#kinda sorta still uses that alias. Kinda sorta he doesn't

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Round 2 - Simblr's Saddest, Wettest Meow Meow - Mainline

Dr. Purity (@morrigan-sims) VS. Nyon Specter (@plasma-tree)

(polls are presented left -> right unless stated otherwise)

Who's sadder? Who's wetter? Read on for more information, and vote with your heart!

What is a ‘Meow Meow’?

(taken from tumblr user @/torturelabyrinth) “The thing about a true poor little meow meow is they have to be 1) downtrodden 2) morally questionable at best 3) deeply and pathetically miserable”

Dr. Purity

Name: Dr. Purity (alias, real name unknown). Other/past aliases include Dr. Meladria and Sigmar Passeone*. (*: actually a corpse puppet he was controlling and using to befriend Rook.)

Why a SWMM? Where do I start with this man? He's a literal war criminal, personally responsible for the complete destruction of four cities and wiping an entire Fey kingdom off the map. He's a mamma's boy. His family was killed ~300 years ago, and he still has nightmares about it. His daughter was killed when she was a baby (or so he thought). Got called a pussy and a coward and was essentially bullied into becoming a villain. He kinda-sorta runs a cult. Wears lots of jewelry and puts flowers in his hair. He invented a super-serum. Lives in a metal box because he's still a coward. He was captured, tortured, and sold, and forced to work for an evil queen to make monsters. Now he just makes monsters (called Nightwalkers) for fun. He got pathetically attached to Rook, so much so that he ignored his own daughter in favor of him. Has no idea how to talk to people so he read a book with a fictional mentor character and filled every inch of the margins with notes of how to be that person for Rook. He's one of the most powerful people in the world but he held back from killing one of the people who sold him because Rook asked him to. We still don't know his real name.

Origin: He's the BBEG from my longest running Dungeons and Dragons game, which we call Black Desert, after the kingdom where it takes place. He was originally very connected to the party wizard's backstory, but now he has a much, much deeper connection with Rook.

Additional Propaganda: Well, if you want evil people who are sad wet meow-meows, then there is literally no better candidate than this man. He's basically a supervillain, and yet he could not possibly be more pathetic. Just look at his sulky face! He's a literal fucking war criminal, committed actual genocide, and yet... His pathetic manners and lack of social skills have bewitched me.

Nyon Specter

What makes them a Sad, Wet Meow Meow? Doesn't know his dad, grimborn, mom keeps deleting pool ladders, in an almost doomed timeline :( but he's so nice to his lil girlfriend. He's like the mold for sad little guys. Look he's literally caught fire :'(

EA premade makeover

He really saw the cute vampire girl his step dad was shagging and decided he wants to marry her. Come on. Sad wet little guy. He's seen so much misfortune and death. Poor baby. He also throws up a lot and I'm not 100% sure why.

[xxlordalexanderxx]

Character Dossier

BASICS

Full Name: Alexander Warrick

Known Alias(es): King Alexander, Lord Alexander, King Warrick

Age: 625 Years old (stopped aging at 38)

Gender: Cis Male

Birthday: January 3rd, 1362

Heritage: Xandorain

Religion: None

Sexual & Romantic Orientation: Pansexual+Panromantic

Status: King of Xandora and all seven of its territories

Residencies: Castle Xandoria amongst the great archipelago

Highest Education Level: Academic Instruction, Courtly Manners and Diplomacy, Military Training, Law and Governance, Knowledge of dragon lord's passed,

Occupation(s): Sovereign

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

Facial Features: Defined cheek bones, tusks and protruding curved fangs, glowing eyes, bejeweled jaw.

Face-claim: Himself

Voice: Deep, English, demonic at times

Voice-claim: [x]

Eyes: Vermillion and Yellow

Hair: Violet and white

Body Type: Built and Muscular, Big and tall

Distinguishable Marks: Skunk stripe in mane

Weight: Roughly 6,995lbs or 3,172.86 kg

Height: 15ft or 4.57m

MENTAL EVALUATION

Mental Illnesses: Depression, PTSD, IED

Psychological Profile: Paranoia

Positive Traits: Stalwart, loving, affectionate, kind, generous, protective , warm

Negative Traits: Greedy, violent, wrathful, vengeful, voracious, destructive

Alignment Type: Neutral-Neutral evil

Personality Type: Tim Curry I don't know man

Phobias: Being frozen to death, losing a loved one

Mannerisms: Lashing tail, Flicking tail, Running talons through mane, Tongue flicks ( Rare)

Hobbies & Interests: Leather-work, light-blacksmithing, gold-smithing, jewelry-making, wood-working, toy-making, tea-blending, Orchestra, gardening, light-brewing, making flower crowns , playing chess, sparring, hunting, torture, cooking/baking, getting high.

STRATEGIC ANALYSIS

Combat Style: Close combat: tail, fangs, claws, fire, Magic: Pyromancy, tectonic manipulation, metal and fire bender pretty much, possession, unknown untamed powers to be discovered in more powerful forms.

Weapon of Choice: Fire magic imbued claymore

Hand-to-Hand Combat Proficiency: Extremely proficient, heavy handed, powerful

Tactical Strengths: Intimidation, overwhelming strength

Tactical Weaknesses: Extremely low temperatures

Signature Techniques: Sending a wave of broken glass-like crystal shards at an opponent slicing them to pieces

Pain Tolerance: Extremely high, he's tanky.

Defensive Skills: Hardening scales, arcane shields, bulk

AFFILIATIONS & RELATIONSHIPS

Family: Unidentified parents, all that is known is that the father was a knight serving the previous and final human xandorian king, and the mother worked as a cook.

Allies & Associates: James and Hannah-husband and adoptive daughter Queen Ebony and the kingdom of mystery and change Kalyan-adoptive bother Grimbright-Friend and crush [as of now some things are still developing]

Rivalries: Olgan

Enemies: Carlos-James's father was a bitch ass motherfucker /lh /j, kinda sorta Galleth if he doesn't get his shit together

Romantic History: All ships here

Notable Friends: Honey, Ekira, Viktor, Grimbright,Sterling, Hook,Jafar, Terrence Erin [And many more I'm sure]

HABITS & LIFESTYLE

Daily Routine: Alexander's daily routine reflects his dedication and balance: he sleeps from 10:00 PM to 5:00 AM, starting his day with an early patrol followed by breakfast with tea, after which he handles light paperwork. The majority of his time is spent in the throne room, addressing the needs and grievances of his people or parliament. Unless he has to travel, the latter part of the day is his to enjoy as he wishes, maintaining a blend of responsibility and personal time.

Diet & Nutrition: Meats, Sweets, fine dining, homecooked meals, some veg

Exercise Habits: Daily training in the fields or the arena, strength, cardio, endurance

Grooming Habits: Immaculate, bathes every night and other self-maintenance

Substance Use: Dragon's Breath (Dragon weed), Alcohol

Sleep Patterns: Deep to light sleep but will wake up to the faintest noise and beat the proper gentleman shit out of someone.

Personal Aesthetic: Gold, Jewels, crystal, roses, opulence

Favorite Books: Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Book of a Thousand Words

Favorite Music Genres: Classical, Baroque

Favorite Art/Architecture: Fine art, sculptures, castles

Tagged: @feelinsheepish 🌹

Tagging: Anyone who wants to this is a fat bitch of a dash game holy shit this took an HOUR.

[ijustreallylikecaptainamericaok]

So... about that What If...? 1602 episode...

Three Absolute Improvements on the Comic:

Wanda gets to actually do some important stuff unlike the comic where she kinda sorta broke the fourth wall once and saw... something? I don't know. Weird just how little she got to do there, especially given how Magneto and Pietro got a bunch of screen time and were able to push stuff along. Anyway, Wanda Merlin is awesome and I wish we'd gotten even more of her.

Theatre kid!Loki and his gushing about Iago. It's all so fitting and tickles me.

It was fully Steve's choice to go back to his own time. In the comic Fury knocks him out and carries him over the rift, which does make sense in context. However, I'm still not overly fond of it, so I'm glad they changed it and let him be the big, self-sacrificing jerk (affectionate) that he is.

The Biggest Change That Irks Me:

The reason they call Steve the Forerunner. In the comic, his presence in 1602 doesn't just bring about the tears in the universe, it also causes people to develop superhuman abilities therefore starting the Age of Heroes four hundred years early. That latter part is what makes him the Forerunner. Because his role as the First Avenger is apparently so set in stone that no matter where or when he goes, heroes will follow in his wake.

But of course, since they're using this adaptation as a vehicle for Captain Carter, they can't go into all of that, because that would completely undermine her. So instead, he's the Forerunner because he hit the Time Stone during the Battle of Wakanda and somehow unknowingly dragged everyone else back in time with him? Doesn't really make sense given the combo of people in the episode, but sure, I guess. >_> I don't know which is worse, that or the fact that I initially thought they called him the Forerunner simply because that's what he's referred to as in the comic and no further justification. Either way, they still took a story that shows what a linchpin Steve is within the universe and said, "Nah," which is super annoying.

The Most Petty Thing That Still Bothers Me (And Probably Only Me):

I totally get why they wouldn't want to touch Rojhaz with a ten foot pole and gave Steve a different alias and Rogers Hood is cute and all, but I'm sorry, man, if anyone in the MCU should've been the Robin Hood analogue, it should've been Scott. I will die on that hill.

No pun intended.

[magicbeansprout]

I've been busy with schoolwork, so hadn't found the time to post these, but I found my stylus earlier this month! Only took me 6 months to find it 🙂. Here's some Ribbon and Diamond related stuff I drew a bit earlier in the month after finding it.

I ramble a lot here, so details on these characters are under the cut if you wanna hear me infodump about my characters and comic stuff.

First up are the fairies Bow and Tie, who help Ribbon and Diamond respectively. I'm really proud of the names, as goofy as they are. They match one another and each corelate to the respective magical girls they assist, as ribbons can be tied into bows, and neckties are diamond-shaped. Their colors and design specifics aren't set in stone, but they'll be made of fairly simple shapes so they can be drawn easily. Maybe I'll make them fully different colors from Ribbon and Diamond, with Tie being a yellow-green and Bow being lavender or another purple. Not sure though because I really like Bow with that shade of pink hair.

Next up, still on the topic of fairies, is this character whose outfit might seem familiar. (to those that have seen the singular drawing from 2? years ago of a character wearing this, this one's for you) I like how the character's personal colors look, but the colors on the outfit were kinda chosen randomly so I'll definitely be playing around with those some more. I've been wanting to rework the story of the witches, and the King is the one who's needed the most work. This is a possible concept I'm going to play around with. I don't think the proportions of the fullbody drawing will be the King's actual appearance as a fairy, looks kinda splatoon-esque lol, but since this outfit was intended for a human-sized character, I need to draw an awkward middle stage as I work to simplify the outfit for a smaller character, like a reversed Pokémon. I also think i'll be changing King's pronouns from she/her to he/him (or another combo with he/him). King still considers himself a gal gender identity-wise, but that's what he goes by and others call him. I know in Chinese and Japanese there are some masculine, pretentious? (not exactly pretentious but, like "I'm really cool/great"), personal pronouns or ways of referring to oneself. I'd think if you translated his dialogue into one of those languages or any languages that have something similar, he'd be using those in his speech. I only sorta know two languages besides English, but I definitely want to improve on them, since there are a lot of language specific jokes or gags you can play with in writing. (Plus, obviously just using the languages to talk to people lol) As you can see near the bottom, the King can also take on a human form, albeit with some slightly pointed ears. He's a lot stronger than fairies like Bow and Tie, and can maintain a human form for a very long time should he desire. I'm considering making there be different types/kinds of fairies who have different capabilities, i'll be playing around with those concepts some later. There's definitely a lot more to work with for the King. He doesn't have a proper name yet, yes even after 5 years, this is a normal pace for writing characters actually. Feel free to leave me any name suggestions for him. For reference, the other witches are:

Jo (Josephine) - the Joker. Her suit is clover (clubs, whatever) ♣️

- Her name starts with similar sounds to her witch alias, simple as.

Paige - the Jack. Her suit is hearts, which she shares with her sister. 🖤🤍 <- her hearts are drawn as half and half, kinda like a broken heart. She's the youngest of the witches and is still going through her emo phase.

- her name comes from an alternate name for the Jack in (i believe) some tarot decks, the Page.

Valentine - the Queen. Her suit is hearts, which she shares with her sister. ❤️

- Valentine, hearts, you get it.

[diagoose]

✍️ for any of your ocs!

character name meaning and symbolism

tysm!! i very much appreciated you dropping an ask, sorry it's taken me so long to answer, i get nervous lol.

i hope it's okay with you that I roll down with the answers for my two guys, fair warning, it got long lololol so it will be under the cut!

⛈️ Leigh's name - she is my lady of many names and nicknames

a bit of background, Leigh is a character that was adapted/changed to fit our dnd campaign(I view them as separate characters at this point, but for the lore her original name was Larisa). had a tricky time settling on a new name for this iteration but I eventually landed on Leigh. 

Leigh(pronounced like Lay) was named by her grandfather who raised her and her sister during her early life. it is sorta our game world’s equivalent of an anglicized version of her birth name Leikiinae, which roughly translates from draconic as: surprise.

Leigh is the surprise additional bebe(identical twin) from a (unwanted)surprise pregnancy, a surprise of a surprise if you will. technically, you can't really label a twin as the “surprise” because there is no way of knowing which person actually was the split off, but leigh's family sure did! which i feel is telling of the dynamic that was there.

Leigh has the nickname Beetle from Saerdis. She got lil iridescent blue scales like a lil beetle(and she scurries like a bug lololol). Saerdis practically raised Leigh, and there’s a lot of fondness there between the two.

Birdie is a pet name given to her by Griffin her fiance. He started calling her that when they were kids, after breaking her nose in a training incident. her nose in recovery was clogged for the next while, and in his 11-year-old opinion, she kinda squawked like a bird. as the years went by the context morphed into a much more endearing nickname. When they are signing to each other, Griffin will also use an iteration of the sign for a bird in flight as her name.

you may have also seen my tag for leigh as oc leigh/enna. Enna is the alias Leigh went by at the start of the campaign, as she was a deserter from the military and on the run. as the party called her Enna the whole first bit they knew her, she still uses it, and doesn't really view it as less her given name. Enna also means bird with gives me feelings.

💜 Griffin's name:

Griffin, like Leigh, is a character that is an iteration of my old oc. While I do also view him as a separate character, I always felt off about changing the name.

Griffin's name was chosen for a lot of reasons and symbolism and ✨️themes✨️ regarding his original iteration, for the sake of brevity and also not getting the two characters conflated, I won't really go into the details here. 

BUT, wonderfully, there was a really interesting crossover of similar themes even if the contexts of the characters were different. The name Griffin has a bit of a meta irony in the narrative, its irl historical association is tied up with myths, knights and chivalry, and it's much darker use as a symbol of the European crusades back in the middle ages.

This meta symbolism also extends in the fictional world they exist in as they are a symbol of the Emperor. 

Griffin was a child soldier who was indoctrinated with imperial beliefs, and used as a weapon to keep the forces of power in power. he was raised in a dogmatic religion that made him deeply ashamed of being a tiefling, made to believe that his redemption and salvation lay within the constructs of that empire and its military. he also idolizes mythic figures and stories of folk heroes, viewing them and their sacrifices as the pinnacle of masculinity that he should emulate. 

He believed that if he could become a “hero” in a sense, he would be “saved”. the themes VIBE here for the name's associations.

but also, his own morality and sense of right and wrong frequently contradicted these ideals, he is always being pulled two, between the ideals that he idolizes and were also forced onto him, and his quiet but very strong inner sense of morality and heroism which is often overlooked and rarely rewarded. 

His strong inner sense of true morality, made more willing to question the status quo, and grew disillusioned to the empire much sooner than leigh did. HE was the reason she eventually was also able to break away from their indoctrination and admit that they were sold into something horrific.

So his name being Griffin is both symbolic of the projections he had of what he should be vs the actual heroism he displays that will never be rewarded. two sides of a griffin stamped coin if you will.

also griffins are associated a bit with hedonism, and god does this guy deserve to heal from his catholic guilt and indulge in life a bit.

if you read this whole thing, omg hi, thank you, i hope you enjoyed the oc lore.

[chxna-cheeseycake]

So like at 12 years old I used to be a major and I mean MAJOR Zane fangirl. Zane Ro'Meave was my everything as a kid frfr like I would deadass defend his every action when I was 12. Like even in his MCD form you best bet that 12 year old me was using their every waking breath to stand up for Zane. I would see someone make a valid point about Zane being a dickhole for killing Jeffory and I guarantee you my 12 year old self would still try to find a way to defend Zane. That's just how much I was fucking in love with him bro. This man's straight up shaped my whole personality as a kid because his existence is why my main persona/online alias is Zana. Deadass before I gave her a heavy revamp, my persona was straight up just a female version of Zane 💀 And I always find it kind of funny because I created her long before we got canon genderbents so like... Jess you copying me gurl??/j Anyways, I was such a Zane fangirl that I even cut my bangs at 12 to try to look similar to him. I had wannabe emo bangs in 6th grade because of this fucker. He ruined my life I tell you. I never technically got rid of them either, I just let them grow to be the same length as the rest of my hair. No one in the present day will ever know about it but I will always remember. It's a memory of my middle school days that will never leave me.

And then there's the dramatic irony that after rewatching MCD and Mystreet now, Zane is no longer my number one fave anymore. It's fucking Dante now. Of course I will always love Zane, that bastard clearly holds a special place in my heart. But ultimately, Dante did in fact steal Zane's place as my number one favorite Aphverse character. He pushed Zane off the goddamn podium and snatched up the first place medal for himself. And I have no problem with that. But I just know my 12 year old self would be in pure shock if they saw that I ditched Zane for Dante lmao. Yet at the same time, I can't help but look at this in a poetic sense.

As a child I know I had such an attachment to Zane because I related a lot to him with being that person that was kinda seen as weird because I was quiet and wasn't a social person. I also had a few friends like Zane but just like him, I met some of them through a single friend that interacted with me first cuz I was far too socially awkward to speak to literally anyone. But now that I'm older, I don't really relate to Zane anymore. I'm not a full on social butterfly but back when I was 12, I couldn't even talk to people my own age that weren't friends because of my shyness and socially awkward personality. But now I'm not like that anymore. I would still say I'm a quiet person ofc but nowadays I don't freeze up and immediately get awkward when people I don't really know try talking to me. Sometimes it can still happen but I just don't really do that anymore. I don't think I actively made this choice though it just sorta happened. Growing up will just do that to you I guess lmao. And that's probably why I don't relate to Zane as much anymore and have now gravitated towards Dante. I grew up and now I find myself being more attached and sorta relating to Dante way more now than Zane. Zane's still cool to me but he's just not my fave anymore because I'm not the same person I was when I was 12.

That got way more deep than I was actually expecting lol. But I still stand by my point regardless. Zane was a huge comfort to 12 year old me but not anymore. I still love his character but he just doesn't bring me that same comfort like he did when I was 12 because I don't need that type of comfort anymore. Dante however is my new comfort character probably because I relate to him more now than I did as a kid. I barely paid attention to Dante when I was 12 but look at me now. He's all I ever seem to post about on this blog lmao. Honestly, seeing myself go from having Zane as comfort character in the past to now having Dante as my comfort character kinda brings me a peace of mind because I think it truly represents all the healing I've done over these past years. Even if it is a little silly to think about it in a deep and poetic fashion like this but I don't really care, thinking about this topic just brings me this sort of warmness I don't really know how to explain. I feel like maybe some people will understand what I'm trying to get it. Hopefully. Anyways, hope y'all enjoy my stupid thoughts and rambling because honestly I don't even know what I'm typing anymore skssjkdsdjknon

[buttons-beads-lace]

For a minute I thought that I never actually wrote about why I hated the ending so much, but I found it. I didn't really properly explain, though, so let me add some more context. Here is the blurb:

Set in a near-future world where the British Empire was preserved, not by the cost of blood and theft but by effort of repatriation and promises kept, That Inevitable Victorian Thing is a novel of love, duty, and the small moments that can change people and the world.

Victoria-Margaret is the crown princess of the empire, a direct descendant of Victoria I, the queen who changed the course of history two centuries earlier. The imperial practice of genetically arranged matchmaking will soon guide Margaret into a politically advantageous marriage like her mother before her, but before she does her duty, she'll have one summer incognito in a far corner of empire. In Toronto, she meets Helena Marcus, daughter of one of the empire's greatest placement geneticists, and August Callaghan, the heir apparent to a powerful shipping firm currently besieged by American pirates. In a summer of high-society debutante balls, politically charged tea parties, and romantic country dances, Margaret, Helena, and August discover they share an unusual bond and maybe a one in a million chance to have what they want and to change the world in the process —just like the first Queen Victoria.

And here are spoilers:

So, fast facts about these characters:

Crown Princess Margaret has recently realized that she is a lesbian and the idea of having to court and marry a man is really not sitting well with her, even though she wants to continue her family's legacy and all that good stuff.

Helena has just found out that she is intersex. She is AFAB and has lived her life as a woman but she finds out she has XY chromosomes. When she gets her Official Government Dating App account, which is a thing that exists, on impulse she decides to set up her profile to say she's a man, which she can do because her genetic test says XY. Helena meets Margaret in person as herself, but they also chat online through this alias. They fall in love.

Helena and August are childhood friends, very close, and Helena has always sorta assumed they will get married. They care about each other deeply and would probably get along great, but it's not a passionate romantic crush like her feelings for Margaret.

August is a nice boy whose big secret is that an organized crime gang is extorting money from him by threatening to intercept his family business' ships and kill the crews. These are people that he knows and whose safety he feels responsible for. He pays up instead of going to the police because he's afraid for their lives, and we're meant to believe that this is a serious sin on his part, but anyway.

I have to admit that when I read that blurb, I was expecting a polyam relationship. That does not happen.

You might think instead Helena and Margaret will get married. Maybe rules will be rules-lawyered on account of Helena's Official Gender being kind of up in the air. Maybe Margaret will just flat-out say she's a lesbian and force people to accept it. This also does not happen.

The denouement of this kinda-sorta-love-triangle is that None of them get to be together! Margaret still has to marry a Suitable Man and have children; she's told that she maybe might be allowed to use IVF to conceive instead of having sex that disgusts her if they keep it secret from the public. Maybe.

Helena gets to be Margaret's lady in waiting or the modern equivalent, so it's not like they never see each other again, but my personal onion is that a secret shameful relationship you have to lie about constantly is maybe worse than just breaking up? Not what I would call a happily ever after. Maybe I'm biased.

August retires from society in disgrace over the being-a-victim-of-extortion which doesn't make a ton of sense to me but it's the least weird thing here so whatever.

I am absolutely at a loss as to what the person who wrote that blurb thought that bolded sentence was referring to. Unless the point is that it's a one in a million chance and those are bad odds and they fail. None of them get what they want and they do not change anything. The best outcome a lesbian princess can get in Alternate History 2050 is exactly the same as the best you could imagine happening in Real History 1850. I hate that so fucking much. How is the world being changed here? What is progressive that is happening? Nothing.

I read this book in *checks notes* 2019 and I'm still angry. I have to go to bed now or I would still be yelling about how fucking sick it makes me that anyone could even suggest "be her lady in waiting while she marries a man" is a positive outcome.

Someone I follow is liveblogging another Weird Royal Romance Novel & it's reminding me of how much I hated That Inevitable Victorian Thing. And unfortunately I am still mad about it. I have never been more bitterly lied to by a blurb.