Ace of Hearts

I'll have you know those are fightin (boopin) words!! >:O

HELP HELP I AM UNDER ATTACK

I am on desktop! (My tumblr app is old and ancient and doesn't even show events, haha.)

I have noticed it can sometimes be a bit sticky- what I've been doing is clicking someone's name on desktop so their blog pops up in the dashboard, mousing over the paw icon down by where you can send an ask, and when it starts spinning, click and Most of the time you should be given the option to super boop! (Sometimes it's a regular boop, so then I try again a time or two and usually that does it!)

GOOD LUCK BOOPING ANON I hope you can get it working!!

T IME TO B O O P E VER Y ON E

KVROII!! THIS IS A REALLY GOOD ASK THANK YOU! It's definitely changed and matured over time- I'd say that most of the changes have been gradual and built upon? Rather than have big things I needed to change once I found something that worked better, I tended to be the sort who would just have big blanks where puzzle pieces were missing, that one day something would click, fill that blank, and suddenly make way more sense. (For example, I knew there was ~some lab~ that Julian worked at and that Jawz had run ins with for years before I found out the name- it didn't have a placeholder until that point, but I was really happy when I learned it was called Spectrum!) So less 'oh suddenly I had a better idea and have to change Everything' and more 'oh, I just got some details and the very simple understanding I had of X has now become way more nuanced, that makes SENSE'?

Likewise, some of the changes are both my understanding growing, but also characters or events growing, too- Julian was and still is a bastard, but he's had a chance to show other facets of himself, too- facets that were always there, but obscured through the prevailing circumstances around him. (It's harder to see someone's soft side when they didn't really have any strong friendships at the time to show that softer side through, you know?)

ALSO GOSH THAT'S HARD, it definitely varies, but I love drawing Julian, love coloring Lane (his hair is so fun for me), and when I'm in an animal mood, I often default towards Kaerith or Zeon- but I think I have most fun when I have a specific idea for a thing I want to get down and can do that!

The beast what has goggles appreciates and accepts your pats! But anon: What if the beast what has goggles pats you?

OH THIS IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION, thank you for asking!!

It's honestly been a pretty long time since I've made any new characters- I'd have to say its a rarity these days! What happens more often is that they seem to come to me, sparks of inspiration that snowballed, that I didn't anticipate. As for who I spin around in my brain most, it, it's definitely Julian right now, likely followed by Fenisk- Julian's very multifaceted, and I like being able to spin around the concepts of bastard, along with his softer and more thoughtful side, as well as the humor he often (knowingly and unknowingly) provides.

As for stories! I would absolutely love to, and have always thought about that- back in the day, I really wanted to do a webcomic, but also had tiny bits and snippets of writing, nothing major. There's definitely been a lot of interaction between characters and broad ideas that doesn't get written down, and I think at this point, instead of any large projects, I'd rather start smaller, comic pages or little writing oneshots of specific scenes- a story can be all your lore posts, doodles, occasional writing snippets, and the ten thousand ideas you have rattling around in your brain,

(I've always had about three main storylines in my head- most of the characters and things you see are from the first, Shifter Skyline, which involves Spectrum, Central, shifters, and everything adjacent; two older, more open stories I may eventually revisit are Amberline/Secure Technologies (spotlighters!) and GeNtech Labs: Project LAYHR, which technically all take place in the same world I Think, just different regions and don't get much interplay. Most everything I talk about, including Julian, settles into the first though!)

(This isn't counting all the AUs that man is in, which are also Really fun an I'd love to think on more,)

IT'S ONE OF THESE BAD BOYS (and also thank you, I did!!)

I WILL BE HONEST these are not the best juice, but I think it's because I like getting proper actual juice instead of '36% juice drink'- BUT they're still pretty good, and I like having a portable little pouch as a treat! (My favorite juice is probably pineapple though!)

Wolfy!! THIS IS A GREAT AND THOUGHTFUL QUESTION thank you so much for asking!

I think my oldest surviving character would probably be Jawz, who has been around for AGES. Her name and general concept got ascribed to a few different things WAY in the early days (the name definitely didn't start from. a street sharks fan character when I was little), and she was always creature/shapeshifter aligned, who got into trouble and prone to mischief, as well as getting chased around and lots of fun adventures. Way early on there was definitely some blurry lines between her as a character and her as a self insert (I thought she was awesome, so most of my screen names revolved around her, and for an amount of time in middle and high school went by that as a nickname)- she's definitely her own very distinct person, and has been for ages, but some of the way early art of her has glasses for this reason!

She's been getting into interesting trouble, running around cities and vexing the people at Spectrum (they started it!) for a very long time, and has been a shapeshifter for most of it. She's gotten a bit smarter about the trouble, in that I don't think she gets caught or noticed as much as she used to, but the impulse is still there! These days she can mostly be found running odd jobs and as a courier around Central, and in any good arcade or milkshake joint.

(A close runner up would probably be Matt and Julian- early on I didn't realize they were two separate people, and was very confused why That One Scientist At Spectrum Jawz had run ins with was sometimes very nice and sometimes a complete bastard?)

(Though speaking of Julian, he's also pretty Old, and has definitely grown a Lot as a character- he can still be a bastard, but now he's got a soft side and depth, an a lot of emotional introspection, when he wants to- at least until he gets riled and opens his mouth,)

Also I am WRAPPED in my favourite blanket, have a JUICEBOX and CRACKERS, and am LISTENING TO WATER RUNNING on top of having just finished a week worth of strong antibiotics, ASK ME ANYTHING about characters or anything else you're curious about!

I WANT to maybe start posting little bits of worldbuilding and character thoughts again, but I don't know how- do I just go for it casual style? Do I just start rambling and make tiny little posts with single thoughts in them?

What if Lane was a bastard, Tiger asked.

Darkroom is a fitting name for a photographer villain, don't you think? Ignore the fact that the camera- hey Lane, did you get a different one?- seems to have a heartbeat of its own on biometric scanners, and a lens that shines like tapetum lucidum.