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For no particular reason, anyone got outfit inspiration for Jarmo? Just like. Any clothing you think would be cool for them to wear

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come closer I am a normal receptionist at a normal hotel

(my part of an arttrade with @morsobaby: this is Elvis's OC Jarmo, who is definitely human trust me guys (lying). please use they/it for it)

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[Takes a comically long huff of cigar]

Art trade for @wainwrightjakobshammerlock :)

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HI !!!!! APPEARS IN YOUR INBOX <3 can we hear a little about Nan my beloved old lady Nan... what was her past like (especially before Mr V) ? How's she currently doing ? What's one random fact about her that you like ? And can we give her gifts because if we cnan I have. 🪻🌷⚘️🌹🌺🏵🌼🌻 flowa for her <333

HAIII!!! There is an appearance in my askbox hello!! :)

Belobed old ladyyyy wouuggh

I don't have all the details figured out but I'm thinking she worked a few odd jobs diligently around the village to get her own place and find her own life once she finally flew out of the nest (which took her a while - not that that's unusual, adults may very well carry on in their childhood homes, but she wanted to get out finally). Again, [waves hand for important details] but if her brother Fen had anything going on she likely worked for or with him, they probably helped each other out as much as they could since their father was pretty much a ghost in their lives at this point.

[Nan has two siblings - brother Fen is the one that's still around. He's doing quite well for himself! He's fully integrated into the village and has a huge family with two ish partners.] [Siru babysits Fens grandchicks often!]

Nan has grown rather distant to her brother by this point - not out of bad reasons though, it's just what happens when you both grow up and start families and move around and all such. Their relationship definitely suffered during the.... Ehem. Mr V incident, but hey they've recovered alright! Fen has tried his best to help Nan since, but ykno. There's just this kind of silence between them. It's the feeling of sharing such deep and intimate history with alot of sore spots and knowing you could talk about it all together and become closer again but. Where's the time for that? Where would you start? And when? And why? You both know all those things already. You grew up together. When are you returning that tray I brought meat pie in, by the way? My partner in law's eldest wants it for a baking project. Ykno. As it goes.

Nan's other sibling, the absent one, has always been a.... We don't talk about Bruno situation let's say. But she's called Kulkuri ("Wanderer" 🇫🇮), not by her account, FYI.

But yeah let's just say Nan and Fen grew up fairly isolated and certainly not well off, so it's understandable they'd always sought stability in their lives and future partners (that's what attracted Nan to Mr Varpunen initially).

My favorite fact about her is most likely her pinecone cow hobby it's. Sooo silly I love her for that. It's such a unique way to artistically express yourself and it feels like an Old people hobby but it just fits her so perfectly. Mwa<3

And why, of course! An old bird rarely gets flowers..

[Oh my goodness] [Ouh] [Thank you] [So sweet]

As a bonus, a little working drawing of brother Fen, because I really wanted to include him too but. I'm struggling wit his design still

I haven't added all the black markings yet!!!!! But here :)

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Evie and Mewmew.....

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Actually that was fun anyone got any more asks for me?

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Hi!! [Points a million microphones at you]

Can I ask you about MewMew?? What's their story? What's their personality like? What relationship do they have with Evilicus? If they could send a message to the world, what would it be? Are they a milk-before-cereal or a cereal-before-milk kind of individual? (Or none? Do they even drink milk? I heard grown-up cats couldn't have milk)

+ any random facts you want to add! Take this ask as a ranting invitation.

HII OH MY GOURSH!! WHERE DID ALL THESE MICROPHONES COME FROM

This is such a nice surprise! Alot of what you're asking upfront can be discovered by just looking at everything I've posted about Mew thus far :) here's a few posts to get started though > Mew and Evie Part1 and Part2, follow ups to that part3 and Part4

Those are pretty good for catching up on what the "situation" between them is currently! The story is ongoing and I plan to reveal stuff about their past as well, slowly. I'd planned new developments to their current situation and adding more characters but I don't have the technical opportunities to do that now (irl stuff going on lol).

I've also answered tons of asks to talk about Mewmew in the past but I'm not sure how reliable tumblrs search function is... I'm very sorry. 🐟

Basic summaries!

Mewmew (Original intro post) - (m/ms or mew/mews) A mecha shapeshifter cat thing with a go getter attitude and a dark past in the Galactic alliance of public safety, aka a several galaxies wide military force. Mewmew has since retired due to preferring actually peaceful methods to attain peace. Now lives in a far off peaceful human village in the mountains and wants to live a normal life and do the little, everyday things that matter. If m could send a message to the world, it would be "Be kinder to everyone. This includes nyourself"

Evilicus - (they/them) An ex powerful demon lord covered head to toe in cursed armor, with a very nihilistic attitude and a grim perception of the world. Though since being defeated by the heroic Mewmew and hitting absolute rock bottom, they're aiming to do better, if at least for the sake of being fair to Mew, who ever so kindly offered them shelter even after their messy history. Rather oblivious to things we consider ordinary, and quite clumsy once you get past the spiky demeanor.

Their relationship - this may be subject to change as their story goes on but both have difficult feelings about each other I can say that much. Evie struggles with what's fair and acceptable behavior and tends to be jumpy around Mew as well as prone to outbursts (in fear or otherwise). Mewmew struggles with compassion fatigue and feeling like m needs to be a good person but struggling to find the limits and boundaries within that and knowing where to give or take in any situation.

More posts exploring this Here, and Here. (These ones in particular happen to be very grim)

Note that while the character premises are obviously silly, I do explore very dark topics in this story and I find alot of passion taking silly character archetypes and applying some level of realism onto them and putting them in situations that way :) it's not an "Edgy" reimagining, I genuinely love these characters and love exploring their roles in a story while balancing their inherent sillyness. Still, be warned!

More on Evilicus related stuff Here, here and Here

HERE'S A DRAWING REFERENCE POST

Milk before cereal? - Mewmew can in fact drink cows milk, m isn't a Cat (the animal) the way we know it. Mewmew is an alien biomechanical entity. Who chose to look like an earth cat, and is approximately under two meters tall. Frankly mew doesn't care for which one goes in the bowl first, ms eaten dry kibble before (yes, cat food.) but tends to prefer vegan options for milk, so soy rice or oat. Other than that, no notable preference! Mewmew is quite passionate about environmentalism

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NEED to make something. URGH

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Need to make more stuff about Nan I've been rotating her like a. Burger but I have no new ideas for her it's just. Her. She's just doing her idle animation. Auuuughh THINK

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Sometimes I really admire my watercolor painting skills :) I think I do great with the brush

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Maybe I should make more orcs

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I'm probably not knowledgeable nor confident enough to make a dungeon meshi oc... Sad....

Gnomes........

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Gnomes........

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Seeing gnomes in dungeon meshi makes me really want to make gnome ocs bc oiggggh the finnish cultural ties with gnomes and they're little guys

I know giant creatures / humanoids are really cool to have as characters and I don't disagree however I've longed to make small or perhaps even tiny humanoid characters for a long while the opportunity just hasn't presented itself yet. But I'll get to it some day. Small people....

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Very sad that the kind of art you love to see is a very different thing from the kind of art that you love to make. Very different. It's not only a skill issue but of accessibility to materials and such

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I could write something again..

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I'm about to become a reborn furry the way I'm obsessed with obscure animals I wanna rotate so badly I have no choice but to make them ocs