#scout smiles

[triptychofvoids]

pootis goes to the doctor redraw i meant to do forever ago and never got around to until now heh... @quazies

[friendlyengie]

strategy tip: for maximum efficiency, hold your scout back for as long as possible to allow him to build up energy before releasing him into the field. Like those pull-back toy cars

[thegremlindraws]

grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brotha? i make people smile.

[calygocat]

“i love BONK, sniper!!!! I LOVE BONKKK!!!!!!”

[homkamiro]

The duality of favourite character treatment

[murrusauro]

tf2 characters in smiling friends style 😈

i think i’ll do the others too, also don’t mind the floating bread guy

[emmetofthestars]

wow ... ..,,, fendship...

[spelled-like-pajamas]

Something I don't think I've ever seen someone talk about with TF2 (though there probably is someone) is a small detail in the Expiration Date video (which came out in June of 2014, for context that's important later). For context, here's the clip in question:

Did you catch something small? When Scout stands up and says he'll do the date without Spy's help, Spy does something he rarely ever does, something absolutely tiny, but that speaks volumes.

He smiles. A genuine, non-snarky smile.

If you were to watch this when it first came out, and notice this detail, I'd not make any sense, really. Why would he be smiling, when Scout is arguing with him, telling him that he's wrong, basically saying he just wasted his supposed final hours on this world teaching him something he's not going to use?

But then, in January of 2017, nearly 2 and half years later, and (okay spoilers but this has been around for like more than 7, nearly 8 years since posting) it is all but directly shouted from the heavens that Spy is Scout's father. And all of a sudden, this small detail, Spy's smile, takes on a whole new meaning.

As Scout's father, Spy is proud of him.

Even though for what has been presumed to be the finals days of their life, even though Spy has taken ever opportunity to belittle him, to tell him he is a failure and this won't work, that he won't get Pauling (which he probably won't regardless since she is, much like the Spy-Scout relationship, pretty much confirmed to be a lesbian), Scout stands up to him. He stands his ground for something he wants to at least try to do.

And Spy smiles because he is proud of his son for learning one of the best lessons he could ever teach him: stand up for yourself when you believe in something and really want it. He never got to teach him so many things with how he never got to be involved in his raising because of his job, but over the course of 3 days they have, he gets to teach him so much, and leaves him with the most important advice without even saying it.

And it helps to explain a good bit more. It explains why the only reason he interrupts isn't to talk back or put him in his place, but remind him that he's got a date to get to, and his smile only fades when Scout just flat out insults him, like he ruined their father-son bonding moment. It explains why he's so attentive, watching him attempt to start the date, and why when he seems him next, instead of telling him something snarky or rude, or telling him to fight better, he reminds him there is someone he needs to make an apology to, and try to give him the space to take care of that admits the chaos.

Spy can't show it, but he is proud of his son.

Anywho, happy 100th post (took me long enough). Hope to be more active on here, and post more things, and maybe even show off some cool things I make. But to everyone who has been a part of this, from the voice overs on YouTube that first intrigued me to check this place out, to the few but wonderful mutuals I'm so lucky to have, to every weird and amazing person that makes this site somewhere we can call home, I thank you!

okay, bye!

[ariariari-freehounreal]

I’m gonna spam flashfire doodles. I’ve completed the orange box. Praise me heathens

[weepingalaxy]

yo, i oughta be on a baseball card!

[triptychofvoids]

Do you have identity and/or sexuality headcanons for all the mercs? (well, maybe including Miss Pauling too) You seem to have tons of headcanons, which is really interesting, and I'm just wondering :P

perfect question to ask me the second pride month ends aheh

[tigercomplexes]

everybody used to make fursonas for the tf2 mercs but nobody does it anymore and it makes me so sad. so here's red & blu scout as a jackrabbit and bluejay from last year that I only finished now

[springtime-offrd]

Thank you for the overwhelming support for this au !! I was not expecting it ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´ω`ﾟ)ﾟ｡

Miss Pauling is obviously Poppy! And I finally added engineer, considering there isn’t any more smiling critters left to use, I’m deciding what role he plays. I was thinking player, but I do have other ideas.

You should totally reblog this!

[slimeysodaa]

everytime without fail, whenever i get back into TF2, FOR SOME REASON, MLP comes back with it, hand in hoof so now i have this on my hands

au is basically this; the cmc are in tf2, why? i have no clue! magic probably! and now the mercs have to look after them until they can figure out a way for them to get home. it’s basically a slice of life type of story, nothing major or plot heavy, just bits of fluff and adventure bc i thought it’d be funny.

honestly, i have like whole episode ideas that just stem from some mlp songs but thats all this is really, just a funny what if idea i might touch on in the future, who knows? i have like a full episode in my head of that one Hearth’s Warming episode with starlight but its the CMC explaining Hearth’s Warming to the mercs in a play, its a wholesome thing, it’s fun

[scout-in-situations]

If it’s not to much trouble, could we put Scout in the Habitat (smile for me) ?

no trouble at all! Today Scout is in the Habitat from Smile For Me. i think. most of what showed up when i googled it was some guy, and this was the most environment-like image that came up so i’m sorry if it’s incorrect 😭

[lovesickgoose]

A little sniperscout scribble 🔞