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dashing-through-ecto · 7 months
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The difference one and a half years can make
My first comic
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My latest comic
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It's been absolutely staggering to see the differences even though these panels have the same vibes.
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aqua-dan · 1 month
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Fav artist for Garth?
I have been thinking about this ask for multiple hours, and I am unsure if I can pick a true favorite because there are so many wonderful artists who have drawn Garth over the years! However, I think I built a pretty solid list of my top 5 artists for Garth (oops!), so here goes:
#1: Phil Jimenez
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I have so much love for the way he draws (and writes) Garth! Of every artist out there, I feel he has the most love for drawing Garth and I can feel that care and attention to detail in all his work. I am absolutely in love with the way he draws Garth's expressions too! He allows him to have exaggerated expressions and really allow us to feel the emotions of the story through the art. He's not afraid of showing him in painful and less than idealistic moments, and allows his face to reflect that. I think it's something that a lot of current comic book artists shy away from for fear of making characters look "ugly." But Jimenez goes all in on it and still makes Garth look stunning 24/7!
#2: Ramona Fradon
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Ramona Fradon was one of the co-creators of Garth, and was, in my opinion, one of the most incredible people in the comic's art industry. She sadly passed away last month at age 97, and she only just announced her retirement from art a month prior to her passing. Her influence on the industry, especially for female artists, was monumental, and her art style stood out so uniquely amongst others. I've always loved how fantastical her art is. She creates fascinating underwater creatures and has an absolutely precious way of drawing Garth. I appreciate that she made the decision to draw him looking as young as he was at the time, especially since a lot of other teen sidekicks were drawn to look older. I feel very lucky that I was able to get a piece of art from her (the first pic in this section!) around the time of her passing. I will treasure it forever!
#3: Nick Cardy
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There is something so charming about the way that Nick Cardy draws Garth! There's a simplicity and retro feeling to it that comes off as so fun! I don't know exactly what it is about his art, but it always makes me smile!
4: Mark Buckingham
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Buckingham's style is like if "stretch and squash animation" was a static art style, and I LOVE it. It looks so funky and bouncy and expressive! It's one of those styles that I don't think everyone loves, but it really works for me and makes the comics extremely enjoyable to read for the art alone! It's not super polished and has some rough edge qualities, but that's precisely why I like it!
5: Lucas Meyer
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Meyer is a newcomer in the scene of comics, but WOW! I am not immune to how gorgeous his art style is. I'm so happy that he's been named the ongoing artist for the current series! (Even if I can't get good writing, I'll at least take the nice art!) I think his style is so clean and pretty. I do wish that he went more "all-in" on expressions sometimes, as I do feel that his characters all look slightly generically pretty and don't emote particularly much. That said, the art is undeniably gorgeous, and he's already skyrocketed himself up onto my personal favorites list despite only starting with DC in 2022.
I do have a few honorable mentions as well, which include: Ivan Reis and George Perez.
There have been plenty of artists who did a great job, but these are my personal favorites! Thank you so much for the ask!
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oopsallmabari · 10 months
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✨Self-Rec Tag Game ✨
tagged by @gaysebastianvael! very cool tag game, prob should take time to appreciate my own work more often lol
Rules: Share five of your own fanworks (fic, art, etc.). Then, tag five more people to share the things they’ve made.
Something you absolutely adore
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ooh i think it'd have to be this pic of daithi--i've done a few portraits of him and i like to see how the way i've drawn him has evolved!
2. Something that was challenging to create
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digital painting continues to be a bit of a bear for me, and i remember plugging away at this for ages. hoping to get better at it in the future :)
3. Something that makes you laugh/smile
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muppet dorian is probably the silliest thing i have ever made. but i like him. still have plans to mupp-ify other DA characters. someday.
4. Something that surprised you
this one is kind of difficult! but i guess i'll link to my longfic with arya for this one, which i can't remember if i ever actually linked to on this blog lmao. it's surprising to me that anyone has read it if i'm honest and that i wrote that many words. it's also on hiatus rn as i am. fully rewriting it (snippet of the rewritten opening under the cut at the end).
5. Something you want other people to see
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time to plug some of my oc work! zeke is an oc of mine from a personal WIP--currently in the very early drafting stages of an interactive fiction of which she is a cast member. she's one of my oldest ocs so i like to make ppl look at her. (this counts as a fanwork! i can be a fan of my own work!)
tagging w no pressure (sorry if you've already been tagged before lol)! @creaking-skull, @triflingshadows, @dreadfutures, @lavellander, @glamfellens
and a preview of frostbitten blades, the redux:
“You don’t have to leave.”
Malik says it with that kind uncertainty she’s grown so accustomed to, that she expects of an older brother. Sturdy yet soft, truthful and earnest, but tapering off at the ends. They’re seven years apart. It’s a lifetime. They’ve been worlds apart for so long.
He’s grown into this role so well, the thin, gold circlet nestled comfortably within his dreadlocked hair, the purple embroidered jacket shaped perfectly around his broad shoulders. All of his fineries are well-tailored. He must actually sit for his measurements now. He didn’t as a boy. Wouldn’t sit still unless Mother was hovering behind him. Now—he waits, holds meetings at the head of the table with quiet assurance, smiles warmly at visitors.
Currently, the smile is small, but it’s there, rounding his chestnut-brown cheeks. He doesn’t want to force it—she’s barely been at the estate, at his home, for a week. It’s the longest they’ve seen each other in seventeen years. She almost left earlier, without a word of goodbye, until the twins snuck up on her. Malik knows this. He hasn’t said anything, mercifully.
She’s so bad at coming up with responses lately. Malik knows this.
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kazeharuhime · 4 months
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Thanks to @authoroflight for the original template! (Though I might have customized it beyond recognizability ksdjgnsd)
2023... I got a lot of art done this year compared to past years! Though the year started out slow, between trades and commissions, the first quarter of the year somehow managed to have at least one good drawing a month, even if March's old-sketch-paintover looks a little strange next to all the creatures. XD; May and June continued the theme of painting over old, though June's original was considerably newer than May's. It also took me forever to find it!! Several of the ones I'd been going to put for June turned out to be from different months (no date on them so was going by modified date at first, oops!). And in July of course there was the Clysmia comic, August with the Choco 'comic'. September was another low but I managed to churn out another paintover. October of course had my annual flower-drawing saga with the last one featured here, and in November I got bored and drew Comet, and December held a delightful surprise in the form of a book-illustrating commission. :3 Gonna keep that one to just a preview since it's part of something that'll be published.
But! Let's go through all the rest. Keep reading for more on the rest of the pieces.
January - This was a secret santa for my good friend @toothpaste-dragon of her OC Baz! Love this grumpy crust of an alien. :D You can view the full pic here.
February - This was a commission from @dreagonarchives of her guy Guido! Full pic: x
March - Paintover I did of my character Sleepi from Torn Apart! Since it was done over an older pic the style looks a little incongruent from my current style 😅 But this was also almost a year a go now, so, y'know.
April - My half of a design trade with @chrystallink! Doggos are a bit of a challenge for me, but it was a fun one! Full pic: x
May - A fittingly sunny pic of my character Nola. This was another one that I think had started from a paintover and just went places from there. Still a little strange-looking, but oh well. Plus a photo of some sunflowers in the background. XD
June: Progress pic of an absolute freak. An attempt was made to sketch out a hand to keep it from hiding, but I never did get back to this pic... 😂
July: As mentioned above, a comic for my good friend Dia featuring her gal Clysmia!
August: The tail end of a final ArtFight attack against Chocobir! I had so much fun putting in on the Easter eggs, and Choco is so cute!
September: The suave business lizard himself, it's Nell! Another one that's painted over an older sketch. Overall I think I improved the face shape a bit since the sketch? Maybe?
October: The final flower from Floratober 2023! I had a lot of fun and it was so great getting so much feedback this year. The wonders of posting on places other than Tumblr! lol.
November: Comet from Cosmic Baton Girl Comet-san! Whenever I need to get away and draw, Comet is there as my comfort anime. :) It's been a while since I've drawn the girl and watched the last bundle of episodes!
December: And of course, December's art! From a very fittingly snowy-themed project. :) I don't know yet how much I'll be able to talk about it, but it's certainly going to keep me busy for a while!
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selfdiagnosedeyemotif · 6 months
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Alright here are the pics :3
Augustus
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Melinoe. She doesn't have sunglasses in canon but since it's the 21st century then she gets a pair cause she has sensory issues
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Delilah
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Salvador
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Juno
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Gloria
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I haven't drawn Ione or Elias but they're old so making picrews isn't really an option. Ione looks exactly like Delilah but like 25 years older (early 60s) and I've honestly never really thought of how Elias might look. Also for Augustus, Juno and Salvador then these are months old drawings of their canon designs so just imagine they're wearing court appropriate clothes. Salvador gets to keep his eyepatch though because the way he lost his eye could totally happen in canon too.
oh they're all such Designs... im gay but im also madly in love with salvador he looks so COOL
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pastelskyesblog · 1 year
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Thoughts on the parents of Coral Island: Dad edition
So... I think it's still too early to say considering everyone's stories and dialogues aren't complete yet but here's my thoughts on the parents of Coral Island so far
Jim
what do you mean Lily's job is not a real job?
being rather cold at first aside, he's a pretty cool dude
have you seen his younger pic drawn by the og artist? holy shit he was so hot
major tsundere vibes. like seriously we started off with him saying I look like I've never used a tool in my entire life before (he's right) to him teaching me how to make his specialty- smoked salmon
he's one of the non-dateables in the island that I have most hearts with
probably the kind of father your classmates look forward to seeing during parent-teacher conferences because he's good looking (along with his wife, she's good looking too)
you inherited your abundant knowledge in fishing and fishes overall thanks to him, even thought you don't fish often
Sunny
I LOVE HIM
his personality totes match his name
second highest hearts with him, only because Jim loves shiitake mushrooms and wasabi and those are abundant in spring.
he reminds me a lot of my grandpa so i love him x100000000
i give him a flower everytime i see him
much like Jim, thanks to him you know a lot about fishes and fishing in general.
Jack
another cool parent, he gave me phat thai and then a lemon to make phat thai
another parent your classmates look forward to seeing during parent-teacher conferences
probably a cinnamon roll
the kind of dad whom you'd spend your weekend mornings together with the animals, telling each other about your week.
feels like a friend more than a father
Randy
TBH i don't know him enough but I have a lot of hearts with him because I see him often so I just gift him a flower like I do with everyone else (i should really chill and take it slow and talk to people smh)
probably the fun dad that you can easily open up to
definitely the kind of dad that can help you with your homework
the kind of parent every your friends look forward to seeing whenever they hang out in your house
Paul
another cinnamon roll
another dad that can help you with your homework
takes you on his adventures whenever you're not in school
lots of great memories together
always excited to tell your classmates about what he does for work
thanks to him you know a lot of animal trivia
i feel like out of all the dads, along with Randy, he'd tell the most number of dad jokes- and they're actually funny
Antonio
another dad I don't know shit about, but considering he takes days off to spend time with Valentina, he's definitely a good dad
the kind who'd take his kid's drawings to work to show his colleagues
I feel like he's also the type who'd support whatever occupation you want to pursue, as long as he sees you putting in effort and results are showing
probably lowkey strict, but you'll be thankful once you're older that he is (with a bit of pettiness cuz you missed out on some of the fun stuff your other friends went through)
you have cool and pretty outfits thanks to him HEHE
Walter
typical old money dad, what more can i say
knowing how to deal with money is something that's become second nature to you, thanks to him
brings you out to play golf with his associates
brings you out to play tennis with his associates
good luck if you're the only kid, the family business is definitely going to be managed by you
Joko
another super fun dad
cracks a lot funny jokes, not just dad jokes
his storytelling is god-tier, probably the reason why dinner is at least 2 hours long
known as the funniest dads of dads among you and your classmates
Wataru
another dude i have a lot of hearts with but don't know much about because his dialogue is so little
the kind that takes care of you silently (and you're super grateful for it)
quiet type of dad, but probably very observant regarding your needs (hence probably why Wakuu is the way he is towards him)
dinner is often quiet, but once it's time for dessert that's when the tea starts to spill (but you're doing most of the talking)
he's definitely the coolest, he owns a friggin chickin boat
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hollowsart · 5 months
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!! your sona as a sloth! im new here so if you’ve done a furry au before I apologize I didn’t see it 😭 just thought she was cute and so is mooseterio
here's links to all the other posts with pics I've drawn of this little Spider-Ham style AU + a silly post I wrote about Mooseterio Lol
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bonus [Cat!Acedia]
I should totally draw them more tbh they're so cute and fun to draw. just a silly little animal themed AU..
and no worries about being new!! You're more than welcome to browse my blog and search my tags and check out my older posts!! that's what they're there for!
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barblaz-arts · 2 years
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omg i was wondering why your artstyle looked SO familiar, but then i realized you're the same artist i followed YEARS AGO when SU and PR were popular
This ask awoke something inside me cuz it made me pull out my old sketchbooks from my early days back when I used to only draw on paper and post cruddy pics on tumblr and just... Look. Gosh, it definitely was YEARS ago huh. I'm kinda touched my style is still recognizable despite the changes I've grown into
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But yeah, that's probably me! You were probably following my old account, the one that got hacked and deleted roughly two years ago. This is a new one, which is why you wont find the older ones that were drawn on paper. I still do have them all tho, evidently.
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ezravon3 · 1 year
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Newest CG update!!!
I think these are all my past posts on CG. Well except the one on his birthday but that's okay. Some of the info is outdated so please ask me if you have any questions about CG. This is another post on CG. CG's birthday is October 31st, aka Halloween. He didn't know what birthdays or any holidays were until his (adopted) family explained it to him. Since this years' Halloween has passed, CG is now fifteen years old but still looks ten. It seems like I never posted the relationships between CG and his (adopted) family so imma do that now. Hope you enjoy.
CG & Mama (Angela)
• CG just adores her so much.
• He's a total mama's boy (lol)
• He wants to be picked up/helled by her the most (and she's happy to oblige)
• He loves her food
• She's one of the extremely few who can touch CG's hair without triggering him and she's (usually) the one who cuts it.
• She helps CG sleep by holding him and/or singing to him.
• CG loves, loves affection from her and she's one of the ones he craves affection from the most.
• Thus she's very, very affectionate with him (much to CG's delight. The boy will be very pouty and moody if he doesn't get enough affection from his Mama lol)
• He's just so comfortable with her and has his gaurd completely down when alone/at home with her.
CG & [Human] Dad (Sirius)
• He trusts the man so much.
• He will let Sirius pick him up and touch/cut his hair.
• He's gifted CG a few things to (try) to help the boy sleep.
• Boy loves his Mama (and papa!bear) more but still really loves his human Dad.
• CG likes his Dad's cooking too.
• CG likes affection from him and Sirius happily gives him plenty of it.
CG & Auntie (Agatha)
• As his therapist, aunt and his very beloved mama's (older) identical twin, Agatha is one of the few who are the closest to CG.
• He has called her 'Mama' more then once. (And was/is embarrassed about it but she's really like a second Mom to him)
• He loves her food.
• She's another one CG lets touch/cut his hair.
• CG craves affection/attention from her and always receives it.
• She's the only one (besides Freddy, Luan, Angela and Sirius) who CG will (reluctantly) let patch him up when he's hurt. [He won't let anyone else besides those five to even get near him with any medical supplies and will quickly resort to violence if others even try]
• CG has fallen asleep in her arms as well as while laying on her more then once. (Especially when she cradles him)
CG & Luan (older sister)
• He looks up to her a lot and really respects her. (And that's great since he looks up to and respects so few people)
• They give each other handmade gifts a lot for really no reason. (For example: She gifted his the device on his neck and he's gifted her a cute white and mint green stretchy bunny bracelet)
• He loves her cooking & affection from her.
• He admires her for her confidence and lack of care about what others think of her scars and missing limb. (She has burn scars on half her body and a prosthetic leg)
• He will hid behind her when in a new place and/or when around strangers. [He'll do this with Angela, Agatha, Freddy and Sirius too]
•He will randomly go in Kuala mode and not let go of her for a while. (Not that she minds & he's even fallen asleep on her while clining to her like that more then once)
• She sings to him to help him sleep and it always works. (Her singing voice just makes him so sleepy for some reason)
• She's the first person he'll go to for help or advice if Angela, Agatha, Eleanor, Freddy or Sirius aren't around.
• She's the only one (besides Angela, Agatha, Freddy, Eleanor and Sirius) who can touch/cut CG's hair without him getting violent. [And the only ones who are aloud to touch his hair are the only ones in his family who have seen his eyes]
CG & Grandma (Eleanor)
• Eleanor is the mother of Agatha and Angela and a ex-teacher. She knits all sorts of things for CG all the time. (He always accepts all of it too)
• He will sometimes just walk up to her and lay his head in her lap without a word because he wants affection from her. (She's in a wheelchair so he can do this anytime)
• She's another one he's fallen asleep on more then once while clinging to her.
• He loves listening to her stories and her voice in general.
• He lets her teach him new things and he'll always help her with whatever he can. (He opens doors and carries things for her a lot)
CG & Grandpa (Eugene)
• Father of Sirius and a ex-military soldier. Uses a cane and loves to spoil his grandkids (CG included)
• He and Eleanor let CG get away with more then they should. (The boy has a crime journal and both know about it and all it's contents yet say nothing about it)
• Is far weaker physically then he used to be but will still fight to protect loved ones.
• Still takes medication for his PTSD and has some scars from past injuries during wars.
• Can still use Sargen voice to get other's attention but usually only uses it when defining loved ones.
CG & Bree (Baby sister)
• He lets her draw in his sketchbook.
• He likes to play with her.
• He always accepts affection from her.
• He uses only sighn language to communicate with her since she was born deaf.
• He always lets her sit in his lap whenever she wants too and just helps take care of her.
CG & Glam!Freddy
• CG is a huge Gem! Freddy fan and doesn't try to hide it.
• Has called Glem!Freddy "Dad" more then once and was embarrassed about it.
• CG likes being called "Super Star" by Freddy.
• He always wants affection/attention from Freddy, which the bear happily gives him.
• Freddy is the first one who gains his trust and the first one (besides his bio family) that's seen his eyes since he got cursed.
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resowrites · 2 years
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Sherlock Holmes And The Book Of Rhymes - Part 4 (finale)
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Summary: When Cora Beauchamp begins receiving extracts from a book of nursery rhymes by post, the police dismiss her which leaves her only one way to turn. But with no clue as to the sender or the meaning behind them, will the case prove too bizarre even for Mr. Sherlock Holmes?
Characters: Sherlock Holmes (I envisioned Henry’s version but the story could apply to Rathbone right through to Cumberbatch), OC!Cora Beauchamp, Dr. Watson, Mrs. Hudson, OC characters.
Warnings: adult/dark themes such as adultery, occasional threat of violence/danger, some period misogyny/victorian attitudes, angsty, mention of underage relationship/adultery, mention of death/murder, lightly beta’d.
WC: 3300
Sorry about the delay in posting this, it was finished ages ago I just forgot to post it! Thanks for your patience ~ Reso x
My work must not be copied, reposted, or translated elsewhere. Likes, follows, reblogs and comments are thoroughly welcome and appreciated! No copyright infringement intended, gifs/pics not my own. I hope you all enjoy and thanks for visiting!
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Part 4 (finale):
Fortunately, the gardener's cottage was only a short walk from the main house. However, Mr. Holmes was surprised to see smoke coming from the chimney, on a day like today gardeners were normally very busy. The heat also precluded the use of a hearth. He walked up the stepping stones to the rickety front door and gave it several sharp whacks with his cane. He heard hushed voices from within but eventually the door creaked open and an older gentleman stepped onto the porch, not permitting him so much as a peek inside. "Can I help you, gentlemen?" Mr. Holmes smiled briefly.
"Yes, good afternoon. My name is Mr. Sherlock Holmes and this is my colleague Dr. Watson. We've come to speak to you regarding the disappearance of the housekeeper, Lorraine Hornbeck." He then thought he heard whimpering of some kind from within the cottage.
"I'm sorry sirs, I don't work up at the house, there's nothing I can tell you." He then hastily tried to shut the door, which Mr. Holmes caught with the edge of his boot.
"We won't be long Mr…?" The gardener sighed.
"Thornton." He resigned himself to opening the door and leading the two gentlemen inside. Mr. Holmes caught the footsteps of someone quickly running upstairs, though he couldn't make out who it was. The collage was very old indeed and he had to duck so as not to hit his head on the beams hung from the low ceiling. The living room was poorly lit, all its curtains were drawn and the fireplace roared loudly, making the room that much hotter. Dr. Watson pulled at his shirt collar, sweat already pooling at the back of his neck.
"Please take a seat, Mr. Thornton, we shan't be long. Leave the door open Watson, there's no one about to hear our discussion." Dr. Watson backed away from the front door he'd intended to close behind him and caught his friend eyeing the staircase to their left.
"Were we disturbing you, Mr. Thornton?" The gardener's eyes swept side to side suspiciously.
"Oh… no, that was just my daughter, Evie. I told her to go upstairs so we might have some privacy." Mr. Holmes smiled.
"Quite so. Forgive my saying so, but your age precludes you from having a young daughter… might I ask why she still lives at home?" The gardener didn't know quite how to respond.
"W-well, she's a bit simple you see… easily led. Her mother died young so I'm all she's got…" Mr. Holmes wiped his brow.
"I'm sorry for your loss Mr. Thornton. I'll keep my questions brief. Do you know what might have happened to Mrs. Hornbeck?" The gardener swallowed.
"No sirs, as I said, I don't work up at the main house so I've no clue as to what goes on there…" Mr. Holmes doubted that somehow.
"I see… well have you heard any rumours then? Particularly regarding the relationship between Mrs. Hornbeck and her husband?" The gardener looked as though he was about to say something before changing his mind. He was silent for several moments before speaking again.
"No sirs… nothing springs to mind." It was quite clear he was lying.
"I see… and what about last night, did you see or hear anything unusual?" The heat was really getting to Mr. Holmes now and his voice cracked his throat had become so dry.
"No sirs, I'm a heavy sleeper." Mr. Holmes rested on his cane uneasily. Dr. Watson was also struggling, his face was now dripping with sweat.
"I must say chap… why on earth have you a fire going at this hour?" Mr. Holmes bit back a smile, trust Dr. Watson to presume his next question. Although nothing was now visible in the fireplace, from the smell of the smoke, he believed paper had been burnt. It had a particularly acrid smell.
"Oh… I just had some garden waste to get rid of, I can't do it outside lest I cause a wildfire what with the grass being so burnt…" a good enough excuse but hardly likely thought Mr. Holmes.
"And what of your daughter Mr. Thornton, may we speak to her?" The gardener's eyes swiveled towards them wildly.
"No sirs, she won't be up to answering any of your questions… as I said, she's not quite right." Mr. Holmes wondered to what degree that was also true.
"Well then, did she mention any noises to you in the night?" The gardener shook his head, climbing to his feet as he did so.
"No, she was sound asleep. Now I really must ask you gentlemen to leave, I've got work to be getting on with…" Mr. Holmes agreed to his request, after all, there was little else he was going to find out from him.
"Quite so Mr. Thornton, thank you for your time." And with that, the detective practically ran from the room. By the time they were standing back outside, both men were perspiring heavily and had removed their coats.
"Damn fool… what on earth is he doing starting fires on a day like this?" Mr. Holmes chuckled lightly and fetched into his coat pocket for a looking glass. As he turned to head down to the riverbed, he noticed a figure in the top floor window of the cottage. It was Evie. She stared at him blankly, though even from his position, he could tell that she was distressed. Her eyes were red and puffy. Dr. Watson followed his friend's gaze and gasped when he saw her. Mr. Holmes then sniffed and continued his walk, the figure of Evie remaining where she stood. Dr. Watson stepped up closer to his friend. "What on earth was all that about Holmes?" The detective didn't look at him and kept his voice low, considering it likely Evie was still watching them.
"I don't know, but her presence there suggests she wanted to be seen. I believe she knows what's going on Dr. Watson… and perhaps what happened to Mrs. Hornbeck." Dr. Watson stopped in his tracks.
"But then surely we should go back and demand to speak to her?" But the detective continued down to the riverbed, not stopping to consider the notion.
"No, her father won't permit it. Besides, most of the pieces have already fallen into place…" Dr. Watson hurried towards his friend who was now stooped low, examining the ground in front of him.
"They have? Well, do you care to enlighten me then? Because so far none of this nonsense makes any more sense than it did at the beginning…" by now Mr. Holmes would have rebuked the good doctor's claims but instead, let out an 'ah-ha' as he picked something out of the dirt. It was too muddy to see clearly but the look on the detective's face was triumphant.
"Come Watson, I believe our journey is at an end." He then turned on his heels and marched back towards the house. Dr. Watson let out an exasperated sigh but dutifully followed him.
As luck would have it, Inspector Lindsey was outside the entrance of the house, smoking a cigarette and chatting away casually with one of his officers. "Ah - Inspector Lindsey, just who I wanted to see. I'm afraid I have rather grim news. Instruct your men to start dredging the lake at once, I believe that is where we're likely to find Mrs. Hornbeck. And have Mr. Hornbeck arrested at once and bought to the drawing room, I believe our case is solved." The Inspector's mouth hung open so far, that his cigarette dropped to the ground.
"Er… right away Mr. Holmes! Well, you heard him lad, get to the lake. I'll see about finding our Mr. Hornbeck." The Inspector then dashed through the side entrance of the house, hoping to reach his suspect before anyone else did. And he was just in time, he caught Mr. Hornbeck creeping down the back staircase, a small suitcase in hand and a disturbed look on his face. "And where do you think you are off to sir?" Mr. Hornbeck didn't respond, instead, he made a mash dash for the same entrance the Inspector had come through, trying his absolute best to wriggle out of his grip. Luckily he had the foresight to blow his whistle, or Mr. Hornbeck could have got away completely. Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson rushed to the scene and quickly apprehended the man. It wasn't long before he was bought to the drawing room handcuffed and looking rather forlorn indeed. Inspector Lindsey roughly pushed him down onto a chair, nodding to Mr. Holmes to begin his explanation.
"Well, as if this most recent display wasn't proof enough, I believe we've found Mrs. Hornbeck's killer…" Mr. Hornbeck began protesting loudly.
"Tosh! I haven't done anything to anyone, let me go this instant!" He was quickly pressed back into his seat by the Inspector.
"That's quite enough out of you Mr. Hornbeck, now pipe down or we'll have you gagged as well…" that shut him up fast enough. Mr. Holmes smiled and was about to continue his speech when Miss Beauchamp came bursting into the room.
"What on earth's going on here? I heard a terrible commotion… y-you've arrested Mr. Hornbeck? In God's name, why?" Dr. Watson hurried to her side and took her by the arm.
"Come, my dear, you best not be present for this…" but Mr. Holmes eyed them both carefully as he started packing his favourite pipe.
"Miss Beauchamp is welcome to stay if she so wishes, after all, someone will have to tell her eventually…" Cora eyed the detective suspiciously.
"Tell me what? Would someone please tell me what's happening!" Dr. Watson guided her to the sofa and stroked her hand, she was becoming hysterical and he tried to calm her nerves.
"Mr. Hornbeck murdered his wife Miss Beauchamp… the facts tell us a much." Cora gasped in shock and for a moment Dr. Watson was worried she'd faint. He quickly prepared some smelling salts just in case.
"N-no, no I'm alright doctor, really. How could you say such a thing, Mr. Holmes? Mr. and Mrs. Hornbeck have been with me for years, they've never put a foot wrong…" Mr. Holmes struck his match, the brightness of the flame stinging everyone's eyes.
"And yet you said yourself, Miss Beauchamp, their marital difficulties were well known." Mr. Hornbeck was about to respond when he caught the warning eye of the Inspector. "Those rumours of infidelity turned out to be true, and though I'm sure Mr. Hornbeck will correct me if I'm wrong, he had a tryst with Evie Thorton." Cora just stared at Mr. Holmes bewildered.
"The gardener's daughter? Is this true?" She turned towards Mr. Hornbeck, who now had his head in his hands.
"Allow me to go back to the beginning…" Mr. Holmes took a large toke of his pipe while everyone else listened intently, like children being read a bedtime story.
"I first suspected someone from the house was responsible for the excerpts sent to Miss Beauchamp, when she confirmed they were sent without an address. Any letters sent that way are typically discarded. However, I later sent a telegram to the local post office here, which confirmed they weren't in receipt of any blank envelopes this past month. The second clue was how Miss Beauchamp came across the excerpts. On the first two occasions, she simply found them amongst the rest of the post, indicating that they may not have been for her in the first place. Most of the rest of my findings require a bigger leap of faith though I encourage you all to listen carefully. Mr. Hornbeck's first mistake was to appear before us so disheveled, his appearance suggested a disturbed night and his newly dried hair spoke of either an early morning bath or a trip to the lake. Given the context of our current predicament, I'm inclined to believe the latter. When I searched his room later on, I found the bottle of laudanum he'd mentioned using to aid his sleep. He told me he got through a bottle a month, which wouldn't then explain why this bottle is less than half full only a week into our current month…" Mr. Holmes then placed the nearly empty bottle onto the coffee table nestled between them all.
"Good lord… he couldn't have taken all that in less than a week, he'd be a very sick man indeed!" Dr. Watson picked up the bottle and held it up to the light, alarmed at how little was left.
"Quite. But say this was a previous bottle, as could well be the case, my next job then was to find other clues that suggested Mr. Hornbeck was away from the house in the early hours of this morning. Besides his hastily made bed and thrown together outfit, I also came across a soaked uniform hidden underneath his bed. The smell of the lake on such clothes was quite unmistakable." Mr. Holmes sniffed, as though repulsed by the memory. "My search under the bed also turned up this…" he then threw a heavy object onto the coffee table with a thud.
"The book of rhymes…" Cora stared at the object for a few moments before quickly flipping through its pages, desperate to see if it was indeed the same book. When she came across the torn out pages, there was no mistaking it was the book in question.
"Good lord… are you suggesting Mr. Hornbeck sent the letters to Miss Beauchamp? Or whomever?" Mr. Holmes inhaled sharply, somewhat annoyed at the good doctor's sluggish mind.
"Not Mr. Hornbeck, his wife… she'd intended the letters for Evie Thornton. Either as a threat to end their association… or a warning that she intended to exact for revenge for a situation long past, I'm assuming the latter Mr. Hornbeck?" The man looked up sadly and nodded his head.
"Y-yes, yes you're quite right Mr. Holmes. What my Evie and I had… i-it ended long ago. Her father saw to that. But Mrs. Hornbeck couldn't let it go. She found out only recently though God knows how I warned Evie enough times not to say anything. I don't know what she intended to do… but, but I couldn't let her hurt my Evie!" He then burst into tears, surprising and embarrassing everyone in equal measure. Mr. Holmes scowled at the man.
"Yes… so like a coward, you confronted her, and I assume when she either denied any wrongdoing or refused to back down, you took matters into your own hands. Either you struck her last night before poisoning her for good measure, or you waited until she was asleep - which seems more likely given there was no sound or sight of a scuffle. You then carried her from the house and dumped her body in the lake. Not only did I find a man's footsteps down by the riverbank, but I also found this…" Mr. Holmes reached into his pocket and pulled out a muddy cigarette butt. "You stopped to smoke, most likely to calm your nerves, and then you made your way back into the house. If you'll check his jacket pocket Inspector Lindsey, I'm sure you'll find the keys he took from Mrs. Hornbeck before dumping her body." The Inspector quickly patted Mr. Hornbeck down and produced a large, brass set of keys from his inside pocket.
"By Jove… here they are." Mr. Holmes kept his eyes on Mr. Hornbeck, who was still sniffling despite not having confessed to his appalling crime.
"But Holmes, how did you know the Thornton girl was involved? The gardener told us nothing, he wouldn't even let us speak to her…" Mr. Holmes turned towards his friend and his expression softened considerably.
"Luckily he didn't have to Dr. Watson, we caught him at a most fortuitous time. Do you remember the acrid smoke coming from his fireplace? Only the acid in writing paper gives off such a distinctive smell when burned. Given that his daughter also hurried from the room but made her presence known at the window when we left… I assume Mr. Thorton was hastily burning his daughter's correspondence with Mr. Hornbeck. Isn't that right sir?" Mr. Hornbeck sighed and although his hands were cuffed, produced as best he could a bundle of letters from his other pocket.
"Yes, Mr. Holmes… I couldn't bring myself to burn my letters from her. Oh God… what a terrible mess. Please tell me she won't get in any trouble though? She's a simple girl and not to blame for any of this…" Mr. Holmes scoffed in contempt.
"Quite so. You've taken advantage of her youth and naivety long enough and as I'm assuming she was underaged when you began your affair, that too will be added to your list of crimes." Mr. Hornbeck let out a sob as the full weight of his situation bared down on him. Just then, Inspector Lindsey's officer burst into the room.
"We've found Mrs. Hornbeck sir, quite drowned, though otherwise there's not a mark on her…" Mr. Holmes sneered at the now cowering Mr. Hornbeck.
"You odious little fiend… you murdered your wife in cold blood over some letters which never even found their way to Miss Thornton in the first place…" it was then that Dr. Watson interjected.
"That's what I can't quite fathom Holmes… how did Mr. Hornbeck even realise what his wife was doing in the first place?" At this, Mr. Hornbeck replied without being prompted.
"I found her going through the book one afternoon, God knows where she got it… but she was cutting out the pages which seemed bizarre. My wife never clipped the paper or kept a scrapbook. She'd warned me recently that she knew all about Evie and that she was going to get her comeuppance. I figured I had to act before she did anything crazy…" Mr. Holmes sighed and got to his feet.
"And you will no doubt hang for your crimes Mr. Hornbeck. Come, Dr. Watson, our time here is at an end. I bid you farewell Miss Beauchamp… and all the luck in finding less deranged staff in the future."
On the train back to baker street.
Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson sat across from each other in silence. The doctor didn't wish to bother his friend with too much conversation, as he knew how much the previous train journey bothered his stomach. He was however eager to give his friend his praise. "That was some marvellous work Holmes, with barely anything to go on, you managed to expose Mr. Hornbeck before he got away. Poor Miss Beauchamp… you know I had to sedate her before we left? She was really quite shaken up. I also seem to recall you saying that Mrs. Hornbeck did however deliver the last extract to Miss Beauchamp directly… you don't suppose she intended to threaten her? Or God forbid, remove her from the picture as well?" Dr. Watson shuddered at the thought.
"We can't quite be sure of the woman's thoughts towards the end of her absurd campaign towards her husband. All we can say for sure is that Miss Beauchamp is far better off without either of them in her employ."
"Quite right Holmes. Though I do worry about such a young woman being left all alone in that house… I hope she doesn't fall prey to any obscene threats again." Mr. Holmes couldn't help but smile at the serious look on his friend's face.
"Well if she does… I'm sure she can depend on you for any assistance doctor…" Dr. Watson pursed his lips at the detective's sarcasm but said nothing, grateful that at least for the time being, Miss Beauchamp was safe.
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A/N: Hi guys, as a huge Sherlock Holmes fan of both the original stories and the many series/films, it’s my pleasure to present this new short series. This is the final part! I hope you all enjoyed the ending and felt I captured something of the spirit of the original stories. Any feedback is appreciated and I hope you’ll continue to stick around and enjoy stories in the future!
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welcometomybraincomics · 10 months
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So, I was thinking of Naga and his species design and realized in my other drawings of his species and plans (which I haven't put on here anywhere), the males of his species do not have hair. Only the females.
Which would make Naga trans in this AU.
Which is neat and all, but totally not my intention.
So now.... I need to make the adult males of his species also have hair, which was.... weird enough for him, but I was fine enough with it bc it's a translation of a character who already has hair, but... for some reason my brain just rejects snake with hair?????
I mean, I'll get used to it. I got used to it with Naga, but.... Purposefully designing a snake species with hair feels so fucking weird
Note: I have never drawn any females of his species, so Naga is literally the only one I've had to struggle through the "snake with hair feels wrong" thing.
The only reason I'm fairly certain I decided the women had hair is bc I have a fairly vivid mental image of a giant, lunging snake with hair and the hair was pretty much the only indication that she wasn't just a giant snake???
On second thought, might not have actually had hair in the original idea. The primary thought process behind that scene, which has never been written down or drawn, was the continuation of the concept that the Snake People (yet to be named) just... progressively loose arms as they get older. So like, their babies are born with... like... 6 pairs of arms I think? (need to find the pics to check) Which is so fucking stupid and hilarious bc they are snakes and for most of their adolescence, they walk around on their arms like they're bugs
So like, a teenager has 2 pairs of arms, an adult has only 1 pair of arms, and your great grandma, who has been alive longer than you could possibly imagine, has no arms at all
there is literally no evolutionary reason for this, I just think it's funny
Back to the hair thing though, baby Snake People (name pending) don't have hair either, and considering my "snakes with hair feels wrong" dilema, I can only imagine what Ginger (who met his snake child as a hairless snaklet) felt when his snake child started growing hair XDXDXDXD
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ichigo-sutaadyy · 11 months
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⋆ ˚。⋆୨୧˚ Fan Fiction, or Teen Fiction? ˚୨୧⋆。˚ ⋆
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☆.tw: none ☆.subject: book preference ☆.date posted: 04/06/2023 ☆.pics credit to owners
I've been in the web novel area for some time now (Wattpad addict est. 2015) and what makes me stay THIS long under the scrutiny of my beloved electronic devices, is because of my desire to keep racking through the catalogue for scrumptious pieces of anime character x reader books.
On a rainy Saturday night, a question suddenly popped into my head; what makes me prefer fan fiction over teen fiction? As I grow older and wiser (not), many would say I should've upgraded my taste in books. And I think I did? Besides web novels, I've also read a bunch of hard-copy books. But before those books, it was actually fan fiction books that helped me grow.
Living in Indonesia as a teenage girl until recently (turning 20 now), Wattpad only had been a hit among teenagers around 2019. Based on my survey, their preferred genre would be teen fiction. I read some of them in my early teenage years, both in English and Bahasa Indonesia. Though, it wasn't for long.
Soon I was drawn into the world of fan fiction, the endlessly creative AU world of Harry Styles and our dearest Y/N. I was (without a filter) introduced to many sub-genres, many writing styles, many vocabularies, and more. The authors were mighty creative with their stories and their writings really affect me until now. A dystopian-themed story of an underworld rebellious community, an ancient kingdom-themed story of y/n as the lost princess, Mafia-themed, Horror, and many else; they succeeded in quenching my thirst for an adventurous and fantastical life--a life that's impossible for me to experience. Tbh those books made me feel like I've literally lived through so many kinds of life. It felt like cheating, but it wasn't (?)
Ultimately, the stories evolved around me and my favourite person. I mean, how could I not refuse? So, my love for fan fiction continues, even as my interest changed.
Now, in my weeb era, a habit of combing through the internet for anime fan fiction that suited my taste starts. One thing that must be noted is that my previous (delusional) escapades with Mr Harry Styles gifted me a sharp eye for excellent quality, tummy-filling, finger-licking-good books that had met under my several conditions. Yes, I've officially developed a type for books.
Within the anime fandom, things got even wilder. Not tied with the laws of reality at all, anime fan fiction is able to fully explore the world beyond our imagination. The internet mostly has fan fiction of everyone; the Uchiha hotties (Madara, Itachi, Shisui, and Obito), Neji Hyuga, Eren Jaeger, Mikasa Ackerman, Kuroo Tetsurou, Kenma Kozume, Toji Fushiguro, Nanami Kento, Sukuna Ryomen, Kibutsuji Muzan--I really can't mention them all because there're so many. Some follow the anime/manga's storyline, while others create a whole new universe. The authors are very unique--especially the ones that are here on Tumblr. They create visuals, themes, and even music playlists for us readers to get into the story even more. Soon Wattpad writers do the same. The stories aren't limited to a character x reader only, some authors provide an OC as the lead character. Also, it's really fun to read through the comments and interact with people that have their interests lined with yours.
Based on my readings on these web novels, fan fiction easily wins over teen fiction, because in fan fiction I feel more involved with the character I love--that I am already familiar with--in a world that had been crafted by the authors. Social interactions with people that are similar to me (hello Toji stan) are also a plus. It's just so fun to simp over a character with others. And, it's refreshing to read a book where your favourite character is out of character. It's like you're seeing a different side of them, one that you cannot see on screen.
Finally, there go my paragraphs of personal opinion about preferences over fan fiction and teen fiction. I hope it can help you readers to realize some things, or maybe just to fill up your free time. In no way am I trying to degrade teen fiction authors, or authors for other genres. My mean for writing this is to share reasons why fan fiction is more of my cup of tea, rather than teen fiction.
That is all from me. Thank you for reading my spontaneous mug of insight, and see you next time!
-Ibi.
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erigold13261 · 1 year
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Will Carna and Maragold have a different gender identity or how they wear clothes as they grow up? (I see them wearing more feminine outfits in your art so…)
Clothes don't depict your gender. Also, I don't think I've really drawn either of them in feminine clothes that much.
Just took a look at my art of them, and Maragold's initial outfit was a dress that they had before being upgraded. Then there was the nonbinary comic with what looked like a dress, but I was going more for either a night gown or a shirt someone gave them to wear to be more comfortable. Everything else I think I've drawn them in either pants or shorts. (well there was the Christmas pic like 2 years ago with Maragold and Carna in the skirt version of the uniform that Zimelu wears)
I think you might be mistaking other people drawing Maragold for my own art, because looking back there are a lot of gifts I got with Maragold in dresses and skirts. There was also a lot of feminization of Maragold in those art gifts. I didn't mind them but they are not what I had in mind for older Maragold. Even humanized Mara's seem to have orange skin when my human Maragold would have like green or something like that.
However, Maragold does actually like to wear more feminine clothes and will probably stick with they/them or possibly go back to using she/her at times, making their pronouns they/she. I don't think they will ever go back to identifying as a girl though, at least not in a complete sense. They are gonna stick with nonbinary, or if they do change it's gonna be something under the nonbinary umbrella. Maybe genderfluid.
[Oops, wait, just went into the Orange tag, because I never fully retagged all my Orange pics as Maragold. Though that only brought up one extra picture not in the Maragold tag. I did draw Maragold in a dresss/skirt that Zimelu made them, but all the other drawings have Maragold either in their doll dress, or in shorts. So yeah, point still stands from before]
As for Carna, I don't think I ever actually drawn faer with feminine clothes. The pictures I am remembering are either faer with the 1010 kid uniform thing, or with masc/androgynous clothes. Or at least that is what I was trying to go for with the outfits I put faer in. I could be forgetting though.
Looking at Carana's tag, yeah, I've only drawn faer in a skirt once and that was the Christmas one from a few years ago. The only other one I could think of that might be seen as feminine is the halloween outfit fae wore, but that was supposed to be a combination of a suit and dress. Everything else has been shorts. Not even pants lol. (not counting Carna as a doll with a skirt, which doesn't even show up in faer tag because it is tagged as Pink and not Carana)
Carna likes masc clothes, things that are fancy like suits, though doesn't mind if they have a feminine flare to them. So like a suit with a skirt attached to it, or pants with a flowy top or something. Fae is not going to just straight up wear a dress or skirt by itself.
With gender, I do see Carna changing, but never going back to seeing faerself as a girl. If anything, Carna would lean more towards something masculine I feel. I can see faer trying out agender or even libragender (leaning towards libramasculine) as gender identities. Fae might try out he/him pronouns but would most likely go back to neopronouns and either just stick with fae/faer or add a new set and keep fae/faer as well.
So yeah, after going through all of this I realized something. I need to draw Carna and Maragold more lol! Those two definitely are lacking in art. Even Dew has more content than those two and I made them before him!
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wetbloodworm · 1 year
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i made some family trees for my rescueverse kids using this website! just some of them, like tolys has two brothers but that's the extent of that tree that i've got sorted out w/ no other interesting familial connections to other characters.
edit: the order of the pics gets fucked up on my blog, sorry about that! put '[pic #]' under reach space one of the pics is supposed to be among the text
you have to have a person selected so there's a bold-outlined person in each of these screenshots, which is either done at random or to show the maximum amount of people. also i manually made the nonbinary characters' blocks purple BUT the website does allow for nonbinary family members! those blocks are just white and i thought that was boring. grayed out names indicate deceased family members, thicker lines connecting couples indicate an existing relationship while thinner lines indicate exes.
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[pic one]
starting off with the kotovs! this is the only one containing named grandparents because Lubov is at her base loosely inspired by 1P nyo general winter, so she gets to be there. technically all my russian grandfathers are named at least b/c i've got everyone's patronymics sorted out but god that would've gotten messy.
i tried to keep siblings in order of age but that didn't always work out. maxim IS older than konstantin, but yevgeny is older than asya. there was an option to add birthdays so i'm not sure if that would've shuffled things around but i didn't have the patience for that so it's FINE.
i'm not fully set on zhana and tanya being only children, though they are right now. i've thought about sergey having more cousins on his mom's side of the family before but hm. i don't know.
this tree also gets totally fucked in fallen au because of what i've done to asya's parent situation. here's the fallen au family tree below
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[pic two]
why did i do this to myself. like i love asya's story in fallen and how she has to work on healing her personal relationship with being a changeling but god why did i do this to myself. had to edit this in CSP to get the full tree to show.
debated over making yevgeny maxim's son still in this au or making him [bio dad]'s son; i've drawn him as a changeling before but like is that really a good enough reason to scooch him around. really there's no good reason for any of this, and asya hasn't addressed having a half-brother in fallen, so i finally decided to leave him on the changeling side of the family. THEN i debated making asya and yevgeny full siblings instead of half siblings but. no. i've fucked up things enough as it is.
no idea what sergey's family's surname is in fallen. it can't be kotov/kotova because that'd make no sense. maybe i just make it lebedev/lebedeva and just make it so zhana kept [bio dad]'s surname. i don't know. i don't know!
WHY DID I DO THIS TO MYSELF!!!
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ANYWAY the orlovskys! the lighter line connecting ivan to the belyakovs indicates they're his foster parents, with the rest of that family not showing in this screen. i tried to edit the two trees together but i don't think it was super clear. ivan had a lot of foster families but the belyakovs were the ones he was the closest to, so it felt important to include them in his tree. avdotya and kseniya had some foster families as well, of course, but i haven't thought on them much beyond the fact that the kids didn't stay connected with any of them.
i wanted to include the bryants, another family crucial to ivan's development/backstory, but they only let you add a secondary set of parents, no more. alas. the bryants actually adopt him in at least one AU (doctor horrible au) so i feel bad not having them on here but alas!!
alyona and nikolay being only children is canon, and both of their parents predeceased them. the orlovsky kids didn't have any living relatives after the house fire, aside from each other.
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[pic four]
and then the belyakovs! again, they had several foster kids over the years, but ivan's the only one that reconnected later on in life and stuck around after that, so he gets to be in the tree. he's got complicated feelings about considering himself part of this family tbh but he's ON THE TREE.
idk if klara and ilya are only children, so there might be cousins out there i haven't sorted out. if i do come up with them i'll update this post, but for now it's just them. my parents have three siblings each and i've got uhhh i think. eleven cousins i think? so these trees seem way too small compared to my frame of reference. which is why i'm overthinking the aunts/uncles thing a bit. it's fine. it's fine
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[pic five]
finally, the o'lorcains! and the gibsons i guess. lyle has a surname now.
considered marking eamon as deceased but i think he's only dead in gta au. as a kindness to cian i'm making the decision that eamon's only dead in gta au.
it's an in-joke in this family that after madigan and erin, it's just all boys all the way down. madigan has four sons, erin has one son, shea has two sons. they thought grant broke the streak at first but then lyle came out and order was restored.
lyle is technically cian's first cousin once removed but cian just refers to him as his nephew. i think that's not uncommon for that familial connection? doesn't matter, that's his nephew.
i think flynn might also be married but i know he doesn't have any kids yet so i'm not too pressed to name his spouse. eamon's a mystery to me.
cian's tree can also get fucked up a bit depending on the AU, since there are AUs where arthur is his brother. i don't know how that works out with [gestures at tree] all this but oh well.
okay i stayed up too late doing this, goodnight
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bellmo15-blog · 1 year
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From one si fi body suit I have a massive kink for to another, my sona in a Zero Suit which I've made no secret is kind of the thing that got me into this kink in the first place. This is also another one of my fav comms I've got.
Original description: Well people, I’ve finally done it. I’ve gotten a Zero Suit… Well, a pic of my sona in a Zero Suit and it’s drawn by ChaosCroc but it still kinda counts. Right?
Putting that aside some of you reading this may already know about me and my love for Zero Suits, others might not. Well, you are in luck if your one of the latter because let me tell you a story! We all have our genesis as to why we are into the fetishes we are today. For many with a snake coil and hypnosis fetish that comes from Kaa from The Jungle Book, myself included. The Disney animated Jungle Book specifically. No really, there’s actually multiple versions of The Jungle Book and Kaa’s not the same across all of them. Someone who’s into Belly Dancing may of gotten it from Shantae which surprisingly she alone ISN’T actually the reason I got it but rather her and Olivia from Fire Emblem Awakening due to me playing that before any Shantae game. And then you got of course, tight body suits. This one differs from person to person but for me I got mine as a result of Zero Suit Samus. Specifically, it was her appearance in Super Smash Brothers Brawl when I was 13 years old. I actually had played a Metroid game before but it was when I was really little and wasn’t any farther than the opening. It was Super Metroid if anyone was curious. So the knowledge of Zero Suit Samus was a mystery to me until I played my first Smash game in 2009. Back then however I wasn’t actually that into it at first. But as time went on and I got older and A LOT more wiser (I was a really dumb kid back then) I actually started to be a lot more into it. And soon I started to see other characters dressed in this sexy bit of space wear and well the rest is history.
Really though how could I not be as into this suit as I am? It’s got a great si-fi design, it fits well onto any character even if it’s not the normal blue coloured suit and similar to the Plugsuits of Evangelion it manages to look both sexy and cool. Now some of you who may know about Zero Suit Samus in Smash may already know about this but there’s actually two different version, the Prime 2 model which is used in Brawl whereas Smash for Wii U/3DS and Ultimate uses the Other M model of the Zero Suit. And who knows, with Metroid Dread we might even get a new design. Personally I do love the Other M suit a lot more just purely because of how it looks though the Prime 2 suit I do still have a fair bit of nostalgia for. Plus the Other M version is the more popular version anyway which is kinda ironic because Metroid: Other M is the one game in the Metroid franchise most diehard fans love to rag on the most. Who knows though, maybe I will get a pic of myself in the Prime 2 version one day. Maybe not by the same artist but still, it is a possibility. Or maybe I will for the sake of consistency. Who knows.
Oh and for those wondering, yes this pic does *kinda* tie into The Greater Universe storyline since I like to imagen the way my Self Insert got this suit is that some time after the fourth Super Smash Bros tournament and he was growing that love of this kind of suit he actually asked Samus Aran if it was an outfit anyone could wear regardless of gender and if she had a spare one he could keep. After all, if you wanna wear a suit like this it might as well be an authentic one! And reluctantly she said yes but only on the condition that they faced of in a fair brawl. He only just bailey won. Samus is a trained bounty hunter after all. And then the Zero Suit was his. “But what about that pic of Rottytops in a Zero Suit?” That I didn’t really think two much about. I didn’t really have this big cross over universe planned back then. “What about other characters you will get in this suit?” Umm… a fashion designer somehow got there hands on the material used to recreate it and sell it? Yeah, let’s go with that.
Artist is ChaosCroc: https://www.deviantart.com/chaoscroc Also I’m only just realising I commissioned this a few days after Metroid Dread was announced.
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janeeyreheresy · 1 year
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But Really?
Charlotte's second era in Brussels was apparently unhappy, due to her homesickness and her attachment to Monsieur Heger. In a letter to her friend Ellen Nussey, she drew herself next to the Hegers:
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This is displayed at the Haworth Parsonage museum (it's my own pic, taken when I went there). Reminds you of something? In the book, Jane draws Blanche Ingram as a beautiful young woman and herself as a plain little girl. This is before she ever sees Blanche; the portrait is drawn solely from Mrs Fairfax's description. It's a rather flowery description, not really in the style of a practical, uncomplicated housekeeper.
I'm not going to get into any speculating about whether anything took place between Charlotte and Heger. Most likely it was just unrequited love on her part. Whatever the case may have been, dude would have realised which side his bread was buttered. 
Constantin Heger and his wife had six children. They were still having them while Charlotte was at the pensionnat. She returned to Haworth in January 1944.
The first book Charlotte wrote was titled The Professor. (In which the main character is mistreated by his brother, gets a teaching job at a boarding school in Belgium, ran by a woman who he initially is attracted to, but finds out she is deceitful. He starts teaching a young female aspiring teacher whom he falls in love with. The scheming directress of the school actually falls in love with him but he gets another job elsewhere and marries the young teacher-student.) It was rejected by the publishers and only released posthumously. Jane Eyre, the second book she wrote, met with more success.
Later, Charlotte published Shirley and Villette. The latter draws heavily from her time in Brussels, Charlotte used some parts of The Professor and rewrote it into Villette. The villainess is once again a headmistress of a boarding school, who schemes to marry the professor M. Paul Emanuel. Who is really Constantin Heger and Madame Heger is the conniving Madame Beck, but just because they appear in this book doesn't mean they didn't appear in Jane Eyre. Charlotte totally gave herself away by inserting the age difference between Rochester and Bertha. It's not even that it's unnecessary to the narrative, it feels so tacked on that I suspect she added it later, maybe after she had already written the whole book. Hence it contradicting the earlier item of Bertha's older brother Richard being the same age as Rochester.
I've not read any of Charlotte's other books. I do have all the Bronte works as audio plays in my Audible library, though, and it seems to me that Shirley and Villette are better than Jane Eyre. But I don't know, like I said, I've not read the actual books, so I shouldn't judge. Villette has a dark, melancholy atmosphere. Not surprising, written after the death of her siblings, Charlotte's grief must have come through.
So where does the xenophobia come from? 
Fuck knows. But this just proves that being in love with someone from a different culture doesn't exempt you from being discriminative of the culture. "I'm not racist I have black friends". That dig about peasant women is telling. Why it had to be in the book at all, I cannot fathom. It's just like the whole Celine mess. It didn't add anything of value. She's like a typical Brexit supporter, feeling all superior about herself. 
It is quite the twist of fate that Brussels became the capital of the EU.
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