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camilleflyingrotten · 1 month

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The last centaurs, Aziraphale and Crowley, and their little foal Orion 💛

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anabinsfeld · 1 year

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fem sirius AGAIN bc I’m in love, deal with it

#wolfstar #sirius black #mtf pride #incorrect sirius black #gender envy #fem sirius black #sirius orion black #sirius black fanart #gender fluid #sirius is a little shit #gender fluid sirius black #marauders #the maraunders map #marauders era #marauders fanart #any pronouns #digital fanart #digital art #fuck jkr

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hazelnutnebula · 2 years

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ohmyg od. i lov e onion (orion)

#My Characters #Orion #Genshin Impact #sketches #scribbles #doodles #any pronouns for this. f re EAk #i know i said i was gonna post more??? interesting art. b ut im just not with it rn.#ive been unwell on and off since the weekend and i legitamtely feel like my brain got put in f uc king vinegar #so im throwing my unfinished stuff here. cause this freak has been in my files since. last year and im dy ingj hedfvb #so. very crusty. bsgdfchvjbk very wahbsnjdkfv #i havent been able to think of an outfit for them for a while. so. *gives them whateverbv

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luigis-mogai-mansion · 1 year

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Lazy flag combos pt.35

Ft. Aloeian/nullic/xlnone with...

Any pronouns but it/its × neopronouns × skel/skeleton

Gendervoid × nb gay × orion/orions

Cyber/cybers × nb pan × Gnc

No credit needed

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iamdumbteenenby · 2 years

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#sirius orion black #the marauders #hunbloom #gay #genderfluid #padfoot #wolfstar #anti blackinnon #a gay and a lesbian #gross #they use any pronouns #and i'll die on that hill

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biggestshadowkinnie · 16 days

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look at my little virus guy i love xem

#shads.txt #shads.png #shads.oc #sth oc #sth oc art #orion the hedgehog #fuck it im making a tag for her #btw uh. he uses any and all pronouns #go ham when addressing it

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donutboxers · 3 months

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🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘

#dnd character #dnd art #dnd homebrew #this is one of my characters and an older drawing of him #his name is orion he’s a synth who identifies as an elf #he’s so moon coded #he uses any pronouns but mostly he/him #sharing old art

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pronoun-checks · 3 months

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hey, can i get multiple pronoun checks? I know this is a Lot, sorry. seperate paragraphs for;

Desolation, they/them, shi/hir

Phas, he/him, ze/zyr, ghost/ghosts

Byrd, they/them griffin/griffins

Orion, they/them, she/her

and an Orion he/him

Some things to write about; I have noisecancelling headphones, i like The Magnus Archives and am currently making my own podcast with my friends! I recently got a bunch of pins i put on my bag. i love horror and writing horror. i dress very goth/punk. i hope thats enough!

Thanks! and sorry again for so many

Sure thing!

Desolation they/shi

Wait a second, is that Desolation? I think I see Desolation over there! Do you see them? They’re the one sitting by themself with their headphones on. I wonder if they’re listening to anything or if those are their noise-cancelling headphones. Anyway, you’ve met Desolation before, right? No? Well, you’ll have to meet them sometime; I think you’d get along nicely with them. They said that shi likes the Magnus Archives and is making hir own podcast with some of hir friends. Shi also said that shi likes horror and has written some horror stories hirself. Oh, you don’t see Desolation? Shi’s the one over there dressed in goth-punk style with the bag with all the pins. Yup, that’s Desolation! Do you want to go meet hir? Sure, let’s go say hi to hir! Hey, Desolation!

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Phas he/ze/ghost

Wait a second, is that Phas? I think I see Phas over there! Do you see him? He’s the one sitting by himself with his headphones on. I wonder if he’s listening to anything or if those are his noise-cancelling headphones. Anyway, you’ve met Phas before, right? No? Well, you’ll have to meet him sometime; I think you’d get along nicely with zyr. Ze said that ze likes the Magnus Archives and is making zyr own podcast with some of zyr friends. Ze also said that ze likes horror and has written some horror stories ghostself. Oh, you don’t see Phas? Ghost is the one over there dressed in goth-punk style with the bag with all the pins. Yup, that’s Phas! Do you want to go meet ghost? Sure, let’s go say hi to ghost! Hey, Phas!

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Byrd they/griffin

Wait a second, is that Byrd? I think I see Byrd over there! Do you see them? They’re the one sitting by themself with their headphones on. I wonder if they’re listening to anything or if those are their noise-cancelling headphones. Anyway, you’ve met Byrd before, right? No? Well, you’ll have to meet them sometime; I think you’d get along nicely with them. They said that griffin likes the Magnus Archives and is making griffins own podcast with some of griffins friends. Griffin also said that griffin likes horror and has written some horror stories griffinself. Oh, you don’t see Byrd? Griffin’s the one over there dressed in goth-punk style with the bag with all the pins. Yup, that’s Byrd! Do you want to go meet griffin? Sure, let’s go say hi to griffin! Hey, Byrd!

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Orion they/she

Wait a second, is that Orion? I think I see Orion over there! Do you see them? They’re the one sitting by themself with their headphones on. I wonder if they’re listening to anything or if those are their noise-cancelling headphones. Anyway, you’ve met Orion before, right? No? Well, you’ll have to meet them sometime; I think you’d get along nicely with them. They said that she likes the Magnus Archives and is making her own podcast with some of her friends. She also said that she likes horror and has written some horror stories herself. Oh, you don’t see Orion? She’s the one over there dressed in goth-punk style with the bag with all the pins. Yup, that’s Orion! Do you want to go meet her? Sure, let’s go say hi to her! Hey, Orion!

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Orion he/him

Wait a second, is that Orion? I think I see Orion over there! Do you see him? He’s the one sitting by himself with his headphones on. I wonder if he’s listening to anything or if those are his noise-cancelling headphones. Anyway, you’ve met Orion before, right? No? Well, you’ll have to meet him sometime; I think you’d get along nicely with him. He said that he likes the Magnus Archives and is making his own podcast with some of his friends. He also said that he likes horror and has written some horror stories himself. Oh, you don’t see Orion? He’s the one over there dressed in goth-punk style with the bag with all the pins. Yup, that’s Orion! Do you want to go meet him? Sure, let’s go say hi to him! Hey, Orion!

#Lmk if I used any of the neopronoun sets wrong #Desolation/Phas/Byrd/Orion #they/shi #he/ze/ghost #they/griffin #they/she #he/him #they/shi/he/ze/ghost/griffin/she #pronoun checks #lgbtq #lgbtqia #pronoun check #pronouns #name check #name checks #anon #anonymous

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infamous-if · 1 month

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So sorry for the delay! ! My VS Code program wasn't calibrated with CSIDE and in the indentions basically messed up. The prologue coding is so wonky that honestly if I do anything I end up fucking up 2839393 lines of code. If you've been following a while, you're probably well aware of much hatred for the prologue's coding lmao but we live and we learn.

Storyline wise, not much has changed. Scenes are largely the same, since I'm pretty happy with what I wrote a year ago. For this rewrite, I focused mainly on the big things like choices that will impact the rest of the story and O's gender selection. Some new things include:

you can now play with Orion or Oriana Quinn

you can now express if the band went through a musical rebrand after seven and what the old genre was (which will come up later).

you can now choose whether mc "changed" after seven and what change that was (there's 4, technically 2, options and a "default" vague option, im open to more options since I wanted to do this but couldn't really think of any believable ones beyond the four).

new mc personality: attached vs detached. your mc can have an extra attachment to the band for obvious reasons, or can feel the opposite.

coordinating outfits can now be exclusive to the band members. your mc can be the unique unicorn of the group since they're the lead singer (this is definitely not gonna bite them in the ass later)

adding to that, your mc's reason for fame can be due to wanting to keep the band together.

a new flavor text feeling about seven is now added which is basically "idk how I feel" instead of hating or loving them, you can just make it that MC's feelings for them is just a big question mark. REALISM!

stat changes: stern/playful -- same thing as humorous/serious I just wanted words that encompassed a wider range of behavior Leader/follower - whether mc takes on the leader role or not camaraderie - a band stat that measures the trust/morale/closeness of the band

u can probably see where im going with the stats huh....

smaller changes include:

more choices and options

prose changes + dialogue additions and expanded/ added scenes

The beta testers have not touched this yet, as I wanted to bring it out to collect some last suggestions, ideas from Patrons. Of course, as always, if you do catch errors, please let me know.

My main concern for errors: O's pronouns. It was a long process but I may have missed a few pronouns here and there. Please let me know if you catch any <3

PROLOGUE: 93K WORDS (for context, the old prologue and chapter 1 were 92k together. The prologue is a tiny bit inflated but :)))

I will make a post about beta testers soon. I've been quiet on that front because I've been just prioritizing getting this out first.

Now available for Band tier! (6$)

#update #rewrite

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otherkinnews · 26 days

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One anti-furry bill died, the other two wait to be heard

(This blog post was originally posted on the Otherkin News blog on DreamWidth by Orion Scribner on March 24, 2024.)

Content warnings: Rated G. An urban legend that describes an unsanitary situation. Sexism against transgender people, including attempts to prevent them from going to school or using facilities, and outing children to their parents. A straw-man version of furries being used to try to discredit transgender people, in a way that could cause trouble for people who identify as nonhuman.

So far this year, Republicans have proposed three pieces of legislation that are opposed to furries or people who identify as nonhuman. That’s something they started doing last year, inspired by an urban legend about litter boxes in public schools, which they made up in parody of transgender students asking to use school restrooms. We’ve been ending up calling these “anti-furry bills” as we keep track of them in our Otherkin News blog. Furry isn’t the accurate word, but it is the word that Republicans use in the urban legend and usually in the bills too. Every once in a while, I’m checking on the status of the bills, and trying to see if there are any new ones. Here is the update for this week.

1. Oklahoma House Bill 3084 (OK HB 3084) “Schools; prohibiting certain students from participating in school curriculum or activities; effective date.”

Background: We wrote about this bill in detail in a previous Otherkin News post. The bill says that furry students should be taken out of school by animal control. Its only sponsor (writer) is Justin Humphrey (he/him). This seems linked with his opposition to LGBTQ people, as well as his efforts to legalize animal fighting. Later, Jim Olsen (he/him) took over as principal sponsor of the bill. He proposed changing it to have the same text as an unrelated bill of his, one requiring public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments.

Update: The bill’s current status hasn’t changed since our last update. It’s still at 25% progression toward becoming a law. Its text hasn’t changed from what it was originally, so it's still about furries.

2. Mississippi House Bill 176 (MS HB 176) “Gender dysphoria; require school personnel to notify parents of student who request to be referred to as different gender or nonhuman.”

Background: This was introduced at the same time as the first bill. As we previously wrote about it, the bill is mostly against transgender students in a way that could put them in real danger. It would require schools to out transgender students to parents, and to allow faculty to not accommodate any student who “identif[ies] at school as a gender or pronoun that does not align with the child's sex on their birth certificate, other official records, sex assigned at birth, or identifying as an animal species, extraterrestrial being or inanimate object.”

Update: This bill’s current status is dead! Hooray! It died in committee on March 3. When a bill dies, that means that it won’t progress toward becoming a law.

3. Missouri House Bill 2678 (MO HB 2678) “Prohibits students from engaging in ‘furry’ behavior while at school”

Background: We previously wrote about this bill. The bill says to pull students out of school for being furries or purporting to be animals. The bill’s only sponsor is Cheri Toalson Reisch (she/her). This appears to be connected with her opposition to transgender people as well as her efforts to undermine public schools in favor of charter schools.

Updates: This bill hasn’t changed or moved forward. It’s still the same as it was when it was introduced. A hearing hasn’t been scheduled for it, and it’s not on a House calendar.

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About the writer: This blog post was written by Orion Scribner (they/them), who has been a community historian and archivist for more than ten years.

#litterbox hoax #litter box hoax #litter box urban legend #furry #otherkin #therianthrope #nonhuman #US politics #OK HB 3084 #Oklahoma #transphobia #Mississippi #Missouri #MS HB 176 #MO HB 2678 #sexism #Otherkin News #rated G #unsanitary

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driftsart · 3 months

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tell us more abt ur shockwave!!!!! pretty please. I saw the previous tags on the eepy post and u said he's the nicest ever. now im even more inclined to give him hugs

Sure! ⬇️⬇️

Here's some pre-war Shockwave lore:

Shockwave was originally a senator (I'm still figuring out in what city), but his mind was rarely focused on his job. His dream was to be a scientist, not a senator (since jobs were chosen for Cybertronians). He would often skip work just to work on his experiments that only Soundwave and later on, Orion Pax knew about. His works and experiments all had the same goal, making Cybertron a better/equal place to live in. And since he worked with/close to Cybertron's government, he knew about most conflicts/issues on Cybertron.

Early years of war Shockwave lore:

During the begining of the war, Shockwave's experiments were exposed to the public after autobots finding out he was allies with the newly formed group which were nameless at the time (the deceptions). With his experiments out in the open, many autobots were angered and thought of them as dark science since Shockwave kept them hidden. Ever since, he was considered a mad scientist that had to be captured. He was hunted down by bounty hunter Lockdown, which at the time, was an autobot. He was found in a burning down factory carrying a newly forged cybertronian who was abandoned. Because of this, the autobots accused him of stealing sparklings just to experiment on them. He was then given the punishment of empurata, with extra weapons and parts just so that he would have to "carry the weight of his crimes".

After Empurata lore:

After the punishment, Shockwave, with his newly formed emotionless mind, k!lled the group of bots who performed the punishment on him. He later on escaped and hid in the wastelands where he worked tirelessly day and night trying to find any way of restoring his memories and emotions. He wasn't seen for years after that.

So y'all might be wondering, how did he join the 'cons?

The deceptions at this time we're trying to build ships to escape cybertron and hopefully find a better place to regroup and start their own Cybertron. Luckily, Megatron stumbled across the place Shockwave was hiding in. At first, he didn't recognize Shockwave due to the massive change in appearence because of the empurata. Shockwave had just invented a cure for his memory loss and it was just kicking in so he still didn't remember much so he attacked Megatron. During the battle, the cure finally kicked in and his memories came back to him. After some apologies and etc. Megatron asked him to join his team as the scientist. Shockwave agreed.

Shockwave now:

Shockwave usually spends his time in his lab inside the Nemesis. He's a really nice guy since he has his memories/emotions back. He's found ways of making the empurata punishment more bearable for him, as well as finding out how he can remove parts and rebuild his body. But with the lack of materials, he can't do much. Lockdown's a decepticon now, and he's apologized for what he did in the past. Shockwave isn't entirely sure wether to trust him or not though, so he keeps his distance.

He is a big hugger though, careful he doesn't break you. :)

Some additional info:

-He's around 70-75 in robot years. (I've been adjusting their ages)

-His alt most is kinda like the TFP one

-Blitzwing hates him (since he's had some trauma w/ scientists before)

-Pronouns: he/him

-The little sparkling he rescued was Thrust, and after joining the decepticons, he decided to take care of her (yeah Thrust's a she :]) so that someday he can prove to the autobots that he only meant good intentions that day.

That's kinda what I'm brainstorming so far lmao 💀

(I'm also thinking of maybe during the Empurata, Soundwave and Megatron try to save him but he attacks them too before he runs off idk lmao)

#transformers #digitalart #au #art #photoshop #character design #ask #ask post #decepticons #lore #Shockwave

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weeklyhiiai · 2 months

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i can't do this without you.

welcome to weeklyhiiai, a small project run by two artists who love hiiai and have too much on their plates! (we're planning on posting at least once a week, hopefully more if time allows!)

the inbox is open for requests! hiiai forever <333

artist introductions under the cut!

hi, i'm neptune aka @neptunesailing! i use any pronouns and i am so insane about hiiai have you seen them have you seen chapter 160 of the es!! main story have you SEEN THEM-

anyway i love hiiai. thats it.

i'll sign off posts with ☄️:]

hello hello!! my name is alix, aka orion, aka @orioncore on here and ao3! i use they/it pronouns, and I'm insane abt these two. they plague me.

fun fact: i am the creator and main writer of the spiderstars au!! (you may have seen some of nep's lovely designs for it! if not, check them out they're so cool) so my posts may be..influenced by that

ill sign off on posts with 💫!

#hiiai #not art

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aspenonpawzzz · 1 month

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HENLO! (pls read )

Hi-hi-hi!

Our Host/Cores name is Aspen, but our system name is Aedon Constellation! our (collective ) pronouns are They/them and It/its, so please use gender-neutral, non human terms when refering to us! We are as a group a Nonbinary Panromantic Asexual, and support All identities (except p3d0s, z0()s, maps, dreamsexuals, or other thing such as those!) NO POLOTICS PELASE

our host/ core is :

a Leo, a 5, a chaotic nutural, introvert ,and a INTJ.

we Mostly shitpost/reblog, but our main theme is The owl house, alterhuman, fandom and art posts!

We have dislexia, discalucla, and disgraphia, along with Adhd, autism, P-DID (or OSDD :shrug: ) , Avpd, and Madd.

we are a vulture culturist, a cosplayer, a quadrobist, a fanfic writer, an artist, and our aestitic is Goblincore.

host favs:

-turn off the lights (panic! at the disco) {IT GOES SO HARD}

-green

-Oh geeez, not again. (band)

-wolfwalkers

-the owl house

-Spirit of the north

-wild rescuers

-fox

-taiga

WE ARE A MINOR, SO NO FUNNY BUSINESS

SYSTEM MEMBERS

^Role: name |age| {pronouns} [creation/ origin /reason for being in System] /Sexuality or who they like\ ' species' ^

Host/Core : Aspen |15.5 mentally| {they/it} [Birth] /Panromantic ace\ 'human' most often on blog

Animal(s)/Nonhuman(s): Slate |6| {she/they} [death] /Straight\ 'AA wolf' , Dusty |2 | {He/it} [death] /bisexual\ 'mexican coy-wolf' ,Orion |Unknown| {Any} [Neurodivergency] / unknown\ 'raven' and Cedar |4| {She/It} [Death] /Hetero\ 'red fox'

Protector(s): Polaris |400| {They/them} [ Created by core] /Aroace\ 'divine being'

Fictive(s): Hunter/Phantom{He/it} |16| [Owl House AU created by core.] /Bisexual\ 'shapeshifting grimwalker'

Other(s): Luke <short for lucifer> |13| {they/he} [evil thoughts bastard] /Aroace\ 'shadow bitch thingy'

CARD :

tags:

aspen yips: silly stuff

aspen speaks (REAL): importiant

aspen barks: alterhuman stuff

aspen squeals: fandom/ hyperfixtion

aspen crows: nurodivergency

aspen howls: creative

DNI:

anti-lgbtq+,anti-furry,anti-therian,anti-vulture culture,anti-quadrobics, 18+ or kink blogs,The works.

WE ARE ONLINE 7-2:50 on the week.

WE CAN SEE RUNALONGS!

THANK YOU FOR COMING TO OUR BLOG!

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onyxstic · 1 year

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So.. dinosaurs amirite?

Lordy I used so many references to get the body right-

Anyway Introducing Orions bestie-boo: “Rex” named in honor of my old snake.

Yeah- tbh I always found Orion to be one of those dinosaur and vehicle loving kids (like me) and thought; “what would I have wanted when I was Orions age?”

Turns out collectors are great because those guys can do most literally anything. Hence the sudden idea of making Orion a babysitter who’s literally a “space t-Rex” to take care of the kid when his dad wasn’t around.

I fed into my childish side 😭..

I don’t wanna make this too long so to sum up the basics about them:

-they “talk” telepathically (connected by the similar collector stones implanted in her chest aswell as Orions.

-since it’s all “space themed” Rex can, in general terms float.

-goes by all pronouns since there really isn’t a selected gender.

-made by Orions dad to take care of the kid and raise him for a large portion of their life while Sol wasn’t around.

Ok that’s about it will probably post more on the two eventually (and sorry for the lack of posts I’ve been binge watching cartoons.)

‼️Made this at night so excuse me if there are any spelling errors

#harry and his bucket full of dinosaurs core #the owl house #collector oc #toh oc #the collector #toh #oc art #toh the collector #tyranosaurusrex #space trex #dinosaur

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toadsong · 1 year

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BEASTIE ADOPTS - PT 1

Since I'm sick and out of work for a bit, I decided to make some adopts. I've been working hard on these for a few weeks, so enjoy! Pricing + availability below the cut!

What is an adoptable?

An adopt is a pre-designed character that I create, and you can buy to be able be able to use and claim as your own character. You can use it for pretty much whatever you want, as long as you follow the rules below!

INFO + RULES:

Once you buy the adopts, they’re yours. You’re welcome to redesign, alter, give away and/or trade as you see fit. The only thing I don’t allow is reselling for a higher price (same or below is fine).

You’re welcome to use them for any setting that you please! Headworlds, writing, video games, go nuts.

The placeholder names, personality, and info are just.. placeholder/concepts! You can name them whatever you want, give them any pronouns, personality, lore, whatever! I won’t feel bad lol

Once I receive payment, I’ll send you a full size, transparent, unwatermarked image of your adopt!

I can hold them for up to a week!

If one is on hold, you can still message and ask to be next in line if whatever they’re being held for doesn’t work out.

AVAILABILITY + PRICING:

Base price for each adopt is currently $60 USD, however, you can check out some discounts at the bottom! They're numbered left to right.

"OIL ON THE WATER" - OPEN

"ORION" - OPEN

"JAWBREAKER" - OPEN

"DEEP HUNGER" - OPEN

"FISHBOWL" - OPEN

"LOST TO THORNS" - OPEN

DISCOUNTS + DEALS

Yeah, we know this is what you’re here for! I’m going to offer several discounts and deals, which are subject to change, and may or may not pop in and out! This is my first time trying some of this.

COMMISSION BUNDLE If you buy a character from me, you can also get a get a commission of that character for 25% off to come with it! This only applies once, and has to be worked out around the time of purchasing the character. You choose the type of commission you’d like! Commission info is here.

PASSION DISCOUNT If you do a piece of fanwork for one of these characters- come up with extensive lore, a piece of art, a piece of writing, etc- and I can tell you actually put some effort and passion into it, then you can get them for 30% off… making them $42! It doesn’t have to be anything fancy and I’m not going to judge you by how ‘good’ your work is- again, it’s only judged by passion for the character. If I can tell you genuinely enjoyed it and had fun and will love the character you get (instead of having them simply sit on a dusty shelf or resold, etc), you get the discount! If you’re worried about the work taking a while but you want to wait until it’s done to buy them, no worries! I can hold a character for up to a week for you.

BONUS LORE If you wanna shell out an extra $5, I can help come up with something much more fleshed out as far as lore/backstory goes! Names, backstory, personality, all the bells and whistles. I can also work with you to fit it into any preexisting lore or characters you might want them to be worked with! Once again, you’re welcome to change any of this- but I’ll work with ya on it to make sure it’s something you like!

TRADES I’m a bit iffy on art trades or character trades, but I’m not going to say they’re out of the question. You’re welcome to ask!

If you're interested, you can message me here on tumblr. We can discuss here, or move to discord if you'd prefer!

#adopt #adopts #adoptable #adoptables #okay to reblog #creature design #my art

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noahmullariii · 13 days

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a much too whiny rant about fic icks

I die a little every time pup, cub or Prongslet comes up in a wolfstar raising Harry (together or separately) fic. especially cub - it makes literally no sense????? are you sure it's Remus John Lupin I'm reading about??? it's his evil doppelganger, I'm telling you. I'm not even sure I could stomach that word ironically.

Prongslet is fine in moderation, I guess, but only as an inside joke, only coming from Sirius and only when Harry's a smol bean. but when it's Prisoner of Azkaban compliant I wanna claw my eyes out.

it's even worse when those terms are used not just in dialogue but in Remus or Sirius' internal monologue as if pup and cub are Harry's freaking pronouns or something. my cub, my pup, cub did this, pup did that... just call him boy or kid or his name for god's sake. I once saw sprog pop up and was delighted cuz at least it's actually british slang.

and don't get me started on Hadrian(us) James Orion Potter-Black (which is just... why the fuck would James give his son the name of his best mate's horrible father AND the last name of his horrible family?? and why would Lily agree to that?) who's simultaneously Lord Potter, Black, Peverell and Slytherin (and, sure, I have a visceral reaction to aristocracy wank in general but even ignoring that - the last 3 literally make no sense since "Lord Black" is Sirius until his death; and both Peverell and Slytherin lines bled into other families ages ago. so being a Potter automatically means you're descended from Peverells as well as being a Gaunt - from Slytherin. and the last of those is Tom Riddle Jr. but that wouldn't make any Potters "Lord Peverell"s or any Gaunts/Riddle "Lord Slytherin"s. those last names are dead. smh).

but, uh, this tangent technically has nothing to do with my initial complaints, it's just that at some point I started thinking of this naming stuff in tandem with nonsensical nicknames as they began appearing in fics together. which is a double homicide, truly.

and look, I definitely understand the desire to make Harry's original name something else cuz it fits nicely with POC Potters headcanon and Dursleys being racist dicks about it, but... Hadrian? I mean, it's not really a big deal when the fic mentions it being his full name but both narration and characters still refer to him as Harry for short - that makes total sense. however when after the name reveal Hadrian replaces Harry completely, it feels super weird and uncanny, making it hard to identify Harry's character in the story altogether.

although I guess you should all knock me off my high horse for being the biggest hypocrite ever, cuz I myself have a headcanon for Harry's name, even if it's less elaborate than Hadrian. also less Roman? that's another thing I don't get - if you want to create a better connection between Harry and his roots, why choose a name of a Roman emperor for a desi kid? since he's usually explicitly desi in all the Hadrian fics. so it's not that I have a problem with renaming him, per se, I just don't understand the choice of Hadrian.

for example, I recently read a fic where he was Pakistani and his name was originally Hami, which is a very nice idea, actually, and makes total sense for such headcanon. mine is Hari btw (हरि in Sanskrit), since I headcanon Potters as Indian, but I didn't come up with that name myself - just saw it somewhere a couple years ago and fell in love. I think it's actually a pretty popular hc now? anyway, it's closer to Harry than any other name I've seen and has so many beautiful meanings that resonate with what I think James and Lily felt towards their son. so yeah, I'm one to talk, boo me.

now, I probably should shut up since this rant has been entirely too negative already, but while I'm on the topic of icky names/nicknames I should circle back to wolfstar cuz gods know I'll never be brave enough to talk about this particular pet peeve in its own post.

Siri, Remu and Remy make my blood boil. Siri could be kinda cute when it's a silly childhood nickname from Regulus, but if any marauder or Lily calls Sirius that - immediate death. Si and Re are a teensy bit better in moderation and if used ironically, but still stab me in the chest. a couple times for good measure. the only somewhat acceptable short form of any of their two names for me is Rem, albeit with a stretch and only because it's an actual version of the name Remus in Catalan and Russian. I know I'm being way too dramatic about this (just like with all of my previous points) but I just don't understand the need to shorten their names. at all. they're only 3 and 2 syllables long and so mystical on their own that any shortening just makes them simultaneously more nonsensical and less remarkable.

both characters literally have established quirky nicknames in canon that you can play with and even shorten to Pads and Moons if you want. Sirius is not a digital assistant and Remus is not the main character from Ratatouille. stop this madness.

plus James is right there. his name has a ridiculous amount of diminutives - Jamie, Jimmy, Jim, Jam, Jem, Jay and even Jimbo if you're into that. why strip Remus and Sirius' magical names of their charm if you can have fun with common names? but I digress.

at the end of the day, my pet peeves are mine only and I should live with them in fragile peace. this post is a personal rant first and foremost and if you disagree, I'm genuinely happy that you enjoy the things I can't. fandom is a playground and we can all find some fun in different corners. I'd also like to point out that I'm not trying to take a jab at fic writers who use any of the aforementioned terms, names or diminutives. I'm only one person, so if I stop reading your work because of my petty biases, it's only my loss and not your problem. hundreds of other fans will enjoy it instead. so keep doing what you love and writing those characters however you want, it's your right!

so yeah, writers and readers - don't take it personally and have your fun! don't listen to me being mean! I'm just making my fandom experience way too convoluted for my own good.

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