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[annzybwrites]

Oh my goodness!! I'm truly speechless from all of your kind words and the fact that you filled a whole page with little scenes from my little fic!!! Especially since it's not even finished yet!

I loved reading all of your thoughts of the scenes you decided to draw, and I'm glad you think all of the characters have good chemistry! I absolutely adore writing characters and character dialogue the most, so I'm glad that others take a liking to my style as well ^-^ And yes, Snorkmaiden is absolutely hilarious in this fic and I love her so much XD Someone has to be the voice of reason for our two, lovable idiots, even if no one seems to listen to her in the long run.

All of the scenes that you chose to adapt are SO GOOD!!! I love the way you draw Snettles peeking out of the water with only his eyes showing; he looks just as shy and pathetic as I pictured in my head XD My favorites are definitely the scenes where Snufkin finds himself influenced by mermaid music/spells/instincts. It's something that he's never quite going to get used to, I'm afraid, and you captured that feeling of confusion, panic, and compulsion very well! And I do like how you drew Moomin here, especially when he calls Snufkin "Snuffles" XD He looks so flirty!! So good!! And you even drew the lesbians having fun on the ship together <3 And Snorkmaiden calling Snufkin a twink is just good fun XD The work you did with the shading in every scene is really good, btw! I really enjoy where you place the emphasis.

I love your depiction of the Lady of the Seas! Giving her actual seaweed for hair is a fine choice I think, especially since she does look a bit more inhuman than the rest of her "children." I do like that she has different kinds of seaweed in her hair as well! And her face, smile, and claws are all so perfectly pointy to hint at her dangerous side. Absolutely marvelous!

Thank you so much for taking the time to enjoy my little fic and to draw all of this!! I'm glad it could help you through some of your art block, and I hope you continue to draw whatever your heart desires in the future <3

Okay… so I started reading @annzy-bananzys-corner ‘s “Snettles” as I was scrolling through Snufmin fanfics to read on AO3 back in early December, and… holy cow is it good!!!

Not only did the art cover from one of my favorite artists drew me in, but the writing was just 👌✨ GORGEOUS!!

All the characters written had such good chemistry towards each other, and Snorkmaiden ended up being the funniest to me. I couldn’t stop laughing so hard at her trying to be the voice of reason to the two lovable idiots that are Moomin and Snufkin in the early chapters.

So as typical fashion, I felt a great need to draw it. Cuz honestly, long-haired Snufkin was not something I thought was going to make me go feral but hot damn does he look so pretty in long hair!

Okay so…

SPOILERS TO THE FIC!!!

It’s pretty blurry but 1. I don’t have the best camera quality, and 2. It’s a bit faded since it took me a whole month to do this. (Update: I got a clearer picture. Sorry, I was rushing to get this out for a whole month)

But anyway, I had absolute gender envy every time I drew Snufkin with long hair. And there was definitely a lot more I wanted to draw, and felt bad I didn’t draw Little My especially.

I’m actually glad for the cover art too, it acted as a perfect reference to use but unfortunately I’m not very good at drawing Moomin and I’m envious at how @hanekdrawsmoomins draws them! They’re so fluffy and pretty!!

I definitely had to draw Snorkmaiden calling Snufkin a twink. I couldn’t resist. What I didn’t intend was for it to be right next to Snufkin having a breakdown over the overpowering song in his ears 😅 I also decided in order to differentiate Moomin and Snorkmaiden, I gave Snorkmaiden more rounder and fluffier features like her tail and ears. It’s subtle but I was pretty happy with it.

I get giddy every time I drew Moomin and Snufkin, but Snorkmaiden and Alicia needed some love too. I wanted to try some perspective which… I’ll admit I’m not very good at, but I did my best. I normally don’t draw backgrounds but I wanted to give the scenes more character and it was pretty fun, even if it’s not perfect.

I also thought to myself “maybe the reason Moomin didn’t recognize Snufkin was because he’s never seen Snufkin’s hair deflate in the water” so I drew the comparison to Snufkin and “Snettles” for that one scene where Moomin realized how similar they were. I also imagined his hair gets longer in mermaid form.. hehe! :3

I was also very excited to do my interpretation of the Lady of the Sea but I’ll be honest… I did procrastinate on it for a while which is why it took so long. I know the description said “seaweed green hair” and not the fact it’s actual seaweed but… I hope you don’t mind but I gave her seaweed hair. Made of different types of seaweed too :3 I actually want to colour it at some point but if there’s any changes I should do to her design, you can let me know. I’ve loved to get an accurate idea on her :3 I also used the mermaids from the 90’s as reference to give her fins on her head, although Snufkin doesn’t have any but I’d argue it’s cuz he’s only half mermaid.

It’s a very scattered looking comic kind of page but man! There was so many moments that were genuinely so good I felt tempted to even draw a full comic book on this!!

But no… unfortunately I am very easy to lose motivation and I’ve been and will be pretty busy for the majority of my current life cuz of college and stuff so I’m afraid I can’t draw often.

Good thing I’m on break at the moment :3

But anyway, it was super duper fun drawing these!! I’m actually super duper proud of them :3

Actually…. You wanna know how much I loved my sketch of Moomin and Snufkin on their midnight swim?

I COLOURED IT!! GONE BACK TO MY DIGITAL ART ROOTS FOR THIS!!!

Honestly I don’t think I did that great but I did this on iBisPaint, and there was a version where he had brown hair… until I read a section saying he has red hair so I quickly changed it to how it looks currently.

I also realized too late that the scales on his cheeks weren’t actually scales but freckles… which…. You know what? Fuck it. His freckles turn to fish scales. And they’re shiny :3

I also decided to make his scales glow but then remembered that doesn’t happen till Chapter 13. But hey, I think it gave it a calm feeling with how warm it must feel to be snuggled up like that on the water. Heck even my sister agreed.

Overall, Moomin fanfics have really helped with my art block.

And sorry for the really long yapping session. I like talking about my thought process on these things, and I genuinely can’t wait for the next chapter whenever or if it ever comes. I understand you’re busy so I don’t blame you but… damn you really left it on a cliffhanger huh? Still love it though! :3

Also I’m not sure why the link for the fic isn’t working properly cuz normally it would be automatic but… I’ll see if I can fix it at some point (update, I fixed it!)

[annzybwrites]

Have you ever heard of the invisible Snufkin ideas people have? Don't know if you've ever had your own ideas or not

Hi!!

Love this question. I have definitely seen the invisible Snufkin ideas that people have, and I think they're very creative and great sources for angst. I have not had any of my own ideas surrounding an invisible Snufkin, mainly because I don't think Snufkin would ever feel abandoned/neglected; at least not the current Snufkin we know and love.

In general, when we see Snufkin in any Moomin franchise (I'm talking from what I've seen of the comics, the 90s series, and the 2019 reboot), he's very confident in himself, appreciates his alone time, and has several friends that bring him joy even if he, himself, does not admit that he has these friends (aside from Moomin, and even then he tries to downplay how much Moomin means to him). Those are the attributes that I like to include when I write Snufkin, because then it makes for fun hypocrisies within his character that can then be used for character development purposes. And it is these attributes that I think make it a bit harder for him to turn invisible, especially considering the fact that he does enjoy a lot of solitary time when he's not in Moominvalley. To the point that I feel that even if Moomin did suddenly disappear on him, Snufkin would be able to find distractions to keep himself continuing on; to keep himself visible. Such as in the Moominvalley in November storyline, where Snufkin has no idea where Moomin is and is stuck waiting for him at Moominhouse, he distracts himself by assisting the other inhabitants of Moominvalley with whatever their troubles are while he waits.

To me, an invisible Snufkin AU would only make sense for me to write if literally everyone Snufkin used to know was long gone for some reason, and he is finding it nearly impossible to build new connections elsewhere -- even with practical strangers that he's met on his travels years ago. Otherwise, I feel like because of his tendency to travel and general resilience, he would be determined to keep himself visible unless he had a complete mental breakdown. And I'm not that interested in writing my little guy having a complete breakdown if there's not some kind of happiness for him to find at the end of the tunnel.

[annzybwrites]

Summary: Angel learns that he's first on Adam's extermination list. But more than that, he finds out that he's good enough for Heaven? There's no way. He needs to talk to a friend about this.

Excerpt:

“Angel.” Husk’s deep voice sent shivers up his spine. “What happened? What did Charlie say?” 

“In the room,” Angel practically whimpered, curling even further into himself. “Please.” 

Husk hesitated for only a second before nodding, this time definitely pressing his cheek against Angel’s as he mumbled, “Okay.”

[annzybwrites]

Thank you to everyone who got me to 2500 likes!

[annzybwrites]

yall cannot even fathom how badly ive wanted to make a snettles animatic to this cover of the french version of part of your world (that song from little mermaid) IM LITERALLY SO OBSESSED WITH IT EVERY TIME I HEAR THIS SONG ITS ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT (clawing at the walls)

@annzybwrites @mew-less

[annzybwrites]

SCREAMING OH MY GOSH!!! It looks so cool already!!! The way Snufkin swims 💖 Aaaah I can’t believe you’re making an actual animatic oh my GOD. FHSJFHSHFHDH I’M HONORED!!! I love the song choice too!!! It’s seriously all so perfect 🥺🥹 I have no words ever than AAAAAH and THANK YOU

THIS IS A VERY UNFINISHED ANIMATIC FOR THE MOOMIN FANFIC SNETTLES !!!!!!!!! (i am begging u all to go read it its one of my favourite moomin fics)

@annzybwrites i have been hiding this from u for over 365 days,,,,,,

[annzybwrites]

Everyone please check out this amazing fanart for Red Strings!! It really touches my heart how many people still find and love this little fic 🥹

[annzybwrites]

&. 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

(  various  fluffy  dialogue  prompts  so  soft,  so  sweet,  just  for  you!  )

❛ i just wanted to make sure you’re okay. ❜

❛ there it is, there’s that smile! ❜

❛ you got me flowers? ❜

❛ i’m not afraid of you. ❜

❛ aw, did you miss me? ❜

❛ you’re lucky that you’re cute. ❜

❛ wait, you think i’m cute? ❜

❛ you’re not alone. you never were. ❜

❛ i don’t think i’ve ever seen you smile. ❜

❛ good morning, sleeping beauty. ❜

❛ it’s better with you here. ❜

❛ don’t worry, i’m staying right here. ❜

❛ you’re welcome to stay, if you want. ❜

❛ don’t be a stranger, okay? ❜

❛ i haven’t laughed like this in a long time. ❜

❛ hold still. this might sting a little. ❜

❛ you can hold my hand, if you want. ❜

❛ i knew you would be here. ❜

❛ i just wanted to say thank you for protecting me. ❜

❛ before you do anything, try this and tell me what you think. ❜

❛ wow i really can’t speak, huh? must be because of how pretty you look. ❜

❛ we can order pizza, watch a movie, whatever you want. ❜

❛ what, am i not allowed to look at you? ❜

❛ i’m not giving up on you. ❜

❛ is that my shirt? ❜

❛ this is a good look for you. ❜

❛ pinky promise? ❜

❛ c’mere, you. ❜

❛ honey, i’m home! ❜

❛ you remembered? ❜

❛ you’re my family too. ❜

❛ let’s go somewhere, just you and me. ❜

❛ i’m here for you. don’t forget that. ❜

❛ you’re the only thing that matters. ❜

❛ was that your first kiss? ❜

❛ i was worried something happened to you. ❜

❛ your heart is beating so fast right now. ❜

❛ relationships are built on trust, and i trust you. ❜

❛ you always see the good in people. even me. ❜

❛ do you think the moon is jealous of how pretty you are? ❜

❛ nope, puppy dog eyes aren’t going to work this time! ❜

❛ thanks to you, i know what it means to love again. ❜

❛ how about a kiss before i go? ❜

❛ i’m just glad you’re okay. ❜

❛ here we are, home sweet home. ❜

❛ thanks for being here with me. ❜

❛ seeing you happy is all that matters. ❜

❛ keep it. it looks better on you. ❜

❛ i couldn’t stop missing you if i tried. ❜

❛ you feel like home to me. ❜

[annzybwrites]

You know, I wasn’t surprised by the winner; glad y’all are just as soft as me 😂 but I was VERY surprised by Epiphany since that’s the only true angst one! (Not counting the secret ending of course.) I shall keep this in mind, thank you all 💖

I have polls now so let me be self indulgent curious.

Link to my AO3.

[annzybwrites]

*KICKS DOWN YOUR DOOR FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS PAST YEAR* ANNZY OH MY GOD I CANT BELIEVE IVE NEVER READ YOUR LOVESTRUCK FIC BEFORE (OR MAYBE I HAVE AND IVE JUST FORGOTTEN LIKE HOW I FORGOT THAT MOOMIN'S FAVORITE DANCE IS THE WALTZ- [still cant believe i forgot actually]) BUT OH MY GOD THAT WAS ONE OF THE SWEETEST THINGS IVE EVER READ HOLY SHIT YOURE SO GOOD!!!! LET IT BURN PLEASEE THEYRE SO SWEET MFG GOALS

I’m sorry I’ve just left this sitting in my inbox for so long!! I really appreciate the message and I’m glad you enjoyed Lovestruck so much 💖

I hope you’re doing well!!

[annzybwrites]

HI I LITERALLY JUST DOUND UR ACC AND SAW THE POLL AND I DIDNT GET TO VOTE BUT LIKE idk how to explain it but I LOVE ur vampire fics I love the tension I love it all I would give u my everything to see another part of the vampire Snufkin or the vampire Moomin like litrallly my brain explodes I love them so much

Aaaaah thank you so much!! I’m glad you enjoy the vampire fics; they were a lot of fun to write. And very self indulgent 😂 unfortunately I don’t think I will get to writing more of vampire Snufkin, but hopefully someone else can expand upon the idea of they like

[annzybwrites]

I have polls now so let me be self indulgent curious.

Link to my AO3.

[annzybwrites]

^^^ Updated link for Hanek’s commission info!

commission for @annzy-bananzys-corner I had THE HONOR to make the cover art for Anna’s fic Snettles if you haven’t read it yet SHAME ON YOU, LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING go read it. definitely the most exciting commission I’ve ever worked on commissions are open! click for info

🌼 🌼 🌼 size: 3300x4950px time: ~6h price: 115$ (with a lil friend discount gjhdgkj)

[annzybwrites]

😂😂😂 thank you for this beautiful summary *wheeze*

You know, it’s — it’s posts like these where I genuinely ask myself: Have I inadvertently written the most unhinged Moomin fic? Like I’m sure there’s crazier stories that have been written, but looking at the bingo card and hearing people react to the fic makes me question things XDD

Wild things that have happened in moomin fanfic: The Bingo Card

today, moomin tumblr, i give you my magnum opus. some of these are spoilers but i have made it so it it isnt obvious which fic it is (if its spoilers) so it should be fine lol

credits to which fic is which!!!!!! if u wanna read them in their off the rails insane glory!!!!!!!!!

if u know any more fics that apply to any of the squares pls feel so free to put them in the notes!!!!!!!!!!! theres definitely way more fics where moomin nearly drowns lmao DID U GUYS GET ANY BINGOS @annzybwrites​ snettles is in this post so here is your obligatory @ <3 IM RE READING IT ITS SO GOOD ASDSADUAGIFGAIFEFDIGA

[annzybwrites]

I honestly think your skillset is the therapist/best friend I never had growing up 😔 /gen

Shibumu it’s not even 7am don’t make me cry 😭

I’m super happy to be that for you!! I have always enjoyed helping others, and it’s always a great joy when someone says that my fics have helped them through something. 🥹

Also you’re amazing too 💖💖💖

[annzybwrites]

idk if this is controversial or not, but I really like when non-professional writing like fic has hints of author bleedthrough when it comes to like, what different people assume is common knowledge. Like sometimes I’ll be reading a fic and it’ll just be obvious that the person writing it is either obsessed with medicine or has been to medical school, because they’ll use terms that are just a shade too technical without explaining them. It’s never the super specific stuff that they’d know other people are unaware of, it’s always the things that once you’ve known it for a while you forget it’s niche knowledge. It’s fun because as a fanfic reader it reminds me of how this is a fun hobby community, where everyone has their own thing going on outside of fandom. Everyone’s got their own specialties and they can’t help but write that into their work sometimes

[annzybwrites]

😂😂😂 Okay, so, responding to your tags — Snufkin would be kinda jealous, but not in an obvious way?

Like I like to write Snufkin as the type who would internally feel jealous (I.e. if he sees Moomin getting along with someone else better than they get along, then his chest feels tight, it’s a bit harder to smile, he doesn’t want to watch it, he starts to think about other things to distract himself), but outwardly nothing changes. Like he doesn’t avoid Moomin, doesn’t ignore him, doesn’t act upset. Because he still wants to have a good relationship with Moomin; he values that relationship highly.

So in Snettles, he would feel jealous if Snettles was a separate merman 😂 but since it’s just him as a merman. He finds it hilarious XD

i know the whole trope of haha character a and b are dating and character a thinks character c is hot, character b is jealous yes great wonderful HOWEVER i think snufkin would just. laugh at moomintroll  💀 like he wouldnt be jealous hed just. make fun of him ( @annzybwrites i got off track in the tags and now i must give the obligatory snettles @ GYUDFSIHUIFYDH)