#the designs will probably change slightly next time I draw them

[wovenvessel]

Brookie and Jen <33

This is such a messy doodle but I wanna get my ideas out of my head

[the-ancient-dragons]

EXTRA OVERCOMPLICATED ICEWIIIIINGS

You know how it goes, Joy Ang is cool and I'm not yadda yadda move on.

Details and explanation below!

Otherwise, next week is the last Pyrrhian tribe: NightWings!!!! See you then!

More overcomplicated dragons.

If the RainWings are the design that destroys Joy's work the least, this one takes the original IceWings and tosses them out the window. Going into this design I knew it would be hard, but boy was I unprepared to get art block for 2 months because of it.

I eventually found my inspiration in the girdled, spiny, and horned lizards, They. Are. So. Freaking cool. If you think a crocodile skink is awesome, look up girdled lizards. Not as fancy with the eyeliner but they are SPIKY!

I fell in love in particular with the giant girdled lizard. I knew I wanted the scales of the IceWing to look rough and like they were made of actual ice or diamonds - or covered in frozen sleet and snow - and this lizard was basically perfect inspo for that. Also, blue spiny lizards. They are basically real life IceWings, full stop.

But even though I had perfect references to draw from, I still struggled with the head shape. I wanted them to feel like a reptilian polar bear, which is why I slightly blunted it, but I think I should have gone with a more angular shape instead. I can always change it later when I do their full-body.

I did have a very fun time with the horns, however. I wanted them to be a mix of narwhal teeth and icicles (yes, narwhal 'horns' are actually overgrown teeth. One tooth, usually, but sometimes they can have two!!). Before I get distracted I should explain how they grow: the scales at the base of the horn are constantly growing and essentially create the horn. That's what gives them their narwhal-like spirals.

I chose a similar approach to the neck spikes (untangling that mess was fun, let me tell you. Grids are very useful when doing many scales/spikes). At the base of each one you'll notice a scale forming it. On the back, I wanted to give a good side profile of the spikes. Technically, they are ever-growing, and need to be trimmed or sharpened constantly.

Now, as I was drawing them, I asked myself: why do IceWings need a mane of spikes?

A stupid question, you might wonder, but to me it's very important. Animals look the way they do for survival. So, while it's important visually for the ice theme, how could they be explained scientifically?

And then, when thinking of polar bears, I got my answer.

How the hell does a giant sparkly dragon hunt in the north? Seals would probably be part of their diet, but it's hard to sneak up on them if you're a ten ton reptilian flying creature, so I imagine they would tackle the problem like a polar bear would by waiting by a breathing hole and pouncing at the right moment. They already look like a frozen snowbank, so that part is easy.

But any hungry polar bear would be doing the same thing, and like a giant dragon, they would be waiting downwind of the breathing hole too. They wouldn't pose a threat to adult dragons or dragonets larger than them, but in real life polar bears are dangerous hunters and prey on humans. Why wouldn't it prey on a dragonet it thinks it can take on? Things in the WOF universe seem to be extra big (or scavengers/humans are tiny) so I think it would be a feasible for a desperate bear to hunt a dragon. They cannibalize, anyway, so going after another apex predator isn't out of the question. In this case, the horns and neck spikes would be a dragonet's saving grace, discouraging attacks from behind and especially on their necks. A bear's teeth could never get through their scales, but they could still crush their airways and choke them, and the spikes would keep them away from their necks and protect them from that fate. As they grow up, the neck spikes' length and strength could be used to determine a dragon's health and help them select good partners.

Finally, continuing with the bear theme: for the scales, I took inspiration from polar bear fur (which is actually hollow) to help design how IceWings preserve their body heat. In polar bears, its used to make them look white by reflecting the light of the sun, but in IceWings it could keep the cold out. Air pockets would create a barrier between them and the outside elements, and whatever gets in would meet their thick layer of fat that does the real warming. Yes, IceWings would be squishy, but you'd probably poke your eye out or stick permanently to their side a la tongue to cold metal pole.

Don't hug IceWings; they're very cold.

[tobyisave]

Peridot regeneration timeline! Just so i could dress her up a little hehe

(Headcanons I made while drawing this under the cut)

1. Along with not being able to shapeshift, Era 2s can’t do much more with their regenerations than change the color of their skin, which is why all of her outfits are skintight. (Except her visor because I don’t know fuck me I guess).

2. To cut costs, Era 2s also emerge knowing literally nothing except how to do their job (hence "touch stumps" "gravity connectors" etc). During “corrections” she gets her first uniform, which is a physical object they glue onto her - you can tell because her doll joints still show underneath. This is the only outfit that hangs off her body.

3. The first outfit also includes a mass-produced visor that doesn’t have a hole for her gem, so she suffers some energy deprivation having to absorb light through the glass. In her next regen she produces her own visor with a hole around her forehead, then by the next she figures out how to make it perfectly cut around her gem. The visor is what blocks you from seeing the facet edges of the gem (except I forgot to draw them again in the last design lol).

4. Her first limb enhancers are high quality and match her skin tone and everything. At 250 when she’s basically just an intern, she gets into an argument with a higher-up, who destabilizes her and revokes her fingers for a while --- this is when she becomes an obsessive rule-follower. After she gets exploded at age 2000 (rip) she gets these more generic enhancers that don’t match as well (the same kind of ‘spare’ enhancers Amethyst wears later on). They have a slightly different UI she doesn’t completely figure out until 3000 when she’s fighting the CGs.

5. Her feet are formless blobs because they were never supposed to see the light of day. She turns them into boots at the end because it’s the first time she’s really needed shoes. She still has fingers, though, because they figured she needs those in order to put on limb enhancers.

6. In canon, the fact that she stays the same before and after Garnet poofs her probably proves that she's just had the same design her entire life? But I will point out that for some reason, when she got put in a bubble it prevented her from experiencing the passage of time while poofed (right down to her continuing her own sentence when she regenerates this time).

[cursed-40k-thoughts]

The people must know about Primarch dentition.

I like to imagine that

Dorn and Perty have straight teeth. They both, without realizing the other was doing it, filed their teeth down and reshaped them by grinding into perfectly flat squares. Later Perty replaced or coated his with metal.

Guilliman’s teeth: unbelievably straight. You know the scene in Rick and Morty where he makes a truly level surface? That’s how straight his teeth are. He’s a creature of genetic perfection who voluntarily got braces. Largely just because he likes to invest in dental hygiene and wanted to show how much he believed in it.

Mortarions teeth: not rotted, until daemon princehood at least. Actually even as he fell to chaos I like to think his teeth were just flat, slate grey before rotting all at once on ascension.

Corvus: bright white teeth but extremely dark gums and tongue. Looks unhealthy from a distance.

Lorgar: charming. Everything about his mouth from the expression to the shape to how much tooth is showing and how white it is, all designed to get you to trust him. Like a used car salesman or a priest who is so incredibly good at his job that even knowing, you can’t help being a little convinced.

Konrad: shark teeth. Uneven but sharp triangles. Probably serrated like those of a Great White. Not cared for, old meat (is that a wedding ring?), smells vile, but the expressions all have potential for nobility.

Russ: slightly yellow, with big canines. Not just long, big. Bigger than that. Not cartoonish, but big enough that it subtly changes the shape of his lips when his mouth is closed. The teeth next to the canines are also sharp.

Sanguinius: very white, very red gums and tongue. Like pearls on red velvet. Lower canines are very slightly longer and sharper than normal, uppers are long and slender: knives compared to Russ’s railroad spikes. They don’t change shape or length but something about his expression when enraged or bloodthirsty suddenly draws attention to them.

Fulgrim: originally flawless. If Lorgar’s smile is a con of trustworthiness, Fulgrim’s simply looks like and does exactly what he wants it to do. It’s dazzling, flexible, frequently and effectively used for many purposes. After ascension it’s the same but even more: every expression is SO perfect that it’s slightly unsettling, even as the beauty enraptures you. However the tongue is long and forked, the jaw can stretch like it’s unhinged, the canines are sharp and thin, and hidden long fangs flick down from the roof of the mouth like those of a viper. Of course he’s a daemon so the amount and shape of teeth may vary with mood

Thank you for letting the people know about primarch dentition, and for the thought you’ve put into primarch dentition.

Fulgrim’s teeth definitely do vary with mood. In fact, if you manage to properly startle him, his teeth all retract and his scales ruffle up at the same time. It’s not really… nice to look at, exactly, but it is quite funny.

[staridust]

★ DO NOT USE/REPOST WITHOUT MY PERMISSION. NO MINORS.

Jack in my Pouring Rain AU vs Jack in my Sunnyverse AU

Gonna ramble a bit here about the two portrayals, there’s a lot more typing space here so I will also be using my posts as a bit of infodump sometimes! ↓

For starters, I really adore Jack as a design and character, there’s not much I wanted to alter about him in the design department, so all changes are subtle!

✦ Starting with Pouring Rain!Jack!

This guy’s probably the closest to how he’s presented in game honestly— still manipulative, still colorful, probably a bit more deranged because his sunshine keeps forgetting shit.

Art wise, I wanted to really keep the colors on him vibrant, but also give him sort of a dim vibe as well. His hair is a bit more reflective of turquoise highlights with a gradient of a muted darker blue at the tips.

I like to imagine Jack uses colorful knives (if he most certainly has to use one). I have colorful knives in my house, it just seemed right as I was doing the dishes one day. He also changed his paints ever so slightly, because stars are very important to him.

He’s also rather glitchy when upset, but not that of a computer glitch when it happens.. more of like… something that’s being rewinded and re-written over numerous times, no?

Or, maybe I have no idea what I’m talking about!

And finally, the colorful paint on him!

Rain!Jack’s original sunshine way back nowhere was actually a graffiti artist, so does Jack know how to paint? It’s not like he would say, but it is a bit easier to play off a mysterious red stain if you’re covered in all the other colors.

——

✦ Ending with Sunnyverse!Jack!

Sunnyverse, is quite frankly a bit of a community like idea. The premise being quite similar to the same notion of Spiderverse, where multiple of the characters can exist and vibe but may look different, while still following a canon of sorts. It’s basically like showing off your characters and AUs in your style!

(Honestly, with a name like that, maybe I should draw Spider-Jack… *Sunrise Spider?*)

This Jack is a divergent of the idea where the fictional world of CloudyTown is real. ← This information also is a slight spin-off of an unofficial AU called “Sunny Time Town” by artist Sauce! I will also be using “Sunnyverse” for the official name of my AU that includes my ocs that switch up the story in a non-yandere manner!

SV!Jack here rocks a bowtie and suspenders with the design paying a full tribute to a sketch I did in March! I’ve seen a few comments relating it to his teaching profession… and now I can’t I see it, haha!

To contrast Rain!Jack, SV!Jack’s hair is a nice pure blue gradient that dips into indigo/purple at the tips!

I added his belt as a tie in both of them (don’t ask why the belt is doing a :3), but now I hear the belt is sentient… that’s a cool idea I seen around, I gotta learn about that!

That’s about all the information I had on this piece though, til next time!

[itsyamajesty]

Bless Dragons update, I don't even (usuallly) play Ovenbreak

But here is Rising Charcoal AU dragon beta designs

And these heads because I don't remember their designs aswell/I didn't feel like drawing armor

Longan's is a huge switch up and needs polishing, but I THINK I like the concept???

Lotus needs to be put on non-lined paper because I really like them but with the lines its hard to say if I'm "missing something" if that makes sense

Lychee is a bit different just because I didn't perfectly remember their old design (at school, no reference for the Rising Charcoal design). Some of the changes will remain some won't

Short hair Ananas and possessed Pitaya (the fruit seeds are now eyes, wonder who did that *looks at the very eyefestation-y Dark Enchantress*)

Lore under more

I briefly explained or implied what I was doing with the dragons before, but I'll just explain them one by one here. I am not an OB lore expert so they're presented a little differently

Also, I skimmed Legend of the Red Dragon

I really need to sit down and properly watch through all the cookie lore, I'm probably about to get so much wrong that couldn't be excused by "AU so slightly different"- apologies in advance

Pitaya was the first to fall to Dark Enchantress- as they made a deal long before the 20-17 years ago that the others did. Using the new powers she gathered after events during what would have been Beast-Yeast CH 7&8, she "re-activated" the contract made with Pitaya long ago. And from that, began corrupting Pitaya through the link of the contract. Pitaya was known to be resisting it for around 3 years, before falling under complete control. Unlike a certain someone else, Pitaya is basically asleep while their body is controlled.

Ananas is quite a simple case (for now, their the dragon I probably know the least about). Dark Enchantress threatened their island, so they made the deal to save it. Similar to Coffee Berry Empire, the Pineapple Island is actually a pretty nice place to live. It kind of acts like an ally to Dark Enchantress's "kingdom" (just her rule in general) and the Coffee Berry Empire, leading to the Cookies of Darkness and the monsters they command protecting or leaving them alone. However, Ananas and the other dragons are under a similar corruption to Pitaya- though not as bad yet. Ananas has it the worse of the remaining, as they can be turned into Dark Enchantress's puppet with a simple snap of her fingers. She rarely does it- she rarely needs Ananas's help with something. But every once in awhile, she'll perform a show of force. Or even genuinely "need" their help (she could do it on her own- she's far stronger- but its from a convince standpoint. Ananas can get there, so whynot stay at home).

I already went over Lotus in a different post but I'll briefly repeat. Lightningstriker, filled with wrath and grief after certain events, began hunting down whoever she saw as a threat to what she has remaining. As well as attempting to smite deities "using their powers incorrectly". The Lotus Paradise seemed to piss Lightningstriker off, as she rained a storm on it as she did many eons ago. This time, she had little mercy. Lotus was forced into making a deal with Dark Enchantress to protect themself from Lightningstriker's wrath, though the paradise was lost. Now they wander, somewhat of an alchemist. Decently unbothered by Dark Enchantress, despite being the next dragon in line to be her puppet on command. They have only been taken control of if Lightningstriker gets too close- working as part of the deal to protect Lotus from her. They ultimately stay in the Coffee Berry Empire most often. As mentioned above, its peaceful while also being away from the other dragons. There's extra reasons but I'm debating on those.

Lychee... I don't actually have a story on why they made a deal with Dark Enchantress yet- figuring that out. Either way, they are easily the least threatened by Dark Enchantress. RCAU Lychee is especially talented with soul related magic- to where magical contracts is... well, deals for souls are pretty famous. They can't cut the strings of the deal completely (though they're working on that), but they've loosened them quite a bit. Dark Enchantress could take control of Lychee if they really wanted, but honestly they aren't causing problems. Actually, Lychee is against DE but is unintentionally (though, aware) helping her. Them and "Sharp" (a canon character going under a secret identity) joined a rebellion against all (including the revolution against DE, Crowkie) named Raven's Maw. Sharp would eventually become the leader, with Lychee standing right by them. Apparently, Sharp is also under a deal with someone- another deal Lychee plans to break someday. The plan to do so is already done, but is too risky to perform now.

(Holy yap only one more)

Longan. Quite the interesting case. At some point during their slumber, their future sight pulled up blank. They awoke when they stopped seeing into the future all together. Unconfident due to losing their future sight AND that something apparently had the ability to do that at all, Longan stayed quiet for a little. Eventually, they saw the future again, but only for a brief moment, only a few minutes forward. Once the present caught up, Dark Enchantress had Longan at her mercy, it would seem. Every future Longan saw where they continued to fight was one they lost. Leaving Longan to strike a deal or flee. As much as they despised doing so over a cookie, they couldn't let Dark Enchantress get their power. So they fled. And they're still fleeing- on the move. When their future sight does kick in, it warns them when Dark Enchantress is about to find them. And so they barely flee her in time. Sometimes they'll see farther into the future, but rarely long enough to piece it together. With Dark Enchantress chasing them down to what they can only assume is every moment, they have been forced to relax. Don't have time for grand evil plans. (If you couldn't tell, Longan in particular is very nerfed)

Anyway that was Yap-esty yapping or something, I was gonna say something about the Chocolate Bark guy but I'm tired

...

Also I hopped on Ovenbreak and WRONG DRAGON LEGENDARY COSTUME BUDDY

I wasn't even pulling for Longan's new costume, I was pulling for Lychee's-

[einsatzzz]

OCtober Day 2: New OC - ⁉️

Just a rough sketch for now because we're still figuring out their design ngl. But Dai-chan's is either mostly final like that (?) or will change slightly more. Then Yuzuru's and [redacted]'s still need some more tweaking because this is probably around the 2nd or 3rd time I tried drawing them ever. Yuzuru is not necessarily new, but I've started to figure out his character again since we have more story material now.

If I yap any more about them it would be spoilers. On the other hand, my submission for the next day has a lot of yapping.

[reagi-df]

I am very much obsessed with your Runt AU; I desperately need to know more about your ideas for this unique idea.

The updated designs on the turtles look incredible but of course; Leon is best boy. All of this praise aside; I do have a few questions:

1. When does Runt move in with the turtles?

2. What is Runt's and Splinter's relationship like? Is it antagonistic at first or is it full of comfort?

3. Has Runt ever tried pizza? If so what is his reaction to it?

4. Will the disaster twins be even more chaotic then usual with their relationship?

5. And finally, what is Runt's reaction and thoughts to his first turtle pile?

I've become so infested with the brain rot!! I adore you so much and I eagerly await the next crumb of knowledge from this amazing AU! <3

Hahaha thanks! im glad hes rotting your mind like he is mine. I was gonna do a drawing for this but never managed to get to it

Im glad you like the redesigns, I had been putting it off for so long. Mostly because I didn't want to draw Raph and I was talked out of killing him so I didn't have to draw him.

1 - Runt moves in with the turtles after the bug busters episodes, not so much by his own choice. He had suffered from a bad migraine but powered on only to get hurt by Draxum and then thrown off a roof. So he wasn't having the best of time. The boys took him back to the lair and Runt did try and escape but it ended with him running into a wall. So he stayed until for maybe 2 days? or well until he thought, it was reasonable time to go, and ran back to the Hidden City. After that he kept coming back to to the mission.

2 - Runt and splinters relationship... it's not really antagonistic so to speak. Runt defiantly isn't friendly with splinter at first. Runts more focused on his mission (the brothers) to really pay him much mind. So for the most part Runt will ignore him. It’s not really until splinter tires to make an effort and open up about his own migraines to runt that things slowly change. Splinter teaches him how to make tea and they have late night tea when they both can’t sleep

Very slow progress though, there’s things later on that strains the relationship slightly.

3 - since he grew up sheltered up until his first mission, he hasn’t really had a chance to eat a lot of different types of food. However it wasn’t until he was living in the lair full time, is when he started to experiment with foods but that was mostly Mikes doing. His first tasting was overwhelming for him and had refused to eat the rest. But it wasn’t until later where he started to crave it. And he would secretly go to the fridge at night until mikey saw him try and. Much to ruby’s horror. strawberries are his favourite though. Not allowed a lot of sugar after last time.

4. - The lair games really set into motion the rivalry and competitiveness between them. Runt love challenges, he’s competitive by nature but all from his training. He finds joy in tormenting Donnie. Sadly I haven’t got much yet for them but don’t worry they will have the disaster twin title.

5 - Runt grows to love turtle piles. They’re warm and cosy where he can burrow into them. I haven’t thought of when his first one would happen but I know he’d probably flinch away. Unsure as to what’s going on. Once he does hell still be a bit stiff and be on edge. He’s act like nothings wrong but will slip the first he gets. It’s his mission to get close to the brothers so he’ll do this that make him uncomfortable if it means he’ll get in their good books.

Ahhh thank you! I’m glad you like this crazy ideas xD ❤️ ❤️❤️ I do have somethings pint you can have these sraftsfs

Ahh thank you! I’m hoping to get more out cos I love this gremlin❤️. But it’s been slow, been hating everything I’ve been doing. But have some sketches

[dr-futbol-blog]

Conversion, Pt. 12

Weir sends out an alert on Sheppard having escaped his quarters, and it is likely her alert went only to the security personnel rather than on city-wide. We next find McKay in the command centre with Caldwell and Ronon, McKay seeming to spearhead the search for Sheppard by tracking him biometrically using the Ancient censors discovered during Sanctuary (S01E14), although now with an English interface that he has probably programmed himself. It takes Mckay no time at all to find Sheppard and lock onto him.

McKay: OK. I've got a lock on him.

We get to see the layout of Atlantis, and the biometric sensor still seems to have signatures in two different colours, reddish and yellowish. I wrote earlier about how the system is probably calibrated for the Ancients, so it would show the people who have the gene different from the ordinary humans because whether or not people have the Ancient gene is the most important biometric marker for their technology.

If we look at the cluster of signatures that I've pointed out with the circle who seem to be near the gate, we have one red and three yellow signatures, corresponding to the four figures we see in the next shot standing pretty much in the same configuration as the dots: McKay, Caldwell, Ronon and a marine. McKay is the only one of them that has the gene and hence we would expect to see him appear as a different colour. And we next see, as they lock on to Sheppard, that he is a bright red dot, the locking on seeming just to make his dot brighter rather than to change its colour. However, the dot seems to be acting unexpectedly.

Caldwell: That can't be him, it's moving too fast. Dex: It's him.

McKay is looking at Sheppard's dot intently, not removing his eyes from it even as he turns his head slightly toward Ronon when he says the words "It's him" in reference to Sheppard. It is as though McKay wants to see Ronon's face when he mentions Sheppard, wants to see the look on his face, but he cannot draw his eyes away even for that. Let us recall that the last time McKay was watching a dot that designated Sheppard, he was watching him fly to his death toward a hive ship strapped onto a nuke that McKay himself had prepared. It is safe to say that this is not his favourite activity.

He is doing this now because they need him to do it, because this is his job and his duty, but it is not easy for him by any means. McKay seems to speak only what is necessary and no more. He is once more clearly dissociating, he is on autopilot.

Caldwell: Alright. Four teams. Surround him and close in. I want him stopped. And gentlemen: use whatever level force you deem necessary. Move out. Weir: You will only use such force as a last resort. Caldwell: That's not Sheppard any more, ma'am. Weir: You heard me.

Caldwell gives the men now under his command the order to take out Sheppard using what ever level force necessary, and the US military has six such levels for the use of force. Caldwell, that is to say, authorizes his men to take Sheppard out using lethal force where necessary, to take him out at their discretion. While Weir does not precisely walk his order back, she impresses on the men that they should not jump the gun but be sure that there is no other way before trying to eliminate him using lethal force. They all know what they are talking about.

Note that while McKay still says nothing, he has no words to say, we see him do the thing with his thumb that has frequently been associated with Sheppard in the past. It is his own self-soothing technique. McKay is torn here. He wants to help Sheppard, he wants to protect Sheppard, he wants to see to it that nothing happens to Sheppard. And he does not know how to do any of those things. He is grateful to Weir for at least the fact that she reminded them not to shoot Sheppard on sight. Something rather interesting happens then.

Dex: You coming? Teyla: Yes.

Caldwell had ordered four teams to go after Sheppard and whether or not Ronon and Teyla were meant to be with these four teams, Ronon at the very least took it upon himself to make sure that they were among the people looking for Sheppard. He wants them to make sure that this thing stays under control and no one starts shooting up unnecessarily. All of them care about Sheppard and do not want to see him get hurt, but they also know that Sheppard himself would want them to stop him before letting him hurt innocent people. And so it is obvious to Ronon that they should be a part of this, and because it does not seem like Teyla is moving in to join them, he actually asks out loud if she is coming with. What takes?

Now, I know some people see this as a major "Teylabeth" moment and while I don't necessarily see anything between the two of them, there is certainly enough evidence over the years to suggest that Teyla herself swings both ways. In fact, at the end of this very episode, we see her real up close and personal with another woman. There is plenty of subtext to go around with Teyla. But she is not looking at Weir, here. She is clearly looking at McKay before turning to leave. She looks at McKay, they seem to exchange a rather lengthy glance, she nods and then takes off after Ronon.

It is because we see Teyla and Weir in the same shot after she gives this look that people somehow interpret her as looking at Weir but this, them placing either McKay or Sheppard out of framing of the shot where looks are being exchanged is something that the show has been doing since its inception. This is how they keep the subtext just at the edge of becoming maintext. It is clear that Teyla looks at someone, exchanges a look with someone. The direction to which she looks is where McKay has been standing the whole time. We do not see McKay answer her gaze. When the camera finally pans back to McKay, he is no longer looking at her. Weir looks at both Teyla and Ronon as they take off. Teyla gives one final look at McKay as they leave.

But why?

The thing is, Teyla did seem reluctant to leave. She was not sure that she should go with the teams, that she should follow Ronon. Some people are going to think that this is because she is still feeling uncomfortable about what happened with Sheppard earlier, that she does not want to be around him when all of that is still hanging unresolved between them. But that does not explain why she seems to need a permission--or what ever she was looking for from him-- from McKay to go. It is possible that she meant to communicate to McKay that they would take care of Sheppard, that they would see to it that nothing happens to him. But it still does not explain her initial reluctance to join the search party.

And it was not that Teyla did not want to go. It was that she was not sure she should leave McKay alone, without a security detail. Yes, Caldwell was there with a bunch of marines but they might not be enough to stop Sheppard. And Teyla seems to know, just as Ronon does a few moments later, what it is that Sheppard is looking for. In the middle of the command centre, McKay might be at the most secure place on Atlantis. But for some reason, all of them, Sheppard's whole team, seem to know that Sheppard is looking for McKay, that McKay is what he is trying to get to. And Teyla is momentarily unsure of whether there is even a point in leaving when what Sheppard is looking for is right here. We do not see what kind of a look McKay gave her but so satisfied, she does then take after Ronon and join the search party.

Weir: Lock down the stargate. McKay: Right.

As mentioned, when we do finally see McKay, he is no longer looking at Teyla and this is how the entire episode has been playing out. McKay's role is purposefully obscured. He seems peripheral to the story when he is, in fact, central to everything that happens. McKay sounds hoarse as he answers Weir's request, it comes out in almost a whisper. His eyes are awfully bright but we do not see him blinking away any tears because blinking would mean that he would have to take his eyes off of Sheppard's red dot to do that. McKay seems like he is just the computer tech here, executing commands given by the leaders. But he is the one whose heart is breaking.

We see Sheppard walk into a transporter, manhandling a lab technician of some kind out of his way. We do not know where he left from and where he was going precisely, but let us keep in mind the fact that while Sheppard had seemingly kept the same quarters the whole time they have been on Atlantis, for some reason he did not need to use the transporter to get there in the latter half of the first season, but after they returned from Earth, we have seen him have to take the transporter to get to his quarters several times.

Now, while there are probably a lot of places on Atlantis that look alike, the outside of the transporter here looks similar to where Sheppard was going at the end of Trinity (S02E06) when McKay caught up with him. McKay told Sheppard that he had been looking for him, so it would make sense if McKay had been hanging out somewhere en route to Sheppard's quarters, meaning that this may well be the transporter that Sheppard takes to get away from his quarters usually, and he may have been on his way out of his room when McKay caught up with him. And where ever Sheppard was going now, it was certainly closer to the central tower than where he had been originally.

But where ever Sheppard was going, he certainly seemed to be going somewhere. To emphasize this point: Sheppard is not "on the lam" here, as he clearly could have escaped his room when ever he wanted to; Sheppard is not trying to get away and avoid detection here. He is not just randomly hopping across Atlantis, he had somewhere to be. He has a destination. And where ever he transported to, McKay's eyes widen as he looks at the reappearance of Sheppard's dot.

Caldwell: I thought you said that he couldn't use the transporters. McKay: I said I doubted he was lucid enough. Caldwell: Well, shut them down. He's not going to do it again. McKay: Thus stranding your search teams.

This is an interesting tidbit of information. We did not get to hear Caldwell and McKay's earlier exchange over the topic but if McKay had been confident enough to tell Caldwell that he thinks that Sheppard is not in any shape to use the transporters, it means that he necessarily has to have some insight into Sheppard's current condition. McKay does not guesstimate or speculate, he must be basing his assessment on some data, on some personal insight he has into the state Sheppard is in. But as far as we know, McKay has not seen Sheppard since he had the splinter removed from his hand at the beginning of the episode. So how would he know? How could he possibly know how lucid Sheppard is? And let us recall that "lucid" is a term Sheppard had been using of himself several times, it was a word he used to describe his own condition. He was measuring his own well-being on a scale of lucidity, so for McKay to use this terms suggests that his source of information is Sheppard himself.

Regardless of the source of McKay's insight into Sheppard's condition, he seems to barely be able to keep himself together here. He is right at the edge of where he does not know what is going to come spilling out of his mouth next. He has to over-enunciate the words to keep his voice steady, and right at the end he seems to be holding back a sob, blinking rapidly. But he still does as he is told because he is at a point where he is just executing commands, running on autopilot. And so Caldwell informs the search teams of Sheppard's new whereabouts:

Caldwell: Bravo Team, you're on deck. Tango is right below you. Marine: You heard the man. Down the stairs.

Sheppard is given the designation "Tango" for "target," which is something that we see McKay use later on in the season, in Coup D'Etat (S02E17). He tells Sheppard, "One Tango, middle of the room," and the use of Tango for this purpose seems to be something that he learned right here from Caldwell.

There is nothing strange about this, it is perfectly appropriate military parlance. However, giving this designation specifically to Sheppard, calling Sheppard Tango, may contain an allusion to Ray Tango of Tango and Cash, the most homoerotic action film of all time. It is not unintentionally homoerotic because this level of subtext does not happen by accident. But it is still left to the subtext.

Given that we got to see the photograph of what was likely Sheppard's father in this episode, they may have started sketching out Sheppard's background in more detail at this time. Tango is the more upper class of the two characters, and where he does not need to fight crime due to financial reasons, being independently wealthy, he does it because he likes the action, because he wants to make a difference. And what is more, Tango has trust issues and his inability to trust becomes an issue between the two of them:

Cash: Seriously? You are one major mistrustful maladjusted human fucking being, you know that? Tango: Yeah, well. I love you too.

Tango's whole character arc is about learning to trust someone else through the trials and tribulations they undergo together, of Cash being there for him when the chips come down. Does that sound like any people we know? What is more, the film is connected to the franchise in that Kurt Russell, who plays Gabriel Cash, was the original actor for Jack O'Neil in the motion picture StargÅte that launched it all.

Regardless, for some reason we see Ronon part with the search party all of a sudden. When they hear Sheppard's new whereabouts from Caldwell, Ronon suddenly seems to have an idea of where he thinks Sheppard is going to be that he does not share with the others. McKay had suggested that they try using a diversion back in the iratus nest, and it looks like Ronon is going to try that now. He seems to know just the place to hide. He is not going after Sheppard, he is going to let Sheppard come to him.

McKay: Bravo Team and Sheppard are in the same room. Caldwell: Stay sharp. He should be right in there with you.

Note again McKay's use of "Sheppard" here. He is speaking to Caldwell, a military officer, so using Colonel Sheppard or just Colonel would be appropriate. But it is just not what McKay normally does, which makes the times that he does call Sheppard Colonel stand out all the more. And in this situation it is all the more striking because Teyla calls Sheppard Colonel as they seem to be very much on the clock, what with Sheppard having just told her to call him John when they are not at work.

Marine Anyone have a visual? Teyla: Above us! Colonel! Please, do not make me do this.

Sheppard advances on Teyla, and we cannot be sure what his intentions are. He might feel threatened and advance with the intention to take her out, or he might be enticed by his wraithess and advance with the intention of just taking her. Teyla herself seems traumatized enough by what had happened between them previously that she does not want him to come close to her.

But what is important to note here is that Teyla was not Sheppard's original target, was not Sheppard's reason for coming to this part of the city. Sheppard was not looking for her, and it was only after she called after him using "Colonel!" that he turned back and started advancing on her. Sheppard may well have been triggered by the use of the title, having specifically asked her not to use it. If Sheppard was even capable of rational thought anymore, running on pure instinct as he seemed to be, he had never felt further from being a Colonel than he did right now.

But note again that Sheppard does not have a death wish. He does not want to die. If he had wanted them to simply take him out, running into Teyla's warning shots would have been the easiest thing to do. He could have forced their hand into taking him out. But that is simply not what Sheppard wants, he never did. It is very clear that he has an objective, he has somewhere he needed to be and he has something he needed to do. And so he takes off as Teyla starts firing at his feet, not wanting to get injured. Getting injured would not help him achieve his goal.

Dex: Get the doctor down here. I have him.

And so Ronon takes him out, using his weapon to stun Sheppard. What is interesting here is that Ronon seemed to know where Sheppard was going, knew where he would be coming from. He knew this the moment Caldwell had informed them of where Sheppard had transported to. He used the rest of the team as a decoy, as a diversion, and waited for Sheppard to come to where he knew he was headed.

Where was he going? Sheppard took one transporter trip from where his quarters are to where he was headed. He was not looking for Teyla, having just run away from her, and he was not looking for Weir, having dropped her like a bag of potatoes on the floor earlier. It sure seems blue in the corridors of this part of the city that they were in just now. In fact, the same bluish light installation can be seen at the end of the corridor where Sheppard walks away from McKay in Duet (S01E04) and on the upper floors where Sheppard was doing his Spider-Man routine just now.

Anyway, it's a mystery. It does not seem to be a mystery to Ronon and Teyla, but it is a mystery to us.

Continued in Pt. 13

[theresa-of-liechtenstein]

art by em year in review 2024!

i find myself surprised i drew much at all this year considering the circumstances (completing a bachelor's degree. concerts. international trip. starting a phd. general state of world.) however, for the fifth time i am happy to present my yearly retrospective.

as always, reflections under the cut.

jan: i feel like my weakest pieces always happen in january 😭 this was definitely one of those where concept > execution; some of this feels woefully flat and i wasn't too enthused about how herc looked. oh well. that was literally one of the only things i drew in january

feb: one of the developments that came about this year in my drawing was that of my cartoon/comic style, because i wanted to have a record of all the funny shit that happens in my music life. i've continually been surprised at the reception of it online haha. tita conductor is OUR internet microcelebrity now i guess

mar: ah, the douglas seventh wheels the hercolyn wedding fic i've been saying i'd write for almost two years. well, that actually got written and will go up later this week. but anyway, Hurt That Old Man!

apr: in which some professor of media studies with a slide whistle chose to examine a 160-year-old novel through the lens of an intergenerational relationship, and i took it personally. i was not drawing a lot during this time, so i was naturally falling back on my favorite subjects, namely. herc and linda. so much for branching out this year LMAO

may: a pen test for my graduation gift to tita conductor (finished version here, which she loved so much she couldn't stop talking about it when we next saw each other in september). someone once said to me 'it's weird that you can draw her from memory.' i replied 'looking at her is kind of part of the job description.'

jun: drawing theresa is probably one of the ways through which i measure my art progress, given that out of all the character designs i have (bar one, which i don't share on this blog for Reasons) hers is the one that has stuck around the most persistently. the grey is here to stay‼️

jul: i drew this one while having stomach problems in the philippines 😭 but something about the philippines (and like. being around people of my ethnic background on a daily basis) made me think a lot about my character designs for the soft-shoe-shuffle trio, so i wanted to do something with them a bit

aug: for all i talk about martin i sure never draw him, ever 😂 it's probably not obvious, but i was trying painting an base layer rather than an overlay (which i've been using pretty consistently since last year). in the future, i want to experiment more with coloring: i think i've not been eager to touch that part in my art and that needs to change. also pour one out for what i almost captioned it:

if i got onto a plane and i saw a twink in that mfing pilot seat i'm jumping off 😐🤚🏻‼️

sept: the piece that got the most attention this year i think. i'm not sure how well it came across that douglas is supposed to be ever so slightly horny in this one. oh well. it was funny.

oct: i think it was this piece that made me start to realize that i have kind of developed a problem with making everyone's faces super long. which. i don't really know how that happened. anyway this is really cute still. read the theresa-becomes-a-pilot fic.

nov: omg guys remember when i was obsessed with the theresa-maxi dynamic. well it came back for a blazing second of glory in november. maybe it'll come back to me again for good. we'll see

dec: again, familiar subjects during a tumultuous time. not much of note here, except i have noticed myself getting very lazy with lighting recently. also i wrote a fic about this.

overall: going into the new year, i think the whole 'making everyone's faces look super long' thing needs to be addressed; otherwise, as stated earlier, i really should start experimenting with coloring and base layers and shading and lighting.

thank you everyone! and a happy new year to all!

[harmoniaverse]

finally getting to the rest of these character ask memes form like a month ago or something idk

I DON'T YET....</3 I was thinking Meeko's voice could be close to Pomni from the Amazing Digital Circus. Honestly for Julien just think of the most stereotypical french accent voice ever. That's him

He would definitely be this version of Snufkin from Moomin. Honestly though I like the voices for the original Japanese anime and the Finnish dub of it too it's a bit hard to decide. The first one fits him best though i think,

3. I guess the thing that came first was her design? I actually won her design from a giveaway. Made some small changes to it over the years....honestly i don't know if it was for the better, i am sorry to the person who originally designed her

7. The thing I like most about Mitzi's appearance...my first thought was her eyes, they are coloured in a bit differently from most of the other characters so it's a bit of an adventure when colouring in her eyes LOL

13. VOICE CLAIm...this is SO OBSCURE but a while ago I went on a youtube spree just googling the randomest ass videos to look for some voice headcanon ideas. SANDY FROM SPONGEBOB IN GERMAN. THATS MY MITZI VOICE. it's so OBSCURE

16. Any running memes/running jokes? I think the biggest one for mitzi is probably the fact that she's so hyperfixated on mathematics that she doesn't know how to do literally anything. Like when she makes math-shaped cookies and she relaxes by just solving differential equations all day. Honestly........that's the life

18. Does Mitzi have any character connections? Aside from her colleagues at the university, I think I've shown her family before? Her dad, her mom and her brother Ricky. I imagine she probably has a giant extended family tree on her mother's side too.

20. Any additional thoughts, art, favourite scenes...I DONT HAVE MUCH TO SHARE....honestly planning stuff has been hard lately. There are still some character arcs for her to be done...will she find a lover? will she ever evolve? will she figure out how to live? who knows. tune in next time

Do you have any character playlists? UNFORTUANTELY.........NO....I kind of have an idea of what their overall sound would be like. Fiona's would be calming yet upbeat/peppy with the flute as the main instrument (I found this song that could be fitting for her). Braham's would be definitely be in a minor key, slightly melancholy but sounds fancy and sophisticated. His main instrumentation would be a piano. I thought of KK Waltz as his theme but maybe instrumentation wise it'd be a bit softer. I really liked the melody in the 2nd movement of Beethoven's Pastoral Piano Sonata and thought it could fit him too.

As for Meeko.......she's a newer character so I haven't had the chance to really think about that but I'd say her sound is definitely more electronic/synth pop kinda type. Definitely more upbeat, maybe one could play with more uneven rhythms in the melody to reference the way she walks. I'd have to do some digging in my music database to find something LMFAO

What is the origin of their personality? I DON'T KNOW LMFAOOO. I guess he's kind of an exaggeration of professor's i've had who just did not want to be there when teaching lol. Of course they were NOWHERE near as bad as Basil is.....I like to exaggerate it for laughs....but he just kind of turned into a 10 year old 60 year old which is just amazing isn't it. Also his candy obsession just came from the fact that I wanted to make him a smoker but thought it'd be funny if it was just a lollipop stick

6. What was the process behind their appearance? I think it was mostly for aesthetic. I wanted Finley to look nerdy and kind of give off weeb vibes. I wanted Miguel to look like an exhausted father taking care of his extremely unruly children. I think i had the personalities in mind before drawing them lol

7. What is the aspect of their appearance you like the most? For finley, his EYES ALSO....I love that mix of blue and pink. As for miguel, I think it's just his muted colours and how worn out he looks? His life is in shambles. I also love how his flower thing droops because he's so sad and pathetic

[quibbs126]

Alright, this kid has been fully finished since like, Monday, I’ve just been too lazy to post him, but now I’m gonna post him, this is Black Choco Cookie

As you can see, this is yet another darklico kid. I’m sorry. But he’ll be the last one I do; I already semi had plans for him when I made Licorice Cream, it’s just that I decided to just do Licorice Cream. But then the night prior to making him, I was thinking about ideas for him and just drew this the next morning

The only other darklico kid thing I plan to do is redesign Gancao, since her look really doesn’t match her name, and it bothers me. Either that or her name changes. But fundamentally she’ll still be the same character

Anyways back to Black Choco, so with his name, he’s dark chocolate like his father. His name is just Black Choco because while he’s chocolate, he supposed to have this smell of licorice about him

Maybe he’s these chocolate licorice brownie cookies I found online that one time. But his name is still Black Choco

Anyways, let’s get into his design

So you’ll notice he looks very similar to Dark Choco except for the eyes. Well that’s because he’s the third one of these, and frankly I feel like the girls look enough like Licorice, so might as well have one of the kids be the Dark Choco clone like Dark Choco is to his own father. I think the fact he’s the third of these I’ve made is the only reason I allow him to look mostly like one parent and be the clone

But I finally gave one of them Licorice’s yellow eyes, so that’s good. I’ve been wanting one of them to have the yellow eyes and white eye lines since Gancao, it just didn’t work with her or Licorice Cream. Though I changed up the yellow slightly so that it’d work better with the white

I based Black Choco’s look off of the young design of Dark Choco in the artbook, since his sisters all look like they live in the Dark Cacao Kingdom too (the three are all supposed to exist in the same universe as siblings), and he’s supposed to want to be a fighter like his dad. Also with the brown it makes him look like the cookies I showed above. That wasn’t the intention but I like that

I think the way his hair looks was supposed to be inspired by how Licorice’s hair, like specifically in how it’s parted or something, but looking at it again I can’t really see that

I just realized the drawing I have of Black Choco here is with his gradient. I wasn’t sure if I should give him one; I did it so he’d look at least a little closer to Licorice, but I wasn’t sure it worked well. Ah well, I suppose you tell me

Anyways, so let’s get into his character

So Black Choco is a shy and a bit anxious kid, as well as someone who gets spooked easily, as shown in one of the sketches. He’s also generally quiet and soft spoken, not very capable of loud noises. But despite his timid nature, he’s a good kid who just wants to help people

He greatly admires his father, Dark Choco, and wants to be like him, which is part of the reason he wants to be a warrior. Thankfully for Black Choco, I imagine Dark Choco to be more openly affectionate than Dark Cacao was, so Black Choco isn’t gonna grow up with those same parental issues. But unfortunately, Black Choco isn’t as great with a sword and fighting, especially since he tends to accidentally drop his sword. But he does want to learn, and he tries hard to overcome this

Despite this however, he does know magic, and he’s actually very skilled at it, far more than he is at fighting. However, he chooses instead to become a warrior. Perhaps in the future, he learns to try and do both, combining his skills and becoming a warrior that uses both sword fighting skills and magic, becoming a real powerhouse

Now, as for his connection to his siblings, I’m not sure, as some of it depends on his age compared to them. I want to make Black Choco Licorice Cream’s twin, probably since I imagined Black Choco as a child and I drew Licorice Cream as one too, but also I don’t think I can really do that since Licorice Cream herself has a particularly unique origin, one that Black Choco doesn’t necessarily fit in to. Not only that, but I think I drew Licorice Cream as a child because I couldn’t figure out what to do for her other than her origin and possible connection to dark magic and the Strawberry Jam Sword. She’s technically supposed to be the older than Gancao, and I imagine Black Choco to be a child. But at the same time, I can really see Black Choco and Licorice Cream as a twin duo, and I like that concept, especially since personality wise, they’re pretty different, Licorice Cream being an extrovert while Black Choco is the introvert, for example. But it just doesn’t work with what Licorice Cream actually is

*sigh* I think I’m gonna need to do a redesign with all three of them, putting them on the same canvas and figuring out definitively what order they’re in and their ages relative to one another. Though Black Choco I don’t see changing much, he’s fine as he is

I suppose for now, Black Choco is the youngest of the three

But in any case, I think that’s it for Black Choco. To be honest, I feel like sometimes, I put too much into these characters and should just try to keep them simple, which is sort of what I tried to do with Black Choco here

But in any case, I hope you like him

[kime-ga-scribble]

The Kou Pikat Infodump Post (that gets less organized as time goes on)

ok so you're probably wondering who the fuck that blue bastard on my pfp is well, it started from a dream I had at one point. gonna copy and paste bullet points of it I sent to my friend @wowimkindastupid (who also helped me name this guy).

"the perspective doll"

introducing itself just. Copying someone else's voice.

said it wasn't allowed to just completely copy someone's appearance I think. Implying it can do that

and then it proceeded to introduce the floor's gimmick by using some pin to become Sara's grandpa or something??

the pins scattered around the floor that might have physical changes also come with like. Access to their memories. There were probably ones of the contestants but idk who else

the original design I remember from the dream was some white human-looking guy with a blue cloak-cape-thing and hair that was some variety of brown, so it's. reasonable I didn't want to just use the original design from the dream. even if there's Nothing There I think having him be practically nude would be a tad. odd.

so I tried to alter the design a little. and ended up making this with help from heroforge(because I. never did this kinda shading before and wanted to be sure I didn't screw up the proportions)

attempted to base him a bit off a Dalgona Blue Matcha Latte because the colors were close enough to how he was in the dream and I wanted to at least keep his cloak thing. (also there's one detail this drawing is missing but I'll add it if I ever try and do a better High Effort Attempt At Mimicking The Game Style) dunno if he really. resembles it that much. but hey I didn't realize gashu was related to tiramisu whatsoever until it was pointed out still may rework the design slightly

"so wait, what's his floor like?" I imagine it starts off as just. hearing what sounds like one of the other participants. but they're right next to you. go investigate, and you meet this guy. he explains the pin fuckery a little, maybe gives one, and then just. set lose on the floor. also I got a pic of doodles and notes on what it's like.

though I'm already projecting onto him in some ways, I'm a little afraid of making him too much of a self-insert. otherwise I'd absolutely give him my animal interest. Maybe at some point he chats with gin and go "I like you kid. I'll give you a pin to take with you to the next floors" Kou might like playing with humans in a sense, but not exactly the same as Midori. More of an interest in human adaptability than tormenting them until they break. Though his floor may focus more on adapting to changes to the body, it's unlikely it's just that variety he takes interest in. Might even include something like

he does occasionally sneak his pins onto others. this has probably made someone realize they're trans at some point. (I may not quite see midori as transfem, but I feel like midori has SOMETHING going on gender-wise. there's something transgender about replacing working parts of your body with artificial ones I think.) anyways the one detail missing on the one pic earlier is on the hands. got some doodles to try and show it along with something else not quite visible. gonna add bullet point notes.

even when disguised, he still has an odd texture on his right hand and that little slot on the left. He Makes The Pins (Sorta), with the right hand scanning to determine it and the left being the one it comes out on. Yes, he can shoot the pins at people.

there's actually a set list of pins. he can't add to the list.

"why does he have an ear tag instead of a collar?" though the collar was able to adjust to size, changing between something larger and something smaller could stretch it enough to make it easier to slip out.

"couldn't the contestants use this?" you can't use multiple pins at once, you'd have to remove one to use another. Kou's shapeshifting may be limited in some ways, but he doesn't need to switch to his original form to change to another. If there is a pin of Kou himself, it doesn't include his shapeshifting. There MIGHT be some sort of "omni-pin", but it's likely there's only one and that he has it hidden on him somewhere.

I got the mental image of him invisible and crawling around on the wall like a gecko or something and gin just pointing to seemingly nowhere saying that he can smell him and kou just. revealing himself. like spy tf2 turning off the cloak. so that's canon to me now ig

his ear tag is probably welded to him physically and unable to be removed.

"where did he come from" / "was he human once or based off a human"? no idea, tbh. I imagine he might have some identity-related issues (if you are created to wear others' faces, is it unreasonable to not know your own?) but I'm not entirely sure what specifically. There's a possibility he was made specifically with the intention to make ranger feel inferior or be jealous of or something. If that's the case I imagine kou isn't even trying to be mean at all, but ranger just. hates him. maybe envy and a refusal to admit it's envy. Like a sibling you feel is better than you at everything. but the idea of ranger working with him to mess with people is tempting enough I'm not sure I'll go with that, though it's possible it could happen if I do go with it if they both hate someone enough. also I STILL don't know how the pins work. it feels odd not having an explanation for how they work, even if it's something ridiculous like the rainbows that turns people into snails using some kinda subliminal effect in jjba part 6. but also I got no ideas for how it could work and include all the silly little things about it

surprised you got to the end of this. here's a drawing I felt sucked too much to try and finish.

[froggyfroo-art]

Lilith 'Lili' Lu-Glynn

Final drawing of 2024, finished at around 6:30pm on the 31st! This is not the foinal drawing of this set but it is technically the last of the primary OCs in whatever universe this is (I did post Gwilym a few months ago and i did post a human design of Zed a few years back, but I'll probably alter it a bit for this bc they're sort of the same character but also not fdssd)

ANYWAY: Lilith is the lead singer and guitarist of the Cornish melodic death metal band Barbarous, which is entirely made up of queer women - she is pansexual and polyamorous herself. They perform in pink barbie-esque fashion (and most of them just dress that way anyway). Lilith has a bright, playful and slightly mischeivous personality. She's a 'big sister' type, the sort of person who carries things like plasters, paracetamol and period products at all times in case anyone needs them.

She was probably the second character I'd conceptualised, but she's not changed AS much, I just tried to alter her facial features slightly to better reflect that she's mixed race.

She's half Taiwanese, her dad having moved from the country when he was younger to start anew in St. Ives, which is where Lilith still lives. She has identical twin half-sisters from her dad's previous relationship but she doesn't know them very well (too complicated to explain succinctly here dsjvbsv). She does speak some Taiwanese, but mostly just at home with her dad, so she's trying to get better at it to bridge the gap!

Of the supergroup she's known Dermot the longest by far, having toured with his band long before she met any of the others, but she's closest to Rory, with whom she immediately clicked within about a minute of meeting him. She also gets on rather well with Bronwen, and has had several casual 'encounters' with her, particularly during tours. She has a girlfriend who is also poly, and she DOES have a name but I don't like it so she'll remain unnamed for now hvsdbv

I think that's about it, I'm flipping knackered mate. Blwyddyn newydd dda i bawb and see you next year. Or this year now I guess. I'm going to bed :3

[umgeorge]

george russell is interviewed after qualifying, miami - may 4, 2024 (transcript under the cut)

Interviewer: "…a better afternoon than a morning today." George: "Yeah." Interviewer: "Can we hope for more again tomorrow?" George: "Well, I expect to be looking forwards tomorrow, than hopefully no pressure from behind, [laughs] but P7 and P8 we have to accept is where we are at the moment. We are a step behind McLaren and Ferrari, a big step behind Red Bull, but I think the result we showed today was the maximum, but I'm confident tomorrow we will make a step forward to them." Interviewer: "Is it more that others are making more progress and you're kind of stalling slightly, or are you going a long way with your…" George: "I mean, the fact is the stopwatch doesn't lie, and we know that probably some of the changes we have made since the end of last year perhaps over-compensated with some of the development items we did. We have limitations with the car now which is a totally different limitation to what we had this time twelve months ago. We did so much work to solve the problems, we've kind of gone too far in that direction, so we know we need to improve and we need to improve quickly." Interviewer: "You know you need to, but do you know how to?" George: "Yeah, we definitely know how to. I think when we look at the data we understand why we're in the position we are right now and, as I said, last year when we looked at the data we understood why we were in that same positon, and I think unfortunately we probably over-compensated to solve the problems of last year and we've gone from this extreme to that extreme, now, and we need to sort of rewind and find ourself sort of in a half-way house. But when developments, when new upgrades take eight weeks to bring to the car, you learn this problem, race one, race two, you can't just bring an upgrade to the next race. You've got to put it in the wind tunnel, you've got to design it, someone's got to draw it, someone's got to build it…" Interviewer: "Suddenly you're halfway through the season." George: "And then you're halfway through the season. So I think that's why it's so difficult, when you're on the back foot, to just suddenly make that progress, and everybody expects it tomorrow-and we want it tomorrow, trust me [laughs]-but this is the reality of Formula 1." Interviewer: "Okay, well good afternoon, anyway. Thanks." George: "Thank you so much." Interviewer: "And the cap suits you." George: "Thank you." Interviewer: "I like it. Miami spec." George: "You want one?" Interviewer: "Yes, please." George: "Alright." Interviewer: "I can't have any bias, though, but I do like the cap." George: "Okay." [laughs] Interviewer: "Okay, thanks."

[aurelim]

Louis/Eloise

The Royal

❝I have to. It's my duty to serve the people of Oceanic.❞ ❝Listen to me. Ignore what everyone else will say. You are perfect the way you are. You are my everything, love.❞

Age: A month younger than MC

Race: Human

Gender: Male or female, depending on player choice

Pronouns: He/him or she/her, depending on player choice

Physical appearance: The Royal has slightly tanned skin due to intensive time spent in the sun, although their parents try their best to maintain the natural fair-pale shade. They have a heart shaped face framed by wavy red hair, either tamed or tied up in a bun with two small strands on the side. Soft brown eyes that can go cold at a poor choice of words and freckles dotting their cheeks. 5'7" no matter the gender.

Trope(s): Forbidden love, impossible love, royalty, [REDACTED]

As the heir to the throne of Oceanic, the Royal has a heavy weight on their shoulders that they cannot shake off—the expectations of the people and their parents often reminds them of their duty to deliver responsible decision for the betterment of the kingdom. For most of the week, they are cooped up within the castle walls, fulfilling their tasks as the one next in line. However, during a small portion of the day where their schedule is empty, the Royal will always go to visit their private shore by themself. A tradition they have upheld since they were young.

In public appearances, the Royal comes off as an understanding, charming, mature young adult—exactly what everyone expects from the heir. All warm smiles and dimples. But behind closed doors, the fake smiles drop and shoulders slacken. The fire in their eyes never goes out but they allow themself to be exhausted. Just once.

Their idea of relaxing is by standing in front of the waves, shoes off, and enjoying the smell of salty air and water. A servant usually has to come and fetch them, as they do not keep track of the time. And recently, they have been going more often due to undisclosed reasons... as well as sneaking off to town to do gods-know-what.

There have been rumors circulating around them, particularly involving [REDACTED]. Are they true? Are they not? You will have to wait until it is announced.

Chance encounters are life-changing. You don't think you would have ever noticed the Royal had it not been for Cordelia and K. And more importantly, you do not think you would have ever met them on the streets without your...unique circumstances. Little had you realized then the potential to gain a powerful ally, as well as a lifelong friend.

Fun Facts About the Royal:

There is so much lore I want to write down about them, but they would all be major spoilers for the game! So for now, take this condensed, somewhat short intro post for now. But expect to see some huge updates to this as further chapters are released!

Also would you call them "Lou"? Been thinking about an easier nickname besides "The Royal" and it's pretty cute! Though they are accustomed to everyone calling them by their first name

Their original design was going to be heavily inspired by Prince Eric from the Little Mermaid. However, it was changed to an appearance similar to Ariel. Maybe your headcanon is that he's Ariel's son or grandson? That's what mine is lol

Has a very refined taste for red wine. Likes it especially from their own kingdom but imported tastes are good too

Loves drawing. And because they live right by the sea they have a lot of sunset sketches and swirls of water in their notebook

Has a diary where they write down about their day; if you romance them you'll probably find long romantic tirades about you

Actually likes wearing crowns if it is light and only in the castle

Sheltered kid growing up—while their parents may have exposed them to monarchy politics early in their life they remained relatively naive and unaware of certain...things

Things that will remain unmentionable

Knows some secret passageways within the kingdom due to safety reasons, but they may show it to you if you are lucky enough!

Stuffed animals creep them out and they are all over the walls of the castle thanks to their father's love for hunting

No, not stuffed animals. Like actual taxidermy

Deathly allergic to gossipy people and mice—physically wilts at the mention of either one

Would buy you anything you want just to please you. This will especially show during the crushing stage, but it will be a habit that never dies down *if* you get married

Can resist puppy eyes with a huge question mark. But usually not because they are a major people pleaser. It comes with their job