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[tbtgtr-incorrectquotes]

Masterpost #2

Succession Crisis—1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 [Interlude] 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Succession Crisis 2: Flamin’ Boogaloo— [Interlude] 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Long May You Reign—[Interlude] 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

This Vessel—

Glass Delusion—

[sirotras]

the Rising (2024)

[not-poignant]

Just out of curiosity, how WOULD temsen react to being told about the whole androlphogen pheromone flood fiasco Gary and efnisien went through?

I imagine he'd probably be very concerned but also intruiged from a medical science research type standpoint lol

Oooo yeah I don't think Temsen would react well, honestly. The reason Gary didn't tell Temsen about it (and also the reason that Efnisien didn't) is that they both didn't want him negatively interfering with their relationship and/or separating them.

I think Gary recognised he probably should have told Temsen and at least given Efnisien that option, but Efnisien later recognised he had that option anyway. It's hard to explain but at that point they closed ranks because they knew Temsen would be furious, and that the anger would be understandable, but also that their relationship is complicated and they were already dealing with enough re: the Cella aftermath to add Temsen into it too.

Especially because Temsen isn't exactly emotionally stable right now.

Tbh Temsen doesn't want to study peak alphas. I don't think he'd find it intriguing from a scientific standpoint, I think he'd be angry at Gary and angry at Efnisien, and frustrated with both of them. A kind of 'why would you both do that, I can't deal with this, I'm honestly thinking about quitting. I'm going to travel to Switzerland and be a doctor at a new ORF that's following the Hillview model.'

And then we see how stressed he is a few days later and it's like yeah...that's why they didn't tell him, lmao.

Temsen mostly finds omega stuff fascinating scientifically. He's a bit 'alphas actually really annoy me' the rest of the time dfslkfja

[jazz-kity]

dont remember a kharon and dont remember a spotlight city but. jotting it down for future reference

[cellabella-illuminates]

Pages 24 and 25 of my 2017-2018 watercolor sketchbook/journal.

Left page was a customer interaction while working at Framers' Workroom in Tenleytown, DC where they offered DIY picture framing with expert guidance. Sometimes the expert guidance was declined.

Right page has a couple self portraits and a random doodle.

[tetzoro]

aims love !! dashing in here to say i hope you’re having a great week & month so far, wishing you all the best this january and new year ⊹ ‧₊˚ ᰔ ilu :) !!

cella bella ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝ᰔ dashing to give you my heart rq teehee you are the absolute sweetest T^T so far this week has been okay ^_^ i’ve been making a lot of great strides at work so i’m feeling happy about that ! hbu ?? i hope this new year brings you love & happiness & everything good in the world !! i luv u sm ᰔ !!

[myrc3lla-a]

cella and constantly proving people that she does have cer.sei's mind but it's driven by something entirely different than ambition and power.

[chaoticallyfuckingstressed]

just got a gay dragon(?) squishmallow. I may not be having the best time rn, but this made me feel a lil better

[poptartmochi]

once more, the Fortuna Presequel is greatly impacted by la musica 👯‍♀️👯‍♀️👯‍♀️

[yuukimiyas]

ig yuuta rlly has that effect cuz ive seen how you've been on a yuuta simping streak for a couple of hours.....

oh nonnie if you only knew...໒꒰ྀི ∩ ⸝⸝ ∩ ꒱ྀིა it is FOREVER yūta simping hours here in the city of lovers!! he is just so CHEWY!!! & such an angel baby i could SOB!!! ૮꒰⸝⸝> ̫ <⸝⸝꒱ა

[tbtgtr-incorrectquotes]

seeing as we’ve significantly expanded in AU’s i feel like a rerun of the poll we did earlier this year should be done so:

all of these would be pre-written and take a while to come out but i think it’d be fun to play around in the sandbox a bit.

[sirotras]

suns out, guns out babey

[screampied]

vegas :’) hiiiii, i’m running in here to say hello & ilu, i hope you’re well baby ᰔ

celllaaaaaa hihi my saweet <3

omg ur the sweetest I LOVEEEEEU2. mwah mwah & likewise, same to u as always xoxo

[west1rosi]

tomm.en, cella and their big brother, gendr.y. there is no joffre.y.

[turtle-taetell]

goodbye Mersmp

Super long message below!! (Funny story!)

and a message to the CCs at the end! <3

This is a piece that means so much to me. 21 months ago the designs for Theo and Faye got released. That day, i drew them! On paper with the supplies I had laying around, in a sketchbook smaller than my hand. At this point I was proud of my art but still very nervous about it. I had no idea how to draw them. I struggled a lot.

The second time I drew it, a year had passed. I felt I had been able to grow a lot as an artist and was excited to show how much I improved, so I redrew it! I loved how the lineart turned out and was so so excited to see the finished piece! But guess what? I hated it. I colored it in and still hate it to the point that I don’t even have the final version saved to my phone. It makes me feel ashamed.

But now, Mersmp has come to a close and the characters I have grown to care about so deeply have gotten their happy ending. So I wanted to give this piece that as well.

And finally, I think I can finally say I did.

I started drawing this final piece as soon as I was able to screenshot their epilogue designs. I was determined to make it right. So I sat down and drew, and drew, and drew, only taking an hour break to have dinner with a friend (don’t be like me). Finally, at 3am, eleven hours later, I was satisfied.

In this final piece are things that show just how tired I was. There are countless freckles on both characters, even under their scales! That’s a lot of dots. But wait… not the smallest. If you zoom in close enough they have pores! Much smaller than their freckles. That’s really a lot of dots! My freckle brush must have really come in clutch, right? WRONG! I dont have a freckle brush! All of this was done with one single smooth brush and I made Every. Single. Dot. Individually. That must have been pretty hard on my stylus, right? ONCE AGAIN WRONG! I don’t have a stylus! All of this was done on Ibis Paint x, a free art program, on an old janky ipad I got for free because it was so broken, all drawn with my finger. Even if I got a stylus, my ipad is too old to connect to any of them, including apple pencils.

The moral of this story is to never give up and not to let your resources limit your creativity. It doesn’t matter what medium you use, just do something to learn and keep pushing to improve. You will get there. Despite everything, you can do it.

And to the Mermp crew: Thank you for everything you have done. Through the story you have told and the community you have built, you have helped myself and others to grow in many ways. I myself learned a lot from Theo, learning that I do in fact go nonverbal at times and that does not mean there is anything wrong, and that I can feel conflicted and unsure about gender and expression. I learned I don’t need to be fixed. Just like I have now learned to look at the first redraw. I may not like it, but it is an expression of who I was at the time. Similar to Cella and Bite. Those characters may not like what they did in the past, but they are able to look back and recognize that it made them who they are today. If I always was proud of my first redraw, I may have never pressed myself to make this third one as beautiful. Thank you for the stories and lessons you have shared with us and allowing us to grow along side you and your characters.

And maybe, one day, a year or so from now, I can return to this and redraw it again, seeing what other things I enjoy in the future and how they may shape me to change.

With love, Turtle.

[snailstep-and-her-clan]

Snailstep’s Omen - Part 3

*glitterbug is a special nickname that only mommy Cherry uses ❤️

I’ve officially removed the speckles on Cherrystar’s tail from her design because they are too much work 😂

Snailstep seems like she’s sulking, but she is just at the point of her life where she feels too defeated to move. She Lost her sister, her mate broke up with her, and now the cat gods have told her to give up on her dreams.

Cherrystar is the cat version of @psypia 's oc Cella

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