#looks like an interesting concept for an object oc!!
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OBEY ME MC & OC ASK GAME
an ask game specifically for your Obey Me MCs and OCs!
List the OCs and MCs you want to get asks for and specify which species they are so people know which species-specific questions they can ask you
Some questions have a lot of aspects to them; they're there to give you a little nudge in case you have no idea how to approach the question, but the only really important bit is the first question!
⸺ GENERAL INFO ⸺
01: What is their opinion on the other species? Would they rather be a different one?
02: Do they have a nickname?
03: When is their birthday? Do they celebrate it? Do they even remember it in the first place?
04: What kind of magic do they possess? If they can't use any, do they have magic potential slumbering within them?
05: Which deadly sin best aligns with them? Which one do they embody the least?
06: Have they been to other realms? Which one is their favorite and why?
07: What is their favorite place, and what do they love so much about it?
08: Do they have a kill count? How high is it?
09: Do they attend RAD? What is their role there? Their best subject/the one they teach? Club activties? If they don't attend RAD, what do they do?
10: What was there initial reaction to Diavolo's plans of uniting the three realms? Has their opinion changed?
11: Do they still have any objects from their childhood? What is their most vivid childhood memory?
12: What is something they have experienced that has shaped them into the person they are today?
⸺ RELATIONSHIPS & PERSONALITY ⸺
01: What's their relationship with...? [anon chooses at least one character for this one; MC is part of the cast if you're asking about OCs]
02: On a scale of 1 to 10, how annoying are they to Lucifer? :)
03: What is their family like? Do they have siblings? Pets?
04: What is a character trait that will immediately make them despise someone? On the flip side, how can you easily win their favor?
05: Do they openly show affection? What is their love language? [platonic or romantic]
06: Are they interested in romantic relationships? Do they have any experience? Are they proactive or would they rather be persued?
07: Would they date an immortal being if they aren't immortal themself, and vice-versa?
08: Are they easy to read or do they mask their intentions perfectly? Are they manipulative? A good liar maybe? What are their tells?
09: How is their temper? Are they quick to violence? Do they get frustrated easily?
10: Do they wear their emotions on their sleeve, or do they try to hide them from others as best as they can? Do they try to hide them from themself, too?
11: Do they cry often? What is the last thing they cried about?
12: What makes them soft?
13: What is their greatest wish? What would they be willing to sacrific to get it?
14: What is their biggest regret?
15: What is there biggest fear? Is there something they try to avoid at all cost?
16: How do they react when stressed? How does their behaviour differ when in a life or death situation?
17: What is a side of themself they don't want other to see? When does that side reveal itself?
⸺ CONCEPT AND DESIGN ⸺
01: How often do you think about them in a day? Be honest, I know they torment you in your thoughts as much as you torment them :)
02: What inspired you to create them, and what is the first thing you decided about them?
03: What is the biggest change you have made from their original concept?
04: What do they look like? Do you have a picture/picrew of what you envision them to look like?
05: Do they have any physical attributes that set them apart from others?
06: What is their clothing style? Do they put a lot of effort into their appearance?
07: How do you imagine their voice? Are they loud?
08: Anything you heavily associate with them? A color, a word, a picture, or something else?
09: Share some fluff headcanons about them!
10: How about some angst headcanons? >:)
11: Bonus: something else you really want to share about them that isn't mentioned on here ♡
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SPECIES-SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
⸺ ANGEL ⸺
01: What rank are they? [seraphim, cherubium, ophanim, ...]
02: How many wings do they have? Do they display them proudly, or do they try to hide them whenever possible? What kind of halo do they have?
03: Do they sometimes sneak out to visit the other realms?
04: Are they a guardian angel to someone?
05: Have they seen Michael in person and do they think he looks like a jellyfish? [the second part is mandatory, don't skip]
06: Did they know the brothers before they fell? Regardless of if they have or not, was is their opinion of them? And what do they think of fallen angels in general?
07: Did they fight in the Celestial War? What side were they on and why?
08: Have they ever questioned Father? What for? Were they punished for it?
09: How close are they to falling? If they are a fallen angel, what made them fall?
10: What is something they would willingly fall for?
⸺ DEMON ⸺
01: Wings or tail(s) in demon form? What do their horns look like?
02: Are they part of demon nobility or would they have taken the train back in the day?
03: Do they have any special abilities? [such as Mephisto's power to essentially forge pacts with demons, Lucifer's power to read and manipulate memories, and so on]
04: Are they a fallen angel? If so, do they regret falling?
05: Have they forged any pacts yet? How eager are they to do so, and do they forge them often? If they haven't, why not?
06: How would they go about forging pacts? Do they have a specific strategy they fall back on, or do they go with the flow?
07: How loyal are they to their human master?
08: Have they given anyone their grimoire?
09: What do they do with human souls?
10: Solomon shows up at their doorstep in the middle of the night to ask for a pact. How do they react?
11: What is their opinion of Diavolo as a ruler? Have they experienced the reign of any other demon kings? How does Diavolo compare in their opinion?
12: What was their reaction to the brothers first arrving in the Devildom? Were they scared of a potential war? Hostile toward them? Did they extend a helping hand?
13: If they attend RAD, were they chosen for the exchange program? Did they go to the Celestial Realm or the human realm?
⸺ HUMAN ⸺
01: How old are they?
02: Are they immortal? If given the opportunity, would they like to be?
03: Did they believe in demons and angels before the exchange program? Did they have any contact with the paranormal before it?
04: Do they have a guardian angel? Have they forged any pacts?
05: Are they into demons and/or angels? If they had to choose one or the other, which one would they go for? [trying to word this SFW but I'm sure you know what I mean :)]
06: Who do they trust more—angels or demons? Why?
07: Where do you think they would most likely end up in—heaven or hell?
08: Do they carry anything with them to protect themself from the paranormal?
09: How close were they to just bless the water inside a demon's body and turn it into holy water because they were just so done with them?
#my oc is called marchosias and she is a fallen angel so both demon & angel specific asks work!#obey me#obey me shall we date#obey me nightbringer#obey me mc#obey me oc#obey me ask game
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AMP-GUIDES: GETTING STARTED WITH RPing OCs IN THE RPC
Pointers for new or first-time OC players looking to get the ball rolling with writing original characters on Tumblr.
► First off: why make a post like this?
...Because original characters in the RPC (particularly ones who AREN'T fandom OCs, who instead belong to their own original universe) don't have the starting boost of having an existing fandom behind them. They don't set out already recognisable to other players, so it can sometimes be a little tougher to drum up engagement.
► Tip #1: Make your OC easy to know
Two things to keep in mind when trying to get an OC blog out there: 1: nobody knows your character except you. Ergo, 2: ...it's your number one objective to make your OC knowable and interesting to your hopefully-future-RP partners!
People visiting your blog should have a way to quickly find out the basics of your character and what makes them tick. Keep in mind that having too much information can sometimes be as big of a roadblock to interaction as not having enough. Long bios documenting your OC's entire life-story can be useful to have around, but may be better to have in addition to a shorter and more succinct bio that neatly introduces the core concept of your muse. When you go hunting for a new book at the library or bookshop, do you dive into every book you pick up straight from page 1? Or do you check out the blurb first, to see if the plot even sounds interesting to you? Your muse doesn't need fancy powers or tragic backstory to be interesting, but regardless of if your OC is the plainest everyman or a secret superhero, you still have to let us see what makes it worth getting to know them.
Make sure your pages contain the most basic of basics, such as name, gender (or just pronouns), age, and basic physical details, as well as where your muse comes from/what their world is like, a cursory introduction to their personality, and what they're up to at this point in their life. Establishing a setting and any goals can offer hooks for interactions with other muses. Other things that can be helpful are rundowns of their likes and dislikes, their positive/negative/neutral traits, and information on their strengths or weaknesses, or even the places you'd be most likely to find them.
► Tip #2: Consider visuals
Faceclaims, icons, and fancy graphics are NOT mandatory to finding your OC's niche and having a good time in the tumblr RPC...but they can be nice to have around, and some players feel they can connect easier to OCs when they have a visual aid to help visualise your character. Even if you don't plan on using icons, having just one good quality image for your OC's bio can go a long way. But again: it's optional, so don't sweat it too much.
► Tip #3: Shop around for fandoms with themes or settings similar to your OC's
Is your OC is from a fantasy background? Sci-fi? From a version of our own world? When you're getting started trying to find writing partners, you may find you're most likely to be successful reaching out to muses from canons that fit together well with what you're going for with your own OC. This doesn't mean you can't also shoot for cross-genre interactions, of course, but seeking out muses from fictional worlds similar to your own can be a good place to start.
► Tip #4: Showcase your OC in action
Even if you're not writing threads just yet, in-character posts, open starters or short drabbles can all be a good indicator for newcomers of how your character interacts with others and with the world. Remember: nobody knows your character yet, so something that gives others a hint of your character's vibe can be useful for sparking interest in them.
Writing short headcanon posts can be used to the same effect, as they can be a helpful and fun way to both flesh our who your muse is as a person, and to introduce tidbits about your character that don't necessarily come up in a bio section...which can offer more interesting lore about your muse and help other players identify things your characters might either bond or bicker over.
► Tip #5: Don't forget about your fellow OCs
Don't be a stranger! If you know what a slog it can be to build traction for an OC blog then it makes sense to extend a little energy to your fellow OCs in the community. Take the time to check over other OC players' blogs, see if you might find their character interesting, or maybe even take a chance if you're on the fence...you can always unfollow later if you decide your play styles or your muses don't gel.
► Tip #6: Don't get discouraged
OCs can have a harder time in fandom heavy RPCs. It's just a natural expectation of not having the "brand recognition" and pre-existing affection that canon muses frequently do. Some OCs have an easier time taking off than others, but don't give up if yours comes up on a slow start. If you're passionate about your muse and are willing to be a little patient, you'll find your crowd!
If you ARE struggling to find people to write with, maybe shop around different promo tags and fandoms, and audit your OC's pages again to make sure that there's enough to draw folks in and that you're selling what makes them unique and engaging. OCs can sometimes take a little more work than canon muses to get out there, but don't listen to anyone who tells you the RPC doesn't like OCs or that they can't be really successful out here. It's true that writing an OC often necessitates being the one to reach out first, but it's a rewarding experience, and you'll be surprised how many people will be enthusiastic to get to know your muse and will grow to love them in time.
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Can we get more info on Ozus Y?
ABSOLUTELY I love talking about my OCS!!
Ozus Y (name is a joke for "Ozus WHY" because he messes up a lot) goes by he/him pronouns and is around his early thirties. He's also 213cm / 7 feet tall and although he has kind of a dad bod, he can also lift heavy objects or people rather easily (corpus' gear is HEAVY) because of his muscle base.
He served under Nef and Parvos (not directly of course, big important men) regimes, so he has a lot of issues stocked on top of each other.
Like any other corpus crewmate, he has done very unethical stuff in the name of surviving capitalism and trying to fit in/be successful, so he's very obedient but also a coward (picture Veso, but he'd have a hero moment to feel a bit good about himself instead of because it's the right thing since his self steem is also on the negative. He has to unlearn corpus culture).
Without going too much into spoilers (since I'd like to work more on my comic and get to introduce him properly), he ends up working for my Drifter Cygnus in their camp by helping with finances and trading supplies for Kahl's brothers. He learns about being allowed to have free will and emotions there so going through all his life without being allowed to think about human conections hyper compensates with now being constantly having crushes left and right (he's pansexual).
He flirts a lot (very poorly) even if it's extremely scary for him, but he also respects how to take a hint or what a "no" means. I describe his flirting experiences as "he's just so pathetic (endearing) he does even land it sometimes because some people give him an opportunity because he looks amusing and harmless".
He develops big feels for Cygnus. Firstly because of the constant scaroused panic he's going through at all times, but later because they grow on him as an actual figure to follow, so despite being "this void affected legendary ghostly warrior", he finds them actually human and reachable. They're not in a monogame relationship though (they're both poly).
He's just my little guy whom I love a lot hahaha, I hope that gives you a good ammount of context!! Thank you for the interest!!
Here's the rest of my art tag for him, although he's a rather young OC (I came out with his visual concept last July)
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so. out of the blue (haha) but brain has been ROTTING over my OCs as of late. and i might be drawing a few in the upcoming weeks eheheheheh... This lad is a very old OC and anyone interested about his history can read under the cut if they want...
Content warning: Art from when i was a stupid little teenager.
So... This is Calian, a Zelda oc ive had since i was 15 not even joking. Back during a playthrough of Twilight Princess a friend and I made a joke about some random dude being the opposite of link in that game. Just an evil asshole who got twilighted into being a cat, then it devolved into a complete joke character of an evil Ganon obsessed catboy mage that just HATED everyone's guts.
His original design made in like 2016.
So fast-forward to 2017, BotW releases in my birthday month! I get it on my Wiiu because that friend and I swapped Skyward Sword and BotW since they didn't have a Wiiu but got it from a friend.
Botw introduced the Yiga, and BOY did i jump on that concept, i already had a very evil, loyal to Ganon OC just sitting there, so boom, man became a Yiga.
Artfight Ref from ~2018
from there I finally started developing his story. He started becoming more than just "heehoo evil catboy", he became a what used to be a Sheikah (Sheikah design has been lost to PC changes, but did at one point in his life have the white hair. As well as his name now fitting the Sheikah's naming scheme of fruit and vegetables, [Calian = Scallion]).
He was completely absorbed and obsessed with unlocking long lost magic from the golden ages of Hyrule. Going mad into his studies so much so he began using unpracticed magic on himself turning him into the heehoo catboy. He was caught practicing this magic and banished because he had become immoral in his pursuits, willing to test magic on himself and others with little care. Eventually finding a place in the Yiga clan to carry out his studies,
Then for a while thats just how he was for a bit...
THEN TEARS OF THE KINGDOM CAME OUT AND GAVE US ZONAI AND MY FURRY ASS BRAIN LOOKED AT THEM AND WENT "WELP CALIAN IS THAT NOW."
Recent Design 2023
His story basically stayed the same, just now instead of being obsessed with general magic he became obsessed with the Zonai. Craving their magic and godly power he strived to meld his body into that of one to obtain even just a fraction of their power. While he succeeded in changing physical form into a Zonai he lacks many of their defining characteristics, such as the third eye and those long sought godly powers. Though his physical change still gave him a kind of power, while not being as strong as a true Zonai he still has passable magical skills that when not under much scrutiny can easily fool the untrained eye. Allowing him to pass himself off as a real Zonai and gain power and favor in the seedier parts of the Yiga. After all, its easy to pretend you're a part of a long gone race when barely anyone remembers them and their full capabilities, just make a few objects float and scribble some runes, its enough to convince a few meatheads you're the genuine article.
#my art#long post#loz#loz totk#zonai#zonai oc#original character#character design#oc#character development#legend of zelda#loz oc#calian#batty babbles#oc art#oc development#oc lore#my oc#oc ref#also he is the biggest fuckin' simp for ganondorf like man is not ok please help this furry boy
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OC in 15 - Leah Kingston
rules: share 15 or fewer lines of dialogue from an OC, ideally lines that capture the character/personality/vibe of the OC. Bonus points for just using dialogue without other details about the scene, but you're free to include those as well!
Thank you for the tag @serenpedac! It's inspiring to see what quotes you chose for Yael!
links to the fics in the little x - if there isn't one next to the quote, it's because it's from the same fic as the next x down
I can’t help a smile. “Mi book-casa es su book-casa.”
“That’s terrible!” Felix exclaims, but he slaps his thigh and laughs nonetheless.
“It’s also three a.m.,” I point out. “You want good puns, wait until I’ve had my morning tea.” (x)
“He’s good-looking. He seems nice, for what it’s worth. But that doesn’t mean he’d stay, and it doesn’t mean he’d be interested in anything… beyond casual. I have more worthwhile uses for my time than trying to guess a stranger’s motives for noticing me.” (x)
“You know, if you keep trying to outdo yourself, eventually you’ll set the kitchen on fire.”
“Look, you don’t have to come out, or say anything. I guess if you’re not listening it’s not like there’s anyone else here to listen to me talking to a door like a crazy person either.”
“If you’ve come to break up with me because of one stupid accident you can come back and do it in the morning. I’m not dealing with it now.” (x)
“They’re not monsters. If you knew even half the things they’ve done to protect us, you wouldn’t say that.”
“Oh no, whatever would the almighty Agency do without the mayor’s kindly beneficence?”
“I always did want to know what it would be like to be an immortal visiting a museum. There’s all this history and knowledge on display, but none of it existed when you were… younger. We’re still making scientific discoveries every day, but three hundred years ago the concept of science wasn’t even a thing – we didn’t even have dinosaurs until the 1820s.”
“I completely agree, sir. At some point I, too, would love to be able to find out about local news through some other medium than a loud phone call.”
“Don’t worry, I understand. I learned a long time ago how much the Agency values its secrets.”
“I don’t know? You were upset, I don’t know what to think, and in case you’ve missed the newsflash, I’m really bad at this. Being a normal person. Not fucking things up. Relationships are something other people get to have – I’m just the one who clears up the mess when they go wrong.” (x)
“You’re a three-hundred-year-old vampire who’s been all over the world, how the hell is that ‘not much’? I’ve lived a tenth of your lifespan and I’ve barely been an hour outside of Wayhaven – compared to you, I’m boring. It’s an objective fact. And even if that weren’t true, god forbid I want to learn things about the person I’m supposedly in a relationship with! If you don’t want to talk about yourself that’s fine, you can just tell me – I don’t need to be bullshitted.”
“Thank you for doing this. It means a lot. You didn’t have to.” (x)
“You’re sitting out in the rain like someone abandoned you at Christmas. I’m worried.” (x)
“A little disorder gives it personality, don’t you think?” (x)
Turns out it's hard to sum up characters just with lines of dialogue, especially when it's conversation that's important.
Passing this along to @naiatabris @pigeontheoneandonly @ellenembee @allisondraste and @persephotea
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Your ocs are all so interesting! What was the thought process behind them?
Ah you’re so sweet!!! I rlly do try to make my characters interesting and likeable, i’m v glad u enjoy them!! As for my process behind them, SURE! None of this is going to be coherent but i’ll try to walk u thru it! It’s a long read so it’ll all b under the cut!
I’d been meaning to make COTL ocs for a while ever since i saw just the VAST amount of variety in follower forms, but I wanted to make them meaningful, yknow? Not just a random follower but smthn w story, intrigue! Inspo didn’t strike until I’d reached the post game and found out abt the bishops’ quests. And i was very disappointed with it. OKAY. I GET why they’re unguarded, they’re hidden away in the deepest crevasses of their respective realms, and I GET IT. I do, i swear, I SWEAR i get it. I do. but cmon, its so underwhelming and I hate it so much. That’s when I thought up of the guardians as like an entire concept, and thus the time to create COTL ocs was upon me!
Kitty was first- they were easy as the design was just my sona in the COTL style give or take a few minor details. OBV I updated them and made them more unique (the spikes, the tail, the eyes, and the massive personality shift to that of an envious follower desperately searching for approval from SOMEONE) but using my sona as a template helped out tremendously in the process. I don’t recommend doing so…
Bat, Dove and Bear- unlike Kitty- were all created with their enemy forms in mind, The Archer, The Summoner and The Guardian. Kitty just kinda fell into the awkward scamp/swordsman role naturally, and it was fitting. First guardian meant they wouldn’t b too strong normally.
Next was Bat because I was REALLY excited to draw the summoner enemy. They were kind of made to be Kitty’s opposite, youngest/oldest, become bug/reject bug sorta thing. Bat’s first draft was a moody bug with big red eyes and a few screws loose upstairs, if u catch my drift. I thought they were too much like Chemach in their expressions, the way they spoke and regarded the lamb, even the way they hung and thrashed about in their webs. so I kept playing around until I remembered BATS exist, and then had the phenomenal idea of making the spider’s guardian a bug eating wrathful BAT instead. I still got to have the cool head limbs in his final form, but NOW instead of just making them bug arms which is eh, i could make them SKELETAL WINGS. With their many eyes and wings he gives the vibe of an angel to me, which I think is pretty cool all things considered.
Next I did was my prideful Bear, and I always knew she was gonna be exactly like Kallamar in the sense that she would have the LEAST changes design wise from boss to guardian to follower. She was the only actual GUARDIAN enemy to be a guardian, and given how actually agonizingly tough those fkers are to fight i figured she deserved it. Originally she was a brawler who utilized hand to hand combat to directly contrast with Kallamar’s many weapons, but once the sailor theme got thrown in I figured giving her a weapon would b better. I decided on a pirate’s sword made out of the crystal growths in Anchordeep- a pretty and sparkly object a pirate would love, but a weapon that’s honestly probably not great against another aword, but she’d never say that out loud. Her sword is better because she’s the more skilled fighter. She also got to use the mask as a shield because I wasn’t sure what to do with her hands OR the mask. Dove was the only other one with one of them and uhhh… well….. yknow…..
Dove was the last and honestly the biggest migraine i’ve ever had designing an oc for a game in a WHILE. She’s very simple, she’s just a chubby Morning Dove- that’s so easy to work with actually. I’ve drawn birds, but not COTL birds. so she. was. a. NIGHTMARE. Bird followers are honestly just so awkward looking in this game, I really couldn’t figure her follower form out until I used OTHER birds for reference (Clauneck, Kudaai, Chemach, Klunko, and especially Haro.) I’m still not entirely happy with her, but given the circumstances I think she turned out the best she would ever be. I just wish smthn more was going on w her… everything, yknow? Feels like smthn’s missing w her. I still find her boss form incredibly cool though- I love how all the gold and stuff she’s overindulged in gets stuck in her throat/chest and makes all these gross lumps, it’s my favorite visual thing about her. I try to do lots of visual storytelling, and that sucks bc its no fun to just tell people what to look for and what it means, so you kinda have to hope these details get noticed and are interpreted right. Anyways yap session over.
That’s all my thoughts!!!
#ramblings of a kitkat#their first drafts were all on paper aside from kitty#if i find them i’ll show them here!!!
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Sing Birds: Concept Art Edition
Warning: I go a bit insane over birds sorry not sorry. This is more of a deep dive into the design of Sing birds and what the “canon” is on them.
Body
Much like how there appears to be two different dog body styles (Suki, and then every other dog breed), there are two types of bird bodies in Sing. You have the ones that are just shaped like real birds, like this ostrich and the flamingoes. And you have the ones that have a human-like posture that most of the Sing animals have, like the cranes. I know the Sing wiki calls them herons, and they could be, but they are lacking the same markings as herons. Also their entire audition was Eastern Asian themed and the crane is a very important animal in East Asian culture. Here’s a stick figure showing just how human-like the body of these cranes are:
Wings
Sing makes it very clear that its birds have feather fingers and their wings work as arms and hands. The concept art isn’t accurate to the final design. In the films, birds have a whole single feather for each finger, rather than hands that look like they’re covered in multiple feathers. Many Sing birds are shown holding things with them, manipulating objects with them, and Hobbs can bloody drive a car with his. Again the cranes are a great example and have very distinct hands while retaining their feathered wings. Real birds have their hand and finger bones fused and could never use them to hold anything. But Sing birds have evolved some way to keep their hands and wings at the same time. I have a couple of theoretical explanations on this but it gets too biological and I’m already wasting my time on this massive post no one will read.
Beak
I can’t attach photos because I hit the limit, but the ducklings in the Sing 2 audition also demonstrate that in this universe, birds’ beaks are more flexible. Real birds have rigid beaks that are not like lips at all (though they are incredibly sensitive), but in Sing birds, beaks are basically just their lips. This is common in most animated birds, not just Sing. I won’t get into the biology of how birds are able to produce speech without lips because I’ve rambled enough but in Sing we can see that beaks are more flexible and essentially just lips and have the same range of movement. They must not be as hard as real beaks and must be softer in order to move this way. Bonus note: the middle flamingo here has feathers that swoop down like hair. I used this same idea for my bird oc.
Something very interesting is that Sing birds canonically have teeth. Real birds don’t have teeth. But somewhere in the evolution of Sing animals, their birds kept them.
Legs
Something interesting in this concept art is that their “knee” bends the way a human’s would. Again birds generally have a “knee” that bends the opposite way (I could go on for ages about this but basically it’s not a knee but an ankle; birds are digitigrade, just like all felines and canines, and are considered to walk on their toes. Their real knee is usually just under their feathers, and it moves like ours). I imagine the Sing creators, like most non-bird-insane people, assume that this is a knee and bird legs are the same as human legs. You can see this in the cranes again and how the legs look basically human. I’m guilty of this too; my bird oc has humanoid legs. Because hey, if a digitigrade wolf like Porsha can have human legs then a digitigrade bird can too. Fun fact: Old World monkeys like proboscis monkeys (Klaus) are also classified as digitigrade.
Extra Concept Art
Concept art for the puffins in Sing 1. Not much to say except that these aren’t puffins. They look a bit more like masked lovebirds? Wonder why they changed the species.
And to round it off: Couples from Les Calmars! A nice interspecies mix here!
Flamingo and crocodile couple 💖 interesting they planned for flamingoes as early as Sing 1. And she’s SO CUTE WTF
A rooster and a hyena? 😂 Love this one. There was also an ostrich with a hippo but I hit the photo limit.
Despite so few birds appearing in the films, Sing has taken a really varied approach to them. Some look basically just like real birds (the roosters, the flamingoes), and some have the more mammal-like body type of the rest of the animals (the cranes, the penguins). The closest thing I can get the “canon” rules for Sing bird designs:
🪶 Can have a body that is either the same as a real bird’s, or can have a body that is more mammalian and like the rest of the Sing animals. Each individual species can have either body type
🪶 Still has teeth
🪶 Has a wing hand, where the feathers work as fingers and thumbs, while still retaining the whole wing (they all still have wings and don’t have just feathered arms)
🪶 Can have legs that function the same as a real bird’s or can have legs that are basically just human, like the rest of the Sing animals
🪶 Their beaks are able to move like lips
🪶 The jury’s out on whether or not they can fly. I headcanon that they can, but we’ve yet to see it. I’ll do a whole new post for my specific headcanons though because this one is long enough
The only “in universe” explanation I can come to is that the animals in Sing have evolved different biology to our own ones. Whatever started them on the route to becoming more intelligent/sapient also changed their bodies slightly. All are bipedal now, even animals originally lacking proper feet like a walrus (I’m looking at you, Mason) and have the same rough body shape. They’ve lost a lot of their natural animal behaviour, for example none of the tailed animals use their tails for expression. Porsha, Jimmy, Suki etc; all their tails just kind of hang lifelessly. With the exception of that one audition sheep, they don’t make any animal noises. I can think of only a few exceptions, such as Buster and the wolves using their ears for expression, Ash scattering quills, etc. Out of the “big 3” anthro animal city media - Sing, Zootopia, Beastars - the Sing animals are the most human and homogenous, with the least variation between species’ behaviour and have the least natural animal traits shown. The Sing koalas don’t have their extra thumb. Sing walruses stand on two feet rather than… whatever the heck it is that walruses do. Clay only had one wife and not a harem pride of lionesses. What I’m trying to say is real animals ≠ Sing animals. I can only hope Sing koalas aren’t riddled with chlamydia like most real koalas are 😂
If anyone wants to see a deep dive on other species just let me know! I’m not as knowledgeable on other animals as I am about birds but I’ll give it a good shot! Also Tumblr app formatting is godawful I’m so sorry I can’t shorten this post or remove the weird gaps even though it’s too late now
#this time on posts that interest only me:#I warned you I’d be insane about birds again#IS MY OBSESSION SHOWING?#it’s basically a guide on how to design a canon compliant Sing bird character#plus some random stuff I noticed#sing#sing 2#sing movie#sing 2016#sing 2021#sing headcanons#no characters to tag :’)
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YOUR WRITING>>>>>
I don't know how you came up with Naga Scaramouche but I've been brain rotting for days now 😩
Do you have any ideas how'd he'd react if someone goes out of their way to look for reader after they disappeared?
Especially if they mightve been a love interest at some point or the person clearly has feelings for them 👀
(referring to this)
A friend of mine actually came up with the idea for naga scara!! Together, we fleshed out the plot. It wasn't originally a fic, though, it was just a rp that got me brainrotting afterwards. I couldn't stop thinking about the whole concept until I finished writing Hidden in the Sands. The fic literally wouldn't leave me alone unless I was working on it LMAO
I'm going to take this as an excuse to talk a bit about the behind the scenes here (you have NO idea how much I've wanted to infodump about this fic)–originally, the reader was actually my friend's interpretation of Lumine and Sanad was originally my Alhaitham. I also played the part of Kuni himself. It was a bit awkward, actually, because Alhaitham and Kuni had to talk to each other a little bit and it felt like I was talking to myself.
I've changed the personalities of the reader and Sanad greatly, as you might have already guessed, since Sanad behaves nothing like Alhaitham; Sanad's more like one of those "prime examples" that Alhaitham talks about when he says, "Book learning alone is not enough to cultivate intelligence." Sanad is, intentionally, a very flawed but still reasonably likeable character. I want to talk about him too. Oh boy, looking back on this I sure did talk a lot about an OC I don't think anyone genuinely cares about.
I wanted to make him come off as normal, like an actual human person. He really is just a regular dude, he's just been kinda brainwashed by the Akademiya, as shown by the lines, "The Akademiya has declared them to be just baseless nonsense, so of course I don't think they actually exist." and "Desert dwellers tend to be... fearless." He's absorbed many commonly held beliefs (and biases) in the Akademiya, a textbook example of someone who's been taught what to think rather than how to think. I wanted him to be realistic. However, he's still funny, charming, and overall good-willed, even if he's spineless and very easily led.
I've greatly changed the fic from the original rp, and only the base premise (yandere!naga!scara and the whole "commissioned to find the culprit for some strange murders in the Hadramaveth") remains the same. It went through several versions at first. In fact, before I came up with Sanad, I was going to have Cyno replace Alhaitham! But ultimately, I realized Cyno was actually competent and I might have had to write a proper fight scene, which I did not want to do. You can still see a remnant of the first draft I chose to leave in (from when Cyno was the disposable companion) in the bad joke Sanad tells at the beginning of the story.
Using Sanad also had other benefits that I feel helped pull the fic together!! His cowardly nature gave reader a chance to endear themselves to Kunikuzushi, for refusing to abandon Sanad even after he (frankly, understandably) ran away. Even this early on, I had decided that whatever backstory naga Kuni might have had, it absolutely had to revolve around betrayal since canon Kuni's backstory is so deeply tied to it.
It's a really minor pet peeve of mine, and it doesn't bother me too much, but I usually don't really like it when the yandere starts to fixate on the object of their obsession for no reason than, like, "love at first sight" or "they simply caught my eye for some vague reason I cannot put into words." It's not bad, per se, and it's not even a solid rule of mine! I can think of several fics I love that don't give a solid reason, though the characters in those have such a dynamic that you still understand why one became so interested in the other to begin with... (I'm making this more complicated than it is, I think, but I'm beginning to think it's just I just don't care for it when the MC has the depth of a piece of paper.) Anyway, I'm getting derailed again, but I chose to give Kuni a reason to empathize with the reader in the form of Sanad and his "betrayal" because of this preference of mine.
However, and I think I've touched on this a bit in a previous post, this wasn't the only reason Kuni decided to spare them. In fact, even after he decided to leave you for last, he still thought he was going to come back to kill you. What really interested him was your insistence on saving Sanad even after what Kuni perceived as a betrayal. Why would you try to help someone who didn't even make an attempt to help you? It doesn't make sense. You're too soft, it's endearing.
Whether or not Sanad's actions are justified is debatable, though I personally understand them. He's never fought in his whole life. If you, the experienced monster-fighting adventurer couldn't do it, how could he? He doesn't even have a sword. It's certainly cowardly and rude to say the least, but given the circumstances, I think it's the choice most people would make in that situation. Of course, it's absolutely something Kunikuzushi could have (and did) twist into something completely different. I think I made it pretty obvious, but contrary to what Kuni said, Sanad had no such malicious thoughts when he left you there. Kuni is extremely jaded; his perception of the world has been mostly shaped by the betrayals he's experienced, and he's no different in this AU. As I said before, Sanad's not a terrible person, just terribly average. If he had survived, he absolutely would have had survivors' guilt.
Anyway!!! I'm not sorry about the infodump, thank you for giving me the slightest reason to tell you all about it. Here's what you actually asked for.
Kuni views most people as inconsequential, little more than helpless ants. He doesn't care about them in the slightest. If anything, they irritate him. So when someone shows up–an old friend, a crush, anyone–his first thought is to get rid of them if they venture too far in, and especially if they see him. Even if he doesn't know that they know you. If he lets them go, more will come. If he finds out they're looking for you, specifically... well, it doesn't really change his plans. He's going to kill them no matter what.
It does motivate him though, to be a bit crueler, to make it last a bit longer. What they are to you doesn't change the outcome, but it might sour his mood a bit more if they were anything more than friends or family. It's not likely that he'll leave them be long enough to find this out, though. Logically speaking, they're probably not going to tell a monster like him all about the friend/family/crush they're looking for in this desert, especially not when he's clearly unfriendly.
It's not totally impossible, though. This hypothetical person would have heard all about the strange attacks (as mentioned in the fic), so seeing a large half-snake person could make them realize that Kuni was most likely the cause for your disappearance (even though they'd assume it was murder and not kidnapping). Even so, I doubt they'd have a little chat over tea about who all Kuni has murdered recently.
Anyway, I digress. Assuming he figures it out somehow, whether or not he tells you about them depends on his mood and your behavior. Unfortunately for you, dealing with people irritates him. Especially when they're specifically looking to take what's his from him.
He'll come back covered in blood either way, but if he's in a bad mood, or you haven't been on your best behavior, he'll tell you all about what they looked like. He makes sure to mention that they were looking for you, and describe in detail everything he did to them.
"I'm going to leave his corpse out to rot in the sun," he hissed into your ear, pulling away to look you in the eye, "for the vultures and serpents to feast on. It serves him right. He was on a fool's errand; it's impossible to retrieve what's lost to the sands."
#naga scara#yandere scaramouche#genshin impact#the first part of Kuni's dialogue at the end of the post is actually ripped right from the rp#alhaitham met the same fate as sanad#thank u for letting me infodump about it. it's the neurodivergency#I like sanad a lot despite his many flaws#oh my word i came back tk this and 2/3 of this post isnt even what you were asking for#id say im sorry but genuinely i am not#i really did see ''idk how you came up with naga scara'' and just went ham huh#tumblr messed up my tags LMAO sorry if they didnt make sense before
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So what powers do you plan on giving to the miraculous in your oc ballet box?
I mostly have the powers for the bottom and mid tier kwamis figured out, but I'm still a little torn on a couple of them. But I'll try to give a rundown on the kwamis I posted so far and give a little insight to how their powers are delegated.
So, top-tier kwamis have 3 powers (1 stronger and 2 weaker), mid-tier's have 2 (1 stronger and 1 weaker), and bottom-tiers have one. Also, higher tier miraculous users get more animalistic qualities (wings, real ears and tails, etc.)
For the White Swan of Illumination, I have like a very vague concept of what I want the powers to be. The concept is based on light, awareness, understanding, enlightment, and purity, but I'm not exactly sure how I want to show that yet. I know that I'm interested in making the weaker abilities a purification power and maybe a stunning power that blinds people in a certain radius, but it's not in stone yet.
The Black Swan of Oblivion, I'm a little clearer on. Its basic ideas are darkness, oblivion, ignorance, corruption, and selfishness. I plan to call the main power 'Abstract' which basically corrupts an individual á la canon butterfly miraculous style, but instead of butterflies, the user sends out Whisps/Phantoms/Sprites (look at me being indecisive.) Instead of objects, it directly possesses people though. I still want to put a twist on this power to make it more separate from the butterfly miraculous, but I don't know what to change up yet. I also want to give it a weaker power that has the ability to erase people's memories and something that creates a pitch-black darkness in a certain radius that only the user can navigate through.
Now for the Bear of Manifestation. So the main power of this miraculous basically lets the user manifest a large bear shaped kaiju sized construct around themselves. The least confident the user feels about themselves the smaller the bear will be. This ability is called 'Overbear'. I remember that I had an epiphany right before I went to sleep one day about what the secondary power would make sense to be, but I forgot, so I'm still trying to figure that out 😅
The Squirrel of Demolition is easy. It mostly focuses on damage dealing. For this miraculous, the weapon is a bit relevant, though. The main unnamed power basically creates one big energy bomb (which may or may not be walnut shaped because Nutcracker). The second power makes the user's weapon (a sabre) able to slice through the air and create energy projectiles in the shape of the weapon slices.
Whew... this is it for now. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be glad to hear them because I literally have no idea what I'm doing. This is my first time designing miraculouses, and I didn't realise how mind-boggling it would be XD
I am eventually going to make a master post with all the miraculouses, kwamis, powers, and weapons.
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RAHHHH TYSM FOR ASNWERING MY PREVIOUS QUESTION!
So. I had 3 problems-
1. Constant study but no results
>I make sure I atleast spend 2 hours atleast twice a week doing full body or partial body sketches with references (from lineofaction🔥), and have been since 2021, but going from barely any art ability to now, all i've managed to do is drawing things from the neck up☠️ No matter how many different kinds of faces or perspectives i try its always the 3/4 side view. And i can barely even draw a recognizable jawline😭 (but then on any whiteboard or public art thing its as if the spirit of a medieval master artist possesses me)
2. motivation
>how on this earth do you stay motivated to draw your favorite fandoms😭 theres tons of shows i LOVE or games that I adore, whos characters i literally am obsessed with, but once i pick up a pencil its as if I've never seen them in my entire life💀
3. I know youre not really an oc artist (understandable, if I had the ability to draw genshin and/or persona characters forever, i WOULD.) But if you do have any, is there any specific place you got inspo from? a lot of art advice i see is to turn an object or concept into a character of some sort, but no matter where I look, and how inspiring it is, as previously stated, all traces of muscle memory delete themselves the second i pick up a pencil☠️
Have a nice day, Im really bad at explaining i apologize, and TYSM for hearing me out💖
long reply
1 - maybe doing some theory rather than drawing could help you, if you study the human skeleton and muscle you might understand more how the body works and therefore how it must look in different poses (read MORPHO). Other advice is to trace your references with basic shapes and landmark (just a cube and a cross for the face) and then do your study, you can also do quick studies focusing on only one part of the body but draw it under all angles (the thing is to not rush, if you have trouble drawing the face as a whole, draw all the element separated and add them little by little)
2 - this honestly depends on the person, im someone who loves fandom art but i have zero OCs because im not interested, dont force yourself to draw things you dont want too it usually ends up looking bad anyway !
3 - i do look at objects first when doing character design, but i also like to look at plants or in fashion history books. Most of the time i first do a global search on pinterest to find the general idea and then go to more specific sites depending on what im going for
i think you should take your time and draw only when you're in the mood for it, when you feel motivated pick up a pen and DONT THINK just draw whatever
remember art takes time, patience and a lot of practice, dont force yourself and draw for yourself first ^^
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And here is my first OC/Reader concept talk !
Okay, so I found a bunch of little somethings I had written for the fae!Au darling I wasn’t sure about. I’m still not sure about who she will be with, which one of the guys she will drive crazy, but here is what I have so far :
She is supposed to be a charismatic young woman who knows what she wants. Very independent, she believes she doesn’t need anyone to achieve her goals ; however, she doesn’t run away from friendships and possible romantic relationships. She even sometimes indulges in one-night stands, especially when stressed.
At first, she might seem cold and « too out of anyone’s league ». Some people send her lots of nasty side-eyes even though she didn’t do anything to them because of how independent she is and how she isn’t afraid of showing it. She gets sneers, sometimes, but she doesn’t care. The thing is that she is actually a warm soul with lots of « soft mommy » vibes.
Piss her off, though, and she will elegantly make you regret the very day you decided to be born.
Very « sexy and fashionable vampire » vibes, too ? Which can be quite confusing for a lot of weaker fae because she doesn’t have a ounce of magic in her, so they don’t know if she’s just a regular human or a being so powerful she can trick anyone into thinking she is one.
I’ve also written a long list of things that are supposed to give the same vibe as her when put together ? I don’t know if it makes sense, but here :
Organised and tidy - amazingly stylish - confident - interested in films, literature and arts - wise beyond her years - the mom friend that can make you horny without even trying - drinks tea on her balcony - intelligent eyes - a mix between Ravenclaw and Slytherin ?
Deep conversations - face masks - silver anklets - aesthetic instagram feed - poetry - mythology - dark chocolate in winter - warm blanket and stormy nights -large bookshelves filled with classics and first editions - long, elegant dresses and tailored suits - high heels and painted stiletto nails - tea with honey - train rides across the country - classical piano playlists - black cars - white cats - old caste ruins.
I was thinking about her being a journalist, who can gain information by effortlessly making people uncomfortable or by making them feel at ease with her with just a shift of her posture. The kind who is determined to get every single thing she needs to write really good articles ; who will always be respectful but can put people back in their place really quickly. There’s something about her that you can’t quite place, that can have people actually wonder if she’s human or not.
Or, I was thinking about her being a model, with a catwalk so entrancing you can’t bring yourself to look at anyone else on the runway. Who always finds the right pose to enhance the outfit she’s wearing, and is the dream of every photographer. The model who is not an object, and is not afraid to say it, even if the ambiance on set shifts on the more uncomfortable side because of it. Who isn’t afraid to say things, who doesn’t take shit from anyone - managers, photographs, paparazzis and even other models.
That’s all I have for now. since Ghost, Soap and Price are already taken, she won’t be their darling ; but I don’t know who will suit her best, and how to organise their meeting. I really need to read about the different kinds of fae folks, maybe it will give me an idea.
I feel like she would not be unhinged enough for König, but at the same time, maybe I could find a way to create an interesting dynamic ? Some kind of chase, as she won’t be an easy prey even if she does not know fae people exist. I also have no idea how to write Gaz for some reason ? I’m never satisfied whenever I try, but maybe they would fit together quite well ? Or Roach. Or Keegan. Or…
So many fine characters to choose from, and no real idea on what to make them.
Anyway, I hope you like her, Friend ! Ideas for the Viking!AU are also flowing, this is getting more and more interesting by the minute. I’ve fallen into a wormhole of binge-eating myths and knowledge and playlists, and it’s amazing. Thank you again for inspiring me.
Lots of love from Mii, and may inspiration never leave you ! (Take some time to yourself too, though - that’s important o/) 💚
Hmmmmm The aesthetic is very clear, and you definitely seem to know the character. Maybe too well? If that makes sense. Sometimes when I have a character this clear in my head it's hard to fit them into another character's story.
I guess my advice on boy choice is to look at who you think she would grow the most in a story with. I can see someone like Roach who operates more under the radar might be an interesting foil to someone that's clearly not shying away from the spotlight. Similarly Keegan's humor and sort of rough charm might be a good foil for her effortless elegance. You could also look at who would compliment her bad traits well, who's going to fill in the gaps in her personality? Idk what those gaps are, but that might also help you figure out who you want to pair her with.
Fun OC! We love a sexy vampire babe.
Lots of love!!! I go where the wind takes me, and where the inspiration drags my dumb ass. Never anywhere good. <3
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I really feel like a Soulsb0rne protag is the only character I can actually be lol. Not the custom version, but the concept
- Strong sense of being guided by something / following it without question (I believe I told this story in a September, how finding star-shaped objects for me is equal to checking bonfires/cites of grace/etc)
- I am an absolute looser that was cast off the face of the world very, very long time ago and I am not supposed to be where I am right now considering everything that happened to me, I carried on because of the sense of something having 'called' me
- Everyone hostile towards me either keeps respawning or is ridiculously difficult to defeat, without help at least, but my friends tend to have the worst luck and be found broken for the reasons I have 0 control over..
- Identity difficulties; it feels like I am able to pick up literally any character as a kin or relate to every character, and yet not really be any of them for long enough. I've been trying to 'claim' a character for many years in many interests, but it feels like I am cursed with always being an OC, if not a self-insert xD (Similarly to how the protag can take armours, skills and weapons of any other NPCs but in the end they're not them)
- No matter how much experience I receive, none of this internalizes until I have a very long talk about it with a trusted friend (similarly to the level-up characters)
- I've met the person who already walked (and was broken by) the very same way I was only about to head towards.. When I've met him, I knew with my gut feeling that I was looking at my own future, even if I could not explain how it could be because of decage age and experience gap between us. And just like I felt, the very same harm that turned him That Way started to be inflicted on me. He gave me "This same thing happened to me years ago / this is why I no longer bother with [insert a demographic]" more times than I could count, and I to this day feel like there is no escape but to repeat his path and become just like him.. except my way is still not finished, and I have a chance to come out different and carry on the impossible way I guess? (Souls games tend to have a character that was on the same quest as the protag prior to game events, but it broke them. Vyke, Djura, Vеndrick....)
#personal#lol I am john soulsb0rne nooooo#the funniest fucking part THE MOST funny part is that the 'protag mirror' guy *did* kin Djura#and the whole 'I will just wait for you to finally undestand what I already understood' was the main drive of that relationship#like... I can't put into words how much it felt like I was looking at my potential future when I'll be same age as him#would explain why the urge to stick with him was almost paranormal and hypnotic#I have a very strong sense of 'it is my fate to go there or do this' when it applies#lmao though#this is the best explanation to why I can relate to every character that exists but can't 'claim' any#rom is the closest thing to it but again it is the *concept* of the person that 'sees everything and understands nothing'#it is same as identifying with aesthetic or an element of nature or stuff
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oc ask questions specifically for a hat in time ocs!!!!
when sending a question to someone, please specify by name which OC you are asking about for any that you want to know specifically about an OC!!
🌟🌟🌟🌟 if you reblog, i very much recommend tagging the names of your OCs you wish for people to ask about or a place where people can find a list of them!!! i will try to also send an ask to anyone who reblogs so knowing their names would be helpful for me too!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
any and all of these can be answered with written responses or art (if you're feeling adventurous!!!)
(these also can be used in helping with OC brainstorming and development!! ❤️ please do not repost this list without my permission but reblogging is okay!)
50 Questions Under the Cut!!!
Where does your OC live? Are they from The Planet in the game or are they from another planet? (Like Hat Kid's/Bow Kid's home planet, a neighboring planet or celestial structure, ect.)
What is your OC's backstory? How do they fit in with the story?
What inspired you to make your OC?
What is your OC's relationship with the characters in canon? (Feel free to specify which canon characters!)
Do you have any early ideas/concepts of your OC that you scrapped or would like to share?
What do you think your OC was like when they were younger/what they would be like when they grow up?
Do they have a motivation for wanting any of the timepieces? How would they find one? What would they do with it?
Does your OC have any hobbies or favorite past times?
What is your OC's relationship with their family like? Do they have any siblings or extended family?
What is something or someone your OC absolutely despises?
What are some of your OCs favorite things? (For example, favorite food, drink, type of music, color, things they collect, ect. anything that they are fond of)
Do they have a very distinctive manner of speech or other way of communicating? (like telepathy, sign language, making small noises, ect.) Do you have an idea of what they might sound like? (For example: an accent, certain common phrases they're likely to say, vocal tics, quirks or habits, ect? Voice claims even!)
What is their gender and/or sexuality/romantic orientation?
What is their date of birth, how old are they and/or what is their zodiac sign?
Do they have a romantic partner or romantic interest?
Do they have a companion or pet that they often hang around with?
If they had a storybook, like the ones presented in-game, what would it detail about them? (If you're feeling extra adventurous, feel free to sketch/illustrate/storyboard or describe as a short story what each page would look like!)
Is there any lore about your OC that adds to the current standing in-game lore?
If your OC was on the Arctic Cruise, what would they likely be found doing? What would they say to Hat Kid/Bow Kid upon interacting with them?
What would a time rift level themed around them look like?
Who would they vote for in the Annual Bird Movie Awards?
What is their occupation? What are their skills?
If you could play as your OC in the game, would they have any special abilities or a specific play-style/moveset?
Does your OC have something they always have on their person? (For example: a special weapon, iconic accessory, a cherished or important object, ect.)
Would your OC be judged as a "Good Guy" or a "Bad Guy" by Mustache Girl? What did they do to receive the judgment that they do?
How many hit-points/health points do you think your OC would have?
What would your OC's idle animation/s be? How would they react if Hat Kid/Bow Kid whacked them with their umbrella? (would they do the squeaky toy animation or would they give an appropriate reaction?)
Does your OC have a specific aesthetic? Describe what things you associate them with or feel free to make a moodboard/aesthetic board that describes them!
Is your OC banned from anywhere in the game or wanted for any specific crime?
What would their handwriting and/or signature look like?
Are they one to think through and plan their actions or do they make decisions on a whim? Or are they rather indecisive and look to others for help making a decision? Describe the process in which they might go about when making a choice about something.
Do they have any magical, otherworldly or otherwise supernatural abilities?
What is your OC's ultimate goal or wish? Would they consult time altering in order to achieve that goal?
Would your OC survive a Deathwish?
What would a level/levels that your OC appears in be like? Would they play a significant role or function like an NPC?
How would you describe your OC if they were in the game manual, a wiki page description about them or one of Hat Kid's/Bow Kid's diary entries?
Do they have any cultural traditions or holidays that they celebrate? Are they a part of any religion? (Real or ones you made up?)
What are the languages that they can communicate in?
Are there any concepts for OCs that you have yet to share or have considered making? Are there any you need help developing or wish to know better? Share your thoughts.
What would your OC order from the food carts in Nyakuza Metro?
What would an outfit, accessory, weapon, badge or dye themed after your OC, made for the player, look or function like? Feel free to share multiple ideas!
How does your OC feel about Hat Kid/Bow Kid leaving the planet? Do they miss her? Are they happy she is gone? Would they write to her and what might their letter be about?
Share a favorite art piece or creation you have made or someone else made you with this OC!
Are there certain gestures or quirks your character might make when speaking? Any specific body language they often exhibit or habits they have? (An example of a gesture could be speaking with their hands or putting their hands together and body language could be shrugging or often avoiding eye contact or tilting their head when asking a question, ect.)
What is a story, comic, art piece, project, ect. you wish/plan to create with this character? (Multiple ideas are also encouraged!)
Are there any significant things we should know about the species that your OC is? (Like if they're an alien or something, what special traits they have. Or if they're an animal or creature, describe anything unique or special about them that makes them stand out from the rest?)
Explain the design decisions that you made when coming up with your OC's design.
Are there any other OCs that belong to you or a friend that your OC has a connection to?
If Hat Kid/Bow Kid had to fight your OC, how might your OC counter them and what would happen?
Tell me a few random facts about them!
#a hat in time#ahit#ahit oc#ahit ocs#a hat in time oc#oc questions#ask meme#you don't have to send me any if you reblog but you can if you want!#my oc list is in my pinned post and my ahit ocs can be found near the bottom if you wanna!#long post#also i'll try my best to ask anyone who rbs a few of these!#and feel free to tag me or your post with#ahit oc ask game
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Hello! I'm the anon with the protector goddess OC from a while ago, I just realised I never actually responded to your response. Thank you for telling me that! I am cis myself, as you could probably tell haha, but there are a lot of trans women (writers or video essayists mostly) who I really look up to, and whose content helped me through a lot of dark times in my own mind.
To continue about my OC - she is pretty specifically only a protector of women, especially girls, not from general sexism but mostly violent misogyny, something that is very important to me because of some bad experiences. It is actually a plot point that she saved a girl, a possible future priestess, from death and assault by an invading force, but did not save the lives of her brother or father, something that drives the girl away from her religion - she would rather, in that moment, have died along with them. So, I do think that I unfortunately lack any of the nuance to write a trans man in the sect.
Anyway, there is a transfemale priestess! Her name is Luna, she is a poet and a pacifist, the daughter of a famous and wealthy liquor maker. Very mysterious, high-class woman.
Hey anon it's good to hear from you again!!! I remember your ask and your cool concept hehe
Getting more context of the nature of the goddesses inner circle makes that choice make sense though! If it's really a girl's only club I think I'd make the same call (that's just me tho). I'm sure it's something you've thought about a lot and I know you're coming about it from a really thoughtful angle either way. So I think it's a safe one. And I also completely get how writing stuff like this is a very deeply personal thing so I encourage you on that front and wish you a lot of luck!
But Luna sounds really cool! Mysterious high class woman.... She seems objectively awesome, and a really cool character to have on board, just in general, but also to make it clear this goddess is pro trans lol
You said you watch YouTube essays on this stuff right? Have you seen Lily Simpson's stuff? She does in depth reviews of different trans episodes in tv, usually sitcoms and such, and I think they're really interesting to watch from the perspective of seeing which stereotypes get reinforced through popular media and how they both reflect and encourage transphobic attitudes at the time. And that still pervade today. Recommended 👍
Anyway for real good luck with your ocs feel free to send me an ask about them anytime! Not just for stuff like this but just to generally ramble if you ever feel like it :) they seem very cool, and ik how it is to hold this stuff so personally so I'm really in your corner here! Good luck again anon!! 💖💖💖
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Can I ask how you design your ocs? Your designs are so pretty and show so much of their personality! I would love to know the thoughts behind how you design your ocs if not thats totally ok!
Thanks so much for the love!! I actually talked about this in my server recently even though no one asked for it LOL
I accidentally answered this question as if you asked about adopts instead of my OCs! Things are mostly the same except I decide certain things about the character BEFORE I go forth to design their appearance :P
anyway, under the cut is a big long ramble about how I design my adopts LOL
First thing I do is consider different themes or combinations of themes. These are normally objects (eg: candle, mushroom, bear+honey), but they can also be concepts (eg: lovecore)
In this set of adopts, I used emojis as the themes!
Second is I decide the bodytype and skintone. It's important to me that there are more diversity in the community around me, so I try my best to have an even amount of light-skinned vs dark-skinned designs and light vs heavy set designs. Here's the message I sent to myself when planning the most recent set of adopts :)
I don't consider gender or nationality- my drawings aren't particularly detailed enough to portray meaningful ethnic features, so that is something that writers have the freedom to decide on their own. As for gender, even though I normally draw feminine bodytypes/fashion, appearance doesn't have bearing on gender or sex, so that is also for the writer to determine.
Sometimes I will also pre-plan the fashion style of the design, but more often than not I just make it up as I go along. For inspiration, I may look at google or refer to some tags I keep on my main blog: https://talentlessmainblog.tumblr.com/tagged/fashion, https://talentlessmainblog.tumblr.com/tagged/g .
Inspiration is always always always good! But it's not a good idea to lift an entire outfit from pinterest when you're selling a design. When I find something I really like, I try to add the aspect I like as a part of the design. Instead of taking a whole dress, maybe I will just take the collar, or maybe the style of the folds, changing colors and themes- taking aspects from many different sources to make something new!
The final steps are to draw the designs and color them. I try to make their silhouettes interesting, which is easy to do with feminine designs with long hair and dresses, but more difficult with masculine designs. I may end up swapping around some of the pre-planned details depending on what I feel like is working or not. Often I will reach out to friends for a second opinion when I'm struggling with color palettes. When designing the hair I keep in mind different hair textures, especially for darker skinned designs. Growing up on anime, it's easy to forget about coiled hairstyles!
To me, designs are more successful when you are able to abbreviate them to a very basic form. This is why I choose simple concepts to base my designs off of, and why I try to minimize the number of colors used.
I try to keep a maximum of 3 colors in the palette (omitting skin tone, black/white, and similar values of the same hue). There are different coloring rules, but one that I remember is the 60-30-10 rule and the 70-30 rule. Both of these rules basically say that you should keep this ratio for your main color, supporting color, and accent color in a design. (They're called rules, but they're more like suggestions; you can see me breaking them all the time).
These two designs are good examples, where the main colors (brown/beige) take up a majority of the design and the accent color (blue/gold) take up about 10% of the design.
I normally try to keep a nice variety of colors, but you don't have to :3 For this valentines set from last year, I kept an all-pink bear theme!
And that's how I go about designing characters! Hope this was helpful/interesting! Keep in mind there's no wrong way to do this, and the first rule is to have fun :)
#not art#answers#anon#tutorial#character design#This question was about ocs but i accidentally just talked a bout my adopts lol
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for the violence ask… 8/9/10
8. common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about
I think it's an easy answer to say Peter Parker but objectively, the majority of the fandom has a very fanon collective idea about who he is/what role he feels in a narrative that makes it feel like there are two distinct Peters that are running around in the tag. (Which is interesting, because Wade's character I think is pretty consistently written - the level of nuance differs, but the core of him is there, and I think it's because he's baseline a pretty easy character to understand while Peter is not since who he says he is/who he is contrats)
It's obviously mostly because comic canon + the three movie canons do not line up well the more recent they are, and the most recent converts are people who got into the TH movies, which are probably the least accurate/worst representation of Peter as a character. I think that writing him as a nice, sweetheart, infantile twink definitely fulfills a very classic yaoi fantasy and I understand why it exists, but at that point it's so disconnected from source it feels like a wade wilson/oc work that's been telephoned across the expanse of the fandom degrading Peter's core character further with every new iteration.
9. worst part of canon
I've said this once, I've said this a thousand times, but the ableism that exists within the comic universe to the degree that everyone that sees Wade and his scars reacts like it's the worst thing they've ever seen is not only unrealistic but also weird in canon context.
1) this is a world that has mutants, aliens, and meta-species and many canon characters have mutations or species traits that go outside the norm and they don't receive the same level of universal disgust
2) disability education! mutant rights are marvel's talking point for real world racism/ableism so why can mutants who are made of stone get humane treatment from fellow mutants but wade...does not? it's weird? it doesn't make any sense?
3) he literally does not look that bad (this is depending on author/artist. I saw someone say once that there are three Wades, horror Wade, action Wade, and romance Wade and depending on the comic plot line, his scars get worse to better respectively.) As someone who writes for this fandom I can confirm that there are many people who are attracted to Wade Wilson lol. It just does not. Make. Sense. To. Me. It's just ableism, plain and simple.
It just really bothers me. I really think comics are so based on conventional standards (I.E. every superhero is traditionally beautiful, body diversity doesn't exist, etc.) that when a character like Wade exists who is not conventional but still fits the body standards + the base of G.I. Joe it just doesn't make sense that he would receive the level of blatant ableism from every person he ever interacts with. I think he would get more! Is it what I'm saying.
10. worst part of fanon
I mean, where do we really start. (It's the babygirlification of Wade Wilson) it makes writing any level of nuance in their relationship very one-sided because you know the fans will literally agree with anything Wade does and contrast it with degrading and dehumanizing anything Peter does. Wade's actions are always justifiable because (vague hand wave in the direction of the babygirlification of serial killers) I think it bothers me so much because there are two people in this relationship and one of them is a canonical serial killer and one of them is a weird guy with a bad personality. I think they both suck, but if only one of them gets flack then it really makes the entire concept of them profoundly unfun.
#mailbox#ask game#if someone refers to wade as baby girl in the comments I know peter is about to get thrown in a blender lol#thanks! you knew the ones I wanted to rant on truly lol
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