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Baxter: I'm a bad boy Baxter: *dresses rebelliously (in a way that won't actually bother his parents)* Baxter: *illegally rents a car (to go sightseeing)* Baxter: *stays up late drinking (tea around the fire)* Baxter: You're courting danger just by being near me.

#CACKLING #IT'S TRUE #this always makes me laugh so fucking hard #because Ai is like THE disaster child #and boy isn't ready for the shit she'd pull him into #olba #olba baxter #our life #baxter ward #I love him #so much #he's the most rule breaking I can get away with in that game

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another cropped drawing :^)

#sadlfjkhsaljhlsslhkjsdflasj #😳 #hot damn #baxter ward #olba #ol:ba #ol baxter #our life beginnings and always #our life #our life baxter #goddamn

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cropping it since Tumblr took it down TWICE

#oh my god #I'm obsessed #the way you did his hair is beautiful #wth #such sexy lines #cove holden #olba #olba cove #our life #our life beginning and always #our life beginnings & always #our life cove

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[drawing video]

that vibe when the game isn't even out yet but you've already imagined your MC's entire life out like a thousand times? no, not me, of course not.

ANYWAYS-

I've been wanting to draw older Micha now for freaking ages and I finally gave in and did it. The anatomy is a little wonky imo, because I kept leaning back into my own style while drawing this (which is over-detailed and soft-shaded btw) despite all my efforts to try and cling to the game's artstyle but, I still managed to make the piece okay I think! 😂

Micha is so pretty 💙I love my dumbass blue baby boy.

I wrote s4 in all the files while saving but, tbh it's probably more in between steps 3 and 4 🤔shortly after he chopps off all his hair but not close enough to s4 for him to be past his baby boy issues yet 🤷‍♂️

Either way, he's as beautiful as I was expecting, at least! 😍

#mc michael #ol mc #our life #olnf mc #olnf #our life now and forever #our life mc #my art #the drawing video is mostly for me lol #something I used to do and wanted to pick up again #this piece took 7 hours btw #if you were curious!

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Happy Easter with old easter art from featuring the OL1 boys

#CRYING #WHEEZING #OMG #OLBA #our life #ol cove #ol baxter #ol derek #easter #easter 2024

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A character reference based on all four Steps of Our Life! It's only "sort of" a height reference as well since obviously they're not 100% accurate (the devs don't have specific heights for everyone to my knowledge).

I did dig into the code to try and get characters at their "normal" heights but there are other matters at play too (example: Nicolas is obviously "taller" than he should be because he needs to be pushed upwards to be visible enough above the game's text box; likewise with other very short characters).

Still, this should serve as either a nice reference guide for every character or a "height reference" in the sense of getting an idea of which characters are shorter/taller than others.

I'm also going to detail some extra notes below the break, including posts from GB Patch's Tumblr that reference any defined heights (with Cove being the obvious one) or general height things, as well as some more stuff about the MC's height in comparison to the three love interests depending on what you pick.

Cove's height is listed on GB Patch's FAQ as 4' 1" in Step 1 (also stated as "mostly average, perhaps a bit on the short side"), 5' 4" in Step 2 (in-game this is defined as "very tall" on the MC's potential height spectrum, as that is the only option considered on par with Cove's height), 6' 0" in Step 3, and 6' 4" in Step 4. A fun fact is that Cove's final height was originally 6' 3" (191cm) instead.

Derek in Step 2 is under five feet tall (this post also lists Cove as "around 5 and a half feet tall" which you could take as either close enough to 5' 4" as stated above or a potential original height he had that got changed). In-game, he's "short" but not "very short", as having your MC be "very short" will prompt narration telling you that you're shorter than Derek, whereas "short" only has you relate to him in smolness generally.

Step 4 Derek is "mostly average." He wouldn't be considered tall nor would he be considered short. His youngest brother Nicolas will "probably end up as a similar height to him" once he's more grown up.

Step 4 Baxter is "taller than average, but not especially tall."

I've been informed that, on the Our Life Patreon Discord, Step 4 Derek's height is listed as 5' 9" (175cm) whereas Step 4 Baxter's is listed as 5' 11" (180cm), so those are their defined heights. Before that, both of their heights had jumped around somewhat. A post from 2019 said that Derek was 5' 11", but a post from June 2021 said that Baxter was 5' 11" and Derek was 5' 9" (so consistent with the Discord). Then there's also another post from July 2021 (you'll have to scroll down for this one) that listed Baxter at around 5' 10" while Derek was 5' 8"/5' 9". If you're insane enough to try and use the character reference too, then Baxter would actually be around 6'1" at minimum since he's taller than Step 3 Cove (though you could also make the same argument that this means the mom trio of Pamela, Noelani, and Kyra must be decently tall as well since they're so close to Cove on the character reference).

I don't have any experience with GB Patch's other game, XOXO Droplets, so I don't know what ages the characters are in it, but since both Shiloh and Jeremy are characters seen visibly in Our Life, I thought I'd also mention that they're listed as 5' 10" and 5' 5" (or 5' 5 1/2") respectively in XOXO Droplets. Jeremy also apparently grows to 5' 8" in his 20s and he's 22 in the Our Life Cove Wedding DLC (I don't think this is spoken of in the game specifically but he's labeled as 22 in the code).

As for the MC and how their height plays into things, "tall" and "very tall" as well as "short" and "very short" tend to be considered the same for the most part in the game's code. It's not that there isn't a difference at all (I would say it's still notable), it's just that sometimes the game may be more vague about height differences. My post about Errands references this where you don't need more athletic points due to being "very short" instead of "short" to give Cove a piggyback ride.

A guesstimate I'd make is that about 5% of the time, the game will take note of whether you're "very tall" instead of "tall" or "very short" instead of "short." Otherwise, you're either "generally tall," "average," or "generally short." There are also other instances (usually with Cove) where the game might just check if you're either generally tall (around Cove's height) or not generally tall (i.e: definitely shorter than him).

This is actually relevant to the heights because, following all above information, one would assume that Step 4 Derek is average, Step 4 Baxter is tall, and Step 4 Cove is very tall going off the MC's potential "height spectrum" of very short, short, average, tall, and very tall, but it's not entirely the case.

A "tall" MC (generally tall) will look "down" at Step 4 Baxter just as he will look "up" at them or they'll look directly at each other if the MC is "average," same as Step 3 Baxter, but--

when the game has any instance of differentiating between "tall" and "very tall" (they never do this for Step 3 Baxter so the base assumption would have to be that he's just average height), things change.

During Baxter's apology in the wedding of his Step 4, Baxter dips his chin to look at the MC if they're "short"/"very short," levels his chin to look at the MC if they're "average"/"tall," and then lifts his chin to look at the MC if they're "very tall." A generally tall MC still has to lean down to kiss him if they choose to do so though.

Also, during the intimacy scene with Baxter (either in his office or his living room), if the MC is "very short," "short," or "average," it states that Baxter is taller than them. If they're "very tall," then Baxter is shorter than them, but a "tall" MC is "almost the exact same height" as him.

This is all a really long-winded way of saying that GB Patch referring to Step 4 Baxter being "taller than average but not especially tall" might mean that he's some infuriating middle ground between average and tall where he's not quite one but not quite the other either (which honestly is very Baxter of him so I can't even be mad).

#bless #I love a good reference and monologue #olba #our life #our life beginning and always #our life beginnings and always #height chart #reference

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made the mistake of looking through the Clifford Holden tag on here and was :( to see the lack of content for him here

(unwatermarked and bonus edits below the Cliff)

#MY HEART WASN'T READY #THESE ARE SO GOOD??? #LOOK AT HIM #OL #OLBA #olba cliff #cliff holden #clifford holden #my man #good lord #he's beautiful #our life beginnings and always #our life: beginnings & always #our life

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Diagrams are helpful to me

#the micha vibes are strong with this one #mc michael

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thought he would look cute in my style :3c

#WEEPING #look at that beautiful face #😭😭😭 #cove holden #my beloved #olba cove #olba #ol cove #our life #our life: beginnings & always

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"I don't excuse the actions of this character--" well I do. I kiss them about it directly on the mouth. I think they should have done worse things. I think that would have been funny.

#me tbh #characters #give me my #problematic fave #okay #I will love them unconditionally

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So I was looking at Tamarack and Qiu's expression sheets a while ago and noticed that they have two versions of blush.

I thought: "Huh. I guess blush 1 is a soft blush and blush 2 is a deep blush?"

And since I was curious, I tried to compare the two by layering the images on top of each other.

That's when I realized...

TAMARACK'S NOSE TURNS RED WHEN SHE BLUSHES DEEPLY

AND QIU DOES THE SAME WITH THEIR EARS

THAT'S SUCH A CUTE DETAIL I-

Fic writers, this is a free real estate. Do what you want with this information.

#absolutely precious #olnf #ol:nf #qiu lin #olnf qiu #tamarack baumann #olnf tamarack #art #sprites #our life now and forever #now I need to add a 'blush 2' to micha lmao

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Have you seen Cove today?

Well now you have. You're welcome

#olba cove #cove holden #our life beginnings & always #our life cove #gb patch #look at him #ol cove

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give her a CHANCE!!!

#okay #this is actually the cutest fucking one #everyone else go home #I love ice skating tropes #I will die for them okay #weeping #bg3 #shadowheart #karlach #hockey #figure skating #iwrite rambles #cries forever

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baxter never gets a break

#LOL #not me punching my knees trying not to laugh out loud #I'm CRYING #this is the dynamic #love runs deep for both #but never more than #olba #our life beginning and always #ol:ba #our life beginnings and always #our life #cove holden #baxter ward

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brother i’m going to be honest with you. i don’t give a fuck if he’s “redeemable” or not. what is this, the checkout counter? he’s not a fucking COUPON!!!!!

#PREACH #give me my disaster characters #I don't want to fix them #I just want to love them

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A stupid meme I made while playing fortnite yesterday

#it's true #honestly #cliff holden #ol cliff #olba cliff #olba #our life #our life beginnings and always #I love one golden dad #he's like that feeling you get when you bask on sun hot sand

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Baxter: I actually have a black belt

MC: In what, karate?

Baxter: No, from Gucci.

#why do all the disaster men I like #have some sort of black belt #and a preference for gucci #why are they also the most frustrating kind of men #UGH #even the personalities are the same #I'm talking about Ricardo Ortega btw #absolute bastard #but they always get my attention #fml #baxter ward #olba #our life