#moth complains

[mothmanavenue]

guys i’ve got an essay for my archeology unit due in three days and im just. no words no brain cells nothings clicking up here im in Emergency

[ignus-moth]

guys help

the voices

they’re telling me to make ANOTHER COMIC

[occudo]

More pretty bugs! ✨

Gerry Keay (witch) - Luna moth Lady Sasha James - Atlas moth Prince Michael Shelley - Comet moth Lord Elias Bouchard - Green page moth Lady Gertrude Robinson - Smoky emperor moth based on this ask

[year2000electronics]

people whose posts where they’re bitching and complaining accidentally get into tag searches because tumblrs tag system is stupid and will drag every mention of a tag onto that tag’s search: i forgive you. and i love you. your post made me mad but that is your right to post on your blog. that is your Hater’s Sanctuary and it is just unfortunate that our paths have crossed like this.

people who bitch and complain and then put posts directly in the tag on purpose: i’m going to get you.

[nenoname]

Ford's room

[redslug]

Helping Neuroslug help me

Admittedly it took me an embarrassing amount of time to figure out and start using inpainting, but now that I've had a taste of it my head is spinning with possibilities. And so I'm making this post to show the process and maybe encourage more artists to try their hand at generating stuff. It really can can be an amazing teammate when you know how to apply it. For those who didn't see my first post on this, I've trained an AI on my artworks, because base Stable Diffusion doesn't understand what anthropomorphic insects are. That out of the way, here we go:

I noticed that a primarily character focused LoRA often botches backgrounds (probably because few images of the dataset have them) so I went with generating a background separately and roughly blocking out a character over it in Procreate. Since it was a first experiment I got really generous with proper shading and even textures. Unsurprisingly, SD did it's job quite well without much struggle.

Basically masked out separate parts such as fluff, skirt, watering can, etc. and changed the prompt to focus on that specific object to add detail. There were some bloopers too. She's projecting her inner spider.

Of course it ate the hands. Not inpainting those, it's the one thing I'll render correctly faster than the AI does. Some manual touchups to finish it off and voila:

The detail that would have taken me hours is done in 10-20 minutes of iterating through various generations. And nothing significant got lost in translation from the block out, much recommend. But that was easy mode, my rough sketch could be passed off as finished on one of my lazier days, not hard to complete something like that. Lets' try rough rough.

I got way fewer chuckles out of this than I expected, it took only 4-5 iterations for the bot to offer me something close to the sketch.

>:C It ate the belly. I demand the belly back. Scribble it in...

Much better. Can do that with any bit actually, very nice for iterating a character design.

Opal eyes maybe?

Lol

Okay, no, it's kind of unsettling. Back to red ones. Now, let's give her thigh highs because why not?

It should be fancier. Give me a lace trim.

Now we're talking. Since we've started playing dress-up anyway, why not try a dress too. Please don't render my scribble like a trash bag. I know you want to.

Phew

I crave more details.

Cute. Perhaps I'll clean it up later. ... .. . SHRIMP DRESS

[mothfables]

♡ Bunny Flops ♡ - Part Two

(Legend has like 0.5 seconds of angst cause ✨trauma✨, but then it’s just fluff <3)

The second time it happens, the Chain is taking a much-needed break at Lon Lon Ranch. Several weeks have gone by since the first Incident (as they’ve taken to calling it when Legend isn’t around to hear), and it’s mostly passed from everyone’s minds by now.

Legend refused to answer any of their questions, growing embarrassed and awkward any time someone brought it up. Eventually they gave up and let him be, to his relief. He doesn’t want any of them knowing it’s a holdover from his Dark World form - or that he suspects that isn’t the only reason for his more...rabbit-like tendencies. Luckily (or, perhaps, unluckily in this case), those tendencies really only show themselves when he feels truly comfortable and safe, with a few exceptions.

(He doesn’t want to think about what it means that it’s happened around the other heroes. Thinking about it means acknowledging it, and acknowledging it means he has to face the fact that he’s let himself get close. Close to people who will just get taken away go away again.)

(He can’t go through that again. He can’t.)

As it is, Legend is curled up on the rug in front of the fire in the main house, his hands wrapped around a steaming mug and a fluffy blanket wrapped around his shoulders. Quiet chatter mixed with soft music flows around him. Chores are done for the day, none of his weapons are in need of maintenance, his belly is full, and he’s warm and cozy in a house that makes him feel as safe as he’s ever been.

Legend feels himself start to drift, his mind growing hazy and soft. Each blink is longer than the last, and he fumbles to keep from spilling his drink as he begins to drift off. Someone takes it from him, their hands gently easing it from his own, before patting him on the head. Half-asleep, he barely registers giving a soft chirring purr in response to the affection, hearing the other chuckle warmly as they continue petting his hair.

Sky smiles down at him as the younger hero begins to doze. He pauses for a moment to twist around, searching for the coffee table so he can put down the mug he’d taken from sleepy hands. Once that’s done, he turns back around to continue his ministrations, only to blink as he realizes the other boy is not where he’d left him.

He glances around, confused, before looking down and seeing Legend curled up on his side before the fire, blanket clutched in his thin hands and violet eyes blinking sleepily into the flames. Giving a relieved sigh, Sky shuffles closer and lays a hand on soft pink locks. Legend starts purring again as Sky gently pets his hair.

He only half-listens to the sounds of the other heroes in the room with him, most of his attention on the cozy bundle before him that is the young hero. As he weaves his hand through his hair, marveling at the softness of it, he senses more than sees someone moving to sit next to him.

“He’s doing it again, huh?” Warriors’ voice, hushed in the quiet peace that’s settled over them all, comes from his left. He joins Sky in reaching out and laying a gentle hand on Legend’s arm. The Vet sniffles once before sighing. Wars runs his hand along his arm in a soothing motion, and his eyes slip shut as he finally nods off.

“So, it’s not anything to worry about then, do you think?” Sky asks, keeping his voice low. “Since he’s just sleeping when he does this?” ‘This’ being tipping over and falling asleep with ease as compared to the restless, guarded nights they’re all used to.

Wars shakes his head. “No, I don’t think so. This is-” he stops, looking for the right words. Sky nods; he understands what his brother means.

This is an incredible show of trust. For the Veteran, prickly and snappish and guarded to his core, this may very well be the equivalent of lowering every wall he has and opening the door straight to his heart. Sky’s own heart warms at the realization. He lets himself trust that they will not hurt him, and in turn allows them to protect and care for him at his most vulnerable.

The Chosen Hero turns his head to meet the Captain’s eyes. They both nod, coming to an unspoken agreement that they will do everything they can to keep this trust. Their brother deserves to be able to let his guard down, to be able to open himself up, to know he has people he can depend on, and that none of it will be taken from him.

With a content sigh, Sky lets himself lean into Warriors, resting his head on his shoulder. They each keep a hand on their sleeping brother, protective and soothing both. The two of them will keep watch over their brother tonight, here in this house of safety and warmth and love, to make the most of every ounce of trust they’ve been given.

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[cryptidm0ths]

collection of sketchs to get back in the vibe of drawing

[herewithinthevoid]

𝖇𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖑𝖞 𝖊𝖓𝖗𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊𝖉

♡

uncensored artwork of moth shigaraki and my oc lyssa by Abysmal0 on my bluesky and twitter

[queer-quester]

okay so here are my hybrid headcanons for Pearl and Gem because I can't get the fuckin things out of my head:

Pearl is a hare hybrid primarily but also a deific shapeshifter for various reasons. Gem is a kitsune. They are both trickster spirits.

honestly I ended up writing so much more than I intended to explain my reasoning but I stand by it xD

TW: Self harm adjacent autocannibalism, cannibalistic urges, animal death, general violence.

Pearl:

Hare- The hare has a strong association with the moon in religion and mythology. You can even see the shape of a hare in the moon. It's associated with luck and rebirth, it's a strong and fast animal, and in a lot of mythology/folklore it is a trickster too. Visually I like a hare for Pearl, the colour of it isn't too far from her hair (heheh, the hair of a hare) and the long ears would perfectly mirror the long feathered antenna people will often draw her with as a moth hybrid. The Hare is a survivor, and will make a safe home for itself.

But I also really like her situationally as a moth hybrid and as a wolf hybrid, so she has shapeshifter abilities.

Lunar Moth- I think of her as a skybling to Grian, not incidentally but intentionally. He loves his sister, he wishes for her to fly with him, to be able to follow no matter how high he perches. He is a watcher- of a sort, a deserter who regrets that choice but is still burdened with the weight of power nevertheless. He sees her, sees the wish to follow him ever higher than even her strongest leaps. He sees that potential of flight in her, and it becomes reality. She is his sister by choice but he sees the bond so it is true, and if they are related should they not both have inherited some of the same power? Her wings breathe into existence when he is present, in reality or even just in thought, and the patterns on her wings look like eyes. The view from up high is better than the ground and there is a tower she has shared with BigB, a cautious alliance strengthened by their mutual exploration of the desire to watch that has been calling to them both for a long time. For one due to the bond of a sibling, for another due to some whisps of something creeping in as he poked and prodded at other worlds. Her wings will now often unfurl around all other avians, she will join them in the sky, see all below, and try to touch the moon above that feels like home.

Wolf- I think this form developed as a defence mechanism. Something unlocked perhaps through the touch of divinity she inherited with Grian and has since nurtured and grown. Hares are associated with rebirth and she does that often. Santa Perla. Power from death and sacrifice, and love for her, because Pearl is loved. Except when she isn't. Except when loneliness crawls in and that divinity and rebirth turn sour. Alone, rejected, cold. Up in her tower looking down, seeing the joy of the others. Her wolf is her friend, her only friend. Tilly is brave and strong and her teeth are sharp. Tilly is obedient to and gentle with her, but she is not prey. Tilly is a wolf and a predator and will carve up and eat whatever and whoever she must to survive. Pearl adores and envies her, she feeds Tilly the flesh of the dead and thinks of Cleo, beloved by Scott and a friend to her too once, and she envies Cleo and Tilly both. She yearns to feed on the dead that stole her soulbound from her, to consume whatever made them enough where she was not. She builds a pack of her own but it's not enough. Her dog is still dying. She is a trickster but that's not enough anymore either. Not for this. How does prey become a predator? The loneliness is eating at her but she is faster, the first prey that she consumes as a wolf must be herself. Call it a ritual, call it divinity turning on itself. Whatever you call it it is bloody and internal and when the transformation is complete her teeth are sharp and so are her eyes, seeing all her old friends through a haze of red. She still loves the moon.

I think her wolf retreats when she feels safe and loved once more, long hare ears returning with a cheerful twitch, moth wings wrapping comfortingly around her. But what is done cannot be undone. Werewolf is the closest word but her beloved moon could never be the trigger for that horrific shift. A defence mechanism then. The red haze and the sharpened canines creeping in when needed. Santa Perla will sacrifice everything for those she loves, but if there is no one to love she will love herself, and do what she must to survive.

Gem:

General Reasoning-

I just cannot see Gem as a deer. The imagery and art is beautiful, I understand the associations, I just don't see it. The grace and nobility I see, but there is no sense of skittishness in that woman. She will stare down that which wishes to eat her and it will find her victorious. Also let's be honest CC Gem ain't as fond of the deer associations/design anymore either. I liked the fox hybrid headcanons, visually speaking it works so well with her red hair, but I have grown up with foxes living in my back garden all my life, I can't see Gem as something so mundane to be honest. A kitsune though? similar themes but more powerful. Mythic, and a real emphasis on the trickster nature which feels right. God-like powers that grow as she does, and a powerful friend and guardian as well as a trickster. They are also specifically known to be bewitching, and Gem has incredible social skills and ability to influence others, a lot of what she does in Secret Life and Among Us proves that.

Extra details-

I headcanon that the reason she originally presented as/ is still often is seen as a deer is because of her trickster spirit nature. She wished for people to see her as something different than she was, both to be perceived as less of a threat but also because it amused her in the early days. Now most of her friends are aware of her true nature, and her power, but she still occasionally will appear as a deer out of nostalgia. I also like to think she gains a new tail for each season of hermitcraft she's in and, as a kitsune, her divine abilities are what allow her to travel between worlds/SMPs, each of her tails forming a bridge to a separate SMP from hermitcraft for her. I've seen a lot about there being multiple 'types' of kitsune, and tbh I'm not sure if that's actually true or something pushed by modern fictional interpretations. I suspect it's the latter based on limited research, but I like the concept and I'm gonna roll with it a bit anyway to say that I think Gem takes on different kitsune 'types' to suit her environment/ series/ current SMP. For hermitcraft 10 she's an ocean kitsune for example.

Shiny Duo Dynamic:

I am a casual shipper of c!Pearl and c!Gem so obviously that has some influence, but even non romantically I think their dynamic is fascinating, and I really love how it works out with my head canons for them.

The most obvious point being that they're both trickster spirits, creatures that, in their associated folklore, tend to play the role of the clever creature that usually talks it's way out of being eaten, or into eating something else. Not to be a stereotypical gay but consumption as a metaphor/ expression of love and obsession is super fascinating I think. Hare!Pearl being chased and played with by Kitsune!Gem only to potentially turn around, shifting into a wolf herself, is really fun to think about, and there are a lot of parallels with that to their interactions, especially with Secret Life and now Wild Life.

Two trickster spirits, messing with each other, in a thrilling and occasionally violent cycle of eat or be eaten, each trying to outwit the other. What forms would Pearl take most around Gem, the hare chased by the hungry fox Kitsune? Or the hound wolf on the hunt? chasing after Gem in turn. Perhaps neither, perhaps she would flit around on moth wings, whispers of her divinity brushing against Gem's as they both continue to grow in power.

I've definitely spent waaay too long thinking about this for someone who almost certainly ain't gonna do any writing or drawing about it xD

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[mothmanavenue]

i’ve done like. 30 percent of it rip i’m procrastinating so bad this is my procrastination post

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[ignus-moth]

tfw ur comic is getting 0 notes consistently

[limbel]

everyday i feel like i'm a normal person and then i talk to people and i realize that maybe forgetting things like i do is not the standard human experience after all. crazy

[mothsgotghosts]

Trollhunters would have ended so much faster if Blinky had a gun. Blinky with a gun is a terrifying thought but he would have fucked up every villian after getting it he would have no trigger discipline

[edwards-exploit]

bwba should've been a james movie and i'll say one of my reasons why here.

ace as a foil to james. ace as james without all his good qualities.

[sollucets]

khun "i preemptively put on a moth shirt for this" khatha