maxpaulll
Max ♤ No.1 Imp!Vega Fan
Indigenous man, artist, Imp!Vega apologist • 20 • 16+ blog • It has been a YEAR since we last heard from the Imperium and we've got at least another one to go
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Asher Experiencing the Eclipse
Asher: How does this work? The moon can’t be bigger than sun! No, it has to be. There’s no other way.
David: Asher, you know its perspective right?
Asher: What?
David: The sun is further away from the moon, so at certain angles, to us, the moon looks bigger than the sun.
Asher: Oh.
David: You know that if the moon was bigger than the sun we’d be pulled in and crushed into it.
Asher: How?
David: Gravity.
Asher: Oh. Cool!
This is because of my best friend @maxpaulll. If he did not put on the Asher voice while telling me about his co-worker, this would not exist.
#but wait…#if the sun is as big as the sun then why are we being pulled in and crushed by it??#Asher.. you do know that the distance between the moon & the earth and the sun and the earth are VASTLY different right?#… yes?
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Been thinking about my experiences as a POC within fandom while also being an artist and how much that sucks sometimes. This is primarily in regards to the Redacted fandom, but could be applied to any other fandom honestly.
Proper "fussing" under the cut (for those who would rather not see):
Sometimes, I really stop and think about what it must be like to be a white person in fandom, especially when you're an artist. To see yourself reflected in the spaces you exist in all the time. There are some exceptions to this, of course. For example, lack of body diversity is just as much of a problem in my opinion (Like fat people exist. Disabled people exist. Fat, disabled people exist. You can draw them, y'know? /rhet) But generally speaking, it's not difficult to find designs that probably look like you. There will be blondes, brunettes, redheads even— It's everywhere you look.
I don't think most people realize how isolating that ends up feeling though.
Because it's not just the fact that most of the art/designs you'll stumble upon won't resemble you. It's the fact that the prevalence dictates how everyone else interacts with fandom too.
Do you know how much it sucks seeing a post saying "So we all agree that Asher's blonde, right?" and knowing that most people are thinking of a white guy and nothing else?
Or noticing how Alexis, a generally "hated" character in the fandom, is the only vampire most people are willing to make visibly brown?
How about the fact that Gavin, the "thrilling" and "sexy" incubus, has so many black and brown designs— But I can count the non-white Lasko designs I've come across on my hand?
People can do whatever they want. I've said it before, and I'll continue to repeat it when I make these rambles. If you want to make every single design you have varying shades of white and never stray from that, that's your prerogative. But for the love of god, I wish I didn't feel like I was fucking crazy for talking about how much that shit sucks to see as a person of color.
On top of that, do you know how frustrating it is to watch white artists get praised for generic diversity when POC artists have been consistently bringing forth such compelling, stunning designs to table? Like I see the kind of shit that gets praised in this fandom and what doesn't. Racial ambiguity or the slightest addition of a curl gets treated like it's revolutionary— And that's only if it's the "correct" character. It has to "make sense", right? The same way Sam has to have sun-kissed, golden skin even after he's been turned, or the way Guy has to be white because there's no way someone with that personality could be anything but.
Do you know what it's like to be filled with such a sense of joy because someone made a design where a character had your skin tone or hair texture or facial feature? Like, I genuinely have a strong reaction whenever I find a black or brown design in this fandom because they're so rare in comparison to everything else. And when I really stop to think about that, I realize how fucked up of a phenomenon that is.
I love the designs that I've made, but I've also noticed which ones "do better" comparably. I don't change much of anything with how I go about posting or promoting them. The only difference is that some of them fit what is considered widely "canon" in fandom. And the others... don't. I go out of my way to make every design POC in some regard, and you can usually tell visually even without the addition of colors. I'm not gonna stop doing that because I know why I started in the first place. But fuck, it does start to hurt seeing white artists with the same general white designs get hyped up endlessly while I internally debate if I should even make another character look like me or not. If it'll even matter to anyone but me.
Some days, I just really wish it didn't feel like shit being black in this fandom. I hate knowing that I'm gonna post this, and I'll probably get responses for other people of color primarily.
But maybe putting this out will help that pill get easier to swallow.
#this is an incredibly important thing to touch on and I rarely see people outside of a notable few bring it up#and I thank you for saying it PK#I'm generally white passing for and indigenous person and I still feel this way a lot#there's so much I wanna say abt this but that I can't word correctly so for now I'll just say#THIS'#THIS RIGHT HERE.
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If you ever wonder what I'm doing outside of not drawing.... this? Anyways, Episode 3 of New Blood comes out in a little over an hour so come check it out if it's something you're interested in :)
Oh yeah and @mr-laveau has ever so graciously lent his voice for this episode so please support xem!!
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#audio rp#audio roleplay#amm4a#not to flex but I've got a celebrity on this#that's right#mr. laveau#Youtube
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Despite being *incredibly* behind on Redacted videos I still have Redacted thoughts from time to time.
Today? David and Angel who regularly shower together.
Not in the sexual way (okay, maybe sometimes in the sexual way) but in a sweet, domestic way. Washing each other’s backs and just taking care of each other in such a simple way. Just to make sure they’re clean.
Angel in the throes of burnout from work, they /have/ to shower to feel clean and like a person but they can’t bring themself to do anything more than sit under the hot water and evaporate, and David who stands behind them and patiently does their annoyingly long hair-care routine, applying their face wash, and gently spraying them down when he’s done-
David, who’s a wreck after the summer solstice, having Angel gently wash away all the sweat and tension away from the day. They’re massaging shampoo into his scalp as he melts, pressing kisses into his temple and wiping the soap from his eyes as they wash it out.
But it’s not just when they need it most. It’s almost every night (unless someone’s away) sometimes it’s just a weeknight and Angel is chatting about their day, or a late Sunday when David’s pulled an almost-all-nighter and Angel is trying not to fall asleep between the warm water and David’s calming presence.
That’s all vv
#redacted audio#redacted asmr#redactedverse#redacted angel#redacted david#just thinking abt some stuff#gay stuff#do 9 out of 15 of these showers turn into “fun’’?? sure. but that’s the beauty of it#I just need to think about them being normal and domestic though#they’re freaks 24/7 let me think about them being normal for three minutes#anyways please enjoy my rambles#and I definitely 100% was NOT projecting onto Ange at all#ps Angel sits on the floor in a bathrobe while David braids their hair for bed#you can’t tell me I’m wrong#I mean you can#but I won’t listen
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what's poppin' redacted fans, just kinda felt like popping in and sharing the redraws i made of my redacted designs :] (and a doodle of me but don't worry abt that) I've also included what they used to look like for reference :)
#redacted audio#redacted asmr#redactedverse#redacted fanart#redacted angel#redacted david#redacted darlin#redacted freelancer#redacted gavin#they are so-#RAH#also all of my listeners are they/them#except Tank... that bitch also got some he/him in'em#this can also be called a collection of my favourite indigenous creatures#Gav isn't Indigenous but he is one of my beloved creatures so he counts#just know David and Angel are seconds away from messily making out in this <3 <3
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I decided I wanted to try my hand at underpainting so I found a wip I started b4 christmas &re lined it so I could have some funsies :D
#I don't think it's m best work but lie... it's not bad#also my colours kinda feel less out of place than usual#hrmmm#anyways#that's your Max art update in this horrible dry spell#(I've been busy with my one piece brain rot </3)#redacted audio#redacted asmr#redactedverse#redacted fanart#redacted imperium#redacted vega#redacted imp!pet#redacted imp!vega
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I do not have the energy to make this look nicer but i felt i needed to get this out or it would consume me.
I have been feeling an immense amount of rage and grief lately and this only encapsulates some of my thoughts
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Loving my bestfriend so much htat I just gotta tell 'em. But it happens several times a day
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Okay I know I said my style changed (in a now deleted post) but I made this BEFORE that so it doesn't count.
Anyways, here is my beloved daughter Olivia <3 Please enjoy
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hello i would like a cabin match please!!!!
kins:
-Damien, as with many people in the fandom, I too am an academically and occupationally focused menace focused on fighting social issues in their chosen field.
-freelancer, for similar reasons as above but add in the most certainly works too hard and burns themselves out and also would much rather help everyone else around them than stay still and focus on themselves
-cam,,,, listen. we basically have the same job. yeah.
-pet, we may know nothing about them but that should be ME
loves: (time to give myself away)
-regulus, for the bad days. i'm giving him the icepick. he can just scoop my brains right out
-milo, for the good days. maybe i just am attached to him being silly and his cool mom but he's fun
-vega, another man i would let do terrible horrible things to me and i would say thank you.
-guy, i love my silly boy. he's goofy and dorky and i love him stealing hoodies and being a bit of a slut.
thank you in advance <3
I love these sm actually this is gonna be a fun one to unpack.
So, as usual, my headcanons for the kins:
Damien: Ares, in the most loving way this is painfully obvious. if you really wanted to you could probably put him in Athena. actually might fit him better. ANYWAY
Freelancer: I said Hermes before for FL, but now that I'm really thinking about it? There's another answer and I just can't put my finger on it. Aphrodite? Also Ares? Maybe, anyway moving on
Cam: Hypnos, it's like the only fitting one /lh
Pet: i- im actually not sure with this one. I'm like wracking my brain so hard and nothing is coming to mind. oh well we'll move on
but again, considering all of them together we are getting a very interesting vibe /pos. genuinely have to like come back to this one after thinking give me a moment.
OKAY SO after careful deliberation, I think I am gonna give you Athena cabin. For the fact that she is the goddess of strategy (of war, but still) and wisdom. yeah ^^
#I love these but the second I saw pet mentioned I thought I had accidentally sent another ask or something#whoever this is is SO correct???#I want you to know you are seen and loved and cherished#but also#please pick your standards up off the floor /lh/j#we are now spiritually besties#sincerely no.1 imp Vega fan
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I’m here for my godly parent claim😃
I kin freelancer for sure [needing to feel good enough to be loved] but also Asset [not really sure on this one, they just speak to me] and Guy an eensie shmeensie bit [im so silly] and Asher [insecure but also silly and I love my friends], and finally Darlin’ because… transgender vibes met with that “I feel like no one loves me even though people do and I feel like I have to do everything alone” dazzle dazzle
And my favourites? (*rips off my amazing disguise because you’re 100% gonna know who this is* but) YOU BETTER BELIEVE ITS IMP!VEGA BABY!!! AND VINDEMIATOR AND GAVIN AND WILLIAM
Heart heart much love, kith kith
(anon (max) is talking about this post)
okay this is so funny because you literally are my sounding board for a lot of my decisions. anyways breakdown of what I'm seeing:
Asset: Hephestus
Freelancer: Hermes? there might be another answer here
Guy: Hermes
Asher: One of the big three, probably, maybe, its a feeling in my bones
Darlin': Ares
But from what you tell me after each little tidbit-- Imma say (and this decision is hella biased cause we've known each other for so long however this is the only time) Ares cabin. Just because.
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20 Questions for Fic Writers Game
I was tagged by @agentplutonium who knows I absolutely despise tag games so I'm doing this out of spite.
I will not tag anyone because I don't know who to tag and don't want to but you can feel free to use this as an excuse to do it if you want.
1 - How many works do you have on AO3?
3 because I don't write often and I orphaned all my old fandom ones
2 - What's your total AO3 word count?
hhhhhh uhm... 5,403 because again, I don't write often. When I do it's just a one shot cause that's all I can commit to.
3 - What fandoms do you write for?
Redacted Audio, and you can't prove any other fandom /lh
4 - What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
I'm gonna rank these but I don't have enough so they all get featured, Get rekt losers.
#1 is Adventure of the Mates' Night Out. This is just a silly little one shot abt the Shaw Pack mates & Baabe being cool as heck B]
#2 is Family Gets Nicknames which is a short lil angst fic about Quinn taking Angel & Tank/Darlin' not being able to do anything about it. Technically it's unfinished but I wouldn't expect an update
#3 is The Stars Are Gone Now. It is my FAVOURITE AND YOU ALL ARE COWARDS FOR NOT LIKING IT/J. It's about Imp!Vega's death and Pet's grief. I love it more than life itself but it's pretty heavy and a lesser beloved pairing so I understand why it's not super popular.
5 - Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
Sometimes, if I'm feeling silly
6 - What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
Stars are gone now. Hands down. Pets stuck in Vega's room with no idea what's going on during the rebellion. The only solace they have is the lights on the ceiling which relieve them that Vega is still alive... until he's not. (family get's nickames is kinda sad too but it was written to be more panicky. I write a lot of angst because it helps me deal with my 🌟feelings🌟)
7 -What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
Mates' Night Out!!! It ends with everybody being fine and Baabe being super sexy n cool but I should give a TW for mild violence, sexual harassment and swearing <3
8 - Do you get hate on fics?
Not as far as I know?
9 - Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
Once when I was like 15 and then never again. I'm no good at it.
10 - Do you write crossovers?
Nope <3
11 - Have you ever had a fic stolen?
No?? I wouldn't know
12 - Have you ever had a fic translated?
Nope <3
13 - Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Yes. In high school. On a twitter thread. With Pluto.
14 - What's your all time favorite ship?
I will die for Imp!Vega & Pet, I would give my life for Imp!Freelancer & Vindemiator, and I will kiss Gavin & Freelancer on their sweet little heads.
15 - What's a WIP that you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?
I started writing this AU about Detective!Milo & Thief!Sweetheart that never made it past planning in gdocs but I think it would be cool to finish but I don't think I'll ever get there. There's also this one Playlist plotline I made because I wanted people to be able to see what I was thinking about when I listened to the songs. Making that into a finished fic would be cool but I don't have it in me. If you wanna read it, the link is here.
16 - What are your writing strengths?
I think my descriptions are my strong suit? I feel like my dialogue can be lacking but I feel good about my visualizations of scenes n stuff.
17 - What are your writing weaknesses?
Definitely making anything more than a one shot. I just don't have that level of commitment for something. When I write stuff it's because I'm in the moment and feeling what I'm writing. If I have to sit down and come back to it I lose my mojo.
18 - Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?
I'd feel way more comfortable doing if I or someone I knew understood/spoke the language. I don't trust google translate for that.
19 - First fandom you wrote for?
Listen. Wattpad was a place... where I wrote Good Omens things. BUT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THE DARK TIMES.
20 - Favorite fic you've written?
THE. STARS. ARE. GONE. NOW. IT'S MY BABY, MY BELOVED, MY POOKIE DOODLE. AND I WORKED HARD ON IT. YOU SHOULD READ IT (If you wanna) AND THEN CRY ABT IT WITH ME. Or not, I don't really care /lh
okay thats all
#redacted audio#I hate these things#but also#sometimes I forget that people don't know I'm a triple threat (artist; amatuer VA; AND writer#anyways toodles!
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I beat Pokemon Sword after 4 fucking years so here's what my champion league card would look like if I had it my way >:[
#look away squad this isn't audio rp stuff#in my defense#I started this it in like 2019 and then just kinda didn't#IT'S NOT MY FAULT#level grinding in that god forsaken game is despicable#idk what it is abt it but I'm a hater#also#dubwool solos and I'll die on this hill#his name is Willy and he was my first lil guy (outside of the starter) and I would die for him#I spent actually forever formatting this bitch#that weird lil guy at the top??? like two hours.#okay I'm done#don't be surprised if u see me poké-posting tho#I've got a lot of thoughts stuck in m brain rn
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No shame, these guys. Kissin' anytime people aren't looking tsk tsk
#redacted audio#redacted asmr#redactedverse#redacted fanart#redacted milo#redacted sweetheart#don't want 'em to be silly on your porch? open the door sooner.#sweetheart who wears lipstick specifically so their kisses leave marks of Milo#end of thought#they's their them#Milo's beard almost gave me an aneurysm trying to draw#and Sweetheart still looks weird#FUCK#well#live laugh love#I'll survive I suppose#also#unrelated but in my crazy brain Sweetheart and David are cousins#It's a little bit of a distant relation but it's still there
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