#and really really misses kitty... :/

[midnightectosnack]

Ecto-Implosion 2024

Here's my art piece for this year's @ecto-implosion event!

Had a lot of fun turning an old traditional sketch into this digital piece, got to push myself to try out lots of new style choices and also cursed at myself several times for choosing this kind of lighting i suck at lol But! I'm really happy with how this turned out!

My partner for this event was @pudgypondcryptid and we talked about so many cool ideas of why and how the ghosts ended up in this scenario, so if you're curious go check out the accompanying fic Ghostly Hangout for lots of chaos, shenanigans and s'mores!

Shout-out to everyone who participated and especially the mods for hosting this cool event!

[surreal-duck]

happy cat day fure fure nyan nyan anyone

[bananacat76]

ain’t nothin gonna break their stride….!!

[zooophagous]

I have finally returned from funeral travel. I feel tired and empty. But someone was at least happy to see me.

[rinksrats]

I've been thinking about that Hello Kitty flip phone a lot

[goldenhour-s]

it's nap time with zelda the cat 💞

[wikitpowers]

kitty and merthur parallels bc i'm sad pt.1 (beware of spoilers!)

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[mustangs-flames]

Redrawing in my style for fun ❤️💙

still working on the other pages from this scene but was pretty pleased with how this one turned out so, here :)

preview of another page under the cut

hello kibty

[marclef]

What else is to be known about Herring?

somebody besides me who remembers my other silly little OCs... that's a shocker! 👀✨

unfortunately like most of my other stuff that got pushed to the wayside once the Pizza Tower hyperfixation started, i kinda just didn't know what to do with him. but, i have been wanting to bring some of them back, Herring included! i still have a soft spot for that little guy, i just need to figure out how to fit him in. (fun fact, did you know that Herring was one of many father-figures that Eyhm's had over time? ✨)

there's not really a lot that hasn't been said, he's simply a little fishy guy trying to go throughout life while dealing with the fact that he's living in a world where most creatures are several feet tall... and he's only a few inches. (even smaller than Eyhm is now...)

but, if i were to try and fit him back into my Pizza Tower canon, i think i've got a silly way of doing it... :

one day, Fake Peppino decides he wants to get Eyhm a special treat, he's very loving and caring for her after all! he's heard from the others that kitties like fish, so, he goes out to go find one for her. but when he shows back up to the pizzeria he's caught something very strange... a tiny little fish, but it's squirming and crying out to be let free in perfect English. where in the world did Fakey find this...? obviously Eyhm really doesn't want to eat him, not something that's living and talking like this. and so she takes to acting like Fakey's brought her a new friend... friends are not for eating after all! (but, how frightening it must be, to be a fish cornered by both an enormous beast and a cat... no worries though, he will be safe with Eyhm!)

[pastafossa]

Pet loss below the cut.

Cato was my cat. That's the long and short of it.

From the first night I had him when he curled up against my neck to fall asleep with me, to his final night when he curled up on my chest to try and comfort me, there is not a single day I've been home that I haven't had my kitten chow with me. He was my tiny shadow, always trotting along after me or singing at me from around the house with that long Siamese wail or bringing me scores of socks he hid god knows where (although once he brought me an entire umbrella instead, which he was understandably proud of). He was by my pillow every night cuddled up against my arm, and we fit together like two puzzle pieces, like that little crook in my arm was designed for him, for his exact shape and size. He was with me through my health issues, through high school and college, through moving states, through covid, through tears, through the loss of other pets. He was there as I really learned to write, and there is not a single chapter of TRT that was written without his presence for at least a section of it even if it meant I had to stop editing or writing for a bit and just stare at the words instead because he wanted to be held NOW. And he even managed to hold off the cancer just long enough to walk with me through mom's hospital stay and her return home. I was his person, and he was my soul cat, a piece of me.

I was so torn last night. He was clearly in pain, dehydrated, wobbly, confused and restless, and couldn't get to the litter box. It had been really clear this week the moment was coming, that the cancer was going to take him soon. I'd had this big plan, to have it all happen at home in peace. He hated the vet, hated the stress, but it happened so fast, and I just... knew he couldn't wait for the vet's office to open so she could come here. He'd chosen his time and it was now.

I held him at the emergency vet when they gave him the sedative. I managed to choke out that silly singing tone that always made him happy, as I called him every last nickname he knew: my Cato-wato kitten chow, my Cato kins, my little Mr. meow meow, my sweet happy baby kitty. I made sure all he could see with those big beautiful blue eyes of his was me, as I petted his soft little ears and scratched his neck just the way he liked. And he actually managed to purr for me. He purred as he slipped away and the lights went out, and it was the last sound I ever got to hear from him.

I already miss you so, so much, my sweet old kitty, my Cato kitten chow. I'm sorry it couldn't be at home. But thank you for purring for me. Thank you for spending your journey with me. Thank you for the love you gave me. Thank you for the big meows and the headbonks and perching on my shoulder to interrupt with a breaking news story of Meow Meow. Thank you for the stealing of hundreds of my socks over 16 years and the way you always wanted to sit on me regardless of convenience or your own comfort. Thank you for letting me scoop you up for head smoochies, guarding me from nightmares, and solemnly supervising over 150 chapters of TRT. My soul cat, my baby kitty, my lovebug. I will always love and miss you. And one day I'll see you again.

[bromantically]

i feel so free ever since deciding i no longer celebrate thanksgiving. even aside from not wanting to participate in celebrating violent colonization, its nice to just not be attached to a "holiday" my transphobic extended family would otherwise want me to attend

[deus-ex-mona]

frusu is genuinely so funny to me~~ like, they have at least 1 legal adult on the team (riina), yet a literal high schooler (asuna) is the token responsible one of the squad

[sweetbabybisque]

Btw this is my kitty chowder! She passed 2 years ago (and I had her since I was 13 years old) and I got bisque because I thought they looked similar. When I saw bisque's photo I actually started shaking because I knew bisque was meant to be mine.

My children

[tetzoro]

i don’t think i’ve talked about it much on this blog because tbh it’s a really difficult thing for me to talk about in general but a year ago today, i lost my baby kitty zelda and i miss her so very much ᰔ

[wikitpowers]

I FORGOT TO POST ABOUT TI YESTERDAY BUT I MET CASSIE EXACTLY A YEAR AGO WHAT TF??!??

[teddys-digi-closet]

source: depop