#they're just little guys

[theveryworstthing]

"Welcome! I'm glad to see that we still have people interested in volunteering. We have 6 positions open this Riverseason, 3 at each of the base camps. After you fill out your paperwork I'll take you to meet the new Companions and we'll see who you connect with!"

every few years after a heavy rainy season the river swells and a lush, high, patch of forest grows around its fattened middle in a matter of days. during this time strange Creatures emerge to nest in the surrounding area, which is seemingly a safer place to rear young than the forest, and then migrate back when the river begins to lower in a few months. neither the creatures nor the Townsfolk know why the forest appears or what exactly is going on with the river but they learned long ago to (mostly) live in peace. 

while the forest makes most people uneasy, some are very eager (maybe too eager) to explore it. this includes some young Creatures who seem equally compelled to Enter. experience says that mixed teams have a better chance or survival (little guy with Powers + person with thumbs and camping supplies is a pretty good combo even if communication can be rough sometimes) and so that is how the scouting trips operate. scouts start at either upriver or downriver base camps just outside the forest and try to follow the river the entire way to avoid getting lost.

it is so easy to get lost.

most people lose sight of the other scouting teams about half a mile in even though they're all following the same river and going in the same direction. best case scenario is that you make new discoveries, map out a few things, and make it out the other side in way more time than it should really take to walk to the other side. worst case is you can't find your way out before the river starts to dry up and you hope the rain is heavy next year. 

pictured above are the little Companions ready to hike in with someone this season. you will only learn their names if you connect with one, but in loose power typing terms we've got:

a prophesy type (omens good and bad. tea leaves, smoke, tiny bones)

a wander type (never settled and never has to be. a shifter of sorts)

a fungal type (more than it seems. eager for friendship)

a celestial type (looking into the void. navigating by starlight)

a dirt type (grounded and persistent. a terror to terrors)

and a sylph type (the air in your lungs. the invisible belief)

which Companion will you choose? what name comes to you when they choose you back? 

#body horror #monsters #they're just little guys #what if someone gave me a million dollars to make the weirdest pokemon game ever created? #if i actually did this i think the player character would also be non-human. probably make them a goblin. #you shepherd the creature and also you are a creature :)

[artemismoorea03]

DPxDC Prompt: I Got You Brother

Danny has been in Gotham for a while after things went south with his parents. But that's what happens when one's parents are convinced by the G.I.W. that Phantom killed "Real Danny" and took his place as a way to fill his sick obsession of "being alive" which - they couldn't be further from the truth - but his parents were so convinced by the evidence that they refused to listen. Vlad expected Danny to go with him and when Danny refused it made part of him snap.

Danny fled from his parents, the GIW and Vlad in the dead of the night. No family, no friends, nobody knew where he was and that was how he liked it.

He lived at the cave with the bats but refused their offer to come upstairs. He knew who they were and that they were safe but he also knew that if he took one step onto that elevator they would be his family. They would be his family and he couldn't risk losing another family.

He thought that living in the cave would prevent any of them from getting attached. So quickly his schedule turned into a cycle of patrols. Start patrols, stop in for lunch, patrol until dinner, patrol until breakfast, patrol again until lunch. Repeat day in and day out.

He told the team he didn't need to sleep and told them that he was fully a 'Ghost' from another dimension. As many details as he could keep from them the better.

Or so he thought.

Until after nearly a week of these endless patrol things changed. A fight with a particularly powerful ghost had wiped him out and while he managed to stay on his feet when he tried to continue patrol his vision blurred and his transformation dropped.

And so did Danny.

Danny wasn't even aware somebody was tailing him until a thick rope wrapped around his wrist and stopped his fall. Danny swung, hitting the side of a building with a tired grunt as he looked up.

Orphan.

"New brother! Got you!" Orphan called down to him as Danny tried to get his powers to respond, desperate to do anything to protect Orphan who was sliding closer to the edge.

Spoiler showed up within seconds, grabbing Orphan's ankles just as Orphan went over the edge and Red Robin grabbed Spoiler around her ankles. Frantic shouting echoed as Nightwing grabbed Red Robin around his ribs, the weight threatening to pull them all over before Red Hood grabbed Nightwing.

Danny reached up, trying to grab the rope when another wrapped around his free wrist from next to them. Batman was there and by his side was Robin, also there to help Danny and the others up.

He hadn't wanted a family.

He had run from who he was and the ones he loved.

But he found more people to love him.

It wasn't until Signal showed up - having been alerted to the situation and called to the scene - that Danny let the tears drip down his face.

He was home.

#dcxdp #I got you brother #I love Cass #I love all of them ngl #I need to learn more about Tim Duke and Damian tho #they're just little guys #he's never done nothing wrong his entire life #danny is traumatized and that's okie #I didn't read through this so there are probably mistakes~ #but it's late #and I'm a tired bee #tired bee with big ideas #dcxdp prompt

[mynnub-blog]

I can't stop thinking about FNAF: The Movie

#they're just little guys #little blorbos #william afton can go fuck right off tho #i think a producer once said this would be a “weirdly adorable movie” #boy did they deliver #fnaf #five nights at freddy's #fnaf movie #fnaf 2023 #freddy fazbear #bonnie the bunny #chica the chicken #foxy the pirate #fnaf freddy #fnaf bonnie #fnaf chica #fnaf foxy #fazbear entertainment #fazbear #abby schmidt #fnaf abby #mynnub #william afton #spring bonnie #fnaf movie william afton #springtrap #steve raglan #vanessa shelly #fnaf vanessa #mike schmidt

[thr-333]

Leo would look at a small anxious version of himself and be smacked in the face with pure unfiltered big brothertm instinct.

Anyway go read exactly that happening if you haven't already:

You're being Adopt(Do not Resist)

#am I exaggerating how small the mutant mayhem turtles are? #yes yes I am #but your honor consider #they're just little guys #Leo: is anyone going to adopt this kid? #then not wait for an answer #mutant mayhem #tmnt mutant mayhem #tmnt mm #mm tmnt #tottmnt #tmnt 2012 #tmnt fic #tales of the tmnt #tmnt

[gfbs-the-decaying]

Meet our protagonists, Valentino and Maverick!

#orginal character #webcomic #oc art #orignal oc #character design #tw blood #protagonist #if my OCs remind you of anyone then I know and I don't wanna hear it over and over again!!!!! #let them thrive as their own guys #they are NOT in love wdym #(i'm lying) #they're just little guys #please ignore any typos present or I'll bite you #worldbuilding #orignal character #animals #art #cats #not warriors

[the-angry-dyke]

I took some very beautiful pictures of a cluster of hairy oyster mushroom please agree with me 🥺

#mycology #mushrooms #they're just little guys #fuzzy

[pixelcatsend]

We have dates! Our next registration window will be Friday, February 17th at 18:00 to Sunday, February 19th at 18:00 (site time).

Pixel Cat's End is a virtual pet site where you collect and manage a village of cat-like creatures. You can dress them up, give them jobs, build and decorate their homes, and take them on tabletop-rpg-style adventures.

Come down and get yourself some small, round little kitty not-cats! Features:

The tiniest baby kittens you have ever seen in your entire life.

A very slow/casual-paced game that you can easily keep up with even if busy with work or school.

Say goodbye to the gender binary.

Giant (friendly) magical moose with hundreds of eyes, if that sweetens the deal for you.

Some future features:

Ascend your cats to their final form and give them antlers, wings, and spare eyes.

Mercats. Yes, you heard me. Mermaid kitties with little fishie tails and fluffy kitty pawsies. They will be yours.

Magical kitty cat powers (and terrible consequences for unlocking the secrets of the universe).

Find us at pixelcatsend dot com

#pixelcatsend #pixel cats end #virtual petsite #they're just little guys

[ciarre]

it’s engaging time!

#fire emblem engage #fire emblem #fe #fe17 #alfred #diamant #alcryst #kagetsu #rosado #pandreo #alear #panette #timerra #merrin #yunaka #ivy #these will be available starting this weekend!! #they're just little guys #skrunklies

[cacklinggremlin]

Here, have some sleepy Raph and Chompy while I work on the next war child profile

#teenage mutant ninja turtles 2012 #tmnt 2012 #tmnt raphael #tmnt chompy #artists on tumblr #they're just little guys #sleepy times #pic taken by Mona Lisa #she hung it in her room #raph is an adorable dad

[mythandral]

qiqirn appreciation post

#they're just little guys #him sleepy #ffxiv #gpose #qiqirn

[theveryworstthing]

BE NOT AFWAID

Some angels aren't that good at taking human shape, but they do try their best to be friend shaped.

over on patreon Scyllarus asked for 'Toy breed angels (like toy breed dogs, but with more eyes and wings)', and Werejelly wanted 'Living creatures that somehow incorporate things like pipecleaners, yarns old buttons and crafty things into their biology'.

i imagine these little buddies hang out with humans a lot. maybe they've been sent for some reason by a god with an overflowing craft drawer who's really into kidcore, maybe they're fallen angels who have found new forms of self expression and community among the humans as they literally craft their forms as they see fit. in any case, although they can probably be the size of a building if they want, they choose to be somewhere between the size of beanie baby or a pomeranian. perfect size to rest in the palm of your hand or settle on your lap if you sit still long enough.

every one of them absolutely bites though. Do Not Antagonize.

#angel #angels #body horror #they're just little guys

[elveneye]

I know disappearing randomly is a regular thing for me but this time it's justified since my graphics tablet that I've had my entire teenhood died.

I got the exact same one, just new ᕙ⁠(⁠ ⁠ ⁠•⁠ ⁠‿⁠ ⁠•⁠ ⁠ ⁠)⁠ᕗ

Here's a little Splatoon jellyfish requested by @teethflavoured , I don't play the game but she sends me clips of these guys and I tear up every time.

#they're just little guys #splatoon #splatoon art #splatoon jellyfish #elvendrawz

[soup-sponge]

i love lockwood and co fight choreo

lockwood really spun his rapier around and used the hilt to gut punch someone and george started using a heavy ass iron chain as a lasso like it was nothing

this shit means the WORLD to me

#they're just little guys #lockwood and co #02: let go of me #anthony lockwood #george karim

[faunandfloraas]

191214 미니팬미팅 © 000922_ai

#they're just little guys #bang chan #kim seungmin #stray kids #skz #fan pics #seungchan

[mac-aniart]

reposting some old art from like 2021 or something. corsolas!

#they're just little guys #also look i drew a background waaaaw #corsola #pokemon #my art #artists on tumblr

[dirtytransmasc]

y'know how siblings will fight all day, and then like, one of them falls asleep (typically while in the car) and the other huffs and puffs but lays them down on their lap/shoulder and totally doesn't play with their hair and they pretend they are fine but inside they're gonna cry, cause their sibling is just their little baby and they would die for them and they regret being mean all day and get themselves so close to crying....

that's Miles², no I will not be taking criticism.

like, Milo (miles 42, using the little nickname for the sake of ease) and Miles going back and forth all day, being mean, teasing each other, calling each other names, being REAL mature, but the second the other falls asleep, it's done, over, they will go to the ends of the earth to make sure the other stays sound asleep, is comfy, and is not in any way disturbed. Milo will SHOOT you, if you dare breathe too loud when his brothers sleeping, he will not move a muscle for hours if his brothers sleeping on him, and the whole time he's teary eyed, trying to pretend he's not doing the little thumb thing on Miles's hair. same with Miles, he's just actually crying, he's drafting a heartfelt apology, he's fighting the urge to hug Milo as tight as he can, he's normally curling up next to/around Milo and going to sleep himself cause he's a wreck at that point.

they're brothers, better yet, twins, your honor, I love them.

#they're just little guys #but also #they're teenage boys #and as a resident of a 4 boy household... #this was the only consistent part of our relationship during the teen years #I just feel like THAT mental breakdown you had #where you wanted to cry cause you felt like shit for beung mean to your sibling #while holding onto them so they don't wake up till you get home #was a pivotal moment of everyone's childhood #so its part of theirs #cause I said so and it's just cute #miles 42 #prowler miles #miles morales #miles morales 1610 #miles morales 42 #atsv #spiderman across the spiderverse #across the spider verse #spider man: across the spider verse #across the spiderverse #across the spider verse spoilers