#sorry halo gear fans

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Another instalment of the Nerd Prudes dressing up as other shows I guess (except that now it's only laustki)

#i was also gonna do Gabriel!Grace Beelzebub!Ruth #but i gave up #sorry halo gear fans #except im recycling Graces sketch for ehat im calling: #Blinkally Accurate Grace #so theres that #hatchetfield #digital art #artists on tumblr #my art #nerdy prudes must die #nightmare time #fanart #starkid #good omens

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The Entertainer - Track 04 - Pajamas & The Holiday Inn

Summary: Set in the 70s, Sky Jones, a young woman from L.A., meets Harry Styles, an up-and-coming musician and frontman for the band Wildfire. Told in first person from Sky’s point of view, she shares her journey and what it’s like to fall for a rockstar.

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Track 04 Word Count: 3.6k

I wish I could say that Harry and I fell in love and everything was sunbeams and roses after that, but that’s just not how it happened. In fact, I didn’t even see him again for over a week when Wildfire had another gig. Both he and I ended up being busy and he didn’t show up with Mitch on the two occasions that he stayed over with Halo. I didn’t let it get to me. The rock and roll lifestyle is nothing if not spontaneous and fickle.

I liked him though. And that acknowledgement came to me tenfold when I saw him on stage again. He was the ultimate front man, a force to be reckoned with. I felt myself turned on by his mere presence, and when we’d make eye contact, it was like someone had poured syrup on my head and it ran down to the crevices between my toes.

Who the fuck was I kidding? I liked him a lot. And I found myself angry, at what exactly I didn’t know, when I followed Halo backstage. Like before, I stood off to the side, my eyes on the ground as Halo pounced on the leather worn out sofa, waiting for Mitch. I crossed my arms, almost wishing I hadn’t come at all. I felt stupid, like I’d crossed some line between fan and reality, or maybe…just maybe…I was afraid that Harry didn’t like me the way I liked him.

I heard him before I saw him. He and the rest of the band were making their way backstage, all of them enthusiastic about yet another fantastic performance. I saw Halo’s face light up when Mitch walked through the doorway. She squealed as he sat down beside her and they wrapped their arms around each other. Harry saw me and for a second he looked like he was coming towards me until Deacon called him.

“Harry, mate, I’m gonna pull the van around back so I can start loading the gear.”

“Yeah, sure man, I’ll be right there.”

“Mitch, you coming?” asked Deacon. “I don’t wanna be here until bloody sunup!”

“Yeah, yeah!” Mitch pried Halo’s arms off of him and kissed her on the forehead. “Gotta go, babe.”

Halo made a face and sat back down on the couch. It was then that I noticed Harry had walked over to me.

“Hi,” he said with a small grin.

“Hey.”

“Haven’t heard from you.”

I blinked. “I’m sorry…was I supposed to call?”

I knew I sounded a bit snarky, and I caught the sting it left in Harry’s expression before it disappeared.

“No,” he replied. “Just missed you.”

My breath caught in my throat and in one split second my face softened. “Oh.”

“How are you?”

“I’m okay.”

Harry touched my hand gently, his thumb rubbing the back of it.

“Actually wanted to ring you myself, but it’s been a crazy week.”

“Yeah.”

“We’re um…going into the studio next week.”

“Really?” my eyes widened. “That’s great!”

“Yeah,” he smiled. “We’ve um…got another gig tomorrow night. It’s in Chula Vista, so Deacon wants to get the gear packed up so we can get home and get some sleep before we head out.”

“Oh. It’s not that far to Chula Vista, is it?”

“No. But Deacon lives in Long Beach and we’re all gonna stay at his place tonight so we can just ride together. We have to be there by three o’clock.”

“Oh.”

Harry gave me a sweet smile and squeezed my hand. “I was hoping to spend some time with you. This kinda came up suddenly. Today, in fact.”

“It’s okay.”

Harry looked down at our hands, then back up at me.

“I’ll…be in the studio a lot…but maybe…we can get together sometime.”

I grinned. “I’d like that.”

“Harry! Can you give me a hand, please?” Deacon called.

“Yeah, sorry mate!” Harry yelled back. Then he turned to me. “Gotta go.”

I shrugged. “I can help too, if you like.”

“You sure?”

“Of course.”

I beckoned to a hesitant but ultimately willing Halo and with our assistance, the guys were able to load up their gear quicker than they’d anticipated. Deacon cranked up the van, the sound of Paul Simon coming through the speaker.

“When mama pajama rolled out of bed She ran to the police station…”

Harry shut the back door of the van and grinned at me.

“Thanks, Sky.”

“Anytime, you know? Just like my sofa.”

Harry chuckled. “Kinda wish I was sleeping on your sofa tonight. Lee already called Deacon’s and I don’t reckon his floor is very soft.”

“I can’t imagine my sofa is very comfortable.”

“I have no complaints,” he commented. “Plus I like those pajamas you wear.”

I glared at him, my mouth wide open. “What pajamas?”

“Those cute little yellow and white ones with the ribbon in the front.”

“When have you seen those?” I asked, my voice getting higher.

Harry smirked. “When you walk by to go to the bathroom. Then you check on me, but I pretend I’m asleep.”

If it hadn’t been for Deacon announcing he was ready to go, I would have eventually said a word or two. But at the moment I was speechless. Harry chuckled and pulled me into a hug and kissed the top of my head.

“Goodbye, love,” he murmured in my hair.

I watched him as he walked up the side of the van and climbed in. Mitch sat in the passenger seat, Halo standing next to him and kissing him goodbye. I felt an empty somberness in my chest, like that feeling you get when you’ve finished a good book but you’re sad that it’s over.

“Sky!” I suddenly heard.

Harry had opened the side door to the van and was poking his head out, beckoning me.

“Yeah?” I asked, stepping up to him.

He climbed out of the van, took my face in his hands and kissed me. Really kissed me. So much that I felt my knees buckle and heard Deacon swear to Christ under his breath.

“Much better,” declared Harry, his face beaming.

Once again, my voice betrayed me and I had no words. None were needed though. Harry waved at me from the van as they pulled away and I waved back, my chest no longer feeling empty and somber. There was no way it possibly could. My heart was very much alive and happy.

“Goodbye to Rosie, the queen of Corona…”

I woke up to music and the smell of bacon. The first thing was not unusual, but the latter was. I kicked off the covers and rubbed my eyes before walking into the living room. Halo was standing over the stove, scrabbling eggs and dancing to the radio.

“From where I stand It looks mighty strange How you let a woman like that Treat you like small change”

I giggled at the spectacle as I entered the kitchen. She eyed me, knowing I loved the Neil Sedaka song, so when the chorus began, she mimed handing me a mic so I’d sing the Elton John parts.

“Bad (bad) blood (blood) The bitch is in her smile The lie is on her lips Such an evil child”

“What are you doing in here?” I finally asked her.

“Cooking breakfast, what does it look like?”

“What’s the occasion though?”

I danced around her to the coffee pot and poured myself a cup.

“No real reason. I have to work today, so I thought I’d make something decent before I go.”

“I’m surprised you’re not on your way to Chula Vista,” I commented.

“Yeah, I would have gone, but it was too last minute. I can’t take off work.” Halo turned off the burner. “You should go though. Surprise Harry.”

I gave her a look. “I don’t think so.”

“Why not? He’d probably love it.”

“Eh. I don’t wanna be that girl.”

“What girl?”

“The one who follows a band around because she might or might not have something going with a member of that band.”

“Gee, thanks,” scoffed Halo.

“I didn’t mean that. I mean…you’re not…”

Halo continued to glare at me so I grabbed a plate and danced.

“Do run, do run, di di dit, do run run…”

“Sky!” she exclaimed, making me stop.

“What?”

“What did you mean by that?”

“I mean…you’re you. And I’m…me. You and Mitch…you obviously have something. I don’t…know how Harry feels about me.”

Halo scooped up a large spoonful of eggs and dropped them onto a plate, avoiding my gaze.

“It’s just sex,” she muttered.

“Huh?”

“Mitch and me. We don’t really have anything going on. It’s just sex.”

“Oh. Well, there’s nothing wrong with that.”

Halo shrugged and brought her plate to the table with a glass of juice.

“Are you saying you want more?”

“No,” she shook her head. “When you get too attached…that’s when you get hurt.”

I nodded. She’d told me those exact words before. It was kind of the mantra that Halo lived by. I understood what she meant. It’s one thing to be a fan of a band, and even hang out with them if you get the chance. But it’s completely another when feelings are involved. It’s common knowledge that musicians aren’t like regular guys. They don’t settle down and have relationships. It goes against everything they stand for.

I filled my own plate and joined Halo at the table. We sat through a whole other song before either of us said another word.

“He likes you.”

“What?” I swallowed.

“I told you already, but you just said you don’t know how Harry feels about you, so I’m telling you again. He likes you. As more than a pal.”

I dropped my fork on my plate. “Well, now you’re just contradicting yourself.”

“No, I’m not. I just know what works for me. Doesn’t mean I can’t still be a romantic.”

“Why does that work for you? Don’t you think you deserve romance?”

Halo took a sip of juice, pondering my question.

“I don’t know. Maybe. Someday. I just know how guys in bands are.”

I scoffed. “Harry and Mitch are in the same band.”

“Yeah…but Mitch doesn’t look at me the way Harry looks at you.”

The man handed the key over to me, a kind smile on his chubby face.

“Room 202,” he said.

“Thank you.”

“Would you like a wake up call?”

“Oh, no thanks.”

“Enjoy your stay.”

I slung my duffle bag over my shoulder and made my way around the sidewalk and up the stairs. My room was the second one I came to. Locking the door behind me, I dropped my bag on the floor beside the bed, my keys on the table with the card that welcomed me to the Holiday Inn. Gazing around the room, I let out a deep breath. I couldn’t believe it. Just four hours ago, I’d told Halo she was being ridiculous - I was not going to drive all the way to Chula Vista. Yet there I was.

Mitch had told Halo where they were playing, but I had no idea where it was. I had no idea what I was going to do or say to Harry if he saw me. I had no plan. Just a credit card and an old Volkswagen. And a pair of yellow and white pajamas.

I took a shower, washing my hair and body with complimentary Holiday Inn toiletries. I shaved and scrubbed all the important parts, and even some of the not-so-important parts. I brushed my teeth and let my hair air dry like I usually did while I changed into my favorite bell bottoms and a plaid top that tied in the front. After applying a little bit of makeup, I flipped through the yellow pages to see if I could find the address to the bar where Wildfire was playing. Then I stopped back at the front desk to ask the man for directions. He was glad to be of service, and I figured he didn’t get that much business. Especially not from twenty-three year old girls.

I could already hear the music coming from inside the bar as I pulled into the parking lot. But as I walked to the front door, I noticed something was off. It was not rock n’ roll I heard. This place was a honky tonk.

“Hey there, darlin’,” I heard as soon as I walked into the smoke-filled room. I had to be in the wrong place.

I looked at the cowboy and gave him a weak smile before heading for the bar as some female sang about “feelin’ single and seein’ double”.

“Excuse me,” I said to the bartender. “Is there a band playing here tonight?”

“Yes ma’am, some new rock n’ roll outfit, I believe. Wildfire. Or Firewind. Somethin’.”

I tried to hide my amusement. “Thanks.”

I ordered a beer, and as soon as the bartender set it in front of me, the sound of an electric guitar cranked up behind me. I turned around on my barstool just as Harry walked out on stage. Without a greeting, the band went straight into their first song.

I looked around me at the crowd, which wasn’t really much of one. Most of the people were gathered at circular tables, talking amongst themselves, or at the bar. I felt a sourness in my gut, and I realized I felt sorry for the band, and a little embarrassed. This wasn’t their audience. No young girls up front bouncing up and down with glee, arms raised, singing along to every word. No fists in the air, no cheers from drunk young men full of piss and adrenaline.

For a moment I wished I hadn’t come at all. This wasn’t how I wanted to see Harry. But then something caught my eye. One cowboy sitting at a table near the stage was watching the band’s every move. He nodded his head to the beat, soon singing along to the chorus when it came round again. I looked up at Harry who was giving it his all, just as he had with a room full of people. He didn’t give a shit. It was about the music. And if he could make that one lone cowboy nod along to his music, it was worth it.

Soon I started to take note of more people reacting. The girl at the bar next to me swung her leg back and forth, her boot keeping to the rhythm. A table full of people who looked around my age stopped talking and started to acknowledge what was happening on stage. By the time the second song was over, people were cheering and clapping. I smiled when Mitch played the intro to the next song and a crowd started to form at the front of the stage.

I slid off my stool then and made my way closer to the crowd. I danced with them and sang along. When the song ended, the audience whistled, cheering for more.

“Sorry…um,” Harry said into the microphone. “I know you weren’t expecting this kind of music tonight, but I appreciate it that you stayed.”

The crowd hollered again.

“This is for all you honky tonk women,” he added, and the band went into a cover of the Stones tune.

“I met a gin-soaked, bar-room queen in Memphis She tried to take me upstairs for a ride She had to heave me right across shoulder Cause I just can’t seem to drink you off my mind”

I had the hugest smile on my face. I’d never seen Wildfire do a cover before. And that was about the best choice they could have ever made. The bar went nuts, and several couples started dancing around the room behind me. One cowboy even handed Harry his hat, which he gladly put on his own head for the duration of the song.

During the last chorus, Harry and I finally made eye contact. His eyes about popped out of his head, and he almost forgot the words he was singing. Then a smile grew across his face and he gave me a thumbs up.

I’d seen Wildfire perform many times by that point. But I have to say, that night, in that tiny little po-dunk country bar in Chula Vista, ten miles from the Holiday Inn, they gave their best show ever.

I stood and watched as several people crowded around him when he stepped off the stage, giving him their praise. He took it graciously, listening to every word they had to say. After a few minutes, I decided to let him have his moment, so I returned to my spot at the bar. The girl who was sitting next to me earlier was still there, licking her lips as she watched Harry make his way closer.

“Hey,” he beamed at me when he got to the bar. “What are you doing here?”

I shrugged nonchalantly. “Just thought I’d come out. Had nothing else to do.”

“You…” he shook his head in disbelief, “Wh- are you staying here? Or…are you driving back tonight?”

“Oh, I’m staying,” I grinned. “At the Holiday Inn up the road.”

“Yeah?”

“Hi there, cowboy,” I heard next to me.

I eyed the girl on her stool with her swinging leg and red lips.

“Hello,” smiled Harry, his accent oozing and giving away that he was definitely not a cowboy.

“You’re fantastic,” she commented.

“Thank you.”

“I’m Evelyn,” she said, holding out her hand.

“I’m Harry.”

“And I’m leaving,” I announced, sliding off my stool once again.

“No, wait, what?” Harry looked at me confused.

I chuckled. “It’s cool. This is your moment, Harry. Your fans await you,” I pointed at the stage. “Looks like your band is waiting too.”

“But where are you going?” he grabbed my hand.

“To my motel room.”

I hoped the look in my eyes relayed the message I wanted them to.

“The Holiday Inn?”

I nodded before placing a quick kiss on his cheek.

“See ya,” I whispered in his ear before slowly pulling my hand from his.

I was almost to the door when I turned around, catching Evelyn trying to do some major flirting.

“Harry!”

He looked at me and smiled.

“Room 2-0-2,” I mimed the numbers with my hand.

He grinned wider and gave me a wink before I pushed open the door and climbed into my Volkswagen. My ears were still buzzing from the show, so instead of turning up the radio, I sang to myself, the Elton John song that had been in my head since I’d arrived.

“You ain’t seen nothin’ till you been In a motel, baby, like a Holiday Inn…”

My stomach was in knots. Two hours later I just about resolved that he wasn’t coming. I was an idiot. He’d probably taken a liking to Evelyn, who no doubt was much more attractive and probably had her own ranch with cows and horses. But just when I was about to doze off, I heard a knock at the door.

Just like at the apartment, I left the chain on and cracked the door open.

“Sky,” he said softly.

“Hi,” I bit my lip.

I shut the door and removed the chain, but didn’t open the door all the way yet. Instead, I inched it open slowly until only my body was in-between the crack. Harry’s eyes wandered down, a twinge of excitement on his face when he noticed my pajamas.

“Jesus,” he shook his head and leaned his forearm against the door frame.

My chest lifted underneath the thin material of my top as I took in a breath and let it out.

“Um…are you gonna let me in?” Harry asked.

I giggled nervously. “Maybe.”

Harry raised a brow. “Maybe?”

“Well…I guess you can come in. There’s just one thing.”

“What’s that?”

“There’s no sofa.”

His dimples dipped in his cheeks and his eyes danced as I backed up and let him inside. He kicked the door closed with his boot, pulling me into his arms. He kissed me passionately, his fingers in my hair, backing me into the bed.

“You were great tonight,” I whispered when he hovered over me.

“I still can’t believe you came.”

“Me neither, actually.”

“I’m glad you did.”

His soft lips confirmed his statement, making my toes curl and my heart rate quicken. His hands roamed up my sides, stopping just under my breasts, my long hair nearly covering them.

“You’re gonna kill me with these pajamas, you know,” he groaned.

“Sorry,” I teased.

His expression softened as he let his thumbs run over my nipples, causing them to poke through the material. I blinked slowly, letting out a tiny moan of pleasure.

“You’re so pretty,” he declared.

I traced his lips with my fingertip. “So are you.”

We made love in my motel bed, but it could have been a palace as far as I was concerned. He was heaven, and more than I could have ever hoped for. I was really glad I’d changed my mind and drove to Chula Vista.

As we laid wrapped in the sheets, I looked up at his beautiful face, his lips still parted as his breathing slowed.

“So you never answered my question,” I said.

“What’s that, love?”

I fingered the cross that hung from his neck, very close from tapping against my chest.

“Why do you always wear this?”

Harry looked down at it, then back up at me.

“Same as you, I guess,” he spoke softly. “I don’t wanna forget.”

I thought about what Halo had said about his friend Simon. Perhaps he didn’t want to forget him. Or maybe he didn’t want to forget where he came from, or where he belonged. Either way, I understood.

I yanked gently on the chain, bringing Harry’s face closer to mine. His eyes grinned before he captured my lips with his.

Eeek! This was probably my favorite chapter. I hope you could visualize it the way I did.

Songs mentioned:

Paul Simon - Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard

Neil Sedaka - Bad Blood

Emmylou Harris - Feelin' Single, Seein' Double

The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women

Elton John - Holiday Inn

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[order-of-the-eye]

If not sure what to ask. I just wanted to thank you for tagging your posts when there are spoilers. I’m crawling through the game at a snails pace, but I will be back to view your posts as soon as I’m done.

I’m desperate for Starfield mutuals, I love the vibe of your blog and your OCs. I love that you’re into fanfic, as I’m partial to it myself.

If you like, please share something about your Starfield OC. For example, if they could live anywhere in the galaxy, where would it be, and with whom? If it’s a ship, which one? If it’s a base they’ve built, where is it? What is your Spacefarer’s happy place?

Sorry if you have posted similar before, like I said, I love chatting about Starfield, I’m just dodging spoilers too. Yeah. I know, tough, lol. I shouldn’t be on this site. 🙄😆

Thank you for the ask! I do love chatting about Starfield also and I'm more than eager to yell about it haha. I hope you enjoy the game and all the twists and turns it throws at you. I spoiled the game for myself on purpose (I'm the type of person who doesn't get affected by spoilers too bad, I like knowing what's happening in advance) and it still kicked my ass lol.

As for your question about my oc, Kanan's little getaway or "happy place" is their outpost on Eridani II. I'm a fan of the Halo games as well, and in that universe, Eridani II is the planet Reach, so I had to choose it. Kanan is an Old Earth buff, so they probably chose Eridani II for that same reason (if we want to headcanon that Halo is a game in this universe lol). Once the creation kit is out and we get some really good outpost mods, I'm going to make it far more cozy than industrial feeling. But for now, Kanan's got a hexagonal hab there with a few offshoots for various things, like a bedroom and a hydroponics lab for Sarah. There's a watchtower for keeping an eye out for enemies, and a few resource collectors as well.

Outside of Eridani II, Kanan also finds their ship to be the next best thing when it comes to a "happy place."

This is the Gemini, Kanan's baby and prized possession. (It is modded for the sake of having some extra engines and not having to worry about landing gear.) It's named as such after the Gemini constellation, its twin wings, and because Kanan's astrology sign just happens to be Gemini.

It is outfitted to fit up to eight crewmembers and includes a control room, several living spaces, and a workshop. Kanan's quarters are fitted right behind the cockpit (Kanan doesn't mind how small the cot is. No matter how often Sarah complains that dear, the damn bed is too small for both of us, Kanan doesn't mind because it is home). They often bring along the Constellation Four, along with Heller and Lin, and sometimes Kanan's adoring fan, Adrien.

And while Kanan does own property in both Akila City and New Atlantis, their ship and the outpost on Eridani II are Kanan's true homes.

Again, thank you so much for the ask! Happy hunting :)

#a-cosmic-elf #asks #answered #starfield #oc: kanan mccarthy

[abracadaxbra]

♡︎Welcome To My Blog!♡︎

Hello, I’m Dax! I use He/They pronouns and am transmasc. I mostly do art but I’m also into music! I currently live with my boyfriend and our very silly cat. Also I lean more into goth aesthetics IRL!

Here’s some more info about me and this blog!

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➥︎What is this blog?

This blog is an art/personal one! I’m trying to expand my reach as an artist so, I came back to Tumblr as a part of that. This is my main I guess in simple words.

It’s just gonna be my art or me promoting my Redbubble and such mostly on here but sometimes I’ll say thing a little bit.

➥︎What Am I Into?

A lot of things actually! I engage in activities a little.

A comprehensive list of things I do:

Draw (usually Sonic or my creation the Smumkleverse)

Video game (usually Persona or BlazBlue Cross Tag or Guilty Gear!)

Write (I’m currently working on a google doc of my personal Sonic OC lore)

Making Master docs on my interests

Watch silly things on the television

Want some specifics? Here you go 🫵😋

Games

Paradise Killer

Guilty Gear Strive

BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle

Persona

Minecraft

Halo

Madness Combat: Project Nexus

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R

Skullgirls

Cookie Run: Kingdom

My Singing Monsters

Castlevania

Cyberpunk

FNAF

Shows/Movies

Dorohedoro (completed)

Aggretsuko

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (caught up)

Chainsaw Man (caught up)

Trigun (completed) + Trigun: Stampede

One Piece

Smiling Friends (caught up)

Mob Psycho 100 (completed)

Madness Combat (caught up)

Castlevania

Dr. Stone (caught up)

Hunter x Hunter (caught up)

Like every Ghibli Movie I can find

Promare (completed)

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (completed)

Beastars (caught up)

Music

All Persona soundtracks

Paradise Killer soundtrack

Tyler The Creator

The Vanished People

KoRn

Slipknot

Limp Bizkit

Kaya

DAMAG3

Austin and The Powers

Joywave

IDKHOW

Sleep Token

BABYMETAL

Jhariah

Muse

Joey Valence

The Guilty Gear Strive and Xrd soundtracks

+ more…

➥︎︎Fun Facts

I have a cat named Selene! She’s silly

I’m Italian/Puerto Rican!

I was once a Homestuck fan but now Andrew Hussie is my sworn enemy 😁

At one point I aspired to be a vet tech but now I’m more interested in music and being a Behavioral Technician for special needs children

I love building gundam model kits sm you don’t understand a demon possesses me as soon as one is in my hands and I don’t stop until it’s finished

My favorite YouTubers are Nexpo and every channel that uploads ocean documentaries

Mermaids and sea animals (sharks and the ping pong tree sponge) are my current special interests! I have a huge merfolk google doc I’m slowly working on

Spider-Punk is my fav Spider-Man

I’m a former competitive Smash player but I’m very slightly considering getting back into competitive fighting games due to my love for Skullgirls and Guilty Gear

I’m not super invested in most fandom spaces but I will draw just about anything and am technically a furry I suppose as I do have a fursona

I used to Cosplay! I plan to eventually revisit this when I have the means though

My persona I draw myself as is a creature named Smumkledorf and here he is:

➥︎Other Things I Like?

Alright this is mostly just so I can talk about Baja Blast but:

Drinks

Baja Blast…..

Kola Champagne

Sprite

Cucumber lime Gatorade /shame

Foods

Pasta (I am a stereotype I’m sorry)

My boyfriend’s dad’s cooking tbh

Taco Bell

Taquitos

Cherry tomatoes

➥︎Where Am I?

https://twitter.com/abracadaxbra

➥︎What Am I?

I am every single creature ever. This is my kinboard for reference:

#anime #lets be moots #introduction #intro post #anime and manga #anime aesthetic #jojo #jojo's bizarre adventure #jjba #trimax #trigun #cyberpunk #sonic fandom #furry fandom #nu metal #metal #goth #goth aesthetic #guilty gear #blazblue #minecraft #all star battle r #dorohedoro #aggretsuko #chainsaw man #one piece #mob psycho 100 #castlevania #madness combat #paradise killer

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#4

Young justice is a misunderstood show

I think one of the reasons why Im more open to the writing decisions the show makes is that I was a DC fan first before I got into the show, I just want to see the dc universe characters written in a compelling and unique way and for the most part they’ve been able to pull that off.

This show seems to get more flak for what it doesn’t show than what it does show but I think that’s because literally every other superhero show is about a specific character or team.  Young Justice is different, its a serialized anthology show of the dc universe that’s primarily about older heroes passing the torch to younger heroes

 it’s also fundamentally also about maturity and overcoming one’s trauma. Not just younger sidekicks maturing into proper heroes, but about even older heroes maturing by overcoming the obstacles life throws at them or their personal trauma.

its not a just a character based show its a theme based show 

yes It might have too many characters and a lack of focus but its themes about family, finding your identity, and overcoming trauma  are present though the entire narrative 

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Im not sure if I should be concerned or excited that Young Justice is setting up elements from two of the most hated storylines in DCs history (Countdown and Heroes in Crisis)

the writers were able to make “Rise of Arsenal” work and they also removed the problematic aspects of “The Judus Contract” and “The Killing Joke”

Then again, the Heroes being controlled by villains trope is becoming a bit played out in Young Justice at this point ( Roy, Blue Beetle, Halo, Superboy)

But I know that they will do the sanctuary plot better, that was screwed up by editorial not the writers

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My #1 post of 2022

Sorry I had to

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“you can hear it in the silence” - a collection of conversations between you and futakuchi kenji. 

1. april 14th, 7:56pm.

“it’s terribly boring, isn’t it?” the voice comes from right near your ear. you start, turning to see a young guy dressed in jeans, a tee, and a baseball cap, slouchy and messy in the most attractive and purposeful way. “the movie, I mean.”

you turn your eyes back towards the screen — some spanish neo-noir retelling of the same old “sexpot femme fatale turned domestic by a dashing hero with a horse” plotline. “yeah, it is. I only came so my film major friends would finally respect me.”

“that’s valid,” he whispers with a snort. an older man sitting beside him shushes him. “I only came so I could make fun of the people who only came to impress their film major friends.”

“oh, ouch,” you say, grinning. “way to attack like 90% of the foreign film audience.” 

“I’d say it’s something more like 97%, actually,” he says, briefly glancing at the movie. the dark haired, sultry love interest is batting her lashes at the brooding protagonist, nightgown slipping off her shoulder. “the remaining 3% is horny teenagers who can’t yet figure out how to erase their search history.” 

despite being in the middle of a crowded theater, you laugh, giggle echoing off the walls. several people turn around to shoot you dirty looks, and you immediately clap an apologetic over your mouth. oops.

“I’m kenji futakuchi,” your seat-neighbor whispers, extending a hand. “unprofessional film critic, engineering major, and thai tea hater. I’m willing to take you out for boba on our first date, but if you order thai tea it will also be our last.” 

“bold of you to assume we’ll even have a first date,” you say, shaking his hand with another quiet laugh. 

“oh, we will,” he says with what can only be described as a bona fide smirk. “I saw the way you were looking at me earlier.” 

before you can respond, the curmudgeonly old man beside kenji leans over and scowls. “if you kids want to keep flirting, do so outside. some of us are here for cultural enrichment.” 

kenji glances at you, face spelling out mischief. “you heard the man. shall we?” 

for a moment, you consider saying no. but then reason kicks into gear and you stand up, dusting popcorn off your lap. “we shall.” 

(discovery number one: your hand fits perfectly in his.)

2. may 2nd, 11:17am. 

“you know, this actually isn’t so bad.” kenji takes another cautious sip. “still can’t hold a candle to jasmine.”

“I respect that,” you say, offering him a taste of your drink. “I feel like everyone who hates thai tea is just jumping on the bandwagon. it’s pretty decent.”

“you’re pretty decent,” he says petulantly, snatching your tea and replacing it with his own. 

you roll your eyes. “your comebacks suck. still can’t believe I agreed to go out with you.” 

kenji feigns a look of surprise. “oh, are we going out? I thought this was a platonic thing.” 

you send a pointed look at his hand resting on your thigh, his thumb rubbing light circles in your skin. 

kenji follows your gaze and suppresses a smile, shrugging. “friends do that.” 

it’s a cool spring day, the air smelling of his cologne — vanilla, coffee, and burnt orange — and the eucalyptus growing in front of the cafe. the sunshine is fresh and pale, casting a glowy halo over kenji’s brunette mess of hair. he smiles rather angelically, as if he knows exactly what you’re thinking. 

“and do friends do this?” you say softly, leaning forward so your nose is just centimeters from his. 

kenji gulps, adam’s apple bobbing painfully in his throat. his voice cracks with his next words. “y-yeah. I do this with my buddies all the time. no homo.” 

you slowly bring your hand up to cup his jaw, letting your eyes linger on his lips before glancing back up and smiling. “oh, good. ‘cause I do this with my girls all the time, too. full homo.” 

“yeah?”

“mhm,” you purr, trying to channel some of that femme fatale energy, leaning even closer so you can feel his warm breath on your mouth — and then you pull away with a cackle, leaving kenji blinking down at you with reproach.

“women are so cruel,” he sighs wistfully, fanning his shirt and running a hand through his hair. 

“sorry,” you chirp, not sorry at all. “I don’t kiss on the first date.” 

“you don’t kiss on the first date?” kenji repeats. “so what’s the timeline — we hold hands today, and then you let me hug you next week, and then we kiss in a month, and then in like fifty years we finally fu—” 

“kenji!” you say, whipping around. you’re scandalized. there’s a family with primary school aged kids sitting at the other table, shrieking with laughter and bouncing around like pinballs on a boba-fueled sugar high. “keep it PG.” 

“I wasn’t gonna say anything bad,” kenji complains. “I was just gonna say that in fifty years we finally, uh… furbish the condo we purchase together.” 

“sure you were,” you say, and kenji just laughs. there’s something in the way he looks at you… something soft and affectionate that makes you think he might actually intend to stick around for fifty years. it scares you a little — but in a good way. 

later that day, when kenji drops you off at your front porch, you lean forward again. usually you keep your word, but today’s an exception. 

(discovery number two: he tastes like colgate and thai tea.)

3. august 21st, 8:02am. 

“what the hell,” you cough, squinting through the smoke. you can barely hear yourself over the shrill beeping of the fire alarm resounding around your apartment. “kenji?”

kenji emerges from behind the fridge, nonchalantly leaning on the wall with a nervous smile. “hey, baby. sleep well?”

“don’t you ‘hey, baby’ me, mister,” you say, marching forward, fanning the smoke away with your oversized sleep shirt. (well, technically it’s his shirt, and that’s why it’s oversized. it fits perfectly fine on him.) “what in the world did you do?” 

“why is it that when something goes wrong you always automatically blame me?” he complains, coughing. 

“because it’s always your fault,” you say, gently but firmly pushing him aside to reveal, sitting innocently on the counter… a smoking toaster with two pieces of bread (burnt nearly completely black) resting in the slots. oh lord. “kenji. babe. darling.”

“ooh, keep going, please,” kenji coos, yelping when you lightly pinch his elbow. “hey!” 

he’s about to retaliate before you double over in laughter, holding onto the edge of the kitchen counter for support. you choke out giggles between breaths, hardly able to keep balance. “you — (wheeze) — you nearly burnt down the kitchen — (wheeze) — trying to make toast?” 

“it’s not as easy as it looks,” kenji insists, gingerly picking the slices of bread (although they’re more like crackers now) out from the toaster. “I’m sorry that I wanted to do something nice for my beautiful girlfriend. and I’m sorry that the only thing I could handle was toast and coffee. well, technically just coffee, I guess.” 

he picks up a mug from the counter and offers it to you. “it might be kinda cold now. sorry. I tried.”

he’s so earnest and adorable and lovely in that moment — standing in the middle of the clouded kitchen in just mismatched socks and an old pair of boxers, holding the coffee out for you to see — that you can hardly contain yourself. 

“god, I love you,” you say without thinking, the last word catching in your throat as you look up. oh. oops. kenji’s staring at you, unblinking, big brown eyes filled with… surprise? “I mean, I meant —”

“you love me?” 

“I, uh,” you falter. this isn’t you; you’re supposed to be the calm and collected one. “this isn’t how I wanted to say it, but—”

“but you do, right? you love me?” kenji sets the mug back down and pulls you in by the waist, grinning broadly and resting his forehead against yours. your heart is pulsing erratically, but a smile big enough to match his somehow finds its way onto your face. you nod, and kenji immediately kisses you hard, tangling his fingers in the back of your hair. 

“I love you,” he says breathlessly after finally parting. you feel the uncomfortable warmth of your face and the swollenness of your lips... but you can’t quite bring yourself to care. “I love you a lot.” 

“you love me so much that you even tried to make me toast,” you laugh. “and you brought me cold coffee in my second favorite mug.” 

“no, wait,” says kenji, glancing back towards said mug. “that’s your favorite mug.”

“no, my favorite is the green one with the—”

“—with the orange flowers,” kenji groans in realization, slapping a limp, penitent hand to his cheek. “I’m a failure of a boyfriend. I deserve to go to boyfriend jail.” 

“you do,” you agree, nodding solemnly. “but lucky for you, I have a get-out-of-jail-free card right here.”

“oh?” says kenji, a devilish smile quirking up the corners of his lips. 

you hum and offer him your clenched fist, like you’re about to place something in his palm. but when he extends his own outstretched hand, you interlace your fingers with his instead. “yep. right here.” 

“you think you’re so clever,” kenji sighs, nonetheless bringing your hand up to press a brief kiss to your knuckles. 

“I do.” you shuffle towards the counter to take a sip of the coffee — sure enough, it’s cold. (but he still made it exactly the way you like it.) “c’mon. breakfast.” 

(discovery number three: burnt toast doesn’t taste so bad when you eat it with someone you love.)

4. november 1st, 10:38pm.

the commute across town from your university to your apartment is on the longer side, around forty minutes. it feels even longer late at night, though, on your way home from your part time job. 

the subway rattles on its tracks as it slows to rest at a stop (but not yours) and a handful of sleepy passengers stumble out, swinging briefcases and pulling their scarves a little tighter. you stifle a yawn, slumping back into your seat. 

“you okay?” 

you smile. ever since you got hired a couple months ago, kenji’s insisted on coming to “pick you up” from work to take the train back with you, even though he works all the way across town. (he’ll probably stay the night — he has a drawer full of his things at your place these days, complete with a dozen wrinkled t-shirts, old soccer shorts, and a bundle of irreparably tangled chargers. he hasn’t bothered to bring his own shampoo over yet, though, claiming that “yours smells so nice and fruity” and “men’s shampoo just smells like nondescript testosterone and insecurity.” he’s right of course, but all the same, you’d rather he not use up all of yours.) 

“yeah, I’m okay,” you sigh, taking his hand and feeling him begin to rub circles on your palm. you close your eyes. “just tired.” 

“hi ‘okay-just-tired,’ I’m dad,” kenji says slyly, and you open one incredulous eye. 

“did you really…?”

“I really did,” kenji says, puffing up his chest. “you walked right into it.” 

you groan and fall on top of him dramatically, burying your face in his thick fleece jacket. “I’m too dead for this. I’m like frankenstein before he was reanimated — just a bunch of limbs and organs in a useless, fleshy pile.”

“technically, he’s frankenstein’s monster,” says kenji, petting your hair absentmindedly. “frankenstein’s the name of the doctor. cute literary allusion, though.” 

“do you ever shut up?” your voice comes out muffled by kenji’s coat, but not at all devoid of its intended irritation. 

“occasionally,” he says as you lift your head. he pulls you closer with one arm until you’re practically sharing a seat, legs interlocked, your temple resting on his shoulder and his chin nestled in your hair. “when I’m sleeping. when I’m eating — well, sometimes. sometimes I talk with my mouth full.”

“yeah, I’ve borne witness to that,” you say, wrinkling your nose. you’ve tried to improve kenji’s table manners countless times (especially in light of your family’s thanksgiving dinner soon approaching), but it’s all been in vain. most likely because he enjoys seeing you get worked up about his not using a coaster, etc. “disgusting.”  

“when I’m concentrating on physics,” he continues, as if he hadn’t heard you. “when I’m in the library. when I’m kissing pretty girls.” 

he bends down and tries to give you a peck, but you gasp and dodge it. “girls? plural? you’re out here kissing pretty girls other than me?”

“when I’m kissing one specific pretty girl,” kenji corrects himself, grinning. 

you feel your own grin stretch across your face. “and which pretty girl is that?”

“my pretty girl,” he says smugly, looking incredibly pleased with himself. 

you scoff. “corny.” 

“you like it.” 

you chew on your inner cheek, trying and failing to suppress your smile. “you know I do.” 

the train’s speakers crackle alive, a cool automated voice emanating from their unseen perches: “approaching hiwamari station. projected arrival in: 1 minute.” 

“alright, time to wake up, sleeping beauty,” kenji huffs, lugging you onto your feet. you hang limp in his arms like a rag doll, unwilling to bear your own weight. “you are perfectly capable of standing. shape up before I alert the authorities, you hooligan.” 

“hmm,” you groan, finally arighting yourself with some difficulty. you want to ask where in the world he learned the word ‘hooligan,’ but your brain can hardly afford you even the most basic cognition right now. “it’s too late, and my knees hurt, and I’m tired, and I saw an ad for that new vietnamese place at the last station, and now I want banh mi. but I can’t have banh mi because there’s none on this side of town, and that irritates me.” you take a deep breath. “also, I’m cold.” 

kenji laughs and slips a loose arm around your waist as the doors slide open, gently guiding you down onto the platform. the night air bites at your skin, painting goosebumps in its wake. you’re about ready to just sit down on the ground and curl into a frustrated, exhausted ball when he crouches down, fingers straightening and smoothing the lapels of your coat. “well, I can’t really help with the sore knees and the hankering for banh mi part, but I’m pretty sure you’re cold because you’ve had your buttons undone this entire time. dummy.” 

he buttons your jacket quickly and deftly, careful to avoid pinching you in the process. a particular kind of warmth bubbles up in your chest at his concentrated expression — kenji likes to maintain his effortless, reckless reputation, but when it comes down to the bare bones of it all, he’s still the type of guy who’ll button his girlfriend’s coat for her. on the walk from the subway to your apartment, his arm doesn’t leave your body once, keeping you close to his side and shielded from the wind. 

“I’m not a dummy.”

“sure, dummy.”

(discovery number four: body heat — specifically, kenji futakuchi’s body heat — is by far the most effective way to stay warm.)

5. december 23rd, 12:01pm. 

“who’s your best friend?” the question pops into your mind and out of your mouth almost instantaneously. kenji, who’s lounging on the sofa next to you, turns, eyebrows furrowed. there’s a small douglas fir in the corner of the room, minimally decked with what ornaments you could “diy” from around the house: snowflakes made of sticky notes, bedazzled plastic utensils, etc. several small packages have been haphazardly tossed around the tree’s base, yours neatly wrapped in red tissue paper and string, kenji’s covered in newspaper and excessive scotch tape. (he tried. maybe not his best, but he tried.) 

“depends,” he says, turning off his phone and tossing it onto the carpet. “what’s your definition of best friend?” 

“you know,” you say, helplessly splaying your fingers. “monica and rachel. frodo and sam. taylor swift and karlie kloss.” 

“hold on,” kenji says, holding up a hand. “didn’t taylor swift and karlie kloss have a falling out?” 

“yeah, but for the sake of the argument,” you insist. you narrow your eyes. “wait. how do you know about that?” 

“you talk about it every time you listen to that one album, which is at least once a month,” kenji says with a grin. “probably more like twice, actually.”

“oh.” you flush, making a mental note to use earbuds more often. “anyways. answer the question.”

“wait, but you just gave me a bunch of examples,” kenji complains. he glances briefly out the window, which is iced over like a sugar cookie, obscuring the snowscape outside. mariah plays faintly in the background, jingling and whistle tones echoing through the halls. “you didn’t define anything.” 

“a best friend,” you begin, faltering and taking a moment to think. a best friend… what is a best friend, really? you frown for a moment before smiling brightly. “a best friend is a commitment. it’s when you commit to being there for somebody when they need you. and it’s when you commit to finding that person when you need them, too.” 

kenji lets out a low whistle. “okay then, socrates.”

“it wasn’t that deep,” you say with a laugh. “so. who’s yours?”

kenji grins boyishly, face lighting up like a christmas tree topper. “easy. you’re my best friend.” 

oh. you weren’t expecting that. your chest gives an involuntary little thump of pleasure. “me? what about kamasaki?”

“mmm,” kenji muses, counting on his fingers. “he’s, like, my fourth best friend. maybe third on a good day. but you’re the one I go to first.” 

you have the sudden urge to wrap your limbs around him like a koala and never let go; only your dignity keeps you from tackling him right then and there. you clear your throat, praying he can’t hear your thoughts — he’d never let you live it down. “you’re mine, too.” 

kenji doesn’t respond, just smiles and rolls off the couch onto the floor with a thud, spreading out on the carpet like a seastar. the silence doesn’t bother you, though — silence (what little you can get of it) is comfortable with you two. plus, it’s never really silent. there’s always something there, something very undefinable but very real. 

(discovery number five: you are in love.)

#you guys seemed to really like the last of these so I might make it a series?? #cackles #also ly if you see this the last one was supposed to be for the event #I'm sorry it's so late #also I got carried away and made it a whole thing #I hope it still counts T-T #futakuchi kenji #futakuchi kenji x reader #futakuchi #futakuchi x reader #haikyuu #haikyuu x reader #haikyuu drabbles #hqcorenet

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Mass Effect Trilogy tag game

Tagged by my beloved baby @that-wildwolf

I am a fan since… 2020. It is a funny with a little of tragic story, because, I started in May 23rd 2020, after seeing a post in tumblr I think and wanted to play it for a while.

Here it comes the tragic part, the next day, I was doing the missions and chilling in the Normandy, my mother comes to my room to tell me that my Godfather passed away in an accident. Did Mass Effect help me the next days? yes, it got my mind entertained until the sepulture day and after this day.

Favorite game of the series: The second one.

I really like the games that have the mayor weight in the series, like Gears of War 2, Halo 2, Halo 5 Guardians, etc.

Plus the main mission is amazing, eve if I like more the armour from the 3rd one and the Mako for the 1st one lol

The OST of this game, specially "Suicide Mission" help me a lot during this quarantine, school and the biggest test that I've been having (the costs of a degree lol)

MaleShep or FemShep? Femshep all the way and since day one lol

Earthborn, Colonist or Spacer? Spacer.

Paragon or Renegade? Paragon

Biotics or Tech? Can I say both? I mean, I love both hahahaha

Favorite class: Vanguard. I dunno, Centinel is my second favorite one because IT IS PRETTY HARD to play with this class and the third one is soldier, the most basic one xD

But with vanguard, you have like a little of the two portions: Biotics and soldier.

Favorite companion: Garrus, but that’s kind of obvious. I also have a strong love for Ashley, I love her personality even if she is a xenophobic b**ch lol.

I don't hate anyone in the series, just I love more than the rest this two xD

Least favorite companion: I'M SO SORRY FANDOM but Kaidan, even if I love the romance I think he is so so so overprotective, I mean, anyone is but I think that Kaidan is more than the rest, specially if you romance him in the first game, then you romance Garrus he gives you a class in his bed in Huerta, and the way he treats you after he discovered that you're alive after Horizon in the second one.

My squad selection: Garrus+Ashley for ME1, Garrus+whoever’s loyalty mission it is for 2, Tali and Garrus for Collector Base, Garrus+Ashley for ME3 because bless ME3 for giving me back my OG dream team

Favorite in-game romance: SHAKARIAN ALL THE WAY.

Fun fact: I wasn't a fan of liking the most popular one until I watched the romance in youtube, I was/am more fan of the rarepairs than the most popular ones lol

Other pairings I like: Tali/Reegar, Liara/Javik, James/Ashley

Favorite NPC: Daddy Anderson :pleading eyes:, he's like the voice of the reason in the three games lol

Joker counts as one? lol

Favorite antagonist: Saren.

I mean, the others are a fucking ship with mind controller enemies and the reapers, but nobody likes the reapers, right?

Favorite mission: Garrus' loyalty mission and the one from the DLC "The sky is falling"

Favorite loyalty mission: Garrus' and Miranda (but with Jack) ones

Favorite DLC: Citadel but for a loooooooooooooooong shot. I laugh so hard the first time that I played it. I love the vibes, the friendship that gets stronger betweent the three crews, the party, everything.

Control, Synthesis or Destroy? Destroy.

I don't fucking care if Shepard dies or not (In my head she doesn't die lol) but reapers deserve to die for all the things that they did. The main: Mind controlled Saren Arterius.

Favorite weapon: All the snipers except one: Incisor. I hate that weapon with all my heart and soul and self

Favorite place: Hard one, I like the citadel but at the same time the place wheres Zaeed loyalty mission is and then is Illium. A quote I like: “I won’t let fear compromise who I am.” on par with “It's so easy to see the world in black and white. Gray? I don't know what to do with gray.” (I'm sorry, @that-wildwolf, but I need to agree in this one lol)

I’m tagging: @commanderogerss and @rosebud1773

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Hi there Sarc' ;) I am sorry if the question has already been asked but I thought it could be interesting to have your opinion about this. While I love most of the female characters in OP and think that most of them are well developed and can be truly good role models for girls I still feel that Oda sometimes has a sexist view on female characters (the jokes about the naked bath scenes for example or Kororo being considered ugly make me really uncomfortable). What do you think about it?

Ah, I wondered when I would get this question. 

When people talk about sexism in One Piece they typically are referring to two different things: How women are drawn, and how they’re treated within the narrative. While there’s some overlap here, there’s enough distinction that I want to address them as two separate points in two separate posts, because I guess I had Opinions, and by god there should be a limit to how much text one tumblr post can be expected to hold. Consider this an introduction.

Buckle up, kiddos. This is gonna be a long one. 

Nami Face Syndrome Isn’t the Problem...

An important thing to remember with Oda’s art and storytelling style is that almost everything is hyper exaggerated for effect. You don’t go into One Piece looking for realism. You don’t go into One Piece expecting the characters to act like normal people. Everything--from the art to the humor to the battles--is stretched and pulled to its absolute limit in hopes of garnering a particular reaction. When a character is sad they cry big bubbly tears with dribbles of snot coming from their nose. When they laugh their mouths take up half their face. 

And when a girl is hot, her tiddies are two great big watermelons stuck to the center of her chest.

What is often dubbed “Nami Face Syndrome” within the fandom is somewhat misleading. After all, why was Wanda, who is a literal dog that walks on two legs, decried as yet another Nami clone at her introduction? I would postulate it’s less to do with her face and more to do with the fact that from the neck down they are virtually identical, something that’s made more obvious because Wanda is literally wearing Nami’s clothes

What makes this frustrating for a lot of people, myself included, is that it’s not that Oda is incapable of drawing more diverse body types, but that he often chooses not to. Take for example the Kuja tribe

or the Charlotte family daughters (thanks to Arthur at Library of Ohara for the resource). It’s pretty clear Oda has the chops to make his women as weird as the men, and he often does! For important characters, even. And yes, as the Kokoro example given above sometimes the gonkness is brought attention to, but for others like Lola and Chiffon it’s...not. 

(more on mermaids later)

But Sarcasticles, one might protest, even Oda’s “ugly” characters have ginormous boobs! Where is my itty bitty titty committee representation >:(

To which I can only shrug. For Oda, boobs on a woman are like abs on men. It doesn’t matter if it makes sense, they’re gonna have ‘em

Seriously, Oda. What the fuck.

...So What Is?

I have a theory that’s impossible to prove, and that the problem isn’t so much Oda’s character design so much as the ratio of his male to female characters in general. It’s not that every female character is a Nami clone, but Oda has a template he uses for attractive female characters ages 16-25, the same way he uses Robin as a template for attractive women ages 26-35, which is how you get cases of mistaken identity like Viola for Robin or scenes during Reverie where one could be forgiven for thinking Nami’s supposed to be an identical triplet

 Oda does this for his men, too. It’s not as obvious because 1) Even men with similar facial features can have a wider variety body types due to Oda having a sliding scale of buffness he’s willing to attach to a pretty face and 2) There are more men. 

There are a lot more men.

In groups where the male to female ratio is more or less equal (Baroque Works, Big Mom’s kids) you get a wide variety of designs. But there’s only one female Supernova. There’s one female Warlord. CP9 only has one female agent. Only one of the Revolutionary Commanders is a woman. There are very few female background characters in crowd shots, especially among marines. Big Mom might be the only female Emperor, but she’s not young, In fact, when drawing her at age 28, Oda defaults to a much more generic “pretty girl” face before giving her much more striking, memorable features in her 40s

If you look at Oda’s male characters, the ones that are supposed to be hot are often given the same square jawline and the thin-bladed nose that at one point in time was reserved for Robin. Both Coby and Sabo had very distinctive noses before their glowups, while Ace must have had a laser treatment done on his eyebrows sometime between Alabasta and Marineford. 

But the biggest difference on the men has got to be muscle mass. The overgrown noodles of early One Piece are lost to the annals of time. Shanks alone must have gained 30 pounds of pure muscle from the time Luffy got his first bounty to his appearance at Marineford. 

Now, I will acknowledge that there is a difference between the increasing sexualization of female characters and the male power fantasy of giving Zoro bara tiddies post-timeskip. While I do think there are certain male characters specifically designed to be the Hot Dude, what I’m trying to emphasize here is that Oda works with templates for both men and women, and both of those templates have been exaggerated over time. Bigger boobs for women, more muscles for men. And when you’re only slotting for one girl in any given group, and that one girl has to be The Hot One then you’re going to have a lot of ladies that end up looking the same. 

My love for Otohime on this blog is well known, and I want to use her as an example of what Oda can do when he works beyond this template, because it’s really freaking good  

Otohime is neither conventionally attractive nor gonk. She’s dressed in very conservative, traditional clothing and has a narrow waist and small chest. 

There are no sharp edges on Otohime. Not her eyebrows, not her jaw, and most of the time not even her hands, emphasizing her gentle nature. You don’t see it as well in this panel, but Otohime’s head is often drawn wider than her shoulders, emphasizing her frailty. Oda gives her a longer neck to compensate, and the overall effect is a very soft, willowy figure. 

Her headpiece looks like a sunburst. The audience never sees her fins, so Oda gives her a scale patterned kimono-dress-thingy (my knowledge of Japanese clothing is, uh, not good) as a visual reminder that she’s not human. The sash that circles around her head harkens back to Japanese mythology as a symbol of divinity, similar to a halo in Western culture. And fun fact: Otohime is named after a god, just like Neptune, while her goals and ideals are pure enough to be heaven-sent. 

I’m not an artist, but this is a really damn good character design. A lot of Oda’s older female characters are. Dandan, Tsuru, O-Tsuru, Shakky, Kureha, Big Mom, and Nyon are all instantly recognizable and have strong designs, even if a few of them fall into the hourglass figure that Oda often defaults to. It’s just...there aren’t that many of them.

So the question becomes why aren’t there more women, and I think the answer is because, ultimately, One Piece is a series geared at boys. While I wish there were a few more important ladies, I can understand why there aren’t. 

Note, that doesn’t mean I think it’s right or that Oda is obligated to include more women. It’s just one of the facts of the shonen manga industry at this point in time. 

A more important question, I think, is why does every younger woman have to be attractive? And why do the attractive ladies have to wear outfits that are blatant fanservice? This is something I don’t have an answer for. Oda has said on more than one occasion that he writes One Piece with his twelve year old self in mind. It could be that it’s a calculated move to appeal to his audience, in which case it’s certainly worked because said Hot Ladies are constantly used in marketing and merchandising. It’s the Hot Ladies that top the popularity charts (although, to be fair, who’s there for competition?). In the most recent chapter a new Hot Lady was introduced, and the fandom went batshit crazy for her.

Even the fans who are very vocal about how Oda sucks at drawing women. It’s interesting how that works out sometimes.

Or maybe I’m giving Oda too much credit, and he’s just horny. Not having direct access to Oda’s mind, I don’t have an answer. If I had to guess I’d say it’s a little of Column A, a little of Column B, because that’s usually how life is. 

But in a vacuum big tiddies are just a design choice. An exaggerated aesthetic, in a series full of exaggerated aesthetics. It’s when that design choice is paired with in-story comments, actions, and decisions where things really start to get heated. But that’s a whole other ball of wax, and there should be a limit to how much one tumblr post can be expected to hold. I promise I’ll get to the meat of your question next time.

Thank you so much for your patience. I really do think it’s important to start here before diving into everything else, if only because it helps keep my thoughts organized. I hope you’ve found this helpful, and if not, I hope to do better next time. 

#long post #dear lord what a long post #Character Design #one piece #I don't know why tumblr fucked up with the formatting of my answer #but I apologize in advance #sexism #sarc talks

[repentantsky]

9 Things I’d like to see at E3, 2021

So E3 2021 is a thing. It’s gonna be all digital, and several companies have already signed up to join, sounds like a good deal, but the question is, will it be what we normally expect out of E3, or will it be more like Summer Game Fest Last Year, where everything that looked like it was gonna be great, but just turned out to be okay? Who can say, but I have some...suggestions, that might make it better, along with some game announcements, that might make it all it should be cracked up to be. 

9. No low quality, at home interviews during the main show 

E3 has had a history of doing interviews during game shows to try and break pace a little, and keep people from being too excited, only to potentially be let down later. However, possibly the worst problem with Summer Game Fest last year, was the at home interviews, which broke pacing during game announcements in a way I can’t imagine was on purpose, and for many, was the time to take a bathroom break, or simply look away for a while. It’s important of course to hear from developers about their projects, and they can divulge some interesting information about games, that either puts something confusing into context, or is accidently leaked, but when we watch shows about game releases, we want to see the games. Interviews should be held in between shows, or better yet, the days following the conferences themselves. 

8. Nintendo finally talks about the big three 

While it’s safe to say Nintendo has done some banger numbers over the last year espeically, due to better console availability, which I never thought I’d say about Nintendo but here we are, it’s also safe to say that fans have been waiting for literal years on Bayonetta 3, Metroid Prime 4, and Breath of the Wild 2. While some have been more patient than others, and of course I understand there’s a flipping pandemic going on, Nintendo told us far too long ago about these games, or the restart of their development, and Breath of the Wild 2 was promised to at least get an update this year, and E3 seems like the best place to do it, especially after their last direct, one that was more than a year in waiting, and left so many people disappointed. And this is coming from someone who had literally only hoped to be excited about one thing, and it didn’t happen The future of how they present games, almost feels like it’s in question after such a show, which did not justify itself, so hopefully, they can finally let everyone walk away happy, and talk about the projects that have been generation the most excitement, for literal years now.

7. Space things out better

You might now know this, I only made one list about it after all, and literally no one reacted to it, but I’m a huge wrestling fan, and one of the promotions I watch, is WWE. Now, WWE is about to launch WrestleMania, their equal to E3 in a lot of ways, and are splitting it up over two days, and that goes for their third brand NXT as well, because they have a history of making the show sometimes 8 hours long. For fans of video games, watching The Game Awards, which can be two to three hours long, is arduous, and tiring, and E3, can also have that same effect. I remember in 2019, I literally fell asleep watching Bethesda’s conference, because I was so tired trying to write about the previous shows in between them, never mind actually watching them, that I was burnt out. Since E3 is going fully digital this year, and everyone is going to be in that same boat, it would be nice if we didn’t have too many shows, spanning over a near 12 hour period, which was happened before, making people stay up late to enjoy what they want to, or you know, work, which is free promotion for whatever gets announced. Spacing the shows out to no more than three a day, and giving people enough time to get their thoughts together, would just be really nice. 

6. Devolver Digital, tries a different style

Look, I don’t hate Devolver Digital’s approach to talking about games at E3, but what I do hate, is them telling the same jokes over and over again, and expecting everyone to laugh, because you know, it’s so funny when something that’s already been said, or shown, is modified ever so slightly for years on end. I’m not saying they can’t still tell jokes, please do, E3 is as much a good time as it is stressful depending on who you are, so the change of pace can at times be a lot of fun, but the last time they had a “conference”, it was a slog, and generally left me feeling annoyed, and I can’t help but feel I’m not the only one. They want to be different, I say that’s great, but they need to do it in a way that for one, is actually different, because their style has become a cliché in and of itself, and where they don’t spend time talking about fake games, because it’s hard to know at times what’s real and what isn’t. I honestly thought the last time they did one, the final game they talked about was just a play on the “one more thing” trope conferences have, and when I later realized it wasn’t, I never got that first sense of hype, and so lost interest, and that’s not a good business model. We don’t even know at this point if they’re going to declare for E3, and since it was announced late, it might be too hard to get a show at all, but if they do show up, or even when they next do a conference, it would be nice if they considered this line of thinking.

5. Drop the “Exclusive Online Portal” idea

Yeah I don’t know what the ESA was thinking with this one, but they mentioned that E3 will be streaming from an exclusive online portal, and not only do we not know what that means, but no one flipping cares! We’re all going to watching it on YouTube, Twitch, or dare I say it but it’s possible, Facebook Gaming, and any other platform is completely useless. We are all tired of hearing, download a new program to do a thing you can already do on other platforms, PC gamers especially, stop releasing new flipping launchers and...sorry, that’s for another list in the future perhaps, but the point stands. You might get streamers to download, or go to whatever site they need to, to watch the shows, but everyone else, is either going to watch those streams, or as it often happens, watch the highlights at a later time, so to add a potentially extra step to that process, is just not going to go anywhere, and since E3 will be free to watch, it’s not like this is going to be a good way to make money, unless you do plan to do the following...

4. Throwing flipping ads at everyone between shows or otherwise

Look, I get it, even an online show that’s going to be talking about games costs money to make, and so money must be made by other means, many of which are not available to the ESA without people actually being present, but the thing about E3 is, as much as we all love it, it is one massive ad, and even though it’s an add we like, it’s not one that needs too many ads thrown at it beyond what it already has. There are other, less annoying ways to make money, like having products from the games announced be available at a store online that people can access, that sees them getting part of the profit, or something of that nature, but this portal that was mentioned, seems like a place where the ESA can just throw ads at people all day, and that just seems like a horrible idea. A lot of people don’t see E3 as an ad, even though it absolutely is, and blowing away the smoke and mirrors that it’s not, by throwing countless ads at people for the sake of trying to make money, might be the end of E3 as we know it. 

3. Don’t spend too much time talking about games that are coming out close to the event, or just came out

Like I said, E3 is one big, massive ad, and for the most part, that’s totally alright, but E3 also has a habit of sneaking in little bits talking about games, that are coming out during the week of, or very close to the shows, to the point of being annoying. Most of the time these ads are short, show nothing new, and generally kill the pace of the conferences on display. While it’d be one thing to try and shadow drop a game this way, because we all love a good shadow drop, we really don’t need ads for games like FF7 Intergrade, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, or flipping Mario Golf: Super Rush. We know those games are coming, we are paying attention, give us a little credit, and save that for games that could use the push like Neptunia: ReVerse, Legend of Mana, or maybe even Scarlett Nexus who actually in way, has to compete with Mario Golf. This might be more a developer problem, and E3 itself might actually have little to no control over this, but whoever does it, needs to do it right.

2. Xbox needs to stop lying, and go big

I love Xbox, I really do, for whatever reason it’s become my go to place for physical indie games, and whenever I want to play a shooter, I start thinking green, but in their conferences, Phil Spencer has a tendency to oversell what Xbox is going to show, by talking about how many games are going to be at the show, or by constantly mentioning how Xbox is more powerful than it’s competitor consoles, like it does any good for the bottom line of the company. I don’t want to hear Phil say they are going to show off 80 games during their show, and have half of them be ports, or shown off in a montage. Doing that means everyone has to go look up a large portion of what they actually announce to learn anything, and that’s no fun. I don’t want montages during E3 at all, and while I’m at it, Xbox espeically needs to bring in the big guns. I’m talking Halo Infinite, Gears 6, the next Forza game, and maybe, finally, a Japanese exclusive title that will get people really hyped. Xbox might just have free reign over the show on the day they present, but another show that has extremely mixed opinions like in 2019, might not be the best thing ever. 

1. GET. SONY. 

Obviously we know that Sony and the PlayStation brand haven’t been associated with E3 for a while now, and I get it, it’s kind of hard to justify going down to L.A. every year, when an online digital show, saves a whole bunch of money, and can get people just as hyped as if they had been there, but this year, everything is online, and Sony’s State of Play’s have been a mixed reaction as a whole. Taking them to E3 not only sets up more hype for them, but it also gives people something they really need right now, something close to the norm, with all of console developers, showing off their best. E3 2019, just felt weaker, and too safe without Sony there, and last year was a total, long winded disaster because of Summer Game Fest. If the ESA is really going to go for this, and give it an earnest shot, and give us the best that they can, they need Sony to show up and blow our minds with, I don’t know, God of War 2, Spyro 4 (hopefully) and a new IP or two to really get the show to being considered one of the best. E3 will probably be alright regardless of if they are there or not, but if they are, the chances of it being truly great, go up in spades. 

And that’s my list, did I miss anything else you can think of? Let me know in the comments below, like this list if it interested you, reblog it if you love it, and have a wonderful day. 

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[horatiovonbecker]

THE OPERATOR

(EDIT: This was previously known as THE BACKER, before I realized that breaking with the Opposing Forces’ two-syllable convention would actually help with clarity. Sorry about that!)

This is a fan-playsheet for the TRPG formerly known as Doomguy. This is the original draft, and as before, thanks go to @forgeworldweatherreport​ for sparking the concept. Feedback, in the form of actual playsheet-writing guidelines, has been provided by @prokopetz​.

THE OPERATOR

The Slayer has the spotlight. You have means to help them, whatever your motives.

Broad Media Inspirations: Dan Katasier (Iji), Proto Man (Mega Man Classic), The Resistance (Megaman Zero), Most of the Homestuck Cast (Homestuck) Other things this should be able to run: Adam (Metroid Fusion), The Maverick Hunters (Megaman X), The Hellsing Organization (Hellsing), The Undersiders (Worm), Coil (also Worm), The UNSC (Halo*), The G-Man (Half-Life*), The Incubators (Puella Magi Madoka Magica*), Otacon (Metal Gear Solid*), Yargo Mensik (darkSector*), The Omega Operative** (Team Spy Gear) *I’ve never actually played/watched these. **If I recall correctly.

Special: Since this isn’t actually an Opposing Force, it relies a fair bit on the ability to describe/expound on other forces - you’ll need to make sure their players are okay with that. The simplest way to ensure that would be to trade this around like a second Slayer sheet - it is, after all, designed so it can represent another Slayer or two working in the background - and only expound on your regular force. You may also wish to have it switch around which Slayer(s) it represents, in a multi-Slayer game. This would affect how you fill it in. Finally, it may provide a solution if you wish to have an opponent turn good long-term - or even just repeatedly, like Rivals sometimes do.

Your Nature (choose one or more): An informed survivor; a shadowy manipulator; a fighting organization; a (mobile?) base of operations; a fellow Slayer. Your Aesthetic (choose one or more): Polished; rough, unhealthy; foreign to your environment; armor/symbol in two complimentary colors. Your Mood (choose one or more): Nervous apprehension, calm professionalism; desperate fury; unimpressed snark; cheery brightness.

Your Relationship:

What is the Slayer to you, anyway?

Your Agendas As you play, let these principles guide you.

Guide the Slayer

Enact your agenda

Get in over your head

Expose details

Direct

Taking Reactions Each time the Slayer takes an action, the Forces may react. Some reactions may be taken once in total per Slayer action, not once per Force; if this is the case, the Force players should work out amongst themselves who gets to take it. After each reaction, the last Force to react asks the Slayer “what do you do?” Also, you may always ask questions or offer suggestions to help another player out when they’re stuck. This does not count as your reaction.

Heavy Reactions When the Slayer takes a Light Action, you may:

Introduce a new greater threat: a former ally; the results of sabotage; a new aspect of another Force.

Make it clear that the Slayer has just walked into a trap.

Reveal that you or your sources have been compromised.

Explain, in detail, what the Slayer is up against.

If the Slayer has taken at least three Light Actions this scene, describe how things get catastrophically worse, and end the scene.

All Forces, Assisting or Opposing, may between them take up to one Heavy Reaction per Light Action.

Routine Reactions In response to any Slayer action, you may:

Introduce new lesser threats: another force’s regulars, a mild evolution, a target of opportunity.

Complicate the Slayer’s path by revealing new objectives.

Describe how the apocalypse is affecting those who resist it.

Interject details into another player’s narration according to your mood and aesthetic

Ask the Slayer a leading question. They can either answer in character, or expand on their most recent action to illustrate their answer. Either way, responding doesn’t count as an action.

-How are you holding up?

-What do you think of this?

-How do I contribute?

-Something else, based on whatever the Slayer just did.

You may also take a Routine Reaction without waiting for the Slayer to act if the game’s pace flags or the Slayer seems to be stalling for time.

Light Reactions When the Slayer takes a Heavy Action, you may:

Congratulate them on their success.

Suggest an immediate followup.

Provide material assistance.

Warn of incoming retaliation.

If the Slayer has taken at least three Heavy Actions this scene, describe how the Opposing Forces are pushed back or thrown into disarray, and end the scene.

All Forces, Assisting or Opposing, may between them take up to one Light Reaction per Heavy Action.

Note: For you, going silent or vanishing can be a potent communication/mood-setting tool in its’ own right. This isn’t a Reaction, because you always have the right to shut up, but it’s something to keep in mind.

Previous Versions: Available here.

#Doomguy (TRPG) #my work #RPG homebrew #Chrono Tag

[xellychan040]

you reach out to be consumed

Fandom: Slayers Characters: Lina Inverse/Xelloss Word Count: 2004 Warnings: uhhhh, xelloss. Also vague smut in the form of slutty nihilism.     Summary: ”All human are you.” Notes: Written during the 2018 Slayers Secret Santa for @shathereal / @mazoku-and-sorceress  . I’m so so so so very sorry this is as late and short as it is. I loved your prompt, but I’m awful and life is so time-consuming. Besides all that, I had fun writing this! Thank you, I hope you like it! Title lifted from Interpol - Flight of Fancy

And we will walk the path of destruction together.

Unnatural stillness fills the long, dreaming moment after Shabrinigdo's second death. The lord of nightmare's power hung like an oppressive pall over everything, snuffing out the remnants of Ruby Eye's boiling hatred, leaving nothing behind. All that remained was a void, suffocating even to a monster. Xelloss' wounded, shredded existence creaks under the weight of emptiness, each moment he lay prone threatened to wear him away. Slowly, stutteringly, Xelloss begins to pull his shattered astral body together, achingly reforming his physical form. When the stumps of his arms regenerate, Xelloss crawls painfully towards Lina, where she's slumped in the rubble, the threads of his unfinished body dragging behind him. Her hair hangs limp, a funeral shawl of silver spider webs instead of vibrant waves of auburn. There's a fragileness to her frame that wasn't there before. Her slight body appearing infinitely breakable as if the wind will take her away in a carousel of ash and dimming embers. He scrapes himself closer, the oppressiveness of the Lord of Nightmare's presence somehow stronger and weaker the closer he gets to Lina. As if a fragment of that power remained inside her but was dormant now, falling into a deep slumber in slow increments, and yet always present. The pressure of that power rasps uncomfortably against his astral being, but it's a curious, lukewarm feeling; not quite enough to be truly painful, but as the power recedes, he feels instead as a keen loss. Like a thread of his existence is being pulled and unraveled, whittling him down a little at a time. Perhaps it was The Mother of All's way of reminding her children that from nothing they came and to nothing they could return. Xelloss rasps a laugh despite himself, the taste of ichor sweet on his tongue. The air shudders, a slow collective breath as the humans awake from the stupor of terror after bearing witness to powers far beyond their comprehension. From below, the pain, fear, confusion, and dread from the Talforashia citizens and Lina's comrades begin to filter to his astral body, healing him. The flavor of their emotions is bittersweet with the relief of survival. To him, it tastes like an overripe fruit beginning to turn, sweet and a little bit like iron and rot. Slowly at first, like grains of sand in an hourglass, his body begins to knit together, and then as the shock wears off the gathered humans, their emotions pour into him all at once like a dam breaking. The taste floods his mouth, but he doesn't pause to consider it, merely clenches his newly formed left fist and heaves himself that last, infinitesimal distance. Xelloss allows himself a brief study of Lina herself. Shadowed eyes, mottled bruises, and small gashes peek through tattered clothes, discoloring fair skin. She hasn't moved once during Xelloss' slow crawl towards her. A muddle of sensation clouds through his being, an unfamiliar hesitation creeps upon him as he reaches for her. His fingers hover over her cheek, not quite touching her, but close enough to feel the warmth radiating from her skin. Xelloss mouth thins, his eyes open dark and pensive as he stares at her pale face, searching for traces of gold beneath her skin. After a long moment, he closes that last, infinitesimal distance, cupping her cheek against his palm. His fingers fan across her cool skin, thumb tracing the swell of her bottom lip, wiping away a thin stream of blood there. He leans forward and presses his mouth to hers, tasting dust and sweet, warm, mortality. "All human are you," he whispers against her lips, voice low and longing. Lina shifts and groans, eyelids fluttering.  Lingering, still searching for fragments of gold and creation, Xelloss catches a glimpse of something bright, something unbendable. "Xell-?" Lina breathes. He tastes his name on her lips. "Wha-?" Xelloss smiles against her mouth and vanishes. *** I dreamt a long dream. "Are you still watching that one, my pet?" Beastmaster asks, lounging luxuriously among her wolves, the bright end of her cigarette ashing into a golden tray. The shade of gold is too light, pale and clean, yet Xelloss thinks of a golden sea raging inside a small, red and earthy vessel, black lightning cleaving an empty sky asunder. Xelloss smiles an easy smile. "It's what you ordered me to do." Beastmaster laughs in an exhale of smoke. It smells like burning, smoldering villages. "Oh my. When did my cute little creation become such a willful child?" She crushes her cigarette in her golden tray, then summons the crystal Xelloss had been idling beside. Xelloss says nothing, placid as his master turns the heavy crystal between her manicured claws, glimpses of fiery curls flashing along its surface. "Such a small thing," Zelas says at last, bemused. Still considering the crystal, she lights another cigarette. Her claws clink along the surface, tracing the sweet curve of Lina's face. Xelloss folds his hands over his lap politely. He does not bother himself with feigning disinterest. "Ms. Lina is very small indeed, but her potential is..." Xelloss taps a finger across his bottom lip. Remembers the taste of iron and sunlight at dusk. He smiles. "Well, there are reasons you have me watch her." "Don't put this on me," Zelas says. "You're going above and beyond your original mission parameters. So far, you've kept yourself almost undistracted." There's a mild rebuke in her tone, but her expression remains bemused. The threat is barely implied, but it's there nonetheless Xelloss bows, not denying it. "Well, carry on." Beastmaster allows, at length. Idly drawing on her cigarette, she waves the crystal back towards Xelloss. He catches it, smile serene, eyes open. Fire red curls flash between his fingers. *** You who present me dreams of ruin. Perhaps Beastmaster is becoming sentimental. More likely, Beastmaster feels secure with her power. She's gained much after the defeat of so many Dark Lords, after all. He's a favored creation, but nothing will stop her from erasing him and starting over with a new subordinate. Perhaps one without so many idle curiosities.   Though his work does not suffer, the threat of distraction stays hovering over his shoulder should he slip too far. It's especially present at times like this when he finds a lull between his missions, and there's nothing in particular for Xelloss to do.   So he searches across the astral plane for that singular soul. Despite everything, there's little reason not to. Lina's soul isn't much different from any other human soul. It shines more or less with the same flickering brilliance as most other souls. It's the color of the morning sun, a pale, blushing red as it rises from the horizon. It's lovely, if only because it belongs to her. A small, warm, human light, unremarkable in its mortality. Xelloss feels his astral body shudder, unraveling at the edges as he circles closer to Lina's soul. He reaches out, the blackness of his form coiling around her light like a serpent. Her soul pulses. A flicker of gold. Through the thin veil of the astral plane, Lina says, "I know you're there." Xelloss stills. A long moment passes before unwinds his astral body away from her soul, then slides into the physical plane besides Lina, smile in place. "Quick as always, Miss Lina," he says brightly, giving her a jaunty little wave. Lina snorts, flicking her hair over her shoulder arrogantly. "Of course I am." Her mouth is like the curve of a blade, sharp and gleaming when she smirks at him. "Quick enough to know you want something." "Do I?" Xelloss asks, smiling. He touches his finger to his cheek, tilting his head. Her hip cocks to the side, hands braced at her belt. Her eyes are very bright. Lina steps closer to him, close enough to touch, expression expectant. Just a little smug. "Well sure," she tells him. "Or else you wouldn't be keeping such close, personal tabs on me." Lina smiles. The setting sun on the horizon drapes her in a halo of burning, molten gold. Xelloss feels himself burn with it. "Am I right?" *** You who dreams of golden dreams (be destroyed with me) "It's rare when you're alone, Miss Lina," Xelloss says. The door closes behind him with a soft click. "Is that the reason behind your impulsiveness, this evening?" Lina scowls, nose wrinkling. She lifts her hair off the nape of her neck and lays it over her bare shoulder. Her cape and mantle lay draped over the small writing desk provided by the inn, her talismans in a neat pile on top. It was strange to see Lina without her tunic and breeches or her various gear. "I don't think I like the implication there." Xelloss lays aside his staff, smiling peaceably. "I wasn't implying anything sordid, Miss Lina." He pauses, then laughs as he sits on the bed. "Or rather, nothing more sordid than undressing in front of a monster." "Don't besmirch my maidenly virtue," Lina drawls, moving to stand before Xelloss, stance wide and challenging. As if she wasn't in her white undergarments but instead staring down a bandit, her next target, destruction in her hands. Something primal inside Xelloss' astral body tightens in anticipation under her gaze. His fingers twitch against his thigh in response to the sensation. "I'll kick your ass if you do." "No," he agrees, voice low. "I would never." He tilts his head up, exposing his throat. His eyes catch hers, the flickering candlelight on the bed stand makes her irises look like burnished gold. He's seen those eyes before, in a dream, in a nightmare. Xelloss feels his physical form waver, bubbling excitement races through his being, not unlike bloodlust, but fuller. Deeper. A strange, hollow hunger. Perhaps Lina isn't the impulsive one here. Xelloss' smile curls into itself; he is all too aware of what he's doing. Moving slow, his fingers fan across the swell of her hips, thumbs smoothing over the indent of her waist. The skin is soft and cool, her belly dipping as she sucks in a breath when he presses his lips beneath her navel. Nuzzling against her warming skin, lips fluttering along her hipbones, the line of her ribcage, Xelloss asks, "Why are you letting me touch you?" Lina's hands tangle in his hair, tugging firmly. "Why do you want to touch me?" She asks, her nails scraping along his scalp. Xelloss shudders, fingers tightening over her fragile flesh. "I want," he says, the words heavy and dangerous over his tongue. His astral form quakes; distantly he can smell the smoke from Beastmaster's cigarette. Lina pulls his hair, catching his drifting attention. The sharpness of it sends a shock across his astral body. He breathes, leaning up to nip at the edge of her brasserie. "You've touched the sea of chaos. I want to taste it." *** an empty dream. Strange. So strange. Like a void. Heat and breath and sensation. He remembers this feeling, surrounded on all sides by an immense pressure, the marrow of his being whittled away. Lina's fingers lace and tangle in his hair, pulling him towards her sweaty, salty neck. "You think too much," she gasps, arching into the slow roll of his hips. The candlelight catches in her hair, spilled carelessly across the ruined sheets. Xelloss clutches at her thighs, slotting himself impossibly closer, mouthing at her pulse. Wet heat, hazy gold, encroaching darkness, such a nostalgic feeling. He trails his mouth from Lina's neck to her jawline, pressing his smile against her ear. "I'm not thinking, Miss Lina. I'm worshipping."

"Idiot," Lina chokes, chasing his mouth with her's.

Yes, he must be, he thinks.

Xelloss kisses her, tracing his hand along her side until he cups her face. He tastes molten metal. He tastes fire.

He tastes his end.

He tastes her beginning.

He tastes golden creation.

Xelloss laughs into the join of their mouths.

#slayers secret santa 2018 #slayers fan exchange #xellina #lina inverse #xelloss #xelly writes #sorry for the double tag hahaha

[invenblocker]

My Smash Ultimate DLC predictions

Just thought I’d list the characters I’d mark as my predictions for the remaining four slots on the DLC fighter pass so that when they’re shown, I can look back at this list and laugh at how dumb I am.

I’m running on the assumption that having a spirit is a hard deconfirm, since the Fighter Pass was locked in at latest in November and that means that all of them were known by the dev team before release, so it wouldn’t make sense for them to include the spirits if they had plans for them as fighters (sorry Shantae).

This list is heavily subjective and only loosely rooted in realism, so yeah, I wouldn’t hold my breath (I certainly am not).

PRIMARIES

The four primaries are the ones I find the most likely / want the most. I doubt it’ll be these exact four, but I do believe/hope that at least one of them makes it in.

Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney series)

The fact that Ace Attorney has yet to receive even a single fighter, stage, item or even spirit is surprising to me. I’d have assumed that someone from the series would at the very least drop in as an assist trophy, but so far, Ace Attorney remains entirely outside of Smash. Phoenix Wright would be an obvious pick for the spot, but Apollo Justice could also work greatly.

Phoenix would mostly fight using punches and kicks. His sidetilt could be him making a finger point, and his fsmash could be him shouting out a “HOLD IT!”, “OBJECTION!” or “TAKE THAT!” bubble depending on how long it’s charged. He could create shock waves that look like wind with either his side- or neutral-B and his down-B could be him pulling some evidence in the form of some sort of weapon or throwable object.

His default costume could either be the original or the modern blue suit (but having both might make telling the two apart a bit difficult), with alternatives including his AJ design, his TT flashback design, a suit that looks like Furio Tigres, a red suit to resemble Edgeworth, a grey suit to resemble Mia and perhaps a black suit to resemble Ryūnosuke Naruhodō.

Spyro (Spyro series)

I see a lot of people calling for Crash, but maybe it’s just me being an Insomniac fan, but I feel that Spyro is a far better addition. Spyro would have great air mobility and would have access to multiple different elements, either by just using different specials for different elements, or by having a dedicated special to switch between them. Spyro has also technically had his own game for the DS, so he has been on Nintendo hardware (even if that restriction has been shattered by Joker).

Edelgard von Hræsvelgr (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

I am a Fire Emblem fan, but I’m still in camp “we don’t really need anymore Fire Emblem fighters”. That being said, Edelgard is less based on what I want, and more based on what I find highly likely. From what the trailers show, Edelgard is a jack of all trades, boasting proficiency in swords and axes, having access to weapon arts and even seemingly having access to magic. Edelgard is a likely addition on account of Three Houses being set for a somewhat early 2019 release. She also has an easy way around the spirit barrier. For most other potential fighters from a series already in Smash, if a spirit for them was left out, it’d be a bit obvious with other spirits from the same game still being in, but since Fire Emblem likes to switch up its entire roster inbetween games, that’s not an issue here. While I’d prefer an older character like Celica or Hector, they have both received spirits, and I doubt they’d be relevant enough to make it in.

Filia (Skullgirls)

As a complete out of the left field wildcard, I suspect that them announcing Filia would be one hell of a move to pull the rug out underneath us. Skullgirls is coming to Switch, and what better way to promote it than a fighter in Smash? And who better to represent the series than what is probably the strongest contender for the title of main character? Bayonetta being in means that she wouldn’t be too outlandish in terms of mature design. Filia would fight with Samson’s help and potentially the power of a slightly lengthened skirt. If not Filia, Parasoul is a pretty cool character and Cerebella is my favorite fighter, so there are the two I’d root for.

SECONDARIES

Still likely / wanted, but not as much as the four primaries.

Sly Cooper (Sly series)

I’ve previously joked about wanting Ratchet, but while I might be a huge Ratchet & Clank fan, I doubt Ratchet would be a good addition to the Smash roster. Sly on the other hand is pretty much made for Smash. The moveset writes itself. Tether grab with the cane, a dive attack with command grab on the side-B, counter with a smoke bomb on down-B, juggle strike as uptilt, sneak attack as back throw, silent kill as down throw, rising twister attack for the up smash or up-B, paraglider as the up-B or just when you hold down the jump button. Also, just a great all round design. With Joker breaking the must be on Nintendo barrier, Sly can comfortably sneak his way in.

Hershel Layton (Professor Layton series)

I don’t know much about Professor Layton, but I do know that it’s popular, and I doubt a Smash inclusion is too outlandish. Can’t say much because limitted knowledge though.

Crash Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot series)

I’ve already made my stance on Spyro over Crash clear, but yeah, Crash for Smash would be sure to bring some cash.

Scorpion (Mortal Kombat series)

I’m mostly listing Scorpion because other people who argue for Scorpion potentially making it in do make somewhat great points for his inclusion. Although I doubt that he’d make it.

TERTIARIES

Might make it in or I just really want them, but I wouldn’t hold my breath.

Jak (and Daxter) (Jak and Daxter series)

Ratchet I find has the issue of just having way too much stuff. Even if we cut him down to only his most iconic weapons, that’s still too large of an arsenal with too many possibilities to be properly condensed into a moveset. Some of the most iconic gear is also from completely different eras of the series, so that’s also a problem. Heck, even the Final Smash would be debatable for which R.Y.N.O. would be a better fit.

Jak on the other hand has a set list of eco types he can use and a singular morph gun that can function as multiple different types of weapons, which is still a much shorter list, which seems far more workable to me. Light Jak is an easy Final Smash too, so there’s that.

Now, it might just be me not being that big on Jak & Daxter, which prevents me from seeing an obvious problem with this inclusion, but I actually do believe that he is a better fit than Ratchet is, as much as setting aside that heavy bias hurts.

Kat (Gravity Rush series)

Now here I am hoping for a Switch port of Gravity Rush or Gravity Rush 2 (GR mostly because it’d open the gate for a GR2 port). Gravity Rush was a huge part of the reason why I even got a Vita in the first place (another one being Little Big Planet), and not having a PS4 to play Gravity Rush 2 on has annoyed me, so please get on to porting that big N.

Either way, Kat I feel would be a great fit although I doubt it’d happen unless they decide to port her games, mostly because I’m very interrested in how Nintendo would handle her main mechanic of gravity shifting. Hopefully, they can nail her free flying hit and run feel without making her too broken.

The Last Dragonborn (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)

More specifically, a heavy armor variant who uses swords, perhaps a bow, and definitely shouts, since that’s the one mostly used in promotional material. While Bethesda has very much fallen out of the gaming community’s favor, one cannot deny how popular this game still is.

Master Chief (Halo series)

I see a lot of people campaigning for him with various reasoning, but I just think he’d be a hilarious addition.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

I would love to see them in Smash, but I am very well aware it’ll never happen.

Charme (Recettear)

Chell (Portal)

Last of Order (TowerFall)

Soldier (Team Fortress 2)

Warmage (Orcs Must Die)

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[dragonlizardjareth]

Microsoft E3 2018 Report Card

Halo Infinite: Okay... so what the hell is it?

Ori and the Will of the Wisps: Meh, Cutisy game as ever.

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice: SUPERNATURAL SAMURAI! It does look interesting, we’ll have to wait and see a bit more before passing final judgement on this, But I might be able to get into it.

Fallout 76: It sure looks pretty, the Bethesda press conference is later tonight and I have no doubt we’ll hear more then.

The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit: I’m just not a fan of the Life is Strange games, but I am familiar with them to know… this doesn't seem to fit with the past games. At lest based on this trailer.

Crackdown 3: At this point… I don’t give a shit… It’s been delayed so many times I just… don’t care.

Metro Exodus: This game looks really cool, it looks a lot more interesting to me then the previous two games anyway.

Kingdom Hearts 3: Well that took me by surprise. Well I guess it’s about time Square brought this to Xbox. That said… the dubbing seems a little… meh. Gameplay does look solid and I’m sure fans will be happy to see the conclusion of the story.

Sea of Thieves: I SO WANT THIS GAME!

Battlefield V: I skipped Hardline and ONE, but if they can catch my interest with this one, I might thrown in a few bucks.

Forza Horizon 4: This is the first racing game to make me go OOOOOOO in a long time. I may very well pick this up because it is an Open world Racing game.

We Happy Few: Looks like the game is almost done and the story is look dark and EXCELLENT!

Player Unknown Battleground: Meh, sorry, but there’s just other, better and cooler stuff out there. This game had it’s chance, but it’s time has come and gone for me.

Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition: ANIME THE GAME! No thanks.

The Division 2: Nice to see them continue the story. Could be interesting to see the events continue in Washington D.C. Sadly after seeing reviews on how the first game was handled, I’m gonna have to wait awhile after launch before getting on board.

X-Box Gamepass: So… Netflix for X-Box games. I admit, It’s a neat concept, But I don’t feel like paying money to rent video games every month.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider: I mean… it looks pretty and all… but it.

Session: Another skateboard game. PASS!

Black Desert: A new MMORPG, it does look interesting, let’s see where they go with it.

Devil May Cry 5: Well fan boys, looks like you’re all gonna have some fun with this one. Enjoy your fun, I’m not a real fan of this series.

Cuphead and the Delicious Last Course: Cuphead looked neat, and it’s cool to see it’s getting

Tunic: Top down Legend of Zelda… WITH FOXES!

Jump Force: It’s cool to see some of these anime characters fight in spectacular three dimensions… ALSO LIGHT YAGAMI!

Dying Light 2: I never really took much interest in the FIRST dying light, but the idea of a zombie game where your actions shape the world around you, could be interesting.

Battletoads: Oh hey... they were a thing... neat.

Just Cause 4: Never really had an interest in this series... but driving up to a tornado and FLYING INTO IT! Looks neat.

Gears Pop: Are the Pop Figureans getting into Videogames now? Because that would be a little much.

Gears Tactics: So Gears of War get’s it’s first true Spin off.

Gears 5: Yeah, another Gears of War game. I’ve never gotten into this series. Still, if your a fan of it, glad you guys have more games coming to ya.

Cyberpunk 2077: Well it looks nice. But like Crackdown 3 this feels like a game they’ve been talking about for awhile and we’ve STILL heard almost nothing on it. I’ll wait for something concrete before jumping on the hype train.

#microsoft #microsoft xbox press conference #e3 2018 #gears 5 #cyberpunk 2077 #Cuphead and the Delicious Last Course #sea of thieves #fallout 76 #halo infinite #devil may cry 5

[redphienix]

Ya know what I'm not a fan of?

Cinematic slow down 'flashbacks' in games where you're still in control but only just barely.

Said that weird, I mean like "Cortana / Gravemind" moments in Halo 3, or (apparently) the intro flashbacks in Chernobylite.

Moments where you're running along and then "BRAIN PAIN" happens and you're moving all slow while the thing you're supposed to care about happens.

Feel like it really exploded in the early HD generation, with games like Gears of War deciding to have 'ear time' where Marcus all of a sudden walks at a snail's pace while digging around in his ear- sorry- I mean puts a finger on his earpiece, a thing that excuses me walking in molasses.

I know at least some of the why to this- it's the same reason most control gets wrestled away from you, we made a cinematic moment, please look at it- we can't risk you NOT seeing it and we don't trust your intelligence enough for you to pay attention if we don't force you to- heaven forbid you miss it and learn about it later by talking with a friend about the good game you like.

But I hate playing the game and then being slowed WAAAAAAY down because I gotta see a particle effect, or I need to REALLY listen to this line of dialogue which I couldn't possibly have heard moving at full speed or gathered from context clues through the story if I did actually miss it.

It's dumb, and only gets dumber on repeat playthroughs.

I actually get less annoyed when the camera is literally torn from my control and pointed at the thing- slowing my character down in the hopes I see the thing just annoys me. Although usually the slow down happens for audio more than visuals so I don't know man, fix the mixing on your game so the audio is louder? Don't pour concrete in my character's shoes so I can have no fun at all and my only option is to listen.

Like if I can follow other game's stories and they don't do this, I have to assume solutions already exist that are better, like I dunno- don't throw enemies at me for a moment so my mental faculties are focused on the dialogue but LET ME BHOP FOR FUN WHILE YOU DO THAT?

#my posts

[franeridart]

Happy 1000th post to one off my absolute favorite artists on Tumblr!

This is it!!! The 1k post on this blog!!! It’s me finally getting my ass into gear and answering the asks in my inbox!!! As good charm in hope of not waiting so long from now on hahaha thank you so so much, by the way!!!! :D

Anon said:LITERALLY YOUR TODOROKI IS THE BEST THING IN THIS CRUEL WORLD I LIVE THE WAY U DRAW HIM IM EMOTIONAL HHECK ALSO ALL THE REST OF UR ART IS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD ITS SO NICE UR CHARACTERS ARE LIKE VERY LONG NOODLES THEYRE GOOD™

THANK YOU FOR EVERY KIND WORD AND ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE TODOROKI ONES HOLY SMOKES!!! I don’t draw him much sadly but he’s super fun and comfortable to draw for me, it’s nice to know he also comes out well!!!

Anon said:So like,,, I really miss your bokuroo ;^; Will you ever post with them again???

I haven’t taken a vow that forces me to never draw them again, so, possibly! At the moment posting for the haikyuu fandom is giving me more sad feelings than anything else though, so I can’t promise that’s gonna be any time soon, I’m sorry 

Anon said:bruhh i listened to that chiodos song under ur halo, and that one by memphis may fire that was w that bakugo art that was called not enough and uhhhhh ur music taste is dope care to share some more songs?

SURE I’m glad you liked those! Everything by Memphis is A+ and I love it so if you haven’t you should check out more stuff by them ( No Ordinary Love is super nice, That’s Just Life is very dear to me and so is Divinity, Speechless is… my otp song for every otp ever tbh) -  Bring Me The Horizon is my fav post-hardcore band and both MMF and Chiodos are that genre so if you don’t know them give them a try! (Blasphemy, Run and Doomed are between my faves out of the latest album, and since you liked Under Your Halo you’re probably gonna like Follow You too) the album right before is amazing too if you’re okay with less melodic stuff, but the further back you go with BMtH the harder to listen to they get, just a heads up - Sleeping With Sirens are on the softer side of post-hardcore lately, Fly, Left Alone, Trouble, Fire and Empire To Ashes are some great ones, between the many, and, uhhhh, at this point I might have recced Nothing More a hundred times but let’s make it a hundred and one, try Funny Little Creatures, Do You Really Want It and Go To War out of the newest album! If you’re into punk and female voices you should check out Tonight Alive too, Jenna has one of my two fav female voices in rock right now (Crack My Heart and Temple are the latest two songs out!) and since I always rec stuff but I never rec anything by my favorite band ever, you ever heard of Alter Bridge? They’re more towards hard-rock/alternative metal, but check out Blackbird, Fortress, I Know It Hurts, Cradle To The Grave and Broken Wings just to make it one for every album I really, really adore this band and everything they ever made

Anon said:I adore all of your art, especially your bnha art!!! I had so many of your drawings saved to my drafts before I read the manga and was really looking forward to catching up so I could look at them all!! They’re all fantastic

AHHH THANK YOU!!! This made me smile lots, I’m so glad you like them!!!

Anon said:What’s coming up? Fluffy, dorky or angsty? (I’m talking about your next work XD just to be sure) Have a great day my friend!

LMAO this was about this one right? I’m sort of a fool honestly cause as I drew it it… didn’t feel actually all that angsty to me? I mean, obviously it doesn’t come after anything happy, but they’re working things out! Making an effort! Loving each other enough to try and understand each other better!! I drew it as something positive but in hindsight I should have expected the reactions lmao so I honestly dunno, I feel like telling you it’s most probably gonna be something happy but as it seems I angst without even realizing, lately #rip

@not-enough-kaneki​ said:Pass the happy! 💛 When you get this, reply with 5 things that make you happy and send this to the last 10 people in your notifications! 😊

!!!!! my cats!!!! tea and coffee!!! Bakugou and Kirishima and Bakugou-and-Kirishima and the squad!!!! not having an headache!!!!!! the sound of ocean waves and the sun on winter days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! new music I like!!!!!! nice asks and lovely tags under my art!!!! that’s more than five things but a lot of stuff makes me happy tbh !!!

Anon said:one of my favorite parts (i love every bit of it) of the holiday pic you drew of the squad, is they each have their own personal mug. 10/10

I didn’t think you’d be able to notice Mina’s!!! I’m glad it was visible, I thought I had made it disappear into the background hahaha thank you!!!

Anon said:i just went through your entire kiribaku tag and, honestly, gay (also ur art is soooo good and pure and thank u so much for all the content u make for bnha 💖💖)

It is very gay, isn’t it? The other day I was going through my old stuff and I think I might have slowly turned them mushier oh my hahaha I’m glad you like my stuff, by the way!! Thank you so so so so much!!!!!!!!

Anon said:Thank you for sharing the beautiful Bakusquad Christmas! It’s very colorful and warm & it gives me such a comforting feeling! I love looking at all the details! Kami & Sero’s ribbons, everyone’s mugs, the decorations, all so cute! Especially Mina’s bulletin board with the photos, charms of the boys, & the little alien dude (?) Each time I look at it, I see other cute details!! Sorry to bother you, but thanks again for sharing your art with us! I hope you had a very Merry Christmas!!!!!

It’s not a bother at all!!! Thank you so so much for looking at it long enough to notice all those details!!!!

Anon said:You are so good at giving advice omg

I wouldn’t say I’m especially good at it, I just say what was useful to me lol but thank you! It’s a nice thing to be told

Anon said:Dude, your bakusquad drawings are awesome! Keep up the great work!

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!! I’m super glad you like them!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anon said:The new chapter made me think about Bakugou dealing with his squad as babies all over again. Toddlers would probably be worse.

Depends?? Actually??? Like, at least toddlers aren’t gonna steal his gauntlets and tell him he’s lame and punch him just for the hell of it and be a bunch of smartasses and assholes like. Compared to this bunch of baby-Bakugous he has to deal with in the new arc maybe the squad as toddlers would actually be refreshing lol

Anon said:Um I have a very real crush on ila? Can we please know more about her??

I’m ??? so happy you like her!!!!! I don’t wanna say too much about her cause until I draw her in comics I won’t be too sure about who she really is, but she’s!! a pianist, very tall and sorta insecure about her physical appearance, very soft spoken, incredibly gay, scared of sensory deprivation of any kind. Her full name is Ilaria! Dav calls her Aria, which means air in Italian~ they’re pretty good friends, I have a comic about that I’ve been meaning to draw…

Anon said:So, you like KiriBaku with songs, so what do you think of You Had Me At Hello by A Day to Remember? Particularly the lines, “What have I gotten into this time around, I know that I had sworn I’d never trust anyone again, but I didn’t have to. You had me at hello. I’ve never seen a smile that can light a room like yours, it’s simply radiant, I feel more with every day that goes by.”

s o f t…………. ;; also incredibly fitting considering Bakugou decided Kirishima was his new favorite hero the second time he spoke to him, like, god bless I love those two s o m u ch this one I’m listening to it right now and having feelings (is it Baku to Kiri? Kiri to Baku? why not both for double the feels)

Anon said:Hey Fran!! Have you been keeping up with haikyuu? If so what do you think about the Miya twins? (Personally I think they’re pretty okay, they’re funny when they interact with each other. My favorite of the two is Osamu haha)

I don’t mind them! My fav out of Inari is Kita tho, have to admit - that said I have… sort of been ready for this game to be over for months, now………………

Anon said:Okay but imagine….. Kirishima with freckles

I’ve drawn that, now and again!!! the latest one was this one, and another one I remember is this one :D I’ve been liking the idea of him with freckles even more since it’s become official his hair isn’t naturally red? So now and again I add them in, even though they’re usually not much noticeable haha I do so with Bakugou too from time to time, actually… and the rest of the squad… I just… love freckles a lot… haha

Anon said:Love the squad, love the squad kisses.

HECK YES the goal is to draw at least one smooch for every couple sooner or later !!!

Anon said:I hadn’t even realize that I stuck around for a whole year OwO, anyways, congratulations! Your art style has improved much more than you think, especially since you’ve gotten more into coloring ^o^ I noticed that you’ve also been doing more complicated poses too, so, it’s the little stuff that counts ♥️👍 Hope to see more spontaneous art next year, love you Fran!

THANK YOU SO MUCH I love you lots too??? honestly??? This ask means the whole world to me, I really can’t see much improvement after all but knowing you can DOES help a whole damn lot

Anon said:So I came across this fanfic where Uraraka and Todoroki were a thing. I’m personally not a fan of this rare pair, but the whole scenario was the cutest thing ever. Todoroki basically asks Uraraka to help him confess to Midoriya, but in the process falls in love with her instead.

Awwww that sounds cute! Can’t say I have any particular feelings about the ship, but I am up for Todoroki with nearly anyone so why not!

Anon said:Bro bro bro I’m sorry if this is the wrong channel to go through or something but holy shit I just spent hours going through your entire tumblr and your. Art. And. Concepts. I… can’t??? DUDE YOU’RE AMAZING AND YOUR TATTOO AU!! I?? Just thank you so much for all the awesome work you do honestly made my entire fuckin week with your blog, you are WICKED GOOD AND FUNNY AF. That’s all I got go on with your day you talented ass fiend

I’M CRYING!!! OH MY GOD THANK YOU!!!!!!! I’m gonna pick this ask and frame it right on top of my desk!! The heck!!!!!!

Anon said:Why is Bakugou such a fuckin meme

The real question is why is everyone in class 1A a meme. How do they even keep up. How much of the shit they say on a day to day basis is actually just catchphrases from other 1A kids repeated over and over again. How much of the deadpan ridiculous shit Todoroki says has become an inside-joke. How many 1A kids move and talk like Iida just for the hell of it. How often do they yell DIE at inanimate stuff when it pisses them off. How much stuff is defined as manly even though it has nothing to do with manliness. Do they say “going wheey” instead of “frying one’s brain”. Can anyone outside of 1A even understand them when they speak at this point.

Anon said:You are amazing human bean and I love you 💖 Keep being great ✨👏

Thank you??? ;O; I’ll do my best!!!

Anon said:Just annonly passing by to tell you I F'ing love your take on Ashido And the Kids XD … Way to much fluff And laugh for my heart

THANK YOU!!! I’m happy I can make you laugh!!!! :D :D :D

Anon said:I love you god bless you and your art! THANK YOU!

NAH THANK YOU FOR BEING THIS NICE!!!

Anon said:Hi! I absolutely /adore/ your BakuKiriKami art! I was wondering if you had any headcanons about them/what inspires you to draw them?

More than headcanons for them I have an incredible amount of scenarios I’d like to see them in! And when they’re compact, complete things I usually draw them, which is what inspires me really haha that, and seeing them interact in the manga! Lately I’ve been really drawn to Bakugou and Kaminari’s friendship, actually, so the romantic stuff has fallen in the background while my mind is preoccupied with thinking about them as platonic good pals ahhhhhhh as soon as I’ll work through it I’ll probably get back to drawing them as romantics, that’s just how my mind works lol

Anon said:I love the casual clothes you design for MHA characters! And I really enjoy reading your headcanons-always creative and fun! Is there anything you’d add to anyone’s hero costumes in class 1-A (something that might prove useful/practical for them, or something you’d add just for the heck of it)? Sorry if this is a stupid question or if you’ve answered a similar question before. Thanks for your time!

It’s not a stupid question, don’t worry!! But I generally like to leave myself in Horikoshi’s hands for this sort of stuff, since I both enjoy the costumes as they are AND don’t want to be disappointed in case what I hope for doesn’t actually happen - that said, I’ve mentioned before that I’d really like Aoyama to get redirectors for his laser on his palms and for Kaminari to get a close combat weapon, since with the quirk he has anything metal would actually work wonders for him! He mentioned a sword, but I rest my case that tonfas would be cool, I really want him to use tonfas. A “costume” I don’t understand is Hagakure’s, by the way - would be nice if she got an actual costume and also I don’t really get why she’d wear gloves at all?? Mirio’s costume was made using his hair, I really want her to get something similar! That’s about it tho, I haven’t really thought much about anyone else in that sense~ 

Anon said:Hello! A few weeks ago I asked about the bracelets you drew for Baku & Kiri. (That art is so beautiful!!) I was wondering if there’s a story behind them; such as, did one of them buy the pair, or did they pick them out together? I’m sorry if it’s a dumb question and if I’m bothering you.

THIS ASK I had lost it, thank you so much for sending it my way again! Actually, Kirishima bought it for himself and Bakugou - I mean to draw a small thing for it, be patient with me while I try to get my ass into gear for it ;O;

Anon said:It’s been a while since you’ve done any BakuKiriKami, do you still like that ship?

I do - as I said a few answers above this one, I’m just finding myself weirdly invested in a platonic relationship between Bakugou and Kaminari at the moment, and also Bakushima stole my focus and soul, but I do still like the ship a whole damn lot, definitely still my fav ot3 in the manga~

Anon said:I love your drawings so much, they always make my day seeing them. But I gotta say that kiri with his hair down is my weakness. He just looks so pure, the cuteness factor goes through the roof.

Thank you???? The Kiri thing is true for canon Kiri too, I’m glad I can bring it in my art!!! Mostly cause when I draw him with his hair down I’m never really sure what the hell I’m doing, I’ll be honest with you lmao

Anon said:hello, holy fUCKin shit how are you this damn good at drawing? like, fuck? thank you, bless you, have a nice day

THANK YOU! And all I do is draw, really lmao I wouldn’t say I’m all that good, definitely not anywhere near the artists I admire, but since all I can do is draw as long as I keep doing that I guess I’ll get there, sooner or later hahaha

#fran answers #im gonna use the holidays as my excuse for how long it took me to answer all of these #....yeah #yeah im gonna do that #oc asks #anonymous