#i love bug fables so much 😭

[axolinaaxolotl]

i love bug fables

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

do you happen to enjoy fairy tales as much as (character) Miss Raven does? I got the feeling not just because of- well, you choosing that as a big characteristic on her, but also bc of how you sometimes talk about your fav characters in scenarios where they have "princely" attitudes or stuff like that HHAHSHSHSH plus I think a certain amount of that type of writing shows in your pieces (which I love!!!)

if the answer is yes, then I wanted to ask: what kind of dairy tales are your favorites? is there certain motifs you specially like?

YES 🤡 I’m super into fairy tales! One of my favorite Disney movies is Enchanted, but I also love the Shrek universe (Shrek 2 and Puss in Boots 2, my beloveds) and Ever After High before it quietly got cancelled. I listen to fairy tale-themed songs (I’d recommend Cinderella Step by Daoko; been listening to that a lot lately), read fairy tale retelling novels, collect fairy tale themed blind box toys… All of it 😭 And one of my favorite anime ever is Princess Tutu, which references a lot of classic ballet and fairy tales ✨

As I mentioned in this post, Miss Raven (the OC) is not meant to be a self-insert, but she is in part informed by my own tastes since I did create her. I injected her with my love of fairy tales, but tried to incorporate that in a way that makes sense. While she was still an actual bird, she often people watched and then daydreamed about being a part of “that world”. Her wild imagination eventually leads to this rose-colored expectations of how great “that world” is. She’s expecting a fairy tale but is then slammed with the reality that the students at NRC aren’t exactly the perfect princes she was imagining. Miss Raven copes with it by being delulu daydreaming and penning stories~

Before TWST corrupted me, I love Love LOVED princely/knightly characters… and butlers and bug brother-types still I blame that in part knowing me enjoying fairy tales so much. snvsjwbskwkekdbsk I-I didn’t realize that that kind of dreaminess bled through into my writing 😭

I think it’s pretty obvious by my blog name, but I love Alice in Wonderland for its whimsy and nonsensicalness. Many of the motifs that commonly appear in Alice (mushrooms, card suits, tea and sweets, talking flowers, clocks, white rabbits, etc.) are charming to me. It’s a big reason why I was super into the White Rabbit Fest event. Anything Alice-inspired… I’m so tempted to grab 😔 I once went to an afternoon tea inspired by this story, which was so fun! I’d like to go again someday, and this time with my TWST plushies.

Some other stories I like are Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and The Ugly Duckling (though this one is more a fable than a fairy tale). I also quite like stories told in ballet, such as Swan Lake and Coppelia. If you squint at Miss Raven, you’ll notice that she has elements from each of these stories. I just really enjoy stories with themes of self discovery and/or getting lost but then finding your way. Again, this is also echoed in Miss Raven’s own growth and development journey.

[paynomindtotheinsanity]

Update, I've reread it twice and gone thru most of your blog for crumbs. My body shrieks for this fabled 'Chapter 27' of Legend. Sealed away in the dragon's keep. Locked under lava, flame, magma and DOOOOOM!!!

I also like??? Really like your writing style?!?

It's astoundingly good because even though I'm the type to drop and not read 1st Person POVs (I did this, I replied, yadda yadda), I got hooked onto the premise and your words almost immediately. It was amazing.

I also wanna bring up the art. Your style for Zim is surprisingly cute and what is to be said about Dib remains in the deep crevices of my mind. Deep... Very Deep. Deeper than the caverns that gave him his trauma, that's for damn sure--

I shoosh. I shoosh. Otherwise I'm gonna keep talking about the horny bug and his vampire boyfriend all day and we wouldn't want that on our plate. Not todAy.

Have a nice rest of your day, night or evenin', bye byes!

Aahhhhh thank you!! 😭

Chapter 27 is very real, I assure you. Poor @abrthephantomq has to suffer with me throwing random smut scenes at them while I work on the draft. It's gonna be a beast of a chapter >:]

But for real, the comments you guys leave about my writing style means so much to me. I went, like, seven years without writing much of anything, and getting back into it has been a huge factor in recovering my mental health. I know 1st person POVs aren't typically popular, but it's my favorite writing style, and it warms my heart to see it's been well-received.

Also, your thoughts about The Dib are safe here. We all viciously simp for the alien-vampire 😌 (the "deeper than the caverns that gave him his trauma" line was so fucking funny, thank you for that).

Chapter 26 will be up in a few days. It's kinda heavy, so I've been struggling a bit to make sure it hits just right.

Thank you again for such a lovely message! <3

[artistic-misf1t]

AAAAAAH HIII! I JUST FOUND YOUR BLOG AND FIRST OF ALL! YOUR ART STYLE IS IMMACULATE AND GORGOUS! AH! *eats art style* 2nd! I adore your oc’s! Especially your god of faith oc! It’s so creative❤️❤️ I have a few oc apart of my ancient gods thingos. The first gods are foundational, and less regarded as gods and more of existence in its purest form, second set of gods were more spiritually driven, and 3rd is where they become more mortal. Two of which I will show you now!

The fire bird is Arkmurdo, gods of Fables and the flames of creation. She was born when the ancient volcanos erupted. She is all about divination and fortune telling, as well as that. She created the flames of the earth. The giant worm bug is Totaroo, god of memories. She works hand in hand with Arkmurdo. Totaroo weaves the tellings of everything in the world like a blanket. With her millions of arms. That blanket was made into the sky, the world protected with a blanket of the past.

Anyways! I LOVE UR OCS!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

OH MY STAAAAARS HIIIIII IM GIGGLING SO LOUD RN WOW UM FIRST OF ALL

THANK YOU? SO MUCH? URE AN ANGEL??

SECOND, ARKMURDO IS FUCKING PHENOMENAL. HAD TO SAY THAT. ON SIGHT. I LOVE EVERYTHING ABT HER.

YOU CALLED M E CREATIVE? 😭 YOURE A FUCKIN P R O AT THIS OMG.

THIRD- TOTAROO. OH MY HDDHSHSBSVS

‘The world protected with a blanket of the past’ HELLO?

DROP A FIC ON THESE TWO. AND MY LIFE. IS YOURS.

THEYRE PERFECT I LITERALLY DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY OTHER THAN IM HONORED YOU LOVE MY CHARACTERS SO MUCH 😭

PPLSSSSSS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD EXPECT SOME FORM OF FANART FROM ME ONE OF THESE DAYS CUZ IF THESE TWO HAVE NO FANS THEN I HAVE BEEN LITERALLY WIPED FROM THE EARTH.

[draconictonics]

God I’ve been getting so much love on my bug fables post I don’t know how to handle it /pos 😭😭❤️❤️❤️