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wip wednesday. Update on my kiddos.

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I think if you can afford the time/effort of maintaining a patreon alongside a comic/work/other life things, then it's not a bad idea to start one anyway. Even if you don't get any immediate takers. The more you post your comic the more likely someone who will be willing to pay for extra chapters will come across it.

It's then just a matter of whether you want a system/routine set up for that before people come knocking or not. If you take the initiative you can advertise it with page updates, but then you have to put in the effort to update your patreon as well.

Otherwise you can leave it until people start asking but that then relies on your readers showing initiative.

And there's a notable difference between a reader thinking "Oh what a cliffhanger! I'll have to wait until next week!" and "Oh what a cliffhanger! Wait, I can see the next pages on their patreon!"

so! i'm getting to the point where i can consider the prologue chapter of my comic ready for posting.

i am considering, in future, opening a pat/reon or expanding my ko/fi for early access to said pages (after I establish a platform to post them on). i'd also consider having a tier available where people can submit requests or suggestions - granted, these would be limited since my day job takes up a lot of my time, but i'd still love to provide people with the option.

i guess this is a roundabout way of me asking if anyone would be interested in this kind of thing?

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Meme nonsense with my trio.

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Aforementioned wip I'm working on

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Well well well, if it isn't the friend I asked to hold me accountable, holding me accountable.

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Writing Hades this chapter has been really fun.

Title: A Heart of Pure Light

Fandom: Kingdom Hearts

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Category: Gen

Characters: Kairi (Kingdom Hearts), Minnie Mouse (Kingdom Hearts), Daisy Duck (Kingdom Hearts), Jiminy Cricket (Kingdom Hearts)

Synopsis:

On one fateful night, Kairi's world fell apart. She woke up in a new world with the ability to summon a strange weapon. A Keyblade.

Teaming  up with an incognito Queen, her temperamental right hand lady, and  their diligent scribe, Kairi is now on the mission to save other worlds  from falling to darkness. And hopefully find her missing friends along the way.

Chapter 5:

Kairi and the gang have arrived in the world of gods and heroes: The Coliseum. In a bid to find Kairi's friends they enter the grand tournament, debuting as the all new hero team: The Pink Brigade!

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Title: A Heart of Pure Light

Fandom: Kingdom Hearts

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Category: Gen

Characters: Kairi (Kingdom Hearts), Minnie Mouse (Kingdom Hearts), Daisy Duck (Kingdom Hearts), Jiminy Cricket (Kingdom Hearts)

Synopsis:

On one fateful night, Kairi's world fell apart. She woke up in a new world with the ability to summon a strange weapon. A Keyblade.

Teaming  up with an incognito Queen, her temperamental right hand lady, and  their diligent scribe, Kairi is now on the mission to save other worlds  from falling to darkness. And hopefully find her missing friends along the way.

Chapter 5:

Kairi and the gang have arrived in the world of gods and heroes: The Coliseum. In a bid to find Kairi's friends they enter the grand tournament, debuting as the all new hero team: The Pink Brigade!

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I forgot to upload on the weekend so we're here today instead.

Phara's always one to get in someone personal space, Henu just goes along with it now.

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While I always thought Robbie was objectively funny for being sent to spy on the Green Creek pack only to immediately form a crush on its alpha... if you think about it, this was the first time Robbie had ever felt real pack bonds.

He probably became overwhelmed by the amount of love, trust, and intimacy that came with being bonded to a real pack and then freaked out thinking "holy shit is this love???"

It's why he freaks out during the full moon and attacks Joe. He's never felt that connected to anyone's emotions. So he's high-strung, plus feeling overprotective for his Alpha, which he's never gotten to feel before. Joe's thoughts probably felt invasive and iirc the two packs hadn't properly integrated yet so he was also probably worried he was going to lose his Alpha to him as well.

Anyway, Robbie is a mess and I love him for it.

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Wolfsong vs Brothersong

Oh how the table has turned.

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question because i'm curious...

+ tell me your favorite pokemon/reasoning in the tags i'm nosy

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Team Kiki

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Eeeeey thank you so much for this!

It was cute having the whole gang appear. I loved it.

A Very Merry New Year

From: @fairysdarkestnight

For: @mariaashby64

Happy holidays!

*

“Nezumi, what are you doing? You know that’s not where we put the champagne. You’re acting like this is the first year we’re hosting this party.”

The berated man rolled his eyes and held back the sarcastic retort that danced on the edge of his tongue. Why the hell would they not keep the champagne with the literal champagne fountain. 

Ding dong.

Nezumi swore under his breath and checked the grandfather clock, which hadn’t yet struck 7. She was always at least half an hour early, and while he appreciated that type of punctuality among his patrons, a small get together did not require people to be on time, much less half an hour early. Not that a small thing like etiquette or respect for others ever stopped Safu from doing what she wanted. On a normal day, Nezumi respected that part of her. But when he was helping host a party, well, sometimes he wished that Elyurias had restored her without that particular quirk.

As murmured greetings between the two old friends reached Nezumi’s ears, he took a deep breath and turned to welcome Safu. Before the woman had even taken off her gloves, Nezumi shoved the box of champagne bottles into her hands. “Here. Find a place for these.” 

A sly smile crossed her lips. “Funny. I would think you would know where these go already. This is what, the third year already that you and Shion are hosting? And they always go in the corner near the succulents.”

A glare, a sigh, and then a smile. “Lovely as always to see you Safu. I do hope you’ll forgive me. But now that you’re here, you can tell me all the things I’ve forgotten about hosting. In fact, I don’t think Shion even needs me here if you know exactly how he likes everything. So you can just take care of this and I’ll take a quick walk around the block. Might be back in an hour or two. It’s a rather large block after all.”

“Nezumi, if you walk out that door right now, I’m not letting you back in until next year.” 

“You’ve been making that joke for the last week. It’s not as much of a threat as you think it is. Besides, who else would you kiss at midnight, Your Majesty?”

* * *

The ticking of the clock seemed nonexistent as the party was in full swing. Rikiga was trying to convince Karan to let him become Shion’s stepfather, and Nezumi’s mice were chasing Inukashi’s dogs around the house. Even little Karan and Rico were taking turns reading from Hamlet, with Safu and Inukashi acting as their extras.

The planning and setup for Shion’s annual New Year’s Eve party was chaotic, and although Shion would work him to the bone, Nezumi found himself feeling content as the year drew to a close. Not that he would tell anyone that. He had an image to uphold, afterall. 

But seeing Shion laughing as he took the champagne from Rikiga’s hand reminded Nezumi of why he came back after all this time. Being able to travel and see the world and find the pieces of his culture that No.6 tried to take from him healed that part of him that he’d thought lost all those years ago. And there was a part of him that thought he would never come back, that he’d leave Shion as the one happy memory of No.6 and nothing more.

But no matter how far he wandered or the people he met, he never felt that home could be a person as much as he did during those few months in the West Block with Shion. And that feeling is what brought him back. And it was that feeling that kept him here year after year.

It wasn’t like him to be so sentimental. But when he saw Shion laughing and enjoying the time he spent with everyone… well no one would blame him if they knew.

When there was only five minutes until midnight, Shion made his way to the  front of the room, grabbing a glass of champagne on his way. 

“The last few years have been difficult, but we’ve made it through whether that was by reconnecting with old friends or by making new ones. We’ve learned what it really means to be human and that the thoughts and emotions that we thought lost to us were what saved us in the end. I am incredibly grateful for each and every one of you, and everything that you’ve brought into my life. So tonight is about celebrating what has been and what will be. May this year be even better than the last, and may we bring just a little more joy into the world. Happy New Year!”

The clock struck midnight as Shion raised his glass in a toast. As everyone echoed the toast and drained their glasses, Nezumi made his way to Shion’s side. “Quite the speech Your Majesty. But there was one thing you missed.”

Shion’s brow furrowed. “But I spent hours thinking about that speech. I know I could’ve said a few more words, but I didn’t think I was missing anything significant. And the timing was impossible to get down.”

Nezumi smiled a little. “You’re still such an airhead. It’s New Year’s. What’s the most important thing for every person to usher in the new year with?”

WIthout waiting for a response, Nezumi leaned over and brushed his lips against Shion’s.

A kiss.

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Aww yusss, Now that Epic the musical has concluded I can finish lighting my stageplay.

I have all the fill lights just about handled. Now I can get to the fun bit with the spotlights and extras.

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Shion brought jumpers for everyone.

To @darlie-charlie

From Maria (@mariaashby64) : your secret santa!

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Can you imagine being a woman in 1bc and one day your daughter tells you that she's with child with the son of God, but she's not even married yet, and you're worried the community is going to stone her to death. Luckily her betrothed decides to marry her anyway, but now the Caesar is asking for a census and your son in law has to travel to his birth town while your daughter is her third trimester. So they set off on this journey and you don't hear from them for a while so you think perhaps they had the child and are adjusting. But then three months later you hear by word of mouth that a horrible massacre has happened in Bethlehem and then you never hear from your daughter or son in law until three years later when they turn up out of nowhere stating that they were living the past few years as refugees in Egypt.

Anyway this Christmas goes out to all the mothers out there. May God bless you and keep your families safe.

And if you're feeling extra generous this season, please donate to any of these vetted funds for Gaza victims who could certainly do with the gifts of peace and generosity right now.

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Frequency by @cryptocism

Had a lot of fun drawing Three being maniacal. I redrew that last panel hundreds of times trying to capture the pure manic look I imagined in my head, but in the end I just had to change the whole expression.