Hi guys,
I'm very sorry for my extensive absence from YouTube. I've been having a lot of medical and mental health issues lately, which you can read about in these two toyhouse bulletins:
toyhou.se/~bulletins/2604216.hey
toyhou.se/~bulletins/2719500.hi-again
I'd like to get back to making YouTube videos, especially since I have a very very long one recorded and halfway edited, but I'll probably only get around to posting it after I'm back from camp counseling and after ArtFight ends.
I'm trying to use ArtFight to force myself to draw again, and once I'm back from camp (on July 12th), I'm going to start chewing through my revenges in chronological order and hopefully hit as many as possible.
artfight.net/~startle <- This is my ArtFight account.
If you're doing ArtFight this year, feel free to drop your account in the comments and I'll plunder it if I run out of people to draw lol (or you guys could attack each other! you never know what cute characters you'll find).
And if you're doing ArtFight this year, which team do you think will win?
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HI GUYS!
I've had a new video idea that I may get out sometime in the next century, which involves me (Aster Sunstartle) designing your (presumably not Aster Sunstartle's) supervillain ideas!
As some of you know, I work on a superhero worldbuilding project called the FirstVerse. But I do need like, a ton more background villains for various things, and I've always loved videos where YouTubers make art based off of YouTube comments.
WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR:
Extremely VAGUE ideas; you will not receive credit for this character idea outside of the video itself so please don't do anything extremely detailed or I will not pick yours! I'd like to see stuff that is JUST:
- A gimmicky weapon idea ("fights with a pogo stick")
- Semi-nebulous theme ("connected to flowers")
- One general character trait ("has red hair")
- One random backstory element ("supervillain origin story is DIVORCE")
- Extremely strange thing to base a villain off of ("supervillain based off of [song] by [artist]")
... Stuff like that! And just one thing at a time, so I have a lot of wiggle room.
Expect this video out like, in a fairly long time -- Not only do I have to do the designs, but we're also coming up on my annual two-month Secret Sumire crunch time, haha!
Any and all suggestions are EXTREMELY appreciated!
Have a phenomenal rest of your day,
Aster Sunstartle
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[Longwinded post as *I* am longwinded, but not particularly important!]
Hello all! I've been trying to make another talky video since you guys loved the last one so much -- and thank you *so incredibly much* for that, by the way! The reception has been phenomenal and I was so stoked to see people having long, thoughtful and meaningful conversations about the issue at hand; I'm unbelievably grateful about having been able to foster that sort of discussion. That being said, though, drama videos are probably not for me. Unless another situation like that happens within the Warrior Cats community (ie widespread controversy which proves itself a useful vehicle for further discussion on topics within the fandom), you unfortunately (?) aren't likely to catch me doing 'commentary' again anytime soon.
I have POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome), and one of its symptoms is an elevated heart rate. This can make it harmful for me to be in super stressful situations, and nothing stresses me out more than getting in internet arguments with people. While there wasn't too much pushback on the last one, what little pushback I did get induced a lot of anxiety in me, and I can only imagine that would get worse with any number of potential 'drama' topics I could cover. *I can't blame anyone for having strong opinions on the issues at hand or critiques of my videos*, to be clear, but for *my own personal health* I'm electing to stay away from controversial subjects in the near future, either until I get my health more under control or get my reaction to internet pushback more under control. I hope that news isn't too disappointing, though!
For those of you who are interested in long-form discussion videos regardless of topic (which is *me* I'll watch virtually any video essay that's over one hour), I am planning on making another discussion video -- but I'm stuck on the topic! Unfortunately, I'm not too sure of my audience's interests at this point... which is why I'm making a poll.
As a preface before the poll, I will briefly describe the imagined content of each video.
*What Makes a Good Warrior Cats Name?:* A shorter (10-30 minute) video discussing that exact topic. Fair warning, this is something that I am *Opinionated* about and will feature discussions of poetry and random generation. Just a heads up.
*How to Create a Good Warrior Cats OC:* Medium-length video, maybe ~40 minutes, discussing everything from backstory to character design when one is creating a Warrior Cat. Again, very opinionated.
*An Excruciatingly Detailed Recap of the Plot of Sumire's Blessings ("The Excruciating"):* Long, hour plus video reading / spoofy reenactment of this ~20k word document (docs.google.com/document/d/1nhGOyEeaMa3XrEVvB-Oig3…) that I wrote much of. Sumire's Blessings is a long form Warrior Cats roleplay that I help to run with a very dramatic plot, so it'd probably be entertaining at the least. (This is actually something that I will DEFINITELY do at some point, but I'm wondering if I should do it *now* or not, mostly) Fun fact, the cat in my profile picture (Fidgetfire) is from SB!
*Adoptable Design 101:* Character design... but for adoptables. ~30-50 minute video, covering designing tips etcetera. Will focus on stuff like marketability & audience niche also.
*Toyhou.se 102:* Spiritual successor to Qwizz's A Guide to ToyHouse video ( https://youtu.be/vLmSZqdhRnM?si=XEQxM... ) -- yes, I did ask for permission for this, lol -- covering far nicher aspects & mechanics of my Favorite Website Ever. Video length is a wildcard here as I could talk about it for hours but also I talk reallyreally fast.
Anyways, now that you have been formally educated on my selections, please vote if interested. Thank you kindly! I love data so much... And feel free to suggest additional options in the comments; who knows -- I may experience a lightning bolt of inspiration <3
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hi, i'm aster sunstartle! 20 years old, neuroscience major, artist, & staff member of sumire's blessings.
thanks a ton for checking out my content, it really means a lot. i post far more consistently on toyhouse and twitter than i do on youtube, so if you'd like to see more than i post on here that's where you'd find it!