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i wish i was in more rain worlld community space thingss. ik i keep myself very multifandom (can i even say multifandom? its more like. multi interest. idk if im IN a fandom) but a lot of my gatherings of things on my main is from homestuck and mspfa. so my rain world stuff always flops. that and i dont really know any rain world social groups on discord other than the Big main server and that one is scary i can't talk there. im gonna let out a big sigh and hope a magical fairy godmother will swing her wand at me and let me be big and happy one day
#txt#i think it kinda affects me more since a lot of my rain world posts kind of. flop?#one of my homestuck art posts has been my top thing its been like 2 weeks. i made more art that im prouder of since#idk. i dont really care about engagement or numbers. i just dont want my Thing to be homestuck#its still one of my big interests! its dear to me. but im more than that#ack. trying not to make this a vent this is stupid
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work doodles from today :]
6 notes - Posted November 7, 2022
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fursona hours
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i would argue that light yagami is a tankie
7 notes - Posted September 29, 2022
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prime minister any%
12 notes - Posted October 31, 2022
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people used to HATE misa back in the 00/10s, but nowadays i see a lot of posts about how shes cool and pretty and a girlboss. i think the reason opinions on misa changed was partly because people realised that most of the hate towards her was internalised misogyny. so much of it was because she was badly written as one of the only women in the series, and was dismissed because she got in the way of the men. shes feminine and loud and clingy and most of the 00/10s teens who liked death note were either misogynists or pick-mes.
part of it was obviously shipping, part of it was people being annoyed that she was with light when they were attracted to him, a very small part of it was because she does terrible things.
but the thing that i think changed the most was people realising that she was abused. a lot of death note fans who are women love to empower misa and i think its because so many of them have been in situations similar to hers.
she went to light with nothing left. no family, one friend who she was willing to kill, and blood on her hands. she wanted him to love her so bad because if he didnt, she had nothing left. she would rather be used and feel like she has a purpose than go back home.
then, for a huge portion of the time that rem was alive to protect her, she didnt need or know she needed protecting. when she regained her memory, rem was already dead. she had nobody on her side, and was completely isolated, except for light. and if she left, he'd kill her.
in their home life, we see light shouting at misa, still constantly berating her, and spending as little time with her as possible. if she leaves, she might die, but the abuse stops. if she stays, she gets shouted at, but she has a purpose, and she keeps her memories, and she lives, and she has somewhere to live and the task force members to talk to.
for so so many people who were/are abused, this feels really familiar. of COURSE shes clingy. of COURSE shes jealous and trying to fight takada. anything or anyone that might take away light is something that might take away everything she lives for. and she, like a lot of other people, would do and put up with terrible shit just to survive.
misa is a bad person. but equally as importantly, shes an abused person. shes not clingy, shes not annoying, shes not a dumb woman, and shes not an idiot. shes a desperate woman who was repeatedly put down and is trying to survive abuse.
42 notes - Posted November 9, 2022
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#procreate thx for the memories but csp has become my new comic friend its so much easier and comfortable to make pages on it
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years late but i finally watched good omens
6 notes - Posted May 18, 2022
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how have i been sleeping on one of my favorite songs being perfect for TLT
like come on Beneath the Brine is just. so good for it.
(lyric portions in the readmore)
so many of these pieces sound like harrow singing about The Body
Oh, young love of mine She sleeps beneath the brine
and
Oh, young love, young dear Why have you taken me in your fall? All of my love, all of my life Given to you, sacrificed
and then at the end
SoftĀ and kind Cold as ice Hold yourself beneath the brine
like someone better at this than me could come up with a real analysis of it and all but in the meantime iām just gonna point to the cool similarities
8 notes - Posted October 2, 2022
#3
me after reading 70k words in <4 hours: a hollow shell, desperately wanting to talk about what i just read, wordlessly yelling internally
my SO, the reason i canāt talk about it, bc he hasnāt read it yet: laughing at me, calling me a dog that āwhorfs down its food too fastā
8 notes - Posted May 3, 2022
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@arrows-for-pens did your cat sit on your keyboard or something? XD
8 notes - Posted April 27, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
my coworker made me this bc my slack profile pic is hellmo and itās my new favorite thing ever
11 notes - Posted October 31, 2022
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#suffice it to say i do not think that the people who dislike the direction homestuck and all its post canon content took are wrong or bad
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Writing Comms
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Ifān you like my work and youād like to support me, you can shoot me a DM and Iāll write you a short 1-2k word story for the low low price of $15 USD.
We can negotiate on length and content--Iām mostly a Homestuck kink author, but Iām willing to try to tackle other things!
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11 notes - Posted July 27, 2022
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iāve decided iām going to liveblog my reread of the run and go by @simmonsizedā, because life is short and i might as well spend it taking notes on fanfiction i like! consider this my foreword for the work, both that of the author and the blogging to come.
what can i say about the run and go, hereafter shortened to rng?
i can say that iāve read it through several times already--you donāt post a strider-centric longfic on ao3 without catching my attention, alas. i am simply obsessed.
i can also say that the idea of doing this particular fic as a liveblog is in no small part due to this lovely post i reblogged recently, which very artfully summarizes rngās premise and furthermore details what draws me to the strilonde family as a whole.
i have, my entire life, been a little obsessed with doppelgangers. the quote-unquote evil double, the broken mirror, one idea but a little to the left. my original characters tend to propagate themselves as iterations of one another, in relation to one another. foils, reflections, translations.
rng goes at the concept of self-and-other and just runs right the fuck away with it. dysfunctional family fractals make these halls and they are fascinating. i think the thing that caught me first, a thing that i bring up all the time talking about this fic to my long-suffering lover, is what turns into the refusal to other dave into davesprite--the nuance that goes into that choice, even when it isnāt always CONVENIENT for everyone - even us as readers - is something that has always struck me.
but letās save some analysis for the reread, huh! at 504,625 words as of this posting, rng is a long piece of work, and i am going to try to go chapter by chapter, SOOOO... letās! get! moving!
Ā Ā The universe spits you out straight onto the roof where you entered the game, and you catch yourself with your face.
Ā Ā --
Ā Ā Davesprite struggles with being the Other Dave. Bro is back from the dead, and the Strider apartment is about two times too crowded for everyone involved. Reconciliation takes time and effort, and forgiveness is a thing to be earned. Ā Ā You have to try, and when that's not enough, you have to try HARDER.
15 notes - Posted June 27, 2022
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itās derseweek baby!!! hereās sort of a meta first in that this is the first (and possibly one of the only) time i have posted visual art on this blog. maybe itās also the first time rose has put a collar on dave, idk!
@hsderseweekā <3 hi yall
19 notes - Posted July 18, 2022
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@hexcitrineā mercy, mercy, you have twisted my arm and i will get started on davesprite lalonde.
vital context for this kidswap is that for the most part everything proceeds as normal. i donāt have a LOT of the details worked out, but the meat of it is that dave and rose were swapped at birth. this is not some great sburb conspiracy--itās fully unintentional. roseās eyes are still their lovely violet, and daveās are red as shitty koolaid. have no fucking idea how this happened. could have been a meteor mix-up. bro and momlonde couldāve met up and gone āfuck it letās trade.ā
i concede to knowing Nothing and i apologize.
THAT SAID!
rose strider is a girl of so many sharp angles and suspicions that even her friends have trouble getting along with her at the best of times, and dave lalonde could never take jadeās place as the loneliest girl in the world but his motherās alcoholism drives him to a sort of lowkey highkey desperation for sober approval that does not come to him often.
so lime, you might be wondering, where does davesprite come in?
and i will answer by copy-pasting my original ramble...
shit. fuck. fuck... a series of events in my head:
dave lalonde and rose strider's doomed timeline, where john went and got himself killed and jade vanished. they know that something needs to be done to rewind the clock, to right the wrongs that have been committed. this whole thing will go off the rails otherwise.
assume rose is a seer of time. she sees the confluence of timelines, the endless deaths. she knows the path to take to find the timeline she is looking for, and she can guide others to that timeline - that may involve being able to time travel with other people ? classpecting is so weird, forgive my transgressions
so she and dave spend two or three months in their broken, doomed offshoot timeline. rose knows what she needs to do from the moment things go south, but
against everything she's been raised to do, against the brutal, scalpel sharp efficiency that has been beaten into her by word and blade alike... she doesn't commit to immediately. she will. she will. she just needs Time. time to spend with dave before she does what she needs to do.
but when the months have gone by and she realizes her resolve is trying to weaken, she cuts it out of herself. she says her goodbyes.
she sends dave back.
because dave is still john's best friend, because dave is light and they'll need all the luck they can get--a court doesn't need more than one seer, but a few knights might do the trick.
she may have... misled him about what was going to happen. about who was going to be left behind.
davesprite is fucking bereft.
what i imagine you get is not just a dave who is angry about being the back-up dave, but a dave simultaneously furious with rose for doing this to him and to herself. he spent three long months with her and somehow he never knew?
whole lotta messy betrayal, i think. whole lotta love made incandescent rage.
23 notes - Posted June 7, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
Do you have dirk/dave recs?
boy do i! here's a few
pleonasms by nuclearwinter - no-game au. a series of one-shots that at once strikes me as tender and hilarious. dirk helps dave out with his sexuality, among other things. ;)
phase change by actinide - 14k, post-epilogues but not hs2 compliant. it's got a lot of good metanarrative shit and is altogether a very interesting piece of work. it has a very good sequel in sublimination that i would also recommend, featuring so many of dirk's messy feelings and how they affect everyone else.
dungeons & striders by mortior - 31k, d&d au. dirk is a lich and dave is a paladin! it's extremely fun and if you like d&d or fantasy in general you will take deep pleasure in this.
find me at sea (and tell me why you never loved me) by blackestofmarkets - 23k. dirk's up and vanished and dave goes to find him. a long and thoughtful meditation on movement and searching, which i like very much.
imitation games by centaur - 2.6k, post-game. one-sided but also really interesting and thought-provoking? dirk's running scenarios, as he does.
disengage, calibrate by applejuice_motherfucker - 14k, no-game au. continuing the trend of the fic above, this is also one-sided dirkdave, but sometimes you need to take a sip of the ANGST, babes! there's so much yearning... it's so good. (i started writing a sequel to this. maybe eventually it will see the light of day)
trial run by jalules & is it enough? do you think it's too much? by cmdonovann - 3.9k & 5k, post-game. okay enough sad and/or longish fic let's finish off with some PORN!!! trial run is a good hypnosis fic and is it enough? is a sequel from another author that is very good!!! hypno on both sides. delicious.
43 notes - Posted June 6, 2022
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Merry Christmas!!
So first off, I got a new drawing tablet for Christmas, so expect some art soon because Iām hyped as fuck. Secondly, in the spirit of this festive holiday, instead of art, Iām going to be sharing my opinions! About homestuck, the epilogues, and hs^2!! If you donāt actually care, and just wanna look at art, just like, go look at art or something. Itās cool! Support your favorite artists yall!
(Be warned hs fans, Iām gonna bring up Steven Universe Future later and this is gonna be a hella long post)
Ok now then, here are my juicy hot takes that are probably more mild than anything else. OG homestuck?? Fuckin baller. I didnāt like act 6 much, not as much as I liked act 4 and act 5 act 2, but overall OG homestuck was great. The epilogues on the other hand? Eh, I like parts of it, hate every bit of the rest.
If Iām gonna be honest when those first three chapters dropped I got so hyped until I got to the end of chapter 3 and literally balled my fucking eyes out from disappointment. Iād waited years with baited breath for homestucks grand return and it felt so minuscule and weak that it felt like a punch in the gut. But I held out hope that the art would come back soon, and the the rest of the epilogues would be better. They were ok?? Honestly had I started with Candy I think Iād have dropped homestuck all together and been so fucked up by it that Iād never be able to interact or enjoy homestuck again.
Probably a good thing I started with meat then. I actually sort of like meat, though I really didnāt enjoy the end, I at least like the direction theyāre moving in with Dirk, and I think a lot of setup there is interesting. (They fucked Jade over though which Iām pissed about) I really love the direction theyāre moving Roxy in too! And there were plenty of funny classic hs moments to enjoy. So as much as I dislike the epilogue it at least feels like it has some merit.Ā
Now hs^2. I like it so far, itās good, though Iām pretty worried about the future. What I donāt like is theĀ āBonus Updateā shit. That actively pisses me off and makes me not want to support the patreon. Now donāt get me wrong, as an artist I support supporting artists. But like, fuck dude, Bonus Updates literally go against what homestuck is! Homestuck has always been all these things rolled up into one, and all free so that you can dig up all that lore and understanding. Hiding that behind a paywall?? Fuck. That. And to make matters worse the updates are slow and few. And who knows, maybe if I were more gullible, Iād be willing to back this shit, but honestly? After seeing Steven Universe Future and how that crew is handling their epilogue series I just feel bad.
Ok hereās the point where I compare hs^2 to Steven Universe Future. If you donāt know anything about SU/ you donāt wanna be spoiled, donāt worry, Iāll keep this brief. Steven Universe Future has been taking everything that the OG show built and is now using that to play with things they just never could have done back then. Itās showing all the major development cleanly between episodes and characters and giving fans the shit they didnāt even know they wanted without it being straight up fan service. And on top of that, despite being the show known for its constant hiatuses, it updates more frequently than hs^2, which started first. Granted SU is a show and hs^2 is a comic, and the hs team has two games in the works (Hiveswap and Pesterquest). But theyāre also raking in money from all of these things, + Patreon!!
I honestly think the hs Patreon should instead offer behind the scenes stuff on the games, scrapped animations and little previews. I just hate how not being able to put money into their Patreon (or not wanting to because honestly valid) should deprive a longtime fan of the homestuck experience and weaken their overall enjoyment and understanding of the comic. Literally the only thing keeping me into hs right now is Hiveswap, Friendsim, and Pesterquest. Iām still willing to hold out hope and with that maybe theseĀ āBonus Updatesā will be posted later on for fans who canāt support the Patreon.
Anyway, thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
#whew lord#i've had this stuck in my head all day#actually for the last few#homestuck#hs^2#homestuck2#hs epilogue#discourse#steven universe#steven universe future#su#long post#looonnngggg post#also no art#but expect some soon!!#i got an xp pen screen tablet#heck yeah bois#merry christmas yall#mild to medium spicy takes
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the king/father creates/births things while the queen serves only to impregnate (him with the idea for what he will create, like a muse, if you will)? idk i hate women being reduced to their reproductive function but this also seems misogynistic somehow. also does this make roxy's ability to create objects from nothing another "she's trans" joke?
I think the discomfort youāre apprehending is discussed somewhat when Crockertier!Jane tells Jake he will only exist to sire her children? Sexual objectification is probably a more familiar experience for women, but the unease in being subsumed by some sexual function isnāt necessarily gender exclusiveā¦ (the existence of domination play attests to that probably)
This subject is probably out of my depth, but Iām going to meander a bit and hopefully say a couple useful things.
First, some clarification: ābirthā is the principle of separation and āpregnancyā is the principle of union. Thus birth-as-we-know-it is rendered equivalent to ejaculation, Breathing out, pooping ā all of which involve separation from that which was once part of you. Likewise the image of a gestating fetus is equivalent to taut testicles, lungs full of air, a constipated colon ā states in which the union is maintained. On this level, itās apparent that any given body can participate in both halves of the dichotomy.
But as elaborated back in the Roxy-and-Dirk post, Sburbās queens and kings are aligned with birth and pregnancy, respectively. As per Calibornās enchantment, this is treated a hat-switch, a reversal of expectations on who ejaculates and who gestates.Ā āBirthā (which Caliborn likes) is coded as masculine, so that assigning this function to the queen is met as a reversal. WhileĀ āpregnancyā (for which Caliborn fetishes his disgust) is coded as feminine, so that assigning this function to the king is met as a reversal.
The problem Iām facing is evaluating whether the birth/pregnancy dichotomy (aka separation/union, aka Breath/Blood) contains an intrinsic (ie inescapable?) gendered hierarchy, or if the gendered hierarchy is imported by characters (or us) onto what is actually a gender-neutral distinction. Though there could also be a broader point that binary systems are easily co-opted as mapping to the gender binaryā¦? So that even if a distinctionĀ āought to beā neutral, the matter remains that it has been /rendered/ gendered?
To avoid speaking too much in terms of generalities, Iām going to reorient this discussion around John Egbert via an ask concerning the ARG:
you gotta talk about it man come on
I read the ARG as a conspiracy theory that falls in line with the kidsā paranoid fantasies. In the same way that the very real trolls function as manifestations from the psyches of those around them, the world of Homestuck is, in general, shaped by the psychological profiles of its inhabitants.
I gather this partly from the nods to an irl conspiracy (eg declaring Obama to be a cross-dimensional immigrant), but mainly because the overwhelming paranoia that defines the narrative, the conviction that the world has degenerated and that every known authority is but a feeble puppet of a nebulous overlord. Comedians Laurel and Hardy are slowly corrupted and eventually infused with Evil, resulting in the birth of the Insane Clown Posse, which is to say ICPās low-class status translates into degenerate art within the confines of the conspiracy. Albert Einstein is renounced as a fake, whoseĀ āinsightsā are mere scraps cast off from a feast of truth available to some unseen master. Itās all insurmountably stupid, but there is a unifying thread:
The idea is that the world isĀ āfallenā, in two of the senses explored via John Egbertās fear of heights (or rather, his fear of descent).Ā
1. John is literally afraid of heights, having fallen from the slime pogo. But Johnās entry item is an apple because he experiences a pervasive sense that there is a perfect world of ideals from which he has been thrown down ā a sort of intersection between the Fall of Man from the Garden of Eden and the heavenly Platonic Forms. This manifests partly in an obsession with authenticity, a subject that pervades Act 1 (x)(x). The Obama birth-certificate conspiracy attempts to frame Obama asĀ āinauthenticā, and framing Einstein as a feeble peddler of inherited slivers of truth relies on the idea that there is a Godly figure with access to ALL the truth, a master presiding over the Pleroma. John is susceptible to this kind of thinking; after all, the paranoid idea of Betty Crocker as an Illuminati-tier omnipotent antagonist began as one of Johnās funny delusions.
2. The biblical Fall is at times phrased as the corruption of humanity, and that sense carries into Homestuck. The other Heir, Equius, is revolted and titillated by that which he regards as base. His fetishization being lower class and other modes of degradation receives a visual complement in images of a falling ideal: the death-by-fall of man-horse Arthour, and Equiusās own descent through the caves of LOCAS (the circumstances of a lususās death and the features of a planet both bear relation to a playerās fantasies). John complicates the picture a little bit: he specifically has a fascination withĀ ābad moviesā (low status art), but also he regards the other side of the silver screen as a Pleroma of sorts, which simultaneously elevates the art.
But my goal is to demonstrate that all of this intersects with the original topic: the division of high/low is also projected onto masculine/feminine.
John wishes to undo his traumatic fall from the slime pogo, an event that has come to represent Johnās fantasy of his own birth. As hinted at the start, the birth he imagines for himself is ejaculatory: Ghostbusters isĀ āmanbro bukkake theatreā, and John fancies himself a ghost busted directly from the loins of his heavenly Father. John seeks to re-merge with his image of God, a goal implicit in Johnās attempts to reunite with Dad in a more familiar sense.
But implicit in Johnās quest to give up the ghost and ascend to the Father is a rejection of the implicitly feminized earth and flesh, to which the self/soul is umbilically bound. This gendering is often shown via robots:Ā
Jake jokingly says that Dirk isĀ āmore machine than manā ā this is a jab at Dirkās terse demeanor, but placing machines in opposition to manhood potentially feminizes the machines, compromising Dirkās desiring to be a paragon of dudeliness. The simultaneous masculinization of reason and dehuminizing jabs like Jakeās confuse and frustrate Dirk for a variety of reasons
The ghost of Aradia enters robotic husk to be reborn, imitating the insertion of the spirit into the body. She then finds that Equius has inserted something into her body against her will, and violently removes it and destroys it.Ā āItā was a chip that controlled her feelings, but the intimate violation has tones of assault, and Aradiaās heart is effectively aborted.
Thereās more examples, but this is just an aside to push the notion that the Fall (from high to low) entails the entry of spirit into body, which via the analogous entry of sperm into womb would seem to gender hierarchy itself. Masculine/feminine is entrenched as high/low by the metaphysics.
(Hereās a nice post that notes a gendering of the hemocaste system in Zebruhās Friendsim route)
This leads me into thinking that Johnās desire to merge with the image of the Father is connected to his love of pranking people, insofar as it becomes a assertion of domination/power (which is presumed to be the masculine position). The pranksterās gambit, at its purest, is a measure of Whoās On Top.
At the end of the Chaos Dunk scene (in which John symbolically enacts Roseās rape fantasies), John pranks Rose by dumping a bucket full of gushers on her head. Buckets are receptacles, and thus occupy the balls/womb half of the divide. Evacuating the bucket all over Rose is a repetition of earlier symbolic assault, and the moment is embellished with a pranksterās gambit to emphasize the notion that there is an element of domination to the encounter.
The bucket prank is echoed in aĀ later conversation between John and Rose, beginning at page 2922. John asks repeatedly whether RoseĀ āknows everythingā now, says the beta kidsĀ āwere in this adventure togetherā but with Roseās occult knowledge, she is nowĀ āgetting away from usā. John is not anxious that Rose is separating in a neutral way ā his anxiety stems from the idea that she is rising above them.Ā āKnowing everythingā is a property of mastery, and John is confused by Rose being above him. At the end of 2922, John attempts to mock Roseās words, but she tells him heās being mean and he apologizes.
Rose herself expresses some anxieties about her position, saying elements of her wizard shtick have made her feelĀ āridiculousā orĀ āembarrassedā. Her choice of words invokes the manifestation of Eridan, who mocks RoseāsĀ āludicrous poppycockā ā she has an ongoing worry that her phallus (masculinized symbol of power) is fake.
This is why the scene culminates in an play scenario, in which John promises to sweep in like a noble knight and banish Roseās encroaching grimdarkness, and Rose in turn pretends to swoon. The joke is an ironic acquiescence to the (gendered) hierarchy that is implicitly being challenged by Roseās rise to power (or rather, that the kids perceive to have challenged). Past this, the conversation goes on to the subject of the Tumor, in a way that I have difficult tying into some sort of conclusion for the gendered aspects of the conversation.
This probably bears some relation to Roseās insistence that John is the groupās leaderā¦? But again, Iām at a loss. Letās wrap this up.
On your last point: Roxy creating items from nothing actually throws a small wrench into things: in another essay on Gnosticism I was reading (Schuyler Brownās āBegotten, Not Createdā), āemanationā suggested that the creation was originally part of something (God, the One, etc), and emanation was thus framed as being in opposition to creation-from-nothing.
This brings me back to the problem of not knowing which portions of Homestuckās metaphysics are particular to a given characterās psyche, which portions are universal, and which portions are loaded with both personal and universal meaning, or personal meaning that are /rendered/ universal. The motif of Roxy throwing a dead cat out of bucket seems to carry multiple meanings at onceā¦ in the sense weāve noted, it would relate to the terror of stillbirth and miscarriage that follows Mom and Condy around. But readingĀ ābirthā as ejaculation, the cat could also be read as a disappointed acknowledgement that she cannot create life on her ownā¦?
#this also contains the gist of what I gleamed from the ARG#rape cw#homestuck reread 3#john#rose#roxy
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plague-doctor-vampirat said: August 6th 2018, 1:49:20 pm Ā· 16 days ago
This is quickly becoming my favourite ask blog, I love it so much
Anonymous said: August 6th 2018, 8:29:34 pm Ā· 16 days ago
I love chibi's simplistic artstyle and Alison's cute one! I LOVE YOU BOOOOOTH
To the mods: I love how Gavin and Connor even have the same outfits across the artists (and different outfits on different days)! Keep up the good (and adorable) work!Ā
number-one-momfriend said: August 13th 2018, 10:39:21 pm Ā· 8 days ago
//You're art is adorableĀ
Alison: GHKRJK THANK YOU!!
Chibi: THANKS SO MUCH SOBS
Chibi: We work very hard to make sure the outfits and backgrounds stay consistent, while using our own styles to create them! Itās definitely taken me out of my comfort zone for drawing tho, so all of this is a big learning experience for me!
kaimukiwahine submitted: August 5th 2018, 5:27:00 am Ā· 17 days ago
(Sorry if this is a bit delayed, been sitting on the fence on how to do this in a silly way but I feel my usual silliness has overstayed its welcome so.. Thank you so much for the dealing with my shenanigans. Finding this blog and the fun everyone creates just made me want to pick drawing back up and try to improve. So in short, thank you so much again for creating this blog and being handling the curveballs Iāve been throwing (haha)If you guys are ever in need of something or to not do the things, Iām game (b āuā)b. (If Hector doesnāt swing a direct visit first). Hope you all have a good rest of the weekend!)
Alison: I really appreciate your additions to our asks~ For all of us, itās wonderful to see people interacting with our tweetsā¦ ;w;) best to have fun all together
Alison: (and weāre sorry for our own delay answering rhtkjdkf)
Chibi: I agree with Alison! Your additions had literally been the highlight of our days when we saw them! I even told Alison and Nat that I wanted Gavin to own those briefs in the fic Iām gonna be writing lol Chibi: Having an interactive audience is always extremely fun, and I hope you donāt feel like you have to stop ;u;
Nat: Don't ever worry about overstaying your welcome. Weāre all here to have fun!!!
Nat: Your art always makes me smile and it just makes us all really happy that you seem to have as much fun as we are.
Nat: It sounds a bit repetitive but I still want to say it lol Your additions highlight our day every time.
Nat: Itās fun to post these answers and wait to see how you all react, and knowing someone is enjoying it keeps me going lol
Nat: akdkfjja I ran out of words but basically, thank you for the art and being awesome in general
Anonymous said: August 15th 2018, 3:31:15 pm Ā· 7 days ago
Convin is my otp
Alison: binch me2
Nat: Bitch, me too. The fuck?
Chibi: same hat
Anonymous said: August 10th 2018, 4:16:53 pm Ā· 12 days ago
is ThAT a hOMesUck???ĀæĀæ1?Āæ!
Anonymous said:August 13th 2018, 8:10:25 pm Ā· 9 days ago
is,,,,, is that a homestuck reference in the background,, or am I crazy
Anonymous said: August 13th 2018, 10:03:43 pm Ā· 9 days ago
Hey Gavin! You were old enough know about it at the time, you ever read Homestuck? You canāt fool me, I see that doodle of Connor up there.
Alison: chibi is. a Dirty Homestuck
Chibi: yes, it me. i am the homestuck. and i inadvertently made tina one. iām so sorry tina.Ā
also!!! -OFFENDED GASP- THAT IS A DRAWING OF GAVIN THAT I WORKED VERY HARD ON (i only spent like 2 mins on it)
Anonymous said: August 7th 2018, 12:28:32 pm Ā· 15 days ago
wait, connor do you have dog ears?
Anonymous said: August 6th 2018, 8:51:19 pm Ā· 16 days ago
CONNOR YOU HAVE DOG EARSĀ
Alison: itās just my weeb ass style, dw about it
Nat: itās adorable, right?
Chibi: Connor is puppy
deviantschmeviant said: August 6th 2018, 4:31:23 pm Ā· 16 days ago
whoās top and whoās bottom? šš
Alison: weāre a sfw blog!! boi!!!
Alison: but anyway lol chibi and i have the rare opinion of gavin top (heās a switch, not super sub) and connor bottom
Alison: (even as trans!! donāt waste that asshole energy yāall)
Alison: if u really wanna ask more about our nsfw opinions, ask Chibi and I on our personals
Chibi: yeah, we have lots of opinions on this matter :^) lmaoooo
#number-one-momfriend#kaimukiwahine#plague-doctor-vampirat#deviantschmeviant#mod answer#mod post#anonymous#alison: did i fucking say 'tweets'. sorry. im a twitter person
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At the tail end of 2020 I discovered the video content of Tim Rogers who has inspired me to also voice my game opinions in an unnecessarily verbose and personal way. I donāt recommend clicking on the read more, but if youād like to read a little bit about the best games I played this year, go on ahead.
10. What Remains of Edith Finch 9. A Short Hike 8. Disco Elysium 7. Personal 5 The Royal 6. Persona 3 Dancing In Moonlight 5. Vestaria Saga War of the Scions 4. Ring FIt Adventure 3. Final Fantasy 7 Remake 2. Hades 1. Animal Crossing New Horizons
2020 found me with an unprecedented amount of free time. I spent most of this year working for the government (a job with a very small brain effort that left me with evenings and weekends free to do whatever the hell). Additionally, I spent most of the year in quarantine with video games as my true, real friend and life companion. Compiling this list gave me more titles than ever to choose from, so I feel better about my list than ever. So here are the best games that I played this year.
Before I get into the top 10 I want to give 4 honourable mentions.
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim This is the most recent game I played since making this list. I loved so many things about this game - the soft art style, the harsh music, the convoluted crazy plot. I love the aesthetic of this game and loved the characters - I believe it is rare to have an anime game where none of the characters irritate you. I even loved the combat, although I did not think I would. Something about shooting so very many missiles is so satisfying even when you donāt exactly know what is going on in the screen. The final battle in this game was definitely my favourite moment in this game - it was stressful, it was engaging, it was so extremely fun. The tragedy of this game comes down to personal taste. All time travel stories with complex timelines are bound to fall apart eventually, because no writer can keep all the threads together in a logical sense. 13 sentinels had so many story beats, plot twists, betrayals, and sci-fi tropes crammed into their storyline that I knew halfway through the story that there was no way they would be able to resolve all of it in a fulfilling way. I was, unfortunately, right - the ending explanation for all the chaos is, in my (correct) opinion, extremely lame. However, I certainly had fun on the journey.
Fire Emblem 3 Houses: Ashen Demons DLC I did not place this on my ranking since it is not really fleshed out enough to be considered its own game (unlike in previous years, where I have confidently but the Splatoon 2 Octoling Expansion as a separate title from Splatoon 2). However, this blog is, above all else, a Fire Emblem stan account, and I will not NOT talk about Fire Emblem. I do not care for the Abyss house. I think the characters are too close to being plucked out of the Fire Emblem Fates universe for comfort, and I mean this to be as profound an insult as possible. These characters are gimmicks above all else. I also do not care for the expanded lore that the sewer city brings to Garreg Mach. The idea of a centralized church school army is already so unstable, and to have a population of rat people living under it makes the whole foundation of the world crumble a little. However, the story and gameplay of the Ashen Demons DLC added something that the base game did not, which is challenge. (As an aside, I play on normal mode and am aware that there is challenge available to me if I wish for it.) FE3H offers you so many characters, so many paralogues, so many opportunities for training and stat increases, that eventually plot missions become completely boring. Ashen demons limiting everyone to new and interesting classes, limiting your available units, and preventing any sort of training made the chapters fun again. I found the chapter where you were supposed to outrun a golem before some gates closed fun as hell - it was my favourite part of the entire side story.Ā
Kentucky: Route Zero I played this game in February, and I remember not liking it at any point. It is confusing, disorienting, and lacked a clear goal. However, it has now been 10 months and I still think about it constantly - both the vignettes presented in it, and the way it made me feel. The Besties podcast made an excellent point about this game when they said that no one who plays this game ever compares it to other games - only books, movies, or paintings. The whole game is so fascinating and sticks with you - the wretched circle of a highway, the horse funeral. My favourite part is the live performance you attend at a run down diner with your party of four as the only audience. It is so quiet and contemplative and melancholy, and the scene is absolutely perfect. Kentucky Route Zero might be my favourite high concept artsy abstract artwork ever.
Blaseball As with everyone, it is difficult to call Blaseball a game. As the website says, it is a cultural event that I am so happy to participate in. I am so happy to have found a piece of media to fill the aching void that left by Homestuck when it ended, then re-opened the wound with their awful post-epilogue novel. I deleted my Twitter account this summer because I was tired of being angry and doomscrolling. And then, after Chris Plante on the Besties told me about Blaseball, I happily remade a Twitter account that only followed the official Blaseball account, the devs, and the numerous RP accounts. The quality of life improvement that having simulated, pleasant, hilarious social media to check every day is indescribable. It helped me cope with a rough life transition. Thank you, Blaseball. My favourite moment of 2020 is the 11pm boss battle of Shoe Thieves vs The Shelled Oneās Pods.
And now....... The List.
10. What Remains of Edith Finch The start of 2020 was incredible because games journalism websites were churning out endless top 10 lists for both the end of 2019 as well as the end of the decade. I religiously picked through all of these lists and wrote down a list of 30 best indie games of this past decade that I missed out on for whatever reason. It was my first and last experience with a backlog - previously, I would simply impulse purchase games I really wanted to play, and I would not rest until the game is beaten. Having a backlog of things to try stressed me out endless and it dampened the impact of almost all of these quirky 1-6 hour indie experiences. However, not even the stress of meeting a self-imposed quota could dampen the impact of What Remains of Edith Finch. Exploring this house and playing through its various scenarios was so fascinating and beautiful. For me, the most impactful moment of the game was playing as the little girl who became an owl who became a sea serpent. That was when I realized I was not playing something that I would be thinking about for a very long time.
9. A Short Hike A Short Hike was the very first game I played off my backlog list of Best Indie Games. And boy, is it ever. This game takes 2 hours to finish but is absolutely saturated with heart and the exploration makes those 2 hours feel like you have been on a much longer and more fulfilling journey than you believed possible with so few hours. It is Animal Crossing and Legend of Zelda combined, condensed, and polished into a beautiful pearl. I was so instantly in love with the characters and loved doing the little side quests. I also loved getting totally lost because I wanted to see how far I could swim and ended up on a different part of the island. The most impactful moment of this game is its finale, which I wonāt spoil, but it is absolutely incredible.
8. Disco Elysium Many people more eloquent than me have said great things about Disco Elysium, and they are all correct. As someone who loves character building and creating a character to roleplay instead of playing as myself in a game, I have never been more enabled to do just that than Disco Elysium. The mystery was so cool, the mechanics are exactly what I like, the exploration is great. The one drawback of this game is that I literally cannot remember a single song from it. Maybe it had an amazing OST? Every game that is released nowadays has to have an amazing OST. There is so much reading in this game that the music really has to be unintrusive, and so it faded right into the background and out of my memory. I love that you could create your own persona in the game, but that you find your identification later and discover who you were before. Also, I would die for Kim Kitsuragi. The finale of this game also kicks ass - I will not spoil it but there is a moment that is so quiet and intimate that it took my breath away. What an amazing experience.
7. Persona 5: The Royal In 2017, I did something that is not the deciding factor, but definitely contributed to, my being sent to hell after I die. I was in an unhappy relationship and really wanted out, but my boyfriend at the time had a PS4 and I did not, and I really wanted to play Persona 5. As such, when he got the game and I borrowed it, I tried to finish it as quickly as possible so that I could give it back and break up with him. To my dismay, Persona 5 is upwards of 80 hours long, and I was burned out long before it was over. I finished the game with such resentment in my heart that I could not fathom why anyone would like it. As someone who is older, wiser, PS4-er, and in a better mental state, I decided to give P5R a try. Playing the remake at a much slower pace and really contemplating the story and characters made for a totally different and much more pleasant experience. I finally was able to shed my dislike for these characters who held me hostage 3 years ago and really appreciate them. Additionally, the new content they added to the original was SO good. The new music in Mementos makes that whole section bearable!! Akechiās entirely reworked social link!! Maruki is one of Atlusās most interesting characters, and the final dungeon was so so so interesting!! I am profoundly sad that I canāt recommend this game to anyone because 120 hours is just prohibitively long. Most impactful moment: when Akechi joins the party and he is like, totally feral, lol
6. Persona 3: Dancing In Moonlight Every once in a while my palms start to itch because it has been entirely too long since Iāve played a rhythm game. This palm itch feeling sunk me deep into Theatrhythm Final Fantasy back in 2017, and this feeling forced me to impulse buy Persona 3 Dance. I am furious that I liked this game so much, because I know it was created simply to extract money from fools like me. The story was so blatant about it!Ā āItās a dream, ok? Weāre all dancing because itās a dream and none of this matters. Go play a song, idiot.ā Iām not even angry at this - I almost respect the hustle. Additionally, it was so wonderful to hang out with the Persona 3 crew again. I did also play Persona 5 Dancing in Starlight, but since I had already spent a hundred and twenty hours with the phantom thieves, there was no feeling of being reunited like with P3D. Also, in my mind palace, I consider P3D to haveĀ āactually happenedā, and P5D to be the money grab hustle. S.E.E.S. is a cohesive unit. If Mitsuru Kirijo says it is time to dance, then dance we shall. I cannot be made to believe that Ryuji, Futaba, or Makoto will be compelled to dance even in a dream. Finally, having Elizabeth as your velvet room attendant did wonders. If there is a line between being a loveable eccentric and being annoying, Elizabeth tiptoes just around the former, whereas the twins are squarely located in the latter. The remixes in P3D also all kick ass (Burn My Dread Novoiski Mix? Deep Mentality Lotus Juice Mix?? Neither had any right to go as hard as they did), and I loved how they personalized the dance styles to the charactersā personalities. Even if this game was a money grabber, it was still made with love and respect for the series, and I loved playing it.Ā Most impactful moment: That first king crazy ranking on all night difficulty... god damn
5. Vestaria Saga: War of the Scions I had mentioned earlier that I appreciated the FE3H DLC for adding challenge back into 3 houses, but then I played Vestaria Saga and I realized I simply did not remember what challenge actually was. Vestaria Saga, the game by Fire Emblemās creator, is the hardest Fire Emblem game Iāve ever played. This game honestly rules - it closes its door to the waifus of modern fire emblem games and is a return to form with political intrigue and smart tactical decisions and well-rounded characters. Every single chapter has these wonderful and deeply stressful plot twists and you always have to scramble to get all of the objectives complete without dying. There is a moment in this game where the main Lord, Zade, scolds princess Athol for being so reckless, how he had to force the army to fight a losing battle to rescue her, and look at how exhausted everyone is. He gestures to his army, and for the first time in a tactical RPG, I felt it. In all the fire emblems I play, my units end up being able to dodge and tank any hits they receive, but in Vestaria Saga finishing a map was a stressful, long, and sweaty process. I loved every second of playing this game - it is so rewarding in its gameplay and so rewarding in its story. Most impactful moment: the kiss!!! And how all of them face consequences immediately afterwards!!! I adore this game.
4. Ring Fit Adventure Ring Fit Adventure is the most fun Iāve ever had with a gimmicky fitness game. This game finally understands that they key to continuing with the game and building good habits is the ability to unlock and equip beautiful athleisure clothing. I actually got gains from Ring Fit Adventure, and I know this because I stopped playing it for a month, came back, and was unable to finish the reps at the difficulty I set for myself. This game make gym stuff so genuinely fun in a way that no one else has been able to do. I also really like the feel of the ring con! I have a few moderate complaints about it (a fitness game will never be perfect, unfortunately): you always start reps on the same side, and if you kill enemies then you donāt get a chance to try the other side at all, the motion sensor on yoga poses is wack, and FUCK the robot baseball minigame game to hell. Despite this, I absolutely adore this game and what it stands for. I may never beat the campaign, but it will always have a place in my heart. Most impactful moment: the first fight with Drageaux
3. Final Fantasy 7 Remake I was so so so curious about the hype surrounding this game that in the month before its release I manically played through the original Final Fantasy 7 so that I would have enough background information to be able to play and enjoy the remake. I was very glad I did. FF7R kicks ass. It is my favourite Final Fantasy game ever, and maybe it will always be so. I take a lot of issue with most FF games because they get too cosmically big and ridiculous and nonsensical by the end and that ruins the immersion of the story for me. Since FF7R only covers the Midgar portion of the original, it is forced to create grounded characters and a grounded, smaller scale story. And it is AMAZING. I loved every single minute of this game. The OST is incredible, and the art in it is absolutely unbelievable. I love how they incorporated random encounter enemies in this more realistic version. Also the dialogue!!! The way these characters banter with each other is so life-like and true to character that it boggles my mind. Even the NPC side conversations - never has a city or town felt so alive and filled with people than in FF7R. The ending of this game filled me with PRIMAL fear for the future, but it is so clear that the team making this game loves the world and its characters so much that I cautiously say I trust them to take the story further in the later remakes. Most impactful moment: Cloud sayingĀ ābring it on bitchā to an enemy made me black out laughing
2. Hades I generally stay away from rogue-likes and from real-time combat because for a game-liker I SURE am bad at video games. However, everything Supergiant Games ever makes seems tailor made for me, so when Hades came out of early access I bought it, and then I didnāt stop playing it until 80 hours later when I had unlocked everything ever. This game is SO good. The voice acting and storytelling is phenomenal. They did a spectacular job blending the story with the core gameplay elements. They made dying in a rogue-like fun and rewarding. The music is (as always) transcendent. I cannot say enough good things about Hades. Most impactful moment: a tie between the first time you watch the sunrise after your first successful escape, and the romance social link between Zagreus and Thanatos
1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons Of course... Death Stranding may have prophesized the pandemic, but Nintendo created it to sell copies Animal Crossing New Horizons. This game saved all of us. The experience of having so many people I knew playing the same game all the time for the entirety of March and April was so incredible. I have plenty of quips about ACNH with relation to old games in the series (I loathe crafting, I loathe printing out Nook Miles Tickets one by one, and I worry that the sandbox landscaping feel of this game makes me less inclined than ever to actually talk to my villagers), but while they are all valid criticisms, they certainly did not stop me from pouring 350 hours and counting into this game. I have loved slowly, carefully crafting my island into a replica of Garreg Mach. I have loved collecting furniture and making turnip money and completing the museum. There is simply no other game that can be 2020ā²s game of the year. Most impactful moment: checking your mail and having one of your friends mail you an item that reminded them of you
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Rules: Answer 30 questions, tag 20 blogs (20 is too much how abt i dONT BC IM PRETTY SURE EVERYONE I TALK TO HAS DONE IT LOL)
Nicknames: hailz / lee / connor / con / veronica / funeral
Gender: gender???fluid??? idk
Sign: Aries :D
Height: 5ā²4ā³ ;w;
Time:9:06 pm :/
Birthday: April 11th!!!
Fav bands: AJR, Twenty One Pilots, P!ATD, A Great Big World, a,,nd...other stuff i dont know i usually onlu listen to uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh musicals whoops
Fav solo artists: Mary Lambert, Sara Bareilles, Halsey, DODIE, Grace Vanderwaal,Ā + more :O
Song stuck in my head: UGH WE SEE THE LIGHT FROM SOMETHING ROTTEN HAS BEEN STUCK IN MY HEAD FOR A WEEK OR TWO not that im complaining tbh
Last movie I saw: Wonder!! I sobbed my god damn heart out and was really gay!!!
Last show I watched: SOUTH PARK AND IM STILL WATCHING IT LOL
When did I create my blog: holy shit i have no idea it was sometime in 2016 i think and fuckin. i made it bc i lost my old one and my friend nathan ( @chimechoho) mentioned howĀ āa funeral u sayā is one of his favorite lines in homestuck and i was like lol im making thamy name . then itĀ stuck :DĀ have my life story
What do I post:oops i usually reblog stuff, rarely post my own art, but rb my friends art and answer silly asks. and of course make shitty jokes and suchĀ
Last thing I Googled: (hey cyp whyd you look up what a butt plug is.) I THINK THE LAST THING I SEARCHED UP WAS? WHAT SOUTH PARK CHARACTER ARE YOU BC I WAS CURIOUS AND I DO THIS EVERY TIMEĀ
Do I have any other blogs: KDGSJGSKJGSDKG KIND OF..YEAH.. @turn-lt-0n (an old rp ish blog), @davidholtblog ( a glorious joke with my friends), and ?? i thin thats it.
Do I get asks: not really? its mainly alasia talking to me or cyp being a wonderful friend and inboxing me for stuff <3 <3Ā
Why did I chose my URL: LIKE I SAID BEFORE IN CREATING MY BLOG. NATHANS FAVORITE HOMESTUCK QUOTE
Following: 6,,,6,,2,,,,,
Followed by: 287!!Ā Ā
Average hours of Sleep: school days: 3 hours free days: 9 hours :/
Instruments: i dont!! play instruments yet!! but i wanan learn piano and ukulele
What I am wearing: MY COMFY JEANS. KNEE HIGH SOFT SOCKS, AND A COZY HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL SWEATSHIRTĀ
Dream job: artist n/or an actor :D
Dream trip: New York for seeing broadway!! Aussie to see my girlfriend, and Manchester to see my best fucing bro ever ;w;
Fav food: MAC N CHEESE N CHEEZITS,,, POPTARTS R ALSO GODSENT
Fav song: i love so many songs UGH probably I donāt know my name : Grace Vanderwaal,Ā Would you be so kind? : Dodie ,Ā Things we used to share : Thomas Sanders, + so many more songs i shouldn list here (Also cut my hair by mounika (?) is god sent)
Last book I read: The Lightning Theif :D
Top 3 fictional universes I wanna join: OOOOO. Steven Universe, South Park, and homestuck ;;w;
I tag: no one bc again everyone i talk to has done it and anyone i could tag isnt on here to do it ever :/// minus maybe uh @here-been-some-shit
#ANYWAYS#HERES THAT#FRIENDS#CYP#NATHAN#ABT ME#ABOUT ME#IDk#me#andd more stuff idk how to tag thissss#long post
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Tagged by @80sglamcowboy Rules are: -Post the rules -Answer the questions given to you by the tagger -Write eleven questions of your own -Tag eleven people
This is long as Hell, friends and I apologise.
One inquisitive bitch has asked me:
1. Name one person (real or fictional) that you think you could 100% take on in a fight
Foaming mouth guy from Avatar. Heās got no stamina, barely any health, no skill. Heās unfocused and weak and my noodley nerd-ass could take him. (Though I am a little concerned he has rabies.)
2. Whatās your favourite snack rn
Grilled cheese w veggies, mustard, and grilled tofu w a side of ketchup made by my roommate. Itās honestly the purest thing.
3. Which apocalypse do you think youād do the best in? (i.e. Nuclear winter/ robot uprising/ Too many vampires, etc)
O man. I love apocalypse movies and I love survival horror (that one episode of the X Files where theyāre trapped in a cabin, anybody?). I also genuinely love camping and Iām a bit of a medical hobbyist. I also watched an unreasonable amount of prepper videos on YouTube. That said, as mentioned above, I am a couch potato weekling. Furthermore, I donāt do well in conflict so if the world hierarchy collapses into a power vacuum where you have to Orange is the New Black-style intimidate ppl for supplies, I would melt and die quickly.
My best bet, it would seem, is an Arrival-esque alien apocalypse where the ones who have enough patience and sci fi knowledge to communicate w aliens are at the top of the food chain. And worst case scenario itās better for my ego to die at the hands of an alien than a human.
Sci go apocalypses are just cleaner y'know ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ
āØ4. Best and worst fandom youāve been in? Or have you somehow managed to avoid fandom completely?
Worst has to be Steven Universe. I regret not just moving on after I got bored. Ah well.
(I also think celebrity/real ppl fandoms are a dead end.)
My other fandoms all have various pros and cons and itās hard to pick a favourite.
Adventure Time has great fanart, great meta and ppl have yet to descend into Homestuck-ian chaos. That said, theyāre quiet af. People also fixate way too much on the fake fanfic AU Fionna and Cake. I have yet to read a really good Bonny/Marcy fic and that is a tragedy (a few have come close tho). Bottom line for AT tho is that itās my go to wholesome cartoonist fandom. I like that it has depth but that itās generally very simple and fun and that the fans are mostly shut in animation adults.
AtLA/LoK fandomās biggest pro is that itās huge and you literally never ran out of quality content. Iāve even made a few friends via this decade old franchise. Itās also enjoyably rich and complex. One of my favourite (now inactive) blogs was one that connected world building and little background Easter eggs to real Chinese history and culture. That wAs so cool!! I defs think as a Chinese person it allowed me to connect to non-western culture in a socially acceptable way.
The downsides tho are many: it can be overwhelmingly complicated (esp as someone who knows jack shit abt Chinese history), people take it too seriously, The Great Shipping Wars, itās so big itās a little lonely, the show itself has so many flaws upon greater inspection you wonder why you wasted your time on anything related to it, itās an Asian themed story created by white dudes who make fun of their fans, the best parts of the show were written by other writers but those same white guys get k the credit. Also as w any fandom related to POC culture, racism happens. Anyways most of you know this already. IMO the best thing to have happened do the fandom is korrasami. Now itās just abt Asian lesbians ruling the world.
(Though I also thoroughly enjoy the Family Rivalry part of the fandom. There are so mNy dysfunctional families to choose from!)
Rick and Morty is technically speaking my newest fandom. Itās got a lot of obvious cons (pickle Rick sexists, Szechuan sauce racists, asfhkkh incest) but one other con is just how pedantic and overly analytical people are abt the world building. I canāt breathe wo being corrected. RM has a misleadingly complicated high sci fi aesthetic that begets the kind of overanalysing my brand of overanalytical nerdiness canāt handle. Too many alternate universes. Itās just too complicated.
However one thing I like is that conversely I can overanalyse the writing and charactersā psychology/relationships (which I LOVE) and ppl take me very seriously. (At least they used to.) itās kinda validating to have your 3k word essay on an old manās bedroom and what that signifies for his depression get over 1k notes.
Rm also attracts the fun, super talented animation crowd so thereās boundless fanart and memes. I never knew I would like a gravity falls crossover retirement home AU btwn Rick and Stan so much but the art is objectively gorgeous?? So ??
I really dislike the lack of attention the female characters get from fandom bc theyāre all really great? Female rep is limited but both canon and fic really do their 2-3 tokens justice. Also the jerry hatred is getting old (that male aggressionā¦ Likeā¦ Calm down, Jake) but itās a refreshing departure drom when Megg from family guy was the butt of the joke.
Harry Potter, one of the pillars of nerd society, has both changed my life and irreconcilably annoyed me to death. (W no thanks to the racist creator herself!) One canāt underestimate how huge the hp fandom is which offers you as many reasons to love it as reasons not to. Harry Potterās canon has complex world building thatās also charming enough not to take itself too seriously and much the same could b said of fanon. To a degree. Certain corners of the fanbase are fantastic shitposters and meme-ers and can draw you back in like a black hole. Casually enjoying Harry potter imo is where itās at. The fanfic is probably one of the most impressively vast. Strangers at Drakesaugh, believe it or not, still updates and not only that, I still read it.
Not casually enjoying Harry potter is, um, yikes? HP and Hunger Games love to insert themselves appropriately in real life political traumas and honestly the dedication of the fandom can be overwhelming.
The HP fanart corner of deviantart circa 2010-12 and @flocc HP comics however are the best.
Meet the Robinsons, Ye Olde Fandom, still stands to this day. (Thanks in part to me ngl) As Iroh might say, they are a proud people. MTR is so bizarre and tiny itās the only fandom I was able to read EVERY fic summary in existence (ones published on obscure sites excepted). The fandom has never ceased to surprise me for better or worse and mostly due to its age range. The original movie was intended for 8-12 yr olds and their (jaded) parents which means that now, ten years later, the fans are anywhere between 12 and 25. It has approximately 20 pieces of professional-grade fanart and fic and I am downright serious abt the quality and thoughtful complexity of this minority of fanart. Like I shit you not some of itās almost too dark. However, tragically, one canāt talk abt obscure Disney fandoms wo also mentioning the incest ships (this is what happens when middleschoolers have to resort to cartoons to explore their sexuality in an anti sex ed world), the disorganised crossovers, and the blinding lack of imagination. Nonetheless, that a fandom of any kind could sprout from a 90 min cgi movie before the recession, based off an obscure but objectively fascinating childrenās book, is still impressive. The fandoms smallness can in many wars work to everybodyās benefit: itās a tightly knit community w little to no drama. And lots of memes (that I mostly make) to enjoy sincerely or ironically.
Iām also going to mention, very briefly, the Twin Peaks fandom, most of whom, even the die hards, are v casual when it comes to fan content (I need more fic damnit). Nonetheless itās a decidedly cool art kid crowd for an art house show and I really enjoy befriending twin peaks watchers.
5. Whatās one hot food that you prefer cold? (or, alternatively, one cold food you like hot)
Is it snobby to say I like food to be the temperature God intended?
Like I like cold pizza and salad-y pasta but I wouldnāt mind if everything were room temperature as long as the food itself was well made.
6. ya like jazz? What music do you enjoy listening to? Can you recommend any songs/ artists from that genre?
I think in some contexts I can like jazz. Itās very cosy and nostalgic, it can make you feel like a grand dame stepping out of your limo into your martini filled mansion as records pop around you and your fur carpeted living room. I also occasionally like jazz covers and alternate genres of jazz like electro swing etc.
Generally though I also think jazz is a little antiquated and a little all over the place. I lean more towards the ambiguous minimalism of mellow techno music like Jonna Lee, Grimes, Bjƶrk, early Lorde, Yasmine Hamdan, Austra, TRST, etc
I mean I donāt stick to just one genre (I imagine most ppl donāt). I like alternative (Tori Amos, Regina Spektor, Joanna Newsom) and some musicians who seem to completely exist outside of genre like iMonster and the Gorillaz. Not to mention straight up pop like broods, Ellie goulding, lady gaga and Lana del rey. (I mean technically Ldr isnāt pop but u get the ideer)
7. What binge worthy show do you like?
So many man. There are so many out there! Twin peaks, Transparent, Love, Grace and Frankie, Adventure Time, House of Cards, Bojack Horseman, Rick and Morty, Mad Men, Girls, Broad City, Black Mirror, Avatar TLA, 6Teen, Chowder, Over the Garden Wall, Flapjack, the first season of Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, etc
The list goes on. Iām a TV fiend.
8. Whatās an old meme that you miss and wish would be brought back?
Always liked the Gothic [x town or whatever] meme. It was like a text post version of the cursed images meme. Currently Iām really enjoying the song from another room meme and I hope even after it gets old itāll make a comeback.
9. Tell me your aestheticāØāØ
O man. Thatās a can of worms! Okay. Deep breath.
I like futurism, of all kinds. I like strong lines and clear shapes. I like colour blocking and minimalism and glass and holographic LED neons. I like white Japanese urban tiled buildings. I like aliens and ruins and cubes and white and colour blocking and black. I like technology and aliens and Comme des GarƧons and Issey Miyake. Rooms that are empty but for one light and one window and one plant. Love that.
I like the midcentury cubism and Mod and 30ās futurism. Clear and strong industrial shapes and curves and post modernist abstractionism.
I also love nature, I love most every Bjƶrk and Iamamiwhoami music video. I love the mountains and the forests and the desert and the winter tundra and most of all I love the water. A vast expanse of sky and sea w so many colours and textures. I love the 2000s and funny blob shapes and y2kās obsession w secondary colours and shiny round things. Love pink. I am a grown adult who will never tire of pink. (Though I donāt really like when people overdo pink.) I love cursed image family photos taken with flash in a suburb. I love the grime and the sanitary aesthetic of suburbs and hospitals and brutalist office spaces. The fluorescent lights of the institution but with purple carpeting!
I love 70s mod and I love colorful 80s brutalism I like it when houses are shaped weirdly and they have carpets and polished curved wooden countertops and spacious nothingness where everything looks clean and cosy and bizarrely ugly and it all looks like an art gallery w too many plants.
I also really love maximalism and wood and detail and fur and velvet and embroidery and silk and windows and wood carvings.
I love 70s kitsch like John waters movies and Shrimps designer fake fur CDG17 where they just piled on knickknack after knickknack onto white dresses w food long trains. Toys and novelty items and lamps shaped like a womanās leg in a fishnet stocking. (See also: most Tim burton movies, wes Anderson, Carrie fishers house)
An overwhelming mishmash of wool patterns with clean cubic 70s architecture and so many plants and windows and wallpaper and candles and cobwebs. Also really like witchy mourning jewelry and essentially every house in Harry potter. Love the unfortunately racist boho/hippie aesthetic. Any house designed by bill kirsch is a masterpiece. Woven baskets on the ceiling piles of hats and art supplies everywhere. Stuff!! Everywhere! Hidden passageways reading nooks fireplaces the Pink Palace from Coraline!
Everything!!!
Iām a cartoonist whoās a nerd for design so I like when concepts are taken to the extreme in a humourously charming and clear-minded way. Whatever aesthetic someone chooses, they should go all out and really dedicate themselves to the highest form of that aesthetic. It has to be perfect without being sanitary of fake. It has to be alive yet beautiful, frozen in one perfect moment.
10. Favourite time of day and why?
Dusk. I think itās a nostalgia thing. I loved the hours before bed time as well the hours before dinner when it was getting dark and the sun was reflecting freaky colours along the horizon while I ran around the grass. Itās cozy but itās spacious and adventurous. So many things can happen at dusk!
āØāØ11. You have the choice to live in any fictional universe - which one do you pick and why?
Harry Potter!!! You get the best of both worlds: magical, over-romanticised Victorian/medievalism, wish-fulfillment surrealism and wifi. Itās great. Likelihood of dying is so low, medicine is so advanced and even then ppls nĀ°1 choice of lethal weapon (Avada Kedavra) is painless. Me and Luna could hang in her garden. Iād never have to pay for the subway again. I could live a nomadic life in a tent w infinite space. If you chose to live as a wizard amongst Muggles youāre basically god and you can cheat capitalism. Gravity is my bitch! And Iām not gna lie my dream house has always been a combination of The Burrow, the Lovegood house, and Shell Cottage.
My turn to pick your brain:
1 Favourite texture?
2 Favourite smell?
3 Favourite childrenās book/childrenās TV show? (Iām talking about the bizarre abstract ones for toddlers)
4 Best and worst prank youāve ever pulled?
5 Weirdest beginning of a friendship?
6 When youāve been in fandom for a while you start to notice youāve a habit of staying in the same corners. What corner are you in? Are you part of the fluffy ship corner? The intense world building spec meta corner? The shitpost comic fanart corner? Etc
7 If you could invent a class that would be obligatory for all high schools across your country what would it be?
8 Whatās the weirdest thing youāve gotten at Halloween while trick or treating?
9 Weirdest family tradition of yours?
10 Describe your significant other (or your crush, or your dream partner or if youāre aromantic your fave person) through only TV references.
11 Favourite piece of dialogue in a movie?
I donāt know 11 ppl but nonetheless tagging: @that-guy-in-the-bowler-hat @skairheart @nochangenohope @eventheslightestrayofsunshine@autistic-jaredkleinman@phoenixkluke
ā¦and YOU (if you were not mentioned above and so choose to accept this mission)
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Personal
1- How are you? okay
2- Post a picture of yourself. no
3- Do you ever wish you were someone else? all the time babey
4- What is your entire name? ...
5- How old are you? ...
6- Age you get mistaken for: i get mistaken for the 10-15 range
7- Your zodiac/horoscope and if you think it fits your personality: canerr yes
8- What did you do on your last birthday? minions (9from despicable me))
9- What is one thing you would like to accomplish before your next birthday? be more chill
10- What is your hair color? dark brown
11- Have you ever dyed your hair? when i was like 6
12- What is your eye color? greenish blue
13- If you could change your eye color, would you? no
14- Do you wear contacts/glasses? yeah
15- Your opinion about your body and how confortable you are with it: i dont like it
16- Have you ever considered plastic surgery? What would you alter about your body? no
17- Say 8 facts about your body:short,incredibly thin,ugly, bad teeth, long hair,small hands,idrk what else
18- Do you have any tattoos?no
19- Do you have any piercings?no
20- Left or right handed?rgiht
21- Whatās your sexual orientation? pan and maybe ace idrk
22- Do you drink? no
23- Do you smoke? noĀ
24- Do you have any pets? yeah
25- Where do you work? i dont have a job
26- Something you are working on right now: PETA post
27- Do you have any ārulesā about food? no
28- Where are you from? NEW YORK BABEY
29- What would you say is your best quality? people think im kind
30- What do you think youāre really good at? being depressed
31- What do you think youāre really bad at?everything really
32- What talent do you wish youād been born with? art
33- Are you a bad person? yeah
34- Are you nice to everyone? i try to be
35- Say 3 facts about your personality: sad,lonely,angry
36- Has someone ever spread a nasty rumor about you? no
37- What is your ideal bed? Why? soft. comfy!!
38- Did you wake up cranky? no
39- Do you sleep with a stuffed toy? no
40- What do you think about the most? killing myself
41- Share 2 habits: crying, tapping my hands on my computer to music
42- What you want to be when you āget olderā? i dont see myselfĀ āgetting olderā
43- What are your career goals? none
44- What is your ideal career? musician or artist, or FBI or NASA
45- Is your life anything like it was two years ago? no
46- Do you replay things that have happened in your head? yeah :(
47- Have you ever had an imaginary friend? im lonely so i rant to fake versions of my friends so maybe
48- Say 10 facts about your room: dirty, swords and blankets all over, i sleep on the floor,i have a garbage can for sprite exclusivley, boxes all over. idrk what else
49- Do you have any phobias? i dont say my fears
50- Have you ever been to a psychiatrist/therapist? no
51- Are you allergic to anything? If so, what? no
52- Ever broken any bones? no
53- Ever come close to death? all the time babey
54- Things you like and dislike about yourself: nothing, everything
55- A random fact about yourself: i find it strange people like me
56- What are three things most people donāt know about you? sexual orientation, mental state, my likes
57- An unknown fact about your life: im not comfortable sharing the only one i can think of
58- Share something about yourself others might think is weird: im a loner
59- Five weird things that you like: idrk
60- Do you have a facebook? If so, would you add the person who sent you this? no
61- Do you have any pictures on your Facebook? no i dont have one
62- Describe yourself in one word/sentence:im not good at these
63- A quote you try to live by: i tell myself not to be like my past self
64- Leave me a compliment: youre probaly nice
Favorites
65- What is your favorite thing to do? talk to friends
66- Whatās your favorite color? prurple
67- Whatās your favorite band/singer? gorrilaz
68- Whatās your favorite movie? good burger
69- What are your favorite books? the last wild series
70- What is your favorite quote and why? none
71- What is your favorite word? none
72- What is your least favorite word? none
73- What is your favorite type of food? spaghetti
74- Your favorite ice cream? vanilla
75- Whatās your favorite animal? axolotl
76- Dogs or cats? both
77- Describe your favourite texture: ??
78- What is your favorite flower? none
79- Whatās your favourite scent? And on the opposite sex? anything good
80- What is your favorite season? spring or winter
81- What are the top five places you wish you could go before you die? italy,france,new orleans,canada,australia
82- What are four things you canāt live without and why? idrk
83- Which mythological creature are you most like? Why? idk
84- Whatās your favorite television show? steven universe
85- Favorite place to shop at? i dont buy stuff
86- Say 2 facts about your favorite things: i use it to talk to my friends and listen to music Family, childhood and places
i cant really answer most of these so instead of blanking it i just delted it
Friends
101- Would you ever smile at a stranger? yeah
102- Do you prefer to be friends with girls or boys? both??
103- Who is someone you never tire of? nobody really, i love everyone but i need breaks
104- Do you have someone you can be your complete self around? no
105- Who is your most loyal friend? idk
106- Is there anyone you can tell EVERYTHING to? no
107- If your best friend died, what would you do? be more sad
108- A reason youāve lied to a friend: didnt wanna hurt the,
109- Have you ever felt replaced? all the time babey
110- Say 5 facts about your bestfriend(s):dont have one
Relationships
cant answer most of these, ask them if you really wanna know ((same goes for childhood and family))
Music, movies and books
175- How often do you listen to music? all the time babey
176- What kind of music you like? chill rock music
177- Do you like to dance? alone yes
178- What was the first concert/show you attended? none
179- Have you heard a song that reminds you of someone today? no
180- Share a song that takes you to a certain memory in the past: ...
181- A song thatās been stuck in your head: Room Where it Happens
182- Put your music player on shuffle and write the first ten songs that play:...
183- A book you want to read/have recently read: The Maze Runner
184- Describe your dream library: good books, lots.
185- Last movie you just watched: captain underpants :(
186- Do you like watching what type of movies? horror Situations and crazy things
187- Youāre in a tattoo parlor about to get inked. What are you getting done? arm maybe?
189- Whatās something you can see yourself going to jail for? weed
190- If you could be any character, from any literary work, who would you choose to be? dave or karkat
191- Youāre given $10,000ā¦under one condition: you cannot keep the money for yourself. Who would you give it to?split it to my friends or the poor
192- If you had to go back in time and change one thing, what would it be? undo everything past me did
193- If you were an element on the Periodic Table, which would you be and why? sodium or tellerium, its in the nameĀ
194- If you had to delete one year of your life completely, which would it be? 2016
195- Youāre an Action Movie Hero. Whatās your weapon of choice and the line you scream when defeating your arch enemy? idk
196- If you could design an amusement park ride, what would it be like? ill disclose a fear: amusment parks, i wouldnt design a ride dawg
197- What is the first curse word that comes to mind? is that a thing that happens to people
198- What the last party you went to wasā¦ and when the next will beā¦ my birthday, probaly my birthday
199- Halloween costume idea? idk
200- What are you supposed to be doing right now? nothin really dawg
201- Currently wanting to see anyone? yeah
202- Why you follow me? i dontĀ
203- If you met me what would you do? have a panic attack
204- Leave me a ridiculous question: no
205- Leave me a cute message: you hot dawg Opinions and beliefs
206- Is the cup half full or half empty for you right now? its typically always empty
207- Do you believe in fate/destiny? no
208- What you wish for on 11:11? to be happy
209- Do you consider yourself lucky? Whatās your good luck charm? no, none
210- Do you believe in aliens or life on other planets? YESYESYES
211- What is your religion, if any? i dont disclose this
212- Would you go against your moral code for money? no
213- Whatās more important to you: strength of the body or strength of the mind? mind
214- How important you think education is? p important dawg
215- If you were the president, what would you do? alot homie
216- If you could change one thing in the world, what would you change?Ā stop unreasonable hate
217- Is it the thought that counts? Or is that phrase circumstantial? the thought i guess
218- If you only had 24 hours to live, what would you do? the same as everyday be sad and liosten to musoc
219- Which movie character do you most identify with and why?i dont watch movies
Feelings and Others
220- Are you a procrastinator or do you get things done early? procrastinator
221- Post a photo/draw a picture/write a poem (pick one) of a moment of personal significance: ill just desricbe it: my friend told me someone i wanted to be friend with wanted to be friends with me
222- Say 5 things you love unconditionally: music, HS, my good friends, musicals, art
223- What motivates you in life? people would be upset at me if i killed myself
224- Something that youāre proud of: halexander and roxy fullmetal homestuck follow me
225- Five words/phrases that make you laugh: none
226- Share the story of something that makes you smile: me befrending you guys!!
227- Something you always think āwhat ifā¦ā about: i was dead
228- What was something you used to enjoy, but was ruined for you? Whatās the story behind that? my friendships, i learned they were bad people
229- Describe one of the most awkward experiences of your life:every experience is an awkward one
230- Something/someone that you miss:my friends kennedy and ellie
231- Are you over your past? no i still hate it and wanna die because of it
232- What is your saddest memory? all of mine are sad IMO
233- One of the hardest moments in your life: i dont wanan share this
234- Is there something that happened in your past that you hate talking about? everything.
235- Whatās something you want to do that youād be embarrassed to tell other people about? tell people i like anime
236- What was your most embarrassing moment? i had a breakdown in math class
237- Share one of your fears/insecurities: no
238- Something youāre currently worrying about: what if my good friends dont like me
239- Have you done something you regret very much? i cant elaborate this enough everythign i regret
240- If you could take something back that you said or did, what would it be? EVERYTHING EVERYTHING EVERYTHING
241- Does anyone hate you? alot of people i assume
242- Do you hate anyone? yeah
243- Are you good at hiding your feelings? yeah
244- Whatās something you hide about your personality? sad
245- How do you approach social situations? anxious
246- Are you a social or an antisocial person? antisocial
247- Are you an introvert or an extrovert?introvert
248- Do you care if people talk badly about you? yeah
249- How do you deal with criticism? accept it
250- How you hope your future will be like? dead or not dead and happy
251- Whatās something that scares you about the future? ill learn the people i know dont like me
252- Five intems you lust after:what
253- One thing youāre excited for: talking to my friend
254- Describe the most terrifying/strangest/beautiful dream youāve ever had: i dont remember dreams
255- Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character? no
256- Who is your celebrity crush? noĀ
257- Make a confession: ive almost killed somebody
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you know what? its 2:30 am, im feeling soft and im gonna make a positivity post for all my mutuals. i lov u guys. newer ones at the top n oldest ones at the bottom
@flowerallys we havenāt been mutuals long, but im glad we met because of the dreamie gc! youāre always so happy and i love talking to you <3
@yunjisunq im so happy to have found another ace stan <3 really, thank u for doing my donghun request?? you really made my month and inspired me to make stuff of my own and youāre really sweet and i love when you talk in ur tags!! thatsĀ my fave part of following ppl and it makes my dash a little brighter :)
@7deer-ofthe-dawn7 i followed you because one of the nct blogs i follow rbd a mutuals appreciation post bcs i thought i needed more xiuhan on my dash and im rlly glad you followed back!! youāre really nice and even though we dont talk too much its fun when we do! (i hope youāve enjoyed the fics ive sent you!)
@pcyling man i remember us meeting up on vent and i just decided to message you bcs we both are chanyeol stans and im so glad i did bcs ur rlly funny and nice and we can just thirst over pcy together and just do fun stuff. thank u for not thinking i was weird for messaging you!
@kunpifook we dont talk but i like seeing you on my dash! you reblog a lot of my stuff which makes me smile <3 :)
@hellyeahtd we donāt talk either but thank you for blessing my tag with more topp dogg like it so desperately needs <3
@nctytrack we donāt talk but i remember you asking for more nct mutuals and while when i first followed you i wasnāt a big stan but i am now and i hope imĀ making your dash a little brighter :)
@astros-mom @wonhosassflower maria maria maria iluĀ <3 im sorry for being a bitch in the gc all the time but ur rlly nice (even tho u blocked me at one point) and ur sweet and i like talking to you. imĀ jealous u got to meet hyungwon tho i can now get a scale of how lanky he rlly is
@live-love-growamoustache niniiiiiiĀ we dont talk a lot but i like seeing u in the gc and u post a lot of good stuff <3
@fiizzy-pop tokkiiiiiiii my baby <3 i lov u ur so sweet and nice and helped me out with nct when i was first getting into them and youāre just so sweet and ur our little bun and i hope we can be friends for a long time <3
@youarenotmybias aa i love seeing you on my dash and you post a lot of good stuff!!!! ithinkurinthegcbuticantrememberwhoyouareoops
@99minseok aaaaaĀ i jus lovĀ seeing ur posts on my dash and i lovĀ seeing minseok so much even tho hes not high on my bias list, and just seeing your name makes me smile :)
@ji-hey HEY FUCKER you dont post a lot but we talk a whole bunch and even tho ur mean sometimes to me and al i still love u and i just want to let u know in my time of weakness i think youāre really pretty and imĀ glad we have the relationship we do <3 ur a really good friend soph
@tom-failure aa we dont talk too much anymore but i love seeing topp dogg on my dash and your art is really good and i hope you keep on drawing <3
@flanelltees flan.... mi lov.... you are one of my most treasured mutuals <3 you really mean so much to me and i love seeing you on my dash and i love your deadpan sense of humor and i love helping you start stanning groups and the way you come to me if you need help with something and i love your art, it really is one of the cutest art styles i have ever seen. youāre so talented and im so happy you decided to follow me back because its been so nice talking to you and i love our little jokes and while there are times where we dont talk for a week its always nice to talk to you because youāre so nice :) i lov u flan <3
@brnrnr-prstr we dont talk but again its always nice to see you on my dash :)
@husberttee aleexxxxx my man im so glad i followed you because talking to u was a v good choice :) as a fellow male nakta stan it was rlly nice to talk to you and while its hard to talk bcs of such huge time differences its still fun when we can and even tho you always post abt nugu groups who i have no clue about i still love seeing you on my dash :3
@4jooheon !!!!!! my most sweetest mutual ever!!!! i adore reading your tags when u talk abt jooheon and as a fellow jooheon stan it makes my heart sing bcs same!!!!!! hes our honey bee!!!!!! ive said that so much but its tru!!!!! you really make my dash so much brighter and i love sending you cute asks abt jooheon on anon bcs i love seeing ur reactions!!!!!!! youāre just so soft and i rlly lov u :( thank u for following me back and i hope one day i can reach your level of softness (also i feel relly bad bcs i never learned ur name!!!! ;;;;;)
@annlka annika...... aka sangdoās wife..... i lov u a lot. your tags brighten up my dash as well and just!!!! i love following ppl who talk in their tags and when you talk abt sangdo it makes me all smiley bcs u just lov him so much and now youāre starting to lov minho just as much and i just LOVE how u tag sangdo as sunshine and minho as moonlight thats just????? so precious i lov ur lov for them and youāre just really nice and understanding too??? and i remember u bringing up the fact that i thought it was a mistake when you first followed me but im glad u did bcs im lucky to have a friend like u annika <3 :)
@dean-winchesters-bootycall even tho ur never on here i fucking.... love you so much ur such a good friend and my best irl friend and im so glad i met you rielle <3
@sweet-jae Al.... Alfie.... The love of my life..... my moon sun and stars.... my entire universe.... words cannot describe how much i love you. When i first followed you i would have never expected us to turn out like this but im so glad we did because it has changed my life for the better. i followed you because you were such a good writer and to this day the choice to go off anon when sending you asks was the best decision i have ever made. you followed me back and we started talking and talking and talking and then we moved over to twitter and when we felt sad we would spam each other pics of our biases and then we moved over to kkt and im pretty sure since that day we havenāt spent a day where we didnāt talk to each other. even if its a simpleĀ āgood morningā andĀ āi hope you have a good day todayā we still keep talking and along that point i fell in love. now weāre nearing half a year and i just want to say thank you for being there for me. thank you for always talking and updating me on random things because you are the best thing thats ever happened to me. I love you Al <3
@jungjeonkimin we used to talk but we dont anymore but youāre still rlly nice and i love seeing you on my dash!
@ruppels-fox Hi! I know we havenāt talked in like... forever because im not as much into mp100 as i used to be, but youāre a really good friend!!! i loved talking to you and im glad we could bond over mp100 together :) i still love seeing you on my dash
@hybridow1 bro... even tho we never talk and never really have i LOVE seeing you on my dash. you like my kpop posts and youāre a constant presence in my notes and i really i appreciate you dude. im glad weāre mutuals :)
@mushy-mooster Jas.... my baby...... i lov u a whole bunch. ur such a good friend and even though weāve had our falling outs weāre still friends and the past school year really brought us closer together :) it was always so much fun to help you out with astronomy and i was thankful to have at least one person in the class i knew (and liked cough damien cough) and even tho you post abt dc which i frankly dont like i still love your posts bcs it makes you happy and that makes me happy :) youāre one of my best friends and im glad to have you in my life <3
@bluepandabear329 even if youāre never on here like gabrielle youāre another one of my best friends <3 you helped me through sophmore year and im so glad we became friends mel <3
@rhysymmetra rhys,,,, my man,,,,, weāve been mutuals for a really long time and i love seeing you on my dash <3 we dont talk but you feel like an old friend and im glad i never unfollowed :) youāre really sweet!
@sanguis-ripam even tho we like... never interact ive been following you since you were trying to boost your go-fund-me for your top surgery, and its been so awesome to see you evolve from that into the man you are today and im really proud. youāre kind of a role model for me and im glad weāre mutuals :) sorry for spamming your dash with kpop lmao
@transmanlukeskywalker god... bro ive been following you since our google plus days. i remember you made a really gay oc like... fuckboy mctrash something and i still have drawings of him... youāre another one of my treasured mutuals and i hope youāre doing okay :) if you ever need anything just talk to me bro! <3
@terezi-py-rope god i think i staarted following you because we had a homestuck roleplay going on??? still weāve been mutuals for-fucking-ever and even though you still like it and i look back and sigh its good to see you on my dash. hope youāre doing okay :)
@ugh-heterophobia Hey Sky <3 even though we just broke up and youāre not as active i like seeing you and we go way back <3 im glad weāve stayed together as long as we have <3
@adorkablooderpy like terezi-py-rope im pretty sure we followed because of hs but ive never had the heart to unfollow and like seeing you on my dash :)Ā
@howmanyletterscaniputinmyurl first, impressive username. it always makes me chuckle. and we interact sometimes, but its always nice seeing you :)
AAAAAAND thats it. all of my mutuals. i just wanted to let you know i appreciate you all even though some of us never talk and others i am really good friends with. okay im done being sappy now ignore me akhdf
#the fishy speaks#JUST A WHOLE BIG LOVE FEST#I LOVE YOU ALL AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA#this... literally took me an hour to write
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In Infinite Finality
So this is going to be my first non-Homestuck post here. I usually try to keep to that theme so people know what theyāre getting and not get bogged down by politics or whatever else. But this is rather important to me personally, and we likely wonāt get a better time to address it, so Iāll make the effort. This isnāt a theory post or anything though, itās just a goodbye to a company I once knew.
For those not in the loop, or reading this after the fact, today Marc Laidlaw released his genderbentĀ āfanfictionā of what he had planned Half Life 2: Episode 3, which can be read here.Ā Marc Laidlaw was a lead writer for the entire Half Life series at Valve until he left the company last year in 2016, so this can essentially be taken as a leaked story for what they had planned back in 2007 when the last game came out.
Communication with Valve over the course of this period has been infamous. Episode 3 was originally planned to be released back in 2007 back when this entire process began, yet a decade later we have heard only two major bits of information on it, the first being a leak by an anonymous source of some out dated concept art back in 2012, and the second being this. From today. Valve doesnāt even seem to even recognize the existence of Half Life fans anymore, not even to simply confirm that it isnāt happening.
Itās painful to see what remains to this day as one of my favorite franchises lost and forgotten.
To really get this across though, Iād like to remember better days.
I distinctly recall as a kid watching my dad play the original Half Life. I think it was the first shooter I ever saw, and it astounded me. I didnāt reallyĀ āgetā the entire concept back then, nor did I remember the title, but the idea that there was a game where I could walk around as this person and save the world from an alien invasion stuck with me.
But by the time I was old enough to really play video games, new things had come out and I paid attention to those instead.
Then when Half Life 2 came out, I found my way into a physical copy of it. I didnāt know what thisĀ āSteamā thing was that it wanted me to download to play it, so I put it off. I still have it; itās in my hands right now.
In the summer of 2008, this changed. While I was at camp, a friend told me about this cool game called Portal. He described it to me as being filled with action, puzzles, clever writing, unique gameplay, set in an interesting world... it hit all my checkmarks. While I couldnāt play it directly at the time, I could find the Flash version, and just like he said, it was mind bending. It reshaped how I had to think about space, to beĀ āthinking with portals,ā and the thought that there was something out there that was this but in 3DĀ was astounding.
I eventually got Portal only to find it was everything he described to me and more. Not only was is superbly written, but the more I dug into it, the more I would uncover. Little secrets were hidden throughout the world, and if you were clever you could find this giant backstory to the series, about the mysterious Ratman or Cave Johnson, or find the history of this company as it tried desperately to get funding in competition against Black Mesa.
So naturally, hearing about this Black Mesa place, I needed to play Half Life, and my expectations were blown away yet again. Fast, fun gameplay, a story of epic proportions, and more mysterious forces seemingly beyond human comprehension. It made you feel like a hero.
Among this I found act fan communities creating whole new projects like Freemanās Mind, which remains one of my favorite channels to this day. And then there were spin offs of thatĀ as well.Ā I found fanart, music, and theories, and not to mention Black Mesa Source as a ground up remake of the original game simply created out of the love of the fanbase. Just like with Portal, the more I would dig the more I would uncover, revealing this elaborate and well constructed universe to explore. The more I would try out, the more impressed Iād be. Not to mention other games like Team Fortress 2 to start and just enjoy playing with friends. And to top it all off was Steam, a platform most famous for simply throwing these games at you with deals, not only for Valveās own games with groupings like the Orange Box, but all games.
Valve, to me, was this cornucopia of creativity and excellent game design. In my eyes they could do no wrong, and while Valve Time was already infamous back then, there was so much to already explore, I could wait. Half Life 2 Episode 3 was in the works, Portal was a success beyond anything even Valve had planned for, and the future was bright. Left 4 Dead 2 released somewhere in there as well, but I didnāt pay it much mind.
My patience was rewarded in March 2010, less than two years later, when Portal quietly received an update adding radios to each level, providing clues that the community I had come to know was quickly unfolding into a whole new story, and a sequel was on its way. It was disheartening that we still hadnāt received any news on Episode 3, but my favorite game was getting a sequel! How could I not be happy? Besides, Portal had originally just been the tag along to apologize for Episode 2 being late. I knew that if we waited long enough, Valve would present us with a finely polished product which would surpass our expectations. They would regularly interact with their communities and clearly loved making the games just as much as we did playing them. Valve would count to 3 eventually.
Portal 2 faced some delays (more of that infamous Valve Time, haha), but it did eventually come out the next year and it was... good. It was a good game. It went through a lot of the old ground Portal had. Didnāt offer much new. The tone had changed. Things that had previous been in the background were brought to the foreground, and when I digged into it I found significantly less despite it being the bigger and more richly detailed game. Some parts didnāt really make sense. But it was alright, and had a lot of clever moments, and most people I talked to seemed to love it even more than the original, which frankly confused me. Iād like to talk about these differences in more detail in a separate post later, but for now Zero Punctuation hit a lot of the issues.
So I continued to wait, started watching E3 just for the chance that we would once again get news, that the dramatic cliffhanger we were left with would be addressed, or at least to get a sign that some more of that patented Valve creativity was still at work. People began to stop talking about Episode 3 and instead talked of Half Life 3Ā as the big title in the works. After all, the entire point of the episodic structure was for these short games to come out quickly. Valve had even suggested that they would be coming out on a monthly basis, but haha, classic Valve Time, it took years instead. We still had their promises to go off of.
I still remembered warnings from Doug Lombardi that Episode 3 would come out even later than Episode 2 did, Gabe Newell talking about how they might add a deaf character, about how the next Half Life would return to the darker roots missing in Portal 2, of bits of code in other minor releases by Valve making explicit reference to Episode 3 assets, Gabe Newell coming out to meetĀ āprotestersā hoping for some news, discussions ofĀ āRicochet 2ā³ talked about openly, and Gabe shown working at a forge on a crowbar, saying how it took time. In 2012, like a breath of fresh air, some concept art apparently from back in 2008 was even leaked, showing that there was indeed actual work done by Valve showing that it wasnāt just all lies. A multitude of little pieces to let us know that it was still alive, that hope was not dead, the list of which has disappeared from Valveās dead forums but can be found here on the wiki. Sure Valve seemed focused on that DOTA 2 game, but who really cared about that. Just another joke on them not being able to count to 3, haha.
Things became worse. Calls for Communication werenāt answered. Any kind of discussion by Valve at all became further and further apart, and what was there was abandoning what we were promised. Talk about abandoning single player games entirely were common, and Gabe even seemed dismissive of putting out more Half Life sequels and making bizarre claims like how Valve would be breaking new ground by focusing on multiplayer because thereād never been commercially successful multiplayer games before. Source 2 eventually came out (canāt count to 3, haha), but all the attention was focused on that DOTA 2 game which was still around and getting regular updates and news. Valve started focusing on hardware, trying to play catch up with their competition, making a big deal about releasing a normal controller, or working with other non-Valve groups to develop VR hardware.
The Know releases a video claiming that an anonymous inside source from Valve officially confirmed Half Life 3 as dead, with Valve too scared to release a new game to meet the insanely high expectations as well as some other problems, but Marc Laidlaw dismissed Valve ever being scared. Then old talent that had been with Valve from the beginning like Doug Lombardi and Marc began leaving, the few creative masterminds we still knew were there, gone.
Years pass in complete silence. The 10th anniversary of Episode 3ā²s announcement comes and goes in complete silence. And what we do hear isnāt much better. In AMAās even as early as last January, and we still get the same line from Gaben, still joking about the number 3 and refusing to confirm or deny whether anything will come from the series, refusing to give closure one way or another, and even stating how Valve just loves to troll fans by making t-shirts and posters of Half Life 3.
Instead of the game we were promised or a new IP, Valve has now stooped to copying others, and we get a fucking card game for Dota 2, something not even fans of Dota 2 wanted.
And now, out of nowhere, we have this, a look into what might have been. And it doesnāt come from Valve, but from a man we once loved whoās moved on, and seems to despair at how things turned out.
And here we are. I spoke of my return to this shore. It has been a circuitous path to lands I once knew, and surprising to see how much the terrain has changed. Enough time has passed that few remember me, or what I was saying when last I spoke, or what precisely we hoped to accomplish. At this point, the resistance will have failed or succeeded, no thanks to me. Old friends have been silenced, or fallen by the wayside. I no longer know or recognize most members of the research team, though I believe the spirit of rebellion still persists. I expect you know better than I the appropriate course of action, and I leave you to it. Expect no further correspondence from me regarding these matters; this is my final epistle.
This is simultaneously the most news weāve heard about Half Life 2 and also the most disheartening. Itās a stab at an old wound long scabbed over, a reminder that the talent we used to adore was real and not just the stuff of myth and legend.
The comparison I look around and see people making is one of death, that this is the final nail on the coffin, and this is the only burial that our good friends at Black Mesa and in the Resistance will ever receive. Iāve made that comparison myself already.
But now that I sit here and write this out, that I look over everything, I donāt think thatās the right answer.
Marc even followed up with a tweet pointing out that an old, unused script is not a sign that nothing will ever come out. And heās right. Valve may indeed release something one day. Valve still lives and breathes, and is making tons of money through Steam.
Instead, the more apt analogy is that of someone suffering from Alzheimer's. A deeply loved relative has fallen ill and has slowly become a shadow of their former self, making occasional references to the glory days as we smile, nod, and pat their hand. What happened today was a brief moment of clarity breaking through their mind, and getting a chance to talk to them as they once were in their prime, and the moment quickly passes away again.
Itās a reminder of what was lost, and that no matter what they do now, the Valve I knew is gone forever. The talent behind what we knew and loved have left, and there doesnāt seem to be anyone to replace them. No matter what happens now, the cake was a lie. And I want to be wrong so very badly. Even now I can look around and see them walking around the corner, just like their old self, and going on some new adventure.
But here we are. And seeing how quickly the community latched onto this, onto anythingĀ proves that Iām not alone.
I wish Valve nothing but the best. Even for their stupid card game.
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hi so i'm trash and i was scrolling down your blog and i saw the homestuck au and i want to draw art of it so do you have any like, references or ideas as to how everyone looks? like, horn shapes, symbols, outfits, etc? or are they just like the same from the manga? sorry for bothering you btw
2: hi, specialstuck anon again. any ideas for like their online handles and ancestors? sorry about bothering you about this bc i just realized that your posts about that au was from like months ago and idk if you care about it anymore iām so sorry
Hello! Iām sorry for not responding. Iāve just been a shitty blog-runner, and havenāt been here. This ask makes me really happy because I honestly still like Homestuck and genuinely think its well written. I was really into classpect assignments back in the day, so this was a fun little project.
I didnāt post about it because I didnāt think anyone liked it, but here you are, proving me wrong-ish!
AND OH MY GOD YES, I LOVE WHEN ASK TO DRAW ART OF MY IDEA!Donāt worry nonster, youāre not bothering me at all! Iāve literally done nothing over the summer.
Iāll post the pictures separately too just so you can zoom in.
Iām putting a cut because this got longer than expected.
Okay, so I had a guide with all of their horns and symbols, buuuuuutā¦I lost it. So, special for you, I made a new, updated one! My hand was cramping so bad after this. I would scan it, but I donāt trust my printer/scanner right now, because last time I used it, it completely crumpled my drawing (its the kind that eats the paper and scans it)
BTW I changed some stuff.
In terms of online handles, I dunno. Those are haaard. Ancestors, ignoring the sexes of the characters, would be the characterās parent of the same gender, unless there is only one parent, or if the character has no known parents or no living parents, they would be a sibling. If there are no siblings belonging to that character (Emerald, Red, probably someone else Iām forgetting), they would be a fictional character or OC or someone else from the canon that has some sort of familial or social relationship to the character. So for Silver itād be Giovanni, Sapphire has Birch, Ruby has Norman, Crystal and her Mother, Green could either have Oak or Daisy. Yellowās could be her Uncle. And so on.
Clothes would probably be the same, except for the trolls, all their shirts would be black instead of the color they normally are and for the humans all their shirts would be white.
In terms of Lusi (Lususes?) for the trolls, their starts fully evolved forms would be them. So, like, Swampert would be Rubyās Mudbeast Lusus or Meganium would be Crystalās Neckbeast Lusus. The same for the humansā consorts, except in that case, they be the unevolved versions.
Gonna get my caveats out of the way now, I wanted to stick to the āone-of-eachā format Homestuck has going on while adhering to the gender-roles, so, at the end, some characters were left with God Tiers that didnāt really fit them *coughsilvercough* So, for those characters, Iāll provide what they were left with and the alternate I would have preferred. The hardest was finding a Breath player. Only the humans had repeats of the trolls.
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(Top: Gold, Silver, Crystal Bottom: Pearl, Diamond, Platinum)
Gold: Knight of Blood, Land of Sap and Bells, CueKind, Non-Psionic Yellow-Blood, Prospit.
I forgot why I designed Goldās horns the way I did. I think it had something to do with resembling his hair. His symbol is the logo for HeartGold.
Gold is a character whoās arc is about feeling inferior to his friends and overcompensating. When he finds out that he didnāt have a title, it broke his heart. The Knight class experiences change and growth throughout the game, and the Blood aspect is about platonic relationships and bonds. Come to think of it, I think Gold could also pass for a Page.
I can see Gold being on the characters who starts one of the teams and competitively tries to get the people he wants to join his team.
Silver: Rogue of Breath*, Land of Dust and Masks, IcePickKind, Non-Psychic Rust-Blood, Derse.
*Not only could I not figure out what Silver would be, but he was also the one to get the most out of character God Tier. I can see him as a destructive class, like Prince of Blood, but both that class and aspect have been taken. I am very unhappy with the result.
I had so much trouble drawing Silverās hair, that I ended up putting it in a ponytail, but, letās admit it, we all need for more of that. His horns are supposed to look like anĀ āRā when put together, so one is curved and the other has a hook on the end. Theyāre asymmetrical. I know its hard to see, but they are. His symbol is supposed to be the logo for SoulSilver.Ā
I refuse to explain Rogue of Breath because there is nothing to explain. Rufioh, in canon, is a Rogue of Breath and these characters have nothing in common. A Rogue of Breath would steal Breath ā or Direction ā for the benefit of others and I genuinely cannot make this work. So, instead, Iāll explain Prince of Blood. Prince is a destructive class that destroys with the aspect, in this case Blood, or bonds. Prince can also be one who destroys the aspect. So, Silver destroying past bonds he no longer wants.Ā
Silver would befriend Blue over the chat, become fascinated by the concept of siblings and request to be Blueās sister (cause she was explaining it in terms of being his unrelated sister), to which sheād agree for him to be considered her brother.
Crystal: Thief of Doom, Land of Wheels and Flood, FootKind/ShoeKind, Non-Psychic Teal-Blood, Prospit.
One of Crystalās horns is supposed to be straight, only curving at the end, and the other one has a star on the tip. Her symbol is, surprise surprise, a Star.
I know what youāre thinking. Thief of Doom? Crystal? No Way!Ā Well, Iām gonna explain. Thieves take the aspect to benefit themselves, and the concept of Doom ranges from just a simple burden to death itself to complete planetary destruction. In the Pokespe canon, Crystal was hired to complete a job Green and Red failed to finish, and she was happy to do it. This makes me think that Crystal is willing to take on certain burdens that coincide with her interest, something a Thief of Doom would certainly do.
Potentially the other team leader, maybe the only one who thinks this is an awful idea. Begrudgingly agrees.
Pearl: Seer of Space*, Land of Peaks and Frogs, FanKind, Slightly-Psychic Brown-Blood, Derse.
*Could have been either a Seer of Space or a Mage of Space, but Seer fit his behavior more.
Pearlās horns are supposed to look like the antenna and tail of a Chatot, so the one behind his hair resembles a music note (see Chatot for reference) while the other one just has a ball on it. I think Iāve seen his horns drawn like this before by other artists, so I donāt think this is the most original decision, but I still really like it. His symbol is a Circle/Pearl.
One of the most important parts of a Seer is their ability to observe. This is why it was so hard to me to pick between Black and Pearl when it came to choosing a Seer. However, because I wanted Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum to be Time, Space, and Void no matter what, Pearl got the honor. A Seer of Space observes Space and exists in the present moment. They may also oversee or take charge and are creative types.
Pearlās weapon is FanKind because he picked it when he was young and practiced in the art of fan-to-fan compensate.
Diamond: Heir of Time*, Land of Fruit and Geysers, LadleKind, Non-Psychic Cobalt-Blood, Prospit.
*I originally listed him as a Page of Time, but changed it after giving Wally the role of Page. Either works for him.
Diaās horns are supposed to look non-threatening, so they are wide and not very sharp. Theyāre kinda Munchlax-esque. His symbol is a Diamond.
When picking between Heir and Page, I went with Heir because Wally took Page Diamond has a sense of time from the beginning. Heirs become their aspect in one way or another, hence why theyāre calledĀ āHeirs,ā and Diamond has such a grasp on his flow of time (not to mention his major-legendary equivalent being Diamond), that I see this working. If he were a Page, which would also have been good, itād mirror his rise against Pearl is the DP chapter.
Diamond makes food puns constantly in chat and there is no way of stopping him.
Platinum: Sylph of Void*, Land of Snow and Tomes, UmbrellaKind, Non-Psychic Violet-Blood, Derse.
*To be honest, a lot of the female-based classes in the Void aspect fit her character, except Witch.
Platz horns should look like the faceplate of an Empoleon. Same situation as Pearl, I think Iāve seen this done elsewhere my multiple artists. Her symbol is the Berlitz family sigil.
Void is nothingness. Pretty much any class enacting Void is lacking something, since Void is the lack of anything. As a Sylph of Void, one could create Void because Sylph is a creative class, and Platinum does this in a social sense by ignoring the claims of other people and acting as though they never happened. In terms of her behavior in early chapters of the DP chapter, she also acts as though she isnāt supposed to emote.
She will never admit she is friends with a lowblood.
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(Top: Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald Bottom: Black, White, Wally)Ā
Ruby: Prince of Light, Land of Mirrors and Silk, NeedleKind, Non-Psychic Rust-Blood, Derse.
I exaggerated Rubyās scar a bit for this. The horn on the side of his face with the scar is broken, but both of his horns used to be symmetrical. Theyāre supposed to look like the antennae of a Milotic. His symbol is the pattern on Groudonās arm.
A Prince of Light would destroy knowledge, which, at first, sounds very out of a character for Ruby. But knowledge doesnāt only apply to books and science. Instead, is refers to anything known. Considering how Ruby acts at the end of the RS chapter, throughout the Emerald chapter, and again in the ORAS chapter, where is constantly pretends as though the confession never happened and lies about a variety of things, actively destroying what people know, I think this is the most fitting God Tier Iāve provided. Ruby is also a character I can definitely imagine playing the role of minor-villain at some point.
Heās super salty about not only being the lowest of bloods, but not having any psychic powers to compensate.
Sapphire: Witch of Rage*, Land of Thorns and Thunderstorms, ClawKind, Non-Psychic Indigo-Blood, Prospit.
*Would rather have Maid of Rage, but White fit the Maid role better for multiple other aspects. Witch was all that was left.
Sapphās horns resemble Gamzeeās, but are thicker and less curvy. Theyāre just supposed to look wild and are not based on anything. Her symbol is the pattern on Kyogreās flipper.
As much as Maid of Rage fit, I had to give her Witch of Rage, which, in actuality, would probably belong to an incredibly unstable person. Witchās have completely control to manipulate their aspect while also fully embodying that aspect, and when that aspect is Rage, chances are that person isnāt to in a safe psychological place. Maids, on the other hand, start by relying on other people for their aspect and where to enact it before learning on their own to use it as they please. Sapphire would have gone through this change twice: once when she was younger and changed when Ruby was hurt and she realize she couldnāt that girly anymore, directing her Rage towards her younger self and/or people like that, and again when she changes in the RS chapter and compromises.
Sapphire leaves animal pelts at Rubyās doorstep to make stuff out of. She brings most of the meat to Dia and feeds the rest of it to her eggbeast lusus.
Emerald: Bard of Mind*, Land of Dunes and Towers, PistolKind, Non-Psychic Olive-Blood, Derse.
*Couldnāt for the life of me figure out what this kid was. Rald
I used his current design because I couldnāt draw his croissant-hair. Youāve probably already guessed it, but his horns are based on his eyebrows. His symbol is the pattern on the head of Rayquaza.
Again, same as Silver, Iām not going to explain it. But for Rald, I just donāt have anything else to say. Iāll put it simply: I donāt think Rald is a destructive player (in fact, he might be a manipulative player), but Iām out of stuff and Iām stumped.
Immediately joined Crystalās team without a second thought and before knowing what the heck they were doing.
Black: Mage of Hope*, Land of Kaleidoscopes and Skyscrapers, RockKind, Powerful-Psychic Brown-Blood, Prospit.
*Seer of Hope was also an option, but it is taken by Pearl. They both make great Seers.
Hexagon. Everything about Black is based on hexagons here. Horns and Symbol. Put his horns together and you get a hexagon.
Mages fully experience their aspect at some point. Admittedly, a Mage of Hope would be naive and maybe a bit too hopeful, but Hope is definitely something Black has a lot of, even up until the end (yāknoow, up until he became a rock). A Mage of Hope would be dedicated to making it to their goal because they would genuinely believe that theyād get there, a la Black when he wants to become a pokemon master.
Sees the world in hexagons a lot like he does with Musha on his head.
White: Maid of Heart*, Land of Roots and Carnivals, WhipKind, Non-Psychic Cobalt-Blood, Derse.
*I also really liked Maid of Hope for her.
Yāknow Whiteās hair-antennae? Theyāre her horns now. Theyāre close together and bend back over hear head, not outward. I didnļæ½ļæ½ļæ½t know what Symbol to give her, so I just made it a box.
Heart and Blood are very similar in that theyāre both about relationships, but Heart is more about the impact of those relationships. A Maid of Heart starts by relying on someone else for their relationships and enjoyment, but would eventually come to do it on their own. If anything, regardless of aspect, White is definitely a Maid.
Had Black sign a contract that ensured he would join the same team that she was on.
Wally: Page of Life, Land of Pumps and Corridors, PumpKind, Non-Psychic Teal-Blood, Prospit.
Wallyās horns are tiny because I felt someone like wally wouldnāt have especially large or threatening horns. His Symbol is the pattern on the face of a Kecleon.
Wally was hard, but I eventually settled on Page of Life. Pages and Maids are very similar in my eyes, because they are both classes based around personal growth. In fact, I wouldnāt be surprised if it turned out that Pages were the male equivalent to the female Maid. A Page of Life would lack Life in the beginning, which would manifest itself in physical or emotional health. As a Page, heād grow in health, perhaps to the point of overdoing it. I think this God Tier mirrors his subplot pretty well.
Blindly follows Ruby around where ever he goes.
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(Red, Yellow, Blue, Green)
Red: Heir of Blood, Land of Rivers and Lightning, BallKind, Prospit, Consort: Bulbasaur.
I FORGOT HOW TO DRAW REDāS HAIR! His Icon is a Pokeball.
Heirs have a need for their aspect, and one thing Red really enjoys is his pokemon and having a group friends, and even protecting people/showing off to neighborhood kids. As an Heir of Blood, Red would need to embody the Blood aspect and pretty much be the connecting force between the other characters. I picked this because he essentially started the series and, as the first character, I interpret him as the driving for keeping older characters together. Heirs also have a natural talent for their aspect, and I think the termĀ ānatural talentā in general is a decent description of Red. Plus, heās really good at making friends.
Yellow: Sylph of Life, Land of Keys and Ink, RodKind, Prospit, Consort: Can a Snake be a Consort? āCause Iām thinking Ekans.
Her Icon is a Lightning Bold (Also could have done a feather.)
I mean, come on. Like I said before, Sylphs are a creative class and Life is synonymous with health, and, therefore, a Sylph of Life creates health. Naturally, Yellow would be the teams healer. She could probably bring things back to life or give like to inanimate things by creating Life itself.
Blue: Thief of Space, Land of Coins and Frogs, CrowbarKind, Derse, Consort: Squirtle.
(Oops, she looks like an axolotl) Her Icon is a Mask.
A Thief of Space would steal Space for their own benefit. Blue would probably use this by stealing size from one object and applying it to herself or transferring size between things, switching the location of herself and something else or the locations of two items. Itās be great for stealing from other people.
Green: Prince of Time, Land of Fog and Beats, FistKind, Derse, Consort: Charmander.
His Icon isnāt a pomegranate seed, itās supposed to look like his pendant, but I can understand the confusion.
Prince is a destructive class, so Green would be destroying with Time. As a result, a Prince of Time would be impatient and easily annoyed and unable to cope with the passage of time. Some of these aspects match Green at an early age. As we known, baby Green had a lot of trouble with patience. Theyād be stubborn and have trouble listening to others. This pairs well with early-Green. Current-Green is a lot calmer and smarter that he used to be.
If I didnāt feel the need to have one of each, the cast would look like this (In the same order as all of the above):
Knight of Blood, Prince of Blood, Thief of Doom, Seer of Space, Page/Heir of Space, Sylph of Void, Prince of Light, Maid of Rage, (Whatever Emerald would be), Seer/Mage of Hope, Maid of Hope, Page of Life. (Minus the Humans)
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ALL THE DAMN QUESTIONS YOU HOBO
i canāt beliEVE YOUā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦.. here we go.
1: 6 of the songs you listen to most?
gah okā¦.. CURRENTLY.Ā Hallelujah - Panic at the DiscoĀ , Menswear - The 1975Ā , Good Ol Fashion Nightmare - Matt and KimĀ , Duele El Corazon - Enrique IglesiasĀ , Welcome to My Life - Empire of the SunĀ , Ode To Sleep - Twenty one Pilots
2: If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?
simon pegg! my favorite actor!
3: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 23, give me line 17.
itās my textbook for my online class i donāt wanna get up to grab it
4: What do you think about most?
huhā¦ recently? my dog
5: What does your latest text message from someone else say?
āThanks Har, I got your emailā its my group text for my job omg
6: Do you sleep with or without clothes on?
with! i couldnāt sleep naked. iād be too cold
7: Whatās your strangest talent?
iām good at imitations?
8: Girlsā¦ (finish the sentence); Boysā¦ (finish the sentence)
girls RULE boys DROOL
9: Ever had a poem or song written about you?
no but i had a secret admirer once
10: When is the last time you played the air guitar?
last week i was jammin out to some metallicaĀ
11: Do you have any strange phobias?
i donāt like when people hold knives or scissors or anything sharp near me and iām afraid of loud noises
12: Ever stuck a foreign object up your nose?
pencil
13: Whatās your religion?
raised christian but iām personally agnostic
14: If you are outside, what are you most likely doing?
in the hot tub or riding my bike
15: Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?
BEHIND. BEHIND BEHIND BEHIND
16: Simple but extremely complex. Favorite band?
no. this question can die. no.
17: What was the last lie you told?
uumā¦.hmā¦. i didnt tell my mom i threw up twice last week? thatāsā¦ withholding information.. kind of like a lie, right?
18: Do you believe in karma?
eh.. kind of
19: What does your URL mean?
itS FROM HOMESTUCK. when john goes in the rocket and its likeĀ āPCHOOOOā
20: What is your greatest weakness; your greatest strength?
weakness: i trust people too easilystrength: iā¦ā¦ā¦..iām smart.
21: Who is your celebrity crush?
gah i have a lotā¦ currently though itās tom holland (spiderman!!!!)
22: Have you ever gone skinny dipping?
nope. i want to though!
23: How do you vent your anger?
rant to my friends usually. otherwise, i donāt
24: Do you have a collection of anything?
i used to collect cool tags back in the day. like from clothes and stuff? but i stopped doing that. now i collect post cards and shot glasses
25: Do you prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online?
uh.. neither?? iām really shy usually.. but i guess if i had to pick iād say phone. definitely
26: Are you happy with the person youāve become?
umā¦ if iām honest, no. but i realize that thereās a lot of things i want to be like. like.. traits i want to have? but the only thing standing in the way of that is myself, so. gotta work on that and stuff.
27: Whatās a sound you hate; sound you love?
sound i hateā¦..anything thatās loud, really? ummā¦.. specificallyā¦ motorcycles, though. yeah.a sound i loveā¦. meows from cats!
28: Whatās your biggest āwhat ifā?
hmmā¦Ā āwhat if i donāt like my job in the futureā or i guess likeĀ āwhat if iām not happy in the futureā iām really afraid of not ending up where i want to end up
29: Do you believe in ghosts? How about aliens?
YES!!!!!!!!!! yes. to both. yep. yes. ive had experiences with both, so
30: Stick your right arm out; what do you touch first? Do the same with your left arm.
right arm: my phoneleft arm: my nightstand
31: Smell the air. What do you smell?
..n.. nothingā¦.? i smell nothing, omg
32: Whatās the worst place you have ever been to?
puerto rico. i donāt remember which part though
33: Choose: East Coast or West Coast?
east!
34: Most attractive singer of your opposite gender?
uuuhā¦ i like matty from the 1975 a lot. and eminem. and fetty wap. and brendan urieā¦.. god
35: To you, what is the meaning of life?
do what makes you happy
36: Define Art.
something you create?? yeah
37: Do you believe in luck?
yes. i donāt have any
38: Whatās the weather like right now?
cold. night time. rainy
39: What time is it?
3:10am
40: Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed?
yes and nope
41: What was the last book you read?
wintergirls by laurie halse anderson iāve read it like 10 times by now
42: Do you like the smell of gasoline?
yes
43: Do you have any nicknames?
so manyā¦ā¦ā¦. dani, dan, denpy, denby, iza, kuni, deni, dop, dopanopi, dp, click, my last name, dime, daniel, danielson
44: What was the last film you saw?
ROGUE ONE. CRIES
45: Whatās the worst injury youāve ever had?
i split my big toe last year it hurt a lot
46: Have you ever caught a butterfly?
no ):
47: Do you have any obsessions right now?
god yes. overwatch, servamp, bsd, shameless
48: Whatās your sexual orientation?
fuck if i know
49: Ever had a rumour spread about you?
nopes
50: Do you believe in magic?
i guess iād like to, but i have a lot of doubts
51: Do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong?
no which is both a good and a bad thing
52: What is your astrological sign?
PISCES!!!!
53: Do you save money or spend it?
both
54: Whatās the last thing you purchased?
movie ticketā¦ā¦ no, actually it was popcorn
55: Love or lust?
love
56: In a relationship?
non non!
57: How many relationships have you had?
2.5
58: Can you touch your nose with your tongue?
nope!
59: Where were you yesterday?
i went to breakfast with friends & then lunch with fam
60: Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?
yeah a pair of pink flip flops that i actually donāt like but i left my flip flops at school when i came home and i needed a pair for florida
61: Are you wearing socks right now?
always
62: Whatās your favourite animal?
PENGUIn
63: What is your secret weapon to get someone to like you?
iā¦. uhā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦.. oh. i try and be funny @ them
64: Where is your best friend?
currently? connecticut
65: Give me your top 5 favourite blogs on Tumblr.
oh god. iām not tagging them but: faecakes, hextant, pitayas, jaspboner, & akaaschi
66: What is your heritage?
iām german, french, italian, lithuanian, & irish
67: What were you doing last night at 12AM?
watching the road to el dorado with my cousin
68: What do you think is Satanās last name?
satan rocks
69: Be honest. Ever gotten yourself off?
yep
70: Are you the kind of friend you would want to have as a friend?
yeah!
71: You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do?
fuCKING SAVE THE dOG?? FUCK U BOSS IDC
72: You are at the doctorās office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. a) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? b) What do you do with your remaining days? c) Would you be afraid?
a) i probably wouldnāt lmaob) take all my money and go somewhere tropicalc) yes & no i guess?? honestly i canāt answer that. i have no idea
73: You can only have one of these things; trust or love.
trust
74: Whatās a song that always makes you happy when you hear it?
The Rain - Calvin Harris
75: What are the last four digits in your cell phone number?
6305
76: In your opinion, what makes a great relationship?
umm.. communication, and going out and DOING THINGS! adventure!!!!
77: How can I win your heart?
be funny. thatās it. thatās all u need to nab me
78: Can insanity bring on more creativity?
yes
79: What is the single best decision you have made in your life so far?
what to do after college
80: What size shoes do you wear?
womens 7/8
81: What would you want to be written on your tombstone?
for the record, i want to be cremated, but if i were to have a tombstone iād want it to sayĀ āhere lies dani, sheās having fun as a ghost, donāt worryā
82: What is your favourite word?
umā¦ā¦ā¦.. i likeĀ āblepā a lot. blepā¦ like when someone just pokes their tongue out of their mouth like BLEP
83: Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word; heart.
fucking sweethearts why i donāt even like those
84: What is a saying you say a lot?
āi was born readyā
85: Whatās the last song you listened to?
The Rain - Calvin Harris. i didnāt turn it off after i looked for the link sO
86: Basic question; whatās your favourite colour/colours?
green!!!!!!!!
87: What is your current desktop picture?
ah its just a default mac one because for some reason whenever i restart my mac it just sets to this one no matter what i have the background as soā¦. iām not bothering to change it anymore
88: If you could press a button and make anyone in the world instantaneously explode, who would it be?
uum.. man i donāt.. really know. i probably wouldnāt even be able to push the button, honestly. lmao
89: What would be a question youād be afraid to tell the truth on?
uhā¦ā¦ good one.. hm.Ā āwhatās your darkest secret?ā
90: One night you wake up because you heard a noise. You turn on the light to find that you are surrounded by MUMMIES. The mummies arenāt really doing anything, theyāre just standing around your bed. What do you do?
probably scream and cower in fear tbhā¦.. then once i realized theyāre just standing there iād probably touch one and see if they did anything then?? talk to them maybe. chill
91: You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and whatās even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What is that power?
TO FLY!
92: You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?
my first imagine dragons concert when they played Tiptoe
93: You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?
when i did acting?? why did i do that
94: You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who would it be?
hmhm mhmh mhmh ok matty from the 1975
95: You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go?
australia or bora bora
96: Do you have any relatives in jail?
nope
97: Have you ever thrown up in the car?
nopes
98: Ever been on a plane?
yeah!
99: If the whole world were listening to you right now, what would you say?
uuh hey guys whats up iām tired and iām about to sleep hope u guys r having a great 2017 ok byye
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631.
1. What are you doing at this exact moment? (I want details, people!) >> Drinking a bit, compulsively checking Discord even though no oneās ever online at this time of day (but there are several discussions I want to have so Iām... waiting), and intermittently thinking about/talking to Can Calah about weird multiplicity things. Also, this survey.
2. The one song you will never get sick of? Additionally, any song recommendations? >> I donāt know what song I will never get sick of. Iām sure Iām capable of getting sick of any song if I hear it too much (what ātoo muchā is, exactly, varies by the song, I guess).
3. Name everything you have ever wanted to be (occupations and random things, like animals!) >> Meh.
4. What is the best fanfic you have ever read (lmao) >> My own, because they were the ones written specifically about things and characters that I care about. I canāt count on that from anyone else (although sometimes I get lucky and I do appreciate those writers), so of course my own will be my favourite.
5. Name every fandom you have ever been in! >> The franchises for which Iāve actively written (whether through roleplay or fic) are Axis Powers Hetalia, Homestuck, Dragon Age, Fable, The Elder Scrolls, Marvel, Person of Interest, Kingdoms of Amalur, and Pillars of Eternity. I think thatās all of them. Oh, and Carnivale.
6. What is the saddest movie you have ever watched? Additionally, movie recommendations? >> I donāt know, most movies that are intentionally written to be sad donāt do it for me, because theyāre about things I either donāt care enough about or donāt relate to.
7. If you could direct your own TV show/movie, what would it be like? >> I really have no interest in doing anything like that, so I couldnāt tell you.
8. The cringiest account/fan account youāve ever made? (oh god) >> I donāt think Iāve ever made anything Iād call ācringyā. Iāve made stuff when I was a teenager that I obviously wouldnāt dream of doing now, but thatās because I was a fucking teenager. Iām not going to be contemptuous of young!Mordred for being young and a little silly, and thatās that on that.
9. What is your aesthetic? Describe it to us in list form. >> I donāt know what my aesthetic is. Black holes and shit. Tentacles. Ram horns. Slapping skulls on everything. I donāt know.
10. What is one thing that has been bugging you recently that you just need to talk about? >> Mostly just multiplicity and stuff related to, you know, being a fictional character. Not anything I expect anyone in the survey community to grok, so Iāll keep it to my personal tumblr, Dreamwidth, and the one Discord server.
11. One thing youāve always wished you could do / be good at? >> I wish I cared more about writing, but I think that was more the province of... well, anyway. Moving on.
12. Put a picture of your best (or your worst!) fanart/drawing ever! >> I mean, none of my art is worth showing anyone right now because itās all... practicing. Me trying to find my footing.
13. The best book you have ever read? Additionally, any book recommendations? >> There is no ābest book everā. I donāt recommend books willy-nilly, I have to know something about the specific person and their tastes and what theyāre looking for.
14. Most exotic food youāve ever had? >> I donāt know.
15. Post a picture of the weirdest/funniest text conversation youāve ever had! >> All my text conversations would seem weird because Sparrow and I have a funny kind of shorthand that would be tricky to explain (which mostly involves knife and gun emoji and sometimes a turtle).
16. Random fun fact about you! >> In one lifetime, I had four parents and they all sucked. Well, Mia was all right, I guess. But the rest of them sucked.
17. What do you think of me? Ahh! >> I donāt know you.
18. Do you have any fake names? Pseudonyms? Idk, stage names, street names? If not, what would it be? >> I have several names, but I donāt think any of them are fake (nor are they performance names or anything like that). Theyāre just... other names. Itās like how Odin has eight billion fucking titles and names. It just be like that sometimes.
19. What is your idea of a perfect life? >> I donāt care about perfection.
20. Finish the sentence: āOh, to be a _____ā >> spider on the wall.
21. Is there a stranger you would like to meet again? >> I mean, probably, but I canāt remember one off the top of my head. 22. Post a picture of you/someone you know doing something weird. Do it, you wonāt. Coward. (Obviously the pic doesnāt have to have a face in it) >> I wonāt because I donāt feel like taking those extra steps right now. Also, like, yawn.
23. Is there a place you feel homesick for even though youāve never been there? >> Yeah, because as a person who is distinctly aware that its existence is spread across time and space, having impressions of loss about things the body has never experienced or places itās never been is... pretty par for the course.
24. Basic, but whatās your sign? >> Gemini Sun.
25. What sign do you act like? What sign do you wish you were? >> The Scorpio influence is very heavy (itās my Ascendant and dominant sign). My chart makes sense the way it is, so itās pointless to wish it was arranged differently -- unless I literally wanted to be a different person.
26. What is one unusual thing you do? >> This survey is littered with unusual things, pick one.
27. Tell us in the 3rd person who you probably were in your past life. >> Ha... well, āpast lifeā would be kind of... reductive, I guess, because it assumes that time is linear-- you know what, never mind--
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