#hawk bug fables

[vioyume]

The Eclipse is here!

Thought it would be fun to draw all of the moths in the game, and by all I mean 80% of them because thinking about how to draw M.M. and the Zomoth as well as Kali already makes me tired.

But undercut is very rough sketches of Kali I did for reference for the Kabbu fight drawing I did a bit ago. (She would've been the tallest out of everyone.)

I'm going to briefly go over their designs now.

I thought Neolith was just a generic moth, though after looking up "striped moth" he could be some sort of hawk moth, or its just a design choice. Either way I think I want to change his wing patterns later.

Not very seen well, I think Mothiva would have fake lashes. She has a cute design though.

I don't have much to say on Yin, she looks polite and I think I achieved that here.

I think I referenced the wrong hawk moth for Hawk, but the red accents really does make him look cooler. Gave him a honeycomb pin too.

Screw you all, Tod has gynandromorphism now. Realistically, the change in speices will be defined by a clear line, but I decided to be dotty with so I can still be true the original design.

Wanted to give Muze a more kind motherly vibe in contrast in what I have in mind for Muse.

I don't know how to draw old people, let alone old bugs. Gave grandpa some loose hairs here and there.

Was aiming for Muse to look more like a fighter, and she's leaning for towards the magenta side than pink. Overall wanted to differentiate her from Muze while still looking similar to each other.

[brokencroww]

cool w drawing i made in class (hawk tuah)

[hana-bobo-finch]

my diabolical bug fables au where Leif’s cordyceps imprints onto zasp like a baby bird because he is the only bug to have ever treated it normally and after discovering what it is in snakemouth lab it realizes. hey. I can infect any moth I want can’t I. wonder what that could be useful for

[cordycepsbian]

tony hawk's pro skater

[halfawillowtree]

Try

[barbaracleboy]

Bugtober Day 29: Family

I don't think I give enough love to Leif and his family, tbh.

This is just so sweet, I love them.

[flame-shadow]

Bee Kingdom Bug Fables NPC Collab [11/23]

Background - @schematikart Editor - @flame-shadow

Character Credits Madame Jaune - @mizzle-moths Dr. H.B (Honeybee) - @milatheartsy Crow - @mizzle-moths Professor Honeycomb - samy00000008 Hawk - @deadofreddo Chubee - @motheatencrow Beette - simplyandrxw Artia - samy00000008 Fluffy - @mizzle-moths Dashy - @trapitorag Aebees - @ghost-of-hallownest Guard Bee - @lemmykirby Jud - @ghost-of-hallownest Huni - enrique2205 Yap - @lemmykirby Vilma - chibiscuit Beil - @coozycoolz Sasha - @milatheartsy Bib - @mizzle-moths Elias - samy00000008

[click here to see the entire collection]

[blindedcambion]

hello again tumblr. i return to bring you bugtober content. tomorrow? who knows...

[abombihoney]

What's the deal with Leif in the Venom AU? Is he a modern bug or did he get time travelled some other way?

(also what color is he)

He's a modern bug! He was raised by his grandparents which is why he talks like he's a hundred million years old.

He's married to muse and is a researcher! He studies languages and knows quite a few! He actually knows quite a bit of roach, while not fluent, he is the foremost expert in bugaria.

When Kabbu and Vi go to snakemouth den, instead of getting trapped, they get chased out by the spider. Kabbu knows Leif, and that he's interested in roach stuff and mentioned what they discovered. Leif of course, like any sane person with a special interest, immediately demands that he come on their next incredibly dangerous excursion.

Which of course, is how he gets venomed lol. And yeah, he's red btw. If i made him blue then I'd have to make all of team snakemouth blue.

[hustlecandy]

Part 1 of my doodles for @/crisbeedonut's art prompts! Under the cut because long:

Day 1: Honey

"For one, seeing honey being produced sounds delicious."

"Leif, you are not to eat any of it!"

"(Aww...)"

Day 2: Ice

"By the great antcestors... what kind of sorcery is that!?"

"We, uh, are unsure? This is new. "

Day 3: Caves

"Time to unearth this place's secrets."

Day 4: Queen

"...Thank you, Elizant. You raised a fine successor."

Minigame

(I don't have any witty comments, I just really love Spy Cards. Also how do you draw the Boss Card wtf)

Day 6: Good Deed

Day 7: Wild

"The Rangers inspired me to explore, yes. But...I don't need them anymore. Think of all we've been through. The Spider, the machines and bandits...the Beast. We did that all together, and they were real adventures. We've...we've surpassed the Bug Rangers. So it's time to hand this down, so that a new child may dream of exploring!"

"No! This beast...this beast ate my friends! ...You vile, wretched scum. You will rue the day you let me live!"

"Kabbu, we get you're angry! But this is too risky!"

"We've beat way stronger foes! We will destroy it!"

"K-Kabbu…"

Day 8: Original Character

(This is my silly little guy Dr. Boulder, he's a sweet upbeat therapist with a tragic backstory. He's a Chiron/Neptune Beetle hybrid :>)

Day 9: Flame

"To command! To possess! To enjoy! That is the privilege of royalty! And it shall all be mine!"

Day 10: Moth

"It's such a joy to welcome you to our family! When Muze's husband stops working at the lab so much, maybe you'll get to meet him!"

[mantisgodsdomain]

you. ❤️. for the evil bug woman.

❤️ - What is one of your OC’s best memories?

(for this ask meme)

Well, uhh, we've already answered this! We can easily pull up another one, though. Marigold's got no shortage of them. Since the last one was fairly job-focused, maybe...

The emergence day of her cousin was a notable bright spot in her life. Though Marigold's quite dedicated to her job, she still tries to keep enough tabs on family to keep in connection, and Hawk's the sort of workaholic who's prone to too much work with no vacation days. It was a surprise to learn he'd managed to net a partner, let alone a spouse - and one in her area, at that.

The time from eggs being laid to the first emergence of a bug is quite a stressful period, and though Marigold herself wasn't allowed to check in on the caterpillars, she was around for when the grubs split their cocoons - and when all was said and done, though one moth is an unusually small number to result from a clutch, she was still given the privilege of helping watch the newly-emerged moth for about a month after he split the cocoon.

Todd was an incredibly cute wriggler, and as far as Marigold's concerned, he hasn't lost any of the cute factor since. She is, admittedly, a bit disappointed that she can't check in on her baby cousin as much, but her work can be quite dangerous - she doesn't resent Muze for being cautious with her only child. From what she knows, the family tends to have some issues with wrigglers surviving to adulthood - a genetic condition, from what she's been told. She's content simply making sure he doesn't jump off a cliff when she's set to the task, for now.

[fangod9624]

Welcome to the world of games! (No intro tho...)

A Wow_Mao edit

[brokencroww]

i love drawing on my arm 😌

[cordycepsbian]

scholars have yet to come to a conclusion on the purpose of this tool. it greatly resembles the tools we use for farming, but the handle is much too short relative to the size of the prongs for it to be practical. if it was used that way, it has interesting implications about the proportions of the giants - their hands must have been very small!

[hana-bobo-finch]

BUG FABLES HEADCANONS AAAAAAAAA🦅🦅🦅💥💥💥 (a LOT of Team Mothiva because if it wasn’t so painfully obvious by now I think they are very awesome)

• Leif’s always been rather inexpressive, but especially so after the whole. Dying thing. His shell was essentially frozen (so to speak) in place, so expressions are hard now if not downright painful to make

• Kabbu looks so incredibly goofy underneath his helmet. It was a common practice in the North to wear armor and such to make yourself look more Intimidating™️

• ascends from the clouds with the headcanon I can never and will never shut up about zzasp…….is trans. cue the round of applause. cue the screaming fans. People are marveling. People in the stands are pissing and shitting and passing out they’re cheering so hard. Because they know. They know that I’m right and—look alright I talk about this SO often but it’s the perfect storm of a headcanon. character I like? Character I like who is my favorite species of bug? character has the physical characteristics of a woman despite being referred to as a man? tailor made for a transmasc wasp lover

• Mothiva has been in many controversies. Zasp and his 70 alternative mothiva stan accounts on the termanet were always there to back her up

• Speaking of those two’s relationship: Zasp is the definition of “I can fix her” except he actually probably could fix her if he just was a bit more assertive with her. there’s a kind moth in there somewhere. deep down. very deep down.

• Elizant I wasn’t as perfect as everyone remembers!! She wasn’t BAD by any means but she’s definitely looked at with rose tinted glasses. She had no malicious intent but she would be rather careless with her search for the everlasting sapling (oh someone died when looking for it? that’s too bad. anyway)

• Leif was wayyy more weak after waking up in snakemouth than he’d let on. His body was pretty atrophied after being trapped in a web for so long and it took him a long time to regain his strength, even with his magic

• Zasp is either the worst singer imaginable or the best. There will never be an in between. I like both ideas, either he’s outperforming mothiva at her own shows or making a fool of himself

• a lot of our phrases carry over to bugnish that, to them, don’t really make logical sense. “like moths to a flame” “why would we run into a flame kabbu” “I. I actually don’t know, I heard someone say it one time. I don’t actually know what it means”

• Vi is SUCH a bad influence on Tod don’t let her around him. Leif tries to limit their direct interactions because how dare you promote violence to The Child.

• Even with Leif’s attempts to be a good influence, Tod is still absolutely determined to become an explorer and has taken up the not so great habit of throwing his toy ball at people as his own little weapon

• Tod also DESPERATELY wants his own beemerang. ADBP. whatever. He calls it a beemerang. Hawk promised he’d get one for him when he was older and more able to handle one, but who knows if that’s true or not?

• Leif’s family (more specifically grandpa) are aware that Leif isn’t telling the full story but they just go along with it to not cause trouble. Like yeah there’s no way in hell you’re my brother but whatever man go ahead you’re a part of the family now I won’t ask questions

• And even if they did ask questions he would NOT answer because that is a one way ticket to getting quarantined for the rest of his life. At least he thinks that’s what happens. Treatments for cordyceps have been developed while he was in snakemouth, but he doesn’t know that and just assumes the fate is the same as when he was young (aka being shunned from the rest of society forever and ever)

• Zasp was from the north near the deadlands, but escaped to the wasp kingdom pretty early on for a better life. Turns out the wasp kingdom was just as bad, he can’t catch a break

• Queen Vanessa II was not at all respected before the whole wasp king debacle. It was the opposite case of Elizant II, instead of being more aggressive than the previous queen she was much more of a pacifist, which didn’t sit well with the people considering they were in the midst of a ton of wars that she was doing a terrible job at fixing. “Our queen your people are killing the other wasps, you need to do something, this is a full on genocide” “idk what to to do, I told them to stop but they didn’t listen :( “

• Many queens of different species share the same hives. How they decided on the official queen of the greater kingdom? Confidential information, but rumors have gone around saying it was via a game of rock paper scissors. There are also rumors that all of the queens are all secretly dating each other so who knows what’s true and what’s not

• speakin of gay queens. Elizant II is, alas, a lesbian. I say alas because it’s sorta her job as Queen to get knocked up and keep the population going so she doesn’t have much choice in the matter. Not all bad though because she gets to have a Secret Love Affair with Zaryant. The sole reason I have this headcanon is that a few weeks ago I snapped awake with the thought “they might be gay-ants” in my head and if I did not plan a plot around that immediately I wouldn’t be able to go back to sleep

• domestic silk moths are rare to the point of near extinction. Turns out that being a species reliant on and bred by the giants to the point of losing all survival instincts isn’t great when the giants disappear. Most of them died out even after the day of awakening due to that lingering lack of survival skills, but a few managed to survive with great difficulty

• Mothiva is one of the few domestic silk moths left, something which sounds depressing (and is) but she’s awfully good at spinning it into something enthralling. Oooh look at me look I’m one of the last of my kind, I’m a limited edition moth, come and get me while I’m still here teehee

• ^ SHE IS SERIOUSLY SO MESSED UP BECAUSE OF IT THOUGH. Since most bugs lost their flight after the day of awakening it no longer really matters that her kind can’t fly, but Oh Boy does centuries of domestication do something to you. She had a lot of trouble walking at first, and even once she managed to get that down it hurt like hell. How does she manage to twirl around on stage? with great difficulty. she would greatly benefit from Any sort of mobility aid but “nooo i can’t be seen as weak nooooo” (MOTHIVA STOOOOP PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF)

• that is also a point of contention when it comes to her and Zasp’s relationship. You’re one of the only ones of your kind left and you’re just gonna run off with some random wasp? Unsurprisingly the public is Extremely parasocial when it comes to her, especially her relationships. and Zasp is just a neat little bundle of everything that the media thinks she should Not Be Dating. You’re dating your bodyguard? Who’s not even your own species? Who’s a wasp of all things? A dangerous creature with a dagger attached to his ass that can stab you at any moment? You sure about that?

• speaking of giving bugs chronic pain! Leif is Constantly in pain because fungi are weak against ice and. well. he is a fungus with ice powers so that goes about as well as one could expect. It does more than just make him in pain all the time but I won’t go into it all here because that is what my evil ao3 account is for

• Muse was a singer alongside being an explorer. Not pop idol singer like Mothiva, just doin it for fun. Although many of her songs became incredibly bleak after the whole. husband killed by spider thing.

• to his absolute horror, Leif is somewhat reminded of himself and Muse in Zasp and Mothiva. Awkward dude infatuated with a feisty moth who kicks things? been there done that. Not that he would ever admit to thinking that because he…maybe doesn’t hate, but certainly does not like Mothiva and is always praying for their breakup (not gonna happen Leif I’m sorry 😞)

• Vi’s repressed Fr*nch accent occasionally slips out. She is mocked relentlessly by Leif every time it happens

• Kina’s adopted. She is the only one unaware of this. I have no reason for this headcanon other than that I like the thought of her being like “ugh I can’t believe my bro took in some stray from the street 😒😒😒😒” girl you Are the stray from the street

that’s all I can remember off the top of my head but there are probably many more i am sooo normal about the bugs

NOPE NOPE NOPE I JUST REMEMBERED ONE MORE. there haven’t been many instances of bees doing the fabled Bee Ball (swarming an intruder and baking them alive) because they aren’t the specific species who do it, but wasp children are often told horror stories of the Bee Ball. it’s colloquially known as Bee Fever because of the whole baking alive thing and has become a bit of a folktale. Most wasps/hornets know they aren’t at much of a risk but many have nightmares of being the victim of a Bee Ball

[griffonparasol]

chat are these picks good, or will I be sent to bad endearment purgatory for my choices

Jokes aside this was surprisingly fun to do lol, took my time with it while making sure that only one character per series gets a spot

What does this bingo say about my tastes in fictional men? That's up to you, the reader, to figure it out!

list of characters below, following the order from left to right:

1st row - King K. Rool (Donkey Kong Country), Atul (Spiritfarer), Tizoc/Griffon Mask (Fatal Fury/King of Fighters), Indiana Jaws (Yo-kai Watch 3), Kumatetsu (The Boy and the Beast)

2nd row - Dusknoir (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers), Sterling (Animal Crossing), New Death (Adventure Time), Seikret (Monster Hunter Wilds), Sheo (Hollow Knight)

3rd row - Winged Lion (Delicious in Dungeon), Steelhead (Splatoon), Kabbu (Bug Fables), Swatchling (Deltarune)

4th row - Acrid (Risk of Rain 2), Gentle Lorenzo (Later Alligator), Dribble (WarioWare), Penn (The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom), Jumba (Lilo & Stitch)

final row - Rawk Hawk (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door), Zavok (Sonic the Hedgehog), King Shark (Harley Quinn), King (Tekken), Godzilla (GODZILLAAAAAA)