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💞 Can you guess who my favorite Jellystone character is? 💞

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This is what it's like talking about your non-human romantic F/Os to your friends who don't self-ship.

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💞 Let's take over the world... together. 💞

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This imagine goes out to the self-shippers who either choose not to associate with their family, or unfortunately are in a position where they may not have much of a family at all.

The latter half of the year— specifically, the holidays— can be a tough time for many for a myriad of reasons, but just know that throughout it all, your F/Os see you, are here for you, and will remain by your side no matter what.

Think of all of your F/Os not only as one big family, but your true family, whether or not the first paragraph of this post applies to you. If it all becomes too much and you are disillusioned by the notion that you're all alone— you're not.

Your F/Os couldn't be happier to have you in their lives and are so thankful for you. Romantic, platonic, familial or parental, just you being the person that you are makes them even happier than you could possibly fathom.

💞 Remember that. 💞

💖 Proshippers/Comshippers are not welcome to interact with this post. 💖

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To everyone who made a fuss about Lola Bunny's redesign in Space Jam: A New Legacy when it was first revealed, making claims like how she's not as attractive as she was in the first movie...

💖 You are wrong. 💖

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would it be a strange thing to randomly pop in and say that your names are really pretty/cool? (@canarycurse)

It wouldn't be strange at all, in fact I very much appreciate you stopping by just to tell me that! Noelle is a pretty recent addition to my preferred names but if I had to go by anything aside from Micah or Star, it would definitely be that name! 💙✨

Also, if anyone is reading this, please consider addressing me as Noelle because my good friend Organ did the other night and I was just totally starstruck by it /positive

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💖 Hey, you! 💖

Your F/O wanted me to relay some words of love and affirmations to you! They wanted you to know...

You are worthy of love and belonging.

You do not need to 'earn' rest.

Everything you do, whether it's big or small, has a purpose.

You are more talented than you lead yourself on.

You deserve to take pride in what you create and do.

You have such a wonderful smile, and you really should smile more often.

It is okay to be sensitive. It is okay to not be okay. It is okay to cry.

You are strong. Whatever you are going through, you can pull through. You always have.

Take deep breaths. Drink some water. Get something to eat if you need it.

You are loved more than you could ever fathom.

And honestly... I couldn't agree with them more! 💖💖💖

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Who? Me? Um, maybe a little...

... maybe a lot 💙🧡🤍

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💙 Hello, everyone! 💙

It's been quite some time since I've last posted here! A lot has been going on lately, and even though I've been keeping up in posting on my main blog, by no means have I forgotten about this one— in fact, I think I'm just about ready to begin posting here again!

Now, I would like to enlighten my followers on this blog who don't follow my main blog of a few things going forward, however. These are things that have changed about myself and my identity since I last posted, and that is the fact that I now identify as a transgender woman and that my preferred names are Micah, Star and Noelle. I don't have a preference as to which name you use when addressing me, so pick whichever you'd like!

I'm sure you can imagine just how many more F/Os I've picked up since my last post, and I've added them all to my designated F/O page as well as my introductory post respectively! I should be reblogging a whole bunch of posts as well as writing my own in the coming days because I have so much to say about them all!

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Lately, I've discovered that I do indeed have 'a type' that I've been head over heels for these past few days...

💞 Butch girls. 💞

I've always admired big and strong girls, and— shamelessly— they're all I've been thinking about as of late. And from that, I've come up with an idea I want to share with y'all...

What if I made myself my very own butch OC F/O?

It'd be an excuse to finally have another human F/O amidst all my anthro ones, and you know I very much love writing for and designing characters... especially ones quite literally made for me 💖✨

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All of my life it's been heartbreak weather

Thinking to myself it won't get better

It can be so lonely in this city

But it feels different when you're with me.

🖤💚🖤💚🖤

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A couple of days ago, I came cross this cute animated short on Youtube by chance, and the first eight or so seconds of the video left me with but one thought:

"MAN. I want to be a pretty princess!"

To be honest, imagining myself as an esteemed princess isn't something that's ever come to mind since I started identifying as a girl, though this one video alone has caused my mind to run rampant with thoughts of being cordially escorted out of a carriage, wearing a beautiful dress and a lovely tiara, the whole nine yards!

Naturally, I've put some thought into designing myself— particularly my fursona— into the prettiest princess in all the land, and it was after I began thinking about what I would look like that I had the single greatest idea...

... what if I brought back the fearless dragon OC F/O I designed just about a year ago as her love interest? 👀

And just like that, now I'm developing an entire OC universe just for this one concept alone, seeing as it's the perfect excuse to finally bring said dragon OC F/O to fruition as well as potentially outlining even more fantasy OC F/Os!! 💞

I'll definitely be posting about it more in the future when I have more for it, but I just wanted to get this out there to announce that I will in fact be turning the above OC F/O concept into a fully-fledged character!

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A little over a week ago, I ordered some Night in the Woods merch, one of which being a replica of the null symbol shirt that Mae wears— naturally, it didn't take long for me to be struck with the adorable art idea of my NiTW S/I and her in matching shirts, and I was quick to make it a reality! 💖💖💖

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🌸 It's very cute to receive compliments from your F/O(s) and as stoic or cold as they might be, I am sure they never stop showing you in their own special way how much they love you.

But imagine, just for a second, that you give your F/O a compliment. They will short circuit instantly, as their chest feels like it's going to burst anytime along with the millions of butterflies they have when they look into your lovely eyes and realize that what you said.. Was genuine.

Imagine that they get so flustered they cannot process everything in that moment so they come to you, minutes later, gently brushing their fingers against yours in a shy attempt to hold your hand.

Imagine that you might even hear a soft, timid "Thank you" as their fingers relentlessly play with yours.

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When the recently closed Pastabilities leaves few options for an ideal date locale, Bea and Micah settle on Possum Springs' most renowned eatery, Clik Clak Diner, to have their first date...

... unaware that they have an audience of one just outside.

(Check out underneath the cut for the process I went about when drawing the above piece, as well as some insightful gushing on my latest F/Os— Bea and Mae!)

Just about a month ago, I finished my lengthy playthrough of Winds of Change, and the eighteen hour long experience I had with the game is one that I'll never forget. I'm working on writing a post detailing what I thought of it in its entirety, though once I finished Winds of Change... I realized my 'furry game' need wasn't entirely satiated.

That's not to say that Winds of Change didn't deliver on its promised "ultimate furry tale"— trust me, it is more than deserving of that title— though I found myself raring to dive headfirst into another furry-centric game to play on my Switch, and luckily, I remembered that there existed a game that I've been wanting to give a go for a short while now...

Night in the Woods.

Going into playing the game for the first time, I knew very little about it, save for three things— the main character, Mae (Mae-n character, if you will), one of the main characters is a goth crocodile girl, and another one of the main characters has this adorably goofy flailing animation... naturally, the such paired with Night in the Woods' GORGEOUS visual style warranted a play!

Now, I've only just reached the second act of the game, so there's still lots for me to learn about Night in the Woods' story and cast, though what I have played of it so far made me realize that— with every new piece of media I consume— a rule applies, that being "I will walk out of this with a new F/O"... and it shouldn't come as any surprise that I already have two from NiTW!

While I'm sure many people interacting with this post are familiar with these characters, I'm going to take a moment and introduce them both to followers who are unfamiliar (Seeing as it's also an excuse to gush), starting with my newest romantic F/O, Bea! Say hi, Bea! 🖤💚🖤

That'll do! Bea is a grungy and stoic crocodile who serves as the "like, whatever" character of Night in the Woods. She is a very melancholic individual with a habit of smoking, and is easily identifiable by her all-black outfit. It would seem that Bea was once best friends with Mae when they were kids, but upon growing up and enduring hardships, a rift of sorts has grown between them, though Bea still has respect for Mae even if she doesn't show it.

From being one of the main reasons behind me playing Night in the Woods, it was almost a given that she would see a spot on my ever-growing list of F/Os... and funnily, much like my experience with Valessa, my admiration for her was yet another 'love at first sight' instance, seeing as I recall audibly gasping when she appeared on-screen for the first time... and that's not even getting into how I reacted seeing fanart of her.

I'm positive that Bea is the first of my romantic F/Os to be of the despondent type (Think Forsburn from Rivals/Lovers of Aether), though I've always had a deep love for that kind of characterization and— on top of finding her incredibly bea-utiful— Bea is a character that I think deserves to be welcomed with open arms and showered with the love and affection she deserves.

Like, seriously. Look at her. That is the face of a girl who deserves all of the hugs in the world. Something tells me that she's the type that keeps her feelings to herself until she finds a person she trusts enough to confide them in, and to be that person for her feel wonderful... Bea deserves so much love.

You know who isn't the type to keep her feelings to herself?

Mae is a reckless and cynical cat that serves as the star of the show in Night of the Woods. After dropping out of college during her sophomore year, she ventures back to her hometown, Possum Springs, in the hopes to continue her 'lay-low' lifestyle, but finds it tough to when the familiarity of her home is crumbling and all of her friends have grown and matured (But certainly haven't forgotten about her).

Now, look— I know I say this every other new F/O, but since the first few minutes of gameplay, I was very much sold on F/Oing Mae as a younger sister F/O, because I see so much of myself in her. Granted, I don't smash cars with a baseball bat or walk on powerlines, but there's just something about her that reminds me so much of myself.

... it might be because she's got a lax lifestyle, or maybe it's because she's a known gamer, though I think the trait we share the most is holding onto our friends no matter what. Mae's friends were one of the first few people she went to after arriving home, and it really seems like they're almost family to her... I mean, they're all in a band together. How could they not be tightly knit?

Mae is for certain a F/O I would adore to hang out with. Running aimlessly about Possum Springs and crashing in her bedroom to play video games and listen to her practice her bass make for the most pleasant imagines, and it's something I'd love to focus a future art piece on.

Speaking of art pieces... the process behind creating ship art for a Night in the Woods-ified version of myself and Bea was actually a lot more fun than I thought it would be! In my many years of recreating artstyles, I think NiTW's artstyle is the one I can most closely recreate... just look at the turnout of my very first attempt!!

I actually thought I would struggle with it, seeing as it's all lineless, but it seemed easy enough that I wanted to try my hand at drawing myself with Bea! The idea of a 'first date' type of scenario came to mind almost instantaneously, and after whipping up a concept of what I would look like in the NiTW canon, I was ready to get to work...

... but where would we have our first date?

Clik Clak Diner, a restaurant that Mae and company hang out at after she reunites with them, seemed like a perfect fit! Not only do I like its aesthetic, but it also looked like it would be a fun challenge to redraw for the setting of the art piece! It took a good deal of attention to detail in colors, lighting and making sure it looked as closely to the original as I could manage...

... and I think it's safe to say I nailed it! Everything you see above was remade from scratch (Save for the mostly obscured framed photo on the far right, which I copy-pasted from an upscaled version of the diner's interior), and the only thing I had to slightly change was the color of the booth's seat so that Bea's skin (?) color could stand out more.

Night in the Woods veterans might also note that Bea is rocking a new outfit! I was originally going to draw her in her usual gothic duds, though after daydreaming about how pretty she would look in a striped shirt and necklace, I drew her in just that while staying true to her sense of fashion in terms of the shirt's darker colors!

There are several other little details that I'd like to discuss about this piece, though I think I'll save those for the tags since what I have already more than enough makes for a good read! I think this Mae Bea my best drawing of 2022 so far (Geddit?), and I'm so excited to finally show it off!! 💖💖💖

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So, I realized something about Valessa's outfit... 😳

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Y'all want some Valesscah content? ❤️🧡❤️🧡❤️