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Important!!!

TLDR: I’ve been completely offline. Nothing happened, just not feeling great.

Hello! I’m not sure if anyone actually noticed… but I've gotta write this out. Get it out on the off chance someone did notice I’ve been offline for a while.

I’m OK, I promise, I’ve just had a very rough month, mental health wise, so I’ve been taking a break from this website… It's very intense… and I need as few stressors as possible at the moment.

I don’t know if anyone did this, but… if someone drew my character, I promise I don’t hate it, I just haven’t seen it because I’ve been offline. I say that because that’s what I might think if I drew something and the recipient was silent about it…

Um, all this to say I’m staying offline for a while. I don’t know when I’ll be returning. Whenever I feel up to fandom shenanigans again, I guess. Hopefully I’ll come back in time to make some silly propaganda for my character in the OC tournament, but I’m not counting dates.

Have a nice day or night.

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L’il introductory comic for the @kirbyoctournament, I tagged everyone’s characters I drew under the comic

Other’s OCs! Left to right. hopefully i didn’t bungle any of their designs..

J is @moonverc3x’s, Starstruck Dee is @starflungwaddledee’s, Dotty is @cauliarty’s, Moroshi is @clairetimes’s, Wisp is @moonsharkss’, Fecto Flora is @ceoofmetagala’s and Aife is @kosmic-autokrat’s

I’m so sorry for all the tagging if it bugs any of you I’m just giving credit :’)

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🌖 kirby oc tournament 2024 💫

final confirmations + schedule adjustment!

hello again everyone, hope you are all well and excited for the tourney! we have an important update regarding our planned schedule.

due to the number of competitors (about three times as many as we predicted, nearly 150 individual participants!) we are taking a little extra time to get things sorted up front, and ensure everything runs as smoothly as possible during the event.

if you are a competitor and have not yet done so, please confirm your name, oc name, and intro post url on our participants sheet. if anything is incorrect, let us know ASAP. the deadline for this is may 9th, after which we cannot make changes!

🗓️ REVISED schedule of events 🗓️

competitor confirmation window: until may 9th brackets announced: may 10th voting begins: may 13th bracket length: 1 week next bracket announced: 1 week after polling ends total break length: 2 weeks after polling ends due to the size of the tournament, poll posts will be staggered over several days. each voting bracket will last One Week with public tumblr polls on the @kirbyoctournament blog. this is the longest they can be. there will be a revised 2 WEEKS between polls. one week after polls are closed, the next brackets will be announced, and after the second week the following polls will begin to go live. this extended break gives participants time to wind down, create additional propaganda (including their new opponent, if they wish), and gives us as hosts the time needed to make the number of polls. as the tournament progresses, this break length may reduce, as we'll have less polls to make! we will be sure to let you know!

we appreciate your patience with the new schedule, and apologize for the slight delay in start time. because all polls -now numbering over 70 for the first bracket- will be hand-made and double checked by only two people, we need some extra time to ensure there are no mistakes!

we are also being as lenient as we can to welcome several late-comer entries, as we don't want folks to miss out! if this is you, please be aware the firm and final deadline is 11:59pm CST on the 5th of may. we cannot accept any more entries after that point!

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i was expecting a much more depressing second episode, really

i mean it was still a little depressing but the ending was bittersweet (heheh)

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Officially licensed Mario Kart T-shirt.

Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source

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ouhhh i didn’t know it was his birthday what kind of kirby fan am i… Happy birthday to the little guy all the same

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"Whoever said 'the road to hell is paved with good intentions' left a lot of stuff out..."

[Name:] Noir Fontaine "...It's pronounced 'fawn-tan'"

[Reference Image:]

[Notes on Personality:]

"My pronouns are he/some-kind -of-planet-invading hellspawn, I guess."

A kindhearted teen beneath the surface, growing up amidst humanity's depressive twilight hours on a hostile, frozen wasteland, plus a lifetime of tragedies no one his age should have to bear, has hardened Noir into a sarcastic, sassy little edgelord with a bitter tongue that's as sharp as his cursed sword, both of which he'll turn on anything he finds threatening with little provocation.

Noir's oodles and caboodles of twitchy paranoia combined with him having the approachability of a flea-ridden alley cat, makes breaking the thick ice to touch the heart of the scarred boy hiding beneath a task for only the most patient (or masochistic) of souls.

...And even then, he'll still sass you.

Likes: storytelling, games, the night sky, his siblings Dislikes: violence, crowds, touch, food, opening up

[Backstory and Lore:]

"...My life had way more talking plushies playing key roles than I'd have guessed."

Son of <L.D. Violet Level Access Only> and <L.D. Violet Level Access Only> Noir is a normal (?) human (?) teen from Shiver Star and Adeleine's older brother.

After the early death of his parents under very suspicious circumstances, Noir took over as sole guardian of his little sister, giving up the little-to-nothing he had to keep her safe and happy, including his own happiness, his health, and very nearly his sanity.

His preternaturally bad luck took a turn for the absolutely devastating when–while searching for a cheer-up gift for his little sister amongst some suspicious New World relics–he just so happened to acquire a psychic blade forged of Dark Matter.

As if it knew exactly who he was and exactly who he could go on to be, the Blade attached itself to him in a rather physical (:cough: and un-removable :cough:) manner and began slowly but surely corrupting him, body, mind, and soul.

Yet, he was able to use its destructive gifts to quietly rescue his sister Adeleine from Shiver Star's apocalyptic, dead-end environs and send her off into the endless possibilities waiting in the sea of stars, guaranteeing she, at least, would have a future.

The corruption devours him soon after.

In a 'verse close to that of the canon games, Noir loses his human body upon death along with (most) of his memories, and his captive soul is reforged by Zero as the eldritch entity's elite vanguard, a position which caused King Dedede to dub him "Blade."

In this form, the emotionless(?) Dark Matter drone would go on to adopt Gooey (in place of the sister he could not fully remember) and lead the invasion of Popstar for the collective, unaware it was the very planet Adeleine escaped to. She would not discover the one-eyed shadow monster was her brother till much, much later...

Noir dies a second time, in a duel against Popstar's hero, Kirby of the Stars, having remembered his human life too late to do anything about it. Noir would die for a third time after a disappointed Zero resurrects, tortures, and brainwashes him in order to force his participation in the second, penultimate invasion of Popstar.

Tragically, even after banishing Dark Matter from Popstar and destroying Zero, Noir's soul remains trapped in darkness.

...He would've liked to see his little sister and brother again...

In another 'verse, he and Adeleine swap fates and... :cough:

Favorite Dream Landers: Adeleine, Gooey, King Dedede, Kirby

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[Notes on Potential (???) Interactions:]

If your OC has ANY ability to sense Dark Matter, is or ever was Dark Matter, or has a grudge against Dark Matter, Noir should set them off like a particularly obnoxious car alarm. He radiates Dark Matter energy, even when he's not doing anything.

If your OC is small, cute, and harmless (ie: reminds him of Adeleine or Gooey in any way) you may earn some begrudging care from the boy. He's got a terminal case of big-brother syndrome, after all.

If your OC has been through the horrors (and specifically NOT come out a better, healthier person for it) he will probably sympathize.

Address him as "Swordsman" and watch him twitch! It's fun!

[Etc:]

For this event, Noir is visually in his "last days as a living human" form, ie: purple-black patches of corrupted flesh and veins and monster hands beneath his gloves.

He's below average height and weight for his age, but being an Earth-human like Adeleine (and taller than her) generally winds up taller than most average Dream Land-type residents

As far as physical appearance goes, Noir is still 16 (the age he died at) but he spent a sizable period of time as Dark Matter and his true mental/emotional age is difficult to calculate.

Outside of the powers he picked up from the sword (teleportation, darkness control, memory-based matter re-creation, etc) Noir, owing to his heritage, has some mild powers all of his own (pre-cognition, cross-dimensional sight, etc) though he is untrained in the use of them and remains unaware they are "powers" at all.

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PS: You can read more about Noir [HERE]

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Well, I have done it. I have thrown my son to the Shark-Dees! XD Shall we see how The Boy Who Always Dies does at the @kirbyoctournament ?

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running a little late, but someone's finally arriving at the @kirbyoctournament !

sent in to the tourney by her well meaning friends, starstruck is a Totally Normal adult waddle dee from king dedede's kingdom of dream land! she's here to try and meet new people, and maaaybe get out of her anxious shell a little bit!

equipped with her customary cheerful attitude, she's also sporting a brand new backpack full of lovingly packed goodies to help her through the event.

if you'd like to get to know her a little better, you can check out her tag on my blog, or these three important comics from previously!

a few notes for any interactions

🌸 despite being a waddle dee, other waddle dees typically don't like being around her, and folks who already know what a waddle dee should be like also tend to get a weird vibe off her. 🌸 she is quite friendly and approachable, but prone to extreme anxiety if she perceives she might have done something wrong or inappropriate. tiny wanya takes criticism the way a handful of hay takes a flame. 🌸 if you have wings and you take her flying she'll never leave your side. she's only palm sized, so if you are big and have wings or can fly, please pick her up and go flying with her please please pleeaase she wants to go go flying and fawn over your wings so so bad 🌸 for the purposes of the tourney, which by merit of its existence is something of an au timeline, consider this event to completely predate her ability to summon these.

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Mama Dee and all her little waddles dees from Dreambound!

I dropped literally every other project I had open to work on this after I found out about it and Im kinda satisfied with it!

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why the heck is this still getting liked like every other day the meme is dead there’s no way this picture is that funny

hopping on the funney trend

original doodle i did on the bus on my phone

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my brother has successfully talked me into watching avatar. i know how aang beats the final villain. i know what the most popular ships are. i did not know that sokka and katara are siblings. fandom osmosis is weird.

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Rope MF:

Creator’s Notes: They’re an annoying motherf*cker who won’t shut up about ropes.

Rope MF:

Creator’s Notes:

He’s deathly afraid of big bodies of water ever since he accidentally dropped one of his ropes into the ocean.

It never returned.

Submission for:

@kirbyoctournament

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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hey it’s started! Maybe this year I’ll have the guts to join the discord server… uuhhhhh, regardless, I’m throwing that loser OC of mine to the @kirbyoctournament wolves again!

This is Ceri! My namesake persona and horrible isekai OC. She’s a flappy, which is that bird lizard thing from air ride.

She’s also a miserable bundle of anxiety and identity crises (finding out you were never the person your mind said you were will do that), but she’s clever and funny, and that seems to have somehow endeared her a loyal friend in my other OC Blie.

Currently, she has an on-again off-again job with Magolor where he gets her to be his errand girl in a silly hat in exchange for his promise that she can get her revenge when he finds a way to breach the fourth wall…

Also I made her into a goofy looking plushie, heh

Extra pictures under the cut if anyone’s interested ok bye have a nice day

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goin through the old shit still on my ipad. gettin it on a harddrive babey so i can save room on the ipad babey

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im so fucking sick of dungeon meshi i hate anime i hate anime i hate anime i hate anime i hate anime i hate anime i hate anime i hate anime i hate anime i hate anime i hate anime i hate anime i hate anime i hate anime i hate anime i hate anime i hate anime i hate anime i hate anime i hate anime i hate anime