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#I have baked my own hot cross buns!! #they're super good #a lot of people probably wouldnt be into them tho because theyve got raisins #but i thought they were super good #especially fresh out of the oven #when they get cold tho theyre. less good imo #reblogs

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Was working on updating my cr oc Sprite Demon’s ref on and off in between commissions and i’m posting her refs + Art Fight page! <3

Art Fight - Character : Sprite Demon Cookie

#OC - Sprite Demon Cookie #cookie run #cookie run kingdom #cookie run oc #crk oc #swarms-art

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Israel has deployed auto-firing quadcopters that emit the sounds of crying babies.

https://xtwitter.com/jam_etc_art/status/1780038184828608975

There is no possible reality where this is in any way capable of being passed off as self-defense. It was never self-defense. It is, and always has been, a genocide.

Crying babies. Crying babies. This is, beyond a shadow of a doubt, meant to draw out and kill civilians while also making it far more difficult to locate and aid children who are trapped or alone.

If you have money to spare, please consider donating to some of the fundraisers on Operation Olive Branch to help people escape this genocide.

End the occupation. Free Palestine.

#!swarm-the-important-things!

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I heart the people who affirm my love for Mallek/affirm Mallek loves me like??? You guys are so fucking sweet awgaggsa

#swarmspeaks

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Grin.

#I should redraw this one #hmm... #I hum as I comb my beard like a wise old man #chahut maenad #hiveswap #reblogs

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Update =)

#I'M NORMAL I'M NORMAL I'M NORMAL I'M SO SO NORMAL #(i'm not i'm crayyazy) #ggrGRAGHGSHHJJ #loved this chapter sm #I do not see nearly enough Boldir content and she's one of my favs #you are feeding me #SUCH a good chapter #gragh #HGRGAHJAH #okay i'm okay #teehee #boldir lamati #mspa reader #hiveswap #reblogs

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Welcome to the Kirby OC Tournament!

the oc tournament is back again this year, and will be hosted by @starflungwaddledee and @moonverc3x!

this is a fun and friendly popularity contest for kirby-verse original character designs and their associated stories or lore. competitors can submit their characters to the competition during the submission period, after which characters will be matched randomly together in public polls for voting!

there will also be a losers bracket, to allow folks voted out early to continue playing and participating in the contest. polls are open for anyone, competitors and spectators alike!

in between each match-up, competitors can create artwork "propaganda" for their characters which will be shared to the blog! getting your character in front of voters will help people to recognise and care about them, and can increase your chances of getting votes-- as well as new fans-- for your OC!

🗓️ schedule of events 🗓️

submissions open: april 8th see below for how to submit your oc! submissions close: april 30th brackets announced: may 5th voting begins: may 7th bracket length: 1 week break length: 1 week each voting bracket will last One Week with public tumblr polls on the @kirbyoctournament blog. there will be a week between polls to give competitors time to draw up additional propaganda! depending on the size of the first bracket in particular, poll posts may be staggered over several days. if this happens, the break week will begin after the final poll closes.

🥳 how to submit your oc 🥳

Submissions are currently open and will close on April 30th. to submit your oc (only one oc allowed per participant!!), simply make a post on your own blog introducing your character with art and/or any lore you'd like to include! make sure to tag the @kirbyoctournament in your post (please do not submit via the ask box.) despite being an oc centric event, you can include canon characters in your OC backstory and propaganda. here is a template for submissions, but this is just a guide and you can deviate from it as necessary! if you want to write a lot of text, consider putting it under a 'read more'! Name: Reference Image/s: Notes on Personality (optional, but preferred!): Backstory and Lore (optional):

remember, this is a friendly competition, none of you will get hurt!

if you have any questions, send us an ask! (please do not dm either hosts, the askbox is where you need to go with questions!)

🔗 useful links 🔗

kirby oc tourney discord server. here you can chat with other competitors, mods, and get pinged when polls are posted! Tournament brackets (<- link will be added once submissions close!)

🌑 mod disclaimer 🌟

@moonverc3x and @starflungwaddledee are cohosting the tourney to make sure it runs smoothly this year and so that the event can hopefully bring some joy and interaction to the kirby oc tumblr community, but we also always wanted to compete. because this is a popularity contest with public voting and all pairings are 100% randomised, we don't think this gives us any sort of advantage, and all propaganda will be posted on our private blogs like everbody else's. however we do just want to be upfront about it!

#OOOOO!!! #kirby oc tournament #reblogs

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instead of continuously over-donating to ao3 when those running the site are racist zionist sympathisers who shut down support of palestine from its volunteers 1 / 2 (among myriad other issues that u should NOT be funding) please direct your attention to these incomplete fundraisers for people in gaza and various tangible operations doing work. this is a call that if u have donated even a cent to ao3 to a) match that in your donations to palestinians/causes and b) stop donating so uncritically and unconditionally to ao3, pressure them. id like to direct u to @end-otw-racism

fundraiser masterpost by @el-shab-hussein

mona

care for gaza

help gaza's children

operation olive branch

the palestinian children's relief fund

unrwa

the palestinian red crescent society

buy an e-sim / donate for mass buying

#!swarm-the-important-things!

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I haven't drawn any Hiveswap for a couple of weeks now I am going crazyugsu

#swarmspeaks

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Said mspa/mallek was the stinkiest ship ever for April fools...only posted it to the bird app tho and forgot to post it here buuuut I still think it's funny lmao

#april fools throwback >:] #this ship sucks!! i hate it and i hate them #i was lying to y'all the entire time they arent my fav characters!!!! #<- okay but if I actually ever say that its NOT MEEE #mspa reader #mallek adalov #reblogs

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#!swarm-the-important-things!

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when will they confess??

#I WOULD ACTUALLY DIE FOR THEM #UGHHHHHH #kiss already you idiofs..uhhhghs #I love your mspa reader btw #the short fuzzy hair and grey eyes are suped cute #ALSO THE EXPRESSIONS ARE KILLING ME??? #i loveee this #mspa reader #mallek adalov #mallek x mspa reader #hiveswap #reblogs

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It isn’t any easier to breathe.

Colored sketch commission for @comfort-in-coffins

#fantroll #homestuck #homestuck fantroll #hiveswap #commission #commission art #finished commission #swarms-art

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Adding this to pin along with my commission list. Informing everyone going forward that Kofi is no longer an avenue in which to pay me. Been having a lot of issues and I've been alerted by a previous commissioner that money has been sent back. Thankfully I was able to receive my payment but rn I don't trust to use Kofi. Until that's resolved, Cashapp is the only way to commission me and pay me by!

As I explained in the first picture, money is a struggle right now! So i'm opening my commissions, this time at greatly reduced prices. Any help would be appreciated!!

I'm opening 5 slots to start, claim a slot by commenting or DMing me, further discussion will happen in DMs! If you'd prefer to discuss more on somewhere like Discord please tell me and and we can discuss further!

#swarms-art #commissions

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I'm thinking about how Mallek would be in other quads (cause I'm so silly and I heart that guy)

#swarmspeaks

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Hey, do you think Mallek would be into dating sims? Specifically the ones that have robot characters? <- thinks about calculester from monster prom

(anyway, I hope you're getting better and I'm not bothering you with this silly little ask that ran into my head after reading your mallek headcanons and playing the game ever! Keep yourself warm and comfortable, please)

Bit late answering this ask! I am indeed much better and no longer sicky teehee

Also erm? You're SO right anon I literally am../j ofc! It makes me like. Stupid happy that people like how I write/see Mallek. UGHH him and Boldir are my fav trolls 5ever and I want to write them the best I can.

As for your your questionnn uhh? I'm honestly not sure? The type of games I can see Mallek playing ranges from casual games, multiplayers that he can get on calls with and talk with friends, sandbox style games, and ofc, if he's really wanting to use up his brain power, some pretty difficult and complicated RPGs that involve a lot of reading or remembering things. The last one interestingly, though, is, to no one's surprise, likes shitposty kind of games.

Mallek, on his own, I don't think seeks out to play dating sims, not the serious ones anyway. Sure, he hears about some popular ones (a lot of eastern Alternian dating sims are crazy popular) and he enjoys some eastern Alternian anime (not a lot to say he's a megafan or anything but, ya know, casually). But he doesn't seek those specific kind of games out himself.

In comes his dumbass friends that he plays online games with. Not a bunch of people. Honestly, it's only like. Five trolls at max he plays online games consistently and is one of his few bustling social groups. There used to be six..but. It brings a dull sadness to his pan if he thinks too much about him.

Anyways! His friends definitely like to pester Mallek and send him shitpost games disguised as other games to prank him. It's funny as fuck. Some of these they'd hide dating sims in them, serious or not, and Mallek would be like, "haha; oh no what do you have me playing this time;", download it, and. It's fucking dating sim. SO stupid but he thinks it's funny and humors them, playing the game on his off time.

He's. Greatly embarrassed to say he enjoyed some of them. Shitposty ones of course were great, but he finds himself shocked to enjoy some of the more serious ones in these prank hidden games his friends have him play. Not a lot of dating sims include alien type characters to romance because aliens are kill on sight on Alternia...but robots aren't. Yeah Mallek finds himself drawn to the more interesting characters in terms of looks or personalities. And that doesn't mean in terms of a character being hot or attractive. I point and laugh at Mallek, robot fucker ROBOT fucker!!

He replays some of these games sometimes, and THAT is why he keeps his friends from seeing when he does by hiding his game status online from them lmao. He still doesn't go out to purposefully play new ones, but he likes the handful of dating sims he does still play from time to time.

#mallek adalov #hiveswap #hiveswap friendsim #swarms-asks

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Pretty please. Can I have Mspar x Mallek headcanons where Mspar is sick? How does Mallek react the first time? Does he react after finding out they are much warmer than when they were not sick?

OKAY OKAY INHALES EXHALES I actually think about this one a lot too! Both if Mspar were sick and if Mallek was sick, both for thinking about how they go about taking care of each other and also..troll sicknesses? I imagine you got your basic fevers and colds (probably not called those on Alternia tho) But I also think about their more extreme illnesses? Not going into that tho! I'm getting into my hcs for you >:D

꩜ Mspar can't actually catch most troll illnesses! They've seen their fair share of troll illnesses because they've taken care of a few of their friends who have been swamped by sickness or a virus. Poor Tyzias..She was having a horrible time being sick for a good week. She thinks she got some good work into her group project, but she was devasted that she felt so sick she couldn't work on much. Mspar and Stelsa took care of her though and Mspar came out of it fine! They did make sure to shower thoroughly or to not physically see any friends for a good few days juuust to make sure they don't spread whatever Tyzias had. All of that is unrelated to Mspar getting sick for these hcs. I just wanted to note that Mspar is immune to most troll illnesses.

꩜Mspar is however, still susceptible to the troll cold and fever equivalent. To whiiiich they weren't expecting to get sick since they hadn't up till this point, so they were completely unprepared when one morning, they woke up sick as FUCK. Eyes stingy as hell, throat so itchy they wanted to claw it out, body ravaged by weakness and soreness, nostrils stuff and so they had to resort to uncomfortably breathing through their mouth, and a heavy awful fog weighing on their head. They. Felt. Awful. And they don't even know where they got it!!

꩜Mspar felt incredibly weak, the weight of them trying to push off their blankets was unbearable, it was like they weighed a ton now. So they had no choice but to lay there, hopeless and unable to think any complex thoughts.

꩜They weren't aware that a day had passed since they succumbed to laying in their blanket pile. While their body wasn't able to get up, they weren't actually resting. It was so hard to breathe, and they couldn't comfortably sleep. They hadn't eaten, not even a drop of water. They were miserable. And unbeknownst to them, their certain ceruleanblooded matesprit had been trying to text and talk to them, but their lack of response made him panic, thinking something had happened to his matesprit..

꩜Mspar woke up to a completely different but familiar place. It took some effort to open their eyes to truly take everything in, and they slowly come to see a troll. Mallek. His expression was one of pure worry, his brows knitted, biting at his lower lip just a little as he wrings at his wrists. He was on his knees beside them where they lay on his couch, his upper body and arms rested over their blanketed body as he looked on when they started to wake up. His expression softens only a little, reaching out his hand and turning it so the back of it can come up to press at their forehead. The second his hand comes into contact with their forehead he flinched away a little, almost like the temperature burned him. In reality it wasn't exactly that, not to where it hurt but it was the first time their warmth was able to catch him off guard. That was way too warm, even for them.

꩜Mspar comes to, their weak and strained voice calling his name, asking them how long were that out, did Mallek bring them here? How did he know they had gotten sick? Mallek explains everything. "you were out for hours when I brought you here; you were not responding to any of my messages and it showed you did not even open them; i got so worried something happened and; i found you in your watch tower; you did not look good so; I brought you here;

꩜Mspar was having trouble thinking, speaking. The brain fog roaring and their throat in agony. Mallek sees how much they're struggling and he pushes off of them briefly to lean down to the ground next to him, trying to find something in the basket he brought with him in case they woke up. "this =! going to be pleasant i am not going to lie; but you need to take this so your symptoms subside;" Mspar feels gentle fingers coax their mouth to open, they feel something pill shaped pop into their mouth and then Mallek holds their mouth closed. The pill tasted subtly sweet.. before the pills outside melted and out poured a liquid. It tasted absolutely horrible. it tasted alcoholic but the bad kind, the really bad kind, it tasted of only the bitterness of citrus fruit and none of the sweet, like a very potent and worse syrup medicine, and the taste of horrid alcohol. It made them weakly struggle to open their mouth, but Mallek held it closed, looking at them apologetically. "i know i know i am sorry; but you really need to swallow this;" Tears are in their eyes at the utterly horrible taste, but they soon painfully swallow. They immediately wanted to throw up, but Mallek held their mouth closed to make sure it stayed down. Once Mallek was sure they had swallowed, he released their mouth, immediately hugging them. They were so warm..it was unnerving to Mallek, his cooler head pressed to their much hotter one.

꩜As soon as Mspar swallowed the medicine, they felt as it went down their throat, that the itchiness went away along with the coolness the medicine was spreading open up their nostrils for what felt like in ages. They could breathe. They still had their other symptoms, but they could feel that they weren't nearly as bad. They could feel Mallek kiss their warmed cheek, "you are staying here where i can watch you; so i can take care of you;" Gratefully, they can't express through words, but they nod. Other than the fever making them warm, Mspar felt warm in the moment at his declaration of taking care of them in this state.

꩜The thought of Mspar being able to catch the alternian equivalent to a fever wasn't something that crossed Mallek's mind. They seemed immune to other trolls' illnesses. Of course they'd be. They're so God damn lucky on this planet. But when he finds they've been sick from the fever equivalent, the trade-off for being immune to the more dangerous of troll illness is being able to get sick from the cold and fever equivalent.

꩜Mallek did as he set out to. He took care of his sick matesprit. They were...couchbound instead of bedbound. They stayed in his respiteblock on that couch near him and his husktops and desk where he worked so he could keep a close eye on them. It was honestly one of the few times he took very consistent breaks just to check up on them, refill their water bottle, or stepping away for a long period of time to make them food that would be easy to keep down (soup, he made them soup). Mspar worried Mallek would catch whatever they have, but Mallek assured them that he "has the immunization jab for this sweeps varient..so vaccine they were guessing. Damn they didn't even think about trolls having those.

꩜When their sickness started easing over the next few days was when he took breaks to check up on them..and then cuddle with them on the couch. His poor snake brain couldn't resist the warmth. Mspar was SUPER glad he couldn't. His coolness felt amazing on their uncomfortably warm skin. You know how cats purr and how when they do its said to have a lot of benefits like reducing stress, lower blood pressure, and just general healing? Yeah. Trolls' purrs can do that too, + it being a way to show someone they love that they feel safe being around them. Which is to say Mallek purred a lot when they were cuddling.

꩜Mallek couldn't cure them right away but it only took about a week and then some for them to finally be completely healthy. They thanked him a bunch for taking care of them, giving his face obnoxious kisses. He laughed and told them no problem. But despite how nonchalant his words sounded, it and his expressions carried so much warmth.

꩜Yeah uh! Who would have thunk that quadmates taking care of their quads was also super intimate for trolls? It's another trust and vulnerability thing to them. Most trolls hearing of other trolls are sick, even if they're friends, typically bow out for a while and wish them luck and start talking and seeing them again when they're better. Seems like an asshole thing to do, but they're trolls, and they don't have the same standards humans do when friends, family, or partner/s are sick. Vulnerability and, by extension, trust are HUGE I can not stress enough, HUGE for trolls. Alternia is a dangerous and unforgiving planet. It's such a hard thing for trolls to ever feel completely safe, to completely trust anyone because of the nature of other trolls and their planet as a whole. So?? To give complete trust in someone you deeply care about and leaving yourself vulnerable, in a position that would leave you susceptible to attacks, like getting sick, that means so utterly much to trolls. It means you feel that you're safe being around them at your most vulnerable with them.

꩜Mallek doesn't get sick very often but when he does..he trusts Mspar SO much to take care of him when he's weak and vulnerable just as he did with them (and of course they do)! >:D

#mallek adalov #mspa reader #mspa reader x mallek #mallek x mspa reader #hiveswap #hiveswap friendsim #swarms-asks