was feeling super shit a day or two ago so Obviously my solution was "avoid the internet the entire day and just spend the rest of your time doing oc kiss week". which worked ! i love drawing little guys. i would've done more but i am Tired and also probably should do my coursework. so, alas.
i did a bunch so i'm gonna be splitting this into two parts. i had captions for all of these (couldn't decide if i wanted to post these all at once or as their own posts), so i'm gonna put my yapping about all of them under the cut so as to not colour of the sky the dashes hsndjsf
in order from left to right we've got:
@thecryptidenthusiast's erin becker
@glitchy-npc's tegan wells
@payloadofgeckos's raz becker
@steponamine's miho matsumoto
@darkfire1177's akari kaji
@valkatra's val rockford
aaand @amatres's lenore becerra
thank you for letting me borrow your guys!
Erin Becker:
‘Do you remember that night after the mess with Psychopather?’
‘Before or after you bled all over the bathroom?’
‘You know what I mean.’
The implications of their answer clicks in Caine’s mind, just as the memory flickers through Erin’s.
They’d kissed him.
or as i lovingly dub it: erin do not impulse kiss somebody waving needles around!!! caine is experiencing New emotions called "wh " and "hu ?h?"
Tegan Wells:
thank you for the template glitchy! here is chance discovering tegan looks... annoyingly good with glasses. eyesight just about good enough to be able to see her even after she stole his glasses lmfao. this one is based on the glassesteeg art you made a bit ago! that piece still lives rent free in my brain.
Raz Becker:
they're alexithymia buddies 😌 thank you for introducing me to the concept btw, i looked into it a bit more after you mentioned it and was. a little shocked at how well it fit them. the two of them have such similar vibes i had to draw them together, so have caine abusing his height for head kisses (typical caine behaviour).
Miho Matsumoto:
ragebaiter4ragebaitee relationship <3 sorry miho, either she pisses you off enough to fight her or kiss her, which is a winwin situation in her book. also. mostly unrelated to the piece. Constantly thinking about "the lighter the hair colour the closer to hell." SO true. this is why ceci gets worse post dip-dyeing her hair gray.
Akari Kaji:
(this piece made me realize i never coloured in nico before, so! her. i loved drawing akari, her tattoooos)
Val Rockford:
SO. DANIEL SULLIVAN HUH. val cyrus would be all over you and he'd be PISSED about it. so of course he has to make it their problem adsjfdhf. they got so many bingos i had to draw them together. their hair is so pretty <3
Lenore Becerra:
girl with high rangers approval + guy with low rangers suspicion. sidesteps who have literally never done anything wrong ever and the rangers agree (cough mortumdisagrees coughcough). this one is loosely based on the rangers pretty princess drawing you did of lenore, it's so iconic. also. this piece made me realize i don't draw characters flipping people off Nearly enough. drew cyrus' hand three times before i gave up </3
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This month's question is themed. Tell me about Steps' orientations. Do they identify differently from how you'd describe them? Has their orientation/attraction changed since their Sidestep era?
helloooo!!! happy pride month to you too cigs!!! hope its been a good one so far :) and thank you for the question! anyway. again i say:
WEARING MY TSHIRT THAT SAYS ASK ME ABOUT MY SIDESTEPS GENDER AND SEXUAL IDENTITIES. IM NORMAL ABOUT THIS. AND SO ARE MY SIDESTEPS. I PROMISE YOU.
Caine:
pt 2 of "their identity is arguably the most complex out of all of my sidesteps and hes figuring None of that out": i would describe him as bisexual, biromantic, demisexual, and the same flavour of aromantic that ortega is (no concept of what romantic attraction actually is so hes open to dating anyone who wants to). they just found out they were bisexual as of retribution and fully believe they have everything about their identity sorted out. all of that is Before i throw the puppet (hark) into the mix because hark is a cis gay man. they really did think they were straight during his sidestep days, having been taught that straight was the default at the farm and finding no reason to stray from that idea (Especially if hes got julia, where dating her reinforced the idea he was straight). being able to compare their own emotions with chen through telepathy, either through learning theyve been harbouring a crush on ricardo for years or learning theyre mutually attracted to chen, was the only way he managed to find out he was bisexual. as for the demisexual aspect of it all, the possibility of being on the ace spectrum kinda had a wrench thrown into it by the assumption that Every regene was ace. because why would the farm program sexual attraction into them???? nobodys having sex any time soon??????? hark experiences sexual attraction with ricardo, but thats because harks human. obviously. the first time he actually feels sexual attraction for his partners will be both a jumpscare and a complete paradigm shift. i cannot stress enough how fucking funny i find this utter mess of a sexuality.
Cyrus:
HEY. HEY REMEMBER THIS.
YEAH WERE ABOUT TO GET INTO SOME FUCKING CONFUSION HERE. he personally enjoys labels because it makes him feel in control of his own identity, and it helps direct peoples perception of him. that being said, he would personally describe himself as pansexual. i, however, cannot pin down his sexuality for the Life of me. is he gay??? bisexual with a preference for men??? a more specific label like omnisexual or abrosexual???? who knows!!!! i dont and at this rate im going to give up trying!!!!!! honestly hes not above taking up the label queer, im just a bit stubborn about this lmao. like his gender though, regardless of the specific label, its something thats stayed very constant throughout the years. so constant, in fact, he may or may not have a Type, and if anybody points that out hed simply vanish from the earth never to be seen again.
Cecilia:
cecilias a lesbian! she has been since her sidestep days. i actually hc that ricardo confessed to her once and she laughed in his face about it. um. sorry ricardo. she may even be some version of aroace, it wouldnt surprise me tbh, but she continues to elude me. if she does turn out on that spectrum, itd be something she already 100% knew and simply chose to leave me in the dark about. cecilia is very confident in her identity. or at least she was, until ace came along and messed everything up. see, while ceci is a lesbian, ace is a straight woman. a straight woman who sleeps with merle abelard. but its cecilias mind in ace, right??? does that mean shes secretly not a lesbian???? (no.) has she been faking it this whole time????? (no.) will mortum hate her forever if he found out????? (no. may hate her forever for other reasons though, considering that betrayed status.) aces attraction throws ceci for a loop a lot of the time, and its one of the reasons shes so uncomfortable in aces body. cecis sexuality is one of the few things she has for herself, an external factor calling that into question is genuinely upsetting. but as her creator who (hopefully) isnt getting tricked this time, i can confirm she is a lesbian whose naturally forward personality simply pushes ace to act on physical attraction.
Chance:
actually???? genuinely the most normal about his sexuality out of all of my sidesteps. she describes herself as bisexual, and i have no notes on it. his problems are a lot more focused on his gender lmfao, she knew from the minute she stepped out of the farm and saw how hot regular ass people could be that she was doomed to forever short-circuit whenever somebody pretty/handsome passed by him on the street. and you know what. good for her.
and last but not least, @silvery-bluish's arsinoe becerra
thank you for letting me borrow your guys!
Mitchel Becker:
i genuinely have no caption for this one these two are just freaks. chen get OUT of there.
Vendetta Frey:
"At least check if it looks good before you thank me!"
thank you kisses to ven for helping ceci pick out some clothes! i think ceci would admire nir style a lot, so she'd get very excited by the opportunity to get dressed up by nem. unfortunately for both of them. i am not nearly as good at picking out clothes as ven is. so one must imagine that cloth ne's passing off to her is actually clothing hsndjsh.
Cassian Barrett:
i just do Not think these two would be having anything close to a soft or fluffy makeout. too similar in ways that would be awful for the general los diablos population. that said, it'd definitely be interesting to see what happens when you put these two in a room together. also i have one joke apparently. sorry i just think it's too funny to see herald going "oh my God" at his partners.
Sierra Matsui:
they're resting on their walk :] sierra and chance always seemed very cute to me, they both have that appreciation for the outdoors and the world around them. also, chance is a big sucker for any chance (hah) to move, so hiking is absolutely up her alley. he would definitely id as butch after some self-reflection, but as it stands now she has hangups over it that i'm still digging into- but i think he would have significantly less of them with sierra. just genuinely sweet in an all time first for sidestep ships adshhfdgh.
Rhan Becker:
2 agendas at play here: agenda 1. putting ceci in a butchfemme ship every ockissweek as god (me) intended. agenda 2: seeing rhan becker. result: ???????????????? need them to fight so bad. like rhan's going to lose (ceci is a fighter) but they should fight anyway.
Arsinoe Becerra:
bonus "does it count as a kiss if it's sending telepathic vibes to eachother from across the room". had always been intending to draw something for them but i had lost steam by this point, alas. gotta draw something proper for them when i get the time though, i'm very fond of everything you've made for ars. anyway. these two should hang out i think, they've got very similar vibes 🙂↕️
ohh huh. Interesting question glitchy, thank you for asking!
👂 : Does your OC have an attractive voice?
gotta be honest here: i am So Bad at picturing voices for my characters asdhsjfdg. trying in good faith to answer though:
Caine- ,,,,,,no. smoking does baddd things to your throat y'all. i mean. maybe people like the raspiness/slightly deeper affect of it??? but even with that its voice is monotone and bland.
Cyrus- it's usual tone is pretty sharp, buttt i'd say so. especially if he's flirting with someone. there's a smoothness and range to his voice that he can really use to his advantage.
Cecilia- average??? question mark????? the distinction for her when it comes to her voice is the cadence and expressiveness, not much of the actual sound itself.
Chance- i think so! i mean. she's definitely got a nicer voice, a little on the lower side with a lot of warmth to it. don't know if that counts as an attractive voice, but imo it is.
sliding in like 10 minutes before ockissweek starts in my timezone with this template that @glitchy-npc made. thank you glitchy <3. anyway. have at them (blank template below the cut)
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returning from the shadow realm to offer this. anathema was the first one to learn about chance's crush on ortega and in my head it went pretty much exactly like this.
🧪for the first Sidestep I manage to grab: Hi. How would you deal with each of the Rangers if you needed to eliminate them?
shuffles around in my bag of steps a little before pulling out chance by the scruff. you 🫵 truth serum for ye.
thank you for the ask!! i will admit i don't think about this sort of stuff as much as i should, so this was Very interesting to consider. i put chance's answer under the cut :]
truth serum ask game can be found here!
"...Why would you need to know?" A little more fidgeting, glasses being adjusted. "I mean, even if I do answer, how I would do it would depend on the situation? There are variables I'd need to work through in the moment. Not to mention the mess that would make of Los Diablos..." He brings a fist to her lips now, contemplating. He frowns deeper, but now it seems less like suspicion and more like a wandering mind. You can practically hear the cogs turn as she contemplates the logistics. His concentration seems to make her gaze go right through you.
———
Chance's brow furrows, taken aback by the forwardness of the question. She scratches her arm as if it itched, eyes narrowing at you.
"I mean, beating the Rangers is much different from eliminating them. Removing the right one might be possible—or even useful—if Juli is any evidence, but removing all of them risk calling the attention of the greater US government. They'd be in trouble without their form of influence on the FWT... the mayor would have a field day with that—god, those Guardians would become such a pain-"
Her mutterings drift quieter and quieter until he suddenly comes back to herself, biting down on his lip without warning. The only thing she says after that is a barely audible, "Stupid truth serum," hissed between gritted teeth.
