A Bird Explaining To A Hedgehog Crossing So It Doesn’t Die.

Thank you @anyconstellation for voting for Oakie! We made this as a traditional piece and edited differently for color/contrast/etc in the two photos.

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I read this and couldn’t help but think of my mad scientist OC Dr. Kaye, who is very much a Type 1 (cold, calculating, emotionally detached) but has the recklessness of a Type 3 (rat bastard drenched in glowing mystery liquid with a shit eating grin). And she used to be anxious and paranoid… and still gets accused of being paranoid sometimes, because she has no friends and a lot of enemies and has decided it’s entirely rational to carry a gun and know how to use it. She’s a terrible person in general, but she gets a semi-redemption arc and she’s my little meow meow ❤️

I love mad scientists who have more academic knowledge than common sense (because I relate) (this is probably all mad scientists, kinda in the definition).

i love how many different mad scientist archetypes there are. we have like

- cold, calculating, really good at what they do, emotionally detached

- “dear GOD what did i just create”, paranoid, little meow meow

- bastard, rat, would find them drenched in glowing mystery liquid with a shit eating grin on their face, maniac cackling every time something is silly

and of course we have the mix why wouldnt we

I take the Nugget of Friendship gladly, and will gladly share it with both irls and mutuals: @theoptimistictabby435 @theoctopuscats @lizardonatoadstool @cynanan @printerpenguin @nervoussaladbard @lane-thepencilthing @anyconstellation @bugenjoyer @that-bug-kid @tiny-fairy-friend @jtranageder1 @jiggityjog

This is the Nugget of Friendship.

It is not given lightly. Yet I give it to you.

Yes. I mean YOU.

Now shoo.

Pass on the Nugget of Friendship.

Aww! What cute pigeons!

Reblog and put why dudebros would call you ‘forced diversity’ and ‘totally unrealistic’ if you were a fictional character in the tags

@ship-bracket FYI: I have more about my OCs here! (I did not post more because of pressure so much as this helped me overcome the feeling of “but it’s cringe”)

S9 Round 1*

More than foils

cw: soulless character, identity confusion

They’re narrative foils, they’re alternate selves, and they’re intergenerational BFFs. A lost her soul long ago in an attempt to stop being overly emotional, and is now cold and heartless, having convinced herself that she’s better off without her irrational emotions. A is logical, efficient, and solitary, having lost her need for connection and the joy she used to find in life. Then she meets an adolescent version of herself, B, whose soul and emotions are intact, and has to reconsider everything. In some ways the two are polar opposites, yet in others they’re exactly alike. B is lively, caring, fun-loving, and always overreacting. Both of them are brilliant yet reckless, searching for new knowledge without regard for safety or sanity.

B tries to steer A towards morally better choices, knowing that she’s the only one A will listen to, and she grows to admire A despite her flaws, eventually coming to love her like family. A has become selfish and uncaring towards others, but to her, B is not “others,” but the soulful, complete version of herself. A considers herself no longer capable of love, but B becomes everything to her, valued above even her own life. They form a sort of symbiotic relationship, with A acting as a mentor, guardian, and voice of reason to B, and B acting as A’s heart and soul and conscience. In many ways, they catalyze each other’s character development… but they also enable each other’s craziness.

Birdsong

cw: murder mention

She's a woman who exists beyond normal boundaries of time & space, who's somehow both a ghost and the reincarnation of her own great-uncle. He's the detective investigating her murder, and was somehow destined to help her long before he ever knew she existed. They've never met while alive, but they both can't stop haunting each other all the same.

The detective and the ghost keep circling each other throughout time loops and dreams, where both of them seem eternally trapped in the same series of rooms. The woman might be trying to guide the detective to the right path, or she might be a vengeful corrupted soul keeping him stuck forever. The detective might be stumbling closer to a way for both of them to escape, with the ghost ascending past her current status -- or he might somehow be her murderer, thanks to the time loop they've both entered. Neither of them seem to have the answers yet, but there is the lingering possibility that the only way for them to move past their current state is to become a part of the very environment they can't leave.

*Ship does not have to be romantic.

5 songs we actually listen to:

Closet Monster by The Jellyrox, because it felt surprisingly relatable when we were figuring ourselves out as a System and it’s now a sentimental thing

Beautiful Ride by Heather Nova, because it still feels kinda relatable (we like to pretend putting up with each other is a choice XD)

Fallen Down (Reprise) by Toby Fox, because Katlyn is Undertale trash and so is our (non-Headmate) roommate /lighthearted

One Of Us by New Politics, because the lyrics uphold and appreciate community and platonic love ❤️

Honey I’m Home by GHOST, because it’s the go-to song for the Hollow Knight fandom to make AMVs and such with and also because BUGS

🎶✨when u get this, put 5 songs u actually listen to, publish. then, if you're comfortable, send this ask/tag 10 of your followers (positivity is cool) 🎶✨

Thanks to @stalegravyart for tagging me! :3

(in no particular order:)

2econd 2ight 2eer - Will Wood

Little Dark Age - MGMT

Out Like A Light - The Honeysticks

Devil Town - Cavetown

Hayloft II - Mother Mother

I'm pretty sure I've been tagged in this one before lmao but hey new songs this time

Tagging(no pressure):

@mushroom-frawg @another-white-hole @trans-pan-clown @spectruminterests @goddessofcrazy @the-beasts-have-arrived @tristenthekitty

Aaah i don't know who else to tag

Vote for Norman, he’s from a disturbing song about religious abuse. Don’t know the source media? Spend less than 5 minutes listening to this song.  (Trigger warnings for religious abuse/religious trauma, disturbing imagery, and bugs including spiders.) Now you do. Also, the name “Norman Minecraft” was decided by the fans. 

major bracket round 1 group d

Another art post thanks to an Oakie voter (thank you, @system-bracket !)

This is a metaphorical selves-portrait we made! Jacob is on the left, Katlyn is on the right, and our body is in the center.

Arya is so cool vote for her she reminds me of my own OC (though more fantasy and more traumatized XD)

Her design is great, her backstory is great, and I want to give her a hug (if she would like one).

Bracket C Round 1

Poll 13

Angharad Brosca (@rlainarin) vs. Arya Velorë (@panek-at-the-disco)

153. Angharad Brosca (@rlainarin)

He/Him

tldr: he's gay ginger dwarf Jesus

5'0 twunk with long curly auburn hair, a short beard, and big dark brown doe eyes

154. Arya Velorë (@panek-at-the-disco)

she/her

Arya should win because she is a very kind and caring alchemist who is starting to learn magic from one of her friends. She was originally a human from a city that was stuck in a time-loop repeating the same day for nearly three years before escaping to try and find someone to help. When she returned to help free her home, her soul was split and half of her was sent back in time to become one of the reoccurring minor antagonists while the other half remained in the present and placed herself into her new clockwork body so she is strong enough that she won't be hurt like that again. Everyone who loves cute blorbos with ~trauma~ who will do anything for her friends (including betraying them) will love her <3

She has a clockwork body made out of brass and ivory with the cylinder of a music box in the center of her body. She has long red hair and purple and green eyes. Her clothes are technically part of her body, but she wears a long cloak with fluff lining the end of it and several pockets sewn into the inside of it. In combat she carries a clockwork staff made of a music box cylinder, a small pair of wings, and an amethyst to power it.

Art by baerryjj on tumblr (commission)