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I was Tagged! Here I am!

Tag: @comingyourlugubriousness @bunnwich @twst-cweam-sod4 @twst-the-night-away

picrew chain time!! make yourself a cheeky little icon using this picrew, reblog & tag ur pals!! to start us off: @lightyaoigami @lightyakami @deelavis @dreamfilleddonuts @catboymettaton @vorareromantic @queer-omens-in-the-archives

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THANK YOU!!!! GRACE LOOKS SO CUTE!!!

Time for another round of Ramshackle OCs in my Ramshackle uniform! Just like the last time I did this, I had a marvelous time putting a lot of cuties into a silly sweatervest. This time around, we have @cyn-write's Grace, @sunbird-tells-stories' Briar, @comingyourlugubriousness' Yume, @bunnwich's Yuuta, @yuuniee's Reneé, and @twst-vampire's Yuusa!

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THANK YOUUUU THEY LOOK ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!

commission for @cyn-write!

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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU 😊

It looks AMAZING!!!! It fits Ivy so well!!!

Congratulations on 100 followers!

Requested by the amazing Cyn through the Bunnwich discord!!

A Coffin and Groovy Candy for Ramshackle's Fighter, Ivy Shroud!

🫶 THANK YOU, CYN-BESTIE, FOR THE REQUEST! 🫶

Masterpost for the Celebration: Here

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Tag List:

@twstinginthewind @the-trinket-witch @ice-cweam-sod4 @cynthinesia @cyn-write @tixdixl

Let me know if you want to be added and/or removed~

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spring has sprung and a doofus is in love with a dryad. heres to breaking artblock

Taglist:

@twstinginthewind

@oseathepebble

@the-trinket-witch

@twstchaos

@twstinginthewind @cyn-write

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"Birthdays always seem to be extra lucky for me."

Summon: "That wouldn't be a bit of cake ya got behind you, would it~?"

Groovification: "Only thing I got planned today is 'a lie-in' and 'some reading'.

Woo! Birthday man is finally here to kick off my OC roster's Loungewear series! I don't have a vignette for it, outside of ideas for things that might happen.

Him catching Deuce staring at the contrast in paleness between his hands and his arms, due to how often Galen's been wearing gloves.

Galen having a moment to talk about his childhood how he'd always have to tie his hair up either in a bandana or ponytail, cause otherwise it'd turn into a scalp-aching tangled mess. He assures he takes much better care of it now.

He admits he's a bit tired that morning because he'd spent most of the night working on a poem, either an ode or ballad, but he's a bit cagey about the subject matter or if it's for anyone.

TAGLIST:

@ceruleancattail @squidwen @thecosmicjackalope @vaporvipermedia @writing-heiress

@oya-oya-okay @k-looking-glass-house @thehollowwriter @rainesol @cyn-write

@heartscrypt @br3adtoasty @jackiecronefield @ruggiethethuggie

@hoboyherewego @achy-boo @oreoskys @oseathepebble @ramshacklerumble

@tunabesimpin @hamstergal @fumikomiyasaki @valse-a-mille-temps

@hallowed-delights @kimikitti @cyanide-latte @thetwstwildcard @atwstedstory

@comingyourlugubriousness @ice-cweam-sod4 @twst-the-night-away @nammanarin @scint1llat3

@tixdixl @prince-kallisto @candiedchiliarch

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ITS CYN AND HIRO!!!

She is relishing in the kisses! She loves her Froggy!

Broke: OC Kiss week ended on the 16th :-(

Woke: OC Kiss week ends when I finish up all of the sketches I did for it :-)

So please enjoy a romantic moment between Hiro and @cyns-ramshackle's Cynthia! I have a backlog of sketches that I started last week and want to continue with, so OC Kiss week won't be over until I say it's over!

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LOOK AT RHEABEAN AND PUNCH!!!

They are so cute!!! Thanks for drawing them for Oc Kiss week!!!!

Trying something a little different and monochrome with this next pair! I am a big fan of the tall-and-small, calm-and-crazy vibes that my Punch (he/him) and @cyns-ramshackle's Rhea have together!

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Is it bad to say that Odysseus!Leona really looks a lot like scar now with a beard?Btw loving the Au❤️

Btw i thought epel was gonna be Telemachus

-🌻anon

Oh not at all! On the contrary <3 Thank you so much!!

And in fact, there are two Telemachus (っ˘ω˘ς

Because why not.

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🦇 Thea in the Vampire Au please 🥺 I feel like... she'd be majestic under the moonlight

The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone. She was very old, though she did not know it, and she was no longer the careless color of sea foam, but rather the color of snow falling on a moonlit night. But her eyes were still clear and unwearied, and she still moved like a shadow on the sea. - Peter S. Beagle

The vampire, however, was not able to live so far off from humanity, much to her dismay. She would occasionally mourn her lack of solitude, even as her proximity to society was what kept her alive.

Tonight, the Lady Thea's attendance was the most spoken-of at a fête in town. Surely, the guests whispered among each other, there had never been a noblewoman in this city as ethereal, as delicate. She had arrived fashionably late, long past the time the dinner had been eaten and cleaned up after, and the moment her white-shod foot touched the ballroom floor, all eyes were upon her. Even the orchestra accompanying the dance came to a shuddering halt.

Her bright eyes scanned the room, sparkling at the young hopefuls who yearned to be her choice, all those who wanted nothing more than to be her partner for the evening. She sighed internally. Humanity made her feel so weary. They were all so needy, so fawning. They had nothing left in them for her to respect.

Finally, her eyes rested upon one young man at the edge of the room. He wasn't as... keen as the others. Graceful-looking, though, with a head of moonlight hair and eyes that shimmered like the lights of the North - when he could manage to keep them open. A human, so disinterested by the nobility? How unusual! A tiny smile twitched up the corners of her mouth, and she gathered the folds of her voluminous gown in one hand to approach him.

The Lady Thea moved across the floor, weightless as a cloud, and stood before the mysterious young man. "You," she said in a voice like stardust, and held out a hand. "I'll have you as my partner tonight. Shall we dance?"

A pleased murmur rippled through the crowd. The Lady was not often so quick to choose, and this young man was a beautiful match for her. Emboldened by the approval of her subjects, she closed her eyes a moment.

Just long enough for the young man to draw his long silver blade, and remove her head in one stroke.

[cyn-write]

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VAMPY FLOYD COMING AFTER ME THIS IS SO GOOD!!!

🦇 - I wanna hear your Vampy thoughts

It is a cold, damp night, and you wrap your coat around you snugly as you walk home from the train station. Your evening out had gone longer than you expected, but at least you managed to pick up the last train back. There were no taxis at the station, though, and your phone already died, so forget about scheduling a ride.

At least the rain had slowed down. Streetlights reflected on the empty moisture-slicked streets, and fog hung in the air like clouds descending to the surface, thick and imposing.

Ordinarily - from behind glass, while armed with a warm drink and a blanket - you might even find this kind of weather to be cozy. Ordinarily, though, you wouldn't have to walk a couple of miles in it, in rapidly dampening shoes and coat, your hair sticking to the sides of your face. Under a streetlight, you pause. You try and adjust your coat for better coverage, and push your hair away from where it's stuck to your forehead and temples.

And then you hear it.

A single, clear giggle drifts through the air. Your head snaps up. Is someone making fun of me?, you think defensively, looking around for the source of the laughter.

Nothing.

The mist drifts around you, carried by the shifts in the air currents made my your movements, but that is the only thing you see on the otherwise deathly-still street. No follow-up laugh, either; just the muted sounds of dripping, trickling moisture all around. No sign of where anything like that would have come from.

Despite being tempted to call out, you continue silently on your walk, tiny swirls of fog being kicked up with your every step. The fog is getting thicker as the night gets chillier, and you feel a bit like it wants to center itself around you.

Nothing like a bit of pointless paranoia to spice up a miserable midnight stroll, right? You huff and start to pick up your pace, wet shoes squelching against the pavement. And then, there it is again, no louder than the dull squish of shoe against sidewalk; a bright, short giggle.

Fine. Fine, if someone thinks your soggy walk home is so funny, let them laugh. Have fun, random weirdo, you mean nothing to me. You make a face, huddling inside your coat, and keep walking. The night suddenly feels about five degrees colder - or is it just your nerves?

Probably the latter, as your spine turns to ice when you hear, far too close to your ear, "What's the matter, Shrimpy. Don't you wanna stop and play with me?"

Despite the fear, you whirl around, making the mist billow and curl around you. No one was there. No sign of anyone, except that infuriating giggle, which now seemed to be swirling around you.

You are NOT having this right now. Fear, cold, and soggy shoes will not hold you back. You run. And as you run, the fog builds and builds around you. The usually semi-familiar streets become more and more unrecognizable. You try and keep track of where you are, but with no landmarks or signs visible, you find yourself taking a wrong turn or five, and you are suddenly in a part of town you don't recognize. You come to a stop, panting and coughing, trying to ease the burning in your chest. You look around. Are you finally alone?

Up ahead of you, a light becomes visible, shining through the otherwise impenetrable fog. Maybe someone out walking their dog, or a night watchman, or something - it could be help. You start towards it, a comforting glowing golden beacon in this dismal night.

... that little light seems awfully high up for a flashlight, you think as you draw close, and then it blinks. And then there's two eyes, one shining gold, one warm olive-brown. And just as quickly, there's a mouthful of sharp, needle-like teeth. And then there's pain. And the laughter again.

And just as suddenly, silence overtakes everything. And the fog pulls away from where you had been, revealing just a pair of wet shoes on the sidewalk.

[cyn-write]

What kinds of things do people usually do for their birthdays? I don’t really know, will you help me figure it out?

Voicelines:

Summon: I wasn’t expecting everyone to make a big fuss but…I’m happy that you could make it!

Home: Before I go to bed I usually do something with my hair; saves me time in the morning. Grins

Home Transition 1: Hmm, this fancy lounge set showed up at my door the day before my birthday? I wonder who left it? Must be some sort of mistake. 

Home Transition 2: Savanaclaw apparently has no Vice Housewarden I’m staying here in their old dorm room. Got it all to myself! Come to think of it, Savanaclaw's got a lot of rooms that are empty.

Home Transition 3: Leona seemed pretty knowledgeable about this symbol on my sweater. Something, something about the mark of the Night Queen’s guard? He goes on forever about that stuff when we play chess. 

Home Transition - Login: Hey, I heard it’s a full moon tonight. Wanna sneak out and go see? There's a buncha cliffs in here where you can see the stars really well! 

Home Transition - Groovy: Now that I’m required to go to these dumb morning Spelldrive practices, there’s not much time to get ready in the morning... When I manage to roll out of bed, it's just enough to let out my hair and get in my uniform.

Home Tap 1: I may have the ex-Vice Housewarden’s room to myself but...it's a revolving door ‘round here. Sigh All these guys are always getting hurt somehow.

Home Tap 2: Yume gave me some new mini plant pots for my birthday! With the natural lighting in Savanaclaw it's a much easier environment to grow herbs for my potions. Plus...it helps liven up this dusty ass room.

Home Tap 3: Leona’s been acting weirder than usual, He acts like he hates parties but according to Ruggie, he’s never missed one at the dorm. What a weirdo…

Home Tap 4: What’s with the slides you ask? Don’t ask about the slides, okay? …It’s a long story.

Home Tap 5: If I have time, I’ll clean up my appearance in the morning for classes. You know, brush my hair out, maybe a little makeup. Look…mornings are rough for me, okay?

Groovification: Yawn It’s my birthday isn’t it? Thanks but- I’m gonna use it as an excuse to sleep in a little longer…

Home Tap - Groovy: In Savanaclaw it’s tradition for all the guys to come to the room of the “birthday boy's” at midnight. For such rowdy, boneheads the guys here have such soft underbellies…

Duo:

[YUU]: Ugh. What is it now, Leona?

[LEONA]: Hm? Can’t a guy help out his cute underclassmen, Yuu?

Birthday Login Message: Oh, yeah I guess it’s my birthday today. Shh, not so loud! The guys here are already so nosy. Oh, they're already planning something? And they invited you? Okay fine, what did you bring me?

Now that you're here might as well stay for the bonfire tonight. There'll be plenty of grilled meat…Yume’s bringing smores if we're lucky.  Here…the stars are brighter than at any other dorm. Heh, guess being out in the wild has it's perks sometimes.

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Ask my twisted little spider anything for her birthday!!

Summon: "Happy Birthday to Me! You ready for some Fun?"

January 19th - Cynthia Widow's Birthday

In honor of Cyn's (and my) Birthday, for the next day, the dear Housewarden will be answering any questions 100% truthfully.... supposedly. So: ask away! If you dare <3

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EXCITING NEWS!! BUNN SHOP UPDATE COMING SOON!!✨

Next week I'll finally be launching something I've been working hard on for a long time!

I'll be making my own line of ✨twst dorm t-shirts.✨ As I make my first batch of shirts if you would be interested in buying one vote for which size you'd need so I can get an idea of how many to make of each size! (If you have any questions please reach out!)

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Note: These shirts are made to order by me so worse comes to worse I'll just adjust, but voting above would really help me out!

(Please reblog or share if you can!! I'd really appreciate your support!!)

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omg have u watched mufasa yet my fav leona fan…

Thoughts On The Mufasa Movie

Adfghjk. I did! (Disclaimer: if you actually like this movie, maybe don’t read my review!!) ALSO!! SPOILERS FOR THE MUFASA MOVIE.

Ofc I wasn’t gonna pay for it so I found a “totally legit way to watch it online” and I had some…thoughts. What I hoped this movie was gonna be was “a mediocre watch but maybe have some interesting lore about Scar and Mufasa growing up as brothers.” Because I do sometimes use Lion King lore to build my Sunset Savanna HCs and even some Leona ones. HOWEVER IT WAS…NOT GOOD. 

AND PAINFULLY BORING?

Let’s start with the retconning…

So, essentially they made it so Mufasa and Taka (as we’ll call Scar from here out) NOT biologically brothers, which is just stupid? I can’t list the amount of reason this doesn't make sense or I’ll go insane. But this completely contradicts the established LK lore and completely guts part of the logic and motivation Scar would have for being so bitter about Simba’s birth.

AKA THE PLOT??

Instead Mufasa is made to be this tragic orphan character who happened to be adopted by Taka’s family. Taka’s father was a king?? Of some sort, it’s UNCLEAR - since we dump the character along with Taka’s mom, within the first 15 min. But not King of the pridelands? Or the “one true Lion King?” There seems to be a clan situation going on? 

Anyways here's few reasons why them NOT being related is dumb:

Making them not biological siblings makes all of the “brother” lines completely false? I get that they can call each other brother without being related except… at the end of this movie they state “how they will never call each other that again”

If there is no concept of a royal bloodline and Mufasa (who is a nobody and randomly made king by other animals at the end of the movie) why wouldn’t Simba be the next in line over Scar. We establish that Taka and Mufasa have kind of cut ties by the end of this stupid ass movie so why would he think that as his “not-brother” he was next in line ANYWAYS?  

That aside, the idea of Simba even being “destined to be king” BECAUSE he was Mufasa’s BLOOD son just feels weaker now as a story theme. The idea of family being a big part of Lion King.  

Why have this messy backstory when we didn’t need it to contradict the lore? When all other iterations of Taka's and Mufasa's story had them be blood siblings? ALSO The whole “growing up as siblings and feeling overshadowed by Mufasa” doesn't really exist here either because they were “besties” until Sarabi came along. (We’ll get there.)

This movie IMO did no favors for Mufasa OR Taka’s characters or their motivations. If anything it WEAKENS THEM. Why would Mufasa keep around someone who he could easily exile, WHO TRIED TO KILL HIM? 

We didn’t NEED a 2hr Mufasa glaze movie tbh. They framed it as “oh this is how he fought his way to be king.” BITCH WHERE?? Homie didn’t hardly do anything the whole movie.  And besides Taka’s dad (who quickly warmed up) People…just instantly loved him? 

Almost everyone he met loved him. ALSO Mufasa is one of the most popular damn animated characters in all of fiction. What I HOPED that this was gonna be was an interesting expiration of the rift between MUfasa and Taka’s relationship.

You know the basis of the WHOLE REASON THE LION KING PLOT. Instead what we get is Taka going “evil” the last 15 minutes of the movie after Sarabi “picks Mufasa over him.” YEAH. WHICH IS CRAZY because none of them. Not Sarabi, Taka or Mufasaspent nearly enough time together for me to believe that they “loved” each other.

It was so….stupid and rushed to the point his voice literally changed with A SONG. 

YOU GUYS…Taka saw Sarabi and Mufasa together and sang a song, then IMMEDIATELY went to the people who KILLED HIS FATHER (a group of rogue white lions) to work with them to “get rid of Mufasa” who he claims: “took everything from him” INCLUDING HIS FATHER. 

NO? You loved him a second ago?? AND MUFASA HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH TAKA’S FATHERS DEATH? THE WHITE LIONS LITERALLY KILLED TAKA’S FATHER!

YOU GUYS, I CAN’T MAKE THIS UP. Also, funny that Mufasa was considered an “Outsider” and then how he acted in The Lion King. IT MAKES NO SENSE. Why didn’t he have more sympathy for those in the Outlands? HE CAME FROM THERE. In the OG lore it always felt like Mufasa had grown up in the Pridelands his whole life. That makes sense on why he didn't trust outsiders. And now he thinks of anyone outside of “where the light touches” as lesser than him? Make it MAKE SENSE. I took some notes the night I watched it. Here are those.

The whole subplot of the beginning of Taka’s father being mean to Mufasa was TOTALLY Ripped from Tarzan and the relationship of Tarzan and Kerchak. 

This movie weakens Mufasa AND Scar’s character. This gives Scar a weak reason to betray Mufasa. Instead of building resentment from a lifetime of being overshadowed, it was over a girl he knew for like a week.

Everyone is saying that this movie is trying to “sympathize Scar” is wrong. To me, it’s more to sympathize with Mufasa who didn’t need any more sympathy?? Making him a rags-to-riches story?

There was NO reason for Scar to theoretically be upset at Simba's birth, AKA the inciting incident. One of the first lines of the movie  makes no sense now “I was first in line before the little hairball was born.” HOMIE NO YOU WEREN'T?  Mufasa disowned you years ago and this isn't a blood oligarchy? If anything it was democracy since Mufasa was ELECTED KING.

Am I crazy or isn't there a line about Mufasa’s dad being a King in the Lion King or Lion Guard??? Which he wasn’t in this movie and dies in the first 2 seconds.

Mufasa’s ass really had the nerve to say EVERY BEING HAS A PLACE. (Except hyenas, huh?)

Why did a bunch of herbivores, who lions eat, elect a king who is literally a lion is BEYOND ME.

Who were the “Great Kings of the Past” if there were no great “Lion Kings” before him?

This whole plot felt like an afterthought?? And the middle is SO FORGETTABLE I can’t even tell you what happened. Sarabi, Rafiki and the brothers walked a bunch and found Pride rRock?

One thing is clear to me…with the last few “live action remakes” is that the heads of Disney don't respect the properties anymore. Not the legacy of the writers, artists, or any that came before this shit. The director barely seemed like he wanted to be there. 

This movie SUCKED. Don’t give it a pass because it was better than the 2019 one. Don’t support Disney. DON'T GO SEE IT.

Sorry if this sounds harsh but if we want Disney to make anything good again you can’t go see shit like this. Trying to cash in on people’s nostalgia for money.

I enjoy the old movies. Growing up they were a part of my childhood too. I admire the old artists, salute the creative people, the queer people who made the music, and those who designed some of the most iconic characters of all time.

HOWEVER, I’m not a “Disney fan.” In fact, I feel sorry for the hardcore Disney fans because movies like this and Wish feel like such a slap in the face to people who really enjoy the franchises. Lion King was a bit before my time so I never got swept up in the hype and have only come to appreciate it as an adult. I know there are those hardcore fans who, like me as a casual one, probably miss the love and care that used to be put into the creation process.

If I were to sort of fix this movie I would have gone the “half-sibling” route. Cut Sarabi and Rafiki and turned it more into a slower movie about Mufasa and Taka’s childhood. Then you can still have orphan Mufasa this way. And THEN because Mufasa was technically “born” first and liked by more by the pride because of his personality (dispute being a “bastard child), you can up the tension between brothers. Then when he is chosen as heir over Taka, I can see the deep seeded inferiority that Scar has making sense. Just…so much more interesting than what they did here. ALSO MAKE IT ANIMATED.

TLDR:

DON’T SEE THIS. IT SUCKS, IT’S EVEN TOO BORING TO BE A FUN-BAD MOVIE. 

IT COMPLETELY IGNORES THE LORE OF OTHER LION KING PROPERTIES.

 GO WATCH THE LION GUARD INSTEAD OR THE SEQUELS.

And if you want more Scar lore, go read the Disney Villains comic that came out last year. Those artists and writers actually put care into the project.

That’s all I got. DFGHJKL. 3/10 DO NOT recommend it to a friend.

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I'm ready for the challenge! Galen is worth it!!!

I PICK GALEN!! *ahem* I choose Galen for the Oc Dating Sim Game... I'm totally normal about him hehehehehehe...

I wanna see his best ending but also am very curious about his bad ending...

Prompt Here

Galen: Found either in Heartslabyul hedge maze, Campus Stables, or Heartslabyul Interior

+ choosing Equestrian club for your club

+ Defeating Overblot Riddle within a certain amount of turns (Galen must be in your party)

+ attending Unbirthday Parties (randomized daily event)

+ giving ‘Book-prose’ items

- choosing ‘Flamingos’ for your party’s Unbirthday Party duty

- choosing ‘flirty’ options of dialogue before hitting certain milestones

- selecting the dialogue option inquiring about his gloves before reaching his ½ way Affection Milestone

Taglist:

@ceruleancattail @squidwen @thecosmicjackalope @vaporvipermedia @writing-heiress

@oya-oya-okay @k-looking-glass-house @thehollowwriter @rainesol @cyn-write

@heartscrypt @br3adtoasty @jackiecronefield @ruggiethethuggie

@hoboyherewego @achy-boo @oreoskys @oseathepebble @oathofoaks

@tunabesimpin @hamstergal @fumikomiyasaki @valse-a-mille-temps

@hallowed-delights @kimikitti @cyanide-latte @thetwstwildcard @atwstedstory

@comingyourlugubriousness @ice-cweam-sod4 @twst-the-night-away @nammanarin @scint1llat3

@tixdixl @prince-kallisto @candiedchiliarch