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We have lots of threads to ask questions to or about characters, but what about the users? In the vein of the Say something to the TH user above you! thread and the I want to see a TH user who... thread (and serving basically as a non-anonymous CuriousCat), this is a thread to help you get to know your fellow TH users better by asking the person above you a question. In return, the person below you will pose a question to you. After you're asked a question, edit your post with your answer!
If you're uncomfortable or don't want to answer the question you were given for any reason, just say so and leave a fun fact about yourself so the game still serves its purpose. If a question is truly problematic, message me with any concerns.
Rules:
- Don't ask questions that are very personal or could be uncomfortable, and bear in mind that many TH users are minors, so while I encourage you to look at the profile of the user above you and ask about something mentioned if you like (like their pets, their hobbies, or their current project), please don't ask very personal questions like exactly where someone lives.
- Try to ask something fun or interesting, but it's fine if you don't know the person above you at all-- getting to know each other better is the point of this thread! It's fine to ask something general like what their hobbies are, who their favorite fictional character is, how they came up with their username, which of their own characters is their favorite, or how they found ToyHouse.
- Of course, it's great if you ask something more specific, too! If you know they have a lot of fandom characters, you might ask how they got into that fandom, or if they have a unique art style, you might ask how they developed it!
- There's another thread for specific questions about characters, and another for worlds, but you can ask general/broader questions about a person's creations here, like how long they've been working on their story, or what inspires or influences them. I'm not going to keep writing examples, but you get the idea. Just use common sense and try to get to know your fellow TH users better!
- You can ask multiple questions in your comment if you want to, but only one is fine, too. This can be as in-depth or as casual as you like.
- Please ping the person above you so you make sure that they see your question! If you're not sure how to do this, you simply type @THEIRUSERNAME, and they will be notified! This will not work if you edit the ping into your comment later (like if you wanted to claim and then edit your question in); you must put it in when you first submit the comment.
- You are NOT ALLOWED to skip anyone in this thread. If you cannot see the post above you because the poster or you have blocked each other, wait for another person to comment before replying to the thread. Feel free to bump the thread to encourage others to participate!
- Wait at least a couple of posts before going again.
- Edit your original comment with your answer to keep this clear; please DO NOT add new comments to the thread just to answer someone's question. This gets confusing. Take it to private messages if you want to have an ongoing conversation.
- You can bump the thread as often as you like; I don't mind.
- Be nice and have fun! Please don't be rude if someone asks you a question you've already answered before! If that happens, you may link your previous response if you don't want to go over it again, but I recommend adding something new to say about the topic, if you can!
- Want to play the game in reverse? Answer a question from the user above!
The first person can either ask me something or just claim a spot!
Edit: my answer
"Hedgemaze Expo" is the name of the main characters' band in my comic! I've been using either HedgemazeExpo or Hedgemaze as a username ever since, which is to say since 2003! Most people just call me Hej for short now.
The name itself doesn't mean much of anything, other than that I liked both words and liked the sort of paradoxical nature of an exposition dedicated to huge structures that can't be moved (what do they exhibit, photos? bush samples? tiny mazes?). In terms of the comic, it's just supposed to be a unique, kind of awkward, and silly band name, because in-story, it's an inside joke between my characters Jill and Amber.
tre what are your favourite and least favourite movie?
V if you're taking about art style inspirations, then alot of things, I lose track a lot. In 2020 when I started drawing seriously, I decided on a calarts cartoon style. Currently, My rendered artwork was mostly inspired by storybook illustrations, while doodles are kind of, mostly by the shapes of geometric 90s cartoons. Back in late 2022, an Instagram artist made me rethink everything and drastically changed my art style, which influences how I colour and draw faces now.
The origin story behind your art style tartintart
⬇️ no, not really, they're not my cup of tea to be honest.
Have you ever been into object shows or jsab... SODAPUNKED
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HONESTLY its hard for me to pin point, genuinely. I tend to prefer object characters as a whole though, which could be the vibe I suppose? But even then I get what you mean.
I tend to just be drawn to characters that I feel as though I can build something around, may this due to be a general feeling of their design, or perhaps a small detail about them (I tend to like characters who have odd features or marks or scars or anything of that sort. Helps me build something around them.). I tend to not care about the quality of the art because I feel as though that doesn't matter to me too much in a design, cool and pretty art is fun. As for general themes, I tend to get more easily attached to object characters who are accessorized, have a fun gimmick, a floral or general nature theme, and of course the color purple (my favorite color). But, again, if there's just SOMETHING, something to a character, a general theme, a tiny detail about them, I just like having something I can build off of which is something I feel like I don't really get out of animal or humanoid designs as often. Though that doesn't make them exempt from me wanting them though, there's plenty of cases of non-object designs that I've wanted because something about them just sort of clicked!! Yeah sorry this is really rambly, but my character group is largely diverse (at least I think so!) and I tend to just go for designs that just... click with me for some reason.
How would you describe the type of character designs you like to create/adopt? I'm noticing a really distinct common vibe but can't really pin point what it is lol
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I suppose the answer to both would be the wizard of oz books, because it was the first series of anything that i really got into as just a wee baby that didn't even go to school yet. And above influencing what i seek out in any story i like to consider the wizard of oz responsible for my undying love for himbos and stuck up know-it-alls lmao
I see you have a lot of fan character folders, is there any franchise that means the MOST to you, above the rest? Any that have inspired you more than others, even if it's a different answer than the first question?
Stop me if you've already been asked this before, but which horror game or movie's gotten the closest to genuinely scaring you? - I've actually gotten this a few times, but one of the only times I actually got genuinely unnerved by a game was a really weird example. I've been playing SCP: Containment Breach since it was first a thing, and it used to be so incredibly broken. It was really freaky not knowing what one of the monsters was capable of because they'd randomly glitch through stuff. I had one teleport part way through the floor, they'd do weird stuff with the doors, and every section was randomly connected with no real relation to what zone you were in. I'm also not immune to jumpscares, although I consider those temporary startles and not actually scary content. Basically ever bracken in Lethal Company or random grab in Killing Floor has a chance to make me jolt. These are usually followed by a curt "oh fuck off/you".
What's your favorite subjectively 'weird' dessert, considering that there are a few types on your profile?
v I made a joke about trains and cars being made of iron and well.
SoPlain what is, in your opinion, the best RTS game so far?
opalized fossils are top tier (have you ever seen an opalized ammonite shell? they're gorgeous!) but second prize to rock of all time goes to fluorite. it glows in the dark!
as for pokémon i'm not a fan of dexit and i think alola has some of the best designs in the series so gen 7 for me! though i do prefer mystery dungeon over the main series lol. rescue team blue is great and the moment gamefreak remembers PMD exists and releases a new game i'll disappear from the world for several years until i complete it with every team combination possible
frightsong what is your favorite kind of gemstone and/or Pokémon game ,?
V I’ve read first series and everything past omen of the stars but that’s it hjhsjjh I’m halfway thru second arc tho ! I am not reading it in order lmfao
I don't know if you've been asked this before, but how did you get into Wings of Fire?
V In my uploaded toyhouse, the oldest created would be Rosemary, I had her since early 2020, but she's not actually my first ever character.
What is your oldest character? (Creation date not actual age-)
v i already answered what made me interested in pixel art (and pick it up) here but i can answer that first question ! simple i looked up 'how to start in pixel art' and 'pixel art programs.' I then found libresprite, found a starter video. I took a palette from lospec and made jeff. I started to do requests and got better at drawing with pixels (and drawing in general with a mouse since i used to avoid it with a ten foot pole.) but ye thats all im going through or im making an entire biography on my art journey-
