. So much for getting Solomon's scroll back to him before sundown. Especially now that it seems Mammon has taken you entire continents away.

In for a penny...

"Is listening to me explain evolutionary biology to you really what you want to do now we're alone in the middle of nowhere?"

There's a splashing sound as the skull is thrown into the creek. You can't find it in you to care. Especially not when strong arms wrap around you and everything becomes Mammon.

Leviathan

Leviathan was created some million years before the Triassic era. He grew up at the same time the life in the ocean was starting to grow teeth.

He was the brother to spend the most time on Earth - but not on land. His presence in the deepest depths in the ocean was perhaps one of the reasons for their eventual gargantuan size. And as the creatures grew in response to this threat, Leviathan grew with them.

Really, humans only started being interesting when they learned to tell stories with nuance. His brothers like to joke it was the advent of anime and manga, but really, Levi secretly loved the puppetry of early civilizations too.

But by then, it was too late. He'd spent all that time down in the ocean, only to miss man's precursors crawling from the waves.

You're mentally patting yourself on the back for the absolutely brilliant idea to bring Levi to a human aquarium when he stops suddenly beside you.

It's not the first time that's happened during the day - quite often some scaly creature will attract Levi's attention and he'll be frozen staring at it for a bit. If you didn't know better you'd say he was trying to mentally communicate with the fish. You're happy to listen to his long rants and tangents after about that particular species or maybe a fun story he has about some of his oceanic trips. Normally the shifting blue ambiance of the aquarium lighting makes people look spooky, otherworldy. On Levi, it makes him look alive.

What seems to have stopped him this time is the absolutely enormous jawbone of what the plaque tells you is a Megalodon.

"It was a baby," he sniffs.

You grab onto his hand, pushing down the existential terror that anecdote brings up in you. Whatever this jaw belonged to could swallow you whole without realizing, and that's baby sized?

"There, there. At least it's swimming happily in the fishy afterlife with the rest of its species," you try to console.

"Not all of them," he grumbles sulkily.

That makes you freeze. You're staring up at the fossilized jawbone, contemplating the implications of that comment long enough for Levi to wander off on his own.

"MC," Levi calls to you, though you can't say for sure how much time has passed, "what do they mean by 'all life started in the ocean'?"

Once with Mammon was chance.

Twice with Levi - it can't be coincidence.

Or rather, shouldn't be.

"Exactly what it says," you say rather blithely. You should not have to explain this to beings who were definitely alive back then. "All life, including the reptiles, mammals, and even humans, started off as some variation of sea life."

"Oh, so you have gills? Why didn't you say so MC, I could've taken you taken out to visit Lotan ages ago if I'd known-"

"Levi, I don't have gills," you interrupt. "I have lungs. We've been over this."

He screws up his nose. "Seems like a bit of a downgrade, to me. Think about all the cool things you're missing out on because you don't have gills!"

"Missing?" you ask incredulously, "sure, we're coming back to the giant deep sea life that apparently isn't dead in a sec, but how can you miss all of human evolution?"

He blinks at you slowly.

"It's not like the land creatures were doing anything interesting."

You splutter. "Not doing anything inter- Levi they were evolving into humans. They were fighting and eating each other to distill the dominant species!"

He shrugs.

"Plesiosaurs did that too. If you wanted to see some really vicious fighting, you could always count on the Vampyromorphs."

"I'm sorry the what?"

Levi sighs like you were put on this earth just to test him. In your defense, you kind of were, a little bit. You sling an arm around his shoulders to bring him close. You're in this together, after all.

You don't hide your blush when he confidently puts an arm around your waist in return, hand settling on your hip. He uses it to steer you towards the Squid Tank.

"C'mon MC, your normie side is showing. Vam-pyro-morph. Giant squids with slightly cannibalistic tendencies. Ticklish underneath the tentacles and the teeth," he says, like that explains anything.

Sketched onto the plaque beside the tank is one of the early vampire squid precursors. It's the most terrifying thing you have ever seen.

Speaking of terrifying, that reminds you -

"Levi- hey. Levi, please, what did you mean megalodon aren't extinct-"

Satan & Asmodeus

Asmodeus was created sometime around the late Jurassic era. This was way before the modern variations of the Homo sapiens species, but a few of their precursors were mulling around.

That wasn't to say they were doing anything particularly interesting. Instead, Asmo was more taken with the potential colors of avian feathers. He was trying to campaign for more variation by aggressively making more wild and wonderful plumage.

Satan, perhaps, has the best defense in that he didn't exist as an independent entity until sometime around when humans invented agriculture. He may have had flashes of awareness within Lucifer, but it was very rarely during anything to do with the mortal races.

You, Satan, and Asmo had agreed to study for your next Devildom Law exam together in the House's library. Studying together was normally a thing you and Satan would do anyway, but Asmo had been falling behind somewhat in your last exams, and Lucifer was starting to get snippy about it. You suggested Asmo should join you and Satan, on the basis that the current unit is on human cultural developments, and you can teach by example.

Asmo was especially enthusiastic about that.

Surprisingly, he was a more effective study partner than, say, Mammon. The three of you had been managing to read quietly together for just over an hour. Your hand had drifted unconsciously into Asmo's hair, while Satan let his tail wrap around your ankle.

"I didn't realize humans had multiple forms too!"

Asmo's voice breaks the tranquility of the library, and you look up from your notes. Satan leans over Asmo's shoulder and hums a little in surprise.

You suddenly have a lap full of the Avatar of Lust as Asmo crowds into your space. He's got a book in hand - one on the history and development of human cultures. It's turned to a page on the origins of humanity, and it even contains one of those stereotypical diagrams you'd associate with the progression of evolution - from fish to primate to man.

"What-" you start, but Satan's already latched onto this subject like a cat with its prey.

"It makes sense - your current form is quite dexterous and good for persistance hunting, but it doesn't provide much in terms of raw power," he's saying, and what?

"Though it seems the cranial size and cognitive capacity of your current form is the most advanced - is that to make quick decisions and judgements?"

"You don't have to keep your defenses up with us - surely you know that we'll love you no matter what you look like," Asmo croons, twining your fingers together.

"Don't you trust us, MC?" asks Satan and damn him for being so soft.

"Wait, guys, you don't think..." you start but then trail off. After Mammon and Levi, maybe you shouldn't assume the knowledge of these dumbasses demons.

"Think what, MC?" Satan asks.

You can't help the laugh that escapes you.

"Humans don't have multiple forms, at least that I'm aware of. That's a diagram of human evolution," you explain.

It doesn't seem to clear anything up. They're both still staring at you, waiting.

"Humans didn't always start off with opposable thumbs. In fact, we actually started in the ocean as weak little microbes," you say, wishing you paid more attention in high school bio. "We eventually grew lungs and feet and all the other stuff until we landed on version I am today."

"Oh," says Asmo, and it's actually a bit of a surprise that he's the first of the two to get it.

"Kind of like how Satan started off as a parasitic feeling of righteous anger, then became a ball of miasmic spite before figuring out the whole physical shape thing?"

Or not.

"Hey, I was not a parasite-" Satan scowls but you cut him off before he could get truly worked up.

"No, that's more like human childhood development-" you stop yourself when you see their looks of confusion. Right. Basics. "Anyway. Human evolution happened over millions of years. What you see before you now is the result of thousands of generations combining to produce the most viable, strongest traits for survival."

"Oh!" says Asmo, and not again. "Like dogs!"

You go to refute that too, but then you pause. Technically all the different shapes and sizes dogs come in are the result of generations of selective breeding. Some have survived and some have died off.

"Kind of," you finally settle on.

Satan scowls. "You're not like a dog, MC. You're different to other humans, right?"

You sigh, resolving yourself to an afternoon of explain the theories of evolutionary taxonomy, genetics, and survival of the fittest.

To two of the most powerful beings in existence.

Great. So much for date night.

Beelzebub & Belphegor

Beelzebub and Belphegor (and Lilith) all had a fascination with humans and human cultures.

That doesn't mean they were particularly aware of their origins. After all, they had only been created towards the late Miocene era. They were children as the protohumans were taking their first steps.

To say the twins and Lilith grew up as humanity grew up wouldn't be incorrect. They were somewhat sheltered, though, from the worst of it.

You had promised this would be a quick trip to the university's library. You still have your student access, which grants you document delivery privileges - something both Lucifer and Solomon take advantage of regularly. Normally the library could send you a digital copy of your requested book, chapter, or paper, but in this case you had to go in and pick up a physical copy. Belphie and Beel had offered to accompany you for the trip, and in return you offered to get them a human world lunch - your treat.

However, you weren't banking on encountering one of your more detestable peers. You and he had never gotten along - not even since your undergrad days. He catches sight of you before you could turn and leave, and you were forced into a 'polite' game of catch-up.

The conversation starts and ends with pointed barbs and unwarranted bragging on both sides. Occasionally his eyes will flick towards Beel and Belphie at your back, both impatiently waiting for this to be over like kids waiting for their parent to stop catching up with an old friend in the shopping centre. Unfortunately it all devolves into something just shy of a screaming match when he decides to bring the twins into it, referring to them obliquely - insulting them in that underhanded way that conceited academics fling around their intelligence. There's something frantic about it, though.

He decides to take his leave when you start garnering the attention of other students.

"Right, well, when you're done associating with Neanderthals be sure to give me a call. I need that book once you're done with it."

"I would, but that lead pole stuck up your ass would probably block my call anyway," you sneer as he leaves, determined not to give him the last word.

A strong arm wraps around your waist, stopping you from going after that scholarship stealing prick by keeping you held against Beel's chest.

"I don't get why he made you so mad," grumbles Belphie.

"You mean besides sniping the scholarship and supervisory team I was gunning for during my year away?" you take a deep breath, forcing yourself to calm down. This probably doesn't mean much to them anyway. "He shouldn't have called you that."

"Called us what?" Beel asks, still not letting you go.

You turn in his hold, tilting your head. "He called you Neanderthals. Which is such a childish insu-"

"What's a neanderthal?" asks Belphie, coming up on Beel's other side to lean against you heavily. You're not sure whether it's his inherent laziness or his desire to constantly be close to you, but you appreciate it regardless.

You sigh. By now you've realized that for whatever reason, these ancient entities who predate humanity know nothing about how your species emerged.

You grab both of their hands in your own, tugging at Beel softly to get him to release you. He does, and you walk them towards the display at the entrance of the Anthropology library. There's a large, old diagram in a simple frame that feels incongruous to the ultra-modern aesthetic the rest of the library seems to have.

The picture depicts somewhat of a lineage of human species - with branching taxonomies to show some of the related Homo Sapiens species before your own wiped them out. You point to one of the closest humanoid figures - it's proportions vaguely similar to your own, but the arms and hands are too large, the skull too long.

"That's a neanderthal. They were a possible early prototype of humans," you say, and it's somewhat amusing to see the identical expressions of confusion direct themselves from you to the image.

Beel hums. "I still don't get it. Why did it make you so mad?"

You sigh. "The neanderthals were wiped out by the early Homo sapiens sapiens - my species. Well. Wiped out, bred out, there's still some contention. Supposedly their cognition wasn't advanced as ours, so by using it as an insult, he was calling you stupid, boorish, and outdated."

"I'll show him stupid and boorish," mutters Belphie, his human-looking form flickering slightly around the edges.

And no, as tempting as it is, you probably shouldn't let the demon loose on that human annoyance. You scramble to come up with something to distract Belphie, but all you can really focus on is the flickering.

Hmm.

"Neanderthals weren't the only human-like species people think were wiped out. There's some speculation that humans developed a sense of the uncanny valley because there were other species around that came close to threatening us," you start, tightening your grip on Belphies hand. You re-grab Beel's, now trying to lead them out of the building.

You continue. "Humans have this sense that basically freaks us out when we see something that looks, sounds, and moves like a human, but isn't quite right. It could've also developed as a way to weed out undesirable conditions or illnesses as humanity was evolving."

You can see your words starting to get through to Belphie, and wide eyes blink at you slowly. You can tell Beel is also invested, in the way he's stopped trying to tug you over in the direction of the vending machines.

"But I have another theory."

Belphie is very clearly interested now, but it's Beel who asks "what's your theory?"

"I think that there is another species - one stronger and faster and better at hiding itself - that humans are below in the food chain. All we can do is keep an eye out for them, because we sure as hell aren't going to be able to fight them off."

"I'd fight them for you, MC," says Beel, and he's sweet. But you can also tell that he's realized where you've been leading the conversation.

"What's the point of this all, MC?" asks Belphie and damn it you thought you managed to distract him. His shape is still flickering threateningly.

"I'm talking about demons, Belphie. You guys eat human souls as some kind of tasty snack. Humans can't fight back so we developed an ability to be scared so we could run away. That asshole back there was probably puffing up his feathers because he was terrified of you."

Finally, finally, that seems to appease Belphie. A self-satisfied grin crosses his face, and he leans further into you.

There's a loud growl, breaking the fragile peace. Beel doesn't even bother trying to look embarrassed.

"Yes, we can get food now. C'mere," you say before he can even ask, and begin to drag them anew.

A thrill shoots up your spine when you realize they let you lead them, these apex predators who are designed to consume you.

Lucifer & Diavolo

Unlike his brothers, Lucifer wasn't unobservant throughout prehistoric times. In fact he, Simeon, Michael, and a few other siblings were given the responsibility to push evolution in the right direction.

That final step between Homo Heidelbergensis and Homo Sapiens took its toll on all of them, and so Lucifer gave himself permission to stop giving a fuck about the mortal fleshbags to focus more on his family.

Perhaps this is why he didn't quite have the same curiosity about human culture that his siblings did - it was so much work getting them to that point that all he can think of was the long hours.

Diavolo himself had been born at some point in very early human history but he's always had a fascination with humans and where they came from - compounded when he found out the role Lucifer himself played in their creation.

But that doesn't mean they're both without some gaps in their knowledge (in some very important places)....

"Here, hold this."

This is the only warning you get before the squirming baby is deposited in your arms.

The child belongs to one of your friends from before college - before RAD. Your friend had brought it along for one of your admittedly rare catch-ups because she couldn't find a sitter, sorry! You watch helplessly as she leaves your table to head towards the bathrooms.

You stare at the baby.

It babbles back at you.

"MC?" a familiar voice calls.

You and the baby both look up at the same time with identical dumbfounded expressions.

Approaching your table is two tall figures, both wearing long and expensive looking overcoats. The one in red is grinning sunnily, while his companion in blue is screwing up his nose, making his glasses skew on his face. Diavolo and Lucifer take seats at your table, despite the fact there are plenty of empty places around the cafe.

"Please don't tell me you've picked up a pet, MC," Lucifer says with distaste, "Despite what you may hope, it won't teach my brothers responsibility."

One day you will teach this demon manners. This is not the way to greet someone you run into while they're on holiday.

"It's a baby," you say slowly, dragging out the syllables.

"Ooh a baby what?" Diavolo asks, and surely not.

"Something that's easier to train while young, I would hope?" Lucifer asks.

Well. Yes, but...

You squint at him. He stares back impassively, though you do notice the confusion in the way his eyebrows cock unevenly.

"A human baby!" you say incredulously.

Sure, your time in the Devildom was fraught with cultural misunderstandings, but come on. These are two of the most powerful beings in existence. Lucifer has been around since the beginning of time itself.

Diavolo pushes his face in close to the baby, and then you have to rear back as he turns to study you just as intently. Normally you wouldn't mind, but now is not the time or the place.

"It's so small, and squishy," he says.

"It's the weaker version of a human," Lucifer says, though he doesn't look as confident as his tone would have you believe him to be, "it likely needs more time to coalesce more energy."

"Guys," you say with exasperation, "it's a baby. It grows. Physically! And hopefully: mentally and emotionally. It doesn't shapeshift. It doesn't 'coalesce energy'. It just ages."

They're looking at you doubtfully. You really don't think it's that hard to grasp.

"Besides," you add, "this technically isn't even a human's weakest form."

"They get smaller?" Lucifer asks.

It's the first time you've seen him so freaked out.

"How?" Diavolo asks and no you are not going to explain this to him-

"I'm sorry - who are you?"

Sweet, saving grace. Maybe there really is a god looking down on you.

Your friend has returned. She looks apprehensive, though that may have something to do with the rather large, intimidating, obviously rich men huddling around you and her baby. Oh, right.

Your mind scrambles to come up with a good excuse.

"Oh! This is Luci...us," you start, and immediately panic when you realize you were about to use Lucifer's actual name. The demon in question shoots you a glare, but at this point in your relationship you've become immune.

"And this uh..."

Friend? Boss?

Actually. Fuck it. Time for revenge for almost forcing you to explain the birds and the bees to him. And all the other shit you've been through since waking up in the Devildom.

"This is his husband, Dia. They run the exchange program I told you about - the one I spent a year away for. They're actually thinking of adopting at the moment."

Immediately your friend's face brightens. "Oh?" she asks, "what age were you thinking?"

"Actually-" Lucifer starts, but you're not going to let him derail your Evil Plan™.

"Around the same age as yours," you interrupt.

This lights a fire in your friend's eyes, and immediately she starts her whole tirade anew about the lack of sleep and the burping and all the messes and the lack of sleep and the wonders of small humans forming their own consciousness and opinions and the lack of sleep and- well. Basically everything you had been unwittingly subjected to before you were interrupted by the demons.

Diavolo takes all the unwanted and unwarranted information with an enthusiasm that definitely helps play into the fiction you've set up. Beside him, Lucifer is smiling pleasantly, but when his gaze drifts to you and you meet his eyes -

v̴̥͠ȩ̶̃r̶̟̒t̵͚̍i̵͂ͅg̶̱̏o̶̤͠. you're at the edge of a precipice and you're not going to fall. you're i̷̳͝n̸̦̽s̴͔͐i̶͔͠g̴͉̏n̶̯̏i̵̮͑f̷̻̐ȉ̴̩c̴̛̞a̴̛͇n̴̜͠t̶̩́. it would be so easy to be crushed by this abyss-

you smile back just as congenially. Really. You'd think he'd remember that none of his glares work on you anymore. The baby in your arms squirms and holds its own pudgy little arms up towards the Avatar.

Huh. Interesting. That glare of his doesn't work on the kid either.

You're still forced to sit there politely while your friend rambles on about the wonders of human development and the joys of being a parent for another two hours. It's definitely worth it though - the picture of a small, red, wiggly baby being held at arm's length by the Avatar of Pride is one that will live in your memory for lifetimes to come.

Barbatos

Barbatos doesn't quite know when to attribute his creation to. It's never really mattered.

He wandered the Earth before the Fall, before humans. He watched that first creature crawl itself out of the mud. He watched as it crawled and stood and spoke.

He kept a close eye on this species - especially as they began to show intelligence. They created their own laws and measurements and perceptions of Time, which was cute, if a bit misguided.

In some of the early days, he let some of his true nature slip too close to the surface, and in return he was granted offerings of livestock and. Well. Live humans. Young ones. Too young.

There's warmth somewhere near your cheek as a cup of tea is placed down delicately beside where you had been resting on top of your assignments. You snort and a shiver goes through you as consciousness slowly filters back in.

At least there are worst ways to wake than with Barbatos' soft smile to greet you.

"Thank you," he says.

"For what?" you ask. You're still trying to wake up, and one of your sticky notes frees itself from your face and floats back down to the table you were napping working at. Admittedly, the smell of Barbatos' tea is doing wonders.

"For seeing to the education of my Master and his Lords. It wouldn't do for the future King of Hell and his council to be so ignorant in regards to their human subjects."

No way.

"You set me up," you hiss.

A gloved hand comes down on top of your head, and you put up a small token effort of resistance for a moment but no one can truly hold out against such soft head scratches.

"Perhaps," Barbatos says, and you're immediately reminded of why you associate him with snakes. "But it was a learning experience of your own, was it not?"

Thanks for the ask, Anon! 💛 I hope you don't mind the mess that spawned from it...

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[moremusic]

I heard this weeks guest on a Podcast. His music tells stories of what it is like living in this great country. Here is my interview with the great Matt Scullion.

Can you tell us a little about yourself?

My name is Matt Scullion and I’m a well traveled Australiana-Folk singer/songwriter. As an artist I have two albums and a Golden Guitar award to my name.

As a co-writer I’ve written with everybody from Lee Kernaghan to Cold Chisel and have had 25 number one songs to date.

I grew up on the South Coast of NSW in a little town called Ulladulla and have pretty much been infatuated with music since I can remember.

What/who inspired you to get into music?

My Mother’s record collection and our next door neighbours who were a very arty/hippie family. My first instrument was the Bass guitar which I bought off the fella next door. He gave me a couple lessons and I caught a bad case of the music bug which I still have.

How, if at all did the pandemic change your approach to your music?

It’s definitely forced me to think outside the box as far as where I book my shows. It also gave me time to learn the Banjo.

Have you got any new releases due to come out?

I have one more single to release called “From The Ashes” a song about resilience after the 2019/20 bushfires. It’s the 5th single off my current album Aussie As Vol II.

I also have a new album in the pipeline. I’ll be heading into the studio this February to record with Shane Nicolson. Shane has produced my last two albums and I totally trust him with my songs.

When you record, how does the process develop? Drums first followed by guitar etc?

We always start with me putting down a guide instrument/vocal track. Shane then builds the music around my groove. We tend to go for a more percussive approach than a full drum kit, so it’s quite a fun process finding things to bang on in the studio to come up with new sounds.

What is your career highlight so far?

Performing at the SCG. I got to sing my song “1868” to a sea of faces. It’s the story of the first Australian sporting side to tour internationally which was an all Indigenous cricket team.

Any upcoming gigs you want to promote?

I’m looking forward to all the shows I have lined up this year, but I’ll give a shout out to The Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival, Oct 14-16. It’s a wonderful festival with a top line up.

What do you think of the Australian/Adelaide music scene?

I can’t speak for the whole Australian music scene, but the circuit I tour in is alive and well. The Aussie Country Music scene has always been really well supported by community radio which is a great way to reach the rural areas, which is where I do most of my shows.

What are\were some of your favourite venues to play?

I haven’t really got a favourite, but I definitely have a soft spot for the Tamworth Country Music Festival.

Who are some other upcoming bands we should have a look at?

An Aussie Folk singer/songwriter named Michael Waugh and a wonderful traditional Irish group called Lynched.

What venues or tours are still on your bucket list?

I’d love to perform at the Sydney Opera House, it’s a beautiful intimate setting with amazing acoustics. Also the Big Red Bash out in Birdsville QLD, I’ve heard it’s a fantastic festival to perform at.

What are your long and short term goals?

Just to keep making music that matters and writing songs that connect with everyday Australians.

If you could only keep one album, what would it be?

That’s not fair!! Can I have two please? John Williamson (Warragul) and Paul Kelly (Greatest Hits).

Finally, where can people find you? Socials etc?

www.Instagram.com/mattscullionmusic

www.mattscullionmusic.com

[theclaravoyant]

14&15?

14. do you enjoy your country’s cinema and/or TV?

To be honest, I haven’t gone out of my way to watch much of it especially since I grew out of kids shows and free to air TV was overtaken by reality TV. I do like some of it, but I often find that our comedy is too focused on being drunk and doing stupid stunts, and our serious films are very bleak in the name of ~Australiana~ desert vibes. We kinda try too hard at times. But some of it is good, the ABC makes good stuff, I just haven’t sought it out in a long time.

15. a saying, joke, or hermetic meme that only people from your country will get?

There’s a lot, especially since we tend to abbreviate eeeeverything, but the first one that came to mind was “Look at moiii” or “it’s nice. it’s different it’s unusual” from Kath & Kim which is a well known Australian sitcom and I can’t BELIEVE I didn’t find a gif on here for it

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‘not from the us’ ask meme

[loudlytransparenttrash]

Australiana here, and I’m getting really annoyed that most of the news reports spin the horrifying bushfires as a result of climate change when in reality there have been so many people arrested for arson. Also the political party that is most pro-climate change was against controlled burnings which might have prevented to some degree the level of devastation. I’m just so ugh...

Hi! Thanks for your message! I love Australia :) I’m seeing all these celebrities and activists blame climate change for Australia being hot and dry and all I can think is, of course it’s hot and dry, ya damn fools, a third of the country is desert and two thirds barely sees any rain lol. That’s why something like 90 percent of ya’ll live on the coastal edges and nearly half of the country is uninhabitable! It’s always been that way. Are cars and cows responsible for these conditions too, despite it being that way since, forever?

Of course the climate changes, it always has and always will but while Australia has seen a one degree temperature rise in the last one hundred years, nothing has really changed. There’s been six major bushfires in Australia that’s been worse than the current one, burning up to 3 to 6 times more hectares. There’s also been six bushfires that have claimed twice to 6 times as many lives. All but one of these fires happened between 45-90 years ago. The other was from 11 years ago. So was climate change worse then than it is now? That makes no sense. If rural Australia began turning cold and snowy, that’d be one hell of an alarming change, but hot weather and fires within a country that’s always been hot and has always dealt with fires, it doesn’t exactly justify the fear mongering and campaigns to control what we pay, eat, drink, think, drive and do.

Australia knows this better than anyone, and California dealt with the same issue a few years ago - to prevent major wildfires you don’t ban straws and raise taxes, you burn undergrowth and create firebreaks so any fire that’s started by arsonists or lightening strikes can’t travel very far. While this practice isn’t entirely outlawed, strict legislation makes approval almost impossible in an effort to reduce carbon emissions. Now about 350 million tonnes of carbon has been released from the fires and there’s no firebreaks to stop the spread. Yet these feel-good geniuses are blaming everyone but themselves now that the tragic inevitable has happened. How aren’t they being held more accountable? Because they’re part of the only narrative that’s broadcasted and accepted.

Btw, I also read about how some Australian mining boss, aka literally Hitler to climate activists, donated $70 million, which I thought was an incredible token which will help rebuild the homes and environment and help the victims and their families. But then I read a little further and saw that $50 million of that will be spent on some meeting talking about ways to prevent climate change from causing another bushfire disaster. What? It costs $50 million to bring scientists, experts and legislators together to figure out what controlled burning is? Obviously it won’t be that simple. I’m sure you will instead see much more radical, drastic solutions. Just like they bring up Charlottesville every time they justify a new “anti-hate” censorship policy or to justify violence against “MAGA Nazis,” these fires will be used to justify every extreme climate measure from now. Maybe you guys will take a page out of the University of London’s book and ban all beef products to save yourselves from doom xx

PS for those who didn’t realize, the shocking photos shared by celebrities showing Australia inundated with glowing lava and fire spots weren’t real.

[deanwax]

Sucks Down Under

“What the fuck?!” This is some Matrix bullshit. How dare he? “How dare you! You hit yourself in the face with that ice block right now, Victor Fuckanov!”

He stops and peers at me like he’s still trying to figure out what I said. Aha! Apparently all you need to to trap a Russian supermodel is stun ‘em with a tricky thought. “My name is Victor Stepanov.” He informs me sincerely. “I am not going to do that.”

When I sigh, a little part of my soul leaves my body but I summon it back with a groan. He’s just never gonna get it. “You’re useless. Give me that,” I take the Sunnyboy back off him. A quick slurp gets all the melted stuff. No use wasting a perfectly good ninety-five cents.

Status: Complete Length: 3.2K words What it is: A short, slang-heavy comedy oneshot where I was ragging on the sparkly vampire lore from Twilight, drenched in late 90s/early 2000s Australiana as experienced by one very irate gay teen.

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Definition and definition of film / film While the players who play a role in the film are referred to as actors (men) or actresses (women). There is also the term extras that are used as minor characters with few roles in the film. This differs from the main actors, who have larger and more roles. As an actor and actress, good acting talent must be required that corresponds to the subject of the film in which he plays the leading role. In certain scenes, the role of the actor can be replaced by a stunt man or a stunt man. The existence of a stuntman is important to replace the actors who play difficult and extreme scenes that are usually found in action-action films. Movies can also be used to deliver certain messages from the filmmaker. Some industries also use film to convey and represent their symbols and culture. Filmmaking is also a form of expression, thoughts, ideas, concepts, feelings and moods of a person that are visualized in the film. The film itself is mostly fictional, though some are based on actual stories or on a true story. There are also documentaries with original and real images or biographical films that tell the story of a character. There are many other popular genre films, from action films, horror films, comedy films, romantic films, fantasy films, thriller films, drama films, science fiction films, crime films, documentaries and others. This is some information about the definition of film or film. The information has been cited from various sources and references. Hope it can be useful.

❍❍❍ TV FILM ❍❍❍

The first television shows were experimental, sporadic programs that from the 1930s could only be seen at a very short distance from the mast. TV events such as the 1936 Summer Olympics in Germany, the crowning of King George VI. In Britain in 19340 and the famous launch of David Sarnoff at the 1939 New York World’s Fair in the United States, the medium grew, but World War II brought development to a halt after the war. The 19440 World MOVIE inspired many Americans to buy their first television, and in 1948 the popular Texaco Star Theater radio moved to become the first weekly television variety show that hosted Milton Berle and earned the name “Mr Television” demonstrated The medium was a stable, modern form of entertainment that could attract advertisers. The first national live television broadcast in the United States took place on September 4, 1951, when President Harry Truman’s speech at the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco on AT & T’s transcontinental cable and microwave relay system was broadcasting to broadcasters in local markets has been. The first national color show (the 1954 Rose Parade tournament) in the United States took place on January 1, 1954. For the next ten years, most network broadcasts and almost all local broadcasts continued to be broadcast in black and white. A color transition was announced for autumn 1965, in which more than half of all network prime time programs were broadcast in color. The first all-color peak season came just a year later. In 19402, the last holdout of daytime network shows was converted to the first full color network season.

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See also: List of genres § Film and television formats and genres TV shows are more diverse than most other media due to the variety of formats and genres that can be presented. A show can be fictional (as in comedies and dramas) or non-fictional (as in documentary, news, and reality television). It can be current (as in the case of a local news program and some television films) or historical (as in the case of many documentaries and fictional films). They can be educational or educational in the first place, or entertaining, as is the case with situation comedies and game shows. [Citation required] A drama program usually consists of a series of actors who play characters in a historical or contemporary setting. The program follows their lives and adventures. Before the 1980s, shows (with the exception of soap opera series) generally remained static without storylines, and the main characters and premise barely changed. [Citation required] If the characters’ lives changed a bit during the episode, it was usually reversed in the end. For this reason, the episodes can be broadcast in any order. [Citation required] Since the 1980s, many FILMS have had a progressive change in the plot, characters, or both. For example, Hill Street Blues and St. Elsewhere were two of the first American prime time drama television films to have this kind of dramatic structure [4] [better source required], while the later MOVIE Babylon 5 further illustrated such a structure had a predetermined story about the planned five season run. [Citation required] In 2019, it was reported that television became a larger part of the revenue of large media companies than the film. Some also noticed the quality improvement of some television programs. In 2019, Oscar-winning film director Steven Soderbergh declared the ambiguity and complexity of character and narrative: “I think these qualities are now being seen on television and people who want to see stories with such qualities are watching TV.

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Nicknames: Kess, Dande, Ryou-fucker

Zodiac sign: ♎ Libra ♎

Height: tall for a short person, short for a tall person. Around 5'7 but don't quote me on that

Hogwarts House: 🐍 Slytherin 🐍

The last thing I googled: anatomical heart drawing

Favourite musicians: Nicole Dollanganger, boy & bear, flower face, Lana Del Rey, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, assorted others

Song stuck in my head: crayola doesn't make a colour for your eyes

Following: I try to break away from the path, but I'm a but I'm a safe creature at heart. Catch me following trails into the bush and not coming out til dusk, or following my restless feet around well trodden suburban sidewalks

Followers: I'll give to them something that they need in exchange for a minor sacrifice. Nothing drastic like blood or memory, just a little something. A nice thought, or thinking of me as they bite into their favourite dessert

Do I get asks: generally not

Amount of sleep: not enough to satisfy me, but chronologically, enough

Lucky number: I don't really have one, but 0 is a very pretty number

What I'm wearing: a garter and stockings by what Katie did, stiletto heels, and a t-shirt dress. Selfie incoming later

Dream job: something that isn't too many hours, has sufficient social aspects but isn't actually about socialising, pays well, enough for me to have a home, pets, and several hobbies with some money left over

Dream trip: around Australia with my friends

Instruments: wishful thinking

Languages: English, bad to mediocre Yiddish and Hebrew

Favourite songs (1 each from the fav artists I listed): Sweet Girl by Nicole Dollanganger, back down the black by boy & bear, hangman hands by flower face, old money by Lana Del Rey, nutcracker suite by duke Ellington, lamplighter's serenade by Frank Sinatra

Random fact about me: my favourite books are the redemption of althalus, lovingly described by my friend as "a book that goes for 2000 pages and nothing happens" (it has a talking goddess cat and a thief tho, so I'm happy), and the hellions books by ginn hale. Also salt and bone by zenobia frost for poetry. I like poetry

Aesthetic: dishonored the video game and australiana. That is, wet bluestone, blood, witchcraft, tired but still moving, sunsets, watercolour skies, blue void, old gods, poetry, porcelain dolls, lingerie, playing cards, dancing

Tagging my new dc pals (if u want to do this! No obligations 💝) @crookedteaspoon @stevieraebarnes @setsailslash and any one else who wants to have a go

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Vegemite is, for lack of a better word, notoriously Australian. It is one of the few consumable products people the world over associate with our country (other than Fosters & Timtams). This idea ignore that the product was a) almost never an Australian based product until recent decades, and b) it being a relatively basic twist on existing products (primarily Marmite).

It is this latter fact that seems to be partly at the heart of this ad effort. The bastard child product, associated with a rebellious cog in the commonwealth, is biting back at the supposedly outdated forebear, master and rival. Though sure, we didn’t “start the fight”. The Brits/Marmite started this with some stunt earlier on in this latest chapter of an outdated sporting rivalry.

But is that enough to make this ad/stunt worth it? It won’t really increase British sales, and the flow on for Aussie consumers will be barely any better. If nothing else, this could be classed as a long con - heightening the Australiana element of the Vegemite name to ensure that local die hards never give up on it. And this, as far flung as it may be, is the only real plus of this (if any).

Don’t assume in the slightest that it ended with a single shot from each side. This is a crass cold war for capitalist gains. The winning brand less the one with the last laug, and more the one with the greater degree of positive onlin sentiment and consumer converts. This is for the long term gain, with a little short term bottom line bolstering.

One has to wonder is if this will become a new tradition for both brands. Just imagine the jabs and the creative escalation, year after year.

Here, have a quick brand refresher before you go. It may just give a laugh or two(and some context).

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oi winter! quais rphs gringos você recomenda?

Oi nene! Então, tem muitos rphs gringos que eu amo e por vários motivos diferentes, então vou citar alguns que eu acho interessantes!

Mesmo que ela não se considere exatamente uma helper, eu preciso indicar a Dilan (bcnoist) pra você seguir. Ela faz uns packs maravilhosos de gif icons e eles sempre são enormes (nunca vou superar o fato dela ter conseguido fazer 2000 gif icons da Olivia Holt, socorro), além de que ela é um amorzinho e é daquelas pessoas que tu tem vontade de colocar num potinho HDJUSDHJSUFH O dear-indies também é um blog maravilhoso e cheio de resources, elas tão sempre respondendo um monte de dúvidas e é um blog ótimo! Eu gosto bastante do blog reedrph também!  Eu rebloguei uma masterlists de segredos muito legal que elx postou ontem (?), acho que vale seguir! A Jas (sonamhelps) posta MUITA coisa e eu gosto muito do blog dela. Ele é mais focado em resources de fcs asiáticos e de fcs com resources de época. O kathelpstherpc também é um blog mara, eu adoro!!! E tem tanta gente que eu já me perdi HSDJUSJFUH dá uma olhadinha na tag #rph , ela é ativa demais e tem uma galera que posta coisa lá diariamente!

edit: a marquczines faz uns packs incríveis!!!!!!!!!! e mesmo que ela use a bruna de mascote do blog, ela não é brasileira (se eu não me engano, ela é australiana???) e o tasksweekly não é um rph, mas é uma fonte interminável de fcs, então preciso recomendar também KKK e tem a mvdipetsch e a tinasresources 

 obs: if you saw your blog’s name in here, don’t worry bc this anon was just asking some recommendations of blogs to follow sz

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anons

from the last MONTH’s worth of messages sljlksdj im so sorry

Heya! Any hc on who akaashi would be in oikawa's 11? Maybe not part of the actual 11...... but anything else?

i must confess, i have never had a single opinion on akaashi in my entire life, im so sorry. i asked on twitter though and myra suggested he would be on cleanup/damage control!

idk if u knew but there's a fanfic by silvercistern called sayuri which is basically an oikawa's 11 au....... unfinished/abandoned but definitely worth the read if u wanna check it out (i love this fic)

yup, i knew about it! it’s obviously not what the fanart was based on, but it was an enjoyable read! here it is for anyone else curious – it’s a haikyuu heist AU that sort of maps a bit more closely to the original ocean’s 11 plot.

Along with your cat and dog stickers, do you think you'd ever do any other animals like and horse or rabbit one?

i don’t have active plans right now but i would definitely consider it! i love both of those animals so >:0 and i also had ideas for an australiana one and a jellyfish one… BUT WITH WHAT TIME

Ahhhh!! HI!!! i was just wondering cause I saw your retweet of someone's photo and saw the Oofuri charms!! I was just wondering do you/would you still sell those?

here’s all my oofuri merch! im working on restocking the double-sided one! :’)

You might have answered this before so I’m so sorry if you have, but are/ will the eeveelutions prints that you have possibly get charms? I have a sylveon ita bag and the sylveon is absolutely gorgeous  If they aren’t, could I possibly purchase one of the stationary from your shop and turn it into a floating charm? I wouldn’t want to do it without your approval, and I understand if it wouldn’t be ok.

ahh i don’t have any plans to turn them into charms, im sorry! but once you buy a print from me, i’m happy for you to do anything you want with it (except resell for a profit obviously), so if you want to turn it into a laminated charm or something like that, please go ahead! ;0;

even if you're a furry i will still love you with all my heart

this is actually super sweet but my first instinct was still HEY I DON’T NEED YOUR CONDITIONAL LOVE sry

what brush specifically did you use for the coloring/lines of your doggo drawing? its so cute!!

the iwaoi dog drawing was stumpy pencil (google for it) + kyle’s gouache brushes (unfortunately no longer available unless you have a PS cc sub)

It would be an honor if you did more Fence Comic art :-)

to be honest i haven’t really loved the way the story shook out so i can’t guarantee i’ll draw for it again, sorry! :c

i'm not the tananoya anon but tananoya is valid and that's the tea

hell YEAH it is

Do you like Will Smith (the actor)?

i’ve enjoyed his work!

i think you’d really love The Rifter Series by Gunn Hale. It isn’t as dark as The Captive Prince series, but it is still pretty dark and it has an AMAZING plot. I stayed up all night to read the second book. And the characters are so diverse and wonderful and well written. You obviously don’t have to read it, ahaha, but I just thought I’d recommend it to spread the love and maybe give you a some funky new characters to love :)

i actually don’t like dark stories at all!!! i only enjoyed captive prince because of the cheerful forest training montage followed by the royal disguise hijink romcom… my favourite part of the whole series was the adventures of charls. i’ll keep it in mind though!

Hey hey! Just wanted to say I absolutely love your haikyuu art! Especially when you draw iwaoi, they're so cute, soft, and such dorks. Ahh also wanted to ask when you plan to put the charms up for sale? Gotta plan my last minute saving. 😂

haha im glad! IWAOI DESERVE TO BE SOFT AND STUPID. i’m updating my store with a few new charms, stickers and postcards in approximately 2 weeks, which is when some of my things are due to arrive!!

Omg I have a big gay crush on Fem!Bokuto

you’re valid as hell

Man you should make those Hogwarts house mascots into charms or something. They look really good.

thanks bro! they’re gonna be stickers and prints ^^