Ive Been Thinking About This Since I Drew It

stop making makoto tall stop making makoto tall. stop making him taller than kyoko stop fucking trying dont do this. it is a cruelty to not make him shorter than her like dear god.

me: haha oh god this is so bad im making so many unsupported claims and pulling all this analysis out of my ass

my prof in the margins: excellent analysis!

me: 

stabbing as a metaphor for penetration is great but when are we going to talk about pressing down on where someone is wounded to disarm them or just to be cruel while fighting. does nobody else care about the perverse intimacy of knowing exactly where to touch to overpower someone. the grotesque vulnerability of it. especially if you're the one who wounded them in the first place.

the classic "are you hurt?" but the whumpee is the one saying it. slurring the words through a hoarse throat and numbed lips, their eyes are glazed and their hands are shaking, frantic at the blood soaking the caretaker's shirt and too delirious to realize it's all their own.

i genuinely dont know how to use tumblr

There's this added layer of sadness to the Sole Survivor that I've never seen anyone talk about, and that's the fact you as the protagonist haven't just been stripped of your identity not just in a metaphorical sense, but a very literal one as well. Despite being frozen for 210 years, the world before would still be fresh in your mind.

Imagine walking down into The Third Rail for the first time to hear the angelic singing of Magnolia echoing throughout the establishment, and as you turn the corner to see her performing in the spotlight, your expression immediately changes as you realize... that's your dress she's wearing.

You're in Diamond City and head over to the office to talk to Mayor McDonough about asking permission to check out Kellogg's house, and when you're talking to Geneva at the front desk you notice she's wearing your mother's necklace. Or worse, you bump into Ann Codman and she's the one wearing it, and you barely get a chance to get a second glimpse at it before she huffily walks away.

You see old memories of yours for sale that you can't buy back because you don't have the money, finding belongings of yours in the most unlikely of places. Things of yours owned by people who can't be convinced that those items are still yours to you, because they can't believe you're really from all those years ago so they mock you instead.

Seeing old photos of you happy from your life before, being placed among photos of other people in buildings being used as some kind of decoration. A bitter realization and a constant reminder that you, the things you use to associate with and the people you use to associate with really are just relics of the past.

Here’s a little Art Tip about a very specific part of the body. Pop a squat and see how it looks on you.

Poor George, I wanna love you but now everything's a crime...

Nick Valentine, w/ a Sole who will ONLY sleep if he's nearby, please? (Also wishing you luck with the creating thing. Big mood.)

Sole refuses to sleep unless they're near Nick!

I feel like Nick would catch on pretty quick

Unless he's busy with something else (like DiMA or Winter) he likes to keep tabs on what his friends are doing, whether they've slept or eaten, etc.

He has no problem sitting and keeping watch while they sleep

He's learned how to keep himself entertained for hours and rarely gets bored unless there's something bugging him

He can (and should, but Nick's not known for taking good care of himself) go into rest mode or run diagnostics, but he won't if Sole is sleeping since he assumes they want someone to watch over them

If they're somewhere safe like the agency he might leave occasionally to go for a walk or get something

If he comes back to Sole panicking when they woke up and he wasn't there he will apologize and promise not to leave again

He doesn't quite understand why they need to be near him to sleep, but after everything they've been through he won't deny such a simple thing

If they ever have to separate from each other for any reason Nick will give them his jacket in hopes they can get a bit more sleep with it

If it really helps them he'll just start switching out his jackets so the one they have always smells like him

If Sole rests their head on his shoulder or something similar he'll be a bit thrown off

He's not used to someone wanting to be physically close with him and he really doubts he's very comfortable

Still, if Sole keeps doing it and it seems to help them a lot, he might start initiating hugs or cuddles when they're struggling

In general, Sole cuddling or sleeping with Nick helps him almost as much as it helps Sole

um so... the danganronpa brainrot is back and it's specifically soudam rn XD ITS ALSO GUNDHAMS BIRTHDAY TODAY!! totally a coincidence I happened to be drawing him!!!