#this ask made my whole week

[plasma-packin-mama]

(Asking with my main blog, but this is supposed to come from my fallout sideblog @eattheglowingmoss. Tumblr let sideblogs send asks.)

BUT as someone who also has a funky GNC courier who also causes Arcade problems (Ame Ortiz - 10 Luck, 3 intelligence my beloved). I have to know how Delilah met Arcade. Did they meet him the regular way in the Old Mormon fort? Did they know each other when they worked for the Followers before getting shot? Do you imagine they met some other way?

Love their design!

ok 1st of all. please know that i lost my whole entire mind when i read this ask thank you SOOOOO much for asking about delilah!!!! it means so much to me :') i really really appreciate the chance to talk about them. i did some art to make my answer a bit less "wall of text" bc i have a LOT of thoughts about Arcade and Del. Delilah actually first heard about Arcade from a friend at the Boneyard Library before they transferred to the vegas branch, since it seemed like they had a lot in common!

[they changed their name a LOT in their old life. Nobody is sure why. they were going by Sunny when they left boneyard.]

Julie very enthusiastically told arcade this same info when she heard from HQ that their new transfer was a tech enthusiast.

Unfortunately though... Sunny never made it to the mormon fort. Julie and everyone else waited, but after a few months they were forced to assume that she'd died on her way there. So nobody batted an eye when Delilah strolled in, very enthusiastic to learn about what the Followers were all about!!

They dont specifically remember that they were a follower, but they got a real good feeling when they stepped foot in the mormon fort. (they chose not to examine the source of this feeling. theyre just that kind of person.) they periodically popped in and out of the fort for a few weeks, dumping a pile of medical supplies at Julies feet each time and then poking around for awhile, chatting with all the doctors.

They had an especially good feeling about Arcade. They werent sure why, but when they talked to him, something just felt right for the first time in a long time. They KNEW they had to befriend this guy so they immediately put on their best Cool Guy persona to impress him.

this did not work.

they were not deterred though!!! if delilah is anything, theyre stubborn. so they came back later and tried again.

it wasn't easy for them to convince him though. backpedaling and explaining that they only said that stuff because they thought itd impress him required a level of vulnerability they're unaccustomed and unwilling to provide. so it took awhile of popping in and saying hi and being genuinely interested in what he was doing.

id like to tell about the time they finally do recruit arcade in its own comic, so ill leave this off here for now :)

again thank you so so much for asking about delilah!!!!!! this ask made my whole week and really encouraged me to draw this scene id been wanting to draw for a long time. (also, Ame seems so cute!!! ill have to doodle him sometime soon hehe)

#this ask made my whole week #or two weeks #i dont know how long this took me #fallout oc #fallout new vegas #fonv #fnv #arcade gannon #art #arcade #delilah #ask #eattheglowingmoss #digital #comic #also to clarify #delilah uses they/them pronouns exclusively #but they hadnt actually transitioned yet during these comics #that doesnt come until theyve been traveling with arcade for a long while #ALSO that followers npc from the first drawing is 100% just maru from stardew valley. i didnt do it on purpose but #i am not one to deny reality #peepie art

[elitadream]

A welcome back surprise. We missed you ✨

OMG???

I AM SCREAMING!!!!!

#AAAAAAAAAHHHHH WHAAAAT 😱🤩😱🤩 #Seeing this in my inbox had me doing about five double-takes #The drawing alone is GORGEOUS and replicates my style perfectly - but then my screen unfroze and it MOVED??? #Not only does my art get such a beautiful tribute but it's also ANIMATED I'M- #Sue you're gonna make me cry ;_; #The welcome I got throughout the week had me feeling emotional already. I'm this close to actually melting into a puddle on the floor. 🫠 #This looks absolutely astounding. Thank you so so much 😭💞 #I will treasure this forever 🙏 #asks #mario #fanart and fanwork #amazing stuff #this made my whole month 💫

[time-slink]

have you done skizz yet? if so I’d love to see how you draw him!

SOMEHOW I HAVENT?? my favorite hermi— what do you mean he isn’t one.

#slinky’s sketches #asks #art asks #skizzleman #somebody gifted me a sub to him the other day and it made my whole fucking week #silly guy….. #not tagging any particular series this is Skizzleman From My Brain

[icewindandboringhorror]

Just curious what the average level of personal investment in these sorts of things is. Like, how much do people usually get into silly stuff like this their friends ask of them? etc. etc. Which I know, only surveying a small sample on a very specific website means I'm not getting an exact average idea lol, but.. curious nonetheless .. Maybe reblog for bigger sample size but also this is not very serious at all/not worth a call to action gbhjbhjb

#which I know this could be context dependent like.. maybe you'd normally dress up but on a week that #you feel sick you wouldn't or etc. etc. - but I mean.. GENERALLY. in the most general average scenario #where you have the average amount of health and free time that you always do. etc. just based on your personality #and level of investment in these things - what on AVERAGE are you most inclined to do #also of course assume they communicate with you ahead of time and are not like planning a part last minute #like 'throw together costume in 5 hours and show up tonight randomly' or etc. I would hope that if we're going with the #AVERAGE of things - most people's friends have better communication skills than springing entire parties #on people last minute lol #assume you have like.. a few days-a week or so to prepare. however ealrly people usually start talking about #birthdays. In my experience it's usually one or two weeks ahead of time. Like 'oh next weekend' or 'oh two weeks from now' etc. #ANYWAY.. feeling a little Sick again of course but still trying to get some photos or something posted #AGAIN i promise I am not going to exlcusively post polls and ntohing else forever hgkjgnekj #I just really really love the ability to post polls and have always my whole life been obsessed with surveying people #I used to think I wanted to do that as a career somehow like.. be one of the people that does psychological interviews #or produce interview asessments for a company or etc. etc. I am always the one friend in the group thats giving out custom made #surveys or asking for other simialr stuff (did you ever take an mbti quiz? how about enneagra #m?? oh yeah I know they're not really scientifically valid or antyhing but like... DID you take them?? huh?? did you??please?? ghjj) #I simply cannot resist.. posting a little poll every once in a while.. as a treat #whilst I still fall behind on like actual content and costumes and stuff gbjhbjh #New poll adventure should be not as much of a wait as the last one was though since I already have the writing #for it really. I just have to do the ms paint sketch. hopefully no unexpected other health issues will get in the way #*** *** *** #< (anytime I do these three star patterns it is an ocd compulsion not me bleeping out words or something just ignore it lol) #(it means something secret in my evil brain just pretend you do not see it. significant only to me) #BUT YEAH.. ... poll... what type of costume party atendee are you? #:0c

[squeakadeeks]

moodboard for this past week ❤️

#they should invent a grad school thats not fucking insane #i'm hanging in there but im the most unwell i've been in AWhile #this week was just horrible #there was already the freezer food incident but it also started off with a very severe pain episode thats putting me in constant woe #even mundane motion has been agonizing which is McAwesome bc we had a lab inspection which involved moving hundreds of pounds of equipment #during which we found a blackwidow and rats which we had to deal with and was a whole thing psychologically on top of the physical toll #the new class fiasco is still popping off and i had to respond to at this point over 400 emails in the fleeting moments outside of lab #AND A STUDENT TRIED TO FINANCIALLY BRIBE THEIR WAY INTO THE CLASS ? ?? ?? ????? #then the instructor wanted to use me as a guinea pig and i had to test new circuit boards but I wasnt given any time to do so properly #i had to test them plus get them operational and deal with my incoming students all in a frantic 10 minute window #im in charge of running our meetings too but the instructor was interrupting and having side conversations that made it really hard- #to train the other people on the new equipment in a smooth manner #which meant that a bunch of people had to keep me after to ask questions which made me late for my drs appointment #where i found out i cant get the new covid vaccine bc my heart and blood levels arnt stable enough #and joanns lost an expensive+critical fabric order of mine+i had to give a big presentation this week on my research that was stressful #and my inbox is still blowing up from being needed all over the place between teaching lab and classes and yall i am. so so tired. #im in so much pain and so stressed out #debating the ethics of turning into a pile of lint to escape my responsibilities and mortal frame

[ask-the-bone-boys]

ok folks in honor of me finally being almost ready with this thing here's a compilation of the Main Reason its taking so damn long

#and i Still feel like i need more poses aaagh #this is why all the character portraits before this were so stiff btw. if you couldnt tell #i had a whole Time Saving Process that i chose to completely ignore and still thought i could get this ready in like two weeks lmaooo #not even CLOSE #but all the ceo stuff lately has lit a bit of a fire under my ass so progress is being made !!!! #i may even have a little puzzle for yall if you ask the right questions ;> #but yeahh we are getting so close now i can Feel it im exciteddd i hope yall are too!!!!!!

[intotheelliwoods]

To whoever is still alive after all that, congrats! You made it through the hard part! Hope you enjoyed the week event~ Not sure if I will be doing another one anytime soon though haha, also do expect a small break from me after this!

Few things to make clear to those who missed stuff:

This timeline is safe! The two Leos who are currently in the timeline will be happy and well by the end of things! From this point on its just them healing~

If by chance you are confused on what happened, I lovingly hand you this post! If you are still confused, feel free to send me an ask!

I am not paying for any medical bills <3 But hey the huggy leos persisted through just like I promised-

#2 arms left #nonsense #wow ive made it far #this comic has been in the works since FEB #and ive been planning the whole new timeline thing since APRIL #granted it could have been done better but hey my skills be limited here and I did the best I could haha #looks at all the side stories and comics that dont even involve the leos I wanted to do for this week event- #eyes all the other mini comics I want to draw before the main story comic gets going again- #looks at the goop backstory comic I still kinda really want to draw if I could get over how to visualize it #looks at this one #really sweet ask #in my inbox #that if I dont draw a comic for STAT I am going to explode

[shitpostingfromthebarricade]

Finally getting around to watching 2000 Les Mis.

#deadass I did not change the captions and actually cut the part where JVJ confirms that it's not fatherly love #the only change I made is that Marius only asks once #I have an ask sitting in my inbox about this adaptation that I've been waiting to answer until I watch the whole thing through at least once #which is the reason I decided to prioritize it #so y'all will be seeing more about my opinion when I finish up in two weeks #but hooooooo boy #les mis #jvj #valjean #I refuse to tag “canon jean” for this He Would Not Do That #marius #marius the noodle #marius pontmercy #2000 les mis #I nearly tagged Javert becaise he just feels so integral to what makes this adaptation this adaptation #shitposting @ me

[crowtrobotx]

Happeeeeee belated birthday gift of Vârco!Kris that started as a sketch but then I went a bit overboard with the bg and rendering anyway voilà

WHATTTTTTTTTTT OH MY GODDDD

Vodka!!! 😭😭😭 This is so good!!! I love it so much!!! MY TOOTHY GORL!!! ❤️❤️❤️ do I spy her lil nose ring too??? 🥺🥺🥺 She looks so perfectly spooky and yet I want to pet her hair

This is amazing! You’re amazing! She’s so perfect I am getting into my lil rowboat and hauling ass over the pond to give you a hug/warm cup of tea/pat on the head/whatever thanks you are comfortable receiving.

PS. IF YOU AREN’T FOLLOWING VODKA WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING ON MY BLOG!

#asks #vodkafolie #thank you thank you thank you vodka this made my whole week #LOOK. LOOK AT IT. YOU ALL WILL LOOK AT IT.

[kingjasnah]

i love when you adolin post cause i feel like adolin stanning is a shared experience. everyone looks at him and is just like wow

it is genuinely impossible to be normal about him he's is a collection of the most fascinating character traits in existence (including 'fashion enthusiast' and 'straight up murderer that one time') my man is a walking contradiction. hes the best duelist on the planet like literally. he's a gay stereotype from the 90s who is also the picture of perfect masculinity in his society AND he's bi fr and yet i forget all of this every time until i read some shit like:

#i went and got my copy of rhythm for this this whole chapter is 30 pages and its been on my brain like #for a week. its the same chapter as that last post i made abt him and dalinar #literally hes just like me fr but also he could fix me but also the concept of him genuinely scares me a lil #adolin kholin #stormlight archive #asks

[anna-hawk]

“I wann slap him on a slice of bread and eat him” 

Listen, listen, listen, I love bread but…….. I’d eat him raw 🤐

Could you tell I was horny hungry with these tags? 😝

That man? I'd eat him under any form I can get my hands on. I mean... I love my meat almost raw so... I'd sure eat his the same way, juices and all 😏

One JB hotdog to-go, please 🤡

#darlingshane #asked and answered #jon bernthal #listen y'all! #I've been away on a trip for a week and couldn't do anything but stare at Jon the whole time #without being able to do anything #writing wise... jeez... where did your brain go 😏 #anyways... he made my imagination go wild

[timothylawrence]

The reblogs on your post about the last of us were turned off; did you do this or did tumblr swing the hammer? If it's the latter, you might have to remake the post

no tumblr didn’t swing the hammer lol! woke up to people calling me cunt and other bad shit and tumblr won’t let me mute the post lol. I forgot how awful tlou fans are lmao.

#asks #I don’t have my app updated so maybe that’s why but it’s kinda unbearable and I don’t wanna deal with being called names for…. #calling a Zionist a Zionist lmao #might eventually turn on RBs but I don’t have the time rn to sift through people calling me awful names lol #dude posted Israel for eternity 2 weeks ago + made a whole game abt ‘religious zealots’ who worship ‘the prophet’ like please think .

[henbeaka]

What's one of your favorite bylergates??

yay! anon, i love you

okay, so i'm a lettergate girlie forever, it just makes too much sense to me for it not to be true ngl, and it would literally perfectly encapsulate byler and how hard it contrasts milkvan.

thoughts on other byler gates

-> birthday gate

ngl, i feel like it would have been subtly hinted at as something will was bitter about, or at least joyce and jonathon would have remembered. so i actually do think that it was a collective accident.

however! it is a possibility to me that the duffers will maybe retcon it into the script. i am not against that right now, but it depends on how well they pull it off.

-> flickergate

i don't know much about this one but it seems so sweet to me like i want to know!! if anyone's passionate about flickergate, lmk?? it's just that the lights flickered right? i think it does provide ample opportunity to do a flashback in s5

-> my most hot take - will powers gate

will won't have powers in s5, or at least i hope he won't. i think it's so important that will and el are different in fundamental ways, and i think from a byler standpoint it doesn't make sense to mix up such a defining part of mileven's relationship (not a good thing!) with byler's relationship.

as for the sci-fi lore, i'm not too aware of how it would impact the story, but i don't think it makes sense. will is a victim, yes, he has been a victim. but i don't think he needs superpowers to break himself out of it, and i think it would tell a better story if he doesn't have superpowers when he finally reclaims his role as not a victim.

again, i come from a storytelling and byler perspective NOT the sci fi lore. maybe will having powers ties up every thread, and will make sense.

-> phonegate

faves!!!! its so cute and i do think it makes enough sense for it to be real. mike was also really defensive in the roller rink fight but not in a damn i SHOULD have called, but in a this isn't just my fault but i don't want to let you know why way.

-> new coke gate

this makes a lot of sense when you explain it to me, but i was 80 percent sure that it was just a sponsorship (a very long one) when i watched the lucas mike scene originally. i did my research once and i believe that no one really knows, but they have partnered. i don't know that partnering with a brand, (aka NO MONEY) warrants the excessive use of coke, so i do see this being just one of those things that the duffers would do to us.

on the other hand, it is strange to use coke as such a huge part of byler symbolism.

-> any sort of number gate

i'm obsessed with number gates because they always come back to seven and i love seven symbolism with byler. (mainly because of seven by taylor swift and HOW MUCH IT FITS THEM but still)

-> my babies, mikhailgate and localvillagegate

faves 🤞🤞 too good

#byler #stranger things #ask #I LITERALLY LOVE YOU ANON #thanks so much for being my first non hate ask #made my whole freaking week #i dont really remember any other gates #btw

[deoidesign]

please take as much time as you need to rest and recover. burn out is so hard and takes so much to heal from. your art and your supporters will still be here when you get back :) take care <3

Thank you very much

Unfortunately, my situation doesn't really allow me to take the time I need. I've got a ~two month hiatus scheduled for my midseason, but much like my first hiatus I'll most likely be working double time during it...

It's unfortunate because I could really really use a bigger break!

Having the time and flexibility to work on other projects really fires me up and keeps me going, and being able to take a guilt free day off for family and friends is necessary to my mental health, and I've been having to turn people down lately...

This is a very kind message, and I'm sorry to vent in response! But I just feel transparency about the pressure I'm under is necessary and important. I'd love to take the time I really need, but due to deadlines and that pesky "needing money to live" I can't.

But, once the series is over I intend to take a pretty big break before I start whatever I'm doing next! I've got so many short stories and projects planned that I want so badly to get to, I can't wait to really get to truly dive in to them!

#im so sorry to take a nice message and respond like this! but just... trust me haha i know my supporters are genuinely here for me <3 #but webtoon... not so much unfortunately. i mean im sure i could take a longer break but theres the looming anxiety #that ill get in trouble or itll ruin my chances of working with them again etc etc #i took this week and i genuinely took it off. sort of? i flew to a convention which was exhausting #and i did paintings that i hope to print eventually #and i. started planning and prepping for a Kickstarter. for time and time again... #so ive still been working the whole time. but i love working! #i just... like to be able to work on things OTHER than time and time again... #and unfortunately for a few months. more than a few months. i haven't been able to do anything outside of it. #even all of my paintings have been for it cause i cant afford to switch my mindset! #my first hiatus i moved. worked on a pitch for my next series. and then i made two episodes a week the entire time #and i still ran out of episodes... #i dont know if im just not fast enough or if something is wrong with my brain that i have to fight to get it to focus but. #yeah i mean ive been burned out! been really burned out for like a year now #i can tell by how much better i feel after literally 1 week of doing anything else #and how tired i feel explaining this and knowing ive got another 3 months before i get another break #ok sorry i vented a lot more in the tags. it's hard to explain all of this eloquently and i like my posts to be somewhat professional #asks #anon #vent #delete later #and also how often my brain keeps wanting me to like. beg for 'nice words' from other people #(i always stop myself from asking people for compliments and stuff because otherwise i get very carried away and do it too regularly) #(people are very nice to me all the time. the kindness is endless and i need to let myself recognize and appreciate it rather than seek more #(its sort of a mental health thing I've been trying to like... force myself to do) #(for myself and my longevity but also for others sake lol. ive been bad about it in the past)

[cowplant-snacks]

I'm obsessed with your blog. That's it. That's the ask <3

Seriously such a sweet and unexpected ask. Thank you so much!

#made my whole week! #thank you! #cowplant asks

[frecklystars]

Hi pretty star girl !! I wanted to just say thank you. I’ve been following you for years and we’ve interacted a few times but it’s kind of crazy how much you’ve helped me?? ?? I was also in a very bad mentally abusive relationship and after two years I finally got out but I had no motivation to self ship anymore because of everything I experienced. Then seeing you (who was in such a similar situation) come back and reclaim it as something safe and fun inspired me to do the same. You helped me feel safe to self ship again and collect all those protective, fictional boyfriends again (who would disrespectfully beat up both our abusers !!!!) So I just wanted to say thank you for helping me, even unknowingly, and being so strong. You are like an older sister presence on my dashboard and seeing your posts always make my day. I’m so sorry if this is a weird message to receive LOL I just really wanted to so thank you!! so much!! for just!! existing!! You are amazing, Keri.

HI SWEET ANON I hope you're able to see my response to your kind message, I'm sorry it took me a few days to get back to you!!!

I want to say I am so sorry that you have endured a relationship that took such a big toll on you. I can completely empathize with that and I know how heavy that is. I think... I think getting out of an emotionally abusive relationship is just. hellacious. It's like it takes the same energy to crawl out of a deep dark pit, mud pulling you back down every time you try to climb out, and the entire time you're gutturally screaming from your guts wishing somebody could help you while simultaneously convincing yourself "no, no, I'm not being abused, it's not their fault, it's mine, I'm being ridiculous" and you can feel how much it is hurting you. It's like mentally trying to run one hundred laps around the sun. Your heart is deteriorating and you feel something is wrong but you're convinced it cannot possibly be anyone's fault but yours. You can physically feel how much it is weighing on your heart. I think one of the loneliest feelings in the world is being abused and coming to realize it, finally fully aware of it and then accepting it, but then you're... too tired to get out of it. In my recent abusive relationship w/ someone, when I realized to myself that I was genuinely going to die if I kept talking to this person, I didn't leave right away. I just laid there and cried and knew it was going to kill me one day and I didn't have the energy to fight that. but then, somehow, you get so tired that you're done, you manage to cut things off with them and then it's like. yay. you're free. there's that relief. but then you're also kinda Haunted by all of the shit that happened to you and then it takes a little while to get past that. But you will get past it and you will be okay!!!!!!!! You are not alone!!!! You have ppl in your corner, myself included!!!! And I am so relieved you're out of that situation, and I'm so happy you're also finding joy in self shipping again. Your F/Os, no matter who they are or what they do, how kind or villainous they are, they love you and would protect you wholeheartedly... and beat the ever loving shit out of anyone who harms you ❤

So!!!!! In case if I didn't say this to you already [gently grabbing you by the shoulders and looking into your eyes] I AM SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!! I AM SO GLAD YOU'RE OUTTA THERE AND I SWEAR IT GETS BETTER. YOU ARE AMAZING AND INCREDIBLE AND SO STRONG AND I WANT YOU TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT!!!! I want you to take a minute to tell yourself, WOW, you fucking did that. You got away from somebody who actively tried to hook their claws into you. You, whether it was consciously or unconsciously, told yourself "no, I deserve better. I deserve love and this isn't it. There is no love here and I deserve to be respected." you were able to walk away from the mistreatment. You valued yourself as a person. That's self love. That's inside of you, that strength, you used it and you succeeded. And I don't know if you're in a position right now where you're still hurting/wounded from what happened but IT GETS BETTER I PROMISE!!!! And I am always here you can always hmu if you ever wanna vent or shout into the void that is my inbox.

I am touched you see me as a big sister figure, bc I am an only child, in my 20s not knowing wtf I am doing at all given times, so I don't know how I'd possibly exude that energy, but I'm just glad it's a Nice Energy. Thank you for coming to me about something so personal and for trusting me with that, and thank you for saying such kind things. If you can get through it, I can get through it, we fucking got this, my dude!! 💪✨

#also 'pretty star girl' 🥺🥺 MADE MY WHOLE WEEK #anonymous #asks #keepsake #abuse mention #i am so proud of you i will say it 345028452348240 times. and then 234963402740324 more times