#istadris

[slinkyarts]

I love your design for Bowser. So sharp and pointy with a big toothy maw. He looks more dragon than turtle and it's awesome, even if I love the canonical spiky turtle.

i admit i have strayed far from spiky turtle directly into horny dragon turtle territory

[multicolour-ink]

Imagine Mario and Luigi having weird little siblings rituals

Like reaching for the same last pizza slice and if their eyes meet they duel in an elbow fight over it.

Mario making a weird noise because he dropped something and Luigi repeating it in a higher pitch, which leads to Mario answering in an even higher pitch, and so on until they reach dog whistle frequency.

All sort of weird little habits and games that make the rest of their family roll their eyes in amusement

Yes yes all of this ^^ 👏

[pigdemonart]

I love how your Bowuigi posts started out as a joke, and now everyone is turning in for each of your new bowuigi posts like for a telenova. A very entertaining and sweet telenova where we hope for a happy ending XD

(Also Bowser is big mood everytime he loses his shit because of how cute Luigi is)

Hahaaaa im also excited cuz I’m free-styling each comic so I have no idea where this is going : D

Glad its been entertaining for others as much as it is for me! :]

[pianokantzart]

There are no words to express how much I love your Mario Animal AU 😭 Mario and Luigi wouldn't even let not being from the same species trouble them. They're brothers, and anyone who questions it will feel one of the brothers' fangs on their butt.

Thank you so much! Yeah, Luigi actually didn't even know he wasn't a raccoon until the differences between him and the rest of his family became a little too difficult to ignore. But it didn't matter much in the end. His family is still his family, and his brother is definitely his brother. There's a special bond between those two that transcends species.

[aisforinterval]

I was tagging one of your posts as I reblogged it and I was trying to remember the name of "the sad cowboy game"... and for a moment, I forgot it was "live a live" and wondered "wasn't it something like "kill la kill"? ...wait"

YEAH THAT'S BEEN A RUNNING GAG IN THE COMMUNITY, just because they both have incredibly stupid names lolololol

there've been a few memes of it, and i think someone made this meme previously once before, but i couldn't find it, so i had to remake it myself

[poulposphere-collabs]

Première collaboration de la poulposphère, sur le thème des pirates !

De gauche à droite :

Eol a été dessiné par @crow-songs-at-dawn

Raphaël a été dessiné par @andersssandrew

Fergus a été dessiné par @flo-nelja

Kassandra a été dessinée par @chonaku-things

Shizuka a été dessiné par @wilwywaylan

Caldiel a été dessiné par @amethystsworld

Ailes a été dessiné par @istadris

le décor a été dessiné par @dupond-and-dupont et @wilwywaylan

[calimera62]

Bowuigi would be too easy so let's-a go with : Bowser/Mario, Bowser/Peach, Mario/DK...

And let's throw Panoramix/Caesar, juste for fun 😜

Bowser/Mario : I definitely see the appeal. So much snark I can only love between them "You insufferable little pest!" "You want to fuck me so bad it makes you look stupid" ! However, as much as I love the "enemies with benefits" or the "enemies to lovers" trope, I'm not really into the ship. However I don't mind it and I do enjoy seeing fanarts of them every once and then ^^

Bowser/Peach : heh, not my cup of tea. I can see why people ship them but this ship is not for me. I prefer to see Bowser with Luigi (and you know why) and Peach with Mario (they're so soft, so perfect together, they make my heart melt!).

Mario/DK : I don't mind the ship and, after seeing the movie, I definitely see the appeal. They're a pair fun to ship together, but this is not a ship I'll actively seek fics or fanarts for ^^;

Panoramix/Caesar : ... you're sick. Why, why, why would you ask me this ship if not to tease me?? No more sharing my Astérix fics with you! holy fuck...

Send me a ship meme

[moonknightproductions]

Luigi/Bowser for the ship thing 🤣?

Of course!

[crvdematter]

i’ve been making @istadris scream about bend or break since yesterday and lemme say, it’s over for you bitches

[zenosanalytic]

#im completely sure the ONLY reason this didn't happen#is that he's 35 the son of an earl and the size of a blacksmith(via @arrows-for-pens) XD XD XD

I'm only one book into the Temeraire series and I'm already impressed by how well the Aerial Corps are taking to Laurence.

If my livelihood revolved around how well I'm taking care of my super powered cat/best friend to the point I was sneered at and derided by society for being a crazy cat lady, and then this guy who's never owned a cat and didn't even liked them, if that guy waltzed in and innocently pointed out I had been inadvertently mistreating my cat (the harness and bath thing) my whole career, especially after hanging out with the local cat-hater asshole, no offense but I would have tried drowning Lawrence at least twice before warming up to him.

What I'm saying is, all HMD is missing is a couple of hazing scenes.

[sazandorable]

Je viens de voir tes tags sur le post des trucs spécifiques aux familles et askhdskfsk les bisous sanglier!!! C'est trop mimi je pleure TwT

n'est-ce pas ??? on adorait les bisous sanglier. pls picture it with delighted childish shrieking at the prickling

[multicolour-ink]

for the unpopular ask meme, Mario fandom : 🖤 (both black hearts) and 💜

Ask Game

I don't know what you mean by "both black hearts" please help ;_;

🖤: Which character is not as morally good as everyone else seems to think?

Luigi. Now hear me out. I'm not implying that he's evil or anything! But I just don't think that he's as such a good and soft boy as people like to think. As the movie showed, Luigi has as much of a backbone as Mario; he just doesn't have as much courage to act on it. And thanks to Charlie Day voicing him, I can see Luigi being quite sassy and snippy - if he wants to be 🤭

Paper Luigi was also a bit snippy with his mouth sometimes too - so there's that as further evidence.

💜: Which character is way hotter than everyone else seems to think?

Well now hold up that's not really a fair question! I think most, if not all, the Mario characters are pretty good looking depending who you ask 🤭

Mario, for example, is designed quite roundish in the games, but the movie has helped define him a bit. Given him a much shapely body than what we are used to. I shall not hear anymore claims of Mario "not having the bod"! 🤨

[jooqlz]

Two types of ppl, equally valid, equally funny.

[pwnyta]

Sovu- YEAH.... yeah.

Ista- IVE SEEN THEM IN THE AIR.... never them swimming tho....

Me looking up what flamingo feet look like (for no reason dont worry about it)- '...why are they webbed..... do flamingos swim....'

//me realizing Ive literally never seen a flamingo swim in my fucking life.

I THOUGHT THEY JUST STOOD AROUND IN SHALLOW WATER DOIN LITTLE TIPPY TAPPIES WITH THEIR FEET.

IVE NEVER SEEN THEM SWIM. BUT OF COURSE THEY DO WHY WOULDNT THEY BUT IVE NEVER SEEN IT.... WHAT ELSE SWIMS THAT I DONT KNOW ABOUT....

[stripetkattelalala54-gf]

"It was a very fine trick you did out there…Fooling us all into thinking you were your brother, despite your obvious differences…I hope the joke was worth the pain you’re about to go through.”

Based on this beautiful post by @istadris (go to the angsty section)

[elitadream]

Hi guys~! ⛅👋

Long time no see! Much longer than I ever intended, in fact. Truth be told, I wanted to make a public post sooner, but I've had a lot to catch up on in terms of notifications and messages since logging back in a few days ago. I've also made some changes that I will address shortly, but first of all I wanted to thank those of you who have reached out with so much care and understanding during my absence. Adjusting has been a slow and fragile process for me -still is-, and I sadly haven't responded directly to everyone yet because of it, but I wanted to say how much I appreciate your patience and support nonetheless. 🥹 🙏

Long story short, I was gone for five months due to a huge burnout, then progressively found my spark again somewhere along the way and have since mostly recovered. It was my wonderful friend @drones-of-innocence who reached out to me outside of Tumblr, and her sense of initiative is largely the reason why I managed to make this post in a somewhat reasonable delay. 😅💖 With that said however, I must also mention that I've deleted a lot of stuff from my page and have removed most of my work from the public eye as well. This may seem quite drastic and frankly a little unsettling, but I assure you that it was a thoroughly considered and reasoned decision! The thing is that I was still getting lots of notes on these drawings everyday and… To put it simply, I didn't want that anymore. 🙇‍♀️ Experiencing popularity was very detrimental to me in the long run and I needed to put an end to it for the sake of my own wellbeing; at least for now.

Which brings me to my next point.

After mulling it over for a while, I've decided that I would not be returning as an active creator in the Mario community this time around. 👐 Making fanart for this franchise (with such a high and continuously maintained degree of involvement) had a lot to do with my health's decline and I've come to realize that I wanted to direct my focus elsewhere going forward. For that reason, there are things which I know will never be repeated again in the future, both in regards to my art and online presence in general, but that's alright. Things change, as they do and should. I'm looking forward to reuniting with folks and would be very happy to stay in touch with those of you who wish to message me privately. Like my lovely pal @istadris said, what matters most about any fandom are the friends you make in it. ☺️

And speaking of which-

@ody-and-fanatu That's so sweet of you, thank you! 💗 I'm glad you've enjoyed my contribution to the fandom. It was fun while it lasted! 💫 My visual ideas may be gone from my page, but most of my written posts and replies are still there for anyone who wants to revisit those at least, so there's that! And I'd also like to answer some of the asks I still have in my inbox at some point. Knowing that you hold my art in such high regard makes really happy! 🥰 Unfortunately, the other account that I have is reserved for my professional work and I prefer to keep them separate from one other, but the good thing is that I intend to go back to this blog occasionally. Hoping to see you around! Cheers! 🥂

@heiressofdoodles Thanks, I appreciate that! ✨ I'm honestly doing much better than I was earlier this Spring. Back then, I was running on empty and on the verge of crashing without even knowing it. Being in constant physical pain was one thing, but feeling mentally and emotionally drained on a daily basis was another entirely, and something had to be done. It took me a moment to really figure out what was wrong, but thankfully I realized very quickly what was causing it and applied the breaks with all my might. One of my main priorities now is to be more alert and respect my own boundaries to make sure that this never happens again. 🥲

@keakruiser Thank you. 🙏💐 I'm just glad to have found my footing again. Feels good to be able to create freely.^^ Hope you're doing well too!

Special thanks also to @pianokantzart, @jelly-fish-wishes, @katlyntheartist, @triniji and @wahooitsamee for their kind words. 🫂 Your graciousness and consideration means a lot to me. 💝

As for all the nice people who sent me anon comments and well wishes, I tried to summarize my thoughts as best I could in this update, but if there's anything else you'd like to say or know, don't hesitate to ask me anytime! Now that I feel like myself again, I think I'm gonna hang out on Tumblr for a little bit. I'll be excited to see what you guys have been up to in the meantime! 🤗 Wishing you all a very good day and pleasant Fall. 🍂

-elita 🌸