#it kinda matches his parrot colors

[daily-grian]

this Watcher is Just Ken

[solidaritygaming-fanblog]

right. So I'm kinda insane and found another song to talk about in some life series / evo context: Copycat. (Song will be linked at the end of the post!)

So, many people headcanon Jimmy and Grian being brothers- and it makes a lot of sense. They're both dirty brown haired, have dark brown eyes, are British, bird coded, have warring personalities, and actually are associated both with yellow, and then one other primary color- Grian taking red, and Jimmy taking blue. Even their main colorations show a kind of "parallel difference" between them, with recently, Grian being associated with red and purple, and Jimmy with blue and yellow.

Now. Recently Jimmy did some lore of him praying to the Watchers. And back in Evo, Grian was taken into the Watchers ranks- so there is some repeated or rhyming elements in their arcs. However, I raise you this- Jimmy is Grian's "replacement", or basically, a backup for if he defects from the Watchers. That's why he has such a deference to them- its hard coded into him. That's why he's acknowledged them so much recently, because Grian's slowly leaving, and they're beginning to get Jimmy to replace him.

For a long time, those two have had a sibling dyanmic- Grian, the older, stronger, and smarter brother, and Jimmy, the younger, weaker, stupider sibling. Grian basically torments Jimmy for his own amusement, and the Watchers let it happen- if Grian ever defected, they could simply feed Jimmy praise -you're better than Grian ever could have been, hes weak and you're incredibly strong, of course we will listen to you- and he would instantly be completely loyal to them.

The song has a few choice lyrics I'd like to point out:

"We get along just fine!" "I say everything you like to hear..." "It's funny how much I feel like I'm looking in a mirror!"

Say "Hello! What's up with you?" "I'm starting to talk like you do..."

"We've grown apart this time, I can't figure out the reason why." "It's funny how much I'd kinda like to see you cry."

"I've become what you like! I am what you wanted, right? Sacrificed all that I know, I have taught myself to let go!"

In any case, the main motif of the song is losing your identity- and that's exactly what's happening to Jimmy, memories of servers being scrubbed as the Watchers prepare him to take over Grian's position. The whole chorus is Jimmy giving in to the Watchers, and thinking about Grian in anger- he pushed him too far, yes, of course- the perfect way to get back at him, to team up with the eldritch gods Grian hates. Grian said he should be stronger- well now look at him! He's one of the strongest beings alive! He is now what his brother wanted him to be, perfectly made in his image.

Oh, and in case you need further convincing, look at how Grian's wings are usually portrayed. Scarlet macaw- red, blue, and yellow. Now look at Jimmy's wings- nearly always yellow, but in Wild Life, he's become a parrot. His wings are blue and yellow now. I bet he sometimes sees little red feathers and rips them out, desperate to distance himself from Grian- unfortunately, his brother.

Meanwhile, Grian doesn't know what's up with his little brother, and is desperately trying to get him back, to prevent him from making the same bad decisions he did- maybe even losing some of his Watcher powers as Jimmy's power begins to eclipse his own.

Link+ a lil more below the cut. This post is too long already. Whoops

Okay I can perfectly see in the "Copy that copy cat!" bit in the chorus, different sprites show up with every beat. The first four are of Grian (followed by a short animation of him saying the line) hitting poses, with maybe each sprite having a little refrence to a different season or series they have been in together. And then it swaps to Jimmy, facing towards him, hitting the same poses, with matching refrences. However by the end of the song, Jimmy takes charge, doing the poses first and surrounded by eyes- and Grian, trying (and failing) to match the poses and control the eyes, confused why he's lost his power.

Give my boy Jimmy the power. Grian has tormented him far too long.

[stellocchia]

Thinking of Secret Life SMP hybrid headcanons right now...

Grian would be a parrotlet. They're the smallest group of parrots and I feel like with how pathetic he's been this season he deserves to be just a little guy. He's still a pesky bird who, as season 6 proved, can definitely cause some mischief despite his reduced size, but he's a little guy anyway.

Jimmy is not a canary. Because, yes, he may have the canary curse, but that's just a fancy name for the curse, not necessarily his hybrid type. No, my man is a dog. He's a goddamn chihuahua. He's all bark and annoying but you take a single threatening step toward him and he shivers in fear.

On the topic of dogs, Martyn is a pomeranian. I'm specifically making him a small dog too because, despite wanting to act cool at the end of session 6, he is still very much the one who was first on yellow and red. My man is not big dog-coded.

Now, unpopular opinion, but Scar is a raccoon hybrid. He's a mischievous chaotic menace of a man. A little criminal ready to scam, commit arson, kill, and steal. He's a raccoon. He hasn't burrowed under anyone's house yet (that I remember at least) but that wouldn't be out of character either. Honestly, I'm appalled by the fact that this isn't a far more popular headcanon for him.

And, before I move on from dogs, Etho is also dog-coded. Specifically an Akbash (big white golden retriever-looking fuckers used for the protection of livestock). I just feel like the protectiveness and overall vibe fit him very well.

Finally, moving on from dogs. Cleo is obviously a zombie hybrid. There are no two ways around it. Though this does allow for my little headcanon that, having to learn on their own skin how to sew they became really good and really quick and they're the ones making all the new outfits for everyone else.

Gem meanwhile is specifically a sculk hybrid. Though I like to think that that came about when she opened the portal. She was a deer hybrid before (mostly because I like the subversion of expectations with a "prey" hybrid so to speak being arguably the most bloodthirsty person on the server) and then it spread like an infection. I figure by now her infected half straight-up looks something like Belos monster for from TOH:

Scott is something like a Reakirt’s Blue Butterfly. Both because the colors match him, and because he is kinda The Social Butterfly. My man is always out and about mingling with others. He's so friendly that he literally didn't struggle to pull off the "love you" challenge when everyone admitted that no one else would have been able to. It would be a waste not to make him some kind of butterfly at least.

Now, for Impulse I have something less reasoned, I just think the idea of him being an imp called Impulse is way too funny to resist. And he is way more of a mischievous one than I usually see people talk about. I've seen the phasmophobia stream where he killed everyone with the cursed items several times in a row just because he wanted to try them out. I know what he's capable of.

Meawhile his bestie Skizz is so capibara coded it's unreal. Like, don't get me wrong, he's plenty chaotic. But also you will never find anyone more lawful good in the Life Series than him. I've been thinking this since Love Island was founded. My man is the king of chilling with everyone. (Aside from Jimmy, rip Jimmy).

At the risk of being boring, I also like seeing Tango as a salamander hybrid. Exclusively because of the mythological connection between salamanders and fire. Also, the idea that every time he's flying (though it's funnier if it's also when he's simply jumping) he's nothing but a ball of fire with a lizard tail is very funny to me.

BigB is a hard one because I've only watched a couple of episodes from his POV so I'm not quite as familiar with the lore surrounding him as I am with the others. So I'm not sure. I want to say enderman because of his cryptid vibes this season, but he's not one of the characters with the biggest connection to the end. Those are mostly BDubs, Gem, and Lizzie, so I don't know. I'm open to suggestions.

Talking about BDubs, why are there no ender dragon hybrid headcanons for him around? I think it would be incredibly ironic if the dragon slayer was a dragon himself. Also, his house is under the Earth just like the End portals. Trust me, it makes so much sense. He's small but so full of righteous anger.

Pearl is no hybrid, she's literally just a witch. I've seen the WITCH animatic and that fundamentally changed my view of her forever. Before I would have said a moth hybrid of some kind because I do like moth Pearl, but I love that specific interpretation so much it's unreal. She is a witch with an army of hellhounds at her back and call.

Mumbo is a vampire because I've seen some art of vampire Mumbo at some point in time and it hasn't left my head since. Also, he's one of the players with the highest bloodlust every time he turns red. We're 2 for 2 on that with his appearances in the Life series. And it's usually also what leads to his demise. So I feel like that would be fitting for a vampire.

Meanwhile, my dearly beloved blorbo Joel is a honey-badger. This is a headcanon that is incredibly dear to me and I've never seen around but it's literally SO FITTING. The absolute crackhead energy, the lack of self-preservation, and the surprising sturdiness as time and time again he gets himself in impossible situations and still manages to survive until pretty much the end are all that exact honey-badger vibe. Like, just thinking of him summoning a hoard of zombies to fight off several infected and surviving for quite a while in those conditions just, really proves my point. Enough said.

Lizzie meanwhile is a very sad sopping wet cat. Just absolutely miserable. One of those cats who look like they're constantly grumpy. The frown has deepened ever since no one came to her party and she's still frowning in the void of death.

[bluegreen47]

Who I Think The Stitch's Tropical Turbulace Outfits Are Based On

I'm like 90% someone already did this, but let's do it anyway.

Grim/Mc

This first one is easy since Grim is wearing a shirt with Lilo's classic pattern on it. He also seems to be wearing glasses similar to what Stitch has worn on occasion.

Also, the MC seems to be wearing something similar to what Grim is wearing, so they might be wearing the same shirt.

Azul

Another easy one is Azul since he's obviously Stitch colored. No need to delve further.

Jack

This one is a bit harder, but I think Jack's outfit is based on Leroy since there are no other major characters that are mostly red with yellow accents. It is also interesting to note that the colors are the same as a shirt Jumba has worn.

Ace

Ace's outfit might be based on Ruben because of the yellow and white. I guess this is grasping at straws since Ruben just has yellow and lighter yellow, but I think it's similar enough. I also think that the orange/pink hibiscus on his shirt is reminiscent of Ruben's nose. Pleakley also fits the color scheme since he's slightly yellow and wears a mumu that's orange with a white pattern on it.

Riddle

Honestly I thought Riddle's outfit would be based off Nani, but she doesn't really wear white. This is the closest I could find and for her wearing blue with white. The only notable character to wear blue and white seems to be Jumba in this promotional image. He probably has the same color scheme as one of Stitch's cousins, but it wouldn't be any of the important ones. Honestly, he looks like a beach towel.

Floyd

Floyd's outfit might be based on Jumba. The pink and purple seem to be reminiscent of his skin and the the dark blue-green seems to match Jumba's tongue. Floyd's glasses are even pink like the skin around Jumba's eyes.

Lilia

At first, I thought Lilia would be based on something Pleakley wore because it would be fitting for the SSR cards to be based on Jumba and Pleakley. Pleakley is known to wear pink sometimes, but I think his outfit is based on Angel especially because of the image of her wearing sunglasses. She has the pink, blue, and purple to match the parrot on Lilia's shirt. Also, Lilia also asks if he looks cute in his outfit and Angel is one of the cuter experiments to base an outfit on. For some reason, Jumba yet again wears a shirt that kinda resembles Lilia's as well.

[cogmented]

how do you come up with your designs for mcyt’s? theyre so creative and cool so i thought id ask

THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION

now entering yap city tihs will be a long post

my steps are basically

voice

personality

og look of minecraft skin/branding

player movement

other ppls fanart (if any)

things that happened/cultural associations

i start with a bunch of random sketches to get the feel of the person.. that's why so many of my early posts were doodle pages. to me, character design is more based on what the person is like rather than what they look like. i think a lot of people do that

I do this with all of the above and shape language, but in bigger art pieces outside of lineups i also use color and perspective (as in youll see more of someone like spepticle in large, sweeping scenes while someone like zam in closed, heavily perspective-based ones) to indicate personality. ill change designs when suited for this too (spoke with or without a gas mask, vi with or without a mouth, etc etc)

my first iteration of lifesteal designs heavily relied on the look of the skins and were gradually tweaked over time. my most prominent example of this is my spoke design, so i'll use him at least once in the examples for continuous comparison.

i watch a couple of each person's videos first, understand their voice, personality, and what they do, then focus on them in other people's videos too to get a full story, their movement, and what others think of them (helps with personality and things we might not see). streams are the most helpful because they're less biased and you see so much more of their antics. huge stream fan.

i get into the how after this

this process doesnt go in order for some designs and others have a more prominent focus on particular parts of the process that override or effect other parts

Voice

starting off with not spoke here's a problem i encountered when designing wemmbu

I based him a lot off of spoke and ashswag due to not knowing much about him besides the fact that he schemes (spoke&ash-esque) and he doesn't move his character around too much when talking (ash behavior). he didn't match the left one because his voice doesn't have the dramatic, flamboyant fratboy flair that spoke has, so I shifted it to be more friendly yet still dangerous with curved square shapes rather than triangles. i made his scheming, diabolical nature more evident through his clothing that's pretty jester-like and sharp, but with a smoother middle that spoke doesn't have (and to match his eyes).

voice also impacts character height. i dont know how to describe this. mapicc and zam are similar heights because their voices are similar, same goes for parrot and vortex, but leo and vitalasy are close to the same height (due to vitalasy's huge fuckass ears) despite having wildly different voices, with leo's bold text voice and vitalasy's higher-pitched jumbled kinda speech they still take up the same "amount of space" in conversation. they stand out. and even though spoke's voice also stands out an incredible amount he is still only slightly taller than average. this is where personality overrides voice in my designs.

Personality

spoke is sharp in every sense of the word, but is also able to mold himself around to get what he needs.

my first attempt at him was pretty lackluster. i didn't know much of him at the time, only his wither video, and thus understood him mainly through his association with parrot. he seemed a lot more evil and more serious at first glance. like woah! fully fledged mouth and nose?! not anymore.

i cover certain expressive parts to also depict more of their personality in some abstract, holistic way. after watching streams and whatnot, spoke doesnt actually speak (excluding his random sounds and yips or whatever he does) too terribly much, except when the spotlight is on him or he's trying to get something. so, i tweaked his design to encompass that when i understood him better.

i take away his arms to allow his hands to stand out more (character movement thing, he moves around a lot when no one is paying attention to him, punches the air when ..not talking but making a point ig. he's a big fan of hovering menacingly), i give him a slinky-like outside skeletal structure to both capture his affinity for withers (i made him a wither thing because of the wither sounds in his video.. and the withers in general) and to give him the feeling of more freedom with his movement.

i also just really like gas masks so. basically, spoke is someone that hides away until he chooses to stand out. thank lord heaven he looks like some shadow creature.

later on i gave him more magenta highlights, especially in the wormhole era because 1. magenta wasnt heavily included in his rainbow look, making it stand out on his whole being, and 2. because magenta is really really cool and people should use it more.

og minecraft skin/branding

hi spokeis here. this will be quick because his branding is so heavy. lightning, rainbow, black. boom. character. withers and white eyes? easy. causes a lot of anarchy? again, lightning and withers.

planetlord on the other hand is someone i greatly differed from the og skin and branding. i saw the design in a vision idk. i shift his colors all the time in different pieces but i use more of his pfp colors now because there's too many purples in this world. his branding, personality, and voice all connect very well. a bit misleading, he's a bit of a weasel.

Movement

i never used to look into movement, but pvp styles and conversational movement of lifesteal is intriguing. unfortunately it was only something i started paying attention to during the end of s4 because vitalasy's movement was so interesting. he's a big fan of getting in people's faces.

ill be real, i didn't really notice spoke a lot during things because he was almost always never alone, and when he was it is always at a distance or you knew he had people to back him up.

spoke's movement isn't actually too abnormal. he's goal oriented and tends to always be doing something, and when he does he finds the most efficient way possible. pretty basic. his design choices are based mainly on voice and personality.

someone like mapicc on the other hand has very particular movement. he spins around people when fighting and gets right up in their face (in nethpot pvp mostly), so i made his clothing tighter to the skin with looser parts to accentuate that movement: practical clothing for close combat battles. it was also noticed (by the lord) that he tends to look straight forward instead of the slightly down that most players do.

zam fights differently, but i made him with the og branding (he's princezam) and what he does in mind. his body language in my art is more indicative of his personality.

Other people's fanart

shoutout the community, a notable amount of ideas were from the mid-late 2022 lifesteal community.

dog leowook and leather jacket mapicc were from gen, jackalope rek from aoi i think, "croptop" jacket spoke from saints-blade, snail terrain from navy-leader, tv ashswag from kish, sock puppet red definitely from someone i dont remember, 4 armed squiddo from seri, and old cartoon jaron was from bucket

Things that happened/istarted talking about cultural inspirations

spoke and his connection to godhood influenced his redesign greatly. this section affects what the character wears most of the time.

i give both spoke and vitalasy painted palms (alta) due to their connection with godhood and destruction, with spoke in particular reminding me a lot of Kali Ma, thus i gave him a skirt (due to nppp too). vitalasy's clothing is based on Indonesian cultural clothing. wemmbu's also takes inspiration from Indonesian and Bhutan cultural clothing.

indigenous cultures inspired some designs too (i do a lot of ethnographic anthropology work with some of the tribes i base the clothing off of), with woogie having Yupik and Inuit inspiration. polar bear = cold climate in my head. and leo has Haida and Yunnan (minority Chinese providence, not a tribe) inspiration.

bacon's... not bacon strip design's clothing was based on Bangladeshi clothing (im Bangladeshi, i also added alpona patterns to ash's design), nomadic cultures, and some german pilgrim thing?? idk not my best design. i specifically looked for nomadic inspiration because of his willingness to flee at any moment lol. i didnt do this for rek despite his fleeing reputation because i dont watch rek content too much and he already had hybrid traits that took care of that presentation.

poafa's design is a goat because of the medusa trials where he was used as a scapegoat. makes sense i think. his horns are from past associations with jepex that infected mapicc as well (devil trio s1). zam's design is very much from s3 empire and s4 castle.

planet's design changed slightly, mostly rounder shapes, but also the number of "spikes" on his scarf, now stuck at three because of 3ht.. and easier to draw than five. minutetech has a bow instead of a bowtie from jumper due to s5 happenings. the gem on his crown has wemmbu's highlights from his gem's main color.

roshambo's design was also heavily influenced by medusa where i gave him a snake body. in my art that depicts before medusa events he doesn't have the snake body, and same goes with before s4 spoke where i draw him with full pants. in some sketches ive depicted mapicc with a muzzle only after the destruction of s4 spawn due to quix's mapicc dog influence shoutout.

mapicc and ro have matching things that persist seasons (mapicc periwinkle collar, ro red painted ring finger... head finger?), as did subz and vitalasy with matching shoulder pads (beginning of s4 subz had a bandana and vitalasy had a bell that traded between them through artworks of mine) Vitalasy also gained sun and moon earrings. mid and 4c have matching hoods/cloaks ^_^ marriage or something.

hope this made sense and covered everything you could have ever wanted forever... feel free to ask me questions i love explaining processes

[vctrvn-ls]

Pets | Beta Squad |

hehe 3am thoughts

what pets would they have and why

Chunkz

Honestly he doesn’t strike me as a pet person…at all. Ahahah. But you know what? He’d definitely have some fancy fish in the hallway of your guys’ house. He’d want to style the decorations, pick the fish and fuss over which color they should be. It would be kinda cute. Chunkz is a busy man and I feel like he wouldn’t have any energy to also take care of another pet, but fish would be the perfect option to liven things up a bit. You wouldn’t mind either, fish are fish. Just neutral swimming-dudes, besides they do look good in a house. Also imagine getting like some funny looking fish and then naming them together, like there’d be a Chunkz and a y/n j swimming tgthr it would be fucking hilarious.

Kenny

Oh my god. I know a guineapig person when I see one. As a piggy owner I can tell you that Kenny would definitely be the perfect match. Just imagine you get a guineapig and at first he’s like questioning your choices, but after one cuddling session he’d get the hype. I swear to god he’d love having a lil piggy. Imagine him coming back home after a long day of training, getting out the guinepig and laying it on his chest. The lil guy lays down, stretches out into a long sausage (that’s what they do when they’re relaxed) and the two just lay down, chilling while Kenny strokes the lil guys head. Nah I swear this is 100% the right pet choice. Kenny = guineapig man.

Niko

Now we know Niko likes cats and he had Lil Reng, but for some reason I feel like if he were to get a pet it would be a turtle. Yes a turtle. Why? Because. It’s such a Niko thing, like he’d definitely have something unique and unusual, probably not a lizard cause those things can be scary but a turtle? So chill and cute and they live like forever. He’d definitely make an Instagram account and buy little hats and little things he can place on its shell for photos. Plus he doesn’t have to fuss around over it too much, turtles don’t really play so he wouldn’t have to worry about being busy and not be able to spend time w it 24/7.

AJ

I think this would be a surprising one. After a little thought I came to the conclusion that AJ’s perfect pet would be a parrot. HEAR ME OUT! Like remember Maverick from Logan Paul and how fucking aggressive and loud he was? That would be AJ’s pet ahahahah. Like there would be sweet moments between them, like AJ would be editing videos and the lil birdy would cuddle up in the hood of his sweater or maybe like sit on his shoulder. But most of the time it would just be a crazy duo. The parrot yelling through the house while AJ yells back for him to be quiet because he’s filming a video. AJ would definitely talk to the parrot like he would to a person. He’d also run around the house trying to hide from the cray-cray bird while it screamed and chased him around. Basically it would be chaotic but very wholesome.

Sharky

Sharky’s cuddly, cute and sweet and he’d have a pet just like him. A bunnyyyy. Tell me im wrong like imagine him building a little corner just for the bunny and designing it and making it cozy and spacious and just fussing over his lil guuuyyyy. It’d be perfect cause bunnies are active and chill at the same time, like imagine Sharky going out into the garden and letting him run around, spin and flip in the grass while he laughed and watched how funny it looked. And then inside on a rainy day he’d lay on the couch, scrolling through his phone while the bunny warmed up in the front pocket of his hoodie. Jesus this would be sooooooo cute oml I’m crying.

[gabegade]

Buggy with a partner thats the other side of the proverbial coin

-they look a bit strange together but as soon as they open their mouths you realize, theyre the same person in different flavors.

- Buggy is like a parrot, his partner is like a crow, theyre both smart, chaotic, and fond of shiny things.

- Buggy is a morning person, his partner sleeps past noon

- his partner speaks in a very blunt and efficient manner, or tries to. The truth is theyre incredibly awkward and terrible with words, zero charisma, so they default to speaking un a straightforward way since doing any theatrics never ends up how they intended. Theyre very jealous of Buggy's natural charisma and his way with words, they wish they could come up with witty comebacks, or even save a joke that didn't land like he does.

- Buggy shouts a lot and is genuinely scary when reprimanding his crew, but his actual words are pretty lenient. His partner is very calm and gentle sounding, they even sound encouraging, but their words are cutthroat, and they're not even trying to be mean, they just... expect better. The crew hates it when Buggy asks them to look over their acts.

- just like Buggy seems to attract attention especially when he doesnt want to, his partner fades into the background no matter where they are or what absurd thing they do, and they're perfectly happy with that, they're happy enough being part of the audience, hates having to do "plot relevant" work.

- dresses in blacks and grays exclusively, no particular style, likes dressing to match their surroundings, but always in dull and dark colors. Buggy is conflicted because he has no idea how to get them clothes at first, but then he realizes the outfits CAN be eye catching and over the top, they just have to be black and white! They end up looking like a mime when hanging out with his crew, which makes them disappear amongst the rest of the circus, so it works out.

- unlike Buggy, his partner is very confident in themself and their appearance. It kinda boosts his own self esteem as well, since if someone that comfortable in their own skin is into him, he must have something nice going on.

- regardless of gender, Buggy loves shoving his face on his partner's chest, he keeps a bandana specifically dedicated for putting in on said chest in order to protect his partner's clothes from his makeup, its kind of adorable, which is why he usually only does it when theyre alone

- theyre both bisexual, because I say so, and they check out hot people together, they play smash or pass with wanted posters and other people that appear on the journal. They have very different tastes and every time they both wonder how they even got together.

[vesperaink]

FINALLY @onawhimsicot 's awesome Life Series Team Rancher Superhero AU fic, Tangotek Evil Incorporated is posted and I get to share my initial concept art for Dr. Blaze and Canary respectively!

if anyone makes fanart of TTEI, you're welcome to use my designs with credit or make your own!! There's nothing more superhero comic than every artist doing their own take <3

I've loved seeing Cadence's event artists takes on their outfits they're SO GOOD. I love seeing all the different designs!!! PLEASE @ me and Cadence I promise you, we'd love to see it <333 Also my ask box is always open if you want to chat!

I'm definitely going to be making more polished designs and drawing for this universe in the future (superhero aus my beloved I had SO much fun designing them)!

but for now, if you also love character design, have way too many thoughts about Ranchers and hero/villain costumes like me, and 3 pages wasn't enough, buckle up and enjoy my extra ramble under the cut:

EXTRA:

When Cadence asked me to help design their outfits, the request boiled down to "i just need ideas, you don't have to like draw a whole Thing" but I'm so Normal about my blorbos so uh naturally it became A Whole Thing and when I got to Canary I had to frantically hit the brakes on my character design brain from making him too cool

Tango's design came easy, Canary's outfit less so. Surprisingly it's kinda hard to make a somewhat on theme but also basic hero outfit jsakfhajskfh

criteria for Canary at the time was a mix of on bird theme but also NOT on theme since he needed to be a bit basic for context of the fic so he WILL be getting a glow up later

We debated giving Canary a gas mask vs a beak-like mask for a long time, the bandana is my compromise while also hitting that Basic vibe. Its also a nod towards my Sheriff!Jimmy design & Ranchers

We have a long history of working on a OC superhero universe (lovingly dubbed soupverse) together, and while I also just think plague doctor vibes are Neat the concept of the beak being a hero/villain mask is partially pulled from my main villain, Crow who is also bird themed (shocking i know)

Canary having a silly jumpsuit was also loosely inspired by Zedaph's high dive Zedvancement skin from his S9 Ep 1!

Tinted lenses to hide your identity my beloved, what if we both had colored tinted lenses and were red and blue coded and were nemeses...haha jk...unless?

Just the other day, Cadence said to me what if Canary wore Uggs and lowkey he might asjkfhaksjf

Parrot, while not depicted eventually got summed up to Aviator vibes and obviously Canary had to match

A lot of this reference sheet was originally scrawled in my notes app and generally in my head. I cleaned it up for the event so while I'm sorry it's so messy, it was worse originally LOL

[mothzarellaman]

hey tumblr, wanna see some really old 3rd life desertduo designs?

no?

too bad

3l!Grian

LL!Grian

DL!Grian

Armor!

And wing backing:

Scar time

3L!Scar

3L!Scar but red

LL!Scar

DL!Scar (And Jellie!)

Red DL!Scar (And red jellie!)

Design explanations under the cut:

Grian in general:

Mask = Pretty much, I saw grian's skin's eyes, and i was like "ok how do i keep these but make them look good" then i realized "oh my god watcher masks". So, most watchers' masks are the 'typical' watcher mask,, you prob know the one, but grian's, being the only 'mortalborn'(only one not born a watcher, and rather earning it as a title), and his own rebellion against the watchers, is different. it has his cod lookin eyes there. under the mask, who knows. maybe hes just a Dude™, maybe he's a bird, maybe hes an abomination.

Wings = Kestrel wings! As much as I adore the parrot hcs, and similar, im a tad disappointed no ones capitalized on kestrel grian. they're small, reddish, predatory birds!

Look at them.

The heart on the back is a reference to hardcore hearts, you know the ones. because only three lives and all,etc.

His armor is just a custom (and unlikely) design because i think its cool and people are cowards for not giving him wing armor.

3L!Grian Specifics:

He has the poncho because its a common desertduo design, and he's wearing a red tank top underneath. Don't got much else.

LL!Grian Specifics:

His trademark red sweater, and he has the goggles because of the southlands. aha!

I imagine his clothes got torn quite a bit, and he had to sew them a decent bit.

DL! Grian Specifics:

He has the gradient because A. its a mix of his and scar's colors, because soulmates, and B. because of the cake

Scar:

Yep, you're not seeing things, he is getting more scars as the next seasons happen. The first scar he gains is over one of his eyes, and its a heavily stylized bird footprint. Because Grian killed him and all. Second scar he gets, its an arrow wound, because he lost his last life to an arrow from ren.

I like to think he loses color each death. I just forgot that on DL, lol.

3l! Scar:

he lost a shoe, because he would. and the other notes are on the image lol.

LL!Scar:

I don't have much here. He's just kinda a dude.

DL!Scar:

yes he has a catboy cowboy hat. anything else.

the half hearts on his coat are built to match with grian :D. don't got much else.

"hey moth why are his eyes purple??" well! I have an answer for you! in my hc, soulmates get matching eyes! Each character has their own shade of the life count color, and it blends with their soulmate's. Grian, though, is an exception to that rule. Because he's a watcher pretty much indulging in the games, he doesn't die, die. he just kinda... taps out. but because he's a watcher, he doesn't lose lives, and doesn't change his eye color. scar's eyes are only one shade of green because grian's still trying to hide the whole watcher thing. as desertduo gets closer to death, he stops trying to hide it, and the color creeps into scar's eyes. hence the purple.

jellie also got the anger juice.

[choochooboss]

Sketch dump! Vol. 3 August 2022

Literally dumping all the presentable works here as promised, whether I’m proud of them or not!

The first image was inspired by a color palette of a random YT playlist thumbnail! I really loved it and wanted to turn it into a cosy travel & rain scene with colorful city lights smeared like dripping wet watercolors. The second one is a KH3 reference! Do you recognise this scene? I don't know how he would possibly end up there in the first place, but he sure is determined to find his dear brother by breaking through the edge of the world!

How to make Ingo smile, step 1: Make him spell "Emmet"! And a goofy cartoon collision moment ahah!

They are very satisfied after a challenging match, win or lose, and they want you to come back for another ride! I love the twins as they appear in Pokémas the most and try to capture the personalities their English VAs give in my art. They are adorable, excitable, cool and very much admirable!

Emmet always wants to look cool, and Ingo surely gives the most heartfelt handshakes! This piece was to celebrate 1K followers on Twitter! The first three months were wild as so many people found my works!! I fondly reminisce that time, not only I was doing well with my first fanart account, I also felt very happy in general! I was so in the zone with art, being super creative free of worries. It's awesome to see most of the people who commented this back then are still posting/in contact with me!! Thank you so much for sticking with me and my little shenanigans!

I still really like these sketches here, love to see this trio having a blast together! The clips are from a movie classic "Singing in the Rain", and below is the final piece:

Doodles~

Early Breakmas AU sketch (Team Break Submas); going full speed after trainers to collect their pokémon... What would you do if these two giant traffic cones approached you at high velocities?

Excadrill & Archeops, the soft & fluffy guys! Some of my first sketches of the submas mons. Excadrill has become my no. 1 submas mon, I adore that tough little missile knight! Archeops is definitely one of the most appealing ones! I love how he kinda has 4 wings he glides with. However I cannot unsee the snake in a parrot suit ahahah, pardon me! Also I pity the poor guy's in-battle idle animation where he has to flap SO HARD just to stay afloat!

Also Durant & Galvantula! I never was a fan of Durant but I've found ways to have fun drawing this little mischievous creature. They're after your ankles nyehehehe~ Galvantula also wasn't appealing to me until submas fever hit but now I think it's a pretty cute beast! I really like how I drew that fur, which is funny because it was that bristly blue fur that didn't strike my fancy back then!

Still enjoying this sketch! Took me some time to read the lines though ahah, the sketch so loose. He's leading a complete opposite life now...

Surprise!!! I held an art raffle on my Twitter account once but I never finished the piece for no good explanation other than getting stuck with the depot agent designs. I wanted to finish this so badly but just couldn't get over that mental block. It still bothers me I couldn't do it!

More KH inspired attempts, this time the stained glass!

Some expressions! Those snouts I draw for them are so silly ahah

Oh yikes, mood shift! The situation is looking dire, is his brother okay?? I like how the pose & water turned out!

Another intense situation, what could this Team Break guy possibly want from him..?! Man, this piece feels so old now but I still like the movie like vibe! That's all just from August!! I was extremely productive back then ahah, it's cool to see how creative and varied stuff I could do!

More and more sketches & WIPs are waiting in the queue! Hope you had fun checking these out!

UPDATE: I had accidentally uploaded some sketches I had already shared in the July 2022 sketchdump so I replaced them with other sketches I had actually forgot I made in August!

Sketch dump Vol. 1: April-June 2022 Sketch dump Vol. 2: July 2022

[freakinator]

prev i actually forgor to do that lol so here it is

(read more cause its long and written kinda badly lol)

so starting off with stuff i forgor to do:

checking the color values before going to sleep, there are So many parts of this that dont look the way theyre supposed to esp the darker parts

to scale up parrot and wiffies, zam and spoke are actually the shortest guys here

spoke's skelehands, its actually p important that i remember this one cause its the main design choice he shares with mapicc

i didnt have my wemmbu ref (cause it was on a notebook) but his belt tie is actually on his right side not his left which is important cause i wanted him and zam to have a little subtle mirrory-ish thing going on

the tie around zams scabbard actually. tying together

zams golden shoe buckles

next with the stuff i thought about but didnt add for one reason or another:

jamato was originally gonna have a glove + arm warmer sleeve things combo with the gloves being the same color as his shoes, i may change it back to that depending on how his story goes specifically in regards to how he interacts with spoke (if they become more codependent i'll change it back as it would make his and spoke's hands blend together when they hold hands)

was debating between making jamato's black parts actual pure black but decided on keeping it that off black color, may change later if i manage to figure out what i want his species to be

debated between putting parrot in cargo pants or pants with zipper pockets and decided to go with the latter cause it seems more practical with how much he flies around

was originally gonna make parrot's hair neater than his other versions but i wanted him to match with wifies so it stayed loose and messy

wemmbu is supposed to have a jacket but i couldnt think of what to give him, originally thought of giving him a lab coat but realized he doesnt really do a lot of experimentation esp compared to the other two mcs and i just kinda hit a wall after that, just realized at the time of writing this i could give him an aviator jacket

wemmbu and zam were also supposed to have capes but their designs already have too many details so i excluded them

zam's circlet was originally gonna have larger spikes but i decided tomake it smaller cause 1. its more practical and i wanted unstable zam to be almost absurdly practical compared to other zams and 2. he doesnt have the same sun symbolism that he has in lifesteal and making the spikes larger really made it look like very sunny which i didnt want

zam's eyes were originally gonna be fully red which is his equivalent to that thing in anime where super serious kinda dead inside characters would have no light in their eyes but i decided to change it cause i dont think hes That dead inside (at least not yet anyway, may change later depending on how the story goes), picture below of when i was figuring out his design for reference of what im talking about

now for the stuff thats actually there:

i never really drew jamato before (not counting the back of his head, pic below for reference of what he normally looks like in my design) and the only other parrot drawing i have is of his tsftlt version but this is the only version where they have chest ribbons and thats because they both seem to have a a lot more knowledge on mc mechanics (exploits and vanilla respectively) compared to the other players and also to connect them with their respective partners (parrot has a ribbon hair tie which means both he and wifies have two ribbons)

the rainbow parts on spoke's shirt and shorts are all in slits which would be hidden if he stood completely still as opposed to his usual design of having all of them present at once, this is mainly cause i wanted to emphasize his movement since running away from things is a big part of his character

spoke has black leggings, rainbow ankle warmers, and loafers(? idk what theyre called) cause i wanted him to match with jamato and also to give him more of a school boy vibe compared to his usual design of vaguely scene basketballer

parrot normally wears a button up, jogging pants, and rain boots but i wanted him to match with wifies

wifies normally has brown eyes but i wanted him to match with parrot in having an eyecatching accessory color be his eye color

wemmbu doesnt normally have two-tone hair and i added that as a replacement for his crown jewel and to match with zam's multicolored hair

wemmbu normally has x-shaped laces but i decided to change it to horizontals so he can match with zam

wemmbu has a lot less jewellery than he normally wears cause he doesnt have that same "extravagance" so to speak that his other versions have which mainly stems from the fact that his normal ingame brokeness can no longer be superseded by his irl richness so much so that he gets excited by things like finding open air diamonds in a cave

related to the above, he specifically has only stud earrings as opposed to his usual myriad of earrings because of it and also because of his nostalgia for older minecraft since stud earrings are the kind of earrings that ppl usually get when they first get their ears pierced and this version of wemmbu has only ever had these specific earrings and will cry if he ever loses them

unstable zam is probably the most uptight zam ive designed ngl: he rarely if ever lets his hair down and will almost always choose tighter styles even if hes just going to sleep, practicality over style (tho he will style the practical things if he can), always depicted with a weapon of some kind, eyes always slightly squinted and brows always slightly furrowed in concentration, and wears clothing that makes him look closed in (he wears lighter clothing in the pze cause its in a warmer biome but it still fully covers him up), basically i just wanna make him look like hes got a stick up his ass and always ready to kill even if hes not really that uptight and homicidal in the actual series, make him look as intimidating as possible basically

not sure how obvious it is but unstable zam has broader shoulders than other zams and everyone else in this lineup cause hes the most tryhard guy here and probably trains like everyday or something

zam wears leather gloves because its more practical to wear it with all the rough handling he does and also to match with wemmbu

the posing are all based on their relationship with each other:

jamato is spokes mentor so he leads spoke by the hand while spoke follows, jamato is more chill about the whole ordeal while spoke is more excited and even copying jamatos posing in a more exaggerated way even if it endsup making him look a bit more awkward silhouette-wise reflecting their differing levels of dedication to each other, jamato is also more open than spoke is even if spoke didnt really mean to become so closed off later on, spoke is also the only one of the main three who didnt lead his partner when they were together hence why he comes after jamato

parrot and wifies have a lot of opposite personality traits/thinking patterns but ultimately do things together in sync and supporting each other, and the importance of the trust spyglass ofc

wemmbu and zam are basically pissing each other off the entire time theyre together thanks to their opposing personalities making them constantly butt heads with each other even when theyve got the same goals and keeping as much emotional distance as they could and yet they still cant help but get in each others space for one reason or another, theyre the only ones not smiling not because theyre necessarily Unhappy being around each other but because when theyre purposefully pissing each other off is when theyre actually getting along and when theyre smiling at the same time is when they hate each other

the bg colors are initially chosen between analogous and tradic colors but then adjusted a bit:

for jamatospoke the initial chosen color was 7bb976 (triadic of jamato [676f9d and d58484] since spoke was too many colors and also their relationship is heavily focused on jamato thanks to spoke being a codependent little freak) and while i liked the fact it was a pale color i didnt like the fact it was green since its not a primary color so i changed it to pale yellow to show how happy yet kind of innocent and naive it was, a little too innocent and naive for the series making it easy to wash it out

for parrotwifies the initial color chosen was 5165a6 (analogous of parrot [7cdace] and wifies [5c2f73]) but the color was a little too pale and also i wanted to make it darker to reflect the fact that parrot and wfies' story arcs revolved heavily around being kept in the dark but still having each other as support even when they stumble

for wemmbuzam the initial color was eb427d (analogous of wemmbu [8d29da] and zam [fad160]) and while it was good i thought it wasnt saturated enough for how intense their partnership got at times so i maxed the saturation to reflect that

the unstable boys and the guys they have a totally normal attachment to

[mochiwrites]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/38906496

title: two halves of a whole (so let this red string tie us together)

warning(s): none

relationship: mumbo/grian

chapter(s): 1/2

summary:

Something lands on Mumbo’s head, making him jump. He reaches up to grab whatever it is, feeling something fuzzy. “Huh?” He grabs it and holds the fuzzy thing in his hand, staring down at it. It’s one of Grian’s feathers. But… wait a moment. Mumbo squints at the feather in his hand, looking at the afterfeather. Normally, that part is red, matching the color scheme of Grian’s parrot-themed wings. However, the afterfeather is gray.

Mumbo raises his head, looking at Grian’s retreating figure. He’s got a bad feeling about this.

or, mumbo learns that stealing someone's soul has consequences.

read on ao3 here!

mochi writing a s8 grumbo fic in the year 2022?? yes. it’s about time I explored this soul concept so here we are! grumbo soulmates fic (kinda!)

[heyiwrotesomethings]

Feel it Out

Emily (Stardew) x They/Them Reader

A/N: Just Penny is left! Enjoy some time with the dancing queen, even if you aren’t that coordinated. Word Count: 1,798

(Y/n) smiled to themself, the sound of music slowly growing louder as they approached Haley and Emily’s house. Just as they were about to knock on the door of the grand house, Haley opened the door with such force that it pushed (Y/n) back on their heels.

“Good, you’re here. I’m leaving.” Haley grumped, muttering something about tasteless music being too loud and insufferable sisters. She didn’t even stop to apologize for nearly breaking (Y/n)’s face with the front door.

“See ya, Haley,” The farmer smiled and waved anyway, earning a grunt from the photographer as she made her way into the Cindersnaps.

(Y/n) shrugged and entered the house, following the sound of music to Emily’s room. They opened the door and couldn’t help but laugh at the way Emily was dancing. She was just so carefree. Even when the blue haired girl took notice of her visitor, she continued her eccentric movements.

“(Y/n)! Glad to see you made it!” Emily called out mid dance.

“Hi sweetheart, how are you?” (Y/n) greeted.

“The energies are really good today, (Y/n). Perfect for learning how do dance!” Emily breezed towards (Y/n) and took their hands, twirling them around the space.

“Wait a minute, Em. Let me take off my boots first. When I inevitably step on your toes, I don’t want it to hurt too bad.” (Y/n) said, extracting themself from Emily’s hold.

“On a lucky day like today? Not likely. But please, do get comfortable. Really feel the way you move around the floor.” Emily swayed and hummed while she waited for (Y/n) to take off their boots before scooping them up in her arms again.

“Emily if you could move a bit slower and maybe explain the footwork to me, I’d do better.” (Y/n) laughed, their feet moving in half skips to try to keep up with Emily.

“Alright, something slower and more controlled for my no nonsense farmer.” Emily paused her dancing, though she still swayed her hips from side to side in tune to the music as she thought of how best to proceed. “I got it!” She snapped her fingers, “the traditional Flower Dance is easy enough. It’ll be good practice for when we dance together next spring!”

(Y/n) thought back to being the wallflower at their first Flower Dance. They hadn’t even been in town for more than a few weeks back then. They remembered the slow and methodical footwork and nodded.

“Yeah, that might be a good place to start. And you’ll have two seasons to teach me before the next one rolls around so if I can’t get it by then, you can get a partner who knows what they’re doing.” (Y/n) joked.

“Don’t worry honey, I’ll dance with you no matter what! If we have to dance to the beat of our own drum, that’ll work just fine!”

“I don’t think Haley would be happy with interpretive dancing going on during the traditional dance. She’d probably kill us with how seriously she takes it.” (Y/n) said, thinking back to how the girl practiced right up until the beginning of the line up.

“Haley could learn a little something from going with the flow from time to time.” Emily shrugged. “Now watch what I do and repeat after me.”

Emily took a few steps, counting them out, “one, two, three, one, two... try that.”

“One, two... three? One?” (Y/n) parroted with uncertainty. Their feet hardly matched Emily’s steps at all.

“You’re close,” Emily lied. “Let me slow it down a bit more. One, two, three, one.”

(Y/n) tried again which quickly led to them calling out in pain as they knelt to the ground after back stepping into Emily’s work table.

“You okay?” Emily asked with a sympathetic smile. She held her hand out to help pull the farmer up.

“Yeah, that’s gonna leave a bruise.” They winced, taking the hand Emily offered them.

“Want me to kiss it better?” Emily asked slyly.

(Y/n) snorted and shook their head, “no.” They said.

“Then let’s try again. Maybe it’ll help if you move with me. Here I’ll do the steps walking back and you follow by stepping forward where I left, okay? It’ll work, I’m sure of it.” She took (Y/n)’s weather worn hand in hers as she smiled brightly.

“Hey, for you, I’ll try my hardest.” (Y/n) smiled back, giving the hand in their own a loving squeeze.

“You are just so charming I can hardly stand it!” Emily cooed. “I knew the spirits brought me something special when you moved into town.”

“I knew I made the right choice moving here when I saw this pretty girl serving drinks at the bar.” (Y/n) flirted.

“I remember that night,” Emily giggled, swaying on her feet and making (Y/n) rock with her, “you came in caked with dirt and you tracked in slime all over the floors. Gus was so miffed. Good thing you ate a lot to make up for it.”

“I was starving, the mines’ll do that to a person.” They snickered. “And like I said, it was like you were a cute, colorful Junimo sent by Yoba. I may have drank a little too much just so you would keep coming back.”

“Good thing I caught on, I think I really saved your liver.”

“Hey, I stopped after a couple drinks!”

“Not before you fell off your stool.” Emily reminded.

“Well, it was a good sign for me to stop, wasn’t it?” (Y/n) laughed sheepishly.

The couple laughed and swayed until another upbeat song began to play and they remembered there was an objective to complete. Emily showed (Y/n) the steps again and they clumsily followed her back. They worked in circles around the room until (Y/n) more or less had the steps.

“Wonderful, (Y/n)!” Emily beamed. “Let’s try the next set of steps now.”

“You mean there’s more?”

Emily laughed, nodding her head. She explained the next set, showing them with her own feet before looking up at (Y/n), waiting expectantly. The poor farmer looked so lost. Like the lights were on but nobody was home.

“Here, step on my feet.” Emily directed, wiggling her bare toes for emphasis.

“I thought we were trying to avoid that.” (Y/n) said, brow quirked.

“Well don’t stomp on them. Just, rest your feet on top of mine and let me do the rest.”

“Are you sure this is going to work?”

“Won’t know until we try!”

“Well, if you’re sure...”

(Y/n) gave in, resting their feet on Emily’s. They laughed when they saw Emily wince but try to hide it with a wink.

“Too much for you?” (Y/n) smiled good naturedly.

“No way!” Emily shook her head. “It’s just that, well, I’m kind of pinned down.” She sheepishly admitted.

“Yeah,” (Y/n) set their feet back on even ground, “I think that method only really works on kids. Show me the steps again?”

“You know what? Let’s just put that on the back burner for now.” Emily waved dismissively, backing up from (Y/n) to begin a new dance of her own design. “Let’s loosen up! Just let the music take you wherever. Really feel it pull and push you around.”

“Huh?” (Y/n) squinted, as if that would help them understand the prompt at all.

“Just do what feels right.” Emily simplified.

(Y/n) pursed their lips and stared down at their feet. They listened to the music for a bit before shrugging and began tapping their foot and gave their shoulders a stiff little shimmy.

“I feel dumb.”

“Don’t be afraid, honey. Really let loose! It’s just me, I’m not going to judge you.” Emily coaxed, motioning artfully for (Y/n) to turn up the heat.

“I’ll try.” (Y/n) blew out a big breath of air.

They turned on their heels and spun in a circle popping up with some jazz hands for flare.

“There you go! Now add even more flare!” Emily encouraged with a twirl of her own.

(Y/n) surprised Emily by taking her by the hips, spinning Emily along with them before lifting her up into the air. They spun her around a few more times before safely returning her to the floor. The blue haired girl giggled in delight, taking the lead from there to rock (Y/n) and herself side to side. She kissed the farmer as she looped her arms around their neck.

“See, that was really good! You’ve got more moves than you thought.” Emily said.

“I learned from the best,” (Y/n) said, their hands still placed on either side of Emily’s hips, “I’ve kinda learned how to just roll with it and expect the unexpected with you, Em.”

“Glad I could help you open your mind. I also think it’s nice how you ground me when I’m floating too far away,” Emily pressed closer, “I think we compliment each other quite nicely.”

“That we do.” (Y/n) easily agreed.

They swayed together again for several minutes, only pausing a few times in between when an accidental misstep would leave Emily’s foot pinned to the floor. They’d laugh it off and try again, staring at each other adoringly. They were so far off in their own little world that they both jumped in surprise when Haley came in without them noticing and turned off the music.

“You two have been at this for hours. Don’t you have work, Emily?” Haley asked with disinterest, at least she cared enough to ask. The blonde then trudged out of her sister’s room, only to return moments later with a closing remark, “you guys look like huge dorks by the way.”

Emily ignored Haley and turned to look at the clock, “Wow, how time flies! Gus will be expecting me soon. I better get ready.”

“Right, I needed to see Robin about a couple of new projects we’ve been working on. I’ll pop in for dinner?”

“I certainly hope so,” Emily subconsciously kept swaying with (Y/n) even though there was no music, “it’s my favorite part of the night.”

“Then I’ll be there by eight.” (Y/n) affirmed.

“I can’t wait,” Emily smiled, “dance me to the front door?”

“It would be my pleasure.”

(Y/n) and Emily made their own music as they paraded through the living room. Haley looked up from her magazine and shook her head, sinking deeper into the couch with the knowledge that she would soon have peace.

(Y/n) walked Emily to the Stardrop and they were already looking forward to coming back later when Emily gave them a sweet kiss on their cheek as they parted. Maybe they could stay until Emily’s shift ended and walk her home too. Anything to spend more time with the carefree soul.

As (Y/n) made their way into the mountains, they hummed one of Emily’s catchy tunes with an extra pep in their step.

[scribbling-dragon]

e2 scott could be a bird guy. think about it, cuz birbs are neat. my vote is for some kind of parrot or corvid. maybe a bluejay cuz theyre corvids and it would match his hair? but parrot could also work with the colorful aesthetic. (my personal favourite parrots are hyacinth parrots and kea parrots, but they wouldnt quite fit scott, unfortunetly) -a kinda tired and rambly eevee

a type of corvid could still work well with his colourful theme, because a lot of them are shiny in the sun? it's like a hidden colour or something

[gglinaa]

your concept is so beautiful!!! so precious

i color my pics so rarely i completely forgot that his wings should have some kind of pattern lmao. when i gave him wings i was aiming for smth angelic tho, so i didn’t use a particular reference

but thissss. at this my brain’s making a sound of a working printer, so i’ve looked up some matching birds for jim :)

don’t want to make a messy post, so my little rant will be under the cut. excuse me for rushed english in advance pls

if we’re talking about matching birds in general:

the most obvious choice would be a bird of prey like falcon or eagle, just to match jim’s status as captain. but i don’t really like the faces of eagles, they’re kinda offputting for me lmao. and they’re the most boring birds in the world idc

however, falcons have almost the exact shape, size (relatively the rest of the body), volume and texture of wings i’ve been imagining for jim. and they’re made for speedy maneuvering, fold gracefully and all

a funny choice would be a double-yellow headed amazon parrot :)

you know. green tunic, golden head, friendly, smart and playful approach and all. the wings are shiny and very very fluffy (esp at the base) which i kinda intended as well

as for the colors of the wings alone - a barn owl, definetely. a little gold at the base and then purely white white white <з

@gglinaa i have MORE fanfanart based off your amazing comic, i cant get it out of my head. i speculate that kirk would be very clumsy with his new wings. and also that they would be very shiny and pretty and golden :]

[spookybreadstick]

Hey!!!! I was wondering if you could write a scenario for Toby confessing to his s/o 😳👉👈 - dancing parrot 🐦🎶🐦🎶

Okay so I wasn’t quite sure where I wanted to go with this, I had so many ideas it was hard to choose so I kind of meshed two of my favorite ideas into one lol. I hope it’s okay, it’s my longest (I’m pretty sure anyway) little scenario yet and I’m nervous/excited to post it. I personally think it’s kinda cute but uh let me know guys 😅 I also had it be Toby confessing that he has a crush on the reader, and for the purposes of this scenario the reader is female (I tried, but it’s harder than I thought to write gender neutral scenarios) 

NOTE: I am trying out different ways to incorporate Toby’s tics into the writing, because I think it is an important part of his character and I want to honor that while having it be respectful and also easier to read. I put his tics in * * so that it is easier to see when he’s having a verbal tic because otherwise it can look a lil funky. Let me know if this was an okay way to go about it, I’m still learning! 

🪓 Toby Confesses To His (Female) S/O  🪓

"Dude, stop star-staring. You're making it weird." Toby whispered to BEN, who was currently staring intently at you from a distance.

"How do you think I'm gonna help you if I don't know what I'm doing?" BEN barely glanced at Toby, who was fidgeting nervously beside him.

After a couple of seconds, BEN turned to Toby. "I don't know, dude. I need to see you guys in action."

"What does that mean?" Toby asked.

"Just go over and talk. Act natural. I need to see the vibe between you two." BEN said, nudging Toby towards you despite his whispers of protest.

Seeing Toby walk slowly towards you, you turned and greeted him. "Hey, Toby. What are you doing?"

"Uh, nothing. Just, uh, j-just walking..? He trailed off uncertainly.

You didn't seem to mind his awkward behavior, and continued to chat with him for another minute or two. Well, it was more like you were chatting at him rather than with him. Toby was just standing there uncomfortably, as he tried to will all of his tics away for a few minutes. It's hard when he's nervous and trying to make himself look good in front of you. Suddenly, you were being pulled away by one of the other pastas who wanted your opinion on something. Toby watched you leave the room, waving goodbye as you went.

"Dude. That was literally the worst thing I've ever seen." BEN appeared beside Toby, laughing.

"Knock *knock who's there?* knock it off." Toby gave him a slight shove.

"I can't help you if you're gonna be a dweeb about it." BEN shrugged.

"I'm not being a dweeb!" Toby cried indignantly.

"Okay, sure." BEN rolled his eyes.

"So?" Toby asked eagerly.

"So, what?"

"So, does she like me too?"

"I mean, she must like you at least a little. You were standing there like a goober, and she didn't care."

"BEN!"

"I'm sorry, but that was some classic comedy material right there. I could have made, like, a dozen jokes about the whole thing. All I'm saying is, she didn't take a golden opportunity to make fun of you, so maybe you do stand a chance after all."

"Okay, well, are you gonna help me *hide the body* help me win her over or what?" Toby crossed his arms.

"Nah. It's too much fun to watch you make a fool out of yourself." BEN grinned.

"Dude, seriously?"

"Look, I may be a man of talent, but I can't pass my flirt skills on to you. They'd just go to waste, man."

"Thanks a lot." Toby huffed.

"The best advice I can give you is to just relax, man. Just chill out, and don't act like you have rigor mortis. The whole time she was talking to you, you were rooted to the spot and your limbs were all tight. Don't do that. Just be loose and let it happen, you know?"

"Do you think I should tell her how I feel?" Toby asked timidly, shifting his weight from side to side. He really did like you. And he didn't always get so nervous around you, he reasoned to himself. He was better in groups, at least, when some of the attention was off of him.

"I don't know." BEN shrugged.

"You're talking about Y/N, right?" Hoodie asked, stepping into the room.

"Jesus, man, you scared the shit out of me!" BEN yelped.

"Sorry. Toby, do you have a crush on Y/N?"

"No! Why would you think *clink clink clink* that?"  

"You're pretty obvious about your feelings, Toby."

"D-do you think she knows?" Toby asked, dread crawling through his body. "I mean, it doesn't m-matter, it's not like I like her or anything, I just want to know." He added quickly, trying to cover his tracks.

"No, I don't think so." Hoodie replied, after a moment of thought.

"Why do you care?" BEN asked Hoodie, peering at him suspiciously.

Hoodie shrugged. "I don't care too much. Just figured Toby would want to know if she was dating somebody else. I mean, if he did like her." Hoodie cocked his head to the side, looking at Toby through his mask.

"W-what do you mean? She's dating somebody?" Toby's hand began to involuntarily rub at his neck.

"Not yet anyway. But I did hear that Jeff might ask her out." Hoodie said casually.

"Jeff? Tha-" BEN's words were quickly cut off by Hoodie smacking him in the side. Toby's mind was too preoccupied with visions of you and Jeff together, that he didn't notice.

"S-shit. Do... do you think she'd say y-yes?" Toby asked apprehensively.

"I don't know. But if you did have feelings for Y/N, which you say you don't, but if you did then you should probably tell her how you feel before Jeff does. Just in case." Hoodie said pointedly.

Toby nodded his head several times before yelling about how he had to do something (something totally unrelated) and then dashing out of the room.

~~

Toby ran down the lengths of the corridors, desperate to find you before Jeff could. His heart pinched to think of what would happen if you did decide to go out with Jeff. He couldn't bear it.

Toby was so lost in his thoughts that he narrowly missed running directly into Sally, who was wandering the halls as well.

"Sorry, Sally, I gotta go." Toby puffed, out of breath.

"Toby! You gotta come play with me!" Sally looked at him with eyes full of childish begging.

"Not now, Sal." Toby bounced impatiently, waiting for her to move.

"Toby Rogers, you come play with me right now!" Sally crossed her arms. "Or I'll tell Slendy that you were being mean to me."

Toby looked down at her in shock. "You wouldn't."

Sally stuck her tongue out playfully. Toby sighed, then ran his hands through his hair in frustration.

"Fine! *Fine wine, very fine wine* I-I'll go play with you. But it has to be quick, I'm really *busy bee* busy!" Toby pleaded.

"Okey-dokey!" Sally exclaimed happily, grabbing Toby's hand and pulling him along to her playroom.

~~

When Toby entered Sally's playroom, he was expecting to find the table set for tea, with various stuffed animals positioned into chairs and dressed in different colored tutus. That wasn't a surprise. What was an unexpected surprise, however, was finding you sitting in one of Sally's pink plastic chairs. Toby skidded to a stop, like a deer in headlights, taking in the sight of you perched in the tiny chair with a princess tiara on your head.

"Hi, Toby." You waved slightly. "Like the tiara?"

"Uh, yeah. It, um, it looks-it looks great." Toby stuttered out.

"We're going to play Princess Tea Time." Sally announced loudly, putting on a tiara of her own. 

"Y/N and I are going to be princesses, of course." Sally gestured to the matching tiaras.

"Tickles and Marmalade will be the Ladies-in-Waiting." Sally pointed to a pink bear and a blue triceratops. "Larry is going to be a knight, and my very romantic fiance." She gestured to a manatee.

"And Toby is going to be the prince from another kingdom that comes to tea!" Sally beamed.

Toby plastered a big fake smile on his face before Sally's game of play-pretend began.

~~

The three of you had been playing for a good twenty minutes, and Toby had been having a good time in spite of the circumstances. He had been enjoying himself enough to have forgotten about the whole Jeff thing entirely. Sally was serving real cookies, and there was fruit punch in the pink teapot. Sally is an excellent little actress, and she had adopted an over-the-top British accent to go with her whole "diva princess madly in love with the lowly knight" vibe that she had going. Toby found himself relaxing as time went on, and he found his ability to actually converse like a normal person. He had even made a few jokes that you'd laughed at.

However, Sally decided it was high time to raise the stakes of her little game.

"Prince Toby, what just fell out of your pocket?" Sally asked, pointing to a spot of nothing on the floor. She leaned over to pick up nothing off the floor, then pretended to 'read' whatever it was. She gasped dramatically, hands over her heart.

"Prince Toby! This letter states your love for Princess Y/N!" Sally exclaimed. "And just when were you going to confess to my dear sister?"

"I-I-um, I-" Toby stuttered, unable to think of how to play along. This was becoming too close for comfort.

"It's true?!" Sally gasped dramatically once more, ignoring Toby's failed acting attempt. "Good heavens! Sister, what do you think?"

"I... I don't know, dear sister. What ever should I do?" You asked Sally, half-playing along.

"Well, we have to determine if Prince Toby's love for you is true." Sally turned to Toby excitedly. He stared at her blankly in return. 

"Well? Go on, tell her how you feel." Sally urged.

Toby looked at you and suddenly words starting coming out of his mouth that seemed to stumble right from his heart. "I don't know how to act when I'm around you, because you make me so nervous. You're the most amazing person I've ever met in my life. You're like... like a goddess to me. You're so beautiful, and kind, and you're always so nice to me of all people, and I really wanted to tell you this before, especially since there's other guys that want your heart, but I was scared of what you'd say..." Toby trailed off, heart racing. "I, uh, that's how the prince, I mean me, that's how I feel about you. Princess Y/N." Toby tripped over his words, trying to act like it was all part of the game.

"Now that was romantic." Sally sighed happily.

~~

The game ended shortly after that, due to Slender calling Sally downstairs so she could watch some cartoons that she liked, which was a good thing since Toby could hardly bring himself to look you in the eyes. He worried that you had read between the lines and realized that his words were actually true. Sally had just skipped out of the room when Toby stood and faced you. You stood as well, plucking your tiara from your head and fiddling with it.

"That was a pretty intense game." You half-laughed after several beats of awkward silence.

"Y-yeah, it was." Toby looked at the ground.

"Sally's got quite the imagination."

"Yeah. *Yeah, yeah*"

"You do too."

"What?"

"I mean, coming up with that whole thing about how the prince feels about the princess? That was pretty creative."

"Oh, yeah... about that..." Toby trailed off. "S-sorry if I made you uncomfortable or anything."

"No, no, it's fine. You were just playing the part." You smiled to try to put his obvious nerves at ease.

"But-but I wasn't." Toby looked you in the eyes.

"You weren't?"

"No, I..." Toby drew in a deep breath. "I really like you."

"In what way?" You asked, half in a whisper.

"That-that way. The-the lovey kind of way?" Toby half-whispered back, unsure of your reaction.  

"Really?" Your eyes brightened with hope.

"I like you so much and I really want to be your-your....your prince." Toby looked down at his hands, before glancing back at you. "If-if you want me to. I get it if you d-don't like me..."

"No!" You cut him off. "I like you, too."

"In that same way?" Toby glanced at you hopefully.

"Yes. In that same lovey kind of way." You repeated his words with a smile on your face.

Toby's entire face lit up with joy as he pulled you in close for a hug and maybe a kiss.

~~

"Guess things worked out for old Toby after all." BEN mentioned to Hoodie after the two of you announced to the mansion later that day that you were together.

"I guess they did." Hoodie commented. 

"What about the whole Jeff thing, though? He never mentioned anything to me, and I'm his best friend, and then you practically body-slammed me earlier when I was talking about it." BEN turned to face Hoodie.

"Oh, I made that all up." Hoodie said casually taking a sip of the drink he was holding.

"What? Dude, why?" BEN shook his head in confusion.

"Because," Hoodie began as he looked across the room at the happy new couple, "he would never have told her otherwise if I didn't give him just a little push."