#nomipad

[anonomi]

Everytime I see sniperspy, it's usually opposite teams, which is lovely but I also believe in same team sniperspy, because of this match I had while playing Sniper on Thunder Mountain. I was using the bullshit countries away sightline by the BLU spawn on the first stage, the one on the rocks. I can't see shit but I feel like every sniper needs to use a bullshit spot at least once in their life so I'm sticking to it. Though I can't hit shit. Anyway I hear a spy decloak behind me and I turn, ready to throw hands.

But the only spy there is my team's, and he's busy running to the fight. I feel like he glances at me a bit, but he's gone before I can think about it.

I feel silly but I figure he's just testing his cloak, because I don't hallucinate decloaks, not yet anyway. A few minutes later, and there it is again. Someone decloaks behind me. This time I turn and there is my spy, but he's acting very suspicious. Has a mask on and everything. I run over to rip him up, and he starts dancing around, dodging me and feinting. We're jumping around for at least a minute before I run right into and through him.

It's my fucking spy. I've been juggling around for the past minute with my own spy.

He realizes the jig is up and he looks at me for a long moment, probably laughing at me behind his impassive face, before he's running off to fight again.

I go back to sniping, feeling horribly embarrassed. I move around and eventually get caught by a scout. After coming out of spawn, I go to stand on the rocks again to check things out. Can you guess what happens next?

I hear a decloak behind me and I'm sure this time this is the enemy spy. It has to be. No way my spy would still be screwing with me this deep into the match. I turn, and yep, there's a spy, wearing a mask and everything. Knife at the ready, I take a few steps forward.. before I just stop.

I stare at this spy. He stares at me. I look at him for a looong moment before I grab my rifle back and turn around. He comes up to my side and I tense, because shit maybe it is actually the enemy spy, but the stab he hits to my side bounces right off.

My team's spy looks at me, opens up VC and chuckles, before telling me in this smooth, soft little voice, "Sniper you should move up. You're not gonna hit anybody from here."

And he runs off again. Bastard.

[anonomi]

Holy shit after 7 years I can't believe it. It finally happened. Spy beat the bald allegations.

[anonomi]

I love spy/scout's mother unironically. TF2 takes stereotypes and subverts them, so instead of a globetrotting, international super spy who treats women as disposable as his cigarettes and his latest hot babe who shows up to flash her tits, it's actually a renowned spy falling for this diligent and motherly lady who just gets him. And they didn't need to show her being strong and independent and pushing Spy around to show how she's not just another girl, nor did they need to show him falling all over for her and crawling on his hands and knees. She is completely fine in her motherly way and he is completely fine in his gentlemannly way.

Neither of them are adjusted to be weaker than the other to show off how cool the other is. They are not horribly twisted from who they are. They are respected and comfortable in their roles and characters. All they had to do was make Spy pick out the picture of him holding her hand. Because it just says everything.

[anonomi]

Trucks n' vans is so real y'all. I was on Enclosure right, on Engineer, on defense. My team is kicking BLU's ass hard and I'm feeling bad but I know my sentry's the only thing stopping their 3 scouts from rushing the cart, so I stick to Engie. Anyway we have a Sniper on our team and I tell you the SYNERGY I felt with him was crazy. While everyone else was running around loose, this man was all the way back here with me, siphoning my dispenser and I swear he was my guardian angel because he was protecting me with his life.

A soldier appears and tries to shoot my shit from afar? Sniper snaps him. A demo tries sticky bombing me? This Sniper glances at him and he's gone. The enemy Scout tries pistoling my sentry for some reason, should've never stayed still.

But most of all was this spy. This poor, poor blu spy wanted to take me out so badly. He was on me like red on a barn, he'd run in, sap my shit and jump me with everything he had. Didn't matter if it was in the middle of a firefight or if it was all quiet on the front, he would always ALWAYS show up. Legit this man even flew off the roof (zero idea how he even got up there) to assassin creed my ass. He wanted me six feet deep.

But if he was like red on a barn, our sniper was like gasoline-fueled fire on that barn, cause holy hell. This man was out for this french boy. Like, I'm real used to fighting spies off by myself cause everybody's prancing around in the middle of nowhere and I'm all alone on the left side of nowhere, but this sniper would jump in and tear this spy apart himself. Everytime he showed up, our sniper would jump him hard. He'd quickscope him, shoot him, knife him, jarate him, it was like watching the spy go through the seven layers of hell.

I'm very spy attuned, but it felt like this sniper and I were connected on a wavelength, cause he seriously always knew when I was in trouble, and he especially knew when it was trouble from the spy. Like I have never seen a sniper be as spy hungry as me and legitmately fight by my side like that. We would make eye contact and we would trample the spy together.

It was on the same level as playing medic and having a pocket who understands you so well you swear you are telepathically communicating. I've been playing engineer for years and I never felt or expected that from a sniper. Usually they use my dispenser and then run off, but this man was planted by my side. I felt cared for. I felt protected. I felt like Australian Jesus was watching me with a rifle at the ready. Much love to the snipers on my team use my dispenser anytime you want

[anonomi]

Not sure if it's the brainrot talking, but Spy has an anxiety disorder to me and I love it, that it's not the skittish, soft, nervous-wreck way, but the ANGRY, constantly irritated, snappy way. 100% he's got jaw pain from clenching it all the time. He's always wound tight cause he's thinking of 30 different things at once. I never really see that kind of anxiety anywhere, where you're not a soft little thing, but instead you're tightly strung, guarded, and a bit of a bitch.

Even better is that he's not all that, he's genuinely caring and thoughtful for the people around him, and is even a bit silly (listen to his dom lines), and goes out of his way to try. But he's just got a lot going on and it manifests in being a hardass. Love that guy.

[anonomi]

I do not get the dodginess around same class ships.. like have you ever seen your enemy counterpart on the other team? You ever look at another sniper through your scope? See him mirror your flinch and scramble to get out of the sightline? You ever try fighting another spy? Wordlessly, silently agree with him to keep the guns off and stick to knives while you try to backstab each other? You ever see an engineer? Think to yourself, damn that's one bullshit spot but I've been there, I know what makes it fall apart. You ever see the enemy medic hiding behind his teammates and you know exactly what he is going through, what's running through his mind? You see the enemy soldier and you want to tear him to shreds, see which of you is the better soldier? You ever fight another scout? There's nothing like it.

Like, there is no relationship or rivalry that elicits the same experience like same class. There's level of recognition and physical reflection, that's just as intimate as it is maddening. All these people and explosions and crazy shit, and your double always stands out and in the flicker of a second you know what it's like.

Doesn't even have to be counterparts, it can be teammates. Have you ever helped an engineer upgrade his buildings? Walk out of spawn and see your level 3 is still up and running by his hands? You ever top off your main medic to keep him safe as he waits for the right moment to pop his uber, zeroing on him through all the chaos? You ever stand next to another demo and stickybomb a nest with him? You ever fight over kills with the other sniper? You stand by the other soldier while he blows his trumpet and the two of you fight for your lives deep in enemy lines?

There's nothing else like it!! Idk but I go crazy for this shit. Idc if they are clones or suspiciously similar looking people. I. Go. Crazy.

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Okay some of the fandom side of tf2 has leaked into the gamer side, and if I see the 60s thing one more time I'm going to combust. "It's the 60s they'd kill you on sight" "It's the 60s you're woobifying the characters they'd never be gay!"

IT'S RETRO FUTURE SUBVERSIVE SPY FICTION 1960S. Australians having australian-shaped chest hair is CANON. Teleporters are CANON. It's not literally a 1-to-1 of the 1960s, it's a weird spy fiction version of it (not to mention the 1960s isn't a void of hell anyway). Don't try to "it's canon" me about the mercs being phobic when literally everything in actual canon would suggest otherwise.. TF2 is specifically subversive of common tropes. Misogynistic world-renowned spy? No he actually really loves his wife. Big dumb Russian brute? He actually has a PhD in russian literature and is very smart. Crazy german doctor? Well yeah he is crazy but he genuinely cares for his team and is more than his eccentricity. I feel like if you think they'd be homo/transphobic just because it's the 60s, they'd subvert that like everything else. Srsly are you sure we're into the same media??

[anonomi]

When you start having nightmares about someone, you need to run.

[anonomi]

Okay I have realized I actually rly like drawing cars and maybe machines. I thought it would be like hell (and smthing that people do on drawing tablets. I use a mouse so i thought it would kill me) which is why I never rly did it but o my it is so fun. Hard at first but the process feels so good. The square shapes and sharp angles are so comforting, plus the big expanse of the surface is so fun to color. There is no flesh to worry about or the faces or fingers and feet. It's all cold hard safe angles

I had to be pried off the laptop to stop drawing. I feel like there is smthing awaking inside me and it might be lightning mcqueen. kerchaow . my fingers hurt but i feel good

[anonomi]

About

I figure I should make an intro post its self since it's more accessible, but for further detail about me you check the about tab on my blog.

So, hello ^^ I am Anonomy, I actually go by a lot but my main name is Anonomy. I'm older than 18 (that's all you need 2 know ^^). Aroace and bigender. I have GAD (+selective mutism) and have some situational depression.

I've been into TF2 for about 9 years and have around 5-6k hours (and counting!). Timezone is around PH so if you want to play HMU, I am often busy but I always have room for a round or two. Or if you just want a little chat, that's fine too. My other interests aside from tf2 range from valve games, horror, cosmic horror and sci-fi/fantasy, aliens, the ocean, psychology, SPYFI, I LOVE SPYFI my favourite character ever is SPY TF2

He/him + She/her, please no they/them for me unless you didn't know beforehand.

This is my blog so I do blog things.

I'm into TF2 as a WHOLE. That includes the spyfi 1960s setting, the surrounding lore, the characters, the gameplay, and pretty much EVERYTHING about it. I don't exagerrate when I say I'm crazy about tf2. I play the game very extensively and know a lot of niche mechanics, so if you need advice or tips on tf2 itself you can just ask, I love helping other players. My area of expertise is mainly engineer, medic, and pyro, but I've enjoyed plenty of other classes and subclasses.

Tags:

#myart - this is my art. i used to do a fandom tagging system for myart+[fandom] but tbh it got confusing to me so it's obsolete.

#nomi writes - textposts that I think fall under the category of what could be seen as writing. So like thinly veiled fanfics, posts I put a decent effort into, etc. It's like the formal tag for nomipad. Pr much all of my textposts will fall under this since i'm a perfectionist.

#nomipad - personal tag for any rambles or things that I don't think fit nomi writes. More messy. Tbh there is little difference but I thrive on micro organizing. But more often than not this is for regular rambles

#nomi asks - answers for asks. I'm always up to chat about TF2 but other things are okay as well of course. Specially about mental health, etc.

I occasionally disappear into the shadows and come back, it's normal. Sometimes I just get really busy or am cycling through one of my hobbies. I have a really specific way of doing things and I go on my own time :P

#tf2 gameplay - things related to the gameplay. sometimes I like to talk about the gameplay or recount stories about what I've seen in the many years of playing this game. Pretty meta.

Etc.

That's all, take care!