#Kraw Posting

[pocket-sized-love]

The whole White girls are built to crave eeveelutions meme is clearly exaggerated. Do you have any advice for someone whose Umbreon is clearly showing interest, though?

From what I remember, Eeveeloutions are generally some of the easier Pokemon to engage in a new relationship with, particularly Sylveon, Espeon, and Umbreon as their evolutions require they have a very close bond with their trainer.

For your Umbreon, if you're not interested, it's wisest to gently let them down. Umbreon are generally huge softies (it of course can vary, there's no one-fit-all personality for Pokemon!), and they have huge hearts that are pretty obvious when they're comfortable around someone. Because of that, it's very, VERY important to make sure you make clear to your Umbreon that their interest hasn't changed your relationship. That regardless of how they feel, you still love them and want to be friends. It will take time for them to hopefully come around to accepting your decision, and depending on your Umbreon in particular, they may want to be comforted or they may want to be alone. Respect their choice and give them space as needed.

Now, if they're interested, it's as simple as telling them you are! It's up to you to figure out the pace you want to take, and to convey your boundaries and really pay attention to their's. Just because they can't speak doesn't mean they aren't showing you their comfort or discomfort in other ways.

If you want something a little fancier, or more romantic, a picnic under the full moon with their favorite food is a beautiful way to accept their advances. You can go a step further even and get them a gift. As you can imagine, I've seen Umbreons who like trinkets with moons on them, any phase. Some other fun ones are stickers that glow in the dark, star patterned clothing or collars, and despite having no connection to it, Moonstone is something that they seem to find irresistible!

I hope you and your Umbreon can be happy together, regardless of your relationship. <3 Let me know if you need more help, and please keep us updated on how it goes!!

[mossymandibles]

What did Yuna name Kraw?

I was keeping it all hush for a while but I honestly don’t know why anymore pfft

Kraw’s birthname is Soliah (Soul-eye-uh) which I kind of mashed together myself but it means “Lonely Moon”. Yuna would also call him ‘Kuu Soliah’ which was ‘my lonely moon’ which I kind of based off the Hawaiian word ‘ku’u’.

I am by no means a linguist and I don’t feel like I have the spoons to come up with an entire Primordial Beast language like ol’ Tolkien or whatever, but for now I like to think it’s derived from Yuna having her own words for things, taken from old languages and all that.

Anyway Kraw’s own birth name becomes part of his early memories that he buries pretty deep. Until the day comes where he’ll hear it again.

He ends up getting his new name from Lady :)

[monoxology]

My oc Creature is the one on the left, the character on the right is Kraw, belonging to the awesome @mossymandibles

Creature finds he prefers being the biggest fish in the boat docks ocean...

I have one more big fanart featuring my favourite characters coming up then I will crawl back into the shadows from whence I came and go back to my normal schedule of posting inconsistently Anyways I just wanted to say that Mossy is such a creative mind its so admirable. Their worldbuilding is immaculate and the peices of stories I've managed to string together from my carnal desire for information is just so interesting and I know I sound rlly sarcastic but I really mean it. If you see this go check them out cause they're so cool and I have been super hyperfixated and I have to force my fixations on other people lol

[patatyi]

DAY 3 "FAV MIX"

YAY I DID THIS YAY i love all gobba and kraws mix BUT THIS...ZAAAMNNN

if you dont understand what im draw then check my pinned post

[arte-na-box]

Hello, I couldn't help but notice that you're a box, I myself am also a box.

As a fellow box I would like to say that your art is lovely and I'd like to offer you these flowers

📦🫴🪻🌻🌷🌺🌹💐✨

(now srsly I lov ur art hehehehehe :3)

Holy kraw, this is a lot of flowers... and thanks!! I didn't think my posts would reach this much people :')) ALSO BOX GANG!!! 📢📦📢📦📢📦

[goddamnwebcomics]

Worst "Quirky" Characters of GoddamnWebcomics

When it comes to "quirky" characters, I am not really referring to wacky female protagonists of recent mainstream media, I am referring to characters who have one "quirk" and stick to it. And funny enough, the only thing MHA and Spinnerette have in common is the overreliance on Quirks. Kraw has admittedly become the master of writing terrible one-note quirky characters, who sometimes border on the clownshitter territory, but he is by no means the only one.

Yes, there can be a lot of characters who are often introduced as having one note personalities but later are fleshed out into more unique characters, like uhhhhh, Dash from Alien Dice???

Now if their quirk is shown in negative light and is clearly meant to be mockery of someone, then they're classified as strawman characters, I'll make another post highlighting those later.

And at the very bottom of these quirky characters, we have the Worst of the Worst, the character who embodies that disgusting Kraw style quirkiness.

1. Tomboy Soldier (Spinnerette)

You know a character is a work of quirk when their first line of dialogue has them spout out their specific quirk. Apparently according to Kraw, tomboys do nothing but talk about being tomboys, know what teddy bears young girls prefer, and tend to show off their ass as they talk about saving their asses. There's a reason this character quickly earned my ire, in otherwise decent White Heron comic saga.

"Tomboy" is such a broad and wide term, having a character whose entire quirk is being a tomboy fails miserably, because it is basically like having a character whose entire quirk is having a job. Also, MOST CHARACTERS IN THIS COMIC ALREADY TECHNICALLY CLASSIFY AS TOMBOYS. It's times like these that make me think Kraw is genuinely out of touch with reality. The sad thing is, if she appeared in Monster Girl Academy she probably could have gotten more screen time because many girls in that comic are just as shallow as she is.

2. Tank (Console Girl)

You know Tomboy Soldier is really terrible despite their limited screen time, when they are even worse than an implied pedophile.

Tank's quirk is in his name, he is a big dude. He is a big dude in a resistance team, but he is an EMOTIONAL big dude. He feels real feelings, especially for his child girlfrieWAIT WHAT.

Yeah, I know Merry Bogard could also be considered a quirky character because of her size, but she is just one of many little people in this comic, but she gets way more screen time than Tank does and as such becomes a real character. Tank...doesn't, but even then I really don't want him to get any more screen time that doesn't involve him being murdered violently. We know nothing about his backstory, we don't know any emotions of his besides his sadness for his child girlfriend, we don't know about his relationships with other resistance members. He is just there to make us uncomfortable and not side with humanity's last hope.

3. Zelda Zansibar (Dominic Deegan)

Sometimes, a "quirky" character is used to explore an overly specific fetish. Yes, the same argument can be made for Tank, but a more explicit case comes in form of Zelda Zanzibar. Zelda is an old friend of Dominic's who appears only once and never again. Her quirk is playing everything for drama, and also she has big tits and lipstick on.

I remember this character because, their existence just seems so specific. Why else would Mookie introduce this random character and never use them again besides having a woman act overly dramatic, and if you are like "how can that be a fetish?" I tell you "you sweet innocent summer child, EVERYTHING can be a fetish". And why is she named after an island that doesn't exist in this comic's world???

4. Skin (Peter and Company)

Sometimes, a character may debut without a quirk, but later down the lane get saddled with one, which kind of ruins them entirely. Such is the case with Skin AKA Theodore. Now, if you considered Skin's quirk being a snake because of his lisp, you are proven wrong. Because we learn Skin is EXTREMELY competitive. I feel like his behavior would make him, you know. not desirable for a guardian?

Either way I feel like this bit of quirkiness just made Theodore sink into the background. I can't remember if he even made a single appearance outside of the scene where Peter and Iggy start fighting each other. So that's the moral of the story kids, never saddle your characters with personality traits they didn't have before. At best, you confuse the audience, at worst, you make them...gasp, quirky.

5. Nebbie (Gene Catlow)

And last but not least, we have a quirky character from the master of hideous characters himself, Albert Temple.

Albert's one note characters are weird, because many of them like Cat Sneed and Patchy start off as very quirky characters, but Albert shows us there is more to them the more screen time they get. There are exceptions however, and the worst one in my opinion is Nebbie, because Nebbie never evolves past the "avian language" phase.

Like hahaha, isn't it cute, the bird talks with chirps instead of English. Keep in mind no other characters besides the frogs have language difficulty. However the charm wears off very quick, especially when this character seems to be dominated and pushed around by Hannah the Beaver. And more you learn about Hannah, the more you wonder just how hellish Nebbie's relationship with Hannah is, or maybe considering what a man child Hannah is, maybe it's better we learn nothing else about Nebbie. We only know that he can speak avian, he will speak English in the Sight of the Soul, and he has a fat ass. And also, he is the second fictional character to be inspired by the biblical king Nebuchadnezzar after Mr. Nezzer from Veggietales.

Now, to give credit to Albert, he did also write the BEST quirky character on this blog. The Otter Who is Not A Doctor. In my opinion he is a quirky character who works just like why quirky characters work in raunchy 80's comedies. He gets limited screen time, and the comedic timing of him is impeccable, and he beats the shit out of a more obnoxious character. If only he beat the shit out of other examples in this list.

[tisiphonewolfe]

Character Out of Context Tag

Thanks for tagging me, @sam-glade! Check out their post here

And let's tag, pressure-free: @aalinaaaaaa @sapphos-scientist @aziz-reads @doublegoblin

Rules:

Include one character quote — of your choosing ⁠— from each chapter of your WIP (or as many chapters as you'd like)

Give absolutely no context, save for what's between two parts of an interrupted sentence, should that occur. You may mention who said it.

Have fun! No pressure!

This is fun! I'll do this for my Novella, Naenia Through Murder, since my other works have way too many chapters to make this work for!

Prologue

Naenia: "It is okay. It will be okay. I will help you."

Chapter 1

Carina: "What’s your name? You never said, last time. I can’t just keep you in my phone as ‘tall, cute, spooky, hero girl’, can I?"

Chapter 2

Aurelia: "Perhaps you would be more popular among our colleagues if you weren’t such a spiteful hag!"

Chapter 3

Maia: "Maidens of Death, I have gathered you to discuss a grave happenstance."

Chapter 4

Robert Pepper: "I haven’t had the chance to get out and kill anyone of late, if that’s what you’re asking."

Chapter 5

Thisbe: "Is she pretty? Or is handsome more your type? I’m very certain it’ll be a ‘she’."

Chapter 6

Naenia: “Detective, are we lovers?”

Chapter 7

Carina: “I knew it. You’ve been pretending not to be drunk.”

Chapter 8

Felicitas: "“Doesn’t it stand to reason that whatever she may have done- in the best interests of humanity, I’m certain -deserves a little leeway?”

Chapter 9

Tacita: “. . .”

Chapter 10

Naenia: “Honestly, Mister Pepper, I find your work quite derivative.”

Chapter 11

Carina: “Did you have fun, stringing me along like we’re in some TV thriller?”

Chapter 12

Naenia: “She is Death. She will arrive precisely when and where she is needed. And she is following us.”

Chapter 13

Carina: “You’ve done an awful lot of investigating, yes. But you haven’t done any actual detecting.”

Chapter 14

Aurelia: “I knew it. You only want me for my scythe.”

Chapter 15

The Raven: “KRAW.”

[dreamlostdogs]

Hello! This week was a lighter one for me, since I had worked extra hard the past two weeks, and art came easier to me than I had dared to hope, haha. Here’s week 39:

Drew tokens for Ashen Kraw, Brawn Wiel, Field Forager, Fogcourser and Unborn (pictured above)

Added the 'Starved' affliction and worked on survival and fighting mechanics

Added the 'Grab and Tear' and 'Krawian Wrath’ actions

Did a bit of worldbuilding

Also! Today is the last day of September, so by tomorrow I’ll write a ‘September recap’ –post to see where the game’s currently at, in the grand scheme of things.

[another-silly-mixels-blog]

Yep, you are indeed doing this right!

~ Mod Niksput

Am I doing this right?

[crowpocrypha]

Do you have any more domestic scarecrow headcanons you'd like to share? I love hearing your thoughts!!

One I quite think about often is Crane's love/hate relationship with music. I like to think he plays a variety of instruments, but none perfectly, as he views the skill to be somewhat impractical.

He plays the fiddle and piano, and, though he'll never admit it, he plays the harmonica. I like the thought that, in a passing comment during a conversation, someone said to a young Jon, "boy, you've got piano fingers!" Which initially lead him to try the instrument.

He found himself frustrated with playing initially, finding the sour notes in his practices infuriating. The pieces he loves to play are very aggressive in nature, his favorite piece being Erlkonig.

It's a song he'll sing to, one of few.

This piece actually introduced Jon to learning German and expanding on his language studies, being fond of poets like John Milton, he felt it almost necessary to continue to learn Italian and Latin.

Jon is also bashfully fond of musicals of his favorite works of fiction, so it's not unheard of to hear him humming along to the reprise of Jekyll and Hyde's Alive.

He does listen to a lot of Southern Gothic, typically songs regarding damnation, which is a theme that haunts a vast majority of the music he listens to.

Modernly, the only person that actually knows Jon plays any instrument is Harley, since she'd stumbled upon his harmonica when it came to her as contraband when she was a psychiatrist in Arkham. She did give it back to him, under the nose of Arkham's staff. They've never spoken about the interaction since, but Jon harbors great respect for Harley's keeping the whole thing under the radar.

At home, Kraw and Nightmare hear Crane singing down in his lab more often than he'd ever admit he does.

When he sweeps out Gunpowder's stall, it's not unusual for him to sing to the mare.

The reason he's so ashamed of admitting that he sings so haphazardly when he's alone was caused by him being caught on his way home from school when he was a young man, and hearing an infuriatingly mocking "You really are Ichabod Crane, aren't you?"

Despite being such a minor interaction, it lead him to inevitably close up about it, and resulted in his being far more defensive than he already was.

Crane can at times, very rate times, be caught sitting at the standing piano that collects dust against the wall among the looming bookshelves of his reading room. His hands dance across the keys, and from the strained cords of the lamenting piano--a somber and beautiful piece reverberates through the book-lined room. It's a piece he wrote himself, one with a somber name:

"The Requiem for Jonathan Crane."

He wrote it as a continuity for a poem of the same name, something Jon wrote when he first became the Scarecrow.

He doesn't play it often, but when he does, chances are he's drinking himself to sleep that night.

(Definitely not as wholesome and cute as the last one I posted, but, definitely one that I've been thinking about lately)

[pocket-sized-love]

"So you love animals" babe, my partners are literally the pokemon you call "literally a grown man in a clown suit" and make stupid jokes about them "milf hunting" >:(

(my partners are Kantonian Mr. Mime named Choco and Galarian Mr. Mime named Vanil ☺️)

"Sorry about the outburst of anger, i just really tired of all Mr. Mime allegations.

Like, that's the most sweet pokemon you could have, they literally can do anything for their human, that's how their nature works.

I love my two clown boys sm 😭"

Nooo, anon, I'm so sorry too! You're totally justified feeling that way. I know my partner is a more conventional pokemon to be attracted to and have a relationship with, but literally any pokemon is a fine pokemon to be with. You can't help how your heart feels (or your bits lmao xD), and you shouldn't be made to feel bad over your attraction! It's in such bad taste when people accuse us of harming our lovers or whatever. Like no???? We didn't do anything wrong??? 😭

No matter what anyone says, you and your lovely Mr. Mimes are always welcome and accepted on this blog! Your love is beautiful and wonderful. 🥺 Never forget that anon!!!!

[mossymandibles]

My brain said “put that beast in a situation” and I complied :3c

Kraw unwittingly becomes part of a “catch and release” wildlife program by some rather oblivious field researchers.

I may do a continuation since I’ve become attached to my little haphazard team of researchers trying their hand at nature filmography, but I have so much other stuff I wanna work on 😰

I wasn’t even going to ink this thing. I blacked out and somehow ended up here.

[crowley-in-arkham]

Kraw

I'm sitting in Crane's house at present. I told him I'd stop by. I'm not sure what I expected, but this wasn't it.

I expected a warm-looking house, which, this is-- but it's a giant labyrinth with more books than anyone could possibly read. It's like my desk has been manifested into a living space.

I found Kraw, right where Crane said he'd be, and said hello, the bird is quite friendly. His food was thoroughly replenished, so I suppose that the neighborhood boy is doing his job. I've stopped to write him a letter of gratitude from myself with a few extra dollars, for putting my mind at ease as well.

I'm sure Crane would be happy to know Kraw is well taken care of.

Anyway, the house. It smells wonderful here, like books and the sweetness of dew-covered hay. I know it's invasive, but I looked around the house a bit. Crane did give me the master code, which, is unnecessary to get into his office. I typed it into a few of the doors to different parts of the house, the first being his-- what seems to be a hobby room. A mannequin donning a new iteration of his costume, I had to touch it, I really couldn't help it.

Burlap mask, rough. A soft raw-edged leather patchwork coat. I saw the mask had incredibly well-hidden vents, so I can only assume there's a breathing apparatus on the inside.

There are ports for tubing and a holster for a firearm on the hip. The coat has pockets on the inside, broken up to hold syringes, and whatever else he needed. I actually found it quite funny when I saw he had a pocket designed to hold a phone and let an earbud wire plug into it. Maybe I should introduce him to the Bluetooth function.

I saw other rooms as well. I went upstairs to the master bedroom. It was surprisingly extravagant, filled, like the rest of the house, with books. There was also, scattered about, some of Crane's sillier interests, for such a stoic man, I was surprised to find comic manga among his collections, granted, it was dystopia exclusive, but none the less, seemingly out of character.

I didn't go through his drawers. Save one.

His nightstand drawer was ajar, and out of curiosity, I peeked in. I won't divulge any details, but, I learned a bit more intimately about my professor's interests tonight. Perhaps more than I wanted to.

The last room I entered was actually downstairs, in the basement.

To be honest, I was envious. His lab was pristine, filled with apparatus I'd only be able to dream of harboring domestically. The smell of chemicals slapped my senses. I wasn't dressed to be in such a perfect lab, I didn't want to touch anything. I could only imagine how in his element he would look bumbling around this room, dodging tables masterfully with vials upon vials of variant fear toxin.

I looked around, struck suddenly by the curiosity: what does he test on?

My eyes graced an empty tank. Of course, it's easier to use a more disposable test subject. Rats.

Satisfied, I decided to come back upstairs to his main living room. The couch is actually quite comfortable. I'll go home in a few minutes from posting this. It's extremely late. I've probably rambled enough. Who knew Crane lived in a place like this? It's very pleasant.

I can easily imagine him sitting in that big chair over by the lamp reading a book.

[protoslacker]

Schooling

Schools are opening and the stories about book bans are numerous. And I've been wondering what Doug Mastriano and Ron DeSantis are thinking when it comes to education. Pages open in my browser sort of cluster into three. First are articles on educational theory, mostly post-WW II, and nerdy. Second are articles on othering, actually more specific and dark.  And thirdly articles about two recent books.

The first of the books is Anishinaabe writer Patty Krawe's new book Becomming Kin and an excerpt at Broadview about creation stories and how they matter. Ron DeSantis seems obcessed with a peculliar telling of American stories and Krawe's piece helps me to understand that from a different perspective. In a similar vein Mastriano's Christian nationalism is about stories too.

The second is a review, “Black and Indigenous liberation are forever linked. It's time to build a new world” by Tuscarora writer Alicia Elliott of Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's book Rehearsals For lIving. Elliot uses the lens of "the doctrine of discovery" as a way to see how Black and indigenous people around the globe are joined against an ideology, a creation story really.

If past is preceent, authoritarianism leads to dark places. The point of these books is to imagine our way out from horror. And in a sense the cluster of articles on educational theory have to do with thinking and imagination. Ron DeSantis doesn't like such educators, better teachers should come from the ranks of soldiers and police.

We can imagine better.

[pixel-fried-shoestrings]

@simblr-themedparty : Elders​

Alastor iye

Double, double, toil and.... (No that’s the wrong story.) ONCE upon a time.... (Still not it.) … Darkness. Imposing and ever consuming.. (THERE we go.) Hungry like the ravenous animal that it is, it threatens to devour Alastor as he sat reading in the comfort of his creaking chair. A single candle stood tall and proud amongst the mess he called a desk. It was littered with papers, old tombs, and fantastical designs of inventions waiting to be discovered yet again by someone other then him. For he was the tomb keeper. The guardian of all things man has forgotten about. The world of magic. He pondered the page of his book, covered in meager light for a moment longer, before closing its tattered yellow pages. “We are going to need another guardian aren't we?” He spoke into the darkness as he pulled himself up and away from his work station. Carefully shuffling himself to his bed only feet away. Lenore answered with a resounding “KRaw” He scuffed at raven that sat so regally on the corner of his bedpost. “I don’t know why I’m asking you, your terrible at advice.” He firmly shooed the bird from the post while getting into bed. “We are going to need another guardian.”

I was fixing dinner one night and this guy popped in my head <3

[royal-writer]

stellar-cheetah replied to your post “Memories 6”

I LOVE KRAW

HE LOVES YOU TOO!!!

cyberninjas replied to your post “Memories 6”

I hope we get to meet old grumpy bird some day.

That’s up to our lovely DM! I wouldn’t mind throwing in any of my sloppy-made children if she asks~ In fact, I did happen to have something in mind.... I might one-shotting some things in the future now... For the heckles...

First impressions and responses~

Abernathy: Anxious BirdMan(TM). “A greetings! It is fine to meet you!” That is one impressive orc-man in stature. He hopes Abe doesn’t try snapping him in half. Who trained this beefy orc-man?

Adela: Puzzled; what is this creature? Very curious of her tail. Keeps leaning towards her shiny jewelry because He Wants The Shiny. “A girl who uses magic like my Essa’-girl? Hmm...”

Amon: “A greedy humans-man. All race does is take. A man looks wealthy. Must have many things. But face says a man is unhappy. Tell me: does things not make you happy?” ((my personal fav, Kraw bby be nice-))

Aylin & Penimra: Perplexed as he whispers to Essatha: “Is mask new fashion for humans-like species?”

Cackle: !!! EXCITED!!! “Ahh! Mine kin! I will not harm. You is safe. Is not Kenku’s fault what ancestors did. A beautiful bird! Wonderful specimen she is! You light without armor? I will gladly help to fly if wishes.” He loves her instantly it doesn’t matter if she’s grouchy in the least. She is a beautiful bird girl.

Ravamora: “A child has no honor.” Rudely sniffs in her direction.

Sulhadur: Fear(TM) but intrigued. “A red dragons! You do not have temper of kin? Fascinating.” He probably tries probing Sul’s face, trying to get a look at his teeth. “You do not have taste for bird? Kenku is with you. Not be like dragons at Mesacliffs then, do not feast on bird.”

He’d then probably try offering everyone carrion as they try not losing their lunch from the awful smell  (”Kraw they don’t want that they’re like me they want fresh food” “But I offers the best! Organ meat rare! First thing scavenged! Bah, no taste... No taste none of you”). After that everyone but Abe and Amon would probably be pulled aside becuz he needs to make sure these Youngsters can defend themselves.

“You’s know how to use blade? Dagger? Bow? Crossbow?” Nervous Sweating all around.

Cut to Essie being embarrassed as he whacks her when her stance isn’t proper.

“A child has gotten sloppy!”

“STOP EMBARRASSING ME IN FRONT OF MY FRIENDS!” T~T

Adjusts her shoulders and taps her arms until they’re Perfect and she fires straight and true and he looks so fucking proud of his little girl. I tutored a child! I helped raise! She is strong! Do you not all see!!