#long ask anon

[the-owl-house-takes]

https://www.tumblr.com/the-owl-house-takes/739521357716602880/i-wish-i-was-built-like-odalia?source=share

I *am* built like Odalia, finding pants that fit, look good, and are comfortable is hell on earth and usually expensive, no wonder she's a super capitalist, she couldn't afford pants otherwise

-Long Ask Anon

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[balkanradfem]

(The long anon) thank you for your perspective, I really needed it. I feel a los of faith for humanity, which is probably why I see this more.

I tend to look for and notice these things first.

It's good to notice! And to kick those people out of your circle, we never need to tolerate hatred or victim blaming towards women.

I read the other ask as well, I too would get intensely shocked and upset if I saw things like that on my dash, but the point is to find and follow people who would never put such garbage on your dash in the first place. People you're describing are not radfems, they're trolls. Blocking them will do more for your peace of mind than arguing, since they enjoy getting others riled up and upset.

There are women who put women first here, who argue back anyone who victim blames and make sure that zero women hatred is featured in our activism. It takes a while to find them and figure it out!

[marzipanandminutiae]

could the beach painting not be intended as a somewhat ~racy~ depiction (see: the topless woman), hence the short/tight clothes?

oh it 1000% is

that is his Fantasy Version of Combinations, I'm convinced

it's like that one artist nobody now realizes loved to depict women half-dressed, because corset-covers look like tank tops to us and petticoats look like normal (even old-fashioned and concealing!) skirts. what was that guy's name? with all the blue silk?

...TOULMOUCHE

this woman is showing her underwear. a glimpse of petticoat might be fine, but Skirt Hiking To Reveal A Huge Amount? nope. that is a sexy painting.

Lounging About With My Bodice Inexplicably Open is a popular Toulmouche theme. the white "tank top" is also underwear. note the half-up hair- that is also sexy!

damnit, Toulmouche why is this lady sexy? there's a kid in the painting! have some decency! but no, Mama is praying with her child while inexplicably having removed specifically her bodice but not her skirt. nor has she just changed into nightclothes before putting the kiddo to bed like a normal person. also that is clearly her chemise and her skirt would not close over it without her corset on; the fat distribution would be all different.

this one is just gay. Mlle. Red is clearly into Mlle. Nightwear/Lingerie and her sexy 1880s pixie cut (I think? either that or her hair is blending REALLY well with the shadows). I'm here for it

"this letter is so distressing that I had to stop midway through getting dressed and put on my Bolero of Sadness. and lounge seductively against the screen. sad-ductively, I mean"

Get dressed to the point of putting bodice on

do not put bodice on

don Tiny Vest

pin roses to corset cover that would 100% negate purpose of corset cover if actually attached to it

???

Toulmouche(TM)

Once again, that's not even her corset-cover. It's the top part of her combinations. how is her skirt fitting without the corset it was fitted on top of? Seamstresses Hate Local Painter Of Specific Fetish For This One Weird Fitting Trick!

(also, "you wanted to paint a woman in this one very particular unlikely undress state you find hot, but you painted her making out with a mirror and called it Vanity etc." there's actually a version of this called Vanity, and she's fully dressed. this one is The Mirror.)

I've got nothing. Extremely obvious late Victorian undergarment on top normal late Victorian skirt on bottom, fucking Renaissance Revival pearl-encrusted sleeves. Why not. Why, indeed, the fuck not.

WHAT IS WITH THE LITTLE VEST

[marimbles]

Halloween comic two weeks late bc i will never let tamadrien die

[9kittie]

You are eating exhusband Rafe up! I imagine it would be hilarious when wife reader finds out Rafe has knocked her up again - riding off the back of your last post where they had jealous sex. Just Rafe all smug about how it’s his child and basically parading that fact around to the both outer banks and specifically the guy who tried to take his place

(Not him trying to sneak that ring back on her finger)

when exhusband!rafe had gotten told that you were pregnant and it was his, he couldn't keep his mouth shut.

you had been feeling nauseous all week. nothing out of the ordinary, just figured you hadn't been drinking enough water or eating well enough. either way, it was brushed off.

usual routine of seeing rafe weekly to pick up your daughter, and even some days when you weren't picking up your daughter, continued.

it was when you two were having sex that you realized something was really really wrong. where he'd been giving it to you good and it hurt so bad for some reason. at first, it was brushed off. you figured maybe you'd gotten tighter? maybe it was just a simple moment of your insides being bruised. then again, sex isn't all as perfect as it seems.

but no, no it was more than that. the pain continued, and continued and it was when you were trying to push him off of you, wailing out a soft sob.

"stop it rafe! doesn't feel good." closing your thighs and eyes all glossy, he's instantly pulling out. hands slipping under your dewy and sweaty back from missionary and soothing you with soft words.

"hey, hey. whats'a matter huh? not feeling it? tell me what i did wrong, baby." he's sitting against the headboard, cooing at you and rocking you softly while you sniffled against his chest. balled up in his lap while he prepped kisses all over your face.

swallowing down a lump in your throat, shaking your head all while eyes are fluttered closed and a big uncomfortable pout is evident on your lips, he's really getting worried.

"it jus'.. it hurt real bad. i don't feel s'good." and it's then that your getting nauseous again, stomach turning in a horrible way that had you balling up your body even more.

rafe's examining with a concerned face, nodding softly before laying you down against the bed. he's rummaging around for some of his clothes, pulling out an old t-shirt and a pair of his boxers all while he's sitting down on the bed next to your laying form and looking down at you.

"are you- you sick? what d'you mean?" he'd felt horrible, like it was his fault.

it was his fault.

brushing away some strands of hair from your forehead while you softly held your lower stomach. "talk to me, can't know what to do to help if y'don't tell me pretty girl."

a soft groan is leaving your throat when he begins to move your body, putting his clothes onto you before making you sit up, a whine leaving your lips. "my stomach's cramping."

he'd thought maybe it was just your period, but you'd gotten that just a little past a few weeks ago. it wasn't normal for you to get symptoms from it like this.

so, being the responsible and attentive soon to be husband; again, he's pulling on a polo shirt, and some loose fitted jeans and getting stuff ready to bring you to the hospital.

what he thought would be the worst news of his life, really was the best. being told that you were pregnant was something that brought tears to his eyes.

he's clinging onto you, kissing all over your face while you sat dumbfounded on the little bed in the doctors examination room.

"hear that baby? gonna be a dad again, gonna have another kid." his tone of voice is what brings a big smile to your face. how could you not be happy? he's crying.

swallowing down nerves all while you're hugging him back. he's kissing your hand, the hand that now wears the wedding ring from your wedding day.

his lips meet yours. in a soft and delicate kiss. hands cupping your face gently before he's bringing you into a hug again.

and it was final. you'd both gone back home to TannyHill where you'd talk through it all. plan to move back in with him. get remarried. tell your daughter. he couldn't be happier to have the woman he was in love with to be his again.

of course, you felt the exact same way. being in the arms of the man who you'd never be able to let go of.

˖ ݁ ݁˖ ≽ܫ≼

a few weeks had passed, things couldn't have been going better. the two of you remarried with a beautiful ceremony. while you already had a ring, he'd buy you a second one because you deserved it. because he wanted to re-knew the bond between both of you, making a vow towards this marriage the best he could.

rafe's schedule had been filled with work upon work. making bigger deals, meeting with new clients. it was stressful, but good. he had you and his daughter at home. his two favorite girls.

he'd been at the country club just for a simple play of golf with topper and a small glass or two of drinks.

he'd been in a deep conversation with topper before he'd caught eye of.. him. the guy who he'd saw before getting into it with you. he glared, a small smirk on his face before he's brushing off topper for a second and walking towards the bar.

he'd smile his way through his glass of whiskey in a 'polite' manner, giving a heads nod before looking in front of him. the tv above playing whatever channel before he's speaking without thinking.

"hey, yo you're uhh.. that- that guy, right? my wife knows you." rafe's leaning against the bar on his side, a slick smile formed on his lips .

"yeah.. are you rafe? her ex husband right?" he's bringing out a hand to shake, but rafe's looking away. a small 'tsk' leaving his mouth before pushing his glass towards the bartender and looking back at him.

"ex husband.." he begins, muttering. "no actually, we got remarried." rafe's eyes are fluttering closed, a smile on his lips before nodding his way. the guys starstruck, eyebrows raising in surprise and letting out a small chuckle.

"oh, congrats man. that's- yeah that's good for you." rafe's eyes are narrowing at him. blinking his way while the smile is now a thin line on his lips.

"really, a wonderful woman. really got it goin' on." the guys obviously using some sort of tactic here. jealousy evident in his eyes. it's not new, rafe understood this guys perspective on his ex wife wife. he knew what it was when he'd first heard about him from his daughter.

he's humming in response, picking up the drink from the counter and chugging it before putting it down and looking away. tongue in cheek while he's taking a step closer before slightly leaning down.

"might wanna reconsider your words when speaking about my wife.. who's pregnant, by the way." he's shrugging, smirk forming on his lips while the guys taking a small step back. straightening himself out like he'd do something to rafe.

that'd never happen.

"yeahhh, why don't you go scurry somewhere you belong. don't you got a wife to cater to? knew you couldn't handle what i got. a shame, you seemed like a dead beat anyway." and he's nodding towards him again, face so smug before he's watching the guy mutter something under his breath, slamming down some money and walking off.

"'s good to see ya!" he'd call out.

and that night, he'd go home to his beautiful wife. dinner all cooked out and daughter all happy. not that man, nah. rafe. rafe cameron who'd be the only man you'd ever really love.

it'd stay that way too.

[amalasdraws]

https://www.tumblr.com/bigmammallama5/732632789726478336?source=share do you have any tips on how to detect ai and deepfakes?

Good question and I'm gonna be honest, it's not always easy and it will only get harder and harder. I'm just an artist who has spent their personal time to dive into this topic and study images. I'm still learning and there is a lot I don't know. But let me show what I know. This will be long, but I will make a summary at the end! So far, even with ai having become better and better there are still almost always some things wrong with an image, and they all have a very specific look to them. So let me try to show you some and point out some of them.

As we all know, a biggest struggle ai had were hands. And even though here and there we still see messed up hands, I say "had", because the hands is actual a good example on how ai is improving and will only get better. Still, looking at pictures that show more hands is always worth it, because somewhere in the back there will be most likely at least one messed up hand.

Another issue a lot of ai still has is hair though!

It's very obvious still in many ai "drawings" and in those otherwise well rendered portraits. Hair starts to blend with the ears a lot, or with the clothes.

There is also often this very odd look between something too sharp and way too blurry

There is often a very specific texture to the hair. I actually do not know the artistic or specific name for it. I can only describe it as this weird sharp feeling that makes it look oddly pixely, and then you have areas where it's very blurry. And the kind of loops and almost flame like looking hair we see in the last pic out of the three here is also something very common with ai.

As an artist I know we make mistakes too! The way I draw hair is flawed too! But it's not only that it's flawed here, but it's following always the same pattern and falls into the same issues over and over again, no matter who is "creating" the image. Those flame like loops are a common one, next to the odd blends and weird sharp and blurry textures.

But ai is getting better, and we not only have "art" and something that tries to be a drawing/painting, but photos too.

A lot of those "photos" have a very specific texture and look to them! Again, it's not always the mistakes, but the very specific optic too. A lot of the images are oddly smooth, too rendered, with always blurry backgrounds. And when you look closer at the background you will see the mistakes! The crowd behind Jesus is a hot mess once you look closer. Bob Marley's hair has the same issue than I described before. Lincoln is surrounded by people with messed up hands and don't even get me started on the faces behind Caesar.

So a lot of ai images look alright on a first and quick glance, but as more time you spend with them, as more mistakes you will notice. The wehre is Waldo of ai horror.

And those "photos" shared here are still very obvious. Not just the mistakes and messed up details but the very specific aesthetic too.

Those images get better and better and as less details you have, as less mistakes you have!

With photos like this it becomes harder and harder. There are not many details and no hands. Not many mistakes can be made. Also the very obvious plastic looking smoothness isn't so much here anymore. It kinda still is...but differently. And always the blurry background!! Sometimes the hair is still a giveaway. Collars and clothe straps are also often still a giveaway upon close look. As is jewelry. Earrings will be different and necklaces often don't go all the way around, just end, or blend with the hair or clothes.

Often details on jewelry is also blurry and not shown properly. This is a trick with many details. With jewelry, batches, hair, ears, text. So it's often blurred out and not shown properly because ai doesn't know what to really show here.

It's often really just the small details and when we scroll down quickly we will miss them. Like the wedding ring on the middle finger, the pens on top of a closed pocket, the batches that are always blurry, messed up faces that blend with a blurry background.

And sometimes it's so subtle that I could only really tell that right is the ai image in comparison to the real photo on the left. The real photo shows hands clearly and even when things are blurred out it doesn't feel that it's done to hide things. The ai image on the right hides the hands. There is also a very dead look in the eyes :D

And here I could only tell because the text in the back doesn't make sense. Even blurred out we should be able to make out something here

And after seeing a lot of ai images I recognize the kind of blurred out bg in combination with a very smooth and well rendered foreground/characters.

And here the only giveaway is a closer look at the backgrounds as well

To summarize it:

Ai and fake news rely on a fast living world. We are being bombarded with tons of information and messages daily and we scroll past quickly. But the best tool, for now, in detecting ai is taking our time! Those images get better and better but so far there are still always some things off!! Especially in the background!

Hair. Often weirdly smoothed out and oddly sharp at the same time

Hair often blends with the ears or the clothes

Details are blurred out.

Jewelry doesn't match (example earrings). Details on metal often blurred out and never shown. Necklaces blend with hair or the clothes, and don't go around the neck.

Background is always blurred out.

In this blurred mess there are often hidden very messed up faces and/or hands.

A very specific smooth and yet too sharp/too rendered aesthetic combines with an always blurry bg.

Text, especialyl in the background, is not legible and doesn't make sense.

Backgrounds are often (so far) the dead giveaway. Somewhere in the back things become muddled and messed up. This shows also very well in ai decor/architecture. There will be odd lines that don't align or align too well. Curtain poles that end in the furniture, a plant that is behind a lamp suddenly having leaves in front of the lamp. As longer you look as more you will notice.

Conclusion:

Take your time with images! Sit with them! Especially when it's framed as important and political news. Is it ai and propaganda, or did it really happen? Don't fall for the quick buzz and outrage! Some things are obvious right away but with others you have to take your time. And it's time you have! If you are still unsure if a pic is real or not, do some research on top. Image reverse search. Can you find it anywhere else? Are other news outlets sharing it? Does the image/message make sense? For example there is now a deepfake of Bella Hadid voicing support for Israel. Ask yourself, does this make sense? If it feels out of line compared to previous behavior, do some research! Media literacy is not just as being able to recognize a fake or real right away, but being able to do research. To question things! Don't just take every post online for face value. Even when shared by a mutual you trust. They might have been tricked!

There are so many information online and it's great to have access to so information, but it's also difficult to wade through all of it. Media and truth are a weapon and it's being twisted and bend used to manipulate. Always has! But ai and so many people being able to post and share things, it becomes bigger and bigger and more dangerous. So don't just take everything that is handed to you and share it further no questions asked. Media literacy and being able to think for ourselves and do the research is important!! And as research becomes harder and harder, as sources are being messed up with ai and other fake news, it's even more important to sit with the images and study them. See the flaws, the mistakes. Compare it to other news and images.

This got long, and I started to ramble at the end. Sorry But I hope this helped

[demonic0angel]

DC x DP Prompt: One would think that Danny, being the king of all ghosts, didn't have to answer to anyone. This is false. He answers to Death of The Endless. She terrifies him.

Phantom ducked his head in a bow. “Hello, my lady.”

The young teenage girl across from him smiled softly. “Call me Death, remember? No need for all of the honorifics.”

Phantom didn’t say a word, but his hands clutched as he politely nodded. Batman and the Justice League stared at him, slightly confused. The woman, Death, looked at them next and she waved a little. “Hello. Thank you for taking care of Phantom for me.”

Superman answered, “Of course. He has been a great help and a good friend to all of us.”

Death beamed. Nothing about her seemed frightening, but Phantom trembled faintly as she turned away from him.

After a little more small talk between Death and Superman, she eventually faced Phantom again. “I’ll be leaving now, Phantom. I just wanted to make sure you were doing okay.”

“I’m fine,” Phantom said softly. He looked at her then, with wide eyes. “But— when can I—”

She frowned slightly, but her eyes were full of sympathy and sorrowful affection. “I’m sorry, you know what your destiny is. Until then, I can’t do anything. I know it’s hard, Phantom, but I promise you’ll be okay.”

Phantom visibly deflated from her statement and Death placed a hand on his shoulder. The Justice League immediately tensed, not knowing what to do as Phantom had no reaction, except his flickering eyes as he looked at his feet.

“Goodbye now, Phantom. I’ll see you again soon.” Then she disappeared.

Superman approached and the Justice League checked over Phantom, who was silent and miserable-looking as he allowed them to inspect his condition.

“You are frightened of her,” Wonder Woman observed. “Why is that? Are you afraid of her killing you?”

Phantom shook his head. His eyes were downcast, and his starry freckles seemed dim.

“I’m not afraid of her killing me. I’m afraid of the opposite…. I’m afraid that she’ll keep me alive.”

[hinamie]

theyre soft your honour

[orangekingfisher]

what's "mcsr"? my chemical SUPER romance?????

its. it's minecraft speedrunning

[beescake]

as a fellow arasol enthusiast you have a godtier arasol take but i would humbly like to suggest what if aradia was taller than sollux, just a little consideration 🥺

massive considerations!!!!! ^^

jumping straight into this fully expecting everyone to be familiar w @hamsterlover38, singer of the arasol national anthem 👀

simple feelings complicated emotions

[the-owl-house-takes]

https://www.tumblr.com/the-owl-house-takes/731374085927583744/collector-was-a-wasted-potential-i-wish-he-didnt?source=share

If you want an evil child with a lot of power go watch brightburn or any number of horror movies. This is a show that multiple times shows children act out because of their environments and not because any child is inherently evil/too gar gone to change. Kids can be mean and this is more because they don't understand social etiquette or haven't fully developed their recognition of personhood in others. Children are capable of incredible change. The owl house shows it consistently with the antagonistic characters that aren't adults being easier to change their minds of than the antagonistic characters that are adults like Odalia and Kikimora. It makes sense that this would parallel with the villains as well, that the child villain was mislead and reacting to their environment and what they've been told, whereas the adult (who was the one who caused that environment) is shown not being capable of changing his mind or himself. I bet you even think that tall figure in the Owl beast flashback is the Collector when they:

Are different sizes

Have different patterns on their cloaks

When they "collect" a creature, they turn into different things (a scroll and doll version of their full sized self)

- long ask anon

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[choccy-milky]

💙 💚

[marzipanandminutiae]

ok but what are YOUR favorite and probably real victorian funfacts?

There genuinely were some doctors who thought riding in trains would cause uterine prolapse [uterus falling out], when trains were new. The concern was that the vibrations from travelling so fast would break the fibers connecting the uterus to the abdominal wall. Unsurprisingly, this did not stop women from riding in trains. Because fuck that noise- trains!!!

One time in the 1840s a bunch of doctors shellacked live horses and rabbits and concluded, when the animals died (probably from heat exhaustion after being unable to sweat), that they had suffocated and that mammals breathed partially through our skin.

Some beauty manuals of the era may have created accidental sunscreen. Occasionally you see advice to wear cold cream on your face when going out, to prevent sunburn. This probably mostly didn't work- but some cold cream recipes contained zinc oxide for a "white foundation" effect, due to beauty standards favoring very light skin, which may have created a low-level SPF. Other manuals also advocate sealing the cold cream in with powder...which even more frequently involved zinc oxide.

A dentist may have gotten away with a malpractice death by blaming tightlacing. A 23-year-old maid named Annie Budden, of Preston, England, went to have a tooth pulled in January of 1895 and suffocated after the procedure, during which she had been dosed with nitrous oxide. The dentist said she was tightlaced and therefore the coroner ruled that he was not at fault- however said dentist claimed that her natural waist was 23" and her corset measured 18". Presumably that's the closed measurement, and corsets were commonly worn with at least a 2" lacing gap at the time (one corset ad I've seen mentions that women liked to give the theoretical closed measurement of their corset as their waist measurement, to make it sound smaller, while actually wearing it with the customary gap). Ergo, she was only laced down about 2-3 inches, a difference unlikely to cause asphyxiation. The fact that she worked as a maid similarly calls the assessment into question- how could she have successfully done physical labor while laced down in a way that diminished her lung capacity so much? Her employer vouched for her good character and excessive tightlacing was seen as vanity- and would have been noticed by making Miss Budden look out-of-proportion physically. That doesn't add up either, to me. The dentist went on to become mayor of the town where this all happened.

That thing above started as a fun fact about the only credible death due to tightlacing and then I looked into it more and now I'm just mad.

Justice For Annie Budden

Sorry this has gotten off-track but I'm still mad about the whole Annie Budden thing

[gomzdrawfr]

Please tell me Ghost gets to pat a cat. He looks like he really wants to pat one, even if it's not Raven. 🥺

[context]

anon don't worry he'll get those pat, just...careful for what you wish for though

[temeyes]

Can we get a nikolai tummy please? 👉👈

HI ANONNN, made him extra hairy just for uuuu~~~

[800db-cloud]

spare some spy hcs? 👀

OKAY. ok. so i have been putting off answering this ask because i’m admittedly very shy and very afraid of sharing my headcanons. and also because i have A LOT OF THEM.. but here we are!

here are my headcanon spies :) René works for RED and Jacques works for BLU!

where to start, where to start… i have a LOT of headcanons for them, i’ll be talking for FOREVER here. i’ll just start with story because why not! xP

René’s parents were also agents/spies, so he was always destined to be one as well. And he lives up to his parents’ legacies! He’s most notorious for destroying gangs and mobs and the like from the outside in. He was brought to America years ago to take out a dangerous mob boss, but unfortunately found himself infatuated (and involved) with the boss’ daughter. Luckily for him, the boss’ daughter wanted the guy dead, too.

René’s story is honestly a lot more fleshed out than Jacques’, but here goes anyway:

Jacques’ father was a very rich and powerful man in politics. Jacques himself was the result of an affair, and to keep it hush-hush, his father decided to raise him. Raise is a strong word, though— but he did help his father gain intelligence and blackmail on opposing political parties. Jacques proved to be a promising spy since childhood.

If anyone has any suggestions/ideas for Jacques’ story, let me know haha x) he didn’t have the greatest upbringing per se…

last thing on this section i wanna talk about is the Scouts. René is related to both of the Scouts; he’s RED Scout (Jeremy)’s biological father, and he’s BLU Scout (James)’ adoptive/step-father. Jacques has no relation to either scout, but acts as a guardian figure to BLU Scout.

anyway, this is the part where i continue talking about other miscellaneous headcanons! and these come with doodles :)

You couldn’t catch René DEAD without his mask, or his suit! He’d neeever take them off around other people (‘other people’ is mainly just Scout. For obvious reasons.) Meanwhile, Jacques is pretty lenient in letting his teammates see his face! Everyone on BLU’s seen his face at least once.

A big part of why René refuses to strip down is also due to the fact he has a LOT of tattoos. No doodle for this one because I’ve yet to decide on what tattoos to put on him (ideas are very welcome!!), but yeah! Most of the tattoos were ‘forced’ onto him/he had to get for jobs and ‘fitting in’ with bad crowds, but a good few of them were of his own accord, too.

Jacques doesn’t have tattoos, but he has a myriad of another thing: scars! Lots and lots of scars on this guy. Faded and old, sure, but they’re there. Most prominent ones are the one around his neck (from when the RED Medic beheaded him) and the ones on his forearms (those are from the LAST time he was imprisoned— looong story…)

René doesn’t cook very often for his team, but when he does, everyone’s always BLOWN AWAY by this guy’s cooking! René’s really bad at taking compliments, though— (“Cooking food that’s remotely edible isn’t a compliment, it’s basic survival.”) —but rest assured he’ll be thinking about it for the next month. Jacques, however… Do NOT let this guy into the kitchen. Ever. The BLU base has a special fire extinguisher “In Case Spy Decides To Turn On The Stove”

oooh, this one is an hc and a HALF to me. René much prefers working alone. It’s just in his nature, being isolated and whatnot. He likes to deal with things by himself– maybe he doesn’t want to burden others? On the contrary, Jacques NEVER works alone. It’s a trait he’s had even before being hired to BLU. You never know when things could go wrong, so it’s best to have someone else to fall back to… or someone else you can blame!

these hcs both have something to do with how René and Jacques show their trust in other people :) it’s a bit convoluted but it gets there:

René is, amusingly, very bad at remembering names. Almost laughably bad. There have been many-a-story of his days before RED where he’d get a target’s name wrong, even after he’d repeated it in his head dozens of times over. Names are difficult for him, so if he remembers yours, it means you mean a lot to him! He prefers using his teammates’ names rather than their titles. René is unaware of how charming this specifc trait is to his coworkers (they saw how much work and effort it took for him to memorize their names, they’re just happy with how far he’s come!)

Jacques has a… to put simply, very complicated relationship with food. But the one thing he’ll never turn down is sweets. His favorites especially being chocolate bonbons. Jacques has a hard time eating in front of others, let alone sharing his food! But if he genuinely likes and trusts you enough, he’d have half the mind to share with you. Admittedly, he hasn’t brought himself to share with most of the members of his team yet, except for a select few. Mostly BLU Medic and BLU Sniper.

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and of course, eventually, EVENTUALLY, these two also become friends! it took a little bit but believe me, they both respect each other’s skill in their job :)

AHHg i could go sooo much longer about them— from things like their physical traits (how much teeth they have? it’s a pressing question) or different periods of their life (why did rené have to leave his family? why was jacques imprisoned for the last time?) BUT this post is so… so, so long. My fingers hurt from typing

If you’ve managed to read through this Beast, THANK YOU RAAHH!!! thanks so much for asking this, too. i hope to spare more hcs someday. hehe ^_^