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save me trini roti

trini roti save me

#rye.txt #was feeling unwell today. but my aunt brought food. ooooooo chicken curry roti so good. heals all ailments

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trini roti

trini roti save me

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trini roti save me

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I was listening to my liked songs and one came on that I realised might be a good fit for Owlpounce and Mudpaw? It’s called “Turtles all the way down” by Sammy Copley and it makes me think of Mudpaw and the Wrentail thing (abuse and murder situation) while Owlpunce cares for Mudpaw without knowing about

just listened to it..... ough my heart. thank you for the recommendation!!

#ask #music recs #the singer's voice........ ough. like the definition of melancholy

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I’m so happy I came across your blog on tumblr. Love love love your videos on YouTube! Your stuff has inspired so much <3 your angy cat is one of my fav oc warriors in the space. I’m rooting for you on the side and sending you good vibes from my corner. Never give up 💪

YIPPEE welcome to the tumblr blog :D im so glad that my works can be an inspiration!!! I'm so happy people like my silly little kittycats :')

#ask #i tried to answer this the other day but tumblr ate it </3

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#rye's art #im fine now lol

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cool thing about getting Really Focused on your art: yippee!! I'm getting so much done!! Progress!! Yay!!

not so cool thing about getting Really Focused on your art: i have not stretched in 7 hours and my limbs hurt and also im hungry and dehydrated

#rye.txt #OOPS #making myself stop for the night. but oooooohhhh i got so much done today #my right arm hurts though. gonna do some stretches #and also eat and drink lol

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something about staying up really late drawing unlocks some kinda hidden ability where everything I make looks awesome but at the cost of getting way too little sleep. what is that does anyone else experience this phenomenon

#rye.txt #if im awake for more than 6 hours after sundown my third eye opens and I suddenly get the Vast Increase In Artistic Skill status effect #but the consequence of this is I get Very Sleepy Tired

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Finally made some simple reference sheets for my little guys :D I also put together some little facts about them and their personalities :P

Minare

pronounced mee-NAH-ray

Half leader, half figurehead to the rebellion against the current king and his heir

The people who work with her respect her as the last scion of the true royal line, but also they have known her since she was Fresh Out The Womb so she's also kind of their baby. Collectively. Collective rebel baby

Disregard the fact she's like. Early twenties. That's their baby girl

This makes Minare A Little Insane. She loves the rebels, they've supported her and her family through the worst times they've seen in living memory, but also She's An Adult and she NEEDS to have someone respect her and her decisions.

Her opinions don't always hold the weight that she thinks they should, her being the future ruler of the kingdom and all

Much of her work in the rebellion is stunted by the fact that she is THE last of the true royal family, so she is Not Expendable. They have to keep her safe, and she knows why, but it's also a little infuriating that she can't help more

Dangerous missions are an Absoultely Not, but Mina still helps by doing safer missions and planning/strategizing

She's been given tons of self-defense training, and she carries a short blade with her just about everywhere. This is seen as slightly unusual, but ultimately understandable for a young lady when she's traveling on her own often. Like having a can of pepper spray with you

Makes casual friends very easily; she manages to seem incredibly open and personable while simultaneously telling you Nothing important about her personal life

That being said, she doesn't have many close friends. She doesn't want to put anyone in danger, and she also doesn't want to put herself or the rebels in danger by making an opening that could be exploited. Her friendship with Vaitus is something that happens without her really meaning for it to happen. She just looks up one day and realizes she's gotten way too attached to this guy that was supposed to just be another acquaintance

She's got a protective streak a mile wide. if she makes the connection in her brain that she's responsible for someone, they INSTANTLY become someone Under Her Protection. This clashes with the inherent sacrifices she has to make as a leader of a political rebellion with high stakes consequences for each decision made

If one were to ask a random citizen of the capital if they know Minare, 9 times out of 10 they're at least acquainted with her. she's always keeping an ear out for people who need help, and is known for being able to give them a hand. If she's not doing the helping herself, she probably knows a guy

Loves finicky work. tinkering, fixing things, touching up stuff, anything that most people would find boring to work on, she's your gal

Vaitus

I'm. not sure how to explain pronunciation like I did with Minare. It's 'Vai' like in 'vital', and 'tus' like in 'tusk'

Doing His Best™

Crown Prince of the kingdom. I think I might name the kingdom 'Acora' but I haven't decided on that quite yet

"Crown" Prince is kind of an unnecessary title, since there's no other heirs. There used to be! Up until Vaitus was around 7 years old, he was one of the last in line for the throne. But then An Event occurred. I will get into this event at another time, I've got a few animatic ideas for it :P

Vaitus is less than enthused (read: terrified) by the idea of becoming king one day, but he's also aware that the kingdom would almost certainly fall into chaos if the current king died without a ready heir. A rush to fill a power vacuum could tear the kingdom apart. So he just. keeps on keeping on!

Fantasy autism. it's just like real life autism except the royal physicians diagnosed him with "occasionally possessed of foul spirits and daemons" so the diagnosis wasn't really helpful. He has no idea why he suddenly loses the ability to speak (or sometimes even think) in high stress situations. this is especially unfortunate when most of his life consists of going from one high-stress situation to another

Very thoughtful. will not speak until he's got the full sentence ready + 3 possible follow up sentences depending on where the conversation goes

Animal lover. but he doesn't know this until he gets to interact with an animal. he meets one (1) stray dog and is so normal about it (lying)

TERMINAL rbf

Was told as a child that it's impolite to not make eye contact with people, so now he makes All The Eye Contact. he's being polite. wait what do you mean he's being scary

#I also added them to my character page on artfight :P #rye's refs #rye's art #MaVst #minare #vaitus #so much of their story just lives in my brain in an Incomprehensible Mass so I'm trying to figure out the best way to explain it all #there are a lot of other characters but these two are the main ones #also they're the only ones with reference sheets

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like mother like daughter (asymmetric designs)

#rye's art #robinsong #laureltail #made these for their artfight profiles :)

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Since Foxjaw is deputy, who was his apprentice? I remembered that deputies have to have at least mentored one cat.

Spill the beans- unless they’ve been spilled already

I think he’s apprenticed a couple cats over the years, but his first apprentice passed away in a bout of sickness that hit the clan a few years back :( that being said, I like to think that he also mentored Pearfur!

#ask #foxjaw #pearfur

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the background background characters have been added lol

I made a bunch of character icons for my profile on artfight!! Thought I'd share them :) they're in really low quality cause of the size limit on the site haha

#rye's art #pearfur #laureltail #embertooth #since I've already got some references for them I figured I would go ahead and add them :)

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may i recommend dear arkansas daughter,, was listening to it & thought it maybe sorta would fit?

ooo I just listened to it, the vibes are lovely :) thank you for the recommendation!!

#ask #music recs

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I couldn't get the idea out of my head sorry

#rye's art #wrentail #birchspeckle

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crying bc now im imagining wrentail showing up in mad babys dream like william afton being like i always come back (idk maybe mud was dreaming abt that in the lullaby pmv LOLL) also sorry im yapping and asking a lot of questions bc ive been with ur channel since the beginning and u have inspired me so much <3

NEVER apologize for asking questions I LOVE it 😤 and yeah I think Mudpaw dreams of Wrentail fairly frequently, even if it's not actually Wrentail's ghost showing up in his nightmares. also the idea of wrentail showing up with the 'I always come back' mp3 playing in the background nearly killed me it was so funny

#ask #wrentail's ghost yelling at birchspeckle to listen to him about mudpaw: MICHAEL MICHAEL DONT LEAVE ME HERE MICHAELLLLLL #mudpaw #wrentail

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wait are foxjaw and owlpounce related or smth?? they look kinda similar to me lol

I haven't fully locked in on this idea, but I like to think of them as siblings :)

#ask #mayyybe they're cousins #they're definitely related in some way though #foxjaw #owlpounce

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littol comparison of a sketch I did in Dec. 2022 vs the finished frame from my current project :)

#feel free to speculate on whatever is happening in this frame lol #foxpaw im so sorry for how i drew you in the sketch. why did you look like that #rye's art #larkstar #foxjaw