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chaosbcrne · 6 years

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— BASICS.

▸ IS YOUR MUSE TALL / SHORT / AVERAGE ? ...he’s on the shorter side, though I guess not that far off average for mobians/hedgehogs. definitely short compared to humans though, and tiny for a Black Arms. he appears a bit taller than he actually is, though, because his shoes give him two inches. he’s 3′4″ with them on, 3′2″ without

▸ ARE THEY OKAY WITH THEIR HEIGHT ?

yea. i mean i feel like he’s been enduring a bit more teasing than usual lately because of it, but it’s not something that bugs him past that. he spent several years on the ARK where everything was built for humans so he got very used to dealing with his smaller size, climbing on counters and shelves to reach stuff, looking up at people, things like that. his size definitely doesn’t feel like a problem in human environments, let alone mobians’

▸ WHAT’S THEIR HAIR FUR LIKE ?

very versatile, much like his incessant quilling his fur is constantly adapting to change, mostly in temperature, growing longer when it’s cold, thicker when it’s rainy, shedding when it’s warm and so on. it always has a decent enough layer though, you can never see skin beneath his black fur unless it’s been ripped/burnt/cut off, so I guess in that sense its default state is considerably more furnished than that of the average hedgehog

his thicker white fur follows the same kind of behavior, it grows wider in winter to cover most of his upper body and throat and essentially serves as a natural scarf so he can breathe okay even when he’s dashing against sub-zero winds, and it sheds back down to a small patch that barely covers his chest in summer to reduce risks of overheating

▸ DO THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THEIR HAIR / GROOMING ?

not... really ? I’d say he settles for a quick but thorough daily shower, he’s not one for grooming much past that because he already sheds like crazy and that would speed up the process even more ? if anything, he might pat down his white fur a bit because it really fluffs up when it air-dries

▸ DOES YOUR MUSE CARE ABOUT THEIR APPEARANCE / WHAT OTHERS THINK ?

he didn’t for a long time, but I think learning his color scheme was due to Black Arms genes may have changed that a little; he doesn’t like the idea of being seen as one of them, that’s why he avoids taking his gloves off around others or show off his teeth much or doesn’t like eating in public, i could go on for a while but basically he didn’t mind his black and red colors and his threatening complex until he learned he got that from man-eating aliens,

over the years i think he’s come to terms with it for the most part because black is real useful on stealth missions and for getting that extra warmth on sunny days and claws can come in real handy sometimes when you’re missing certain tools, but, yeah i think there’s probably still a bit of lingering self-consciousness there

— PREFERENCES.

▸ INDOORS OR OUTDOORS ?

hmm I think he has a slight preference for outdoors just because it’s less confined and ever-changing, but he wouldn’t spit on indoors either you know sometimes you just need some place to take a break and where there’s a limited possibility of things that could happen

▸ RAIN OR SUNSHINE ? both. both are addictive when you spent your early life where you could experience neither of those, in fact i’d say those exact two things are responsible for shadow growing/shedding fur out of season because he’s the kind to just stand in the rain when it’s cold or in the sun when it’s hot just because the feeling of rain through his quills or sunshine in his fur will always be like a bit of a novelty to him ▸ FOREST OR BEACH ? hhh f...f.....beach probably. both are fine but i feel like the beach is one of those cliche things maria especially wanted to experience and talked about all the time so he just have a slightly better preconceived idea of it ▸ PRECIOUS METALS OR GEMS ? im just gonna link you to the lucky charm post that should give you a clear idea ▸ FLOWERS OR PERFUMES ? flowers hands down. they’re colorful and pretty and smell good and are natural. maria would have loved them and also earlier this year rouge decorated the whole observatory in the ARK with them to surprise shadow and it was Good ok ▸ PERSONALITY OR APPEARANCE ? personality. yeah people can be nice to look at but if that’s all they got going for them they’re not worth much ▸ BEING ALONE OR BEING IN A CROWD ? alone. i don’t think i have much explaining to do here lmao he’s just not a people person. small groups can be okay and so are a good few people, like, he can deal with a crowd or otherwise large number of people in one place but he’s definitely not gonna enjoy it as much as just being alone ▸ ORDER OR ANARCHY ? I think Gerald’s (and therefore his) idea of an ideal world was a place where they’re one and the same ? a world where people are free to do what makes them happy, to not be limited in any way shape or form but where such a freedom would lead to people being selfless and generous enough to not throw it all into chaos ? but given that’s not really something remotely feasible at this point order is probably the best options in his books given what he’s seen some people do once some of their restraints were removed ▸ PAINFUL TRUTHS OR WHITE LIES ?

painful truths. unless it concerns him revealing stuff about himself that he just doesn’t want people to know about, he’s always gonna be blunt with people and he expects the same courtesy in return. shadow’s sick of all the lies and insincerity a lot of people go to for no good reason and he’d rather you just tell him the truth head-on

▸ SCIENCE OR MAGIC ? chaos energy is where it’s at. i don’t know what it counts as, i’m assuming it’s something between the two ? gerald, tails, eggman and probably a whole lot of other people managed to harness it to create life or power machinery and such, so it can be useful in terms of science, but it’s also something so unstable and unquantifiable and tricky to control or even understand, and being able to do so is considered a power instead of knowledge - which makes it sound more like magic. either way, that’s what shadow believes in and relies on - not that i expect that to be a surprise to anyone, considering ▸ PEACE OR CONFLICT ? he strives for peace but i don’t think he’d know what to do with himself if that was ever achieved tbh ▸ NIGHT OR DAY ?

either. shadow’s not operating on a regular day/night cycle so the two are basically interchangeable to him, for better or worse. i wrote more about this over here

▸ DUSK OR DAWN ?

again, the two aren’t really different to him

▸ WARMTH OR COLD ?

hmm warmth probably. he’s definitely built to tolerate cold more than warmth but the general concept of warmth is just associated with more pleasant feelings in general

▸ MANY ACQUAINTANCES OR A FEW CLOSE FRIENDS ?

im gonna say like the bbff, points at team dark

▸ READING OR PLAYING A GAME ?

it really depends on the mood he’s in honestly. i’ve explained before(x) that shadow is actually quite fond of reading, but if he’s too restless for one reason or another some kind of game will be better for his nerves. or just, you know, if team dark is stuck on standby at HQ and they’re waiting around to be called in

— QUESTIONNAIRE.

▸ WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR MUSE’S BAD HABITS ? - letting people provoke him very easily - always talking down on people at first - pushing people away 24/7 - not having an established eating or sleeping schedule he can keep track of - crossing his arms all the damn time

▸ HAS YOUR MUSE LOST ANYONE CLOSE TO THEM ? HOW HAS IT AFFECTED THEM ?

hahahaha

oh boy

▸ WHAT ARE SOME FOND MEMORIES YOUR MUSE HAS ?

- the countless hours spent in the observatory with maria - early team dark times when he had good enough days to just focus on his goal and not worry about everything else, probably mostly around grand metropolis/casino park hours, when they were starting to be a proper team but things hadn’t gotten too serious/difficult yet - when a certain hedgehog came back to life and immediately turned to him and silver for additional help. i’ll go into this more some other time but let’s just say that meant a great deal to him - that crush 40 concert rouge took him and omega to - quite a few simple moments spent with his team that wouldn’t have looked like much to many others but that he remembers clearly feeling fulfilled and happy right then and there - a certain night when things felt Bad and a certain hedgehog showed up and made them feel good again - spraining zero’s wrist

▸ IS IT EASY FOR YOUR MUSE TO KILL ?

if we’re talking physically, yes. if we’re talking emotionally,

not as much as he makes it look like honestly. death is something very permanent that has been the cause of possibly the biggest trauma he’s experienced in his life - he does not take that lightly and does not inflict it when he sees an alternative. episode shadow in forces can go suck a lemon

▸ WHAT’S IT LIKE WHEN YOUR MUSE BREAKS DOWN ?

that’s happened once and that’s a drabble in the works so yall are just gonna have to be patient for this one

▸ IS YOUR MUSE CAPABLE OF TRUSTING SOMEONE WITH THEIR LIFE ?

hhh it’s. difficult. but it’s definitely something team dark has earned at this point. literally all three of them have explicitly proven that they would give up their lives for either of the others so it’s safe to say there’s absolute trust between them now

▸ WHAT’S YOUR MUSE LIKE WHEN THEY’RE IN LOVE ?

oh boy it’s bad lmao

shadow is very unfamiliar with the concept of romantic love as a whole so he has no idea how he’s supposed to behave with the subject of his affection. remember that picture where he’s holding sonic’s hand and staring at it and presumably has been doing so for like ten minutes ? yeah

social norms aside what would come naturally to him is a very, very intense protectiveness - that’s his primary response when it comes to anyone he’s attached to and romantic ties would be no different. he would be very defensive of them verbally but also protective-bordering-on-possessive physically

he also pays very close attention, i’ve already said it countless times but he’s an amazing listener and whoever he’s smitten with would likely be someone he could watch and listen to intently for very long periods of time. he’ll never be the most talkative but don’t let that fool you into thinking he won’t enjoy engaging conversations with the person he’s interested in

aside from that i tend to think that shadow would be a very unintentional sap because, again, he’s not familiar with whatever’s considered normal in a relationship. so he’ll be the kind to let the other know he’s thinking of them in various ways or just show up and surprise them with something they might want, all completely shamelessly and like it’s no big deal because if it pleases them why should he hold back ? (of course that’s all in a hypothetical situation where it’s solely between him and his significant other-- if there’s other people involved he’s gonna be a lot more subtle/shy about it if he dares doing anything out of the ordinary at all)

his affection is hard to earn but once you have it he’ll be loyal to you for life honestly

#✮ ☾ there’s no time for games ☽ ↳ tag meme #✮ ☾ step inside and hold on for dear life ☽ ↳ headcanon #do i really need to go into details about gerald and marias death traumatizing him to the point where he hardly believes in kindness anymore #i dont think so

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plainlymalee · 7 years

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Random empties + short reviews

I’ve been meaning to write more reviews on the things I’ve been using but they all just end up stuck in my drafts, so my lazy ass thought I’d condense them all into an empties post so you could see what I’ve used up and whether or not I’ve been impressed with them. Surprisingly, I’ve liked all the products in this post but read on to find out whether I liked them enough to consider repurchasing!

Ryeo Hambit Damage Care Shampoo This defines my 2A/2B waves so well that they sometimes turn into curls, which I love. There were times when I looked at my hair while it was air drying and asked my sister “Why the hell is my hair getting curlier??”. If it were easier to purchase in Singapore (I think they are available at Sasa but they do not always have the shampoo), I’d 100% repurchase. +Ryeo Hambit Nourishing Treatment Using this together with the shampoo not only puts a spring in my waves, it also helps keep my frizzy ends in check to some extent. I still have a half-full tube of this and I would say it’s still better to be used together with the Hambit shampoo.

Su:m37 Secret Programming Essence This was a gift that I finally got around to using after finishing my Missha First Treatment Essence. Personally I don’t see a very big difference in the brightness of my skin but I think it just hates me and refuses to glow up no matter what I use. The consistency of this first essence is ever-so-slightly thicker than other ones I’ve tried but not as thick as, say, Hada Labo’s hydrating milk. It hydrates nicely and has a pleasant smell despite being filled with fermented ingredients. I don’t know if I will repurchase as it’s quite pricey compared to some other FTEs and my skin just doesn’t want to show any visible results.

Clio Salon de Cara Back Comb Mascara sample This is a really good volumising waterproof mascara that contains ceramide-3 and argan oil. It holds my curl very well and also lengthens my lashes without being too heavy or clumping. I did not experience any flaking with this. If I had ran out of my mascara and Watsons was only having a sale on Clio but not Kiss Me Heroine Make, I would buy the Clio one.

A’pieu Pure Block Natural Daily Sun Cream This sunblock came in first in Get It Beauty’s sun cream blind test and within the top 10 in the sunblock category in Glowpick’s (South Korea’s leading beauty review app) Consumer Beauty Awards for the first half of 2017. It has a nice citrus scent and applies evenly. It also doesn't have alcohol unlike many Japanese sunscreens but is still as light and quick-absorbing. It sits well even under makeup without oiling up my face in the Singapore heat. I can see why this is one of A’pieu’s bestsellers. I would repurchase but I want to try Missha's sunblocks next!

LifeFlo Health Pure Rosehip Oil I’ve raved about this before on Instagram. For as long as my skin doesn’t react to this, I will keep mixing two-three drops of this, along with some tea tree oil, into my moisturiser.

The Saem Chaga Anti-wrinkle Emulsion This contains 74% fermented chaga extract. If you’re like me and you’re trying to move onto water-free products, this is worth a try. It’s light, absorbs so well and is a dream to use with my rosehip oil. I don’t know how well it is at preventing wrinkles, but my skin felt plump and firm after using it. 100% repurchase.

Dr. G Hydra Fresh pH Mist Tbh I never started using facial mists until I bought this. Now I can’t live without it!! The product comes out in a very fine but dense, gentle and continuous mist and absorbs pretty quickly even when applied on top of makeup. Definitely spritz a little at a time though, because it can feel like you’re being rained on. The ingredients list is also wonderful with bamboo sap and tons of other botanical extracts to hydrate the skin deeply. The downside is it can’t be taken on a flight due to its aerosol nature.

The Face Shop Rice Water Bright Rich Cleansing Oil This is my HG cleansing oil (although I am sometimes unfaithful and try out other cleansing oils). People would probably say there are better cleansing oils out there on the market, but I still think this is good enough for the price. It gets off all my waterproof makeup easily and does not leave any oily residue. Those who are icky about mineral oil would be glad to know this has none of that in its formulation, so if you find that the cleansing oil selection in Singapore’s drugstores is too expensive or filled with mineral oil, you could consider checking this Face Shop one out. I’ve also tried the Light version but I personally did not like it.

A’pieu Mineral Lip & Eye Remover in Sweet Rose It’s rare to see a point makeup remover so chock-full of botanical extracts with 0 alcohol and still be so cheap. It’s freaking 2500won!!!! They’ve recently released a 250ml one for only 5000won. That’s even cheaper compared to the original 100ml bottle?!?!?! How, Sway??? And it’s not just well-formulated, it gets the job done, even if it does take like 20 seconds longer to do it compared to its peers. Waterproof makeup just melts away gently and thoroughly. Although I no longer use point makeup removers at the moment, if I ever start using one again, it would be this one.

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Disclaimer:

The e-tailers linked in the post, where available, are only suggestions as to where you could order the products online. Although I have used links to websites that I trust, you patronise those websites at your own risk. If you are interested in purchasing any of the products in the post, please do your own research to determine the most trustworthy website.

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