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catboy-cyrus · 1 year
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I love drawing pokemon villains I do but god fuckinf damn some of them are hard to draw. If I haven't drawn a guy its because I'm fighting tooth and nail in firealpaca and loosing.
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exhaslo · 6 months
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Kinktober Day 16- Miguel x Villian!Reader (Bondage)
*Requested by reader ;) *
        The age of heroes was long gone, therefore you thought it was safe to play the part of a villain. Not really a villain, per se, you were a thief. Upon reading about how glorious the past thieves and villains were, you wanted to give your life a new thrill. Taking upon the name of, 'Black Cat', you dedicated your nights to stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, or sometimes to your pockets. Which ever gave you more of a high.
"Ohhhhhh, look at those earrings she is wearing! I'm sure she won't notice if I take them~"
"I'm sure she will,"
"No she-Ah!"
        You yelped away from the window, wondering who was talking to you. To your surprise, it was a tall muscular man in a suit. This must have been the big scary Spiderman that everyone was talking about. Your eyes wandered from his head to his toe. He was much finer than the stories you heard. Ain't no way a man like that was single. You swore a lightbulb appeared above your head. There was something new to steal now.
"Don't believe we've officially met, I'm Black Cat, but you can call me Kitty." You said with a wink.
"Gatita? (kitty?)" He repeated. 
        You nearly gasped. He was Spanish too, one of your many weaknesses in a man! Holding your chest, you nearly stumbled. What would happen if you just surrounded yourself to him? Spiderman was a hero, perhaps you can taint him!
"Wow, that just rolls right off the tongue-ahem, anyway, there's no way such a big hero like yourself is here to stop lil ol' me from stealing some earrings, right?"
"No. Just patrolling and saw a shady figure looking to break in."
"I am not shady!" You said with a huff and approached him, "But, I'll be a good kitty tonight and go home. Maybe if we meet again, I can be good to you~" You purred, trailing your finger against his chest.
        You quickly left with a wide grin against your lips. Oh he was so toned! You casually glanced back, hoping that your flirting was good enough. It had been a while since you did something so bold. Well, the mask sure helped.
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        Miguel just stood there, wondering what had just happened. Normally he wouldn't let such petty thieves get away without teaching them a lesson, but then again, you didn't steal anything yet. That, and Miguel had not been flirted with in such a long time that he was in shock. Your casual touch against his skin made him tense. You called yourself a good kitty for him. That was something he was going to think about all night.
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        As luck would have it, you kept bumping into Spiderman. It was always whenever you were going to steal something petty or for yourself. Never when it was for others. It made you wonder if he was watching what you were stealing. If so, where would he draw the line? It felt like your flirting was working because Spiderman had started to flirt back! Oh, you nearly dropped on your knees the first time he said something so proactive! You nearly folded right then and there for him!
"Not yet, (y/n)! You need to think!"
"(Y/n)? What a pretty name," Spiderman said with a hum. You let out a whine as your cat claws stroked down the wall you were about to climb,
"You're so mean to me!" You teased, facing the tall man, "Are you going to look me up when you get home, huh Spidey?"
"Now why would I want to look up criminals?" He drew closer to you, "Unless you want me too?"
"Tsk, tsk, this kitty won't like that. This game has to be fair."
"I don't play games with thieves." Spiderman hummed lowly, his hand pressed against the wall as he hovered over you, "Now what were you trying to steal this time?" He asked.
        You gave him your best pout, trying to act innocent. Why was this man so attractive!? If only you can match a face with that sexy voice of his. You bit you lower lip as you took notice of the position you were in. This was straight out of a comic book! Argh, if only you weren't restricted by his mask. You would totally kiss him!
"Why don't I let you guess?" You placed a hand against his chest, "If you guess correctly, I'll reward you~"
"I don't play games with-"
"Boo! Perhaps next time you can play with this kitty. I'm flexible~" You whispered in his ear before dashing off.
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        Miguel inhaled deeply as he watched you scurry off. He kept saying that he did not play games with criminals, yet here he was, letting you run off. Like a game of cat and mouse, only he was a Spider. Miguel groaned lowly as your last words repeated in his mind. Next time he might want that reward you were tempting him with. Next time, he might stop playing games and catch you...Just to see how flexible you really were. It all depends on how you were going to be and what you were going to steal.
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        This was it! This was really going to test your flirting skills with Spiderman. You might be going too far, but hell, this was for your own amusement. You wanted to steal Spiderman for yourself. Such a fine man deserved to be yours. You could not go to bed without thinking of him being intimate with you. You wanted him! Chuckling to yourself, you stared at the adult store in front of your, waiting for Spiderman to appear.
"What are you doing, gatita?" Spiderman said with a hesitant sigh. You smirked towards him,
"What? Can't even steal myself some relief? I'm tired of being a good kitty~"
"Rel-" Miguel stopped himself, feeling that thin line slowly breaking, "You don't need that."
"Awe~ Why not?" You slowly approached Spiderman, "Remember that game last time? Guess what I'm going to steal and I'll reward you? Well, it will be an extra sweet reward~"
"Fuck," Oh, you weren't expecting that, "I'm done playing games."
        Before you can whine, you yelped as Spiderman fired his webbing towards you. You gasped as both of your hands were stuck to the building. Spiderman drew closer to you, webbing your hands more firmly so your claws couldn't break you free.
"You've been a bad, gatita. I'm going to have to punish you after all," His voice was low and raspy. Did you actually succeed?
"Oh? And how are you-ah~"
        You gasped once more as Spiderman started to rub his fingers against your cunt. The fabric causing a burning friction. You tried to close your legs, but Spiderman raised them and webbed them to the wall as well. This was an embarrassing position! You were completely caught in his web.
"Miguel," He whispered, trailing his fingers against the rip of your pants, "(Y/N), if you want relief so badly, then I'll give it to you."
        Shit, this was actually happening. You felt yourself grow wetter just by him telling you his name. At least now you had something to yell out. Muffling a moan, you whined as Miguel lowered your pants. The bottom half of his mask disappeared as he brought his tongue to your wet pussy. Your eyes widen as your saw fangs. So those rumors were true. Before you could ask him about them, you let out a loud moan as he licked your folds.
"M-Miguel!" You yelped in shock. Miguel just looked up at you thru his mask, licking your wet folds in the process,
"You can't lick yourself here, gatita, so I will." His voice vibrated throughout your body, causing you to shiver in delight.
        You tried to arch your back as he wiggled his tongue all over your pussy. A burning sensation traveling all over your body to your cunt. His hands stroking your legs, making you more sensitive. Miguel raised his head slightly, sucking against your clit. You cried out, feeling your growing pleasure. You felt his smirk as he slid his hand over your cunt, sliding two of his large digits inside of you. That was your final straw as you cam against his hand.
        You whined once more as Miguel kept fucking his fingers into your throbbing pussy, not giving you a chance to rest. His tongue still against your clit, eagerly sucking and licking. This was actually happening. Spiderman was fucking you. Trembling as Miguel curled his finger's inside you, you started to grind your hips against his hand. This was much better than whatever toy you were going to steal. Another gasp came out of you as Miguel started to pump his fingers faster. You wanted these webs off.
"C-Come on, Spidey, I-I'll be a good, ah, kitty, lemme g-go~" You begged, feeling another orgasm forming. Miguel looked at you, freeing your abused clit,
"Don't like it when you're trapped in my web?" He asked, bringing his fangs against your neck, "Gotta tie up criminals. Including bad gatitas." He whispered, sucking against your neck.
        Your whines got tuned out by your moans since Miguel pumped his fingers into your g-spot. Your vision blurred for a second as you cam once more. Miguel removed his fingers, giving them a lick as he freed his large cock. Pre-cum already dripping from his tip. You were brought back to your senses once you laid eyes on it. How was that going to fit? There was no way you could move either.
"Awe, is my gatita scared?" Miguel teased, pressing the tip of his cock against your soaked pussy, "Why don't I give you a reward for not stealing anything?"
"Mhm-Miguel...It's...too hn...b-big," You stuttered, trembling as he slowly slid his cock inside your gummy walls, "D-Does y-your training...including...d-dick growth?" 
"Hah," Miguel almost let out a rare laugh. 
        You wanted to say you were joking, but you weren't. Miguel was so big and thick. You were shaking as you felt your pussy stretch like never before. It hurt at first, but this position was making you adjust quickly. You were spread out like a damn butterfly. Thank god there were no cameras or nearby people. You flung your head back, moaning as you felt his tip hit your cervix. Who knew Spiderman had such a big dick. Who knew it would even fit inside you!
"Fuck, look at that. What a good gatita." Miguel groaned lowly.
        You whined softly as you felt your walls squeeze him. Miguel leaned in to kiss you before beginning his rough thrusts. Your eyes widen as you moaned into the kiss, surprised by his strength. You felt him fuck the breathe right out of your throat. With each thrust, Miguel bruised your cervix. He held your hips, climbing onto the wall to fuck you deeper. If only you could hold onto him. You felt so vulnerable in this position, unable to move. It was like you were just his fuck toy.
        You swore you saw stars as Miguel made you cum again. He grunted as his cock started to get a white ring from your juices. He quicken his pace, causing you to moan from overstimulation. How many more orgasms' was this man going to draw out of you. You started to feel dizzy, but you didn't want him to stop. Hearing another grunt, Miguel held your waist tighter, almost piercing it with his talons. He slammed his dick into you harshly, pouring his cum into your womb.
"That's right, good gatita's like their milk." Miguel panted softly. You just trembled,
"A-Ah~" You moaned lowly, feeling his hot load fill you.
        Miguel waited a moment before pulling out. He watched as a mixture of his cum and your juices rolled down your legs. He freed you from his webbing and fixed your suit. Glancing up at the building before you, he smirked under his mask,
"I'll let you steal just one thing from that store, but I'll have to punish you again." He whispered in your ear, holding your waist close to his. Your body leaned against his, unable to think straight,
"Do you like seeing this kitty all tied up?"
"I'd be lying if I said no."
"Then I'll reward my precious hero and grab more bondage...That doesn't involve sticky webs." You whined, still removing his webs from your suit. Miguel smirked, biting against your neck as he rubbed your pussy again,
"But you enjoy these sticky webs." He poked against your hole, causing you to melt under his touch,
"L-Lemme steal...mhm...something first."
"Yes, my good little gatita."
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cripplecharacters · 11 months
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hi! i wanted to ask a question though because i understand its not rlly ur specialty im just asking if u know any other blogs that can help. I work with visual arts, and thats how i wanna do my stories, through something like comics, so i wanted to ask if you know of any resources to help me with properly representing things like scarring, especially facial scarring and facial differences.But anything on representing disability in visual mediums would help. Thank you regardless!
Hello,
I actually work with visual arts and draw a lot of characters with facial differences (FD) on the daily! I hope I'll be able to help.
I'm not aware of any resources for visual mediums specifically (especially if you mean something like a "how to draw [specific facial difference]" type thing. Despite comic book authors drawing facial differences for ages for their villains there really aren't any good tutorials that I know of) so I tried to combine a few points that maybe will be helpful to you;
Reference photos of real people with the condition your character has. Try to research the symptoms of it as well (especially if it's a syndrome) - maybe it will turn out that the symptoms your character has require a trach tube or a nasal cannula, or something completely different.
Don't overexaggerate their facial difference for the shock value...
...or downplay it for the cuteness/attractiveness factor.
What I mean is - whether your character is the adorable love interest or the morally gray criminal, their facial difference shouldn't reflect that. Don't make some kind of moral connection of "major craniofacial condition = bad person, teeny tiny scar = good person".
Don't draw your character with FD constantly covered in blood and running around with an axe. The portrayal of people with FD as violent/murderous is not only offensive and not helping the public perception of facial differences, but is also just incredibly boring and overdone. 99% of "representation" looks like this and has been looking like this since horror movies have been invented. I'm 100% serious when I say that drawing a person with a facial difference just having friends is a thousand times more groundbreaking than all these horror tropes combined.
Don't use the ancient "facial difference = joke" design trope. Authors love using strabismus, drooling, lacking teeth or skull conditions as shortcuts for "humor". These conditions are all real and real people have them (including me, hi). They don't exist as some kind of signifier that a character is "stupid" or "crazy". It is extremely prevalent and hard to unsee once you start noticing.
A lot of people in the FD community just want characters with FD that are normal, everyday people doing normal everyday things - having a family, hanging out with a friend, petting their cat... Not murderers hunting ablebodied teenagers through the woods. Maybe one of your character's family members has a burn scar without having it be A Big Deal, maybe one of their classmates has Goldenhar Syndrome that everyone just accepts, maybe the background character at the local supermarket has neurofibromas on their face... lots of options that don't involve tired villain tropes. With the advantage of a visual medium, you don't even need to explicitly mention that they have a facial difference - just draw it and let it be there. No dramatic reveal necessary.
Have a range of facial differences represented, even if it's just the side characters. Most people only ever draw scars, usually small and not affecting anything other than the skin, which isn't bad - a lot of people do have scars like that, and they deserve to be represented. However, there are literal thousands of different things that also count as a facial differences. Some of them like strabismus, Down Syndrome, tumors, or nerve palsies (most notably Bell's palsy, but there's 12 of them in total) are quite common, while conditions like Treacher Collins Syndrome, Pfeiffer Syndrome or Anophthalmia are usually considered rare - but a lot of people still have them. Having two or more characters with some kind of facial difference definitely isn't out of place.
This is more of a technical thing, but don't ever tag a visual medium as "gore" or "body horror" because someone has a facial difference. It's ableist and incredibly dehumanizing.
This page regarding facial differences in media (not only visual) is also worth giving a read. I hope any of this was useful. If you have more specific questions, feel free to send another ask
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xjackjackx · 2 months
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Alan Becker Analysis: Hazard's Mysteries (Or Maybe I'm Overthinking???)
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Ok so unlike this last post about Victim and Glasses Guy / "Agent", this isn't really me bringing anything solid onto the table (well besides one or two things). This is just me overanalysing random shit that frankly is likely irrelevant.
Anyways this post is about Bathroom Sign Guy aka Hazard aka Warning aka Sign, the gray pictogram mercenary from Animator vs. Animation VI, and why he might have a deeper role (prob doesn't).
Part 1 - The Overthinking of Minor Details
Ok this is the part where I'm 100% convinced I'm just talking stupid shit due to rewatching the episodes too many times, but eh.
Let's start off with something... relatively normal actually, which I saw pointed out by others. When Chosen attacks the mers with lightning, Hazard has this shit happen to him:
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This is... frankly weird and idk what it means. When Wanted first came out, this and his movement made me think Hazard was a robot, but since then I started believing he's just a normal stick figure like the others. Besides, this whole series is on a computer so everyone besides the Animator is an AI lol.
So if he's not a robot, perhaps Hazard is connected to technology, and thus taking away the ship's energy took away his? That's the only other thing I can think of.
The second one was actually told to me by a friend, and tbh even in this whole post this might be the biggest stretch, but I still think this is worth bringing up. When Orange and Chosen return to the Outernet, Hazard is seen looking... somewhere.
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(btw agent looks so stupid here lmfao)
The most likely answer is that he is simply looking around, like Agent and Primal - the cave drawing - are seen doing like immediately afterwards. But my friend did point out that it could easily look like Hazard is looking up - in which case, he could've possibly noticed Chosen and Orange, and then chose to not tell the other mercenaries until Agent notices them and thus forces Haz to intervene. Likely just huge overthinking of a one-off scene, but still.
The last one from Wanted is this shot of the Mercenaries in the elevator.
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In this scene, Hazard briefly looks at Ballista - the pixel gremlin - and then proceeds to look away when the little guy stares back at him. Is it most likely them just finding the awkward elevator silence uncomfortable? Probably yea, but it could also be a sign of Hazard and Ballista having a rocky relationship - we see Ballista is pretty aggressive, so maybe Hazard is nervous around such a batshit crazy dude?
In "The Box", the first Hazard scene worth talking about is the first of his reactions to Victim's torture of Chosen.
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We know he is a mercenary and a villain, so it should be expected that he's a cruel bastard, but still, falling asleep while watching torture is just another level. What kind of shit did Hazard see, or do himself, that he finds Victim's actions purely boring?
...and yet, just a few moments more later, Hazard has an actual reaction to Victim pulling out a lasso.
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Now, the three dots - and thus, Hazard's silence of a reaction - could mean anything. Maybe he's still bored, just awake now. Maybe he's curious to see what will happen. Maybe he has actual standards. But it's still interesting to see that Victim's lasso got a reaction out of Hazard (meanwhile Ballista just crosses his arms, prob in curiosity or impatience, while Primal stays completely still - I'll get to their personalities later).
Similarly, Victim ordering Agent to clone him also gets a small reaction out of Hazard, his head jumping a little (I don't know how else to call it).
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This time, it's definitely just shock/curiosity/surprise that Vic is doing something new, and/or that the Box lets you clone people, but still worth pointing out.
A long time later, we finally get something worthy of note from Hazard, that I actually find interesting. While the other mercs are too busy looking through Chosen's memories, Hazard notices Orange returning.
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I feel like this was actually an intentional choice. Like, why make all the mercs focused on Chosen's memories, excluding only one of them - and it's not even the most important mercenary that's the big bad's right hand? Also, why is Hazard so far away from the other mercenaries? While I consider this whole section of the post just major overthinking, this one moment specifically is actually pretty sus to me.
Now, to close off this section, there is Haz's reaction to Super Orange.
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Mainly, how he and Victim are the only ones who are inarguably scared/panicking. Primal just leans in like "de fuk", Ballista flinches once and then watches in silence, while Agent double checks on both the small and large monitor. Primal and Agent are confused, Ballista is shocked(? idk how to call it), but Hazard and Vic are the only ones with a true "OH SHIT" reaction. What this means? Idk, again this whole section is just overthinking things.
Thankfully we can leave the part where I talk meaningless shit and get into the parts that hopefully actually have a point.
Part 2 - Hazard and His (Lack of) Personality
Another part I noticed since Wanted first dropped (part of the reason why I first thought Haz was a robot) was that, compared to the other mercs, he has so little personality... which might be intentional.
I mean, Agent. He also doesn't showcase a lot of himself, but we still see that he's cool, calm, loyal to Victim, kind of a taunting asshole who plays with his victims instead of instantly getting serious, and despite it all, not unbreakable - He panicked when Chosen attacked him with the iceberg, and he was caught off-guard by Super Orange like everyone else.
Ballista probably has the most personality out of everyone. His body language shows emotion pretty much all the time: most specifically, anger. Whether it's his fighting style, his pose, or walk cycle, Ballista is pissed off 24/7. It's implied it even makes his co-workers nervous. At the same time, the grin he flashes when jumping off the ship in Wanted shows he enjoys his job.
Primal is second only to Hazard in lack of personality, but there's definitely still something there. Mainly, is that he's a very fight-focused person that is basically an empty shell outside it. He's so ready to fuck up a rhino in Wanted, and sharpens his spear for another hunt while bored, but outside of fighting Orange?... he's pretty dull. Only a bit more emotional than Hazard. He seems like a Kraven-type character who just wants to hunt the biggest prey possible, while having zero life outside it. Also he has a Hulk-style form which reduces him to an animal sapience-wise.
Hazard, though? He uhh... he wants to get Chosen, is very focused on completing the job, and that's kinda it. He's such a blank it feels intentional. Perhaps he has his own goals and is hiding them?
Part 3 - He's Either Holding Back or He's Fucking Useless
Yea not gonna sugarcoat this. There has to be some sort of big reveal of Hazard's true power in later episodes, or this dude's so weak it's laughable to think he's supposed to be a threat.
I mean, Agent has a toolbar that makes him a Mini-Animator, and he can pause anything and anyone. Ballista can shapeshift his body and pull weapons out of his ass. Primal has a stronger form that can pick up a rhino without difficulty, and he probably has more.
Hazard?
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He, uh... is good at dodging. He also has this one Shock Sign that killed a bird. Yeah.
Ngl if this is all Hazard has then it's impossible for me to see him as a threat on par with the other mercs, or even Victim. Hell, I wouldn't even be able to see him as above the Stick Gang in strength, with how slow Orange was in that scene compared to his fights in the AvM Shorts.
So yeah, on top of possibly hiding his true personality/hidden motives, Hazard was most likely holding back heavily in Wanted, which only makes him more mysterious.
Part 4 - The End
So, this is kinda it. Was Part 1 all overthinking, or did I get a few things right? Is Hazard actually hiding something, or does he only show little personality because none of his scenes let him show off anything? Is he holding back his true strength, or is he actually weak?
Frankly idk, but I am excited to see where things go with this guy, as he has tons of potential.
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ethoglrl · 9 months
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Thinking about a hc/ls powers au where triplets!Grian, Pearl and Jimmy are villains and heroes!Scar, Mumbo and Ren are trying to stop them (while not realizing how corrupt the organization they work for is) (im calling this AU Eyes Ears and Mouths or EEM for short)
Like okok consider, consider:
Civilian Grian and Scar crushing on each other, maybe borderline dating (like they go out for things that are totally dates but if anyone brings it up "nooo we're just friends guyssss how many times do I have to say it!") and then bam, hero and villain fight happens that night, next day they see each other and Scar's limping, brushing it off as "oh I fell" when it was villain!Grian (aka Watcher) who had scratched his leg deep, or Grian having to cancel cause he "feels sick" when really hero!Scar (HotGuy.. duh) had hit him with an arrow and he desperately needed time to heal
Consider as well :
Pearl, Grian and Jimmy as young kids, running around the streets, orphaned, eventually learning about their powers and struggling to control them without their parents teaching them how
Consider:
Jimmy discovering his powers when he went to steal some clothes for winter, having had to try to run from a mall cop (malls were usually easier as they were more crowded. Easier to escape if the doors were close by) but getting tackled to the ground, him immediately panicking and then going full Listener
Jimmy almost killing the cop as he went full Listener (wings and feathers sprouting from the sides of his face by his ears and all down his back and legs, fingers and toes becoming sharp talons, ears floating all around him kind of like a vertical halo if that makes sense) and couldn't stop himself from using his powers (the listeners themselves going into the man's mind, invading his thoughts, taking them and his memories away, paralyzing him while Jimmy scratches him deep, not realizing how strong he is, trying to escape the man's grasp)
Pearl and Grian watching this, almost scared of their youngest brother, not knowing if he'll snap at any moment
Less angsty but consider :
Civilian!Scar and Mumbo being friends, not knowing the other is the hero they work with as the organization has a 100% identity hidden rule and if your identity is revealed to anyone you're kicked off the team
Okay now time to explain the powers so it's less confusing LOL
Villains -
Grian : Watcher : when in watcher mode, like Listener and Speaker, feathers and wings sprout out by his ears and on his back to his legs, his being a reddish-orange, and his toes and fingers turn into sharp talons, while purple eyes surround his face, helping him to see more of what's going on around him. Wears a dark purple cloak with some holes for his wings, and a simple metal band with the watcher emblem on it for a mask : is able to send the watchers (aka some little eye things, think like how most people draw eyes around watcher!grian, little 2D purple things) to attack his victim(s), shooting little balls of... well, nobody knows what, at the target(s)
Pearl : Speaker : when in speaker mode, like Listener and Watcher, feathers and wings sprout out by her ears and on her back to her legs, hers being a more bluey-white, fingers and toes turning into sharp talons, while small mouths float around her head, telling her dark secrets of those she wishes. Wears a dark blue cloak and a similar metal band to grian as a mask, but with a different symbol (I'll make the symbols for her and Jimmy eventually) : is able to send the speakers (aka little mouths) to attack her target(s), where they then scream their dark secrets, things that make them feel guilty or hurt or generally bad, at them, in words only they can hear, giving the victim(s) such powerful headaches (not to mention negative feelings) that they crumble to the ground
Jimmy : Listener : when in listener mode, like Speaker and Watcher, feathers and wings sprout out by his ears and on his back to his legs, his being bright yellow, fingers and toes turning into sharp talons, while small ears float around his head, helping him hear everything going on around him. Wears a dark yellow cloak, with a metal band like the other two for a mask but with his own symbol : is able to send the listeners (aka little ears) to infiltrate his target(s), going into their head and thoughts, temporarily sucking out almost every thought and memory, making is nearly impossible for the victim(s) to move as they struggle against the listeners in their mind
Bdubs : Moss ("I don't want a good name, my name's just gonna be my power. What about it?") : wears a blanket (he swearssss it's a costume but idk mannn) that's literally just covered in moss, mushrooms, I think a tree is growing in there, nobody knows but it makes him more powerful, as well as uses some moss to make a mask kinda like the one ethos mc skin has yk : pretty much can control plants and nature, especially good at moss and moss covered objects, even able to conjure up some moss on himself as a protective measure if needed
Etho : Winter (listen he's Canadian let's cut him some slac-) : ... literally just what ethos MC skin looks like, his hair is naturally a blonde but turns white when using his powers : can make it snow and hail, can form snow and ice in his hands as well as is always freezing to the touch, and can literally freeze victims with a touch if wanted
Martyn : Shadow : ... last life shadow alliance Martyn, need I say more? : can jump into and out of shadows (as if they're portals), as well as can use them to completely hide himself (so unless you know he's there, you can't see him) and can also use the shadows to attack you if you're in them or close enough to them
Scott : Heartbreaker : simple teal jumpsuit or whatever heroes always wear with some gold accessories and white and gold accents on the jumpsuit itself, with a very fancily embroidered mask (Hes gay he needs everything to be extra /stereotyping) : is able to drive wedges between teammates or.. well, anyone really. Can be as simple as a distrusting glance between each partner after he uses the power, or as much as them no longer able to work together, or screaming at each other rather than fighting the villains
Heroes -
Scar : HotGuy : ... well we all know typical hotguy attire must I really say : can fly (without wings unlike the triplets) and always hits with his bow without fail, except in extremely specific circumstances
Mumbo : RedStone (listen, he was told to come up with a name himself, he never said he was creative) : kind of looks like that tuxedo guy from sailor moon except he has a mustache that's very prominent : telekinesis, an extremely strong version of it in fact. Is able to rip chunks out of walls and rip concrete up from the street to make a shield easily, as well as throw people around (although he does MUCH better with inanimate objects than with people or living things like Bdubs' moss and trees)
Ren : WereDog, eventually becomes WereKing : originally just simple red t-shirt and overalls with some pockets for what he needs, and when he rebrands to WereKing, wears much more kingly fashion, a red cape with puffy white.. stuff (idk what it is I don't sew) on the lining, a "crown" as his mask with a frilly shirt on under it (probably just jeans for his pants idk I just like his design in my mind so that's why he gets a paragraph of it) : can turn into any kind of canine (a wolf, a dog, a coyote, whatever) (yes I spent more time imagining his costume than his power shhhhh)
More characters and their info to squeeze in -
X : leader of the heroes, though not of the organization : mostly plans out who patrols where (sometimes the upper management gives *suggestions* on where certain heroes should go), what heroes to use in a given situation, disciplining heroes who mess up (no matter how bad), usually is the one who fires and *sometimes* hires heroes (also does other more boring stuff I ain't explaining it all)
Doc : a more minor hero called Monster : when using his power turns giant, green and fuzzy (like a weird hulk) (doesn't wear a mask as he looks almost 100% different when using his powers) : also like the hulk is extremely strong, and can also explode when wanted (this does leave pretty severe burn marks on him, however he will survive)
Those are the only ones I really have done so far LMAO I need time to think. I will update when I have ideas !!!
Tempted to make this a fic, if you'd read it lmk and I can make one on ao3 or just a shorter one on here, post it as little one shots of certain scenes if you can't read a whole fic
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thelittlewriter · 1 year
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Silent Wounds
Pairing : Shigaraki x Reader
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There was something wrong with the man you had been treating. He always came to your clinic badly hurt, only asked for a few band-aids and would leave after a little conversation. He acted like a young man but his face was wrinkled. You didn't know if it was due to age, exhaustion, his quirk or all of that at the same time.
You weren't a real doctor, you just knew one at a young age, and he taught you everything he knew. The "clinic" was simply a room in your apartment. It didn't matter whether you were a true doctor or not, you were the only one who treated them without asking questions or asking for money. Nobody else would treat villains like this. Like they were humans.
You hated the hero society. It made people irresponsible, always waiting for heroes to handle things anybody could. You knew that villains were more than thieves, murderers. They were more than just a danger to society. They had stories, they might have had a hard time that led them to have this life. You knew that heroes wouldn't be able to reach them so you thought that maybe you could.
You, the ordinary civilians who happened to have medical skills and a bit of free time.
"What is it ?" the man in front of you asked.
Shigaraki Tomura. That's how he told you was called. You thought that maybe he was lying. A lot of people didn't want to give you their name because it made them vulnerable. He was pointing at a pile of papers in a corner of the room.
"Just stuff I study," you answered.
Having a conversation with him was virtually impossible, as he didn't seem like the talkative type. Maybe he was with other people. Did he even have other people ? It really didn't look like it. You suspected he came here to eat rather than to have his wounds treated. Since the first time you offered him a slice of cake, he often came by. Sometimes he was just pretending to be hurt. You noticed but you didn't say anything.
"Med school ?" he asked.
"Art," you reply. "If I ever become a real doctor, it'll be hard for me to treat people like you."
He hummed. While he never bore any expression on his face, you could tell that he was somehow enjoying his time with you. Or else he wouldn't be coming back, right ?
Strangely enough, you wanted to know more about this man.
"When do villains sleep ?" you asked.
He looked up at you, silently.
"Well, you do your villain activities during the day and sometimes at night, and you also come here at night. So when do you sleep ?"
He shrugged.
"I usually sleep at dawn."
You suddenly heard someone knock on the front door. You sat up and suddenly stretched your arms. You were holding your neck. Looking at you like that, he could see how exhausted you were. He wondered... if you had to go to class during the day and help them at night, when did you sleep ?
"I'll be right back," you said.
He sat up immediately.
"I should go," he said.
You saw him walk away and tried to grab him by the hand. As he felt you touch him, he stumbled away screaming :
"Watch out !"
You took a step back too. You remembered that he didn't seem to like being touched. You apologized to him.
"Please stay here at least to finish your slice of cake."
He looked away. You didn't know what he was thinking. You only knew what he was willing to tell you, and it was almost nothing. You didn't even know what crimes he had committed to be coming to you instead of a regular hospital.
"I'll be back as soon as I can," you said as you walked to the front door. You closed the curtain behind you, to hide his presence from the people you would welcome. Villains tended to be jumpy if they knew someone else was there and Tomura was always silent anyway. Nobody would know.
You opened the door. Two men got into your apartment. One of them had blood of his shoulder, clearly from a cut. As always, you wondered what happened. As always, you didn't ask. You sat the injured man and turned over to look for what you needed. When you opened the drawer, you felt something cold touching your neck.
"Don't move," the villain said.
You obeyed. It wasn't the first time villains were robbing you.
"Please," you said, but without any conviction.
It used to happen all the time when you started. With time, they understood it wasn't gonna benefit them long term and they stopped. Those men clearly didn't get the memo.
You sighed. All your meds were stolen. You had stolen them. It was easy to replace one box when you had given it to someone. Replacing everything would definitely be harder. It would be harder for you not to get caught. One box missing is a mistake, twenty is suspect. You might had to close for a few weeks. You couldn't have that.
You turned around slowly.
"If you move, I'll kill you."
You watched as the other man was putting all sort of stuff into his bag.
"Please don't take everything," you asked again.
The man hit you in the face. You fell down, knocking the chair. Your cheek was hot, like burning. You couldn't defend yourself.
You heard the curtain open. You looked behind the robbers. He was like a shadow. You barely saw him coming. But then, you saw one man disappear. Only ashes were left. You looked at him doing the same to the other man.
Strangely, knowing he killed those man wasn't terrifying. The most terrifying was how wide his smile was while doing it.
Tomura.
You wanted to call his name. But deep down, you knew. And he did too when he saw your eyes. You didn't move, you didn't speak. But he could see that you were scared of him.
It hurt.
He didn't really know you but he enjoyed being with you. He knew you knew it too, and it felt like you were accepting him. He was a villain. The two of you were from two different worlds. But he loved how you made him feel... human.
You were something he wanted to protect. Someone he wanted to love. He thought it might be possible. It was a foolish dream. One that would never come true.
He saw that in your eyes.
"I'm sorry," he just said when he left.
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Hey ! It's a little bit sad but not too much so I hope you liked it ! I'm thinking about doing a part 2 but maybe a little bit later... have a great today too !!!
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bthump · 7 months
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Ik what your stance is on liking Griffs character and I have nothing against it because Griffith's character is arguably one of the best written characters in Berserk, he's actually my guilty favorite.
But sometimes, I catch myself SILENTLY judging ppl who like characters that do morally incorrect things like Mori from Bungou Stray Dogs who's a straight up p*do or same with Hisoka or many other characters who tend to be p*dos and r*pists.
so i guess my question sorta fall in, when do you draw the line in liking a character?
I mean, Griffith did unfortunately rape casca (a horrible writing decision, really). anyways, I guess I sorta try to seek justification like "Oh but Miura wrote the rape scene in such a ridiculous way that I can't seem to really fully have the idea that Griff is a rapist in mind"
or sometimes i just yk, love the character design and how he was written (esp post eclipse god, he is awesome!!)
but sometimes...I see ppl who are justifably upset that I like a character that happens to SADLY have a stupidly written key point where he rapes a character.
And I don't blame ppl who hate Griff for raping her, bc theres been times where I also hate charcters for how they were pedos or also SA'd someone...so why is the line so blurry when it comes to liking Griffith and how can I ig put myself in a position where I don't feel bad for liking him?
tbh I don't have a line when it comes to fictional characters.
Or maybe more accurately, my line isn't which characters people like, but how they discuss them. I wouldn't judge someone (morally, I might judge their taste lol) for liking any character ever, no matter how awful, because I don't know what they like about them, what their lines are, what they feel comfortable ignoring or reasoning away or happily playing up because they like dark shit in fiction, etc. It's all fair game as far as I'm concerned. If they like a rapist I don't assume they love real rape, I assume they like dark fiction and consider them a really well-written villain, or they like other aspects of the character and the rape doesn't ruin it for them, or they like the character design and don't care that much about fictional crimes, or maybe they have a rape kink which is also perfectly fine, etc.
But yk, when people use harmful rhetoric to discuss a character they like, that's when I start judging. Eg I'm fine with people who love Guts. I'm not fine with people who say things like "Casca should forgive Guts for the assault because he stopped himself before going too far," eg. I'd be fine if they said "Casca should forgive Guts because it would make for a more satisfying story" though - I'd judge their taste in fiction and ability to analyze the story lol, but I don't think that opinion would make them a bad person. I'm fine with people who love Farnese, I'm fine with people who prefer her to Casca, but I'm not fine with anyone who might frame it like, Farnese is better than Casca because she's rich and white and from a respectable family. (I've never seen this take lol, but yk, as a hypothetical.)
Also in my personal experience I find that people who like characters due to their own offensive biases tend to have a hard time hiding it, so it's pretty easy to judge them by their own character, rather than their fictional preferences. And in my own experience the worst kinds of people tend to like heroic characters more than villains lol. If anything I find that liking characters who do "morally incorrect things" is often a sign that I'll get along with that person.
There's also something to be said here re: watsonian vs doylist perspectives. I think people who view media from a purely watsonian perspective, ie kind of buying into the fictional story as if it's real, attempting to understand the characters the way someone would understand a real person and relate to them on those terms, are going to have a harder time dealing with morally dark characters.
I tend to view media from a doylist perspective, which means I view the characters as constructions that help tell a story, and I generally judge them on what they bring to that story and how effectively they serve it. I wouldn't want to be friends with most of my faves, and I like a lot of characters who do terrible things, because those characters are fun to watch and read about. So disliking a character just because they did a bad thing doesn't really make sense to me on a personal level. I get why other people feel that way, but I don't care about fictional harm. I'll hate a character for being mildly annoying when they're on screen, but I generally won't hate a character for committing atrocities, unless they're depicted in a way that pisses me off lol. Like, I love Femto, I hate Isidro. Femto is cool even with the obnoxious rape scene, Isidro is annoying even though he's an innocent kid.
(Also I guess to be completely fair I'd judge someone for liking a character who exists solely as like, fascist political propaganda. But I do mean solely, like I'm talking shit like The Turner Diaries, not like the MCU or cop shows lol. Or like, if someone says they love the protag of Atlas Shrugged they'd better clarify that they disagree with the political messaging and they like him for xyz reasons, because it's such an infamously libertarian story that I'm gonna side-eye anyone who likes it by default, bc I feel like in this day and age very few people are reading Ayn Rand for the story lol. So I do technically have some lines in terms of judging fans of characters, but they're pretty uncommon lines.)
tl;dr I don't think you should feel bad for liking Griffith and idt you should even feel like you have to justify it by saying the rape scene was badly written. It was, and I think it's totally fair if that helps you like Griffith more, but even if the rape scene was super well-written and respectful to Casca and thematically significant etc etc Griffith would still be a fantastically written character imo.
And I don't know the other examples you gave personally, but as a general rule I think it's better to judge people for how they behave than for what kinds of fiction they enjoy. I do at least have friends who like Hisoka, presumably because he's a fun, entertaining character give or take the creepiness, and they're awesome people.
I don't think you should have to like those characters yourself ofc, rape/pedophilia/etc etc is a pretty understandable line to draw in terms of your own enjoyment of a fictional character, but other people have different lines and I think that's reasonable too.
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kris-bj · 3 months
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@alice-angel1234
Sorry, I accidentally posted then deleted the ask 😭
1. Oh ye, best wife ever, sure -_-
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2. Ooooooooooo, the villains, well you did only ask "how many" and not "who they are" >:D
so far i have 7, there might be more cuz there's more happening other than the machine parts. Even if the machine is fixed and happily ever after - there's more to it. History needed to be fixed and secrets need to be revealed to heal a broken civilisation. To revive the fallen and to prove there are corrupt among the so called 'pure'.
There will be enough to go around and to keep the crew 'busy'.
Some villains come from cuphead games and series, bendy games [all] mickey?? maybe? and maybe some of my own to add some spice and to fill gaps as the story goes.
3. Matthias never met the Questers and idk if he will - I only draw him interacting with them cuz it's funny, but it's not like he- yknow what? I'll let Messenger Gabriel answer that for ya
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hellofriendhawke · 11 months
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Though there seems no continuation plans for that DP comic you just dropped, would you be willing to share any storyline? I’m INVESTED 👀❤️
Oh god its kills me how I want to draw the whole thing out, and maybe one day? But honestly I don't think it will happen any time soon if at all soooo...
The story is that between the first and second page, Danny is unknowingly dipped into another dimension where instead of going thru the portal w/ Sam and Tucker behind him, he went in alone. This alternate version of him didn't tell anyone about his powers and after the first fight he had he decided he was too much of a risk and ran away. Thus Sam and Tucker telling *our* Danny he's been missing for two years. (so theyre 16 here)
The comic would cover Danny trying to pass as this other Danny, him meeting the other Danny, and trying to get back to his dimension. Its suppose to be very touching and heartfelt yada yada I have the first chapter sketched out but its like 20 pages and he hasn't even met the other danny yet 😭
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This is the title part I made. The name comes from a twilight zone episode that I thought fit rlly well. I've also posted a lot of concept art like floor plans and shit cuz I *needs* that stuff when I'm making comics.
also had another comic idea that I'll never get to where a villain starts turning ghosts into horrible monster creatures and Danny gets turned into one, which is suppose to be much spookier but still fun.
I'm gonna give myself some more time to see how feasible it would be to make the comics and if not I will probs shit out all my brain splatters about it onto tumblr :p Thank you so much for asking about it 🥺👉👈
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dailycass-cain · 4 months
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Birds of Prey #5 kicks off 2024 with our first appearance of Cass in the new year! It is also near the end point of the series' first arc!
So how's it going with the fill-in artist? Well, time for my thoughts...
I think I'll start with the only "minor nitpick" and that's we're on the fifth issue and well I'm so accustomed to Leonardo Romero's version of Cass I'm thrown a little off that we're back to "normal" looking bat ears Cass by Arist Deyn for the issue.
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It took a moment for my mind to adjust to the fact, "Oh right another artist's interpretation of Cass." And that's when my mind went back into the story. Besides the other cues of the Romero tweak is there with the blue hue inside the cape.
Sides...
It's an artist I've never seen draw Cass. I'm good with it. Moving on.
Cass has a surprisingly meaty role in the issue going back and forth throughout. I was expecting a lesser role like in #3 but nope every member gets a good chunk in this issue.
Cass is mainly in "go-to" position. She's one of the first Birds who sees Dinah after Sin is taken. She's given the task to fetch something, is the witness to Zealot/Wonder Woman "round 2", and---
-- well to quote a famous web series I love to rewatch, "Multiverse theory is a bitch". See we get another clue as to why Babs and maybe a few others aren't in this arc (or why some are and still events are going down as they are).
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From this brief exchange between Meridian (gosh I want to call her "Mirai Maps" from now on given the way this issue clicked).
It's obvious that Mirai Maps has been playing a game. A game to try and stop Megera from absorbing Sin, achieve "perfection" and destroying the world.
So far, the "attempts" at trying this has seems like A LOT, and you can tell Cass catches on with the last bit. I'm just a bit surprised she didn't inquire more into the OTHER outcomes.
It sounds like Dinah knows this, hence why she's been following Mirai Maps' rules of not letting Babs in on this (and I'm curious what happens if Babs finds out).
Regardless, it seems like A LOT of attempts have been made, and this just happens to be the latest against Megera.
Also one tiny little note, I love that Megera is literally the panel-lines in this issue. They are EVERYWHERE after being unleashed last issue.
I wonder if it'll continue next? Be nice if it still goes on until the issue's end given the implications of this issue that multitasking without a host is quite hard for Megera.
However, they do possess the mega rod. So there is that.
This issue was fun ramping everything up even more with the arc's villain staying their plan, showcasing their powers (their strengths and weaknesses), and well all the Birds get a fun moment.
I'm really curious how writer Kelly Thompson will wrap this arc up, and given the seeds throughout these issues how the next will go? Not to mention how they pertain to Cass?
Gawds I almost wish we had Batgirls around still with Cass absent with this going on while Steph/Babs have an adventure. That'd be SWEET.
So yeah, another stellar issue from the GOAT of series at DC right now. Gosh, it hurts as much as Tec waiting for that next issue to drop next.
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motzgurke · 2 years
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hiii im a new follower^^ I've been spending a lot of time in ur blog lately and i kinda have something in mind that I'd like to request ^^
could you please do a shoto×reader where the reader just wanted to tease him and get on his nerves a little at first when they just joined UA to lovers. We all know how cold that boy was when he first joined UA and the reader just wanted to annoy him a little and be friends and constantly asks him to go to cafe or any other places to hang out after school to get to know each other, to which he always declines lol. Reader has no romantic feelings at first and reader just truly wanted to piss him off (but not pushing his boundaries) and be friends. Then after the sports festival where he starts to warm up to being friends w someone that he agreed to go w reader once and they started hanging out more often after that, then after some time shoto's the one who initiates on hanging out. And this is where shoto started developing a crush for reader and gets offended when u don't invite him once when u go out bcs how dare you not take him w you>:(
English is not my first language so sorry for the bad english😓😓I'll leave the ending to u if thats okay. Thank youuu^^
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You were laughing with Mina about a joke she had cracked when you spotted the familiar red and white hair entering the classroom. “Excuse me for a second”, you smiled and Mina watched with a grin as you made your way over to the back rows, grabbing Fumikage’s chair and turning it around so you could face the already irritated Shoto Todoroki.
He was ignoring you as he unpacked his books, eyes downcast on his bag just to avoid eye contact. Somewhere along the way, you had started bothering him from time to time asking him to join you for lunch or an after-school training session. Shoto always refused, convinced that you were only getting to him because he was the most powerful student in the class and the son of the number two pro hero. And anyway, he was way too busy to waste his time with you. The only thing he needed, and wanted, was to reach his goal and have a peaceful three years without anyone to annoy or distract him.
Well, the latter obviously failed at your numerous attempts to spend time with him and they only seemed to increase after the USJ incident, where you were watching as he defeated the villains with ease. Shoto didn’t understand why you just couldn’t leave him alone.
“Hey, Shoto. There is a new exhibition about the heroes in modern art in the museum downtown. Would like to visit it with me?”, your smile shined brighter than the sun while he remained stone cold, voice not even shifting a tiny bit. “No.”
You were expecting this answer since all of your attempts had ended this way and so you weren’t hurt when he refused to tag along. You knew he was a lonely wolf, interacting with others no more than necessary, but maybe that was the reason you were so intrigued by annoying him.
At first, you had only tried to make some friends in the new school, but something about Shoto was fascinating enough that you couldn’t help but come back to him. Maybe it was the way he always seemed to keep his cool, not flinching about anything or anyone that you constantly tried breaking his icy walls, drawing a genuine emotional reaction from the closed-off boy. Or maybe it was just the curiosity to know why he didn’t want to befriend anyone.
Starting in a new school and forming new bonds was tough for everyone, but Shoto didn’t even try to initiate something, rather keeping to himself, coming right on the time and leaving with the sound of the bell without a chance to connect with someone. You heard the giggles of your classmates as he turned you down again, but you couldn’t care less. It wasn’t like you really wanted to befriend someone as arrogant and closed off as Shoto, but the thrill of the hunt was what kept you going.
Ok, maybe you were trying to piss him off because you were a little offended at his sometimes rude answers. Despite his prestigious origin, he could have a foul mouth if he wanted to and it really pissed you off at how easily he managed to keep his voice calm while you paled at the choice of his words. It was never something too personal but comments about your quirk or your inexperienced battle abilities stirred something nasty inside of you, that your constant approaches had become your personal way of messing with the strongest person in the class. Not a very elegant battle but one you were definitely willing to win.
And this time you really wanted it. So instead of leaving as you would usually do, you crossed your arms on his table and placed your head on them, the new angle giving you a chance to find his mismatched eyes rolling when you wouldn’t give up.
“Have you ever been to a cat café before? There is a new one opening on Saturday and I wanted to try it out”, you smiled politely as he stopped his movements and stared at you, not showing a tinge of emotion. “Why would I want that?”, he asked and his brow shot up questioningly. Finally, you cheered and pushed yourself further up. A reaction!
Suddenly you felt more confident and grinned at him when you explained what a cat café was supposedly about and that your father had often told you about them since you were a cat lover and all. “I have spent a lot of afternoons hopping from café to café, trying different themed ones. It’s a fun activity when you do it friends”, you reminisce happily. You didn’t expect to brabble so much, but the fact that he answered you for once in a full sentence gave you hope that you at least scratched at his icy walls.
Unfortunately, the silence between you turned uncomfortable really quick and you knew you had hit a sore spot when his eyes narrowed in disgust. Unconsciously his hand drifted to his scar, an eternal reminder of the days he had to spend in the family dojo, beaten and exhausted to the point he collapsed into his own puddle of vomit. Shoto never got to experience what a relaxed afternoon was like, he never got the chance to spend his time with friends because he was never allowed to have them. Hearing you talk so casually about these things made his insides sting and before he knew it his face contorted in antipathy.
When you spotted his hand clutched tight enough his knuckles turned white you knew you crossed a line you weren’t meaning to. Yes, you wanted him to do something, to piss him off, but it wasn’t your intention to actually hurt him. As much as you enjoyed the teasing this time you had to properly apologize.
“I’m sorry. I’ll leave you alone”, you mumbled and trotted back to Mina, shoulders slumped in shame that you accidentally had overstepped a boundary you weren’t meaning to. Shoto said nothing, just watched when you returned to your friends, Mina and Hanta laughing as you rubbed your head in embarrassment, hiding your shame behind a happy smile.
Shoto wasn’t sure if it was a good or bad thing when you approached him the next day like nothing happened. This time he actually looked at you when you had asked him if he wanted to do your homework together, but he was too occupied with reading your behavior than paying attention to what you said. The shame from yesterday seemed to have vanished completely and without asking further he fell back into his routine, ignoring you till the point he was able to refuse whatever you were asking him to do with you.
He was sure you had been nothing but annoying so far, but when you left that day he couldn’t help but think about how you had changed your way of speaking to him. You greeted him friendly, then a sly smile spread on your lips as you asked him to go to a book store with you, but when he declined like usual you didn’t tell him a story to maybe change his mind. Instead, you just turned around and returned to whatever you had been doing before, keeping a joyful posture.
And it went on like that, you teasing him about spending your afternoon with him and Shoto always answering with a no before you left as if nothing happened. At first, he was relieved that you didn’t feel the need to share your stories with him anymore, but somehow, and he would never admit that loudly, he missed your urges to get him to talk. He didn’t know when he started to miss it when you weren’t attempting him on certain days and rather spend your time laughing with Mina, Hanta, and Eijiro.
Shoto even felt less annoyed at your actions, and one day he even found himself staring at the notebook you had snatched from his hand to gain his attention. The way you had playfully flicked through the pages and stopped when you found an empty one, a teasing grin on your face as you stole his pen and doodled something before handing it back to him as you sticked your tongue out at him… Something about that had captured his attention and now had been occupying his thoughts enough that he nearly spaced out during Sensei Ectoplasm’s lesson.
For once he felt the curiosity nagging at his mind, desperate to know what you had drawn in his book but he was not willing to imagine your dumb smile when he opened it in school and so he tried to ignore it for the rest of the day.
Relieved when the day was finally over he hurried home faster than usual, giving Fuyumi a short greeting before he returned to his room and fetched the notebook from his bag. While he was staring at the cover Shoto asked himself why he was so eager to know what you had drawn for him. When did he even start to care if you came to ask him out every day? With a confused sigh, he flipped through the pages, eyes quickly scanning the handwritten notes when a weird picture crossed his gaze, too fast on his first try to stop and so he slowly turned each page again until he found what he thought was a trick played on his mind.
But no, it actually was there and his brows furrowed in confusion at the cup filled with noodles, a dumbly grinning face on the front side, and a stick-like hand waving at him. And if the doodle wasn’t enough you had added a speech bubble, positioning it so that the cup was asking him to eat soba with you.
“Hm…”, Shoto brooded over the picture, confused why a soba cup was asking to eat soba. Was this meant to be funny? Should he laugh? He couldn’t help but stare at the drawing, trying to read some ulterior meaning into it but nothing seemed to sit right with him. He was at least sure that this was your ask for today, but why do it like this? Maybe you have grown tired of speaking to him without getting much of an answer, or maybe it was just to irritate him by drawing in his notes. Whatever it was, Shoto was sure you tried to achieve something with that move. And while he wondered about the speaking soba cup, he didn’t notice a small smile tugging at his lips.
The sports festival was over and Shoto was sitting at his desk, observing his classmates who were talking about the event and how much fun they had, despite their placement in the tournament. Everyone had seemed to change at least a bit after the festival. Some tried improving their skills while others had found confidence in their abilities and again another one was just enjoying the seemingly more energetic class, openly talking with each other like they had been friends forever.
And Shoto… Well, since his fight with Izuku he noticed some changes about him too. A lot of his pent-up anger seemed to have dissipated, leaving him less on edge than before. In fact, he had grown more comfortable when talking with his classmates, it still wasn’t much but at least he could hold a conversation without feeling bored by them. Instead, he actually paid attention and was genuinely interested in what some of them had to say, especially Hanta, who had been defeated by him so easily was opening up to him, and after Shoto had apologized to him again for his rough treatment they had been talking more casually lately, even sharing his manga reading hobby with his black haired friend.
Friend… Speaking of which Shoto noticed you too had changed. While you had been friendly before you seemed to be comfortable enough to share some genuine laughter with your classmates, not the polite ones you did before. The happiness you radiated was infecting everybody around you, even Katsuki seemed (a bit) less grumpy when you were around and a new feeling bubbled inside of Shoto’s stomach, one he wasn’t able to place right now.
The sports festival seemed to have opened new paths for everyone and while the others were encouraged the walk them he still hesitated, unsure if these new emotions and interests were what he needed.
To his relief, some things didn’t change, and one of them was your continuous attempts at getting him to spend time with you.
You were once again leaning on his desk, chin propped up on your hands as you grinned at him. “So, you wanna go to a book store after school?” You must have noticed his interest in mangas when he spoke with Hanta during the breaks and now we’re trying to approach him on this topic because it seemed to be easier.  Shoto looked at you, the soft smile and brightly shining eyes, when he answered like usual, “Sure.”
You blinked at him. Everyone else seemed to have stopped whatever they were doing and watched in fascination the new change in your routine. You blinked another time and sat up straighter, turning momentarily around to look at Mina who was just shrugging her shoulders at you with a grin. Even more confused you turned back and opened your mouth to speak, but it took you quite some time to form a coherent sentence, “Did you just say yes?”
Shoto nodded slightly, an unreadable expression on his face. “Technically I said sure, but I guess it means the same.” With that you nearly fell from your seat, leaning further on his desk and closer to him until you were far too close than necessary. “Are you serious?”, you asked and Shoto sank back against his chair, bringing some more distance between you two. “Yes.”
You slumped back and stared at him, trying to read if he was playing you but to your surprise, he seemed to actually mean it this time. For a moment you were lost in thought, never would you have considered that Mr. I-Don’t-Need-Friends would be agreeing to join you for an afternoon. You were a bit offended that you weren’t able to annoy him as you wanted, but with a last look to Mina and a thumbs up from her you decided to give it try. Maybe you could discover an entirely new side of the unapproachable Shoto Todoroki and before you gave that idea a second thought you had agreed to visit the store after school.
Time seemed to fly by as you tried to prepare mentally for your… meeting with Shoto. You weren’t sure what term you should use and never before have you been as nervous as you were now. It wasn’t like you to keep quiet when you walked down the streets next him, unsure what you could say or do. Some other students, especially some of the girls in your year, were gifting you with poisonous stares, unable to believe that you had succeeded in getting Shoto to spent some quality time with you.
And as you soon came to discover quality wasn’t the right choice to describe your day, instead, you opted for pleasant.
Despite your expectations, Shoto has gotten quite talkative as soon as you entered the shop, urging you to venture into the manga section with him and talk casually about his favorite genres and tropes.
“And you really like this kind of thing?” Shoto’s calm voice managed to startle you as he leaned over your shoulder inspecting the copy of a Magic Kaito manga you held in your hands.
The protagonist was a high schooler and secretly thief and originated from another series, but somehow his playful and sly behavior concluded with a flashy white suit and cape had captured your heart.
A smile escaped your lips as you turned so Shoto could get a better look. “His pranks might be a bit cringe, but I love the image of the gentleman thief. He doesn’t really want to do something bad, actually he does help the police a lot.”
You turned the page and Shoto inspected the finely drawn lines and how certain panels were highlighted to compliment the elegant attitude of the thief. But what was even more intriguing than the manga itself was the way your eyes sparkled as you told him about his adventures and the smile gracing your lips as you showed him your favorite panels.
When he agreed to tag along with you Shoto would have never guessed how easy it actually was to talk to you and how fond he was of sharing his interests.
He had always thought you were annoying and pushed you away, but it was so comforting to be around you that he questioned his sanity for not agreeing to go out with you sooner.
“… and even though he announces all of his coups he succeeds every time. And it’s so cool when he escaped with his hang glider into the night and… Shoto?”
Shoto hadn’t realized how spaced out he was until your hand found his shoulder gently shaking to break him from his trance. You blushed a little as he blinked a few times, his cute expression catching you a bit off guard.
“This sounds good. I guess I’ll try it.” A few seconds passed where you just stared at each other, not sure why but as soon as you come back to your senses you offered the manga to him a happy smile gracing your lips.
With a small thank, he took the book from you, but instead of aiming for the checkout, he proceeded to grub through the rows until his eyes caught a specific short series that comforted him through hard days. Carefully he took the first volume of the manga and flipped through the pages of content expression as he remembered how lovely the panels were drawn and soft the characters were written.
You watched as Shoto returned to you and handed you the book. The cover was simple, two teenagers standing back to back with a bunch of colorful shooting stars above them. Curiously you turned the manga around and read over the description.
“Didn’t think you would be into shojo stuff”, you joked and watched Shoto scratch his chin, avoiding eye contact as he tried hiding the small blush painting his cheeks rosy. “The story is very good and I thought you might like the drawings. If you don’t want it you don’t have to read it.” And as Shoto was about to take the mange from you again you took a step back and pressed it against your chest.
“It’s fine. If you recommend it I will definitely read it”, and with a wink, you left him standing dumbfounded as you turned to purchase the manga. A strange feeling tickled in your tummy as you handed over the cash and took the small book back into your hands. It was nice that Shoto had searched for something you might like, even going as far as to expose to you that he reads romantic stuff like this.
If someone would have told you beforehand what a thoughtful and pleasant person was to be around you would have laughed, but now that you got to spend some time besides school and training with him you discovered a whole different side of him. One you wished you would see more often from now on.
A few weeks later it became a habit to spend time with Shoto after school and at some point he even started to ask you out by himself, offering to visit museums or other stores with you.
Never would you have guessed that under his icy shell laid a curious young boy, eager to go exploring and discover things he wasn’t allowed to see before. You knew for sure that his confused but pleased expression when he discovered something new he liked would never tire you, instead, you tried out as many “firsts” with him as possible.
He on the other hand grew more and more fond of your presence beside him, even starting to seek you during school hours and inviting you to lunch with him and the Dekusquad. Shoto didn’t understand why he was so drawn to you, but the way you smiled made his heart beat in a weird but good way and he looked forward to spending more and more time with you.
That was until one certain Friday afternoon when he overheard you talking to Hanta and Mina about a concert you wanted to go to with them. Something clenched inside of him as you three agreed on a specific time and you returned to your seat the excitement easy readable in your joyful expression.
Shoto tried his best to ignore this nagging tugging in his chest, but when you said goodbye that day and left to spend time with your other friends Shoto’s mood dropped to an all-time low.
It wasn’t like him to be riled by such easy things, but the fact that you hadn’t even asked him to tag along left a sour taste in his mouth. Have you not asked him because you grew tired of him? Or did he do something to offend you?
These and other thoughts kept him from sleeping during the following weekend. Despite all of his efforts to ignore this nasty sting, you managed to stay on his mind 24/7 and Shoto felt so desperate to see you, to hear your laugh when he said something blunt, or feel your touch when you dragged him along to show him something exciting.
He had gotten so used to being by your side that one time you chose to spend with others than him had him left feeling lonely and anxious.
When you returned to school on Monday and Shoto didn’t return your greeting you noticed something was off. As you glanced at him during the lessons you spotted him pouting and turning his head down whenever your eyes met.  It seemed like all the progress you had made with him vanished overnight and you planned to at least talk to him after school, hoping to sort things out.
After the last lesson in heroics, you hurried to change out of your costume and waited for Shoto to leave the gym. At first, you thought he was already gone as you watched the other boys leave with no sign of Shoto, but your patience paid off when he finally exited the changing rooms.
“Shoto?”, you asked as he passed by without even looking at you. Your breath hitched in distress and you leaped forward hugging his arm tightly to make him stay and listen.
“What is wrong with you? Why are you ignoring me?”, you asked and hugged his arm tighter when you felt him pulling away. But the stubbornness in you wasn’t willing to let him leave without addressing the issue and after a minute of silence, he gave up his resistance and looked at you.
As much as he tried to conceal it you saw the disappointment in his mismatched eyes. “Shoto?” You tried again much softer than before and waited for a response.
Meanwhile, Shoto was debating with himself what he should say to you. The racing of his heart and swirling thoughts as you pressed yourself so close to his side made it incredibly hard for him to concentrate. The sad crease of your eyebrows where to final straw to break him and sighed, his free hand rising to comb through his white strands.
“If you don’t want to hang out with me anymore you could have just said so.”
Silence followed and the only reaction from you was a confused blink. Not sure if he should continue Shoto waited for a different reaction but it took you quite some time to process his words.
“I’m sorry but what? Why would you think that?” You loosened your grip a little and turned to face him directly. Why would not want to spend time with him anymore? “Shoto?”, you urged again and he dropped his head, the dual-colored bangs shielding his eyes from your confused gaze.
“Friday is our day and you left with Hanta and Mina”, he mumbled while an embarrassed blush painted his cheeks red. Shoto could hear his pulse pounding in his ears, your presence always did some weird things to him but right now the closeness drove him crazy.
Even your confused look was incredibly cute to him and it was hard to remain calm while you stared at him with those beautiful eyes of yours. The things you did to him were insane and he didn’t really understood why his body reacted that way but he was itching to pull you into his arms, it would have been so easy by how close you were to him.
But he couldn’t not if you were about to push him away. 
You on the other hand were frozen in place, slowly deciphering why he had behaved so off the whole day and why he was still pouting like this.
Of course, you had noticed him change in the last weeks. He had opened up so much, told you so many things, and was clearly enjoying himself in a way he never had before. Sooner than later you found yourself longing to spend time with him, his presence alone was enough to send your heart into overdrive and it hurt you deeply how he suddenly ignored you.
But to think he was so cold to you because he was jealous you spend time with other people than him… It was flattering and concerning at the same time.
Shoto was still glued in place when you released his arm and cupped his cheeks in your hands, squishing them slightly as a grin spread on your lips. He was jealous. Jealous, because he probably felt the same things you did for him and the thought alone made you want to dance around in joy.
Shoto was shocked when you pulled him down and buried your face in his hair, stroking his back in a soothing manner. “I’m sorry I forgot our Friday trip, but I will never ever stop wanting to spend time with you. I love it way too much.”
As he listened to you his pouting softened and subconsciously his arms found their place around your waist. Slowly your words sank in and his sour mood lighted up, a happy smile tugging at his lips.
“You sure you still want to be around me?”, he mumbled into the crook of your neck and laughed again, pulling him far away enough to look into his eyes. “I’m very sure. Would you allow me to make it up to you?”
You offered deepened the blush on his cheeks but he nodded eagerly as you pulled him along with you.    
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something about bg3 i find fascinating is just How Many characters are good and compelling. Usually with most media, be it games or tv shows or movies you have one or 2 characters you get attached to, but with baldur's gate i love almost every single character in their own way.
Astarion is instantly charming and witty, he's the sassy vampire who most people find themselves drawn to, but he's not the only compelling character by far. Gale takes some time to grow on you, but after you actually see how his story unfolds and maybe even romance him, you start understanding that he's just as hurt and sad as any of the other characters, groomed from a young age and misunderstood because of it. Astarion sees himself as just a body to be used, but Gale also thinks he's worthless deep down, especially after losing the bulk of his magic. He's passively suicidal and thinks his abuser is worth sacrificing everything for, and needs the whole camp to yell at him for being stupid to realise he might deserve to live and even, get this, find happiness.
Shadowheart's story and ending isn't talked about a lot, but it is HEARTBREAKING, and both endings for her are the only ones that actually brought tears to my eyes. In a similar way to other characters, her bad ending gives away a lot about her character, almost more than her good ending, and without spoiling it, i'll just say: it's impossible to make her character evil. she will always be governed by a sense of good and justice, and the only thing that goes wrong for her is being misguided and unable to turn back. Whatever she does, she does it because she thinks it's good and just.
I can't go in depth about every character, although they are all incredible, but honourable mentions for me are literally all the villains. Gortash is instantly compelling, and how could he not be with a voice actor like That. Him and Orin are also incredibly visually interesting, as well as their personalities being so magnetic. Ketheric is deeply tragic in his own way, act 2 is practically dedicated to his shattered family and it's so fascinating to see the shards of a broken man scattered across a broken, cursed land.
Raphael has the best theme song by far, he's overflowing with charisma, he speaks in riddles and verse, he's the perfect devil. He draws you in, you almost start to like him, and then you arrive at the House of Hope and the illusion both shatters and builds even further, because his lair is by far the best map in the entire game. You find out he only ever wants to sleep with himself, but that he's terrible in bed according to his succubus. You see people's lost souls pop in and out of existence, and you can only watch them beg for reprieve, but cannot interact. You see debtors crawling around rabidly on all fours, or worshipping his toilet, or sitting in front of his budoir, endlessly bound to watch him and his succubus through the peep hole but never allowed to join. And then there's the final fight, with its incredible song that everyone should experience for the first time in game.
So many compelling characters and i could write an essay about each one. i've barely scratched the surface, and i haven't even mentioned all the origin characters. it's just insane to me how detailed every story is, how they all have their own individual arcs and motivations and they're all fully fleshed out, and feel so god damn REAL. Yeah, bg3 should get GOTY, but honestly that's not even enough. The voice actors need oscars, the composer needs a grammy, and so on and so forth. what a game.
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whatinthehale17 · 7 months
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Okay so, this is a bit of long shot but I'm planning on starting a fanmade project for TE. It's my favorite choices story and there's still so much you can do with it.
I'm currently figuring out how to use Ren'py right now and watching videos and what not to figure out how to do this. I'm pretty new to all this but I think it'd be a fun project.
I'm probably gonna do some of the writing like the plot and Shreya's route (best girl) and also as I said I'm figuring out the coding as well.
But I'm definitely gonna need some help on this. I know others have expressed interest in a 3rd book and now is your chance if you're willing to help. Again it's fanmade and we're not making money off of this, this is just for fun and you can bail at any time.
I'll be making a discord once I start to get some interest in this so the link will be up at some point but if you're interested, just comment saying you'd like to help and what you'll be able to provide for this project.
Co-runner- I'm gonna need someone to help me run this project, help me keep the thing running and I'm a bit of an idiot so I'll be coming to you if I need help with anything. You'll be the Atlas to my MC lmao.
Artist- If you're a good drawer or you just love to draw and wanna help out on this project, we'd love to have you. I'm thinking we'll need some new characters for the plot and if you want, maybe some new backgrounds too (or we could just pick ones from the multiple backgrounds choices already has)
Writer- I'm a lesbian and obsessed with Shreya so I don't really have any idea about the other routes. But I know a lot of people are obsessed with like Beckett and the other love interests so anyone willing to help work on the different routes would be great. Not to mention the plot of the book, the adventures the pend pals could be getting into and side stuff like your relationship with your mom and the villains and such.
Coders- Like any great game, we'd need people who can code or wanna try it out like I'm currently doing. I've always heard Ren'py is good for that stuff and that's what the ILW crew used and that's what I'm currently learning right now so if you wanna try it out or already know how, we'd appreciate the help.
And of course, if you just wanna help out, you can join and I'll figure something out for you to do. My work schedule is kind of whack right now so this week we probably won't be getting anything done unfortunately (maybe Thursday or Friday if I have people and what not) but hopefully the week after, i'll have things figured out.
Last but not least, my idea for how I think the plot should go-
The gang is back for their next year of school
MC, Shreya, Zeph, Beckett- Juniors
Griffin- Senior
Aster, Atlas- Sophomores
But just like always, the school year is never simple for them.
The High Attuned has been watching over the school and visiting more frequently, keeping an eye on you and Atlas.
Zeph is having trouble with Thief captain as much as he hates to admit it.
Griffin is having parent troubles after they found out about his interest in Natural disaster field work instead of being a professional Thief player.
Shreya has hired an assistant to help with Serene and Sublime, though the assistant keeps messing things up and causing Shreya to lose customers, important ones at that.
With Beckett's urge to please his professors, he works himself too much to the point he begins to experience burnout and freaks out over the smallest things resulting in him pushing his friends away.
Aster is having trouble running the shop and keeping up with her studies and she's worried she might have to close it down.
Atlas is happy to catch up on lost time with their mom but when their mom becomes a professor for the school, Atlas isn't exactly sure how to feel about it and starts to lash out on Theia, resulting in the MC to have to try and fix the relationship.
MC does their best to help everyone with their problems but begins to have problems of their own when the school recruits another sun-att who does everything in their power to one up MC in every way.
Of course, it's just a rough draft of how I think the year should go, but we could always change stuff around if people have better ideas. Also, of course, there will be new spells to learn like in the other books and I was also thinking like...was I the only one that shipped Dean Swan and Theia together? Like Dean Swan already acts like a mother figure to the twins. And some of the sources will be back like Gemma and I really wanted to incorporate the High Attuned because we got like two minutes of information about them and then nothing ever again.
So yeah, this is super long and we can talk more on the discord but if you're interested just tell me what you wanna do.
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surplus-of-sarcasm · 1 year
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Short Prompt # 8
TW: Blood, violence, knife, threats, death mention, bruises
Hero's fist collides harshly with Villain's cheekbone, lining it with deep purple bruises. They slam them into the building behind them, the force of the impact enough to draw a sharp gasp out of the villain's throat and to let a smirk dance across the hero's visage.
The criminal doesn't relent; however, aiming a kick to the crime-fighter's shins that missed only very narrowly. A hissed curse escapes their lips as the crime-stopper punches their nose, drawing blood.
They press the glinting blade of a knife to Villain's neck, kicking their legs back so that they are flush against the wall, still trying their hardest to escape, movement incredibly limited by their adversary's weapon against their carotid artery.
"Look at you still fighting. You're beautiful," the hero croons, voice soft enough, but with a promise of danger lacing it, sending a shiver up the villain's spine.
"I'm covered in blood and dirt. All your doing," they snap, trying to keep their composure, still refusing to cave in.
"Mhm, and yet you still shine like the stars." They tilt their enemy's chin up with a gloved hand, staring straight into their eyes, leaning with their weight against the wall, posture relaxed enough to be downright lazy. It makes them look like a damned fool, though they are anything but.
"What do you want?" Villain hisses, trying to keep the breathlessness out of their voice. They're terrified of whatever the hero's answer might be, if they were casually threatening to slit their throat like it was nothing.
"Two things, dove. A bit of information only you can find, and I want you to be my partner at an event that requires one to avoid suspicion. A fake date, if you will."
The villain arches a questioning brow. "The information, I can understand. But why do you want me to be your supposed 'date'?"
"Well," the hero replies listlessly, "for one thing, you look the part. You're striking enough covered in grime and bruises. I think you'd clean up nicely, doll."
Their tone was offhand, maybe even a little flippant, like they didn't care much if Villain was flattered or not. Like stating a fact. And the criminal doesn't know why that leaves an irritating tightness in their chest, why it makes them bite their lip till it drew blood.
"That's not the only reason."
At that, Hero gives them a soft chuckle. "Correct. Clever. It's because you're oh so good at playing make-believe. You've hidden your fear of me so efficiently, wrapped it up beautifully. I'd eat it up, you know, if I couldn't feel your pulse hammering like that. My targets are not so astute, thankfully. So, they'd buy into your pretences pretty easily."
"Right. And what makes you think I'd stay loyal? I have to agree with a bloody knife pressed to my neck, anyway," they counter, meeting the hero's eyes, gaze sharp and ablaze with an eternally raging fire.
"I was just trying to catch you off-guard. Killing you would be such a waste. And you're right, I want you to be loyal. So, I'm not forcing you to do this, but if you do agree, you'll do it well. Though, I'm not willing to take a giant leap of faith. You should know not to even think about betraying me, sweetness." They press the knife just a little deeper, letting a thin stripe of crimson snake down their nemesis's neck. Featherlight. Teasing.
"You're a hero. You wouldn't," they choke out, breath growing shallower.
Hero laughs. Genuine and musical, ringing against Villain's eardrums. "I didn't think it was in a villain's attitude to depend on a hero's better nature. You don't believe in such 'fantasies'. That's what you told me, dear," they purr lazily, letting the gloved fingers of their free hand tuck a stray curl of the villain's ruddy locks behind their ear.
"And besides," the crime-fighter continues, "you're not doing this for free. I can be a little distracted from your criminal activities, and I'll keep the other villains out of your way."
"Isn't that illegal?" Villain's eyes widen, and the muscles of their face work to form a somewhat disbelieving expression.
"It's for the greater good. A worthy sacrifice," Hero shrugs.
"Alright. I accept."
The hero flashes them a radiant grin, lowering their weapon. "Perfect."
"Let's get you fixed up." Hero wraps an arm around Villain's waist, pressing them close against their side.
At the startled expression on the criminal's face, the crime-stopper smirks almost cruelly. "If we're going to sell this lie to other people, you're going to have to get used to this, love."
The evil-doer nods sharply.
It is almost like jumping into a garden of roses set ablaze by ruthless flames. Where the sweet, intoxicating scent of the nectar mixes in with the dark smoke, to produce something as wondrously alluring as magic but as deadly as a merciless poison.
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Chapter 7
Villains
I looked around the room and noticed two people I'd barely spoken to.
The man wearing a long coat, in particular, did not even try to hide his sullen atmosphere, giving him a 'bad guy' look.
Unapproachable, to be honest.
When our eyes meet, he contorts his face in disapproval.
Best man: "Tch....disgusting."
(Eh...)
Suddenly, I got upset by the intense dislike directed at me.
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Victor: "Now now, you must be polite to others, Jude."
Jude: "I refuse. What are you thinking, wielding the power of her Majesty and capturing such an ordinary person?"
(Ordinary person...)
(...Oh, maybe now, were you defending me?)
He seemed to draw a line even from the members of the Crown and seemed cold but perhaps he is more conscientious than one might think.
Kate: "Thank you very much, Mr. Jude."
When I greeted him with a slight hope, his eyes narrowed.
Jude: "Do you think I feel sorry for you because you were forcefully brought here and were trying to defend you?"
Kate: "Hm?"
His expression changed when my eyes widened involuntarily at the sweet whisper that exceeded my expectation.
Jude: "Of course, I'm joking. Don't expect anything from me."
(Nn...!?)
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Jude: "Well, I wish you the best of luck. Though I'm afraid you won't last a month before you run away and get yourself killed."
After a few harsh words and a cruel smile, Mr. Jude left the room.
(I knew he was a cold person...and very habitual at that)
(And that accent, is he an immigrant from somewhere...?)
Tall young man: "He is like that to everyone. Don't mind him."
Kate: "O-Oh...!"
Before I knew it, a tall young man was standing next to me.
(I didn't notice him standing next to me at all...!)
(And this is the same man who proposed to 'Kill me')
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Ellis: "I'm Ellis."
He had a calm and gentle voice and just by being around him, it is as if my body temperature is quickly dropping.
It made me feel uneasy, as if something was peeking a me through the gaping darkness.
Kate: "Nice to meet you too, Ellis...."
Ellis: "Mm...same here. Me and Jude often go out on outside business together."
Ellis: "And while I'm here, I'll make you happy as much as possible."
(Make me happy....?)
I was taken aback by a line that sounded like a proposal from the same person, who offered to kill me a few moments ago.
I stare back at him, but his expression remains as blank as before.
(Is it normal to say things like this these days....?)
Kate: ".....Thank you. What kind of business do you do....?"
Ellis: "A trading company. Jude is the president and I'm his assistant."
(That man is a president of a company....)
Victor: "Okay, so now you know everyone's names, right? But some of them didn't reveal their curses."
Victor: "No worries. You will learn soon as you start working as the Fairy Tale Master."
Clapping his hands, Sir Victor smiles happily.
Victor: "How about this...before I show you around the castle, how about I show you a welcome magic trick?"
Liam: "Wow! Clap clap clap~"
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Roger: "Another waste of precious time."
Harrison: "...This is stupid. I'd rather take a shower."
Alphonse: "Well, isn't it nice to watch the perversity of a freak who takes pleasure in being exposed?"
Victor: "I need assistance. Anyone wants to help me? El?"
Elbert: "..........No..........."
Victor: "Hmm, I wonder why your sad profile is so alluring. Then how about Ellis?"
Ellis: "If it makes her happy, then yes."
Victor: "Thank you for your dedication. Now go lie down on the table over there...."
(Out of nowhere, the magic show started....)
They are people who took a person's life today and now they are all laughing merrily in front of me.
Even their laughter seemed to inspire fear as I recalled their blazing eyes at the scene of the murder.
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William: "Are you scared?"
Kate: "....! Master William."
Chapter 8 - No Going Back
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Hello, this may seem a bit off, or rather something unexpected but I have been wondering how you design characters. I have always drawn not exactly realistic, but I have never drawn cartoon like. I love the cartoon and realistic style, but the ideas of having a cartoon like ideas like teh way you draw your astrotrain, or your evil villain mixmaster, I don’t know how to do this. I was wondering if you had any tips, I’ve been wanting to try a cartoonist style or a style similar to yours, I want to be less detail in my drawing but I don’t know how to start. If you do answer this, thank you even if you don’t have an answer or a way to explain.
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Lots of text in those images, so I'll summarize that and give more thoughts!
But if your ability to design and stylize is what you're wanting to work on, I think this process will help you! Character design is a super broad topic, so it's hard to dive into how I consider every aspect of it in one post. Though I'd love to dig into different character design ideas in the future. Maybe streams or video essays? I dunno at this moment.
This process is more about learning what you want from your work and evolving it since it seems like where you're stuck is what you want from your art. So I recommend my "draw, reflect, exercise, redraw, repeat" way of practicing. My methods of practice aren't perfect or an exact science, but they have helped me a lot. And the idea of them is more about finding what you like and how to do it.
Step one is to draw. A design or illustration. Whatever you're wanting to make! Step two is to look at what you've made and ask yourself how you could make it closer to what you want it to be. "What do I want to change about this design?", "What art skills could I study up on that would help me make those changes?", and "What artists do I like that do those skills well that I can learn from by viewing their work and trying to apply the things I like about theirs in my own way?" are all really helpful to ask yourself! And the nice thing is, the answers to these will basically tell you what to study next. It'll give you skills to research techniques for and artists to look through for inspiration. And then you just redraw and apply what you've practiced. And you do that again. "Your art will look off to you until it doesn't look off anymore" is something I like to remember.
Art to me is finding your own solutions to problems with endless answers. I feel like I see a ton of art tutorials like "THIS is the RIGHT way to draw". And not that all those videos have unhelpful exercises or advice if they teach you the way you want to draw. But I think it's a more healthy relationship to have with your work to just figure out what you want from it and nurture it that way than to be determined to fit a specific mold that you might not necessarily enjoy. I have a basic understanding of perspective, but I still bend or break perspective "rules" for my transformers art. Having the basic understanding helps a lot in making it still look nice while I break the rules, so I studied up on perspective for a while with some basic exercises so I could apply it the way I wanted. And you can do that with pretty much any art skill.
That's my overview on ways of developing your work more where you want it to go, and I hope it helps. Always feel free to ask more art stuff if you like! I like to chat about my process, and if it helps others, than heck yeah I will talk about it XD Thank you for the kind words and stay cool out there!
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