#snail speaking; ask.

[akumasdarlin]

tags oh damn

[varilien]

For the triggun holloween requests, vash and wood couple costumes

ive gotten the suggestion for vashwood morticia and gomez a few times which is great cuz ive been thinking forever about it purely for the "speaks french x speaks spanish" of it all fhdjdjd

[fanaticsnail]

My younger sister, everyone:

I know, I owe you @since-im-already-here. I started the series for you, and I need to get the words on paper. It will get done: I saw the ending in a dream and lost it within the depleting lucidity. It'll come back, I can feel it.

Shoutouts to @feral-artistry @indydonuts and @i-am-vita for also being good sports about the ever growing WIP list. It's gonna happen. Just need another shove when I'm not doing OCs, birthday event, trades, and gift giving. I'm gonna loop the playlist instead of white noise tonight and annoy chef-husband with it.

[snail-studios]

I feel like Link should get to be a magical girl with Mipha (outfit based on the gerudo vai one)

Maybe he would be 'Mystery Girl' who appeared in occasional episodes as a one off character to help the magical girls group. Honestly I'm not sure about what story reasons he would have to pretend to be a magical girl, but I feel like this would be a fun fit for the Mipha magical girl au!

I LOVE YOUR DESIGN SO MUCH <3

[redux-iterum]

Curiosity question: hypothetically, with any cultural struggles of the time set aside, did/does Bluestar ever regret becoming deputy/leader? Or was leadership always something she had her eye on, so to speak? It seems like life would have been much kinder to her, if she hadn't risen through the ranks and stayed a normal warrior...

Another hypothetical if you feel like answering: at the time, if not Bluedusk, who else would've been a good candidate for the deputyship? (Thistleclaw i assume was the main contender, but did Morningstar consider anyone else?)

Bluestar always had the markings of a leader, even as an apprentice (although it initially came out in the form of bossiness which matured as she did). Her dream to lead the Clan only came about when she was a young warrior and those she loved were dropping like flies, one by one. She was of the mind that those losses were all the more reason to apply herself and take charge, to make her family in StarClan proud of her and to let the cats below her feel safe and in control. She knew very well she was more than competent for the role, but she didn't slack at all due to that knowledge. It was no surprise to anyone that she rose to deputyhood almost as soon as her apprentice (Whitecloud, for those wondering) graduated. Her only real competition was Thistleclaw, who was passed over both for his overly aggressive attitude and for Morningstar's bias towards Bluedusk. No one was surprised she was chosen, though Thistleclaw called bullshit to anyone who would listen (and he wasn't entirely wrong).

Of course, then Bluedusk had her illegitimate kits, and lost everything she had worked so hard for - her standing, her respect, her trust, all of it. No longer could she imagine her family watching her proudly. The dirty looks and scoldings from her Clanmates brought that fantasy to ruin. And when she lost those kits in her desperation to get all of that back, she could only see her family turning their backs on her. All of StarClan, really. The living didn't help with that; they still pinned the blame on her, and she knew that, but guilt and grief stained their hearts, and that she couldn't see. As far as she's concerned, her life was ruined and she had no one to blame, and no one's really forgiven her.

She nearly killed herself fighting to win back at least a shred of respect and loyalty, and in time she got what she wanted, but... I think it was pointless, at least for her. She won't let herself think about them and their father, but, like any grief and trauma in the Clans, they haven't gone away despite her best efforts. She feels the scorn of her Clanmates as fresh as if the kits had been born yesterday, even as most of those cats are dead and the rest are steadfastly loyal to her with no knowledge of her controversy. She's distant with everyone, only speaking on business most of the time, because to get close is to throw everything you have into the bonfire. It's just pain and misery.

I think she refuses to acknowledge it, but she regrets...well, pretty much every aspect of her life. She regrets being deputy because of what it did to her kits, and she regrets her kits because of what she did to get into that rank. If she'd just been content to be a regular warrior, if she'd just prayed hard enough so her mother would survive, if she'd just never looked Oakclaw in the eye and seen his kindness... So many things that she would sell her soul to go back and do over again. I think she won't ever let herself be aware of this, but it haunts her, tiptoeing around in the back of her mind and waiting politely for her to be half-asleep with nothing else to think of, and then it taps its claws on her brain and makes her sleep uneasy.

Really, at this point? You could make a case that her dementia is a blessing in disguise. Maybe one day she won't be able to think of them anymore. Stars willing.

[explodingstarlight]

WHO ARE THESE TWO I NEED TO KNOW I LOVE THEIR DESIGNS SO MUCH WHO ARE THEY !!!!

https://www.tumblr.com/explodingstarlight/747441619339558912/a-bit-late-but-a-welcome-back-from-burnout-gift?source=share

Oh, hi, hello!! Always lovely to meet a new face!

These lil guys are Xor & Nova--colloquially known as the Cyberspace Duo (get it?). Nova is my Rise OC/turtlesona, while Xor belongs to the very cool and rad @snailsnaps ✨

Xor 🤝🤝 Nova: Meeting for the first time while running away from their own fanclub of angry Hidden City residents (did you mean?: angry mob)

Both Snails and I have some additional art and references for the both of 'em, so you're always welcome to check 'em out! Most of my own posts are under the #rise nova and #cyberspace duo tag (⁠｡⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧

(and thank you so much for your ask & kind words!! <3)

[desertduality]

(got a bit carried away lol)

here it is <3

AAA THIS IS SO COOL !!!! I love her I’m obsessed <33

[griffinisgae]

I'm OBSESSED with My Thesis Is A Demigod. Thank you for feeding us moon lesbian fans do well!!! Do you have a favourite between the two moon lesbians or are they equally amazing to you?

Aaaa tyty I'm so glad you're enjoying the gay shenanigans :D

And I want you to know I thought long and hard about this and concluded there is no way to pick a favourite, they're a package deal! Each with their own massive long list of things I love about them and I could write an essay on this but I'll spare everyone from my own thesis on these two :DD

(though if you'd have asked me a couple months ago, I'd have said Aylin because I'm weak for buff woman with sword oops)

And obviously I have to ask it right back. Do you have a fave??

[snailshipping]

guys what’s f/ovember …

[neverendinqs]

I'm at work and really can't wait for the weekend, but I thought I share who has been lingering (in no particular order):

Jesse

Ben

Jordan

Skyler

Interstellar crisis, more precisely: Liv, Alexis, Lexington (he'll probably get a new fc) and JC

Evan in his fame verse (actor au)

If anyone is interested in any of those let me know. We can discuss something or I'll toss a random starter your way to wing it.

[definitelynotshouting]

OUGH ok I think I might sign off then cus I have been holding off on sending brainrot but now the chemicals have been triggering an I am mentally ill over them EHE

“Do you think they wear secret tokens of each other's affections. Do you think they hold them close at night and hope to every god they can think of that one day they'll be happy. Do you think they take one last deliberate breath as they hold it close and die.”

ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY ON EVERY ACCOUNT. Cub asking where Scar keeps disappearing off to and why he keeps showing up with bits of feather fluff in his hair, or why he suddenly has so much new jewelry bits like a new wooden bead necklace or an earring that isn’t his usual swirling gold. Or Pearl trying to figure out why Grian has a little leather cord with blue gems suddenly and why does he smell like magic? So Pearl tries to follow Grian but he’s just CONVENIENTLY TOO GOOD AT DISAPPEARING WITHOUT A TRACE. All the while Scar and Grian just have a terrible habit of disappearing to spend time together bc it hurts to be apart and their hearts can only ache for so long AUAUUGHHJJJJ- They just hold each other and run their hands through hair and feathers and trace freckles and scars and pray for a time when they can do that without being afraid :’) AHHAHAHA and then. Once they’ve been found out and fought to find each other one last time in secret (although they know it’s only a matter of time before the ones hunting them draw near and begin fighting again) they swear their deaths will be by their own hands, if only to have the last bitter laugh (oh god the poetry, its coming out of my BRAIN). They’re found embraced together, looking sweet and peaceful but gone nonetheless, and WOOOO their sides have the sense to at least realize how much they’ve fucked up because GOD DO I LOVE SUFFERINF AND ANGST WOOOOOOOOOOOO- (ok whoopsie didn’t mean to go so awful and angsty there I had to cut it up with a little bit of humor lulz) - um I suppose 🦀 anon??? IDK I LIKE CRABS they’re little snippy guys :3c ALSO SORRY IF THIS COMES OUT WEIRD TUMBLR IS BEIN FUNKY FOR ME ;-;

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OH THIS IS SO VERY HEARTBREAKING ANON.... man. Smth so personal about dying in your lover's embrace,,, also im obsessed with how this is a romeo and juliet au but theres magic in it that Pearl can sense, thats got such flavour /gen

I love this anon!!! Also pls ur talking to the angst machine that came up with hunger au, i eat this shit up for breakfast >:]

[snailsandstrawberries]

👦👦🏻 Who did you start watching first?

Hi, thanks for the ask!

Technically I first watched an amazingphil video so, phil. but. it was a joint video (specifically trying to give dan a haircut) so like, it was kinda both!

[willowchild]

Israel must secure the existence of their people and a future for Jewish children

This is written so weirdly but like yeah. And the Muslim and Christian children too

[mantisgodiveblog]

Oh sorry, i meant your liveblog group. And yes, if egg is the fellow who you just reblogged? The hollow knight icon one

We have a liveblog group???

[seductive-snail]

you should consider admitting yourself into a ward

ohh fun, we can be roomies, i can tell you're getting bored in there.

[redux-iterum]

Hello it me again lol

It's been a while since I've read up on this part of the lore, so excuse me if I'm mistaken, but isn't there a group of local researchers distantly keeping tabs on the Clans? What's the general reaction/consensus when it comes to the dog pack issue? Is it something this group of researchers are even aware is happening?

In a similar vein I suppose: though the pack is primarily staying in the nature reserve for now, they HAVE been mentioned to have strayed into the Houses/near the Barn as well. Have any of the humans in the local neighborhood been running into issues with them? Or the Aulmir cats? If it isn't a spoiler to talk about, of course!

(I love that these are even things y'all are making me think about btw. I feel like I'm always aware there's something going on "in the world" outside thunderclan's camp, so whenever there's a larger threat like the dogs or the fire it has me pondering on what the reserve's nearest neighbors are up to/how they react, as well.)

Walnuts are classified as fruit!