the trees waiting to hear what next you'll hum

Recs for Audio Dramas featuring the Fair Folk.

The Kingmaker Histories: the Good Neighbors are depicted as just people, while still pulling in bits of the mythology.

Hymns for the Road: the Apocalypse happened, and now humanity is collectively in an abusive relationship with the Folk.

Mabel: Very lyrical and poetic, the Folk are something that almost can't be talked about directly.

I have very strong opinions about it.

So strong, in fact, I wrote a whole guide thing about it.

Here—

The police ruled it a suicide. The family and local community demanded an investigation. The police refused to change their ruling.

so i wanted to throw in some suggestions that, whenever I’m trying to find a character reference or otherwise draw very interesting-looking yet regular-looking people, which i usually have to do for bit characters in @ikroah​ or something, I tend to look for references in the following places. these are far from the only reliable way to get inspiration, this is just a non-exhaustive list of places i’ve looked before for visual inspiration when needing to create a character, whether starring characters or background ones:

pre-2000s television (The Sopranos and Twin Peaks especially having incredible character design)

extras in comedy sketch shows

esports players

real photos (not staged stock photos) of line cooks

70s baseball players

athletes from more obscure olympic sports like the javelin toss or greco-roman wrestling, especially if you’re looking for a specific body type

ska, jazz, and blues musicians

firefighters

improv troupes

for teenagers, searching “high school english class project” on youtube and sorting by Upload Date

state senators, small-town mayors, and generally obscure local government positions like comptroller or treasurer (yes i know politicians can be bad sometimes but smaller elections especially don’t really depend on looks)

people who walk by your window (if you live in a city like I do)