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a big reason I exercise regularly is that it's when i get my stupidest ideas for drawings

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being self aware suuuucks like yeah this thought pattern/behavior is stupid and pointless and a symptom. i know this. [does it anyways

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It's soliciting, they are copy-pasted. I think you can report them for it. It's all I get on ff.n nowadays but I was very annoyed to get it on ao3.

Hmm.

Has anybody ever received an unsolicited request on AO3 for you to commission someone?

I received this very flattering comment basically saying that they loved my story and wanted me to commission them to draw it as a comic.

The comment was polite but very generic, like you could copy/paste that on any story. It made me wonder if this is just someone trying to drum up business for themself or if it was a genuine request?

I'm suspicious of it a little bit. The comment is so complimentary and very non-specific that it sounds fake to me. Plus, I have no need to commission another artist to draw my fanworks for me.

I don't know. I don't want to be ungracious. It just struck me as really odd to go, "Hey, I love this. Pay me to create a fanwork of your fanwork."

Like, I take drawing commissions too, but if someone's story moves me to the point where I want to draw something from their story, I'll ask if I can draw it for them, but not for money because it's something I want to do, not something they're asking me to do for free.

I dunno, it's flattering but I don't think the sentiment is genuine since it's attached to a request for money. I get so few comments that this disingenuous seeming one really bummed me out.

I feel like if they liked my work, they'd look me up and see that I draw my own stuff. I know I'm not the strongest drawer out there but practicing with fanart is something that brings me a lot of joy. I wouldn't outsource the thing that brings me joy.

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now why would you tell him that

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Yeah I'm not gonna get this done anytime soon, might as well post it.

The show doesn't give us any ages for the mummies, but there are moments it's implied Rath is older, so I've put him at nine years older than Ja-kal in my fic. While aware of each other, they don't really start to interact until after the battle against Apep.

Here Rath, newly risen to Master rank despite his young age, gives some advice to an adolescent Ja-kal.

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Ja-Kal from Mummies Alive! is an unsung hero, a totally underrated, top-tier cartoon dad. The kids need to know!

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Prequel stuff. The Wadjet regalia is not armor, there's some protective magic woven into it, and Rath can summon it via the amulet, but it gives no power and was made independent of the amulet. It's mostly ceremonial.

The design however is supposed to be somewhat proto-armor, the cobra hood being just a linen hood with a headpiece that he can put back or remove entirely. There is a 'tail', but it is a length of cloth with a weight at the end, nothing more. Useful for grappling or smacking someone in the face at distance.

Pharaoh Thutmose has this made for Rath after a battle I am still working out the details for in which he ends up saving both Thutmose's and Amenhotep's butts (he also gets his sword in this battle). Rath is actually happy about this because he's still wearing novice robes and nobody takes him seriously. He wears it until he is released from his oath.

In the second part of the prequel with all four guardians of Rapses, when Rath is added to the team, he of course initially goes back to using the regalia. Magically, it fits perfectly, and yet he doesn't feel like it fits anymore, because he's not who he was. It's Armon who finally suggests he stop using it, as there's too much memory bound to it of which Rath can't let go.

After the defeat of Hathor in the team's first big adventure together, Rath stops wearing the regalia, sticking to his chief magician attire. However, he does tend to call on it when shit hits the fan.

He dies wearing it.

Now he's got kickass power armor with his own magical girl transformation sequence he don't need that sub-par shit anymore.

Please ignore his fucking shoujo hair.

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authors! go to your ao3 dashboard, click on statistics, look at your totals and tell me how many hits you have?

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The rite of the amulet! Rath is arrogant, Amenhotep is annoyed. Cheesy dialogue abounds!

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Woohoo! Chapter 2!

Staying the Suneater: Moving the Pieces

Amenhotep makes a compromise with his father while Rath gets some news and must say goodbye to his.

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There was no graceful way for Rath to approach his new teammates in the midst of the mingling nobles of the royal banquet, so he just strode up to them with a "Hello," eyeing the three of them in disapproval at their common attire.

Nefer gave him a look over of his own. "Well, aren't you gussied up," the slight young man smirked.

Rath rolled his eyes. "Yes, as a member of the court, I am required to attend these. But might I remind you three this banquet is being held for you. You could have at least tried to make yourselves presentable. At the very least I expected better of you, Ja-Kal, you're a noble, you know better."

"Uh, well," Ja-Kal shrugged, "we have to be ready at any time to protect our prince. Can't risk being unprepared."

"That's a poor excuse and you know it."

"Well it's true. If something does happen how are you..." he trailed off, also giving Rath's finery a once-over.

The sorcerer arched an eyebrow and tapped his amulet in silent reminder he could summon his sword and regalia at any time. "Advantage of being an old hand at this."

"Right."

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Deep Wood Magic

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Wip! It’s nice to get to draw something, I’ve been trying to actually practice for once but as a result I’ve been doing lots of smaller exercises and not pieces. Now to figure out how to draw the background…

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sorry about this

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A Mummies Alive prequel idea nobody asked for but my brain has latched onto anyway.

An adolescent Amenhotep who is unhappy about being given a guardian when he's so close to adulthood, and Rath, a young sorcerer who's not happy about being made his guardian either.

Meanwhile, Scarab is plotting. Also Apep is pissed. And there's this Nubian sorcerer who's being an ass...

Anyway, yeah I even started writing it. Help.

Staying the Suneater

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Yes I've fallen into another silly yet charming cartoon that only lasted a season and I am crying because it could be that deep.

So have an adolescent Rath before he entered the temple and inevitably shaved his head.