#tuts-nocturnal-notes

I've read through Ferox's character arc in your buildin, and I wanna ask:

Where in WWI was he active?

(I am just thinking if he'd meet with my Vlad there XD)

And was he in WWII as well?

Ehehe…

*frantically trying to remember school history lessons that ended not that long ago*

Although vampires have never identified themselves with a particular state in the war, Ferox can unofficially be considered to belong to the British Army and the Entente. (Anyway, he had been wearing a British military uniform of the time.) As far as I know, Romania also sided with the Entente, so this makes even more sense. 😅

During the war, he was in Romania itself (not for too long), but also was being dragged along the Eastern Front, staying close to the troops of the Russian Empire. He also spent a great amount of time during the war on the territory of Polish lands (his boss/probation officer is Polish). As for the major battles, it couldn't be said that he was directly involved in them every time, his main task was to carry out orders and lead the soldiers under his command (again according to the boss' orders). Specifically in WWI, there were almost no serious vampires vs vampires skirmishes, they focused on manipulating humans' actions.

Yes, he absolutely participated in WWII! (WWII had battered him much more.) He simply wouldn't be allowed to miss that many events. And besides, he has acquired the skills of shooting and manning several vehicles since those exact times.

And thank you for taking the time to read thoughts of some weird person with some weird characters! It means so much to me 😭 I hope it all makes sense after all.

As a treat, please accept my chibi attempt! He happy

I wanna know what are some peculiar and unusual habits of either Fred or Ferox - or both!

Maybe do they even share some?

Btw, people, check out this post *nudge*

Stealing food from each other's plates (even when it's the same). Mostly from Ferox's side, because, well, the fact that Fred doesn't mind is one of the confirmations that he loves him. He already eats less than his dad, so don't worry that he's malnourished 🤣

Cutting each other's hair (as well as being unique experts in maintaining the correct length of the ✨ signature strands ✨). I don't know, I thought it would be just a very heartwarming thing that connects them. Besides, Ferox and scissors don't really get along because of one incident, and he always trusts Fred, whether it's scissors or a clipper.

The ones I can name for Fred are: doing little dances on the spot after hearing a familiar track; speaking unnaturally quiet; always kneeling on the floor when he feels guilty before someone he considers an authority, especially an elder (this came from his upbringing in Japan and South Korea).

Ferox has a little more funny ones: carrying a small notebook for plans and little beliefs & reminders (instead of journaling and at the therapist's insistence); keeping water and a stash of snacks in the bathroom; lifting his foot on a higher surface or even on the wall to tie the laces (if the shoes have them); collecting beautiful little rocks/pebbles and giving them to his loved ones.

I'll focus on the pebbles in more detail and give you this conversation between Fred and Lydia.

"Promise that you will keep this pebble."

"Oh come on, he'll forget about it in a couple of da—"

*in a grave serious voice* "Maybe. Maybe. But you can't give an absolute guarantee. Don't worry, he understands you won't be thrilled with a pile of pebbles, and won't bring more. But the fact that you accepted this one already means a lot to him."

It can be anything, from a little pet peeve to some short story even

Ooookay, I don't know if this counts, but… It's really hard to choose when the lore is so huge and there are a lot of favourite details 😅 So I decided to tell you one thing that I find curious about their personalities + one super serious thing Ferox hates

I love the fact that in a nutshell Ferox is "looks feminine, is actually masculine" and Fred is "looks masculine, is actually feminine”. Ferox didn't look androgynous early in development, but then ✨butt✨ appeared. (We'll get back to Mr. Fanservice who isn't aware of it) At the same time, he usually has this "manly man" behaviour style (adjusted for his neurodivergence). And you can easily put Fred in a dress and do make up, and he will have fun with it. It's just an occasional whim, which, among other things, he uses to cope with stress.

What Ferox actually looks like from behind:

What he thinks others see:

Aaaand another one!

Ferox just deeply loathes it from the bottom of his heart when people do something with food other than cooking and eating it (i.e. the food fight trope, or when food is smeared on one's body on purpose, and I don't mean the "I booped your nose with cream 😊")

And bonus random facts:

Ferox can't stand wearing any things on his hands. That includes rings, bracelets, wrist watches and gloves. All of this feels to him like foreign objects that don't belong there.

Thank you for this question!

Well, I can say it has certainly changed for the better 😅 It's not like I once had one cool art style, and then I moved on to another cool art style. I'm just glad that my skill has improved a lot now.

The heads were enormous, the eyes too big, and the hands too small, and it looked like something out of a horror movie, especially because of their eyes' eerie stare. Vlad and Drac's heads looked like cucumbers. And their noses were at least 2/3 of their faces long. You're lucky you can't see it😭

When I saw your question, I looked into the folder where I keep the old drawings, which now look very cringe and ugly. I only looked at them in miniature, without opening them, otherwise I would have died of cringe. It's awful 🤣🤣🤣

Although it's nice to remember what my ideas were like about five years ago, when I was a dumb kid and life was happier.

Like, Ferox used to be a basic slim white dude with much less hair at the very beginning of his existence, and he knew how to flirt. But he was almost "born" with a motorcycle, so you see this idea stayed. Don't ask how I drew the motorcycle… Fred... hasn't changed much when it comes to looks, but now he has a lot of sad lore. I also took a quick look at a couple of old artworks with Ferox's parents, and… Why did his father look like some kind of aristocrat, when in fact he was literally a hobo who could walk around with dirt on his cheek for three days, and an overly ambitious thief who led himself into a dead end in life? Everything makes a lot more sense now...

I just decided to show you one of the not-so-cringe (yeah...) drawings to make you laugh 😆 This is Ferox from December 2021, when I tried to redraw him from an old picture of his voice claim 😂 And here's that picture on the right