#commander floppy

[commanderfloppy]

Mermaids used to be one of my favorite things to draw for a while, so I really wanted to do something for Mermay!

I might make more of these, tried to go pretty lose (and left the sketch layer visible)

[commander-coppercogg]

😌-for Bertie

🥰-for Syrryl

@commanderfloppy

Thank you for the ask! Some nice treatment for the boys coming right up!

Syrryl

🥰- Post nightmare cuddles

It wasn’t a new nightmare, by any stretch of the imagination. The gritty sand beneath his feet, Balthazar’s fire, Bertie’s unmoving body. Syrryl’s mind had tortured him with those images enough to last a lifetime. And yet the dreams still came. Not as often now that he and Bertie were back together again, and together in a completely new way as well. And honestly, he though as he paced the dark, quiet hallways of Eye of the North, it wasn’t like he couldn’t go and check on Bertie if he was that worried about him. But it was the middle of the night and Bertie was sleeping, Syrryl scolded himself, and just because he’d had a bad dream didn’t mean he had to go running to his-

“Syrryl?” Bertie’s sleepy voice interrupted his thoughts and Syrryl turned to see the man he loved, standing there barefoot on the cold stone floor. He was only wearing a pair of shorts and an over sized hoodie, the empty left sleeve neatly tucked away, sleepily rubbing at his face to keep himself awake. “Aurene told me you had a nightmare,” Bertie said, sounded worried but determined. “Are you alright?”

Syrryl almost said he was fine, almost told Bertie to go back to sleep, almost said that there wasn’t anything wrong. Instead he found himself moving forward and wrapping his arms around Bertie, pressing one ear to the larger asura’s chest. The worried knot in his stomach loosened as he heard the rhythmic beat of Bertie’s heart, felt Bertie’s arm wrap around his shoulders and pull him closer, felt Bertie press his cheek to the top of his head and sigh contentedly.

They stayed that way for a long moment, until Syrryl felt Bertie trying to hide a shiver. Reluctantly, he pulled away but Bertie caught one of his hands and tugged at it gently. “C’mon, at least come back where it’s warm,” he asked. “Or warmer.”

Syrryl hesitated. “I don’t want to go back to sleep.”

“You don’t have to,” Bertie said, around a yawn. “Just…come keep me company while I make tea?”

Syrryl let himself be pulled along. “What if I don’t want any tea?”

Bertie gave him a tired but cheeky smile and squeezed his hand. “Who said the tea was for you anyway?”

Syrryl rolled his eye but squeezed Bertie’s hand back and followed him towards his tent.

Bertie

☺️- Soft words of reassurance

Bertie took a deep breath and tried to stand up straighter as he scanned the Queen’s Garden in Divinity’s Reach. He hated dealing with human parties with all their politics and protocols. But Jennah had asked him to come as a personal favor and he wasn’t about to let a friend down. Especially considering how wild things had gotten at the last get together he’d been to what with the White Mantle and all. His fingers, flesh and metal, squeezed together tightly behind his back as he took another moment to scan the area for possible threats.

Ears pricking up suddenly, he turned and was not at all surprised to see Syrryl once again standing behind his left shoulder. Bertie relaxed slightly, always feeling more at ease with his frie- his partner watching his back. “How’s Lady Wi?“ he asked, knowing that Syrryl had mostly likely been meeting with the other Whispers agent.

“She’s well,” Syrryl replied. “Violette’s is going to be up for parole soon, which she’s happy about.” Across the garden, the lady in question caught site of the two of them and gave them a slight nod. Syrryl stepped a little closer to Bertie and lowered his voice before asking, “How are you?”

Bertie tried not to fidget, knowing that there would be innumerable eyes watching his every move. “A bit nervous,” he confessed. It was odd being without the familiar weight and pressure of his armor and warhammer. His fancy clothes were itchy and uncomfortable and he couldn’t get the collar of his shirt to sit right. “I keep worrying the White Mantle is going to attack again.”

“I’m sure Anise has hunted them all down by now.” Syrryl’s tone made it clear that while he still did not like the Countess, he couldn’t fault her efficiency.

“Well then I’m certain it’ll be something else. Dragon minions maybe.” Bertie knew he was being silly but he couldn’t help but feel like something bad was going to happen.

“There’s only one left and it’s an ocean away.”

“Centaur attack then.”

“They’d never get past Logan and the Seraph.”

“What about-“ his worried question was cut off as Syrryl pressed close against his side. The smaller asura reached up to fix Bertie’s crooked shirt collar and leaned in close to ask:

“Do you really think I would let anything get close enough to hurt you?”

Bertie swallowed, suddenly frozen with the realization of how close Syrryl was. All thoughts of people looking at him had vanished. “N-no…” he managed to say after a moment.

Syrryl looked up at him, hands still gently holding his collar. “You trust me, right?”

“Yes.” There was no hesitation to Bertie’s answer.

“You’re safe,” Syrryl murmured quietly. “We’re safe.” He tapped his monocle briefly. “There’s no probability of any major threat attacking this party and there are guards at every door, corner and window. You’re safe.”

Bertie took a deep breath in and out, feeling his anxiety begin to fade away. “Thank you,” he said softly, leaning down to briefly press his forehead to Syrryl’s.

“Commander! There you are!” The two asura quickly jumped apart at the loud sound of Lord Faren’s voice, Syrryl’s face blushing a bright pink. “Now you really must come discuss the Pact’s next movements with Minister Merula and I…”

Bertie was soon dragged into yet another conversation at the party. But with Syrryl standing at his back, he felt like now he could actually handle it.

[kerra-and-company]

Could I get Kerra’s thoughts on Damia (my ghost vessel secondborn) and maybe floppy too if you’d like?

@commanderfloppy

You may indeed! Sorry I vanished into the void for a couple days, Halloween weekend was a bit busy for me, but thank you very much for the ask! :D Kerra on Damia: "To clarify, Damia has been a vessel for ghosts since the time she awoke in the Grove?" [She frowns.] "Is she able to control this ability at all? Is she all right with this? Is she able to spend enough time as herself?" [She pauses, seeming to actively restrain herself, and sighs.] "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make this an interrogation. But if she ever requires assistance and I could help, please let me know." Kerra is more concerned than anything else when it comes to Damia. She's had enough experience with friends and loved ones being controlled by other forces that someone being a vessel ticks a few unpleasant boxes for her. Kerra wouldn't ask Damia herself all of those questions if they were to meet in person, but she would probably try to observe her as subtly as possible and see if she ever seemed distressed. (The "mom friend"--and just plain "mom"--energy decided to jump out for her on this one.) Kerra on Floppy: "She's spent a lot more time in this world than I have." [She pauses, her glow flaring slightly in a blush.] "I hope she wouldn't take that as an insult--I know that some humans I've met do not like to be reminded of their age, and I'm unsure if asura are the same. But I mean it as a compliment. She went through one of the worst things imaginable and is still here, still serving the Pact, still taking care of her universe's Dragon's Watch. I can't--no, I can most definitely imagine how hard that must be, even if I haven't quite lived the same experience." Kerra would really look up to Floppy. Kerra herself is young enough that she's barely known anything else besides being Commander, and that alone has been incredibly hard on her. Floppy has lived through a lot more and is still doing an admirable job, and Kerra would love how much she cares and relate to the fact that she sometimes struggles to care about things (such as herself, for example). I honestly could see it being really good for them to meet--Kerra would enjoy getting to know Floppy and (based on Floppy's previous track record) being semi-adopted and having that extra support, and I could see it really helping Floppy to meet someone who (in part because she's young) has a concrete plan for her future after she's done being Commander, just so that she sees that it's possible.

[commanderfloppy]

I caught wind of a trend to show your commander as other races, and since i've already dabbled in human (and a little sylvari) flop I thought it would be fun to do.

Below is some more details about how I came up with each one / the character differences they'd come with.

Charr - Based her main colors/patterns after a Jaguar. I kinda see this version of her originally being from the flame legion or something and then fleeing only to struggle in the citadel.

Norn - A follower of wolf, this version is less afraid to show her scars because A. I think norn get hot more easily being acclimated to cold climates, and B. a norn version of her would probably see scars less as "look at all the mistakes I made that got me hurt" and more "check out how many near-death experiences I've survived"

Human - Closest to asura floppy since they both grew up in human culture, not much to day here..

Sylvari - Honestly no idea how her story would go since sylvari flop would be so different, mostly in the fact that the oldest sylvari are like 34 and flop is 50. Her look is based on a mix of plants, her base is a bald cypress plant, with lichen mimicking her vitiligo, and then I put trumpet flowers in her hair for color and cute.

[commanderfloppy]

Thank GOD I still had gold after making my legendary, this was a need

[commanderfloppy]

so that mistletoe meme huh. um. can I ask for miriam +3 + floppy bc I fondly remember them hanging out casual style at a formal party

Yes yes kissies!

Also I said these were gonna be sketchy, I lied.

Miriam is being a gentleman and Floppy is not used to being treated like a lady <3

[commanderfloppy]

if you'd still like to answer some, general 2, 6, and 9 from the ship ask game for whoever you'd like? :) @kerra-and-company

YES  I Would LOVE to answer some! (Currently basking in my own blorbo ship content) 

I’m gonna answer for a mix of blorbs!

2. Did they have an official first date? If so, what was it like?

Rococcus and Link probably did have a somewhat official ‘first date’, their confession takes place around the Shiverpeaks leg of their journey so I’m gonna say this first date takes place in Hoelbrak. 

They go ice skating together on Lake Mourn (there is a lot of falling over and laughter), then once sufficiently bruised and tired from that they probably go to one of the lodges to warm up.  

They get some good norn brew to try together and get a bit drunk while talking by the fire. I can definitely see a conversation going where Link is like: 

“I still don’t get it, if you liked me then why did it feel like you were avoiding me so much??” (<--- Guy who normally gets very flirty and touchy when he likes someone)  

“That’s because I felt guilty…” 

“Guilty for what?? I can’t imagine anything you’d be feeling guilt for…unless you still feel bad about trying to take me to the Grove, I thought I told you-”

“No not that!”

“Then what is it?” 

“I was having….inappropriate thoughts..and dreams…….about you.” (He is blushing heavily and looking deeply ashamed) 

“Th..that’s it?!” (Words of a man who is horny every day of his life trying hard to understand Rococcus’ feelings and not do a victory dance right there) 

6. What’s their relationship with each other’s families?

Floppy and Yu-lan are still kind of growing into a thing, but they probably have interacted with some part of each other's families. 

Kai treats Floppy like you would your ‘mom’/boss's girlfriend. Mostly just very light interactions, he doesn’t care THAT much about Yu-Lan’s love life. He does have a bit of a serious / silent judgment moment when he first meets Floppy, ‘is this really the commander?? She seems way too normal…’

Taimi doesn’t interact with Yu-Lan too much because she’s often busy in the lab, but when Floppy first brought her over to the place her and Taimi had been staying in Cantha they had a pretty good conversation. Taimi 100% looked at Flopps with some kind of <( ͡° ω ͡°)> face, she is so teasy about Floppy starting to be in a relationship. Oh and you KNOW she is constantly updating the Dragon’s Watch group chat on all this

Gorrik was a little apprehensive at first ‘Time to employ my detective skills to make sure this woman isn’t some assassin here to kill the commander..’ , but after talking with her a bit and exchanging some bug/plant facts (she told him some of the best plants to use as food to attract certain bugs), he warmed up to her and likes her a bit. 

Aurene also thinks she’s pretty neat and is happy her champion is finding someone to spend time with and relax. 

The rest of the Dragon’s Watch crew is just following Taimi’s updates with varying levels of interest.

9. Who whispers inappropriate things in the other’s ear?

Tori is definitely a big culprit of this and will whisper anything from flirty things to inside jokes in Tybalt’s ears. They will be at some Dragon’s Watch meeting or something and he’ll lean over and whisper a dirty joke about whatever enemy they are talking about fighting, Tybalt has gotten so good at containing laughter from this. 

On the flip side if Tybalt ever does this back to Tori (which is sometimes) she never expects it and will burst out in laughter.

[commanderfloppy]

Taimi on the coms channel: "Hey guys guess what the Commander, the 'been single since before I was born' Commander got A DATE!"

Kas: "Oh my gods.."

Braham: "Is that even possible?"

Rytlock: "Well I'll be damned."

Canach: "I was going to yell at you for bothering me but now I'm intrigued.."

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