what were you doing at the devil's sacrament?

small note to say for fanart, though, that purple is uhh not pale skinned !!. i know it’s a bit hard to tell because you’ve only got like 2 pics to go off, and i don’t blame you for guessing wrong but, here

I went to check on your fic and found this. It's not on any of your other fics. What happened if I may ask?

like do they have weightclasses ? And what's Purple's weightclass ? how are skill classes categorized ? available equipment ? What are the out-of-bounds ? im guessing from previous that the entirety of this ring doesn't distinguish between sexs, so is there any level-out factors, like added time limits ? is there even a time limit ? how are points controlled, given, and managed ? who and how many judges are there ? is purple knowledge of all these factors and know how to play them to their favor (and will we see this in action pwercwhance..) ?

basically does it function like normal boxing match-ups or nah (lotta question marks sorry😔 uhm in my defense you piqued my interest so it's actually not even my fault like. n also sorry if ts worded oddly im a wrestler n boxing/wrestling are like cousins not identical twins or sum🤼🥊)

Okay thank you🫶

oh dear a lot of questions ok i can try my best

like do they have weightclasses ? And what's Purple's weightclass ?

there’s probably like.. Two. they’re not too concerned with fairness, more just entertainment. Purple’s pretty light, so they’d be in the lighter one.

how are skill classes categorized ?

whoever wins wins and whoever doesn’t doesn’t! this isn’t super organized or anything. it’s not nearly professional enough to have such things

available equipment ?

bring yourself and like probably some water they don’t provide that shit. they have first aid kids for the express purpose of having people Not Die.

What are the out-of-bounds ?

can’t tell if you mean physically or illegal moves. physically? it takes place in the basement of an office building, and the fights occur on flat ground with a taped-out arena area. you lose if you fall out of bounds, but you’re also not allowed to force your opponent out on purpose— that’d make everything end too fast. whether or not you did it intentionally is up to referee discretion.

illegal moves-wise, just don’t kill each other and stop when the fight is determined to be over

im guessing from previous that the entirety of this ring doesn't distinguish between sexs, so is there any level-out factors, like added time limits ? is there even a time limit ?

there’s no formal sex classing, though people can choose who to compete with minus tournaments. (the events are primarily frequented by one kind of person, anyway— young cis dudes who yearn for when the city was more lenient about combat, which used to be far more common and far less regulated. it’s actually still a very very common sport, purple just doesn’t want to go through the hassle of doing it the above-ground way, especially because stickfighters [as they are nicknamed] tend to become pretty well known.)

time limits are not usually there except in the case of tournaments, where they are cut to five minute intervals with breaks in between. this seems counterintuitive to the whole “we wanna watch people break each other’s noses” vibe until you remember that a rested opponent is more likely to be, well, breaking noses

how are points controlled, given, and managed ?

not really a points system? it’s not necessarily boxing. it’s just a human version of stick-fighting, which is just… beating the shit out of each other until someone taps out or can’t reasonably continue.

who and how many judges are there ?

referee and judge are the same title here. one for regular matches, three for tournaments (so as to better ensure the rules are followed.) they rotate around. sometimes long-time fighters function as such for informal practice fights which sometimes happen on off days

basically does it function like normal boxing match-ups or nah

anywhere from 20 minutes to 5 years

ok jokes aside its kinda fuzzy bc my mental health is very on and off, especially regarding this fic in particular (a certain someone sends their goons to harass me about it every now n again). its very varied. sometimes i can crank out 5k in a night, sometimes it takes me two days to get up to 1k

i like rereading all the little stupid small talk i make them have because it’s usually just me parroting the conversations the tiny versions of them in my head have while i’m drafting. highlights being them bickering about juice and purples outfit.

Summary:

Purple goes out for once in their life and makes some connections.

Notes:

:) i've had most of this written for a while but depression got my ass for a bit lmao. sorry, it was supposed to be out waaaaay earlier.

chapter warnings will be at the bottom (under cut) for spoiler reasons, !!!!!!!!!!!! but i'd highly advise looking if you have any common triggers or suffer from gender dysphoria !!!!!!!!!!!!

they get fun outfits this chapter. so. here.

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extra content warnings (spoilers):

he still enjoys coding as a hobby now that he’s healing from gold’s death, and offers tutoring to some of victim and agent’s advanced robotics students.

Summary:

An assortment of happenings between Purple and Mango.

Notes:

ive given you guys so much misery. have some fluff!

this fic has finally surpassed "fellas, is it gay to beat the shit out of each other" and is now my most successful work by all metrics minus bookmarks! i'm really really happy :)

next chapter is one of my favorites. stay tuned!

(...can we see...)