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this is for art that I make. it's not that great 20•they/them you can call me Val or Mango my main acc is @jeffcat

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I have been working on this project for 8 years and it's FINALLY DONE!!!

Look. Look at my labor of 8 years. LOOK AT IT.

The pattern is Neat Ripple. I used Knit Picks Mighty Stitch in lots of various colors. If you'd like specific color names, let me know. I'm fairly certain the lighter orange is discontinued, named "Conch".

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Dressed to the Neins - Molly pt 3

Here’s a tutorial for my Molly-inspired Eyes of Nein cowl! The pattern’s free and easily adaptable to whatever length suits you best.

Leave the world better (dressed) than you found it 😉

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sick and tired of templates being made by shitty people/being unfun so heres my cringe character template i ran out of ideas for halfway through

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btw I’ve found these stretches from the WAK blog very helpful when knitting a lot:

Plus make sure to take breaks regularly - and stop if anything starts to hurt!

especially with gift knitting I know it can be tempting to push through it for a deadline, but it’s really not worth causing long term injury. (And anyone knit-worthy should be understanding of that, imho.) Stay well :)

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Also good for artists drawing with pencils/on a tablet/with a pen!

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Also good for writers

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Even Flow by Pearl Jam playing in the background

Long time no see

Doodled this at work

[trickstyrss-deactivated20240718]

To people who write Fanfics or RPs of madness combat, can you share with me your portrayals of Deimos? I want to better learn how to write him but I feel like I need pointers or something to help me.

Also any tips on writing him and making him a competent character would be good too. I have a tendency to water down characters and I’m trying to fix that.

[fuchsiablur]

PREPARE FOR A DAMN LONG POST Y’ALL

now everyone’s entitled to their own personal takes on the guy, and there’s plenty of empty space to play around in when it comes to personality

but if you’re like me and adore striving to write characters as “realistically” as possible, this is what i generally see based off canon, counting both the series and games:

>avid smoker. always portrayed to sneak a puff even in the midst of combat. implies he occasionally feels confident enough in battle to take a break. after finishing, he carelessly flicks it away, hinting at a likewise careless disposition in hell, he does a resigned smoke after falling further down, showing that it’s a habit and a comfort to him. in project nexus, his chainsmoking is evident from his very gravelly voice. notably talkative during social occasions, but otherwise reserves his voice to very quip and low phrases when working/fighting

>foodie. very tiny note, but he’s the only one to actually suggest going to Gil’s now and again in project nexus, so he’s a little more indulgent than Sanford on that front. which is interesting, because in most promo art Sanford looks to be more beefed up than Deimos (not only in a muscular sense, but fat percentage wise) from this, my hc is that Sanford does eat more, but in a “fuel” type of way, whereas Deimos seems to seek it out for actual enjoyment–a nice contrast to his supposedly strict AAHW past

>techie. holds great attention to detail. is able to sit still and work a screen in spite of his very active lifestyle otherwise. good with headsets, hacking, coding, flying a wholeass helicopter, often the one to receive orders from 2BDAMNED in order to relay it to Sanford. also helps that he’s able to use his AAHW past to get past certain barriers/passcodes, familiar with their stations

>flexible in fighting. in the beginning, we see Deimos blazing ahead a lot. even when Sanford is the first to enter a room, he sprints past. even when first encountering Tricky of all people, he seems to antagonize him before attacking first, whereas Sanford knows when to quit. this tells me Deimos really likes fighting (and considering how much fun he has after his upgrade in hell, bloodlust)

he FREQUENTLY grabs an attacker’s knife directly on the blade in order to disarm them (like, this happens oddly often), so he doesn’t seem to care much for cuts. that and he (not unlike hank) doesn’t seem to fear bullets very much, typically waltzing forward when faced with guns and merely anticipating the trajectory shot, dodging shots casually (far more than his partner, both before and after Sanford got shot by an engineer) slightly reckless, but in a calculated way to get the job done. later in the series however, we see him favor guns more (which coincides the incorporation of his technical skills), naturally leaving Sanford to do a little more of the heavy lifting as compared to before. still, they seem peculiarly balanced in the sense that they take turns switching leads, with Deimos occasionally charging to the frontlines no problem (with a newfound sweet ass gun or not)

additionally, there are episodes where Deimos (after being established to be more technical and gun adjacent) heads straight into the fray regardless. in 7.5, deimos clearly enjoys close combat still–considering his excited gesture in punching an open palm, so he remains very fluid. + throughout all of this, Deimos seems to be just as, if not more agile than Sanford. they’re both graceful in the air, but Deimos is shown to do more flips overall

>humor. he likes to joke around and make light of situations. even when he’s in plight, he cracks a one-liner for comedic relief. enjoys taunting the enemy. does a little jig when on his way to kill a giant agent in hell before stealing his shades + plays up a dance when trying out clothes with Sanford (who also reciprocates with little finger guns) + does outlandish bets with Sanford + not above pranking tf out of his partner by wearing an engineer mask, laughing at him afterwards not to mention the very first scene that made me fall for his character to begin with, where he flashes a “rock on” sign with his hand while shooting some agents in the face with a shotgun, my man [and naturally, this means my hard rock loving ass will make Deimos a hard rock lover too lol]

>caring. he very much steps up and takes care of Sanford after he gets shot by an engineer, constantly looking back on him to ensure he’s fine + actually gives a friendly wave to Hank during one of the what if episodes. rushes to Sanford upon seeing him get ridiculously injured in hell, then finding himself unable to shoot when he turns out to be a traumatic hallucination/trippy threat of some kind also–this is super small but–when they’re shopping in the Rift, he notices that Sanford is interested in the tea shades after he tries it on, immediately just giving it to him + finding a mirror to show him, thus resulting in that iconic lip haha

>diplomatic. strangely, he seems to be the one to try diplomacy first, despite loving to fight close and personal. after a building falls on them and they encounter agents, he actually tries to hold out a hand to see if there could be peace. it doesn’t last long, and he doesn’t ever do it again, but very notably we DO see him try it again when first encountering those mustache dudes (idk what to call em) in a what if episode. Sanford is highly wary of them, but Deimos convinces him that they’re fine. up till Sanford shoots them, in which case Deimos immediately goes with it

so; it seems to me that he gives pacifism a shot whenever meeting a NEW group (not that the agency is new to him, but on screen, it’s the first time he’s about to fight a whole bunch of em). could tie in with the “caring” trait. if it fails, he doesn’t try again and returns to the default of violence

>fire. boi literally has a lighter for a thumb lmaooo this used to be the default for all grunts, until the animation improved, and krinkels kept it for Deimos

in 6.5, Sanford takes the high ground while Deimos just… walks, through a puddle of fire on the ground. slowly. so, ig he’s just fireproof now lol ?

>insecurities this is more up to interpretation, but what a lot of people took from the dedmos adventures stint (with the enlarged enemies and teasing posters), is that he does feel somewhat insecure in either being shorter than average OR having less raw muscle strength (relative to Sanford and Hank anyway, i can’t speak for how he was in the past yet)

plus, his wanted posters declare him a traitor and that he “CAN NOT REFORMAT”, as opposed to Sanford’s “WILL not reformat”… he left the AAHW to fight against them for a reason, so, do with that what you will

OVERALL:

i like the guy lmao

in conclusion, i see Deimos as a foil to Sanford, and vice versa. by that i mean whatever complex layers you can find in Sanford (eg. bit hardy on the outside while simultaneously outgoing on the in), i’d feel safe in assuming the exact antonym for Deimos (easygoing on the outside while simultaneously reserved on the in)

character analyzations are so fun and sorry OP for such a lengthy reblog sjfkds

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Making me read a whole ass novel, my god. BUT I AM KEEPING THIS BECAUSE THIS SUMMED UP SO MUCH GOOD INFORMATION I NEED TO KEEP IN MIND

as well as going back to watch some moments you mentioned as I do not recall certain little details and I want to go see them lol

Thank you again, this should help me a lot.

[fuchsiablur]

JGHJFSK NOVEL INDEED 😂😂

as you can tell, i think about this character a normal amount™

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I’ll be honest, I would LOVE to hear your personal headcanons and portrayal of him.

[fuchsiablur]

OHH BOY NOW YOU’VE DONE IT HERE WE GO HERE WE GOOO

in all frankness i’ll do my best to keep this brief (even know both you and i know damn well that’s not gonna be happening) so

*ahem*

Deimos.

>>former AAHW agent. for what reason he left it for, i typically change depending on the story and its needs, but i think it’s safe to assume he didn’t have the best time there lol

i absolutely delight in the headcanon of him already having a few interactions with Doc from his agent days (Doc seems fairly familiar with him if his remarks to him in purgatory are anything to go by), wish i saw them interact more in fandom/fic

>>trust

@nunchucksnun​ talked about it before here and here but man. MANN do i fuck with this hc my personal take on it is that Deimos is amicable enough to appear like he’s really sociable (+ smoke breaks are a great way for him to recharge bc i’m an ambivert and so ofc that bleeds over a little bit) easy flowing conversation to make it seem like he’s really clicking with someone, lightening the mood with a quip, and shallow one night stands he can do

but due to him abandoning the agency, i doubt he’s ever really had someone to truly give a deeper shit about. so when he gets increasingly close to Sanford, i can totally see him just suppressing TF out of his feelings when they start to be less than platonic the most he’d ever do is jokingly flirt, and even then it’d be buried under multiple layers of dada absurdity (kielbasa anyone)

like in every scenario i imagine SANFORD being the one to actually try and test the waters on their relationship/confess bc Deimos is just too deep rooted in acting like that one chill dog on fire like “oh yeah my partner totally counter balances me in literally every way possible, yeah he’s got the bod of a god, and yeah it’s as if some deity above specifically crafted this mans just for me. huh? no we are not married that’s silly. also yes the faction i work for is called the Status Quo lol why do u ask”

anddd in ROMP.FLA Sanford is evidently very wary of the mustache men, whereas Deimos gives them a first chance… sooo YA; Deimos tends to be more trusting in most ways except when it comes to serious vulnerability / deep emotional connections, and Sanford tends to be more distrusting in most ways except when it comes to serious vulnerability /deep emotional connections tehe

>>Deimos TOTALLY learned how to operate a helicopter from Chopper Dave (the pilot from Project Nexus) i CALL IT, and will INCLUDE IT in a future fic !!

and no one can stop me

>>as previously mentioned: THE FACT THAT HE DOESN’T SEEM TO FEAR DEATH???

okay so relatively speaking Deimos has a really high pain tolerance (sliced up hands? no problem gimme ur knife), and he’s oddly chill (pranking his partner in the middle of what is probably one of the most important missions he’s ever been assigned; retrieving and reviving Hank himself), not to mention reckless (charging forward in battle and putting himself at risk)

from the way he reacts to failing to get out of hell–sparking a smoke as he falls down the length of a skyscraper–he seems strangely apathetic/nonchalant about living and yet, at the same time he’s got so much fire in him (pun intended) and it’s all just so PARADOXICAL on a surface level and i LOVE it [bc real folks are hypocritical asf; the best kind of characters are those with lots of clashing lines, i stand by that with my whole chest]

let me explain: Deimos and Sanford both go through some Bad Times in hell/purgatory Sanford is pushed to his limits, trying to fend off tricky and his antics endlessly, having a moment of weary anger and pure frustration as he just, fucking shrieks into the ground. bro is TIRED of the nonstop fighting Deimos–in my humble opinion–goes through a lot more pain both mentally and physically, as his environment is catered to his fears (showing him Sanford getting killed, giant agents, etc. etc.), repeatedly mauling and gutting him through with chains. he be going through HELL hell

that’s not to say Sanford couldn’t also be grieving while fighting after seeing his partner dead on the ground, forced to keep going regardless, but from what we see on screen, Deimos is put through the motherfucking RINGER

however, in spite of the constant pain, fruitless fighting, and body horror/torture (mf lost his whole jaw and torso smh), he never really seems to break down.

hell taunts him by showing him the same engineer that killed him, and his first reaction is to shake in rage and grab a gun to shoot them in the head. hell teases him through its writing on the wall [dumb idiot], needlessly dragging him away [nah] when trying to get to Sanford, and yet as soon as he’s reconstructed, he gleefully (i tell you, with Glee) demolishes every single enemy in sight. toys with them. he’s having fun

like–what did Krinkels inject in this fucker to withstand that much pain, and still retain most (if not all) of his playful traits?? it wouldn’t be so notable if everyone else went through the same thing, but the only other character i can think of that surpasses this amount of GALL is Hank–and he’s gone through hell on numerous occasions he rlly just

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Don't know if anyone still pays attention to this blog but send some prompts or requests

I wanna get back in the groove

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would you like a nice glass of

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Send an emoji and a character/oc ill drawn them to the listed prompts:

🐣 Character as a child

💘Character with romantic partner(s)/pining or being lovey dovey romantic

✂️Character with a different haircut

👔Character with a different aesthetic/ outfit

🔞Character wearing something spicy

🦄Character as a fantasy creature/Character as a nonfantasy creature

🐾Character as an animal/animal as a human

💧Character crying

🌈Character celebrating their identity

🌼Character with symbolic flower(s)

👩‍👩‍👧‍👦Character with their family members

🔧Character doing their job or hobby

👗Character dressed up for a fancy party

🧑‍🤝‍🧑Character with their friend

🐶Character with a pet

🧓Character as an elderly person

🧬Fuse two characters together

🎮Characters as a dating sim romance option

🧃 Character as a product/merch

📺 Character in a different piece of media

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first kiss prompts

'' you sure you wanna do this? ''

'' we can take things slow. ''

'' you're the best first kiss i've ever had. ''

'' i'm quite nervous. ''

'' you're doing good. ''

'' close your eyes. ''

'' i've never done this before. ''

'' i want [our first kiss] to be special. ''

'' no pressure or anything. ''

'' i thought [the kiss] was great. not that i have much to compare to. ''

'' wanna practice? ''

'' just get it over with. i'm tired of not knowing what it feels like. ''

'' i'm gonna remember this for a while. ''

'' i like kissing you. ''

'' that... was terrible. sorry. ''

'' do you wanna make out? ''

'' i really want to kiss you right now. ''

'' kiss me and you'll find out. ''

'' permission to lean in? '' '' permission granted. ''

'' i'm not a delicate flower. kiss me like you mean it. ''

'' if anybody were to kiss me... i would want that person to be you. ''

'' i've been wanting to kiss you for a while. ''

'' teach me how to do it. ''

'' are you nervous? ''

'' i don't want you to be disappointed. ''

'' can i get another one? ''

'' why don't you come inside? ''

'' i haven't mastered the art of kissing yet. ''

'' you're a great kisser. ''

'' teach me. ''

'' is there such a thing as love at first kiss? ''

'' kiss me again, but don't stop this time. ''

'' can i kiss you? ''

'' wanna go slow? ''

'' if you're uncomfortable, or think it's too much, pull away. ''

'' i love it when you kiss me. ''

'' it's important that you're comfortable. ''

'' it's cute, this thing you're doing. '' '' being all nervous? ''

'' how far do you wanna go tonight? ''

'' i can't have my first kiss be with some stranger, so could you please practice with me? ''

'' i don't want your first kiss to be terrible. ''

'' you've never kissed anyone before? ''

'' you're going to have to guide me through this. ''

'' do i just... close my eyes and lean in? ''

'' [our first kiss] is going to be magical. ''

'' of course i want to kiss you. ''

'' you just can't help yourself, can you? ''

'' kiss me. ''

'' i would love to kiss you, actually. ''

'' you mean—you and me? kissing? ''

'' and right now, i think you should kiss me. ''

'' this is nerve-racking! ''

'' did i do good? ''

'' you did wonderful. can't wait to do it again. ''

'' did we just kiss? ''

'' you kissed me first. '' '' i definitely didn't. ''

'' we don't have to do this if you don't want to. ''

'' you were literally all over me. not that i mind. ''

'' why won't you come here for a second? ''

'' don't speak. just kiss me. ''

'' come kiss me. ''

'' did you enjoy it? ''

'' how was it? ''

'' can we do it again? ''

'' holy shit—that was awesome! ''

'' kiss me again. ''

'' oh. my. god. ''

'' you should call me sometime. ''

'' that was pretty nice. ''

'' wow... that was unexpected. ''

'' pretty nice, huh? ''

'' one of us should probably say something. ''

'' you're blushing. '' '' i know. ''

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physical intimacy prompts

holding hands during a stressful situation

smiling in-between kisses

touching foreheads

cheek kisses

slow dancing

intertwining fingers

comparing hand sizes

resting your head on your partner's lap

piggy back rides

standing on your tip toes to reach your partner's lips

kissing your partner's wounds

forehead kisses

falling asleep on your partner's shoulder

bridal carries

spooning

rolling over in bed, switching positions during a kiss

embracing your partner

intertwining fingers when making love

pulling away from a kiss, deeply looking into each other's eyes, appreciating being here with each other before diving back in

nudging into the crook of your partner's neck

being carried/tucked into bed, after having fallen asleep on the couch waiting for your partner to come home

saying ''i love you'' in-between kisses

nose boops

back rubs

tracing fingers down your partner's chest

hand on chest during a casual conversation

bumping into each other

hugs that last longer than they should

showering together

hands around the waist

straddling your partner's thighs

helping your partner undress

playing with your partner's hair

falling asleep to your partner's heartbeat

resting a hand on your partner's back

squeezing each other's hands

sitting in your partner's lap

cupping your partner's face

tickling

linking arms with each other

exploring each other's lips

caressing your partner's face

brushing your lips together, lingering for a moment

jumping into your partner's arms

wrapping legs around your partner

tucking a strand of hair behind your partner's ear

pulling your partner into your lap

hugging from behind

lifting your partner off the ground

holding hands across the table

holding hands under the table

bear hugs

caressing your partner's hand

laying a hand on your partner's thigh

literally sharing a sweater

slapping your partner's butt

tummy kisses

feeling each other's pulse

glancing at each other's lips

falling asleep while cuddling on the couch

climbing back into bed, onto your partner's body to wake them up

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davis’ guide to simple low effort ways to draw braids/locs/twists. especially because i like to draw every small thing

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Your art's so flexible and lively, makes me feel like I'm staring at photos of your characters, you're very good!

Do you like giving nicknames to your characters, and if you do, what nicknames there are?

1) Oooh thank you :'))) that's very nice to hear

2) Yknow, I don't really give my characters that many nicknames. But here are some that I do call my bois from time to time

Calloway - Cal

Double A - DA

Dr.Val - DV or Reese

Toki - Noodle

Yavalío - Fluffball, Peludo (Eddie does give him nicknames)

I'm not the best with nicknames unfortunately :l

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A short story I've been thinking about

A lit candle.

I am but a small, lit candle meant to guide your way. I always stay lit despite the harshest winds or the frightful downpour. Yet despite all that I go through, you always discard me. You go and welcome the sun and sing in it's rays, always praising it for the radiant beams it gives. You say I am dim compared to it and that I would be better off melting away to a puddle of wax. Yet every night or treacherous storm that arrives, you come back to me and hold me close. You fear the dark and my light is the only one here. I ask myself if I should stay lit to help you even though you would blow and make my flame dance around your breath. But every time you draw near, I can always read how your face is filled with fear. I dare not betray the trust you bestow upon me even though you still sing praises to the majestic, heavenly beams. So I will stay here and light your nights. I will help you find your way back home when the sun is the one who betrays you. I will always stay lit, you do not thank me so. Yet I know it is my purpose to light and guide all who seek me out through and through.