#it’s there are monsters nearby but uhohbestie

[f4rlands]

you know when you read a fic so good that you spend the whole time going. god i don’t wanna keep reading bc that means ill get to the end

[erestuuu]

Hello desertduo (TAMN and non-tamn) lovers, i have arrived with doodles

Damn this a lil spicy, gotta put it under the cut (suggestive drawing)

🌶️ ? suggestive 👍

[jasombee]

Scar and Grian from There Are Monsters Nearby by @uhohbestie

I want to thank Lock and Key for writing such a wonderful, emotionally charged tale and also for making me brush up on my art skills after such a long time. They are truly doing some of the best work out there and I cannot thank them enough for their kindness and hard work.

[lazzertime]

WOOOO FIRST OFFICIAL POST (I've never used this app before so bare with 😭)

For Halloween this year I had decided to dress up as A version of character GoodTimesWithScar from There Are Monsters Nearby by @uhohbestie on ao3!! Definitely check it out if you like apocalypse aus and desert duo angst!! Their writing is incredible and I wanted to cosplay Scar so badly and I finally got to do just that!

This was quickly thrown together as I had been busy all day for Halloween and didn't get to spend too much time on it but I think it turned out alright! I also had fun making the bracelet from the trio! Hope you like it as well :)

[pullsanallnighter]

yall the latest tamn chapter has me reeling in a very unexpected and welcome way my gosh. cant wait for next friday

[origamibears]

literally a 25 yr old with a career and a salary and I’m still squealing and kicking my feet on Fridays when my favorite fic uploads

[changeablelandscape]

this art is perfect

“Viking funeral,” he says, flat.

There’s nothing. No argument, no fervorous reaction.

based on the fantastic fic "there are monsters nearby" written by lock and key ( @uhohbestie )

[syneester]

If The World Was Ending

Animatic for There Are Monsters Nearby, a fanfiction I've been obsessed with, by @uhohbestie

SPOILERS up to chapter 22.

+ my fave art from the video :3

[galaxy-lilies]

silly tamn emotes inspired by this whiteboard doodle i made

(general spoilers for there are monsters nearby by uhohbestie on ao3 below the cut)

[simmshine]

to celebrate the gut wrenching fact that There are Monsters Nearby by the INCREDIBLE @uhohbestie is coming to an end I've decided to make a pmv all about our guy tamn!grian.. nobody does it like him! ("it" is horrific amounts of self sabotage.)

TAMN has genuinely changed my life I think I've never been this insane about a piece of writing. If you like amazing characters zombies and the most messed up yaoi of all time give this a read!! Tysm Lock and Key for creating this masterpiece I am absolutely sat for whatever comes next!! You two are amazing <3

(w that all being said: warning for some blood and gore in this pmv!!)

[erestuuu]

HELLO !? HELLO! HELLO! (LOUDER THAN EVERYONE)

It's finished! There Are Monsters Nearby is complete!

This fic has been the best piece of literature I've read in a while and I'd like to thank Key and Lock @uhohbestie for sharing an absolutely jaw-dropping and heart-wrenching piece of fan fiction with the community. This one's going in the pdf saves to make into a hardcover book for my library one day. Thank you guys so so much.

I feel a little bit behind as I missed most of the hype for the fic, since I've only read it all these last two weeks 😅 but in the next week I'll be sharing all the finished arts and sketches I've made for the fic while reading it. It was so inspiring for me and it's kinda what's gotten me back into MCYT recently.

Absolutely amazing <3

Also this scene is from chapter 19 when they get the vespa :3

[erestuuu]

Hi TAMNcord I know you already seen this but tumblr gets it too .

Scarian nation, meet There Are Monster's Nearby. Toxic Yaoi at it's finest

Cw for suggestive kissing under the cut

[la-brielle]

" Together, they continue along the road, more alert now that they’ve had an encounter. Even Joel quietens down, his constant chatter falling by the wayside as he holds his crossbow at the ready, casting his attention into the forest that surrounds them on both sides. The silence that descends upon them is somber, and Grian can feel the tension of it building behind his ribs. There’s no denying how remote they are. How easy it would be to grab Joel while he walks several strides ahead. "

-Chapter 39 of There Are Monsters Nearby by @uhohbestie

Thank you Lock and Key for inspiring me for this piece, your work is stunning and I love every single chapter of this emothional rolercoaster of a fanfiction!!! /pos

[mishori-o]

Silly fanarts for one of my favorite fanfiction ever

These are about chapter 30 of “There Are Monsters Nearby“ by @uhohbestie (best authors ever)

i really recommend it if you like to read unhealthy codependent toxic relationships with little to no communication in zombie apocalypse :D

[jasombee]

Those are… some of the most frustrating answers ever, but I’m asking the two of you, so I should have known better. Fine. Keep your secrets. I will figure it out on my own. 😂❤️

Ok, so. Since we’re not getting an update this week, I’d like to use this opportunity to ask you guys a question. I know TAMN is mostly character-focused, meaning we mostly get to watch the detailed unfolding personalities of Scar and Grian. However, since this is a zombie apocalypse AU, do you guys ever plan to explain the zombie virus and how it came to be, or at least mention how other places in the world got affected? I personally love it when stories give explanations like this, so I was wondering if you guys ever at least entertained the idea. Thanks!

:D

>:D

This is such a good ask, and the short answer is: yes!!

TAMN is kind of specific, in that it's a zombie apocalypse focused on people who aren't at the epicentre of any major outbreaks, and who ultimately will never know much about what's going on at a larger scale. When we watched TLoU, the parts I always pointed out to Key were the scenes of people walking along abandoned roads in the middle of nowhere, and the two have us have always dreamt about writing a road trip fic together, so this is kind of the culmination/combination of that.

That being said! TAMN does exist within a world we've fleshed out, so we know/can keep in mind what's going on in the background globally while Scar and Grian walk miserably through the desert together. We don't want to spoil too much, because we have plans for shorter one-off fics that will flesh those parts out, but I guess one hint we can give is that TAMN references a lot of established mcyt servers and series. If you where to look......

Key chiming in to basically second everything Lock already said LMAO Originally, we hadn't planned to go into detail about the greater worldbuilding involving the origins of the virus and/or the spread of it, because we meant to focus on Scar and Grian and they just wouldn't ever find out. (At least within the scope of our story itself.) Since Scar and Grian aren't going around looking for a cure or a reason why the outbreak happened, and are just trying to make it from one day to the next, the wider scope of the world's situation simply doesn't fit within the context of their stories in the time frame we're writing. THAT SAID, since we, personally, DO know all those little details, there's absolutely material there to share. Thanks to all the support and love we've gotten for TAMN, it's really made Lock and I consider writing side fics for things happening outside of Scar and Grian's frame of experience! :D One of those things is absolutely the initial outbreak itself!

Just like Lock already said though, a big part of TAMN is Lock and I making an amalgamation of all our favourite MCYT (and MCYT adjacent) series, so... a lot of our inspiration and starting points are just a hop and skip away... ;)

[dot-moth]

"I'm glad you're here."

ive been wanting to draw fanart for There Are Monsters Nearby (written by Lock and Key @uhohbestie) ever since i first started reading it and today's chapter inspired me quite a bit! so here's scar and grian sitting in front of a fire. i really recommend anyone who hasnt read this fic yet to go do that!!