#sniper's mother

[bunfellow]

australian family should be like this

[homkamiro]

Ice cream date for Fem Scout and Sniper, please and thank you 🙏

Sweet tooth vs Coffee addict who will win

[redmarqar]

she had to do it

[jevilowo]

I love dates in the tf2 lore. I love knowing exactly when stuff happened. Which makes THIS THING I JUST FOUND a BEAUTIFUL MIRACLE

You've seen this image before, but have you noticed the dates on the prison card thingies? Presumably this is written the American Way (the writers are so american they make Scout and Sniper both call their mothers "mom" despite preferring "ma" and "mum" respectively, as shown previously SEVERal times), so Spy and Scout were arrested on

The 7th of September, 1972.

We can do a lot with this information.

Mann Co was taken over by Grey and Olivia half a month before this: roughly the 23rd of August

Contrary to popular belief, most of the comics have to take place in 1973! Seeing as 6 months after late August is late February.

This also means Scout had to have been born in 1946/7. Not sure about Sniper, I have yet to overanalyse the New Zealand timeline paragraph. I'll get to it eventually.

Medic implies in comic 6 that our mercs have worked together for "at least eight years", while talking about the lore breaking Demo eyeball halloween thing. Assuming the "at least" confusion is over the 1972 Halloween they missed while not working together, the Teufort Nine were hired in 1964.

(I've almost mentally rationalised the lore breaking eyeball as a thing they do at like 4am after regular Scream Fortress shenanigans. Almost.)

Scout claims he has known Ms Pauling for six years. During the War! update, Demoman is unfamiliar with Ms Pauling (he knows she works for the administrator, but thats it), so we can assume that is the point she started working more closely with the mercs, and also 1966/7

I really need to go back to actively working on my timeline instead of passively wondering at 11pm "hey what time of year is it in the comics" and going down a rabbit hole.

Uh if you want to build off this, feel free to, but tell society twas I, the great and nobel Jevil_Owo, who first conceptualised all this.

UPDATE! This post seems to be picking up reblog steam again, so now is a good time to say I was WRONG about the mercs being hired around 1964.

This blog post from 2009 claims the WAR update took place in 1962, meaning the mercs have to have been hired in early 1962 at the latest.

Seeing as Scout would have been 15/16 in 1962, and as that's kind of the youngest one can be hired for just about anything, I'd assume it actually is 1962 they were hired. Ok thats enough I just felt it was my duty as Person Timelining to update people on this Discovery.

[qoppybirdie]

today on mother base eli drops a diss track to the world🔥

audio source

[vlasdygoth]

diamond dog eva? diamond dog eva.

[moonlit-lake-sys]

I'm a firm believer in the idea that Pyro doesn't naturally see in "Pyrovision," but that it's a side effect of their mask/the optics inside it. I feel like they still know what they're doing, though. The rest of the mercs very much know the reality of their job, although some of them see it in a slightly different perspective.

Sniper sees his job as assassinating those who deserve it — only killing people who are "rotten" (as described by his adoptive mother.)

He says himself in the Meet The Sniper short that he isn't a "crazed gunman." He doesn't kill for the sake of killing, he only kills who he thinks should be killed. He's an assassin, it's an occupation. He does it for his job, and states that as a professional, he has standards.

Heavy sees his job as getting rid of "evil men." When discussing taking back his job, he emphasizes that specifically. He isn't just killing anyone, he's killing those who are deemed the bad guys.

We also know he does all he can to protect his family, and his family knows this just as well. He only attacks when it is necessary for him and his family's safety, and/or will benefit them in some capacity. (He's gone through a lot and I feel like we as a fandom don't discuss that enough. I did an analysis over Heavy's past one time in a Discord server and I might post it here if anyone is interested.)

In the Meet The Pyro video, we see how they allegedly view the world. A fairytale-like place full of rainbows, bubbles, sparkles, and almost cherub-esque versions of the enemy mercs.

While it is very easy to just assume this is how they view everything naturally, I don't think it's ever been 100% confirmed that this is the case.

The biggest thing for me is the Pyrovision Goggles in-game. The fact that they can be worn by any class, and it effects all of the mercs the same way, makes me believe that it truly is a result of the optical mask/the lenses within them that makes Pyro see what they do. It would've been so easy to make this cosmetic only available to Pyro, but it isn't.

The fact the goggles includes the "optical mask" text in the center, much like Pyro's mask itself, just pushes the idea that Pyroland is all an optical illusion. Obviously it was never real in the first place, but I don't think it's how Pyro sees everything naturally.

Tying back to the beginning of this post, I believe Pyro knows what they're doing. They know that they're spreading fire and not bubbles and rainbows. But perhaps they keep the mask on for the sake of their own psyche, to make it easier for them to do their job. Much like how Heavy and Sniper justify their jobs by seeing it as killing "evil men," or killing those who are "rotten," maybe Pyro uses their mask and goggles to tune out the dark truth of what they do. It could be yet another reason as to why Pyro never removes their mask.

[optimisticapocalypse]

They’re doing it.

The game is playable, the comic is being teased. The fandom never died. Long live tf2

[alasoi]

which one of your monster snipers is the safest to be around

↑ their dynamic in a nutshell ↑

Are you asking about the two large monsters or are you including the others? 

Well, first let’s discuss the two large ones. *Monstrous Anomaly Sniper is called MAS02/MAS2 and the Eyeless Monstrous Anomaly Sniper is called MASo* 

MAS2 is more offensive and moves faster. MASo moves slower and doesn’t seem as threatening but do not underestimate it.

When encountering MAS2, you get a fast ending. However, MASo can be a different case. It stands still and waits when prey comes close enough for it to grasp at. It smells dead (surprise surprise), so hungry carnivores are usually the ones who get eaten. The fact is MASo does NOT need to eat… The food will stay inside/drop from its open tummy anyway. 

All that said, MASo is *Slightly* safer to be around if you keep a good distance and have a good hiding place – it won’t waste his energy on you (no promises). It's technically a walking corpse so who knows.

Even MAS2 ain't brave enough to fight MASo, though it dares to threaten and snap at MASo for merely existing in its vicinity. 

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If we include the other monsters and the like, the safest to be around is Obsidian Sniper – he only defends himself, so if you don’t show any signs of trying to harm him, he won’t do anything to you. He’s had to deal with harassment from other humans, so he’s more comfortable strolling around at night. 

Technically the other monster snipers (of which most of em are called reptile snipers) aren’t typically the most dangerous, but it depends. Just be still and let them approach you, so don’t touch them in case it's a timid individual. If it's a territorial individual, you better not approach it, it might tell you to leave by flicking its tongue rapidly and standing tensely.  

And uh for Lizard Sniper… it's hard to tell how dangerous he is but I don't think you want him to steal your wallet and spend all your money as a prank now do you?

Obsidian needs some peace

[setholopod]

oh a sniper? like tf2.

[artist-rat]

my sister and i are once again back playing skyrim... this called for a Ruis appreciation sketch page 🏹

[strawberrysnipes]

Im being so serious if you are rude to any artist of any medium (traditional/digital art, writing, editing ECT) for not doing your or any request I think you should explode into 10000 pieces maybe. You don't know what people are going through and even if they aren't going through anything and just don't want to do it who cares. They're called requests for a reason and can be denied at any time. They are giving you their time and energy and creativity FOR FREE and I really don't think you get to dictate... Anything about how they run their account.

[skilbda]

What is thaaaat, IT IS NEW ART!?

And sketch with vegan BLU Medic because why not.

I'm still in search of my style, I'm in between two opposing ideas: to draw realistic art with a lot of details or to go into exaggeration, cartoonishness. Can I have two styles that are different from each other?

Ha, I even draw mercenaries always in different ways, until I decided exactly how they look in my head. I have a lot of headcanons on the appearance of the mercenaries of both teams and they are always mixed up in my head, I can forget how I drew the same Scout yesterday(

[crimescrimson]

Favourite Resident Evil Characterizations Out of All Their Games [1/?]: Short Hair Claire Redfield in Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (2015)

[wesleysniperking]

usopp positivity post #10

I know I’ve said this a few times, but I really do find it amazing how people can find a connection with Usopp on a personal level. It’s truly amazing. It’s like a hug.

I was talking to my mother the other day about Usopp because she asked about what he’s been doing in recent events (Egghead). I proceeded to tell her all about it, and ramble a mile a minute. In my zone. Like I’m giving a TedTalks about him 😅

I was talking to her about Usopp’s backstory and I mentioned how the fandom perceives it as idyllic and not as traumatic as his comrades. But she said that Usopp’s backstory is one that a lot of people can relate to. It’s realistic and easy to connect with. And something on a very human level. Losing a parent and having to go at it alone, in everyday human life…that’s definitely traumatic. And yes, this is supposed to be a positive Usopp post. Just let me finish my point.

What I liked about my mother’s words was that she sounded like my fellow Usopp fans who defend this point constantly. She didn’t have to be on the internet to understand this point. She doesn’t go on the internet at all. Seriously. This isn’t the only time she’s sounded like a true fan without any qualms. Verbatim.

She 100 percent believes in the cause.

So, happy Mother’s Day to Mom’s who listen to their child ramble on about something they wholeheartedly love.

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[vlasdygoth]

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