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This is a good take. I love writing pining. I love writing romances where the two are absolutely devoted to each other in life and death and everything in between; even if they don't explicitly say it, and they have no hope of any sort of gain, you see them quietly and consistently working for each other's good behind the scenes for nothing but the sheer love of that person.

we think pining is romantic because fidelity is romantic. the reason it pulls at our heartstrings is less the idea of a longing that can never be satisfied and more the idea of someone being faithful to their love even when they’re not getting anything from it

I made a Sonic-persona, just for fun! 😝 Pebble the Gargoyle is a stone statue that was brought to life -- she is quite literally an animated statue, as she is made of stone!

Swamp Singers 🐊🦜

I wanted to slowly introduce more of the Wellwishers cast, and make an introductory post for another important character -- Witherspoon's younger brother, Dimi! He's just a little guy, your honor. 😔 And have a redraw of a SpongeBob scene that I did with the Everbros, too!

Little guys 🥺

some friendly wooly trolls

one of the guys in the kitchen at work got called irritating and replied “I am not irritating. You just find me irritating. There are many people who love me.” I think we should all adopt his attitude

im in the my friends ocs fandom

Awww, thank you for the tag and the hugs, @thecalvinistkatreblogs! You are so kind! <3 I send you hugs, too!! :)

I also send hugs to @toothpaste-dragon @hermenoodle @gollygeedash @kbthebearcat and @theladyheroine!!

There's no pressure at all to continue the chain!! : 3 Reblog only if you want to, and you have any mutuals that you'd like to send a virtual hug. <3

Hug time! Pass this around and hug whoever you think is an amazing mutual 🎉🌹

@emoscot @laismoura-art @scentedcandleibex and the person who sent this ask!

Hmmm… something’s going on here!

@toothpaste-dragon had showed me it was world rat day and we talked about how Donald would happily take advantage of it to give some extra love and appreciation to Cricket! ;w; (Cricket belongs to @toothpaste-dragon!) Cricket doesn’t know that there’s such a day, so she’s all confused as to why Donald is acting kinda weird. Donald’s going to have a bit of fun hinting at it and stuff first before telling her. >w<

A very experimental comic for this week! 👀 What do you guys think? I'm considering using this rough style again in the future sometimes. It's faster, so it might allow me to put more comics out! This was episode 39 of my webcomic, Slices of Gremlin -- if you like the comic, be sure to give it a follow on Webtoon! You can also support this comic (and more future comics!) by following the link in my bio to support with one of my special Ko-Fi membership tiers.

Here is the last of the art that I did of @gadzooksgalore's wonderful characters (for now, hehe 👀). I thought Cricket deserved her own post! Isn't this little girl such a cutie? 💖

These wonderful mer-characters belong to my dear friend @gadzooksgalore / @toothpaste-dragon! 🎉🥳🎉 She has two wonderful mer story projects that you can follow along with! I especially love Kolver, he is such a cutie.

ngl, the CS Lewis quote of: "No one knows how bad they have been until they try to be good", is one that keeps on being in my mind.

I am slurping up this very good lore!! 👀👏👏

Would Baz, Toko and Gerdie prank each other for April Fool's day?? 😂

That's a great question! Unfortunately, it's one not so easily answered due to differences in how holidays are recognized in the Far From Home universe. Hundreds of alien races exist within FFH, each of which is associated with at least one culture and planet, though life is never quite that simple. So, to give an example, the U.S. federal government recognizes 11 holidays per year. Now multiply that by 195 countries on planet Earth - that gives Earth 2,145 different holidays in total (if we ignore the fact that some holidays overlap between countries). Sure, that's a bit of an overestimation, but if every single alien race demanded to celebrate 2,145 holidays over the course of a standard intergalactic year, practically every day would be considered a holiday. As a result, the Intergalactic Government only recognizes a select few generalized holidays during a standard intergalactic year, but individual cultures are welcome to celebrate specific holidays on their planets as usual. The system is flawed and gets a lot of flack (and rightly so), considering space government just doesn't want people taking days off of work unexpectedly and messing with the flow of trade and commerce. This means that many 'lesser' holidays (ie. ones that aren't federally recognized, such as April Fool's Day) remain generally unknown to most folks out in space, and having origins in wildly different cultures means that similarities between holidays are uncommon. So it's possible that the FFH crew wouldn't even be familiar with a holiday like April Fool's Day, if it happened to exist in that universe. But if we were to shove all that worldbuilding aside and, for the sake of this question, consider what might happen if the crew recognized April Fool's Day as a holiday? They’d absolutely prank each other.

I feel like Gerdie would be the most into it, starting with harmless pranks and introducing Toko to the concept, before they both start setting little traps for each other! And contrary to what you might think, Baz would participate too - though he’d be very subtle and methodical about it. Gotta put all those smuggling skills to good use, right? Baz and Gerdie would definitely be the best at sniffing out suspicious activity before a prank comes to fruition, whereas Toko (being so young) would fall for pranks all the time. But she’d love the shenanigans!

You ever think Metal Sonic becomes intrigued with life on mobius? Not just because it's a robot, but rather fascinated in the way life has adapted and evolved different traits to survive a variety of environments? I feel as if it would enjoy diving into life sciences if given the opportunity to.

Happy birthday to my very good friend @toothpaste-dragon / @gadzooksgalore !! 🥳🎉🎉🎉 I'm hoping that she the most special birthday -- be sure to wish her a happy day!!

I drew some more of her characters, which I'll be posting in a couple batches this week! Here is some more 'Far From Home'-posting! 👀👏👏 These guys are from her original story, 'Far From Home'! I love these guys (and gal) so much, they are so wholesome. 🥺💖

You really need to make non-tragic past for your characters, significant people and events that impacted their lives, non-dramatic mundane moments that shaped them, happy memories, bitter memories, embarrassing memories.

Like yes the space princess lost her whole civilization, but did she have friends before that? Favorite place? Does she miss the sound of her favorite music she use to listen to?

you know what? I WILL play with jpgs like dolls. what if life could be dream

What are your three favorite things about Vincent and Witherspoon as individual characters? There are lots of things I love about them, but I want to hear from you as the creator!

Awww, thank you so much for the ask, that's so kind of you girl!! C: That's a really nice question, and I really appreciate being able to ramble a bit ehehe!!

For Vincent, I would say, A) as someone who has grown up Southern, it meant a lot to me to create a Southern character who was portrayed in a positive light. He's unabashedly Southern but he's not a stereotype of it, if that makes any sense. He IS a bit silly, but he's also very intelligent and capable! It feels very comforting to me to have a character with a Southern drawl.

B), Vincent is genuinely kind. He really and truly wants the best for everyone around him, even if they call themselves his enemy, and it's zero to none for him to actually hold a grudge against anyone. He's not perfect, and has his own flaws, but he hasn't let the often very cynical nature of the world affect him to the point of allowing him to grow bitter, even though he's had a lot of chances for this to happen.

He's truly a safe person to be around.

C), I can't really go into it too much because it's spoiler-y in nature, but in-story he is associated heavily with trippy dream settings where reality is altered in uneasy ways, where liminal spaces and crazy aesthetics come into play. This is one thing that I'm REALLY looking forward to showing visually! It'll get very weird!

For Witherspoon, A) It's a bit simple, but it genuinely makes me happy that he is based on Bluejays. :) They are my favorite bird, and honestly it just makes me happy to see them.

B), Witherspoon is someone who thinks that he is a very bad person, and he instinctively wonders quite often why anyone would want to be around him. He's a loner by nature, but this added causes him to isolate himself and sometimes even hate himself. Little does he know, though, he is SO loved, and he is loved for exactly who he's always been. He's the most loved person in the whole story, and he has always deserved to be loved.

C), It may be a bit silly, but despite the fact that he is a vigilante/hitman in profession, I also imagine him as a very safe presence. He truly tries his best to make the right judgment calls, and he is honest to his core. Witherspoon would be very hard-pressed to ever lie or show dishonesty about anything, even to his own detriment -- (which happens). Even if he's dealing with those he doesn't like/trust, he absolutely refuses to cheat anyone. If he has sworn an oath to you, he'll never break it.

Adult realization: you will make mistakes, you will act irrationally. You will commit some wrongs that cannot be fully righted. People will dislike you and misunderstand you for all sorts of reasons. None of these make you a bad person. All you can do is try your best to be kind and just to people, grow and learn.

Reblogging my server for new followers! 👀

Ta-da! I decided to make a Discord community server! 🎉 I will be posting updates about my comic, sharing art and making fun projects and events here! 👀👏 If you'd like to join, please follow the link!

Here is the design for April's sticker in my Gremlin's Penpal Ko-Fi tier! 👀👏 It's a cute little plush version of the Gremlin! I think she came out so cute. I also have a new international level of Gremlin's Penpal, so that non-USA followers can now join in the fun!

Follow this link to get to my Ko-Fi!

A drawing that I made for @gadzooksgalore / @toothpaste-dragon!! C: These are her characters Baz and Toko, from her project 'Far From Home'!! @gadzooksgalore is such a wonderful friend and a wonderful person in general, her support and friendship are priceless to me and I hope you guys can shower her with some love and check out her lovely story projects!! 💖

your vibes m’lord………

I love seeing other people's ocs and getting snippets of their stories like oh my gosh there's a whole world and narrative in your head that I'm getting a small glimpse into isn't that so cool????

I wanted to do an official post of my commission sheet / commission prices! 👀👏 I am currently open for commissions, so please send me a message here, or check out my commission page on Ko-Fi (you can follow the Linktree in my bio to get there). God bless!

More colored sketches!! This time with @toothpaste-drago’s Cricket and Donald! The original sketches are here!

Pretty happy with how these all came out! Even though I deviated a bit with the bottom right one and left Donald pupil-less. 😅 But Tooth enjoyed seeing it regardless so that’s most important and was the ultimate goal!

God grant me the strength to do the things I enjoy

Sometimes all it takes to cure our dramatic thinking is a reminder that people care about you! I certainly feel blessed by the people who care about me! 💖 Thanks for reading episode 38 of Slices of Gremlin -- if you'd like to see episodes a week early, and join the monthly sticker and mail club, consider being a supporter on Ko-Fi and supporting me and the comic! God bless!

Jewish Literacy, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin. Image taken from @gnnosis post