#and the whole general backstory

[ladyluscinia]

Dipping into videogame fandoms is always wild. Like fandoms of all sorts are bad at genre conventions, but gamers LOVE to praise or criticize things for, like, blatantly subjective gameplay styles that literally just are types of game that maybe they should be playing more (or less) of, and then cap it off with a suggestion that is obviously far beyond game engine capabilities based on experience, or would radically change or cripple the intended interactive player experience / replay value

You think the devs fucked up because the protagonist is a blank slate just dropped in the world with no backstory connection or driving motivations???

Bruh... Skyrim never even hinted to you what you had done to get thrown in a cart on your way to the death penalty

I think maybe you would have more fun stepping away from the RPGs. Grab something with a named protagonist on the cover and no character creator. If you don't want this canon character to have "OOC" dialogue options when you control them that make them sound like an outsider to the plot, well, they don't tend to do that when you play something with minimal / option-less cutscenes 🤷‍♀️ nor do you lose critical interactive experiences if you pick a game designed from that mindset

It's never something subtle, is the thing 🤣 always with the "TRAGIC - Amazing Game would be objectively better if only it was a Completely Different Game more suited to my preferred play style"

#this also applies to people who clearly want their rpg romance to function like a dating sim #wish their combat-focused mmo had a better single player story mode #or generally like some aspect of a game and wish the whole thing could be built around it... when it's common sense why this game is not #like come on. think for a second why 9 different fully fleshed out backstories that tied you into the plot would be hard for an rpg to do #and why locking every character into one with npcs that know them and such might be *bad* for an rpg #especially if they had any significant tie into the plot beyond acting as a bubbled tutorial or somthing #videogames #ladyluscinia

[inonibird]

All righty, folks. Bringing back these backgrounds I originally painted back in August 2020(!), only this time it's the version I didn't post with the titles of all six parts of Sahuldeem. Seems like a good way to both look back at where things started...and where they're about to go.

Part Six is a tricky one. I imagine it comes with a lot of expectations, and I might not meet all of those. For instance, it was never my intention to sit down and rewrite the events of the Clone Wars, so it was treated as a montage in my original script (to be fair, I was still imagining a comic adaptation at that point). We already know what happens during the Clone Wars (well, mostly; I do have a few scenes I've either added/expanded upon or retold with a fresh perspective). I, personally, am much more interested in what happens after the crash and before the war, deep in the catacombs of Geonosis.

So, yes: I'm nervously excited to start wrapping up this saga, and I hope there are people out there who are still looking forward to seeing this through with me. I never would have dreamed I'd write something like this, let alone share it, so I'm pleased and immensely grateful that others have also enjoyed it along the way. (reminder that this Master Post exists!)

#Inoni Art #Inoni Writes #Sahuldeem #Star Wars #General Grievous backstory #Qymaen jai Sheelal #backgrounds #painting #fanfic #fun to look back at this art #I think it captures each part nicely #I'd JUST finished scripting the whole thing #yet still don't think I knew the scope of what I was working on #because remember I thought it would be a comic #man I really should post some of the original script to compare sometime #that at the pronunciation guide I always promised #and the clan names/etc

[deepiintheocean]

hes trying really hard not to kill julian

#asra alnazar #asra the arcana #the arcana #the arcana game #the arcana asra #hi lol. hi. sup #theres a whole backstory to this drawing #i was thinking about an asra working at the palace during the plague and how they would act like #i feel like they would be much more easily annoyed especially while working with julian and finding out that the apprentice worked under him #just been thinking a lot about muriel saying how the plague afected asra oughgg psychic damage... #i imagined he would look a bit more disheveled in general #anyways yea :33 #✍️: my art

[atticcreationz]

As someone who is VERY fascinated with adaptation in film (who spent quuuuuuite some time back in college obsessing over it for assignments) and who adores the graphic novel, my biggest takeaway from Nimona is that it is an EXCELLENT adaptation. Especially considering how much that production went through! Like, all of the changes and things they expanded on made sense for the transition from book to movie. My second takeaway is that I love it <3 Please go watch it I beg of you 🙏

#nimona #nimona is one of my favourite stories of all time #and the movie team really did it justice #there are some things i prefer in the book but thats mostly personal taste #i generally prefer a bit more ambiguity (which the graphic novel has in spades) and prefer being dropped into media res #rather than getting backstory forst upfront #but thats just me and i cant complain much and totally understand why those changes were made #in the end the heart of the story stayed the same and thats all that mattered to me #nimona graphic novel dragon design you will always be famous to me #nimona netflix #contender for my favourite film of the year #but it had an unfair advantage (graphic novel my beloved) #person who did a whole dang dissertation and a bunch of scattered essays for her animation degree about adapting books to film

[cakemoney]

riz is the child of sklonda who is dating gorthalax who is the father of fig whose mom is sandra lynn who is dating jawbone who adopted adaine (and aelwyn by extension i guess) and also jawbone's daughter's ex-girlfriend who lives with him is kristen and also fig's other dad gilear is dating hallariel whose son is fabian. and then there's gorgug, who i'm sure thanks various sundry gods every day that neither his adopted nor his biological parents have any relation to any of his classmates

#laughs awkwardly #dimension 20 #fantasy high spoilers #kind of. aksmdflkamsdlfkmslmdk #started drawing a relationship chart and was just like man. what the hell #but also there's like a. you know in freshman year kalvaxus was the one who killed riz's dad and riz was friends with one of the maidens #and then in sophomore year kalina is involved with riz's backstory and adaine's whole family is super involved with stuff #and just kind of in general fabian and fig and kristen have a ton of complicated shit going on with their family every year #i feel like frosty fair was the first time gorgug's home life has really been significantly involved in the plot #and literally just twenty minutes of that and gorgug couldn't stand it anymore he's like everyone get the fuck out ksdmflskmd

[cerubean]

meet the mancusos (in order from left to right)

Silvia Mancuso (socially awkward, loyal, peaceful) --- grew up in tartosa as an only child with her mother (vita) and father. mysteriously disappeared 15 years ago.

Dom Mancuso (loner, cat lover, slob) --- born and raised in tartosa, but lives in san myshuno working as a salaryperson; loves his two children (nico and priscilla), but does not visit tartosa often after losing his wife.

Vita Azzarà (gloomy, cat lover, creative) ---

Priscilla Mancuso (creative, foodie, generous) --- joy of life challenge founder; dreams of owning her own bakery in tartosa

Nicolaò "Nico" Mancuso (music lover, freegan, goofball) --- engaged to mila and they have a daughter named after his mother, silvie. he's often found around tartosa busking for tips with his guitar

Mila Banuelos (book lover, adventerous, family-oriented): in university studying history and archaeology

#not pictured is tato the gato and nico and mila's daugter #it is literally impossible for me to make generic sims w/o backstories i cant help it!! #ts4 cas #the sims 4 #s4mm #simblr #s #jofl #ok now that the tgs are out the way i can ramble! ok so originally i was going to have priscilla's mom be ava hauser from my adult sim dump- #BUT not an alien like my idea was that in order for aliens to get their sim disguises they hv to kill the person they want to disguise as- #so og ava hauser got abducted by alien ava and thats how she disappeared BUT i didnt feel like going into live mode and removing the occult- #and didnt know how to copy her human disguise onto another sim using mccc so i said fk it and made a whole new sim but kept the disappearnce #love how the genetics came out priscilla is a good mixture of her mom and dad i think #thanks for reading all that i had to let it out somehow i dont have any friends if that wasnt obvious lmao #gif warning

[officesuppliez]

one of my favorite guys..

General Grievous!

this one was really fun to draw. I think it looks half decent :]

#he's so broken ! #his backstory is tragic! #he's 82% dead! #yaaay!! #he's got a more justified reason for killing people than my other favorite machine man . springtrap ! #like #the jedi killed his whole family. his planet. they eradicated pretty much his whole ass species when /they were called to help./ #of course he's gonna be angry about that. #he was interesting #oh and uh #dont kill people . kids #that's bad #therapy isn't really widespread in the star wars universe . I suppose #Maul could've really benefitted from some . too #he'd probably stab the therapist 😔 #time for tags #general grievous #star wars #the clone wars #revenge of the sith #star wars revenge of the sith #general grievous fanart #star wars the clone wars #star wars fanart #digital art #my art :] #star wars interest might be returning lmao #kind of want to draw maul #really want to draw maul

[sincerely-sofie]

More funny art of OCs and Whatnottery. Now divided into sections for extra clarity!

Welcome to Wayside:

Winter Came and Went:

Untitled Beauty and the Beast (but with more attempted murder and mistaken identity shenanigans) story:

The Wisewalk:

Starchild (last two are of a "Happy Family" AU I made because the canon story was making me too sad):

Homebound (my Among Us OCs story):

The Creeping Chronicles:

My Pal the Paladin:

A Sincerely-Sofie Lore Meme starring many many projects (the joke is that they're all self-inserts):

#can you guys tell I'm procrastinating making Spindle's backstory reveal comic? it's really subtle right? #I might need to just write out that whole deal. The art aspect of making it a comic is proving itself to be rather intimidating. #I also need to start up a generalized tag for my original projects #I have “stuff by sofie” but that's just what I use for anything I make including fanart / fanfiction #not sure what i'd label it as #so until then I'll tag the individual projects like a maniac #Welcome to Wayside #Winter Came and Went #The Wisewalk #Starchild #Among Us #The Creeping Chronicles #My Pal the Paladin #oc #oc art #oc meme #original character #original characters #original story #original work #original project #stuff by sofie

[akhaste]

Lee Yoon - Song of the Bandits Sketchs/ Studies 1920's & 1890's

Bonus: 1920's, but without the 'stache

#song of the bandits #lee yoon #kim nam gil #도적 #descriptions are on the 1890's close ups if u want the general historic background/ timeline I'm thinking of! #The hold this show & this man have over all my remaining brain cells #I'm still very HHHHHHHH about all the backstory they apparently saved? for S2?? and going all AHHHHH about it #also early 1900s fashion my beloved <3 #but ngl lil salty we were likely robbed of the hanbok content so i'm adding it here <3 #and Yoon w/ long hair...our time was too short but you will live forever in my heart <3 <3 <3 #so here ya go. very much in the spirit of make the content you wanna see #side note: while figuring out the timeline for this I realized there is. a 9 year gap. between Yoon's emancipation and the ball scene #9 YEARS. ALMOST A WHOLE DECADE. THAT WE KNOW 0 THINGS ABOUT. #LIKE WHAT WAS HE DOING THEN!!! HOW DID HE GET BY!! WHAT WAS HIS LIFE LIKE!!! WHAT WERE HIS RELATIONSHIPS LIKE!!!!! I WANNA KNOW!!!!! #this also means when we start the show it's been like. 20 years??? since Yoon was a free man??? #also somehow this makes his relationship with gwangil even more fucked up i don't know what to do with this 😭 #i mean it's assuming the timeline is strictly historical but #this is all i'm gonna think about now #I need every year and character in this show accounted for i'm not even joking #my art #my art*kng

[feelingtheaster99]

I finally finished the end of the last season of Teen Wolf this week, and I almost wish I didn’t because I think the Season 6A plot would’ve been a better ending

#teen wolf #stiles stilinski #scott mccall #like stiles and Scott’s friendship is so CORE to the show #and they barely even talk in the final episode #stiles is back which is so exciting but he doesn’t serve a PURPOSE in thr ep #he like gets jealous of Jackson and cries pathetically in a flashback #stiles deserved better #he deserved waaaay better for a final arc conclusion #also like the ONLY relationship that was active and didn’t get air time was stiles and Lydia #alsk ​the ONLY one that is still existing that was present in episode one #it’s just rude and an INJUSTICE to their character relationships in all regards #also like I did not get the idea of fear affecting the town and making people turn on the pack #and tamora Monroe’s backstory made NO SENSE #ugh the whole thing was AGGRAVATING and episode 10 would have been a MUCH better ending #lydia martin #stydia #Tamora Monroe #teen wolf salt #teen wolf season 6 #teen wolf series finale #riders on the storm #the wolves of war #also ALSO! bringing Gerard back again was annoying #and you know who I wanted to see again #ISSAC! #I cared WAY more about Issac getting an ending than Jackson and Ethan wtf #sorry I’m just feeling my feelings I do like the show in general but I had put off watching season 6B for so long and it was disappointing #dylan o'brien

[obeymeow]

nightbringer lesson 14 FUCKED ME UP in several ways but primarily I've spent the last 48 hours making myself sad over the solomon backstory we got. specifically I have, for no reason, latched onto that one chapter in the Kids event where baby solomon cried because he felt so guilty over being responsible for that spell. and that just feels a touch more depressing in context

#nightbringer spoilers #obey me on side #went back and unlocked the event again because i could not get this out of my brain i know it's probably not that deep #but it is that deep TO ME. okay #baby solomon has been on my brain since thirteen told that story so that's probably why it's sticking in my brain so hard but whatever #in case anyone was wondering the other things to make me sad are: #he has such a deeply excessive amount of lights in his room in purgatory hall there are SEVERAL chandeliers and lamps #there's a good handful in his room in cocytus hall too (his horror dg showed it) if a more normal amount #but that with the 'dim and gloomy' detail. ☹️ #i've also always thought that solomon's loneliness wasn't all about the immortal angst but like. #having it confirmed that he's had reason to be lonely since he was a child- before he was old enough to know he was using magic- #totally crushed me girl why can't I be wrong #had emotions about lesson 14 in general but solomon backstory steals the show every time for me so i haven't gotten around to the rest #i'm enjoying the nightbringer story so much (not talking about the game design. that's a different thing entirely) but man #the pacing is WILD it feels like every lesson could be a whole lesson block at the least. it's giving me a lot of room to speculate #which I always love! but i do wish they would slow down a little and expand on some of these concepts they're bringing up #because the basic idea of the game alone is REALLY INTRIGUING and it'd be a shame if they raced back to the present imo #what was i even talking about. sorry my brain fast forwards as soon as i get into the tags there is not one sequitur to be seen #so curious about solomon's friend now too. like my guess is it's going to be lilith (and hopefully not in a popular fan theory kind of way) #because it's more than a little suspicious that they expanded on lilith's views on humans the way they did #in a way that SO PERFECTLY lines up with the expansion on solomon's views on humans #WHICH I HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT YET BY THE WAY BUT LIKE. HE IS SO RIGHT AND REAL FOR THAT #it's beyond stressful to me that I think solomon is completely justified in his views and being completely reasonable about it #but that it would also mean war between the worlds presumably while the brothers are still recovering from THEIRS #you cannot give me that choice man. not even sure that the human world would be ABLE to win that fight if we're being real #solomon's 72 pacts are a lot yes but he's still only one guy who is NOT on good terms with the sorcerer's society #and mc is powerful but so so inexperienced. and that's IF they choose to side with the human world which #really i don't think the canon mc is likely to do. but anyway i guess solomon's friend could also be adam maybe? #that could be wishful thinking because i like adam though. even if his hair SUUUCKS #deeply offended by everyone thinking solomon got the fucked up hair when all signs point to adam be NICE TO HIM he's ugly already

[luck-of-the-drawings]

DOODLEPAGE COMMISSION CREATED FOR THE WONDERFUL @reallybelt do YOU want me to draw you a doodlepage of your blorbo? im still doing commissions!! more information here. cmon down!! get em before the 15th when they put me down witha really big hammer

#cw gore #cw blood #NOT SURE WHAT ELSE TO TAG THIS AS.... #but i WILL SAY OUH MY GGOOODD THIS ONE KICKED MY ASS FOR A MINUTE.. drawing guns is so hard.... #im RLY HAPPY N PROUD WITH IT ALL THO.... i love the lil birdies... #ALSO BELT UR CHARACTER IS JUST RLY COOL N INTERESTING TOO #THEIR WHOLE BACKSTORY IS SO INTRIGUING AND TRAGIC... #im prouda the mildewy effect i did for the bg aswell.. ALSO prouda my line work just in general #im also very happy w the blood and gore n such #i LOVE a good sliced eye ball!!! i also enjoy the detail of the glass eye not being as bloodshot or expressive as the other eye #alright uuhh uhh what else do i even say here.. its 2 am and im sleeepyyy im sleepy im falling asleeeep imm gonna go to bed now. #love you guys sleep well #also PLEASE feel free to commission me. could REALLY use the money. got big things coming

[kareenvorbarra]

hmmmmm ketil anime backstory bad

#it adds nothing to the story and interferes with his character progression imo #the point of ketil is that nothing that bad has happened to him until now. he's done everything right and it's always worked for him #and when it goes wrong he completely breaks down and makes all the worst decisions for everyone around him #also it ruins the conversation between sverkel and arnheid :( which is so good and understated in the manga #all he says to her is 'it's your decision' and 'i wish i could help.' manga!sverkel genuinely feels for arnheid. she's a real person to him #but anime!sverkel bringing up ketil's sad backstory when arnheid is going through all that just feels super insensitive #obviously ketil has nothing to do with arnheid losing her family and he didn't enslave her himself #which imo is part of why arnheid has been able to accept being with him! she knows she could have ended up with someone much worse #but like. he owns her. she has to devote her life to him whether she wants to or not. #it feels super gross for another character (and the story in general) to direct her/our sympathy onto ketil in that moment #her son was murdered so that she would be more desirable to men like him! this scene should not be about ketil's pain! #(also the line about why hjalti was killed was conspicuously absent from the anime which takes some of the teeth out of the whole storyline #fandom musings #vinland saga

[yoisami]

how to commit to longfics... ✍🏻

#૮₍•᷄ ࡇ •᷅₎ა —୨୧ chats #rn in my drafts #i have two longfics “planned” #one isagi and one kaiser #BUT I SWEAR I NEVER HAVE MOTIVATION TO WRITE #and then when i do write and read over what i wrote #i don’t like it and i delete it #it’s a whole cycle oml #plus i’m lacking info ab kaiser’s backstory so it’s like i have to make up some shit 😭 #my motivation always runs low #i’m genuinely surprised that i’m still here #bc i made a tumblr acc for tokrev a few years back ??? #and gave up after a month and a half #anyways if u’re feeling generous pls feel free to donate me some motivation ☹️ #love u all :(

[theshalesky]

My fate was sealed long before i was born. Not by some god or prophet, but by someone just as human as you and me. At least, he was human at the time.

This hasn't always been a meticulous plan. The root of it all was a tragedy - grief, anger, more sorrow than anyone should have to bear. Maybe it was his fault. Maybe it wasn't. It's easy to say that he could have avoided it, could have chosen another path, and spared us all so much pain.

But maybe fate had always planned this after all.

#i'm a sucker for “the whole plot happened because of one little tragedy” #wanted to write this as a general trope but i think people who know will recognize it #yes this is basically once upon a time #and also inspired by the magnus archives but i don't know what jonah's deal is yet #if he has a tragic backstory or not #ouat #writeblr #writers on tumblr #writing prompt #writing trope #character tropes #doomed by the narrative #ouat rumple #writers and poets

[duskbats]

Clan Toreador;

The Toreador have long been associated with art and socializing, which is incorporated into their weakness – when they are faced with a thing of beauty, they struggle to turn their attention from it. Many emerge from the ranks of accomplished artists, both new and faded. But not all artists need wield a brush: To the Toreador, art encompasses all forms of entertainment and stimulation.

Amala; She/Her - Primogen

In order from left to right: 

Omar - He/Him

Morgan - She/Her

Darian - He/They

Lydia - She/They

#sorry if its messy under the cut #still trying to figure out how to format these #the generations don't rly matter that much and i don't wanna do backstories #so i just put pronouns #because i plan on having at least some of these clan members appear in a story like manner #the whole toreador clan are bisexual so i didn't add sexuality here #but i did update the tremere :)) #ok so omar was inspired by qadir from the VN i'm playing #darian inspired by my friend's bloodhunt character #i'm never happy with my male sims so i might redo them one day #ts4 #the sims 4 #simblr #ts4: vtm #ts4: vampire the masquerade