#lincoln/normal

[officialgleamstar]

Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies (Podcast) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Lincoln Li-Wilson/Normal Oak Characters: Normal Oak, Lincoln Li-Wilson Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Red String of Fate, Alternate Universe - No Doodler, Teen Romance, literally how do i describe this beyond a snippet of disaster teen romance, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Awkward Crush, normal is useless. utterly useless. beloved, Title from a Taylor Swift Song, Childhood Friends Series: Part 1 of Travvy's Soulmate September: 2023 Summary:

soulmate au: there is a string tied around your pinky that only you can see, the end of it leads to your soulmate.

“Hey, Normal,” he greeted, voice a little weak, and Normal padded closer. As he reached his soulmate’s side, it dawned on him that Lincoln had been crying and he dropped down to sit next to him, leaning into his side. “How are you doing?”

“Are you okay?” Normal asked instead of answering and Lincoln just sighed.

“Sure.”

“I don’t think I believe that, but I can pretend to be buying it if you prefer.”

Lincoln huffed a laugh at that and relaxed into Normal’s side, letting his weight slump against him.

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woohoo, day one of soulmate september! if you dont know, this is a challenge i give myself every year to try and write one soulmate au fic every single day of september (i promised i have done this twice before, theyre just anonymous now lol) :] and i started off this year's with a classic: the red string of fate <3

[slightlyhopefulromantic]

hmmm 5 is a good number!

and behind door number fiiive... is lincoln/normal! i actually really like these two so im glad this number was pulled hehe

[mike-wachowski]

reblog and tag ur answer so I can see please :)

[keepin-it-on-the-d-l]

Two generations of dumbassery

[nesperus]

thank you, season 2

[asatronaut]

Updated Dungeons and Daddies fanart (a year ish late to the party lmao I enjoy things in my own time) They’re coming for YOU Willy Stampler ✌️😎

[macksartblock]

gonna miss these guys :,)

[aro-aceattorney]

Once upon a time, 4 teens got detention

[squiddy-ink-s]

Great Finale guys….:,)

[punchitmrsulu]

Everybody saw both their tongues, here, right? Ok, great. I just wanted to make sure.

[ithinkdogshouldvote]

And they said teen marriages were doomed

[mispelled]

Damn. Dndads really wasn't lying when they said they'll be on their way fr fr

[mikeystrawberry]

Today is Dungeons & Daddies’s 5th Anniversary!

I haven’t been listening for nearly that long but the podcast and all its characters means a lot to me. Happy Anniversary!!!

Throwing the cropped sections under the cut because there’s a lot of stuff going on and I know Tumblr likes to throw half the pixel quality out the window. And also so I can ramble a bit about this piece!!!

This piece has been months in the making, possibly an entire year. And by that I mean I’ve had a sketch of the comp scribbled on my whiteboard for ages because I wanted to save this specifically for 5th anni art. Now onto design stuff!

(First off a random thought: I really love how the garlic knot came out, I kind of want it as an enamel pin.)

I knew I wanted to make this a stained glass piece since the beginning, but I was also going to add flowers at one point but quickly dropped the idea. It felt like too much and I also didn’t want to fuss over flower language assignments for everyone. I was also going to add Doodler tentacles, but also dropped that idea pretty early. Kind of on accident, right at the end, I figured out how to make it even more stained glass-like but taking a duplicated lineart underneath the regular layer and turning the brightness all the way down, then setting it to overlay and adding a guassian blur. It’s very subtle but it adds that tiny bit of depth that makes it look more real. As for shading on the lineart/gold, I tried adding more highlight on the characters who died but once I evened everything out it wasn’t as noticeable anymore so I’m throwing that thought here so the attempt at least known lol.

The order of characters only changed a little bit from my original comp, I flipped the Wilsons and the Oaks so the rainbow could work. As for the anchors, specifically in season 2, I lined them up to the teens since the season 1 anchors lined up with each dad:

Tony —> Scary: his death was the beginning of Scary’s betrayal arc and also Willy killed him.

Guitar Pick —> Taylor: it’s not really aligned with Taylor at all, but the anchor was with Glenn so I put it next to his blunt.

Scroll —> Normal: was only because it was the last left to give him, but there’s the whole scene of him and Hermie in the Green Room so it still works!

Garlic Knot —> Link: one of two that he broke, but the more significant of the two with him telling Grant he never wants to see him again.

Small notes on the season 1 anchors: I put the layer of mold in the overnight oats but you can’t really tell with the overlay. And to make the supper bowl more interesting I added the fantasy sodas mix they dumped into it. The lure of actually drawn before so I just traced my own art lol.

As for the other smaller triangles, it took me a bit to figure out what I wanted to put there. I didn’t even think of adding the vehicles until two days ago but I’m so glad I did. I don’t really have my own take on the mascot version of the Doodler (yet?) so I borrowed the design from one of the stickers in their merch shop. Teeny was terrifying as just a front facing head so I made him cute again.

In the outer circles, I put what I felt was the most significant quotes for each family. I really wanted to use “It’s okay to be angry, it’s not okay to be cruel” but it was just a little too long.

That’s all I can think of! If you read all the way through, thank you for indulging me in my excitement to gush over this piece.

[7cfc00]

You're growing tired of me/And all the things I don't talk about

[lyrics from A Pearl by Mitski]

[keepin-it-on-the-d-l]

It’s Mr. Steal Your Kids

[nesperus]

roadtrip!!!