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The second piece I contributed to the @mcyt-couture-zine , this one in collaboration with the incredible @earlrot ! I did the lines, he did the gorgeous colors/rendering, and we both brainstormed together on the outfit design. It was super super fun to collaborate with Earlrot on this artwork (everybody go compliment him rn!!!) and I absolutely adore how it came out :D

Design/progress sketches:

My lines before color:

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Your honour, they are siblings!

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what if i cried /h srs but also /pos

I think the most fundamental rule I keep in mind whenever I'm characterizing Grian is that everything is his responsibility.

As hyper-critical as he can be of other people, whenever something goes wrong Grian always blames himself ten times more than he blames anyone else. This, combined with the fact that Grian is a very anxious personality with a tendency to catasrophize small issues into massive ones, results in overbearing neurotic behavior as he tries to manage other people- because he thinks it's his job to manage them and that if his allies mess up it's his fault for not managing them well enough- as well as his huge internalized guilt complex and tendency to blow up any mistake he makes.

This is worsened by the fact that Grian is often drawn to people who are bad for him.

The people Grian is attracted to are very frequently the types with habits for deflecting blame, avoiding labor, and/or taking large risks. People who may be avoidant to doing dull work or take responsibility for their own actions, people who feed Grian's caretaking habits by letting themselves be his responsibility. This makes sense- these kinds of people make Grian feel needed, and that's very alluring for someone like Grian who finds comfort and pride to a point in being relied on.

But I don't think this is good for Grian. We see time and time again the way being relied on like this makes Grian's worst habits actively worse. He grows more neurotic, more anxious, more self loathing, more tired and stressed and hyper-critical and overbearing, when he's with someone he thinks needs him to take care of them.

And Grian recognizes this to a point. Grian recognizes that he desires a "real partner" as he put it. Grian wants- needs- someone who is responsible and level headed and proactive. Grian needs someone who can mitigate his anxieties and share the burdens of life with him. Grian knows this, he talks often enough about how much he wants partnership. And yet, Grian still finds himself drawn back to people who he needs to save. Over and over. And he tears himself apart over it. Over and over.

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ATTENTION SNOWBUGS FANS

Welcome to the snowbugs zine! This zine is managed by @ju5tanarti5t and @captain-amber-g There will be an interest check soon hopefully then if we have enough interest the actual application should come out later this month or next month. So keep an eye out if you’re interested!

Have a good day and keep loving snowbugs

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Invitations to the killing game.

Invitations to the game could only be seen by those who were invited and those who had once participated in it.

Other persons around, however, see nothing in place of the "invitation". Mostly not understanding what exactly is happening.

Mumbo, who has not yet received an invitation, looks in surprise at Scar, who is frozen in place, and then at the invitation to Mr. Goodtimes himself to the game. Jumbo himself does not yet understand whether he is happy or not about the fact that he has not yet received an invitation

Xisuma does not understand why Bdubs makes a loud surprise next to him. Not that such "sounds" were something unusual from his co-server, but at the same time, staring at one point and freezing in place was not the most usual state for him.

Zedaph does not understand why Tango suddenly fell silent. Tango stopped making his specific sounds, and his tail froze in the air like a question mark. Even the fire rods around his head dimmed for a couple of moments.

False does not let the surprised Gem, who noticed the invitation under her feet, stumble. The blonde does not understand why her friend blinks in surprise and picks up something from the ground, apparently only for her.

Doc just exhales slowly watching Ren stare at one point on the windowsill. His tail suddenly stopped wagging, and his ears pressed against his head. A slight alarm hung for a good couple of seconds, and then a dog's laughter was heard.

For a couple of minutes, the server hung in half-minute silence due to the appearance of invitations. They, of course, could refuse. But why?

Mumbo is sure that he will not receive an invitation and does not see anything for himself for the rest of the day.

Until he comes home and falls on the bed tired. A moment later, he notices a perfect envelope with three multi-colored traffic hearts on the neighboring pillow and makes a noisy tired exit.

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To everyone who needs it right now; to everyone who is struggling, to those who are tired, who are out of luck and out of love, to those who are going through hard times. To all who needs those words.

You are loved; you are appreciated; your presence matters; your creations - arts or fics or edits or all those things your mind can do - are needed and loved and I watch you creating with pride and joy and a smile on my face.

Hard times will get better, and I really hope I'll see you on the other page of this book of live. Standing proudly and smiling because you are so strong and so cool you've punched problems in their ass and freed yourself. You will be free from pain one day and life will get better.

It's a promise!

To the fandom, to all who needs it - thank you for being such a wonderful community! I love you lots and lots and lots!!!

To everyone struggling right now!!!

I do not have much to add, but I want to say thank you @mayvora for this very sweet ask.

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PSA

Just a heads up, there are bots going around on AO3 accusing people of using AI. Considering the timing, this is likely AI bros' retaliation for AO3 users calling them out for scraping their work. Examples of what you might be sent:

Screenshots from here.

If you get a comment like this, just report for spam and delete.

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Day 2: Grian!

I will always and forever spread the long haired Grian propaganda >:3

First time drawing wings with reference and I’m super proud of them!! My pencils don’t fully work it took so many layers to get them to show up, rip my hand

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aweee so cute! we'll spread this art like the skulk! . . . "SPREAD THE IMP SPREAD THE PULSE", as one of my dads said (I couldn't help but quote them, haha)

Day 1: impulse es vee

I genuinely had so much fun drawing this, it’s my first time properly drawing impulse and his jacket is a pain but I’m so happy with how it turned out!!

I’ll be drawing Grian on the other side of the page tomorrow so the background isn’t fully Finished yet

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YOOO HE'S SO COOL

Hello Tumblr people have a bug

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The Dark timeline

Sometimes a feather creature and a harden soldier need some comfort

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THEY ARE SO SOFT HEREEE IM CRYIN' #I_love_it_so_much

💛 Oxytocin by @zipzapzooooooom 🪶

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happy valentine's day, have he

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I respect him as a hero, but not as a father

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I'm still deeply obsessed with grian just flying head first into end crystals in impossible minecraft's finale

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PLEASE be spiritual successor to empires s2 PLEASEEEEE please. Please

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A study of sorts