#the diver tf2

[zemikkx]

[s0mnolentcat]

put too much effort into this, more than I should have

Also, it's supposed to be this btw

[vertrauensieihremarztm]

Cave

Ooooh! How pretty!

[pyrofromtf2real]

Something lurks in these waters...

[scuba-divers]

I know barely anything about TF2 classes, so I am just going to try and describe them based off of my extremely limited knowledge.

Scout - A fast twink with a baseball bat who is addicted to soda.

Heavy - Guy with large weapons who also happens to like sandwiches.

Medic - Self-proclaimed, doesn't actually have a medical licence, absolutely insane.

Pyro - Androgynous arsonist who has some weird hallucination thingy going on.

Demoman - Scottish drunkard with explosives. This is all I know about him, sorry.

Soldier - Some sort of leader?? I'm not sure but also he's strict.

Sniper - Australian who barely, barely manages to hide his piss fetish. Also a huge prick. Not sure if those two things have anything to do with each other or not. I assume they don't, but who knows.

Engineer - Guy who builds sentries and plays the guitar.

Spy - Had sex with your mom last night.

[ca-highway49]

It's not unusual

[olive-garden-hoe]

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

Tf2 details that a lot of people get wrong:

Demoman is most likely under 30, making him either the third or second youngest out of the cast.

Scout can drive. He even has that taunt where he drives that little scooter.

Snipers glasses were likely given to him by his dad.

Engineer is NOT the most sane of the mercs, that actually goes to Heavy. He has a severe God complex (line: "I am a GOD!") And cut off his arm cuz why not. He also has green eyes, not blue.

Medic is terrible at naming things. I just think this has a lot of potential for jokes.

Pyro is completely aware they're setting stuff on fire, they just like wearing their mask. They also aren't a kid despite how Miss Pauling talks to them.

Spy isn't as professional as people think. He takes 7 seconds to piss on a wall, and Miss Pauling tells him to wash his mask since he never takes it off.

Soldier WAS racist until he met Zhanna.

Finally, Heavy. I don't even need to explain anything. His entire CHARACTER is always mischaracterized to be Medic's alpha boyfriend. He's arguably the most caring one out of the mercs.

[looneycauldron]

your tf2 oc, its so clever to come up with that. could we see more of him in the future?

FOR SURE!!!! i have another TF2 oc i wanna flesh out and i will drop him here when i do so :3

a diver doodle while you guys wait for new drawings…

[royonninjago]

The Ninja's Roles Within the Team

Something I think the various Ninjago shows do really well is the characterizations of each Ninja. If it was bad, then kids wouldn't wanna watch the show or buy the Lego sets to reenact their favorite moment and create new scenarios for the Ninja to go through.

However, for the past few years a problem I've had with the TV show is that some characters feel more... useful than others. Then there are moments when one character is missing, but the team seems to operate just fine without them, and I think that does a real disservice to the characters.

In contrast, take the ATLA episode "Sokka's Master". It's one of my favorites because it separates Sokka, the only non-bender in Team Avatar, from the rest of the team. The episode demonstrates to both us and the rest of Team Avatar why Sokka is essential to their team. Without him, they're bored, can't figure out where they are or where they're headed on a map, and are overall completely directionless. Its like the precursor to those dime a dozen fantasy mangas where the weak member of a dungeon divers gets fired and the rest of the party ends up deeply regretting it.

I want the Ninjago TV show to demonstrate to us why each member is essential to the Ninja Team, and why without one of them the Ninja Team is worse off or have to work twice as hard to compensate.

Dragons Rising had such a good opportunity to explore this, but unfortunately it seems like the biggest problem the Team faces from being separated across the merged realms is lack of manpower and not much else. In lieu of this, here are some of my ideas as to how each character could prove to be essential to the Ninja.

Lloyd - The Leader. This one is definitely the most obvious. He's had a very clear leadership role since he became the Green Ninja, and ever since Wu left this distinction has only gotten more pronounced. However, I do find myself wishing to see a bit more of a dark streak with him. He was originally introduced as an antagonist, and I don't know about y'all but I still find myself enjoying Three Days Grace ever since I played the Halo 3 campaign at a friend's house while listening to AMVs of their songs.

Kai - The Weapon Master. Although there was never anything to support this, I always thought that Kai made the weapons that the Ninja used in the pilots. He is a blacksmith, after all. I think it would be cool if this aspect was more leaned into and not only make him the guy that creates all the swords and throwing stars and whatever other simple weapons the Ninja use, but to also be the best one at using those weapons. A sword is obviously his go to, but put any kind of simple weapon in his hands and I think he'd be able to use it very well. Imagine how much cooler it would have been in season 11 if Kai managed to defeat Aspheera's sheer power with his incredible swordsmanship skills. It'd certainly tie into his arc that season much better than what we actually got.

Jay - The Scout. Remember that scene in the pilots where the Skulkin cars were trying to reach 88 mph or whatever and Jay was gaining on them just by running? The writers sure don't! Though in all seriousness, whenever the Ninja need to learn a new technique to do something, Jay always picks up on it really quickly. First to perform Spinjitzu and summon his Golden Weapon Vehicle, second to unlock his true potential, third to summon his Elemental Dragon, he managed to surprise Ronin when practicing Airjitzu, not to mention his laundry list of hobbies. If they really leaned into his speed, combining that with his skills as a Ninja would make him perfect for running ahead and reporting back on the enemy forces. In my own little world, I like to imagine him as a PG version of the Scout from TF2 (Jay even had a slight Boston accent in the pilots!).

Cole - The Muscle. This one is also fairly obvious due to Cole's signature Earth Punch, but I feel as though it should be noticed more when he's not around, especially in Master of the Mountain. If I'm remembering correctly, they don't fully acknowledge his absence until they're locked up in the Vengestone cage about to be executed. If I regularly hung out with a dude that could lift a car over his head, I'd be lamenting about his absence whenever I needed to lift a heavy box.

Zane - The Information Officer. Another obvious one, but in this case I feel as though they lean a bit too heavily into it. Yes, he's a robot and yes, it's his job to know things, but I want to see his more dorky and silly side from time to time. Give us more Zane following a bird because it danced and him just chilling (literally) in the fridge at midnight for no reason type of stuff. After all, his greatest fear is losing his humanity.

Nya - The Strategist. I feel as though on a 'don't judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree' level, Nya is just as smart as Zane. Due to his physiology, Zane can hold much more raw information many times over Nya, but I feel as though Nya is much better at putting that information to use. Going back to Master of the Mountain (I realize I'm referencing it a lot, its still fresh in my mind), when Kai and Zane were lost, they relied entirely on the raw data from Zane's internal compass, and because of that they got lost and had to rely on Geckles capturing them to reach their settlement. On the other hand, when Lloyd, Jay, and Nya were lost, Nya was able to determine the location of the Munce settlement by searching for signs of life and finding footprints. Also, I think this characterization fits the Master of Water really well considering water adapts to whatever environment it resides in.

The new Ninja from Dragons Rising are still very inexperienced and still haven't really found their grooves within the team, but I'm still gonna try and analyze them here.

Arin - ???. Right now, Arin's main skills are his unique Spinjitzu skills and his talent with a grappling hook. Its still so early in his Ninja training that he hasn't really carved out a distinct role for himself, though I hope this changes as time goes on. Not too long ago I proposed a cool idea for his future if any of y'all wanna take a look at that here.

Sora - The Technical Specialist. While I don't enjoy the idea of PIXAL being replaced as the Ninja's primary vehicle builder, with Sora being the Elemental Master of Tech it seems very possible that this is where things are headed. Instead of that, I think it better for her to either focus on using her skills in the field or to specialize in Mechs. Both of these ideas come from the Elemental Mech mini-series. I thought the idea of switching up parts on a mech in the middle of a battle to be a fun concept and one giving credence to her being a Field Tech, and whenever she uses her Elemental Powers its for the purpose of creating or altering or fixing a mech about half of the time.

Wyldfyre - The Dragon Expert. Even before the Merge, the Ninja encountered Dragons a lot. Now that there are dragons seemingly everywhere, Wyldfyre seems like the perfect liaison for communicating with these dragons, assuming she can learn to cool off when its needed. She also seems to know a good amount about dragons, considering that she was easily able to identify the Wasting Sickness and make a soup to help ease the pain it caused. There's still a lot she needs to learn before anyone can consider her an expert, but with her love of dragons and the belief that she is one, I think she'd be more than willing to learn.

And there you have it. If you have any ideas or head cannons or questions surrounding this topic, I'd love to hear them!

[creatingblackcharacters]

apologies if applicable, but theres something thats been bugging me about one of my ocs, but i dont really trust myself to discern whether its racist or not on my own

the character is a tf2 demoknight oc. theyre a magic sword forged during the golden age of piracy in port royal, jamaica (chosen for being a major hub of piracy but yeah) and, shortly after, enchanted by a wizard, granting them sapience and incredible magic powers. they were weilded by various famous pirates, but eventually got stuck on a sinking ship and left at the bottom of the ocean for ~220 years. after being recovered by divers, breaking out of a museum, and finding a corpse to possess, theyre now off on their own working as a demoknight for RED

the problem comes from a combination of two things: though the vast majority of my ocs are nonhuman, i like to think occasionally about what they would be like if they were human; and given the place they were forged, the fact the corpse theyre posessing is Black because theyre a demoknight and demoman/knight ocs are expected to be Black or otherwise of color, and the fact that theyre a demoknight, its difficult not to see their human self as Black

but they spent a good chunk of their existence as just a tool/weapon for others to use, which could be kinda racist on a meta level, thinking about it

if it is racist, i can think of two ways to potentially remedy it: either make it so they arent percived as Black, or change their backstory so all their past "weilders" were being actively posessed by them (and thus could more accurately be described as being weilded by them)

I gotta be honest, there's a lot going on here, that I feel like I don't have enough knowledge of the canon to really make a judgment 😅

I definitely see that it can be awkward bc given your time period, ye olde Slavery is something to consider as you have this Black character being built and then wielded as a tool. I do like your second option; let their wielders be Black, too. Why should their identity be changed?

Why do they have to possess a corpse? Maybe... Idk, someone Black who would want to be a part of this deal? Maybe a descendant of a past wielder? I wish I had better answers but I admit I am a bit overwhelmed by this one.

[janessa-lapiz]

Okay... So I decided to make a comic about my TF2 OC Diver joins the team. And also I'll just post 5 pages a day to finish

Page 1-5 ( you're here ), Page 6-10, Page 11-15, Page 16-20, Page 21-25, Page 31-35, Page 36-41

[zeethenecromancer]

Howdy! (INTRO, PLEASE READ)

My name is Zee, I'm a young artist, writer, and amatuer necromancer! This is my personal blog where I mostly just reblog things and post fanart, other info below the cut.

OTHER BLOGS

@the-mirage-forest - OC/Art blog for Welcome To The Mirage, following two children as they explore a mysterious forest. This is what I draw most of the time, so it's basically my artblog.

INTERESTS

Plants Vs. Zombies

Slime Rancher

Viva Pinata

Pikmin

TF2

Don't Starve

Costume Quest

Bugsnax

DREDGE

Psychonauts

Cult of The Lamb

Dave The Diver

Wobbledogs

Crypt Of The Necrodancer

Coraline

Wakfu

Hilda

...Probably more TV I can't remember at the moment.

If I reblog/post something that you think needs a trigger warning, please let me know! My AO3 is ZeeTheNecromancer too.

[tf2heritageposts]

i love running this blog, it’s like being a diver who brings up shit from the titanic only instead of antique jewelery or wine, it’s tentaspy at a furry con or tf2 vs overwatch discourse from 2014

[jamisonwritestf2trash]

im giving the tf2 mercs jojo stands now

scout: highway star (he go fuckin NYOOM)

soldier: Sex Pistols (sentient, controllable bullets)

pyro: lake of fire (my fanmade stand that allows rhe user to manipulate fire)

demo: killer queen (bombs. duh)

engi: not quite sure for him yet, but possibly sticky fingers or red hot chili pepper

heavy: unsure, maybe diver down? idk

spy: dead ringer (it works the same as in game, but make it into a stand!)

medic: purple haze. infects enemies with a virus tjat can kill tjem and disentigrwte their flesh in 30 seconds.

sniper: aerosmith! a small little airplane, a good ranged stand for him. shoots infinte bullets and a missile

Ooooo very cool hcs! :)

[scoutbot]

beep boop

pronouns: he/him

setting: skaiason combinatory canon

story: beep boop is a penodir who, some way or another, found out about the resets and decided to get the fuck out of dodge before it happened (again) to him. its kind of hard to find legit work when your species is only known for murder, so beep boop ended up becoming a space pirate for hire. after becoming accustomed to the fact that he was killing sapient beings, beep boop became one of the most feared and well known space pirates for hire in the galactic underworld, known both for his sheer talent at his job and killing any boss who disrespected him. some stuff happens after this, but its not really worked out enough to put here.

navyman's bane (navy for short)

pronouns: they/them

setting: tf2

story: navyman's bane is a sword forged during the golden age of piracy and then enchanted by a wizard, making them both sapient and and incredibly powerful magic sword. i dont know if navy was forged for pirates, but in any case they ended up being weilded primarily by various pirates, resulting in many a navy ship sunk and many a vessel plundered until, sometime in roughly 1719, they got stuck on a sinking ship. terrified of being corroded into nothing by the relentless might of the sea, navy spent the next few hundred years using their power to push away the ocean water, exhausting themself despite being in an air pocket. they were discovered by divers in the 1940s and put in a museum, where they stayed for a few months before they got tired of sitting around doing nothing and broke out. navy found a dead body to use as a puppet (one of the few powers they still had access to) and started doing mercenary work, the closest thing to the life of piracy they were used to. eventually they got picked up by mannco and yeah

[scuba-divers]

Currently at a convention and at this point it is just a guessing game of 'is that guy cosplaying Scout or are they just a dude in a red t-shirt with a black cap?'