#egg asks

[he-wears-fine-things-well]

What the fuck are you doing right now

I’m staying up to date with the clex baby, what else

[egginthepit]

forgive me if you've already talked about this, but what's tala's flower? + if you had to assign her more flowers/herbs/plants for a bouquet, what would they be? lastly... what's her relationship like with the rest of the cast???

lastly lastly... I HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL!!! 🙂‍↕️

I am doing well!! Thank you so much for asking!!

And honestly, thank you so much for essentially reminding me that I haven’t said jackshit about Tala other than what I’ve drawn in comics.

About her assigned flower, I had been hemming and hawing about it for some time. I had a hard time landing on one but eventually I decided that the morning glory was fitting for her. A symbol of a beautiful thing that exists for a very fleeting amount of time, especially since her entire character is me testing the idea of what happens when someone who chooses to be gentle over and over again is dropped into a city that just doesn’t give a fuck. (Totally do not look up the Victorian meaning for the flower, not foreshadowing or anything for what I’m about to do to her for her story)

As for like a bouquet for her… hmm…. I think it would be, of course, morning glory (her assigned flower), forget me nots, rosemary, and thyme. Personally I think the flower blooms of thyme is very pretty!

Now time for the longest thing I’ve ever written for her relationships with the rest of the cast *cracking my knuckles*

Kuras: I like to imagine Tala is like Kuras’s over excited lapdog. She follows him around at the clinic with utter fascination in how he treats wounds and does her best to not be totally in the way. Kuras, for the most part, finds her entertaining as Tala has a horrendous habit of not filtering her thoughts. Not that she’s spilling secrets left and right but just saying an odd thing here and there unprompted. Which just leaves more mystery as to why she said that. For her part, while she’s aware that Kuras can’t be called completely trustworthy, the fact he hasn’t tried to kill her makes her a bit more relaxed on having him around. He hasn’t made any moves that feel like a threat just yet so that makes her feel that he’s okay to follow around at a distance. Perhaps that’s a mistake she’ll have to pay for in the future but for now, she likes him and that’s enough in a city like Eridia.

Leander: After he made a grab at her in the alley she’s become extremely wary of any of his advances. She has a history of being manhandled and has a visceral response to it, ranging from actively biting assailants to going completely rigid and dissociating. Judging from what I’ve seen from Leander, such avoidant behavior only makes him pursue her more which in turn causes her to avoid him harder. I think the main reason why she had such a response to his grab at her as opposed to what you see next with Vere is that Leander posed himself as an amiable gentleman when they first met before pulling that shit. As with Vere, she knew he was full of shit the minute they met. So for Tala and Leander, think of their relationship with each other as an extreme game of cat and mouse. Except the cat may learn very soon that the mouse has teeth that can break skin.

Vere: Another grabber that she did not enjoy. Except, for some reason or another, she seems to not avoid as hard as she does Leander. Perhaps it’s the fun little jabs they send each other from time to time or the shenanigans they get each other into. To an extent, Tala is fully aware how dangerous Vere is, after all he doesn’t hide it. He exudes that energy and that may very well be why she doesn’t avoid him so much even after their first encounter. She already knows what to be cautious about in the moment, she just needs to figure out what the limit is. Not to use the cat analogy again but very much so a kitten testing the limits of what an adult cat will allow before they end up in a fight. Her proclivity for trial and error experiments may very well get her killed. For now though, Vere seems to be just as entertained.

Ais: Y’all know that image from One Punch Man where he’s pointing and saying “what’s with this sassy lost child?” Yeah, that’s the two of them. I’d say that these two have more of a brother and sister relationship than anything and not like someone wrote a sitcom brother and sister that has never had a sibling. I’m talking, arguing and bickering and name-calling which Ais sort of just lets happen because at the end of the day, he still has company even if it’s the equivalent of a small dog nipping at his heels and she’s not doing any active harm against him (or whatever Ocudeus has planned)…. Yet. She actually does enjoy Ais’ company and relaxed attitude, even if she doesn’t fully admit it.

[yellow-hollow]

The host- YOU ARE INCREDIBLE BEAN!!

How do you do today??🩷🩷🩷

Thank you! (The Host assumes bean is a positive sentiment?). In any case, he is doing well today despite the heat. Lately, The Host has been enjoying some braille books Dark found for him.

[eggsploded]

i love how you draw sollux and how you draw aradia i really like the drawings you did of them together, they are really cute!

THANK YOU FOR VISITING MY PAGE ARASOL CHAMPION!!!!! um, a while back i drew up a close cousin of your own sollux to test out some brushes, maybe it will interest you:

keep doing what youre doing on tumblr, thank you 0u0

[theairc0nditionednightmare]

fart piss?

maybe idk

[crimsonamber9999]

I wanted to give out a small starter call again because as of rn my queue is either all done. Or I haven't gotten any responses lately. Like this post, if you're possibly interested in an rp and I'll get back to you to plan/ discuss <3

[thegreatwhodini]

>:]

Egg have question

What dnd classes would your mutuals be?

Ooh! My answers have def changed a bunch since this was last asked

@good-lord-no is a sorcerer, because I can see them (hear them? I’ve never actually seen him lol) growing older and becoming a slightly strange slightly charming old sorcerer type with a lot of books and a garden with sorcery herbs (maybe a flower garden) and a wand maybe

@workingonit-currently is a cleric, specifically a storm cleric, because they will call down the wrath of the gods to help him smite those who dare to hurt their friends and they’re also very good at being reasonable during moments of anxiety like wisdom tooth removal

@a-casual-egg (eyy it’s you) would be an artificer because she is strong and kind and also because in the end artificers are a very artistic class; they make things, food or drink or potions or mechanical objects and it’s the same sort of visual magic as drawing is, and I feel like it would be cool to have a scribblenauts-type drawing artificer subclass

@murderturtles (I think they have their blog back?) is a druid because she’s also solid and dependable and really smart and knowledgeable in an understated way? Like they can solve problems and stuff and are just very wise (and also I think it would be cool if she had a summonable hawk)

@hyrule-rian is a ranger because they are wonderful and kind and probably will hunt you down if you piss them off— Rìan, I love you (/p), but also you feel scary in a protective way. Like a bear, I suppose—but anyways, I feel like they’d be a good hunter or drakewarden ranger

But yeah :D there we go

[twin-books]

🥚📢 Adrien salt in general. Like him being a pushy Nice Guy TM at best, a sexual harasser at worst

🥚 🥚 🥚Prepare for a gosh darn rant. This may take forever or I may just manage to condense it into a paragraph. I have a VERY big opinion on this.  But firstly, thank you for the ask. Now it’s time for me to die inside as I think about this.Alright simple 4 word opinion: LEAVE THE BOY ALONEElaboration: I think its finally become calmer but Adrien salt had been every where on tumblr for a while now. There was like no escape. We get it, you don’t like him. If I had to see another piece of Adrien salt I may have just quit Tumblr for a bit, it was that bad. It’s been ruining MLB for me. It’s been ruining Marinette for me. It’s been ruining ADRIEN for me. ADRIEN my FAVORITE CHARACTER in MLB. I have a hard time looking at the kid now without remembering he has millions of salt fics on him that I could not escape. It makes me sad and I hate looking at my favorite character and being sad. And I know what people are gonna say, “just block the tags” but its hard when some people don’t properly tag there stuff and there are some people with good Adrien salt. It’s rare, nowadays, but I will admit my boy needs to be knocked down sometimes. No character is perfect.Does he deserve it? Simple answer: NO.  He is a kid. Not just any kid. A FICTIONAL kid. There’s being rightfully angry at the writing of a character and then there’s hating on someone that does not exist because you either have nothing better to do or need something to take your frustrations out on. It really isn’t healthy. I actually genuinely worry for most Adrien salters who feel so attacked by people just liking his character. They treat people who like Adrien like they’re murderers or something. I have been lucky enough to avoid this. For some reason I have just been able to avoid salters coming after me even though occasionally I make some post that seem to kind of beg them to show up. But plenty of my friends have. Plenty of my friends have been harassed by these individuals and their works belittled simply because they gave Adrien a good role. I cannot put into words properly how angry this makes me. It’s just not okay. If you don’t like a character, that’s fine. You want to share your opinion? Sure. You find a post that has the opposite opinion and you want to go into a discussion on the topic, maybe even a debate? As long as the author of that post is comfortable with it. If they say no, leave them alone. That’s only the decent thing to do. If you find a post that is some type of art (art/crafts/fanfic/sugartag/AU/etc.) that praises the character you don’t like… Don’t go leaving hate comments on their stuff. Leave them alone. This goes for Marinette salters as well. Everyone salters, DON’T DO THIS! It is not only rude but you are RUINING the show for other people! Many people have considered quitting this show not just for the bad writing but for the fandom that twisted into such a salty fandom since the release of Chameleon. And if someone welcomes you into a debate… Please be courtesy. Don’t be a freaking a-hole and fill your message with sarcasm or “that’s lovely but here’s why your wrong” or swears directed at the person you are debating with or the thing you are debating on. Here’s my two cents on Adrien; Should he learn to take a no? Yes. Is he perhaps a bit too much of a jokester as Chat? Sure. Is he too forgiving? Absolutely. Is he a bit of a pushover? Mostly. Is he too love obsessed? YES. But I think its important to remember why this character acts the way he does. 1. HE IS A KID. I cannot stress this enough… HE IS A KID!! Kids do stupid things all the time. Kids make mistakes all the time. That’s part of growing up. Does it make it okay? No. Should he be condemned for this? NO! Unless he was committing murder or actually hurting someone with intent, he should not be condemned for this. Its bad writing that doesn’t allow us to see him apologize. He is a fictional character. A lot of the important stuff in this show happens OFF SCREEN which has been confirmed by Thomas Astruc himself! Don’t get all high and mighty and pretend you were a perfect little angel when you were a kid and didn’t do some messed up stuff. I know I did some pretty bad things and I was considered a “good child”. And if you really must condemn Adrien for these things than be fair and do the same with Marinette and every other kid in the show. Marinette does things that are arguably WORSE than Adrien and just because she apologizes (sometimes) on screen, that doesn’t make it okay. This fandom literally can’t forgive Adrien when he has apologized so why are you guys cutting Marinette so much slack? I am tired of hearing the argument “because the show treats her dirty” because Adrien gets treated dirty in the show ALL the time! Mostly as CHAT NOIR! But his life still sucks as Adrien Agreste. Which brings me to my second point…2. He is emotionally and (in some cases) physically abused. He has no good role models in his life besides Ladybug who is HIS age so it’s hard to treat someone YOUR AGE like a role model. Some people can do it, however, and Chat Noir is one of those people. Everyone else in his life besides Nino and the Gorilla are horrid examples. You may be wondering why I didn’t include Marinette? She’s wonderful. I love her. But she does not provide a good example. Kagami I didn’t include because she has a very similar life to Adrien and while they help each other, they also drag each other down. Chloe is obviously not a good example. Nathalie barely cares. Gabriel sucks. Alya isn’t the best role model. And Lila… Lila SEXUALLY HARASSES HIM! I don’t think people pay attention to this because they are so busy wanting to hate on Adrien who dares to upset Marinette in anyway they forget that he is a victim of sexual harassment and no one jumps into help him (though Mari has tried for selfish reasons really, but at least she’s tried). He is taught to believe how Lila treats him (despite obviously making him uncomfortable) is okay. He is taught to respect everyone and never make a fuss unless his father says he can. People, KIDS, learn by example and he has VERY BAD examples in his life. So yeah, of course he’s gonna do some bad stuff we don’t agree with. And no, it doesn’t make it okay but a lot of these Adrien haters seem to have a background of abuse and sexual harassment so I figure if anyone should understand, IT’S THEM! And because he is like this the very few role models he has, he takes what they say to heart. He can’t handle being unloved. He can’t handle abandonment. Ladybug, though she means no ill will, adds to this sad life by constantly teasing him and “knocking him off his high horse” not realizing he puts himself up there to make himself feel better because his life sucks. 

It genuinely sucks. His dad cares very little for him, his mom either died or left him and he has no idea, his best friend is barely available anymore since he’s always with Alya, Marinette is scared of him, he can’t even visit any of his friends half the time anyway, his other friends are bullies, his kwami (though adorable) cannot handle emotional problems, Ladybug treats him like a sidekick (on accident but it still hurts him), he’s stuck doing a job he hates in a desperate yet futile attempt to please his father, no one trusts him (NOT EVEN Ladybug from his POV), the only thing he seems to be good for is taking the hit for Ladybug and others. He obviously doesn’t like conflict, either. Why do you think we barely seem him in any emotional fights? Physical conflict when fighting an akuma or an obvious villain is different… But he can’t handle the idea of hurting anyone no matter how bad they are. He wants to see the best in people because there’s gotta be more to people than the terrible junk he has to put up with from almost everyone. He has yet to learn the hard facts about life. He is still a kid. Somehow he managed to protect himself enough in his life to be innocent and naive. And of course he doesn’t recognize Marinette’s feelings. He’s used to people showing him affection by outright saying it or just touching him uncomfortably, treating him as their possession. He is not used to real actual love. It’s kind of obvious when he tries to court Ladybug that his idea of love is only as far as shows and the people around him.And let’s get to the constant joking in battle… does he over do it sometimes? Yeah. But this is a NATURAL coping mechanism when in distress, especially with other people. He wants to make other people feel better and in turn that makes him feel better. He’s trying to calm people down. I do this all the time and sometimes I go overboard as well. I can’t help it. I want to laugh when life sucks. So I literally can’t blame Adrien for this. Not to mention it obviously helps Ladybug and his fellow heroes feel better, even if Ladybug sometimes (and rightfully) complains. He is trying to help any way he can. And he is also left being the emotional support to Ladybug when he clearly needs support himself but he obviously refuses to show weakness around the people he cares about. He denies himself help effectively making himself worse. The only person he shows any weakness around is Plagg, but Plagg is attached to him at the hip. I’m sure if he had some way to avoid Plagg knowing how depressed he was, he would do it. This isn’t healthy and can make you more unlikable around other people because you feel ingeniune and too perfect. Like a robot and less like a human. Yeah, Adrien can be a bit of an a-hole around Ladybug but she is the only person to show him actual respect to where he feels comfortable enough to let out his anger around her, and sometimes it is less about her and more about everything else but he sometimes treats her as someone he can vent upon because he was taught you can take all your frustrations out on one person by HIS FATHER who takes all his negative feelings out on HIS SON (and the whole of Paris but Adrien is unaware of that). No, it’s not okay but he is a human and he clearly feels awful when he knows he’s in the wrong. A lot of people just fail to express clearly to Adrien “hey, what you did, sucked” because he’s used to being told he’s wrong by being punished instead of being given some kind of warning or maybe forgiveness. But they don’t know that. Adrien has been conditioned to be a pushover but he is trying and he’s handling better than most people really could but it’s deteriorating him, and you can see that as the show goes on. Since he’s refused to ask for help and since no one jumps in to help him when he is in distress (every interaction with Lila) he will never really improve. It takes A LOT of work to get over this kind of conditioning and trauma. I could probably go on but this is long enough. Just know I’m not okay with the Adrien salt, it’s so toxic and they make Marinette too toxic but that’s another can of worms. And Adrien needs help. Thanks for coming to my tedtalk.