#aohoshiart

Hi, @markiplier community! I am here today to say that yes, I am the mysterious Ruth that had a brief cameo and shout out in the fan game Hearts and Heroes! I wanted to take a moment to talk about the absolutely wonderful dev team over at @hearts-and-heroes.

(This is going to be long, so bear with me. I have a lot of words and memories to share, I apologize beforehand.)

I remember seeing the first post made about this game 3 years ago, an announcement about a demo, and being immediately drawn to it. I played the demo, absolutely adored it, and followed the blog. I decided from then on I’m seeing this project to the end.

And it was absolutely worth the wait. Hey team!!! You guys!!!!! You did it! After almost three long years it finally happened! You made an absolutely phenomenal game and Mark played it on his channel! I’m so so immensely proud and happy for all of you. 💜

I still feel like I haven’t done much, just helped giving feedback and encouragement and reblogging posts to help spread the news, so it was a complete surprise to me when several people on the team, like @m0rkl, @kitten-whispers1105, @aohoshiart, and especially @markipliergamegifs began to reach out to me, talking to me and thanking me for the support. Even more so when Laura (MGG) asked me if I wanted to be in the game! I was utterly floored by the offer, and of course I couldn’t possibly refuse.

I didn’t know what to expect when I played the game as an alpha tester. I knew I had a sprite, and knew what my dialogue was because I provided that myself. I…did not expect to get my own dialogue art. It was more than I could ever hope for, I have never had anyone draw me before. I was moved to tears.

Then I reached end of the game, just barely recovering from crying from the beautiful ending, and then I found Laura’s message about me. I cried a lot more then. They told me Catherine (Kitten) and Judr (aohoshi) added their own bit for me afterwards, but I haven’t had the time at all to replay the game to see for myself. And now I finally saw it for the first time as Mark reached that part in the game. I was bawling.

I never thought this would happen, that little old me would, in a way, be in a Markiplier video. That Mark would say my name and know that I exist. Mark, if you’re reading this (I highly doubt it, haha), thank you so so much for playing this game, for everything you’ve done. This game wouldn’t exist without you, this amazing group of people wouldn’t have met each other without you. These wonderful human beings who gave me a chance to be part of something this magical, who asked me if I wanted my pronouns to be changed in the game after I came out as agender. I can’t thank you or them enough.

Somewhere along the way I came to know these people, and they knew me too. They became friends, and even if I didn’t talk to them a whole lot, I was always watching. I saw the hard work, the blood and tears and love and heart (yes I know I said this on Twitter shhhhh) they poured into the game, to make it work, to bring it to life, and I can say without a doubt that every single person on this team deserves the best things in life and I wish nothing but the brightest futures for all of them.

This is not a shout for attention, I do not look to gain followers from this, as I am a mess of a multifandom blog and I honestly don’t know why I have as many followers as I do. I just wanted to let you all know the story behind my cameo in the game and to give testimonial on just how dedicated the dev team have been to bring this game to us.

Sorry for this wall of text, but I love the team deeply and even this amount of words doesn’t do that justice. 💜💜💜

I drew @aohoshiart ‘s OC Hana [above]

Her drawings [below]

I drew @aohoshiart ‘s OC Hana [above] 

Her drawing [below]

Hey look, it’s a little @aohoshiart that I forgot to post from awhile ago. She is Frisk because she is just so full of Determination