#The squiggly boi

[muppenthings]

The girls were given a book about merfolk and they're very excited to show it to Alvin! Then they remember that he can't see very well, so Alice reads everything out loud and describes all the pictures for him in great detail. He's very happy to listen. :)

[savaralyn2]

[geminid]

raubahn + vrtra stuff

[soriastrider]

Heawo, pwease dwaw a squimbwy?

the creacher has been observed and accepted. this is nothing too unusual for the rulers of the consort kingdom

[skitskatdacat63]

Mark Alan, Count of Queanbeyan

+ explanation & lore

Okay first I'll explain the drawing itself, and then go into Mark's lore a bit, so stay with me!!!

First of all, yep. Mark with long hair. When I first conceptualized how he'd look in this au, I just genuinely could not imagine him with the typical long curly wig. And that irked me, bcs its just sooooooo historically inaccurate for him to have had short hair, no wig. I sketched him and Jense out as chibis, I drew Mark with short hair, and literally wrote "haha wow he looks so bad with long hair!!" Hello, can I take back that statement? It's actually shocking how good he looks???? Maybe it's a testament to my skill that I could make this work. But I did! And man, shameful to admit, but this might be my best portrait ever 😭😭 Funny tho, guy I've barely drawn, and never as detailed as this, ends up being one of my favs. Mark, you bastard!!

^ lmao as you can see, I tried out a more Seb type wig and then realized ahhhhh nah, he needs a different style. And it worked so, yay!!! I've thought a lot recently, "man it would suck back then if you looked shitty in a wig" and I rescind that. I'm telling you, you think a man would look bad in a wig? I say think again, you're just not conceptualizing the right type of wig for him.

Also wow, its crazy thst I can finally actually visually see what he would look like next to others like Seb and Fernando in this au. Hehehe look at them!!! The boys!!!! Just need Jense :,)

Anyways, I digress, some lore notes about Mark since I don't think I've really talked about him in this au on main much.

He is, of course, Seb's closest servant. His Groom of the Bedchamber(yes that term makes me feel rabid.) He's actually also based on a real guy, whom was described as the Emperor's "favorite" and despite not technically having very important positions, he had a lot of influence because of his closeness and connection with the Emperor. So, yeah, I think that's gives a pretty good pic of Mark in this au :)

He's actually pretty satisfied with his role, but he does feel a bitter and jealous when interacting with others like Jenson and Fernando. Because Mark doesn't have a title, well not in the same way. He's a count, not a King, not a Prince. Yes he's nobility, but not in the same way. And he's satisfied being under Seb, because that's what Mark was raised to do, take care of and keep Seb in line. But often realizes he's never going to be on par with him, not in the same way Fernando can, even if he's Seb's closest confidant.

To build on that. He's very satisfied with his role, and even continues to be satisfied when Fernando comes into the picture. Fernando and Seb don't get along, Mark is always going to be the closest to Seb, always going to know him the best, take care of him the best. But he realizes, he would never get to marry Seb, he's not ranked high enough for that. He was raised to do what's best for the Emperor, he's never going to be able to compete with Seb the same way Fernando can. He really wants Seb and Fernando to succeed! To grow closer! But it still really hurts sometimes.

His closest friend, other than Seb, is Jenson of course(and eventually Fernando, after they stop growling at each other like they're Seb's dogs.) But he does get bitter about Jenson sometimes. Jenson is a prince, who had some great performances in battle. But eventually got tired of that lifestyle, and "retired" to being part of Seb's court. Mark can't really understand that. How do you throw that level of prestige and freedom away. How do you just become the Emperor's servant, when that was never what you were born for. But also, I think Jense definitely uplifts him, they just get along so well, and Jense truly cares for him, no other motives :)

LOL sorry I realize how depressing this sounds 😭 I think all of the above is just Mark at his most bitter, but he's genuinely pretty happy. Think of the whole "not bad for a number 2 driver thing", that's him in this AU. He knows his station, and god damn it, he's gonna be the best, most loyal groom there ever was!! He just cares for Seb so deeply, and it truly is his life path to serve him. Seb cares for him too, feels like he can always rely on him and always be reassured by him and his eternal presence in Seb's life. It's nice to have someone you can always fall back on. Sometimes literally. Yes he makes Mark carry him to bed.

Not to stray away from just Mark, but aaaaahhh the Martian in this AU. Just Mark having to put up with Seb's brattiness all the time, and care for him all the time :) He's so tired of catching Seb naked tho...Seb please put clothes on, this is not befitting of your station. Seb takes Mark with him everywhere, and they share the same bed on trips. Mark is always the first Seb goes to to ask his opinion. I said earlier that Mark feels like he cannot challenge Seb in the same way Fernando can, but Seb really wants him to honestly! He loves hearing Mark's thoughts and opinions. Mark is widely known as Seb's favorite, and is often seen as the second authority in the palace and in the court.

As for Webbonso? I think they really dislike each other in the beginning just because the roles that they're in. They both feel like they're pitted against each other, and ir doesn't help that Seb loves to tease them and often favor one in front of the other(he later realizes how shitty this is, and tries to rectify it, because he never intended to make them actually jealous, he just loves being bratty.) Eventually they realize they're in extremely similar situations(both beholden to and stuck eternally with the Emperor), and find comfort in each other in that.

Yep that's right...the palace is honestly one big polycule djkfkglg. But I hope thay explains Mark in this AU well enougg???? All you need to know: Seb's long-suffering servant.

[sysig]

How is skeleton shaped (Patreon)

[bloodydeanwinchester]

♡babygirl i love your face♡

[ormspryde]

Today's amphibian, the prompt was 'wrong hand'. I am Very Not Right Handed lol

[ID: A digital sketch of a very squiggly frog drawn with the artist's off-hand. /ID]

[link-sans-specs]

Little chompy peekaboos. 🥰

GMM2516

Inside Out Foods Taste Test

[mortus-ch]

take an Ink doodle dump

Ink Sans by @comyet

[blehcado]

Princess Annelise, the only surviving member of the Castis royal family. Character owned and designed by @legionnaire-r.

Oscar and Art met her posing as a page boy at their evil queen-assigned kingdom of Castis. She had planned to kill the two in revenge for being part of the queen's plan, but turns out Oscar's kind of okay actually and Art's... too pathetic to murder frankly so the stabbing plan has been put on hold while they all help overthrow the queen and her wizard.

[ecoamerica]

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[lyacinthus]

Doods

[whatisthisnonsense]

Did you hear? Bendy's coming back!

On the one hand I am highly skeptical just looking at the trailer that it's going to be anything more than the Bioshock 2 rip off to Bendy's Bioshock 1 rip off, I can already see how they're probably going to hurt us, and the buisness practices from the creators mean we have probably already reached There's No Ethical Consumption Under Capitalism (But There's Always Piracy) despite being an indie game technically still which is absolutely tragic, meaning it's probably only going to be good for watching SuperHorrorBro or Markiplier play On the other we have a female protagonist who's OP as fuck which is rare and from what we can tell so far she ISN'T a bitch which is even rarer, and just in the trailer we can see call backs to non-game canon lore which almost never happens in these sorts of things with any proper clarity meaning it's already passed the FNAF and Danganronpa bar (low as they are), and of course there's some tiny part of me that really does want to know what happened to Henry and has the tiniest bit of hope he might be okay On the third, mutated by the ink extraneous hand

HIM!!!!!!!!

[queen-mabs-revenge]

both cool and gross video of caterpillar poop below

yeah call me precious but with the sheer amount of poop on this bag, i think i'm gonna pass on kale in my soup tonight.

[cowboykakashi]

Found out ppl hate Binghe today taking it personally

[ecoamerica]

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[silvertonguespoon]

All I feel is betrayal from the snail stans we should take up arms together against a common enemy but you instead choose to belittle the worm and blame us for ur loss.