#featherbound ask

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TELLING CASSIDY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! (and then stealing Elias. mine now) 🎉🥳🎊🎈🎂🎉🎁

Random lab/medical whump au art for her bday :3

#this is so late I'm srry 🥲🥲🥲🥲 #featherbound #featherbound ask #ask #whumpy-wyrms #my art #featherbound art #elias oc #cassidy oc #featherbound au #they look a lil funky but the vibes are there #look at Elias he's such an angy lil guy #so angy

[donnieluvsthings]

donnie how tall r u bcs not to flaunt it or anything but *tosses hair* im 5'6 :'D - boop (also ik u havent read it yet but in featherbound cooper calls noah 'hotshot' okay great thats why its in the fUCKING 4000 WORD ONESHOT i am NOT okay it is NOT done thanks for ASKING i am surviving off of CAFFEINE)

i am 5’2” and done growing😭😭😭 stop being TALL /j also also i saw that u put in the featherbound cover (or maybe it only just updated on my phone) and it is VERY COOL and also also 4000 WORDS I WISH I HAD UR WORK ETHIC AKDJAKDKS

#donnieanswersthings #boop!! #all caps

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3, 5, and 12 for elias!!

from this ask game!

3) What do you think about whumper?

“Cassidy? Oh, what is that word that Marjorie said that one time,” he mutters to himself, trying to find the right word from the modern English language. “Cassidy is what I believe is called an ‘asshole’. Don't quote me on that wording. I don't like her. She is mean. I also do not like the museum.” He continues to mumble to himself, mulling over the complex stupidity of English.

5) Do you have any rules?

“Like, at the museum? Honestly, there’s probably more specific rules for the people who come to the museum than for myself. Cassidy is very lenient with me compared to the other creatures on display here. She says I’m her favorite right now, but I didn’t really believe it until I tore up all the towels and she didn’t seem to care that much. She got more mad at one of her work friends for eating her mangoes. I guess one rule that applies to almost everyone is that nobody is allowed to eat Cassidy’s food.”

12) Have you ever killed? Would you?

He answers the question with no hesitation. “Absolutely. I don’t know how many humans I have killed anymore. I lost track long ago.” He pauses to contemplate his next words. “Eden doesn’t like it when I kill people. Because of him, I try to scare hunters badly enough that they won’t return instead of killing them. I think we both have similar goals. We both want to protect the people we care about. I care a lot about how he feels, so if I have to use less effective and not permanent methods of getting rid of hunters, I will. For Eden.” He starts to tear up at the thought, but quickly brushes off the tears before anything of substance can spill out.

#elias oc #eden oc #cassidy oc #featherbound ask #ask #whumpy-wyrms #if elias talks kinda funny its cuz he learned english from one person and only recently met and talked to other people that spoke english #hes so bad at talking love him :3 #pls keep sending asks for them all i love thinking abt them :DDDD /nf

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14) be honest: did they deserve it? and 17) do you have any pet peeves? (for Cassidy)

from this ask game!

14) Be honest: did they deserve it?

“...I'm not sure. I don't entirely know what ███ ████████ wants from Elias, nor myself. The most I can say is that the museum isn't what you think it is.”

17) Do you have any pet peeves?

“For the museum staff, it's when people steal my food from the fridge. Marjorie stole my mangoes from the fridge once and I'll never forgive her. As for the museum display creatures, it's when they give me the silent treatment. Like, I know that you don't like me, but I would rather you tell it to my face than ignore me!!!”

#cassidy oc #featherbound ask #ask #toyybox #cassidy loves having people’s attention even if its negative #shes so silly :3 #oooooooooo spooky boxes that block out some special words that belong to an unintroduced character ooooooooooooo #hehehehehehehehe :)

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do you have anymore picrews of Elias? :3

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These are the most recent ones I've mde, but the first one I ever made of him is by far the most accurate to my initial vision. ⬇️

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His eye color is the problem I get with most picrews. His eyes are more of a blue-green/turquoise shade; something I haven't been able to capture on most other picrews I try. The one on the top left is by far the second-most accurate picrew I've found :3

#featherbound picrew #featherbound ask #ask #elias oc #chances are that it’ll be tweaked ad the story goes on but this one matches my original vision the best :) #anon

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what type of music does Elias listen to? since he’s an avian, does he like whistle or sing like a bird for fun/comfort?

One thing about Elias is that he vehemently HATES shitty contemporary pop music. This is mostly because if he leaves the forest, he can’t escape it. People in their cars with their windows down and their mediocre music blasting so loud you can feel it vibrating in your sinuses, people in third spaces and public areas on social media who can’t be bothered to mute their devices or get a cheap pair of earphones, or tone-deaf people who only listen to whatever’s trendy, trying and failing to sing and forcing anyone nearby to listen and suffer. If he could escape the pop music for more than five minutes, he might be able to find anything better. He would like alternative folk music. In another world, he would also like indie, but most indie songs still verge to close to pop for his liking.

He would like The Crane Wives and The Oh Hellos, and specific favorite songs would be Fire and the Flood (Vance Joy), The Moon Will Sing (The Crane Wives), Thus Always to Tyrants, and Constellations (The Oh Hellos)

Ravens make more of a squawking/cawing sound, which he does caw at humans for the fun of it. As time goes on while he’s in the museum, his caws start to turn into a gentle whistle, melodic, and unlike any pre-established avian species’ song. He would whistle for comfort if he could, but certain unrevealed external forces prevent him from being anything except perceived perfection.

#featherbound ask #ask #elias oc #had to restrain myself from making himself a carbon copy of myself 🥲🥲🥲

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how did Elias and Eden meet?

THIS IS ACTUALLY AN ANGSTY PLOT POINT AND IM GONNA REVEAL THE DETAILS THROUGH DIALOUGE AND FLASHBACKS/DREAM SEQUENCES AND OTHER STUFF PROBABLY

So, with minimal spoilers, Eden ran away from his shitty conservative Catholic hometown the day he turned 18 (absolutely terrible planning on his part that affects his character development). He eventually stumbles into the forest that Elias’ flock is in. Shit goes down that I can’t be bothered to type out here and Elias’ flock takes Eden in, much to Elias’ contempt. The flock as a whole sees Eden as a defenseless human that doesn’t know what the fuck he’s doing (which he doesn’t lol), but at the time, Elias saw any human as a threat.

Exactly how they became friends is a detail I’ll leave to the story to tell :3

#featherbound ask #ask #elias oc #eden oc #anon

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what types of clothes does Elias wear? how does he like to dress? does Cassidy make him wear stuff he doesn’t wanna wear?

The silly fucker lives in the woods away from modern society, so his clothing options are pretty limited. He steals clothes from donation bins and piles of clothes that stores of random people throw away. Most of the time, he sticks to dark neutral foresty tones partially because it helps him “camouflage” better (He mostly just likes the colors though. He wouldn’t admit that to anyone, the stupid dumbass /aff.) He also loves fluffy soft things, but he often gives any of the soft things he finds to the fledglings instead. The one fluffy sweater he does have, he only keeps because their flock’s medic berated him over not caring for himself.

Elias doesn’t like most of the things Cassidy does, because Elias doesn’t like Cassidy. She does, however, only have microfiber towels. This is absolute sensory hell for Elias, and normally resorts to air drying after washing up. He almost hates the towels more than Cassidy herself. Almost.

#featherbound ask #ask #elias oc #cassidy oc #anon

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what are Elias’ favorite foods?

Short answer: Mangoes

Unnecessarily long answer under the cut icjodwifoihdsbfohjssdbvkjhdsbvjhakb

Knowing he’s an avian, his diet is mostly bugs and wild berries. Crows and ravens are opportunistic feeders and will eat mostly anything. Elias isn’t very picky. He does occasionally catch a fish or two, but he can never be bothered to actually cook it. He also eats poisonous plants sometimes. It gives him the same sensation that capsaicin (the spicy chemical) does for humans.

His favorite food, however, is mango. He’s only ever had it once, when he stole one from someone’s grocery bags while they weren’t looking. He absolutely loved it, but hasn’t gotten the chance to try it again. Aves, the language Elias was raised with, doesn’t have an exact word for mango. The closest they can get is “dolĉa koloro frukto” (sweet color fruit), but even that can be applied to many other fruits. They do have their own terms for most wild berries though. Elias’ flock eventually adopts the English word, even though few others have eaten an actual mango besides Elias.

#featherbound ask #ask #elias oc #I love mangoes 🥭

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hi i’m asking about your wip Do You Remember? because i saw birds and avians and need to know more :3

Omg how DARE you make me figure out my own lore /lh

Avians are a strand of non-human sentient creatures that have evolved to cohabitate with the rest of modern society. I’m also gonna ignore logistics and what the government would view them and other creatures as and other ethical things because that would mean I need to actually figure out how the government functions at all.

Avians are not the only non-human sentient creatures that exist in this universe. Alongside avians and other bird people, there are also sirens, selkies, werewolves, elves, and other mythical beings. On the other hand, there are more “commonplace” creatures, like cat-humans, dog-humans, or any animals you’d see often. Many think faeries would fall more under the mythical category, but most faeries are hybrids of butterflies, moths, or other bugs. (I need to think of better names for them all lol)

Back on avians specifically, their physical appearance, instincts, and other attributes vary wildly from species to species. Most avians do share some common traits. Normally, they will have the wings of their parent species, scaled up for size, attached to their upper backs. Parent species are the species the creature belongs to, ex. Elias’ parent species are ravens. Some have the tails of their parent species, but this isn’t as common as the wings. This all varies from species to species, but it also changes based on genetic factors and pure chance. Each creature is naturally inclined to adopt the habits and tendencies of their parent species. They adopt their breeding seasons, mating rituals, physical features, foraging styles, and other aspects.

More dependent on the individual’s magical capabilities, they can also shift into the genuine birds of their parent species. Any alterations made to their humanoid form (ex. Hair dye, makeup, piercings, tattoos, amputations, scars, etc.) may also show up after the shift. This also applies to injuries. Any harm sustained as genuine birds, will also manifest in their human forms.

Elias himself is an avian with a raven parent species. He has the black wings, but no tail in his human form. He’s not great at shifting, only doing so if necessary. He makes up for this in agility and sneakiness. Much like real ravens (and other corvids), he loves getting into mischief.

Title for these characters still pending (thinking something feathery tho)

#lore posting #ask game #elias oc #avians were honestly supposed to be a placeholder name but now I’m kinda rolling with it 👍 #featherbound lore #ask #featherbound ask #whumpy-wyrms

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booping Elias and Eden on the nose

Eden thinks it’s a game, and boops you back in the same pattern you booped him.

Elias bites your hand off.

#elias oc #eden oc #featherbound ask #hehe Elias is my feral lil shit he likes biting people #ask #whumpy-wyrms

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HII can i be added to the Featherbound and library lockdown taglists? :333

YES YOU CAN 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

#ask #I HAVE NO CLUE HOW TO DORMAT THIS SHIT SO I WILL START INVESTIGATING THE TLLR MASTERLIST BYEBYEB #*FORMAT #FUCK #whumpy-wyrms #library lockdown ask #featherbound ask

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what does Elias like to do for fun? what are his hobbies? does Cassidy ever let him indulge in his hobbies or buy him stuff he wants?

Elias commits most of his time to stalking out any human threats and “neutralizing” them. Outside of that, Elias likes collecting random things. Trinkets, shiny things, anything considered trash could be treasured by Elias. He's always liked helping others, which stems from a combination of childhood trauma, guilt and obligation, and a genuine want to help. He also just likes being a general menace to humans when he goes into the cities. He has to turn into a bird for his own safety, but outside of that, he just likes bothering people. Stealing food, squawking at any humans that are clearly being assholes, general stuff like that. Good, evil, neutral, call him what you want, but whatever he does, he’s gonna go about it in the most chaotic way possible.

Cassidy doesn't necessarily indulge him in his hobbies. The nature of his hobbies involves a certain degree of freedom, and the museum as a whole doesn’t let Cassidy nor Elias indulge in either of their hobbies. Cassidy doesn't have hobbies, though. She has slight interests, but the museum doesn't allow her to do much of anything besides her job. We’ll get more into this and the reasons behind it once I write more :)

#featherbound ask #ask #elias oc #cassidy oc #anon

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biting gnawing chewing on elias rn /pos

Elias is biting chewing gnawing on YOU

#/lh /aff #elias oc #featherbound ask #hehehe he’s so silly :) #allergic-to-four-leaf-clovers #ask

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🐒 - What’s their favorite animal? and 🎁 - How do they feel about their birthday/birthdays in general? For Elias and Cassidy :3

From this ask game :>

Outside of birds in general, Elias is definitely a cat person. (He too, likes to cause problems and sleep a bunch in places he shouldn't.)

Bit of worldbuilding for Cassidy’s answer: She works in a “museum” (code for literal fucking trafficking ring), meant to appeal to the upper class of their city. The museum collects inhuman, most often sentient, creatures to be displayed as some sort of morbid circus. Elias is a raven avian, which is one of the reasons he was trapped and put in the museum in the first place. As much as Cassidy loves to mess around with Elias, her favorite of the creatures there are the Lupis. They’re fueled by magic sourced from positive and healthy social connections. All the Lupis hate Cassidy. They like Elias, as reckless and defiant as he is.

Elias doesn’t care much for his own birthday, he sees it as time wasted on himself where it could be put to better use anywhere else. he doesn’t care much for other’s birthdays either. He’ll play along with the festivities, especially if it’s for a younger creature. There is one incoming character that is very near and dear to Elias’ heart though, and he never misses their birthday. For that one day, it is guaranteed that he’ll drop the feral gremlin attitude, and will dote all over his favorite person.

Cassidy absolutely loves birthdays. She loves the social bustle of it all. She sees birthdays as a way to bring more patrons to the museum. I wanna write up a bit where Cassidy is all over the place for Elias’ bday, and Elias either bites her in the ass or gets really angsty (or both 👁️👁️). Maybe I’ll try when I get the spoons 👍

#ask game #elias oc #cassidy oc #featherbound lore #ask #featherbound ask #toyybox

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Dear Valentine

Masterpost

CW/TW: Captivity whump, winged whumpee, idk this one’s just fluffy

“Elias, don’t be like that. Just come down and eat your breakfast.”

Elias refused to respond to his captor, continuing to gaze out the window. The cities were right there. And just beyond that, the forests. His home, his family, his freedom, were right at his fingertips. So close, yet so far away. His life was taken away by Cassidy, and no matter how much she might romanticize the exhibitions, he hated it all. He tucked himself away in his wings, desperately trying to ignore Cassidy.

“C’mon, starling, it’s Valentine’s Day! Everyone is here to-“

“I’m not a starling. The starlings were my friends. …Don’t talk about them.”

Elias would normally bite back and start a fight with Cassidy, but he was burnt out. He would bite her in the ass tomorrow, but not today. Cassidy sighed in frustration, and Elias heard a light tap on the table below the windowsill.

“Be stage-ready by noon. Eat your food. And…” A pause. Cassidy never hesitates. “Happy Valentine’s Day. Love you.” With that, she left the room, long brown hair rippling behind her like the rivers back home. It shut with a sharp click.

Hell no. What was that? Her voice carried mild traces of… sympathy? Empathy? No. She has Elias trapped here. She’s using him. Soon. He’ll be out soon.

Elias swung out from the windowsill, angling his wings to soften the fall. Neglecting the tray of berries that Cassidy had left for him, he brought his attention to the concerningly large pile next to it. It consisted of what seemed to be hundreds of Valentine's cards, envelopes, and assorted candy hearts. And a letter opener. Of course, Cassidy wanted him to open them all. Maybe when he finished, he could shred the papers and make a mess of his room. That’s sure to piss her off.

Idly shuffling through the stacks of magentas, pinks, purples, and assorted “romantic” colors, Elias stopped at a deep maroon envelope. Unlike the others with their cheesy hearts, cupids, and pitiful declarations of love, this one had barely any details. It was dented in the corners as if it was beaten up during delivery. The outside was entirely bare, save for a matte black wax stamp, sealing it all shut. In the middle of the stamp was a crow with outspread wings. Elias’ breath caught in his throat. There was only one person who could’ve sent this.

He stumbled to fly back up to the windowsill, where the sunrise dripped in soft pinks and purples behind the cityscape. Feathers fluttering behind him, Elias scrambled his way onto the ledge with the envelope and letter opener in hand. He barely managed to open the envelope before pulling out a hastily folded loose-leaf notebook paper. Most of the paper had unrelated notes and to-do lists hastily scribbled into the corners. Between a due date reminder from months before and a dried coffee stain, were a small cluster of hearts in spotty red pen. He couldn't help but cry when he saw the familiar handwriting.

Dear Valentine

It’s been a minute, hasn’t it? Molly misses you. She’s walking all over my paper as I write this. You might see tiny bites on the paper because she literally won’t leave me alone. She knows that she can get away with anything, I swear.

New Years passed me by. I went on a walk just before midnight to stargaze under our favorite tree. And I swear, before the fireworks covered everything up, right when the clocks struck midnight, the stars glowed just a little brighter. I think between everything that’s going on, that might be a good sign. :)

The forests are quiet without you. I miss your rambunctious energy firing up the whole flock, and the way you know you were born to be a leader. The kids are asking where you went, and I can only keep up the excuse of a spontaneous solo migration for so long. I miss finding your fluffy feathers in absolutely everything I own, and the way you would make a nest of blankets on my bed and hide out in my room when you got sick. Molly likes playing with the feathers that are still lying around. She’s collecting them in a fuzzy pile in her corner. Molly wants you to come home. It’ll happen soon.

Recently, I’ve only worn your hoodies and sweaters, the ones with holes in the back for your wings. Physically, it’s colder, but it makes me feel that much closer to you. The bed is lonely without you. I miss the way I would wake up to your primary feathers all up in my face, you sprawled out all over the bad and hoarding all the blankets. If I pile up the blankets next to me with your feathers, and if I close my eyes, for just a minute, I can pretend you’re still here with me.

You’ll be out soon. I promise I’ll help you escape. I have a plan, and I know you’ll catch on fast.

Eden <3

And taped to the last page were wilted rose petals. There was a rose bush just outside his window. Elias pressed up against the window and peered down at the small bush, which was mysteriously missing a few roses. Eden was here. Eden knows exactly where he is and has a plan to get him out.

Elias felt his heart flutter, reminiscing on memories he and Eden shared. Not even the forests know what the nature of their relationship is. Romantic, platonic, does it even matter? Elias and Eden are the light of each other’s lives, so why try to label their dynamic?

Elias took a deep breath, looking out his window. The pink had slowly bled into a cloudy blue. Gripping the paper to his chest, the future was looking a little brighter for Elias.

He should probably get to opening all the other cards. Happy Valentine’s Day, indeed.

#elias oc #cassidy oc #eden oc #molly oc #featherbound art #my writing #featherbound #captivity whump #whump #elias and eden are so perfect for each other y'all don't even understand #too bad Cassidy took too much interest in Elias and kidnapped him lol #I have so much to say about Eden somebody ask me about him he is my little lovely #happy valentines day y’all 👍