solitaire, alice oseman (2014, pp. 107-108)

radio silence, alice oseman (2016, pp. 397-398)

FINAL FANTASY XVI (2023) — Joshua & Clive Reunite

From Jan 2021

If you put a dragon before me I am already a fan, but to make that dragon a badass rogue and a lesbian? I am forever in love 😩✌️.

+extra sketch from Sep 2022

The hell are these guys even talking about? 

I think clawdeen and misa would make Eddie cry 

alpha dog tonight 👀

alpha dog tonight queen ??

alpha dog tonight 👀

/ suggestive humor under the cut --- Morty and Whitney as besties

thrilled to announce this as my official first drawing for the new year /lh (directly based on this)

i gave tesf a relisten and oh...ohhh its beautiful and magical and so fun 😩💞

Sixthly we’ve got our awesome senpai Kai! I am sooo embarrassed that his role in the Univeil Performance is the only one I forgot the name for 😖 Kai honey please forgive me!!!!

The topic of playersexuality reminds me of the implied "rival pairs" in Stardew Valley; i.e. where the bachelor/ettes are all implied to have a crush on a certain someone, but never actually act on it so that each bachelor/ette is always available to the player (like in modern Harvest Moon games). This can be best seen with that dumb Flower Dance festival.

Anyway. Each rival pair is always depicted as a heterosexual pairing. Not that there's anything wrong with being in such a relationship. The problem is that this makes it painfully obvious that each bachelor/ette is meant to be straight by default and that the player is the sole exception.

I'd have less issue with this if there were maybe one or two rival pairs who are gay or otherwise out of the 'norm'. Or even if they just spoke of or hinted at being bisexual.

I could make an argument that this goes further beyond the bachelor/ettes' sexuality and more that a lot of them have cookie-cutter roles, but that's for another time.

How would you break down the alters' personalities?

Oooooh this is a really fun ask to receive! Thank you so much for sending it to me! :D I feel like I need to preface this though that the way each of the alters' personalities (and to a certain extent, their dynamic within the system) is presented fluctuates a bit with individual writers and mediums. Like, currently, I am wrestling with myself over how best to respond to this ask, because there's the part of me that wants to give the most direct possible answer to your question (how /I/ specifically might parse out the alters) and then there's the part of me that wants to take any opportunity I can to discuss the varying ways the guys have been portrayed across the whole expanse of Moon Knight comics. 😅 So I very well might do both???? For now though, I'll stick with the former because,,,,the latter will take considerably more time than I have at this very moment; however, please just let me know if I misinterpreted your ask as I would be MORE than happy to eventually produce something that's a bit more,,,,historical, if you will. Personal Feelings, Sir aka fair warning, this is entirely just my opinion and I tend to pull a lot from the first volume (but with all of the improvements made by later volumes), so please take the ramblings under the cut with a grain of salt.

MARC

Marc is....over all not a very happy man. He's incredibly tactically proficient with an infantryman's razor sharp sardonic wit and if you share a common goal, he's a great ally to have by your side, but...he's seen things that weigh on a soul and done things he's not proud of and you can tell. Like, there's just a certain intensity and hyperawareness that some combat veterans get that you can see in their eyes and I definitely feel like that comes through with Marc. Kinda taciturn, one might even say at times "brusque" (but he might argue "efficient/economical/laconic"), but there are those he genuinely cares for and he's not without a sense of humor. The issue is that he's definitely aware of his own lethal capability and views it not just as a learned skill but as an integral part of who he is, that "there was never anything kind or gentle about [him]" (Moon Knight vol. 9/2021, #5). Oh, and he's got issues with authority as well as an independent streak that could span the Chicago River that have from his time spent in his father's house to the Marine Corps to his mercenary days burned many bridges, so between that and the very real crimes against humanity he's committed, homeboy's got a lot weighing on him. But he's trying his best to be better from here on out and his degree of faith in whether or not he can actually be better may change with the day but he tries nonetheless, making all the difference.

STEVEN

You ever seen, like, a leopard seal hunting? That's how efficiently Steven navigates high society. He has a perfect handle on old money manners and old money charms and knows exactly how to utilize them. I wouldn't say he's "tactical" with the same connotation of martial violence of action that hangs over Marc, but he's definitely analytical. Highly analytical. I want to make it clear that none of the alters are by any stretch of the imagination dumb, but just by the nature of character dynamics, Steven always ends up the Superego even when Marc and Jake take turns being the Id. Whereas Jake is jovial and street smart and Marc was a CIA operative for a reason (even if his heavy guilt and, if you will, angst can still on occasion sneak up on him and take him out), Steven is the numbers guy. He's the one that takes care of the business end of things and sometimes that means being the level-headed one of the bunch as well. Now, I don't want to make Steven sound like a cold fish (or worse, a bit too much of a shark). I would be remiss if I didn't mention that sometimes, particularly in earlier issues, he can come across as a bit of a dandy, perfectly happy enjoying the finer things in life. More importantly, "the finer things in life" include friends and just genuinely positive relationships. He may have a perfectly crafted persona for society functions that includes a very convincing fake laugh, but he's also far more open to loving and being loved than Marc with all of his hang ups could ever possibly be.

JAKE

When Mr. MacKay described Jake as "avuncular" (Moon Knight vol. 9/2021, #14) and a piratical "rascal" (Moon Knight vol. 9/2021, #15) that took me the heck out because, YEAH! While Steven's the perfect party guest, Jake is the life of the party. He's a force of nature and a bit of a whirlwind, the kind of cabbie that can comfortably (both for you and for him) talk your ear off for the entire fare with the thickest Chicagoan accent you've ever had the privilege of hearing. He's a steadfast and steadying support to those he calls friends (of which he has many since he has a tendency to make them where ever he goes), but he's not above settling a matter with his fists if the situation calls for it. He's nothing if not scrappy after all, because hey, the streets of New York where he spends most of his time aren't exactly easy. Similarly, he's also, I don't want to say "a gossip" per say, but he picks up gossip and other bits of intel like a lint trap. He has a wide net of connections, and don't get me wrong, he loves people dearly, but he's very keen when it comes to knowing exactly which people to tap if he needs a certain line of information. He's honest and lovable and an absolute rogue that makes it very hard to remain mad at him, no matter what mischief he might get into.

suddenly remembering how we used to write down conversations between our old host and their "ocs" (see: headmates) during school when we were super stressed out. hmm.

no words are enough to express how fucking much i love wonderful happiness

the reason meicoomon isn’t available in survive was because they knew I’d be too powerful if all three of my favorite digimon were in the game

wrestling secret santa again! thanks for the info from the last ask and i have another question for you! what are your top five favorite songs right now?

ohhhh this is such a good question!!!! and also one I am having to think harder about than is probably necessary LOL let's see, I think I would say my current top five songs right now are

sexy after dark by joshua ray walker let me drown by orville peck save me by jelly roll (with lainey wilson) i like him by princess nokia lady may by travis childers

I think we should give Zora a gun and whatever happens to the Shadow Decree happens