#also they are very very touchstarved

[webonchin]

Morning serenity

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in other words AAAAAAAAAA *rips off my hair* i'm jumping!!! them!!! (⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ⁠)⁠♡ This one is special because it's based of my first fanart from one year ago(link) yay!! wich I still find hilarious

#fuck thea squeeze that touchstarved anthropomorphic manifestation of dreams #give them a big ol'kiss too #also thankyou sll very much from all the support I've gotten in this lovely fandom!! #so full of talented and amazing people!! #i will give you smooch on the forehead 💋🗣️ #rambling again!!! #but I really really like to draw them clinging into each other!!! #do not separate!! they come in a pair! #dreamling #the sandman #dream of the endless #hob gadling #my art

[sparksly-mage-of-light]

So I played the Touchstarved demo and might have a bit of brainrot over a certain character...

#touchstarved leander #touchstarved game #touchstarved #i honestly thought ais would be my favorite but he's only 2nd best #we like boys with big...personalities #it also doesn't help leander's case that his name is one letter off of a VERY toxic plant

[eridiasangel]

decided to be normal and take the official touchstarved uquiz over 200 times so I could figure out what answers are associated with what characters, here are the results. please download for higher quality and feel free to share it around and speculate as much as you want lol.

original ver + a quick colorblind friendly ver

my process was basically to blindly run through every answer over and over with a few sets of control answers, changing only 1 variable at a time. once i had enough filled out, because there are 11 questions, i could easily make a set of 10 control answers assigning 2 answers to each character, 2 for mhin, 2 for kuras, etc. the quiz result this way would Always be whatever character was associated with the 11th answer. i used this process to fill any remaining blanks and double check anything i was unsure about.

as for mothman, no matter what combination of the evenly split control answers i tried it always spat back out a different result, so either he is assigned to everyone or no one. this was probably just a mistake lol

#kuras #mhin #vere #leander #ais #touchstarved game #touchstarved #what does bacon jalapeno cheeseburger mean redspring?? #what does it mean? #does he like the smell of beef?? #do i love this man enough to smell like beef? #possibly #i am not above acquiring the beef perfume #also vere being assigned anime is very funny #in retrospect it couldnt be anyone but vere #also slenderman leander that man is sus as Fuck #leander simps please come collect this man #he scares me #i really hope redspring didnt see that someone took the quiz 200 times

[aiscapades]

obviously this smell is ais ("cloaked in the scent of smoke and blood") which many people have already noticed

but do you guys think. ais was there when mc was there. do you think ais already saw mc's hands. that's why he didn't actually care to see them later at the seaspring but brought them up anyway as a means to intimidate mc?? because he already knows??

#i've seen ppl suggest ais was there BEFORE mc since he does help out at the clinic #but i dont think i've seen anyone say he could've helped with mc #his scent must be very strong and linger for a while if he was there BEFORE #which is why i wonder if he was there with mc. so his scent is still fresh #also--kuras says he found mc. #but what is kuras doing out there in the wastes?? kuras runs a very busy clinic #ais is out there in those wastes. ais could've found mc. #touchstarved game #hcs #( A SPARROW SINGS ) * my posts!

[somegrumpynerd]

This little interaction made me so happy! Killer really fought through Dream to give Cross his necklace back

Asjlkhdkgkd I'm so glad you liked it!! I had fun putting a little story into that one ^^

And, because I am normal and don't think about these guys for hours every day, here's some backstory:

When Cross first joined, Killer actually took to him pretty quickly (Dust and Horror did not get warm welcomes). Which is to say he immediately started flocking to Cross to annoy him and compete with him on missions. Cross didn't have the benefit of knowing Killer already to see these were affectionate annoyances, so to him Killer was just some guy who had a problem and wouldn't leave him alone.

During that mission, Nightmare was calling a retreat when he put a hand to his chest and realised the heart locket was gone. Killer saw him looking all around frantically and had a good idea what was lost, since it was the one thing Cross would absolutely not part with since he joined. So, Killer ran back out towards the stars to look for it, because why learn self preservation now. It was the first thing to convince Cross that Killer actually was being (relatively) friendly, despite all the annoyances.

And also, a doodle of the afterwards of that picture

because it's probably the only time he's managed to get Killer to shut up lol

#Ask #blinddreams24 #Truce au #Thank you!!! I'm really genuinely so happy people like my silly little comic ^^ #Sorry you got a whole dissertation in response I just like thinking about these two in particular lol #Cross's locket is very important to him he Does Not mess around when it comes to that thing #It also goes with my hc that Killer is lowkey touchstarved as hell #He has not had many hugs in his lifetime as Killer so the casual affection without having to taunt someone into a fight was game changing #Cross kind of became second in charge of watching for Killer's stages as they became friends #Also in Dream's defence he thought Killer was charging back in for round 2 #When he just scooped up a necklace and ran off Dream felt bad for shooting but it was partly on Killer for searching with a knife out #Oh my god this is like an essay I'm so sorry I can't shut up about these guys #UTDR #UTMV

[gumi-writes]

#touchstarved #touchstarved game #touchstarvedgame #gumi makes #long post #when i tell you i was losing it as i was being sent these #like looking at ais and immediately assigning him as a GHOSTER? unmatched. unrivaled. i cried #brat vere and kuras bottom was also very funny

[whereporygon]

The other day I was talking to @vaultureculture about Kuras' having a bit of owl in his design and that made me look for his 'biblically' accurate form because my memory was fuzzy, but my brain had been cooking for a while already and I needed answers.

After looking at his real form, I have to wonder: are angels in this world really this grotesque, or is it just Kuras?

screenshot by @sweet-milky-tea705

If so, is this disfigurement a punishment given before he, willfully, decided to ostricize himself, or is it the effect of him being away from his 'exalted origins' for so long?

His real body seems to stand between rotting corpse and an alien figure - a carcass well-past rigor mortis of an otherwordly creature, yet somehow this thing feels oddly... alive, almost if it were an empty exoskeleton clinging to life out of sheer will or even spite. Or perhaps it is meant to mirror the very essence of this world of decay in it's full, blunt, raw glory.

Maybe it's the effect of his immeasurable guilt, corroding his very essence. Just what did this angel do, or perhaps did not do, to deserve eternal purgatory? What is necessary for a divine being to decide for themselves that they deserve such fate?

Was it even his idea? What if it's somebody else's will that Kuras is carrying out as his own, ever true and loyal to his role as a messenger to the very end? How much of all of this is something he actually wants and thinks by himself he ought to do in order to purge whatever wrongdoing of his?

A MC with The Unnamed background seems to know Kuras (or at least seems to be in tune with a being like him), and a familiarity between the two is hinted at in the demo. Is Kuras always this open with everybody, or is it just with MC? Why was he so familiar with us, to the point he even laughs and MC reacts to his touch like they remember it? Does he just feel that much at ease around us or do we actually know each other, somehow?

What is going on with Kuras?

Is his body decaying due to heavy shame and guilt, or is it just like that, a horrifyingly indecipherable view to anything mundane?

Or is it standing in between worlds, in the limbo between holy and corrupt, never forgetting the past but also never looking forward to the future, that is pulling him apart?

#touchstarved game #touchstarved kuras #There is a set of crying eyes on his side… #I'm sorry if all of this seems jumbled up #but I just had thoughts I needed to share about Kuras lmao #I am very excited to see what are they going to do with him bc it looks *promising* #and like they are going to rip our heart out with this one #also I sort of hope they don't use the word 'sin' to describe whatever he did #it would be a bit on the nose methinks & would take us out of the experience #nothing big tho just a little peeve if anything

[swestbifire]

Theories!

Ok so my theories are based on the trailer were it calls the TS world a "decaying world". The game talks about human society dying, But hear me out! what if its referring to the world actually dying.

What if whatever Kuras did to mess up our world, never ended, and is slowly making the planet die (omg kinda like our world!).

Also maybe the Senobium closed their doors to research a solution for the world and/or keep it a secret if the world ending is not common knowledge. Which still makes them jerks.

I can't remember who made a post about this but i do think a big disaster will happen in Eridia. (Its literally called "The Last Bastion Of Humanity" the city's doomed).

Last thought but I have a suspicion Kuras had some play in the "reality split" from the beginning of the demo.

#touchstarved game #touchstarved #touchstarved theory #kuras is shady af and i dont trust him #if poeple want to add to this feel free #I though it out in like 3 mins #also if anyone wants to dispute it feel free #this theory is very loose #so don't mind me

[karokawwo]

not to be mean but i do hope the full touchstarved game comes up with some terrible fucked up horror shit and the most gruesome monsters bc for the focus put on the Lis being monsters their designs sure are disappointing

#and i thought monprom was mild #and i also hope they loose it on the sex jokes but maybe that's asking too much #i dont hate the game at all i want it to be a banger but i can still feel disappointed with some of the choices ok #i hope ais turns into a 7 foot tall red oni bc if not i #i #idk i'd be very disappointed and would probably do my own idk #it's just. you can't tell me it's a monster dating sim and show me dudes with horns or dog ears headbands #i'm not even that big on horror but at this point i just need SOMETHING #touchstarved #touchstarved game

[adastra121]

Touchstarved as Fairytales (sort of)

Kuras= Rapunzel. We’re gonna save him from that damn tower. Something something being blinded juxtaposed with the visual of a thousand eyes. A crown of thorns after the fall. Golden tears. Healing from past wounds and scars through love and hope.

Leander= Snow White. A twisted version of it. You’ve found yourself lost in woods, an unfamiliar hostile place after running from the world you know. You stumble into a safe haven. This kind, heroic, prince-like mage tells you he and his Bloodhounds (hi, dwarves) can help you. Will you trust him? If he offers you the apple, will you take a bite?

Vere= Little Red Riding Hood. He gives me “wolf that leads the hero astray" vibes. Are you going to end up devoured at the end of the story? Will you follow the straight and narrow path to the Senobium or will you follow the wolf right into the woods, wild and dangerous but promising a freedom you’ve never known?

Ais= The Little Mermaid. Find exactly what you are seeking in this unfamiliar world you’ve ventured into or lose everything. Risk letting your body dissolve in the crimson waters, losing your voice to the Groupmind for some vague hope of love and happiness. Because the chance for that is always worth the gamble.

Mhin= Beauty and the Beast. This was the easiest. A curse that’s turned them into a beast. A desperate search for a cure clashing with a desire to remain confined in one’s own fortress, in the familiar. Until a certain stranger ventures in, and makes them see the inherent beauty in change. In transformation, no matter how monstrous it is.

Elyon= Rumpelstiltskin. Gold spun on mottled grey and a tower that does not understand your power but greeds for it — seeks to imprison you for the bounties they foresee. So you make a deal with the devil. He gives you the gold in exchange for pieces of yourself and he might save your life. It’s all an investment. He’s searching for something beyond gold — and you might hold the key to it.

Sen= Sleeping Beauty. Reversed. The curse is that she can never rest. She doesn't sleep. She doesn't dream. Instead, she passes each day as though she’s in a waking slumber, the world grey and dreamless and devoid of meaning. Her mind and body serve only one purpose, to fulfill her goal of revenge. When will she remember what it is to be awake?

#I would like to read some fairytale aus with them #I think that'd be cool #another specific niche that is very self-indulgent but hehehehe! #I love fairytales! I grew up with them and I also love when people put a different spin on them #I don't know why I already think of Elyon as shady #making sketchy deals with sketchy people where he always comes out on top #but I think he'd be a cool rumpelstiltskin. seeing you as an asset and helping you for a price but accidentally falling in love with you. #haha loser #the name would be a metaphor for whatever he's keeping secret because it'd be dangerous for anyone else to know. #names hold power. letting himself be known is letting someone else hold power over him. and that is deadly to him. #touchstarved #touchstarved game #touchstarved kuras #touchstarved leander #touchstarved vere #touchstarved ais #touchstarved mhin #fairytales #fairytale #fairytale au #sort of

[popcornaddict500]

The face of a man who was SURE that he was going to be the top in this relationship (boy was he wrong)

#adam is a whole sweetheart but like. #he FUCKS. #dont get me wrong he's also a very fun and cute bottom but with Vere he leans way more to being a top #>:3c #adam #vere #touchstarved #touchstarved game #touchstarved vere #touchstarved shitpost #charlie's art

[sparkly-skies]

@reserved-fruit thank you for the link to this video with Kris' heart ring (goes perfectly with Keep Me Grounded, Keep Me Calm, just saying 👀 do you like friends (Bojan and Kris) comforting each other and jokingly proposing while still being deeply serious about how important their friendship is? Go read this!).

Here's some screenshots to look at with me, why? Because I'm a touchstarved bitch and scream and cry at any sighting of physical affection. Thank you Bojan for providing enrichment in my enclosure.

Also this one. Because I see a mention of friends spending time together because they love each other and love spending time together, I scream and screech in missing my friends noises.

#i'm half convinced alistair has saved me on discord as touchstarved fuck or something #anyway. do these fuckers know how LUCKY they are to have their friends this close at any given time? #I spent 2 1/2 weeks at my parents' during christmas and I saw friends I think... three maybe four times #plus a visit at a friend's place across the border for two days #which i was very happy about! i was really happy about the times i did see friends! #but it also sucks that everyone's so busy with their own lives and responsibilites and whatnot that it's this hard to see friends now #plus that one friend who just doesn't answer anyone anymore. just TELL US if you don't want to see us anymore #that's okay. it would still hurt but sometimes a friendship has come to its end and that's okay even if it hurts. but don't just #ghost your entire friend group while still sending snaps and then not answering if we answer there #okay that turned into a rant #because like bojan in the shower with kris i am incapable of shutting the fuck up in the tags #go read that fic! #mine #joker out

[jabberwockprince]

Salvation is all I can offer. I wonder if you could handle it.

Born and raised into a life of sainthood, Ophis’ access to the outside world had always been limited - but now, after being branded as a heretic, they’re free to roam Eridia to their heart’s content. Endlessly devoted to their church, and now carrying with them not only the gift of salvation, but their God deep within their flesh as well, Ophis eagerly searches for ways to expand their small, little family. 

Contrary to popular belief, Ophis sees their so called “Curse” as a blessing. Or perhaps a rather useful asset, should potential believers and devotees refuse their teachings. It’s safe to say that getting rid of their gift is not within their best interests, despite their complex relationship with it.

my Touchstarved MC, Ophis <3 but you can also call them Fifi, they think it's an adorable nickname! They're super normal, super well-adjusted, super stable in every aspect and super nice (only one of these is true, take your pick)

I have their sheet here but it's still a work in progress cause it's so hard to put thoughts into words, but feel free to take a look if you'd like to know more about them!

The template for the relationship chart can be found here, made by @laymes-art. The template for the blank touchstarved sheet in gdocs can be found here, made by me.

#touchstarved #touchstarved game #touchstarved oc #digital art #purinsu art #touchstarved ophis #of COURSE i made a tall cultist freak with a very endearing yet fucked up relationship with their object of worship #also theyre fucking BEEFED UP #dont you just love it when your local priest and saint can beat the shit out of you

[nonotternine]

a love letter from the Narrator to the reader

(Okay I’m posting it. It’s kind of long so I’ll put it under the cut, with a brief tag list at the end)

My dearest Reader, 

You truly are the pinnacle of beauty. Every day I look at you and ask the stars how they could have made something more divine than themselves, and every night I ponder what I have done to deserve you and what I must do to keep you. You are more than my muse, you are my love itself, my hope, and my heart. Without you, this world would be nothing. My stories ached for you before I found you. As exquisite as they are, they almost wane in comparison to your magnificence. 

How fortunate I am to have met you. I couldn’t bear to live in this world without you. You have shown me love and kindness beyond measure. You have blessed me with passion and prosperity for years to come. The bond we forged as narrator and reader strengthened me. Our connection is my greatest treasure. I know our fates are forever joined. 

And yet, as I write this letter, I gaze upon the poems you have never read. I yearn for you, dear Reader. You have given me insurmountable joy and left me with an aching want. Even when we’re together, I pine for you. I crave for the touch of your lips and my name spoken from your tongue in the same manner I speak yours. You hand me a mug of tea and I become drunk on the passing touch of your fingers against mine. We sit only inches apart and yet the space between us is so vast, to my heart we may as well be on opposite sides of the universe. When you are with me, I couldn’t feel farther away. 

It is only in my dreams that we are truly together. For in my dreams, you share the same feelings as I. We dance under the moonlight and I tell you I will love you as long as the stars burn in the sky. It is in my dreams that you fall asleep to me running my fingers through your hair, whispering the sweet story of our freedom. Our happily ever after. 

I wake up knowing that these dreams are wishes. They are unfulfilled longings made only real by my writing. And so I write our stories, these saccharine tales in which you hold your hands in mine and kiss me softly underneath the stars of a universe that has not kept us apart. You tell me that we are together, and we always will be. You promise me that you will never leave. You say you love me, in the same manner of the word as I, you. 

It is transient, but for a moment, I believe you. I lift my pen from the paper and I am once again faced with the reality that you have promised me no such love. There is only one thin apartment wall and a universe between us. 

Perhaps one day, I will tell you this. Perhaps then you will love me in the nature I so covet. Until then, I suppose all I can do is yearn. 

Yours sincerely, 

The Narrator

OKAY WHEW IM ACTUALLY POSTING THIS!!!

Everyone please a big thank you to my beta reader, @vellichorom for being my beta reader and giving me the courage to actually post this. They made this process so much easier and seriously relieved a lot of my anxiety.

I would also like to thank @give-soup-please for offering to beta as well! Part of the reason I’ve decided to just go ahead and post this is because I want to do it before I chicken out. Any advice or critique you may have for me is seriously appreciated!! I love your work and I take so much inspiration from you so thank you so much!!

And lastly I’d like to thank @continentalblue​ for posting about tspud and effectively getting me into it. This letter is only a very small piece of what I’ve written, but something about the Narrator has me writing like crazy, which is a wonderful feeling.

#bro this is the first time ive posted a fic in LITERAL YEARS #but its happening!!! hello everyone!!! #i hope me thanking everyone that helped wasn't too cheesy. it's just they are all very important and I'm super grateful to them!! <3 #okay ill stop talking. roll the tags! #tspud #tsp #the stanley parable #the stanley parable: ultra deluxe #tsp narrator x reader #tspud narrator x reader #tspud the narrator #tsp the narrator #tspud narrator #also disclaimer this was originally part of a bigger WIP so some of what the narrator says are not examples of healthy boundaries #he's traumatized yall!! he's lonely and clingy and touchstarved!!! #okay. here goes

[lord-shitbox]

he built like a dorito chip. i also love him

#shitposting #every day i make the dumbest images imaginable cant wait to do this tomorrow also #touchstarved game #ais #yes i cropped it just so his cleavage would be in the image twice. very sexy of me

[gumi-writes]

template by lokice5

Though her general lack of enthusiasm extends to anything destructive, Sabri’s quiet, unwavering confidence and utter unflappability don’t spawn from nowhere.

(Bonus Sabri (as fake love interest) Character Lore below!)

Beyond Death Itself

Deep in the murky depths of an impenetrable vault only accessible to the highest of Senobium authority, rests an enchanted box that houses a heart with no owner. Rumoured to be recovered from the rotten corpse of something long gone, it still beats the drum of life anyway, ceaselessly steady. Remarkably, this remains the case despite how it is now cleanly bisected, one half’s whereabouts a mystery to all but privileged few.

#touchstarved #the cloistered sister #real ones saw the old version of the radial chart LOL #but i think i'm satisfied with how this one came out #i changed the final stat so many times LOL #anyway i love making characters with crippling overspecialisation and then using that to inform their life and their struggles #tien the shape of your radial chart is so stupid ♥ #also #as a fake love interest #it's very funny to see tien best the official cast in strength (which i expected) and in luck (which i did not LOL)