#crow's faves

[fceriestcrdst]

this is singlehandedly my favorite comment in the entire fucking world-----this makes me so happy. i've been in such a dry spell for writing but this---this makes me wanna write again..

[climbdraws]

oh lord what have I done? fallen in love with a man on the run

[undefeatablesin]

I was divinely inspired by this comment and felt that I had no choice but to draw it 😂

[cowboylikejesper]

the way jesper is just MESMERIZED in this scene is my roman empire

[fistfuloflightning]

Supper time, kiddo!

Crow!Wei Wuxian adopts street urchin!Shen Yuan. Things go downhill.

[antimony-medusa]

*I emerge from scrolling tags to avoid writing an essay about learning styles, staring madly and with my hair torn out of my head*

okay so btw, Phil is the top requested QSMP character for the exchanges I run, usually followed by Chayanne (and then spiderbit/parrot duo, usually only like one or two votes behind).

Pissa is the 7th most popular QSMP ship, with 299 fics of this writing, and Phil & Chayanne is the 10th most popular ship, with 265 fics. Phil is the single most popular QSMP character on Ao3, tagged in 2,354 fics.

Speaking as someone who regularly goes into both the Phil and the Etoiles tags to queue art, Phil has tons of awesome art. People liveblog his lore streams. I personally saw the Cellbit discord doing a primer on his hardcore lore the other day because someone had the theory that it was going to be applicable to general QSMP lore. If I see a cool moment on stream, I can open up the tag six hours later and there's art of it.

Do you know how many fandoms would absolutely kill for that?

Phil is not sidelined by the fandom. He is doing FINE. That is the opposite of the problem we are having, we are having the problem where Phil is popular enough that people show up to other people's lore like "let me make this about my guy" and I scream and claw my face and apologize for them. We are having the problem where while MOST people in the tag are well behaved, just by laws of percentages, even a very small portion of the fandom acting badly makes fans of other characters clutch their blorbos to their chest and mutter darkly about "phil fans".

It might seem a little less if you're used to DSMP at its peak, but I assure you, DSMP at its peak was a megafandom. We are a healthy midsized-to-large fandoms and Phil is one of the big characters. I promise you.

Let me put this in DSMP terms. Phil crows? We are the inniters of QSMP. We are doing FINE. I assure you. Trust me.

Do I agree with the characterization everyone is bringing to the table for my blorbo? No. Popular characters get misrepresented. Is every fic in the tag a masterpiece? No. Baby writers get to have fun too. Do I sometimes go "aw I'd love to see more art of phil and [x] because I love their dynamic"? Yes. The nature of being human is to want more of your blorbo and for your takes about your blorbo to reign supreme.

But if you were kind of going "I want to see more of my blorbo :(" and thinking that represented that the fandom was not paying attention to the blorbo, I assure you, I've run the numbers, Phil is not being sidelined.

[opens-up-4-nobody]

:-P

[clarkgriffon]

ALPHABETICAL FAVES ⟹ N is for... Nina Zenik

[pk4n]

some bloodborne chibs i did after finishing the game & dlc! i really enjoyed it and im hoping to do more fanart!!

[starflungwaddledee]

been trying to figure out how exactly i want to draw him; i'm glad folks liked him in that one picture! here's some more bill studies. can't make my mind up between a softer duck-like bill (a little closer to his canon one) or a longer and more pointed shape slightly closer to an actual penguin...? thoughts?

speaking of... um. here's how i think he could look if i didn't have to follow like.. The Rules™️.

[bitchthefuck1]

"Nikolai could outsmart Kaz" "the Darkling could outsmart Kaz" y'all just hate to see a hot bitch from new jersey winning

[aristhought]

some of my fave crow facts

they stay in touch with their parents and relatives well into adulthood; they help raise future offspring by building and guarding nests, bringing food, and taking care of their younger siblings. those who leave have been known to return and visit their family visit years later.

roosts can have a literal pecking order, where older and more dominant crows will sleep at the top of trees/electrical lines etc, so you can sometimes tell where a crow is in the hierarchy by whether or not they have bird poop on them by the morning.

they have been known to build decoy nests to throw off predators (including humans) if they sense that they’re being watched while nest building. they’ll construct a fake one whilst actually building a real one elsewhere that they return to when they’re not being watched.

different crows have different “dialects” based on where they live, even if they’re the same species. crows can sound drastically different from region to region, as they learn their language based on where they were born and grew up.

they are songbirds, and apart from the distinct caw, they also make a wide variety of other sounds including whistles, chirps, barks, and clicks.

yes they can remember human faces and have a superb ability to recognize people they like/dislike, as well as pass on this information to other crows.

they are extremely intelligent problem solvers and have been known to, as one example, toss walnuts onto roads and wait for cars to run over and crack them open before retrieving them.

they love to play and can be incredibly mischievous, and will tug on the tails of much larger animals for no other reason other than for fun and to get a reaction.

they forage for food in little groups, where a few of them look for food whilst a couple of others will be perched higher up nearby to keep watch.

they host “funerals,” where huge numbers will gather around a dead crow, exchanging loud and alarmed caws.

they form deep and long lasting social bonds with other crows, not just their mates or direct family.

they can also form deep and lasting friendships with humans who are kind to them, which can last not only for their whole lifespan but also continue through their offspring.

[shit-people-probably-didnt-say]

Jesper: You were so right

Wylan: Of course I was

Wylan:

Wylan: …Considering I usually am, care to narrow it down?

[todayisafridaynight]

comm for @z3ttabytes - tyvm for workin with me !!

Commission Info (May 6th, 2024)

[crows-of-buckets]

Chilchuck doesn't get paid enough for this

[teutaranaway]

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