#support characters

Being surrounded by 'none biological family but might as well be' trope has me in choke hold, and honestly ima enjoy myself. Dialogue and prompt mix!

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Angst:

Cradling the crying child that is not theirs in their arms after being either invalidated or abused by their actual parent/s, wiping away at their tears, and whispering gentle promises in their ear.

Fighting for the custody/adoption of a said child from incapable parents.

"WE MAY NOT BE RELATED BY BLOOD! BUT THEY ARE MINE, lay a single finder on them I will personally drag your ass to hell!"

"Where were you when the kids needed you? and NOW you want to be present?"

"No baby, I swear to you, they will not lay a single hand on you ok? go up to your room, we'll just talk, it'll be quick ok? pick the book you wanna read"

Rocking the kid back and forth after having a panic attack, both doing the breathing exercise they found online when they first witnessed their kid have their first panic attack.

Fighting and legalizing for the kid's custody or adoption because their parents aren't fit for the parental role.

"I fought for you, you're not getting rid of me that easily whether you hate me or not because I love you no matter how ugly things get"

Breaking down after arguing with the kid and hearing them scream how much they hate them and wish they were anywhere but near them.

Fighting and pushing for their kid's justice when the authorities turned a blind eye.

Serving their kid's justice themselves no matter how bloody and ugly it gets.

"Oh sweety, we didn't sacrifice everything just to build you up for someone to just bring you down. come on. I'll make sure they regret every tear that you cried"

"You don't deserve this wonderful kid! you don't see the mess you're putting them in!" "And you think you're deserving eno-" "AT LEAST I'M BETTER THAN YOU'LL EVER BE!"

"Tell me, how come they don't ever call? they're so ungrateful, after all I've done for them?" "Maybe a self-check would humble you, at least before I do"

Fluff:

Sunday routines of ice creams and park visits!

Fun sleepovers because they can stay past their bedtime with stories of their parent's earlier years.

Being accidentally called mom/dad while in the moment.

School visits and pickups when their actual parents can't! And they can get food on the way!

Being the kid's scapegoat when the kids sneak out of the house doing kids' stuff and they totally got the kid's back

"oh come on! Let the kids live a little! Not like you weren't their age once! You were far worst! Don't deny it!

Taking the kids shopping to spite their killjoy parents.

Wearing the kids creation with pride, clothes, jewelry or anything the kids gave them and countless pictures.

Parading around the streets with matching kids fashion, large sunglasses, tutus, skirts, bangles and dangly necklaces, and matching tiaras and fairy wings.

Running errands with or for the kids when they need anything.

"Oh come on kiddo, cheer up, you know you're mom can be a bit too much, I can assure you she means well"

They're practically on speed dial on every occasion there is.

Doing mani pedies with the closeted child and creating their safe environment for them and being their comfort if their parents show homophobia.

Chaos:

"NO! drop it! Don't put it in your mouth!!!"

"Where did you get that?! didn't I tell you not to snoop around where you shouldn't be snooping at?" "But come on! it's so cool! it's a self-destructive rocket ship! it's vibrating and all!"

Playing in the playground with the kids, screw being a grown-up, and sitting on the bench, if they can fit and slide in the kiddie slide they will join the kids.

Bumping every kid on-site in bump car rides, they are surrounding the kids and targeting any suspected enemy.

Dressing up as chickens taunting the kids' bullies' parents after having a meeting about it and the bullies' parents get away scot-free, they came dressing up as chickens and clucking out of the bullies' house before throwing hands.

"Geez! when I told you to hurry up I didn't want to slingshot yourself out the door." "It's effective though!" "KID YOU HAAVE A BROKEN NOSE!"

"I swear you are the reason I don't want kids!" "You love me though right?"

Picking the kids up in the middle of the day when they're requesting a pickup after cutting classes.

Playing tea parties with the kids with actual food and experiment/concoctions the kids made and they would eat that shit like it's bussin bussin.

Using their kids as partner magnets on play dates but utterly fails when said kids either pull them away or cause some type of chaos to get them home.

Egging bully houses and TPing their yards.

I’ve started playing Jenos a lot recently, and noticed many annoyances with playing a support character. Here’s a few, and feel free to add your own.

1) don’t spam “need healing” if you’ve wandered off to the other side of the map by yourself. I’m clearly going to stick with the rest of the team and heal them.

2) if you’re a flank, you’re most likely not going to be healed all that much unless you come back to the support character, don’t expect me to come all the way to you.

3) I CANT HEAL YOU WHEN IM DEAD

4) stop spamming “need healing”, I can see that, but there is a cool down period for how many times I can heal, give me five seconds or so.

Support characters aren't your babysitters. If you die many times even with one on your team, then you only have your own incompetence to blame. If you put all the fault on them for your deaths, then you never deserved help in the first place, and they owe absolutely nothing to you.

TLALOC

Hello everyone!

We’re finally ready to introduce the re-designed version of Tlaloc. The first thing you probably noticed is that he’s no longer a German Shepherd. Though it was a difficult decision, we went for a Silver Labrador Retriever this time around.

The biggest reasons for the change had to do with time management. After finishing a single pose of a German Shepherd Tlaloc under the new art style, it struck us how very time-consuming it to continue down that road.

So we took a step back and looked at other breeds. We wanted to find a breed that would maintain or fit Tlaloc’s current personality, but which would also have a shorter/simpler coat. In that way, we could compromise the original design in favor of lowering the amount of time we needed to spend on his art.  

The Silver Lab felt like the right choice. He’s not only cute, but it’s a breed that’s also known to be quite gentle and intelligent. A perfect companion for Alexandra. 

As we were deciding whether to give him blue or golden eyes, we opted to give him the special trait of Heterochromia iridium (different color eyes).

What do you guys think of Tlaloc’s new design?