#moc rambles

[moccasins]

i didn't start getting into the utmv until about a year.. maybe year and a half ago, and i avoided the "problematic" side, which was the sans/sans stuff. eventually i started to notice that some sans/sans ships were cool. they had fun dynamics and some went really well together... and when i realized that, i hated myself because most of my time in this fandom was with people that talked about how horrible it was. it wasn't until i met some really cool people in this fandom that i started to realize it wasn't a bad thing.

some people in this fandom are messed up. they're toxic and problematic and they cause so many issues, but i think people often forget that there are good people in this fandom too. good people aren't talked about very often because they don't cause enough drama to get talked about, but talking about only the bad stuff makes people forget how great this community can be despite the drama.

so i want to thank those people. i'm not tagging anyone because i'm way to terrified for that, but there's a good chance some already know who they are lol.

so, idk, remember to thank the people who inspire you too. maybe pop onto their blog and see how they're doing, or draw them some fanart, because we all ended up hyperfixating on this fandom and i think we should try to make it brighter, even a little bit.

if people can hate for no reason, then people can love for no reason, so, i love you guys

[moccasins]

they're giving me epic/killer vibes ngl

Pigeon attempts to court falcon

[moccasins]

star sans poly where dream and ink are immortal but swap is mortal and whenever he dies his au resets, bringing him back, and every time he remembers. it's not at first, instead it's small things like setting the table for three people and not knowing why, or always stopping by shops to check out the art supplies before remembering he doesn't use it.

and sometimes ink and dream don't want to wait for him to remember so they'll stop by his au in hopes he'll remember them quicker

[communicore]

Poseable Mctoran Moc of Kapura!! Put my oc Ohma together with Kapura for scale. Not sure if I wanted blue or red eyes for Kapura, so I took pictures of both

[moccasins]

i have a few...

everyone say in the tags what their current custom discord status is

[theghostofashton]

that moment in that scene in the loft where grace says she's angry about what happened and carlos's response is that he's frustrated too.... the way he not only reframes his own feelings about it, but hers too, which she then calls out, is so, so fascinating.

she's telling him she's angry and we know he's angry based on all of the rage punching, but he uses the word frustrated. and there's something about that, carlos denying himself naming the feeling, despite it being so clear he feels it. packaging it up into something more palatable, less "extreme" than angry. even when he starts to agree with grace, there are all these qualifiers "i guess i'm kind of pissed off about it", like he doesn't want to commit to being explicitly angry. everyone around him can tell that's how he feels from his behavior and body language but he can't say it, he's making the conscious decision not to allow himself to. later on in the scene, when grace asks if he knows what happened wasn't his fault, he says he keeps trying to tell himself that. and that has me thinking about the idea of "deserving" anger, him being angry at himself but also at the situation he was put in, not knowing where one ends and the other begins, and ultimately trying to pretend he doesn't feel it bc he doesn't think he deserves to.

[ghost-booy]

I updated the Fenton Lab!! I like this version much better👻

[moccasins]

it's horrible how jakei was treated, and i've been thinking of doing some kind of art collaboration of underverse and/or x-tale as a thank you for everything underverse has done for this fandom.

underverse is a huge pillar of the utmv community, and i think jakei deserves to know how much we appreciate it.

let me know if you're interested, and we'll figure things out from there.

[moccasins]

i am moccasins, god of death

I am Arran, god of the most important thing

EDIT: if y'all don’t wanna use your name use your username

[afold-creature]

BRO I just finished the finale of season 2 of Midst and OMG I LOVE EVERYTHING!!

-Phineas officially giving up on the Trust

-The art of Lark was absolutely amazing

-The new knowledge that we sorta already knew about Lark but wasn’t sure about

-Like everything about Lark lol

-FUCKING MOC WEEPE THAT PIECE OF SHIT

-He has become a walking biology class anatomy model

[hunterama]

Gahhhhhh forever mad that fics that really lean on Miguel's spider DNA makes it so heteronormative. "He so animalistic and aggressive (gag). Uh oh, it's mating season! Watch out, Y/N. He's gonna hunt you down like you're prey."

Listen buster, if you're gonna make spider!Miguel the dominant one in the relationship, then that man is gonna be genderqueer, alright. He's gonna have a pussy because typically, female spiders are the 'alpha' of spider world. Transmasc, transfem, gnc, whatever, that boy ain't cis!!

If you want cis man spider!Miguel so bad, then he's gonna be an absolute sub. The most submissive man ever. "He's just Ken" energy. Since female spiders are bigger than males, imagine Miguel being smitten by someone who is also big. Muscled, wide, got plenty of meat on their bones. Whatever your definition of big is.

I would imply Y/N to be taller than Miguel but he's already 6'9ft and idk if anyone can be that tall while still being a human person in human society, y'know? But fuck it, disregard everything I just said, imagine an AFAB spiderhero who shares the same backstory as him. Half human and half spider and they are fucking HUGE. An absolute BEHEMOTH. That makes Miguel look absolutely tiny compared to them. It's like this meme! Do you see the vision??

If you wanna be a lil freak, imagine Miguel like being at the mercy of this big Y/N we've created. He likes being dominated, he got that 'weaker male' spider DNA in him after all. To be a lil more toxic about it, Miguel likes that his life is in your hand, the thought of dying by your hand exhilarates him. Everytime y'all fuck, his heart races, wondering if you're gonna fucking eat him or something cause the spider DNA is insane like that.

TLDR: that spider DNA shit Miguel got is RIFE with some queer shit!! Y'all should explore it more

[tamlindudley]

Klaroline stans being ew Delena are such hypocrites lol. Klaroline is just Delena with a British accent 😆

[moccasins]

i think i won.

^tagged by @soctherapy but the post was getting too long

this isnt a win for me.......

Tags!: @rae-unbeloved @lil-gae-disaster @fictionalcharactergraveyard @livelaughlovelams @alexanderhamiltonhasafatass

[sylvanium]

já: "Mým životem prošlo mnoho žen, ale s žádnou jsem ještě nesdílela děti."

Aneb lesbické narážky poté, co kamarádce uspím obě děti a za odměnu je mi nalito víno a sledujeme Cruellu.

Někdy se mi můj život i vcelku zamlouvá. Někdy...

[theheckle01]

Some Thoughts About the BIONICLE.com Galleries

Recently, I tried to see if the old BIONICLE.com galleries were archived. For those unfamiliar, on the old BIONICLE website there used to be a gallery where folks could submit their own MOCs (My Own Creation). I vividly remember spending many hours browsing it when I was young, and even submitting some MOCs of my own.

Anyway, I checked the Wayback Machine to see if I could find anything, and didn't have much luck. I went to the TTV Message Boards and asked about it, and basically was told that the old galleries were barely archived.

Weirdly enough, this both saddens and fascinates me. Let me explain the latter emotion first. The thing about the BIONICLE fanbase is that it's one of the most archive-heavy fandoms I've ever been a part of. Pretty much every piece of BIONICLE media, from the obvious to the ridiculously obscure, has been found and archived, mainly on BioMediaProject. You remember an old BIONICLE game you used to play online? You can very easily find and play it. You want to see a video going over Lego's thoughts on BIONICLE's audience (which includes the assumption that BIONICLE fans had a 15 minute attention span)? You can find that pretty easily. Want to play lost or unreleased BIONICLE games? The fandom has dug them up and you can now play them on an emulator. The archives of obscure BIONICLE media are extensive, which makes the fact that the galleries are lost rather bizarre. Fans can dig up an early appearance of BIONICLE on some random Russian TV show but not something that was a pretty big facet of the BIONICLE fandom and fan experience while it was around, and that's just weird to me.

It's also sad to me, because in a weird way it represents a loss of history. This may sound overdramatic, but it feels like the best way to describe it. People today still make and post MOCs, which is cool as hell. I love seeing all the wacky and downright impressive things people make. However, here's the thing about the modern MOC scene: most of the folks making and posting them are hardcore BIONICLE fans who have been making MOCs since they were kids. They're mostly adults, and as such are able to make more complex and breathtaking creations. Modern MOCists are hobbyists with disposable income to buy the pieces they want and have the benefit of the modern day. This benefit includes the benefit of new technology, like 3D printing, and just the fact that BIONICLE is over and we have all the types of pieces that came out during its run. There's more around for folks to build with than just a Mata torso, y'know?

Let's compare this to those who would use the old BIONICLE.com galleries. The biggest difference is that the gallery community was mainly made up of children who were fans of BIONICLE as it was being released. The MOCs were less refined, and were mainly made with whatever the kids had around/could convince their parents to buy for them. Since the line was still producing new sets, kids of this era didn't have access to all the pieces modern MOCists do now since many did not exist at the time. All of these factors affect the flavor and vibe of what would've been made. They aren't going to be incredibly dense and large sets that blow you away with their complexity. They're just gonna be something some kid made for fun. That's not to say that incredibly complex and meticulously designed MOCs didn't exist at the time; it's just that to see them you had to wade through a lot of kids simpler MOCs. You don't quite have that anymore, since the community now is made up mainly of dedicated hobbyists and not 10 year olds who just got Gadunka for Christmas.

That old vibe of kids making whatever isn't quite around anymore in the modern fanspace, and I'm a bit sad that even the archives of that aren't around anymore.

I know this was a long ramble, but I just had to get it off my chest.

[communicore]

Toa Ohma! She was way more expensive to build than I thought but I am very happy with how she came out!

As a toa of air, Ohma uses her chakrams and elemental abilities to speed up her thrown weapons and create a sonic wave akin to a space shuttles sonic boom to throw her enemies back.

She's a mask maker who worked alongside Vakama when she was a Metru Nui Matoran, wanting to learn how to repair her dear friend's masks.

The spray paint I used for her 3d printed mask is Rust-oleum Gloss Enamel Hunter Green, which is pretty much exactly dark lego green The build is not all my original ideas, and references can be found here:

Weapon

Torso