hello i'm aurrie (it/they). i do the shitposts/unhinged meta/codediving and occasional art these days (because of wiki-ing) because [gestures at username].
i'm the bureaucrat/admin of the FHR wiki on miraheze! i also maintain @fhr-wiki. wiki editing takes lot of work and uses up a big chunk of my free time bc i am always discovering new (old?) content and i'm in a hell of my own making.
resources, mine
link to gdrive of publically available FHR stories and from malin's mainblog
organised and indexed official FHR blog asks/text posts because tumblr's search function Sucks <3 (direct link to gdrive) designed to work with bookish's search tool here
charting rebirth/retri events timeline (yet to be transcribed)
other people's fh resources
compilation of fan resources
other stuff
codediving tag
general fh talkings
sidestep autism moments
meta
art tag / my artblog
tip jar if you like my art
pillowfort
bsky
my sidesteps
suranga fernando (main) / puppet: juno / villain name: argos / misc: panoptes syndicate / freddie purrcury the lint monster / suramortum (mortumstep) tag
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Ortega's canonically put on weight since Sidestep era, so even if that just brings them up to A Bit of Pudge there's no denying they aren't trim at the time of the game canon
Chen is specifically described as wider and built for strength which at the very least puts me in mind of a strongman build but frankly if you headcanon him as slim you're weak and won't survive the winter
Mortum is specifically described as out of shape, which, while objectionably phrased imo, can easily be taken to mean they Aren't Skinny / have put on weight in recent years
Argent I have said before (though I don't think here) I headcanon as midsize/ chubby in her original body, with the caveat that she doesn't have the same body type and appears skinnier with the nanos as they've got to compensate for like a bare minimum human body structure, mass-wise. so tldr when she uses the regenerator i think she'll return to being midsize, chubby femme for the win
herald is constantly floating around, he's objectively stagnant in terms of physical activity considering he doesn't even have gravity working against him. the only workout he's getting is Refusing to Hit Sidestep in trainings (if that. some of us turn him down. anyway let the man be chubby thank you and goodnight
More of my awful ass sidestep aaron and his puppet Rita who does literally whatever she wants except ig when around Ortega because the gay part of his brain is too locked in to manipulations and machinations
i wonder if bc of the superhero stuff and how high the rangers popularity was at the time instead of heroin chic becoming a thing in the aughts that the very fit, muscular looks from the 80s still stayed in vogue at least for the west coast. i can definitely see there being a divide between the east and west coast beauty standards happening as the country became divided
sure i can try! i will also preface this by saying this is more just speculation and headcanon, and i don't think anyone's interpretation would be incorrect even if it differs from mine on this aspect, i just find it interesting to examine the ripple effects on society with things like this.
so julia was voted best dressed and the sexiest superhero for a while during her marshal days, which implies more or less people don't have a problem with her muscular look, but we also need to take into account that she gains weight over the seven years of sidestep being gone and is no longer winning that title. we can also take into account that while ortega is the marshal the rangers are at the height of their popularity, only to came crashing down with heartbreak. i headcanon in the sidestep era, so 2000s to early 2010, julia was more lean muscular so like these people
not 1 to 1 and some are more clearly muscular than others, but you get the idea. we don't really know sunstream's body type other than that she was short and feminine, so i can't really add her in here, and while i love themmy i don't think a femme themmy was winning those polls. so, in LD i imagine the idea body type is skinny and muscular to show prowess and youth as well as to emulate the superheroes that are protecting them that many look up to and aspire to be at the time.
meanwhile the east coast, at least in this time frame, very easily could have kept to our version of beauty standards so while heroin chic was mostly in the 90s, it definitely was still around in the aughts so as so
the thin and non muscular look seen as the ideal of femininity, i imagine even in part to response to the west coast's own ideals as a way to say 'look we are better than them for not even needing to put that much effort into our bodies and still look good' sort of way. pissing contest of privilege that beauty standards always are.
fashion was likely also effected. julia is said to dress in an androgynous style, so when she was at her height of popularity it's easy to assume more androgynous fashion was in vogue as well. i have recently started pulling from tejana fashion at a friend's suggestion, as well as the big name brands that ortega is said to be styled in in canon.
likely whatever brand ortega was sporting during that time got a Lot of boost (ha) in popularity so gucci was probably very popular. also the iconic velvet tracksuits were 100% fashionable in this sort of mindset still so we don't lose the angel wing of those bedazzled gems even if they're more a 90s staple than 2000s
selena is perhaps a bit more femme than ortega is supposed to be and also from the 90s not 2000s (rest in peace) but she's so iconic and a good ref for the tejana look i have to add her
here's some gucci runways look from the 2000s (and probably 90s i didn't grab the dates when i saved these a long time ago)
julia also has broad shoulders and, as malin says, 'could be mistaken for a man from the back'. while 2000s may be too early for fashion resurgence and the 80s of fhr are a lot different, tht could also play into fashion favoring fashions that makes women look more broad in that area.
things from canon we can also reference are that julia wears makeup, she's mentioned to wear it in the secret crush wet dream and sidestep narrates when meeting as the puppet before the stakeout she is not wearing the usual makeup the pr department puts on her, and goes between perfume and colone.
she also sometimes wears dresses, such as the gala, and at one point malin in a qanda said she would wear a dress to a hypothetical wedding because it gives her 'more to play around with' in reference to what it would look like. that said, i definitely think she prefers pants and shorts over skirts and dresses lmao. she plays with her gender a lot, and malin said when she was younger that she played with her presentation amongst queer friends and re embraced more femininity after getting away from home while still keeping to the more androgynous look we associate with her. most of this is just to take into account of how she is hypothetically dressing for the sake of the discussion.
of course, all that said on the effect julia would have had on fashion, it's no secret she had to adhere to fashion expectations she found annoying, if her drawing the boundary to not dance for the pr when she came back after the year break from heartbreak is anything to take.
from what can be seen, long hair was pretty in fashion as both julia and sunstream are noted on having it, and the pr team gets upset with her for hacking it off. which, granted, was probably because it looked like ass because it was done with a kitchen knife and not by a stylist, but the long hair being cut in of itself i think also played a part. gotta remind people that the muscular superhero is still a woman with signs of traditional femininity after all. makes her human and likable.
much of what the pr department would come from that idea. make herself more traditionally feminine, make herself more amiable and likable. as we know, julia has a bit of 'prove them wrong' personality that probably didn't play well with pr department even back when she was working more with them.
plus, even with being separated from the east coast and less advanced tech, i imagine the east coast would still affect beauty norms. bodies that aren't seen as athletic and lean or skinny are almost certainly not considered fashionable and attractive, and probably played a part in particularly julia's declining popularity ('oh look at her, she has let herself go' sort of thing). aging is also still not allowed on women, julia's greying hair is dyed immediately whether or not she would want it, while ricardo doesn't get the same treatment.
i don't have much to say ricardo's, but my general idea is that 'athletic and lean' is still in but less so than in julia's, and femininity over androgyny is probably the preferred style, following closer to the hypothetical east coast. plus, if you play a male or nonbinary sidestep, that means there was only one woman on the entire team, and if you have a female sidestep only two. and then over the seven years none until argent joined. that would effect it a lot if the rangers are seen as cultural icons.
we don't have much in ways of pop culture we know about outside the rangers that would affect this as well, especially over the years of the rangers losing in popularity. i still think the superheroes affect beauty ideals even in present day, even if not front led by those in the rangers.
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without Anathema, Aloj never would have worked with the Rangers.
some writing about why they're sharing fries under the cut (btw Aloj's Themmy uses mirror pronouns, so she/her while speaking to Ortega)
CW: discussions of disordered/restrictive eating below.
Ortega slammed the fridge door in the break room. Steel didn't flinch.
Themmy kept her arms crossed.
"You can't force nem to eat, sweetie."
"I'm not forcing anyone to do anything!"
"Hmm", Themmy said, not looking impressed by that answer. "Ne's weird about food- and I know, I know, you're just tryin' your best, but you're makin' a fool of yourself."
Ortega leaned on the counter and looked at Steel as though he would help. He got up and left, not saying a word.
"I just worry. Aloj's... thin. Never eats with us. I hand nem a tupperware and they just. Shove it back at me", Ortega says, still looking at Steel's vacant chair.
"Like I said. Weird food thing", Themmy replied, saying thing more like thang, "only ever eats if you're eatin' from the same container. Never eats more than you."
Ortega looked at Themmy, calculating.
Themmy shrugged. "My best guess is some eatin' disorder or trauma from bein' drugged. Not your fault, but you gotta lay off. Let nem come to you."
Ortega was not good at letting things come to her.
insomnia-breaking all my typical consistencies woo! (no intensive edits on this chapter like the others, and it is uh..... oh hey it's wednesday now. not sunday like usual. pls forgive, i hope it's fun in any case)
Round 1, Match 13 — Hannibal/Will (Hannibal) vs. Chen/M!Sidestep/Ortega (Fallen Hero)
Hannibal/Will propaganda:
“The show ends Hannibal and Will by putting them on the same side at last. After seasons of pursuit, betrayal, therapy, manipulation, longing, and moral brinkmanship. Will has spent so long trying to decide what Hannibal means to him, and the answer he gives in the end is action. He chooses the plan, chooses the kill, chooses the fall, chooses Hannibal. For a show this gothic, that’s ROMANCE baby.”
“Hannibal looks at Will and sees the one person who might understand the beauty and horror of him. Will looks at Hannibal and sees the part of himself he’s terrified of wanting. Their relationship is manipulation, murder, obsession, therapy, betrayal, devotion, and recognition all at once, which is exactly why it works. By the finale, them killing Francis and running away together feels like the only ending the show has been circling from the start.”
“Hannibal doesn’t want Will to become someone else, he wants Will to stop pretending he doesn’t already contain the things Hannibal can see in him. Will is never just Hannibal’s project, either - he challenges him, deceives him, wounds him, fascinates him, and becomes the person Hannibal can’t simply control. They’re compelling because the power keeps shifting, but the obsession never leaves.”
“They are elegant, bloody, obsessive, and weirdly tender in the most gothic way possible.”
“both of them change the other in ways nobody else can. hannibal is used to observing people, manipulating them, arranging them, consuming them in one form or another, but will becomes personal. will matters enough to make him reckless. will matters enough to make him hurt. meanwhile, will spends the series being pulled toward the parts of himself hannibal recognises, and the tension is that he’s both horrified by that recognition and starving for it.”
“hannigram is like. what if your psychiatrist was a cannibal serial killer but also the only person on earth who understood your brain and unfortunately he was very beautiful about it. and what if you were an unstable profiler with a saviour complex and a monster complex and somehow the cannibal was like “yes finally someone interesting”. it’s the mutual fixation for me. hannibal wants will to become honest with himself, will wants to drag hannibal down from his untouchable little murder-god pedestal, and both of them are way too invested in being the person who gets the final word. romance through psychological warfare, but make it GOURMET.”
“What makes them so gripping is that beneath all the blood and manipulation, there’s a genuine ache to be known. Hannibal is surrounded by people he can charm, use, or outthink, but Will unsettles him because Will sees more than he’s supposed to. Will spends so much of his life alienated by his own empathy, treated as fragile or strange or useful, and Hannibal approaches him like he’s something rare. Their connection is disturbing, yes, but it’s also intensely intimate! Two lonely, brilliant men recognising something in each other that nobody else can quite reach.”
“With Hannibal, Will stops being just observed and becomes recognised. By the end, their intimacy is physical, moral, and violent all at once. they stand together, kill together, and hold each other like the rest of the world has fallen away. I genuinely don’t think any other canon ship will ever mean as much to me as they do even a decade later.”
Chen/M!Sidestep/Ortega propaganda:
“Three men with years of history, tension, suspicion, attraction, and absolutely no talent for making things emotionally simple. Ortega is all charm and persistence and old almost-romance energy, Chen is guarded as hell and pretending he’s more composed than he is, and Sidestep is in the middle with secrets stacked on secrets. It’s three people with different kinds of history trying to figure out whether they can actually trust each other.”
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Haven't been drawing or been online much due to life events but here's some recent wips/sketches ft Evelyn @localcryptic , Dina @palmofpeace , and Sura y Juno @autistic-sidestep
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one of my favorite things in fiction ever is what i call a 'those two guys' situation. it doesn't have a formal definition, but i know it when i see it. here are some common components i have distilled:
2 guys (gender neutral) who are really really weird about each other.
with an ambiguous but intensely close relationship. absolutely devoted to each other. sometimes codependent, rarely one seen without the other
have such a weird thing going on that people on the outside are like 'this is not normal' but to the 2 people in the situation it's the only thing that makes sense it's probably the sanest option given the circumstances
it’s non-romantic in the text. this is important. they love each other. and romance might even be ambiguous or implied or one-sided, but these people are not bfs/gfs. most times an in-text romance will ruin my investment, though in some cases it probably could be done if done carefully
there is some degree of exclusivity. it's often not a 'those two guys' if they have varied healthy close friendships with other people
(optional:) sometimes one of them dies. and the surviving half has to face the fallout.
