READ THIS BEFORE YOU SEND ASKS/INTERACT. ASK BLU ANYTHING DAY (ABAD) is on the first full weekend of every month!
MINORS: Block the "#blu lewd" tag OR I WILL BLOCK YOU and do not DM me unless it's to ask to join Blucord. This goes ESPECIALLY if you're 16 or under. Adults on the internet are not your friends, and I am not comfortable speaking with you privately without a third party present.
G'day fellas! You can call me Blu, and I can be invoked like some Lovecraftian horror by mentioning Sniper in the TF2 tags. King of Sniper Lore (and Australia), Messiah of Bludaism, also known as the "Sheepshagging Roorooting Horsehumping Mountainfucking Melonpiping 13x-Divorced Breastmaster Hitman Inenrt Dingoboy Piss Cheese Jorts Bludysseus Blu'nt Bushgod Sniper Blog" despite not being a Sniper blog (and not actually shagging a sheep or rooting a roo or being married to start with or caring all that much for cannabis, I'm a psychedelics bloke). I'm just Like This.
Been told I'm the "Sniper kin of all Sniper kins." Not sure what a kin is these days but from what I've heard I'm content with not knowing.
This is my only blog. I have three sideblogs. One is @blu-doods, where I post my shitty stick figure art for laughs, and the other two are @art-reblugs, where I reblog art on (I reblog art here too, but the pickings are far more slim) and @post-reblugs (same as art but for text posts).
Again, not a Sniper roleplay blog. That said feel free to call me Sniper as a joke because I do very much enjoy it. Just keep in mind that I am my own person and not a fictional character. There's a real person behind the screen.
Sometimes I go on tangents and start infodumping. You can find the masterlist here. Also please read my DNI list and check out my pronouns page (I spent so much time on it).
My ask box is always open to whatever you want to say. Questions, comments, infodumping, or whatever else comes to mind. I particularly enjoy things relating to TF2, astronomy, nature, classic cars, and weapons. :]
If you find a weird animal or plant and want to know what it is, send me a picture with the location and there's a fair chance I can ID it! ("Location" doesn't need to be city, just state or general region!)
If you're looking to do art or something of me, please see this post for a guide to what I look like and this post for my rules on what is and isn't acceptable!
We now have a Discord server! If you want to join just DM me, but please ask only you and I are mutuals or we interact often :]
My avatar was done by the incredibly talented @grumpygrumblet!
SOME INFO ABOUT ME
I have autism, selective mutism, and some other issues that aren't really important. Point is that sometimes it can be hard for me to talk or properly put my thoughts into words. This makes me come across as cold sometimes. I'm not good at communicating with words and I'm better at expressing it in person where I can rely more on touch. I apologise if I seem rude because I'm not trying to be. Let me know and I'll try to articulate what I mean to say in a gentler way.
I'm 25.
Bushstraight. AMAB transmasc. Weird bloke.
I grew up in Alice Springs and spend most of my time in the NT. On the first Friday of the month there's a good chance you can find me at the Daly Waters Pub. CU in the NT! (Not now though because I'm stuck in America for the foreseeable future. Oops. Try me again in 2025!)
I hunt professionally for pest control. Usually it's invasive animals like pigs, cats, or feral dogs. I'm also licenced to occasionally deal with nuisance native wildlife like crocodiles, but aside from assisting in relocation efforts I've yet to be called out for a crocodile. I'm alright with this—I really don't want to shoot a crocodile.
I also hunt to feed myself and my dog. Her name is Misty and she's an Australian Shepherd/Golden Retriever mix. You can see her here or by checking out my "mistyposting" tag.
I used to participate in kangaroo culls and by law I have to shoot them in the head so if you ever want to know what it's like to pop skulls, reckon you can ask me. Also on the kangaroo thing: if you're Australian and from 2020-2021 ate kangaroo or bought kangaroo dog food or leather, there's a chance I'm the one what got it to you.
I'm a bushie. This means I'm a survivalist who lives out in the bush. I technically live in a van (ute + camper in the tray) but if there's good weather I'm usually sleeping outside unless it's an area with a lot of dingos (they don't usually bother people but I'm not going to take risks with my dog). I have no permanent residence and I move from place to place for work. Occasionally I have to go into cities for work (I'm looking at you, M*lbourne) but these are thankfully rare occasions and only when I'm strapped for cash.
Sometimes while clearing a squatter's land I'll find mushrooms and take them back home and get high when I'm done working. It makes for an interesting experience and my favourite thing to do is lay on the top of my van and watch the stars for a while.
I have a mullet and I am awful proud of it. It's easy upkeep since I can cut it using the mirror of my van.
I've drank my own piss on more than one occasion. The first time was because I was dying of dehydration out in the bush and it kept me alive for 2 days until I found water. The second time was for science. Certified Piss Kink Guy. (Editor's note: I do not in fact have a piss kink.)
I have infinitely large balls.
I am a bogan. I am proud of that too. Viva la boganism.
I am Ameristralian. I was born in the US and came to Australia when I was 2 years old—both of my parents are American but my parents lived in Australia for work. I grew up in Australia but when I was 16 we moved back to America and I spent most of my high school years in California (years 10-12) and lost my accent. I now live in Australia with a very thick American accent so I get the "lost tourist" spiel a lot and I reckon I'm never going to stop having to prove I'm Australian. It's gotten me into pub fights before and will continue to do so. I'm back in America again and had a stroke in 2023 and now have my Aussie accent back LMAO
I've been told I'm "Sniper IRL." (Cheers, bloke I met in a Sydney pub, for getting me into TF2 by telling me this.)
I fucking love crocodiles to a possibly dangerous degree. Technically I love everything nature and especially animals, but crocodiles are just something special to me. I blame Steve Irwin and the fact my favourite thing to do as a nipper was go up to Darwin with Mum during the dry season and go croc spotting.
I like TF2, nature (particularly plants and animals), astronomy, and history. My special interest is sniping. I also love science and medicine. PLEASE ASK ME ABOUT THESE THINGS BECAUSE I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THEM.
I swear a lot. I will not apologise for it. Fight me, cunt.
Please ask me about the shit I've seen out in the bush. I have so many stories. Actually, just ask me anything. Just talk to me in general, please. I need it.
I like knives (penchant for Bowie knives and machetes), firearms (penchant for antique bolt-actions), and old cars. I think pre-1970 Land Rovers are pretty spiffy. I can alternatively be invoked by incorrectly stating what model of Land Rover Sniper drives. It's a bloody 1965 Series IIA!
DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY OF THE SHIT YOU SEE ME DO ON THIS BLOG. I AM A PROFESSIONAL AT WHAT I DO—ATTEMPTING TO REPLICATE IT IS LIKELY TO RESULT IN SERIOUS HARM AND/OR DEATH. DO NOT GO INTO THE OUTBACK UNLESS YOU ARE WITH A GROUP AND HAVE AN EXPERIENCED GUIDE WITH YOU.
If you wanna learn the rest of the lore, you'd best delve the blog. ;]
I can also be found on AO3 also under Blubushie.
A GUIDE TO MY TAGS
IMPORTANT BLOCK TAGS
blu lewd: Horny asks and reblogs of suggestive art. I'm making a tag for this since I've been getting so many asks from thirsty anons (I love you, thirsty anons). MINORS: BLOCK THIS TAG OR I WILL BLOCK YOU.
haemocyanin: Usually reblogged gore art (blood is not included in gore, I'm talking viscera). Also includes discussion of gory topics. THIS TAG IS STRICTLY GORE. Please block this tag if that makes you uncomfortable.
blu slew: Discussion of hunting. May contains photos from hunting. This includes animal death/animal gore, so anyone who is uncomfortable with seeing this PLEASE BLOCK THIS TAG.
blu a fuse: Angryposting. Will include venting—if that bothers you, block this tag.
blus blues: Venting/sad hours/personal, generally depressive, journals. Basically me screaming into the void about how shit sandwich my life is. May include discussions of trauma so if that bothers you, block this tag.
blu jarate: Anything that mentions piss in referral to urine because it's brought up a lot on this blog (not in a kink way, just in general). Block this tag if piss makes you uncomfortable.
blu boos: A personal medical journal of sorts. Block this tag if talk of injuries disturbs you.
Postbin: Hate asks. Will probably include transphobia or homophobia or intersexism because people pick on the easiest things ay? Block if you don't want to see people clowning on me.
GENERAL TAGS
💙: Random thoughts or stuff from me. No worries, I don't ramble often. Also contains reblogs of things I just Vibe With that don't fit any of my other tags. Formerly #bluposting
💬: IRL quotes. Usually things between me and my father, but sometimes includes other people.
blu news: Updates on my life. This may include failsafes.
blu whos: Answered asks. Please send me asks or talk to me in literally any way as I often spend weeks without even seeing another human out in the bush and let me tell you it is NOT good for one's state of mind. I may not like people but humans are social animals and it's a terrible Catch-22. Ask me about my work or life or my fic or about TF2 lore or Sniper or literally anything please.
abad: Discussions or asks from Ask Blu Anything Day, a monthly... Event? Where some of my ask rules are suspended. ABAD is your licence to go nuts in my ask box, and the rule of ABAD is that I have to answer everything honestly.
confessional: Ask tag where people come into my inbox to confess things, usually fandom-related opinions. Confessionals are primarily a judgement-free zone. :)
mercposting: Catch-all TF2 discussion tag. As I get asks about TF2 often, this is the tag used so I don't clutter the main tag.
sniperposting: Shit specifically about Sniper since I seem to talk about him so much. Also things from my life that Sniper would also probably do.
headshot: Sniper art.
one shot one kill: Photography! I've had a passion for it forever. These are my "professional" shots (that is, taken with my nice camera and not my phone lmao)
blu drew: My sketches. I don't do digital art so all of it is traditional and usually of varying quality. It's typically animals or plants I see out in the bush.
blu bushie: My adventures in the wilderness.
🍄🍄🍄: Contains discussions of drugs.
🍄: Triposting! These are trip reports from the times I get high on various different drugs, but usually mushrooms. Also contains any posts I reblog or make while under the influence of drugs. (Formerly #blu flew)
🍺🍺🍺: Contains discussions of alcohol.
🍺: Drunkposting! Contains any posts I make while under the influence of alcohol.
🚬: Contains discussion of cigarettes, tobacco, and smoking.
learnin the blus: Random thoughts/rambles regarding my fic.
blu hoohs: NOT MY ART. Just stuff I've REALLY liked and reblogged. My own art is never tagged with this.
blus clues: Me speculating on headcanons and lore, usually about TF2. I love lore speculation.
bushman: Reblogs relating to survivalism, bushcraft, camping shit, and general bushman activities. Also includes reblogs of things related to these.
blu planet: Reblogs relating to nature and the natural world.
blu zoo: Discussions of animals and plants. May contain pictures of things I see on my adventures!
stockman: Discussing my former job as a stockman.
🐂: Things relating to rodeo, and especially bullriding.
blu pew: Weapons, mostly firearms and knives.
true blu: Things specifically relating to Australia. Usually cultural things.
code blu: Things relating to medicine. This especially applies to bushmedicine.
blursed: Reblogged shit that I think is cursed. Usually text posts, sometimes images.
blusome: Just uplifting things I see and reblog. Everybody needs some added light every now and then.
blu spew: Funny things. Titled for me spewing out my coffee in the morning when I see them.
blu polls: My polls.
blu views: The VERY rare occasions I discuss politics. Most of this is either about firearms or rarely nature conservation.
mistyposting: Posts relating strictly to Misty.
moonyposting: Anything relating to Mundy, my emu. On this blog he's referred to as "Moony" so as not to have him confused with Mundy from my fic (or canon Mundy).
blu tunes: Anything relating to music.
blu chew: Anything relating to food.
recipe: My recipes and recipes I've come across. :]
ford blu: Anything relating to cars.
blu id: Posts where people ask me to identify animals and plants.
blu marbled jack: Anything relating to Jack. This is because I once saw him eat an entire block of cheese.
ask game: Ask games I find.
answered asks: Answers to things I've asked.
blubook: Posts relating to literature. It's a pun about the Australian boobook, a type of owl. Get it? Because owls are smart? And it's reading? Nevermind.
fanart: Art specifically of me because I get a lot of it (and adore it when I do)!
blucord: Discussing things that go down in the Discord server.
blu muse: Poetry I write (because apparently I'm doing that again).
blu queue: Queued posts.
blu misc: Anything that doesn't fit into the rest of these tags.
🐇: Tag for my lovely missus @xx-corpsegirl-xx
blu reviews: Submitted posts.
bluroarer: Things I'm tagged in.
smoke signals: Back-and-forth discussions in reblogs.
horseposting: Me talking about horses. I fucking love horses.
dream journal: Where I log my dreams.
eminence: Me infodumping about DND/my DND character Redd (cuz Redd + Blu = eminence purple).
PMP: Info relating to my job as a pest management professional.
matildaposting: Me discussing my camper and truck setup.
🌌: Wereshitposting—late-night blogging I get up to when the world is quiet and I can't sleep.
Also I'm writing a Speedingbullet fic on AO3 because it's boring out here and I have brainrot so go read that I guess, cheers. Chapter 10 is my magnum opus.
Here's the link to the original F/M version of the fic, and here's the link to the M/M edited version of the fic. The M/M version isn't as good and there may be pronoun errors here and there because the F/M is my primary focus and how the fic is originally written. The M/M version is also discontinued at Chapter 7 as I couldn't work Jesse's backstory properly into Jake. Sorry, folks.
If you're looking to do fanart or something I have a reference for Jesse and Suki. I also have an appearance detail for the rest of BLU team. (If you do fanart of Jesse and Mundy together I will love you forever and ever.)
Funniest conversation I've ever had with a mate over nothing important was when Jack was whinging about something or other and he says to me, "You know, I've never heard you yell when you're pissed off. How do you do that?"
"Do what?"
"Not yell when you're pissed off, dipstick."
"I'm good at keeping my cool."
He doesn't know that I trained myself out of it as a teenager because my voice cracks when I raise my volume and it's always embarrassed me. Nothing's worse than getting into a yelling match with some bloke and having your voice crack like your balls dropped mid-conversation.
but yeah i agree!! night is my favorite time of day also because its quiet 👍
nights can also be made loud though with stuff like clubbing, bars or parties or whatever, i never go to those but iirc youve gone? to bars at least thats where that dude.told you about tf2, are there any other goofy ahh moments you could tell us about?
thank you yet again
- the antisocial 🧀 anon
I don't really go clubbing or to parties or anything. The only "parties" I go to are B&S balls, which are... interesting, to say the least.
Now, pubs?
Little factoid about me that I'm not proud of: I have been banned from more pubs than I can count. I am notorious for having a temper what matches my height. If you go to an Outback town in NSW, QLD, NT, or WA what has a pub there's an (at least) 25% chance I've been banned from that pub at one point or another.
I WANT IT ON THE RECORD THAT I DO NOT START PUBFIGHTS. I HAVE NEVER THROWN THE FIRST PUNCH. I just talk a lot of shit when people are already talking shit. I'm an okay fighter but I'm disadvantaged as a manlet, so I lose half the fights I get in.
That said, I haven't gotten into a pubfight in a year but reasons I have gotten into pubfights in the past include:
American tourist "mocking" the slang
American tourist "mocking" the slang
American tourist "mocking" the slang
American tourist mocking the beer
American tourist mocking the pub itself (this one was funny because I ended up biffing with the bartender despite knowing the owner, the bartender was not aware I know the owner)
American tourist "mocking" the slang
Calling someone a cunt
Calling someone a cunt
Calling someone a cunt
I no longer call people cunts.
Being a short bloke.
A bloke getting pissed because he thought I was cutting his lunch (stealing his girl). He wasn't dating this girl, and she came onto me.
Yelling at a bloke about a horse, a goat, and a dog. These all happened in one night at Daly Waters. Hello Polly, Blackface, and Kevin!
Then got into a fight with THAT BLOKE'S mate because I dumped the first one in the water trough outside Daly Waters and ruined his new iPhone. Welcome to the Outback, cunt. Don't pick fights. Fucking city roos.
I've only ever started one fight and that was the result of someone calling me a "sooky bitch" (I can brush that off) but then he tried to take my hat and you don't take a bloke's hat. That was the one that got me arrested for headbutting him and cutting his forehead with the croc teeth on my hat. Luckily he didn't press charges and that's my only arrest. (Coincidentally it's how I met my mate Jack. He was in the cell next to me for being drunk.)
All of that being said, 75% of the fights I've gotten in have ended with all parties involved drinking together and cracking jokes at the end of the night. We don't hold grudges much.
It's kind of hard to piss your daks as a bloke since you can just whip it out whenever but it happens. Rarely. Maybe once a year.
Passed out on DMT and woke up with pissed pants once though. The conversation went something along the lines of "You cunt, you let me piss myself?" and Jack barked back, "Fuck you want me to do, pull it out and hold it for you?" To which I snapped "Reckon!" and then got smacked in the face with a banana leaf.
Besides digging foxholes in the beach, what do you like to do when you visit the ocean? Do you surf? Swim? Snorkel? Scuba? Walk and admire? Do you have a favorite "I did this thing at the ocean" story? (or was that the foxhole story lol?)
My favourite is the foxhole story but I once found a dolphin and defended the carcass aggressively until the cetacean crew showed up to take it (you're supposed to report dead cetaceans and such on the beaches).
I mostly just swim or walk and admire. I don't snorkel on account of being able to hold my breath, but if it's deepwater I'll take a pair of goggles and just dive. I've been spearfishing a few times with Jack (here's a warning sign for the fic: half of Mundy's scar stories are either directly sourced or inspired by my own).
I've never been surfing which is amusing because I have pretty good balance. I've been swimming on the open ocean though which is an amazing feeling, and I've been whale spotting. I've been kayaking and canoeing.
Usually though if it's a really small and unknown beach with no one around I'll just take my clothes off and go for a swim for a few hours until I get tired. Once I'm buggered enough I'll lay in the surf and sunbake and maybe have a short nap in the sun. If Jack's there we get handsy and play this stupid game of touching our fingers to each other's hands until one of us gets annoyed at the nanceplay and tosses sand in the other one's face.
