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“May I please draw your OC?”

Reblog this message if you encourage anyone that wants to draw your OC to do so.  No need to ask for permission in advance.

Go for it.  Draw my OC.  If you want, I’ll even give you reference posts.  Go to town on it.

You are welcome to draw my OC and surprise me with the result.  Seriously.  In fact, I encourage it.  I will proudly display whatever it is you submit to me regarding my OC.  There is a chance that I will squeal about it for several days.

Even if you feel you aren’t good at whatever artistic adventure it is you do, please feel free to submit it to me.  I want to see what you have done.

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Y'all are amazing. Reblog to hug the person you’re reblogging from.

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RPers, please reblog this if you’re okay with ICONLESS threads!

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I drew a little something for the Hiveworks micro comic summer~

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a non-selective plan for the resurgence of fic commissions

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Hi, we're a race of aliens.

WAIT PEOPLE ON TUMBLR ARE REAL FUCKING PEOPLE

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Can we get ten more votes here please? It'd be funny.

Why do you-Spirit, NO!!

You're no fun, Oppy.

BONUS POLL: ROURKE FIGHT, AU VERSION VS. CANON VERSION

This was suggested by the same friend on Discord who suggested I start this blog, and I'm honestly kinda curious to see what happens (though based on their Hammer Trials, I think I can guess.)

Info on AU version: here (he belongs to @systemadministratorclu, who also did the image edit of him)

Canon version: you already know, and if you don't, Google/Wikipedia/something does.

[EDIT]: Assume both have the exact same military training/background. Because they do. (Knew I forgot something.)

This has no bearing on their Hammer trials, this is solely for the amusement of Hammer Mod and others.

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in b4 95% of all websites in june 2024 announce that "for security" they will only work with browsers that use manifest v3

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Fanfic? What? Can you screenshot what you're seeing? I'm curious now.

This is what I get:

John Crichton (Farscape)

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um.....@this-is-a-love-story-isnt-it ? It's in the poll blog's pinned post.

John Crichton (Farscape)

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Would both of you please read the pinned post. Hammer mod addresses this issue there.

Saint from Rain World

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AITA for avoiding my BF for over a week?

(Canon characters, but based on an AU fanfic of mine. Will link after the poll closes)

Okay, yeah, that sounds bad, but I had a good reason. A really good reason.

I've. (54-55M) been together with this wonderful guy M (32-33M) for almost a year and we've been through A LOT together. We were on a dangerous expedition that involved many people getting killed by a giant robot lobster, we discovered a lost civilization (where we currently live, it's a great place), M was chosen as a host by this semisentient giant rock that protects the place (because turns out his grandfather was actually the king's younger brother) and merged with it, I fought and killed someone who almost stole him in this state to sell for money (obviously that didn't work, my friends, the king's daughter K (at least 8500F), and I brought the rock back and the rock gave M back to me), we fought the Kraken and won, we faced off against a conman (who tried to trap us in an abandoned mineshaft) and a desert spirit with an army of sand coyotes (we won again), and we stopped a crazy guy who thought he was Odin from using an ancient weapon (from OUR CITY) to bring about Ragnarok. And through all of this, I only loved him more and more every day. So much that I decided I wanted to make it official. I wanted to propose to him. But like any guy proposing to the love of his life, I wanted it to be special. I wanted the perfect time and place and all that. Well, I got the time and place. We were invited to a private party for us and everyone on the expedition to find this city, to celebrate the one-year-anniversary of that trip and its success. Perfect time to ask him, when surrounded by all the people that are most important to both of us. Now all I needed was the perfect ring. And that's where I might be a bit of an asshole.

See, I didn't want M to have any idea what I was planning or what I was doing, and it's really hard to keep things like that a surprise because M is incredibly smart (one of many reasons I love him). So I told him K (now the Queen) needed my help with something. Not him, just me. I should note that K was in on this whole thing, and had offered to help me try to find a ring. She and I spent probably a day or two searching and I found nothing. So K suggested I make the ring myself, and that she had people who could help me do it.

Making rings is way harder than I ever thought, especially with my big hands, and it took me well over a week to do it. As in getting up early and coming home to M late. I did my best every night to make up for being away from him so much, because I did feel bad about it. I also stole his grandfather's wedding ring that he keeps in his bag so I could get his size (it fits M perfectly) but I put it back as soon as I was done, and M never noticed it go missing. But I felt really bad, like I was a huge asshole, when I told M I was done helping K and he admitted that he briefly thought I didn't love him anymore because I was avoiding him so much.

I was just trying to make this as special for him as possible, by making my own ring to surprise him with when I propose. But.....am I an asshole for doing it?

(Additional note, since I'm writing this after the proposal. M loved the ring and seemed to understand what was going on all those days when I told him I made it for him myself. And more importantly, he said yes!)

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AITA for publicly guilt tripping my friends who just wanted to help their families?

I (32M) have been on a trip to a legendary city with a group of people for a while now, and while they didn't seem to like me or even want me around at first (they played a lot of pranks on me and always shut me out) they finally started letting me join them the night before we reached our destination. Two of them, A (18F) and V (38M) told me their stories and what they hope to do with their paychecks from this job. A wants to help her dad finally open another machine shop/garage, and V is going to help his family's flower shop.

Before I continue, I just want to be clear: I am not calling anyone here a bad person (even though one of them probably deserves to be called that) because I am not that kind of person. So please do not pass judgment on them. I do care about all of these people and their needs/wants.

The leader of our group, R (54M) just revealed he and the others were planning to steal this big shiny rock thing to sell for money, and they were using me to find it (they held this local woman captive until I helped). Problem is, the thing isn't just some giant gemstone, nor is it the power source I thought it was. It is literally the life force of the people who live in this place. And if it is taken away, they will die. I have been protesting this since I found out just what this thing was. R has been brushing it off the whole time, and everyone has just silently gone along with him.

Here's where I feel I might have been an asshole.

In front of a crowd, I called out A and V by name and said sarcastically how they would finally achieve their dreams and then some (i told V his family could open a whole chain of shops and said they'd be very proud.) I laid out the stories they told me, only I made them sound so selfish and greedy, even though I know that's not how they are. I was intentionally trying to make them feel bad and feel guilty. Which.....is very unlike me to do to someone. I don't try to hurt people on purpose normally. But I was just trying to get everyone to see how wrong what they were doing was.

It worked, A and V were the first people to change their minds, and A came to help me up after R punched me (ow, it still kinda hurts) followed by V, and then several others. So now that they came to help me, I REALLY feel like I was an asshole earlier.

I know I'm right for not wanting them to take the shiny rock thing. But.....was I an asshole for how I treated my friends A and V over it?

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AITA for publicly guilt tripping my friends who just wanted to help their families?

I (32M) have been on a trip to a legendary city with a group of people for a while now, and while they didn't seem to like me or even want me around at first (they played a lot of pranks on me and always shut me out) they finally started letting me join them the night before we reached our destination. Two of them, A (18F) and V (38M) told me their stories and what they hope to do with their paychecks from this job. A wants to help her dad finally open another machine shop/garage, and V is going to help his family's flower shop.

Before I continue, I just want to be clear: I am not calling anyone here a bad person (even though one of them probably deserves to be called that) because I am not that kind of person. So please do not pass judgment on them. I do care about all of these people and their needs/wants.

The leader of our group, R (54M) just revealed he and the others were planning to steal this big shiny rock thing to sell for money, and they were using me to find it (they held this local woman captive until I helped). Problem is, the thing isn't just some giant gemstone, nor is it the power source I thought it was. It is literally the life force of the people who live in this place. And if it is taken away, they will die. I have been protesting this since I found out just what this thing was. R has been brushing it off the whole time, and everyone has just silently gone along with him.

Here's where I feel I might have been an asshole.

In front of a crowd, I called out A and V by name and said sarcastically how they would finally achieve their dreams and then some (i told V his family could open a whole chain of shops and said they'd be very proud.) I laid out the stories they told me, only I made them sound so selfish and greedy, even though I know that's not how they are. I was intentionally trying to make them feel bad and feel guilty. Which.....is very unlike me to do to someone. I don't try to hurt people on purpose normally. But I was just trying to get everyone to see how wrong what they were doing was.

It worked, A and V were the first people to change their minds, and A came to help me up after R punched me (ow, it still kinda hurts) followed by V, and then several others. So now that they came to help me, I REALLY feel like I was an asshole earlier.

I know I'm right for not wanting them to take the shiny rock thing. But.....was I an asshole for how I treated my friends A and V over it?

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second one, please, it deserves a win

FINALS!

If you recognize the movies hiding behind the decoy titles, please do not give identifying details about them in the notes.

Movie n°1: Lucky Charms

Washed out dandy gets accused of theft by the mafia, strikes a deal with the real thief, and saves the city. While they did plan to betray the real thief at the beginning, they came to realize the real thief is a three-dimentional person with a family to feed and hobbies and only stole from the mafia because they stole from their family first, and decides to ally with them instead of betraying them.

Movie n°2: Check out your kids' candy

After quitting his job, a nerd receives a book from his dead relative and goes on a trip with a bunch of weird people (one of whom had just been bailed out of prison) to a strange city. Along the way, a few of the weirdos become his friends. One of them wants to steal this cool rock from the city, but the nerd says they can't take it because a bunch of people will die if they do. The rock gets stolen anyway but the nerd and his friends get it back after a fight on hovercraft and a big balloon thing. Everyone but the nerd goes home and concocts an elaborate cover-up story that includes the death of the nerd.

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FINALS!

If you recognize the movies hiding behind the decoy titles, please do not give identifying details about them in the notes.

Movie n°1: Lucky Charms

Washed out dandy gets accused of theft by the mafia, strikes a deal with the real thief, and saves the city. While they did plan to betray the real thief at the beginning, they came to realize the real thief is a three-dimentional person with a family to feed and hobbies and only stole from the mafia because they stole from their family first, and decides to ally with them instead of betraying them.

Movie n°2: Check out your kids' candy

After quitting his job, a nerd receives a book from his dead relative and goes on a trip with a bunch of weird people (one of whom had just been bailed out of prison) to a strange city. Along the way, a few of the weirdos become his friends. One of them wants to steal this cool rock from the city, but the nerd says they can't take it because a bunch of people will die if they do. The rock gets stolen anyway but the nerd and his friends get it back after a fight on hovercraft and a big balloon thing. Everyone but the nerd goes home and concocts an elaborate cover-up story that includes the death of the nerd.

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Round 7 - Semi-finals!

If you recognize the movies hiding behind the decoy titles, please do not give identifying details about them in the notes.

Movie n°1: Crashing Waves

Two gal pals who live a cottagecore esque life with each other and have matching heart shaped necklaces end up going shopping only to come home to discover their house has been burned down by an arsonist. One of the items they bought reveals itself to be possessed by the spirit of an intern who got themselves accidentally trapped in there after trying to escape one of her bosses, who sent the arsonist to burn down their cottage. The intern suggests the two girls steal her other bosses’ stuff to defeat the evil one and the girls agree. The evil boss tries to stop them but learns they are immune to her current tactics due to the power of their platonic girl love necklaces, so the villain tries out a different tactic involving convincing the girls to buy free real estate, but one of the girls doesn’t like the house so they break up. After saving the other from being kidnapped, the two girls reconcile and pretend to drown themselves in order to steal from the boss. This works but the intern sacrifices themself in the process to save them. In order to revive the intern, the two girls summon the bosses’ shared house. This also works, freeing the trapped internist but also summoning the villain and the arsonist in the process. The girls use the stolen items to finally defeat the two, landing the intern a promotion. When the intern offers the girls to join them, the girls decline, choosing to instead live in the woods together with their newly adopted dogs.

Movie n°2: Check out your kids' candy

After quitting his job, a nerd receives a book from his dead relative and goes on a trip with a bunch of weird people (one of whom had just been bailed out of prison) to a strange city. Along the way, a few of the weirdos become his friends. One of them wants to steal this cool rock from the city, but the nerd says they can't take it because a bunch of people will die if they do. The rock gets stolen anyway but the nerd and his friends get it back after a fight on hovercraft and a big balloon thing. Everyone but the nerd goes home and concocts an elaborate cover-up story that includes the death of the nerd.