#this was such a good question ty anon

[unorcadox]

If someone was trying to summon you, what would the 5 things they would bring be?

copy of splatoon (either 1 or 3, but not 2)

dreamcast vmu (transparent black, transparent blue, numbers, or dolphin variant)

plushie of either an orca OR parasect (the pokemon). your choice

indie pop mixtape cd (on account of no singular album representing me well, you gotta make it yourself and guess what i like that's part of the fun)

something clothy to stim on (like a cloth mask or chenille blanket, something not super soft or smooth)

#not edits #asks #this was such a good question ty anon

[suffarustuffaru]

If emilia had known all the manipulative and deceitful shit that echidna did to subaru in greed If and how fucked up subaru became under her influence, and how much Echidna despised everything about her and saw her as a useless, annoying naive doll, and eventually found out that Echidna was in fact so greedy and inhuman, do you think she would have changed her mind about Echidna and started to wary and disgusted by her? (Plus the talk of Beatrice waiting 400 years in Arc 4's Dream Castle would probably add fuel to the fire)

YES. absolutely. yes. itd be barely even a question, of course emilia would be wary of echidna and disgusted by echidnas actions if she (emilia) ever found this out. but im gonna explain why i think this🙏

we see some major instances of emilia standing up for herself—the biggest examples include her post arc 4 development, also her being mad about subaru calling her satella in arc 1, her arc 3 speech to the royal council (that was sadly glossed over in the anime but you can see it in the manga and its SUPER badass) and also her arc 3 fallout with subaru, etc etc. but the ones where she has more of a negative reaction, ie the arc 1 example and the arc 3 fallout with subaru—are particularly interesting to me.

the arc 1 example shows her standing up for herself with something that was done to her directly. subaru called her satella in public when shes already out there showing her face and being judged as she always is, but people arent usually so bold as to directly call her satella. its why she gets pissed—its a very personal insult, and its one that shes had to deal with for almost her entire life due to more factors out of her control (which is a reoccurring theme with her—shes rarely fully in control of many things in her life). this also is you know one of the examples where she DOES stand up for herself!!

but regarding the arc 3 fallout—yes, of course shes upset that subaru humiliated her at the royal selection when shes already bound to have a hard time because shes a half elf. of course shes upset that subaru broke his promise (especially when you remember her trauma with that), and of course shes upset because subaru absolutely looks like a massive liar right now (especially when you remember her trauma with that) and again, didnt keep his promise. but its interesting to note that emilia has this huge guilt complex regarding people being hurt because of her in some way (which isnt her fault at ALL but thats how it feels to her and this is how its often justified by perpetrators in universe!!). puck even tells her in memory snow that subaru keeps getting hurt because of her because puck is a shit father. so yes, emilia is upset that subarus hurt her, but so much of her dialogue in their arc 3 fallout is about how subaru got hurt because of her, and how she doesnt want subaru to be hurt anymore. a big part of why she leaves subaru then is because of that!! she was personally hurt, her trauma has been triggered by this too, shes been publicly humiliated on a deep level when shes already bound to struggle in the selection, and yet shes thinking more about subaru in this instance. that says so much about her.

and once you get to post arc 4 emilia in general—this is an emilia who is grown and is still struggling with her deepest insecurities but shes finally started to face them head on. of course shes gonna feel disgusted by what echidna did to subaru (and beatrice!!) if she ever found out—subaru and beatrice are very dear to emilia, and theyre the two people emilia is closest with thatve been affected by echidna the most.

i just think that on the scale of things echidna has done, emilia would care the least about how echidna feels about her specifically. not in the sense that emilia wouldnt care, because she does. she cares deeply about what others think of her and she always tries to be kind and nice and proper. she always tries to prove herself to others because she always has something to prove. shes the half devil, and shes someone whos often overshadowed both in universe and narratively.

echidnas feelings on her are only unique in its intensity and mystery—we see echidnas face scrunch up and she looks and sounds like shes going to cry when she admits in the anime that she hates emilia. we dont know why, only that this is the one and Only time we echidna with such negative emotions of this caliber? but echidna is probably far from the only person in the world to hate emilia and see her as useless and annoying and naive. and echidna is most definitely not the only person to hate emilia in the first place for various reasons.

emilia is extremely aware of just how many people despise her. how could she not when its connected to her appearance and existence? shes reminded of that like 90% of the time she steps outside. or when she thinks about other demihumans or about the fate of her own people. would it still sting for emilia to learn about the full depth of echidnas hatred? yeah, because like i said, echidna really has a personal vendetta against emilia, and also because this is all poking and prodding at the same core insecurities emilia has—that emilia is and will always be some useless doll thats paraded around. would it make emilia a little wary because echidna has a personal grudge? yes. of course. when theres a threat to emilia herself personally, that tends to extend for other people (such as her camp), so she unfortunately has to think about that. and of course emilia would probably also be wondering Why its so personal for echidna.

but emilia will IMMEDIATELY fixate more on the fact that echidna deeply hurt beatrice and subaru.

emilia is someone whos hated by the world, someone whos near constantly targeted unfairly in various ways—but she continually chooses to try and be kind and try to keep her courage and try to do the right thing even as shes completely terrified. shes deeply scared to hurt others due to her traumas and Various Experiences. she may not be entirely certain what love is, but she has felt it numerous times and loves her loved ones a lot. she cant fathom someone like echidna, who locked her own daughter in the library to wait for a person who isnt real just so echidna could watch and see what happens. echidna used her own daughter like some sick twisted lab experiment, and emilia would be even more deeply uncomfortable when you remember that she too was put in a princess room by her mother figure (which was well meaning and WAY different than beatrice of course, but im sure the room parallel would be Uncomfy anyway). and beatrice was waiting for 400 years too, emilias going to be so grief stricken and angry on beatrices behalf!!

and subaru's behalf too!! but let me go deeper into explaining greed if first.

when it comes to greed if, i dont like to entirely attribute everything to echidna here—mainly because i dont want to ignore subarus agency in all of this. subaru is the antithesis to someone like emilia or reinhard—subaru has infinite choices. hes choice itself. he can change in any direction and make whatever choices he wants and nothing can stop him once he sets his mind to something.

and greed if subaru continually makes decisions that makes him and everyone around him worse. he threatens felt and rom to leave the election to manipulate reinhard into joining him. he holds meili hostage in a cell to control elsa. characters like garfiel and ram understandably resent him for his manipulative bullshit. otto leaves because of it. emilia and beatrice’s mental health are completely and utterly destroyed because of his actions. yes, echidna is VERY MUCH to blame for how subaru ended up. he accepted her contract when he was vulnerable and at his lowest point, and now hes in this horribly toxic dependent relationship with her because shes the only one he can confide in. she helps him plan things, she helps him move things along. shes made him worse all this time, and while she plays a HUGE role in greed if for this reason, subaru continually makes the choice each and every single time to keep going down this path. he can try and turn around at any point, but he doesnt. hes a horrible person now, which i think should always be remembered in general for the vast majority of the ifs. he is a victim and a perpetrator at the same time. hes not innocent anymore—everyone is ultimately stuck under his control in greed if because he’ll just keep abusing rbd until he gets what he wants. no one whos near subaru has any free will here. echidna whispers in subarus ear and subaru chooses to listen to her and make more shit decisions.

is echidna guilty for essentially manipulating subaru into accepting her contract and becoming worse as a result? yes. is subaru guilty for doing all the things he did following accepting the contract? yes. these two things coexist. granted, i would still give echidna more of the responsibility for greed if of course, i just don't want to ignore what subarus been doing either hah.

but basically emilia finding out about all of this gets extremely complicated Very Fast.

to find out the full extent of the shit echidna does to subaru in greed if, emilia would have to know about rbd. and emilia finding out rbd is a whole other complicated subject on its own, but long story short, her guilt complex regarding hurting other people is gonna really FLARE UP. her worst fears have basically been confirmed with the existence of rbd because subaru has chosen time and time again to be involved with her, and being involved with her unfortunately means that he gets caught in the crossfire of ALL the things that keep trying to hurt emilia (which again isnt her fault and she has no control over any of this happening). so theres the double whammy of 1. emilia finds out rbd and 2. emilia finds out about greed if which brings whole other layer to this.

emilia is inevitably going to be horribly horribly guilty and In Despair over rbd. but then theres greed if, which shows echidna taking advantage of subaru for her own greed, subaru growing Worse because of echidna, and greed emilia also growing Worse in addition to everyone else involved in all of this. this is absolutely horrifying on multiple levels. OF COURSE shes also angry and grief stricken on subarus behalf—from her perspective, subaru has gotten hurt because of her and other people Repeatedly. she WILL blame herself for not doing enough (even though again, subaru and the people around them have made their own choices). she'll get angry and upset that subaru has even had to carry a burden like this alone, that hes been hurt so many times, and the fact that emilia herself is at the core of all of this. thats absolutely fucking terrifying. subaru has gone all this way for her. from her perspective—how can she possibly make up for all of this? she cant.

and then it gets even more terrifying because greed if subaru is a dark version of him that takes all his ugly traits and exerts control over everyone around him. hes miserable. hes horrifying. hes quite frankly an eldritch horror masquerading as this smiling mannequin version of natsuki subaru. and if emilias finding out about greed if, she has to find out about this other version of her thats all her worst traits amplified as well—shes a useless doll in the sense that greed if subaru removed emilias choices and did everything for her. hes the new puck to her, and puck was already a terrible parent by also exerting control over emilia in his own ways only to do horrible shit (see: destroying the whole world after she dies) behind her back. you know what that sounds like? subaru. and greed if subaru continues to enable this in emilia—hes responsible for her turning out this way and he continues to take care of her by doing everything for her because he now has this emilia that wants to bend to his every whim and follow everything he tells her to do. thats all she has left. subarus actions caused her to snap in this way because he never gave her a chance to actually flourish on her own. he never tried to help her rather than control her. and its why, in all her instability, she nearly freezes everything around her every time she gets angry and upset (see: her nearly having a breakdown after seeing subaru got hurt because of beatrice). greed if subaru has essentially gotten his "dream girl" in the worst way possible—emilia is now fully and completely dependent on him. she never had the chance to be otherwise.

its so incredibly clear when you read greed if that the moment emilia gets on the throne of lugunica, because she will, because subaru will absolutely make that happen, emilia will become a puppet ruler because shes too mentally unstable now to actually rule. because again, subarus made the choices for her this whole time, and it broke her.

greed if beatrice is also similar because really all subaru did was drag her kicking and screaming out of that burning mansion. yeah, from his perspective, what other choice did he have? he had to save beatrice. and theres no denying that greed if subaru has good intentions, but he has a hard time seeing and treating the others as people. theyre just like dolls that he has to drag around, and then he has this whole list of people that need saving, a whole quota he has to fulfill, so he drags them kicking and screaming along with him instead of talking to them as equals. as people.

greed if subaru is the subaru that keeps abusing rbd and going back in time over and over again, but not once is he actually using it to do something like, i dont know, wholeheartedly try to save beatrice by letting her make the choice to save herself like in canon main route arc 4. instead he just dooms her by never letting her choose and by never even trying to talk her out of it. or maybe he has, but he never understood how to do that in the right way. main route subaru figured it out by fully taking the time to understand her on a deep level and empathize with her. beatrice was the one to make the choice to save herself. greed if subarus had Infinite Tries and he never figured out how to actually save beatrice. mainbaru treated beatrice like her own person. greedbaru treats beatrice, and many other people, INCLUDING HIMSELF, like an object. he doesnt save them because he sincerely loves them, at this point. or maybe he does, but its not in a healthy way because hes just saving them because he has to. its an oligation, not a sincere desire to see them happy and safe and fulfilled in ways thats good for them.

and main emilia, i think, would Absolutely be horrified by herself. and i think shed pity greed emilia, but she'd also be disgusted. greed emilia is everything that emilia has hated about herself. greed emilia is the worst of her personified. but emilia would pity her. greed emilia has zero control over herself, her emotions, her own life. the two most important men in her life—puck and subaru—hurt her so deeply that shes just that far gone. and main emilia would be horrified by greed subaru of course, but i think shed be disgusted by all his manipulation. its sad and pathetic and Terrifying to watch. but of course its complicated.

and i hate the idea that emilia cant handle anything complicated (which tappei continues to push forward because hes fixated on making emilia "stupid" and "pure" and "innocent"), but while i think emilia would struggle to wrap her mind around all of this (because honestly who WOULDNT be struggling to do that with all of this shit aljsdlfjsdf), emilia would try her best. and she'd turn to echidna more because subaru wouldnt have turned out that way without echidnas influence. greed if subaru, after all, is still a victim. an imperfect victim, but still a victim, at the end of the day. but i think emilia would eventually have to reconcile that puck, while he did love her, wasnt the best (AT LEAST more than what she already kinda did in arc 4, because she doesnt know the full extent). he was far from it. he failed her in a lot of ways. hes hurt a lot of people. and emilia would have to know that subaru is capable of doing these horrible things too, but the subaru she knows and loves now is far different. shes sorry that hes had to deal with all of this alone. she'd be deeply sorry for greed if subaru, even. these things have nuances and i fully believe emilia will be able to understand even if it takes her some time to do so (because again—WHO WOULDNT feel complicated feelings about this??).

its like how subaru continually forgives the people around him for things theyve done in other timelines—theyre not the same people in the main timeline now. emilia would recognize that, because she herself is someone who sees the ugliness of the world, someone whos experienced it, and someone who wants to reject it all and try her best to choose kindness and love. and she knows that shes capable of that same ugliness too (see: greed if emilia) (see: her killing pandora numerous times after pandora tore apart her family and home) (see: her doing the arc 3 fallout with subaru) (see: her accidentally hurting others in frozen bonds) (see: her accidentally freezing her people) (see: her lowest points in arc 4). but—isn't that part of being human?

i do think that despite everything, emilia would pity echidna a bit. echidna, who deeply loathes her but is driven to tears over it for Unknown Reasons. of course that wont stop emilia from being disgusted by echidnas actions though.

yeah so anyway tldr: emilia deserves to go absolutely feral because i absolutely think she would go apeshit on echidna if she found out about what echidna did to beatrice and subaru. shes fully capable of it and we've seen her go feral multiple times okay. the moment she finds out about her loved ones being hurt shes gonna be like cradling them gently to her chest and then she turns around and goes feral on whoever hurt them 😭 it is SO over for echidna. (AND GREEDBARU, if emilia had the chance to.)

#rezero #emilia #echidna #natsuki subaru #beatrice #ask #I FEEL VERY PASSIONATELY ABOUT EMILIA LSJDFL hope you enjoyed the detailed response anon haah #ty for the ask its a very good question <3 #greed if #also i hope whoevers reading this understands my stance on greedbaru ok. thats my stance on any ifbaru too like i have SO MUCH sympathy for #them but also theyve all done terrible things and the vast majority of them are terrible people now :(( there are so many nuances here ok.

[uninformedartist]

Vivz should’ve just made the poc characters have a non human face/body (like vox and husk). Demons with little to no human features are more creative and they can be in any race.

Actually that's a brilliant take anon it would've been more creative and less controversial, but as we see Viv's characters in her world of hell make no sense when looking closer. Why are some humanoid (like Charlie, Vaggie) and others are furry characters (like Husk, Angel) or half furry/humanoid (like Alastor and Val in some capacity) or objects (like why does Vox get "reincarnated" in hell with a tv head) and lastly mythology (why is niffty and Cherri a cyclops I presume). The designs for all these characters make no logical sense and even less that they in the same world together especially considering the world,when I think hell I don't see characters like hazbin as a 1st thought.

They are just bunch of OCs stuffed into a setting. Viv had these characters for many years, since her high school days actually, one can consider them her little OC children that she adores very much. Problem is they are all so different and can't really co- exist in the same universe together. I won't go into all the past projects of Viv but she drew these OCs like Angel etc and tried to put them all together many times but eventually struck gold with world setting of hazbin, its hell after all isn't it, it doesn't need to make sense what happens in it*proceeds to toss all demonology out the window* . Anyhow, these characters really have no business interacting with one another but its Viv's wee children, hazbin hotel is just the setting to which she can see all her wonderful OCs "play" together, the setting they in could've been anything really. Why may criticize Loona in helluva for looking like she doesn't belong in that world, she not a hell hound she's a furry wolf and if you know Viv she LOVES drawing them/sparkle dogs so of course she'll throw Loona's design in helluva. It was never about logic, creativity (she rarely changes her character designs/ recycles designs elements so much) or world building Viv just wants to see her OCs she clings so desperately to interact with one another in whatever fantasy/ world setting. And lastly if controversy comes up on one of them like Alastor, ah a quick fix is to make him 😌diverse😌 or slap on diversity to be inclusive when in design execution oof its far from it. This is just my findings of seeing Viv's work and how she is as an artist/person for well over a decade now so take this with a grain of salt.

#vivziepop critical #hazbin hotel critique #character design criticism #helluva boss critical #anon answered #ty anon for this question really good point.

[altairsarts]

Hi! Just a forewarning that this is meant with no malintent!

I saw on that post that you reblogged about misgendering Frisk/Chara/Kris in AUs and your tags saying something about ‘anyone who does that didn’t understand the original story’. I’m not sure if this is entirely true, but I thought that with Frisk and Chara having they/them pronouns (or being nb) in the original game, was to allow a greater variety of people to play and be interested? I thought it was just to be sort of a placeholder, so that if someone who uses he/him plays the game, he could interpret Frisk as a male (for example)?

Also, I don’t understand why you wouldn’t want to interact with someone who makes an AU with an altered Frisk/Chara/Kris? If I’m going by my previously mentioned thought, then wouldn’t having an AU of a specifically female Frisk be that creator’s interpretation? But also, AUs aren’t supposed to be like the original, that’s the whole fun of it! If someone makes an AU where Undyne is transmasc and is in a relationship with Papyrus, then would that make a difference? Would that be offensive?

Making an AU is basically making a whole twisted group of OCs based off of characters, so why can’t they take their own creative liberties?

Also, just a side note if it matters, but I’m speaking as a she/they genderqueer.

Hi!! I don’t interact with people a bunch so I wasn’t expecting any questions lmao- but!! I’ll try to explain as best I can.

So the short of it is: they’re not supposed to be taken as a player insert. They exist as characters outside of the player’s influence and this is established for every single one of them. Deltarune even likes to remind you at every chance it gets that Kris isn’t you, and you aren’t them. The idea that they only use they/them pronouns so that people can choose is incorrect because they’re not blank slates.

The idea that these characters would only use they/them pronouns or be nonbinary because it’d allow people to choose is also transphobic because it implies that as long as a person is using they/them pronouns anyone can choose, regardless of whether that person is actually okay with it or not. You can’t go up to someone who uses they/them pronouns and say “you’re a man because I’m a man and I relate to your experiences”, that’s just,,, not how that works at all. Someone, even a fictional character, using they/them pronouns isn’t an automatic pass to choose a set of pronouns for them. This is what you are given, and this is what you use.

I wouldn’t want to interact with someone like that for a couple reasons: the above thing that I just said, being that having a nonbinary identity isn’t a placeholder so that any random stranger can choose what pronouns they’re most comfortable calling you. If you understand that these characters are characters and not inserts and you still decide to disregard the multiple times they’re referred to as they/them then you are being transphobic, and I won’t be around someone who is okay with that.

There’s also the simple fact that I can understand not being aware of Frisk not being a player insert, as it’s not made obvious until the end of the pacifist run, but Kris and Chara don’t have excuses. If you can’t see the obvious multitude of times that it’s shoved in your face then I have to wonder if you’re actually paying attention to the core themes and characterizations, and tenfold for Deltarune. I mean, that’s like half the plot right there: Kris is being possessed and they’re making sure you know they hate it. They’re doing everything they can to scream at you without a voice, “I am my own person, and I don’t want you here.” If you can look at that and think “yea, that’s a character whose entire existence is up to me” then like. What else did you miss???

The reason why it doesn’t work the same way as making Undyne transmasc (to use your example lol) is because you’re not taking anything away from anybody or hurting anybody by doing that. There are not a lot of nonbinary characters out there, and the fact that we’ve gotten three main characters in one franchise is a goddamn miracle. It’s similar to making a canonically gay character straight or a POC character white or a binary trans person cis. You’re taking representation away from a group that needs it.

Also, a lot of people say this all the time, but you wouldn’t do the same for any cis character. Like Sonic, Omori, The Last Of Us, Mario, etc, you won’t say that just because we play as whatever character means that we’re supposed to project our gender onto them. Sunny doesn’t become a girl if a woman plays Omori and decides to call him Lyla Womanname, so why should Kris, Frisk, and Chara?

#not art #Undertale #Deltarune #kris dreemurr #chara dreemurr #frisk undertale #nonbinary #trans #transphobia mention #transphobia in the notes will get you blocked #also ty anon for actually just asking #I see a lot of people getting pissed off about questions #even if there’s no reason to believe they’re not being asked in good faith #like. people aren’t born knowing everything about the world #and if you bar people from asking questions that may be interpreted as offensive how do you expect them to learn #anyway feel free to reblog with your own points if I missed anything #it has been a hot second since I was hyperfixated on UTDR #I’ve got a highlight on instagram under the same name that talks about it a little bit too #so if you wanna go digging to look at that feel free #the highlight is just called IMPORTANT

[puppyeared]

how cool are you with like. spam reblogs bc i keep staring at ur art really hard and then doing a total 180 and end up not reblogging anything which is REALLY lame but it's bc i know myself and wanted to avoid spamming as much as possible bc id end up reblogging 95% of ur posts BAUDHJSF

MEGA 10000000% ENCOURAGED ACTUALLY if you like it a lot then go for it!! i dont find it annoying at all and im surethat goes for a lot of artists. i think i can safely say we're just glad u like it enough to go "HEY LOOK WGAT THIS PERSON MADE". also id take it over a row of likes any day

if you are worried about spamming notifications you could always try queueing or saving it as a draft!! so you can decide when you want it reblogged or let the site decide for u <3

#ALSO SHUCKS.. TY FOR STARING AT MY ART WE ARE HOLDING HANDS ANON.. PEACE AND LOVE ON THE PLANET EARTH #i know i talk mad shit abt ppl not choosing to reblog art but like. I KNOW UR NOT DOING IT TO BE MALICIOUS but id like it to be shared /nbh #CUZ I LIKE ATTENTION WHY ELSE WOULD I POST SHADOWPEACH SONIC ADVENTURE 2 #and something ive learned being on here for a while is to think of your blog as like. your house #imagine showing your friend all the cool stuff youve collected over the years yknow. or someone walks in your house like man thats #balling where can i get something like that. IDK!!! i like to check my mutuals blogs every once in a while #literally nobody is going to look at your blog and say 'damn bitch you live like this'. UNLESS your bg color and text color are hard to rea #*read. but otherwise u do it for YOU #im gonna be honest i dont really use queue because im impulsive and i want to put it on my blog NAOW. but its there if u wanna use it lol #asks #good question!!!!!! #yapping

[quaranmine]

The fanfic writer anon again; I've went ahead and purchased the book "Fire Season" and I'm struggling to set it down at work. I've made it to page 26 and read how Philip works 10 days and gets 4 days off. Now,I'm only highly assuming that Firewatch!Scar also gets those 4 days off (unless he's off on weekends), what does he do with that time off?

First of all, YOOOOOO FIRE SEASON. I've shouted out that book so many times now it's not surprising to see someone else reading it slfjslkdfjsl. I always assumed that the writers of Firewatch the game referenced it since the book was published before the game, but somehow didn't confirm that until rather recently. It was soooo useful for me writing this story. I actually found it totally by accident in a Half Price Books store because I always browse the environmental science section when I go in. I recognized his name on the spine from a very early research session where I think I'd actually been looking up poetry? So I'm not sure I would have thought to buy the book until much later into the process otherwise, but when I found it on an unrelated store visit, it was serendipity.

Anyway, yes! Let's talk about Scar's time off! I definitely bring up the 10 days on/4 days off a few times I think in the main fic. Crucially, it comes up in the scene where Grian finds the unofficial route Mumbo took between Cloud Lake and Pinnacles and decides to go to the Forest Service Office to investigate. Due to timing reasons I needed to push that back (needed chap 8 to happen, needed to make sure the story lasted until July at least) so I had him doing his investigation on the day before he went back to work for another 10 days. Then, he'd use his next 4 day break to Get Answers at the main office.

But I never really extended that idea to Scar within the main story since it's very Grian POV. Of course Scar gets the same schedule breaks! I imagine, though, that if one of his days off fell on a holiday like the 4th of July, he may be required to shift his schedule since they need him.

I really like your idea of him going to the cinema in town to catch up movies. I think he'd be very into that. He also wouldn't have been able to see Empire Strikes Back or Top Gun in theaters if he didn't go into town to see them since they both came out in May when he would've already been working. As for mail, he probably picks it up from the office. I don't really have a solid point of reference to point to for this being accurate, it's just an amalgamation of what I think sounds normal based on my other research. He has no permanent address in Wyoming and the lookout is basically his address for the season. I bet all the lookouts use the office address as theirs, and just pick up their mail on their days off. Grian mentions at some point that he has mail at the office but he's refused to pick it up because he knows it probably contains semi-worried letters from his friends/family.

That's a rambling way of saying he absolutely is checking in with Cub, Grian, any other friends, and his family. Also, I think Scar is friends with other random people at the agency and around the town. It's implied he's friendly with a few rangers and people who were willing to give him information in the story; I imagine he probably has hung out with those people some outside of work. I don't have any specific hermits to assign these other people, they just....exist in the story universe lol

I will bring out another point though, which is that Scar may not go into town as often as he could due to his disabilities/chronic pain. Scar's lookout is significantly closer to the road than Grian's is. Not necessarily the main road--he'd still have to drive a bit on the Forest Service road to reach the paved highway. But Grian's is a HIKE and Scar's trail from car to cabin is shorter. But it's still rough terrain and a bumpy car ride. If he was having a bad string of days and his spoons were low, he'd probably just skip going to town (if it were an option) and just chill around his lookout. Go painting somewhere or nap. He probably has to do some gauging of how he feels versus how much energy he's likely to expend going to town/making it back in time. This doesn't mean he never goes to town it just is something extra to consider for his character. Especially since he wouldn't be able to leave Jellie there, so he'd have to consider her too.

All in all, I think you could fill in almost whatever for his free time when he's in town. He probably has his RV/trailer parked somewhere there during the summer season, so he'd stay there. Maybe he engages in some good ol' Wyoming cowboy activities and goes to the rodeo. Maybe he hangs out at a local bar and sees some live music. Maybe there's an art festival that comes around in the summer that he goes to or maybe he makes friends with gallery owners :]

#quara asks #hc_firewatch_au #ty anon i enjoyed this :D #i was thinking about how to answer your question after i took a post-work nap on monday...im not kidding #and then instead i got woken up from my nap by The Emergency 😭 u can see my fitbit heartrate tracking go from 75 to 148 bpm instantly LOL #(that situation continues to be good by the way we're not seeing any issues) (no need to worry at this time 👍)

[chalkrub]

Do you like carrot sticks or whole carrots or no carrots at all?

i do not like raw carrots but I DO love every other kind of cooked carrot, especially carrots crushed with butter and white pepper

#ask #anon #also those long thin heritage carrots baked with honey and balsamic MMMMMMmmm that's the good shit #ty for this random question #if there's one thing I like to do it's espouse my opinions on mundane subjects like root vegetables #my art #oc #thomas thomas #in my mind thomas thomas eats vegetables and feels pathetic about it. he imagines they are bones crunching in his mouth

[full-of-malice]

If I were to start watching Sonic where would you recommend I begin?

oh oh okay there's a lot of different starting places. i don't remember what i grew up watching i think it was sonic x, i got zero memory of it, and in the past few months i had to basically relearn the show beyond the knowledge of there's a blue hedgehog, emo hedgehog, a guy named tails, and pink lady with a hammer. the way i got dragged back into the concept and started getting back into the fandom was sonic prime.

i would personally recommend either sonic prime [which is having it's third season come out v v soon], or the two sonic movies that are currently out [the third one coming out next year]. there's not a specific order rlly that i can see when it comes to sonic, it's majorly based on what interest you and what was accessible to them when they started watching sonic. i might get yelled at for not recommending the classics but personally the newer content is a good jumping point to getting into fandom, and from there you branch out to find older content, more niche content, fanmade content, etc., and then you learn what you do and don't like as a sonic fan.

#sorry for the long ramble anon. i could've just said sonic prime. and left it at that. but i overthink. too much. #yk i love inbox questions they're silly and fun ty anon but good lord i won't shut my mouth it's a problem #malice rambles #inbox answers #sth #sonic #sonic the hedgehog

[styxshipz]

hi! could you inform me on what a bi lesbian is? don’t mean to come off as rude and you’re not obligated to explain if you want to, but if you could redirect me to some resourced pls do, i’m curious and have seen this term one or two times before! i tried looking but almost everything ive seen either has a confusing definition or is negative, and i’d like to educate myself if possible. ty! :D

hi, tysm for the ask! while im definitely not the guy to speak for all mspec lesbians, i can definitely try my best to help you :]

mspec lesbians are when a person identifies as a lesbian while simultaneously being attracted to other genders, hence the "multi spectrum" (mspec) part of the term. i myself am a bi lesbian, so im just going to use that as an example, but there are also pan lesbians, omni lesbians, it goes on. (there are also mspec gays, but people dont seem too pressed about them, and im not gay, so i wont speak on them.)

there are a lot of reasons someone could identify as a bi lesbian, like if theyre romantically a lesbian while being bi*sexual*, or a bi person with a preference towards women. personally, while i do think lesbianism inherently includes nonbinary people (speaking *as* a nonbinary lesbian), my attraction to nbs is separate enough to warrant the label for both mine and other nbs' comfort. (also i think some guys are attractive lol). but it does vary from person to person!

as for the history, bi people using lesbian as an umbrella term (much like, for example, a bi guy calling themself gay) since *at least* the 70s.

and as for resources, heres a really helpful carrd i found, as well as just going through the 'mspec lesbian' tag on tumblr has quite a few good posts about the historical usage of the label!

also um. sorry for giving you an entire essay (hyperbole) lol, queer identities and history are a pretty big interest of mine XP

#styx says #ty for being so nice abt this btw!! i rlly appreciate it :] /gen #feel free 2 send another ask if u have any questions! #and yeah theres a lot of negativity online about us #but genuinely as someone who identified as a lesbian way b4 realizing i was bi too it doesnt invalidate lesbians or make us 'look bad' #once again i see people only ever pressed about 'bi/pan lesbians' and never mspec gays #i do think a bit of it is in part misogyny and terf rhetoric #but what do i know im just a 17 year old on the internet /s #sorry again lol i saw a mean take abt this earlier so i felt it was a good enough time as ever to answer this #anydangway hope you have a good day anon /gen

[taegularities]

I'm not a writer so I'm curious. Does interaction really influence writing and motivation so much? Ever since i started reading here i have seen so many writers talk about this so i am just wondering

hmmm i'd say the answer to this is both yes and no. idk, it's a bit complicated. so like, we get new ideas and then write them for ourselves, bc writing is a hobby and excites us. sometimes we've no clue whether readers will like that fic, but we still put it out bc we like how something turned out. but interaction definitely helps. i mean we post a fic, so people can read it. so if nothing comes back, it feels very discouraging that we worked on something for so long and anticipated response and nothing happens, yk? so if you can, do support your favs.. it truly makes their day, i promise that <3

#with cmi it's like.. i know tumblr is very quiet these days but it's still a bitttt disheartening working on a 30k chapter.. revealing big #secrets n editing through hours n staying awake till 4am for taglists + formatting etc and then still see the stark decrease in engagement #it's probably why i'm so often unsure about posting these days dskjfhksf but i want to post this cmi seven drabble n gauge reaction to it #n cmi9.. n then depending on that work on cmi10 OR move to another wip for a while.. and yeah #but yeah good question !! i do also think it's different for every writer. some care and some don't !! idc about notes tbh but i like #interaction cos it's the most fun part of this community.. so ty to everyone who always comes thru <3 #notes for rid 🌹 #anon

[liverpool-enjoyer]

55 pls

55. Of the characters you write for, which is your favorite? Has that choice been swayed at all by your followers/readers’ reactions to certain ones?

okie so i hava few favorites!!!

for starters theres my boy leo. i love writing him cause it comes so naturally to me. hes always saying what im thinking. n with a cast full a rlly colorful characters, his more lowkey personality makes him stand out to me

n then thomas. same reason as leo: hes rlly easy to write. hes annoying n kinda unlikeable, n im annoying n unlikeable. n hes the one who my readers have unfluenced the most!! ppl see him as neurodivergent, n now i keep that in mind when i write the dude

andy n trent are jus, so fun. i love them cause i base them almost entirely off me n my best friend <3

ask me stuff if you want :D

#good question anon #youre a real one #ty for the ask <3 #leo messi #thomas muller #andrew robertson #trent alexander arnold #liverpool fc #lfc #liverpool #fullback friends

[uninformedartist]

Just an fyi when you see a lot of attention getting shown to Stolas/Moxxie/Angel getting beaten and bruised. Viv has bondage fetish and scramble to hide a lot of the bondage stuff she drew about Angel, but can't hide the stuff she drew with Addison further back.

CW ahead: Beastiality mentioned with a minor character

Hmm I have heard about this from other blog posts especially the Addison art she made way back then. Seeing his bio on the wiki its still listed as him being 17 and I cropped the art much more but yeah that is a huge yikes, beyond yikes.

To start I'm not going to shame Viv *IF*she has this fetish or anyone that has an intrest in that fetish. As long as its done with consenting parties who are majors in a safe way/environment etc. What is a problem is the Addison info above (cannot stess how disgusting that is) and how Viv seems to portray the scenes of bondage in her shows. Like its mostly scenes where the characters are held against their will, have their agency taken away or are also getting harmed while being tied up in that moment etc and *IF* it is to be as a scene that should be seen through a fetishising lense aswell then that is horrible.

I put emphasis on *if* because it does look that way but until it is proven solidly like the Addison situation (a minor character in such a sexual situation) then its just heavily implied which is bad aswell but one must just be aware of it, don't make assumptions but be aware. Also we don't really know if Viv has a bondage fetish (I won't make assumptions like that or say anything to solidify she has such a fetish) if there is a post she clearly says she has one then I would be interested to know as I couldn't find any information confirming that otherwise won't say she has one.

And going back to this post I do find it egregious how Stolas is portrayed here, not the fact that this scene is bad thematically in show but here Stolas was captured, tied up against his will and harmed badly but they are making "fun" prints of him to be signed and saying "poor Stolas", can express how bad that is considering the situation. And I know its fictional but this happens in real life and considering the helluva boss fandom (its mostly teens hands down) it can cause desensitization towards these situations (I've seen it happen 1st hand in my life, it does happen unfortunately).

Ty for the ask, gave me things to ponder on and this post isn't very polished its quite rambling sorry but it is things to *Consider* but until solid proof come out then that's all we can do, is be aware and consider these things.

#vivziepop critical #helluva boss critical #my post #ramblings #spindlehorse critical #not so polished post sorry #ty anon for this question really good point.

[pansypr3p]

names and pronouns

aight well collectively we go by mikey, mikes, micheal, the punks, punk, any random slur or curse you can cone up with (the weirder and more obscure the better) (no im not kidding, our name was bastard for over a year), and like... collectively our pronouns are like, he him whatever the fuck i guess? its kind of hard, bc were a system, and i WOULD introduce everyone, except thats... 400 people, so um. inadvertent intro post, oh well.

(all people referenced via last name are introjects of the real person or adjacent)

we have

me - coolio ( he / ask / all )

gerard / gee way ( they / he / all )

micheal / mikey way ( he / they / doesnt care )

ray / rayray toro ( they / she / he / all )

frank / frankie iero ( gore / rot / zom / he / more neos )

party poison / party / red ( they / vamp / poison )

fun ghoul / ghoul / ghoulie ( he / oil / xey / chem )

ryan / ry / ryro ross [🔵] ( he / they / doesnt care )

ryan / ry / ryro ross [🟡] ( he / zey / sun / any )

brendon / b / bee u. ( they / hi / ask )

dallon / dal weekes ( they / all )

billie / bj joe armstrong ( he / ask )

mike / mikey dirnt ( he / all )

pete wentz ( ask / they / he )

patrick / pat / trick stump ( he / they / all )

travie mccoy ( he / comfy / safe / protect / all )

william / bilvy beckett ( they / ze / any )

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florida ( he / cor / coralself / co / coastself / sea neos / all )

alaska ( elk / arctic / he )

california / cali ( he / xe / they / ask )

new york / ny ( he / rat / any )

eddie munson ( he / they / punk / rev / reverbself / viz / vibroz / clamor / clamorself / thrum / thrumself )

steve h. ( they / ask )

castiel / cas / cassie / cassian novak ( all / any / he )

dean winchester ( he / xe / ask )

sam winchester ( they / ze / all )

rex ( they / he )

fox ( he / caff / xem )

cody ( xe / all )

stan marsh ( ask / he )

gwen stacy ( they / he / ask )

tumortastic ( zi / he / any / neo )

chip dove ( xe / he / dea / dead / gho / ghost / te / tear )

naethan / nate ( he / ask )

scrinthvoid / scrinth ( they / ask / them )

#this was the ''quick rundown'' #sorry anon #our pluralkit sys id is lqnfe #this is not an invitation to harass us or be weird on purpose #all attempts to communicate are taken with good faith and if you act with good faith there is bothing wrong #tys #dont be afraid to ask questions tjo! like moee info on a specific alter etc #we will shut that shit down if it gets uncomfy tho

[jungwookjins]

are there any pictures of nine that are your favorites?

oh anon boy do i

there are way too many i adore and im def forgetting some of my favorites but here are some faves from a quick scroll through my tag and saved ones <33

#a wide range of vibes here #my favorite is when he makes that >:) face like the second to last row #dearest most beloved <33 #anon this is such a fun question ty <33 #anonymous #the only good thing abt this new post editor is i can add so many photos #answered

[olitheworm]

What first inspired you to get into drawing furry stuff? I always like hearing other ppls furry origin stories lol

Warrior cats was my gateway.

But I didn't call myself a furry til like the end of middle school. No clue why. I have no shame now. I am cringe and free.

But also, to be fair I've been drawing animals since I was very small. I genuinely enjoyed drawing dogs way more than drawing people. So I guess blame soviet cartoons and DreamWorks, Disney and whatever other talking animal media I consumed as a kid.

This also gives me an excuse to show y'all my old art. This is just what I have on my phone. I should probably dig into my old DA page to find some good old stuff. Also gonna try to find my veryyyyyy old art from like elementary. Now that... that was something.

Hey my first fursona. Look at him.

Also my old warrior cats oc and some other character just for fun.

#ask #asks #good question! #furry #old art #long post #kinda #ty anon!

[scarletooyoroi]

How do you interpret Thoma's "don't get too close!" voiceline? Is he saying that regarding the enemies ahead of him as a threat, or as a means to protect his party members? Sorry, weird question, I just got curious.

Hey! Now this is what we call a very fair question. I say the biggest hint to your answer is within the tones used in his voice. There's a more playful sort of challenge as is providing a taunt to a foe.

Check some other voice lines as how he talks to their allies when their HP is low. I mean to be fair anyone should be worried if companions are injured, but it gives a fair comparison.

On the other hand, take his elemental burst for example, and you have a split scaling of his voice raring to go against opposition, while the quotes themselves are a note of him properly assisting his team members in taking down some trouble.

So tl;dr he's pretty much just showing some playful confidence with that fine smidgen of determined grit.

Also anon this question amuses me since I think it shows how team oriented he enjoys being. Though, I highly imagine that if his allies are being doused in his flames, that's him actively forming shields around them.

#Anon #| Tucked letters #A good 2023 Thoma question #ty there