#oc: miik

[mugzymiik]

oc doodle page :3

character list under cut

left to right/up to down:

Miik (blue triangle; shapesona): any/all pronouns (toyhouse)

Holli (kity; "chaos"sona): they/e/ve/ae/ci/she (toyhouse)

Jay (dull blue birb triangle): they/she/he (toyhouse)

Mercury (pink "Cyanide-esque" inverted triangle): they/them (toyhouse)

Python (guy driving the bus about to hit Mercury; belongs to @comet--crusaders)

Bug (gray octagon): she/they/ae (toyhouse)

Aquamarine (CubeLyth shipkid/square with a witch hat) [+ Cheese (mouse)]: she/her (toyhouse [+ toyhouse])

Flax (dull yellow deer circle): they/them (toyhouse)

Vixen (dull red fox flower): he/any (toyhouse)

Clem (dull orange lion hexagon): she/ci (toyhouse)

Orb (balls): any (toyhouse)

Arancle (orangeish-yellow sphere with a beanie): they/them (toyhouse)

[ashleyy69land]

<<nexus crisis>>

WARNING THIS POST CONTAINS MENTIONS OF SH,, TORTURE N THE VISUALS CONTAIN BLOOD N INJURY

its ma first post n im supa unsure of everythin,, the artwork featured is from 'nexus crisis'!!! it was gonna be my first comic but it required a lotta models n i was very demotivated to keep workin on it,, if it came out as it would've been itd be a real mess but as o now id love to work on it much later in the future!!! i have many chars planned for it

nexus crisis revolves around jack n yuri workin as assassins for an undercover mission led by the city security's executive to assasinate the orion 3,, which consists of 3 executives chosen to lead the city, introducing a multi-faceted leadership system,, cus security executive wants to bring back justice to the city's leadership,, as the orion faction makes major changes to the law

these two are lil panels i did on my free time!! both in holidays actually,, im very proud of the first one even if its still messy and shittsy,, the second one goes real crazee but i still like how some o the shots turned out!!! i love making extreme facial expressions ^u^

these two are sketches!!! if the blog gains any popularity i may start doin sketches of sum o the villains!!! only one is featured yet fully designed,, the second pic

[sn0tcl0wn]

all my stories are like; there's two dudes. they're fucked up. one is short, the other is tall. the short one has more bloodlust, the tall one is a weird masochist. they're not really dating but they fuck nasty and care deeply. they commit some crimes, usually murder. they do their little dance and then get real vulnerable. rinse, repeat.

but, hey, at least i don't have same face syndrome anymore.

[manbehindthemask]

jules' spotify wrapped <3 thank you @frostcorpsclub for the template and the idea!!! love u mwah

[ccthewriter]

CC’s Top 100 New Watch Ranking 2022 - Highlights

Each year on Letterboxd, I make a list of the 100 best films I’ve seen for the first time. It’s a fun way to compare movies separated in time, genre, and country of origin, and helps me keep track of what I’m watching! Over the next few days I’m going to release separate posts for each film in the Top 10, but for now, I wanted to highlight some incredible selections from the rest of the list. 

2021 was my cinematic awakening. I watched classics, pursued filmographies, and generally took a survey of the greats. I continued that exploration into this year, and if I’ve learned anything from this quest, it’s that there are A LOT of movies out there. I still have so much to see. When the Sight and Sound list dropped I wasn’t surprised that I had seen less than half of them. I’ve watched several since then, and it’s completely shaken up my rankings! There are films out there than can rattle your perception of the world. That’s something I adore about movies that I rarely find in other mediums. A few hours spent with a great movie can change you to your core. Like a dream that stays with you your entire life. How lucky we are to be able to enjoy and revisit such dreams whenever we want. 

The following films are all remarkable dreams. There’s something to say about everything in my Top 100, but these selections really stand out. They give feelings of desolation, or zaniness, or romance, or something stranger than anything I could put to words. Their ranking is subjective and liable to change - you have no idea how hard it was to assemble them in ANY coherent way. If you watch any of them, please feel free to reach out and tell me your thoughts! I am always interested in hearing the things people have discovered in these works. 

The full Top 100 list is on Letterboxd HERE. Click below to see ten selections chosen from #100 - #11

#96 - A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973), Dir. Jacques Demy

This is a list for Tumblr, so I had to highlight the m-preg film first. Gotta cater to my audience.

This was one of the most surprising comedies I watched this year. In a time when discourse about comedy is strong, and there’s an insistence that comedians are somehow obligated to be cruel and provocative, this film stands out as an example of the contrary. Often the best humor comes from unexpected empathy, not predictable cruelty. Marcello Mastroianni, my favorite biscotti (long Italian snack), is a driver’s ed instructor who discovers that he is pregnant. Hijinks ensue. There’s no hand-wringing explanation as to how it happens, no bug-eyed screaming at the camera, no cross-dressing or homophobic accusations. It’s all taken in stride. The humor is born out of the fact that at every turn, when you expect someone to act outlandish or cruel, they never are. Marcello’s wife accepts it; the doctors take interest in the case, but are respectful. A corporation invents a new line of male pregnancy clothes. It’s remarkable to see a film from 1973 that is kinder to a situation like this than something we’d get today. You can easily imagine the comedians of the 90’s and early aughts turning this premise into 120 minutes of gay jokes, slurs, and transphobia. There are dated jokes and dynamics to be found here, to be sure, but the blasé attitude towards this gender subversion makes this a really special watch.

#90 - Crimewave (1985), Dir. Sam Raimi

Perhaps the most controversial thing on this list! Crimewave is an early Sam Raimi film that is widely disliked, but I watched it with some friends this year and loved it. It’s a bonkers farce about a guy on death row recounting how he ended up there, starting as a meek nerd and getting wrapped up in murderous hijinks. On Letterboxd, I describe the aesthetics of the film as Looney Tunes Gotham City. It captures the griminess of mid-eighties cities and amplifies it, embodying the paranoia a certain American class felt going near urban centers at that time. This is what my parents thought would happen to me if I stayed in the city past dark. There are some really spectacular shots in this film - that one with the main goon charging through the doors and fighting away plates is a highlight. You can see Sam Raimi’s bag of tricks on full display, the visual genius that makes the Evil Dead movies hilarious and horrifying. His favorite punching bag Bruce Campbell makes an appearance in what might be his sexiest role - look at this gif, look at how FUCKING HOT he is. Blow smoke down my throat daddy. This film’s a great argument for Raimi being more than a blood-and-guts director. His kinetic scenes, his rubbery cartoon energy, has a place in any genre or story.

#81 - Trouble in Paradise (1932), Dir. Ernst Lubitsch

A psychological thriller, but fun, and sexy, and romantic, and not scary in the least. Hmm. Maybe there’s another term I should use… I evoke the psychology of this movie because it centers on a pair of professional double-crossers. A pair of thieves - partners in love and crime - decide to fleece a perfume heiress, one of whom seduces her and ends up really falling in love. Or maybe not! At every moment he confesses his love to the heiress, he’s turning to his partner and insisting he’s lying. And every time this partner acts to betray him and get revenge, she seems to reveal that that itself is part of the heist. Does the heiress know? Is she humoring them, or getting them framed? Every scene surprised me with who knew what and who was telling the truth when. I have a feeling I would have to rewatch this a few more times to get a real grip on that, and I would do so with pleasure. This plays like a light steamy comedy - and it is! - but within that easygoing charm there are actorly games that are fascinating to witness. I haven’t seen a shipping tree this complicated since the last time I watched Miraculous Ladybug…

#72 - The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz

A premise built for a paperback romance novel. A young widow moves into a house by the sea, only to discover the ghost of an old captain is haunting her new home. He’s very mean and very handsome. Over the course of the film they transform from antagonistic cohabitants to gothic romantics, separated by the veil of death from consummating their attraction. She’s trying to write a novel, despite her grief and the ghost’s patronizing attitude. He is still coping with, y’know, not being alive. I am enchanted by the power of this premise. It evokes so many oil-paint scenes of lighthouses and sea-battered cliffs, so many stories of strong-jawed men being made soft by the poise of an unshakeable woman. I don’t want to give the ending away because it is spectacular. I will say that it is amazing when a movie finds a route for a character's fulfilment without changing her at the last minute. Especially from this time, to see a woman’s journey end without her sacrificing something of herself… it’s a wonderful thing.

#69 nice - Too Cool To Kill (2022), Dir. Xing Wenxiong

One of this year’s biggest surprises! A Chinese remake of a Japanese film, something a friend recommended out of the blue. I don’t think any of us knew what this was going to be when we put it on. But this is a deeply, deeply hilarious farce with just enough romance to have this stand with some of the classic Hollywood greats I’ve seen this year. A gangster threatens to shut down a director's movie over the debts he owes. The lead actress averts this by claiming she’s dating the one man the gangster fears, a legendary assassin named Killer Karl (lmao). She’s not, of course, but she convinces a foolish stuntman to play the part. He thinks he’s in a cinéma vérité production, he method-acts the role entirely, and a wild series of hijinks ensue as they try to pass this wannabee Daniel Day Lewis as a real assassin. It’s just so thoroughly comedic. I haven’t seen the original, so I can’t comment on what this film invents with the material, but the lead actor, Wei Xiang, gives one of the best slapstick performances I’ve ever seen. An endless series of twists and hilarious turns. I saw this on a low-quality stream, I hope this gets a good blu-ray release with better subtitles.

#62 - Poitín (1978), Dir. Bob Quinn

You’ve heard of the Banshees of Inisherin - get ready for the Bastards of Inishtupid! Alright, sweaty introduction, but Martin McDonagh’s oeuvre is the best touchstone for the mood of this 50-minute crime story. The first feature film performed entirely in Irish, shot on location in Connemara. Two idiots bully the local moonshiner and try to get rich quick. Violence and misery emerges from their half-thought plans. I love this film because it is such a pleasure to hear Irish spoken - it’s a language I’m still struggling to learn, but hearing it in its own context, spoken by native speakers, is remarkable. The filmmaker turns Connemara into a sort of post-apocalyptic wasteland, where your house stands alone in this sea of fog that monsters might emerge from. Connemara does feel that way. I went on a bus tour through there once, and stretches of it feel like an alien world. My grandmother was from Tuam, right outside that stony expanse. She passed before I was born, and what little I know indicates she had a hard life. Films like this help me understand what she might have been leaving when she came over to the States.

#53 - Sweetie (1989), Dir. Jane Campion

A film that makes me squirm to recall its details. There’s a lot of pain, a lot of discomfort, in so many of its moments… and just like the titular character, we want to shun them and forget the truths they expose. Sweetie is a bizarre exploration of a woman’s life. The first twenty minutes or so you see her get into a horribly ill-informed marriage with someone she barely knows, and you can’t understand why she’s acting the way she is - and then you meet her family. You meet Sweetie. You see that she comes from an impossibly broken home, and the way they cling to ‘normalcy’ is by turning Sweetie into a sacrificial lamb, a black sheep they can always scream at. Without oversharing, I really empathized with what Sweetie was put through. It’s clear that she isn’t ‘born bad,’ or some manipulative genius like her family is making her out to be. She’s deeply ill and needs help. Her family perpetuates her illness - do they cause it? Exacerbate it? Could anything at this point save her? The film’s characters don’t know, and they won’t ask. I admire Campion greatly, but many of her films don’t entirely work for me. The worlds they capture seem so specific that without knowing them first-hand they can seem outlandish. There are things in this film that I’ve seen, heard through friends, or seen the scarred aftermath of, and can confirm this film touches something deeply real. Powerful stuff - though make sure you’re emotionally prepared to watch it.

#52 - The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001), Dir. Takashi Miike

Boy, if you thought Sweetie was going to make you squirm!! This is a really fucking weird movie. It’s a campy horror-comedy, sometimes-stop-motion musical that ends in a blisteringly sincere and dramatic commentary about living despite it all. Its multi-hyphenate genres somehow make sense when it’s all put together. A family, the Katakuris, run a remote bed-and-breakfast, and through a series of misfortunes keep winding up with dead guests that they have to hide from new ones. They’re never entirely innocent in what befalls their visitors, but you end up rooting for them through all their poor decisions. The movie stands out for being truly unpredictable. I couldn’t remotely guess where any moment would lead. There are some utterly disgusting things depicted here - *highly* recommend looking at a content warning before viewing - but that is paired with some incredible moments of comedy. Blending such different tones is very difficult, and I always admire when a work somehow manages to make opposing elements harmonize.

#40 - Paisan (1946), Dir. Roberto Rossellini

Last year, I fell in love with the films of Federico Fellini. His works made me the passionate film nerd I am now. I started a series of video essays exploring his filmography (which you can view here!), and as part of that quest, I decided to watch all the films he had worked on too. He described Paisan as his baptism into true cinema. He traveled around Italy just after World War 2 with a crew of amateur actors and little money, adapting to the conditions around them as they found it. What emerged from that journey is this remarkable film. Six separate episodes about the liberation of Italy, united by a theme of miscommunication. Between people speaking different languages, and between people unable to express themselves. In a year like this one, I am moved by films made by anti-fascists, made explicitly to confront and address cultural memory in a period of reckoning. Paisan is the filmmaker holding a mirror up to what Italy had become, how fascism changed them, what they lost in abandoning themselves to such a horrible ideology. It is just a fascinating document of a specific period of history. We are lucky to be able to step through time via this movie and witness such a landscape. It’s shot beautifully, it’s made by people who lived through the things they’re depicting. Each little episode would be its own award-winning short film if you took them apart… what more can I say? This is a true classic for a reason.

#19 - A Piece of Phantasmagoria (1999), Dir. Shigeru Tamura

A criminally underwatched, pristine gem of a film. A series of vignettes on a dreamlike, simple world. Anything I could say is best described by the speech that concludes each segment: “While traveling the realm of dreams I discovered a small planet called Phantasmagoria. This has been a short tale from that planet. The memories from this trip will be something to always cherish. Till Next Time - Sayonara!” This is so gentle, so happy, so whimsical. A man walks through a desert filled with giant lightbulbs and clocks. A cactus-person goes on a trip to the big city. The Bakers of Baker County have a tough life. You know those segments of Adventure Time or Steven Universe where they linger in some absurd visual, while a simple little melody plays that transports you into a space of simple enjoyment? Smile fixed and heart calm? This entire movie is like that. It contains light dreams, shining aspirations. I can’t wait to revisit it. If there’s anything from this list you should watch, it should be this one. It only has about 300 views on Letterboxd, an insanely low number given how spectacular this is. There’s no easily accessible blu-ray or physical copy of this, though you can view it on Vimeo here. Spend the 90 minutes doing so, you won’t regret it. I hope the director, Shigeru Tamura, gets to release a thousand things in English. It seems like most of his work has been for small Japanese publications. But I have to imagine he is widely known in the CalArts and animation circles - some spark of his influence seems to proliferate the best cartoons being made right now. Utterly gorgeous. A pinnacle of animation. Simplicity and style refined.

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Thank you for reading! If you made it this far why don't you give me a follow on Letterboxd, where I post reviews and keep obsessive track of all the movies I watch. Again, feel free to drop a line if you checked out anything from this list!

[buyakasha]

I wanna share some oc jams 🤘😤

First up, Thallan

[mrfelixfischoeder]

40 & 50 for Murderella?

THANKU!

40: What song reminds you of your OC's relationship?

arms tonite by mother mother comes to mind immediately because i have a fic based on the lyrics - about Zorya being willing to ruin her life and everyone else's just so she can still remain close to Bill after he's been infected.

And hey, you, don't you think it's kinda cute That I died right inside your arms tonight? That I'm fine even after I have died? Because it was in your arms I died

I also think Genghis Khan by Miike Snow is great for them for their jealousy, especially at the start when they're both trying to act cool as fuck.

I know there's no form And no labels to put on To this thing we keep And dip into when we need And I don't have the right To ask where you go at night But the waves hit my head To think someone's in your bed

I get a little bit Genghis Khan I don't want you to get it on With nobody else but me

~also red flags is the epitome of zorya. she's a freak, bill kinda knows it but it's hot, and also he's a freak too (and if he doesnt accept this, the love of his life, what else is he ever gonna get???) Bonjour, sir was blinking at me Is this because your date is a freak? No Very good then, bon appétit

Stop hiding behind your silly made up red flag To not take a chance on the best relationship you never had Maybe you're right and I'm looking for excuses My heart's got bruises but I'm ready to choose this love

tldr here is their spotify playlist i love them

50: Who's the romantic?

My instinct says Bill, but again with most things from him, it's the intent than the success. I don't think romance comes naturally to either of them, and Zorya never resents not getting flowers or anything (she DOES like gifts but practical shit like clothes and bags), but Bill's love language is gift giving, so he WILL try - he just tends to miss the mark or go too hard. Saw a girl getting roses? He'll fill her entire BEDROOM with them, but the thorns won't be removed from the stems. Five tier birthday cake; ice sculpture; rare bird sanctuary.

He's desperate to show Zorya he loves her, but can't use his words, and so will do so through actions. Or so he thinks he's doing so, anyway.

[petricorah]

5 & 11 for the art asks :)

5. Estimate of how much of your art you post online vs. the art you keep for yourself

I don't draw a whole lot, so i feel like i post 85~% of digital art but i don't really post traditional stuff. usually i just don't post oc stuff

11. Do you listen to anything while drawing? If so, what

I used to listen to tv until they blocked my ability to screenshare to my tablet, so now i usually listen to music. Ezra Furman is my favorite all time artist, and i love the cowboy bebop soundtrack. Recently I've been listening to Miike Snow, but I tend to listen to a bunch of different stuff (and love new music recs 👀)

[thatonegaybastard]

since you said "or one of my mutuals ocs" for the thingy thing....

Mike?

voiddemon for the thing

WHY DID IT TAKE.ME 30 MINUTES TO DO THIS CRIES

MiIKE MY EBLEOVED

animal crossing personaluty: smug 100% I dont need to explain myself

amount of animatics in my head ablut him: 0. soeey

Hours of sleep daily: 8 bc he dezerves it <3

kill count: idfk

I coudlnt really fill out the checkmark things bc idk much about his bsckstory tbh

[prismatoxic]

9, 10, 25!

9. Do you have a specific lyric or quote which you associate with your OC?

yeah! i mean i have a whole playlist of nate songs but there's some lyrics i associate with him... mostly things i can relate to lycanthropy lmao. "no one's home" by sarah and the safe word, "animal" by miike snow... "maybe" by mgk + bring me the horizon is one of my fave nate songs, which sucks lmao i'm sorry nate

i'd include some actual lyrics but i'm paralyzed by indecision.

10. What's an AU that would be interesting to explore with your OC?

hanahaki. soulmate. a/b/o for sure lmao how have i not done that one yet

25. What is your favorite thing about your OC?

EVERYTHING

fr though i just adore nate. he's an utter shitball but he gets better with the right kind of attention and even if he doesn't, he's fun to explore as a nuanced character who isn't really evil but doesn't know how to be good.

some small details i love: nate loves plants, especially flowers. he enjoys flower language but doesn't really have anyone to share it with usually (except his mom). he loves tattoos, but usually small ones, also flowers.

[movedtoabjectsoul-art]

Spotify cover art for an oc i havent made a ref for yet. His name's Cole but he prefers Merle.

Character Base: https://www.deviantart.com/miik-sharks Border and Skull patterns are free assets on Clip Studio by @casinocircus Merle – French form of the Latin merula, meaning ‘blackbird’ via: https://blackrose.co.uk/blog/the-ultimate-a-z-of-gothic-names/

[bzedan]

June 2023 Playlist

It's JUNE! And it actually still is June, because I wanted to get this playlist out while it was still officially Pride Month since I'm proud of this queer little playlist. I'd shared some possible covers earlier, but of course, I settled on the Dio-inspired one. As much as I love dance-pop, at my heart, I am just a power-metal guy.

At 71 songs, this is the most packed list so far and is longer than even my birthday month playlist. I took a lot of inspo from a friend's playlist "Songs where the narrator is a lesbian against all evidence," as well as snagging quite a few songs from it (though I will note that Ginuwine's "Pony" had already made its way onto the playlist well before I'd figured the theme/vibe). Though a LOT of these songs are by queer artists of various flavours, there are also quite a few that are songs I enjoy recontextualised through a queer lens.

I don't know if you've ever made a playlist for a character* (whether an OC or your personal blorbo), but I've often found it to be a good exercise in the malleability of interpretation. Specifically, a very gay interpretation in the case of most of my character playlists. I tried to go no emotionally lower than wistful, because damn, friend, let's embrace joy.

And also, if you don't know why I ended this playlist with the song I did well, I finally played Portal 2 because of a Tumblr post.

Related media to some of the songs:

I'm not going to tell you what Mariah Angeliq's "Bobo" is a cover of, just start listening (and here's the music video) and enjoy.

"Lovefool" by The Cardigans is because of Romeo + Juliet, with  Harold Perrineau's beautiful heartbroken Mercutioand the best possible Tybalt.

I remain a fan of Pom Pom Squad's vibe and enjoy when a cover is a direct copywhen you do it with your whole ass.

Hello, can I interest you in the good word of Velvet Goldmine?

Big Freedia has been a constant fave for a long time, her latest album dropped recently, and "Bigfoot" is a jam.

Sure, you've seen Miike Snow's "Genghis Kahn" video but have you seen this version of it?

*And I do mean any flavour of character playlist - either songs they'd put together themself, songs about them, or vibe-based character playlists.

Anyway here's a link to June's playlist on Spotify, with the track list under the cut.

Also embedded, if you like that.

'Lovefool' - The Cardigans

'Never Get Ahead' - Bobby Conn

'Unusual Heat' - Foreigner

'Hang on to Your Love' - Sade

'Boy' - Book Of Love

'The Boys Of Summer' - Don Henley

'Shake Ya Ass' - Mystikal

'Dangerous' - Big Freedia

'I Touch Myself' - Divinyls

'Big Jeans Boy' - Louie Zong

'Papa Was a Rodeo' - The Magnetic Fields

'Daddy' - MAN ON MAN

'Career Boy' - Dorian Electra

'Hanging Around the Day, Pt. 2' - The Polyphonic Spree

'Us' - Jennifer Lopez

'Facility Girls' - Soft Cell

'Qui est cette fille?' - Yelle

'Heels' - Sir Babygirl

'The Way I Loved You' - REYNA

'All I Wanna Do' - Sheryl Crow

'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' - Cyndi Lauper

'Pepper' - Butthole Surfers

'She Is Beautiful' - Andrew W.K.

'Jolene' - Dolly Parton

'I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No' - BlackHawk

'Faces' - Sam Buck

'Sunday Morning' - No Doubt

'Here In Your Bedroom' - Goldfinger

'Kiss' - Prince

'Sucked Out' - Superdrag

'BOBO' - Mariah Angeliq

'Bad Liar' - Selena Gomez

'Satellite Of Love' - Lou Reed

'Baby's On Fire - 2004 Digital Remaster' - Brian Eno

'Boys of Summer' - Daddy Issues

'Normal' - Kodie Shane

'Red Wine Supernova' - Chappell Roan

'Hate Dancin'' - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

'Don't Speak' - No Doubt

'Cost Your Love' - Miya Folick

'Genghis Khan' - Miike Snow

'Grace Kelly' - MIKA

'Let 'Em Talk (feat. Eagles of Death Metal)' - Kesha

'Get Around To It' - Arthur Russell

'Caro' - Bad Bunny

'Mystery of Love' - Boy Jr.

'Rainbow in the Dark' - Dio

'Walk The Night' - Skatt Bros

'How Soon Is Now?' - t.A.T.u.

'Man To Man' - Dorian Electra

'You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)' - Sylvester

'Are They Actually Attractive?' - Boy Jr.

'Hounds Of Love' - Kate Bush

'Faith - Remastered' - George Michael

'A Little Respect' - Erasure

'Kiss from a Rose' - Seal

'It's Okay To Cry' - SOPHIE

'Why Did You Separate Me from the Earth?' - ANOHNI

'Hollow Days' - Twin Shadow

'New Slang' - Porridge Radio

'Popular (feat. Matthew Caws of Nada Surf)' - Pom Pom Squad

'Dead of Night' - Orville Peck

'Your Motion Says' - Arthur Russell

'It Don't Fade' - Mya Byrne

'Take Me Home' - Phantogram

'Tomboy' - Princess Nokia

'Louder (feat. Icona Pop)' - Big Freedia

'Say Nothing' - Kalifa

'MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)' - Lil Nas X

'Crush on Me (Outro)' - Sir Babygirl

'Want You Gone' - Aperture Science Psychoacoustic Laboratories

[evesaintyves]

Writer asks - 🦅🎢

thank you for the asks!

🦅 Do you outline fics or fly by the seat of your pants?

i always outline, but the finished product sometimes deviates so much from the original outline it's almost unrecognizable - sometimes i realize the story i really want to write is just an expanded version of a small section of the outline, or during the process of writing i realize something needs to go a different direction and re-outline the rest of the story from scratch.

🎢 Which of your fics would you call your wildest ride?

gotta be The Last Mission, lol. i was so nervous about writing and posting fan fiction, had no idea what i was doing, had all these ambitious ideas, so i just promised myself i'd have fun with it and go big: convoluted plot, campy 70s horror aesthetic, over-the-top takashi miike villain, stick a bunch of weird OCs in there, scatter red herrings and chekhov's guns like breadcrumbs at the duck pond - honestly, so fun and liberating to write that way, though i feel for those readers who have followed me through my sometimes-rocky Journey of Discovery of How to Write All of This

fanfic writer emoji asks

[petrichormeraki]

👁, 💧for Ellie

💔, 🚉 for Jeth

👨‍👩‍👧‍👧, 🍧 for Miik

-elliens anon

👁️ EYE - what colour are their eyes? do people notice their eyes? is there anything special about them (shows emotion easily, literally magical...)?

Ellie's eyes are brown! She's VERY expressive with all of her face but especially her eyes :]

💧 DROPLET - random angst headcanon

Idk how it can count as a headcannon since she's my own OC but Ellie didn't really have any friends before Miik and Jeth. She was the "weird kid" at school and all of the other kids tended to avoid her until she started "acting normal". There's a handful of kids who act way friendlier to her since she changed, but since they started liking her after she put up an insincere mask she doesn't really consider them true friends.

💔 BROKEN HEART - what could their partner do that would absolutely break their heart?

The worst thing Jeth's partner could do already happened :) and that's all I'm saying on that. (Spoilers!)

🚆 TRAIN - what is their answer to the trolley problem?

Just stop the train! Surely if it can be steered, it can be stopped. Human hypotheticals make no sense.

👪 FAMILY - what is their family like? what is your ocs relationship to them? does your oc have any siblings?

Miik actually has quite a big family! The way xer species works is a lot like lions, in the sense that all the young are equally cared for by all the adults. Community has always been a very important thing to Miik because of that upbringing :]

🍧 SHAVED ICE - do they still have any objects from their childhood? what significance does it have to them? what would their reaction be if they lost it?

Miik doesn't really have a lot of items or anything from childhood, but xe keep the location of the first tree they ever managed to scale once xer tail was strong enough :] it's a sort of right of passage in xer species to honor the first tree they can make it up on their own

[bleatin-good-doodles]

Iiiiiiiiiii am posting all of these in one post becuase immmm lazyy

We got a doodle page with some OC doots of both the appiration and human variety, and then doodles of a minawii and a miik from memory + two more done with a ref

We got a drawing of the sadistic gal that has been sitting unfinished in my sketchbook since... idk. But I finished it and I definitly fucked up the anatomny somewhat but idc

Then we have a doodle of Reader from my pen doodle notebook(used for drawing exclusively in pen in order to force me to get better)

MORRRRRE pen notebook doots of Zira lookin especially gremlin

ANNNND MOREEEEE doots from my pen notebook this time of Occealrei as a demon because I haven't drawn her in her demon form in a while and i think i might be getting more attached and starting to favor her angel design over her demon one so whoops! (it's bad because she's in her demon form the entire story and her angelic design is more so a fun little speculative thing)