#scar plays tag games

[inuyashamybeloved]

Most of the writers I know were already tagged by @classysassy9791 (thank you for the tag! ❤️💚), so if you’re a writer, consider yourself tagged by me 😁

Since the poll has limited space, I’m gonna put the premise/description of the crossover fic:

In a last act of defiance, The Jewel sends Kagome to the Meiji Era after she wishes it away.

Kaoru finds an amnesiac Kagome and takes her to her dojo. Kaoru and Kenshin try to locate her family, but cannot do much to help because of Kagome’s memory loss. She ends up living there at Kaoru’s insistence.

Meanwhile, Inuyasha and the gang are convinced Kagome is safe and sound back in her era because the well is closed. After six months of missing her, the well reopens and Inuyasha jumps in, only to discover that Kagome’s family hasn’t heard anything from her since leaving for the final battle with Naraku.

Inuyasha goes back to the Feudal Era to tell their friends about Kagome’s disappearance, planning to use the Meido to take him to her just as he did inside the Jewel; Sango and Miroku join him in the search.

[ineed-to-sleep]

Some sketches I did to try to get a feel for what I want my Rook to look like 🤔

[kayomin]

normal jovier enjoyer

[sangthael]

been really into this kind of gay game lately idk

[dreadfutures]

Not only friends - not only lovers - but some deeper, transcendent thing. Whatever happens, whoever they become, they remain intrinsically tied.

The Hope of Fen'Harel, and The Brave Guide's Reflection: broken in all the same ways, but determined to reflect each other with clarity and light.

[ruvviks]

finally got around making a proper outfit reference sheet for nathan! he likes wearing dark clothes which really emphasizes just how pale he is. he was a STEM developer at MOBIUS for nine years what did you expect </3 click for higher resolution and to get a closer look at all the details! outfits from left to right: his gear for the evil within 2, 1am convenience store trip, his mobius gear, and an improvised outfit for my own fictional the evil within 3 =^)

taglist (opt in/out)

@shellibisshe, @florbelles, @ncytiri, @hibernationsuit, @stars-of-the-heart;

@lestatlioncunt, @katsigian, @radioactiveshitstorm, @estevnys, @adelaidedrubman;

@celticwoman, @rindemption, @carlosoliveiraa, @noirapocalypto, @dickytwister;

@killerspinal, @euryalex, @ri-a-rose, @velocitic, @thedeadthree;

@jacobseed, @swordcoasts

[thehappiestgolucky]

Assortment of easy violet doodles i managed because i care them but drawing is hard

[hermitagereheadcanons]

Scar sometimes feels a little embarrassed that his interests skew "too young" for his age. Whether he's 3 or 8, he prefers soft toys and board books, stuffed animals that rattle or crinkle, and preschool-targeted cartoons.

[aphroditestummyrolls]

we're gonna pretend I didn't misread that post and just assume it was another "post a WIP title in my ask box and get a snippet" post ANYWAY I would love to hear the premise for Little Star 2.0 xD

My friend! ❤️😂 I’ll give you both the premise AND a snippet— everybody’s getting snippets anyway. I’m trying to get back into a daily writing practice, and this only helps get the juices flowing again.

This is better known as The Scar Fic! Which you’ve listened to me bang on about a million times 😅 so, I’ll talk about the thing I’m having the most fun with in this story right now!

Developing relationships (romantic AND platonic) isn’t one of my strong suits as a writer— I’m usually an established relationship writer, or established found family person. But with the scar fic, I have to develop the relationships and take my time with them. Astarion is NOT the type to trust easily at the best of times. In the scar fic? He’s doubly guarded, and even more afraid than he is in canon. The bonds having the most fun writing right now are Halsin (of course), but also Karlach and Gale. There’s so much to be played with with these tadfools, and this story in particular is all about two of my favourite tropes: secret reveals and protectiveness ✨

Here’s a little snippet

Even Karlach looked somehow dimmer as she tucked Clive under Astarion’s arm. Unabashed as ever, she openly sniffled. Tear tracks evaporated from her cheeks. She stroked her pale friend’s hand as she placed her bear at his side.

“We’ll find out who hurt you like this, Fangs.” Despite her quiet tone, that righteous rage was sputtering and sparking back to life. “We’ll free you from whatever fucking devil did this to you.”

“I’m sure Astarion will have more insight for us when he wakes—“

“But that is infernal, isn’t it? I know those fucking filthy scribbles when I see ‘em! That RAPHAEL—!”

“Karlach!” Halsin fought to keep from shouting, his last frayed nerves barely holding back the bear. Even still, a growl leached into his words that shook the ground. “There’s still much we don’t know. Infernal is not a closed language— anyone may have carved this, imbued the sigils with their magic. He…” he has a master as diabolical as any devil, he didn’t say. Regardless of how much their party knew, it felt wrong to say the words aloud. “Astarion will have more insight for us when he wakes.”

Thanks for playing 🥹 I miss writing

[inuyashamybeloved]

Last line tag game

Rules: In a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words (or however many you like).

I was tagged by @brain-rot-hour and @elkonigin (you tagged my main blog 😁)

Kagome smiled, waving at Miroku as he left her on Inuyasha’s floor.

I tag: @dawnrider @lavendertwilight89 @heynikkiyousofine @mustardyellowsunshine @shinidamachu @shikonstar @ruddcatha @clearwillow @mamabearcat @arisukingdom @yukinon-writes @serial-doubters-club

(If you already did it, send me the link to your post, if not, start a new post and tag me 😁)

[megidoreyn]

Been thinking about Walter's initial Concept Art a lot recently...his design and color palette are so nice!! 💜twitter 💜misskey 💜bluesky

[asstariontrash]

Tav Tag!

Inspired by @inaconstantstateofchange's entry -- big thanks to them for gently motivating me and also to @triumphingmybest for the very cool template!

I want to draw my Tav & talk about them more on this blog, but I wanted to introduce them properly first. Meet Hemlock, my godless Oathbreaker paladin who's nevertheless trying his best all the time:

I've been using #tav/astarion and #tav: hemlock on this blog to tag things that especially remind me of them, so if you're interested in more Hemlock vibes, give that a peek.

You can find a blank Tav Tag template here!

I am very shy but very eager to perceive other people's characters. Tagging @beaubambabey & @jellymellydraws in the softest, lowest-pressure way imaginable, and YOU, if you're reading this and would like to talk about your Tav too!

(also please behold my redemption Durge under the cut, because this was getting long:)

I drew Century already over here! Their tag is #durge: century. It was important to me that they be Very Pathetic At All Times; never more than 30 seconds away from dissolving into tears.

Hemlock is also a mess and also about two steps away from a nervous breakdown for most of the game, but at least he hides it better. He's just starting to crack, whereas Century has already been smashed to smithereens, you feel? (Astarion gets his teeth into both of them, for better or worse...)

I just really like characters who're in the midst of a faith/personal identity crisis, it fuels me.

[evilfreminet]

wow........not freminet...dudnt think i was capable of that....not drawing him for once actually made me quite anxious fsr LOL anyway i like the emo guy this gwme has

[quibbs126]

So I’ve been wanting to draw out Ceres’ beta designs for a bit now, and today I finally did that

Admittedly I probably should have drawn more than just top half sketches, but whatever

They come from this page I have saved from the art book

She has a couple others, but the picture I had on my iPad was just these five, so that’s what I did. I do like the other ones though

And now because I want to, I’m just going to talk about my thoughts on each design. It’s also why I numbered them, since they’re all Ceres, so I can’t really refer to them by other names

So let's start with 1. On the drawing side, I admit I think she ended up having a case of "being the first one drawn". You know, she's got that weirdness to her look. But anyways, back to her design in general. I really like her hair, I think it's cool looking and it's got a unique color pallet. But her outfit is literally just one of beta Velvet's outfits, so if that had been her final outfit, it would not have been that subtle who she's connected to. Even if Velvet had her final outfit, it still looks incredibly similar to hers

I do find it interesting that she's the only one to have the yellow Demon eyes, while all the rest have her normal pink. I imagine they changed it to pink to be more creative, but it is the only one different. Generally, I assume that with these concepts, they had bases of the characters already made that they put the outfits and hair on. Cherry/Plum and then Reno also have the same unchanging skin and eye colors and unchanging horns (Velvet is also the same but her eyes get to change colors). I get why they did that, but it does personally leave me wanting to see Ceres concepts where she had different horn shapes or skin tones, or even eye colors. But we don't see it, and I was trying to stay faithful to the original concepts, so oh well

Moving on to 2, I don't think her outfit's half bad, but it's still pretty Velvet-like. And her hair straight up just looks like Velvet's but with different bangs, and orange highlights instead of her pink. And personally, I just think that's kind of boring in all honesty

Now on to 3 (I don't have a tangent to go on this time). I quite like her design honestly, and when I was looking at the art before drawing, she gave me this vibe I really liked, but I don't know if I really translated into my drawing. I don't really know how to describe it other than her feeling slightly younger? But anyways yeah, I think her design's pretty neat. It's still somewhat Velvet, but it's getting unique to the point that wouldn't really be your first guess. I also originally was wondering why her hair had pink/red, since Menos doesn't have any but his other kid does, but then I realized her hair colors are Menos' blue but in Velvet's purple's shade, and then her pink comes from Velvet's pink, but with the Demon vibrancy and brightness, and I just think that's neat

Moving on to 4, something that strikes me as interesting is her hair color. It's wildly different from the others I've seen, being dark red/brown and then with gold streaks. Though honestly, I couldn't tell you where she gets it from, since her parents have pretty much only cool colors, outside of Velvet's pink, which isn't that much of a warm color. Though we do see that beta Velvets had brown, or at least warmer hair color pallets, so maybe that's where she gets it from? I don't know but I find it interesting. I also do think her design's pretty cool, and is quite unique looking. My main gripe with it is how the top bit is shortened so much. For whatever reason, in basically every other Ceres outfit design other than her final, she has to be showing off her midriff, and I really don't see why. Is it just because Velvet does it? But regardless, I feel like this is the design where it's at its most unnecessary. Like just have it extend to her waist, it'd make more sense that way. But yeah, she's interesting

And then we come to 5. I think her outfit's pretty neat, I like her pant sash thing she's got going on, and I think her shirt fits with it (though I again don't know if it needs to be a crop top). I think it's one of my favorites, and it's probably the least Velvet-esque. I also find it interesting how her hair seems the most human here, not having much spikiness at all, as well as being generally less saturated. I feel like by proxy, it has her looking the most like a mix between Demon and Human. Though admittedly, with it just being out and flat, it may not be the best to animate, especially since almost all of Ceres' scenes are in 3D. Maybe if it were in a braid or something? And also I'm a little irked that the colors are just her normal ones but more desaturated, but oh well. By that point they were likely still figuring out her color scheme, so I'm looking at it from the wrong way

Also this is random, but I want to point this out, 4 and 5 aren't wearing boots, but rather shoes. I only point this out because every main character wears boots in this game, with the exception of Menos, but you can barely tell given his pants are the exact same color

Also as I'm typing all this out I realize, Ceres was very clearly designed to be Velvet's kid, but her dad basically doesn't factor in at all in these designs outside of the hair colors and spikiness. Menos is basically just the Demon genes donor. Poor guy

Anyways yeah, that's my thoughts on these beta designs. Honestly, I want to try and take parts from each (or make up parts) to try and make an alternate Ceres design I like

But also then I realize, what would be the point of that? She already has an official, final design, and it's not like this is going to change that or how I draw canon her. Why am I even judging the beta designs in the first place? They're just concept art, and things that for whatever reason, didn't end up being incorporated into her final design. And the game came out 9 years ago, what's the point of rating old designs from an obscure game made likely over a decade ago?

I don't really know, but I also feel like furthering this line of thinking would lead me to questioning why I'm so invested in concept art and designs in the first place, since similar questions still apply

I mean sure, people can use concept art to make something new out of things, like how the CRK fandom basically made Rich Cheese into a character despite her officially just being a scrapped concept, or how people have basically made a new Wish story out of the stuff from the concepts, but here I feel like there's literally no point

I don't know, but I should probably stop now

Take these drawings I suppose, while I try not to think about questioning my life's priorities

[aashiyancha]

Ties and Coats

(I am hoping so much that the pgs load in the correct order for everyone)

Also link to the masterlist is here for anyone interested in reading the rest of the doodle skits

[probablygayattorneys]

Happy four year anniversary of one of the

If not the single most

Important and influential moments of my entire life