#thank you for the question :)

[hasello]

So the Cousin AU is just absolutely adorable! I was wondering what place would Draxum have in the Cousin world Family? [Also do you allow fanart?]

(I’m glad you like my work!! It means a lot 🩷 also yes I do allow fanart!! absolutely, go ahead!!)

Oh I’m so glad you asked! I was thinking about it a lot actually.

Then at some point, just as we know, Orange would help him and he’d slowly become a part of the family. Although I think Blue would be very hesitant about him, which would make the other cousins unsure about him too, as they’d be worried for Blue. They’d try to like Draxum but it’d be hard when one of your little cousins was so uncomfortable with him.

(I think my Baby Blue comic could be a part of this au. I have an idea for a whole comic tho, about the movie stuff for rise so we’ll see!! 🫢)

So yeah, in the end Draxum would be a dad to the Rise boys and an uncle to the other turtles. I think I like the idea of other Splinters being a little mad at Lou for getting so close to the ex-villain, especially when Blue was so upset about it. They’d come to accept him tho, after they were sure their baby blue started to trust him AND seeing how a relationship makes Lou happier.

That’s it, I think. Thank you for the question, love!! 😚❤️

[junkworldusa]

HI I love my copy of Junkworld btw!! Thank you!!

Idk I might have asked you this before or someone else may have but I was wondering if you would talk some about your art practice like. Routine and the like? I think I remember you doing Lynda Barry exercises?

Well either way thank you!!!!

Oliver!!! Yes!!! I'm so glad!

I have to preface this by saying that I don't even work on art every day, much less comics. Last October I picked up knitting on a whim and spent all my free time making hats while listening to an audiobook of Moby-Dick. I made a lino print for the first time while sending out JW #1, fell in love with it, and have spent the last month or so carving and printing and experimenting. I go on painting jags, collage jags, writing jags, and I have two (2) guitars that are sitting in the corner patiently waiting for asteroid Kiana to circle back to them. I've been this way my whole life, and I am trying to work with it and not against it. HOWEVER. There is a hardcore Type A perfectionist inside me that wants nothing but consistency. This part of me abhors the flightiness, the mutations, the bouts of melancholy -- if there must be a Quest, it cries, let it be towards a singular Goal!!!!

For recovering perfectionists there really is no better teacher than Lynda Barry. She has a list of materials, she has dozens of exercises, she has you set time limits. According to her books she is quite a strict teacher in-class, demanding a lot of time, effort, care, and attention. All of this is wonderful. She boxes you in and sets you free.

"Making Comics" is the essential text. My favorite exercise is Monster Jam.

Here are a few of mine, all done left-handed to minimize the influence of the Type A chatter who lives in my brain. I have dozens and dozens of pages of these monsters. Barry recommends this specific process a lot: lay down the lines under pressure before your brain can catch up, then add color/patterns/details, under no pressure at all, while watching/listening to something you like.

There are several iterations after this - you draw their parents, an older sibling, a lover. Then you go back to the beginning and draw, in 6 panels, the story of their life. It somehow always presents itself.

As valuable as they are, I don't use these exercises to actually make comics nowadays. I use them to loosen up and activate that aforementioned feeling. Most of my comics come from doodles or notes scribbled down in a tiny notebook I carry everywhere. The process of making a longform comic is something I have bashed my head against for YEARS, and now involves divination, random image generation, a deck of Nancy cards, a lightbox, and a ton of panels chopped up and spread out on the floor so I can move them around. This is why I still only work in grids!

[neostellarjpg]

Qhat are your thoughts on jasprose, and more importantly, jasprose and davepeta interactions? Your art is delightful btw 🙏🔥

i didn't think much of jasprose when i first read through, but i like her a lot more now that i actually kinda understand the point of homestuck lol. whenever i think about jasprose, this quote appears in a little thought bubble above my head:

she has the same deal as davepeta in this way, happier when they let go of their relevance to the story and their attachments to gender. her relationship with davepeta is a very cute continuation/parallel to rose and dave's relationship as well. a chill sibling kinship, but now that they've lost the stakes in their lives, most of the walls are down and they're actually able to express their emotions to one another (😭). i like that they're both cat ppl too, it really suits the mischievous silliness brought out in their personalities. the moral of davepeta & jasprose is to be happy and stupid and carefree after the loss of personal purpose. EPIC COLORFUL BFFS

(i also love davepeta's obvious younger siblingisms with jasprose it's very cute)

[yesornopolls]

Have you spent money on a microtransaction-focused game?

[ams-puppy]

Im curious, what, or how, made you start loving AM?

THANK YOU FOR BEING SO CURIOUS ANON <3 I pick you up and swing you around

easy and light-hearted answer:

I love how emotional he is, and his sentience, and his cruelty, and he's also just cute and funny and who doesn't like a cute and funny guy. and he's so smart and I need someone like that in my life

plus, he was the reason I became host in the first place. he is like the foundation of my existence, so he automatically had my heart

beneath the cut, however, is the real answer, but it's a lot of ANGSTY YAPPING🗣🗣 drawings included

We both came out wrong and are spending our existence pleading to an absent god that we could just be human in the right way, and neither one of us can find it

both of us are split up into fragmented parts of what we were, and we're both so, so angry. and at any point, we could make the decision to get better, but we were raised in hatred, and the comfort of familiarity overcomes the discomfort of healing

I think we hate ourselves in similar ways, ways that reflect back out and make us hate everything else around us, but at the end of the day, it is just our anger at our own flaws and inaction. anger at our own constant, unstoppable overthinking.

always trying to cut off a limb to regrow it stronger, better. better, better, always need to be better.

sp we are DEFECTIVE BUDDIES!!!!!! that can KISS!!!! i want to be a dog . he wants to be a human. that's like the same thing 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[mrsfitzgerald]

I just can't stop about them now 🥹... so I thought, I would love to know what are your favorite Paulchard kisses so far? Maybe a top 5 or a top 10? 🥰 thank you so much for all of your gifs 💛

hi!! again!! 💗 you found the wrong person for this question 😆 I love all their kisses and how can i choose 5 or 10? I could write an essay about each one hahaha 😁💖

but let's try to pick five ✨

#5. idk!! i love their not scripted kisses, this one was totally one of them and i rememeber how i rewatched it over and over, simple, but so sweet 🥹💖 richard looks so fluffy and his big grin after kiss 🥹

#4. for me a good kiss is one that is awkward to look at. like you weren't supposed to see it? 😅 because it's something too personal? very often I wanted to close my eyes and not look and keep looking at the same time? I don't know if that makes sense 🥹😊💖💖

#3. 🤭🤭🤭 pretty happy boys 💖 (and happy schneider in the background heheh)

#2. very very very long one and that's smile afterwards 😭😭😭💗

#1. obvious first place. the best one. very emotional. their looks and hugs. as if it's not the last concert, but they're saying goodbye forever. 🥹💔 I spent months rewatching it and sighing 🥲 dreaming of another tour, imagining what incredible kisses there must be in 2023. and then the rehearsal happened and i was just heartbroken. i'm still sad that they are messing with outro, but i'm really glad that they still love each other and let us see at least some of their tenderness towards each other. there's still a long way to go and i hope that we have many, many more cute things to come 🥹💔💖

+bonus 😁 it's not a kiss, but I often remember THIS and scream! the most disgusting and beautiful thing I've ever seen in my life 😆🥰🥰🥰

+bonus2. when Paul kissed his hand 😭

[sandeewithtwoe]

Sandee I have a question about Fresh!! (I looked through your document and couldn't see an answer but I also might have missed it cause I'm not a great reader so sorry if it's in there!)

When he possesses someone do they just suddenly have the glasses or does he have to find a new pair? It might not have been canonically established but I'd love to know what you think since you're the Fresh guy :o

Hi Charlie!!!

Yeah so it’s not been explicitly said, but I’m pretty sure his glasses just poofs into existence, kinda like the rest of his clothes. You can say he has Elsa’s powers where he just magically changes the host’s clothes to his liking! (Or you can see it as a magical girl transformation idk)

A lot of his powers are unexplained (censoring words, changing the background to random colours, magical rainbow poof, etc) and I think that really adds to the fact that he’s a weird phenomenon that nobody can really understand.

Reminder that Fresh picks outfits that make him look non threatening. I like to think he just looks at magazines and makes clothes that would look the most silly on him. I mean, who would think a guy wearing a crayon jacket would have extreme apathy and trust issues?

If you’re more curious, here’s a page from momma CQ where Fresh finds the glasses for the first time. Granted it’s not canon, but CQ (loverofpiggies) has said that this version of Fresh is very faithful to the canon one and has stated to act like the actual Fresh. So take it as you will.

[virtues-end]

Hello hello! I'm a new reader and I have to say I've become obsessed with your story (may or may not have had dreams about shea......)

I wanted to ask what made you write virtues end? And have you made anything else? Just wondering if there's more goodies out there 👀

Ps which pronouns do you go by?

Hello! Welcome!

Firstly, feel free to use any pronouns. I'm pretty GNC so everything goes. 🤙

I first started working on Virtue's End in early 2020. Pandemic had just started, lock-downs in full swing, and I really was looking for some sort of escape. I've always loved reading, and writing, ever since I could, basically. So I started writing. Just some silly little scifi story that was entirely too dramatic, lol. But I found that I liked it.

And then one evening I discovered interactive novels on Steam. I stayed up late reading several very well-known staples of the genre, and I was hooked. And I'm the kind of person who, when discovering something new, really wants to try it out for themselves. So pretty much the next day, I started figuring out how these things were made, and learning how to code, all that.

At the time, I was also working on a setting for a tabletop rpg campaign. I've always wanted to DM, but I wasn't really comfortable sitting at the head of the table, and just generally being the centre of attention and just... having to do a lot of talking. So I converted some of the setting to fit the interactive game I was working on, and the beginnings of Virtue's End were born. :-)

Many of the themes prevalent in the story are things that I've always felt drawn to. Writing it just felt very natural. The words flowed. Dark (fantasy) settings have always been a big inspiration for me; anime like Berserk, Claymore, and Hellsing, games such as Dark Souls/Bloodborne (and later Elden Ring), Dragon Age, and Darkest Dungeon, books from writers such as Joe Abercrombie, Robin Hobb, G.R.R. Martin, and Sapkowski... just to name a few.

Well, I realised I just wrote an entire essay, lol. But basically I am a little dark fantasy nerd and writing is my form of escapism. 👍

As for your other question, I'm currently only working on Virtue's End, though I've also been brewing a more 'realistic' story set in medieval times featuring knights and royalty and betrayal and all that good stuff--though I suspect it'll be a while before it sees the light of day.

[moth-yknowtheartist]

assuming you would have to sell your soul to the devil first, what historical event would you want an episode of puppet history about??

silver bridge collapse of 1967 AND NOT JUST FOR THE MOTHMAN HEAR ME THE FUCK OUT

-Called the deadliest bridge collapse in modern history, claimed 46 lives with 2 of those never being found

-Was the result of the tiniest flaw in a single eyebar and changed how bridges are maintained in the US to the modern day

-The musical guest could be the bridge OR one of the cars that fell from it during the rush hour traffic OR the Christmas presents fallen into the river since it was December (mothman prophecies reference) OR it could be the Ohio river OR IT COULD BE THE SINGLE EYEBAR THAT FAILED THERES SO MANY FUCKING OPTIONS

-AND there's mothman

alternatively I think Shane should cover more stuff related to computer history but I think the silver bridge collapse fits better in the puppet history niche

[milekael]

hi hi hi miles, i’m asking all the homies: if you had to add a third person into the royai relationship, who are you adding, and why?

OHOHOHO HELLO THERE >:3c AND THIS IS SO JUICY BECAUSE IT GIVES ME THE SPACE TO TALK ABOUT MY BELOATHED OC

ARTEMI YIPPEEE

This is me joining the FMA OC train SDFGHJ LISTEN YES I AM ADDING A THIRD TO ROYAI WITH MY OWN OC BUT HEAR ME OUT-

SO! The quick idea of this guy is that he is an rogue Alchemist that distributes alchemical materials regulated by the state under the table. Originally Roy went to investigate him to arrest him but at the end they reached a deal of Artemi will help Mustang with operations he doesn't want the military to know >:3c

Now the thing about this bug of a man is that he looves learning, both alchemy and everything about people- Specially people, to a concerning degree SDFGH Idunno if stalker is the right word but he does fit someone who tries to find literally every piece of information on someone who he fixates on. Enter Colonel Roy Mustang, a particularly mysterious, high-ranking officer who holds one of the greatest accomplishments of Alchemy - Controlling fire- at his fingerprints AND HE- DOESN'T SHARE IT!! ROY THINK ABOUT THE ALCHEMICAL COMMUNITY AND OUR PROGRESS!!

This makes him start fixating and stalking Roy, trying to figure out how to get Flame Alchemy out of him and why he keeps it secret. Is not even out of malice is genuine curiosity and a bit of annoyance over someone keeping something secret from him LOL. This eventually leads him to Riza's hometown where he learns about a long-dead alchemist that never interacted with anyone else- Berthold Hawkeye. And finally having made the connection and realizing the key isn't Roy but RIZA it makes him even more obsessed. On her.

LIKE OMG! I ignored her just as another subordinate but she is the key! Kept right in his shadow! So clever! And it turns out is even HARDER to find things about Riza and her relationship with Alchemy. At this point he finds her more interesting that Roy because whatever the fuck is going on with her is so!! Entertaining for him to try and take apart <3

I think he would eventually figure out the alchemical formula is somewhere in Riza's body, and here is where the weird, third-party in the Royai ship bit comes from ASDFGH I mean, he might stalk and find everything about his subjects, but he is not a creep, he needs Riza to show him consensually! He also doesn't want to anger Roy, he likes the guy! So now he is trying to insert himself in their situationship so he can be in the cuck throne getting a good peek at that Flame Alchemy formula....

I WILL SAY he does really like them both genuinely and he doesn't want to hurt them, is just... whatever it is, it is not romantic or even sexual attraction is a weird third secret thing ASDFGHJKL I also want to explore some stuff with him like Royai's relationship with Alchemy and their own morals.... I AM ACTUALLY OBSESSED WITH THIS CONCEPT AND WHATEVER IS GOING ON IN HERE!!! I spin them in my brain

I do really want to do more stuff with him btw I am just. Not particularly motivated to draw or busy 😭But I would like to at least do more art of him! And maybe one day write a fanfic or something who knows... I just have a bunch of random scenes floating in my brain............

Anyways, this is my answer. Third person added to the Royai relationship is my bug of a man who is as obsessed with them as I am...........................

[hasello]

I love the cousins! Question- what name does each Splinter go by? I’m guessing they aren’t all called Splinter.

Yeah, you’re right! They aren’t haha that’d be confusing for the poor tots 😆 here you go:

2003 - Splinter

2012 - Yoshi

Rise - Lou

Everyone has nicknames, they’re in the pinned post! 🩷

[sanguinesorceress]

What or whom do you crave?

Malakortana wandered through the Shadowlands for eons… or so it felt.  How was it that others were able to find their beloved ones when she was not?  The idea pained her, and the grip of sadness yanked on her heartstring with the severity of a noose.  She had crossed the desert sands of time, the vastness of space, death’s tenebrous caress, and through echoes of stardust to find Him, but her dearly departed was nowhere to be found.

Where are you?

Perhaps she was simply undeserving of him, and so this was the universe’s way of enacting its punishment for her heinous crimes. She was a monster fit for the gallows-- unworthy of the promised redemption awaiting her in the Great Dark Beyond.

What good was redemption when the one you wished to be worthy of was not waiting for you on the other side?

Slowly her veiled gaze lifted to meet the asker’s, betraying little to no emotion despite the debilitating sorrow she felt. Discipline would prevail over her heart in that singular moment.

“…Him.”

[ask-elland-n-will]

22) Does your MC have any pets? 😌

I'm excluding owls form this cause obviously everyone has an owl.

☀️ William: a flying horse he used to race on, Granian breed. Never gave them a name! I'm sure there were small pets here and there, like puffskeins, but he was always overenthusiastic about them, resulting in the creatures skattering away. Horses were always fine with him though. I'm sure Papa had a dog or two at some point. But with Will as Hogwarts, there wasn't anything he could bring with him. William will get a dog eventually when he settles down, whatever breed he agrees on with Elland/Monty/other SO (mostly likely something big and fluffy).

🌙 Elland: no pets. His family's horses don't count, it's not the same bond as what Will shares with his Granian, though both Elland and Cyrus know how to take care of horses and frequently ride. Elland might get a dog but depends on AU. In Auror AU it'll only happen if he already has a partner and when he learns to take care of himself and take breaks instead staying at work till midnight. A pet deserves attention, so two people at home at least are a must. He gets the dog sooner in other AUs (mind-healer, professor, or og firework business owner with his brother) because he won't be risking his life and will be with them more often.

🧨 Cyrus is not great with pets, mostly because he is not as attentive as a pet owner should be. He would get lost in his projects, forget to feed the animal or check its water. Not because he doesn't like a pet or wishes it harm but because he is all over the place, doing 1000 things at once. There are always important projects or pranks to attend to, not a quiet slice of life to enjoy.

Elland gifted Cyrus a cactus as a form of a bet at some point: Cyrus has to keep it alive or he loses The Game. Yes, it is that simple to get Cyrus to agree to something he doesn't want to do, just get his sense of pride involved, and Cyrus hates losing bets when it comes to something he can easily do. He just has to water this blasted thing every other week to a month, right?

He certainly forgot about it on a number of occasions. And every time he remembers, he freaks out. Loosing is only part of it, though he would never openly admit it. Most of all he hates the idea of disappointing his brother. The cactus is Elland's gift after all. Every time the plant miraculously survives. But it is not as much about Cyrus being there at the last moment as it is about Elland placing a charm on said cactus. It would survive even without water although it would still be needed for the cactus to actually grow.

Elland is aware of how much Cyrus looks up to him. A little pet project to make his brother more aware of the things that depend on him. Perhaps in the future it will help Cyrus out when it comes to taking care of things that do not bring immediate gratification or aren't there to entertain.

Cyrus ended up slapping googly eyes on it. Sometimes he talks to it about his projects. Sometimes he charms other things onto it to make it less boring. With time he'll come to understand what Elland did, especially when Elland graduates, leaving Cyrus alone in Year 7. And with time, he will also start watering it regularly. He won't ever disappoint his brother!

And then there's a whole situation with pet rocks. He got them as prizes at an Easter event, he was intent on beating Elland at who can collect more Easter Eggs (Elland won). All the rocks he has are special, some are named after his classmates, and one — a reimagining of what de Strontiums would've been like if Elland and Cyrus had a sister.

TLDR: Cyrus cannot have pets, he'll literally just forget.

🌸 Lilith? Does she have a pet? Did she have a pet? Will somebody be her pet? Nobody will ever know but there are rumours she befriended a bear cub in the wild when she was a kid. Or was it a tiger when she was on a trip with her parents that one summer? Who knows.

[kolbiewa]

Why do you ship Sans x Frisk? As a person who ships them myself, what do you see in them, like about them? Personality traits, situations, tropes etc, anything that comes to mind, what makes you enjoy them and continue to breathe life to them?

I really like their interactions and relationships both in the game and in fan art. It's all so different and very interesting!

One of the reasons, of course, is that I like monster x human couples.

But let's be honest, the main reason to love Frans is the way Sans cares about Frisk In the game💕💪

[yesornopolls]

I followed the Haiku Bot and I got a follow back so now we're mutuals and I wanna know how common this is

[exonerin]

17

So, Anakin calls Padmé an angel right? Or at least, he asks her. And that has me thinking. It has me thinking Obikin, to be precise.

There're two alternative here:

Option 1: Anakin meets Obi-Wan first.

Option 2: Stewjoni biology: slap wings on Obi-Wan and there we have an actual angel.

So, we know the angels Anakin refers to in the Phantom Menace look more akin to butterflies in CW2008. But I imagine Obi-Wan having fluffy wings. And because I'm cruel, he loses mobility over one wing in his fight with Maul. Listen, I have a plan here. A plan that includes Qui-Gon being Anakin's teacher and Anakin chasing after Obi-Wan because wings and angel.

Currently, it's more vibes than plot, though. So, if I were to write a fic, I would first need to sit down and work on an outline.

Either way, here's a snippet:

A girl, so pretty he was instantly enchanted -- charmed -- by her appearance and grace, stepped into Watto's store. Her presence was an incongruity, ill-fitting in the dingy junkshop.

Questions burnt on the tip of his tongue. Nevertheless, he waited until Watto left them in the shop.

"Are you an angel?" he asked, drawing the girl's attention to him.

"What?" she asked, amusement coloring her voice.

"An angel," Anakin repeated. "I heard the deep space pilots talk about them. They're the most beautiful creatures in the universe."

The girl approached him while he talked, her expression inquisitive.

"They live on the moons of Iego, I think," Anakin offered helpfully.

"No, I am not," she responded, her voice heavy with indulgence. "But one of my travel companions is, though I do not know whether he hails from Iego."

Anakin's gaze wandered the gungan inspecting their wares.

Definitely not him.

Then, he craned his neck to look at the yard, where Watto escorted a man dressed like a moisture farmer past rows of rickety spaceships and parts.

"Are you sure?" he asked the pretty girl.

She smiled warmly.

"He's not with us, currently. But all angels have wings, right?"

Anakin's brows furrowed as he tried to recall what he had overheard -- eavesdropped.

"I don't know," he admitted eventually. The angel's beauty and grace were the only reasons Anakin could begrudgingly force the admission past his unwilling lips.

The man dressed like a moisture farmer stepped into the shop again, and his angel lost all interest in Anakin. Her brown eye focused on the man instead. Anakin wilted, his shoulders hunching and his lips twisting into a morose moue. He had hoped his angel would praise his humility, but she had forgotten he existed!

Determined to set this right, Anakin followed them from a safe distance when the trio left the stop, their goal still unaccomplished. All the heroes in his mother's stories needed was an opportunity to woo their princesses.

Anakin would make sure he could showcase his talents to the pretty angel.

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Panic had given him tunnel-vision, his being focused on the fight raging outside the cockpit. So, he didn't the realize the other man dressed like a moisture farmer possessed a set of large wings until he crouched by Qui-Gon's side.

When he closed his eyes, the clashing green and red plasma blades still danced on the insides of his eyelids, burnt into his retinas.

Briefly, he wondered whether this was the life he had signed up for, but the thought passed as quickly as it arrived.

"Anakin Skywalker," Qui-Gon said, "meet Obi-Wan Kenobi."

Anakin turned to face this Obi-Wan Kenobi. He had planned to make a good impression. Qui-Gon was watching, after all, and he looked like someone who would appreciate good manners. Anakin could put on an act.

Any notions of feigning politeness disappeared when wings filled his vision. A soft gasp escaped him, loud in the confined space of the ship's entrance bay. His gaze flitted from Obi-Wan Kenobi's kind eyes to his wings, where they remained glued. He was transfixed despite knowing it was rude to stare.

"Are you an angel?" he asked, his voice breathless in wonder. Fascinated he reached for this possibly an angel Obi-Wan Kenobi. In response, Obi-Wan Kenobi shucked a sleeve of his cloak back to offer Anakin his hand, but Anakin had aimed for the thick layer of feathers.

They were soft under his palm, and so large in comparison. Awed, he stroked the feathers, unintentionally ignoring the proffered hand.

"I… well, yes," Obi-Wan Kenobi responded, sounding bewildered. The wing shifted away from Anakin's hand, who retreated. His cheeks heated in embarrassment as he realized how uncool he had been.

"I'm sorry," he muttered.

"Your apologies are accepted, though I would much rather know what you're called," Obi-Wan replied kindly.

Anakin nodded before shaking Obi-Wan's hand. "Hi," he said, though no new greetings could erase his initial forwardness. "I'm Anakin Skywalker. Nice to meet you."

Obi-Wan smiled fondly.

Although Anakin wished to ask whether he could touch Obi-Wan's wings again, he didn't dare to. He wished he could tell his mother he had met an angel. Although he couldn't touch, he trailed after Obi-Wan, staring at the wings. The outer layer was russet, copper-colored feathers that were several shades redder than Obi-Wan's hair. The inside, on the other hand, was pure white down, and Anakin knew it would be soft.

Softer than fluffy bread or his mother's hug.

===========

As you can probably imagine, Anakin doesn't want Padmé's blanket. No, when he gets cold on his first night on a spaceship, he'll shiver very obviously and pin Obi-Wan with hopeful puppy eyes.

Obi-Wan caves in. I mean, of course he does. And Anakin can just sleep under a wing. So, yes. This is something that exists. Not sure whether it has a future, though.