#steaky

[professional-sniper-lover]

Sniper if he saw everything I’ve said about him.

Original vid

[why-i-love-comics]

Power Girl #1 - "Gang's All Here" (2023)

written by Leah Williams art by Eduardo Pansica, Julio Ferriera, & Romulo Fajardo, Jr.

[unintentional-edgelord]

Okay! For FTGFTF, I would love to know - which characters are…

Your favorite to write?

the EASIEST to write?

Your least-favorite to write?

The HARDEST to write?

I know that’s a lot so please don’t feel obligated to answer all of them!!

Oh nooo... another ask... what shall I do... Nah I love this kinda thing, thank you my good dude ;P

TL,DR:

Favourite is Ashe (Vent and Pandora a close second and third).

Easiest are the Trouble Twins (mostly Prom, but I like fancy insults so Pandora and Aeolus come in close.

Least Favourite is MASTER ALBEEEEERT (followed by the other Masters and Thetis because I can't unsee him as a brat).

Hardest is Aile unfortunately (with Atlas and Siarnaq close behind).

Okay! Let's rock and roll! More detailed explanations below.

FAVOURITE TO WRITE

Ashe! My sassy girl, I love her SO SO MUCH; she's got such a bold and brash personality with a lot of depth to her that every time I take a pen to the page 9/10 times I'm grinning when I write her.

I see myself in Ashe a bit, what with the way I treat her confidence as a bit of a "fake it till you make it," sort of vibe, and her interactions with literally everyone are DELIGHTFUL. She also gets the best lines! And my love for terribly sugary drinks.

Honourable mentions go to My Favourite Himbo Vent because he's so unabashedly proud to be himself, and Pandora for reasons I'll get into below.

EASIEST TO WRITE

To absolutely nobody's surprise, it's Prometheus, with his sister close behind.

I don't know if it's because this bitch has been one of my muses for YEARS, or how long I'd been fleshing him out before I sat down to write the fic, or even because I used to be quite hot-tempered and relate to him like that as a result, but his dialogue seems to flow quite naturally for me. It also helps that A: his Japanese VA will forever have a special place in my heart and did such a fantastic job in the audio dramas, and B: his English VA has such a distinct delivery with odd emphasis on syllables that it's easy for me to hear his "voice" when I write his lines. If it doesn't sound like something I could hear either VA doing, I rewrite the line.

It's probably because I have a sibling myself that I find Pandora pretty easy to write too, and also because I've spent so long fleshing her out. I feel like I'm able to slip pretty seamlessly now between "Pandora The Witch," where she's being cold and terrifying to everyone to "Pandora The Person," snarky to her brother with a GODAWFUL sense of humour. Sibling banter is FUN!

Also, Pandora is a whole ass young lady with a body count of the murdery kind, and I've been doing my DAMNDEST to ensure she's not a "cute moe" I've seen so many people turn her into. I think my ensuing spite from that stereotype meant I did what I could to flesh her out and in the process learnt to have fun writing her. Her distinct speech patterns make it easy to hear her "voice", too!

Honourable mention to Aeolus because I get to pull out flowery language and I often find myself pulling faces at the screen to mimic his sneer, lol.

LEAST FAVOURITE TO WRITE

Master Albert, hands down.

He's my third most despised villain in all media ever (Griffith from Beserk and the villain of @dumpsterfirepropaganda 's original work have first and second place, respectively) and it makes me not enjoy writing him at all. My dislike for the dude is that high and every time I gotta write him I want to roundhouse kick him.

In the face.

One honourable mention goes to Thetis. I've not quite nailed down his characterisation and even though he's quite a tragic character, the way he warbles out his line after you beat him makes him come across as simultaneously bratty and hilarious. Which means unfortunately I haven't been able to shake thinking of him as a total brat vs the sad character he actually is. I'll get there I'm sure! Hopefully this dislike doesn't come through in the next chapter...

Master Thomas and Master Mikhail are also in here too because I haven't quite gotten their balance of "Their Job As Masters vs Them As A Person Yet," and also I want to punch Master Thomas.

Very hard.

HARDEST TO WRITE

Aile.

Aile I love you.

You'll always have a special place in my heart as the first ZX character I played the game with.

But by the GODS I struggle to write you.

Aile chilled out so much between ZX and Advent that it's been hard getting a balance with her, even WITH reference notes to flesh her out more, and I also don't want her to feel too similar to Vent. I've said it once and I'll say it again, I treat all the ZX characters a bit like they're friends I can ring up and hang out with; what do they enjoy doing? What trigger points will upset them? What foods do they enjoy? That kind of thing helps flesh them out, and Aile for some reason has been hard for me to do that with.

For similar reasons, Atlas and Siarnaq are also hard for me to write.

I THINK I've got a bit of a handle on Atlas now as a person as opposed to just being "The Model F Chosen Who Believes In Social Darwinism," and it's been difficult to flesh her out because I wanted to be respectful of her military background and PTSD whilst not reducing her to only that.

Siarnaq on the other hand is a bit of a blank slate, which SHOULD be good, except at what point does he no longer "feel" like Siarnaq when you flesh him out? Who was he before? Exploring that has been fun but trying to strike that balance between him being TERRIFYING vs seeing a more human side of him has been REALLY difficult.

Add that to the fact that the OC I created originally to be an old friend of his "felt" more like an ex-partner, and I've been struggling. As a notorious disliker of OCxCanon pairings because I've seen so many of them make the Canon character OOC, I'm really scared of falling into that trap. I like Riquis! He's my cool cyber cowboy man in pining, but I don't want him to overshadow Siarnaq and I'm worried he has. So I gotta work more to flesh them out as a couple AND as individuals!

If you've made it this far, hope you enjoyed it and thanks for having the patience to read!

[iamadequate1]

RIP, Ivan

I have a wild show theory that affects nothing by being true!

As we know, HBO/Max cut the show budget by 40%, so they cut Ivan (no unfounded conspiracy theories here, plz). Because of this cost cutting measure, Ivan was disposed of offscreen.

Since he disappeared offscreen and the crew is bad at telling when people are actually dead (see Ed in 2x3), I assume Ivan easily faked his death and took his gold teeth collection to fund his lifestyle and peaced out when the vibes deteriorated too much.

Shine on, my friend.

Everyone think he's dead, so they still have that character moment in that reality, so the story stays as it is! Ivan is off enjoying a fun retirement with a lone regret of making his bro Fangy cry.

BuT iZzY, is where a theory like that doesn't work.

First of all, Izzy is an abuser, and Ivan did nothing wrong in his life ever. Izzy's death allows Ed to move on with his life, and it cheapens the end of S2 (and the fallout that will be in S3). Other antagonists like Nigel, Chauncey, Calico Jack, Ned Low, and Mr. Hot and Bothered who tried to kill the main characters (Ed and Stede) aren't going to return, either, sorriez.

Secondly, Zheng, Auntie, and Jackie were present when Izzy finally died, and they wouldn't let a misdiagnosed death slip by them. In my theory, Ivan wouldn't have been able to fake his death if any of these three were around.

Thirdly, in one final season, we have tons of either characters that need closure whose stories were put on hold to try to build sympathy for Izzy's death. "Somehow Izzy returned!" would rob the main story (Ed and Stede) and any closure for the other characters (crew of The Revenge, Zheng, Auntie, Jackie, that whole pirate community, etc.). I can imagine Ivan off in retirement all I want; he was there to fill out Ed's side of the story, but he wasn't interconnected with Ed's characterization.

So, Izzy is dead, and Ivan is alive... oh, and Steak Knife is alive, too! Everything exploded before they had time to do a proper death determination 🤡 It all works out.

[cottoncandiescupcakes]

Izzy and Steak Knife banged LMAO

[mikemaihack]

Here’s some new art of my two fav (fictional) girls. Hope to draw a lot more of them this year. :) Playing with style & approach some more. These were drawn/painted all on one layer which actually proved pretty relaxing. Been trying to avoid the “technical” side of working digital which can wear on me creatively.

[bibbykins]

KO-FI: MUSHY THANK YOU

Hello, hello! First and foremost, I want to thank Steaky for the very lovely donation they have so generously given to me! Words can never express how much it means to me that you take the time to read my works, say something nice about it, and support me. (especially in the times we are facing now) You are a stellar human being with a beautiful attitude and I greatly appreciate your existence and kind words! I have yandere works that I am doing my best to finish soon, and I hope you will look forward to it! I also hope you are staying safe!

As always, thank you to all the people who have supported me and donated to my ko-fi. Also as standard, I will link my ko-fi below if you are able to donate and if you do, you will receive a posted thank you, or you can receive a private message thank you if specified! 

donate here if you’d like to and can

I hope everyone is happy, healthy, and safe, or at least as much as they can be in these times!

[kummitui-blog]

Made a pic for kostamoinen and steaky. Good guys, much respect.

And ofc there needs to be my unicorn engi.