#first comic on the new tabby!!

[nguyenfinity]

Better question is whose kidney

[melefim]

Swearing in Dead Boy Detectives: Masterlist

My Dead Boy Detectives swearing posts are on the way!

I went through each episode and tallied up every curse word I could find, and the results are in!

I’ll be putting up posts for individual episodes, characters, and words- with lots of interlinks to hopefully make navigating everything easy. This post will be the Masterlist, updated with direct links each time a new individual post goes up.

Each post will have charts and graphs, as well as the original lines containing each swear.

Lines in red below are posts that have not gone up yet. Lines in black are up and links should be live. All posts will be tagged as “#dead boy detectives swearing” on my blog.

Episodes:

The Case of Crystal Palace

The Case of the Dandelion Shrine

The Case of the Devlin House

The Case of the Lighthouse Leapers

The Case of the Two Dead Dragons

The Case of the Creeping Forest

The Case of the Very Long Stairway

The Case of the Hungry Snake

Characters:

Edwin Payne

Charles Rowland

Crystal Palace

Niko Sasaki

Jenny Green

David the Demon

Esther Finch

The Night Nurse

The Cat King

Tabby and Calico Cats

Litty

Kingham

Maxine

The Boys Who Killed The Boys (Simon & Charles’ ‘Friend’)

Ghostly Clients

Brad

Hunter

Maren

Twitchy Richie

Crystal’s Parents

Girls in Crystal’s Memories

Non-Cursing Characters

Words:

Fuck

Shit

Bitch

Ass

Damn

Hell

Bloody

Bloody Hell

God

Jesus

Screw

Words said only once

Words said only twice

Words said only thrice

Overall notes/caveats:

-I did a couple double check rewatches, and tried my best to be accurate, but I still might have missed something- if you spot one I’ve not included, please let me know!

- I did not include the episode recaps in the tallies.

- Variations of the same word are grouped together- for example, ‘Shit’ ‘Bullshit’ and ‘BS’ were all counted towards the total for ‘Shit’.

-The exception to this was ‘Bloody’ ‘Hell’ and ‘Bloody Hell’- all three were counted separately.

- If a word was not used as a curse, it was not counted. For example, ‘I spent seventy years in Hell’ was not counted, while ‘What the hell?’ was.

- I am not British, and therefore I’m not 100% on all the British curses. If there were words I wasn’t sure about, they were not included in the tallies, but will appear in the relevant posts as bonus comments. Again, please feel free to correct me if any words were categorized incorrectly and I’ll update the posts!

- I’ll do my best to get them out as quickly as I can, I’m aiming for minimum one a day but will be trying to do more whenever possible.

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If you like lists of things like I do, you can check out my other Dead Boy Detective ones here!

When Charles’ Shirt Color Changes

George Rextrew’s Edwin comic inspo board

Full Soundtrack with timestamps

Moves, Incidents, and Cases masterlist

First pass at finding where the songs in the score are used- full post with timestamps in progress.

[wonuwrites]

hiii, if it's not a problem, can I request seventeen's reaction to their s/o being adored by cats? like, every time they go on a walk, there's at least one kitty that comes to them and wants to be petted

love your work!!! 😊

Ahhh not a problem at all! This sounds SO freaking cute I'm so excited to write it <33

Warnings: it's gonna be cute af, cats lmao

p.s: bc im writing about cats I wanna show off my babies ~ the Tuxedo is Shadow and White Cat is Stewie.

ღ S Coups:

omg Seungcheol would get heart eyes everytime a stray cat came up to you and rubbed up against you. You both would be doing your daily late night walk and an orange tabby would run straight to you you would drop Seungcheol's hand just to give the tabby some attention. Even though Seungcheol would fake pout everytime you chose a cat over his hand, he found it so precious how soft you were with cats and vice versa.

ღ Jeonghan:

When you first told Jeonghan cats loved you, he thought you were all talk. He didn't realize how true it was until one came up to you after one of your dates and just rubbed up on you. He jokingly called you a Disney Princess and it honestly was the best and most real compliment you have ever received. Whenever a cat ever came up to you, he would laugh in disbelief but he would love the fact that animals loved you just as much as he did.

ღ Joshua:

The majority of Jisoo's camera roll was with you and cats. You often would joke with each other that if you had to choose between cats vs him, you would choose cats. While that was not true in the slightest, Jisoo still would "respect" his place. There would be times where he would have to be voice of reason when you would want to take a new kitten or cat home which would be bittersweet but you would know he was right.

ღ Jun:

As a cat as well, Jun would completely understand why cats loved you. You were so calm and cute so it just makes sense. When cats would walk up to you, he swore he fell in love with you even more especially as you would crouch down and coo at them. He found it to be such a green flag that you were so good with animals.

ღ Hoshi:

Tell me why he'd be jealous of a cat? Not actually "jealous jealous" but would be like "yah, get your own partner. (y/n) is mine." He found it amusing whenever it happened because not only was the cats completely enamored by you but you also were. You would coo and would make up "back stories" about each cat that came up to you. If you ever saw the same cat twice, Soonyoung would be like "Oh yeah, it's Frederick the Third who really loves mischief and belly rubs" which would make you laugh because he remembered the back story. He would never admit it, but finding cats on your evening walks was the highlight of his day.

ღ Wonwoo:

tbh, the cats would be coming up to BOTH of you constantly. Something about Wonwoo and you just radiated such peace that cats just knew. You both found it a bit comical but also super wholesome that it happened as often as it did. If it ever happened when you weren't together, you both would either take a picture or FaceTime the other. Honestly, it would always make you both talk about adopting a cat together one day. Both of you would always get excited about the thoughts of making future plans like that together <3

ღ Woozi:

Similarly to Jeonghan, Jihoon would have some doubts about your claims of being a "cat magnet." He knocked the first few times as a "coincidence" but after awhile, he realized you were right. He found it so precious and would smirk when he would see an adorable four legged friend stretch before running up to both of you. He'd find it precious seeing you smile wide as you stared at a skittish cat that got nervous when Jihoon crouched down next to you too look at the kitten that decided to walk up to you. You would softly tell the kitten that Jihoon's muscles were all for show and he was a softie which would cause him to scoff and make mental note to show you how much "for show" they were later on.

ღ DK:

Seokmin would find it hilarious when you would just be walking and a cat would just be following close behind you begging for your attention with 'meows' and purrs. You would just give him a look of "I told you so," before playing with the kitten that so desperately wanted your attention. He found it so precious that he would film it and send it to both the 97 group chat and Seventeen group chats. His friends would be so jealous at your talents with cats and would ask you constantly for tips on how to get random cats to love you which would just make Seokmin feel so proud lol.

ღ Mingyu:

Mingyu was shocked when he realized it was not just cats and him that were obsessed with you. Whenever you both went on a walk together animals would ALWAYS come up to you. It could be cats, dogs, or even a crow. You would always mimic the noises of the animals and the animals would just act so happy that you were communicating with them. Honestly, it made him fall more in love with you.

ღ Minghao:

You know his infamous giggle? The bestest giggle in this whole wide world? Well it would star when you both would hear meows from behind you and noticed your charms worked on a grey long haired cutie. You would coo at the kitty and Minghao would coo at you. He found this sight to be the cutest thing EVER. He would take pictures and would even name the cats with you. For instance, this gray kitty y'all just found was named "Jinkies."

ღ Seungkwan:

Seungkwan would be flabbergasted that his partner was some character from a Disney movie. He would find it absolutely precious when he would see cats run up and look at you when you went on walks with each other. He often would find it funny because half the time you would get 'tired' of this talent you had. Sometimes you wanted to just enjoy time with him and when a cat came up, you just had to pet the kitty and ignore your busy man. It would make you feel guilty but he would always reassure you that it was okay.

ღ Vernon:

The first time it happened, he thought it was a freak occurrence. As did you. In fact, it was with Hansol when you realized you were the cat whisperer. It would be weird if a cat did NOT come up to you when you both on your nights. He would laugh if you got sulky because you didn't see an four legged friend on your walk. He would tease you that you were "losing your touch" which would cause you to roll your eyes and playfully push him.

ღ Dino:

Chan swore you had catnip or tuna in your pockets because there was just no way. So before your went on a walk, you emptied both of your pockets to prove him wrong. When he was satisfied you both left and ironically three damn cats showed up on your walk. He would be so flabbergasted and would laugh his infamous laugh. You would tell him it's a sign and you both should get a furbaby child soon which he would agree.

[ohlookiehereanotheruser]

Masterlist of Denied Requests

Please take a crack at it everyone! First Wave! More will be added in a little bit!

Mogai

Coinings:

bondi blue imac g3 objectum flag?

blahaj plush shark objectum flag plzz?

Could I request a coining/flag for "trans grey tabby"? (A subcategory of transcat where someones transcat but specifically a grey tabby)

could u make a reserve course flag ?

would i be able to request a gender related to being a jolteon and a boy ? -

EPIC the Musical source flag?

Editblr

Blinkies/Pixels:

could i possibly req for sayori pixels??

Icon Requests:

May I request Cream and Chao icons (together or separate matching ones!) from Sonic? Comics, shows, or games work I don’t mind ^_^

icon edits of Pure Vanilla Cookie w/yellow & blue color scheme? ✅

Can I request Jesse Pinkman Icons/Rentry graphics?

can i request replycons with burning spice cookie please?

Moerumimin icons ++ banners ? icons can be ♡~shaped !

could you please do toya icons? Including the ones from sanrio collab if you can?

Rentry Graphics:

Papyrus from Undertale with mushrooms and purple graphics please, thank you!

if you can do a Gengar (pokemon) graphics ??

can you do a graphic with Robo-Fortune from Skullgirls, please??

Can you do Jumpin' Johnnie Jumble and Professor Rocket graphics? (Both are from Crashbox)

Could I get rentry graphics that are themed around oranges and lemons and are bright orange and yellow?

can rot request slasher graphics? rot would really like some ghostface ones, like stu and billy!

Hii, could i request some Andre Kriegman and Cal Gabriel rentry graphics?? Nothing specific..maybe gun themed masks? -

Can you make bsd Lucy graphics please ?

If it's not a problem could I get some master shake rentry graphics/icons?

could you maybe make some audrey ii from little shop of horror graphics? :3 would appreciate if so

If you could/reqs are open could you maybe do any kind of graphics for "They're only chasing safety" album by underoath -

karma akabane graphics?

Haii can I request some rentry graphics for fubuki shirou from inazuma eleven?

Could I ask for an Apostle (Midnight Horrors) themed graphic?

Could you do beezlebub rentry graphics?

Please make a Climber graphics (Endzone, Low of Talos)?

Could I request b-komachi (the new group with kana, ruby, and mem-cho) oshi no ko rentry graphics? -

Henry Elsner Graphics?? (From Ghost and Pals)

Would you be willing to do some 2000's Emo graphics ?

sebastian solace rentry graphics ?

Can i request hot pink kokichi graphics?

May I request rentry graphics of the devil from cuphead?

Nejire hado rentry graphic or two in like a light light blue color palette? -

haloo ! may i req xavier (craig of the creek) graphics ? thank you !!

HIII could u maybe make Legend of Zelda rentry graphics? Maybe Link, Revali, or Urbosa (all from BOTW) :3

Can I request graphics of Francis/Fitzgerald from BSD?? Thank you!!!!

life series ! jimmy solidarity graphics?

Any chance i could rq graphics of zoarark from pokemon? -

graphics with Mami Tomoe?

Parfait Cookie (CRK) graphics ^_^ ?

can I please request some gothic graphics of Isaac laforeze from castlevania:curse of darkness? (the guy with red hair ^^;)

Can you do protag graphics from elevator hitch?

NPTs/SNPTs:

npts of shizuka yoshimoto from 100 girlfriends?

thorne from cherry crush npts?

sinclair (limbus company) npts, please?

scar (wuwa) npts?

shinjiro aragaki (persona 3) npts or jin shirato npts? (persona 3)

ID pack of Hoshimi Junna - Revue Starlight? -

angelic puppet or doll themed npts or just names or pronouns?

Can you make a pack with the name Joseph Desaulnier and photographer from the game identity v plss?

zombie/dead themed ID pack?

but could i please request npt vkei (visual kei) ideas?

puppet related NPT's?

polar bear themed NPT ?

Dividers:

None Submitted

Custom NPTs/SNPTs

I would like to request a SNPT, though I am specifically searching for a subsystem name and pronouns, gender neutral and feminine preferred. Themes include: Dolls (porcelain and ball joint), Puppets (marionettes or others), Machinery, specifically robotics, Elegance (The main things that come to mind are teacup, frill and lace), And anything else that you see fit.

PNG Requests:

Ghost PNGs?

Layout Requests:

could you do a jonathan byers ( from stranger things ) themed layout circled around fall and brown and errr like horror / analog horror ??

any cute tumblr layout of something or of a character that's aquatic theme?

Can I request some layouts for valvatorez from disgaea 4: a promise unforgotten?

Could I possibly request a Koujaku (dmmd) layout?

daisuke (mouthwashing) discord layout?

An aiden (SBG) discord layout? -

Can I get a colorful candy themed hinata aoi (enstars) tumblr layout pls ??

Can I get Boa hancock layout nd dividers?

Can I request an Aiden Clark layout .. (school bus graveyard !! )

duolingo layout? (wtf)

request a layout of Farz from the comic This is Not Romance?

could I get a layout of The Oni from Dead by Daylight? -

Can I request Hakos Baelz layout?

May i rq some akito shinonome tumblr layouts?

I please have a tumblr layout for Rin Okumura (Blue Exorcist)?

could i have an mlp tumblr layout..?

Could you do a tumblr layout for Impulse and Skizz?

May i reqs some michiru kaibara & ichihoshi lumina tumblr layouts? -

Can I req Vincent (deadplate) retrospring layouts ?

Can I get a layout of Fern from Frieren?

Can I get layouts for charlotte from pink bitch club please?

Could I please have a Tumblr Layout of Fantoccio from Billie Bust Up?

Can I get some Sayori DDLC layouts?

Marija from muse dash layouts? -

Sora (Kingdom Hearts) layout for Tumblr?

Could i request a juliet starling layout ?

Polaris klepsky (sparklecare) layout?

Can i request bi + ace Twitter layout with Wally Darling please?

Could you please make a Spinach cookie Veggie Lovers Paradise tumblr layout? -

Can you make a Neru layout & Icon?? (UTAU)

may I request a Dark Cacao Cookie (Dragonlord or base, doesnt matter to me) tumblr layout?

Can you do Reki Kyan Layouts?could

Hello, can u pls make a Ciel Phantomhive Tumblr layout? (With the hex code #2E3E57 blue preferably)?

May i request a Nagisa D4DJ Tumblr Layout please ??

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[fallenclan]

Related to FallenClan designs! All your designs are super amazing, what’s your simplifying process/how do you decide design for cat pelts? Cause I always struggle with simplifying/deciding how they look especially bengals and cats with white patches… thanks if you respond!

I’m ADHD and struggle with consistency and simplifying lol, though more complex designs are pretty, I lean more towards what you do w/ you’re cats as they are simple but still super pretty + it makes it easier to consistently draw them all for stuff like this! (These comic like moon updates :])

(Also hope none of this came off as offensive, it’s all meant positively! I really really admire you and your designs :])

ty for the compliments!!! very sweet ask and I shall do my best to give a good response o7

generally my method with designing characters/drawing is to just wing it. fuck it we ball basically. but i DO take a lot of inspiration from other people's warriors art, taking the time to analyze what i like about their styles and what different sorts of patterns i can use

(i also regularly consult the Clangen Sprite Guide for better looks at white patches/tortie patterns and such, highly recommend)

the first thing i decide when i'm designing a new cat is what fur texture i want them to have. i have four that I pick from (pictured below, in order), wavy, spiky, curly, and square.

i decide the fur pattern based on the cat's personality (a more stoic cat might have square fur, while someone more bubbly might have curly, or someone more excitable have spiky, so on and so on), and also based on their parents/how many cats i've designed with that fur pattern recently.

after that is snout shape, which is probably my favorite part. i love to draw cats with a very pronounced snout, not unlike an oriental shorthair, but i generally slide around between that and a more typical, stubby snout, occasionally veering off into the very square snout of a maine coon. this is also a great spot to determine how sharp you want their jaw to be, which is something that can really help set a design apart! (a couple of snout examples below)

then i usually move onto colors. i like to pick an undertone for the cat first, so i know what sort of pallate to work with. as you can see in the pictures below, ravenstar has a purple/blue undertone, and toadbelly has orange/red undertones

this helps me make all the colors look nicer together, so i don't end up doing something like making a very warm colored cat with blue-toned white patches (which would make the white patches look super cold/too bright), which can be a really cool stylistic choice, but isnt what i tend to go for

once i've drawn out the cats fur shape and picked my colors, i'll move onto the base coat. over my time of having the fallenclan blog i've discovered that having a very simple pattern underneath the normal pattern can add a lot of visual interest to a cat, and make them look less plain.

here's a good example! one of the first cats i designed, oaktuft. their pattern was super basic--one base color, plus the inside of the ears, and then the color of their patterns.

and here's another cat that i designed a little more recently--Shiverspots! you can see that even just the small change of adding a bit of a lighter color to her underbelly made a world off difference. plus my style got a lot more defined lol

i have a couple of different base patterns that i use. here's a few more examples. i've even started to experiment with more than two colors!

once i've got the base done i move onto patterns. this part can definitely be tricky; trying to make a dozen brown tabbies with short fur be distinct can be . a challenge. i like to follow the steps of what i've already designed--a cat with spiky fur might have very sharp, angular stripes, and a cat with curly fur might have much rounder ones.

i think a good rule of thumb for if your pattern feels a little too basic is just to throw some more colors in there. another shade of orange, a more pale tint to some of them, whatever. and don't be afraid to erase it and start again! sometimes a design just won't work, and thats fine :)

the final thing i do is to add little design quirks. a particularly sharp jawline, downturned eyes, a crooked smile or a gap tooth, whatever! little things can really give your cats character.

i really hope that this helped!!!

[fraeuleintaka]

Investigations 2 Official Anthology Manga

This is the 75th post in the Ace Attorney Investigations Collection Countdown: 6 days left until release!

Today's topic: the Investigations 2 Official Anthology Manga!

After three entire volumes of anthology comics for Investigations 1 it's time to get to the anthology manga for Investigations 2! "Sadly", there's only one but that's about how many I would've expected for a single game so I'm not going to complain. This one was by far the hardest to get, as it's barely available anywhere even in used condition. But I got it! In regards to its content, it's very similar to the first two I1 volumes I talked about: several short stories of varying length, for this one most are several pages long, from different artists that aren't canon to the games. It's again a nice mixture of funny and serious scenes (most of them being funny, of course) and most interactions are in-character (apart from some exaggerations for humour) so could be taken as canon as far as they don't contradict anything (like the actual timeline of the case). It also has some nice coloured (and not coloured) artworks!

I only have one small criticism in comparison to the other anthologies and that is that while most of the stories are about our main trio getting up to shenanigans related to what happens in I2, like at its locations and with its case-specific characters, the new main characters (except Ray (Eddie)) feel a little neglected. Both Sebastian (Eustace) and Justine (Verity) only appear in about 1-2 stories each with a significant role. That's a little disappointing considering they're both such fantastic characters. The stories are still a lot of fun, don't get me wrong, I just would've liked a bit more involvement from these two. Anyway, on to a few of the highlights, my favourite (out of context) panels and pages:

A Tragedy in Three Acts

Kay has some fun with what Little Thief can "re-create"

Lotta and Nicole (Tabby) really want to get that interview with Miles

Gumshoe and Ray try to avoid Franziska's whip in... creative ways (they fail, Miles told them so)

Sebastian tries very hard to get involved in Miles' "case" (Awww~)

Justine's hammer strike is so powerful that it leaves an imprint in the floor! (And makes Miles' cravat fly in his face)

A team of Great Thieves! (Love the detail of Miles' "flying" in a much more elegant pose than the typical "superhero" one! And that he still has his cravat over his Yatagarasu scarf! Perfect team right there!)

[nyhti]

any thoughts and feelings on jeremiah in shadow of the bat #80-82?

furthermore, any thoughts and feelings on his pookie david in that comic?

Thank you for the ask <3333 :33 So I went back and read Wax Man and the Clown again to refresh my mind on it and I'm glad I did. While it's not my favorite Jeremiah story, mainly because of the art, I still found it enjoyable and even got myself a new headcanon!!! Yay!!

Now, I think I've talked about my dislike of Jeremiah being written too soft before. He had bite in The Last Arkham, bite he desperately needed, because this character becomes very boring very fast without it. I had this memory of him being a total push over in this story, but now that I've read it again, I don't think so. Yes, he is softer than he was in The Last Arkham, but he also threatened to shoot Joker in the head and considered letting the patients starve to death. Soft uwu bean <333 And, yeah, even in the parts that he seemed more of a push over, you just have to keep in mind that he's quite literally half asleep, starving and under an incredible amount of stress in every panel and actively hallucinating by the end of the story. I'll cut him some slack, but I still think the Jeremiah we were introduced to in The Last Arkham wouldn't have been quite as mellow even in these circumstances.

I also do not like the art in this issue. I simply wouldn't have recognized Jeremiah had I not been told that this character drawn here is supposed to be Jeremiah. I think if this story had been illustrated my Norm Breyfogle, it could've been one of my favorite Jerry stories. Here's a quick sketch of how I wish he had looked like in this story:

Oh, and David? David is the reason I headcanon Jeremiah as bi in the first place.

Jeremiah: What about you, David? Are you going too?

David: No, sir. My place is with you.

Now, I do not know what Grant had in mind when he wrote their relationship, but it came across as very loving. Whether or not that love was romantic, I guess that's up to everyone's own headcanons. I feel like at least on David's side it leaned towards romantic, but Jeremiah seemed more reserved. You could say he didn't feel quite the same way, but also we know Grant wrote him shy towards things of that nature as seen in his reaction to Poison Ivy in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #56. I like to believe it was shyness that stopped him from going any further.

Also.

Jeremiah confirmed kitty boy catmom kittycat enthusiast!!!!!!!!! He definitely gave off that catperson aura all the way in The Last Arkham, but I was really happy it was confirmed here with the kitten he had in childhood <3 I love how he's still haunted by this cat he failed to save 40 years later. True catmom behavior.

This cat also exists in my verse and her name is Lumi (=snow, but I'm calling her Snowy in English.) She's called Lumi, because I misremembered the cat being white. The cat's actually gray lol, but I'm not changing the name anymore. The cat is all white in my verse. Also in my verse she lives a long, happy life and dies somewhere between ages of 15-20, when Jeremiah is in his 20s and in med school.

His parents get a new cat – actually I headcanon that over the years his parents end up raising a lot of cats. Jeremiah, who is living on his own at this point, also thinks about getting his own cat, but fears he would not have enough time for one as med school is keeping him busy. He decides he's going to get one later and in the mean time just go see the cats at his parents house. I imagine Jerry's mom uses the cats to get him to visit.

It's still a little up in the air in my verse does he get his own cat now, at age 44, or does he get it later, but one day he does finally visit a shelter and brings home a beautiful tabby cat he names Viiru or Tabby in English (it is my headcanon he is not creative with names).

Another thing I liked about this comic was the shotgun. The shotgun Jeremiah used. The shotgun he threatened to kill Joker with. This is so fascinating to me, because he himself almost died by a shotgun at 16. I just wonder how he feels holding that thing. How he feels being on the opposite end of it now. How he feels being the one to point it at someone else's head. None of this is answered of course ^_^ Grant never even brought up Jeremiah's backstory in later stories ^_^ But, I'm still having fun imagining it myself. This is that new headcanon I was talking about. He definitely now owns a shotgun in my verse.

[lovecatsys]

2, 23 and 98 for the LoCG asks :)

2 is Scott Summers aka Cyclops!

Oh god... where do I start with Scott. I have to say I've read so many different comics with him in it but I'm not really sure which I'd say is my favorite for him? As far as characterization... I honestly really loved him in the original X-Factor series. The constant emotional angst he's going through... the guilt he feels for abandoning Maddie and Nathan, his hesitance to tell Jean about that relationship, his realization of the trauma he experienced at Charles' hand now that Charles is gone as far as he knows- I forget which issue that one is but the one where he goes to Alaska to try to find Maddie but she's gone and he hallucinates Charles being there. Also that one scene where Tabby and Skids walk in on him hallucinating Warren and asking him why he killed himself. God he really fucking went through it in this book didn't he? I need to finish that one because it was one of the first comics I read but I stopped at some point.

That issue and of course Jay Edidin's Marvel Snapshots issue have to be some of my favorites for him.

As far as favorite individual fact i love that he canonically has a traumatic brain injury. Even if we don't ever get canon autistic Scott, many of his behaviors and struggles can always be explained by that. I wish it was brought up more and specifically talked about how it's something that is a disability for him.

23 is Santo Vaccarro aka Rockslide!

Santo isn't one of my favorite Academy X kids, in fact of the main kids I'd probably rank him the lowest, but I do love him! My favorite run for him would be New X-Men by Kyle and Yost, they did a great job fleshing him out as a stable comedic character, but one who has a lot of heart- idk about an individual issue for him but I do have to mention New X-Men #42 in which his friendship with Anole begins.

Favorite fact would probably be that his dream was to become a wrestling champion, and he briefly got to live that dream in the Hellions mini. Good for him.

98 is Cain Marko aka Juggernaut!

Cain is one of those characters who I adore and wish I could get into them more, although I'm not really actually sure how many more appearances he's had than I've read, so maybe I have read enough to be into him truly? Idk. The Austen run ironically is the one that I've read that made me love him the most. You all should know at this point if a character has experienced child abuse i'm very very likely to become obsessed with them. (Gee, I wonder why that could be?) But his redemption in that book along with his relationship with Sammy were amazing.

Favorite fact is that he has a huge soft spot for his husband Black Tom Cassidy <3 They are adorable I need to read more for them.

[silver-heller]

Since you showed me that Mordecai design analysis I'd be really curious to hear what that'd look like for Silver.

(This is the post). It's funny you ask that because those sort of design changes, along with the personality changes, actually kind of happened lol, and some of my friends can attest to that. So I don't really have to invent a timeline of "what-ifs". I go into quite a few details under the cut, and love this question btw, thank you so much! /gen

Stage Zero - Who Even Are You?

TLDR: Silver's design was chaotic for a while there. Eventually I landed on a tabby design because it looked neater and made some changes to make Silver better fit the aesthetic of the comic. I also made Silver more unique from Mordecai.

I call this stage zero because Silver didn't have a personality yet, let alone did he actually fit within the series. To be fair, if memory serves correctly, Silver was just originally meant to be shipped with all my furry cat F/Os, which included Animal Crossing F/Os, mainly Raymond (which Silver fit better with at the time). This was more of me trying to make a furry cat character for the first time and throwing the things I liked all into one aesthetic. As you can see by the two designs, I debated over having Silver be very sweet and shy or sharp and "mature" with his attitude (little did past me know I'd end up with a mix of both lol). His appearance was also far darker with silver as an accent and black as his main fur color.

Silver was originally a very chaotic looking black and silver calico, and, though this color scheme remained, I changed his eyes from green to yellow and removed the glasses because I thought he looked too similar to Mordecai to be dating him. His original design was also pretty modern, which of course clashed with the comic's aesthetic. Though the pea coat and boot look certainly carried over in some ways, they were made to fit more into the times and emulate some of Mordecai's own outfits.

Silver's design being cluttered also lead me to the silver tabby design instead of the calico one because I thought it looked cleaner. Here are some of the variations that could have become Silver's final design. I played around with dark and light coats, along with the potential for mismatching eyes:

Again this is stage zero because so many of these designs were completely detached from Silver actually becoming a character and it is wild to think Silver could have looked like any of these lol.

Stage One - The Professional

TLDR: Silver's design used to have short hair and be very neat in some regards. Silver used to be much more proper and confident personality wise.

(Couldn't find this picrew unfortunately)/Picrew/Picrew

Silver finally has a backstory and a personality, woo! Once again you can see the progression from "sweet and shy", to "sort of sweet with a bit of coldness", to the "bitter and done with your crap" Silver we all know and love. I'd say the middle Silver, however, took over most of this phase. His design was altered to be more comic friendly since, at the time, I still preferred the comics over the pilot (but loved both).

Within this stage, he was originally made to be Mordecai's "perfect match" more or less. He was well groomed, from his slicked short hair to the way he dressed, and overall pretty put together both physically and emotionally (though eventually his design took on the chipped ear seen to the far right). He was perfectly clever and sharp to deal with types like Mordecai, but not so brutally honest about it as to be confrontational. He tried to be charming about it. He was almost agreeable, believe it or not, and put up more with people's crap because he had enough confidence to do so. Which was to say, he was professional.

Here is an example of Silver's early personality:

“Hm, no, you wouldn’t. Your reputation relies too much on others’ approval for that. You’d never be able to suck up to him again. Imagine a new shadow hears of Mordecai’s case, what would you do then? Your charm would be short lived the moment they heard about it, no more Mr. Sweet anymore,” I said, and he chuckled, raising his glass to me.

“It must be why you like Mordecai so much. It’s an uphill battle trying to charm him but, once you do, he’ll never forget it. For better or for worse,” I said, looking up and shooting him a smile, “And me, dangerous? Please. I hardly care about anyone else. You’re all just paranoid.”

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Near the end of this stage, however, more bitterness and an asocial attitude was added to Silver's character as his background and the main drama of the series was developed. He became more sassy, and more likely to put his foot down over being cordial or sensitive:

Silver crossed his arms, lagging behind when Mordecai took a moment to do as told.  “Do I have much of a choice?” “No, but,” Asa said with a shrug, laughing at the glare Silver gave him, “You know, the others will like you more if you just smiled a bit more.”

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Even with these fluctuations, however, a lot of these elements were still true to Silver's character, they just became more developed and refined over time.

Stage Two - Mad Woman of St. Louis

TLDR: Silver is made more rough around the edges and gets his long, wavy hair. He is no longer simply polite, but rebellious, independent, and a bit "uncouth". Not to mention neurodivergent as hell.

Then comes stage two, with Silver breaking out into his more wild phase, which included more physical and personality quirks. Delving more into his past certainly helped to round out his personality overall, and his design was finalized in this stage.

@floofsselfshipblog was the first to draw Silver with long hair (or at all actually), and, again, Silver originally hard short hair. However, I ended up liking that design so much, realizing it made more sense for Silver to rebelliously grow out his hair when past Silver had shorter hair to appear more "cute and lady-like", that I incorporated it into the character's canon. His hair was now messy, he dressed well still but more for gender affirmation than looking sharp. Silver has had wild curls ever since, and deciding to have Silver choose a more free and disorderly hair style definitely encouraged similar choices in the personality department.

Silver was no longer Mordecai's "perfect match". He became far more wild and a lot of his positive traits were balanced out with more negative ones. Yes he was still observant, but his own insecurities and social struggles often made the truth elude him. He became wonderfully neurodivergent with hyperfixations and stims that made him act less than "proper" most of the time (and we love that for him). A more clear balance was struck between the cold and emotional sides of his character, Silver becoming a sadist to assholes that attempted not to cause harm to those who hadn't harmed him first, making Silver terrifyingly merciless when he wanted to be.

Silver also became more "uncouth". No more perfect prime and proper Silver. The developed Silver could out drink most men, loved getting bloody and going feral on the job (to Mordecai's horror and admiration), made vulgar jokes, gave the middle finger to most social structures/expectations, and, best of all, he was not shy or apologetic about any of this.

This new design ended up being more pilot friendly considering the first image was drawn as an edition to the screenshot.

Here's Silver's old physical description from the fic:

In contrast, my own white markings went fully over my mouth, traveling to the two rung side tufts on my face, were only fluff within my ears, and didn’t touch my tail (the end of which was black), but did fully cover my paws and went up to my ankles in socks. On my chest, a small white diamond could be found.  I also had black stripes all along my body, always horizontal, though they framed the white marking on my face rather than fully going across them. Other notable features included my left ear, which had a chip in it thanks to a physical confrontation with an asylum doctor gone wrong, and my black hair, having grown out in recent years to flow down my shoulders.

Here is the updated version:

In comparison, though I had a build that some would call athletic due to the light muscles on my arms and legs, I would consider myself stout, my stomach and legs being plump with barely any torso between my stomach and my breasts.  In contrast, my own white marking went fully over my mouth, traveling to the two rung side tufts on my face. On my chest, a thin, white oval could be found that started at my chest and stopped at my stomach. However, the tips of my ears, paws, tail, and feet all had a smoky black gradient in place of Mordecai’s plain white.  I was also a tabby, with black stripes all along my body. They were always horizontal, though on my face they stopped where my white mask-like marking began. Other notable features included my left ear, which had a chip in it thanks to a physical confrontation with an asylum doctor gone wrong, and my black hair, having grown out in recent years to flow down my shoulders in waves.

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Stage Three - A Whole New Me

TLDR: Silver's final form. He is now the chaotic, murderous, and oddly kind cat we all know and love. Any properness he displays is an act, and now his design is darker with smoky tips on most parts of his body. The white diamond on his chest has become a thin oval of white.

And finally we have Silver as we know him today. His design is far darker, with smoky tips encompassing both his ears, tail, and paws. The only bits of white left are on his mouth and his chest. It's funny, looking at earlier designs Silver's design did go full circle in some ways. Maybe the real designs were the designs we made along the way lol. Just goes to show there is a method to the madness.

Personality wise Silver is polite, quiet, and proper around strangers but an excitable, playfully sadistic, and almost hilariously bitter mess around those who know him well, to say the least. The "uncouth" and "improper" elements of his character are far more evident and a huge part of his character. Silver wouldn't be Silver without burning down buildings and occasionally falling into baby talk.

Again, his earlier characterization wasn't wrong per say, there were just so many complexities to Silver I hadn't explored at that point (and that will, hopefully, really show in part two of the fic as it comes out). This certainly inspired me to get back to editing!

I think Silver's design ultimately ended up very pilot leaning. I am unsure what adjustments would need to be made to make him fit into the style of the comic (besides giving Silver rougher edges and more textured hair), but I feel like his current design would fit more into the show than anything. And, honestly? I am actually really happy about this. The pilot means so much to me now (without it Silver might not exist, it really pushed me to make a Lackadaisy OC), and I am ridiculously excited for the show (and my Mordy plush lol).

Mordecai and Silver Design Developments Side By Side

Thanks to those who stuck through all of Silver's little phases /gen

[a-vampire-culturelover]

Junkclan Introduction!

So after a bit of deciding, I decided I will post stuff for Clangen on my main blog instead of starting a Sid blog I'll probably forget about after a week! I may not be able to do anything like fancy comics or big drawings for it like other blogs, but I really do hope people can enjoy this Clangen thing even without that put into it ^_^!

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Originating from the far Coast of an Ocean clan named Whaleclan, a group of several rebelling cats flee to the far North of their old home in search of somewhere to call their new Clan.

In a far area abandoned from human interaction, and overgrowth at it's brim, The small group of cats find their new home in the form of an abandoned place for Twoleg Amusement; Starview Park.

After their Leader, Lionmane, slept in a den made from a hole under the Park's statue of it's mascot, Jingles the Cat, a young cat from ages ago granted them Nine Lives, leading Lionstar to both regain faith in her ancestors, and faith in a new, although uncertain figure too.

The Cats of Junkclan, after an year of existing;

Lionstar, Clan Founder and Leader of Junkclan: A long-furred golden tabby and white she-cat.

Lionstar had not always been the Amusment Park Mascot-worshipping Leader of Junkclan, but rather a warrior of Whaleclan, Beach cats from the South of Junkclan's territory. She had always had a rebellious streak, going against her father Barracudafury's words of violence and hatred towards those in need, and went as far as to prank him from time to time in her youth. When her father had mysteriously became leader of Whaleclan, thus implementing rules of no good rhyme or reason, Lionmane stood up along many others and threatened to fight him if he continued. He had unfortunately won, send the fleeing cats far up north, where they found a strange, abandoned place where Twoleg scent wafered faintly from a forgotten past. Lionmane became infatuated with the place's mysterious "Diety" named "Jingles the Cat", and after sleeping under a hole under the Statue, gained her nine lives and began to worship the Statue as some sort of forgotten god of sorts, like a Guide from Starclan itself.

76 moons (9 lives remaining)

Trait: Rebellious

Skills: Steady Paws

Formerly apprenticed Egretleaf

Morningsting, Clan Founder and Deputy of Junkclan: An unusually spotted silver tom with a scar from a broken jaw.

Morningsting had been a young cat of Whaleclan previously, and once was Barracudafury(star)'s apprentice. When his own daughter stood against him and lost, Morningsting and Ferretstreak, two of Barracudafury's apprentices, were sent by him as espionage to take away Lionmane's dreams of peace and hope in her own new clan. Despite his true reason for joining Junkclan, his advice is admittedly well vied, and his hunting skills gained him praise in their new home.

25 moons

Trait: Troublesome

Skills: Helpful insight and good hunter

Waspflare, CLan Founder and Cleric of Junkclan: A long-furred dorsal-striped dark brown tom.

Waspflare had not always been the Cleric of Junkclan, but rather a mere warrior of Whaleclan. Abandoned by his real parents as a kit, he was mistreated by his foster parents, who saw him as weak for his outsider roots. Many helped him through the abuse, although his parents eventually became the Double Deputies of Whaleclan under Barracudastar's rule. Waspflare sided with Lionmane due to many visions and omens that predicted Barracudastar's cruelty, and left alongside many. When they had arrived at the territory and camp, Starview Park, Waspflare had been promoted to a new clan ranking, Cleric; As the First Cleric of Junkclan, Waspflare has the same duties as a Healer, but also blesses members of the clan on important events and predicts their fates, although not without explicit permission.

67 moons

Trait: Insecure

Skills: Prophet

Apprentice: Flowerpaw

Flowerpaw, Clan Founder and Cleric in training: A long-furred golden tabby and white tom wearing a single red poppy on his right ear.

Flowerpaw, soon to be Flowerheat, had once been a kit of Whaleclan, young but bullied by other kits for his lack of courage and will to fight in battle. Two other kits, Jadekit and Egretkit, now Egretleaf and Jadestalk, had been his only real companions due to their support. He had secretly tagged along with the two when they willingly left Whaleclan witlaonmane's group. Now a soon-to-be Cleric, Flowerheart simply hopes to make the right choices and hopefully grow a bigger spine.

13 moons

Trait: Insecure

Skills: Confident with words & Never sits still

Slumbershade, Clan Founder: A dark ginger and white tabby tom with fur covering his eyes.

Slumbershade is the sleepiest member of Junkclan, but also very resourceful and beloved by the kits in his games of Moss Ball and Hide & Seek. He had been called 'Lazy' and 'Unmotivated' by Barracudastar, which had motivated him to leave Whaleclan with Lionmane's group.

88 moons

Trait: Responsible

Skills: Beloved KItsitter and Very Clever

Former apprentice: Jadestalk

Thunder, Formerly a Loner: A speckled Dark brown tom.

Thunder used to live as a loner, but after another cat chased him from his home, he took refuge in Junkclan.

75 moons

Trait: Confident

Skills: Great Speaker and Great hunter

Ferretstreak, Clan Founder: A long-furred dorsal-striped gray she-cat.

Ferretstreak had been one of Barracudastar's apprentices, much like Morningsting, and had also been sent as Espionage to sabotage Lionstar's plan for a fresh start in their new home and this new land. Has a peculiar hatred for Egretleaf.

30 moons

Trait: Ambitious

Skills: Great Mediator and Learner of lore

Apprentice: Robinpaw

Jadestalk, Clan Founder: A gray, slender tom with short fur and strikingly green eyes.

Jadestalk, while childish and stubborn, is well revered in the clan for his upcommance against Barracudastar at the age of 4 moons alongside his moon younger friend Egretkit, and their Tag-along friend Flowerkit. He was revered for his gracious swimming abilities in puddles at Whaleclan, and peered the same in Junkclan during particularly flooded days.

16 moons

Trait: Childish

Skills: Good swimmer

Apprentice: Chaffinchpaw

Egretleaf, Clan Founder: A long-furred speckled pale ginger she-cat, herbs covering her pelt.

Egretleaf was the charismatic, slick and if not "Rizz Master" of Junkclan, and similarly so in kit hood in Whaleclan. Hateful of Barracudastar's cruelty and injustice, Egretkit left with her older friend Jadekit and younger friend and misfit of Whaleclan, Flowerkit on the journey to a new home.

15 moons

Trait: Charismatic

Skills: Good Climber

Chaffinchpaw, born to Lionstar with Outsider Roots: A long-furred white and dark ginger tabby tom with a heart pattern on his pelt.

Born to Lionstar of Junkclan in a fling with a wandering Loner exploring the Amusement Park territory.

8 moons

Trait: Bloodthirsty

Skills: Curious about Starclan and Active imagination

Robinpaw, born to Lionstar with Outsider roots: A long-furred pale ginger ticked and white she-cat with white eyebag markings

Born to Lionstar of Junkclan in a fling with a wandering Loner exploring the Amusement Park territory. Inherited her mother's rebellious streak.

8 moons

Trait: Rebellious

Skills: Quick to Make peace and Fascinated by Prophecies

Deceased Cats: Starclan

Starclan Guide: Apricotpaw

Apricotpaw had once been a young, kind Healer's apprentice of Whaleclan, a clan that lived in a cave by the Ocean was know for the Whale bones of an old carcass nearby camp. Apricotpaw had dreamed of becoming a hero and legend to Whaleclan as a Healer, often imagining her older brother becoming Leader alongside her as well. Her dreams were short-lived when two warriors, Rustbucket and Sharktooth, two old and bitter warriors, had plotted to kill Apricotpaw for seemingly no reason. They had killed Apricotpaw viciously in the night, mauling her into bits and pieces that bad to be taken in many trips to bury outside camp. After her bother Plumwhisker's death moons later, and after Junkclan had been founded, she grew interested and left to guide them as their righteous duty was to.

8 moons (in life) 189 moons (in death)

Traits: Righteous

Skills: Clever and easy runner

Holds a grudge on Timberdusk for their parent's crimes.

Cause of death: Killed by Rustbucket and Sharktooth

Jaykit, Clan founder and child of Lionstar with Outsider roots: A brown and cream colored Rosette she-cat.

Was born to Lionstar and an wandering loner from a fling, died of kittencough.

4 moons (in life) 4 moons (in death)

Trait: Impulsive

Skills: Picky nest builder

Cause of death: Died from Kittencough

Deceased Cats: The Dark Carnival

Timberdusk, Clan founder and Elder: Smoky brown tom with striking yellow eyes.

Timberdusk was an old elder of Junkclan, but once a warrior of Whaleclan, it's Father Clan. When he was young his parents, Rustbucket and Sharktooth, were exiled sometime before he was even conceived, after the Cause of death of Healer's Apprentice Apricotpaw was traced back to them. He had vowed to get vengeance for them and planned for many moons to kill Plumwhisker, Apricot's older sibling and deputy of Whaleclan at the time of his birth. When he had graduated to Warrior, he had planned to go out on a nightly patrol with Plumwhisker and push him off a cliff into the Unforgiving Sea. What he had not realized was that Plumwhisker had believed in him, thinking he would never go to the same lengths as his parents who had genuinely done wrong. Heartbroken at this elevation, he couldn't stop his body from enacting his revenge, and Plumwhisker died, his body found pulverized from the spikes under the cliff. It was deemed an accident and Timberdusk was consoled by others, but truly a changed cat. He retired early to the Elder's den at 15 moons young, and became bitter and sour, his guilt eating away at him for many moons. When Lionmane stood up against Barracudastar and fled with her many colleagues, Timberdusk tagged along thinking he could redeem himself. After his heart attack, Apricotpaw had banished him to the Dark Carnival, Junkclan's version of the Place of No Stars, due to Apricotpaw's anguish and grudges held over Plumwhisker's death.

163 moons (in life) 8 moons (in death)

Trait: Grumpy

Skills: Good fighter

Cause of Death: Heart Attack from old age.

Junkclan's Territory:

[summitclan-chronicles]

Same anon again. The lack of complexity is what I have a gripe about, personally. I love complexity, I live for details. And I draw things vastly different from you, and I could not recreate one of your designs completely accurate due to how I draw cat coats.

I am worried that if I get in through a litter and I recreate my kit in my own style, that it will have deviated too much from your design, and I will have to scrap it and redo it to be 100% accurate to yours. I dislike the lack of flexibility and leniency is a little wild, and the assumption that everyone will draw the same cat the same as you is unfair.

Hi! I think I understand now, and while I'm glad the info is out there I see where I was going wrong!

Before I go ANY FURTHER I'm just gonna put this here: three designs of world-famous Squirrelflight that are generally as close to canon as we currently have: a piece of in-book art (Russian Golden Edition), pixel art from the Wiki, and James' design from the comics.

Alright, we've got our examples. These three art styles represent a scale to me, with Golden Squirrel being closer to realism, Wiki Squirrel being 50/50, and Comic Squirrel being mostly cartoony. And it shows in their design: Comic Squirrel is a very undefined ginger cat, while Wiki Squirrel is a well defined tabby and Golden Squirrel has less definition due to the rendering of the fur.

But close your eyes, open, and look again - what do they have in common? The first two have similar tabby patterns, while all three feature green eyes, a red coat, and a white right forefoot. While Wiki Squirrel has a cut ear that the other two do not, this is because Wiki Squirrel is older than the other two.

These similarities are what is expected! To the artist of Comic Squirrel I'd gently remind them to include her striping next time, but otherwise it's a perfectly acceptable representation of a character. As long as her stripes are in the right place it matters little how they are rendered. Just like one might draw fanart in a new style, or make a reboot of a show with the same designs with a new animation team, the character should always be recognizable!

[arabriddler]

Oh I have so many questions for Nahlaverse!!!! Okay first, Mooney? Does she play a bigger crime mom role in Ozzies life? Is she alive? Then Butch and Tabitha did they decide to get together in this world? If they did or didn't how about Barbra and Tabby? What about the children villians are they all adopted by different people/older villians? What makes Martin want to be a villian when he's older if that drawings cannon? Eeeee I'm sorry I literally just have so much to ask please have a good day/night/whenever you read this and don't feel pressured to ask all these I know it's a lot

Hello! Thank you and it’s ok!! Nahlaverse is disconnected from Gotham but draws inspo from it and other comic books so a lot would be mainly different. It’s less of a gotham rewrite and more of a … DC AU?

Fish Mooney is def staying not-dead, and even getting her own chance to rule over Gotham. Loving her as a sort of crime mom for the sirens ( I have an old drawing I’ll be reposting later ) she’s a close friend < *wink wink* > of Gertrude here but kept her crime life hidden. When Oswald got into the whole gang thing, she became a sort of caretaker and they silently agreed to keep this life a secret from Gertrude. After Gertrude died, she and Oswald worked together to take over Falcone and before they could fully take over, Oswald screws her over. They both know they can’t co-rule gotham together, and both knew they’d have to fight for the throne.

when it comes to Butch-Tabitha-Barbara. Tabitha’s arc is more focused on her being a big sister to Silver and becoming a mentor to her. Starting a new life clean so Silver will be safe from it all.

Barbara tbh haven’t decided yet but may be with Lee or a poly with Lee and Jim. Butch isn’t here but Solomon Grundy is ( he’s so precious to me )

the children villains are older here ? As in Bruce and co and the rogues are all of similar ages. Martin sort of grew into the life and learned from Oswald the essentials. He mostly stays disconnected from it all, neither hero nor villain, but if Oswald needs his help he’s there. *note that none of this is set in stone since I can be pretty indecisive or change stuff but more just playing around

Thank you for asking !

[verstappentime]

superposition chapter 2 extended author’s notes below the cut!

baby charles’s first day! woohoo!

writing all this exposition is super hard for me, but we got it done.

i hope everyone loved the addition of lorna.

for any non-comic fans… emma and scott’s relationship is, um, summed up by her comment at the end there. i simply adore them.

all of the members of erik’s team are x-men characters! obviously we know kurt (nightcrawler) & logan (wolverine). also got piotr (collosus), alex (havok, who is scott’s YOUNGER brother in this fic as he’s meant to be), remy (gambit!), neena (domino) & tabby (aka tabitha, aka boom boom). i wanted the whole new mutants gang to show up, but i need sunspot & cannonball for something gay later, so.

i have been really excited to bring pietro into the fold. being a father is a HUGE part of erik’s life, as we will continue to see.

and our boys had their first little “oh shit, we’re staring at each other” moment.

we are also very close to finding out why things have been going so wrong for sweet erik!

i’m glad this one is over with, but i think it came out alright!

[2004joker]

Owl House Luz Head canons that I came up with (personal interpretation).

I decided to give my own spin on Luz as well as shed any background information that may or may not closely relate to the subject material, but honestly, let me know which of these head canons you find interesting.

Luz’s father was in the military. Military Branch: The Marines or Coast Guard. This would explain why perhaps Luz was more inclined to stay in the boiling isles, surrounded by water resembling her and her father shared love for the ocean and protecting those from across the vast seas. The gigantic Titan corpse resembles the sacrifice her father and many like him made to protect their homelands and the people who inhabit them. This gives Luz and King's bond a deeper understanding of one another. King looks up to Luz, for this reason, one of many. 

Manny / Camilla Noceda originally was going to have two children, Luz and Azura Noceda. Unfortunately, they lost Azura, after a bad pregnancy, Luz was the one that made it, weighing at 4.3 lbs, She was born prematurely, due to being born 7-8 months early. Manny referred to his daughter Luz as his “little light”, or his “little trooper.” Camilla suffered a small episode of postpartum depression. Manny shared the same feeling and comforted his wife. 

Manny quits the military due to his declining mental and physical health, Camilla picks up on this and does the best she can to support the family, and Manny is a stay-at-home dad and takes care of his daughter Luz to the best of his ability. On Luz’s 9th birthday, she starts her new life in Graves Field Middle School, She’s in 5th- 6th grade. Her father gives her an Azura book, and Luz realizes that her twin was going to be named after the heroine of the fictional story. 

Manny took his family to travel the world while he was a part of the military, they were kept safe at U.S bases, For 5 years she would attend different schools. Preschool, kindergarten, grade 1, 2, this would continue until she turned 8 years old and moved to Connecticut. 

During her life in Connecticut, her parents adopted a stray orange tabby kitten and named him goldfish, Luz and goldfish were inseparable friends. 

Manny read countless stories to Luz about Azura, Luz learned to adopt the nickname Luzura, as her own heroine's sidekick. Manny helped foster that idea. When Camilla was off a shift working as a veterinarian, She and Manny took Luz to Comic-Con, Renaissance fairs, and cosplay events. 

Both Camilla and Manny were the ones that introduced recording important moments of Luz’s life, from her first word to her first coherent speech, her first time walking to full-fledged running. Luz would then use the idea of recording important moments from her life for her “record diary” ( what she decided to call it). 

Manny made a vow to stick by his family's side, for his wife Camilla, and his little girl Luz. Manny lived for two more years before passing away from developing cancer in his body; Luz was 12 years old, 2 years away from graduating from 8th grade. 

Luz’s mother would then attend the funeral of Luz’s father and her husband. It was an open casket and she did not want her daughter to be exposed to her father's dead open casket corpse. 

Luz begins to fall behind in school, both academically and socially. Luz begins to show strange and disruptive behaviors during class, making her peers resent her. This only causes Luz to disassociate, this becomes noticeable by her in-school psychologist. Who schedules a PPT with the parents and the teachers about Luz Noceda and accommodations Luz may need. 

Luz at this time would spend time at home reading her book and making her first official entry to her record diary, This is where she would record everything that has happened, while also letting herself be emotionally vulnerable.

The school was contacted during this hard time in Luz’s life and offered their support by giving her extra time to do any makeup work. 

Luz would walk home from school every afternoon to her mother's workplace, “gravesfield veterinary clinic” Luz would spend her time working on homework or petting the animals that were there for their checkups. 

Camilla would do her best to help her daughter with her homework when someone else would take over her shift. Luz would spend approximately 20 minutes at the veterinary clinic before having to return home. 

If Luz had any trouble with her homework then she would either look it up on YouTube on how to solve the problem, while taking notes on the new information that she learned, and in her opinion was way more valuable than relying on the school's way of teaching. 

The girl and other of Luz’s peers began to take pity on Luz's situation, Luz began to quickly warm up to her new “friends” and was often seen hanging out with them. Luz would mostly listen to the other girls' conversations while reading her book. 

The conversation in question: 

Things that they did last week. 

What they’re hoping to do this week. 

Any concerts that they are looking to go to are available. 

Gossip about other people. 

Luz did not mind this as she was used to them talking about other people, which mostly involved useless information that would be soon forgotten about. 

On occasion Luz’s peers would talk about recent crushes that they had on other people, and not in the friend group, however, Luz was the only one that had a crush on someone in her friend group. 

Haylee Dean: a girl around the same age. Short blonde hair with a pink stripe in the middle of her hairline, Luz felt an attraction towards her, that was the only true reason why she decided to sit at the popular girls' table, was to get closer to her. 

Luz would then confront her mother about this, coming out to her, Camilla was very understanding and did the best she could to provide the support that her daughter needed. Luz would take her mother's advice and try to get to know Haylee a bit more. 

She learned that Haylee was part of the cheerleading squad, the Girl Scouts, was a straight A+ student and came from a wealthy background. Everything that Luz wasn’t, but it didn’t stop her from trying. 

Luz would send secret love letters to Haylee disguising herself as a secret admirer. Luz’s letters would include questions about her hobbies or favorite books that she liked. As well as a return address as to where Haylee should leave the letter after writing back. 

Luz would then take notes on the things that Haylee liked, her favorite places where she liked to go, and things that she liked to read. Haylee liked to go to the Cafe out of town and read fashion magazines. 

Luz would then try to enjoy the same things that Haylee Dean liked, however going to a cafe out of town would be a bit more pricey than just going to the cafe in town, and reading fashion magazines was boring. 

During their time at lunch she would overhear Haylee talking excitedly about her secret admirer, however to Luz’s dismay, Haylee was convinced that it was a boy that she liked that was finally sending her love letters, and would later approach him in an attempt to hoping that he would reciprocate her feelings towards him. 

However the boy turned her down and didn’t know what she was talking about, Haylee would later flip out on the boy saying that he was a prick and a stupid player and that he would be lonely for the rest of his life for turning down a “gem" like her. Luz saw just how psychotic Haylee was, and decided to comfort the boy, instead of chasing after a girl who was out of her league and was toxic. The boy's name was Jason Octavia. Luz would then develop feelings for Jason. 

Luz learned a lot about Jason, he liked to ride his skateboard, was part of the basketball and football team, and liked to play music on his guitar. Luz would then learn to open up to Jason about her interests and hobbies, and eventually, Jason would take part in them and encourage her to take part in some clubs that he thinks she would enjoy. 

Luz took his word and began inserting herself in clubs that fit her interests, She mainly was involved in the art club, other students however would show their talents through means of watercolors, or acrylic paint. However Luz on the other hand would take her interests to the extreme. 

Luz would often go out after school and search the streets for any dead animals, usually ones that are small and easy to pick up and bring home. If there are bigger animals that she finds, she will pick the parts that are desired rather than leave the rest of the corpse behind. She would then combine other animal corpses and call them her “amalgamations”. 

This was the start of Luz’s obsession with weird and sometimes extremely dangerous antics. Jason would show concern for Luz’s well-being. Luz would open up saying that during her time growing up when her father was in the war, she would often see gory sights of people dying and that creating amalgamations helped her get over her trauma. Jason was the only one who truly understood Luz’s problems. 

Both Jason and Luz would often go to the cafe in town and spend time after school, either doing homework or trying out some smoothies. They did this for a couple of months until Haylee and her friends found Luz hanging out with Jason at the graves field park. 

A fight ensued between the both of them, Haylee berated both Jason and Luz in front of other people in the park, Jason cowered while Luz stood up for Jason claiming that she wouldn’t be there if she didn’t pretend to be Haylee's secret admirer. 

The cops came to the park and interrogated the group, Haylee the entire time, only gave one-word answers and brushed off the police officer. Everyone went their separate ways, and after Jason learned the truth about Luz, he was indifferent to the situation. 

Haylee Dean would not return to school for 3 days, In the meantime, her friends would treat both Luz and Jason poorly, including vandalizing their lockers, and desks, and sending them nasty letters, under an anonymous profile. 

Jason however received the worst out of the bullying and Luz noticed him crying by his desk while holding a letter. Luz tried to comfort him but he shot her down, claiming that the situation wouldn’t have happened in the first place if she was just direct with Haylee from the beginning. 

Haylee returned to school after her three-day leave and acted like nothing had happened to her while she was gone. 

Upon hearing the return of Haylee, Luz wouldn’t take the news so lightly so she decided to confront Haylee about this, but first, she was going to need proof, a teacher, and a witness. 

She gathered enough evidence that she would need as well as taking the letters away from Jason's locker before he found them. 

She showed her mother the evidence that she had gathered and both Luz and Camilla went to the principal's office and presented the evidence that Luz collected, Luz held onto her mother for emotional support.

Haylee Dean was sent to the principal's office for further discussions regarding the bullying of both Luz Noceda, and Jason Octavia, if she was at any point involved, or instigated it. Haylee refused to ever have an association with the bullying.

The bullying stopped for a brief period however during lunch, Luz while sitting at a table by herself noticed Haylee walking up to her and began to berate her. 

A fight ensued between the both of them in the cafeteria, and both ended up in the principal's office with bloody noses, scrapes, and bruises. 

Haylee immediately lied on the spot about what had happened to her, in an attempt to try to get Luz at the very least suspended. However, the principal remained impartial to both sides and suggested that both Luz and Haylee would serve in-school detention. 

Luz was also monitored by her in-school therapist for the time being, separated from Haylee; The principal arranged a meeting with both Camilla and the parents of Haylee, each separately. 

They’ve heard all that went down, at the school, as well as outside of its premises, and the evidence that was gathered, could all trace back to Haylee their daughter, causing the whole situation to be blown out of proportion. 

The Deans had resentment toward both Camilla and the Octavia family. Not once did taking accountability and siding with the parents of Haylee's friends who were a part of the bullying and were in Haylee's friend group. 

This had disgusted Camilla on how they could raise their daughter to be this way, but she was no saint either, as her struggles to take care of Luz were becoming more apparent. 

The principal recommended that Luz be taken to a summer correction camp, with troubled students around Luz’s age, Camilla reluctantly agreed as she believed that perhaps Luz spending time away from her would not improve her mental health, but instead worsen it. Still, she had no choice but to discuss with her daughter the possible benefits. 

When Camilla brought up the brochure to Luz, she fell silent, knowing that it was a lot for her daughter to take in, and admitted that she didn’t expect her to be on board with this, but that the whole situation with the bullying was far more deeper than anticipated, it wasn’t about Luz being seen dating Jason, or about Luz being potentially Bi, but with a tendency to have a stronger female attraction. 

This was about the premature coping mechanism that Luz had used to escape from her feelings, why she acts out when she doesn’t mean to, and why she is much more prone to getting bullied or being caught getting into a fight. Her living out her dreams of living in a fantasy were cut short the day her dad died, and reality set in. That was until she stumbled across…The Boiling Isles. 

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[ID: A three-panel comic featuring three different cats. The first cat, representing Tumblr, is a dark blue tabby with a white patch on their chest with the tumblr "t" logo on it in dark blue. The second cat, representing Reddit, is a white cat with a red tail, ears, and muzzle, and a pale red patch in the shape of the Reddit logo on their hind leg. The third cat, representing Twitter, is a light blue cat with white fluff on their chest and a darker blue, wing-like marking on their back.

Panel 1 shows Tumblr walking with their tail wrapped around Reddit's shoulders, saying "Welcome to TumbleClan! I'll give you a tour and get you situated in your den." Reddit looks pleased. In the background, Twitter looks startled and upset.

Panel 2 is zoomed in on Twitter, with Reddit still partially visible in the foreground. From offscreen, Tumblr says "My name's Dashclaw, I'll be your first mutual! It's great to have a new face around here." Twitter looks confused and has several question marks around their head.

Panel 3 is a close up of Twitter. From offscreen, Tumblr continues to say "It's a shame what happened to your old clan, I'm really sorry to hear it. Don't worry, you can stay here as long as you need to." The speech bubble looks like it is physically pushing into Twitter's face, and they look extremely annoyed. End ID.]

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Hi everyone! Today marks my 50th Morrowind comic. I have set up memberships on my Ko-fi (Just $1!) which will get you any current comics a week in advanced, plus insight to other things I'm working on. tysm for all the support!

Bonus fun facts:

Oblivion was my first Elder Scrolls game. Skyrim is probably what I have the most hours in (due to various modded playthroughs). Beyond Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim, the only other Elder Scrolls game I've really played is Elder Scrolls Online, if you can even count that, haha

RPGs are my preferred games in general, but I'm also big on farming and otome games. Currently I'm pretty into Warframe for the mindless violence, haha

I have thought of doing other comics for other games I'm playing, but right now I'm happy with just doing Morrowind. Though I will have to figure out a new game to do once I finally beat it (in a million years at my current rate...)

The cat featured in some of my comics is my orange tabby Baron Humbert von Gikkingen, after the Studio Ghibli movie the Cat Returns. The blond in the purple "Gay for Kirkbride" shirt is my husband. As I said, Oblivion was my introduction to the Elder Scrolls universe, but he's the one who showed me all the deep, weird lore for the series.

Feel free to ask any other questions for a casual AMA!