#ask vampi

[azuhreidii-arts]

What is it about Yoshi that makes you fond of him?

Without getting into details and divulging into an entire life story...

...the little fella helped me go through my depression. Back when I didn't realize that that was what being depressed felt, there was Yoshi.

He's a big reason why Super Mario eventually became my absolute main fandom and why I continue to occasionally make content for it, regardless of whatever fixation I may have at the moment. （´▽｀）

[vampi-the-figgit-deux]

I got a lot of new followers bc of the opossum post so like let's review what this blog is about for the newbies who won't know:

Fuck terfs/Nazis/pedophiles/exclusionists/apologists/etc

We respect aro/ace and demi people

We respect trans people with little/situational/no dysphoria

We do NOT respect or excuse what capitalism does just bc some brands include our identity

Fuck rainbow capitalism

We follow anarchist punk ideology here

We stand by ACAB fully and completely

Queer is NOT a slur and I use it frequently

I personally do not feel comfortable with littles/ddlg people near me or following me. As a csa survivor it makes my trauma resurface and I'd rather not have a panic attack bc someone followed me without reading my bio

I use they/them and all pronouns are respected on this blog bc ya know, fuck exclusionists

Lastly, we stan educating yourself constantly and true change of behavior (read: fuck KVD and J* and all the douchey muas and celebrities who only say they've changed so their sales don't tank).

-Kegan/vampi

[azuhreidii-arts]

What’s your favorite kind of cake?

Hmmm...I've never really given it much thought actually. It's not often I eat cake outside of special occasions, which are few and far between.

I'd usually just go with any kind of strawberry cake since those are uncommon flavors outside of the typical norm of chocolate/mocha/vanilla, but for a more specific answer I'd probably say strawberry shortcake. :> 🍓

[azuhreidii-arts]

please, more info on phantom thieves of smash au. im DYING to know!

…Okay, silly joke aside I’m actually flattered some peeps are interested in this AU, especially considering it was pretty self-indulgent for the most part, ahaha- 

But sure, I love talking about my AU’s/concepts with other people~ It maes me happy knowing others are actually interested in them!(More info below the cut!)

(UPDATE: Apparently I found that due to discrepancies in formatting (and just the mobile app being shitty in general), it’s possible that the “Read more” can only exist in the dashboard yet be FULLY uncut on mobile or going directly to the blog itself. I don’t know why this is happening and it’s irritating considering how inconsistent it is with PC vs mobile viewing :/ So apologies if the cut/read more doesn’t work, Tumblr is being stupid hhhhh- -_-;;)

First of all, fun fact: The Phantom Thieves of Smash AU actually originally started out as a joke, specifically a silly counterpart to a post made by paulthebukkit, which was a “what if?” situation about Alfonzo (from LoZ: Spirit Tracks) taking Ren/Joker’s place to lead the og Phantom Thieves while the latter’s off to Smash x’D (picture below):

And that got me thinking: what would happen if, meanwhile in the Smash world, Joker winds up with a new band of Phantom Thieves to lead, due to certain events happening? 

Now, what those “certain events” are, I have yet to fully explain in-depth. But I will say that it loosely is tied to and takes some elements from SSBU’s story mode, World of Light.

The more I thought about that concept, the more I got invested in it, even going so far as to design specific fighters if they were to become phantom thieves and join the team. What originally started out as a joke AU of sorts, actually became something I wanted to take seriously in a way. :’D

In terms of who would be part of the Phantom Thieves of Smash, I had in my head at least five more members (excluding Joker and Morgana, whom are already a given) for the team. While I’ve tossed back and forth some ideas, the first one I considered (and was certain with) was Mario.

Mario was actually the first one whose phantom thief form I designed~Of course, he slightly looked different compared to his old look, but that was mostly minor palette changes xP

(As an added bonus, a full view of Mario’s phantom thief attire :D)

Contrary to the motif of his outfit, his code name is NOT “Tanooki.” It’s actually “Star.” I kinda wanted the Smasher’s code names to hit home with their respective universes, and considering how the most Mario titles revolves heavily on stars (e.g. “Star children” in Yoshi’s Island DS, the Bean Star from M&L: Superstar Saga, etc.), I personally felt it was a bit more fitting. Also, Mario’s considered and referred to as a “superstar” so there’s that x’D 

Now, I’m not sure if I’ll be posting more about this AU, since it was mostly self-indulgent and shared on Discord with friends for the most part. But hey, considering y’all would actually want to see more, then I guess I might post some quick doodles like with my Personarune/Fool’s Rune AU…? ^^;

(PS. Sorry for the late reply ;; )

[azuhreidii-arts]

Just wanted to say that I love the way you draw Narukami in the Fool's Rune AU. His smile is contagious.

The power of Chad Narukami charismatic boys shines within you~

[azuhreidii-arts]

Hi! Your Fool's Rune thing is amazing and I love it, but the batch of NPC characters did raise a question: in this AU, who takes Lancer's place (if anyone does)? And kinda following on from that, do the non-Ralsei Darkners even get switched with Persona characters or are they just the same as ever?

Heyo and thanks so much~! I’m flattered some peeps like my Fool’s Rune AU! ;u;

To answer your first question, I considered it’d be Teddie, actually! :DInitially I thought of Morgana (since Ren’s basically parallel to Susie in the AU and thus it’d make a bit more sense if he partnered with Morgana like Susie did with Lancer), but…considering in Fool’s Rune Ren is a lot more open to his rebellious nature and I personally think he wouldn’t take well with someone who’s rather condescending and would boss him around x’D (Plus…I’ve seen various takes on a Persona/Deltarune crossover AU and most of the time it’s usually Morgana being the Lancer parallel so I beg to differ there’s that, lol)

As for your second question, I’m…not sure I follow? ^^;

If by “non-Ralsei Darkners” you mean the encounters such as Rudinn and Hathy, then they do in fact get replaced by Persona characters as well, specifically the “Personas” you use. For instance, C. Round is Jack Frost and K. Round is King Frost x’DStory-important or story-involved Darkners on the other hand such as Jevil and Seam get replaced by peeps from the Persona cast themselves. An example to this is Tohru Adachi being Jevil.

Hope that answers it~ ^^;;

[azuhreidii-arts]

*a wild random folk has appeared* Hewwo, I just want to tell you I find your art super cute :3 Keep up !

Ayyy, thank you so much~! I’m glad you think so!! 💖✨👌

[azuhreidii-arts]

Hey I'm kinda curious now, if you don't mind. Would it be okay if I draw a fan art of your fantasy drawing?

Oh, definitely~!! I’d love to see it when you do draw it~ :D