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he/him • adult Alien's Fandom blog; either name is fine. Don't repost my shit.

[phuuca]

1K+ FOLLOWER CELEBRATION!!

I hit 1k+ followers and I wanted to say thank you, first and foremost. I greatly appreciate everyone who followed me and decided to like my art. I'm eternally grateful to everyone who helped me reach this goal, so I decided to make a YCH event as a thank you!!

You guys get to draw your OCs interacting with Yucca and Yumei!!

These are merely examples of what you could have your characters doing and I will provide the blanks. Go ham!! <3

I love you all. Blessed be <3333

Commission Info / Yumei Rinn / Yucca Rinn

[phuuca]

The best way I can explain the difference between Yucca and Yumei Rinn and how they see NRC is this picture:

Thank you.

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[twstpollsofficial]

POPULARITY POLL ROUND 4 LOSERS BRACKET PT. 1

ROOK HUNT v. JACK HOWL

Rook

Jack

Remaining time: 5 hours 56 minutes

[phuuca]

Vote Jack Howl!!

[spacespheal]

Payada de la vaca

[skaiiiryn]

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Updates on eah x twst visual novel, kept in sketches for the sprites. I've written baaasically the whole script! BGs are just reused cuz I am NOT drawing all that ( •̯́ ₃ •̯̀)

[twstpollsofficial]

POPULARITY POLL ROUND 4 LOSERS BRACKET PT. 1

ROOK HUNT v. JACK HOWL

Rook

Jack

Remaining time: 5 hours 56 minutes

[mrnightingale]

Idk man it seems like the Jack propaganda is based solely in degrading interesting complex characters to glorify what y'all think good, noble morality looks like.

I have no interest in a character without conflict, without dilemmas or an interesting worldview. No, being a tsundere is not complexity, that's just a trope.

If your only argument for Jack to win is that he's a "good boy" then you don't want to think why it angers you so much that questionable characters might win over boring ass purity.

Rook's love for the world, trying to find and pursue beauty in everything, is much more pure. Even if it makes you uncomfortable.

Fiction doesn't owe you good values. It has to make you think. No one is going to clap at you if you only vote for what you think won't be punished.

(We could also talk for hours about how the fandom demonizes Rook mischaracterizing him entirely only bc they don't bother to try to understand him which is the whole reason he's been isolated his ENTIRE LIFE until he met Vil but whatever. It's not like y'all care).

[phuuca]

The defending of Jack comes from people saying he's "not as interesting compared to others" when, compared to other characters, he's SEVERELY under-utilized in the narrative.

Compared to other characters, whom have big moments in their narrative to show more of their personality and development, Jack is a character that gets sidelined often and the meat-and-potatoes of his characters is hidden behind vignettes, mangas, and novels not everyone is going to read or wants to read.

"I have no interest in a character without conflict, without dilemmas or an interesting worldview," except Jack does have conflicts and dilemmas because he's just as much a hypocrite as others. He wants greatness and wants to be on the Savanaclaw SpellDrive team, but he hates teamwork, which is why he's in the Track Club instead of in the SpellDrive Club. He thinks there's only a "right" way to do things, but has difficulty computing the "right" way to do something might have a questionable methodology. He's a straight-edge, which means he has difficulty being flexible in his ideals.

His goodness, his "good boy" status, comes from being raised in a completely different environment compared to Leona and Ruggie and the difference is what makes him interesting. He's an incredible narrative foil to Leona and Ruggie who are hopeless and underhanded vs. Jack's hope and wanting to make things fair. It's interesting.

Rook is an incredible character and his love for the world is pure. That purity, that genuine love for the world, doesn't erase the fact people are uncomfortable by him because of the things he does and says despite being told those things make them uncomfortable. It's hard to want to understand someone who, seemingly, does not care if they cross boundaries. Emphasis on seemingly because WE know it comes from a good place, but not everyone in NRC does. And, even if WE know where it comes from, people have a right to still feel uncomfortable by Rook and his character because of the things he does, not because of who he is.

Also, tropes are narrative devices that exists everywhere. Every story has tropes, but not every story is going to elaborate on them to the same degree.

[twstpollsofficial]

Phuuca I don't know how to tell to you this but you're the patron saint of Jack fans btw

[twstpollsofficial]

[phuuca]

AND ANOTHER THING.

If we're going to talk about the mischaracterization of characters in TWST, we have to address the different ways these characters are treated.

Typically, Rook is mischaracterized to be creepier than he actually is vs. Jack being mischaracterized as an aggressive, "alpha wolf" character based on outdated, (were)wolf stereotypes that get extra suspicious when you see he's one of 5 characters that have darker skin.

Vote Jack Howl.

[twstpollsofficial]

POPULARITY POLL ROUND 4 LOSERS BRACKET PT. 1

ROOK HUNT v. JACK HOWL

Rook

Jack

Remaining time: 5 hours 56 minutes

[mrnightingale]

Idk man it seems like the Jack propaganda is based solely in degrading interesting complex characters to glorify what y'all think good, noble morality looks like.

I have no interest in a character without conflict, without dilemmas or an interesting worldview. No, being a tsundere is not complexity, that's just a trope.

If your only argument for Jack to win is that he's a "good boy" then you don't want to think why it angers you so much that questionable characters might win over boring ass purity.

Rook's love for the world, trying to find and pursue beauty in everything, is much more pure. Even if it makes you uncomfortable.

Fiction doesn't owe you good values. It has to make you think. No one is going to clap at you if you only vote for what you think won't be punished.

(We could also talk for hours about how the fandom demonizes Rook mischaracterizing him entirely only bc they don't bother to try to understand him which is the whole reason he's been isolated his ENTIRE LIFE until he met Vil but whatever. It's not like y'all care).

[phuuca]

The defending of Jack comes from people saying he's "not as interesting compared to others" when, compared to other characters, he's SEVERELY under-utilized in the narrative.

Compared to other characters, whom have big moments in their narrative to show more of their personality and development, Jack is a character that gets sidelined often and the meat-and-potatoes of his characters is hidden behind vignettes, mangas, and novels not everyone is going to read or wants to read.

"I have no interest in a character without conflict, without dilemmas or an interesting worldview," except Jack does have conflicts and dilemmas because he's just as much a hypocrite as others. He wants greatness and wants to be on the Savanaclaw SpellDrive team, but he hates teamwork, which is why he's in the Track Club instead of in the SpellDrive Club. He thinks there's only a "right" way to do things, but has difficulty computing the "right" way to do something might have a questionable methodology. He's a straight-edge, which means he has difficulty being flexible in his ideals.

His goodness, his "good boy" status, comes from being raised in a completely different environment compared to Leona and Ruggie and the difference is what makes him interesting. He's an incredible narrative foil to Leona and Ruggie who are hopeless and underhanded vs. Jack's hope and wanting to make things fair. It's interesting.

Rook is an incredible character and his love for the world is pure. That purity, that genuine love for the world, doesn't erase the fact people are uncomfortable by him because of the things he does and says despite being told those things make them uncomfortable. It's hard to want to understand someone who, seemingly, does not care if they cross boundaries. Emphasis on seemingly because WE know it comes from a good place, but not everyone in NRC does. And, even if WE know where it comes from, people have a right to still feel uncomfortable by Rook and his character because of the things he does, not because of who he is.

Also, tropes are narrative devices that exists everywhere. Every story has tropes, but not every story is going to elaborate on them to the same degree.

[remight]

Hello tumblr user Remight, you should draw one of your KH faves with your problems.

Thank you tumblr user Glubshit for the prompt!

[millidew]

mental illness level: replinami orbiting each other in the final world

[phuuca]

Soooo how do you feel about the poll

I tried my best o7 but it was all in good fun XD. Glad to see so many people participate for shits and gigs.

My hands hurts though T___T

[phuuca]

Sunset Savannah bothers me.

It's one of those places in TWST that gives me such a headache because how parliament and the economy work don't make any sense.

Like, how does SunSav survive as a country?

Is SunSav is supposed to parallel corrupt kingdoms in places like (apartheid) South Africa? Or the Congo? Because even corrupt parliaments have a modicum of order in how they're run. The government of SunSav just looks like a whole mess.

The WHOLE reason places on the Afrikan Continent stay corrupt and "3rd World" (which isn't even a real category mind you) is because their leaders are being paid off by 1st World countries like America, the UK, Germany, etc., etc. So like.

HOW do taxes work if all your people don't have jobs? How are you wealthy? How do you get things built if you hate modernity so much? Where is the money coming from? Where isit going? Is tourism the only thing keeping your country afloat if you don't allow factory extraction? If so, where's the commentary on gentrification? With there being such a horrid wealth gap, there HAS to be some level of extortion and slave labor. There HAS to be. You cannot have such a gap between Leona and Ruggie's realities without one abusing the other. It doesn't work like that.

Like.

A really, REALLY easy fix to this, because all the materials for all these cities has to come from somewhere, is:

You can have inside corruption with the Kingscolars being fat and happy figureheads of SunSav while there's another ring of politicians that ACTUALLY make the policy and sell out a specific area of SunSav to places like Pyroxene, the Queendom, and even fucking Scalding Sands. Places like Ruggie's hometown can then be Like That™ because they've been abandoned by the Royal Family because their neighborhood have literally been sold out as slave laborers that get paid pennies.

And then with the main city in Cloud Calling, that's where all the tourism happens and it give the illusion SunSav is this magical, hippy-dippy place were you can do on a desert retreat and never work a day in your life. All while Leona, someone who actually know the truth, is pointing out where everythng comes from and how all the stall vendors' hands are soaked in blood.

[phuuca]

Follow up:

I would argue Falena, and this fuck-ass family, can justify building a modern-city for the birth of Cheka while refusing to develop other, densely, populated villages in SunSav:

because this project was approved by their inner political buddies.

Because it's a frivolous use of funds, used in a way that doesn't actually benefit anyone except for the, already, insanely rich. If anything, this project, to develop the capital, was put on the fast-lane because it made them look good to the outside world.

"We want to preserve nature and water, which is why we developed this big city and golden, water fountain right outside the royal palace. Don't look past this area where all the tourists and colorful vendors live. You're not allowed to do that, What do you mean 'why'?"

"Why does this water never evaporate? Magic silly! 'Why can't we do this for the rest of the country?' Well......"

Briar Valley is explained away by being cut off from the world, It doesn't need outside intervention because it's already self-sustaining due to Fae magic being different from normal magic AND having an in-grown economy. It doesn't NEED the outside world to survive. Sure, some modernity would be nice, but certain modern amenities would not mesh well with the supernatural shit going on over there (read: phones, the Internet, some electric devices, etc.,). And, with B7 explaining the Human-Fae War and how the country is still, do a degree, recovering, it makes sense as to why they'd be hesitant in letting people, and new age inventions, in.

So what about SunSav.

Was there a war? Is there corruption? Is there economic trade with outside countries? Is there mass immigration out of the country because of the shit working conditions? Similar to the border crossings from Mexico to America?

Does Yana realize having more than one place with a fucked-up way of life is more realistic and accurate to real-life? Having the Scalding Sands and SunSav, hell even Pyroxene and the Coral Sea, have some kind of corrupted underbelly is INTERESTING. Having them all being corrupted in different ways is INTERESTING.

Trying to frame every country as "A great place to life except for [insert one bad thing here]" and not elaborating is LAZY. It’s LAZY AND BORING.

[twstpollsofficial]

POPULARITY POLL ROUND 2 WINNERS BRACKET PT. 2

IDIA SHROUD v. JACK HOWL

Idia

Jack

Voting ended onMay 28

[phuuca]

ONE DAY LEFT. VOTE JACK HOWL!! CLOSE THE GAP

[phuuca]

Sunset Savannah bothers me.

It's one of those places in TWST that gives me such a headache because how parliament and the economy work don't make any sense.

Like, how does SunSav survive as a country?

Is SunSav is supposed to parallel corrupt kingdoms in places like (apartheid) South Africa? Or the Congo? Because even corrupt parliaments have a modicum of order in how they're run. The government of SunSav just looks like a whole mess.

The WHOLE reason places on the Afrikan Continent stay corrupt and "3rd World" (which isn't even a real category mind you) is because their leaders are being paid off by 1st World countries like America, the UK, Germany, etc., etc. So like.

HOW do taxes work if all your people don't have jobs? How are you wealthy? How do you get things built if you hate modernity so much? Where is the money coming from? Where isit going? Is tourism the only thing keeping your country afloat if you don't allow factory extraction? If so, where's the commentary on gentrification? With there being such a horrid wealth gap, there HAS to be some level of extortion and slave labor. There HAS to be. You cannot have such a gap between Leona and Ruggie's realities without one abusing the other. It doesn't work like that.

Like.

A really, REALLY easy fix to this, because all the materials for all these cities has to come from somewhere, is:

You can have inside corruption with the Kingscolars being fat and happy figureheads of SunSav while there's another ring of politicians that ACTUALLY make the policy and sell out a specific area of SunSav to places like Pyroxene, the Queendom, and even fucking Scalding Sands. Places like Ruggie's hometown can then be Like That™ because they've been abandoned by the Royal Family because their neighborhood have literally been sold out as slave laborers that get paid pennies.

And then with the main city in Cloud Calling, that's where all the tourism happens and it give the illusion SunSav is this magical, hippy-dippy place were you can do on a desert retreat and never work a day in your life. All while Leona, someone who actually know the truth, is pointing out where everythng comes from and how all the stall vendors' hands are soaked in blood.

[twstpollsofficial]

POPULARITY POLL ROUND 2 WINNERS BRACKET PT. 2

IDIA SHROUD v. JACK HOWL

Idia

Jack

Voting ended onMay 28

[phuuca]

2 DAYS LEFT!! VOTE JACK HOWL

[phuuca]

I voted for Jack!! Feels like I’m betraying Idia, but I don’t even like the guy lol

Thank you for your service, here’s Idia.

VOTE JACK HOWL

[phuuca]

Hi!! May I request one of the Diasomnia boys, whichever one you want. Thank you so much, I love your art style.

Lilia for you

My hand started cramping from all these doodles.

VOTE JACK HOWL