#the crane wives counting sheep

[alyrictoasongbythecranewives]

Morning comes a day too soon

You're back inside your tiny room

Waiting for something, so good at doing nothing

[your-fave-is-a-crane-wives-song]

Alex Williams from dreams of an insomniac fits really well with counting sheep :]

Alex Williams from Dreams of an Insomniac is Counting Sheep by The Crane Wives!

[nerdicorntheshipper]

The crane wives should put rounds in their songs again

[crane-wives-song-bracket]

POLL 1, ROUND 3

[ifwebefriends]

As the sunlight filters in

Then your daily dread sets in

The cycle's beginning,

and in your head alarms are ringing

Something in you's fast asleep

Afraid to be who you will be

It's a losing battle,

so why are you still fighting?

-Counting Sheep by The Crane Wives

Image ID in ALT

[wynnielovescranesntheirpartners]

‘ ‘ Something in you's fast asleep, afraid to be who you will be. It's a losing battle, so why are you still fighting? ‘ ‘

- Emilee Petersmark and Kate Pillsbury, Counting Sheep, 2011

Crane Wives Lyrics, Day 5

[mooncalf87]

If anyone wants to build me a telaportation device to get to a Crane Wives concert I would really appreciate that. Also someone give me your ticket HAND IT OVER

[griffinverified]

Inktober 15 - Counting Sheep

An emo drawing of an OC set to Crane Wives lyrics, I am nothing if not predictable

[jesterofwords]

Daily Crane Wives Quotes: #24

"Pop your pill and force a smile

Feign contentment for a while

That's all you know how to do"

-Counting Sheep, The Crane Wives

[alyrictoasongbythecranewives]

As the sunlight filters in

Then your daily dread sets in

The cycle's beginning, and in your head alarms are ringing

[crystalline-fragmentation]

the cycle's beginning, and in your head alarms are ringing!

[now playing: Counting Sheep by the Crane Wives!]

[boxes juked: 1/3]

@mcyt-jukebox-bonanza

behold! the one that took me the longest to finish and sent me to background hell! was it worth it?

yeah. I'm proud of this one :D

[crane-wives-song-bracket]

POLL 1 ROUND 2:

[doodle-girl]

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THIS IS SO AWESOME OFIHEHRJRKJ GF EJJDKRKFK

RAAAAHHHH ITS FINALLY DONE AND UPLOADED

Anyways I made an animatic :]

[the-artist-grimm]

for the ask game, 12, 17, 19 and 20?

12. Do you have a playlist for the character? What songs do you associate with them and why?

I've answered a music lists ask before! (and really need to make proper playlists eventually lol), but only gave vague reasonings I'll add more to here.

-Anthea has more indie to kinda sad songs because despite giving off a playful vibe they're pretty melancholic behind the mask. A smile is a way they brush off how they're actually feeling, and from Crane Wives to Vocaloid I get that sort of vibe-happy or at least catchy songs that are actually sad when you pay attention between the lines. -Narinder's got progressive metal/rock since he's pretty depressed in my AU. He also has a bit of a bleeding heart where he loves fiercely only to get hurt which I've noticed is a trend in Sleep Token or sometimes Starset songs. -Aym and Baal got Nightcore and Vocaloid mostly because they're kids and back when I was like their age of 11-ish that's also what I was starting to get into. Aym is more edgy cause he's got a little bit of a temper, while Baal leans more happy since the kid's pretty positive.

17. Are there any motifs or symbols associated with the character? How are they represented, in their design, personality or in some other way?

Anthea I associate with the '13th Hour' since when I think of Crimson Angel's vessels, I place them on a clock face, with each one counting down to the final in the center. The last vessel, the last sheep, the last one to try and free Death, the 'Unlucky Thirteen'. But contrary to my usual character design you actually don't see that on Anthea, their base outfit is a little bit generic and I'm thinking of redesigning it for their post-bishop/reconciliation era to help differentiate their starting look from the end, I designed them prior to really realizing how big this'd get so Anthea needs a little updating. I do however lean into a slight renaissance era inspiration for the AU, since I associate that with both religion and 'memento mori' (remember death) via its paintings.

19. What is your general favorite thing about the character? What is your least favorite?

Hm...I guess one major thing is that Anthea's an adult? My other protagonist OC, Chrysa, is 16 with her main party allies being between 16.5-21, while Anthea's 26-29+. They're more mature and experienced in ways Chrysa isn't, they got wildly different backgrounds, Chrysa's shyer while Anthea's more extroverted, and yet they're similar in both being people struggling to find a reason to live and to understand that they gotta live for themselves. It's fun having another protagonist to work with who's a little more aware of their environment for a change, as opposed to a teenager trying to learn how to understand it. The least favorite though is their legs. I hate drawing the digitigrade legs and need to practice more, they're super hard to pose. T_T

20. Bonus question: share any additional thoughts, art, favorite scenes, anything you've been waiting for a chance to ramble about

Anthea has very much risen FAST in my favorite OCs list, to where I kinda wanna include their counterpart as a side-character in my OCs world with counterparts to Narinder and the twins. Not copy pasted, besides Anthea I would change their names and they'd all just be normal mortals, but since I've kinda made these 4 OCs in a way anyway why not bring them in. (Hey I'm building these characters up, might as well use them to replace some of the cardboard side-characters I've had doing nothing plot-relevant for years.)

It's obvious but Narinder is very much a simp for the lamb, like he started falling fast and HARD like a year and a half or so into Anthea's vesselship. Anthea's fall was slower but simmering in the background, and it was only after Narinder said he refused to leave the Gateway without them initially that they finally realized it.

And lastly I did NOT expect these characters or this AU to get this far, but I'm so, SO grateful it did. Post-graduating college it felt as if all my friends just vanished because we all got so busy, and while we try to chat and stuff I was getting really lonely, especially as I struggled to find work. Like I didn't really know what I was doing as the days bled together. Yet since joining, this fandom's let me meet so many wonderful, amazing people though, and I am extremely grateful for that.

[mibkid]

Last thing before i go offline, (i've talked a lot today)

COUNTING SHEEP BY THE CRANE WIVES is SUCH A BANGER of a song and it is soooo fitting for Linked universe, like it has such good and fitting vibes, (especially warriors and legend specifically somehow?? tbf i blame myself for that one, bc of that one inktober thing i did)

You should listen to it!!!

ehem, here is a spotify link and a Youtube link: