#what gets made of them fully depends on how much i like coloring them LOL

[ayilings]

wip ❤️🖤

theyre blasting ‘18 devilman no uta

[macknshift]

THE ONE WHERE . . . I INTRODUCE Y'ALL TO LEO!

SOOOO…i have mentioned leo in like, 90 different posts atp and never actually made a "leo intro" (mainly bc i have weird feelings ab sharing him heavily to the rest of the world lol) but! i figured now would be the best time to get into explaining him to y'all.

LEO , commonly given the last name SCOTT (depends on the dr!) is actually originally the main character's love interest in a hockey romance book i've been in the process of writing. after getting #sickandtired of annoying ass book men i gave up and began drafting one of my own. the main character is literally me (i mean, for christ's sake her name is sloane mackintosh,) and eventually, i began thinking of him in other "au"s (i used to do this a lot on wattpad - i mean DRs but the term AU is usually more digestible to ppl that may not be aware of reality shifting. Anyways.) and began kind of placing him in everything. a list of the drs he is my love interest in is follows;

BETTER CR : (fc silasj2004*) the hockey romance book pretty much as a dr. small changes occur but basically he's the exact same as leo in the book lol

PARENT DR : (fc jack schlossberg. yes. i am one of those girlies. i am not ashamed! at least he has morals + a backbone y'all this could be much worse) the "backstory" is my better cr dr. i'm now a mother of 3 (amelia or mimi, aged 5, giselle or gigi, aged 4 and i'm pregnant with vincenzo, our final kid,) and it follows our life after what would be the events of the book. i sort-of made it also as like a WAG dr in a sense bc leo is a professional hockey player! (but he retires 2 years before this point in time so idk where my thought process is w this lol)

FORMULA 1 DRIVER DR : (fc pato o'ward MY!!!! mclaren man ln4 U ARE NOTHINGGGGGGG) leonardo dempsey, son of actor patrick dempsey (my forever celebrity crush ugh he's so fine) and driver for aston martin aramco f1 team under #99. i essentially took l*nce str*ll's daddy's boy backstory and gave it to leo bc he is indeed a daddy's boy. the only dr leo and i are enemies to lovers bc i'm too obsessed w him otherwise LMFAO

MARVEL DR : (fc marcello hernandez (MY MAAANNNN)) leo scott, secretly the speedster superhero 'comet'. hired by my dad as essentially a bodyguard (leo's not intimidating AT ALL idek how the hell this is supposed to work LMFAO) as comet and knows me out of costume as his sister's roommate (mj is also in every dr ever and actually is here in this cr. i can never leave her out i love her DOWN) basically marichat vibes (god i miss marichat)

POP STAR DR : (fc marcello hernandez, again) leo sinatra, nepo baby great-grandson of frank sinatra (there's a whole, incredibly large bit of lore ab this LMFAO + he's also a great-grandson in my better cr dr too bc i need my man RICH!) and Saturday Night Live cast member. basically i go on snl and immediately fall in love. i've stolen the 'unlikely couple' weekend update sketch for us & he does domingo, which is my song lol we're funny for it idk

THE FCS, in color photos:

i'm missing like, 18 other drs that i can think of but some important info about him;

he's half oaxacan mexican. i've tried my damnedness to find a way to make it obvious but when i was 'designing' him (aka drawing him out) i used jack, silas (*NOTE: he is leo's typical fc if i don't have an designated one for him) and marcello as references to make him look the most like him as i can. the fcs are kind of loose for him but i need a way to like fully visualize him. so. yeah. his 'color palette' (weird way to put it but idk how else) makes him tanner than all three of them i fear. all of the fcs i use (other than jack schlossberg but like. idk his main celebrity lookalike in the better cr is him so i kind of had to) are latino, but i feel like it never ever properly translates when i talk about him bc his name is fucking leopold scott. like. huh.

he's also tall AS FUCK lol and built like a tank lowkey (think tom welling clark kent GOOD GOOGLY MOOGLY) but it's mainly bc he's a hockey player. in every vers he's like. 6'3. shortest he is is w marcello as his fc and even then he's 5'11. (note in pop star dr he gets a lot of comparisons to jacob elordi for some reason??? idk my fans are weird)

he's got big brown baby cow eyes. every. single. time. like that is this man's defining trait and you know what? i would not change that for the world lol

his position in hockey is a goalie! he uses the number #29 and plays for our college and later for the new jersey devils before being traded to the anaheim ducks. after he retires he becomes a firefighter!!!! (which is sooo hot btw)

[animalsalvationassociation]

A.S.A. Octonauts Headcanons:

Pt. 3 — Kwazii:

What we know . . .

Kwazii’s real last name is Navarro and before he found out (they managed to find his birth certificate lol) he put "Gilbert" on his military ID.

Ofc in the government’s eyes that’s kind of a problem, but through Dashi’s wizardly tech skills, they were able to fix it without any issues. Let’s be honest Kwazii is a special case.

(I didn’t know that Calico Jack was a real person or that CJ was based off of him. I figured it was just the name the creators chose for the character)

Navarro was his father’s surname (oh wowww how convenient and not at all last minute planning to make things fit)

Kwazii’s mother is Calico Jack’s daughter

Kwazii is still trying to figure out what happened to his parents and remaining family as they all disappeared around the time CJ went to the Amazon. (He was an infant at the time)

Kwazii served with Captain Barnacles on “ The Adelaide ”, a navy vessel that they sailed on for 3 years before Kwazii and Barnacles were promoted to Captain of the Octonauts.

Kwazii and Emma have been going steady for a few years now.

Kwazii’s favorite food is his grandfather’s “Pirate Stew” (It’s still a mystery why)

Fav Color is Green~

Kwazii doesn’t actually need the eyepatch (which is hilarious to me).

Boot Biscuits

Cannot surf to save his life. Literally.

Fav Gup?? Do I have to even answer that???

It's the Gup-R . . .

I JOKE!!!! I JOKE!!!!

At least once a week Kwazii locks himself up in his room and dresses up like a certain pirate captain, he then spends several hours role-playing grand adventures while making a mess inside his room. (Yes he has preformed in front of Emma before, she thinks it’s adorable — Sometimes she joins in on the fun 😉 He’s started collecting costumes for her because she enjoys it so much)

Consumes anything with the word “Pirate” in front of it. He’s actually become pretty reliable when it comes to media because he knows so much.

Actually pretty clumsy

Peso: “If you have to go to the Medical Bay ONE MORE TIME—!”

Tominnow and Tunip hang out with him the most. The others pop in every now and then but you’ll at least see Tominnow by his side.

In true Kwazii fashion.

. . . . . . . . . . . . thank you.

(Lol I forgot what I was gonna say but I think we can all agree)

Kwazii has learned to enjoy girls nights. He made the mistake of accidentally walking in on one and has been “dragged” to every girls night ever since. (Blame Tweak and her need for revenge — *cough, cough* Gup B *cough*)

Kwazii has an exceptionally gentle heart, sometimes it’s hard to see it past the . . . ahem . . . “no thoughts only soup” and "impulsiveness" . . . but when it comes down to it he cares so much for other people/creatures that sometimes he gets swept up and actually forgets about himself. I know, shocking. (I blame Barnacles)

Kwazii tries to put up a front but sometimes he lets slip how lonely he actually feels.

He and Barnacles have a very tight knit relationship, but runner up of “Best Friend” is definitely Peso.

(I remembered what I was going to say earlier)

Kwazii loves spooky stories, mostly because it makes other people squirm (aside from Barnacles, that man is a rock). But Kwazii is quite the scaredy cat (pun intended) himself, not just with spiders n’ stuff.

He tends to get so caught up in those stories that he has a hard time sleeping at night, especially because of how dark the ocean gets at night. I mean he’s got a massive window right next to him, I’d be terrified too if something big popped up without warning.

(It helps when Emma comes over for a visit. Their sleep schedules are kind of off depending on the season so sometimes he asks her to keep a watch while he rests. Ofc she’s more than happy to keep watch and “beat up” any monsters that appear.)

Kwazii has a hard time separating reality and his own imagination, he fully believes those monster stories, or at least most of them. Some are a little crazy even for him. But it’s fun to tease Peso.

Kwazii & Emma’s Relationship:

(Optional reading ahead, this is for anyone who’s interested/curious about their relationship)

Like I said, Emma and Kwazii have been going steady for a few years now. They’ve actually done pretty well despite the distance.

Not to mention they’re quite the well balanced couple. Kwazii being the rambunctious “bouncing off the walls” kind of guy, while Emma is pretty chill and level headed. But I’m not saying they don’t have their moments where they completely switch personalities depending on what’s going on.

Gives “Tall Girl, Smol Boy” vibes.

“I have to find my darling husband, I’m so worried about him!”, “Honestly what do you see in that guy?” , “He makes me laugh.” [ Who Framed Rodger Rabbit? 1988 ]

They met around the time Kwazii was appointed to Sergeant of the Adelaide. He was only nineteen at the time while she just turned twenty.

The reason he became Sergeant so quickly was because of a recommendation by Barnacles. And because of that Kwazii ended up advancing much faster than others in their field. I think Barnacles saw something in him that not many other soldiers had at the time. Of course it wasn’t the highest title he could’ve achieved but it was an honor nonetheless, especially because Barnacles insisted on keeping Kwazii close. He was still so young and without anyone to look up to familial-wise, I think Barnacles had a soft spot for him.

Kwazii and Emma really only started dating after the Octonauts were given a second wind, they reconnected through Barnacles and the A.S.A. and just hit it off. They’ve been long distance ever since.

Of course Emma and Kwazii visit each other every now and then, more than most other long distance couples. You can thank Professor Kelp and Barnacles for that.

In a way they’ve become apart of one another’s teams. In the sense that whenever Kwazii visits the S.S.Jade or Emma visits the Octonauts, it’s as if they’re apart of the family.

He won’t admit it because he doesn’t want to freak her out/scare her off, but Kwazii has always wanted to settle down with Emma. Which sounds crazy I know, but stay with me here.

Both of their jobs are very important and equally dangerous, making it hard to keep in contact sometimes. I think Kwazii is afraid that one day he’ll wake up and find out that Emma has gone missing or worse.

Just like Kwazii, Emma is a thrill seeker. Problem is, Emma pushes herself way more than Kwazii ever has or will. She’s very protective of her team and those that are in her care, and she tends to completely override her own needs for other’s.

Every day Emma is at battle with thugs, gangs, and international villains. Putting herself in more danger than is really necessary. And a lot of times she forgets that there’s more to life than putting away the bad guy.

But the way Kwazii thinks of settling down is completely different to how Emma sees it. They’re both travelers by nature and Emma sees settling as a way of tying herself down to one singular place and never moving again. And just the thought of it makes her anxious, so she tends to avoid the conversation whenever Kwazii tries to bring it up.

But Kwazii sees it more as having a place to themselves whenever they need it, going off to do their jobs but being able to come back and live away from everything for a little while before returning to their duties. He doesn’t expect them to ever stay in one place, but he wants to at least have a commitment to where their relationship is headed.

Unfortunately over the last few months Emma has been distancing herself from him. Just like Kwazii she doesn’t want to loose him or see him get hurt, but her version of this is keeping him at arms length, not too far but not close either.

Doesn’t sound the most healthy way to continue a relationship does it? ;)

The Rackham/Navarro Family:

Captain John "Calico Jack" Rackham (Grandfather), Anne Bonny (Grandmother???), Salem Navarro (Father), Madelynn / Maddie Rackham (Mother) Kwazii, Mary Read (Auntie)

Notes:

Keep in mind Kwazii doesn't know anything about his family. All he knows is what CJ has told him, and most of that information is sparse. I don't see myself adding to his lore for a very long time. Not until I know exactly how I want to do it. For now here is all the information you need to know about Kwazii.

Eventually I will create a headcanon for Kwazii's upbringing, but until then please enjoy this iteration.

Other Headcanons . . .

Captain Barnacles ( 1 & 2 / Peso / Dashi / Tweak / Shellington / Inkling / The Vegimals

[ This is a Octonauts AU, in no way is this canon to the OG storyline. ]

[ratsoh-writes]

Since I’ve had several anons ask this, and the old posts I think are kinda vauge, here it is!

Baby-making~

lol this is all technical so don’t expect any crazy hanky panky in this post. I will put it under the cut either way though

Alright the art of the soul and baby making. How does it work?

When a souling is made, two souls briefly merge and combine magic. When they break away, a souling, or a half soul is created.

First the two monster parents, or the monster and human have to have some sort of attachment to each other. Feelings of protectiveness, affection and dependency are necessary to get the soul to put out the magic needed to make a souling

They must be in a focused state. Outside stimuli/distractions will prevent the souls from properly merging. This is why sexual contact is necessary because at the point of “finishing” the only stimuli a monster can feel on is their own body and partner, allowing the soul to completely focus on its task

They must have the necessary amount of magic to spare for a souling. When souls merge to create a souling, they donate 1/4 of their magic reserves leaving the parent drained/exhausted afterwards. If the monster isn’t healthy enough to give away this energy, any baby isn’t possible

One parent must be able to carry the child. The souling has to go somewhere. Monster gestation is typically around 11 months. Humans pregnant with a half breed child have it shorter at 10 months and mage children follow the normal 9 month human pregnancies in both human and half breed parents.

What is a souling?

A souling is a sliver of a new soul. Created from a fourth of each parents magic. The souling is only half of a soul, but as it rests in gestation, regular feedings of magic from the father and close family and friends helps it grow into a fully functional soul

Once the souling has become a full soul, it begins forming a body. Most likely it takes after the parent who donated the most magic, which is typically the monster who fathered the souling. It’s about a 39.5% chance to be the same subspecies of the “mother” parent and a 59.5% chance of matching the “father” subspecies. There’s a 1% chance that the souling turns into a new monster subspecies that is a blend of its parents.

Month two is when the soul is completed, by month five parents can tell at the doctors what kind of monster the baby will be

How do humans affect this?

Humans and monsters can have kids together, but with some differences in conception. When two monsters create a souling, both souls release magic at the same time. However as humans aren’t as connected to their souls the way monsters are, the monster soul releases first. By the time this action prompts the human soul to also add magic, the monster has donated near 1/3 of the magic necessary to create the souling.

The joining of a human and monster results in what’s called a half breed. This creature is not actually half half, but is closer to 2/3rds monster and 1/3 human. This is why half breed monsters appear fully monster on the outside.

Half breeds do have some differences from their full monster parents. All monsters report a distinct “earthy” smell to them, like a blend of physical and magic (while humans smell fully physical). But the best way to tell is to have the half breed summon their soul. All half breed monsters have one human soul trait resulting in a colored soul unlike the glowing white color of a monsters soul

Half breed monsters also develop differently than full monsters. The babies are born with stable souls, meaning they no longer need boosts of magic from their parents erasing the weaning stage. Half breed monsters also on average are much stronger then their monster subspecies magic wise. They have the added benefit of much lower rates of ecto/soul disorders. However the power that their human part brings also shortens their lifespans. While a full monster will typically live between 690-710 years, a half breed has the lifespan of 500-550 years.

Why do monsters have trouble having kids?

The conditions necessary to have children are very hard to meet. Not only does your health have to be at a certain level, the monster also has to have the right mental state in the moment to coax the soul out, and they even have to have strong enough magic to make it happen. Some are born weaker and despite being healthy enough to function, they will never have enough extra magic to spare for a souling

Timing: only the very magically powerful can have kids outside of their heat. For the normal monster, their heat is the only few times a year their soul will dedicate its efforts into piling magic into the reserves for potential children. Imagine your period came with not just cramps, but a crazy high libido, fever, the sweats and mood swings… actually this is a bad example lol. Periods suck. Anyways heats suck too. But hey! No blood at least!

The cooldown period: unlike humans who can be capable of falling pregnant again just a few weeks after birth, monsters take years to fully recover their reserves. The average monster will be infertile after giving birth/fathering a child for an average of 5.5 years.

Weaning: if the cooldown period wasn’t enough, the parents are guaranteed that they won’t have more children because of how current newborns affect their souls (similar to how mothers hormones change). Young babies still need boosts of magic same as when their parents were pregnant will them. This act prevents the soul from allowing another soul to form. Most monster babies are safely weaned from this around two years of age, (with halfbreed babies as an exception. They are born stable and don’t need to be boosted by their parents magic)

Inbreeding: yep, in the isolated AUs (ones with no human contact before the crash), all the monster populations have started to reach a critical point where there were no longer other monsters far enough in the family tree to ensure having kids without complications. The closer two souls are to each other, the harder it is to get a souling to properly latch during conception. Humans bring a sort of cleansing to the monster gene pool that the isolated AUs were no longer getting. The most far gone AUs were the lusts who all resulted in creating artificial heats in an attempt to avoid extinction.

Community: a monster carrying a child cannot carry to term without the other parent or an active helper who’s able to regularly boost the souling with their own magic. The carrying monster exerts all its spare energy into keeping the chamber the souling resides in safe and healthy. Without the outside help, the souling starves and eventually fades away making the carrying parent loose it.

Ease of miscarriage. Monsters are fragile when pregnant, it’s very common for carrying monsters to miscarry when put in fight/flight situations. The body rejects the souling in order to possibly bolster its own defense. This is also why attacking a pregnant monster or woman is considered the ultimate sin in ebott. Right there with harming kids. Dammit they have so much trouble having children, that anyone who threatens that is basically jumped

Mages

A mage is the true “half breed” between a monster and human. A mage is what happens when a soul is 1/2 monster and 1/2 human. These creatures are extremely varied containing traits of both their closest monster ancestor and their human family. Some do well at passing as fully human while others could be mistaken as a slightly humanoid monster subspecies. Even mages of the same type have different markers for what monster they came from

Mages have the benefit of the magic of a monster while also the physical body of a human. Their souls are sturdier and they’re much more capable of bouncing back from injury compared to their monster and half breed family. However like the halfbreed, the mages sacrifice is lifespan. The average mage only lives between 250-300 years old.

What makes what?

Monster x monster: almost always another monster. 1% chance of a new monster subspecies, .0001 % chance of a half breed if both parents have a human ancestor at most 5 generations away in the family tree

Monster x halfbreed: 70% monster, 28% half breed, 2% new monster subspecies

Monster x mage: 70% half breed, 27% monster, 3% new monster subspecies

Monster x human: 100% halfbreed

Human x halfbreed: 95% mage, 5% full human

Human x mage: 90% full human, 10% mage

Mage x halfbreed: 50% mage, 20% halfbreed, 20% human, 10% monster

Mage x mage: 50% human, 25% mage, 25% halfbreed

More fun baby facts!

Baby monsters are born with teeth! (At least if they’re a subspecies that has them lol). However the first few months of life, the teeth are soft, too soft to properly chew, so their food must be puréed or mashed until their first set of teeth hardens. Most monster babies are ready for hard food when they’re about 6 months old.

While a monster infant may not have the best eyesight, their sense of smell is just as good at infancy as it is in adult hood. Babies recognize their parents through scent rather than sight or sound for the first few weeks of their life

Babies normally display their first “external” magic skills around 9 months, but encouragement or high emotion can make this happen earlier. The earliest record of a monster baby displaying magic was a little fire elemental baby only 4 months old.

[starshifter]

notes for chp 5. come listen to me ramble

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Blade is such a fucking mess in this chapter. No one emulate this self-destructive idiot.

Blade take a shower challenge. That’s fucking gross, dude. (Walking around with blood still on him is taken from in-game, actually. Bailu made that comment about him smelling like blood when he visited her, but not seeming injured, and that’s majorly colored how I see him interacting with his injuries. He can’t be bothered to take care of them all, because they just happen so much and he doesn't have the energy. Relatable, I guess. Still a biohazard.)

Why didn’t Blade call Welt directly? Honestly, I forgot he could do that lol. My terrible depression brain can’t remember anything. So clearly, Blade also forgot because he also has that. He’s been through a lot, forgetting things is normal. He also probably just wanted something familiar and comforting at that time, so he called Silver Wolf. She would have the answer, wouldn’t demand payment (looking at you, kafka), and would still be awake (firefly deserves what sleep she can get).

I fully believe that Silver Wolf is a disgusting goblin because she is a hardcore gamer. I don’t care how “gamer fantasy” she dresses. She’s a little gremlin who touches her gum and then puts her spitty little hands all over things. Disgusting. Someone spray her with a hose.

So I made the incorrect assumption that the Express had facilities for guests onboard. Since, you know, it’s a train that had passengers cycling on and off it in the past. Hell, in the present as well, based on the guests we picked up on Penacony. Where the hell are they staying??? Are they sleeping on the couches and borrowing the Trailblazer’s bathroom?? We just don’t know. Maybe there is a guest section, but that wasn’t good enough for a Nameless. Idk man. Nothing makes sense around here I’d honestly originally assumed that sleeping cars with additional rooms for passengers appeared and disappeared by the power of the Trailblaze depending on how many people were staying on the train. This was wrong. I also assumed they had public bathrooms since I didn’t see any attached to the archive’s or March’s room. Also wrong. Go figure. What the actual fuck was Himeko thinking? She deadass just looked at the half rebuilt train and was, like, three rooms is enough, right? And then she launched the Express into space without waiting for anyone to respond.

Yes, that was Himeko’s very polite version of a shovel talk. She does not have to resort to direct threats of violence to get her willingness to tear people apart across. Her power is just that great. I fucking love her, honestly. Her desire to tear Shush into scrap metal with her bare hands and impressive restraint fully justified my characterization in this scene.

They’re like…weirdly co-dependent despite being estranged for like 700 years?? Which is way longer than they’ve spent together. What’s up with that?

Also, there was a very fun gossip session held between the Trailblaze trio about DH’s crush on Blade that involved him sort of admitting that he did like Blade. He did try to stay silent and admit nothing, but eventually they started saying such outrageous things that he spoke up just to make them stop being so wrong.

The Trailblazer trio definitely all bully each other. Dan Heng gets bullied the least though, so he’s earned this. Let the girls repay his many sarcastic remarks 2k24. ….wait what’s the amber era in star rail again? Let’s try this again: let the girls bully Dan Heng back 2k157

I don’t know anything about archival work. However, I have two friends who work in archives. I still don’t really understand metadata (like, it’s shit like the day something was created. Useful and all, but I’m sure there’s more too), but they seem to think it’s a big deal. So Dan Heng cares about proper metadata maintenance. (I could have just asked them what they do, I suppose, but then I have to confess the existence of this fic and these are, like, college friends. Not fandom friends. I might combust on the spot if they asked to see the fic)

It also amuses me greatly that Jing Yuan is low-key haunting the narrative. Smuggled Blade off the Xianzhou… Sent DH those books to help him reconnect with his past… He’s out here playing 5D chess to help his friends while everyone else is still playing checkers.

DH did not decide his bed was lacking. At least not for the reason Blade thought. He doesn’t really care about having a big fancy bed, in fact he thinks it might make sleeping more difficult, he just wants to leech Blade’s warmth lmao

OK, so the suicide attempt was added on the edits, but I also debated adding an additional scene with Pom-Pom confronting Blade about it because they sensed the death happening on their train. Ultimately, I decided Pom-Pom was the wrong choice for this scene. Blade would not deal well with the Conductor lecturing him in that scenario. And! It was an excuse for more Firefly! I didn’t feel like I had enough of her in these last chapters and that annoyed me. So, more Stellaron Hunter feels, the whole fucking reason I started writing this damn fic before Blade hijacked it with his Dan Heng obsession smh

Seriously, this was supposed to be just Blade and Firefly going on an adventure together, and then I realized that they would both like to see their respective Trailblazers, so I added them, and then it spun completely out of control. As these things go…

Kafka’s bad romance choices were also added on the edits. I have a LOT of headcanons about Kafka and her disaster of a love life. Almost all of them are highly concerning. Oops. Kafhime might actually be more fucked up than Renheng the way that I would write it. That’s tragic. ….if I knew more about Kafka’s backstory, please know that I would ABSOLUTELY be writing kafhime right now. I crave my toxic lesbians, but I currently feel like I would have to make up way too much backstory with no supporting evidence and I don’t like doing that. ….maybe I could make an AU? No, bad, Des. Stop right fucking there. ….except… pirates……? NO. FUCK

[twojamie-o-clock]

The War Games colorized reaction & stuff

Okay so. I don’t really know how to talk about this, because of course I love it since it was my favorite story, heartbreaking, and shiny & colorized. and of course people are always going to be mad about things lol, so approaching this as “a neat way to see an old story” but not really gonna treat it as tv canon (using the word canon in doctor who is stupid but you know). and more of some different way to look at it.

Starting off with the color: GREAT!! STUNNING!! GORGEOUS!! I’m in love. I’ve seen some people say it was better done than The Daleks colorization, which I have not fully seen, but from the snatches I caught at Chicago TARDIS & the commentary I definitely appreciated this more after hearing Ayres/Highman talk about the difficulty of it all & all the little things you wouldn’t think stump them up so much. I loved to see Jennifer & Jeremy in color wahhh <3 and of course the main trio were so fun. The choices for the Time Lord outfits were,,,,,, interesting to say the least but still fun. Actually seeing Jamie & Zoe’s reactions in color to all of it hurt so much more than I was ready for, but of course there’s a certain charm & weight to the b&w haha. Seeing the clips of other adventures (particularly power of the Daleks & the abominable snowmen) made me AHHHHH!!!!! The two seconds of Polly/Ben were yum and of course Victoria running with Jamie <33333333

The other big topic would be the pacing of course. While I didn’t mind it at the start, around the time Zoe/Two got into the SIDRAT & then Jamie came along it definitely felt a bit snappy. I didn’t mind this at first since it’s obviously necessary for such a huge time crunch, but seeing how much time was spent on other shots it felt like more could have been dedicated to all the human on human interaction since that’s where Jamie’s character (his development from his entrance and all the parallels hshshsj) and Zoe (everything she does tbh & her relationships with Jamie/Two. Screamed when Two kissed her I’ll never get over it but a part of me will always wish we got the German trench scene,,,,,,,) really develop, though again I still really enjoyed it.

The music was very sweet towards the end of Jamie/Zoe and I do like when it was put in there, but elsewhere it felt pretty loud and crowding. I DID like how they tried to maintain the general apprehension you feel by changing from the suspense/slow build up route to dramatic music since it felt like a neat way to adapt to/around the time crunch, since cliffhangers couldn’t really have an effect when 4 hours is pressed into 1.5.

As for the new additions & fancy stuff: the only thing I really REALLY didn’t care for were all the shots of Gallifrey & the War Lord building. It felt cheap and unnecessary to constantly throw the latter in & the former really only needed one establishing shot imo; those seconds could have been used on other things hshdjsk like smoothing out transitions idk. As for the future faces - they were an enjoyable nod & better than the drawings I think but bring on an interesting question of if the faces a Time Lord will regenerate into are set in stone. The idea that their faces are already decided………idk if I vibe with that & that’s just delving into personal headcanon/belief.

I like the idea that their faces could be in flux & that it’s entirely dependent on who they meet & what they need, like the modern who (and classic? I haven’t gotten far enough haha) imprint theories of being affected by surroundings as well as the general idea that the future regenerations reflect what the past ones need to work on/what they fear/in general are influenced to change past experiences. So. If all those experiences are predetermined then ig it makes sense but then it’s all messy fate v flux so. Idk. I didn’t mind it since it was nice but it adds some. Ideas for sure haha.

Okay. The War Chief. Yeah. I won’t lie on my first watch around (Oct 12-13) I did entertain the general theory/joke/thoschei wtv that the war chief could be the master just based on his vibes & general interactions with the Doctor & grand speeches & motives & whatnot. But it was much more fun as a theory. I do think it’s a neat idea but I also 100% get the frustration of the clunky attempt to canonize it, both because I don’t really want….him to be the Master (i haven’t consumed enough eu media to understand the angle most fans I’ve seen are complaining about this on, but I do know it would be NICE to have a villain who doesn’t have to be the Master. Because it makes him more interesting and the idea that the doctor is generally known already as this type of character is amazing, as well as the idea that..:/the dr just has weird tension with rogue time lords across the board. He doesn’t have to be the master to have this weird relationship.) and cuz using the master’s various themes here or there is fine but DAMNNN CHILL WE AREN’T MISSING THE MUSIC…..😭🙏🙏🙏 but I’m not gonna try to go too deep into that because I don’t think I’m capable of it & because there would be a mob of fans ready to gut me if I spoke wrong kgkshdk.

I was NOT prepared for the Jamie/Zoe departure to happen so abruptly. I was hoping for more build up of it all but again it seems the focus was less on the companions & humans in general and more on Two/gallifreyans.

TUMBLR JUST DELETED MY PARAGRAPH ON THE REGENERATION SCENE…..I’m not retyping all that fml. Basically I was worried I’d be bothered by it ONLY because it would negate s6b & I don’t want to see Two regenerate, period, since the mystery of s6b ending is all the fun, but there was a gap between the trial & the chair so I don’t much mind, not to mention that again this is merely a different look at the original war games so idk why people are getting so mad haha. l did not mind the nuwho esque regen either & I loved the Pertwee bit, but of course. It’s always better to not see Two lol. Gorgeous and amazingly well done tho!!!!

Overall: loves the construction of everything, sometimes the music was too loud/I didn’t care for the weird war lord HQ shots/gallifrey shown 4.5 billion times, but in general it was fun & sad & great. I did in fact cry again, seeing the departure in color was heart breaking & owwwwww. That’s all for now I’ll probably rb if I have other thoughts or change my mind haha

[shooks-stupid-stuff]

Re:Shook’s Weekly OCs: #003

Soseki Ishiki

The first (of many) bois!! Who some of you may remember from this poll I made when trying to figure out colors for his updated design. Which, yes, also means that this is the first character I've posted about for these that has existed long enough to develop further/change!

Preamble aside: Soseki is a 23 year old man who comes from a family known for having fairly potent psychic abilities. As a result, he is able to read minds. Kinda. How effective his abilities are varies wildly depending on both his own and whoever he's trying to read the mind of's headspace - he's able to do so more easily when he's calm or when the other person's thoughts are particularly strong or present in their mind, for example. His only living biological family at present is his little sister Shiranai (who will probably get her own post sooner rather than later?), who he's been raising for just about 6 years in the wake of their parent's deaths (more on that later, probably in Shiranai's post bc it kinda has more to do with her). During this time he's also ended up gaining two adopted younger siblings(? I don't think kids is really the right word even though he is raising them lol) and he loves all three of them very much. He's usually very calm, level headed, and mature but will start to spiral when stressed/nervous and/or get a little bit smug/cocky when he feels like he has the upper hand.

He runs a counseling business out of his home, specializing specifically in couples and family counseling - a job he definitely uses his mind reading powers for (being able to fully understand all involved parties' perspectives is very helpful when it comes to conflict resolution, after all). Originally, he was also a magical boy, but as of now that's kinda been scrapped since at this point it's basically just a remnant of what he was originally made for (there's still an au where he's one though, hence why it's only kinda been scrapped lol).

I honestly thought I'd have more to say, but a lot of the stuff I could put here are kind of more relevant to other characters involved or more so pertain to au versions of him, so. It's probably best to save those for whenever that time comes, lol.

...If anyone has any specific questions though I'd be happy to answer |o ´･ω･｀） (this goes for all of these tbh, please give me an excuse to talk about my ocs-)

[imakemywings]

After the juicy "Celebrimbor not talking to any of his family" take, you've hit us with another equally juicy (but probably controversial lol) take of Russingon which is something I've been riding for a while now, @spiritofwhitefire spoke nothing but facts. Still, on a serious note (no offense, I really love that ship so much) the constant characterization of Fingon as blindy forgiving, and always siding with Maedhros (or like being desperate to be with him) was probably what made me sour a bit on Russingon. Fingon has other personalities and motivations besides being Maedhros' love interest or being his hype man but seriously, he's Fingolfin's son, and seeing how close and loyal Fingon was to Fingolfin, I am sure, he would be genuinely pissed at Maedhros. I can't imagine him instantly forgiving Mae or something, and even if he did, does his forgiveness mean something to Mae because, at the end of the day, Maedhros is still doggedly loyal to Feanor. Anyway, this is just me being fixated on your tags, "not wanting maedhros to die a miserable death at morgoth's hands doesn't necessarily equate to total instant and complete forgiveness, "honestly a huge fan of their friendship never fully recovering..." please tell me more. I love your headcanons.

I don't mean to be in opposition to so many popular fandom takes 😅I'm usually not this bad about that...

Sure, maybe Fingon is a saint who harbors no resentment...but I'm not particularly interested in that take. #1, Fingon is presumably made a kinslayer in Alqualonde for the sake of the Feanorians, whom he believed were under unjust assault, but who were, in fact, the aggressors. #2, Although Maedhros does not partake in the burning of the ships at Losgar (something it's implied Fingon learns eventually), neither did he make any effort to stop it, and that decision of the Feanorians' helped condemn the rest of the Noldor host to the Helcaraxe, where, among other things, Fingon's sister-in-law dies. I would say he certainly has grounds to be angry with Maedhros and furthermore, to distrust him going forward.

Not to say these specific things are entirely or even primarily Maedhros' fault...but I think it would be very hard not to be angry with a cousin/close friend who had helped to put you in these positions, particularly depending on how Maedhros handles the situation after their reunion (i.e. whether he apologizes or doubles down or tries to pretend nothing is wrong).

This definitely relates to my general feelings on Maedhros becoming the center of everything in this fandom but yes, the way Fingon orbits around him in so much fanon gets quite old. I'll be honest and say I don't ship Russingon even a tiny bit so it's doubly grating to see Fingon reduced to either Maedhros' hype man (if alive) or his angst-generator (if dead) and have that romance be cast as so core to everything Fingon (or Maedhros!) does. And I do think there can be plenty of crunchy drama even without the romance aspect (Anyone who's had a friendship go sour can probably attest to this).

But in terms of actual character motivation and reactions--I think it's just a lot more interesting if there are actual consequences to Maedhros' actions in terms of a relationship that was really important to him, rather than Fingon just completely forgiving Maedhros everything always so that there's no friction in the relationship.

For one, as I talked about here, their relationship already had problems before the rebellion of the Noldor. How bad things got between them in Tirion is really up to our interpretation, but it is very apparent things were not kosher between them even before Losgar happened, and before Alqualonde. I can't imagine that doesn't color later events between them.

For another, Fingon's motivations in seeking Maedhros out in Thangorodorim were political. They were also personal, but the first motivation mentioned in his decision to seek Maedhros as Melkor's prisoner is to reunite the Noldor. And as I mentioned in those tags, just because he didn't want Maedhros to die a miserable death or experience indefinite torment at Melkor's hands doesn't necessarily mean he forgave him, or even still considered him a friend. MOST of us would not want to see someone we know suffer Maedhros' fate, regardless of what they had done to us.

"Then Fingon the valiant, son of Fingolfin, resolved to heal the feud that divided the Noldor, before their Enemy should be ready for war...Fingon had been close in friendship with Maedhros...Therefore he dared a deed which is justly renowned among the feats of the princes of the Noldor." ("Of the Return of the Noldor")

If nothing else, I imagine their relationship was always complicated after this. To your point above, Maedhros is deeply committed to fulfilling the oath of his father, and as the Nolofinweans and Arafinweans were there when the Feanorians swore to deal death on anyone handling a Silmaril, they have to be aware of at least the possibility that that may cause trouble someday (I'm sure they did not anticipate the scale or severity).

So Fingolfin, Fingon's father, is king (thanks to Maedhros)...but Maedhros is loyal to his oath above all else. And Maedhros still holds considerable sway over the Feanorians (I would venture to say it's a common theory if not outright knowledge that, should push come to shove, the Feanorians will obey Maedhros, not Fingolfin). How does Fingon feel about that?

To me, these things, in addition to Maedhros' earlier behavior (being part of the initial kinslaying at Alqualonde, not trying to stop the burning of the swan ships) mean that Fingon can never fully trust Maedhros again. There will always be at least a sliver of doubt and mistrust there, wondering at Maedhros' ulterior motives, at his end-game plans. And I don't think Maedhros is very good at making this not the case because he is always trying to play 5-D chess, and he's not always sneaky about it.

That bit above about how the Feanorians are loyal to Maedhros over Fingolfin? I imagine that goes doubly when Fingon becomes high king. Whatever respect the sons of Feanor might have had for Fingolfin as their elder they almost certainly do not have for their young cousin. And I do love takes where Maedhros (successfully or unsuccessfully) sees Fingon as far more malleable than Fingolfin and is trying to manipulate him from behind the scenes. (Particularly if this interacts with any insecurities Fingon may have about his abilities as king--to think that even Maedhros sees him as a weak ruler/weaker than his father!)

I don't mean to suggest they were never close again after the rebellion (although you could perhaps make the case), but that there was never the same level of trust, ease, and companionship in that friendship that there had been before. Forever after, there was always political calculus involved, because of the kingship, because of the oath, because of Maedhros' refusal to disavow the actions of his family (Admittedly--we don't know what position he took on Alqualonde or Losgar afterwards; it's never stated or even implied, iirc. However, based on his response to Celegorm and Curufin's attempted coup against Finrod [nothing] and the attempted assault of Luthien [nothing] and attempted murder of Beren [nothing], I will extrapolate the headcanon that he was not keen to admit to either of the earlier instances as being a mistake.)

Anyway to me it's sooo tasty if they stayed (sort of) friends and yet there was this unspoken mistrust that was always there after that, perhaps alongside a kind of golden nostalgia for the "old days" of their friendship.

(Also juicy drama to me if Fingon becomes a lot closer with Finrod than he had been in Aman due to Helcaraxe trauma/responsibility bonding and Maedhros has to grind his teeth and live with the fact that Fingon trusts Finrod more than he trusts Maedhros now. And lots of love for fans who also explore Fingon's canonical friendship with Aegnor and Angrod! )

There's also the fact that Fingon bites the dust before the worst of Maedhros' actions. I simply cannot see Fingon justifying the assault on Doriath, or Sirion, or the kidnapping of Elrond and Elros, or the assault on Eonwe's Elven guard. Absolutely, there is grief in seeing someone you loved and valued become someone you cannot support, but I can never buy into post-Mandos takes where Fingon just handwaves everything Maedhros did after Fingon's death.

So yes, there it is. Maedhros and Fingon's political drama charged friendship fallout.

[mini-pawz]

:D hello! it's the anon from your main :>

so i just had some basic questions. like what age do you usually regress to? do you have a cg? are you a flip (cg and little)? have you ever been regressed around another little? what do you like to do while regressed? what little supplies do you have? how often? how many people know?

just kinda basic level stuff like that. im not gonna go asking why you regress or if it's because of trauma or something, just because it could be a hard question if it is a traumatic reason. but just the basic info is really interesting to me

i myself age dream, so i don't really know what it's like to be fully regressed. so im really curious

lol you might've figured out who i am by now (maybe not) idc if so

thx :>

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໒꒰ྀི˶˃ᆺ˂˶ ꒱ྀིა sorry this took so long to answer! but i can answer all of these no problem :)

i regress between the ages of 1-6, more commonly im around 2-4. depending on my age also depends on what i do/how i act significantly, when im 1-2(smaller side of two) im whiny, clingy, sleepy, and usually non-verbal or semi-verbal. when im between 2-4 im usually energetic but crash easily and i really like to color. when im 4-6 i really like to go out to parks or the bug zoo and do crafts.

i do have a CG, or sorta two? its complicated. basically my main cg is my @mcshizzle-the-fire-boy but if im slipping and no ones available i usually talk to one of my siblings or kai(an alter in my ex's system).

and yes i am a flip, i love my littles, i've got 3 littles

i have regressed in front of another little, one of my old friend would have playdates. were no longer friends though :/

when im regressed i like to color and do small crafts as well as sleep and watch tv, i would do more but i domt like playing by myself.

for gear i have a bunch of toys and stuffies, sippy cups, i have two pacis(my cats got a hold of them and they have holes in them), and custom set of communication cards i made for myself

i try to do it when i can as it can give me horrible headaches if i dont, one struggle is if i get to stressed(theres a thin line between involuntarily regressing from stress and being unable to regress because of stress for me) or dont actively have a caregiver my brain tells me im not safe enough and i cant regress no matter how much i try.

my friends know, if people ask i tell them. i dont try and hide it as its nothing to be ashamed of, im pretty sure all my friends know i always put it in my intros for everything so anyone if they look for it can find out.

and if you wanna know why i regress i can answer it, i dont mind :D

also i have know clue who you are teehee

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[inwintersolitude]

- January 15th 2025 -

What was the high and low temperature where you live today? It got up to around 15F this afternoon, and now it’s down to 7F.

What are you wearing? Navy blue sleep pants and a black long-sleeved shirt.

Have you ever made ice cream out of snow? Nope.

If applicable, what do your earmuffs look like? I don’t have the ear-warmer type of earmuffs, just the hearing protection type of earmuffs. Both pairs are black but one is a slim profile type.

What do you own that’s made of wool? I don’t think I have any wool clothing, it’s too scratchy for me. I do have a little wool sheep figurine that my husband got for me, though.

Does it snow where you live? Yep. And this winter has been the snowiest in years. It’s snowed every day for about 14 or 15 days in a row now.

What’s the coldest you remember ever walking outside in? Around -10 or -15F. There was also one year where it got down to -25F, but I was only 4 years old so I highly doubt my parents would have let me go outside in such extreme temperatures.

What’s your least favorite color? Probably burnt orange.

…and your favorite? Navy blue.

What’s your second favorite color? Forest green.

When was the last time you cleaned your kitchen? I did a little bit of cleaning today, but not enough to get it back into a fully clean state.

Were schools canceled today where you live? I doubt it. It takes way more snow than what we got today to close schools around here, probably like 1-1.5 feet of snowfall in a single day.

What’s your favorite thing to do on a snow day? Have a cozy day at home. I also used to LOVE going skiing and snowshoeing, but I can’t do that right now because of my tachycardia issues. There are some days where I can’t even sit up in bed without my heart rate shooting up to like 150+ beats per minute. It absolutely kills me that I can’t do all the outdoorsy stuff that I used to love.

What’s the last thing you were worried about? More random chest pains.

What color is your camera? Both of them are black.

Today, we had a high of -10 and a low of -20. Is it cold where you are? Yes, it’s about 7F right now.

How many pairs of gloves do you wear in the winter? I have a few pairs scattered around the house. Maybe like 3 pairs.

What’s one thing on your wish list right now? A main bathroom renovation. I would like to eventually totally redo the floorplan in there so I can have a huge shower.

What’s one thing you think people probably assume about you? I’ve noticed that people tend to assume that I’m super feminine, which baffles me. I truly don’t understand where they get that.

Do you like driving in the snow? Yes, I love driving in the snow (I even used to be a snowplow truck driver at the first airport I worked ops at, it was so much fun).

What’s one thing that most people complain about that you love? Snowy weather.

What color was the last plastic container you ate out of? White. It was a stuffed rigatoni microwave dinner.

Have you ever made a milkshake out of snow? Nope.

Have you made a snow angel yet this year? Nope.

Is snow your favorite part of winter? Yes, that and Christmas.

What color is your winter coat? One is black, one is dark green.

What color are your snow boots? Brown and black, but I really need to replace them.

What do you remember the most about recess at school when you were a kid? It depends on the grade level. K-1, I remember the roller slide and also a big playground fort thing made to look like a pirate ship. In 2nd grade, I remember playing Crazy Bones and Red Rover with my classmates. In 3rd grade, I remember playing kickball. In 4th-5th grades, I was REALLY into the swings because they made me feel like I was flying lol, but I also spent a lot of recesses in the library instead of going outside.

What state (or country) do you live in? Ohio.

What was the last room you worked on cleaning? The dining room.

Do you own any power tools? Yeah but nothing heavy duty. Just a drill and an electric screwdriver. No sanders or saws or anything like that.

Have you ever stretched a canvas? No.

What color are your kitchen chairs? Brown and black.

What color is the last sweater you wore? Dark gray.

Do you wear sweaters? Yep, I love sweaters.

[heliocentricsunflower]

Only You

A short Levihan piece that started out as a poem for Hange's birthday, but know I have no idea what it is now LOL. Please enjoy!

Hange's first birthday after their demise.

!read this after reading the piece!

I like to think levi and the 104th set up a memorial in marley for their fallen comrades, and levi always visits it. He'll always bring white flowers for everyone. But not for Hange. He'll always bring them new flowers, odd flowers, stinky flowers, all that. When I was choosing what flower he'd give to them on their birthday, I had two choices; the lavender and the sunflower. I wanted lavender bc, levihan colors, and I wanted sunflower bc thats my username! Both flowers mean something along the lines of devotion ofc, but I ended up with sunflower since 1. I think it's a flower hange would prefer 2. It also means unconditional love and 3. According to google, its a perfect gift for a loved one you adore. ITS PERFECT!

A basket on my lap.

Being pushed on my way to you.

Do you know?

I'm sure you do.

I reminisce.

When you told me of the red strings of fate

Connecting souls to their other halves

To be their paths toward home.

Red lines marking the lovers' bonds.

You never fully agreed with the belief of them being tied by some spirit.

You much rathered thinking it was the lovers' who tied the ends to each others fingers.

I think it's more romantic that way, don't you?

The bonds and hardships shared and formed by the lovers are what would make up the thread

The time they spend together… the secrets… and the warmth and comfort of each other.

"Soulmates are made. Not found." is what I think, at least.

You told me with a giggle.

Your eyes looking at mine.

And yet again,

When your eye stared deep into my soul.

"Hey, Levi… when one of the lovers die, what do you think happens to the thread?"

"It's your birthday, why are you thinking about that?"

"Just wondering. I think it would be soooo beautiful if it stays on. But also, I think it also would be good if it gets cut."

"All of this is hypothetical."

"Yeah but it's fun."

"…I think it would depend."

"Oh?"

"Age, how deep the relationship is, y'know, that shit. It depends."

"Indeed… Say… Levi… what if—"

"Stop stalling."

"Ah, but it's embarassing!"

"You embarrass yourself in front of everyone everyday. I seriously doubt anything could be embarrassing as the time in the kitche—"

"Ok, ok, I get it! So, What if the red strings aren't just for lovers. They could be for friends! And I was thinking, maybe… they could…also…be for us…"

What was it?

Your head practically laying on my lap?

The red on your cheeks, or the warmth of mine?

The flutter of my heart, or the still in time?

"You high or something, glasses?"

"C'monnn, this is why I didn't wanna say it!"

"So, why'd you bring this up."

"Just curious. If we were connected by the red string. Would you want the string to be cut or not if one of us dies."

"If you die I will personally make sure hell has the worst torture prepared for you."

"Pff- Ahaha! Ahahahahahahahahaha!"

There was something so special

About that night

Was it the smile on your face

Or the one on mine?

"Woah! So you do smile!"

"Shut it. This isn't the first time you've seen it."

"So, does this mean you wouldn't forget me when I die?"

"You won't die, glasses. We've been through hell together."

"Aww, you can't face your true feelings!"

"I will kick your ass."

"So you do want to keep our connection, even in death."

I hate this.

When you know exactly what's on my mind

But then again

This only proves what you thought, right?

On this same day, five years ago.

A basket on my lap.

Being pushed on my way to you.

Have you found the answer?

Tell me, Hange.

Can you see the thread that ties us eternally?

Because for me, I need no confirmation.

I'm sure of it.

You'll love this sunflower.

[dapper-lil-arts]

1. How did you get so good at drawing? And do you have any tips for someone who isn't?

2. Of your characters, who gives the best hugs?

3. What inspires you to make your characters?

1 - i practiced and fully finished a piece DAILY for at least 3 years, i used TONS of reference and was inspired by plenty of diffrent artists. And i also was very motivated on making "feezable" bodytypes rather than just realistic human ones! taking the furry concept of character design to its maximum capacity. I would say another thing that made me good is my constant desire to outdo myself and learn new styles of coloring and shading and lining and anatomy. My advice for getting better is trying, trying, trying! keeping an open mind and love for art, trying as much as you can passionately everyday. and keep in mind that you will suck at something before you're good at that something. 2 - depends on whats best for you tbh. some people like to be smothered, others embraced gently. 3 - i like making original stuff a LOT. i never wanted to just follow trends, but i realised i needed to have SOME appeal to my art, so on the nsfw i decided to make booby ocs. it kinda spanned out into it being its own semi organized thing on its own, rly i still express myself even on the facet of huge breasts. Also i never liked to half ass anything. so rather than making semi large breasts like the classic anime girl, i decided to go all the fuckin way. if the concept and appeal of these characters is that they have big boobs, i am going all the fucking way. breats bigger than head. (which ironicaly lowers mass appeal lmao. very few people are gonna wanna reblog huge tits.) on the sfw character front, (and generaly rly even booby) ive always been fond of characters that were combinations of multiple tropes and concepts at once, and still worked, easiest example is Agatha, shes a witch, a mom, goth, a killer, and sexy af; it was so fun creating her by combining a whooole buncha concepts and tropes n ideas; forming their own original thing! A lot of my sfw characters can be seen as those combinations too; one of my favorite side-passtimes is making a list of all characters that remind me of my own that i see out there. its very messy, and yet, very fun to do.

I honestly recomend anyone that has ocs, even if they dont share them and their details with the public (like i sure fuckin dont lol) to try doing stuff like this. its rly funny to have those "aha!" moments when you realise a character you love has stuff in common with a character you made. like YES jim hawkins DOES have a lot of daddy issues and is an angsty teen! add him to the list. lmao. thanks for the ask!

[eliyips]

Can i ask how u do lineart so well,, it looks so smooth,,

I've always been very big on keeping my lineart clean and smooth! :) I'm very inspired by comic and graphic novel illustration, so naturally, I try to take notes from that sort of aesthetic in a lot of my art.

The short answer is that I just have a lot of practice, and am very picky about how my lineart looks. So, I'll often spend a long time making sure it looks just how I'd like it, before moving on, even if the lines aren't necessarily going to be the focus of the final drawing.

The longer answer kinda depends on what lineart you're asking about! The style of my lineart tends to change to fit whatever mood I'm going for, so I have a lot of different line styles with varying levels of smooth-ness.

On the super-smooth end of the spectrum, we have these bubbly, cartoony lines! These are a pain to draw, to be honest. But they really contribute to giving that cute look :) For these, I used the Clip Studio Paint G-Pen, with some minor adjustments to the settings, mainly so that there's not too much line width variation. The uniform, thick lines are important for this look! :) Drawing in this style really just a lot of trial and error. Usually when doing lineart, I'll erase away at lines to get them to the right thickness, or even just clean up a sketch and call that lineart, rather than doing lines on a new layer. But, that's a lot harder to do when the line thickness has to stay consistent. So, I end up just drawing the same line 7 times over, un-doing my work and re-doing it until i'm satisfied. Again, it's a pain! I used to draw like this a lot more frequently, but I stopped because I found that other approaches are often a lot more satisfying and rewarding. This is still great, for that cutesy look, though.

Next, we have what I would affectionately call my ref sheet lines. As much as it's probably a bad idea, I have a habit of just kinda skipping the lining stage of art. I'll just take my sketch, and tidy it up until it's clean enough. But for a drawing where there's only going to be flat colors, that sort of roughness can look sloppy, In my opinion. So, particularly when doing ref sheets, or other art which I don't intend to render, I will actually go through the effort of fully sketching out my idea and lining on a separate layer. The result is a lot cleaner and more deliberate, and looks a lot nicer when colored! Especially if I take the time to color the lineart :) I also really like doing small details with thin lines, particularly body/facial hair, elastic cuffs on clothing, and the seams of clothes, too. I like drawing those little details a lot, and I think they shine the most in my cleaner line style :D

For this, and for most of my lineart, I use these brushes which you can find on the Clip Studio Asset Store:

I'll bounce back and fourth between these, and Kozmo's Scratchy Scribbler brush, which you can find on Ko-fi!

Additionally, I have a modified G-Pen with a pencil texture that I think I made myself? I don't remember making it, but I also don't know where it came from! So i guess I did, lol.

A little more messy than my ref-sheet lines, we have the line style which you probably see most often on my page. As mentioned before, I usually kinda skip the sketch step for these? I don't encourage that, it's a bad habit of mine. But I make it work! I feel like the best way to explain my process with this is to just offer you a timelapse of my lineart process:

I just kinda... go. and it works out! most of the time. lots of cleanup and tweaking, and as you can see with Bdubs and Etho here, sometimes I do actually just. do a sketch and then line over it. So maybe I have no idea what my own process even is, LOL.

Now, to completely abandon your original question here's how i don't do smooth lineart! :D In this style, for the most part, I ignore the cleanliness of my lines, only really erasing with the lasso fill tool, when lines get too cluttered to actually read. Usually I'll only go for this when I'm already planning on painting over the lines. Because sometimes an idea doesn't need or want clean lines, and sometimes I just want to paint some values or slap some colors together and call it a day. Love my clean lines, but scratchy, messy lines are fun too! :)

Not sure if any of this really explained how i do smooth lineart, but I sure did talk about lineart for a while. I hope you could find something interesting or insightful in here! :) thanks for the ask, and I hope you have a great day <3

[sharksa-shivers]

What are…Mers? Part 1

(Old art is old but i love it so here you go lol) --- Mers are one of the 5 types of beings in the Kidnapped universe…And they are exactly what you think they are.

Mers=Mermaids, mermen, merpeople. Mers is the term used most often though because it's gender neutral and quicker in general.

(NOTE TO BE AWARE OF: Not every single mer we see in series is good…Mers as a species are neutral until proven good or bad. Just because alot of mers we see are good DOES NOT MEAN every single mer is a good person...)

If you somehow are not aware as to what a mermaid is (first how'd you get this far into my stuff without knowing lololol) BUT; a mermaid is half human, half fish.

They're thought of as mythical beings, magical and powerful…And in the Kidnapped universe, they are all of those things.

Magical and powerful on average and humans/landies think mers are…A myth, something that doesn't exist. However…They absolutely do in this world…And they're alllllllll over the place…I'm talking worldwide, i'm talkin there's several billion of em, like…They absolutely exist lololol… --- So basic biology stuff:

Mers have several forms, similar to shadowdemons. - Their basic merform (tail, their watery appearance basically) - "Human" forms (Trading their tails for legs via magic/being out of water basically lol) - And usually, most mers have a powerform (a form made from their magic type…As an example, a water mer can transform parts of themselves into water or they can fully become water or ice. NOTE THO, NOT EVERY MER HAS A POWER FORM. Most do tho) More basic biology things, mers have: -Brighter colored hair colors, usually 'unnatural' bright colors like blues, greens, purples, ect. These appear alot brighter and oddly never fade like dyed hair would but most humans assume these people must have really amazing hair stylists or something lol -Oddly neon/rainbow colored eyes (unnatural shades of green, blue, purples, pinks, ect) -Sharp pointed fingers (this was a hunting adaptation and is still helpful but less so in modern day) -Natural swimming abilities/ability to breath underwater -Mers all have levitation/telekinesis/ability to move stuff with magic as a default power. EVERY MER HAS THIS POWER... Back in olden days, mers used to have a siren call, used as a mating call. Mers WOULD actually sing potential mates/people to death but usually this wasn't on purpose. (alot of mers didn't realize humans/landies cannot breath underwater and thus would drown, whoopsies) Mers as such could sing and attract the gender they were aiming for and it would hypnotize the person pretty much...Didn't matter the genre of music either, if the mer liked screamo music or whatever, that absolutely could hypnotize a potential mate lol In modern day, this has kind of evolved out but mers usually on average are naturally amazing singers. This is mer history though so yep... --- Magic shiz? Yeah, let's do that lol. So an important note to begin with: A mers magic comes from a core in their heart and a mer CANNOT live without magic (vital bit of their body and dna system) MAGIC CAN BE STOLEN WITH CERTAIN METHODS AND IT IS 100% FATAL TO THE MER... Ok, we got that rule? Ok, COOL. Now then... Suffice to say mer magic is vital to them, their culture, ways of life and their lives themselves... Mer magic runs on energy thus a mer cannot use it if they are sleep deprived, starving or greatly injured. The body will shut off the magic to save energy for keeping them conscious and alive. As an add on, mers typically have different power levels then each other. It varys and depends on the mer type, how much they practice their magic, if their klutzy or skilled. It greatly varys from mer to mer. This applies to Kristy as well. If she's hurt or exhausted or starving, that magic WILL NOT WORK. Her magic can be stolen via the amulet being taken but since she's human and her magic comes from the amulet, she's not in danger of death in the same way a mer is...Kristy just won't have magic at that point, she'll just be her normal human self. Mers just die without magic after a period of time. Powerful mers die faster without magic while weaker mers have a bit longer until they croak... Examps: Strong mer- OH Weaker powered mer- Nucleo We'll get more into this in more entry points buttttttt here are the mer types (mixed power mers not included here but for ref, mers are typically born with one type of magic HOWEVER you can be born with 2 types of magic, genetics depending...This is more rare though...)

Mer types:

-Water mers -Fire mers -Plant mers -Healing mers -Weather mers -Acid Radiation mers -Cloud Radiation mers -Magic mers/Mixed Bag mers -Mind mers -Rainbow mers (more rare) (pictured below is OH/Orange Hair, one of the most powerful fire mers) We'll get into actual magic shiz in part 2 lol, only got so much room here...

--- Nowwwwww here's the bit ik everybody ALWAYS wants to know...Reproduction shiz so i shall...Answer... Do not make me regret this lmaooooo

Mers that have the equipment(usually females but not always, AFAB people too) are the ones that get pregnant and give birth. It usually takes a mer about a year or so to form and to be born. The magic aspect is what takes those extra few months...Takes more time to form...Mers are mammals also btw. Mers start life as babies and grow from that point. (Baby-->Child-->Teenager-->Adult) ……..So basically, mers age like humans, they are INSANELY similar to humans in alot of ways…But not every way obviously…

Mers are born with magic but their magic isn't able to use until they hit a certain age (4-6 for the much more powerful mers, 7-9 for average mers and usually 10-13 for weak powered mers on average…)

Mers can live up to 10,000+ years (needa figure that cap off point but uhhhhhhhhh a longass fucking time lmao...And they don't show physical aging for a longggggggg while...Like gotta be in the thousands before wrinkles even start to show up...) Mers can have mental issues considering this ENORMOUS lifespan but there are resources for such issues...

Next part we'll talk about actual mer powers/what powers each type of mer has lol. Idk when i'll get to that but i'll try and do it soon lol.

[ophernelia]

hi i just wanted to ask if you could go more in depth about your creative process? how much work goes into lykaia and making content for other things like your logo etc. im making sims content too and i want to improve on it and make my stuff more original. so people know its me when i post. and i also wanted to say i saw you say before about not stepping on other creators toes and as a small creator i really appreciate that because i feel like a lot of people don’t make space for other people. sometimes everything feels like a competition in the sims community and that’s why other creators don’t like to give credit to people they actually get influenced by because they don’t want their numbers to grow only they own. And most time i don’t even want to post because of that

Hmmm. I’ll talk about my creative process for sure. I like talking about my creative process lol. It’s gonna be long tho so.. you asked for it.

Background: Lykaia at its core is just a cinematic version of my gameplay save. I had a story in my head while I played their household, but it was never fully planned out. The first season of Lykaia was just me practicing with storytelling and machinima making. I didn’t really have any direction. I just made things up as I went. Lou’s friends never existed in my gameplay save. I just made them for the machinima. A lot of it was just finding my footing as I went. What the story has become now, I never planned. It sorta just happened. As it is now, Lykaia’s a fully planned out series with a brittle back bone lol. It’s a whole lot of making something out of nothing.

Planning the Series & Making It: So, I have a full outline for the season. Where I want to go and how that can be developed on further. From that, I plan out the episodes. Right now I have a week where I film and a week off from filming. On my off week, I write the script. Scene by scene. I storyboard it to visualize how I want each scene to look. Once the script is done after a draft or two, then I start setting for filming. I get everyone dressed, moved into the households, and get the sets built. On the week I film, I just go in and film. I try to go in order of scenes but sometimes I jump around. Especially if I’m excited to film a scene. I do about two scenes a day. They take about an hour or so to film each. (I’ve got a full time job, a fur baby to care for, my family, and my social life so my time to work on it is limited. I try to budget it wisely.) Then I usually edit while I’m in bed or cooking. I edit on my phone so I’m not carrying around my pc lol. Editing takes the longest and it’s the most tedious part. I go in and add in the into, outro, title card, then I add in the scenes and the breaks. If I have to overlay something then I do that before audio. And the. I color grade each scene individually. Last thing to do is audio. I hate audio. I break it up scene by scene and mix some of the music myself depending on the episode. Once I do a quick check, the episode is done and ready to export. Sometimes I pick the title beforehand, but I usually don’t come up with a name until after the full episode is done.

The Brand: Ophernelia and Kiricheu are a brand. (Ophernelia being like the parent company in a sense) Especially Ophernelia since I have a Patreon for it. I run Ophernelia as a sole proprietor, so branding is important for me. Anything I have my hand in, I take seriously. (“It’s just sims content” Sure. For now at least. Doesn’t mean ima take it any less seriously lol) Especially since I’ve curated an audience and one that pays. Idc if it’s $2. It’s money spent, so I want my audience to get quality content. Branding’s been tough because I’m super indecisive lol. I like to change things up constantly but when it comes to like a company type of thing, you shouldn’t really do that. Which is why I hate changing mine. Especially once I find something that works. It makes me feel like I’m failing my audience by not being consistent. As of now though, I love my branding. I feel like it reflects my content style really well. It took a few tries to make. I looked through old art I’ve done and tried to combine it with my current style. Somehow I came up with how it looks currently. I think it’s pretty, I wanna stick with it. It took a while to get here, but 8 months later, here we are. I’ve been trying to rely a little less on external programs (like canva) and more on me actually making my stuff myself. So I hopped into procreate and got to work lol.

Ultimately, I just make stuff I like and sometimes I like to share it with other people. And when I do share it, I try to do it to the best of my ability and while trying to be mindful of others. It’s hard and idk if I do it well but I’m trying! The process of getting there is almost always enjoyable. Almost lol.

[erigold13261]

What sort of careers would the arachnikids choose when they grow up (NSpideR AU)?

(I can’t get the mental image of Miles as a physics/art teacher)

(Or Gwen as a ballet teacher/drummer)

Since this is the NSR world, they would all most likely have something to do with the arts. Either music, art, entertainment, something like that is the most probably career to make the most money in this world and is a lot more fun/easy for the average person compared to jobs related to tech or something like that.

Though obviously I doubt every one of the arachnikids would take up a job in the arts. Like Miles probably does still have some affinity for science and tech. I don't have any great ideas, so I'll give suggestions and vague answers/career overviews.

Miles I can see as trying to do something similar to Miguel but in an actual helpful way. Either that or going into a science field that he can use his powers to help him. Maybe researching powers like Olivia (not in the way she researched, but like the fact she was researching powers at all) or using his art/color powers to document certain things in books (Plus he could be in a band with Gwen if he wanted).

Gwen I can see being an actual ballet performer, not a teacher. She would also be in a band with Miles (maybe Hobie). I don't really have any other ideas for note at this moment.

Pav, funnily enough, I don't know why but I can see him being a stay-at-home boyfriend lol. Like he would somehow have an income, maybe performing tricks or being like an influence (like I can see him having a yo-yo platform where he shows off tricks and stuff which makes him a bit of money over time) but he mainly takes care of the house while Gayatri works (I do see them staying together).

Gayatri probably stays as a model but goes more into fashion later on. I like the idea that her and Celine do constant collaborations which sometimes brings Eve into the mix (though Gaya tries to limit her business interactions with Eve so people don't think she is using Pav's relation to her to get ahead in life, even though at this point she's pretty well established).

Hobie is an indie artist. Makes enough money for it to live comfortably since Hobie doesn't have a very expensive lifestyle. Playing their guitar and not being told what to do (other than to have permits to play or the speed to outrun whoever is trying to stop it) is what Hobie would want in life. Heck, maybe Hobie joins Ex-Jay either permanently or just for collabs (three guitars in one band is something I think a few bands do, it's pretty cool the ones I've seen and I think they could make it work). I think Hobie would rather just collab with Ex-Jay than fully join them though because at this point they would be NSRtists and I doubt Hobie would ever want to join NSR no matter how much progress the company has made.

Margo and Peni go into tech fields. Margo I can see going into the field that Sayu and Crew are in. Virtual reality stuff. Margo could literally bypass having to code things by being in the code/virtual space and actually being able to touch and move stuff without it being programmed in. So Margo would be pretty indispensable along with one of the only people who could do that on her team (without having whatever special thing B2J had to go into Sayu's space. It is possible for people to go into virtual spaces, but Margo has a significantly easier time doing so). She probably wouldn't work with Sayu and Crew, at least not on the regular. I can see the Crew sometimes contacting Margo when something HUGE goes wrong and they need it fixed in a very short amount of time (like a few hours before a show starts).

Peni on the other hand goes fully into the tech scene and works with cybertech and biotech. Probably working in one of Neon J's companies, or at lest one that is connected to them. Kit could also work a bit with Vandelay Tech since Roxanne would be back in charge (or Peppermint would depending on if Roxanne is still around at this time) and Vandelay would be a much better company to work for. Honestly if kit wanted to work for Psychonauts kit could, especially in helping work with anti-psychic defenses. Peni might not be a psychic herself, but she knows tech and can help Gisu with inventions and stuff.

Noir.... hmmmm. I don't know really. I'm sure if I knew their comics a bit more I could think of something, but the only thing I can really think of is something related to a Rubik's cube but that's only because of the movie Noir having a deep fascination with them lol. I actually doubt Noir would do anything related to their color depletion. Maybe they go into sailing competitions (like the one on surfboards, not actual boats) because of their wind power lol (and then get kicked because of their wind powers not being allowed but they still do the sailing recreationally).

I can see Peter Porker going into either a science field or animation. Actually, let Peter Porker be a photographer! I feel like that fits him best, considering that was his actual job in the comics lol (or at least the movie). It would be funny if he ended up being one of the paparazzi for some of the Megastars. The science or animation field are also things I can see him going into though.

I feel like I'm forgetting someone but I can't really think of who.