#but all his companions were just like 'nah that's silly we're coming'

[thekrows-nest]

(anon) Oh man, I drew so slow we're off the costumes now and onto another au of... weredoves?

When I was thinking of story ideas a while back I actually did think about Dove as a literal Dove. Or a Dove that had very birdlike features.

But they were mainly something silly to wind up Krow with on a slow day or as an Easter egg, I ended up not sharing because it seemed like I was having too much fun at birb boi's expense.

If you wanted to read what I wrote about it: "(anon)

Just leaving these thoughts here for a laugh.

Soft: You know how you skritch a birds neck and they happily/sleepily close their eyes? That for Krow. Possibly while brushing or braiding their hair.

Drama: Naila makes a mistake and *poof* Dove gets turned into a bird.

Silly: Krow has gone off the deep end. Their friends listen awkwardly to them gushing about their new companion - Dove's soft voice, their intelligent eyes, Krow's fears for their safety around others, and how this one is coming home with them no matter what. Only to find Krow in the park attempting to capture a pigeon with a net. Dove was always a real bird."

It would be cool to see how shapes and body language translate between species. I have some ideas but I'm so slow and picky at art 😭

Nah nah there's still costumes. After all the poll has a bit more time left before it closes (though I am pretty sure I already know the winning result lmao)

Dove being an Actual Dove is also a very silly and funny au. Very much has like, Hatoful Boyfriend vibes.

That is very true for Krow. Giving tender affection and attention around his hair, massaging his head or neck, would definitely have him sleepily close his eyes and relax a lot. Gently playing with his hair is something he loves very much.

fbsdljhgfz Naila just "Oh I hate it when realities tangle like this. Now I'll need to sit for a bit and get it neat again."

That would also be a very funny au. Dove is an actual bird that Krow has and is VERY fond of. Absolutely becomes known around when having Dove on his shoulder or carrying them on his hand or something.

I believe in you nonnie! You got this! And don't worry, I am also slow and picky with art!

[casspurrjoybell-29]

Healing Ties - Chapter 39 - Part 2

*Warning Adult Content*

Yore's insides were torn up.

Fanner didn't think he could have recovered from this on his own.

If Fanner hadn't ended up here with him, he might have simply bled out on the floor without ever waking.

His whole body was pale and clammy, his breathing laboured.

Fanner was fairly sure he could bring him back but then what?

They were locked in a room and the humans would surely come to check on them before too long.

Would Yore be awake by then?

Would he be in any condition to fight even if he was?

Fanner might be able to take down one human if he got the jump on them but he could hear laughter and loud conversation from down the hall and there was most certainly more than one of them.

When it came to combat, he was more or less limited to one on one situations where the other person didn't realise he was a threat.

"So you're all named Taylor," Duran was saying.

"Yes," one of the Taylors said.

"And you reproduce asexually by getting fat and then splitting in two."

"Yes."

"And... why are you dressed so fancy?"

"Oh," the Taylor said. "We're tailors."

"You're... as in, you make clothes?"

"Yeah."

"You're tailors and you're all named Taylor?"

"That's right."

"Doesn't that get confusing?"

"No. Why would it get confusing?"

The fresh wounds were at least easier to fix than scar tissue but it was a complex and messy injury.

He had to cooperate with the Taylor who was helping him to get all of the pellets out and heal more complex damage to Yore's liver and intestines.

He had to keep reminding himself to take hold of Duran's hand every now and then and take a little energy.

Not too much because Duran needed to stay sharp and on his feet as well but Fanner couldn't afford to exhaust himself right now.

"I'm sorry," Fanner told Duran.

"I just assumed Yore would still be at the spire but perhaps that was silly. I should have known word would have reached him by now and that he wouldn't have simply stayed put when not everyone was back safely."

"Hey, don't worry about it," Duran said.

"Even if he wasn't there, what were the chances that he was here? Do we even know where here is?"

The Taylor who was helping remove the pellets shrugged.

"Don't ask us. We were in a sack."

"Ah."

"We were thinking it might be on the human side of the border, though."

They glanced around the room, which contained nothing but them.

"Looks... humanly."

"I don't know if Yore is going to be able to fight," Fanner admitted.

"Honestly, I don't even know when he might wake up."

"We figured he was just going to bleed out on the floor, so I'd say things are looking up," a Taylor in a long, frilly blue dress said.

"What are you two, anyway?"

"Oh, we're mages," Fanner told him.

"Companions, to be specific."

"Ah, right," the Taylor said.

"Never seen one of you before. Listen, if we get out of this, we'd love a bit of your hair to use as gold threading."

"Uh... sure," Fanner said.

"What's it like being a slave to humans? That's what they said they were going to do with us."

"They said pets," another of the Taylors said.

"They said both, at different times," a third contributed.

"Different for you than it is for us, I would hope," Duran said.

"But I also hope it doesn't come to that. Is there any way out of here?"

"Mages can't fight?" the Taylor asked.

"Not our type, unfortunately," Duran said.

"Well, the walls are solid. Door's locked and even if it wasn't, I don't think we could get out without being seen. We can't fight, so, that's out."

"Any chance that cat might come back?" Duran asked.

"Nah. Once those things are gone, they're gone. Can't just expect them to zap you all over the place with no limits. They get tired or bored or something and then that's it."

Suddenly, Yore jerked and swiped a hand out in the direction of the Taylor who was digging his tiny hand into him to remove shotgun pellets.

Fanner yanked the Taylor safely away and then moved closer to Yore's head.

"Yore? Can you hear me?"

Yore's brow tightened but his eyes didn't open.

"Hmh?"

"It's me. Fanner. You're hurt."

"Yeah..." Yore murmured, his eyes cracking open just a slither.

"I'm healing you, okay?"

"Hmm. Thanks."

"This little person is helping me get the pellets out, okay? Don't hit them."

"Oh, did I...? Sorry."

"It's okay. Just stay still."

"Where are we?"

"We don't know. The humans brought you here and we... well, we got here somehow. Don't worry about that. But we don't know where we are."

Yore drew a slow, deep breath in through his nose and made a face.

"Smells like my blood. But... a little cow, too. Farmland."

"Human?"

"Hmm."

Fanner hovered a hand over Yore's stomach as the Taylor sat by, waiting for further directions.

Fanner gave a nod of satisfaction.

"Well, that was the last of the shotgun pellets in you, anyway. There's still a bit more to heal but you're going to be okay."

"Thank you. I..." Yore started to say and then abruptly fell silent as a shout came from down the hall.

[lladyariall]

*Ms. Honeybunny winking at Sam* ;) ;) ;)

*jealous lagomorph boyfriend steps in* you should really get that eye checked out! ^-^*

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Look at that ANGRY little face Max makes, right before putting on a fake smile! Holy shit- he's so pissed off about Sam and Ms. Homeybunny flirting that it I'm crying from laughing too hard to even write this blog x'D

Nah, I'm good, though. Once again, this is just my silly opinion blog about this particular interaction between these three and comment if you have any opinions to share too! :) please enjoy the characters and comics regardless of my ideas. Love y'all😘

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To say the least, we all know Max is obviously in love with Sam throughout thee entire t.v. and video game series; possibly the comics, but we'll get inside of that little history later. The main focus of how Max protrays his feelings towards his best friend and police partner, which is quite open in a rare way, Steve Purcell places out their relationship to be after all they've been together and will be when they die. It's a heart wrenching, violent story of pure friendship, and/or.. maybe more?

We're going to dig into that right now, beginning with Sam's jelly rabbit Max behavior.

When we take a look at this scene, Max only has a smile on his face to carry up an "innocent act" for the sake of his companion and this lady's (bleh) reassurance. He doesn't want to actually scare off both his colleagues to create a giant dilemma of drama and end up on being Sam's quiet side. So, the lagomorph decides not to give into his natural instinct to rip her wig off. Instead, he wiggles out his little bunny charm to do what he can to come between on Ms. Honeybunny's intentions on his best friend.

Meaning, his goal is to remain on Sam's good light so he doesn't have his canine friend to look down on him when he would have scared someone off who clearly didn't do anything wrong; in society's eye, anyhow.

The lagomorph just wanted to claim his terrority because that's HIS 6ft talking dog! He has to tear down the competition then and there, baby. Or else they're gone for life and that's never going to happen in Max's life!

Oh no, and that's why this scene is so interesting even more. Because we also get a small sequel to their, ahem, lady competition for Sam.

It's super clear how gayly in love Max is with Sam in the t.v. series and the doggo scoundrel is super aware of what his best friend is feeling. Sam is a dog with super intelligent detective skills to sense if there's something going on, especially if its coming from Max, he is on the case to solve his mysterious canine instinct itch! with the bond of them they've always shared since they were merely babies.

But this scene just proves how much of a sassy girlfriend this little lagomorph can truly be, and I love it!

He just downright called her a whore in a kid friendly manor so the censors don't kick their asses off the program too soon (even though, they did last one season) and being told, "don't worry, miss. A boat will be by to pick you up, and that means sailors! Yup, you'll get picked up, alright." ... is clearly not friendly!

That rabbit knew what he was doing. His jealously became a perfect revenge to tell her to stop her shit on them, and try it on someone else. It's classically performed here and I applaud for Max, once i was done watching this episode. Ms. Honeybunny may or may not have received the hint that they're not available, but Max has tried making it clear as day, twice now. He knows Sam doesn't get a clue; so, all that matters is that SHE understands the message:

"Sam is mine, don't flirt with me or him, go make out with a sailor, blah blah blah."

In Max's terms to this scene, he nailed it perfectly! So I believe the whole reason Sam didn't even try to say a word to her is because he clearly knew better than to try and to help Ms. Honeybunny when Max OBVIOUSLY showed no interest; he decided to take the smart choice and go to Team Max's side for silent support. And probably so he wouldn't die, either.

Later on, Sam finally decides to say something:

Sam: "you crack me up little buddy."

Max: "whatever."

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Uh.. that doesn't help, Sam!

Max probably dissed off Sam like that is because he knew he won, but he hadn't truly received the main prize: having Sam understand he belongs to only Max. His big hound still doesn't get the picture between two love rivals. Sam just doesn't realize Max still remembers when he and Ms. Honeybunny batted-eyes with each other til his REAL bunny came into the picture. His feelings must have been a little upset when he saw the lady appear again, after finding her on the boat and dressed as Geek. She was unmasked by Sam and Max's joke about calling for help on the walkie talkie was.. a little TOO panicked to me.

Like he was in a nightmare.

Like if Max saw them flirt or even remotely get near each other again, Sam would definitely have to call help from a rescue team away from Max's rage. Max knows some shark sword fighting skills to teach them both a lesson about Max being possessive as Hell, and Sam needs to wear a collar with the lagomorph's name on it. (Also, they're in the middle of the ocean. I'm pretty sure Max would use a shark as a sword somehow.)

In conclusion, this was still a fun filling jealous rival we got to see come out towards Sam and Max reacting to it. It was perfect, but I do personally wish we could have seen a jealous Sam in the series. She's just a slut and Max knew it from the start. Even if he didn't, that wouldn't change anything on how Max handled it. He stayed calm for Sam, tried to forget about Ms. Honeybunny during the rest of their mission, and she just came back out of nowhere! She keeps ruining everything by my getting the hint that Max does not care HOW she goes away- she needs to leave for good.

Max will never let anyone try to split their Freelance work and it certainly would not be their last encounter with other flirts, or crazy infatuations (*coughs* momma bosco). Max cooperated well and acted more maturely in an adult manner than he normally would be in. Like, he'd probably crush her skull on the desk or go to Geek about a sexual harassment groping from Ms. Honeybunny, so it'll get her fired.

And that's what's crazy bout all these things is Max is always up for any challenge out there. Violence, poker, best shooter, best at taking shots, the list goes on. But the emotionally ones are always backing him up in a corner to run away from and hide. Max doesnt like the emotional encounters that other people bring and it's not Sam&Max world quality.

In truth, Max may might as well be possessive, but Sam is pretty crazy about him too. It only shows their love for each other more, and I'd say that it'd be awesome if they could only be a little more open with each other. It's just super rare for Max to want to be able to share what he desires from Sam, or what's going on when someone tries to steal Sam away like Ms. Honeybunny would have done.

Sam and Max are going to have to admit more open feelings and fluff if they ever reboot the show. Seriously. It'd be a perfect opportunity to see their love grow and see more of Steve Purcell's humor again.

[creamecream]

"I don't really care that this place has some kind of important meaning to the Dalish, I'm Dalish and I want to burn it down."