TARNISHED GOLD FINALE WAS AMAZING and after days of my brain chewing and masticating,, the desire to make fan art snowballing I RELENTED and thank you @primtheamazing for giving us delectable brainrot material fresh out of the oven every week 🗣️ feeding us well 🙀
!!! this post is sfw, but minors dni with this post/blog !!!
notes: gn!disabled!reader, this is self indulgent i tried to make this fitting for more general chronic pain! reader might come across as ehlers danlos-coded (is that a thing?? weird thing for me to type)
aki is already so sweet and caring with you, of course he would be helpful when your chronic pain flares up.
he notices that you’re moving a bit slower, taking shorter steps, taking a longer time to get up from your seat… and he’s immediately there to help
VERY quick to ask what you need, but he also tries to offer your usual solutions
“where does it hurt? do you need a heating pad? painkillers? tiger balm? do you want me to run a warm bath?”
if you have fluctuating mobility/occasionally use a mobility aid, he does his best to keep everything in a convenient spot for you. crutches near the bed so you can slide your arms in and get up with a bit more ease, rollator in a place where you don’t trip but it’s easy to access…
he was initially Overly Careful with you so he didn’t aggravate your pain further, but as he grows used to your needs, he’s still careful but he’s not scared of breaking you like he used to be
kisses the back of your neck while gently massaging your sore joints/muscles, murmuring soft “i love you”s and “you’re gonna be okay”s while he’s rubbing tiger balm onto your sorest spots
if he hears your joints pop he gets really nervous until you specify if it was a good/bad pop
if a spot is too sore, he won’t touch it in case he hurts you even more.
and if you just Can’t get out of bed for the day? he calls off from work to take care of you. brings you comfort food, helps you to the bathroom when you need it, makes sure you’re hydrated and taking your meds…
SPEAKING OF MEDS. this man is so good at reminding you
“did you forget to take your meds? maybe you should take them now, love. it’ll help you feel less sore.”
he’s very careful to make sure he doesn’t shame you for forgetting meds, for needing help, for being in pain. he just does whatever he can to make sure you’re okay and empathises with your complaints about your aches.
while he hates seeing you in pain during a flare-up, he becomes extra doting just to make sure your needs are met. cooks your fav comfort meal, makes sure all your pillows are soft and arranged to keep you comfy, refills your water bottle whenever it’s almost empty, etc.
thinking about Kavinsky, who's almost convinced himself that he's God, only realizing just how powerless he is when Proko dies and he can't do anything about it. oh, he can dream copy after copy after copy but none of them are quite right. none of them are Proko.
no matter how powerful Kavinsky is, he can never do the one thing that he wishes for the most. Proko, the real Proko, Kavinsky's Proko, is gone forever
An animation based on @mscribbles's omentio piggyback comic !!
More about it under the cut:
Damn you're actually here. ok...... /j
This is the first short film I've ever made! It was an uni assignment done in the span of a week and I was the only one working on it.
Would you believe me if I said that the hardest part was translating the dialogues?
I had to closely examine the ESP version of Super Paper Mario to know these character's way of speaking, plus adapt the dialogues so that the original intent and meaning was kept...... that shit is hard!!!!!! translators have my utmost respect lol
The second hardest thing was getting timing right because I did not have time to make an animatic. I really was just going with what felt right. I think I did a decent job at that...!
Something I really liked about the process was the pre-production phase because that's when I had to do the vectors for the characters!
To be honest with you I felt like a caveman every time I learnt literally anything new about Illustrator........ is this how people feel when I tell them about Moho????
...Oh well!!! There's some things I'd def change of the animation but overall I'm seriously proud of this, and!!! and!!!
I’ve got one. Probably not terribly insightful, but…what’s it like being a cougar? How did you realise you were one? I myself am actually a cat (tiger, jaguar), but I’m always interested in what other’s experiences as other animals are like, and quite like cougars. Do you find any fun in it? Is it purely serious?
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Its alright, uhmmm let me get my thoughts together for a second.
Its, honestly very interesting. A lot of it feels so much more like a house cat sort of way, I guess? Im not too instinctual as a cougar when im passively tuning in. I've spent so long being one it can be hard to pick out what it's like honestly.
Theres a huge pull to any sort of habitat. Arizonian deserts, forests, grasslands, mountains, it's so strange having so many places call to me, which was actually one defining factor to me figuring out i was a cougar.
Cougars relate so closely to house cats behavior-wise that I thought I was a house cat for a hot minute there. I've always been drawn to them in a way? I also live in their range, so I'm not shocked that Im a very passive cougar. It's like I'm safe in my home range and dont have to worry. (Like im not even kidding a few weeks ago a cougar walked down our street and it was on the news :D)
and i mean like, i was just kind of putting the puzzle pieces together on the floor (mentally) about my identity, and it all just suddenly clicked. Wish I could say it changed my whole life, I just kind of felt like I already knew and haven't really worried about my identity too much since. It's always been a peace and just a knowing that I was right. And I'm glad i figured it out so soon too.
I mean like, there is both serious and fun parts! Like getting phantoms while you are blasting music and feeling like a badass; or waking up in the morning, putting on a shirt and suddenly you begin having a physical flare and you start to grow fur on your back for no reason... Or or, mentally shifting and just a joy that fills you.
I used to be much more serious when I was younger (makes me sound old lol); mental shifting every day, researching everything I could for weeks on end, Journaling... I was very intense, almost to the point to complete obsession. Nowadays I just exist and let myself be a cougar, and I've had much more progress in these last few weeks in discovering than I did when I was pushing so hard.
Im so glad tp be where I am right now, its a mix of both serious and having fun. Might as well have fun, it's who I am going to be my whole life.
Thank you for the ask, I really appreciate it ^^ I love making posts like this :D
Tsukasa's twin brother who was born second. He turned inwards when Saki got hospitalized and fights depression.
social recluse who barely ever leaves his room
has a hard time expressing himself through words
has an inferiority complex because of Tsukasa's achievements. he feels like he's nothing compared to his brother who can do anything
they're on good terms, but Riku secretly has a lot of pent up anger because of this
he feels like Saki loves Tsukasa more than him because his brother has a more direct way of showing his love while Riku doesn't know how to communicate his feelings
he gave up on playing the piano. he was never very good at it and didn't have it in him to keep trying
he's a fan of Nightcord at 25:00
attends evening classes with Ena
outside of school, he only wears black
his voice is soft and timid. he has a mild stutter
wants to join the school chorus but he's scared of singing in front of people
loves cats
has a pet spider that Tsukasa hates
gamer
started talking to Nene through an online game years ago and they're friends who play together a lot
he's also friends with Touya. Riku does library duty with him at school sometimes
he's good with computers and asked Rui if he'd help him improve his coding skills. Rui is really kind to him and treats him completely different from Tsukasa. also he loves the spider
Riku feels comfortable with Rui. he always looks forward to spending time with him again
he has a torrented version of the vocaloid software and writes his own songs using Rin and Len
most of them are sad and some of them are angry
left handed
hates crowds
lives in constant fear of people mistaking him for Tsukasa and approaching him while he's out
the only time he was glad that it happened was when he stopped to listen to Kohane's street performance on the way home from therapy. they talked a little afterwards and he explained that they're twins
he might have a crush on her
one time Saki lost a toy she really liked, and he used all his money to buy her a new one, then gave it to her as if he found it. a long time later, Saki found the actual toy she lost and felt really moved
she actually loves both her brothers the same, even if Riku doesn't feel that way
The forest sekai:
Riku wishes he could go outside more, but he hates the presence of other people. He also loves singing, but only has the courage to do so when he's home alone. These feelings manifest as a sekai where he can sing to his heart's content in a beautiful forest.
In the middle, there's a big clearing where the sun always shines and a set of two swings. A path through the forest leads to the shore with a lighthouse. Sometimes they host tea parties with Miku, Rin, and Len. The wild animals inhabiting the sekai often come around as well.
The other three virtual singers appear as cats who like to meow or mrow along to the melody. Riku loves them a lot, sometimes they play or nap together in the sun. Kaito is a big softie, Luka is really fluffy but sort of a tsundere, and Meiko loves playing, especially with the toys Riku brings them himself.
There's a koi pond, and a lot of room to build sandcastles by the lighthouse. They stay in the same state forever unless the person who made it destroys the castle themselves.