smol zone

This is my blog for g/t, whumpy stuff, maybe a pinch of monster appreciating, and generally things that I'm not comfortable posting on main since people there know me IRL. This blog isn't necessarily SFW, but I do try to tag discussions of outright NSFW things with the tag [#smolghostbot after dark], so if you don't want to see that there's the block tag. I also try to content warn when appropriate, if I miss something please (politely) send me a message about it, I have anon asks on if you're afraid of confrontation about it.

Anyways, uh, what I do here... Mostly memes and sometimes writing and art. There's a few different things that I do that I wanted to list out here though, with links.

Self-Posts

My Art Tag

Unsorted Writing Tag

Patchwork Melody - A whumpy yet comfy G/t story about communication conflicts between a mute borrower and an AuDHD human who both have too much anxiety for their own good. Only the first half of the story is released right now, but I've done a lot of slice-of-life writing prompts, some of which are being adapted into the full story.

Battle Against A True Hero - Set in the same universe at Patchwork Melody, this is kinda a writing practice gone out of control, a mostly lighthearted story about a 2-inch tall self-proclaimed hero trying to take down a human who simply is not having it. (Character tag.)

Unlucky Clover - A combination of my two Normal(tm) brain cells, size and vampires. A borrower shelters in a home for the winter, unaware that the occupant is a bit more than a simple human.

The Vampire Hunter - A prequel story to the above that shows Nix's first encounter with a borrower.

Pretending - A borrower with a crush on the house's human pretends to be a shrunken human herself. Problems ensue.

The front door and an overview of the apartment

The "dining room" and kitchen area. The boxes are meant to block Patch's outlet room, but I couldn't get that to look right in Paralives. The open book on the table is a little bit of a reference to Spring.

(i swear i was already gonna post this before my last reblog was ALSO this same meme format)

but anyways here's that oc playlist template thing for both Patch (purple, first) and Melody (green, second)

99% of songs were taken from their actual playlists but their mixtapes were vibes-based

... I had no idea what to do for victory and failure so ignore those.

yay questions about an undeveloped blorbo! get ready for some canon to be made up on the spot.

11. What does your OC carry around in their pockets? What about their bag?

Marie strikes me as more of a purse type of person than a "big pockets" type of person so I'll answer for that one.

Hm... Marie doesn't really have many needs, besides the obvious, so I imagine she tends to travel light. The first things that come to mind that she carries around on the regular are a small first aid kit (just in case!), small amount of backup makeup, and mint candies. Definitely the type of person to have loose candy in her bag.

Aside from that, probably phone/wallet/keys just thrown in there. No individual pockets, just Stuff In Bag.

29. What are three traits your OC has that can both have positive as well as negative qualities?

Marie tends to be an idealist in a world that is much more cynical. She has seen the world get better since the 1900s and insists that everything will always continue to get better, even when things are... more complicated than that.

She loves deeply, but that also means she has a rose-tinted view of the people she loves. Particularly with Nix, who she sees as a great person and vampire. This is. Maybe not the most accurate way to describe them.

Marie tends to be very generous, always willing to help others in need, especially financially. However, unlike Nix, she does not have a bottomless wallet, she works part-time as a nurse. As a result, Nix has had to bail her out financially a fair number of times over the decades.

31. Are there any places or people your OC is avoiding?

People? Not really, Marie tends to be friendly toward anybody who respects her. I imagine there are people who are vampirephobic or whatever and she probably rightfully avoids them, but proper vampire hunters aren't really a thing she has to worry about.

9. Describe a mundane day in your OC's life.

Hm... this could be a whole story honestly. But generally Contralto's days are either spent at home training, or travelling around the city block, seeing if the larger sprite settlements need any heroes (They usually don't. But on the rare days that they do...)

In her free time, when she's not exercising or wandering, she usually sneaks out into her human's home to watch anime (they are always watching anime), or imagining her own OCs in various scenarios (I refuse to elaborate on the OC² characters but they exist.)

23. What is your OC like when they're angry?

I've only ever really written Patch frustrated, not angry, so this is a pretty fun thought experiment. I see them as definitely the "angry crying" type for SURE. Definitely the type to stomp their feet and try to make themself come across as bigger and louder than they actually are in a fight. In terms of what they'd say, Patch would absolutely write something that accidentally goes waaaay too hard for the fight they are having. Very "go for the jugular" type when it comes to angry insults.

30. How paranoid is your OC? How does this affect their daily life?

So this is a fun fact about Melody: even before learning about sprites she still whole-heartedly acted like the Fae were a thing, like being cagey around questions like "can I have your name?". Not in a major way and they were mostly having fun with it, but still a little quirk of theirs.