#mara answers

[bellatrixnightshade]

Which SGE character(s) do you most relate to?

THANK YOU for the ask ^^

Hmmm... that is a difficult question. I guess I usually don't relate to magical characters, haha.

What would you say I am? (Half joke. You're free to answer that if you'd like.)

When I read about Rufius in the prequels, though-- I was like, "Is this my male self or something?" I mean come on: the overemotional part? The baking? Trying to find friends and finding out they're no good? All me.

Rhian the School Master, I related to in many ways, though not all. I'm not as social or that obsessed with externals, and certainly not fratricidal and a sore loser. I am essentially the sapphic version of him. I can be a bit insecure, very sensitive, and a romantic that may not always think straight, depending on who it is. I joke about hating him and stuff, but I actually don't. My irl SGE fan friend hates his guts, sadly.) I think he's a complex character that honestly deserved a better villain arc than what was given him.

I'm not sure about the main series though.

Perhaps Nicola because I can come off as a smart ass at times (something I'm working on) and when people ask questions, I tend to get animated and answer them all, the only exception to me not liking spotlight all that much. (Maybe I shouldn't do that, because others should have a chance to learn.)

Again, thank you anon! It was a very interesting ask!

[mangosorbetter]

Wait where are you going? 🥺

[xxjinchuurikixx]

What kinda guy/girl are you into?

This one

[mewintheflesh-2]

(@wingsofachampion) Hiya! What does "bitch" mean? -Tropius

Bitch can have two completely different meanings depending on how you use it:

The one that’s more common to other people would be “a nasty person or someone you hate/find annoying”.

The other meaning, and how I use it alot (atleast when talking about people I actually like), is “An icon or timeless.”

The second one is what the “that bitch” in my handle means. It’s like “that girl” but more. But I’ve been called a bitch with the first definition MULTIPLE multiple times. So i guess it could mean both LMAO 

And the third would be to say it talking about a female dog Pokémon. But nobody does that at all anymore

Hope this helps 👍

[inacatastrophicmind]

I'm still thriving about gettng to ask him this and the answer he gave me

[incorrectsibunaquotes]

Drop your predictions for A Very Anubis Christmas Eve in the tags!

[lumilasi]

Ask the crew

So, since it's been a while I've done something like this, I decided why not! Would help me fleshing them out some more, AND kind of a fun way to see if my inbox works properly now? I had to turn it off a while back bc it seemed to just keep eating majority of asks I got. Since I haven't gotten much anything I'm still not sure if it works properly again or not?

Asks can be just about them, or relating to the MW crew, since I've been drawing them interacting with the Tulpar group. (my crew has their own story, but since I had ideas, I ended up drawing them interacting with the Tulpars lol)

You can learn more about them checking the #Stargazer crew tag I made for them, but in regards to the MW 'crossover' side of things, I can list coupla important notes here as well:

Cherry knows Anya from medical school, is the one primarily spending time with her

Tulpars do not know about Illya initially, and won't physically interact with him - however, they may see glimpses of his "ghost" occasionally, and overhear the group talk about him. (They might even see his body in cryo at some point)

Stefan had to kill Jimmy before the Tulpars were brought to their ship - there is an actual story reason for this that relates to Stargazer crew's own story, rather than me just not liking Jimmy & not wanting to draw him personally (which TBF is also true, but I wanted to give a proper reason for why he didn't make it, as they could've put him in their cell block)

Anya is initially scared of Stefan because she saw him kill Jimmy due to how things went down, but overtime concludes he's not a bad person and is quite caring in his own way (just reaaallllly tired most of the time)

Mara hangs out with Daisuke a lot, often they play videogames together, or Daisuke offers to help her with whatever work he can

Stefan CAN get a bit harsh and hostile towards Curly, but tends to try and keep it in check as he knows its not really helpful in any way.

Ava and Alix weren't present during the rescue, they get introduced to the four later.

Anya helps Cherry with her medic duties, since when they were rescued the SG-ship was somewhat damaged due to an "incident," and Stefan is still repairing some damage, causing Cherry to be bit more overloaded with work than normal.

[geniusbuilttm]

The young baron wonders if you would like to aid the anti-human cause?

How do you respond?

Donnie may not have chosen the best Surp-rise contestants to pitch this plan to...

(Panel 1 correction: to all of humanity, yokais, and mutants alike, not just humanity)

@phoebepheebsphibs @tmntaucompetition

[ddarker-dreams]

If you were ever to write Lyney, how do you think he would treat his darling? I love your work sm btw! ( ´∀｀)ノ～ ♡( ´∀｀)ノ～ ♡

thank you very much <33333333333

hmm... lyney's main method is probably being an unshakable nuisance in your life.

violence and overt intimidation aren't his thing, so he relies on methods that are more familiar to him. magicians are free in between rehearsals and shows, which means you'll be seeing him a lot. he classifies it as promotion at first, due to his impromptu tricks with you being the unwitting participant. he stuns bystanders and earns rapturous applause with a plethora of tricks. pulling mora from behind your ear, his fingers lingering just a little too long on the flesh for comfort; asking you to open your bag, only to reveal a seemingly endless cascade of red heart cards to flood out. he'll then feign surprise, patting himself all over, then exclaim,

"stealing my heart wasn't enough... you had to go and take them from my deck too?"

or something to that effect. the ever growing audience is split between good-natured laughter at the mischievous behavior, others coo at the possibility of fontaine's famous magician having a crush.

of course, you're encouraged to take a bow with him by the act's end. should you try to sneak off before then, he catches your wrist, winks, and whispers for you to be good for him. there's nothing he dislikes more than a ruined show.

[thefirstknife]

Radio message unhinged me.

Osiris: What were you hoping to achieve by threatening Riven? Had I not been there to stop you- Mara: Osiris. I admit, I was... angry. I'm seldom able to express my emotions openly. But I had no intention of harming Riven; I only wanted her to believe I might. Osiris: Perhaps you could warn me first. I was worried you'd lost sight of our goal. Mara: Have I ever been one to miss the forest for the trees? Osiris: Quite the opposite... while I tend to find myself mired in the details of the leaves. Mara: Both sorts are necessary. Your eyes on the fight before us... and mine on the horizon. Osiris: How do you see the end so clearly? Even within the Infinite Forest, I could not predict as you do. Mara: Clairvoyance is a charade. The ground shifts beneath us as we walk. We manage best when we make our own stepping stones. You know better than most how many times we've had to adjust our methods to achieve victory. My death at Saturn to pierce Oryx's defenses... Osiris: Countless recalculations against the Vex. Stealing Savathun's secrets from within. Mara: The planting of the Silver Tree on Io. Osiris: I took some convincing on that. But it truly was the beginning... Mara: Sagira's death, Crow's choices, your new perspective - none of these were part of "the plan." Osiris: Each adjustment came at a cost. I wonder what costs the Witness has yet to extract from us. Mara: Whatever they are, we will meet them... and perservere.

Mara and Osiris together are just. You know. They're besties. I love Mara saying she doesn't get to express her emotions openly: no shit. Closed off queen of bottling up. I love their discussion on their different perspectives; Mara sees things in grander scale, while Osiris focuses on details.

Losing my mind about how they both talk about clairvoyance as something that isn't truly happening to them, despite the fact that it most certainly is. Osiris saying that he could not predict as well even with the Forest, but also he made predictions before the Forest. Mara claiming she doesn't really do clairvoyance, but she absolutely does... somehow... They're insane. They make me insane.

And then. The thing. They mentioned the thing. They mentioned the Tree on Io. And Osiris says how that was "truly the beginning," once again making me have to quote Immolant in which he says more or less the same:

"Mara began this escapade with her message, and I did as she asked."

The "message" being "plant the seed." The message Mara sent out five years before Osiris would pick up the seed. Clairvoyance is a charade... Mara. Mara explain how did you know that Osiris would find the seed five years later.

The Tree has to be relevant somehow. It has to. I'm eating my walls. I need 60 hours of Mara and Osiris dialogues or alternatively enough books to fill 10 tomes about them.

[bellatrixnightshade]

What would you do if your consciousness possessed the Storian for a day? As in, for a day you are or have control of the magical Pen

I would definitely tear down the whole Good-Evil system as it is. First off, establishing the fact that NOBODY is truly Good or Evil in the way they understand it. As people, we all have dignity and are good-- we should be treated as such. We have a natural inclination to love and be loved, to follow a natural law in our hearts about morals and such. Also, babies and children are INNOCENT and someone has to be crazy and inhumane to impose the sins of their parents or their background on them. Like, what??

On the other hand, we are flawed. We have our imperfections and our FREE CHOICES. Someone is only truly a villain because they wanted to be-- they were selfish, fearful, etc and rejected choices to do the right thing. Ugliness, etc has nothing to do with it at all.

I'm sorry if I got a lil too deep there, but this was a fun ask!

[mangosorbetter]

Happy international kissing day!! ✨🧡💖

Thanks for the mid-day serotonin boost, love 🧡 Enjoy the rest of your Kissing Day 😘

[norikuna]

your theme is so precious!!!!! i simply have to know how you do these gifs and come up with themes because i am obsessed!

omg thanku 🤭 😚 tbh i get a lot of theme inspo from pinterest like esp kpop, taylor swift and sabrina carpenter prints (abs. obsessed with the vintage/retro prints going around for sabrina) and i often follow a lot of designers on behance who throw out freebies for photoshop esp for text and textures!! i've absolutely loved this style lately (but tbh i swing a lot between header/theme ideas a lot) 🫡

also i love colour palette generators for theme ideas! esp to inspire a general vibe for the story (like what emotion invoked by the story is linked to what colour if that makes sense?)

as for gifs! i was lucky to get an in depth tutorial from the incredible @sugurugetos (honestly one of my fave gifmakers on this site and soo sweet 💓) and she taught me how to get 4k footage from jjk files and make it 60fps <3 i use mpv to screencap, and photoshop to make my gifs as hd as possible and in that: i use camera raw to colour and tweak them, as well as filter gallery grain to add some sharpness in them and cover up some noise/dither! (i'm happy to explain this more!)

i also get a lot of design inspo from deviantart! there are incredible mockups and widget type of designs on there that i like to recreate/add to my gifs <3

[aphelio-mara]

its actually so good to hear someone else out there is lying awake at night thinking. “omega earth has a valorant legion fan convention.” and “i wonder how many shitty movie productions exist in omega earth that completely ruin an agents character.”

like. imagine turning on the latest big hit movie about your life and saving the world and theres a horrible romance sideplot of you and your best friend. hilarious. mortifying. the rest of the legion doesnt let it go for months, until the next big scandal drops and focuses the attention onto the next poor soul

going absolutely insane to the point that i made a whole scenario based on this because YES YOU GET IT 🫵‼️

can you imagine phoenix getting promised a biopic in the aftermath of his heroism in aiding lisbon (pearl)

he's ecstatic; sage, omen, and jett are all supportive, save for the lighthearted teasing every once and a while by them and the others

the day of the premiere comes and he's bubbling on the red carpet, giving fist bumps and side hugs to his friends and colleagues that attended, the paparazzi going particularly crazy when he drapes his arm over yoru (he chalks it up as them being excited that yoru even came with his elusive persona)

the movie begins and phoenix is impressed. the plot flows well, it highlights aspects of his life and personality that's meaningful to him, and the acting is incredible! he doesn't even comment on the fact that every time movie him and movie yoru interact, the vibe of the scene changes in the smallest ways into something more...sentimental? oh, who cares, the movie is cool!

he doesn't even pay mind to the fact that when movie him was in peril, movie yoru had an entire scene of him rushing to the communication room, trying to reach him. he doesn't say anything when the end of the film comes near and they have a conversation with yoru hugging him. i mean, they're good friends beyond their public rivalry, he wishes that yoru actually hugged him during that time. this is such a nice homage to their friendsh—and they're kissing

phoenix feels heat rush up to his cheeks and ears as the tips of his hair flicker ever so slightly with sparks, turning immediately to yoru who's looking at him with the same unspoken "what the fuck"

jett is laughing her ass off and sage looks like a proud mother until her face falls when she realizes that the whole subplot probably isn't real and either 1.) phoenix and yoru's relationship just got outed or 2.) phoenix is Not Gay (the prior option sounds much more plausible to her)

the legion pr team has to physically stop phoenix from answering any interviews after the premiere. his face is plastered in the tabloids the very next day, the yorunix hashtag is trending everywhere, and thousands of dms are entering his social media accounts about how it's okay to be gay ("i know it's okay but are we gonna ignore the fact that they think i'm dating him???")

jett and sage are masters of deflection when asked about it, omen doesn't leave hq enough to be caught in an interview, and yoru himself is back to being too elusive for paparazzi to catch him...and poor phoenix is left to rethink his entire dynamic with one of his best friends

the rumors only die down after almost half a year of not entertaining questions about it, being ultimately overshadowed by another wave of seasonal "bisexual chamber" allegations (they are not allegations at all, chamber knows what he likes but god does he likes to see people speculate)

and hey, phoenix isn't mad anymore. it helped him discover a new part of himself, after all

not the being gay part though; it's the fact that he's probably helplessly in love with yoru and he has no fuckass clue what to do about that 💀

[moonsharky]

hi!

hiii!

buck rubbed his thumb on eddie's arm/shoulder 😭 (sorry that and maddie han and mara being placed with madney is where i am living rn!)

[incorrectsibunaquotes]

Why didn't Mara and Kira find out about the Senkhara mess? It's not like Sibuna is filled with good liars...

Great question! Kira genuinely did not gaf, because she was dealing with her own family problems, and Mara was too wrapped up in her own drama to pay attention to her weird housemates more than she had to