faith in you, and faith in me

[Zack - He/Him - 28] [arainbowdoesntchoose -> hesfromsomewhere] avatar by leafyaria, banner by sa2battl

[sege-h]

I have a Second sharp question. who’s his friend he’s willing to give up his shield against the cruel world for?

Cosmic, or Percy, who belongs to @hesfromsomewhere :3

I'VE ENDED UP YAPPING BECAUSE THERE'S A L O T TO THEIR BACKGROUND BEFORE SHARP DECIDES TO TAKE DOWN HIS DEFENSES FOR HIM SO UH. READMORE.

This goat form is not the only form he can take, but it's his most common one. He's a being made from chaos energy that hails from the special zone, a zone where all those special stages where you get chaos emeralds are from.

Its a zone that spawns different sort of worlds within it to serve as challenges for anyone that wants to get a chaos emerald whenever they end up in it. And on this one occasion, it formed a Being. And this is where Sharp first met Cosmic, before he was ever "Percy" and before he was ever even "Cosmic". At the time, he was more like energy in the vague shape of a person than anything concrete. Sharp was sent in to try and get a Chaos Emerald, and failed thanks to him. And he was Furious.

On the other end, the "problem" with bringing a Being into the world, is that it's bound to get curious about the world beyond it's containment. Especially now that Another Person passed through. Cosmic held no ill will towards Sharp. He was just doing his job of protecting the Emerald.

But then he got curious. What else is out there? Can he also be out there?

So he breaks containment, essentially. He meets a couple, farmers, and they take him in because well. He's a person. Strange and clearly new and young to the world, but a person all the same. And a person is what he tries to be, through trial and error, loved all the same by the people that are now his adoptive parents.

When Sharp meets him again later on, as part of the resistance and under the code name Cosmic during the Forces plot, he's Furious all over again when he realizes just who, no, What, he is. Even more so when Cosmic mentions parents. Him!?! Parents!?! He isn't even FROM this world!!! He's a FREAK!!! HE'S the one that got people taking him in!?!

He's totally Not bitter about that, what are you talking about? He's Not bitter and the part of his soul that was absolutely Crushed at having to live out on his own Isn't telling him 'See? There was always something wrong with you. Even This guy found a family that loves him.' he's FINE

Sharp doesn't Know Cosmic can shapeshift. He always sees him in his goat form, so he assumes that he looked one way in the special zone, and that he just looks like this now now that he's out of it.

So one day Percy gets a mission. Shapeshift and infiltrate the Eggman base Sharp is at under the guise of also joining up with him. It's not a stretch. The war's been Dire, and it's not a stretch that some people might see Eggman as 'the winning side' and go to join him.

Percy's reluctant but...he also, kind of selfishly, wants to do this just to see what Sharp is like outside the battlefield. Percy doesn't hate him, even with whose side he's on, and all the vile insults he's tossed his way. There's even been a few times where Sharp helped him out, all under the excuse of "YOU helped ME first and I KNOW how this works!! I don't wanna owe you, so now I don't! Now fuck off!!"

There has to be SOMETHING to him, right?

So Percy accepts the mission, and takes the form of a hyena. About Sharp's height, with a sharp toothed grin like him. The world's wronged him too so now he's here, that's the story.

Sharp's hesitant at first but he can't help but get curious about the guy. He'd swear up and down that he's Not lonely, he's Never been lonely. But this Is another person. Not high and mighty like that Infinite guy he's crossed paths with a few times now. Someone that's like him. That doesn't look down on him.

Curiosity and being sent out on missions together brings them closer. Sharp starts to lower his walls. And when Percy realizes that's what's going on, he thinks he's gone too far. Like yeah the goal was always to get close and get intel, but they're Actually getting close as friends. All under pretense, even though Percy isn't pretending about caring. He Can't pretend about something like that.

So he leaves, leaving behind a letter to Sharp where he comes clean about what's been going on, and that he Does care, he really did see him as a friend, but he'll understand if Sharp doesn't believe him.

It's a Very bad time. We have several different AUs that spawn from this point because there were several different (and worse) ways this could've played out.

But, for mainverse- Sharp snaps. Orders an attack on the base Percy is in, that they were only prepared for because Percy told them what he did and they knew there'd be retaliation. Percy is forced to use his powers (because he Does have chaos based powers, he's literally made of the stuff) to destroy the robots Sharp had with him, and to knock him tf out but otherwise have everyone retreat back to the base.

When Sharp wakes up he's Still not ok. He's so desperate to try and enact some sort of revenge that he decides he'll try and infiltrate the base himself. If he weren't seeing red, he would've found the traps around the base (meant for robots) obvious. But he's Enraged and he's Hurting So Bad that he doesn't, and he sets a trap off. He's hurt, Bad because again these traps are meant for robots. Percy takes him into the infirmary against everyone's advice, and convinces them to just. Leave him be. Percy's gonna take care of everything because this is his fault anyway, right? And he Is one of the medics so. He'll take care of it. Everyone just leave Sharp be in the infirmary until he's healed, and Then they'll decide what to do with him.

This is getting too long already but what u need to know is there's a lot of angst here. Lots of Sharp snapping at Percy once he's awake. Lots of "NO. You're making me miss someone that NEVER EVEN EXISTED. You're NOT him. YOU care about the world! YOU had your fucking "meemaw and peepaw" or whatever the FUCK. HE was supposed to be like ME! We were gonna stand against the world together! And he never even existed!!"

Lots of defensiveness and aggression on Sharp's part as he's essentially forced to come to realize that. Yeah. No. The things the letter said were true. The things Percy is saying are true. He does care. Why else would he be kept alive? Why else would Percy keep him safe from everyone else, or save him from dying in the first place? Why even keep him company?

Especially as one night he wakes to voices outside his door. And he hears the voice of a woman he Fears (because she is Ruthless in battle, and Has tried to go for the kill on him on the battlefield before, and has fire based weapons that can hurt him even through his powers) and a woman he knows is supposed to be Percy's superior. She wants in. And Percy is the Only thing that stops her. And to him, with the way he was raised, he's Terrified as it's happening because how can you go against someone that's supposed to be your superior with No consequences?

He tries to pretend to have slept through the talking. And it just confuses him more. Why would someone stand in defense of him like that, when they think he's not even conscious to witness it?

When he's healed enough that Percy Knows the proverbial noose would be tightening around Sharp, he helps him get out of the base undetected. Or rather, he tells Sharp the way he should go because Sharp insists "hell no im not letting you lead me around while I have no idea where I'm going!!". And then promptly gets knocked out with Sharp claiming it's "payback", except no he just doesn't want Percy to get caught helping him run off if they were to get detected.

It isn't long after that that Sharp finds that the old Eggman base just. Isnt the same. All mechanical noises. Emptiness. No people. No Percy. Things he was used to once but now finds bothersome.

So from here on out they start secretly hanging out. Sharp starts out by claiming "You made the base feel wrong. Its noisy but its not the RIGHT type of noisy. So you gotta make it up to me now because you made things weird"

Sharp, who was already getting his walls slowly chipped away at while he was in the infirmary, starts reluctantly, carefully but willingly letting his walls down again. He's making a friend, maybe. Maybe. Better not admit it, because what if things just get messed up again, somehow.

Until one day he comes back to Percy having been captured by Eggman. He's a being made of chaos energy, so he'd make for a perfect battery for his machines. And Sharp thinks, maybe he just needs to keep watch. Pretend he's guarding, ready for Percy's friends to come in just in time and save him. And when they do? He'll just pretend to fuck up, and let them, and everything will be fine.

And then he wakes up to Percy's screams. And decides, fuck it. People are useless and he should've never hoped they'd realize something's gone wrong and get there. But He's here, and he's about to ruin his own life, but it'll be worth it because Percy's gonna be saved.

So he busts Percy out, and Runs, all the while having to dodge and fight back against the robots sent after them. He runs all the way to the resistance base, knowing that Percy Does need their help and he can't provide any beyond what he's already given. He shouts at one of the guards that they're useless before shoving Percy in their arms and running off to divert the attention of the remaining robots.

And then he tries to act like This Is It. There's nowhere for him to go. He never had a home with people, and he's betrayed Eggman. It's back to living out alone in the wilderness for him, probably for good. No more belongings, Again. Just him, the clothes on his back, and his powers.

But then he's restless. Not because he knows Eggman might be on his tail still, but because he doesn't know for sure if Percy made it okay. If the people he left him with could even be trusted with making sure he's okay. If he just...failed him, and didn't get him in time after all.

So he eventually heads back and sneaks around the base, trying to find some kinda hint, or overhear someone talking, Anything that'd tell him that Percy is alive. He does this until he's captured.

And from HERE we have Percy showing up to essentially let him out of a cell without any authorization. Because he's gonna keep Sharp safe.

Sharp has no interest whatsoever in joining the resistance. He doesn't Want to. But Percy is where they are, so that's where he stays. Because he has his friend now, and he plans to stay by him until the day Percy gets tired of him and tells him to leave

He won't. But Sharp has been through so much in life that he figures it's bound to happen one day. But he's willing to kill and die for Percy until that day comes.

[hellspawnmotel]

passage

(happy 10 years, undertale)

[nintendonut1]

BY ALL THE GODS IN THE MULTIVERSES I DID IT

The 2026 ArtFight Bake-Off, a 100-character mass attck of chefs, cooks, and bakers!

As you can imagine I canNOT possibly tag everyone here, so visit the attack's post for character details and credits. Characters are listed from Bottom to Top, Left to Right. Swee is mine. :3

Click the Keep Reading below for more info (from the post's description), detail shots, and a bonus!

Since last year, my goal for Art Fight 2026 was going for broke and attempting a 100-character mass attack, and giving love to as many chefs, cooks, and bakers as I could. The original idea was an “Art Fight Bake-Off” with 50 chefs from each team facing off on either side of the piece…and then Art Fight hit us with three teams and that ruined my plan completely LMAO 

As I prepared for the event, the chefs I started bookmarking struck a nifty dichotomy between “man, I’m just happy to be here” and “I will pick a fight with God and WIN”, so that’s how I ended up splitting them up, and some additional preliminary planning led to this absolutely chaotic scene of my boy Swee just trying to hold a nice and normal bake-off, the sad sap.

But, why chefs? Because food unites everyone, and the people who make it every day, to share with us and keep us all happy and well, are so, so important. The act of creating food, to make something that is here and gone, yet sticks with you as an experience, is art in itself, one that’s rooted very much in the present, as fleeting yet long lasting as Art Fight itself. My love for both cooking and this incredible art-trading event was poured into every bit of this attack, and every single chef drawn.

Yes, I read all your character profiles to get a sense of their personalities, and it became an honestly fun-as-hell puzzle to properly place them and even form some micro-scenes and interactions. I’ll admit the task was daunting at first, and a part of me was worried it wouldn’t be possible, but I will say this isn’t my first rodeo. (shameless plug of my webcomic, GO!) To be honest, my biggest concern was file size and potentially breaking my poor CSP with it LOL, but my computer held on tight even while each save took several seconds, and I didn’t even have to extend my canvas, everyone fit! =D

Speaking of, this is OBVIOUSLY not the full size of the piece, I had to shrink it down to fit the size limit for the site. The full size piece can’t even be posted on Tumblr, though that version is still bigger but within THAT site’s limits. If you’re interested in the full piece and you’d like me to send it to you, DM me.

If you’re skeptical of whether or not I started this early, here is a timestamped VOD from July 1st of me opening a fresh canvas to get started on it. The prelim sketch I opened next to it (doodled by both me and MSKirby) was purely for planning and visualizing, and was never used in the final piece.

Here are some detail shots too!

And then, as a bonus: every day I finished progress of the attack, I'd send the WIP to my Discord server, and starting on Day 3 I changed Swee's dialogue bubble text each day LMAO

I REALLY HOPE EVERYONE GUYS ENJOY THIS AAAAAAAAAA time to go work on all the revenges I owe people oops

[egberts]

*we live in the osmosis jones universe* Amoeba Franklin is live tonight at the spleen, do you wanna go? I already got tickets

[alteredpanel]

happy make a terrible comic day. i decided to try making a comic using an inkwell pen for the first time with no sketch on a subject that's boring to everyone except me

[breadcroww]

kinger and his 4 daughters <3

(based on this post)

[iwilleatyourenglish]

there are really mundane random things i miss about the USA

air conditioning. dryers.

outlets in bathrooms. garbage disposals.

readily available grape juice.

whipped cream in a can not being called... that.

[iwilleatyourenglish]

uh...

[iwilleatyourenglish]

getting nervous about the number of people who think the world beyond the US is a monolith. nowhere did i say any of that is exclusive to the US. they're just less common in the country i moved to.

like... China and Japan use AC more than America.

[iwilleatyourenglish]

this is so weird. why would i lie about this?

air conditioning is notoriously rare in the uk, which is why rising temperatures are a huge problem that get people killed.

dryers exist but are not widely common.

outlets in bathrooms are literally illegal and garbage disposals are almost unheard of.

i've since found some stores that sell grape juice but it's not as popular as where i'm from.

this was a dumb little post i made after moving and never expected anyone to pay attention. i'm so sick of this site.

[crow-keys]

Short comic where Jax takes a nap :)

[maria-ruta]

I was playing totk and saw a bear

I even called my friend to come and watch - i wanted to show her how I mount the bear and ride it

This is how it went 😔

[leiatheia]

i dont even mean to be disrespectful by saying so but god is genuinely on the same level as santa claus or the easter bunny to me i cannot wrap my mind around how people wholeheartedly believe in it as adults

[hamletthedane]

At the River Clarion, Mary Oliver

1.

I don’t know who God is exactly.

But I’ll tell you this.

I was sitting in the river named Clarion, on a water splashed stone

and all afternoon I listened to the voices of the river talking.

Whenever the water struck a stone it had something to say,

and the water itself, and even the mosses trailing under the water.

And slowly, very slowly, it became clear to me what they were saying.

Said the river I am part of holiness.

And I too, said the stone. And I too, whispered the moss beneath the water.

I’d been to the river before, a few times.

Don’t blame the river that nothing happened quickly.

You don’t hear such voices in an hour or a day.

You don’t hear them at all if selfhood has stuffed your ears.

And it’s difficult to hear anything anyway, through all the traffic, the ambition.

2.

If God exists he isn’t just butter and good luck.

He’s also the tick that killed my wonderful dog Luke.

Said the river: imagine everything you can imagine, then keep on going.

Imagine how the lily (who may also be a part of God) would sing to you if it could sing,

if you would pause to hear it.

And how are you so certain anyway that it doesn’t sing?

If God exists he isn’t just churches and mathematics.

He’s the forest, He’s the desert.

He’s the ice caps, that are dying.

He’s the ghetto and the Museum of Fine Arts.

He’s van Gogh and Allen Ginsberg and Robert Motherwell.

He’s the many desperate hands, cleaning and preparing their weapons.

He’s every one of us, potentially.

The leaf of grass, the genius, the politician, the poet.

And if this is true, isn’t it something very important?

Yes, it could be that I am a tiny piece of God, and each of you too, or at least

of his intention and his hope.

Which is a delight beyond measure.

I don’t know how you get to suspect such an idea.

I only know that the river kept singing.

It wasn’t a persuasion, it was all the river’s own constant joy

which was better by far than a lecture, which was comfortable, exciting, unforgettable.

3.

Of course for each of us, there is the daily life.

Let us live it, gesture by gesture.

When we cut the ripe melon, should we not give it thanks?

And should we not thank the knife also?

We do not live in a simple world.

4.

There was someone I loved who grew old and ill

One by one I watched the fires go out.

There was nothing I could do

except to remember

that we receive

then we give back.

5.

My dog Luke lies in a grave in the forest, she is given back.

But the river Clarion still flows from wherever it comes from

to where it has been told to go.

I pray for the desperate earth.

I pray for the desperate world.

I do the little each person can do, it isn’t much.

Sometimes the river murmurs, sometimes it raves.

6.

Along its shores were, may I say, very intense cardinal flowers.

And trees, and birds that have wings to uphold them, for heaven’s sakes–

the lucky ones: they have such deep natures,

they are so happily obedient.

While I sit here in a house filled with books,

ideas, doubts, hesitations.

7.

And still, pressed deep into my mind, the river

keeps coming, touching me, passing by on its

long journey, its pale, infallible voice

singing

[kamyiin]

It’s never too late

[rad-roche]

shadows of doubt, the detective sim, just added a mode where a snail spawns in the city and chases you down and if it touches you, you die. look at the fucking art for this

[rad-roche]

Folks around here took to calling the skyscrapers of the finance district the headstones, because if you find yourself at the bottom you're as good as dead. I leered up at them and they did nothing back. I knew three things about her. She was a brunette, she was dead, and I was the only person in the world that had to care. It had the window dressing of a crime of passion, but was too blunt and loveless in its execthe snail. Shit. The snail is here. Fuck. Where are my car keys. The snail. The snail. Shit. The snail.

[jorongbak]

So if Caine and Kinger finally have a father-son relationship… does that mean Kinger calls him by his first name, all three middle names, and last name when he’s about to unleash the full force of his parental wrath

[zhz404]

I love wander and Sylvia! Thank you for drawing so much content of them together. How about wander and Sylvia stargazing? Or draw any characters you want.

[viralfrog]

[asneakyfox]

one of my favorite bits in lord of the rings is something the movies didn't really try to do because it's entirely internal, but sam's carrying the ring and it starts trying to do its work on him, so he's having these intrusive visions of himself marching at the head of a vast and terrible army, and he just starts laughing because, me? samwise gamgee? sam gamgee the general sam gamgee the dark lord are you for real? man i just want to go home and do some gardening. and the ring gets frustrated and it starts trying to figure out other stuff that would actually tempt sam and it's finally like, okay, but hear me out: imagine if you could have...A REALLY REALLY BIG GARDEN

[asneakyfox]

and then he's like, i don't know that sounds like a lot more work than a regular garden actually. why don't we just get on with finding mister frodo

[aveloka-draws]

When the lamb has to shave excess wool, who they ask? And do they do it in a private place? Has it happened that the Lamb was shaving, and Narinder has accidentally entered and saw the lamb shaved?

During the first days of the cult Lamb would constantly breakdown when they weren't busy on crusades, to the point they would rather avoid taking care of the camp and themselves.

Narinder would get very jealous if he knew Cerva has always helped them with shearing.

Yippie different hairstyles Lamb