#year of the spring rabbit

[vernallagom0rphs]

Day 20: Vernal Lagomorphs

(Aka Goodbye Year of the Spring Rabbit, Hello Alive AU)

Hello!

To all of those who have followed The Year of The Spring Rabbit, I want to say thank you! Though I initially set out to draw 365 Williams, I went through a lot of life changes this year that impacted my mental health severely, and while I am in a better place and finally enjoying life, I knew that I would be unable to catch up by the end of this year.

But when a door closes, another one opens! And I've decided to go forward and convert this blog into the dedicated blog for the Soldered Wires' Alive AU, with a name inspired from its formers' namesake.

The Year of the Spring Rabbit pictures shall remain on this blog. And shall be listed in order in a new pin at a later date :)

The inbox only had a few asks, but you are free to contact me if you would like to delete an ask. Otherwise, any ask from this former blog shall be answered in context to the Alive AU!

And of course, to the fellow people who have followed me solely for the 365 billiams, you can unfollow if you wish as this project is no longer active. Eventually, it shall be filled with 365 peepaws instead.

Thank you once again!

from @thecryptidart1st

[thecryptidart1st]

hey everybody~

taking the time to let everybody know about the changes i’m trying to make to organize my three different art blogs

the short summary: I will be closing the ask box for thecryptidart1st blog on April 2nd!!

If you have a pressing question for the characters of the Soldered Wires AU, this would be your time to do it. The ask box will still be open for The Graveyard Shift and will become available on Year of the Spring Rabbit.

for additional details about the future for all blogs, follow me behind the read more

Hey how’s it going?

So having three different art blogs is fun, but it’s obvious I need a little more organization, because one of them is suffering

As much as I want to do daily drawings of murder man Willy Afton, I know I don’t have the time or the willpower to commit to 365 drawings of him. I’ve been trying to find a work-life balance where I can still draw sufficiently and have a job that keeps me preoccupied physically and pays my bills. So far my current job is doing that, but at the cost of commute occupying a couple hours of my day.

This doesn’t mean that I don’t want to stop Year of the Spring Rabbit either. I’m having too much fun drawing William and getting asks about people wanting to kiss and/or punch his face. It just means that we are not likely going to see 365 Williams. I’ve been in debate if this means that we reduce YotSR from a daily to a weekly upload or we substitute different content at the cost of a number of regular drawings (ie like having an animation of William at the cost of 20 daily drawings or something)

For now at least, I want to at least open up an ask box on the Year of the Spring Rabbit blog to get some more ideas on William drawings. I’ve been focusing too hard at incorporating Soldered Wires lore with every drawing so far, so I need some fresh perspective :) This inbox will open up after the main art blog closes.

Speaking of which, yes, I am closing this blog’s inbox on April 2nd (to avoid confusion closing it on April Fools’ Day)

I’m planning on tackling the backlog for Soldered Wires here, all the while answering asks for The Graveyard Shift that I can weave into the storyline I have going for Season 2.

Starting April 3rd, I’m going to try to keep to this upload schedule so I know what to work on. I know some days I can tackle more than one ask, I know other days I won’t have the motivation to draw (and I’ll inform when it does happen), so this will be a general idea on what I’m going to be doing each week :)

The main cryptidart1st blog will likely be closed until I can get it under 100 asks or TGS’s inbox exceeds 300 asks

So get those asks in, and in the meantime, feel free to leave some suggestions about the Year of the Spring Rabbit situation :)

[hk-does-stuff]

Its fnaf day

[changan-moon]

bunny for year of the rabbit by 檀仁TANRENCAT

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

Happy Spring Festival/Chunjie. Happy Year of the Rabbit/Tunian 兔年吉祥

[employee72]

sleep deprivation runs in the family

[k-looking-glass-house]

Happy (fanon) Birthday Sam (Sammy boy!)!

Yes....it's happening, ...Did I gave fanon birthday to the twiwon's cast leftover.....Yes!

I only wanted Sam to be....a pisces...very important information....yes.... and 7 because...lucky 7 for a cursed merchant...

(When I decide to make something special about it ...tadadadadaaaa SSR Crowley popped out of nowhere....THAT BIRD THAAAAT BIIIRD!!!)

Once again this is not an edit. And I really need to work harder on line pressure... But I am such a lazy one...

....That outfit got a long history.....The coat is a Loewe x Howl's moving castle collab.... The shirt and pants are "Moschino" inspired and the shoes are the famous 80/90 brand colorful "Chanel". Kind of twisted design from a street magician... Yes he's wearing an aviator hat because blame pixiv wonderful artists and their headcanon...Sam is scarred on broom....don't ask...my brain...my fashion sense...and you wondered why models walk with "trash bag" on themself....our brain....

SAM~ SSR Birthday friends on the other side

Summon Line: “And I got friends on the other sideee~ Gneehihi everyone is ready to party right now!”

Groooovy!!: "I got things I never tried! But I got friends on the other side!"

Home: "IN STOCK NOW! Gneehihi I'm joking, I'm joking, today is a day off after all~"

Home Idle 1: "à#** Yes? Ah sorry kooni-chan, I was talking to the shadow~"

Home Idle 2: "I can't wait to go back to Jubilee port, my sisters made me a surprise party....which is no longer a surprise party *crazy grinning face* ***"

Home Idle 3:" I am still quiet young among the NRC adult crew~ *cute face*"

Home Idle - Login: "Kooni-chan look this way *stare* !!... Yes indeed my red socks are a gift from Mister Crewel. He said" Sammy-boy, to make a statement in your outfit". I enjoy them a lot gneehihi"

Home Idle - Groovy: "You reside in Ombrorio with every campus's ghosts, you must treat them properly!"

Home Tap 1: "Sam the Shadow man! I was even called Oogie Boogie back then! *shadow dancing around*"

Home Tap 2: "I am craving chicken gombo... You should definitely taste my cousin Tia' "cuisine"!"

Home tap 3: "Those necklaces pearls are gifted by our Carnaval princess, it brings good fortune!... No I didn't catch too many of them.*side eyes*"

Home Tap 4: "I have a lot of secret you know gneehihi~ If you ever need some information come to me, we'll make a good deal about it~"

Home Tap 5: "Sam...? What...Last name?...Gneehihi how bold and brave of you kooni-chan. It's Sam D. because I was born on a samedi! No more question shh shhshhh! *silent finger mouth pose*"

Home Tap - Groovy: "You're green!! Ah no I mean I'm a royal from my mother side you know *stare*"

Bonus: MAGIC DUO

Sam: Kooni-chan IN STOCK NOW 50% off!! Yuu(sona): Happy birthday Mister Sam!

*Sam's sisters are part of @evilcokito 's lore... I love them soooo much that it's canon in my head and I added them to my own lore haha (Hope you don't mind Coco...)

*Sam D is a pun word with the french word samedi which means saturday, but is also related to "Baron Samedi"

[aworldofpattern]

Meadow Rabbit and Celestial Rabbit bandanas by The Batik Library, Lunar New Year 2023: Year of the Rabbit

Designed by Agnes Wiguna. Made in Kemlagi Village, Mojokerto, Indonesia.

[rabbitsinvideogames]

Spring Alfonse from Fire Emblem Heroes

[energysoda]

wait just realized my headcanon year William Afton was born (1939) is the year of the rabbit oh my god I DIDN'T EVEN PLAN THAT WHATTTT

[hollifo]

Imbolg | Watercolour

Imbolg/Brigid's day blessings, and positive new beginnings to all!

[vernallagom0rphs]

Top 2023 of Year of the Spring Rabbit/Vernal Lagomorphs, but it's out of context and 80% unhinged William

[thecryptidart1st]

Wanna know something that just gave me a crisis? (/hj)

Events of FNAF 3 would be taking place this year.

i’m aware

[tendaysofrain]

“Three Poems for the End of the Year” (歲晚三首) Translation

(Happy Spring Festival/Lunar New Year/Chinese New Year to all!  I thought this series of poems was a good introduction for certain traditions and customs surrounding the festival, so here they are, please enjoy!)

Three Poems for the End of the Year

By Su Shi (Song dynasty, 1062 AD, 11th century)

Exchanging gifts at the end of the year is called “gifting the year” (1); inviting others to feast together is called “sending off the year” (2); keeping vigil through the night of the eve is called “watching over the year” (3).  Such are the customs in Shu (4) (5).  Since I am now a government official in Qixia (6) and cannot return home at the end of the year, I am writing these three poems here for Ziyou (7).

Gifting the Year (1)

Each household’s harvest is now done, which will aid in the yearly event (8).

Worried about missing out on the festivities, people exchange presents freely.

The contents vary according to their place of origin, the poor gives little while the rich gives plenty.

An enormous carp lays across the plate, within the cage rests a pair of rabbits.

The wealthy displays extravagance, their embroidered silks glowing in lustrous hues.

The poor cannot afford the luxury, and opted for small gifts of pastries.

The official residence doesn’t have familiar faces, while the celebrations continued in the alleys.

I wish to celebrate with the customs of my hometown, yet there's nobody who will join me.

Sending Off the Year (2)

Faraway lives my old friend, reluctantly do we part.

Though people can return to visit, the years never will.

Where have the years gone?  To the ends of the earth.

Off chasing the east-flowing waters (9), and into the timeless seas.

The neighbor to the east has the well-aged wine, and the neighbor to the west owns the fattened pig.

All for a day’s festivity, to compensate for the melancholy of the ending old year.

But never be consumed while mourning this loss, lest you forgo the fresh new year.

If one looks back while moving forward, old age and infirmity shall catch up.

Watching Over the Year (3)

The year shall soon end, a long snake swimming towards the gloomy depths.

Its slender scales already half out of view, who can hide its intention to leave?

And if one wishes to tie up its tail, though diligent this is still in vain.

Trying their best to fight off sleep, children play merrily into the night.

Wishing the morning rooster won’t crow, my anxiety grows amid the urging of the geng drums (10) (11).

Sitting through the night whilst petals of ash drifts from the lamp (12), the Big Dipper already askew when I stand up.

Will the New Year be absent next year?  I fear what’s on my mind will be delayed again.

The youth who can cherish this singular night, their will and spirit are praiseworthy indeed.

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Notes:

“Gifting the Year”/饋歲/馈岁:  refers to the custom of exchanging gifts at the end of the year.

“Sending Off the Year”/別歲/别岁:  refers to the custom of feasting on the 29th day of the Twelfth month in order to “bid farewell to the old year”.

“Watching Over the Year”/守歲/守岁:  refers to the custom of staying up through the entire night of the eve and the early hours of the first day of the new year; lamps and candles are also kept on or lit through the night so the light can rid the residence of all evil, pestilence, and illness in preparation for the new year.

Shu/蜀:  name of a region; the archaic name of the region known today as Sichuan/四川.

The first two sentences in Su Shi’s introduction here are a direct reference to the records of New Year’s customs from the Jin dynasty (266 - 420 AD) book 《風土記》 by Zhou Chu/周處/周处.  In fact, Su Shi’s description here is a paraphrase of the same information in 《風土記》:  ”蜀之風俗，晚歲相與餽問，謂之餽歲。酒食相邀為別歲。至除夕，達旦不眠，謂之守歲”.

Qixia/岐下:  refers to the foot of the Qishan/岐山 mountain in Shaanxi province/陕西省 today.

Ziyou/子由:  courtesy name of Su Shi’s younger brother Su Zhe/蘇轍, the recipient of this letter.

Yearly event/歲事:  implies the New Year’s festival, colloquially called “passing the year” (Guonian/過年/过年 or Dusui/度歲/度岁) or “yearly festival” (Nianjie/年節/年节), now known more widely as “Spring Festival”/春节 (this name came about in 1914 from an official document), “Lunar New Year”/农历新年, or “Chinese New Year”.

East-flowing waters:  a common Chinese literary motif that refers to the passage of time; this is because both Yangzi River and Yellow River flow eastwards.

Geng drum:  a drum carried by night watchers, called Gengfu/更夫; gengfu will sound the drum every Shichen/時辰/时辰 (1 shichen = 2 hours) during the night while he is patrolling the streets and on the look out for potential dangers like fires or robbers.

It should be noted that in the old times, age is calculated as “1 year old” at birth, and increases by 1 every New Year’s festival (the resulting age number from this traditional age calculation method is now called Xusui/虛歲/虚岁).  This is reflected in the character sui/歲/岁, which means both “age” and “year”.  This also means that in the old times, everyone has a birthdate, but there are no annual “birthdays”.  Now we can understand Su Shi’s anxiety while waiting for the old year to end:  he will be considered “1 year older” after the eve ends, which reminds him that he’s aging.

Petals of ash:  refers to the ash left by the burning candle wick.

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Original Text (Traditional Chinese):

《 歲晚三首 》

[宋]  蘇軾

歲晚相與餽問為“餽歲”；酒食相邀呼為“別歲”；至除夜達旦不眠為“守歲”。蜀之風俗如是。餘官於岐下，歲暮思歸而不可得，故為此三詩以寄子由。

《 饋歲 》

農功各已收，歲事得相佐。

為歡恐無及，假物不論貨。

山川隨出產，貧富稱小大。

置盤巨鯉橫，發籠雙兔卧。

富人事華靡，彩繡光翻座。

貧者愧不能，微摯出舂磨。

官居故人少，里巷佳節過。

亦欲舉鄉風，獨唱無人和。

《 別歲 》

故人適千里，臨別尚遲遲。

人行猶可復，歲行那可追。

問歲安所之？遠在天一涯。

已逐東流水，赴海歸無時。

東鄰酒初熟，西舍彘亦肥。

且為一日歡，慰此窮年悲。

勿嗟舊歲別，行與新歲辭。

去去勿回顧，還君老與衰。

《 守歲 》

欲知垂盡歲，有似赴壑蛇。

修鱗半已沒，去意誰能遮。

況欲系其尾，雖勤知奈何。

兒童強不睡，相守夜歡譁。

晨雞且勿鳴，更鼓畏添撾。

坐久燈燼落，起看北斗斜。

明年豈無年，心事恐蹉跎。

努力盡今夕，少年猶可誇。

[linghxr]

What’s written on red envelopes (红包)?

Let’s celebrate the Year of the Rabbit (兔年) by reading some hongbaos! I recently found a bunch of old hongbaos that I have received over the years. I had already taken the money out, but I guess I set the envelopes aside.

Probably the most common character and most important thing to know is: 福 fú - good fortune / happiness / luck This character is so ubiquitous that there is even a subreddit called r/itisalwaysfu. You will see 福 on some of the red envelopes below.

万���胜意 | 萬事勝意 wànshìshèngyì - may everything be better than you wish

一帆风顺 | 一帆風順 yìfānfēngshùn - to go smoothly / to have favorable wind all the way / have a nice trip

大吉大利 dàjídàlì - luck and prosperity / great luck, great profit

心想事成 xīnxiǎngshìchéng - to have one's wishes come true

万事如意 | 萬事如意 wànshìrúyì - may things go according to your wishes

富贵花开 | 富貴花開 fùguì huākāi - riches and honor, flowers bloom

迎春接福 yíngchūn jiēfú - welcome spring and receive good fortune

Next time you give or receive a hongbao, be sure to read what’s written on it!

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

happy spring festival 2023 to everyone🐰 (location: 婺女洲wunvzhou, jiangxi | photo by bruce lee)