#wonder if this fanart will appear in the tags now :)

[coefore]

Twitch learns more family-related words

[ryllen]

"Bran is practically my brother's cat" - is what i would like to think

[velvet-n-lace]

If only you were real....

Series: Obey Me

Genre: Suggestive

Word Count: 1k words

Pairing: Leviathan x Dating Sim Character Reader (Gender-Neutral)

Warnings and Tags: Typical stan behavior, some obsession, a bit of suggestive stuff

A/N: idk I just had a thought about this, i’ll probably expand on it in the future but for now, just enjoy~ sorta wish I wrote this better... ugh...

Dating Sim!Reader is among the many love interests in the latest dating sim game. Levi has kept an eye on it for a while. He rewatched its promotional videos, realizing he was mainly fixated on you. He knew nothing about you besides that unique design and several promotional clips introducing your personality. That didn’t stop him from making gifs and edits of you—his precious Dating Sim!Reader.

You stood out among the other love interests. Everything about you just works; it is no wonder many were eager to start your route first. Dating Sim!Reader’s style is unique, and Levi constantly wonders what you would look like in real life. You would be a perfect being—literally a God/Goddess among everyone who crossed your path.

Finally, the game came out. The prologue was intriguing, but when Dating Sim!Reader’s sprite appeared, Levi completely lost it. He took at least 10 screenshots every time you spoke—20 if you said something that turned him on. He was ready to stay up all night, complete your route, and live-post about you until dawn.

Dating Sim!Reader's route was immaculate. Levi lay on his floor, overwhelmed by how much of a well-rounded character you were. Your hobbies made sense to your character, your backstory was gut-wrenching, and he cried just remembering the romantic ending. His inner circle was hardly surprised when he told them he had completed your route. “Of course he did,” they said.

Levi played through the other characters’ routes. Some were decent, some he didn’t care for, but one thing was certain: Dating Sim!Reader still reigned supreme in his heart. Every time you show up as another platonic love interest, a pang of despair fills his heart. This is unbearable. You should be head over heels for Levi’s protagonist, yet the game refuses to let that happen unless he replays your route again.

Levi returned to your route with one goal: 100% completion. To this day, Dating Sim!Reader’s route remained the only one he had fully completed. He had to, so he could prove his unwavering devotion to you.

According to a poll, Dating Sim!Reader ranked at the top of the Popular Love Interests poll. Levi was happy to see you there with the fan favorites, but then that jealousy kicked in. So many posts claimed to be your biggest fan; some were already dedicating a corner of their room filled with your merch. Levi wasn’t having it. It was time to start stanning hard.

Levi bought every piece of Dating Sim!Reader merch he could get his hands on. Some had to be fanmade so that he could stand out among the other stans. There are about five Ita Bags worth of merch overflowing inside them. He was already making fan art before you got popular, so he became THE Dating Sim!Reader guy in his weeb circle. His profile pictures were just your face adorned with pretty edits for the next few months.

Screenshots weren't enough anymore, fanfiction flooded in, and Dating Sim!Reader fics were the most popular. Levi saved each one he came across, stashing the best ones in a dedicated folder or reading list to read again and again. He found himself rereading his favorite passages, no matter his mood. He even began to write some himself.

He’s in the deep end now. Levi started getting hard in the middle of class just remembering what Dating Sim!Reader did in those R-18 fanart, fanfics, and doujins he’s collected. He even got caught doodling something provocative when he was supposed to be writing notes. It’s embarrassing to get caught, but behind closed doors, that self-indulgence was tenfold.

He'd been thinking of cosplaying Dating Sim!Reader for a while. He bought some materials and made a few tweaks to it. After completing it, he’d just take all types of pictures with it—some cute, some suggestive, some only for his eyes. They always get him likes and shares wherever he posts them. He’d never witnessed a character get so many likes as you do. Even walking around an anime convention, people asked for a photo with him. He gained a boost in confidence, all thanks to you~

"Of course, he has a mountain of Dating Sim!Reader merch. Figurines were made to capture your popularity. Mammon tried stealing one, hoping it would sell for a hefty price, but unfortunately, Levi had already “claimed” that figurine he attempted to steal… Mammon never touched Levi’s shit since."Of course, he has a mountain of Dating Sim!Reader merch. Figurines were made to capture your popularity. Mammon tried stealing one, hoping it would sell for a hefty price, but unfortunately, Levi had already “claimed” that figurine he attempted to steal… Mammon never touched Levi’s shit since.

It’s already been a few months, and Levi is still stanning hard. New changes were coming to RAD: exchange students from the Celestial Realm and the Human World would attend soon. There was a chance that humans would know about this game, but there was no way they’d know about the dating sim genre and, more importantly, about Dating Sim!Reader.

Then the new human exchange student walked in… looking exactly like Dating Sim!Reader. It couldn't be real. No matter how much Levi wished they could be real, they were only a fictional character…

He got a better look at you, taking every detail of your face and style. He couldn't deny it. You really did look like a real-life version of Dating Sim!Reader. He was a little too close; you felt him breathing against your skin.

A nervous wreck of a demon stood before you, hands shoved in his pockets, all hunched over like he was about to burst.

“Question…” he gulped, “is your name… Dating Sim!Reader?”

“Yeah, it is.” Your voice was so similar that he wondered if you were Dating Sim!Reader’s voice actor or something.

“It’s the same name as that character in that dating sim!” you exclaimed. Levi was on cloud nine. Clearly, you were no normie if you knew THAT dating sim. Having the same name and appearance as Dating Sim!Reader must be the best thing ever.

“They are my favorite!” Levi blurted out, “Do you want to see my merch collection someday?”

You nodded and smiled at him; your expression was so much like Dating Sim!Reader’s that it made his heart skip a beat. It was the beginning of something new: a real-life connection with someone who embodied the most perfect character ever. Levi thought he’d never see the day.

[elodiah]

WIP Wednesday

Taking the inspiration provided by a rather hilarious fanart on twt that seems to have now vanished, which was regarding a specific physical form that Loki could take, I’m adapting it into a cute Lokius Fluffbruary prompt fill. Bit of a longer chunk here than normal, just because I felt like it. 🤷‍♀️

“I’m very impressed, I have to say. All this time, and you never managed anything like this until now.” Mobius watches Loki fly in little spiralling circles with a sense of subdued wonder, but then a bittersweetness seemingly takes him over. “Not for lack of trying though, huh?” he adds sadly.

The memories of long-past efforts — where Loki was unable to project more than a vague, wispy shadow, scarcely visible let alone tangible — have no place as accompaniment to today’s playful diversion. He informs Mobius as such by darting and swooping at him frenetically, purposely brushing his wings over an ear and a cheek and an exposed forearm, garnering very gratifying flinches and laughter at the sensation.

Tiring quickly, however, Loki alights on the tip of his nose, drawing another chuckle from Mobius as he scrunches his face up in reaction and waves a gentle hand to dislodge him.

“Hey, I’m supposed to be working here,” he gripes, but it comes with a beaming smile and good humour.

Fluttering in front of his face apologetically, Loki instead rises up over him and lands delicately upon the side of his head, opening out his pretty wings and likely appearing not too dissimilar to an oversized hair accessory.

“Oh, ‘cause that’s so much better,” Mobius sighs with fond amusement, detecting the tickle of spindly insect legs latching onto his hair. A short pause follows, before he confesses softly, “I miss you too, Loki. So much.”

Loki flicks a wing over the curve of his ear once more in acknowledgement, and hopes Mobius recognises it as much-intended concurrence.

Tags for my wonderful moots: @kcscribbler , @lokimobius , @in-my-loki-feels , @loki-is-my-kink-awakening , @insomniaflarrow , @thosegayoldmen , @silentxsymphony , @mirilyawrites , @impulsemuppet , @andthekitchensinkao3

[hermitadaymay]

I deleted the ask pretty much as soon as I got it, but now I kinda wish I hadn't, so:

Dear anon who sent an ask wondering if I was going to reblog their Skizz art, because they posted it on time but the Stress daily post had already gone through and I hadn't reblogged it yet:

Hi! I'm Luna. I run this blog, and I'm one person. There are over 3,000 posts on this blog (almost half of them from this year, already, and we're on day 10), and the vast majority of those are fanart with individualized tag commentary. I do not get paid to do any of this. Some dear friends helped me with the funds to cover the minimum prices I contracted with Spider, Belmarzi, and Rae, but any extra from that, plus a fair few of my own dollars, will be going into the fundraiser itself when we near the end of the month.

Thursday nights are game nights with my friends. They all know why I'm on my phone whenever it's not actively my turn during the month of May and they support me, but believe it or not, I like being able to talk to them when I get to see them, so yeah, I was pushing the Skizz reblogs a little late.

But the Stress daily post posted at 12 sharp, and I reblogged the last Skizz post at 12:14. I had started doing my no-commentary fast final reblogs for the day several minutes before the Stress daily post! So were you, what, refreshing the blog waiting to see your art, not caring what else popped up, and then immediately going to the inbox to complain as soon as the new daily post went up and you hadn't seen yours? If so, then I'm not sure you understand what this event is for. This is not "free art exposure: the blog." This thing that I've put hundreds of hours of my life into at this point, and that yes, sometimes I'm a little behind with (but I am one person), this is for celebrating of the Hermits and the community of artists of all kinds that has sprung up around them. If you don't care about that, then I'd ask that you either reevaluate your priorities or stop wasting my time by posting to the tag.

Any further complaints sent on anon will be disregarded entirely.

-Mod Luna

P.S. Unrelated, but it'll be going into the rules next year: traced art will not be tolerated. If you are discovered to be reposting or tracing others' art, your pieces will be removed from the blog and any further submissions ignored.

Edit: the anon wrote back; I appear to have starkly misinterpreted their intentions. I am leaving this post up as accountability, but in hindsight I recognize that my response was equally out of line with the goals of the event as I assumed their interests were.

[lindseybots]

Welcome to The Wind’s Track AU!

A lot of people have been stopping by to check this AU out, so I thought now was a good time to make a pinned post for this.

What is this AU?

This is a Legend of Zelda AU in which Link, the Hero of Winds from Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass (nicknamed Wind in this AU), sticks around New Hyrule as a spirit after his life has reached its conclusion.

During his wanderings as a spirit one day, he went to check on his old pal Niko to find that Niko had taken in a baby named Link (nicknamed Spirit in this AU) whom he found washed ashore. This baby will eventually grow up to be the Hero of Spirits from Spirit Tracks. Wind is surprised at the matching name and almost identical appearance, but even more surprising than all of that is that this kid has the ability to see and hear him.

Basically, the ghost of the Hero of Winds helps raise the Hero of Spirits.

Don’t know where to start with exploring the AU? Try this, or try exploring some of the tags!

Important Links / Tags

Tags:

#The Wind’s Track AU

#The Wind’s Track

# WT AU

#WT Fanart

#WT Comic

#WT reference sheet

#Lindseybot answers

#WT Wind

#WT Spirit

(if you want to type these in manually, do it lowercased. Tumblr sometimes gets weird with the tags if you capitalize them.)

Links:

WT AU Collaborative Spotify Playlist (A Spotify playlist for the AU made with y’all’s help.)

Some WT AU Questions and Answers (under the break)

Q: Is this associated with Linked Universe?

A: No. While Linked Universe is a wonderful AU, the Wind’s Track is its own, separate AU. The events of Linked Universe DO NOT and NEVER WILL HAPPEN in the “canon” of this AU. If you would like to see a little more of my thoughts on that, please view this post.

Q: Can I post fanart, fanfics, etc. of this AU?

A: Absolutely! If you do, all I ask is that you credit me for the AU. (Also, please tag me so I can see it. 🤭) While on the subject, feel free to check out the tag #WT reference sheet if you’d like to see references of the characters within the context of the AU.

Q: Is there an official fic for this AU?

A: Unfortunately, no. I am not a confident writer. I have an Ao3 account (Lindseybot), but I never post fics on it. I, instead, use it to subscribe, leave kudos, leave comments, etc. I occasionally post little comics of the AU here on Tumblr, however.

Q: Will there be a full comic then?

A: As of now, I do not have any plans to do that. Not only is this AU still very early in development, but that would take a LONG time. With my current schedule being the way it is, it just wouldn't be feasible. Still, never say never. You never know what the future may hold. As of now, I plan to just occasionally post mini comics and art pieces that take place at any random point in the timeline of the AU.

Q: Can I use your art as an icon, banner, etc.

A: Sure!! I’m honored that you like my art enough to want to use it for that! Please just make sure to credit me!

Q: Can I send you asks? / Can I send you a lot of asks? / Can I send you suggestions?

A: PLEASE DO! Hearing from y'all makes me very happy. Anons are welcome too! If you decide to ask anonymously, I will give you an anon name. If you ask about a character’s shoes or something (as a silly example) I might dub you "Shoe Anon." Whether or not you use the name is up to you, but if you want to send another ask later and make it known to me that you are the same anon as from a previous ask you can be like: "Hey! It's Shoe Anon again! I have another question!"

Q: Why does Wind look young? Did he die young?

A: Nope! Don’t let his looks fool you. He may look no older than during the days of his adventures, but he actually lived a long, happy life. His adventures were the most impactful part of his life. As such, his appearance as a spirit is simply a reflection of that.

Q: What ships are in this AU?

A: ST Zelda x ST Link. If you want to see more of my thoughts on that, check out this post.

Q: What games will this AU cover content from?

A: This AU will contain spoilers for the following games:

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

Other games within the Legend of Zelda series are subject to be mentioned, but they are a lot less likely.

Q: The Spotify Playlist collaborator link isn’t working, but I want to be a collaborator. What do I do?

A: Not to worry! Spotify’s collaborator link always expires after seven days. We are forced to put up with that feature. Send me an ask about it. I’ll renew the link! :)

Q: I want to add a song to the playlist, but I don’t want anyone to know I was the one who added it. Is there still a way for me to add it?

A: That’s perfectly fine! Send me the song name and artist name through an anon ask. I’ll add it for you!

[anzuhan]

Do you still play twst? Last time I checked that tag you posted fanart in 2023 but I still like your art about it tons. Wonder how you feel about the end of book 7 too, if you have reached it that is

ANZU IS STILL ACTIVELY INTO ITTT there's just so many things anzu is into that anzu never even draws for at all but want to... anzu just gets too captivated to drawing for just one fandom at a time mostly. but trying to fix that now...!

spoilers under cut

when they killed lilia legit thought they did it for reals. and that they wont go back out of it even tho its. disney game 💔 but no its okay he is fine. wouldve felt so bad tho, anzu legit got into twst for him initially 😭😭😭

genuinely so much shit happened in book7 so don't know if u mean just the end w that or all of it because all of it.. hrm....... trey's dream........... ... savanaclaw rook also took anzu out when he first appeared 😭

not gonna comment on the caykun [i pretend i do not see it image]

ALSOOO ALL THE CG CARDS FOR THE STORY ARE SO COOL the groovy one for silver's is genuinely ethereal it's so pretty 🥲🥲

[cat-king-au]

The Supa MAIN POST!!!

Note: All asks will be considered canon for the story going forward, no matter how weird it is.

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👑 What is this AU about?

This AU focuses around a self-centered cat named ‘Mal’ who is interviewed by Y/N (you guys) to discuss his envious rivalry with Petey, which may or may not turn into a love-hate relationship. -wink wink-

💛What timeline does the AU take place?

The story mainly takes place right in between the events of Dog Man Unleashed and Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties. So it’s kind of like a side story but one that will have a impact on the regular story.

👑Which is your favorite Dog Man book?

I want to say Dog Man and Cat Kid, it was the second book I’ve ever read from the series and it has been my favorite ever since.

💛Will the original characters appear in the AU?

Yes, but only for a short amount of time since the story is mainly revolved around Mal, Y/N, Petey, and Dog Man.

👑Does Lil’ Petey exist in this AU?

Well…sorta, but not really. The plan for this AU was to make it Mal’s idea to create a clone in the upcoming events of Tale of Two Kitties, not Petey’s. But instead of just his DNA sample, he uses a bit of Petey’s as well. So Lil’ Petey sorta exists here, but technically goes by a different name with a different look.

💛What inspired you to make the AU?

Well, growing up, I used to read these all the time in class while the teacher was instructing. In fact my discovery of Dog Man came from a bunch of Captain Underpants books I also used to read in my free time. One day I got bored and decided to make a Dog Man OC, which looks way different from what you’re seeing on the top. I didn’t want the OC looking like a recolor of Petey the Cat so I decided to scrap it for good.

After making a few changes to his fur color, whiskers, and throwing in a crown accessory, I deemed it approval for storytelling. The art style wasn’t hard to replicate though there was a few flaws in trying to get the mouth shape correct, so I looked for references and finally got it right.

Now inspiration wise, I couldn’t help but wonder what would happen if Petey had a rival that wasn’t Dog Man, what if he was a feline just like him? And that’s where I came up with the idea to make a entitled feline who wants to out do Petey every chance he got to become king of the cats.

👑Is Dog Man a main character, or a side character?

Sadly he’s not the main focus here, despite the title saying so. Dog Man is still the main protagonist, however the story is told by a different perspective this time, aka Mal’s. Think of it like a POV, every character has one eventually.

🔒What is Mal’s backstory?

[This section is temporary locked, find the silver key to unlock it.]

💛Is Mal short for anything or is his name just Mal?

I wanted of his name to be ironic sounding as possible, so I decided to make it short for ‘Malicious’.

🔒Why does Mal hate Petey so much?

[This section is temporary locked, find the gold key to unlock it.]

👑Why some of the questions on the main post have locks on them? And what do they mean?

This is a simple question with a simple answer: it means you all as the Y/N must look for clues in the comic to find the required key. If you spot the correct key, point it out in the comments that way the main post gets updated and the locked questions are unlocked.

💛Are there any specific tags we have to use, including fan art, shipping, etc.?

(This section will be updated depending on how well the story goes, but in the meantime the following tags will be:)

#dog man au

#king of the cats au dog man

#mal the cat

#cat king au

#metey

mal x petey

#y/n dog man

#dog man fanart

#king of the cats au fan art

#zuri the self insert

#dmkofcau

#dmkofcau characters

💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛

Okay I'm positive you guys know the rules and expectations of Tumblr, so keep the questions PG 13.

I don't want to have to ban anyone on my first day.

The End of the main post!!!

[ilovedthestars]

Ghosts of the Pressy

Look for the green arrows, lovingly maintained. Follow them to the emergency locker, where its supplies are still neatly packed. From our hands to yours, down the generations, our proof against the future's trouble is still as functional, as ready as the hour we put it aside for you. —the past is no forgotten promise by lunaTactics

Short image description: [ID: Two drawings with the same layout and base layers, but different overlays. Both drawings are very tall, about a 1:4 ratio. At the bottom is Murderbot in a corridor of the Pressy, reaching for a life-tender in an emergency cabinet. The background fades up to a black, starry sky. The first version of the drawing has an overlay of blue text bubbles representing the feed, containing dialogue from Fugitive Telemetry with Aylen, Ratthi and Gurathin. The second version of the drawing is overlaid with a transparent layer of misty, otherworldly blue, affecting everything but Murderbot and the life-tender. Tahe upper part of the drawing is filled with a chain of transparent and glowing blue figures, representing the ghosts of the Pressy. Each ghost has their hands on the shoulders of the one who comes after them, and the final one in the chain hands the life-tender to Murderbot. At the very top of the drawing are the words “It is hope like yours that is our future,” a line from Verso’s fic. /End short ID]

Longer, more detailed image descriptions below the cut!

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Sometimes you read a fic that you can’t get out of your head and you just have to make art about it.

the past is no forgotten promise by the wonderful Verso aka lunaTactics aka @grammarpedant gives me so many emotions, and of course the best thing to do with emotions is to make more stuff out of them! It’s been an entire year since I made this art and shared it on discord, but I’ve never put it up anywhere else! So here is my labor of love, the first Murderbot fanart I ever made and probably still the most ambitious that I’ve completed so far.

In addition to Tumblr, this artwork is now posted to Ao3, with a second chapter that contains some thoughts & musings about why I made this and the choices that went into creating it. You can find it here:

Below the cut is a full image description of all the detail you’d notice from looking closely at the artworks, as well as translations of the Preservation language (written in Aurebesh script) that appears in the background.

Long image descriptions:

Canon version:

From the top down, the background fades smoothly from starry black to the yellowish walls of the Pressy, which are scuffed and textured. Murderbot stands in front of a gray emergency supplies cabinet built into the wall, facing away from the viewer. It has medium brown skin and dark brown, slightly scruffy hair. It’s wearing a dark blue hoodie with the hood down, leaving some inorganic parts at the back of its neck visible. It reaches up towards the life-tender on the shelf.

The emergency cabinet has a glowing green sign above it, with text in aurebesh (an abstract sci-fi script, not readable to English speakers, although the text will be translated below) and arrows pointing down. The life-tender sits on the top shelf. It has a metal frame with a large bulge of folded material, and is labeled with a red tag in aurebesh. Other items sit on the shelf below, including medkits with the red plus symbol. The open door of the cabinet has a sign with a large green warning triangle and some text represented with black lines. The door is slightly scuffed and three lines of aurebesh text are graffitied on it in messy blue ink.

On the wall to the left of Murderbot and the cabinet is a large green arrow pointing to the emergency supplies cabinet, as well as a shiny metal plaque with aurebesh text. To the right of the sign, a sheet of transparent material bolted to the wall covers more blue aurebesh graffiti.

Overlaying the drawing and filling in the negative space in the top 2/3 are numerous text bubbles representing feed conversations. These contain dialogue from Fugitive Telemetry, transcribed below with notes on the visual appearance.(Slightly glowy light blue text, grouped into speech bubble or text message-like rounded rectangles, filled with transparent blue) SecUnit: I’m almost there. Just give me a fucking minute. Aylen: You know, swearing during operations doesn’t meet the professional conduct standards of Station Security. SecUnit: Because Senior Indah has never told anybody to fuck off. Aylen: You have me there. SecUnit: I’m going offline now. Aylen: Understood. Good luck. Disconnected.

(A gap, followed by a different style of text bubble which cuts across the entire width of the drawing. The top outline is formed by a horizontal green line that starts with a waveform representing a short burst of static or noise, and the bottom outline is the same but with the waveform at the end. The waveforms interrupt the first and last lines of text, showing the transmission being started and cut off abruptly. The bubble is filled with green static that bleeds outside the lines. The text inside the bubble is also glowy green.)

[caps] This emergency device alerts the port authority notification network and the transponder will send your location to [end caps]

(Another gap, followed by more blue feed bubbles with a new conversation)

Connection Established. SecUnit: I need help. Ratthi: SecUnit, what’s wrong? SecUnit: Which one of these things is most like an EVAC suit? Ratthi: Uh, are you up on the Pressy? The closest thing I see to an EVAC suit in there is a life-tender. But (overlapping the previous bubble to cut off the sentence) Gurathin: There, third shelf down, with the red tags.

(A gap in the feed bubbles which is filled with the main contents of the drawing, including Murderbot, as described above. The final bubbles are tucked into the lower left corner, behind Murderbot.)

Gurathin: Wait, why do you need it? What are you doing? SecUnit: It’s a Station Security thing, I’ll tell you later. Disconnected.

End ID of canon version.

Fic version:

All the elements from the previous drawing remain, except for the feed bubble overlays, which are gone. Instead, the corridor of the Pressy is overlaid with a ghostly blue mist, giving it a much more otherworldly atmosphere. Murderbot and the life-tender are the only things unaffected by the blue overlay, appearing more solid than their surroundings.

A chain of ghostly blue human figures fill the negative space above Murderbot. The last ghost in the chain is holding out her arms so that, although the cabinet shelf is still visible through the translucent overlay, she appears to be holding the life-tender and handing it to Murderbot. She is looking down at Murderbot and smiling gently. The figure behind her rests their hands on her shoulders. Each ghost in the chain smiles down at their successor with a hand or arm around their shoulder. Their appearances vary, and wear different styles of loose-fitting clothing. At the start of the chain of figures is Captain Makeba, looking down at the other ghosts and at Murderbot. She has short hair and wears a loose robe, and her arms are spread wide in welcome. There is a four-pointed star shining in the center of her chest.

Above the ghosts, in the black and starry part of the background, is a centered column of text with one word on each line. It reads, “It is hope like yours that is our future.” (A direct quote from the past is no forgotten promise.)

End long image descriptions.

Aurebesh translations: The glowing green text above the cabinet says “Emergency.” The metal plaque on the wall says “Station Historical & Environmental Management Preserved Site.” The label on the life-tender says “life-tender.” The graffiti on the wall covered with a clear protective sheet says “Here, you are loved,” a line from the past is no forgotten promise. The graffiti on the inside of the door is three names: RoundedLoaf, lunaTactics, lovedthestars.

(A note on Aurebesh: This is a script from Star Wars, which I was not previously familiar with. It was suggested to me by Sparrow on the Murderbot discord when I asked for ideas on how to portray the old Preservation language that Murderbot didn’t have a translation for. I wanted something that looked like a language, but wasn’t immediately readable by someone looking at the art. Aurebesh is a 1:1 substitution for the characters of the English alphabet, which had the added bonus of letting me hide some messages in plain sight.)

[charles-leclerc-official]

Hi I'm very new to the f1 fandom and I was wondering, during winter break, is there less or more activity for fanart, fanfics and overall the fandom aspect of f1?

So I think the answer is it's slightly less active, but I think it's more that the activity just changes a bit. And without races going on people are not posting 50+times/day, even though they may stil lbe online daily, it feels less active even though I don't think it's that different overall.

I think part of the reason it may feel like there is more fanart/fics is because that is a larger majority of posts since there aren't any races to comment on, so overall the tags look like they have a higher percentage of fic and art.

Also of course during winter break making things is a good way to engage with the fandom while the cars are not going vroom. I personally like the time to really dig into the new things we learned last season and incorporate that knowledge creatively.

Now, I can't speak to art(as far as data goes), but @tyrannosaurus-maxy has actually crunched the numbers on the fic side of things (post link to their data) And it appears that as the season progresses more fic is posted, which makes sense, an active season is great inspo for art and fic and sometimes you see a race and you HAVE to write about it. Another thing this data tells me is that the fandom is continuing to grow.

I personally have found the fandom to be very active year round. Some people do chill out over break then come back as soon as pre-season testing starts. But the usual suspects(affectionate) are always posting regularly.

So overall this tends to be a more relaxed time for the fandom. Which is honestly good because the rest of the year we are all arguing over races.

I do like winter break because it's fun to see what people come up with to entertain themselves while we wait for the cars to come back. Good time to post complete silly nonsense imo

[inanimate-reboots]

HI HI HI!!! i have a question about suitcase (can directly or not!! or maybe both if it isnt clear enough /nf)

i wonder… she does have visions of the og suitcase but… in her visions/dreams, does she have any non direct interactions with her? If so, would she hallucinate about talking with her? And does the og suitcase try to tell her something important or would she be like a night terror to the rebooted suitcase?

also may i please ask how is clover doing. does she have trauma,, 😈 /silly

LAST THING PLEASE TELL PAINTBRUSH AND MARSHMALLOW STILL FRIENDS. BATS EYES /silly /nf

(btw i did the drawing for fun but. can i post it on my main blog?? /gen)

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YOUR ART IS SO PRETTY!!!!! AGHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Yes you may post it on your main blog! No need to ask, it looks so NICEEEEEEEE

If you can, maybe tag it Inanimate Reboots Fanart? So i could always come back to it :D Getting fanart of my work just makes me very aghhhh /POS

As for your question, Reboot Suitcase doesn't have many audible hallucinations, but there could be rare moments where she does. She isn't the most comforted by the presence of the og Suitcase hallucination at all... so she probably tries avoiding it whenever it appears. As for if she tries talking to it.. maybe!!!

And now for the other questions!

Clover likely will be a three leafed Clover for her reboot. Meaning her luck is removed. Whether she's happy with it we'll see >:]

Also, yes, Paintbrush n Marshmallow are still friends.

[rabbitdeerart]

Welcome Home Spoilers/Theory - Sped up Record

I’m posting this in in my art blog because I don’t want notifications to pile up in my casual Tumblr blog and I was planning on making more fanart for Welcome Home when I get time off from my new job. Recently, I looked at the WH site update with some of my friends. One of my friends, @isafoxfire made a very interesting discovery! I would like to thank her for her permission in posting this. I will probably tagged @theneighborhoodwatch, as they are a wonderful source of information when Welcome Home started blowing up this year.

NOTE: I'm having trouble uploading the audio right now, but I will talk about it in "Under Read More." will post the audio in a separate post if Tumblr decides to work with me

EDIT: I added in the audio.

My friend Isafoxfire owned a record player before and she noticed that the record player video on the WH site was not playing at the right speed. I have not owned a record player before, but apparently records are to be played at a certain speed depending what size they are. So she took the audio from that video and sped it up and cleaned up the static from it.

I saw someone else on a discord I was in sped up the audio but they did not clean up the static much so here is the audio courtesy of Isafoxfire.

It appears to be an audio of (Julie?) singing about a song for birds and then a narrator saying “Alice found herself falling to Home…. Down, down.” And then an exclamation from Julie again can be heard.

This may or not be related to old concept art from Clown depicted Julie at the edge of the black void that could be found under Home.

[ars-matron]

The Tarot Sequence Reread

Nothing has given me brain rot in a long while like the Tarot Sequence by K D Edwards has. And since I just finished reading all the supplemental stuff right when my hold for The Last Sun came back up I thought I would do something I have only done once before-and in a much less flattering way for a book I hated-and live blog my reread.

There's just so much in this series I need to pay closer attention to. And usually I would go on here and read some metas, but there is literally nothing!! The only things in the tags for this series is people wishing there were more people reading it, a handful of very wonderful fanarts, and an account of the decline of a discord that evidently used to exist for it. So, maybe this will encourage some people to read the books too.

Because there are some heavy topics in this series anytime I talk about such topics I will tag for them, but if they don't come up in the chapters I'm reviewing, I won't. So if you have certain things back listed you might not see all my posts on it. Anyone who is reading along and is curious about it can DM me.

NOW! Predictions and things I want to pay attention to under the cut for spoiler reasons.

The Tower. At the end of the prologue of the first book my thoughts were, " So we trust NO ONE!!" Except Queenie, because why would Rune and Brand live with her if she was evil? Then the children showed up and I had to trust them, they were too young to be part of the, whole thing, plus they are so cute. You have to trust them. And then Addam came along, and of course we trust him, he's an Addam, he's a giant dancing teddy bear and I love him! So I read the whole series (that's out so far) expecting we would find out the Tower was an evil guy, that he had had something to do with the fall of the Sun Throne. Honestly by the end of the third book I didn't think that any longer, and I was starting to before that after finding out he was also Qunn's godfather because!!! There is no way Qunn wouldn't have seen if the Tower revealed he had been a part of all that. (I'm still asking myself HOW exactly he or Mayan wouldn't have noticed an astral projection listening device being installed in Rune's room at their freaking tower that is super locked down! But then it happened for two other locations that were supposed to be super warded and protected my other companions too. So maybe it isn't his fault. I do think he might blame himself, I do think that some of his stand-offishness might also be guilt for not being able to stop the attack on the Sun Throne to start with. We will see...) I'm going to go into this read through with the assumption he is just lonely and sad and not a bad guy.

QUEENIE!!!! Because, WHO THE FUCK IS QUEENIE!? I was already suspicious because every time someone asks Rune and Brand where she came from, or how long she's been with them, they say "She's been with us forever." Every time! It reeks of mind fuckery. Then Eidolon and the epilogue that wasn't came along. Current theory is that she is the Empress, and also that she's probably Rune's mother. I would be willing to bet she was the woman at the end of the third book who spoke up to the river after everyone else. Edwards did a good job of making her disappear in the background, but I'm gonna be hunting for every mention of her and how she acts around everyone.

Ciaran, just because I love him and at first also suspected him of evil deeds. But he's just your gay vodka uncle and he loves all his adopted family so much and I just want to keep a closer on him at the start of the series.

Kellum. We only see him once in the second book, but he's mentioned in Eidolon by the Fool (Or Queenie pretending to be the Fool, again I'm not sure, there's Queenie interference for sure) And he was in one of the supplemental novellas. I think he will be making a bigger appearance in the next book.

Quinn's prophecies. I'll probably make a list of those for a separate master post.

Tallas. The Atlantean soul mates. This is a MAJOR spoiler. Rune says that Brand and he formed a talla bond the night of the attack. That it was what brought Brand out of the geas and got them to safety. The bond was gone when he woke up in the hospital and he's spent this whole time thinking he's somehow broken their talla bond. Something definitely happened between him and Addam in the Westlands, and I don't think Addam was wrong in assuming it was the budding of a talla bond. Because something sort of bond-like is also there now after the Hourglass Throne, after he used his bond with Brand to get him and Addam back to their time. My theory here is that they might be each other tallas, all three of them. Together. We know that it doesn't have to be a sexual relationship, though I don't think Addam would mind that one bit. Everything is pointing to the three of them being tied together somehow, and my theory is mostly that, before they were together together, no one talla bond could form and take precedence over the other. Now that they are together all the time, going on missions, living together, they have more opportunities for a bond to fully form and take hold. Assuming it involves all three of them.

And with that, I'm going to go read!

[gonzague-if]

Hi hope all is well, I'm a new fan currently reading your IF and I was just wondering about character descriptions? There's a few flirt/romance choices and I just want to know more about the characters before selecting my choices? Like a mini character description that other IF's have about their personality and appearance? I came on your tumblr page to find any information about the characters, but it seems the category is crossed out? Sorry if this is a bother, just need a bit of clarification

Hi, sorry for this very belated response lol. I don't know if it'll still be useful, but indeed I have yet to make a characters page mostly because I wanted to do some art for a couple more characters before I design the page.

I don't think I have extensive descriptions of the character's personality on the blog, but I have some artwork for a few of them that you can find throught the offical art tag with a short description of each of them to go along.

You can also learn more about the characters through questions that have been asked about them. Each of them have their own tag. I have a list of tags on this post.

As for fanart, I've been blessed with a few of both MC and the other characters, you can find them with the gonzague fanart tag.

Lastly, I would like to add that early flirt options won't be the only way to start a romance with the characters (although if you want to experience the disaster that is Nevers' romance you'll have to get on that pretty early on in the game). There'll be other opportunities later on, so if you feel like you don't know the characters well enough to choose now, you can absolutely skip those and wait for later ones.

[knivestothroats]

Hi hello I figure you could tell by my spam liking (hope you don’t mind haha!!) but I’ve been binging ITWS for the past few days and I finally finished it aaaaahhh holy shit it was so good!!!!!! I’ve seen you around forever so it’s nice to finally sit down and enjoy Fletcher and Buck’s story.

I’ll have to get around to reblogging and tag essaying my favorite chapters but for now, I’m curious if Buck has any specific canon appearance details to keep for when I inevitably have to indulge the art bug? Like haha I was seeing Buck as more of a bear (the human kind of course) in my mind but he’s not as much in most of the other fanart. Fletcher’s appearance was set from the cover art for me lol. Anyway yeah!!!!! I enjoyed thoroughly!!!!!! Wonderful stuff!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you!! I saw you say it's been on your periphery for 5 years which is kind of crazy that it's been out that long.

It's funny you say that about Buck bc I imagined him kind of slender but a few other people have said they imagine him more like you do. I don't really describe my characters much (something i need to work on tbh) but I like to see/hear how other people imagine them. As long as he has long hair. I'm p sure I say it's brown? but my partner imagines him ginger so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

it's something we talk about in the podcast which i SWEAR is real it's just that my partner knows how to do the real audio editing but my computer has the hard drive capacity so we have two episodes sitting half edited

[darkfictionjude]

Etymology nonnie here!

Well, not a nonnie anymore. See, I've been debating this for a while now. But I don't see the point on remaining anonymous, at least, not for the majority of the asks I write. So, after posting the fanart I made of my WWC (Indiana) and Imre, I thought better to just use stop being on anon. I'm glad you liked my art, by the way. I'm not sure if I captured the classic art beauty Crowny is supposed to have, but I tried. The same with Imre, I'm unsure if I captured his irresistible yet dangerous charm.

In any case, I think I may still use the etymology nonnie greeting. Simply because it's easier for you to tag. And because it's fun. Even if it's inaccurate now.

Also, congratulations for the blog first anniversary!

Now, a question: In EC you said there are two routes. One is the Mafia boss route. And the other is FBI collaboration. And, honestly, I have many questions on the subject.

For one: I assume the collaboration happens due to Luce's relation with the Mafia. But, does it mean we are betraying the family? I doubt so, since Lazlo is not only an RO, but it would mean alienating all the family Luce has ever known, as well as putting their head on the line. Then, a similar things happens with the Grecos. The collaboration cannot involve telling info on them, right?

Then again, maybe it does. Depending on how willing the collaboration is with the FBI. Maybe a Luce who is forced just does it because they have no choice.

Yet, even if it wasn't about Luce's own family or the Grecos, and it was another family (even a rival one)... Luce does not seem the ideal informant. Not only they aren't that involved (if anything, they are openly excluded from the crime world by Antonio), but also are way too high on their family hierarchy to be a good spy.

So my conclusion would be that Luce's collaboration cannot be tied, strongly at least, to the Mafia. At least, not fully. But then, what's the motive of the collaboration?

I know you probably can't or won't say exactly what it involves. Yet, I do wonder how any alliance with the FBI will interact with the RO's. Like... Could they trust Luce if they're helping the FBI? How would they be able to tell that Luce won't betray them?

Then again, Antonio must be on the know. If not from Luce, then from Charlie, right? After all, Charlie is his employee. She must report to him. Which means that either Antonio is on board with whatever Luce is doing, or Antonio actively wants to happen. And if that's the case, then it must mean that Luce is not betraying the family. Or, if they are, Antonio is seeing how far is Luce willing to go. Of course, it could be that Charlie is keeping the secret, and that may be part of the conflict she is going trough: love (assuming Charlie also keeps the secret if not romanced, although it could be an interesting branch to have, I guess) or duty?

Maybe I just have to wait for more pieces of the puzzle to appear before making theories. Yet, I can't stop myself from wondering how an collaboration with the FBI will go and how it will affect the relationships with the RO's...

Like, especially as a Lazlo romancer... It seems that both branches may cause a big conflict with him specifically. After all, the Mafia boss branch also involves taking Lazlo place as heir (I assume). And it does sadden me, because Lazlo has already lost so much, and to be one who takes more from him? Even if Lazlo doesn't want to be the boss, is just... Complicated, let's say. But the FBI collaboration also creates conflict. Especially if Lazlo assumes the role of boss during the narrative.

Well, that's to say. I'm really waiting for chapter 1. If it wasn't obvious. I'm desperate for answers.

I have not forgotten OYHS, is just that I don't know what to ask about it yet. The Prologue didn't give much information, and I think I understand the RO's less than I do with EC or WWC to actually have anything to say. I'm still unsure if I want to romance Greer or Jack. While with EC I'm certain I'll go for Lazlo now. And with WWC I'm still devoted to Imre (and would play a Lorcan romance as a secondary option). But for OYHS? I don't think I can decide. I need to interact with them first. So I'm also waiting for that (patiently so, by the way, don't overexert yourself, and remember to drink water).

All I can say is that the fbi informant route is betrayal of the family, betrayal of the grecos, a betrayal of it all since any collaboration, however small goes against the mafias code of not being a snitch. The families fight between themselves all the time but to work with the fbi? That’s the ultimate sin. Antonio would rather face prison and death then have to know his child is working for the people who have actively tried to ruin everything he’s been fighting for