A little guy going wah for your daily!! :D

day 474

Oh! A tangerine!

My first ever attack for Artfight and it's for @xmooncanary !!! I'm pretty proud of this piece with the pose and my "I have no idea" attempt at clothes folds lol.

Aksjdhdh yes hello you're very sweet thank you for the kind words <3 lemme see what my brain can conjure up

What if he becomes a little more reclusive since turning to porcelain? He spends a little more time than usual in Tumble Town. Yes the big walls with the fake sky make him feel trapped and a little panicky if he stares at them for too long but some part of him likes being contained. He can spot danger easier, see if anyone is coming into town. It's easier to prepare himself this way.

And maybe after he shatters for the first time people are scared to touch him. Jimmy was already touch starved before - that's why he let people shove him around - but it gets worse when people flinch away when he tries to get near them first. Jimmy understands it. He gets why no one would want to touch him yet, especially considering the trauma around seeing a living doll get half his face broken off and screaming like a limb got chopped, but it still sucks.

Like, not even Katherine gives him hugs anymore. She wasn't even there when it happened. Jimmy liked Katherine's hugs.

And when his face was repaired it never looked the same. Sure it healed through some twisted magic but it was always... off. It looked paler than the rest of his face. More dull, if you will. It's like when an artist doesn't get to finish half of a painting. It's not noticeable from afar but once you get close enough you can see it. It sends a chill up everyone's spines. Especially when Jimmy glances at you and his other eye doesn't move with his good one.

Jimmy probably tries to hide his face as much as he can after. Maybe with a bandana, maybe his hat is tilted forward more than it was. Maybe he'll straight up have a mask made and wear that everywhere. It all serves the same purpose.

His walking pattern changes. Or maybe he'll take his horse everywhere.

He used to be confident in the way he walks, long, serious strides that made people come up to him and challenge him; but now he shuffles everywhere. His feet barely go in front of one another or lift off the ground. He doesn't wanna trip again.

And maybe, just maybe, he had nightmares about shattering again. He'll dream about falling, or getting hit with something, and he swears he can feel it. He wakes up with a shout, frantically searching his body for any cracked or missing pieces. But there's nothing. He usually doesn't get back to sleep after nightmares like that. If he was still human he'd be getting eyebags. Heavy and dark. They'd be horrific.

Trick!

oh no problem!!! you get an extra answer then, lucky you ;3

27. What is a question that you never get asked about your fics that you really want to answer?

2. Do you prefer oneshots or longfics?

currently, my brain can only pump out oneshots. my longest was 'courting you (with shiny rocks)' and even that didn't make 2000 words... i have a few WIPs that will require multi-chapters though, if i ever get around to writing them.

11. Do you outline your fics before writing them?

depends... if my muse has possessed me, then i end up writing an entire first draft + editing lolol. that's what happened with 'regarding the unknown'. otherwise i do bullet notes of my idea + the general direction i want to go in and leave it to marinate.

24. Do you have any writing goals? (Word counts, chapters, finishing fics, trying something new?)