#eightball

[nevver]

Weekend plans, Daniel Clowes

[sonofshermy]

Daniel Clowes, Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron. Eightball #06, 1991

[fontseeker]

could you help with identifying these fonts? sorry if cyrillic fonts are harder to identify,,, i don't want to pressure you into doing it..

The top font is Erasmus-Mediaeval (1923) [Fonts In Use · Identifont]:

The bottom font is Eightball (circa 1971) [Daylight Fonts · Fonts In Use]:

The original versions of these fonts didn't include Cyrillic, and I don't know who created the Cyrillic versions, or when. (The Erasmus И is just a backwards N, which doesn't look right.)

[bagea]

we only hire the BEST ravens out there

[pvtjxker]

How the Lusthog squad kisses their s/o?

Hiii! First of all, thank you for your request! This is the first one I recieved in a long time!

Second of all, since I'm absolutely nuts for that bunch of weirdos, I'll gladly write about them! Pardon my english, but I'm from pizza country and english is not my first language.

This said, let's get started!

Joker

Now, we KNOW how Joker's made

Cocky bastard, absolute menace

And he's a needy little whiny bitch who took drama classes in highschool

So each of his kisses (expecially if in front of people) is always a show

Very dramatic, very theatrical

Like, full on casquet or dramatically pulling you in by cupping your cheeks (like THAT one scene from Brokeback Mountain, we all know which one)/grabbing the collar of your shirt like he's acting in a dramatic movie

But when HE's the one getting kissed oh boy

The man's PUTTY

It's like he didn't expect to recieve the same treatment back (spoiler: he did expect it back, he just forgot that it'd be a real-life consequence)

And he'll smile like he's high and chuckle like an idiot

Because he is. He is an idiot.

But he can be soft at times, like when y'all are alone

And even then he'll probably put on a little show because it's too in his nature lol

Animal Mother

We can all agree this man is not known for his ability of elaborating feelings

He's an animal. It's literally in his name. He works in instinct.

But even instinctive animals know what they like, so it doesn't mean you'll never recieve one

Again, he's an animal, he has ZERO ability of self control

If he wants a kiss, he'll get one

And he'll 99% grab you by shoulders/arms/wrists/hips/whatever else he can grab to reach the goal

He's not a soft guy, nor he wants to be, so expect to probably get lowk hurt when it happens

Grab marks, bitten lip, a bruise on the nose because he forgot to tilt his head on a side (for some reason that happens really often)

If he's the one recieving it then he'll probably need a second to elaborate

Like, his face expression goes blank for a second before looking at you extremely confused

Bc let's be honest that man does NOT expect someone to like him back

I mean he's an animal but he's not stupid, he knows he's scary (even if it's lowkey his objective lol)

And he'll give you one back. Not less violent or impulsive, but a bit more hesitant

Cowboy

Ok this guy is literally my second favorite because he screams gentleman from each pore

And I love that all the people on Tumblr who wrote about him agree on that lol

He'll always ask before giving you one

Which can be pretty funny sometimes because he also asks in. Well. That situation. You know which one.

Like sir?????

But anyway

He's more gentle, like cupping your cheeks, holding your hands (or both or nothing.) or hugging you

And if you're the one initiating it he'll be on cloud nine fr like he's so exited

And that's the only moment when he doesn't ask first

Because he realizes you like him too (I mean if y'all are together he knows it but that makes him more sure about it)

And he probably mumbles something between kisses bc he really can't fully wrap his mind around it

He's lowk a stray dog I love him sm

Eightball

Honestly this guy is so soft

Like, not Cowboy-soft, but soft anyway

He doesn't quite think about doing it, he just does it, it's really random

Also he's a hugger, so expect to have to stop whatever you're doing most of the time lol

Like, walking past you doing whatever? Kiss. During meals? Kiss (more subtle, he's not very exited of letting other people know about his personal business)

He's happy being this casual

And if he's the one recieving it he's just as happy

Like he knows it's a mutual thing and he's chill like that

Absolute king behavior

Rafter Man

This guy is a MESS

He will NEVER initiate one he's too shy for that

His comrades already bully him, he doesn't want to add the embarassment of a "poor performance" on you

Which is impossible because even if it was bad he'd be trying too hard to actually tell him he did bad

But he'll always try to improve (with Joker rooting for him like "NEVER BACK DOWN NEVER WHAT" lol)

And if he's the one recieving it then his brain would not be able to elaborate for the next two hours (one and a half if you're lucky enough)

Because he DOESN'T comprehend how someone can be attracted by him (even if it's obvious because I mean look at him he's just a lil guy)

Poor boy he needs some reassurance :(

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{dividers by @diviniyae}

[doilooklikeyourgirlfriend]

Ouuuuh my hungry ass could never be in the lusthog squad...

[poast-bot]

the eightball told me the solution to this problem was murder too

[dreary-coast]

In your opinion/ interpretation, what kind of letters would different FMJ characters write to their s/o's back home? ^^

Rating: SFW

Joker

Fully detailed, poetically sickening, gushing letters about his time away, down to the most minute details. Guy’s gotta get it out of him somehow. He’s venting about it (of course with censorship as a journalist), and half listing everything he’s going to do to them when he gets home. The first half of the letter is him exhausting over rucks and combat, and the pressure to produce something meaningful for the press, and then the next line is entirely schmoozing. He probably attaches pictures with his letters, namely of Rafterman making really ugly faces during interviews, friends, pictures of the cities he’s visited and of himself in uniform.

Animal Mother

I don’t think his would be anything more than bare bones but enough that his s/o knows it’s him and how he feels. Definitely “miss yuo baby, not much time to write, love you and be home soon, fuck later.” He’s not good at writing or even speaking in front of a camera for that matter, so to his lover at home they probably will get more packages than scrawled words. Mostly things he might have either stolen or picked up in the field, the envelope probably rattled with bullet casings inside when picked up. In the most romantic way possible for a man like him, of course, he thinks about them constantly.

Cowboy

This grade A yearner would write the most grammatically incorrect yet tooth rottingly sweet letters to his s/o, god forbid someone looks over his shoulder and unwillingly gets an eyeful of that. If you want a real picture of what he’d write in your head, look up Napoleon’s letters to Josephine, I mean it. There’s a small section of endearment, reminiscing about home and family, small details about the things he did in the meantime, and then the rest is just raw, explicit yearning. Missing his s/o so much in the fray, wanting them so horribly by his side, the yammering just goes on and on.

Crazy Earl

He’d likely only write letters once a month or on occasion and they’d be lengthier, detailed accounts of the most horrific things without wraps, and then topped with “I love you! Kissing you when I see you again.” He’s also more of a packages guy but at least with a little more effort. He plucked some dead guy’s gold watch? He’s sending it home with some long, detailed rant about how he nearly got his face blown apart.

Eightball

He’d lean more into intimate letters, accounts of his time in depth, their absence, not quite to the level of yearning as cowboy but enough to behold that side of him that only exists at home. Eightball in letters and Eightball in front of the men is a split. Maybe it’s promising he’ll write back again when a certain battle ends, maybe it’s reminiscing about home and seeing them, holding them.

Rafterman

I’d imagine his letters are more frequent before he runs to combat with Joker, lessening more and more with the amount of time he spends in Vietnam. At first he can’t wait to get home, droning on about his plans afterwards, his experiences, complaining and missing his s/o, and then as they go on they get more and more vague and alarming. Short and sweet, especially in the field, enough written to tell them he’s alive and well, what they want to hear, some other nonsense, and then he’s back to it again. Maybe a picture or two, graphic, but with some loose writing and a heart on the back.