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rusty, any pronouns, 24 || creative works side blog

[arachnological]

About Me

with the blog potentially being renovated (and hopefully revived for good orz), I should make a post introducing myself to get the ball rolling.

rusty, kafka, etc. I don't care what you call me as long as it's respectful

24, current microbiology masters student

any pronouns, no preference. literally just vibe-check me with whatever pronouns you think fit me

aro ace

biethnic Asian-American (primarily Vietnamese, some Chinese heritage)

I follow and primarily interact from @franz-katka. that blog is reblog-heavy and runs on a queue, so keep this in mind before following.

art, writing, and OCs are all just hobbies to me, so I'll only really post here when I have the time (and remember to do so in the first place). I have a Toyhouse for more consistent posting, as well as a more thorough archival of my OC content.

I don't have a DNI; I also try to blacklist tag common triggers, but I may end up forgetting to do so.

my blog is generally SFW, but please be aware that I sometimes reblog posts with suggestive/NSFW jokes. my writing also can get into suggestive territory; this will be tagged accordingly. I don't write porn though, and art here will be strictly SFW (asides from the occasional NSFW text in a shitpost or whatnot). don't wanna get nuked by the staff lmao.

I hope this is a pleasant stay; I don't bite! my ask box is always open if needed.

Tagging System

#rusty ocs - OC content. if I'm talking about a specific OC, they'll be tagged accordingly

#rusty art - my art. self-explanatory

#rusty writing - my writing. also self-explanatory

#rusty rambles - me yapping. usually this isn't art-related, but sometimes it is. who knows

#rusty projects - promo for any projects that I've participated in, as well as my contributions to them

#reblogs - reblogs regarding OCs, art, writing, etc. sometimes I'll give the post an OC tag if the post reminds me of an OC

#minors dni - anything that I'm not comfortable having minors interact with. all of my suggestive work will fall under this tag. reblogs and rambles primarily focusing on sexual topics will also fall under this tag.

#not art - anything that isn't art, writing, OC stuff, or a reblog

[churchofthemimic]

Sorry!

[joeyclaire]

if when you write aus the characters are as close to they are in the source material as possible you fall on the nature side and if in your aus the characters are different as shaped by their vastly changed experiences you fall on the nurture side of the debate

[arachnological]

one day I’ll have the courage to talk about my characters that don’t just hinge on reblogs… but for now the reblogs suffice lol

[shipperofthenineseas]

I actually ADORE it when a character crashes out. Let them YELL let them SCREAM let them HURT THOSE AROUND THEM with or without meaning to. I need to see more crash outs

[mgsr]

[buffyfanzine]

Extra Credit: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Fanzine!

Extra Credit | PDF to Flipbook

Created with the Heyzine flipbook maker

With contributions from...

@aa-arttss ~ @annie-of-wonderland ~ @annyankers ~ @arachnological

@artsying-ifer ~ @blue-star-charmer-art

@carryingstarlightinherwake ~ @fienyx ~ @foundat1ons0fdecay

@jannacalendar ~ @jennycalendar ~ @lesbvffy ~ @luxaii

@luxyray ~ @mistyintherivers ~ @mmhhch ~ @moistvonlipwig

@oraclebabs013 ~ @rabbitmotifs ~ @ravenaexe ~ @spikedru

@thymehallward ~ @tiaragloryart ~ @yarboyandy2 ~ @youhavethesun

'Extra Credit' is free to all and is not intended to be sold. Sharing of the zine across other sites is welcome, but you may print for personal use only. This is a fan-made, not-for-profit zine created in appreciation for the characters of 'Buffy' and is not intended to infringe upon any copyright. All rights to 'Buffy' and its characters belong to The Walt Disney Company. All fics are rated T for infrequent language, canon-typical violence and horror themes.

[arachnological]

YAYYYYYY this is finally out!! I'm super glad to have been a part of this <33 this was my very first fandom zine, and the experience I had there was absolutely lovely! thank you to both the other zine contributors and the organizers, and I hope to dive into this type of stuff more in the future :]

I drew Jenny Calendar for the cover and wrote "The Snake Bites Its Tail!"

[goldensunset]

when the characters never really make peace with it

[krasnoarmeyets]

the author's barely disguised academic interest

[anonyymoose]

highly recommend: making that character’s mourning WORSE!!!! make them play pretend with that corpse. make it seem like they’re moving on until they start telling the new person to start dyeing their hair the color of the person they lost and start calling them their name to make it clear that they’re hanging out with this person now to try and make them into the old one. make your grieving character put people in the same situation the person they’re mourning died in and have them hope they die to prove it was unpreventable. make your grieving character put people in the same situation the person they’re mourning died in and have them hope they live to prove that it wasn’t doomed to happened. make your grieving characters actively harm the people around them and the memory of the person they lost. I love you morally dubious grieving characters

[rhinco]

i love you semicolon. no one look at my 80 word sentence

[valtsv]

basically the best thing any character can do is decide they don't want to be afraid anymore - in fact they never want to be afraid of anything ever again - and take action so drastic they fail to realise that this too is a decision motivated by fear. or to account for the Consequences of that.

[develop-your-oc]

anything can be a character study if you want it to be

[neenarchive]

why would u want disgusting characters

the best stories will always present you with a weird little freak i hope this helps

[rainrein]

i love creating oc x canon ships i think more people should do them and i think more people should be really, really, really weird about them

[laterkiss]

everytime i want something i should be shot in the head

[laterkiss]

wanting to get shot in the head for wanting something is also wanting

[creation-help]

Many people have asked me stuff like how to get attached to characters and bond with them or explore them deeper and feel inspired and while I'm happy to put on the gentle realistic advisor voice let's get a little less hinged for a second. Cool? Cool.

You need to be able to imagine your character in excruciating pain. You need to be able to understand their pain. You need to imagine them vulnerable, gross, scared, silly, undignified, not presenting their best, EXTREMELY HORNY, insecure, and a whole load of opinions about other characters. You need to think about their favorite sweet treats and embarrassing secrets. You need to make them worse, or make them Better, or funnier or more absurd or weirder or give them more self indulgent traits, things that you connect with, things that are important to you and concepts you think would Fuck. Just crazy enough to work.

Yes, it's true that sometimes you just don't really have chemistry with a character enough to stay interested in them. That's okay. That happens to me a ton. I know they're interesting and aren't lacking in character writing. But I can't stay interested.

What you need, in that situation, is to give them TIME. I've had one character go from "Yeah kinda neat, she's there I guess" to "AOUUHGHRHUUUY MMY BABEEE" over the span of a few years. Sometimes you need to wait for that one thing to flip a switch in your brain and make you see the character from a new light or feel fond enough of them to come back via association.

But for the rest, think about what I said. Character and story creation is never just the technical stuff. How well something is written and the construction of it on paper. It's very, very emotional. Get those emotions in there. It is going to help.