Heyo, I'm Glitchy (he/they), I'm an old queer who likes fiction and video games. I write and doodle sometimes. I've been on this damned site since 2011.
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Current obsessions: Fallen Hero, Wayfarer, Critical Role, SWTOR
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My asks are open, I love getting ask games, prompts, questions or just telling me about your ocs. 🧡
My reward for being so brave and productive (choosing everybody's names) was getting to design and draw the entire immediate Hollow Ground family tree <3
Some explanations + trivia facts under the cut 🕊️
I decided to put the siblings' dates of birth to mark the age gaps instead of choosing a specific point in time for everyone and drawing them as they would've looked at that age because the big age gap between Emilia (... and Mica I guess) and the rest of the siblings + the unknown status of the oldest brother would've made that too difficult...
Emilia's drawn as she would've looked at the age of her abduction/death; Jorge, Paulo and Gabby are drawn as the ages they were when they took the boost drug together.
All of the children's names were chosen by Fabiola (Antonio gave input but he always let her have the final say).
Following hispanic tradition the children's surnames are Quintana Zambrano, in that order and with no hyphenation.
As the youngest Emilia was the target of many a nickname with options such as: Milia (the least disliked by her), Mili (the one she hated most) and Mila (with the similarity to Mica's name giving Hollow Ground even more of a headache).
Gabriel's nicknames (Gabby + Lucy) are solely the work of Nocturne, trying to validate and acknowledge their nonbinary gender a bit more. Gabby would've never thought of it, as they've made their peace with their very gendered birth name, but they appreciate it a lot.
While Jorge was a hands on leader, often getting into scuffles personally to defend/expand the organization, and Gabby acted as his assistant and personal diplomat, Paulo often took on the financial duties and bookkeeping that his siblings would skimp on.
From tallest to shortest: Gabby (6'2") > Paulo > Antonio = Jorge > Mica (5'8") (= Emilia if she were still alive) > Fabiola > Emilia.
Gabby was their dad's favorite but Paulo was Fabiola's <3
If Emilia was still alive, she and Mica would be able to pass for identical twins with the only difference (besides obvious style choices/scars/tattoos) being Mica's dimples which Emilia never had (a trait only shared with Paulo and passed down from Antonio).
Finally freeeee. Work sucked and I'm pretty sure I tanked my production score that I was just starting to get out of the red but I did have get an idea for another transcript style fic.
Ortega recording his own notes for Argents case file now that they have a new "consultant" who can shed some insight on what happened....and wooo boy Tegans alive actually! I'm sure Ortega has just a few rambling thoughts about that hehe
fixing each other's collar/zipper/tie/etc - getting unexpectedly close, breath catching when they realize (or their light touches burning into the other's skin)
^ also moving someone's hair out of their face/behind their ear
^ or touching someone's necklace/bracelet/watch
eye contact in a crowded room, but not exchanging any words/expressions - just looking at each other, the rest of the world going still.
^a(n unironic) wink in this situation. or an eyebrow raise, lick or bite of lips, or head tilt. there's something in the subtlety of it - like "this is between us"
pulling someone in by their belt loops??? this is so random idk
feeling the other's breath/lips ghosting their neck
any sort of whisper. anywhere. goddamn.
a long pause when someone is speaking, as though they lost their train of thought while looking at the other person
their bodies accidentally pressed together - being stuck in a small space, falling onto one another, or having to sit really close together. the pause when it's realized.
^this but they're hiding
"make me"
"i dare you"
"and if i do?"/"what will i get (if i do)?"
"show/tell me what you want"
the pinky reach before holding hands for the first time
slow dancing (the hand placement, eye contact, proximity, MUSIC)
teaching the other something that involves physical contact (like holding their hands while trying to balance on a skateboard, or guiding their hands somewhere)
eye contact, waiting for one to fold
"don't do that to me" (tempting the other)
sharing earbuds - forced proximity, the vulnerability in sharing things that matter to them
i'm back!! i'm in a huge slump rn, so submit to my "ask" box if there is anything you want to see :) alsoo if you have anything to add to this list, reply to the post!! i love hearing what you guys have to say
Decided I'm going to approach these questions as if Raz is being interviewed by a journalist, that he's promised to be honest, and that these and the next two asks are all warmup questions before the deeper interview. Cause otherwise he'd just ignore the questions and that obviously doesn't work for an ask meme lmao. So…. 2nd person POV: "Investigative Journalist."
Thanks so much for getting my brain going in a really unexpected and fun way!
Raz Becker looks up from the project on the table, his knuckles paling slightly as his grip on the soldering iron tightens. Annoyance doesn't shift his voice from it's baseline, a dry flatness that's far too easy to read as irritation, but which Charge has warned you actually isn't, at least usually.
"Did Ricardo put you up to that? Because it wasn't funny the first time either. It doesn't even rhyme."
Charge did, in fact, put you up to that, said it'd break the ice, but you're guessing it was to prove his point. Noted.
(if this is how you learn that "Raz" has a long A, and is closer to rhyming with Jaws and Flaws than Jazz and Pizzazz… I apologize. I mislead you with "Snazzy Razzy." I am a criminal. And it's all 'cause I think Ortega is the sort of ass who thinks a half rhyme can't ruin a good bad joke, and I feel like 'snazzy' is exactly the sort of cringe old man word that particular cringe old man would love. He also did call blackberries (Raz' favorite fruit) a very overenunciated "Rhaaaahzzberries" once too. Once.)
what is the last thing you googled?
Raz' gaze falls back to the fractured circuitry spread across the kitchen table. It was once a cell phone, if the pile of numbered rubber buttons are any indication at least. The pause extends long enough that you think maybe you should move on with another question. His expression doesn't shift, but there's something strange there. Some sort of separation, maybe in the eyes...
"Ask that again, later. It's. That one's important."
who's the last person you kissed?
"That… Isn't." The corner of his mouth twitches, a line between his brows deepening slightly.
It isn't important, not the answer at least, you don't work for a gossip rag. Besides, you could probably guess; you know this is Marshal Steel's apartment, even if he hasn't shown open involvement in arranging this interview, and you noticed the way Charge touched Becker's shoulder before he left the kitchen too, the slight lean in to that. The answer doesn't matter, even with 50-50 odds, but the shift in his expression does. You always were good at picking up on people's tells, and that one seemed like concern. You smile apologetically and suggest moving on.
what is your favorite kind of flower?
"I don't— remember. Why is this on the list?"
His cadence is odd, the spaces between words stretched or compressed in ways they shouldn't be. It has been through the conversation, which has made it hard to tell when he's done speaking. It was a filler question, or supposed to be, like a baseline in a polygraph, but you catch something there, and it's the first place you push.
"Don't remember? Not 'don't know'?"
Raz' left hand, the one not holding the soldering iron, jumps to his forehead. He presses his palm in to his eyebrow, hiding some of the scar, but you think that's incidental. You can see the force of the gesture in how his fingers spread. You get migraines, you've done the same thing in the vain hope of pushing away a headache.
"I used to. I think? Or Ana— a friend did. I think I put it away. Or. They took it? I don't know why. I don't remember."
(description in alt text) everyone say thank you @b33tlejules for requesting this! i am always about the bear bod wei chen agenda (and in butch edition) even if i don't post about him as much anymore, happy pride
Chapters: 4/?
Fandom: Fallen Hero Series - Malin Rydén
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ortega/Sidestep (Fallen Hero)
Additional Tags: Angst, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Canon-Typical Violence
Summary:
Stuck in his base with two broken legs Tegan has plenty of time to think. And time to answer a phone call.
[contains spoilers for the public Revelations 1.2 demo, fyi]
Repost since I couldn't find the original tumblr post. An oldie but goodie, I think my writing style has changed and I’m always tempted to redo this one.
Does anyone want to see the very first Tegan I drew 4ish years ago? I can't believe I actually circled back to the Sidestep bob because I had been headcanoning him with a shaved head for so long I legitimately forgot, looks like I was right the first time. I was right for the freckles and tooth gap too but he's still kinda unrecognizable to me without the broken nose or eyebrow scar.