#thank you alllllllllll

[joelscruff]

Just curious but what are the WIPs you have brewing up? Can’t wait to see more from you <3

i have so many WIPs at the moment 😭 my current dilemma is having all these ideas but for some reason having no brain power to actually write any of them (except for the last one on this list 👀)

feelings on fire chapter 11 & beyond - i'm in a weird place with fof at the moment. i love these two so much and i have their whole story planned out (even further than you might think) and i do plan on finishing it, but right now it's just not flowing for me. it's affecting my other writing too because i just feel this immense pressure to get it done and because of that, i tend to guilt myself out of working on anything else. it's been a struggle lmao. but i'm trying. i go into the draft whenever i have a little bit of motivation.

darkness hums (next to freeze or to thaw installment) - joel's going on the raid so you're left behind with tommy 👀 i'll get this done eventually lmao i have to be in the right mood to work on this series

beautiful stranger - this is my joel x escort!reader fic that i still feel SO passionate about but haven't finished. featuring an insecure & out of practice joel + lots and lots of joel worship. again, it'll get done, just not sure when.

pick my petals off - THIS fic has been in developmental hell for a long time lmao. dbf!joel, very very pervy and coercive who wants to sleep with you before you go away for college. huge age gap obviously, very filthy. it's actually a series so i haven't had much time to really focus on it. will i ever write it? we'll see lmao

stray animal - can't say too much about this. but. VERY dark fic. kinda fucked up. involves a glory hole. stepdad!joel. we'll see what happens lol

untitled best friend's dad!joel fic - this is my current passion project, i'll be honest. been thinking about it for a long time and would really like to start writing it soon. it's a series though so i'd like to have most - if not all - of it written before i start posting it. it takes place in jackson and you're ellie's best friend. you have a crush on joel, he doesn't see you that way. but then something happens and you end up growing closer, very slowburn. i've also been referring to it as touch starved!reader fic lol. han @swiftispunk has heard alllllllllll about it

imperfect for you - a drabble i'm writing for @janaispunk's 1500 kisses challenge!! it's joel + nose kiss 🥰 hope to have this up soon, it's kinda taken a backseat because i suddenly got inspiration to write something else.....↓

⭐is it that sweet? - this one's coming tonight most likely, so i won't say too much 👀 pervy!joel + the beach ⭐

so yeah. a lot. i mean, this doesn't even include ideas that are only living in my brain rn and not a draft, like a sequel to my boss!dave york fic and a threesome sequel to my frankie fic one of your girls, more of my boyfriend's dad!joel (believe it or not, i do intend to return to these two eventually. i miss them v much), etc. i feel like sometimes readers might think that just because an author hasn't posted for a while they maybe have lost interest in their fics/writing/fandom/etc, but it really couldn't be further from the truth lmao. i have so many ideas and i'm constantly writing things down, it's just actually turning them into fics that i've been struggling with lately. bear with me 💖 and thank you for asking!

[deadgirlwalking91]

Hi, so… I'm a drawing, Anon! Long story shrot:

I really choked when you gave me the follow... I didn't expect this! My tumbler main account is garbage can. Only dedicated blogs make sense, but I started posting drawings with random quotes here anyway, so... well I thought I'd do something for ya too! May you be as pleased as I am with your writing! Unfortunately, I can't draw a dynamic Lute, so you have a calm and sexy Lute in the bathtub.

Hope you enjoy the day! I can’t wait to catch up on chapter 6️⃣ ✨

@shias-staff you have just MADE MY DAY!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!! <3 I'm sitting here just wanting to cry alllllllllll the happy tears right now. LOOK HOW PRETTY LUTE IS!!!! And capturing the little details like all her scars? Incredible! This is EXACTLY how I pictured her before her night was ruined by Adam when I wrote chapter 4 of Thank You for the Venom! You captured every detail so beautifully <3

I just... wow. WOW. I can't wipe the grin off my face right now. This means so much to me. Thank you <3

[alllgator-blood]

Boo! Birthday Heket be upon ye

I’m either too early or too late but either way I crashed back into your inbox like the kool aid man to say I hope you had a nice birthday!:D and that your are enjoying or have enjoyed your trip!

Didn’t have much energy to do a digital drawing so markers to the rescue to make it look a little nicer-

Really wanted to make something a little special just because your shamura drawing literally gave me sanity I swear- things just kept getting worse so I would just pull out the drawing and stare at it and I would feel a little better and judging by how things are going I’ll be doing that a lot more for as weird as that sounds-

Okay I not only missed out on the previous heket drawing but A SECOND HEKET DRAWING AS WELL?? I heavily regret not checking my inbox sooner cause I was missing OUT dude omg. My birthday is on may 2nd so you're not too late, I used up like alllllllllll my money on that cali trip so I was fully expecting the celebration to be over already, but the party was in my inbox the whole time????

Thank you sincerely for the b-day art, I get real fuckin moody on like ALL my birthdays because I spend em alone and am always broke so I usually just sit with my own thoughts every may 2nd. I'm honestly tempted to just start asking y'all if I can print your drawings and put them on my wall or something because it's like the highlight of my day when someone draws me something. Even if it's a mutual interest I'm still like THIS VIDEO GAME FROG DRAWING...WAS FOR ME SPECIFICALLY...AND THAT MAKES ME WANT TO LOOK AT IT FOREVER.

I'm very glad the shamura drawing helped you feel better despite everything, this one definitely perked me up so I'm just happy the feeling is mutual!! Dw about sounding weird cause I'm just glad my mura blessing art could do you some good. I'm sorry things kept getting worse on your end, I know I can't really do anything besides offer my support through text but I'm like manifesting good things happening to you with my limited powers. I'm telepathically beaming good vibes into your mind >:)

[srbachchan]

DAY 5637

Jalsa, Mumbai                 July 24/25,  2023                 Mon/Tue  2:48 PM

Birthday - EF - Anjana Sridhar .. Tuesday, 25 July .. our wishes for the special day .. love from the Ef family .. ❤️

🪔 .. July 25 .. birthday greetings to Ef Anjana Sridhar from New Zealand 🇳🇿 .. and Ef Shivlal Kashyap from Lucknow .. wishes .. 🙏🏻����

Been a busy day .. the starts are always indecisive , apprehensive and filled with whether we shall get it all right or not .. and so the day was long .. the KBC 15 of Sony has begun its recording .. and the audience was simply fantastic .. they waited for hours before the start .. and their love and appreciation throughout was just amazing .. 

Thank you audience .. you make the show .. !!

striding in yet again .. and hoping the legs dont give way .. 😁

but truly .. the work is arduous , but the people about make it so enjoyable .. the interaction with them .. the appreciation they give at all moments , simply makes alllllllllll the difference ..  ! 

year after year you come and give .. give your affection and concern and blessings .. it just , cannot be described in words .. it has to be felt .. and I feel it each day on set .. 

the look inviting .. the work settled .. and now the year of the 15th KBC for Sony .. but 23 years of the show ..

Amitabh Bachchan

[herotome]

Devlog #120

Hi-ho, Wudge here. Early devlog...!

This week I drew a blush just for Warden and nobody else. There are two very specific ways to see it, and only in this office location. So... good luck!

I playtested the game enough to get allllllll 26 achievements. I actually... had to reference my own walkthrough to get one of them. ;;; But I was able to do it!!

I also had a small.. incident where Griffin promised he'd talk to everyone to help fix their negative opinions of me (aka, reset the approval points to a more neutral zone after I thoroughly antagonized everybody).... and then he didn't. It's fixed now ;;;;;; But woo that would have been an awful lil mistake hahaha.

I finished the 'updating ur mc pfp' tutorial - seems to be intuitive and working seamlessly enough!

I converted converted alllll the pngs into webps, and converted alllllllllll the mp3s and wavs into oggs...

...and deleted all unnecessary files and notes from the development process. This is usually the stage where I'll end up breaking something from accidentally nuking an important file... but so far so good.

I put in a cute, special lil sfx for the reward you get after the credits.

Finish designing and coding my SECRET NG+ screen, and wrote a personalized dev note to put in it.

And - we've finally updated Mr Whidden! Wahoo!!!! Remnantation did an amazing job as always!

I thought about putting in some animated smoke coming out of his cannon arm but I had to tell myself No... No Wudge....stop.. ......I did add a lil ember and smoke at the very edge of the gun but THATS IT I restrained myself there and did not animate!!!

So, what else is left?

Thanks I'm glad you asked.

Test my email subscription service to see how much I can customize those emails.

Film and upload the Griffin CG video.

Finish and import a few final pieces of in-game art (1 bird sprite, 1 background, some food art).

Review some sound effects in a final, final dev playtest.

Schedule out some social media release posts; wherein I might do like, a week of counting down until the game's release.

Finish updating my itch page (adding the final few lil graphics, putting up the new Content Warning, linking to the new video, then finally, uploading the game files and walkthrough).

Decide how I'm gonna update my pinned post. I should save a link to the old one bc most of its information should be quite relevant, but I'll want a temporary, shorter pinned post for new players who aren't familiar with this blog and are looking to troubleshoot or say hi or something.. Should still have fun attention-grabbing gifs and stuff from the itch page though. <_<

.... So yeah, mostly like - social media promo stuff. That should be it. Fingies crossed. Whew.

By the way?

Super Demo comes out December 2nd. Mark your calendars <3

Stay safe and keep warm,

Wudge.

[tommykinard6]

!!!!!

i want to hear it alllllllllll.

but uhhh. if you want specifics. characters you wish had lived/stayed? thoughts on any(/all) of buck’s LIs? (any other opinions you have that you feel like sharing? i love hearing other people’s Thoughts.)

Thank you!!! I shall answer all of this, so buckle up!

Characters. Ya know, I say this and then realize we haven’t lost all that many characters, so I may mention some really niche ones. First off! Wes, the security guard on the cruise. Please, he was precious and deserved to live. Also, I love side characters and am so sad the first mate died. Russ, the firefighter who died in the earthquake episode. Even though I like what the storyline did for Chim, I still wish Kevin had lived. Jonah? I think is his name? He’s the guy who drowned in an attic during the tsunami.

Also, while I have mixed feelings on Shannon, I do wish she’d lived. I love the arcs that came from her death and think they have tackled great subjects, but there are other great storylines that could’ve happened if she and Eddie simply divorced.

Those are all I can think of off the top of my head!

Buck’s LI’s? Buckle up, y’all.

Abby! Absolutely not. She was ok as a character. But as a love interest, no. She got Buck’s number through (in my opinion) very unethical means. I think she used him and was never serious about him, whereas she was his everything. Then she ditched him, possibly cheated on him, and only saw him next when she was engaged.

Ali, I actually really liked. She was very sweet and solid and honestly I’ll date her. While it was heartbreaking, I can understand the difficulty and the choice she made. I think she deserved longer time as a LI.

Taylor? Hell no. Here’s the thing, she and Buck as friends made sense. I loved their friendship. But as lovers? Nope. She was selfish, manipulative, and was basically a strong independent woman in all the bad ways. She and Buck were ill paired. If I never see her again, it’ll be too soon.

Lucy? Do we count her? I will here. I think there’s too much focus on Buck “cheating” and not enough on how drunk he was as opposed to how sober she appeared.

Now, I don’t mind her later on, but I generally don’t like her.

Natalia? Please. She was gorgeous omg. But as a character, bland, unsuited, glad she’s gone.

Tommy? 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🩷🩷🩷🩷💋💋💋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈💥💥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😘😘😘😘😘 I’m normal about him

[tyquu]

I JUST SAW YOUR TAGS ON YOUR NEW POST AND WANNA SAY NOOOOOOO I LOVE YOUR ART AND YOUR ARTSTYLE ITS SO LOVELY!!!! would eat it up alllllllllll day if i could <3

(obviously, if you wanna change up your artstyle, go for it!!! but (and i am not saying this to make you NOT wanna change it) ik i am not the only person who loves it!!! your art is lovely and it is always a blessing to see it!!! :D 💙💙💙)

Jfhjdhdbd thank you Anon 😭 I didn’t realise so many people would read the art struggle tag on the last post and the support in the comments/ inbox in response has been so very kind and lovely!

However, it has come to my attention (Via my husband) that apparently my art style worries are pretty much only perceivable to me, and two drawings I think look radically different are actually not and I’m way over thinking it all haha. I’m nitpicking, and at this point I’m convinced it’s pretty much just brush related frustration and I’ve got to stop using gesinski ink lol.

Basically I’m being over dramatic, didn’t mean to stress people out. Any change will probably not even be noticeable if my husband is to be trusted. And thank you once again for your kind words <33

[chvoswxtch]

From one court to another court

I'm sooooooo happy for you! You deserve alllllllllll the follows (and likes and comments and reblogs)!!!

For your celebration, I would like to request a margarita with Matt that uses a similar theme to Meredith Grey's "pick me" speech from Grey's Anatomy. Not sure if you've seen it, but it's pretty angsty. The line can either come from Matt or reader. Direct quote below:

Okay, here it is. Your choice, it's simple, her or me. And I'm sure she's really great. But Derek, I love you. In a really, big really big pretend to like your taste in music, let you eat the last piece of cheesecake, hold a radio over my head outside your bedroom window, unfortunate way that makes me hate you... love you. So pick me. Choose me. Love me.

But for the love of all that's holy, it needs to have a happy ending 🤣

I love and appreciate you so much! Congratulations again!!!!!!!!

ahhh my lovely court!!!❤️

thank you so much, angel!! okay this is actually hilarious bc I was OBSESSED with grey's (like literally went into college as a premed bc I swore I was gonna be a surgeon) and meredith was always my favorite and the one I related to most.

i'm gonna make matty be the one to stand in the rain and pour his heart out dramatically bc he's a lil shit and I feel like he's gotten his fair share of love confessions and honestly it's his turn to beg. there is a lot of angst, but a happy, cheeky ending!

i love and appreciate YOU so much!!!! 🥂

blurb below the cut

pick me

pick me. choose me. love me.

Matt only had himself to blame for the jealousy coursing through his veins right now. He’d had his window with you. A long, six months to be exact, wide open window to confess how he really felt. There were several times along the way he almost did, when the truth nearly slipped past his lips almost as easily as his excuses for yet another superficial injury. When your hand slipped down his arm to tangle your fingers together as you languidly strolled behind Karen and Foggy down the busy streets of New York. When you leaned closer into his side as you sat together in one of the booths at Josie’s, even though you had plenty of room. When you pulled him into a quiet space to help him calm down, being able to tell when he was overstimulated just by a simple look on his face.

When he told you the truth and you didn’t yell at him. You didn’t call him a liar, or express betrayal through verbal daggers. You didn’t question the authenticity of his blindness with the revelation of his heightened senses. You didn’t walk out on him. You stayed. 

He should’ve told you that night. 

And even though he convinced himself it was safer for you if he kept his heart to himself, deep down he knew he was a coward. 

He was scared to lose you. He was afraid that he would push you too far, ask for too much patience, or break one too many promises that he wouldn’t be able to rectify with an apology and good intentions. He was terrified that he would lose you like he’d lost Elektra. He wasn’t sure what was worse; driving you to the point of resentment because of something inside himself he couldn’t tame, or that very thing tearing you away from him for good.

But neither of those things were as bad as having to endure you being happy with someone else.

Foggy had warned him from the beginning. He told Matt from the moment he met you that if he didn’t make a move, someone else was going to. Karen had cautioned him that you wouldn’t wait around forever. They were both exhausted with the drawn out pining between the two of you, secretly scheming to get one of you to cave and confess, until Matt had snuffed out that ember of hope entirely.

Karen had set you up with a coworker of hers with the intention of making Matt finally pull his head out of his ass, but when you had asked for his advice about the date, he’d told you to go.

What a fucking idiot he had been. A selfish part of him didn’t think you were going to actually enjoy yourself. He certainly didn’t think you would entertain a second date, or a third. Matt knew how you felt about him. He wasn’t stupid, and you weren’t subtle. Maybe he thought because you felt the exact same way about him, you wouldn’t actually move on.

Matt wasn’t bothered by the idea of you going on a date, but he was absolutely distraught over the reality of you being in a relationship with someone else. He was devastated by the fact that you had a boyfriend that wasn’t him. That someone else was holding your hand, making you laugh, kissing you. It made him nauseous to think of what else another man was doing to you.

He didn’t think it would last. He kept telling himself that any day now, the nightmare would be over. You would tell him that it was over, and he’d have you all to himself again.

But it had been two months, and Matt was getting nervous. What if you never broke up? What if you loved him? Did you love him more than you loved Matt? Would you marry him?

Fuck, he didn’t think he could handle that. That guy didn’t love you. Not like he did. No one could ever love you like him. No one could ever protect you as well as he could. No one was as right for you as he was. You were supposed to be with him. You were meant to be with him.

Matt gripped his cane so hard his knuckles turned white as your boyfriend placed his hand on your lower back and pressed a kiss to his shoulder. He hated that you reacted at all to his touch. But a tiny flicker of hope ignited in his heart knowing that you didn’t react to your boyfriend’s touch like you did to his. He didn’t make you shiver. He didn’t make your heart race. He didn’t make heat spread across the tops of your cheeks.

Maybe he still had a chance.

The second your boyfriend excused himself to the bathroom, Matt was tossing his cane onto the nearest table and practically running towards you, gripping onto your wrist to drag you down the hall to an empty room that he barricaded the two of you in.

“Jesus Christ, Matt! What the hell? You nearly-”

“I lied.”

“What? What are you talking about? You haven’t spoken to me all night-”

“I didn’t want you to go on the date. I don’t want to just be your friend.”

Matt’s own heart rate began to accelerate hearing the way yours started to quickly pound in your chest like thunderous warnings in a stormy sky.

“Matt-”

“I love you.”

As a shaky breath escaped your mouth, Matt tore his glasses away from his face and clutched them tightly in his hand. You always told him you felt like he hid behind them, and he wanted you to be able to see the truth on his face. Taking a step back from him and placing your hand over your forehead, you closed your eyes for a moment as your hands began to tremble.

“Why are you doing this right now?”

“Because I lied to you, and I need you to know the truth.”

“Matthew-”

“Just…listen. Please.”

Matt took several steps forward until he was standing in front of you, swallowing thickly as his hazel eyes blankly stared in your direction, searching his brain for the correct formula of words that would fix his selfish mistake and make you his.

“Okay, here it is. Your choice? It’s simple. Him, or me. And I’m sure he’s really great, but sweetheart…I love you. In a…really…really…big…pretend to like your taste in music, let you eat the last piece of cheesecake, hold a radio over my head outside your window way, love you. So pick me. Choose me. Love me. Please…just…tell me I’m not too late.”

Matt tuned out every sound except for the roar of your heart thrashing in his ears, but it paled in volume compared to the silence that rang even louder. He detected a light layer of sweat forming along your hairline, and your nails were dug so deeply into your hands, he could almost feel the blood pushing against the taut, clammy skin of your palm. You exhaled through your nose in a jagged and swift pattern, and there was heat burning in your face, but Matt couldn’t pinpoint exactly what it was from right now.

“S-Say something.”

“You’re fucking unbelieveable.”

Matt’s tongue darted out quickly to wet his lips as he shifted his weight onto his other foot, placing his hands on his waist while he cleared his throat and tilted his head in your direction.

“Say…something else.”

Throwing your hands up in defeat, you laughed humorlessly as you turned away from him.

“Six months, Matthew. I waited six months for you-”

“I know-”

“And God, I practically did everything but come right out and say I was in love with you-”

“I know, sweetheart-”

“And after everything, all those times you made me believe there was something more, like I wasn’t crazy and reading too much into things. You know, when you finally told me the truth I thought…I thought this is it. I thought that was the last thing holding you back from me but then-you told me to go out with him-”

“I was scared.”

Matt’s confession halted your furious pacing, and he suddenly felt nervous under the intensity of your unwavering gaze. Dipping his head between his shoulders, he let out a deep sigh as he pinched the bridge of his nose.

“People have gotten hurt…because of me. Because of who I really am. I lost-Elektra died in my arms. Twice. I thought…I thought I was protecting you. I thought not being with me…was what was best for you. But…I can’t do it. I thought I could, but I was wrong. I can’t…you can’t be with him. You don’t belong with him, sweetheart. You belong with me.”

“You are the most infuriating man I have ever met in my life.”

The anger had dissipated from your voice, but your heart’s rhythm never faltered, and a melancholic smile glossed over Matt’s lips.

“I know. You still love me?”

An exaggerated sigh flew past your lips as you settled your hands on your hips, shaking your head slowly while staring up at him.

“Well someone has to.”

Matt’s lips parted slightly, and his face morphed into an expression of anticipation feeling the edge of your mouth quirk upwards slowly. He took a cautious step forward, reaching out a hand for yours as an excited grin threatened to take over his entire mouth.

“So…it…it’s me?”

“You know for an Ivy League graduate, you’re not very bright. It’s always been you, Matty.”

The smile that stretched open Matt’s mouth would’ve made you think he had just won a contest, and he didn’t hesitate to rush forward to grab your face in his hands, pulling you in for a long overdue kiss that had you both sighing in content against each other's lips. 

“Shit.”

“What?”

“I…I have to tell him.”

Matt’s lips pulled into a mischievous smirk as he wrapped his arm tightly around your waist, pulling you closer into his chest as he nudged his nose against yours.

“Can I tell him?”

“Matthew!”

“What?”

“Don’t be an ass.”

“I’d let him down gently.”

“No you wouldn’t.”

Matt snickered as he lifted his brows slightly in agreement, leaning in to seek out your lips for another greedy kiss.

“No I wouldn’t.”

[star-on-a-beach]

Ok so. Thank you all for the birthday wishes, I really appreciate it and I can't stop smiling at all of it.

Since I'm 18 now, a couple small things are gonna change in general. These are just the ones I've thought of, and Imma reinstate boundaries a bit.

Most importantly (and kinda the only REAL change), no more suggestive RP's concerning other characters. The stuff I do with Astrion is gonna be WAY toned down, I'm not doing anything involving other characters. That doesn't mean I'm cutting it out from rp entirely, certain mild anon asks or jokes are probably fine. But as for actually doing anything with other characters, the most I'll let myself do is NON-SUGGESTIVE neck kisses or smth.

Going along with what's stated above: I'm not explaining any terms that comcern sex or adult material. If you don't know those terms, then you're probably not ready to know. (Looking at you. You know who you are.)

I try to be a good influence but sometimes I am not. Please don't look up to me more now that I'm an adult, I'll do stupid shit just like all of you.

Reinstating a boundary here: I am NOT comfortable with venting in DMs. I'm honored that I'm trusted enough for you guys to talk to, but please ask first. And if you aren't sure if it's a vent yet, say so. Most times, I will not be willing to take vents, I struggle to respond to them.

I'll try and be a bit better at controlling my emotions, especially on VC. I know sometimes I get wound up or pissed off, so if it seems like I'm starting to get that way and be openly hostile, please tell me.

Obviously I'm gonna get really busy, especially once I get a job. Pls be patient with me, I'll be doing my best but there's no guarantee I can do a ton ALL the time.

PLEASE TELL ME IF SOMETHING I SAY MAKES YOU UNCOMFORTABLE. SERIOUSLY. PLEASE DO.

Obviously, this isn't some MASSIVE transformation now that I'm 18. But I felt like all of this was necessary to say. Pls hold me accountable for these, especially suggestive rp with others. I'll hold myself accountable too, but if I slip up, please tell Mr.

I think that's about it. Thank you all again so much for the birthday wishes, they all made me smile so much. I LOVE YOU ALLLLLLLLLLL❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[anonymousredactedconfessions]

Dear Priest,

Thank you for alllllllllll of your hard work. It’s a lot to bear the burden of confessions. I hope you are well, and take breaks often.

I have four Redacted Obsessed Patreon accounts (sometimes five - if there’s the option) because I like getting the (digital) cards every month. I have each card from each eligible boi for the past year/year and a half and they are lovely. I just think Redacted is neat and I like supporting him.

- 🩻

.

(hi anon <3 thank you so much, that's very sweet. I try my very best to take breaks and whatnot. 💖)

[bloodlegacies]

I really just wanted to show my appreciation for the story. And all the ROs. It's amazing that English isn't even your first language. And yeah some bits of the story translation wise is a bit rough but who actually cares? The story as a whole makes up for alllllllllll of that. The writing is good. And the character dynamics are wonderful too. I didn't think I'd like Taylor and Nix as much as I do. I was fully on a Hayden is my only love trip. Now I'm confused as hell 😅🤣

Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked the demo and the ro's. 😂I can understand why, it's difficult to choose one or love just one, Taylor is precious, Hayden is a real provocation, Nix and others so

[vigsilantes]

[Adrian and Y/N are smoking a joint after a mission]

Y/N: That black eye is already starting to show, babe, it’s ruining your pretty face!

Adrian: Ah yeah I totally knew it’d be a bad bruise, hurt like a bitch!

Adrian: *blushing* wait did you call me pretty?

Y/N: Yes, Ade, you’re the prettiest person in all the land.

Adrian: You think I’m the pretty one!?!? Nah, that’s alllllllllll you, babe. Especially when you smoke, your cheeks get such a pretty shade of pink.

Y/N: Awww thanks, but you’re superrr pretty!

Adrian: No, you’re super-duper pretty! The most prettiest to ever exist, if you will.

Adrian and Y/N: *starts making out*

[miiilowo]

i really really love how you do your poses and expressions and was wondering if you would mind sharing how you learned or if there were any specific resources you like? ik this is kind of a broad question but really anything would be great. thank you!!

i do not have a whole bunch of specific resources nor am i sure how i learned! i am self taught and my ability to draw humans only came into light like 2 years ago when buzzfeed unsolved cured me of my same face syndrome

i have watched a BUNCH of tutorials over the years, and have seen many online, so the specific information thats stuck with me from these many tutorials is scattered across the cosmos

the tutorials i CAN recall are ALLLLLLLLLLL by ethan becker. while his approach to videos is..........not exactly what youd expect from an art tutorial youtuber, he's an incredibly skilled animator and generally has really good advice for normal drawing (as animators often do). it should be noted that he's "mean" but isn't truly mean spirited, most of it being sarcasm and sarcasm^2. a nightmare for autism, but you Will get the point with the tutorial sections. ones that stuck with me that i know immediately are:

Never draw with ovals

Fixing 'deadface' (goes into expressions a LOT here)

Breaking images down vs. tracing

if i really like an artist i will study their stuff and try to figure out how they do what they do, which has led to me learning new ways how to draw. my main two inspirations are on this website. i will not be disclosing their names for this reason ^_^ you will have to guess

it also helps that i almost never do lineart and my art is usually painted over a sketch, or is just a cleaned up sketch. that looseness stays in the image, and it would go away if i did lineart, but thats really something thats specific to my style

[strawberrystepmom]

🎵🎬🌻 for the ask game!!!

thank you for asking my lil quack quack!!!!

🎵 what’s a song that reminds you of your f/o, and what’s the story behind it?

so for yami, being around by the slips is The song i with associate him. it’s just so perfectly him. he’s always gonna be a boy at heart, playful and a little avoidant and always curious. he’s a bandit stealing hearts even if he’s too obvious to see it. he wants to be certain before committing. just perfect.

🎬 what’s the “comfort movie” you’d watch together over and over?

this is hilarious but grimmjow and I watch clue (1985) alllllllllll the time. he didn’t like it at first but he caught on quickly and now it’s a comfort movie. wooooo.

🌻 describe a small, everyday moment with your f/o that brings you joy.

with gen - waking up! it’s the cuddliest time of day. he is not a morning person and I am so he’s just gradually bothered awake but he doesn’t mind all that much. it’s one of those times that is Just for us. no interruptions (usually) no distractions (also usually)

[welcome-to-oslov]

The healing! Omg 🫣🥹

I'm super excited to be whisked back into the world of All Kinds of Broken to unravel more of the mystery of how Tilrey's become who he is through everything he went though - BECAUSE it is SO incredible to see the incredible leap he's taken in Oslov Unraveled - some deeply traumatic things finally unraveled that he's never been able to, until now:

"Then he realized that he was following the old kettle-boy impulse to keep himself safe by absorbing the feelings of the most powerful Upstart in the room. And those tactics had no place here. He didn’t need to comfort or placate Attevian. Tilrey reminded himself it didn’t matter how the general reacted. He had no say here."

Aww! It sounds like this is SUCH an important insight he was never quitable to articulate for himself until this moment. I'd imagine maybe this also makes it more possible for him to look at his younger self with compassion, and gratitude for surviving, rather than feeling shame, anger, & wanting to ignore him.

"As he finished this speech, Tilrey heard Malsha chuckling somewhere deep in the darkness of his mind. He knew he was hearing only a residue, a figment of memory and imagination. Janta had helped him grasp that. And to the Malsha who waited inside his head, he said silently, Too bad you’re dead. You said I was the key to Oslov. But you’ll never know the person I’ve become—the one who helped unravel it. The one who will knit it all back together, if I can. With my friends’ help."

!!!!!!! to alllllllllll that!!!!!

This feels like the rebuke he wishes he would've been ready to deliver to Malsha back in Habour. He had barely begun becoming stronger then - but is strong enough now. Especially since now he feels in his bones he's strong because he's not alone in all this - no longer deeply alone like he was back in his Malsha, Island Party, and even early Gersha years. Made alone by others, and making himself alone by feeling safer trying to be fake.

Despite this breakthrough, the Malsha of his mind tries one last time to dominate him, to claim him:

"Malsha was fidgeting. Unsatisfied. I prepared you for this moment. Me. No one else."

Not true, you piece of shit! (Sadly, literally not true: many things prepared & shaped Tilrey, not least his terrible youth at the hands of the Island Party 😢)

Tilrey rebukes him again 🤗🙌

Sometimes in life you do have breakthroughs from your trauma, and I think Tilrey just had one today.

As we soon will return to explore, enjoy, and wallow in the misery with him these next 2 years of All Kinds of Broken, we'll know that he will indeed not only prevail, but even evetually heal - many years from now - some of what he's going through 🥲❤️‍🩹

Yes! Thank you for putting it all so beautifully. 🥰 Healing can take a long, long time, and Tilrey’s finally at a place where he can have compassion for his younger self and free himself from the Malsha in his head. I’m so glad those passages worked for you!

It is too bad he wasn’t there yet when he last saw Malsha in Harbour. But he did defy him, and I suspect Malsha died knowing he could never really have the control over Tilrey that he wanted.

When he made that prediction that Tilrey would unlock/unravel Oslov, I think what he secretly wanted was to be the person who would do that himself, to live a second and better life through Tilrey. But that was impossible!

[caregiverlad]

luckkyyyyyyy an your style so cool!!! :0 i don't 'member last real huggie i got... probably in march? april? i dunno but my hug meter is runnin low

also i forgot add HUG 'MOJIS ON OTHER ASK I SORRY alllllllllll da huggies 🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂

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thank you 🥰 i’ve been told my style looks scary but my face looks really sweet lol 🫂🫂🫂🫂