#took me years to figure that out /ref

[humanfox030]

Not enough. Need more

[svampira]

Elias's ref sheet for artfight ^^

[tmntseparatedaucompetition]

Competitors Masterpost

How Its Set Up: Name (linked description post) - Creator // #tag i use for it

The creators are on the description post, I just didn’t want to ping a bunch of people.

Gemini AU - @/tangledinink // #gemini

Separated Leo AU - @/dianagj-art // #sep leo au

The Night - @/y0unginhumans // #the night

How I Met Our Brothers - @/soapiemomorphine // #how i met our brothers

Ripples and Fate - @/bluesgras // #ripples and fate

Split by Space - @/purplescience // split by space

Mikey’s Imaginary Friends - @/tblsomedoodles // #mikeys imaginary friends

Michelangalone - @/error-code400 // #michelangalone

Diamond in the Repo Yard - @/kqrmen1 // #diamond in repo yard

Through the Thicket - @/gayest-squrrel // #through the thicket

Sometimes Plans Change - @/waytoobsessed // #sometimes plans change

Magic and Masks - @/bucketofbugz // #magic and masks

Shattered Puzzle - @/thevoidisscreamingbackatyou // #shattered puzzle

Lost Under the Sea - @/easterartist // #lost under the sea

Growing Pains - @/cuuno // #growing pains

Lost in the Storm - @/masquerain-with-a-mask // #lost in storm

Prodigy - @/khlegacynexus // #prodigy

Bowboys - @/gl4ssfan // #bowboys

Spare Parts - @/miniyunart // #spare parts

Shadow of the Krang - @/0ddbugs // #shadow of the krang

Tentative Devotee - @/s0ftiw1tch // #tentative devotee

Villain PB&J Duo - @/onionninjasstuff // #villain pbj duo

Mutant Manhunt - @/baskeigh-ball // #mutant manhunt

Never Better - @/less-depresso-more-espresso // #never better

Red Rover - @/red-rover-au // #red rover

The Little Prince - @/beannary // #little prince

Even More of a Disaster - @/3lectricinsomnia + @/teaablue // #emd

Not a Run of the Mill Family - @/moontidemints // #not run of mill family

Adolescence of a Hidden Hero - @/egg04 // #hidden hero

Under Wraps - @/soulsavepoint // #under wraps

Hueso Raised Leo - @/shardkn1ght // #hueso raised leo

Snapdragon AU - @/bluesgras // #snapdragon

Empyrean Weeping - @/cupcakeslushie // #empyrean weeping

Bloodbath - @/trubblegumm // #bloodbath

Adopted Mikey AU - @/tblsomedoodles // #adopted mikey

Life Mission: Save My Brothers - @/daedelweiss // #life mission

Honey’s Mama’s Boys - @/honey-rye // #honeys mamas boys

100 Feet and a World Away - @/dandylovesturtles // #100 feet and a world away

Where You Belong - @/nights-flying-fox // #where you belong

New Phone Who Dis - @/rbtlvr // #new phone who dis

Lights of the City - @/cuuno // #lights of city

Banana Split - @/alexcant578 // #banana split

Warriors Heart - @/peanutrat20 // #warriors heart

Autumn Leaves Grow Premavera Strings - @/mystic-findings-collection // #algps

[honkytonk-hangman]

When Jake Met Polly

Jake 'Hangman' Seresin x Reader

Summary: Jake likes to flirt with his Air Traffic Controller or Jake Seresin has never seen When Harry Met Sally.

Warnings: Not much, fluff, flirting and refs to sex.

Note: This is just a short little idea i've had for agesss... reader has a 'name' but it's just her callsign, Polly, as in, short for Polaris. Ty to @hangmanssunnies i wuv u <3

“Hangman to Tower, I am coming in hot.”

You roll your eyes at the all too familiar voice that crackles through your radio, a smile pulling at your lips as you adjust your microphone and briefly throw a glance over your shoulder, just to make sure your commanding officer wasn’t lingering.

“Tower to Hangman. We are appalled at the gross lack of radio etiquette on display,” you respond. Barely a few seconds pass before you receive a reply.

“Come on, Polly, we've been working together for over a year now, what’s a little informality between colleagues?” Hangman says, and despite his jet only being a blip on your horizon still, you know he’s grinning.

“A commercial airline, Lieutenant.” You deadpan, your own smile growing as his laughter comes down the line. “You are cleared for landing, proceed to runway B,” you continue, not wanting him to have to ask again seeing as his approach was cutting it close already.

“Polly, have I ever told you that you’re my favourite Controller?” He asks as you watch him enter the pattern, and click your pen.

“Only every day we work together, Lieutenant.” There’s a beat of quiet as he expertly manoeuvres his jet toward the correct runway.

“And how sexy your voice is?” He goes on, sounding vaguely distracted.

“Once again, Lieutenant, this is not a commercial airline.” You respond, twirling your hair around your finger at his compliment anyway.

He doesn’t reply, and a shock of horror flickers through you as you watch the jet touch down once, something happening with his landing gear that makes the jet shudder, then seem to bounce momentarily before it drops back onto the tarmac and skids to a stop.

“Hangman, do you require the emergency crew?!” You ask quickly, eyes scanning the aircraft as it powers down fully. You wait tensely as the canopy pops up, and a broad figure jumps out, scrambling down the ladder, and once on the ground, he bends low to get a look at the problem.

“No, Polly, thank you. Seems the landing gear malfunctioned, must’ve been in a position to sustain damage once I landed…” his voice trails off, and you watch him straighten, and greet the ground crew who’d raced over to help.

“Glad you’re safe, Lieutenant. Tower out.” You say as he begins discussing with the crew, but briefly turns up toward the tower and raises a hand.

You let out a sigh of relief and settle back in your seat.

–

Around lunch time you make your way down to the tarmac. Hangman’s jet had been cleared off some time ago, and by now you know reports would have been filed, including your own, and his aircraft will have been taken in for inspection and repairs. You’re milling around the ‘crash’ site, inspecting the scrape marks left behind when you hear footsteps from behind approaching you.

“Can I help you ma’am?”

You know his voice immediately, but you know his face too, and when you at last turn back to him you’re graced by the sight of it, bright and unworried, despite the accident he’d had earlier.

“Oh, don’t mind me! I just watched someone bounce their jet off my tarmac earlier, just checking for potholes,” you tell him wrly. It takes a moment, but his face flashes with recognition and soon he’s taking a step towards you.

“Polly?!” Hangman asks, sounding surprised. You hum in response, then round on him.

“Where is it that you found your qualifications, Liuetenant? We should probably return them,” you tease him. Hangman only takes up a stance and stretches his arms out, his flight suit stretching desperately around his biceps as he does.

“Oh, Polly, if I’d known that was all it took to get you down here, I’d have started chipping bits off months ago,” he flirts shamelessly. You smile at him but don’t speak and after a moment, he drops his arms again, crossing them over his chest instead and blinking at you curiously. “What?” he asks.

Your smile grows, and you shake your head at him.

“Your terrible lines work better when I can see you, that's all,” you inform him, making him uncross his arms and laugh.

“I would say that’s generally the case, even if a guy ain’t me,” he replies coolly. You only shake your head again, and look back out at the expanse of tarmac ahead of you.

“Thanks to you getting your pilots lisence off the back of a cereal box, we’ve ruined our Sleepless in Seattle thing,” you say with a forlorn sigh.

When you look back at Hangman he’s frowning at you in confusion.

“Our what?” he asks. You roll your eyes and turn to face him fully at last, waving your hand as you speak.

“You know, our Sleepless in Seattle thing. We talk all this time, but never meet, and if we cross paths, we don’t realise it? It’s ruined now,” you accuse him lightly. Hangman hums, and seems to think for a moment.

“I get to be Meg Ryan in this situation, right?” he says, making you chortle.

“Well you’d have to be. No way I’d leave 90s Bill Pullman!”

“Well, what if we’re not Sleepless in Seattle? What if we’re more… When Harry Met Sally?” he suggests. You squint at him.

“Have you seen that film? I’m not sure that’s the implication you want to go for…” you ask him, making him falter for a moment.

“That’s the one with the emails right?” he responds unsurely. You laugh again, and shake your head.

“No, that’s You’ve Got Mail.”

“What the hell did I just suggest, then?” 

You stare at him for a moment, and can’t stop yourself from grinning up at him.

“More or less not speaking for like ten years, but on the rare occasion we do meet up, we argue,” you tell him, watching him frown even deeper, and shake his own head this time.

“That would be kinda hard, considering you’re the voice in my head,” he says.

“Oh, so we’re doing Her now!”

Hangman fixes you with a deadpan expression and a slightly smirk.

“I don’t even want to know.”

You laugh at him, and begin walking, unsurprised when he immediately joins you, falling into step at your side. “So,” he begins again after a moment, peering down at you. “Despite playing hacky sack on your tarmac, you still gonna let me take you out?”

You falter briefly, but keep walking, this time glancing up at him.

“I didn’t think you were being serious all those times you asked me out,” you don’t bother hiding your surprise. Hangman looks back at you, squinting, and cocks his head.

“At this point I think you’ve shot me down more than Dagger combined, why would I not be serious?” he asks you, sounding oddly serious. You chuckle.

“Right, so, say if, I don’t know, Rooster got a few more hits on you, you wouldn’t leave me hangin’ would you?” you know you’ll say yes, but you can’t help but tease him a little longer.

Hangman raises an eyebrow at you and grins wide and beautiful.

“You? Never,” he says. “Mostly because I’m legally obligated to respond when you speak to me.”

You lift your own eyebrow and fix him with a wry smile.

“I like that in a man.”

Hangman laughs.

–

“I mean it, your voice is sexy,” Jake tells you once he’s sat back down from replacing your drinks. You can’t help but chortle and stir your cocktail with the straw.

“Really? Me telling you to line up and wait in the pattern gets you going?” you ask. Jake grins, but nods very seriously as he takes a short sip of his beer.

“Absolutely. I also like when you tell me about the weather and conditions, and direct me to land.”

Leaning forward with your elbows on the table between you, you put your chin in your hands.

“I liek when you flirt with me,” you begin, waiting for him to smirk at you before continuing on. “And you don’t realise my boss is in the room, so I just have to respond ‘roger’ and ‘acknowledged’ whenever you say something stupid,” you finish. Jake rolls his eyes and leans forward to meet you.

“To be fair, I’d probably be saying something stupid anyway,” he tells you.

You have to let out a laugh at that and finally lean back again.

“Oh yeah, that reminds me, are you ever gonna tell us all how to ‘bury a fossil’? You know, those things that you famously dig up and do not bury?” you tease, earning another eyeroll. Jake shrugs and copies your movements.

“I foretold Mav’s career comeback, didn’t I?”

You laugh again, but this time, get a good look at him sitting casually across from you, out of uniform and seemingly more relaxed than you’ve ever seen, or heard.

“I like your voice too,” you tell him at last, smiling a little at how he seems to preen at your praise. “Your accent is more pronounced face-to-face though, and you don’t sound like you’re performing all the time.”

Jake takes a sip of his beer and shrugs again.

“Can’t be Hangman all the time,” he says. You make a face.

“I like Hangman. He entertains me at work… but I think I like the guy who hasn’t seen When Harry Met Sally, and has a Fisher-Price pilot's lisence even more.”

Jake laughs and nods at you.

“Splash one,” he says before he leans in to you again. “Toddler’s generally have pretty good taste, in my opinion, they’re all about shapes and colours and boobs… can’t fault ‘em!”

You have to laugh and concede that at least, the two of you clinking drinks before you continue to flirt and chat for the rest of the evening.

When Jake drops you back at yours, you invite him inside, under the guise of lending him your DVD copy of When Harry Met Sally, but when he simply lingers in your living room, you start to consider other tactics.

“Jake?” you say, standing up from ‘searching’ your stack of DVD’s and facing him. “This is the part where you save me from admitting I don’t really own a physical copy of the film by having sex with me,” you inform him dutifully, watching as he straightens up and blinks at you. Then, he’s shaking his head, smiling, and taking a step closer toward you.

“I guess every good rom-com does have an earth shattering lie at its core, doesn’t it?” he steps closer, and this time, anchors his hands at your waist, tugging you into him a little more.

“Let's skip the conflict part and go straight to the happy ending, shall we?”

[apomaro-mellow]

Every Baby Needs a Daddy 12

Part 11

@spectrum-spectre before you say anything, there's no smut in this one so go to sleep and read it at a more reasonable hour

In Eddie's fantasy world, he took off in a plane with Steve, escorted him back to Indiana, dropped him off at the door of the home he'd be staying at, giving him a very thorough scenting before letting him go.

But Eddie had work to take care of and Steve said he would be fine. And Eddie had gotten the hang of figuring out when Steve meant what he said. It wasn't hard. Whenever he wanted to be spoiled, he put that bratty lilt to his voice. They parted ways, Eddie having rubbed himself all over Steve before they exited the car, then again before getting to the check out counter.

Eddie was avoiding notice by wearing his hair in a braided bun and big sunglasses. He insisted on getting Steve a first class ticket. It was the only way to keep too many people from rubbing against him and thus making his scent fade sooner.

"Don't miss me too much", Eddie teased, looking over the rim of his shades.

Steve wrapped his arms around his neck. "I already do, Daddy", he whispered. He kissed him and then murmured against his lips. "Can't stop thinking about it. In less than ten days..."

Eddie put his hands to Steve's waist. He couldn't wait either. They'd be reuniting for Steve's heat. But they weren't coming back together just for that. While Steve was pretty regular and was 99% it would come when he said it did, Eddie would have Steve on the first jet to Texas on January 1st.

Steve thoroughly enjoyed the luxury of first class and landed back home with less than half the stress of a normal plane flight. Eddie had been a little zealous in spending on him sometimes, and it reflected in how much money he sent to Steve so that he could get a ride at the airport. Steve had specifically told him that Lucas could have picked him up and then he'd be with family for the rest of the time.

Eddie must've heard something different because when Steve checked his venmo, he was several hundred dollars richer. When Lucas picked him up, he decided that money could be well spent doing some last minute shopping.

"You know, I'm actually kind of relieved", Lucas said as they packed the last of the stuff into his trunk.

"Why?", Steve asked.

"I thought when you started being a sugar baby and junk you'd turn into a different person. But you're still Steve."

Steve smiled. "Didn't go through a name change last I checked."

"You know what I mean. You were still cursing out the ref at the game back in DC. And you got Robin a mug with a weird picture, not like a diamond encrusted dog bowl or something."

"She's gonna love the mug more than that. And the ref had his blinders on for the whole first half."

Steve didn't realize how relieved he was to hear that though, that he had retained the real parts of himself even though he felt completely changed by Eddie. Would he start to change in time? How long would it take? His reverie was broken when Lucas pulled into the driveway of his home.

"Okay, so Dustin told my parents you were seeing someone and Mike told them it was someone famous but they don't know it's Eddie Munson."

Steve felt his stomach drop. "Do they know that I'm?"

Lucas shook his head. "You get to tell them that."

"You've gotta be fucking kidding me", Steve groaned.

The last thing he wanted to tell the people who helped him through the final years of high school and the first couple of college was that he was getting dicked down by a celebrity and was falling for him too. The Sinclairs were more like his parents than his actual mom and dad.

They didn't hold back either, bringing it up the moment he entered and they got their hugs.

"Dustin told us you're seeing someone?", Mrs. Sinclair said.

Steve snuck an ear twist as Dustin walked by with a grin, one that the Sinclairs definitely noticed but let him get away with. He had to be honest not just because of how important they were, but because they'd find out everything sooner or later. New traveled fast online and he was honestly surprised they didn't know more already.

"I met him one night at a bar. He covered my dinner when I was a little short", Steve said as his hands were kept busy helping with the food preparation.

"Sounds like a gentleman", Mr. Sinclair said.

Lucas and his friends were sitting in the living room, which Steve was thankful for. He knew they'd want to spill every last bean. He got away with giving them minimal info: Eddie's first name, the fact he was a musician, an alpha, and that they'd been on a few dates.

That night, he cornered Dustin and Mike and made them swear to keep their mouths shut about anything else.

"Lucas got basketball tickets. We should get something to", Mike said.

"How's about you don't get a tanned hide?", Steve offered, eyes hard.

Christmas went as usual, Steve spent the day of and day after in the Sinclair home, then returned to his own apartment where Robin was already waiting to celebrate New Years. He didn't get two feet into the door before she was feeling his stomach.

He rolled his eyes. "I'm not-"

"But you could be. I know you and your cumslut tendencies. So I know you're not making him wrap it up."

"But I'm still taking my birth control", Steve said.

"You just know that if you get knocked up I'll have no choice but to move back in with you and help you raise this pup", Robin said.

"There is no pup. And I wouldn't make you do that."

"I would though. For you", she promised.

"I know Robs. That's why I'm not gonna let it happen. If I wanna have his baby, you'll get a six month notice before we conceive."

"Thank you for that."

They spent December 31st ordering take out from three different places and binging Empire. When it got to the time for real festivities to begin, they turned the tv to where Eddie said he was going to be performing.

"So that's your beau. He's not bad", Robin complimented. "How's the rest of the band?"

"They're great. I think you and Jeff would really get along. He's actually really into brass instruments too. And Gareth knows a bunch of nerd languages."

"You mean like Klingon and Elvish?"

"And apparently he's learning Atlantean."

Midnight came and Steve kissed her forehead and Robin kissed his cheek.

--------------------

The next day, he was packed and ready to hop on his flight. Robin dropped him off and hugged him tight enough to hold him over until the next time they met. His ticket was first class again and when he landed in Austin, he was already feeling a tingling under his skin. He missed his alpha. Need his scent, his touch, the rumble of his voice.

Because of this, while he loved the other CC boys, he was a little disappointed to see them awaiting his arrival and not Eddie.

"The Ed-man had to finish something in the studio last minute", Gareth explained as they led Steve to the car.

"Thanks for picking me up, guys", Steve certainly preferred them over a stranger from Uber.

Grant drove the way back, taking them to a mansion that had Steve's jaw dropping. He was no stranger to big houses, but he was used to them being simply for status. They'd been grand but sterile, devoid of any personality. The moment Steve stepped in, he could see that wasn't true for this place. He could pick out each of the resident's scents, could see each of their quirks as he was given a tour of the place.

They saved Eddie's room for last and he found out when Eddie barreled down the hallway to meet them at his door.

"They're really good pack", Steve said as Jeff, Grant, and Gareth left the two of them alone.

"I knew I could trust them with you." Then Eddie kissed him about six times. "For all the missed mistletoe." Then again. "For New Year's."

Steve laughed against his lips. "You gonna show me the bedroom anytime soon? I'd love to lie down, Daddy."

Eddie bit his lip, looking nervous all of a sudden as he slowly opened the door. Steve wanted to take in everything. After all, a bedroom could tell you a lot about a person. But his attention was immediately grabbed by the bed situation and what was sitting on the bench in front of it. There was a thin quilt turning it into a canopy bed, much like the den Eddie had made in their hotel room back in New York.

Steve recognized the pattern from what he'd heard before. Jeff's handiwork. And by the foot of the bed was a small bench where a collection of clothes sat. Steve went right to them and took a whiff of the first shirt. It was so undeniably Eddie, he would have thought his neck was pressed to his nose were he not still by the door.

Then he picked up a tank top and caught notes of lemon and ginger. "Are these...?"

"I tried to scent a lot of stuff before you got here, the boys helped out too. I hope that was okay?" His hands were stuck in his pockets and his back was tensed like he might run.

"It's more than okay", Steve reassured him.

"And the den? You like it? I can always change it if you don't. We've got tons of linens here, all that can be scented in a moment's notice and-"

"Eddie", Steve put a hand to his arm. "It's great. Now...", he held up one of the garments. "Help me nest?"

Eddie swallowed and nodded. He followed Steve's lead as they arranged everything on the bed for maximum comfort. Once Steve was satisfied, he sank down into it, smirking when he saw the way Eddie gingerly lied down next to him.

"Your first time doing a heat?", Steve asked.

"I've been around omegas in heat before. Just not as the uh, let's say star alpha", Eddie admitted.

Steve turned so his back was against Eddie's chest and pulled his arm over him. It took Eddie a moment, but he got comfortable and melted against his body. The exhaustion from the flight and being up for hours finally got to him and Steve closed his eyes.

When he opened them hours later, his body was warm and he felt a wetness between his legs.

Part 13

Tag Team CLOSED

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[isabellamagic]

Diana and 47 things I commissioned part 3, aka my favorite batch

Let's kick it off with the thing that actually started this entire "isa throws money into the fire for hitman commissions" journey

Airport chibis

I wanted a custom fourana figure so I made the drawing above for the clay artist to follow (I had more refs but this was the main part)

For the figure, I love the hair shading, it's super cool, the way the artist matched my chair design 1:1 was pretty neat, and the tiny bag next to Diana was so carefully made, it's impressive

One thing to note is that I wasn't given any updates during the figure making progress, so I'm a little bummed about it. The expression didn't 100% match my idea, and the way they sit wasn't really natural lol. I had to do some adjustments after I received the figures (paint smears, cracks, leaning issues), so I wish they had allowed me to give feedback during the process

This was the first thing I commissioned, while it took a while to be finished (sep 2023-july 2024), I do like how they turned out, quirks and all

Bonus agent burnwood and miss 47, and also my nails I guess

Tiny posable dolls

Once again, my drawing was used as a reference. These cost so much for such a tiny size that I would probably never do it again lmao ($150!!!!!!)

I do have nendoroid dolls in mind for the future though, but they will require more time since I have to source many parts like faceplates, hair sculpts, outfits, shoes ect

Despite the insane price, these are indeed very cute, and I'm glad my design was just slapped onto their faces, they look like my drawings have come to life and that's super cool

Last but not least,

Papercut drawing based on @/inuitaiyo's fanart:

+ desk setup, I finally found clothes for the plushies

I saw SUN's fanart years ago and it's been lingering in my mind ever since, so when I found an artist that can do papercut drawings, my mind immediately went to that artwork. It's my favorite 47 diana fanart, it's so subtle and amazing, and SUN's gorgeous style was the cherry on top. I'm glad that the artist I worked with managed to capture what I love about the original artwork

I had total control over the entire process of this comm, so I added a neat little detail: If you look under Diana's hair, you can kinda see her eyes looking down at 47's lips ehehehe. I made sure that was gonna happen no matter what lol. I'm so happy it worked so well

That's all for now. Next time should hopefully be me finally getting custom fourana nendoroid dolls + a 1/6 scale mendoza diana doll. We'll see, money is a limited resource after all

One more link to SUN's art to end this because I think it deserves so much more love

[orion4ever]

ahem may i please request a step 1 ren fic? MC gets injured (like a sprained ankle or something) and no one else but Ren is around to help and they end up getting carried by Ren which leads them to getting closer

thank you 🫡

Author’s Note: Hiii! I hope you enjoy this! I must supply the Ren lovers their dinner before they start migrating to cities and feeding off the souls of the innocent…Anyway this takes place in step 1 , so I will be using He/Him to refer to Ren!

Idk how to feel about this. I need to start writing more fanfics instead of just head canons. I’ve noticed that i work better when i write stories in a first person point of view

Pairing(s): Darren/Ren/Renee Murray x MC

🩹

It was late, and the air was bitter. Darren pedaled his bike with everything he had in him.

Darren wasn't normally this eager to go home, but his mother had warned him that today's weather would be the coldest it had been all year. He had been out for hours and wanted to slip into his soft bed with a big cup of-.

‘Sniffle’

Darren slowed his bike down and turned his head, he had just ridden past..you. Darren wanted to just continue and pretend he didn’t notice you but he didn’t want it to be more awkward when you confront him about it. Plus, there was something wrong. You weren’t on your wheels, you were sitting on the ground with your hands on your ankle and your forehead touching your knees.

It reminded Darren of Qiu during ballet, warming up, and stretching. That wasn’t what this was though.

Darren turned his bike around and slowly peddled back to where you were sitting. He took off his helmet and shook out his helmet hair.

“MC? What are you doing, it’s going to get cold soon.”

He said hesitantly like he was talking to a wounded animal. He didn’t understand why it was so hard for him to talk to you.

You looked up and he froze.

Tears were brimming in your eyes and small scratches scattered on your cheek and forehead.

“…Darren.” You sniffled, struggling to breathe.

Darren kneeled to be at your level. He had thoughts running marathons in his mind. ‘What were you doing out this late?’ , ‘Are you hurt?’ , ‘What happened?’

Darren assessed the situation and took a closer look at your ankle. Your ankle was blue, purple, and green. It looked muddied and gross like a banana gone bad.

“Did you fall on your ride?”

You didn’t answer him, no longer being able to hold back the tears. You sobbed quietly.

“H-hey! Come on, what’s crying going to solve?” He didn’t want to be harsh but he was trying to figure out what to do.

“M’sorry.. I haven’t been able to put any weight on it. I've been sitting here for I don’t even know how long…” you wiped your eyes with your sleeves.

Darren put his bike helmet on his bike’s handlebars and then extended his arms.

“Let me help you up.”

You hesitated, remembering how uncomfortable he was around you in the beginning but Darren shook his head; predicting your dilemma.

“Its fine. I don’t want to leave you out here.”

Your tear filled eyes brighten and you smiled.

“Don’t look at me like that”

He didn’t mind though.

He had your arm over his shoulder in a weird side hug, he made sure to remind you to keep your injured ankle off the ground and to put your weight on him.

You had to abandon your wheels since Darren only had one hand that he was already using on his bike.

Darren begrudgingly promised to go back for it in the morning for you, seeing as your ankle resembled a 90-degree angle.

“..Why are you helping me? I thought you didn’t like me?”

Darren’s frown grew. He didn’t realize that was what you got from him.

“It's not like that-. It’s it’s just how I am with new people.” He tried to explain, walking slowly so that you wouldn’t struggle to keep his pace.

“I didn’t mean to make you feel like I didn’t like you. You’ve been nice to me and Qiu, I am sorry..”

You gave Darren a small smile while patting him on the shoulder.

“That means alot.”

You both walked home in silence, it got dark but the air was no longer bitter; it was refreshing.

[cyberstarlope]

I finally figured out my outfit design for nari it only took like 10 months

sorry the notes are so small they're mostly for me (will probably make a clean ref at some point. maybe. in 10 years)

[megoomy]

tales of berseria au of vesperia - raven/schwann

rambling and ref images under the cut

finally re emerging from my cave to talk about raven. if anyone was looking forward to more of these(??) sorry for the long break. my output is extremely unpredictable. anywaysss

[shuffling papers] between the "theres two of them" and the fact that he has a somewhat japanese inspired outfit AND a knight persona, raven seemed like an obvious fit for "kind of the rangetsu brothers". also, i once saw schwann before playing vesperia, and thought to myself "that must be raven's brother". which is really funny. (to me at least)

so raven is a daemon and its visibly obvious in his raven persona. but as schwann, its a big secret and he's a high ranking praetor in the abbey. i think this might make him a semi-willing therion? in any case, he's still been reshaped and controlled by alexei.

hes also filling the role of traitor but maybe not in the same way he did in vesperia exactly and...certainly different from the berseria traitor in motives lmao. kidnapping estelle is still on the table i suppose but so is like, killing "aifread" (seifer) and stuff like that. as always this au exists in a permanently malleable state because i/we have no intention to write it and i welcome anyone else to do that.

design notes...i think the raven look is a fairly even split between vesperia raven's default outfit and the rangetsu brothers' clothes. didnt really pull anything from raven's alternate costumes on that one! as for schwann, it took a bit to figure out what i wanted. schwann has the one winged cape in vesperia, but i was really trying not to have him looking too much like artorius, because it felt weird LOL. ive been sticking pretty close to the standard abbey color scheme so far, but shigure has orange accents himself, so i figured schwann could have his orange as well. i feel like he ended up distinct enough?

the daemonblighted skin* obviously comes from rokurou as well. in raven's case, its on his face where his schwann haircut would cover it, trailing down to vaguely the shape of his blastia heart. my wife joked that this made him look a little like yuri (au) and that yuri's probably annoyed about it.

as with the last time i posted this stuff you're welcome to make derivative works, credit is nice but it's not a big deal, tag me if you want i would be delighted to see it.

we figured out some stuff for patty and karol and at some point i will finally nail down repede so maybe it wont be another year before i make another one of these! no promises though!

*i dont think this is ever used to describe rokurou's face or anything like that but "daemonblight" is the word used to describe the transformation into a daemon(/hellion) in berseria so this is how we've taken to describing it

[ask-impatient-samurott]

Kappa stands in your way.

Kappa has Gigantamaxed due to the explosion of the Wishing Star. The Accident of 15 years ago is happening again.

Will you help Nema take down this monster, and prevent another massacre?

[Event details below. Event ends Dec 15th.]

[Gmax Kappa's ref.]

<<PREV - NEXT>>

Event time! After watching the vote be somewhat evenly split for a while, I've decided to do a short sort of mini-event! (Making it short and sweet so it doesn't clash too badly with the other two events happening in the community rn lol)

The name of the game is this: Whittle down Kappa's health!

Create art or short written pieces of your muses from your Pokeask blogs attacking Kappa! One move or many moves, elaborate or quick posts, it doesn't matter! Kappa's health needs to be taken down!

When you make your post, @ this blog and tag the post with #aisfinale so I can find it! I will reblog your post with Kappa's reactions to your attacks and how much damage she took.

This is a very "anything goes" type of battle. Go nuts!

Some Rules:

No OHKOing or immediately defeating Kappa. I have plans for how this will end...

Remember, use characters from your own Pokeask blogs! No crossover blogs, please. (Fakemon are a-ok.)

As painful as it might be, Don't try to heal Nema! She'll figure her stuff out. Focus entirely on fighting Kappa!

I'm aiming for at least one post from everyone who wanted to participate, but if you want to attack multiple times, that's okay! Go for it!

If you would like your characters actions to be non-canon to your blog, let me know! So I don't come in with an ask about it later down the line. ^^'

A small hint, for those who want to do big damage: Aim for her headgear. ;)

If you have any questions at all, don't be afraid to message me! Here or on Discord! (sourdoughdw)

The event starts today! It will run from December 3rd to December 15th! Short, but hopefully just enough time for you!

Have fun!! I'm so excited to see your OC's in action!

[hirayaaraw]

Dwindling Faith and Unspoken Confession

Tags: friends to lovers; marriage for convenience / fake marriage; pining

Previous

Your mom already left. She rode the bus scheduled to leave in the afternoon after she gave you an earful sermon about marriage. But you decided to go to the city river and contemplate the things she said.

You hate the disappointing look she had in her eyes. Your life revolved around her approval and making her smile. Ever since her divorce with your Dad, your 8 years old mind made it a goal to make her happy and to not make your sister feel the abscence of a father figure. Despite all of the efforts, you never once felt you are enough. The one time you think she genuinely smile was during your graduation and her hugged validated your whole being.

"Getting married without letting me know. This is not you. Do you even understand the whole deal of being married?" After a long silence, these are her words to you. She is right. It's not a norm for you to jump on risky decision. You are calculative. You want assurance and safety net if all else fail. "It may be fun right now but years later? Where will you be? Divorced like me? Your dad and I dated each other for 3 years before getting married but look what happened. You and Wonwoo..."

She looked at you and you know she is trying to find the right words. And you know how her words always bite.

"Wonwoo is a nice kid but this is so abrupt. It's like you agreed without thinking. Men changes as they age. You'll never know when you are done being the apple of their eyes and next thing you knew he is now meeting a younger and more beautiful woman than you."

"Mom..." Your throat starts to feel constricted.

"Next thing you knew he will be serving you a divorce paper and you will realize your life revolved around him but to him you are just something he can dispose easily."

"That's you and dad, Mom. That's your life, not mine." You said so softly. You can feel the heaviness of your head. She shrugged what you said then gave you the dishes she cooked for you.

You took a deep breathe. You know that your life path is different than hers but your mind is tricking you to dive in this pool of anxiety. Your parents were in love but still this happened. On the other hand, you are just the only one in love in this marriage. You call it a wishfull thinking but you hope the friendship you have with him will be enough.

The raging thoughts ended when a message notification popped out from your phone. It's Wonwoo.

Wonwoo: Done meeting with Mom. :) Are you still with your Mom?

You: No. She already went home.

Wonwoo: Already? That's new.

Wonwoo: Are you already home?

You: I'm here at the cafe in riverbanks. I'll go home in a bit.

Wonwoo: Okay. I'll go there. Let's go home together.

It took 30 minutes for Wonwoo to reach you. When he saw you, he immediately notice your dark aura. He knew something went wrong. He took all the paper bags in his right hand. Wonwoo took your hand with his free hand like it belongs there. You felt safe and secured whenever he is around.

The sun is setting and rays of sunshine falling against his face. You held his hand tighter and enjoyed the moment. Trying to imprint it on your mind. Telling yourself that if all else fail, you will still be grateful you were given a chance to marry the love of your life.

Even in the drive on your way home which is just 10 minutes away from his place, he held your hand in every chance he gets. Upon arriving at home, you both organize the dishes in the ref.

"How did it went?" You asked him after keeping all the dishes. Wonwoo took out a tub of coffee ice cream and two spoons then pulled you to seat at the sofa.

"She's sad." Your shoulders fell down upon hearing it. You felt like everyone is against this. Wonwoo noticed it so he pinched your nose. "She is sad we did not invite her but Mom is so happy that it is you who I married."

Happy is an understatement. Wonwoo's mom is so excited knowing that you are her son's end game. She has been rooting for you and thought that Wonwoo has no chance on you.

"She said I made a good choice." Wonwoo nudged you lightly. He took a spoonful of ice cream and feed you. "When did I make a wrong choice?"

You laughed at his arrogant statement. Good choice. Funny how your mom criticize your decision to marry him but his mom praised this choice. You can't blame her. She has a different background and history than his mom.

"Congratulations for formally ending the endless blinddates." You shove a spoonful of ice cream to his mouth. Wonwoo grimaced at the cold and swallowed it while giving you a death stare. Without wiping his mouth, he gave you a kiss on your cheeks.

"Thank you for marrying me, wife." He grinned upon seeing the ice cream marks on your cheek.

"You are disgusting!" You took a tissue and wipe it away but giggled.

And there it is again, Wonwoo falling all over again. Head over heels. For some people falling in love makes everything goes slowmo but for him, it makes everything fast forward. He can see you laughing with him toothless and grey hair. Wrinkled skin and all but still loving you.

Wonwoo reached for your face to wipe the ice cream that were not removed. "How was it with your mom?"

You just smiled at him. Wonwoo's knows that smile. The smile that did not crinkle your eyes nor showed your dimples. It did not go well.

"She is worried." To put it in simpler terms. You don't know how to explain it to him that your mom went on assuming that he will cheat on you and leave you like an old rug. "Mom is just scared that I will walk on her path too."

Wonwoo knows your family story. Too well that he actually have a personal grudge on your dad. You remember how he went with you when your dad asked to meet you after 2 decades. He sat on a different table but made sure you can see him. You thought he is making ammends, but the truth your Dad wants to ask for a financial help upon hearing you graduated from college and got a great job in the city.

"Her concern is valid." Wonwoo said then took your hand and caress it gently. "Do you want me to talk with her?"

"She is still has clouds on her head right now. Not the best time." No words will come out from her nicely. Wonwoo nodded respecting your request. You just observed him eat with frown on his eyebrows and you know he is thinking how to make you feel okay.

"Can you promise me?" Wonwoo look at you with spoon on his mouth. You know this is ridiculous but you just want to say it to calm your heart. "If one day you find the one who made you fall in love, can you give me like heads up that you will divorce me and not surprised me with a divorce paper on the table?"

You laughed to make it light hearted, but Wonwoo's frown grew deeper. Suddenly, you feel scared. It is like you stepped on a landmine.

"We are not talking about this." Wonwoo said firmly. He dig the spoon on the ice cream tub then look straight at you.

"It's just a possibility, Won."

"And I don't like it. One week into marriage and we are talking about divorce." He scoffed and rolled his eyes. "It's bad luck."

"Are you serious? Since when did you became superstitious?" You laughed at him who is still frowning.

"I'm serious." You reach his cheeks and gently tap it. You can't help but smile upon noticing his pout. "I'm stucked with you until the end of my life. But of course, if you want me to leave..."

"Okay fine. We won't talk about it anymore." You cupped his cheeks. He looks adorable sulking right now. You giggled at how cute he looks right now.

Years since college but he can still make your heart flutter. You studied his face and took your time gazing on him without realizing that Wonwoo is staring at you with love. When you noticed his stares, you can feel him slowly crossing the distance between you.

You can feel the whole world moves in slow motion. You can feel your heart beat accelerating. When his lips found yours, your fears flew out of the window. Your hand encircled on his neck as he deepened the kiss.

This is different from the first kiss you shared with out of curiosity. This not like the kiss you shared with because both of you are drunk. This kiss blurs all the worry and fears you have.

Wonwoo wrap his arm around your waist and pull you on to his lap. You pulled away from him to breathe. You removed his eyeglasses slowly before lowering your face to capture his lips.

If this is greed, you are willing to sin because you want more of him. All the times you thought that you can settle for loving him from afar but now all you want is every inch of him.

And then one thing lead to another. Every corner of his apartment were filled by whispers of his and your name. Surrendering to each other because you both know that tomorrow will come and you still both have each other.

[theuncrucified]

What's this? Finally a new journal for the Exalted Secret Santa event?? Praise the Unconquered Sun! Check out the full rambling details about my characters, plus a brand new Abyssal character option for this year behind the cut!

Kalara Vadras, The Uncrucified Solar Exalted, Eclipse Caste, Righteous Devil

Mood Music: Meet me at the Top by Unsecret & Unbreakable by Fireflight

A passionate Merchant Prince (though most people refer to her as a 'Merchant Queen'), Kalara can often be found traveling Creation using her charm and wit towards the cause of achieving a more equitable economy and the abolishment of slave labor throughout the threshold.

While she has a friendly public face, her enemies whisper of her spy network, Kalara's "Tongues", who work quietly throughout Creation eliminating threats to her ambitions for Creation.

For more reference, see Kalara's full bio for more pics, etc.

Art Notes

She has a scar from a failed crucifixion on her left hand only, not both hands

NSFW art is ok! She's quite famous for being a free spirit with multiple unattached partners, but please nothing too hardcore into chains. This lady likes luxury. Tis silk or nothing!

Fashion

Feel free to play with her hair and clothing style without sticking too close to the ref. Kalara mixes things up a lot to either blend in on her travels OR to make a big impression, depending on the occasion. She's quite the fashionista!

Note that in her art she's dressed in everything from a Chiaroscuro glass gown to more casual wear with her green shirt. The look with the teal and gold with the jacket resting on her shoulders is her signature look, however.

Iconic Anima

Her totemic anima involves chains of sunlight wrapping around her arms and ankles as the links fall off one by one. Spikes of sunlight, which do not harm her, appear in her hands and melt away. Behind her, a phoenix with a long, trailing tail rises up behind her.

Weapons & Combat Style

Kalara prefers not to let others onto the fact that she's as powerful as she is and has created a whole other persona named Koh to do her gunslinging. She and Koh are rumored to be lovers, much to her amusement.

However, if she's ever backed into a corner as Kalara, her fighting style involves acrobatic agility while dual-wielding two Prayer Pieces made of jade and orichalcum with the punishing glory of the Righteous Devil martial art.

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Mask of Golden Lies, Abyssal Exalted, Moonshadow Caste

Mood Music: The Blackest Hand & Sunlit Grave by Mesa

This character is new for this year! Or at least this is the first time I've gotten the character out of my brain. He's been haunting there for years! He's still in development, so all of this might change.

The young man who would become Mask of Golden Lies came up from the slums of Gem, a slave who conned his way to freedom, but also earned the ire of the Despot when his greed got the better of him, tempting him to take on a risky heist involving the Despot's secret gem mine.

He fled north, thinking himself clever enough to evade the Despot's wrath by hiding in a valley ruled by a mysterious figure the locals worshipped, but others avoided.

It was there the bounty hunters found him, taking his life with the Despot's particular form of execution - forcing him to drink molten gold. They also took his forearms as trophies for the Despot's fort wall.

It was there in a shallow grave the Lover Clad in the Raiment of Tears found him afterwards, amused by this ambitious, failed thief and thinking him a useful tool with the grudge against society that laid heavy in his soul. She rebuilt his broken, mutilated body with the gold and jewels he craved in life and promised him the power to act on his ambitions that he sought in life.

As a servant of the Lover, Golden Lies' most common tactic is to manipulate rich rulers into positions of imbalance and either wipe out their rulers, usually with lavish events (a la Masque of the Red Death, which is definitely on theme for him), or prime them for manipulations that benefit he and his Deathlord.

Personality-wise, he enjoys disarming people with charm and good humor and is secretly always looking for a way out of his servitude to the Lover. His mortal life is muddled in his memory, but he recalls freedom being the one thing that was most important to him, alongside the silhouette of the face of the woman he truly owed that freedom too.

Art Notes

Golden Lies' forearms are translucent with metallic gold bones.

NSFW art is ok. He's quite the cad of both men and women, usually to pursue targets.

He likes the finer things in life after a mortal lifetime living as a slave. You won't see this man in rags unless he's in disguise.

This is his 'fair form'. He has one that's also hideous that shows the mutilated state of his body at death (think Raziel from Soul Reaver with the missing lower jaw), but he much prefers to look beautiful.

Iconic Anima

Glowing red chains appear all around Golden Lies, seemingly binding him until he forces his way through them. A halo of a sun pattern also appears behind his head. He is also accented by strange red eyes that appear in a flower pattern behind him to watch him intently, signifying perhaps his loyalty is not totally to the Lover, who is always watching him. Sadly I don't have ref art of this yet!

Weapons & Combat Style

He fights unarmed, preferring that personal touch when he is driven to close combat, which he tends to avoid (but doesn't entirely dislike). His golden bone arms also make for excellent rending weapons when put to good use. I haven't decided on what style he should have yet, but it should be an unarmed one.

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Happy Calibration and enjoy the new refs! I look forward to this event every year.

Had a little help with Lies' pose from @theposearchives

[juncodraws]

Alright friends, time for some BLINKOUS FANART, HOORAH!!!

Strap in, I've drawn a lot of my most favorite character ever of my favorite Netflix series Trollhunters over the years, and these are just my best ones.

Refs straight from the Trollhunters art book bc heck yeah concept art effin rules. Here we see one of his earlier designs (I really liked the gentle vibe of it), and then we see me turning him into a DRAGON YES I MADE DRAGON-BLINKY AND NO ONE CAN STOP ME:

^Dragon-Blinky encountering his evil twin Dictatious dragon. I remember it took like an hour trying to figure out his head. But, despite the poor photo quality, I think it came out good!

^Me when I finished my first viewing of the show😢

^Me when I'm depressed and need fictional comfort😢😢

And finally, fanart of that time I discovered Keksey Grammer's (Blinky's VA💙) performance of Live by the Hook as a version of Captain Hook, from Broadway's Finding Neverland. A FIRE song, highly recommend a listen. If I ever learn how to make animatics, I'm totally doing this.

But yeah I'm obsessed with this scholarly troll dad and no one can stop me c:

[thesupreme316]

how would the aew boys react to you breaking your nose if you can can you add Kenny thank you love you work🌺

AEW Stars React To: You Breaking Your Nose

yall are so sweet; thank you for supporting lil ol me ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Pairings: Kenny Omega x Reader, Eddie Kingston x Reader, Hook x Reader, Ricky Starks x Reader, Wheeler Yuta x Reader, Christian Cage x Reader, Santana x Reader,

Word Count: 920

Supreme Speaks: idk if I've done this before but here you go! thanks to anon for requesting this. please remember that you are loved and appreciated.

Warnings: mentions of father abandoning a bastard (typical Christian things), not proofread, mentions what happened for the reader to break their nose

Taglist: @wwenhlimagines @hooks-martin @hookerforhook @cassie0sstuff @triscillal @sheinthatfandom @eddie-kingstons-wifey

Kenny Omega (During training)

Kenny heard a small crack and immediately picked you up

Does not allow you to re-enter the ring and takes you to the doctor

Looks up home remedies to help you

Understands that you’re angry and tries to figure out ways to relieve you

“Do you want a coloring sheet? No, I don’t think you’re a child- okay now you’re acting like one…Yeah-uh”

Tells you stories about when he broke his (I can’t remember if he did) or his friends broke theirs

He tries to distract you from the pain by his jokes or practicing promos in front of you

Will intentionally mess up for you to smile

Kenny’s really upset that you’re injured but tries to brighten your day by any means possible

Eddie Kingston (Your opponent intentionally injured you)

I feel like I always say this…..EDDIE IS BIG MAD

Eddie is big on respect…he’ll respect you as long as you respect him and those he keeps close to him

Once he saw the ref throw up the X sign, oh Penta and Fenix had to hold him back from going to the ring

Then he saw your bloody face….he started to cuss out your opponent

And then he cussed out Kenny and the Bucks for allowing someone with bad blood to go against you

Will drive you personally to the hospital cause he needs to lay eyes on you

He’s ticking in so much anger that you’ll need to calm him down

“I’m fine doll, I just hate how a shithead couldn’t contain their displeasure to themselves. On the bright side, you still looked like a god/goddess....betta than their hating ass”

Santana (You took an extreme bump in the ring)

You took a facebuster on the ladder and then bounced off, rolling outside of the ring

Listen, this man would be the one to stop watching your match just out of fear (he hates you getting hurt)

Like he physically cannot watch the match anymore

Once he saw blood dripping down your face, he automatically asked for the match to be stopped or at least for you to stop participating

When you come backstage, he automatically hugs you as he doesn’t care about the blood on his shirt

“Mi amor, you scared me out there…I thought I had to go jail while you go to the hospital”

You have to hold him back from cursing out your opponent(s)

Distracts you with food and cuddles (DONT @ ME)

Wheeler Yuta (Your opponent accidentally injured you)

Baby boy is sad

He just looks like someone knocked the wind out of him; he hates seeing you bleed

Is subconsciously mad af at your opponent

Will literally baby you for the rest of the day, week, month, hell even year

“You’re not gonna take any more knees to the face. I won’t allow it….NO BIG BOOTS EITHER”

I think he would be the one to buy protective gear for you while Bryan and Mox look on in concern as he picks up everything in the damn store

He thinks that breaking your nose limits all activity and movement for you

Will not let a minute go by without him saying how pretty you are (with and without a straight nose)

Hook (Someone was trying to fight him and they hit you)

Okay…… man is literally the devil

Will make sure that you are okay before tossing the person over his head

He is punching the shit out of them until he looks over at you and sees blood

Hook gives one more punch before carrying you to a safe corner

He immediately gets you ice before taking you to the doctor

Feels guilty about you getting hit, mentally beats himself up

“I’m so sorry that I allowed that to happen.”

I truly do think that Hook would feel so bad and will try his best to make it up to you in any way possible

Will buy flowers, bears, food, a nerf gun (whatever your heart desires)

Ricky Starks (You hit a door)

Imma be honest….he laughed at you

Like full-on cackled as soon as you made contact with the door (it sounded like an evil witch)

But stopped once he saw blood pouring down your face

Feels like a jackass as he brings you to the doctor (I also think he is saying sorry repeatedly)

Once he hears the word surgery, he offers to pay for it

As your spirit starts to pick up and you feel like yourself after the initial wave of shock

Ricky will go back to laughing at you

Will joke about your nose only when you're comfortable and accepting of the fact

“It’s not my fault you got your ass kicked by a damn door”

Christian Cage (A fan threw something at you)

He’s suing and kicking out the bastard who threw the object at you during the meet-and-greet

Tells security to get him and sends Luchasuarus for extra support

He immediately shuts down his booth and walks you to medical support

Sends a tweet that calls out people who think that was cool and okay

“You’re a disappointment, no wonder your father left you”

Holds you and whispers caring thoughts that only you can hear

Buys anything and everything you need (already paid for the surgery)

Offers to buy a security squad so you can protect yourself

[tcustodisart]

Your art is really good. Very cute and whimsical. Are you self-taught or did you go to an art school? Do you use references? What is your creative process like? Hope u have a great day.

Thank you! I kinda started as a self-taught, huge kudos to my best friend who I met in middle school who was my drawing partner for many many years. Then before going to uni I took one year of architectural drawing course (I wanted to study architecture, but turns out you need to be smart for it and know how to math). I learned all the basics I was lacking before, like building the perspective, composition even how to draw with colored pencils. Then I went to Technology University of Łódź to study textile design which oh man, that's where I actually learned how to make art and what art really is to me. We're talking oil painting, sculpting classes, drawing classes, photography, linocut, we even had a class where we learned how to make icons (the religious ones) and the best skill I learned from there - how to make patterns. Instead of a doodle I'm going to share some of my favorite things I made for uni (most of them are from my master project, gosh i keep forgetting i have a master degree).

References - yes! I use them a lot. The folder with my refs takes almost 20 gb of space.

As for the creative process - it all depends. For the doodles I just think of the idea, sketch it out, do lineart. I do not remove the layer with the sketch, instead I just erase lines around lineart to make it feel more 'organic', then I do colors, done. With comics I need to write the script first, then figure out thumbnails, and then I search for references and draw the whole thing out. Most of the times it all starts with a sentence, a joke and I build everything around it.

This for example is how my usual sketch for doodles looks like:

Thank you for asking and have a great day too <3

[gurt-the-great]

During Rosie's intro post, I mentioned that every Sonic character has been aged up by 10 years! Well I went ahead and designed five of them.

Most of these characters have a connection to Rosie, Shadow and Tails having the strongest bonds to her. This will officially be the 10 years later AU, or just Gurt's Sonic AU since it adds and focuses on my ocs.

The individual refs and more info for everyone will be under the cut

Sonic was a little tricky to figure out in this AU. He's not the type of character to settle down and he wouldn't have a typical job since he's not one for authority figures. Also he's 25 now, he's got to grow up at least a little bit, especially now that the down-time between Eggman's schemes have gotten longer. He needs SOMETHING to occupy the time.

Then I thought "what if he was a professional air-boarder?" Sonic Riders was the COOLEST Sonic racing game and Sonic being an extreme sports Tony Hawk-esque guy made sense to me.

The design was easy to figure out once I decided on his profession. I brought his riders sunglasses back, the SOAP shoes from Adventure 2 and gave him a cool racing jacket with new gloves.

Sonic doesn't have a strong bond with Rosie but he does know her since Tails was friends with her growing up.

Tails was easy to age up, all I did was give him a ponytail, some accessories, new shoes, and some brown fur on his limbs and ears.

Tails is an Engineer in the AU! He already makes gadgets and trinkets, why not make a career out of it? He actually made Rosie's boots!

Tails and Rosie have a very close bond, the two had accelerated courses in school together due to their high intelligence. They visit each other frequently and Tails feels like a part of her family.

Rouge was pretty fun to design for this AU! I took elements from the elite agent outfit in Sonic Forces speed battle, Rouge's outfit in Heroes, and her regular look as well. I gave her bangs too but I like to think she messes with her hair often.

I don't have many notes on Rouge, She's still a G.U.N. Agent but also she's married to Knuckles! This is the only ship I'm canonizing in my AU for now. I might add more ships later on, we'll have to see.

Rouge works with Rosie pretty frequently and tries to get her to come out of her shell. She thinks that Rosie is pretty and could use that well, but Rosie is hopeless when it comes to using charisma. Rouge still likes her though and tries to teach her.

I did not NEED to design Cream but I really wanted to! She ended up being my favorite design here. I didn't really have a major direction to go in for Cream's design since she's still a teen without any job. I took inspiration from different Cream designs I seen online and just merged some concepts I liked. The only big change is making her tall, I thought it'd be cute if I based her on a Flemish Giant rabbit! I wanted an excuse to make her taller than Tails for comedic purposes.

Cream is still the polite sweetie she was as a kid but now she does work with Chao! She volunteers and donates to local Chao gardens and trains Cheese and Chocola for races. Cheese evolved into a hero Chao! Being with Cream throughout the years and going on some adventures helped him evolve. Chocola is neutral fly type Chao! It's one of my favorite Chao evolutions and I wanted Chocola to be more different from Cheese.

Cream and Rosie don't have much of a connection but I'd say they get along well enough. They're both friends with Tails so I'd say they all hang out sometimes.

And finally we reach Shadow! Shadow was easy to design as well. I just gave him a cool jacket. I don't think Shadow would visibly age much since he's the ultimate life form.

He's still a G.U.N. Agent and an incredibly important person to Rosie. Rosie idolized him as a kid and wanted to be like him. Shadow took on a mentorship role to Rosie, seeing great potential in her. He would personally teach Rosie the various ways that chaos control is used and would also teach her chaos spear. He does care about her even if he's tough on her at times.

If you read all that, thank you! I've put a lot of time and thought into this AU and I'm excited to share more! If you have any questions about my AU or ocs, my askbox is open! I hope y'all enjoyed the post!