#merkerler's characters

[merkerlerspeaks]

I just watched the most recent fionna and cake episodes and it got me thinking for....a while. It is VERY similar to how I would write an adult show (plus and minus a few select things) and it got me thinking about how deeply and how badly I want a show to depict overcoming addiction. For that to be a big centerpoint about it. But I want it to be written a certain way. It would deal with dark themes, possibly gore, mental illness, depression, there would be substance abuse- my big line is avoiding dirty humour/unnecessary sexual content and foul language.

I have a story I have been sitting on for a while. Im not going to elaborate very much because I don't know if it is one I want to share on here yet (I'll think about it) but it is with this main character who, out of circumstances far beyond her control, has an unrelenting drug addiction and the majority of her story about be about overcoming it. Something about that idea just.....resonates with me I guess? I've never had a drug addiction but I am thinking about ways I could pull stuff from real life, my life, my experiences, the people around me, stories I've heard (similar to what I've done with The Children of Earth & Time) and it just feels....right. Like this is a story I need to make happen.

A christian-themed adult TV show about the struggles of overcoming addiction and grief, deals with dark themes but isn't raunchy and foul. Something that isn't afraid to lean into exploring those dark areas, and allow for flawed human beings, but still be something I wouldn't be hesitant to admit to watching. If that makes sense. It just feels really important to me with the realization I just came too. Im not elaborating on that though.

#this probably just seems like a lot of senseless babble lol #there is something really important to me about the presence of an adult show that deals with deep themes and goes down darker paths #but doesn't depict christianity as something to be mocked #I want it to be a story of hope #so that people who have seen those depths can see themselves in the characters and see those characters have a bright end #even after the heartache and trauma and close encounters #if they can see through the sci-fi and magical metaphors they would find a story of encouragement and endurance #merkerler speaks #delete?

[merkerler]

Next up we have Raphael. I think his design is the simplest of the four.

#tmnt #raphael tmnt #fanart #tmnt fanart #character redesign #raphael #salt and light #merkerler art

[underaheapoftales]

I was tagged by @letshavepunsoffun

Name: MaKala Nicknames: MaK, MaKa, Merkerler Gender: Female? Star sign: Scorpio Height: 5′0 Sexual orientation: Straight Hogwarts house: Hufflepuff Favorite colors: Green or Purple Favorite animal: Fox Average hours of sleep: Anywhere from 2-10 hours Cat or dog person: Cat person. Cats flock to me for some reason. Favorite fictional characters: Chrona(Soul Eater), Sans(Undertale),Mordin Solus and Urdnot Grunt(Mass Effect), Iron Bull, Krem, Wynne(Dragon Age) Usopp, Roronoa Zoro, Brook(One Piece)

Am I supposed to tag people? I-I don’t know who to tag!

So uh anyone who wants to do this?

#No... No Imagine here.

[merkerlerspeaks]

"This will be a cycle of learning and forgetting and re-learning and forgetting again" that was literally something I realized on my own recently about my own life so that's fun.

#In other news I relate to these characters #f&c #merkerler speaks #f&c spoilers

[merkerlerspeaks]

If I find somewhere to start watching Cheers you guys know why

#it's Simon #Simons the reason #Im curious about it now! #i want to do a study on his character overall and at least seeing SOME of a show he is written too love #would help with that I think #Ive always really liked things from my parents time anyway so it really wouldnt be a surprise #merkerler speaks #(Ntm it seems familiar) #(not sure where i would have seen/heard it but it sounds very familiar)

[merkerlerspeaks]

Turns out, I may enjoy fictional serial killers cuz Lambchop from Sweet No Death is giving 'New Fave' vibes

#I have this thing with like pixel rpg horror games and cutesy horror #and this isn't the first time I have really enjoyed a game or character from this developer #arcadekitten just makes really really entertaining games #the concepts and storylines are delectable #the characters intriguing and likeable #one of my favourite game devs tbh #merkerler speaks

[merkerler]

After promising them months ago I have finally gotten around to finalizing my TMNT designs for Era of Rebellion, and Donatello is my favourite so he is first.

If it's hard to read the text, let me know & I will type out what it says right here.

#TMNT #tmnt redesign #tmnt: era of rebellion #fanart #teenage mutant ninja turtles #salt and light #merkerler art #character design #character redesign #tmnt:eor #donatello #donatello tmnt

[merkerlerspeaks]

Biting clawing scratching the agent that fired the gun btw

#permission to go feral your honour? #nevermind doing it anyway #oooohohoho but I AM loving the high stakes and action of the whole thing #looking at it as a story and MC as her own character it's just. Magnifique. #Now let her doctor his wound #and Im actually seeing more of Saeran too now. #you get surprisingly little of him when you totally ignore everything but the good endings and main after endings #of the main 5 lol #I want. to wrap him up in these two arms. #and slap the cigarette he asked vanderwood for totally out of his hands #merkerler speaks #mysme spoilers

[merkerler]

My design for Leo! This one is...still prone to changing, but I do still like the asymmetry. I know there are probably things he dislikes that I am forgetting too because it's been a while since I looked into the things I wrote for him.

Also forgot to mention in the sheet that he is cold blooded too.

#leonardo #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt:eor #leo tmnt #fanart #tmnt fanart #character redesign #salt and light #merkerler art

[merkerlerspeaks]

Watching little baby Goku be reuninted with his grandpa then immediately after watching even tinier baby Upa be reunited with his dad is honestly a bit of a tear jerker. Both so tiny and so young and already know the pain of loss and grief. I wonder exactly how long Goku had to search before realizing his grandpa wasn't coming back. And watching Upa have to bury his own father when he's just such a little boy? Pure pain.

#as mentioned in tags before Ive been watching Dragon Ball #I absolutely love this little pure hearted one-boy-army #Yamcha really said ''Its easy to forget Goku's just a kid'' but idk you look at that. tiny little face. pretty easy to remember #I quite like it if you can't tell I just wish some characters were a little more patient #with the boy found isolated by himself in the middle of the woods #merkerler speaks

[merkerlerspeaks]

What if I made my own version of TMNT and talked about it on here/my art blog

#spoiler alert: I already made it #Ive been a little worried regarding legality of it? Just due to there being such a variety of TMNT universes in canon #But I am not profiting off of it and could fall under the same fanfic status as an AU #plus Ive seen a good handful of other people who apparently had the same idea as me and not get in any trouble yet lol #Its just super fun to make new designs and mess with character dynamics #and IDK if this would actually make it into a fic/comic or is just a passing creative outlet like a lot of my fanstuff #anyway tho I don't think that just talking about it as a fanwork should be any trouble and I have been absolutely annoying my friends #with it over the past month #so I might just #merkerler speaks

[merkerlerspeaks]

Was scrolling through my blog and noticed exactly how frequently I post about running away and living on a mountain and I just thought of this

#he's just like me fr #lol #He always was my favourite parks n rec character #any time I run into a social problem or get upset its like. this wouldnt happen on a mountain. #merkerler speaks

[merkerlerspeaks]

Watched all of the apothecary diaries so far (in dubbed) and the only names I remember are Maomao, Jinshi, and ....the pink haired woman but I don't know how to actually spell her name. And it took me like 12 epsiodes to remember Jinshi's.

#Waaay to often when Im watching a new short show I do not pick up on the names #there is just Main Character. Favourite Character. And then everyone else. #I know them by the way they look only lol #freckles girl and The Purple Guy were how I thought of them #merkerler speaks

[merkerlerspeaks]

the crows feet were a super good addition to Simons character design honestly

#bet he's got laugh lines started too and they just didn't show them because that can make a character look 80 instead of 59 in animation #And if he DOESN'T then he will #merkerler speaks

[merkerlerspeaks]

my absolute top favourite male characters atm are Simon Petrikov, Varian, Donatello (all versions), Kyoya Ootori & Saeyoung Choi & my absolute top favourite female characters atm are Nathalie Sancouer, Launch from DBZ, Betty Grof, Shego & Belle.

Kinda seeing a pattern

#dudes are either smart responsible or both #the ladies are smart responsible...and a little unhinged #I have a ton of other favourite characters I have like a top 20's list #And some of the guys are also unhinged like Alastor or Lambchop (Lambchop is from a game called Sweet No Death) #basically make a character smart feral classy or responsible & they're gonna be my favourite #perhaps a little comedic too but humour & smarts tend to go hand in hand #I just think it's so interesting to look at the patterns in the types of characters people like #merkerler speaks #side note idk if Ive posted anything like this before. Knowing me I PROBABLY have. #But it's eh #I just like lists

[merkerlerspeaks]

*accidentally starts shipping characters I never intended to get together* oh no

#still no plans for them to get together #but i can ship my characters without intending them to be a couple right? #merkerler speaks