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⟡ Forsyth ⟡

For @falseheretic!

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I will put this here too lol.

So @mary-cross keeps simpin for my Nari. The least thing I could do was this.

She wore me down. Help me 🍤

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sorry if i'm gonna be quiet for a while. my country recently introduced laws that make it so that in order to use social media to the fullest (not being able to view ns/fw content and in a few cases, not even having access to dms), i HAVE to give the sites my id/face scan.

it goes into effect july 25th. it'll probably effect here too, since this place allows mature content (tho not full on ns/fw)

i'm very distressed about it bc i might end up not even being able to talk to my internet friends. i don't really have any irl ones

if i have to disappear on most socials by then, you know why.

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So if this Mulberry guy actually is the "Hybrid Prince", I hope that he ends up being (and this is unlikely) a Sky/Leaf. Mulberry being both a plant and a shade of pinkish red kinda fits this idea. Either that or a Sky/Mud. I'll take anything though, I kinda like this guy, he gives me sad gay vibes.

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"You're hurt."

"I'm fine."

The ex-villain caught the hero's arm, forcing them to a halt. That at least, perhaps, was one thing that never changed. It shouldn't have comforted them - the ex-villain's lack of care for other people's potential boundaries.

Still. It did.

They couldn't remember the last time any of their friends or team had touched them so fearlessly, as if the hero wasn't an infinitely breakable thing. Just as they couldn't remember the last time their friends or team remembered that they weren't simultaneously invulnerable. Untouchable.

It was nice.

The former villain's grip was strong and firm and warm, like if the hero suddenly keeled over they wouldn't buckle with the weight of it.

The hero realised distantly that the ex-villain was saying something, eyes dark, brow furrowed.

"Hm?"

The ex-villain's lips pressed thin. "You're hurt," they said, again.

"Yeah," the hero said. "I know. It's fine."

"Hurt doesn't sound fine." The villain's teeth were gritted. "They can't be sending you out there in pain. Do they do that a lot? I'll kill them."

The hero laughed before they could help themselves.

The ex-villain's scowl deepened.

"Sorry," the hero said.

"How is that funny? Aren't you supposed to be against brutal murder?"

"Oh, yeah. No. I am. Don't kill my friends." The hero waved a hand to bat that whole idea away. "You're supposed to be reformed and all that jazz. It would look terrible on your record. People will get the wrong impression."

The ex-villain stared at them.

The hero gave their arm a gentle tug.

The villain did not let go.

"I have chronic pain," the hero said. "So it's funny."

The villain stared at them for a long moment in absolute silence.

"I'm sorry," they said, very calmly. "What?"

"Today's not a bad day for it, particularly." The hero shrugged. "But like, yeah. If I didn't do my job when I was in pain I'd like never do my job or really much of anything, so..."

"That's not funny."

"It's gotta be a little funny."

The villain was still staring at them.

"Comes with the whole being magically super flexible thing," the hero said. "It's okay."

"Every time you say 'it's fine' or 'it's okay' I become even less convinced that you are either of those things."

The hero snorted, partly to mask the way the words caught them off guard, an unexpected odd-angle blow. "Eh. Fine enough to fight. Speaking of..."

"No." The former villain's fingers flexed on their arm. "Your people know about this?"

"Obviously."

"And they're fine with it?"

"I can handle myself."

"Maybe you shouldn't have to."

The hero's ever-present cheer wobbled, just a fraction. Their throat thickened. They weren't quite sure what to say. They shrugged again, and did their best to summon a smile even brighter than before.

"I should go," they said. "Big robot to restrain before it hits the city and all that."

"Can I help?"

"Don't you have your own assignment to get to?"

"I meant with the pain."

"I mean, unless you can give me a new body."

"I can endeavour."

The hero snorted again. "It's fine, Doctor Frankenstein. Thanks."

"Is it?" The ex-villain's voice was quiet. "It doesn't have to be, you know. Not everything is."

The hero opened their mouth, then closed it. Their throat felt dry. They looked away, suddenly self-conscious in a way they'd thought they'd long since shaken off. Suddenly...

The ex-villain's fingers stroked through their hair. The hero willed themselves not to cry.

They didn't think anyone in the hero industry had ever told them it was okay not to be okay. Struggle was a part of the job, sure, but only in a very specific way. Everyone knew that heroes kept going. They got up every time they were hit and never gave up.

"Can I...can I have a hug?"

They felt silly asking, but the villain hugged them immediately and without question. Held them close like it was the most natural thing in the world.

The hero melted.

Then, they went to save the world.

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Okay I need to somehow draw enough to get 1k points before the end of the month so team crystals wins

(I know that's not the point, and tbh I've already won, but I am Competitive and I want to win my first year lol)

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Drawing the funny cookie ocs today

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this is different from what i usually make. speedpaint.

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Here comes the bride~

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO my gosh! Somehow someway I managed to not only do lineless art but I had a kinda easy time rendering? Like the fully white dress was tricky but her hair and skin? So easy and they turned out so well!

She's so pretty I can't even.

Also this wasn't exactly how I pictured but it did turn out in a way that like shows she's a cookie? idk, its like a clay figure made to look like a cookie. I should do others like this...

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Anemone and Tamarin

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Helloooo Ms. Belle hello your majesty

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donald trump will die on july 20th 2025 at 1pm pacific standard time

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"I am ace/aro, but my fellows aces/aros, i think we should aknowledge that we're not really oppressed" "I am a trans man, but fellow trans men, we should make ourselve as small as possible and aknowledge that we' don't really face serious issues and.." "I am non binary but, fellow enbies, we should aknowledge that we're just invisible and whatever problem we got is second hand oppression and.." etc etc etc....

Hey, hey. Let me ask you something. Do you really think that, or are you trying to be palatable to the people (who probably hate you) who made you believe you were a bad person to speak about your own oppression and taught you that you should let THEM talk about your own life, and if you dare to question that and bring nuance to their oversimplified vision you are basically evil? Do you really believe that, or did they scare you so badly about it that you feel you have to shut down your fellows talking about their problems as if you were telling a younger sibling to shut up about their issues, because you feel some sort of out of place second hand embarassment and fear that people are going to shut them up and insult them because it's what they did to you, and seeing them get insulted would be like being insulted yourself so you learned to keep things under a lid so it does not blow up? Do YOU truly face little to no issues? Or are you disconnected from your communities to the point of listening more to people who hate you than your fellows and they taught you that your problems are not real problems and "you just want to be interesting" ? This is infantilization, btw. "Can't think for yourself" , "stop whining" , "we know more about your life than you do", "you opinion are secondary", "I won't listen to you, but you better listen to me or you will be branded as a bad kid"... I am telling you that in the gentlest way possible, btw

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Pretty woman 🫶💕

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Peril. Because she’s one of my favorites.

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Huriah, the Plague Prophet. Commission for aziraphale1001 on FR.

Transparent version under the cut

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Lavender Dream wall vase, OOAK

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