#most of my insert stuff needs to be drawn lmao

[shipsational]

Not to be the bird mutual but Hatoful Boyfriend Self Insert my beloved, I can't remember if you ever said what kind of bird you are and/or what you do at the school? Are you a fellow teacher or a student? Hiyoko replacement S/I?

so my selfship with shuu is solidly human!verse actually! partially cause its a little easier to draw for me but also because its easier for me to approach for interactions (since all the biowarfar is tied directly to them being birds tho i'll have to work out those details later, altho i might also keep it kind of slice-of-lifey, we'll see!)

as for my insert, they're a student and im considering making them a freshman to be Extra Problematic about it because if there's one thing about me its that im gonna Stay on that student/teacher, inappropriate age gap grind

they arent quite a hiyoko replacement, but their interactions with shuu play out mostly the same if you go through his route, right down to the 'accidentally' helping him cover his tracks, to the cannibalism

there's Something Wrong TM with my insert and they're down for everything the doctor is putting on the table because there's absolutely a mutual obsession thing brewing here

at some point shuu tries to kill them cause that's just what he's Like, but it backfires terribly cause im already prepared for him to try it and my god the man has no feeling in half his body, his only hope was catching me off guard and he Didn't. i steal his ribbon to start wearing around my neck as a big open secret that everybody is whispering about but he cant do anything about it publicly without confirming whatever weird things people are assuming about us already- its all v scandelous

i should do a bird-verse tho, at the Very Least i should have a bird i associate with my insert cause like literally why have i not??

altho even in the birdie verse i still think my insert would be human because i love a good inter-species self ship

[ofmermaidstories]

HIII MEEEERRRMMSS!!!! :)) how are you? hope youre doing well :) for the game — i was thinking 28… 44…. 45….. but if thats too many you can like ignore whichever one is the most boring

junie. u could ask me to guess what colour ur socks are and i would be glad for the chance to sit and play along. i love u. 🥹 nothing u could think of, or say, or worry about or wanna ask would be boring to me, ur an entire universe within urself and it’s an honour to even graze against the expanse. 🌌🪲

but ok let’s go lmaooo.

28.  Favourite side character

in canon, or fic?? in canon i have a soft spot for tokoyami and dark shadow; and mineta, actually, i think his design is so fun (specifically the way his nose and mouth are drawn!! and his big eyes, they stand out from how hori does others!). 13 too, actually—she’s fun with or without her helmet!!!

44.  How much research do you do?

ehhh. probably not enough (for what i like to tackle, lmao) to be honest. but a bit! for shouto’s fic i kinda had to go on a glut of research about several different things (sdkfhsdkjfh) so that has it’s own doc with like, my notes and sources and stuff. screenshots of interesting things! it sounds impressive but i promise it’s really shallow, lmao, and i think the end result will be like, relatively light on all the stuff i’ve learnt but—eh. no knowledge is wasted lmao.

45.  How much world building do you do?

omg okay, but like, what counts as world building in this situation tho??? because omg, junie, can i just rant about this? im gonna rant about this LMAOO i have a LOT of opinions and ur here now so!!!!!! 🥹 soz!!!! but like, what does that mean tho? LOL. world building. what does that mean??? i see it thrown around all the time and like, to me in a fanfic it’s like… what world building??? we write fanfic LMAO. the world is built for us, that’s literally the point. i don’t consider the lightweight stuff of like, making up a guy and shoving him into a preexisting world to be world building. to me world building as a definition is strict: like, you’re literally building a world. you have to figure out a money system, what are coins worth? how is justice is carried out? how does that effect the rich vs. the poor? how do people clean their asses, what does the plumbing in their cities entail. what kind of crops do they grow and what does that mean for like, easy-to-make sweets? basically what i am saying is that i think to qualify for the term u need to build a world outside of the borrowed one ur writing in and quite frankly i don’t really consider the pro-hero AUs i write to fall under that category LOL. the hard stuff is already done!!! quirks have rules, quirk society has rules… it’s all neat and tidy. i just slip our reader-inserts in like barbie dolls into a dreamhouse and go from there. 😎🌴

[scribz-ag24]

i know this is super late but if you're still open to asks for the fandom ask meme, 13 and 23?

Hmmm it's hard to say since I'm always focusing on grovyle/dusknoir/celebi stuff and I've already drawn Guildshipping as well. Actually, it's probably Darkrai/Cresselia. I always like the couple as a kid bc of their dynamic in the games and anime, about them not being evil/good, but counterparts that protect and need each other.

Inside the pmd universe, Darkrai is barely a character at all, I think he's the weakest narrative point in the entire game, and a good contender for most boring antagonist of the franchise (if only for how much of a downgrade he is compared to the rest of the Explorers games' plot), but there is a scene in Explorers of Spirit that shows a deeper bond between Darkrai and Cresselia, and a sort of betrayal between them, that catches my attention. Since there's nothing on the main game that contradicts that headcanon, I just run with it and adopt it for myself, we do love some friends to enemies dynamic here.

Basically, they could be so toxic yuri to me and i really hope i get to clean some sketches i did about them some time lol.

Also maybe revisit those Grovyle/Dusknoir/Darkrai toxic yaoi ideas bc they were really fun to work with lmao. Maybe even simply inserting darkrai into the future polycule and having them all want to kill him rfqegvqerq

And in case youre curious about the Fionna and Cake fandom, i have an entire comic about Astrid and Scarab I wish i had the energy to clean lmao. So it'd be Astrid, she's a cute little annoying fangirl

My favourite character changes every day because I can never decide on whether I prefer Grovyle or Dusknoir lmao. They're both too good. But on the shipping side of things...

Funnily enough, I guess I went from being strictly a Dusknoir/Grovyle fan after se5 to becoming a fan of the polycule after some reflection. I didn't want to get frustrated by how much attention Grovyle/Celebi had despite Celebi's short time on-screen (and at first frustrating "tee hee im a girl,, im pink and have a crush on boy pokemon uwu" characterization) and become one of good ol' toxic 13 yo fujoshis who hated female characters for "being an obstacle" to the yaoi ship. So I tried to focus more on Celebi and I ended up liking her quite a lot once I tried to read more between lines and drew her more times! Especially since you can basically make her have any dynamic you want with Dusknoir. She can be very fun to write and draw! I just wish the writing in the game had given her more... well, writing.

And in the Adventure Time fandom ig i stopped liking Prismo/Scarab a lot after a while and just preferred Kheirosiphon/Scarab but i basically shipped Scarab wwith anyone so there''s not much difference xd

[shhh-secret-time]

Writer! I got a question for you!

Do you ship any of the characters in SP? Or do you just write reader inserts?

Like can we request Style stuff?

Oh! Yeah I do have a few ships I like! Most of them are with Stan lmao! I just want my boy to be happy!

Obviously Style is one of my favorites, I got a soft spot for best friends to lovers trope! Plus the way people have written and drawn them 🤌 it just works!

Like everyone else in the Fandom Creek is a powerful force. Them bitches gay good for them!

》 that being said I also like Staig. Can't really tell you why on that one?

A guilty pleasure is Stan/Wendy/Kyle I don't really know the ship name for that one. But God gave Stan two hands for a reason! And we love our Poly people! 🫶

Stan and Tolkien, Wendy and Bebe, Clyde and Bebe, Kyle and Heidi! Nichole and Tolkein, Nichole and Kyle. Shit, dude, Red with literally any of the girls.

I think the easier question is what I don't like.

It's Kyman. I'm not a fan of shipping Eric with anyone to be fair. I think there are a few people out there who have written Eric well and I give them major props! It's got to be hard to write for that guy!

But reaaaaally long answer, short. I can try my hand at writing ships. Just send in a request and I'll work on it! I mean I'm even alright with doing Canon/OC but I need a lot of detail to make it right!

[4th-make-quail]

Honest favourite character ask for Sart:

15. Are your thoughts surrounding this character usually sexual, non-sexual, or a mix of both?

and

50. Link your fav song, playlist, aesthetic board, fan-fiction, reference pile, personal artwork, analysis post, meme, headcanon, or quote for this character. Whichever one (s) you are most comfortable with!

Ooh these are good, thank you nonny!!

15. For this, honestly it's a mix of both I think? But with most of the pairs or characters I love, I don't tend to like... Idk self insert I guess? So mostly I think about his relationship with Basch, and also about all the horrible fire stuff he does. 😏 Most especially the transformation magicks, but I have to admit that's from a "shit that's really fucking sexy" pov lmao, but again mostly thinking about how much it increases his height difference with Basch and the general size difference of a really fucking big monster thing with a max height midlander guy!

It's weird, I wrote out a lot of fic situations of porn with Sart and Basch, and now it's a long time since and I don't have active fandom for xiv really to talk about them with, there's a lot less specific thinking and more just digging into lore and headcanons, field note translations and stuff like that.

But I mean also like. I like to think about him railing Basch. And Basch railing him! I'm gonna enjoy writing the sex scenes in my phoenix au wip (which now has a name!), because they're finally gonna be fucking as both old guys and NOT IN THE AFTERLIFE. GOD FUCKING BLESS

50. I don't have a playlist or aesthetic board or anything like that, but I do have two songs I highly associate with him and a whole lot of really fucking amazing art that was drawn for my fics or gifted to me! Also not gonna lie..... I still have a reference pile on hand from when I did trades for art and got a commission ahahah

so!! unfortunately because i need to talk about him at all times, here is a general large dump of Sart Related Items :DDD i could also list headcanons, lore bits and other random shit, but for that i'll direct you to my Sartauvoir quo Soranus shrine on my neocities! it's not as full of stuff as it will be yet, but there's a lot of info there about skirmishes, voicelines, spells and also translations of his field note! thank you for the opportunity to ramble, nonny 💚💚💚

giant reference folder full of screenshots of both him and Basch, along with a refsheet i made for commissioning purposes! as is my habit, there are ten thousand images within these folders lol

songs!!! #1: Starset - Tunnelvision! if anyone has me on discord, this song is the reason i've had my status as "❤️‍🔥marching to the beat of oblivion" for like, ten bajillion years!! idk the lyrics aren't super fitting but they give me Sart Vibes so!!!

#2: Rave the Reqviem - God, Demon, Machine! this one gives me like, feelings about how destructive Sart's fire magick is, and the whole vibe of how the IVth is fighting to bring Landis back from Garlean control but within the system, you know? And ofc in the worst way possible. OUGH. Anyway maybe this would be a better song for Lyon but i like the image of burning jet planes for Sart, so!

and onto the art!

these two pieces were drawn by my friend @hanyosacrimony and illustrate parts of two of my fics! [second piece here at twitter]

here's a commission i got of them from beequinox on twitter! KISSIES

this piece is another fic illustration by hamstrhammy on twitter - we did an art for screenshots trade!

this piece is by my awesome friend @eemamminy-art! i did another screenshots for art trade with him, and she illustrated this scene from the end of my Body Politics series!

and finally, this piece from my husband @crowbi as a pride month surprise!! MY BABIES......

there are a few artists who drew or still draw Sart who I love, but I don't want to repost and also this is a very long post already by now lolol

[daenystheedreamer]

the hotd fandom on twitter (and ao3) is actually making me go insane.

i have no idea why the poor boy who plays Bastard #2 son of rhaenyra was targeted like that by adult fans of the show but it genuinely feels like a fever dream.

the casting announcement for alicent’s brother was announced yesterday i think and immediately you can see people shipping him with luke which is ???

like at this point they have to admit they just have a weird fascination with this 16-year-old actor and are obsessed with shipping him with conventionally attractive adult men but the fact that it’s so spread and normalized in this fandom makes me feel like i’m being gaslighted like is this not wrong? guys?? idk? what gets me is that they specifically use the child actor. they saw a kid hanging out and having no personality and turned him into the Uke Supreme i just don’t get it

i feel like it all boils down to the got fandom generally being so male obsessed because the same people who bash alicent and the actress who plays her then turn around and write fanfic about idfk aegon and daemon being their self-insert’s malewives which i think is fine but when you look at the whole picture it’s soo telling. lmao.

yeah its vile. im mostly live and let live, i cultivate what i see online and avoid what i know will make me upset + when i wanna be a hater im choosing to look at that stuff. but like the line is drawn when youre just being weird to a minor. there's this movie, death in venice, about a man becoming obsessed with this pretty male youth. and ironically, or perhaps darkly fittingly, the 15yo actor for tadzio (the youth, the actor's name is bjorn andresen) was made deeply uncomfortable with the experience due to continued sexual harassment because people could not fucking leave him alone. and it's terrible, it's horrible! there's a documentary (haven't seen it though) about his experiences called The Most Beautiful Boy in the World. also if you're into japanese pop culture, you'll see he's an influence on shoujo/yaoi/bishounen/sh*ta which should tell u everything u need to know.

essentially what I'm getting at is no matter what people say about fiction vs reality, i personally believe the line should be drawn at depictions of real life children. its the tadzio thing again plus i have no doubts if they were doing this to an underage actress it would be frowned upon by the exact same people being gross.

you're into the character/dynamic, you like yaoifying it, okay! it's not my place to judge if its okay to take pleasure in it either. live and let live but i can still think its gross. youre very clearly drawing this minor sensually/sexually and are oddly fixated on him. it's uncomfortable but sometimes you just have to take a look at yourself and recognise you're doing something kinda fucked up. its okay and sometimes necessary to recognise that you are a selfish being with selfish desires that are wrong sometimes, youre not evil but you can engage with it maturely. like idk i just dont think its 'neopuritan' or whatever the fuck to think the cp, even drawn, is gross.

ALSO EDIT: i am not cancelling death in venice the book or the film for being problematic. it is fiction. i hear theyre great actually. bjorn andresen and the kid from hotd however, are real life people. thats the part i think is gross. just before anyone calls me puritan and homophobic or whatever the fuck

[ilonacho]

I absolutely ADORE your Inside job Oc Sona 😭❤ just so pretty

I wanted to ask whats your process to actually draw in the style, do you compare it with other characters from the show etc? Would love to make my own Oc for the show.

Btw how did u like season 2?

oh this is so sweet🥺 thank u so much🥺😭💕

i’m going to ramble a bit. sorry. i used to feel like i could only draw stuff in MY style and frankly i think that held me back a lot??* like art was sometimes more of a challenge than it needed to be and i did not like the result (*for me personally) but at some point i just. i didn’t necessarily try to copy *insert show/movie style* but it’s like a compromise? like i like what the style’s got going on. here’s what i’d change tho. if that makes sense?????? (example could probably be how most show’s style will do hair kinda simple, but i’m not on a budget so i’ll add more details and stray strands etc., ya feel?)

i use a LOT of references. even for characters i’ve drawn a lot and can draw w/ my eyes closed i like to have at least one reference in the upper left corner of my canvas lmao (even when drawing my sona) it helps me remember details and it can be rly fun to compare what they canonically look like vs how i draw them haha

for my ij sona i googled shit like “inside job female characters” and looked at behind the scenes reference sheets (or whatever you’d call it) for background characters, to get a broader idea of the different face/eye/mouth/etc shapes. eventho i bimbofied her rather than making her look just like me in the show style, i do love how diverse the show’s character designs are! plenty to mess around w/ for ocs :3

and we still have 3 more eps to go but i’m loving it!!!

[dumpsterhipster]

24, 29, 48 for the writing asks :)

Thanks so much for the asks, Crunchy! You picked a couple of my favourite questions hehe.

24. Favourite genre to write and read

FANTASY. No surprises there lol. I've been a big ol fantasy nerd since I was very very young, and that's never changed hahaha. When writing, the subgenre I've really been loving is coming of age; but I'm still such a novice writer that I wouldn't be surprised if as I learn and grow I might find other genres I like writing just as much. :)

29. Favourite villain

Overall? It's hard to pick, but definitely up there is a character from Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight series who I can't name without it being a big ol' spoiler lmao. But I think anyone who's read it will know just who I'm talking about. And another character from Neil Gaiman's American Gods who would ALSO be a spoiler to name, and...you know what, I'm seeing a pattern here lol. Oh and also the Forsaken from the Wheel of Time.

In the fandom, it's our bestest Mead Mommy, Maven Black-Briar.

EDIT: just realised maybe it meant of my OWN villains. In which case, it's a spoiler too lol.

48. What’s the most self-insert character/scene you’ve ever written?

Neither Kirilee nor Myfanwy are self-inserts, but for both of them I've drawn pretty heavily on my own experiences and *cough* flaws. So there are plenty of moments here and there which may as well have been drawn 1:1 from my life in various ways hahahaha. This is one of the most blatant ones:

“You don’t have to bring every book you own with us, you know,” Brelyna remarked, pulling her own door shut behind her. She carried only a modestly-sized travelling bag, and had already changed out of her College robes into a lovely but practical violet riding dress. “We will be coming back. And I’m sure Solitude will have plenty of its own booksellers.” “I’m not bringing every book,” Myfanwy retorted. “Just the essentials. You know, my special favourites. And the ones I have to read over the summer. And the ones I need to make a start on my next paper. And a few I brought as backups, just in case I run out of stuff to read.”

Thanks again Crunchy! These were really fun!

[starkitters]

✨Hello!✨

👁 You’ve been visited by the Oc Cryptid of Knowledge! 👁

💀Someone wants to know more… MORE, MORE! ABOUT YOUR OC(s)!💀

📖Knowledge is powerful. Here’s what they want to know.📖

11. Who was your first oc? (Oooh…!)

23. Which oc of yours has the BEST fashion? (Aaahhh!)

31. Tell us about an oc/canon ship you have! (How lovely!)

44. Which oc of yours has the most meaning behind their name? (Sparkly…!)

HEWWO???? HEWWO ANON YOU JUST OPENED THE FLOODGATES—

I had to sit here for awhile like “Fuck who do I talk about—” because oh lordy I have way too many ocs across different fandoms. I’ll… probably go with Megaman ocs to make things simple?? But depending on the question I’ll throw a few other ocs into the mix. 11. If we’re talking about the very first oc I ever created? That would have to be my girl Alex Storm, who I. have not drawn recently I need to get on that huh. She started out as like… a general self insert and ended up becoming an original oc who’s story I’m still working on on and off.

If you mean like, fandom wise? The first MegaMan oc I ever made was actually Float Woman! I haven’t posted about her or the other DTNs as much as I’d like to, but I got the idea to make her after getting introduced to Blast Man (and mega man in general) through watching @milosdumb stream MM11. I just thought it would be funny to make an Uraraka/Uravity kinnie since Blast Man was basically Bakugo under Wily’s control. 23. Mmm… Okay I wouldn’t say she has the “best” fashion, but I think it’s my Pokemon oc Cassiopeia? She generally wears formal/business wear, but that’s. Kinda because she’s the leader of an “evil team” so LMAO. Gotta keep up appearances, plus she likes to look her best in general. Most of my other ocs wear varying styles of casual clothing, and usually range from goth to kinda futuristic to all of the above.

31. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE ME CHOOSE ONE I HAVE WAY TOO MANY—

Okay so in the case of MM classic, I have at least 3 ships? 4 if you include a more self-indulgent self insert one. This is absolutely subject to change because I am a multishipper and I really enjoy playing with different character dynamics. MM X I really only have one so far, but that is also subject to change. Pokemon… Really only 1 as well since I don’t have too many Poké-ocs, but that’s going to change super fast because I have Ideas™.

I guess since I can only talk about one I. Guess I could talk about BluesJazz?? Uuuh I dunno how in depth I’ll go with it but.

I guess for a little bit of context, Jazz is one of my other MM ocs. I do plan to go more in depth about her at some point but I guess to start, she was built some time after Blues was but about a couple of years before he took off, cuz like. There had to have been other “””prototypes””” after Blues that’s just common sense. you don’t have one “perfect” prototype and start mass-producing, there had to have been other tests by other people. bUT ANYWAY I’M GETTING OFF TRACK BACK TO SHIPPY STUFF—

For the most part I’ve been categorizing their relationship as “Annoyances to lovers” + “We need to stop meeting like this”? Like, the two of them keep running into each other at inopportune times, Plus I’m gonna be honest both of these idiots (affectionate) are snarky in their own way and can be equally as defensive. I genuinely love the idea that these two ultimately become a “bickering married couple”, but it definitely takes some time and effort from both parties. I dunno their dynamic is really fun and I want to talk about it more at some point. 44. I’m going to be 100% honest, depending on the oc I don’t think too too hard about the name? Some of my ocs have do have names that have some sort of meaning behind them (sometimes unintentionally), but a lot of the time I just pick a name that I like or fits with the media, or I just kinda go “Oh. Oh that’s fun.”

The later is especially true for MegaMan ocs, since. Most of the Robot Masters have two word names?? For the most part you really only have to think about what their job is, and base the name off of that.

Off the top of my head, I think one of the ocs I put some of the most thought into name wise was my Lego Monkie Kid oc Ao Qingyun/Feng Yún? Mainly because I haven’t had an oc with a chinese name up until this point, and I wanted to make sure that not only was I was respectful, but her name made sense when it came to being cloud/sky themed. Honestly I’m still not. entirely sure if I did it right if I’m being entirely honest.

[runolllo-fanboygirl]

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I'm going to start by clarifying that these are messages I got in response to my post here /// LINK /// After this, I'm not replying to messages about this kinda thing in a long time. Talking about sexualization and such other topics is important but I'm not in a state to be made the center of it. Please, don't come to my inbox asking for discourse, go and create your own posts if you want to raise awareness or vent.

And now to answer to these new asks:

FIRST OF ALL: while I love the way Murata draws men, robotic stuff, monsters... I actually HATE the way he draws ladies! I prefer their proportions in the OPM anime and games. Murata is literally SO BAD at drawing women compared to the level of expertise he has drawing men, and it's all ‘cos he keeps drawing ladies "the h0rny way". We all know this, let's move on.

"He's drawing all the monster girls sexualized" Did the fact that Manako's genre reveal deconstructs the trope "the default is male" totally go over your head? That Psykos's reveal as a woman running the whole MA was a big deal for this same reason as well? There are a bunch of female monsters… you just assume they're all male unless you see big b00bs and then complain about that very fact. They literally made a whole point about this specifically!

"He changed Mizuki's shorts to p4nties to please fanboys" I liked the shorts better too (just because I find her whole character design a bit more balanced that way) so that change bothered me as well, but the "p4nties" are actually standard athletic wear for competition. Shorts are not. Technically, she’s drawn more accurately now.

"Sports Bras don't work that way he just wants to draw b00bs" neither do the shirts and bodysuits the guys are wearing. You can see all their muscles and manb00bs and cr0tch lines, just as much as with Fubuki and Tatsu's hero outfits and Mizuki's top.

"But when the boys are drawn that way, it's not to please the ladies, it's male power fantasy" THERE IS NO HETEROSEXUAL MALE POWER FANTASY BULLSHIT THAT CAN POSSIBLY EXPLAIN THE WAY MURATA DRAWS GAROU, FLASH, SONIC, STINGER AND SOME OF THE OTHER GUYS. The fact is that the way he draws eye candy of them appeals to other collectives other than the cis het men and he knows exactly what he's doing. Period.

"He constantly draws sexualized art of Mizuki to please the fanboys" Why exaggerate so much? This is simply not true. She's a woman in athlete wear, most of the time she's either standing up talking or fighting, no weird angles or anything. There is like 1 sexy cover of her, the back cover with all the girls in bikinis and then that infamous watermelon sequence. That's all the sexualization you are talking about.

"Mizuki only gets so much screen time because of how much p0rn of her there is" oh yeah Mizuki got a grand total of, like, *drum roll* 1 chapter and a half dedicated to her! Wow! Which is NOTHING taking into consideration how dense Garou's arc is and the fact that they will need at least 2 seasons of the anime to finish it.

But think about this: OPM desperately needed more female presence, in special with the prospect of finishing Garou's arc in the anime. Making anime is hard and COSTLY. Most of the people who is going to watch the anime haven't read the manga and they'll be like "what the heck there are no female characters in this anime for like 3 seasons?" and there is no team that's going to risk it working with such prospects. We know why.

Of all the expansion that Garou's arc got in the manga adaptation (and later in the anime), one of the most sensible and balanced decisions was to add more ladies. They put all those monster ladies for season 2, and then for season 3 we get Manako and Mizuki having some strong presence, Shadow and Kamaitachi there a bit in the back too. It benefits the pace and balance of both the manga and the future season 3 so immensely because Fubuki, Tatsumaki and Psykos take a LOOONG while to be relevant during Garou's Arc… in special with all the filler the manga put in between (but all that filler is of the S-Class boys getting development and a reality check which is kinda important too lol).

Point is: the screentime Mizuki got was VERY necessary to balance things in between of all the relentless Garou fights and the boys being boys. Sure Mizuki is beautiful and sexy and all, but really EVERYONE was waiting for a new female character that was relevant, likeable, fun… and on top of everything, it's so rare to see a strong 2m tall girl in fiction in general, not even just anime. Everyone got instantly excited about her because she's exactly what we needed AND MORE. And sure, people draw p0rn of her like they do with most other popular characters, what did you expect.

"The ladies are always more sexualized-" YES, in the OPM manga, the ladies are a little more sexualized than the men –but not by much AND not during plot stuff. By that I mean that most of the so called "sexualizing the girls" happens in the covers, back covers and promotional art very exclusively, and not during the story itself. HOWEVER, a lot of the sexy men bits do happen during the story, curiously.

 In the anime though, there is almost zero ladies fanservice (which makes sense since there is almost no female presence in the first 2 seasons anyway). Yet it's full of naked dudes, sometimes for a good reason, but mostly just so we can look at them being sexy and silly.

 I personally don't care if the man candy and ladies fanservice is not perfectly even in Murata's manga adaptation, because there is enough of both in his work, as well as other official OPM stuff like the anime and games to bring a very nice balance in the s3xy department.

 "The way the women are dressed-" Most of the background ladies are wearing skirt uniforms and shit, but all the relevant ladies primarily dress in nothing you can call "sexualized" except for maybe Tatsumaki with her strong leg game. To recall:

 Lilly wears the same as the men of the Blizzard Group; Twin Tail just dresses like a jester; Mizuki is the first to show so much skin, but she's still wearing real standard competition wear for athletes. All the other sportwomen (Hornet and Swim) and martial artists (Shadow, Suiko, Lin Lin) wear standard clothes for their respective professions too. Sure we've seen Shadow wearing some, uh, ninja bikini thing under her ACTUAL work clothes, but for actual fights she's fully dressed and surprisingly not stuffed in a tiny nylon bodysuit that rips like stocking, like all the ninja men in the series do lmao.

Fubuki and Tatsumaki are, like, the only ones wearing dresses and they can because they use psychic powers anyway. Fubuki doesn't even show ANY skin, ever! She just happens to have big b00bs! Kamaitachi is the other one wearing a "skirt" but it's similar to what Japanese martial artists would wear, too.

So, again… all this sexualization we are talking about is not even happening anywhere except in Murata's covers and some promotional art. ONE is famous for treating ladies very fairly, even if Murata tries very hard to exploit the sexy out of every single of the ladies ONE creates. All these ladies have their own agenda and personality that have nothing to do with being pretty or f*ckable. In fact, in-universe, no one ever mentions if the heroines are beautiful or sexy and no one ever talks about liking them for those reasons (except for Lilly and Erika who are gay for Fubuki and Tatsumaki respectively, amazingly enough no hetero characters mention it). I think the first time we've ever seen a relevant character talking about dating another relevant character is when Suiryu told Saitama and Suiko to date (but Suiryu is the resident h0rny fuckboy of the series, if someone was going to say something so stupid for all the wrong reasons, it was going to be him).

For being an adult series, a seinen that parodies shonen tropes and all, OPM is seriously very tame in the sexy ladies department. For this series, the sexy is just a luxurious accessory, just one more little thing. It's always pretty weird when people get so angry and disappointed about a new sexy girl cover or a couple of compromising panels, like they don't know what to expect.

 "He only draws that way to please the h0rny fanboys" Murata IS a h0rny fanboy himself and draws shit that appeals to him as much as he feels he’s allowed to insert in the series. Please remember he's the insane fanboy that reached up to ONE to beg him to continue One Punch Man and offered to make a manga adaptation to promote OPM.

From the moment Murata started drawing OPM, the tone of the manga was set and never changed: lots of blood and guts, comical and non-comical nudity, irreverence, sexy angles, Genos ripping his shirts off, ninjas in body suits that rip like they are nylons… people in shirts, tanktops and dresses so tight you can see all their muscles, boobs and even belly buttons whether they are men or women or otherwise… h0rny chapter covers, stupidly h0rny monsters…

Just reading the manga to the point where Genos and Mosquito Girl first appear, you know what you are in for with OPM. I don't know what some fans are expecting to see in OPM next, but I'm going to take a wild guess here and say: you should expect more of the same.

 At the end of the day, the manga is Murata's work with ONE, and if he likes drawing h0rny ladies more than boys, that's how things are! This is just 2 guys with their passion project. I don't expect of them the same as if there was a bigger team with a big budget behind the series, like it happens with many games and shows. In this last case, I would be a lot stricter about all this, because with more resources you're expected to do better things.

[jellyfishdooter]

Okay so, back when I asked for asks for my Ego DnD AU, @lace-maze sent a really good ask a while back asking about why each of the egos chose the characters they did and their playing styles- and I can’t for the LIFE of me find the original anywhere on my blog. ;3;

But! I finished it and I bet it reads horribly but whatever who cares I’m tired- enjoy!

So to FINALLY answer your question, the way I went about choosing what each of the egos would play more or less boiled down to a combo of trying to pick what I think THEY would want to play, and what I figured they would be in the Dungeons and Dragons universe. (wink wonk)

Marvin- Dragonborn Sorcerer

One of the top veterans of the game, he likes to play something with more of a challenge and a lot more mechanics. And since he’s a magician it’s definitely has to deal with magic of some kind (I mean c’mon, he’s already got the aesthetic wardrobe irl for it so why not?). So he’s currently playing a Sorcerer- a magic caster who has the power naturally within him (which ties in his Race for it’s from his draconic bloodline:)

He could have easily chosen his race to be a Tabaxi (a human-cat like hybrid), but he already got enough shit of being the “furry” of the group as it was so instead he decided to go for a Dragonborn. In the game there are different types of Dragonborn, so specifically he’s Brass- which both deals fire damage breath, and is also resistant to fire.

Being one of the older players, his play style depends on the day. For the most part he is the cool, collected member of the party who doesn’t rush in and thinks things through... Until it’s later in the evening with a few drink in ‘em and then they just say, “Yeah, this might as well happen.” Before taking another shot and round-housing someone poor guy’s ass for mocking his scaly features.

Jackie- Half-Orc Fighter

Always wanting to be the hero, Jackie wants to fight and protect his fellow party members. He only has a few sessions under his belt, but he’s confident in saying that he's comfortable with playing more tanky characters and dealing heavy damage.

Jackie doesn’t have a lot of reasoning for his Race other than Orcs Are Cool so he just rolls with that.

As for his Class he likes having a bunch of different fighting styles to choose from while in combat so he can pick and choose which would work best for the situation (they also get more of a range in picking which Armor Class they want-).

His play style is Protect the Party, but also Rush In Head First Into Danger. He’s always in the front lines of a fight to tank the most damage and provide cover for the more squishy characters. It can get quite frustrating for the healer at times when he runs battleaxe-first into battle, leaving his head behind.

Speaking of healers-

Henrik- High Elf Alchemist

A lot like Anti, Henrik found the idea of playing to be quite silly. But once he got into it, the doctor found it quite enjoyable to get into a fantasy character and forget about the real world for a couple of hours. But wanting to retain some kind of dignity, he decided to play as a High Elf. He was drawn to their grace, wonderlust for adventure, and near perfectionism. To say the least, it's easy for him to slip into character.

Strictly speaking, Alchemist is not the the 5E DnD Handbook, but Jack allowed it and made some homebrew additions to the character so their party would actually have a fucking healer. So in addition to the damage-dealing bombs Henrik’s character uses, he also has a special healing bomb he can yeet at the other players when needed.

Henrik’s play style is serious, but curious. He’s always wanting to explore the world Jack created for them and peacefully interact with the NPCs, enjoying events that unfold naturally. However when it’s time for a proper fight he does not beat around the bush, staying in the back for more long-ranged attacks rather than right on the front lines.

Chase- Human Ranger

The recently-single father needed an outlet other than drinking to try and cope with the loss of his family. So like any good friend, Jack offered Chase a spot in his campaign that he was putting together! He wasn’t too sure at first, Chase said that the game seemed really complex and hard to get into. But Jack waves it off and told his friend, “You honestly have to fully jump into it if you’re gonna get anywhere. There’s not really a small way to start. It’s pretty much all or nothing. But trust me, it’s gonna be great!” And ever since his first session, Chase always looked forward to next week’s game.

Being one of the newer players, Chase doesn’t really play anything too crazy, so he sticks to his guns and runs a Human pc. And he may or may not have based the character on his old life to some degree. Giving himself a stable home, a fulfilling job, and a big loving family and at least 3 dogs. Ya’know, real heavy fantasy stuff.

Jack offered him the newer class/ homebrew of a Gunslinger, but he politely declined ‘cause he didn’t want to have to deal with new rules. So he decided to go with a Ranger for his class, figuring it would make for a cool character to play.

Chase’s play style is pretty average (no pun intended), and not all that spectacular. He gets a few good one-liners in here and there, but for the most part he plays passively. Fights when there’s a fight, and interacts almost only when others interact with him directly. (He’s been trying to get better at being more engaging, but he tends to zone out.)

Jameson- Halfling Bard

This session being JJ’s (and Robbie’s) first ever game, JJ pleasantly surprised Jack when he decided to be a Bard. When asked why, the silent man replied simply, “There’s nothing in the rules saying bards HAVE to sing. At the core of them, they are performers.” Jack beams and asks what’s their instrument of choice then? Jameson smiles and shows him this video, saying he thinks it would be interesting to have this as his musical item. (Also gotta love that good The Bard Seduces Everything trope. He’s keeping that in his back pocket for the right moment.)

As for being a Halfling, Jameson figured it would be fun to play a smaller character. And nobody ever suspects the small man to pack such a whaloop. But really, his love for the hobbits in the Tolkin books had captured his heart and really wanted to try and emulate that in the game! Maybe leaning more towards being a little prankster, but still at the core- in short- Soft Cottage Aesthetic™

Jameson’s play style is bouncy and go-gettem. He’s eager to explore the world and have fun with the NPCs. In battles he’s more comedic relief in the back inspiring the other players (and intimidating enemies by aggressively cranking his music box rapidly). And AT LEAST ONCE he has had Jackie’s character YEET his at the enemy to get the final blow to slay the beast. That was a fun session.

Anti- Changeling Rouge 

Do I really gotta explain this one? 

Naturally Anti always tries to play the edgiest characters he can. Giving them dark, moody personalities but with a slight crazed tick. (Chase naturally calls hypocrisy when Anti says his character is a self-insert to the game.)

I’m almost out of steam here so in short-

Anti loves the idea of having puppets to mess around with irl- so in the game he can somewhat do the same- by changing his figure/ features to mimic those of somebody to manipulate another. He doesn’t care much for the society around him and does his own thing, but can easily blend in and slip into other’s traditions if he needs to. His character has a tendency to pick fights pretending to be someone else before ducking out and watch the fight take place with a smirk on his hidden features. None of the party has ever seen his real face/ form, always changing it subtly so every time someone tries to take a second look something seems different or off.

Rouge: Quick and Stabby. Like the bitch himself.

Robbie- Undead Druid

Jack had to make a special homebrew character for Robbie ‘cause he was set on being an Undead. Apparently Robbie and Marvin talked about character ideas before hand and Robbie got a little overwhelmed with all the options that they had, so Marv suggested something Rob could relate to easier. So after an afternoon of crafting a special stat sheet, Jack allowed their favorite zombie ego to play.. Well, a zombie. (I’m sure someone else has made something similar out there but I might try and make a sheet later.. That could be fun lmao)

As for Druid, I like to see Robbie as being a little more connected to nature than the rest of the egos. Since he.. Yaknow, crawled out of the dirt at one point. (Side story- before the others found him in an old cemetery, he liked to just hang out around the area that was slowly being reclaimed by nature and liked watched the birds and animals). So he was pretty drawn to choosing this class. It’s a little complicated at points, but that’s why Marvin sits between him and JJ, so he can help them out through the whole process. Robbie gets really excited when one of his spells works in combat or just having fun interacting with the NPCs by growing them some flowers to be nice. 

As a whole Robbie’s play style is pretty passive. He gets distracted pretty easily and unless Jack is waving his arms around or using miniatures/ figurines to keep a visual, the zombie will sometimes lose focus and stare off into space for a minute before coming back to the game and raising his hand for something to be repeated.

It’s one big mixing pot of different people and play styles, but at the end of the day, Jack has a lot of fun trying to bounce around and keep up with everyone’s antics and storylines. It’s hard as hell at times and it gets a little frustrating when things get out of hand, but they all try to check each other and keep things rolling. And at the end of the day, all the boys enjoy the game and what Jack has to offer and really fucking enjoy themselves. DnD is a good destresser for most of them and all around a grand fun time!

[godkllers]

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01.    NICKNAME  :  spence  from  most  ppl  &  bug  from  my  parents  and  my  parents  only 02.    REAL  NAME  :  spencer  (~: 03.    ZODIAC  :  scorpio babey 04.    HEIGHT  :  5′ 5″  need  me  some  of  those  rdj  shoe  inserts 05.    WHAT  TIME  IS  IT  ?  :  6:42 pm 06.    FAVOURITE  MUSICIANS  /  GROUPS  :  hozier  was  my  spotify  artist  of  the  year  and  decade  so ,,,  there’s  that .  but  i’ve  also  been  listening  to  a  lot  of  matt  maeson ,  st. paul  and  the  broken  bones ,  molly  tuttle ( THE  TALENT !!!! ) ,  &  black  pistol  fire recently  on  top  of  my  usual  stuff . 07.    FAVOURITE  SPORTS  TEAM  :  the  preds ,  meaning  i’ve  been  stressed  lately  lmao 08.    OTHER  BLOGS  :   none  of  my  other  blogs  are  active ,  and  i  hate  that  i  was  just  called  out  for  it 09.    DO  I  GET  ASKS  ?  :  um ,  well  i  get  memes  that  sit  half  written  in  my  drafts  for  weeks  before  i  finish  them  if  that  counts 10.    HOW  MANY  BLOGS  DO  I  FOLLOW  ?  :  a  good  round  25  as  of  right  now ! 11.    ANY  TUMBLR  CRUSHES  :  i  mean ,  a  ton .  but  @pcrtysovcr​  n  @oldmcncy​  are  angels  who  i  would  die  for . 12.    LUCKY  NUMBER  :  i  don’t  really  have  a  lucky  number ,  i  don’t  think ?  but  i’m  always  drawn  to  numbers  with  2′s  for  some  reason 13.    WHAT  AM  I  WEARING  RIGHT  NOW  :  an  enormous  sweatshirt  w  my  college  on  it  and  spongebob  boxers  asfvsdbs 14.    DREAM  VACATION  :  i  just  wanna  detach  from  the  rest  of  the  world  and  live  in  a  bog  for  a  few  months ,  or  just  go  off  the  grid  in  alaska  and  not  die 15.    DREAM  CAR  :  a  blue  n  white  ‘84  ford  bronco  🥺 16.    FAVOURITE  FOOD  :  pasta  in  literally  any  shape  or  form 17.    DRINK  OF  CHOICE  :  honestly ,  i’m  a  craft  beer  bitch  but  if  i’m  i’m  drinking  liquor  i  rlly  like  lynchburg  lemonade 18.    LANGUAGES  :  english  &  german  (  but  i’m  not  quite  completely  fluid  in  the  latter ) 19.    INSTRUMENTS  :  violin  &  viola !  i  can  also  play  like  2  songs  on  the  uke  but  who  can’t 20.    CELEBRITY  CRUSHES  :   jake  gyllenhaal  is  and  always  will  be  my  number  1 ,  but  oscar  isaac  and  barbie ferreira  get  honorable  mentions 21.    RANDOM  FACT  :  when  i  was  little ,  my  mom  always  made  me  rainbow  pancakes  and  now  she  always  jokes  abt  how  they  turned  me  gay  lmao

TAGGED   BY  :  @pcrtysovcr​

TAGGING  :  @oldmcncy​ ,  @coolwxthyou​ ,  @erroda ,  @grrlhoods​ ,  &  literally  anybody  else  who  wants  to  ( &  say  i  tagged  you ,  so  i  can  read  your  answers ! )

[quonit37]

somebody on DEVIETART tagged me for one of those ask games. I had no IDEA you could do that. I’m gonna put it on Tumblr instead because idk how devietart works despite having used it for 2 years.

Questions they sent me:

1. Your favourite fruit?

I’m pretty good with most fruit. I like granny smith apples, a bunch of berries, really standard stuff. 2. What is your favourite memory?

I have some pretty good ones I think. It’s hard to judge them though because a lot of ‘good’ memories I have weren't just my happiest moments but just stuff that brought me good things later. For example ‘OH so not everyone draws? weird. so apparently I'm an artist.” I’ll just go with that one.

3. Favourite gaming platform? (For example, Laptop, Playstation, xBox, etc.)

PC/Computer. If that doesn't count then the Wii.

“WHAT TF WHY THE WII???”

See I had one while growing up and it was a hacked Wii we got off craigslist (I still have it!) so it had nearly EVERY game that was ever released on the Wii (And two different emulators so also everything on the NES and I think it was gameboy? I forgot) and also had a looooot of movies on it. It is the console that brought me the most joy has a kid. 4. If you could be one character from any game or tv show for a day, who would you be?

If I can’t be my own self insert hmm... that’s a good question. I’m gonna limit this question more to it HAS to be a fictional character from a trademarked/copyrighted property instead of somebody’s OC. And I’m still not sure. Because sure there are characters I LIKE but the ones I like the most all are grounded characters with struggles n shit but if I were to swap bodies with one of them for a day then I’d rather do a character with power and stuff for a day because it’s supposed to be fun. 5. What would your life as an anime be like? Would you be a protagonist, or an antagonist? Or maybe even just a neutral character?

I already made the anime and it’s called Gaynote. To answer the question, I’m the protagonist on it. 6. Do you agree that toes should be called foot fingers? XD

No not really. 7. Do you have any siblings?

Two. I’m the oldest. I have a little brother and a little sister. The sister is the youngest. 8. Do you prefer drawing your own art to put up or buying posters?

I have a wall next to my bed of art I’ve drawn. Every year I redraw some of the art on it so that you can flip through the pages on the wall to see progress. The posters I put up though aren’t posters they are prints I bought from artists I like. 9. Who is your favourite celebrity?

I really couldn’t give two shits about who’s famous. Uhhh Zarla the person who made Handplates because she’s a great person, and inspired my art a lot. 10. Music or youtube?

I don’t think I even have accounts on stuff like spotify. I use youtube instead. I don’t use my phone enough at all to make purchasing Youtube Red or whatever the fuck they changed it’s name to. So yeah youtube I have a few playlists on songs on there. 11. How do you think time travel works? What is the law behind it for you?

Not exactly how I think it works in real life but I like the idea of not being apple to change what’s happened. If you go back in time and change something you just cause what happened to happen. You always went back in time. You were actually there in that part of history. 12. What is bound to make you cry every time?

This video. But only because of my headcanons. I cry about fictional stuff RARELY but that video, despite me not even speaking the language and there being no translations available, really reminded me of why those characters are so sad and why I like them. 13. SMASH OR PASS: Frisk from undertale (lmao sorry, I couldn't think of anything else)

Depends on the au lol. I’m demiromatic/sexual so I actually cannot be attracted to somebody unless they’ve been my friend for like 5 years and I absolutely know them that well. If it’s original frisk undertale uh lol why tf is the bby flirting at me aaaa undertale is broken I need to record this.

@this-is-an-error is being tagged. For the last question, I’ll put Error sans there instead lol.

[wintersongstress]

Writing Interview

tagged by the lovely @connorshero , thank you Sadie! I loved reading your responses and this tag was really fun! :)

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Q: What is your coffee order?

Chai Tea Lattes are my life and rarely disappoint me. Also, one cafe I love has Lavender Lattes and those are pretty good too. Whenever I go to Starbucks I, like Sadie, will also get a JavaChip Frappucino with a double shot of espresso.

Q: What is the coolest thing you’ve ever done?

Its hard to narrow down a singular experience as the “coolest”. I’ve been skydiving. I’ve been to the Taj Majal and I’ve ridden an elephant up to Agra Fort. I’ve flown in a helicopter up to Mendenhall Glacier and ice-climbed (yes, with Lara Croft-style axes) and that was a ton of fun. I saw all these Inuit villages and mountainside waterfalls up close and Alaska is just beautiful. I mean, I guess I’ve done some cool things…

Q: Who has been your biggest mentor?

My sister has been the person I can talk to about anything. While our lives are on different paths, she has always been there for me to offer guidance and subsequently been an inspiration to me. She is the most creative and artistic person I know.

Q: What has been your most memorable writing project?

It is a personal work and is a long way from where it started and where its going to finish. There is no title yet so you can tell how much of a good grasp I have on it, but I’ve been working on it since probably 2015.

Q: What does your writing path look like, from the earliest days until now?

Here is what my writing looked like ten years ago, vs. something I wrote today. As you can see, it’s still as terrible as my handwriting lmao

I have always, ALWAYS, loved stories–hearing, reading, telling, and even drawing them when I was young. I think I wrote my first story when I was seven or so; it was about two bunnies who were sisters and were ballerinas AND IT WAS CUTE OKAY.  When I was eleven, I was taken out of school to be homeschooled. I had a lot of time to myself and I would write in a notebook everyday. I had several different ideas and the freedom to explore them. That was when I loved writing the most.

When I was 14 I built my first computer and I started writing on there. I also started reading fanfiction and it exposed me to a WHOLE NEW WORLD. I was never drawn to write any until I was 17. College taught me more about writing, and sometimes I wish I would pursue it in earnest. Nowadays I write self-insert fanfiction that no one ever sees!

Q: What is your favorite part about writing?

When something just..unlocks inside of me and everything starts pouring out the way its meant to and I reach that untouchable place where everything is how I want it to sound and the images are as clear on paper as they are in my mind. Or when I look at something I wrote a long time ago and think wow, I was onto something there.

Q: What does a typical day look like for you?

Bust out of my coffin at 7AM and prepare for a long day at school. I used to go to work straight after and let me tell you, being a full-time college student with two part-time jobs was exhausting. My daily routine has changed since I quit my primary job and I only have my second job on campus now so I have more (much needed) time on my hands. Might fuck around and start going back to art class. Anyways, when I finally get home I’ll take a nap do homework and eventually unwind. I’ll either write or turn on my playstation with a mug of tea and you know how the other half of my night lives. Rinse and repeat.

Q: What does your writing process look like?

Throwing my laptop and notebooks into Lake Michigan and never writing another thing again.

Struck by the Idea™ .

Brainstorming.

Research & Development: This is the phase a lot of WIPs get stuck in. Before I go forward, I decide the POV the piece requires. I think about the tone and atmosphere I have in mind and set up the diction that is going to accomplish this through the voice. I’ll do research if I need too. This will include reading or watching movies, whatever I think I need to specifically inspire me to write.  

Drafting.

More drafting.

Even MORE drafting.

Let it simmer.

Come back and send the draft through the revision wood-chipper. I hand write it one last time (a lot of mistakes can stick out when doing this, in my experience).

Q: What’s the best advice you’ve gotten?

The more uncertain you are about your calling, the more sure you can be that you have to do it.

Q: What’s the biggest lesson you’ve learned?

Don’t leave your backpack in the back of your car in a Seattle parking garage with all your writing notebooks in it!!! That shit will get stolen and you will never see it again!! Seriously, back up your stuff. Also remember that if its on your computer there is no such thing as truly deleted and you can recover your files. Computer forensics is a wonderful thing.

Q: What advice would you give someone who wants to start writing?

Focus on yourself and what you want to get out of writing. Never forget that reason, that purpose.

Don’t compare your writing to others. Just don’t.

Be patient with yourself and how long it takes for your skills to develop.

Rid all thoughts of inadequacy.

Read. Reading is the best way to learn how to write.

Always be open to try new things. Write a villanelle. Write in second person. Try epistolary writing. The more things you try, the broader your skill set becomes.

Take as long as you need and accept that first drafts are garbage. If you already hate it you are already seeing what is wrong with it and you’ll start getting ideas on how to fix the problem you think you have.

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You don’t have to do this, but I’ll tag: @a-shakespearean-in-paris // @sunstrain // @anniesburg // @deviantramblings // @anyone who wants to do this!

[klanced]

K so. Remastered Kevin Kogun would be alien-alien (which I love and support) but what do u think that entails for his overall design/appearance?? If he is Galra/shapeshifter he could have multiple forms but like, what about his human hologram/appearance thingy or like a base Galra form? ?? My input is he should be a floofy Galra and that is all, plz and thx

OKAY, SO. (”Remastered Kevin” hsdkjghdksj)

Kevin’s appearance is something that’s actually a huge plothole because Canon Keith has no idea he’s part-alien, but AU Keith would have grown up with a brother who was purple in like. All of his baby pictures. Soooooo (I scramble). Hm. 

I’ll start with Mom.

Mom Kogane is 8ft tall, so jot that down!! She is also a mf BEANPOLE. Keith gets his slim build from her (but his height from his dad. Rip.). But she’s also strong enough to rip a school bus in half. Dad Kogane is a lucky man.

Tbh no Ma Kogane I could imagine would ever beat what @basedtaka has already drawn. I love that Mom. Dad Kogane is a lucky man.

I… I guess for this au Ma Kogane is part-Galra part-Chameleon because… Hm… Yeah let’s just go with it. She’s mostly Galra tho, or at least. The Galra traits are dominant. I’m very tired can we please move on. 

Regardless, she can shapeshift! Think like Allura, but her camo-tech boosts the effect and stabilizes it… for a longer time…? I don’t know alien technology man, but let’s go with that. 

However, her abilities can’t completely erase some aspects, like her claws and height and stuff. So she files her nails down to like. Reasonable lengths. And she sits in a wheelchair to hide how tall she is. It also makes the whole ‘gigantic while pregnant’ thing a little bit easier on her feet.

OK NOW ON TO KEVIN LEL.

Galra Kevin: As a baby he was the fluffiest thing ever. He also lost a hella lot of teeth (think like a shark), which scared the shit out of his dad lol. He loses most of this baby fur as he gets older, though :(

Kevin cried a lot as a baby because his ears are sensitive and they didn’t like the air pressure of Earth. 

He’s not as tall as his mom because Earth isn’t exactly the Best place for a Galra to grow up, and running away from home and living as a space vagabond also stunted his growth. He didn’t eat his vitamins :((

He’s only like… 6′5″ which is impossibly tall to me, but makes him only a little bit taller than Lotor lel. He also slouches a lot so you don’t really get the Full Effect until he straightens and then you’re like Excuse Me?

Keith peaks at 5′7″ and it’s sooooooo funny when they stand next to each other lmao.

Ma Kogane: My sons are so tiny. I have to train them to defend themselves.

Kevin isn’t 100% Galra because his mom is mixed and his bio dad was also mixed so statistically he comes out about uhhhhh… 50% Galra, 25% shapeshifting alien, 12% (insert alien species), and 12% (insert another alien species). 

Kevin’s eyes are yellow like the standard Galras, but you can see the faintest hint of pupil. His senses aren’t as good as the average Galras, but he does have better eyesight in return (no night vision though :()

I have no idea what his bio dad looks like so just imagine that Kevin takes after his mom lol. He prolly has some special attributes or whatever from his dad’s side, but I’ll leave this open-ended for now.

His Galra form is fairly similar to Acxa’s. He has naturally dark hair (though darker than his mom’s), and instead of the usual purple Galra skin his is more pink-tinted. His features are also fairly humanoid, but he has the standard heavy-ridge eyebrows as his mom/the other Galra. He also has the same ridge-thingy on his skull as Ulaz (which he hides underneath his hair). 

Human Kevin: Just… recolor his shit to make him look human. Initially his mom programs him to also look like the average human, but when he’s ~three he insists on looking more like Texas Kogane cause that’s his dad!!!!! He loves his dad.

So again, recolor him to make him paler (he’s darker than Keith tho) and have black hair instead of dark purple or whatever, but Kevin changes his eyebrows so they look more like Texas Kogane’s. Bold choice. It hides the Galra eyebrow ride fairly well though. 

Coincidentally, Kevin and Texas Kogane share the same natural eye color. What a coincidence. :>

Kevin’s teeth and fingernails are almost as dull as a humans, and when he’s older and in space a lot of Galra mock him for being born as “prey” (bc u KNOW the Galra have that whole “alpha apex predator” thing going on).

He’s like… a bunny. A bunny with a plan.

Kevin’s shapeshifting power is weaker than his mom’s so it’s fortunate his features only need a little bit of tweaking. His mom gives him a bracelet that helps him manipulate and stabilize his quintessence (or.. smth…) so he has a constant glamour going on, even if he isn’t focusing on it.

Obviously it’s better if he does concentrate because his teeth and fingernails are sharper than a human’s ought to be and people tend to notice, and his eyes also have a tendency to flash yellow. Or smth. He sounds like a cheesy OC, but that’s exactly what he is so hellll yeah.

He had a bowl cut when he was a kid because that’s the Asian curse. No escape!

I still think the idea of Keith having a punk older brother is funny so I’m gonna keep with my initial design of Kevin. He has a pierced tongue. He once got slashed across his right eyebrow and refused to bandage it because he wanted it to scar like his dad’s. He’s constantly shaving off most his hair, but he leaves the bit at the very top to hide his Galra ridge, usually leaving him with some dramatic undercut thing.

…………………. Teen Coran’s hair.

I’m honestly still wrestling with whether or not Keith knows he’s part-alien lmaooo. For now I’m gonna say that Keith occasionally dreams about his brother looking like a blueberry, but Kevin ran away when Keith was only five so Keith just assumes he’s misremembering things lol.