#whew! sorry it took so long

[l-crimson-l]

And gunpla questions you receive! (Honestly, thank you so much for answering them, you're of a great help to a newbie that's me.)

So, I plan to finally get to partially painting my first gunpla tomorrow, and I also thought of doing a little weathering, but it's just a random thought for now — and so I got curious of what weathering techniques you prefer and for what reason.

Ok so I had to take some time to look up a couple popular ways to do this bc I’ve only weather one kit only half way and it was, of course, the lazy way.

So first I’ll tell you how I did it. It was one of the 86 kits (please reprint those Bandai) and I only weathered the off white parts. But what I ended up doing was using the black, grey and brown gundam pens (typically used for panel lining) and my thumb to first add color the edges and panel lines, then used my thumb to smooth out the color. Using the brown gave it a nice rain rusted look and the black and grey added a nice worn look. The kit is packed away at the moment but I posted pictures of it somewhere on my blog. Probably under 86 lol

Ok so now the more official Modeler Approved options.

First would be using the Tamiya Weathering set. There’s a couple different panels to choose from so definitely pick the ones that have the colors you need. 

Basically it goes like this: use the brush (either the one included or maybe better, a foam type brush) and dash along the edges. Build up as much or as little as you want (for example maybe you wanna lay it on thick if you’re doing like a mud drenched type look) and then topcoat! If you add too much you can always wipe some away with a little bit of water. IMPORTANT NOTE: this is powdered so WEAR A MASK or at the very least use this in a Well Ventilated Area. There’s a couple brushes sold online for these

But you can honestly use either a sponge or an old makeup brush.

(Pic at the bottom bc tunglr mobile sucks)

The second method is called Chipping. This is where you use paint and a Very Thin Fine Tip Brush to brush on small chip like strokes on the edges of the piece. Using a couple colors here adds depth and helps it look more realistic. Here’s one example I found online

Now something to note about this method is that it is certainly time consuming. From what I listened to, this particular method can certainly take a couple days to detail the whole kit depending on how much you do and how big the kit is.

IMPORTANT: if you choose this method be aware of the chemistry of your paint. If you have an enamel or acrylic paint base then don’t go and use lacquer paint for your detail work. It’ll eat those other paints.

I think you could always top coat your paint job before doing this to help preserve your paint? Maybe someone more experience can confirm that.

Third: Washes

This is pretty straight forward. Take your paint, thin it down and then wash it over the part with a brush. Depending on your paint you can use a qtip to help dab away any excess. This typically really works well on things like planes and ships but can be used for gunpla as well. You can use this for any kind of paint just once again Be Mindful About Your Paint Layers. You don’t want a top layer of paint eating through your base paint job.

Here’s a couple links to videos covering each one in more detail:

Tamiya Weathering Set

Chipping

Wash

I hope this helps! Again it’s not something I’ve dipped my toes into to any real depth but I’ll tell ya this: even my lazy arse way added WAY more character and weight to my kit

[imdarealpeppino]

have you met gus?

orucis e elitneg ...

[sneasedtomeetyou]

At least all of you appreciate me! Rather than replying with the same story to each of you, I will simply recount it here if that's quite alright!

So these past few years regulations have been contested in regards to rare pokemon. With the relatively recent increased visibility of pokemon native to regions such as Hisui, there's been a push to include them in tournament play. Keep in mind that obtaining these pokemon is not easy and in many cases heavily restricted. There are groups that breed pokemon like Hisuian growlithe, but they're typically bred for working and not for battling. They aren't available in high numbers, and they aren't as well known about by the average trainer, making them often expensive and high maintenance. Not to mention, the rarity of this pokemon means knowledge on how to counter them in modern battling is limited at best. It's the ultimate wild card.

Allowing them in tournament play is still considered a controversial decision by many. Ultimately they've been allowed as many other extremely rare pokemon have been permitted in high level tournaments for decades. Another controversial instance of this was the Lily of the Valley Conference in 2010 that was won by a trainer with a Latios and a Darkrai! Darkrai was especially controversial as it is part of a classification of pokemon so rare that it's typically banned from tournament battling. It's nothing new, as unfair as it may sound.

Multiple finalists this year had obtained rare pokemon that the general public knows little to nothing about. It drew in some of the largest crowds we've seen for a tournament hosted in Alola. Regardless of their opinions on the entire thing, it seemed pretty clear that people were curious about how these pokemon battled.

Sneasler was a sought after pokemon for these sorts of tournaments, actually. Their high speed and devastating dire claw attacks would be extremely useful, but the breeding program is still too early on for me to feel comfortable giving many of these out. While I've considered gifting a Sneasel to a well respected Sinnohan Frontier Brain, selling them is never going to be on the table for me. Though it's been pretty clear by the existence of pokemon like Cheddar that... something is going on. Anyways. Focusing on the things we know for a fact.

Another controversy this year if you can believe it is one of the quarter finalists was also disqualified for unsportsmanlike behavior after winning a match. He performed some... questionable gestures on broadcast television and his match was disqualified several hours after the fact. His opponent then had to be notified that despite losing he will, in fact, be moving on. This isn't how this sort of thing is usually resolved, so the decision stunned a lot of people. This meant that someone who lost the quarter finals was moving to the semifinals. His team that included a strange seemingly... robotic tyranitar people questioned the legitimacy of from the very start considering it looked more like a movie prop than a living breathing pokemon, then won the semifinals. Then, in an extremely close best of three match managed to win the entire tournament.

And despite how fascinating all of this is including the fact they had to prove this pokemon was actually alive and not just a robot someone was attempting to pass off as a pokemon, Amy was not in the mood to hear it as I was looking further into the details. New information regarding these teams and the disqualification have been coming out more or less by the hour, so I've been following it closely.

[cillyscribbles]

hello! if you feel like it, could i suggest an electra drawing~ maybe just her or she could be hanging out with etcetera! your art is very cool by the way!

you know i had to add my beloved cettie... thank you so much! 💖

psst psst.... what could they be gossiping about? 👀

[ccaptain]

do you have advice for new roleplayers? x10

OH BOY, DO I.

( Disclaimer before you read this monumental thing: these advices are all from my personal experience while I was staying into a pretty toxic RPC before coming here and starting to heal and make friends, other than developing other hobbies aside from roleplaying. I briefly reference a small drama I had on my Sampo that solved itself, and nothing else.

I sound old, tired, traumatized and jaded, because I am. Take my advices with a grain of salt. )

1. You should be careful of who you allow into your mains/affiliates. Expecially when shipping. A person who is just as smitten with your ship as you are, that gives off a warm energy and will put effort into showing you just how much they like the couple you're roleplaying and does so consistently > someone who essentially lovebombs you for a month, and loses interest when they think you've been ''bagged'' like a collector's item. You're not a fucking carton of milk, and the effort you put into your writing should be met with the same effort to prioritize and do stuff with you. Being ''lovebombed'' is essentially what happened to me on my Sampo and why his muse for me is non-existent now- also, why a ship for him that I particulary like now summons no emotions in me. If it feels particulary intense, it should bring out your gut feeling instead of making you feel flattered.

Be kind, be open, make friends and have fun, but also be wary of weird behaviors.

2. A good partner doesn't dismiss your feelings, or tries to pretend those don't conveniently exist because it inconveniences them. Your feelings and hurt should be addressed and respected, and you should not feel like a doll picked off the shelf to be played with for a while when engaging with someone. If you feel cast aside for someone new and shiny and it unnerves you, step away from the situation entirely. The person who sent me to therapy used to do this to me all the time, expecially when they were in the wrong and caused me harm: complete dismissal, or ghosting until I had to drop the issue and act like it never happened.

Be wary of dismissiveness and generally about a person being unpleasant to you or doing stuff that makes you feel weird. If there's a problem you bring to their attention and they don't apologize and try to see your point of view as a mature and empathetic person would try to do, politely part ways and go on your own after trying to converse about it with them. Successful or not, you WILL have communicated what you felt, and that's your priority. If it's a problem that doesn't get solved, walking away is always an option.

Make this not the hill you'll die on- but the hill you'll kill the other person over before leaving. Invite them on a treasure hunt to find out who the fuck they think they're talking to, if they think you can be disrespected and cast aside like you don't matter.

3. No priority? Return the energy to sender. As a main/affiliate of someone, your character or ship should receive a minimum of priority over others, in terms of replies, ask memes and threads while someone splits their attentions over other stuff. At least, this is what the concept of affiliates/mains seems to entail to me. Why would anyone put someone as their main or affiliate if all they're going to do is make them engage in a chase for attention and put them at the bottom of their priority list? At this point, don't make them into one of both of these things. It doesn't make sense to me, but let's move on.

If you don't feel prioritized and like you're the last wheel of the cart when it comes to being replied to, sent memes or unprompted ask while everyone else is being sent things, having ideas discussed with and being started stuff with, what you should do is take a marginal note of this and reply to other stuff in the meanwhile. Give priority to those who show you a warmer energy and consistent interest. You should try not to assume that something is being done maliciously, unless there's a problem. And, if there's one, you gotta have trust in your roleplay partner that they'll bring up to you to have a discussion. There can be carelessness and flakiness, even somebody being so comfortable around you that they think nothing of this can be an issue, but most of the time these are solved if brought to notice to the other person. It happens.

What I advise you with, however, is: set a clear boundary, and refuse to chase for attention. It creates a dangerous dynamic where you could be taken advantage of, and this comes from a person who was made to chase others consistently in order for these people to see me after the first month of ''lovebombing'' me, creating a ship and showering me with attention and friendship. Set clear boundaries, say ''if the effort becomes one-sided I will break the ship'' and stick to it. If you see somebody sending to everyone long, poetic unprompted asks but it's never your turn to get one, prioritize other people who fit your roleplaying style better and that you know will send you unprompted stuff, if this is what's important to you. Don't chase, be on even footing with your partners, or politely part ways with them and walk another road.

Never, and I repeat this for your own good, NEVER chase after someone who sends you weird mixed messages that induce anxiety.

Acting interested, then dismissing you for unknown reasons? Unacceptable behavior. Making you feel more like an intern entertainer than a roleplay partner and making you feel like you have to struggle or cater to them in order to notice you? Unacceptable behavior, again. Showing you attention, then pulling back and stuffing you at the bottom of your priority list? Unacceptable behavior.

As soon as something makes you feel weird, politely excuse yourself and move on with the people who have an interest in you.

4. You should ALWAYS be proud of your writing. Even in the days that you produce something that, for your standards, sucks, you should be proud to have written something at all. And if one day or some more you can't write, be proud that you're giving yourself time to kick yourself back in gear. You should do at least one day per week where you find a particulary good piece that you wrote and simply preen in front of it. This was all you! We should totally make this a weekly or monthly thing.

Look at your writing with affection, even in the worst days, even when you can't write for the day. Stop thinking ''oh nooo I didn't wrote anything today'' and think ''I'm just resting so I can give my partners replies my all when I'm good, at my own pace''. Your own pace is your own pace. People that love you will stick to you no matter how ''slow'' you think you are at writing.

5. See the red flags and LEAVE. My first suggestion, when you find yourself in a situation that gives you a dose of stress that starts to limit your creativity or makes you not want to be in a place, is the same advice that I'd give to someone being bit by a zombie: cut away the infection site and clean what's left, hoping for the best. I'm speaking from experience that me staying in a mentally and emotionally abusive situation with a friend/roleplayer, aka the Person that sent me to Therapy, has left me with some lingering effects despite me recovering with time. It is to be expected.

I was not being seen. The effort that I put into my writing was not being recognized. My ideas would slide off them like water on a duck's back. I would never get prioritized, and I had to see everyone else receive thoughtful, long stuff as memes or unprompted things while it was never my turn to receive one. It felt like being the weird kid again at 8 years old, and nobody wanted to play with me. I felt small and insecure. My behavior changed drastically and instead of extroverted and chatty I turned quiet and anxious. I was afraid to share my ideas, because if this person didn't liked them, maybe my ideas sucked. I burned myself out trying to make ideas that appealed to them, but didn't appealed to ME and felt wrong on my character. I would be aknowledged in a panicked state only when they felt me pulling away and getting ready to move on. This happened many times.

If you are in a situation that's making you question your worth, EVEN OUTSIDE OF ROLEPLAY, leaving is always an option. Saying ''this is not working, see you around'' should always and foremost be your option should the stress start affecting you too much. Staying in situations where I should have left before it did any permanent damage has left me with, you can say it!, very permanent emotional damage. I would be more normal and less anxious if I left, so I'm advising you to leave red flag-gy situations as soon as possible.

Don't stay to do damage control. Stay because you don't have to control the damage, because there's no damage to control.

6. Don't ''compete'' with others for attention. Sometimes, the roleplay partner that you really want attention from will be more focused on someone or something else. Mutuals that usually like your stuff will be busy/away and won't always like your stuff. This is not my first warning that getting attention can become addicting and turn the enjoyment of writing into an attempt to try and produce stuff to cater to everyone's tastes to get that attention back on you. Doing so will create an awkward air around you, and will also burn you out. Attention is addictive. I had people banking on me chasing them for attention, and chasing me desperately when they noticed that I was interested in another partner or simply doing my own stuff, ''lovebombing'' me back into chasing them. It was not pleasant, nor healthy. These people didn't knew how to entertain an healthy behavior.

I'm specifically wary of the first month/month and half of engaging with someone, expecially if it's a ship. There are a few ways that tingle my Spidey Senses, but this is getting long already, and I can't reveal all the aces up my sleeve, lol. I usually wait to see if I'm an exciting novelty for them and if the attention diminishes considerably after that month/month and half, or if their enthusiasm keeps going without issues and the interest is still present. I also give a glance at how they behave around their other partners before I jump into anything with anyone, what happens when someone new starts roleplaying with them, etc. Which is how things should be done. Friendly and open, but wary until trust is being actively built and there's no anxiety-inducing weirdness.

7. Obviously, set your own pace to not get overwhelmed. Going away from all that stuff where the Old Jaded Sam warns you away from weird people, seriously. Say ''today I'm going to respond to this this and this'' and try your best to reply to at least one thing, or seeing the drafts pile up will be overwhelming. Don't be afraid to drop threads or asks, just warn other people that you're going to without feeling bad and plot something else for when you feel like it and when it's comfortable for both of you. 

It takes time to make quality, and quality has a vast range of descriptions. What you write is quality, no matter if the day was bad, no matter if you don't feel like it is. Trust me that it is.

[x-tracuddlycactus]

Can we see your hcs on Neuvillette stuffing pls..?

Our dragon boi here has quite the sensitive tummy. Just about anything can upset him, so he has to be real careful with what he eats. For some reason, when it comes to stuffing hcs for N.euvillette, I don't see him doing it often since he probably doesn't like the feeling of being that full.

He'd be spending the whole day trying to discretely nurse his aching belly, cause gods forbid anyone see the Iudex have a moment of weakness. He wouldn't want anyone to worry about him, so he'd be very avoidant of people when in this state.

You could also easily tell he's stuffed by the tightness of his clothes, the buttons slightly straining to stay together... but the most telling of it all would be the sloshing of his tummy.

I have a hc that he dislikes solid foods, so he would prefer eating things like soup or apple sauce, something that is more liquidy or semi-solid since it would digest easier. Because of this, it can lead to some pretty noisy and intense gurgles.

[marshmallowloves]

HELLO CICI MY BELOVED PLEASE ANSWER 📆Calendar and 🕯️Candle for Koci my beloved 🥺

~ @princess-hope-selfships 💖

Doing this for BOTW/TOTK Koci (rather than ALBW/PH Koci) cause I think I've fleshed her out the most asjfhsjg (and...also I think that's the version you meant anyway fjdhfj) Also hi yes hello my lovely friend I'm sorry this is late and also long af but you unlocked the BOOK OF KOCI so ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

🕯️Candle: Do you/your self-insert have a secret? If so, what is it and why do they keep it to themselves? Is it dark and mysterious or something small, yet impactful?

Koci's a pretty open book about most things... Her only true secret is one that even she doesn't fully understand. Ever since Link pulled the Master Sword and she started travelling with him, an infrequent but recurring nightmare began to ail her.

It started as a very simple premise - she would find herself in a dark stone and dirt corridor somewhere underground, locked behind bars in some sort of prison cell. She would hear the anguished screams and cries of other people further away, but couldn't see who or where they came from.

As time passed and the calamity drew near - and especially when she and the champions camped nearer to places infected with malice - the nightmares became more frequent and detailed. She would see someone who looked very similar to herself in the cell across from her. Faceless Hylian soldiers began to patrol the corridor and would sometimes drag that person away and out of sight. Eventually the soldiers would taunt Koci through the bars and take her away, though she always woke up before she could see where - and often did so gasping for air or crying out in her native Kokiri language.

Though it was obvious that she was having these nightmares, Koci was always too afraid to tell anyone what they were about - especially on the rare occasion that the faces of the soldiers would become those of her friends. Rina was the only one who knew for quite some time, but even she couldn't say much about why it was happening. Koci had always suspected that it was either a vision of the past or an omen of the future, but it wasn't until Link and Zelda first explored beneath Hyrule Castle that Koci realized there actually was a connection - the screams that only she could hear down there were the same ones from her dreams. Even then, she still never told anyone - even when the nightmares became less frequent before the Upheaval, or when they started coming back the closer they stayed near Gloom that had spawned after.

It would only be after Zelda's return following the defeat of the Demon Dragon that Koci would feel safe in revealing exactly what her nightmares were about. With Link and Zelda promising to keep her safe, they would explore below the castle a second time so that Koci might finally put those suspicions to rest...

📆Calendar: What was the most special day to date for yourself/self-insert? It could be anything!

Because of how long she's lived already, Koci has a lot of moments and memories that are particularly special to her, and it's hard for her to pick a favorite.

There was of course the day she was paired with her guardian and closest friend in the world, Rina. By Kokiri standards, Koci had really only just been born, knowing next to nothing about the world around her, but Rina was there to answer every question and curiosity she had. It seemed like she knew everything about...everything, from how things were made to history and customs across different cultures and anything in between. Koci never questioned how Rina knew so much, and to this day she has no idea that her guardian fairy is much, much more than meets the eye... but they're inseparable all the same.

There was also the day she learned that Link returned her feelings, even though their individual duties meant they had to wait a while. Over several years since meeting him, she got to see more of what he was really like beyond his role as a knight and grew to adore it quite a lot, but she worried that his job would keep him from ever seeing her as more than a travelling companion. So naturally she was overjoyed when he proved her wrong and told her that he actually felt pretty similar - he also wondered if she really wanted to be as close to him as it seemed, or if that was just because she was sworn to the blade he carried. And even before that, she seemed sort of intimidated by the fact that his role was so important, so it came as a pleasant surprise to both of them that they actually had feelings for each other.

Then there were moments, as the calamity inched closer, where she and Zelda would act more as friends. Initially, Koci was intimidated by the Princess' role and status, similar to how she first felt about Link. And in the beginning, she didn't understand why Zelda seemed to hold such disdain for her. But when she later learned that it was for the same reason the Princess initially felt contempt for Link - because he was able to fulfill his role when she couldn't - Koci and Zelda began to understand one another more. Koci also didn't feel very confident about her role - it was given to her as something she just had to do, and made her feel like more of an accessory than a person among her companions. The moments when Zelda would come around and the two would share stories and laugh with each other helped Koci feel more welcome in the place she was supposed to be.

Then there came the point when she and Link decided to settle in his home in Hateno Village after Ganon's defeat. It was the first time after they'd admitted their feelings for each other that they could finally rest and spend true quality time together. It wasn't something either of them ever expected to want when they were younger, but after everything they went through over the previous years, it was special to each of them.

But the most important day (or days, rather) for Koci, whether she realized it at the time or not, was when Link came to claim the Master Sword - both the first and second time. For a few years prior to the first, she had been preparing for the moment the hero would appear to claim the blade she had guarded all this time, but she had no idea just how much of her life it would change. Getting to know Link both as a knight and as a person, going from a sheltered and simple life in the forest to experiencing the vast and unfamiliar kingdom of Hyrule, doing so alongside the Champions and getting involved with the royal family, making new friends in all of them... All of these things not only opened her eyes to a world outside the one she grew up in, but also allowed her to live and mature within it - something that, from what little she knew of her own race's history, no Kokiri had ever been able to do before.

[milkbreadtoast]

Ask and ye shall receive! I am here to ask you to tell us all about your OCs! What kind of world do they live in? What kind of story do you want to tell with them? Their personalities? Your favorite aspects of each of them? What do you associate with them, like, what thing, when you see it, makes you go "ohhhhh! This reminds me of them!" Please tell us!

OMG.... THANK U FOR ASKING AAAH 🥺🥺🥺 so im going to answer this for the 2 OCs i drew and posted most recently... these guys...

FIRST OF ALL want to start off w a disclaimer that I'm going to talk abt them as if it's like. a story or webtoon or webnovel that im going to make but in reality i think theres a slim chance of me making that a reality even tho i rly want to TT but its still fun to think abt/develop them...

This OC story has a main 4 (2 guys and 2 girls); there's a 💙girl, 💚guy (the 2 protagonists) and ❤️girl and 💜guy (on the opposing/"antagonist" side). This story is actually based off a dream I had back in 2018 LMAO but my subconscious just gave me the very basic concept/vibes (like a prompt basically) and i had to flesh it out from there... also only 3/4 showed up in the dream, the 💜guy I had to make from scratch and he went thru the most changes(+all r still being developed)

-what kind of world do they live in?

So in this universe there's a power system/a small percent of the population has powers... I've just been generically calling them "psychic powers/espers" like in mp100 (超能力/초능력, lit: superpowers) bc i dont have a name for them like "nen" or anything... I'm not going to go into detail of how it works yet but I think it does share some similarities w mp100 (like how some r born w it and others can awaken it thru stress)... Anyway, both 💚 and 💜 are very strong psychics(aka have strong power)... I think all 4 of the main charas have some powers, or at least 3/4 (💙 is also a very strong psychic.) Other than that I guess it takes place in modern day Korea..? Except... I may be Korean American but I know very little about actual Korea/have never lived there, so if I was ever to make this story a reality(again prob neverㅠ), I'd have to do a lot of research and/or have a Korean writing partner/consultant...

-their personalities (v basic intro)

💚guy... His name is Hyojun (lastname tbd) and he's the son of a rly rich family (3/4 mcs are from rich familys...def influenced by ouran smhdsj). Even tho he's from rich society, he doesn't really look or act like it (he's handsome, but has a rough/rowdy look), and really detests this environment and most of the people; finds them suffocating, obnoxious, scummy, Fake, etc. He has a rebellious personality, hates rules and values freedom... He's also really good at and enjoys fighting/sparring. He is a powerful psychic and is also physically strong (knows martial arts + how to fight). (yyh yusuke is def one of his influences heh..) The "hyo" in his name means filial piety/duty... basically a name given with the hope that he'd be an obedient and dutiful son...

His color motif is green💚 and his animal motif is snake🐍 (secondary motif: lizards in general). He's one of the 2 protagonists!! (The other is the 💙girl)

I like the idea of one of the protags having an atypical animal motif that's often associated with evil (or being slimy/conniving etc) like a snake... tried to incorporate this subtly into his design too (slit pupils + cute fang(s)... the fangs give him a cat/dogboy look but it's actually bc snake motif😙)

💜🦋: I kind of designed him to be a foil to hyojun and contrast him in many ways... He's one of the main "antagonists" of the story! (in that he's on the side opposing the "protagonists"... not that he's necessarily "evil"...) He's the heir to a very rich & powerful family, and Unlike the rough and rebellious Hyojun, he's refined, elegant, reserved, calm, polite and gentle. His design is made to look very soft in contrast to Hyojun's sharp edges (literally designed him to contrast hyojun in as many ways as possible lmao🫣). He's also a powerful psychic. He and his family are involved in some shady business behind the scenes... He usually seems kind and gentle, but he's hiding a lot of things behind his smile... He and Hyojun may be opposites in terms of personality, but they may have more similarities than they seem. 👀 I'm being vague but KDJSKDN basically know that he's the smiley faker type... like Clotted Cream Cookie... (clotted actually matched so many of the ideas i had for this OC which I think is 1 reason why I got so attached to him when he came out bdkbdn... his lore is diff but his personality/vibes r p similar + both have parental issues/trauma...)

His color motif is purple💜 (+yellow) and his motif is butterfly🦋!! (/moths? +insects in general) I really love this motif for him bc butterflies have an image of being docile, fragile, gentle and pretty... I love the trope of villains/antagonists with aesthetics/motifs that are soft/pretty/unassuming and atypical of villains... Just like w hyojun having a 🐍 motif as a protagonist... But I also love the butterfly motif because besides being pretty, as insects, there's a somewhat creepy/horror element to them too? I think the duality of butterflies suits the duality of his chara perfectly... And I tried to incorporate the motif into his design thru his spotted eyes... They're normally light on dark and look like sparkly eyeshines, but the colors invert when he's using his powers and become dark spots on light, inspired by spotted butterfly eyes (u can google "butterfly eyes"), creating an entirely different vibe + invoking slight trypophobia (but in the latest/final iteration of his design I simplified the spots to just 3 as to not go overboard)

(Btw I actually wanted all the psychic charas eyes to look diff when using their powers as a cool visual indicator... 💜's are prob the coolest atm but Hyojun💚's eyes also change/invert; they go from black w a light green slit pupil to green with a black slit pupil)

-what kind of story do u want to tell w them?

If I had to describe it, it'd be like a mix of a shounen/action genre piece (action scenes, fighting, facing an evil org, superpowers etc) and at the same time play heavily off of/include a lot of elements/tropes of the shoujo/romance genre??? This won't make sense without more context but... there'd be a lot of insp from/playing off of (and subverting) tropes from shoujo romance manga/webtoons... while at the same time blending it with the action genre... The goal is to draw heavily from both and take these tropes and mash and twist them up and create something new and really fun (and hopefully funny... I def want it to be a comedy kdhfj. But also I want it to include well rounded characters with deep and angsty backstories and relationships... def a lot of overcoming trauma...) Even the makeup of the main 4 mirrors the main character tropes of both the action/shounen and romance/shoujo genres... there's 4 main charas, mirroring the main 4 of some of my fav shounens (mainly YYH and HxH), but they're also evenly split in terms of gender, 2 guys and 2 girls, which mirrors the main cast formula of the romance genre (ex: female lead, male lead, sub male lead, sub female lead/rival)... It's definitely going to have a strong theme of friendship/found family/platonic bonds (as is typical of shounen genre) bc I eat that sht up... It wouldn't be classified as a "romance", but that doesn't mean it won't have romance... just not in the direction one might expect... Idk how much I should say but it'd be sooo hetbait dkbfdjd I love the idea so much... (hetbait but actually gay kshdjdh)

Anyway I want to make a story that'd have readers (like the webtoon commenters i see) confused about what genre it is lmaoo... like is this supposed to be action or romance... and also be like who am i supposed to ship... KFJSKJ (i have my own ships but it'd be fun to see who ppl would ship during the course of it... ppl liking diff ship dynamics... fantasizes abt it being a real thing even tho it prob wont happen lmao)

I need to draw updated art of 💙girl and ❤️girl..!! In the meantime here's some older art of 💙girl(2021-2022) that I apparently never posted... my pookie she is everything to me mfbdn Her name is Seol!

And here's some even older art (2018-2019)!! I've had these charas since 2018 (well... 💜 didnt exist back then... conceptualized in 2019) but I only drew/developed them once in a blue moon bc i usually just draw fanart of my hyperfixations🥹... sorry for neglecting u, ocs...

edit: I realized I forgot a very important piece of info... ages MCNDNB Hyojun and Seol are both 20 (at least for now? it could change) and 💜guy(NEED TO NAME HIM SOON FR) is like 1-2 yrs older. hmm... when i first made them they were my age but now theyre younger lmaoo. Maybe I'll age them up or not but they're all over 18 at least

[ruth-the-artblog]

Hey @ari-shipping-stuff i thought i would answer everything in a seperate post so i can compile things easier fkjdkdidhdidjd

1- Yeah the saturation is edited :> I was going for a sunset vibe. Which is Extra Eerie in school because we always go before sunset. The original is regular window light + shadows. I'll put the og one at the readmore at the bottom. Also tbh i been using mostly pens for drawing to prevent me from constantly fixing mistakes in comics. Kkdhdkdjkdjdkjd

Oml those fucking windows. I hated them so much. As a public school student, they were in all my schools.

These, but much less clean (im talking CAKED in dust) and half the windows were broken/the glass panel is half hanging out of the frame. It was such a hazard to clean tbh because it was so easy to push out a loose panel. AND WE SAT NEXT TO THOSE BITCHES 🤡🤡🤡🤡

2- Thanks :> i also liked how it turned out with the blue pen and orange lights. I think the reason my drawings are rly expressive is because i like to draw those the most kdhdkdhdkd

3- kdhddkdjdkdjdjdkdjd with how much eyes it has, you def could hit one of them square in the eye

4- It's a karaoke room im leaving a photo under the readmore for reference. I kinda just based it off how i remembered it. Now that i think about it im not sure if there was a disco ball, but in my heart there sure is. The things on the table are microphones, but no one is singing right now. The song playing is "Eyes Without a Face" by Billy Idol, the one i linked in the post.

5- Nah i didn't use the knife, quite the opposite actually. I didn't like how one of the draings turned out, so i ripped the bottom half of the paper and drew at the bottom. Then i used my phone editor to blur the two pages together.

What ending scenes dym btw?

This place was inspired by the song "I Know The End" by Pheobe Bridgers. The place is sunset with thousands of billboards. Eyeballs and Lee sit on the titular billboard from the song as they chat.

When did Lee meet Wingtips or Eyeballs?

For Wingtips, its the usual one. Wingtips is a manifestation of Lee's imagination as a coping mechanism. Vae also act as a therapist and later a parental figure to Lee until the end.

For Eyeballs, after Lee dies, Eyeballs poses as Wingtips to torment him in Hell for eternity. However, something happens and leaves Eyeballs just as trapped in the dream-hellscape as Lee is. They kinda struggle to understand each other, as they are the only real people in the dream-hellscape

First comic

^ i think i sent the full vid in the discord before. Lmk if you want me to find it for you

Right that's it. Thanks for reading everything.

[tiny-stack-of-knights]

With the new stuff in return to dreamland deluxe, is there any updates for crowned and knighted? :)

Oh yeah, @detonatethegemapples and I have been scheming on lots of fun new Crowned and Knighted stuff… I can’t get too crazy into it here since a lot of it is still being worked on, but we are working on a master post/ timeline documenting the major events of the AU, as well as a fun little sequence involving a masquerade ball, in which Kirby and crew sneak in and chaos ensues so. Very exciting stuff :)

Here’s a little sneak preview at what Meta’s masquerade outfit may look like.. still very much a WIP but I think he looks pretty…

[mrshamada-dorian]

fanta bestie !! what's ur favourite thing about juza? what's ur favourite backstage story of his? favourite card? :3

HEY BESTIE!! THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS 💕💕 I NEED A DISTRACTION:

so my favorite thing about juza is his passion and motivation. and how that literally bleeds into everything. man i wish i had half his drive to get things done. do you know how unstoppable i would be 😳??

as for my favorite backstage story, it definitely has to be his Premonition of Blooming backstory. It was so cute how happy he was when he realized that someone was finally not afraid of him for the first time. I wanted to give him a kiss!! and when he came up behind izumi to grab the tea for her… 🫠

as for my favorite card, it depends on the day honestly but my top two categorized as “strawberry milk baby” and “until the wheels fall off”:

i’m sure you can guess which is which 😂.

[suuho]

“I don’t know what you’re like, but to me, you’re the whole world and the center.”

three biases for @shellweed ♡

[mickmundy]

sniper's loft bed headcanons pls 👁️👁️

omg.,., ehehe.,., i’m soo glad you asked this is something i am Not at All Insane About.,., ehee.,., and i actually think its probably for the best that i elaborate on this here since there really isn’t a graceful way to fit posts like this within a fic SKDFKSD so!! let’s get to it! starting off by saying i’ve been in and out of motorhomes, trucks with camper shells, vans, etc my entire life (though i would be doing it a lot more in my adult life if i could find ways to not have Every Bug On Earth eat me alive ;_; gwah!) so i guess i’m just a little biased for what i see In My Mind. i have yet to sketch out/floorplan out sniper’s van layout itself In My Mind but let’s just keep it vague enough to say it’s nothing flashy, but it’s cozy and Aged and… lived in! i’ve talked about it before in one of my Many headcanon posts but i think he was always taught that he doesn’t need material things and while i wouldn’t say he’s a hoarder by any means, i think he tries to convince himself everything in his home has a Practical Application just so he can justify hanging onto it! i think sniper is v sentimental and the stuff he chooses to keep might be a little “unconventional” by average standards (ie he doesn’t have lots of photos of his family, but kept his mum’s handmade quilts and his dad’s old knife and hunting rifle. also presses flowers and would keep the eggshell of when he and medic first ate breakfast in bed together, etc) but i could ALSO make a whole other post about just little knicknacks i think you’d find in sniper’s home at any given time HEHE… but i’m doing my best to stay on track so!!

i’m going to preface this with IM SORRY for the “pinterest looking ass” photos to describe what i’m talking about but just use this as a Basic Jumping Off Point. Not as the Literal Visual. work with me here… so i think sniper’s bed has LOTS of pillows and blankets. if you’ve ever slept in one of those loft bed camper van beds you’d know that those walls are cold and hard and don’t really hold heat in all that well! i think the blankets are a combination of furs he has (though he rolls up and stores them when its hot out), sherpa/wool, knit blankets and quilts, etc. all of different sizes and weights. whatever makes him comfortable! pillows are extremely worn in (as are the blankets; you could find lots of mends on them!) and comfortable just the way sniper likes them. i think he has so many layers because he sleeps naked and likes to be able to adjust what parts of his body are covered and what parts aren’t. he’s the king of sticking one of those loooong legs out of the covers, or having only his tummy covered and the rest of him exposed, etc! he likes being able to change things quickly to suit his needs. this is also great for draping something over his shoulders when he’s laying out on top of his van at night watching the stars or sitting in a lawn chair feeding hoots!

the space is small, so i think he’d also have a “nightstand” which really is just a “coffeetable book” (ie a big-ish hard cover book) of some subject he’s interested in that he’d keep pressed against the “long wall” of the camper that has just a battery-powered plastic lantern (for reading before bed ehe) on it, a worn-out old book of poetry or some kind of book he’s read a thousand times that he likes skimming before bed (this is not to be confused with the Utility Books he reads at others times about survivalism, gun cleaning, etc. this is a Wind Down Specific book), and aheh, when he starts really falling for medic, something else too… but i’ll discuss that later in my fics! ;-) if i’m being really self-indulgent i think he also has a stuffed animal from his childhood that he’s still hung onto all these years, but he keeps him stored away safely in a pillowcase because he doesn’t want it getting lost or damaged! :’( also he’s just a huge cuddlebug imo, so he likes having things he can Grab or fling his leg or arm over in his sleep (pillows, bunched up blankets, etc)! the space is small but he makes it very homey! HEHEHE

[lastsurvivor-a]

Character Sheet

basics.

full name. ellen louise ripley

nicknames / aliases. ripley, rip

age. 30s

zodiac. capricorn

spoken languages. english, some spanish (enough to get a point across)

physical characteristics.

hair colour. dark brown

eye colour. dark brown

skin tone. cream(?), very lightly tanned, some freckles

body type. toned, lean

dominant hand. left

posture. pretty good, but slouches/ leans forward sometimes in her seat

scars. a few that are mostly covered by her clothing, but some on her hands as well from work and other small accidents

tattoos. none

birthmarks. a very faded one on the back of her neck, you’ll only see if if you look hard enough

most noticeable features. extremely curly hair, piercing eyes, the way she carries herself

childhood.

place of birth. olympia, luna (earth colony)

siblings. none

parents. frank ripley (father), jennifer ripley (mother)

adult life.

occupation. warrant officer in main verse, ex-military in modern, vigilante/superhero in superhero verse

residence(s). an apartment on luna

close friends. some of her coworkers (main and modern), a few childhood friends she’s kept in contact with, other verse dependent connections

relationship status. single (verse dependent), but has two ex husbands

financial status. working-middle class

driver’s license. yes

criminal record. N/A unless you wanna count her abandoning an entire ship without delivering the goods I guess? (Doesn’t count in my book but lmao)

vices. a little bit of wrath, but she deserves it I think, being stubborn, wanting to go by-the-book as much as possible (if that counts ???)

sex & romance.

sexual orientation. lesbian

preferred sexual role. dominant

libido. average

turn-ons. clear communication, having a good sense of humor, being yourself / not hiding behind a mask, being passionate about something, confidence, good grooming habits, actively listening to her, receiving neck kisses, her hair being played with or tugged on, having her partner use her first name, giving hickeys

turn-offs. selfishness, being rude to waiters/waitresses/servers, excessive pda, cockiness, using her first name if she doesn’t know you too well, ignorance, sloppy when eating/in dress, being controlling, jealousy, being assumptive/jumping to conclusions

love language. words of affirmation & quality time…probably a little bit of gift giving, I can see her leaving nice goodies for her partner on occasion because she saw it and thought of them (I forgot the others and these seemed like her so…)

relationship tendencies. tends to be open and honest and communicates her likes/dislikes clearly, has had casual flings in the past, but is looking for something serious nowadays especially after her two husbands weren’t the best people. she can’t fix what happened, but healing would be very nice, especially after that she discovered her true self. slowly dipping her toes back into the dating pool.

miscellaneous.

hobbies to pass time. wood working, tinkering, reading, playing basketball/tennis, watching corny/cheesy movies, cooking/baking, stargazing, going to unique museums, collecting things related to her interests (peanuts/snoopy stuff, etc.), reading the comics in the newspaper and cutting out/ collecting strips she enjoys

mental illnesses. ptsd, depression, claustrophobia, survivor’s guilt

self-confidence level. pretty good most of the time, even with people not listening to her. she knows when she's right.

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[viaetor]

❛ you can’t save everyone. ❜ ( thank you for liking the inbox call <3 )

ㅤㅤ“i know—i know.”

ㅤㅤhe knew that. or rather, he should’ve known that for a while by now. teyvat was not the first world he visited, those were not the first tragedies he had experienced and that was not the first time he experienced dismay. cruelty and injustice were meant to be a counterweight to all the good in the universe, as in to keep its perfect entropy in balance—the most humble academics and wise poets made peace with such a harsh truth. so it was expected that he, an otherworldly traveller, explorer of the abyss and soldier of the stars, understood such facts by now. but each time he remembered caribert’s screeches, the agony of his voice and the terror that sprawled through his body, consuming him entirely… it made his stomach flip and sink, lower and lower, to the point it was almost touching the floor under his feet.

ㅤㅤstaring at his sparkling berry juice, he felt queasy, as if the vermilion of the drink was not thanks to the sylvan fruits of the high fields of mondstadt, but to the flesh and bones that he saw a few days ago. ghoulish parts used as ingredients to a cure. how ironic was that? turning his cheek the other way, fingertips lightly pushed his glass to the side, no longer thirsty for any beverage charles could have to offer.

ㅤㅤthe idea of talking to kaeya about what happened with the “loom of fate” came naturally—the traveller thought that, if anyone could offer him a different perspective, it would be him, the descendant of such history. eide, caribert, alberich… his sister. everything the cavalry captain told him during their conversation was logical, reassuring through its connection to reality. aether couldn’t be everywhere at the same time, nor play the undefeatable hero of every person in need. but if he had awakened sooner… things could’ve been different. he and lumine could have fixed it—whatever it was. so perhaps he came to angel’s share and offered to buy them a round of drinks as they talked over everything, anything and nothing at the same time simply because he felt like he owed that much to kaeya. to his family, to his lineage. as if aether was responsible somehow.

ㅤㅤ“but i can’t blame her for trying”, he added, tightly squeezing his fists on the table. “i’d have done the same. wouldn’t you?”

[waterblobbu]

(i can't read chinese so hhhfhhfgjd) How did you come up with their names? Do they mean anything? Also, if the Yellow Champion was killed, is Kailin meant to be a replacement or did they just kidnap some guy?

If you have any trivia you really want to talk about but I havent asked for, this is your cue to drop it :)) and more art if you have it (if you wish, obviously)

(ahh its ok!! i cant read most words either hfdnj i had to look them up online)

once again more rambling under the cut!!

i themed their names around their traits and personalities (except for qingyuan's, she was named after the pond the azure dragon plucked a lotus from to create her)

here are their names in mandarin:

Ruan Kailin: 阮凯琳 (lit. meaning: Flute Victorious Jade) Qingyuan: 清源 (lit. meaning: Clear Spring (as in water not the season)) Huamin: 花敏 (lit. meaning: Flower Clever (yeah uh i have no idea why i named her this)) Fenjing: 奋精 (lit. meaning: Striving Spirit) Xiuying: 秀英 (lit. meaning: Elegant Flower (though ying itself can mean other things))

for the yellow champion question, kailin is meant to be a sort of...guide, i guess that's the right word. he's meant to unite the five champions together as planned by huanglong. he told them that the guide has a jade pendant, which is what kailin wears, but his was given to him by his parents so thats...maybe the wrong guy...?

as for trivia, uh...ill list the ones i can think of here!

fenjing is mute. he uses sign language to speak, but occasionally makes grunts and other vocal noises (usually when he wants to alert someone)

the five champions have this mode called 'deity mode', where they channel all the powers given to them by their deities. its basically super saiyan mode and they turn into miniatures of their deities. the cost is pretty high though, since their artificial forms (although heavily fortified) cant quite handle the power of literal whole ass constellations, so their bodies will slowly deteriorate the more they use them. its worse for the champions with the higher power levels like qingyuan and xiuying. here's qingyuan's deity mode:

qingyuan and fenjing can purr due to their animal traits

kailin is actually bard class. he uses audiomancy to attack. he can also buff his teammates this way (also fun fact apparently there are pentatonic notes associated with the five phases??? i just thought it was neat)

kailin also has empathic powers and aura reading

qingyuan, xiuying, and fenjing provide brute strength of the party, though qingyuan's strength lies more in swordfighting than raw muscle

huamin's gender is fluid but she uses she/her pronouns most of the time. being a shapeshifter is fun

there is a separate class of demon known as Neutron Star. they're on the same power level as black holes, but instead of being formed through intense amounts of rage and hatred upon death, they just have the determination to survive, and so neutron star demons are far more passive and docile than black holes. they look like this:

with that being said, the squad does have a neutron star pal who often vibes with huamin. his name is Xiao Guang (小光, literally Little Light). he's the little lad on the right. dont worry about the big one on the left she's dead.

chiyou's generals are the four perils of chinese mythology (because apparently they're naturally opposed to the four beasts of china). here they are:

chiyou also has a three headed dragon form. here it is:

he looked like this when he was younger:

kailin shinji chair

grip the hundun.

and finally have this