ICYMI fanfiction.net went quiet for a while and scared everyone so bad that it did a big update to reassure everyone that no, actually, the site doesn’t quite have a foot in the grave yet, but still... I look at how many SRMTHG fics exist on FFN vs. AO3 and get pretty sad.
Like, did y’all younger fans know that over on FFN, which was the main fanfiction site back when SRMT was airing, SRMTHG is in the top 50 cartoon series in terms of fics published? This fandom may be small but back in the day we wrote like NOBODY’S business.
If you’re reading this and have work on FFN, I encourage you to give it new life over on AO3, or at least keep it somewhere safe for yourself. Even if you cringe at the sight of your old writing, it meant something to someone when you wrote it and likely still has the potential to make someone smile. Yes. your OC fanfic about Gibson’s long-lost sister is important fandom history IMHO.
AO3 has even been going as far as to import whole archives to preserve fanwork... but I remain a bit ehhhhh on the idea of “preserving” other’s writing without their express permission.
If you’re not sure, I encourage you to at least use tools such as save to PDF and Calibre’s fanfiction downloader to save your hard work for yourself - FFN seems safe for now, but you never really know. I’m hesistant about only having my fics on one website even when it’s incredibly healthy seeming.
40 notes
·
View notes
Tradition
Notes:
So, guess who got @pumpkinachai for SRMTHFG Secret Santa??? :PYou said you wanted fic or art for your OCs and I adore Gibson/Mhairi, so here you go!! I went through like. Four different ideas before I settled on this one, which is why my gift ended up being late.
Pairing: Mhairi/Gibson
Word Count: 523
Rating: G
Warnings: None!
Tags: Fluff, Romance
Summary: New years, new beginnings... and what better place to begin then directly at the start?
Tradition
It’s New Year’s Eve, and there’s a party at the Super Robot. It’s more or less a small thing—all of their immediate friends and family, people (monkeys, robots, and aliens) who have been there through some pretty tough times.
Mhairi’s escaped to the Robot’s shoulder, happy to see all of her closest friends mingling about but… not particularly eager for the stroke of midnight.
Apparently, on Shuggazoom, it was traditional to kiss at the stroke of midnight—a sign that you would be together in the coming year. It was sweet, it really was, but…
Well.
She still hadn’t quite worked up the courage to confess to Gibson yet, and she couldn’t help but be a little jealous of all the other couples. Besides, the annual Shuggazoomian fireworks show would be a much more pleasant view.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a door.
She turned, and her heart caught on her ribs.
Gibson.
(Of course it was Gibson. Why wouldn’t it be?)
“Mhairi.” He smiled at her. “Were you feeling overwhelmed as well?”
Mhairi was flushing; she just knew it. But she made herself smile back. “A bit, yeah. Our circle of friends has gotten so large!”
“It has.” Gibson nodded.
It was probably even stranger for him, and the other monkey team members. After all, they remembered a time before even Chiro.
“It’s nice, though,” he said.
Mhairi smiled. “But overwhelming.”
Gibson laughed. “Yes.”
Mhairi looked back out over the city. It wouldn’t be long now before the fireworks went off, the new year officially come to Shuggazoom. New year, new possibilities—a phrase she had seen often over the last few days.
Gibson cleared his throat lightly. When she turned to look at him, she found him impossibly closer. (No; not impossibly. But he was in her personal space, and whatwasshesupposedtodo?). “Say, Mhairi… did you hear about the, ah, Shuggazoomian tradition, today?”
Mhairi’s heart was doing somersaults. “Which one?” It barely came out as a squeak, but Gibson didn’t appear to notice; his tail flicking behind him as he nudged a bit closer. They were almost touching now.
His eyes flickered to her beak. “The, ah…” He wet his lips. “The New Year’s kiss.”
“I might’ve, um. Yes.” She nodded, maybe a bit too hard. “Yes.” It felt like she couldn’t breathe. Not even new discovery made her this keyed up.
“Ah. That’s. Good. Yes. Good. Wouldn’t want you to, ah. Miss out on any… any Shuggazoomian traditions, would we?”
Mhairi shook her head. “No. No.”
Gibson swallowed. The clock was ticking down. The sounds and the bright lights of the city had faded away, and all she could see was blue.
It was a lovely color, blue.
And then Gibson’s mouth was on her beak, and there were literal fireworks overhead and—
—
—
He pulled back, just as flushed and shaky as she was, and it was dizzying.
They would have to talk, later—but he had just kissed her on the New Year. That meant something. (Maybe everything.)
“Happy New Year, Mhairi.”
She couldn’t help but touch her beak and grin widely. “Happy New Year, Gibson.”
Notes:
I hope that I did Mhairi justice, and that you enjoyed!! <3 I’m sure how Mhairi and Gibson got together in your canon is different, but this idea popped in my head and wouldn’t leave me alone! (I blame all the Hallmark movies Grandma was watching while I played games!)
9 notes
·
View notes
sagelynaive replied to your post: reminder that tmnt 2012 and srmthg take place in...
i mean unless they hit earth on their way to Shuggazoom?? idk. or maybe they split into 2 groups, half of which went to our galaxy/planet and half of which went to shuggazoom
Possibly, although this group of Vreen seems to be engineered differently; when Dreg’s Vreen hatch, they’re already full-grown. They don’t start as larvae and split up like the ones that landed on Shuggazoom do.
Another item of note is that both SRMT and TMNT likely take place in their respective present days - “Wormhole” confirmed that SRMTHG takes place present day, ~2006. The technology in TMNT also points to it being from roughly ~2012, so TMNT’s events happen 6 years after “Wormhole” and since Chiro is still a child in “Invasion of the Vreen” it’s safe to say a year or two tops passed between the episodes, and likely much less.
So here’s my dumb theory: Dreg managed to find a larvae even earlier in its evolutionary line than the one Gibson found - perhaps one that branched off differently. He bioengineered this one into a slightly altered race of Vreen that we see in TMNT 2012.
... i know i’ve thought way too much about this. ._.;
11 notes
·
View notes
CLICK HERE FOR AN HQ VERSION IF TUMBLR EATS THE QUALITY!
Okay, for real this time, here's April's SRMTHG fanart calendar, featuring Gibson! I'll be honest, I was worried people might burn out after a few months, but we've been getting amazing art from both new and returning artists like clockwork! You guys are amazing!
May's calendar will feature NOVA! Submissions for the May calendar are due at the end of the day on April 29t! As always, the submission rules are after the cut, but they haven't changed.
HOW TO SUBMIT
Head over to the blog’s submit page and send in your fanart of Otto! Please make sure you are logged in when you do so. Make sure you write in the caption section that it’s for the calendar, and also if you want a different account - like an art sideblog - to be credited.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
1. ARTWORK MUST BE YOUR OWN! Please make sure you are logged in when you submit your piece. This is so people can be credited and to avoid art theft.
2. Artwork does NOT have to be new, all skill levels are welcome, and multiple submissions are allowed!
3. Artwork must be of the character of the month: Nova. You are welcome to submit art that also includes other characters as well, but it will be cropped to focus on Nova.
4. Please keep artwork PG.
5. For this project, we're looking for original fanart, not photoedits or screenshot traces.
32 notes
·
View notes