I Made These Little Guys When Splatoon 3 First Came Out....... They're Both Freshmen Bullies And They're

I made these little guys when Splatoon 3 first came out....... They're both freshmen bullies and they're obviously best friends (they are also gay for each other but are in total denial)

Q reference with some splat3 updates :')

My splatsona,, I don't think I've ever properly made one of these 😭

November 2018

QV sketches from November 2018!!

can you post more about my second verse pls? I neeed to know more

Oh sure! Thank you for asking! I haven't talked about that fic in quite a while hhhaha :')

I'm not sure how much you've poked around on my AO3, so I'll start from the top: My Second Verse is my 90k+ word canon-compliant xingyun relationship study. I wrote it as my very first long-fic because I wanted to explore Xingqiu and Chongyun's relationship, the ways I interpret their compatibility with each other, etc.

The overarching plot is sparked by Xingqiu receiving a request from Yae Publishing House for a sequel to his main book series. In chapter 1, Xingqiu asks Chongyun to act as his muse for his next book and Chongyun agrees (since that request is pretty vague as-is anyways.) From there the two spend a lot of time together working through their core character traits; Xingqiu is forced to realize he's a self-righteous prick, and Chongyun is forced to realize the way he lives his life suppressing his yang energy is unsustainable.

Things explored in this fic include:

What does Xingqiu value in Chongyun?

What does Chongyun value in Xingqiu?

What can these two grow to learn from a relationship with each other?

What does it mean to love someone? What does it mean to feel lonely?

It's pretty slow-burn with a few sword-fighty action scenes speckled in, but it's mostly introspective drama and alternating POV. Currently the fic is marked as "unfinished" because I had plotted a whole second half from the part where I stopped, but I've been on hiatus from this fic since I hit some severe writer's block :'''') If you're the type to only read finished fic, the fic as-is currently wraps up nicely! I've also received some feedback that the fic doesn't actually go the direction that some people thought it would, if that's something that you're into.

Happy to answer more questions abt that fic tho, if you were looking for smth more specific!