#moth benrey

[year2000electronics]

look i know short benrey gets some flak and people are trying to do tall benrey propaganda. and thats great. i love tall benrey even. but the REASON i make my benrey so short is that in my mind, benrey tommy and gordon are this.

[scaredey-moth]

new video is up!! i was feeling very silly, so i made a lil thing~

i will not explain myself.

[mothreygraphics]

haiiiiii im benrey/moth (they/it/star/mew) !! recently ive been pretty hyperfixated on drawing so i decided to open requests for graphics and the like, both to get some more drawing experience and for pure enjoyment!!

below the read more is my wills and won'ts, things to include in requests, and more!!

fandoms im currently in

mlp

hlvrai

minecraft

SIGverse games

Ultrakill

Starkid

Resident Evil

things to include in your request!!

the fandom/character(s)

any specific colour palletes

items you want included

if animals what breed

what type of image you want (emoji, divider, etc.)

what i will do

most fandoms

personalised themes

system alter themes

animal themes

agere/petre

game themes

any other misc themes!!

what i dont do

any transphobic/homophobic/zoophilic shit

any dream team/wilbur soot related shit (if its intended to be the actual content creators and not alters)

endogenic "systems" KILL THYSELF

please don't use my stuff if youre an age player just out of personal preference

you don't need to credit me wherever you use the things i make, but i would like to be shown where youre putting them cause i love seeing how my stuff is used :33!!

[martinotea]

𓁺 Oc\Persona ref! 𓁺

Information :

𖦹 Name : Ben/Benrey

𖦹 Agender - They|Them ; aroace

𖦹 18

𖦹 Ben is an anthropomorphic character - a combination of a human and a moth ; they are kinda like an alien

𖦹 Theirs skin consists of two colors brown and light blue/turquoise, their blood is blue/turquoise/green [all options are ok!]

𖦹 They has 7 non-human eyes

𖦹 Benrey loves anything that has elements/patterns related to eyes, everything that shines and sparkles

𖦹 If the pattern on theirs wings is too difficult, you can always simplify it

A really cool drawing of them drawn by Moopbox

Inspiration to this ^ : YouTube

Pinterest board : wip

Character rentry page : wip

Spotify playlist : wip

[snowyvoid]

ohhh my god your benrey design slaps. can i hear more about the mandibles and antennae? if there's any more to share, that is. are they always there? or is it more of a comfort thing to keep? what sort of colouration does your benrey have? -- voidvoice

thank you so much!!!

ok so. around around 2022/2023 i first gave him antenna because i was watching the hlage streams and saw some of the weird alien plants that looked vaguely like antennae and went "lol what if benry had that" and went crazy from there. as i said before his mandibles originated from me wanting to incorporate some headcrabish features into him, but the eventually developed into more insect looking over time. the whole insect/invertebrate look i gave benry factors into the idea i have for his complete transformation kinda look. though i do think his TRUE true from would be something like what you see when you stand up too fast, i cant really draw that. ill add a few drawings from early 2023 i did of his buggish true form at the end of this. anyway. i think the closest looking real life creature that fits his mandibles are mantis shrimp, or maybe praying mantis'. his antennae change a lot in my drawings, but they mostly look like bipectinate antennae in moths and butterflies. yes he absaloutely has a heightend sense of smell because of these, and it fucks him up all the time. he cannot work in food related places because of this.

i think he has them out as much as he possibly can, and he thoroughly preffers to look as alien as he possibly can at all times. he can put away the mandibles if absaloutely necessary, but the antennae cant go away. they are however the most permanent parts of his general appearance when he shapeshifts, for example if he where to shapeshift into a dog, that dog would have antennae. or something.

in my personal idea of postcanon, he keeps all his weird powers and stuff, but if he were to loose them, the mandibles and antennae would go along with them. he would be extremely upset about this. so i guess, in a sense, yes they are absaloutely a comfort thing for him. hes kinda werewolf adjacent to me? like, werewolves always seem to have one or two random canine-like features while in their human forms, for example sharp teeth or claws, and for benry this is his insect stuff. the werewolf idea doesnt really work though because he can change whenever he wants, and he wasnt infected by the alien stuff.

the colouration for his antennae and mandibles changes to his sweetvoice, but default to a gradient blue-greenish look. i have no idea about the rest of his features, but i tend to default to blue-green tones for everything about him. i think this is based on his text colour??? maybe. i like the idea of his skin being human coloured though, adds to a sort of uncanny valley he would emit. hes a shapeshifter but there is always something slightly offputting about what he turns into. if that makes sense.

i hope this explains what you wanted to know!!! sorry if this doesnt make much sense, im not that great at putting thoughts in my head into actual word, lol. but ive been having these headcanons for so long so it feels good to get them out.

here is a little collage sort of thing of all the drawings ive made related to benry in his "true" form. these span from early 2022 to now. some have gordon as a kind if size comparison, but benry changes size a lot so they dont really. work. but whatever. also the gordon design in these is old, not my current idea of him. enjoy!!!!!!!

there is a lot more to explain about my ideas around him that would take much longer than this, and a lot i havent quite figured out yet too.

thanks for reading!!

[urfavesarequadranted]

gordon and benrey from hlvrai are kismesis!! (they don't have canon sprites so you could use the half life 1 security guard and gordon and specify it's hlvrai!!)

Hi Moth, this request was filled here. Feel free to send another request!

[blueandorangebracket]

And the pairings are here!

These pairings are random (because that's what's winning the poll right now and I'm impatient)

Please respectfully tell me if I got any names wrong or anything of that sort, I'm not familiar with all of these characters.

Day 1

(Dropping shortly!)

Wall-E and Eve VS Rainbow Dash and Applejack Inkling Girl and Inkling Boy VS Swiper Haruka and Minori VS Tigger and Eeyore Aroace Flag VS Naruto and Sasuke Kageyama and Hinata VS Tony the Tiger and Captain Crunch Handy and Petunia VS Fireboy and Watergirl Popuko and Pipimi VS Filbo and Journalist Leo and Mikey VS Rei and Asuka Sans and Papyrus VS Madeline Fire VS Ahsoka Tano Firestar and Bluestar VS Wheatley and Chell Heat Miser and Snow Miser VS Sailor Venus Lichen Bag Moth VS Donald and Goofy Tide Pod VS Mordecai and Rigby Gumbal and Darwin VS Bluey and Bingo Aang and Katara VS Bandana Waddle Dee

Day 2

Inky and Clyde VS Cyndaquil Finn and Jake VS Garfield and Jon Crash Bandicoot VS Jane and Dirk Dory and Marlin VS Tsunami and Clay Octodad VS Tyrone Benrey and Gordon VS Earth and Sun Childe VS Lapis and Jasper One Specific Part of Colors of the Sky VS Maddie and Jack Fenton Goku VS Rotom Blue Portal and Orange Portal VS Abby Bominable and Heath Burns Orange Crewmate and Cyan Crewmate VS Deoxys Dorian Storm VS Atlas and P-Body Sonic and Tails VS Vriska and Tavros Perry the Platypus VS Glamrock Freddy Mudkip VS Orange Juice and Toothpaste Orange Crewmate and Blue Crewmate VS Wander and Sylvia

[freakinglegs]

I forgot to tell y’all that me and moth were watching a hlvrai funny moments comp and Gordon was like ever been to a Chilis? And I immediately screamed and lost my shit cause I’d completely forgotten that Gordon canonically asks Benrey if he’s ever been to Chilis and it was completely an accident that I made the Las Vegas Chilis Motel.

[do-you-know-this-adhd-character]

Have any of hlvrai characters been submitted?

yes! benrey and dr. coomer. and while i dont hc them as adhd myself (i have a hard time with adhd hcs that dont present like me, not saying the hc is invalid at all), the evidence was sufficient, so they've been accepted! (i wouldn't mind some more evidence for them though, it's sufficient but more is always good. so please, go ahead and submit some yourself!)

they're a more recent submission, so don't expect to see them soon, though (unless something happens to yeet them to the front of the queue like the eclipse today or me posting moth flight after seeing that poll about punting thistleclaw.) but one of them might be posted earlier than their submission time would suggest because i don't want to post two from the same canon so close together. (you'll also probably start seeing some characters from Cats soon for the same reason, because 4 were submitted at once and i want to spread them out even though they're more recent.)

[crystalwinterfeld]

*(MEATY THWACKING NOLSE)

Coomer: (UNGODLY GROANING)

Gordon: Relax!

Gordon: Relax!

Gordon: l,l’ll stand I’m gonna stand here

Coomer: hello Gordon

(GUNFIRE)

Gordon: what is that

Gordon: are there more of them?! Did we miss some

Tommy: more. creature

Coomer: Gordon look out

Gordon: what are you’re the

(Gun  shot)

Gordon: ITS FLIES ITS FLIES ITS MOTHS

Gordon: it’s moths

(GRENADE LAUNCH)

(BIG EXPLOSION)

Gordon: dude it’s fucking moths

Benrey: nice

Gordon: you didn’t even get em

Bubby: GORDON k wh

Buddy: GORDON up here

Gordon: YOU’RE NOT GONNA HIT MOTHS WITH BULLETS

Gordon: YOU’RE NOT GONNA HIT A HUG WITH A BULLET

Buddy: what?

(GUNFIRE)

Gordon: you’re missing every shot

(SHOTGUN BLAST)

Coomer: Gordon look out there’s a dangerous moth up ahead!

Gordon: ( laughs)

Coomer: l,ll try and get it with tranquilizing darts

Gordon: ITS BUGS BRO!!!!!

Gordon: ITS BUGS

Coomer: might be more than we can handle we should get a more out

Tommy: if they’re if they’re just moths

Tommy: then how do you explain this mister Freeman

Gordon: AAAAUUUUUUGGGGHHHH

Gordon: going FUCKING NUTs

Benrey: oh yo it’s a donut

Gordon: don’t look at me

Gordon: I’m good I’m good

Gordon : you saw something up top

Gordon: I’m gonna find the stairs

Bubby: YES

[calamarispiderart]

thinking abt moth benrey still,

[year2000electronics]

EVERY CHARACTER I DRAW KEEPS GETTING ACCUSED AS EMO BY STRANGERS ON THE INTERNET. THEYRE NOT EMO YOU STUPID ASSHOLES. I JUST ACCIDENTALLY GIVE EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER I DRAW PERPETUAL DARK CIRCLES BECAUSE I HAVE THOSE AND I LIKE TO SEE THEM!!!!!

[black-mesa-slut-voice]

It is very late but I wanted to draw @calamarispiderart​‘s moth benny

Bonus rambles below the cut!!

Uhhhh as mention au belongs to calamarispiderart!!! However I did take a few liberties on some things just for fun, and also I’m a biologist and i like to think about these kinds of things, oops. you dont have to use these it was just because i liked coming up with a bit of my own take

anyway!

A lot of butterflies and moths dont just drink nectar! It’s very hard to get proper nutrients (especially minerals like salt) from that alone. So it’s really common to see butterflies and moths drinking from odd places. Sap, mud puddles, feces, tears of animals, and... a favorite is blood and rotting meat. So! Fun fact.

They slurp all that up with a proboscis! So I decided to give him an extendable tongue-like proboscis hidden behind his... arguably dunkleostus-like teeth. They’re less about chewing (note, almost beaklike with very tiny back ‘molars’) and more about getting to the good stuff and self defense. 

For him to be that big, much bigger than any true moth, there’s no way he can sustain himself on mainly nectar. He’s going to need larger food sources than flowers. So his teeth are for biting chunks from trees to get to the sap beneath, for hunting and tearing meat and getting to the tasty juices inside, for cracking open soda cans. That’s why they’re shaped so oddly, they’re mainly more for grabbing and tearing than any sort of injuring or chewing food. 

As for the wings, that was just for fun! Moth wings are super interesting, and i love the idea of them looking plain and brown while folded up- but as soon as they’re extended, there’s iridescent blue and pretty eyespots underneath. I mainly took inspiration from the dot-underwing moth, Pompelon marginata moth, and Erebid moth!

also this is the meme I referenced, i stg i remember seeing this back in like. middle school damn

anyway that is all, I love moth benny and maybe i should’ve drawn him when i was more awake and it wasnt like, 5 am. and i probably will draw him again a little nicer sometime when I’m not so busy or tired. but! Here i am. thanks for coming to my TED talk

[halflifehoarding]

I saw @calamarispiderart‘s moth Benrey pop up on my Dash and I just had to draw them.

[22ratonthestreet]

idk how to justify drawing something for a fic @pristine-starlight hasn’t even written, but has that stopped me? evidently no.

[m0threy]

gordon whoever u were i think about this interaction constantly