mostly ocs (g/t and otherwise) | Often Seized By The Fatal American Need To Have A Pretty Good Time | likes &c. from @chiropteracupola | primarily kept up for archival purpose (no longer active)
thought it was about time to write one of these! here’s a little rundown of pretty much all of my guys and a vague idea of their deal.
and there are a lot of guys! more infrequently-appearing guys following the readmore.
“satin and lace, blood and bone” - a mishmash of late-eighteenth-century-inspired historical fantasy mostly consisting of excuses to draw fancy outfits and a little bit of blood.
laurence - fancy little stitched-together creature, the kind of dandy who oozes weird fluids at times
dr. anselm parr - mad scientist, very nice individual, jackalope liker, medical blorbo extraordinaire
george tilapia - man named for a fish, parr’s patron, collector of curiosities, schemer of impractical but mostly successful fratricides
roche theregard - former pirate and trader in exotic birds
angelo tilapia - tilapia’s brother, man of the cloth, smug newt enthusiast
“tav out of time” - my boatiest story, borrowing from naval narratives with an extra serving of time loops, gender, and sea monsters.
tav / tavaris / rhiannon gardner / georgiana taverner / grace rylyn keene - wandering knight, toploftical sea-captain, lost hiker, in deep passionate love with the sea, bearer of the curse (reincarnation)
maraya - shapeshifting sea monster, occasional mermaid, deity of chance
benjamin carew - loyal lieutenant, very out of his depth
“the ballad boys” / “ballad boys vampire au” - a couple of early-nineteenth-century lads invented just to mess around with writing romantic and musical tropes that I like, plus an alternate storyline with a side of vampires.
william robert roland - terrible poet, vampire, my son who has every disease, interior decoration enthusiast, byronic and dramatic, sleeps in a box of dirt
alistair shawe - soldier-turned-gardener, god’s own precious fool, unsuccessful gambler, slightly dimmed sunshine boy
daphne lovett - vampire, very very successful horsegirl, world traveler, outrageous flirt, friend to the humble mosquito
henry marston - vampire, refuses to stop wearing a wig, patron of the arts, personality of a shark in human form
pearl shawe & polly shawe - alistair’s sisters, mostly present in the non-vampire side of things
(...the ballad boys also have a pro wrestling au.)
“whoops! turn-of-the-century california!” - exactly what it says on the tin, with a gentle overlay of supernatural shenaniganery for my own fun.
mortimer “moth” worley - semi-amateur ghostbuster, tailor, piemaker, and general jack-of-all-trades, newly burdened with a telephone (also occasionally shows up in the wrestling au!)
henry heather - heiress, problem-solver, capable of incredible kindness and unspeakable violence, gibson girl style but make it the height of a house
stirling heather - henry’s father, incorrigible lumber magnate, driving fast and living deliciously, causing all manner of problems
milo burns - bear in every sense of the word, cabin-dwelling hermit, blueberry pancake expert
assorted other folks - some other guys that show up on occasion but don’t have very developed worlds at the moment
zinc & lark - dragon and wizard girlfriends
copper - potential retelling of ‘the steadfast tin soldier’ with additional steampunk elements
bellario - tiny plague doctor and his leech companion
the rat piper - another mishmash of folklore tropes I enjoy, focusing on a proud young piper, her rather malicious supernatural benefactor, and a whole bunch of rats
Wonder what could cause a person to end up in magical slumber inside jewellery 🤔 Just a concept I’ve been toying around with to ward off extreme fatigue. Decided to draw Lovia checking in on T who’s encased in an ornamental amber ring. The question remains: is it to heal from a curse? To recharge drained magical abilities? To halt or slow down bodily functions in order to gain more time to find a cure to an illness or poison?
little carn design notes! some stuff that’s not 100% clear on their ref sheet. made mostly for art fight but i’m probably never gonna stop commissioning art of them, so it’s for that too.
ermm….aren’t you gonna tell me what a special boy i am and how my discoveries will shake the scientific world and how fascinating my experiments are now? lol…… i wore my longest most flowy lab coat today do you like it. ignore the bloodstains lol ahahaha. oh and you totally saw the brains in jars right
tiny attempts to survive horrific world thats ment to kill humans [or giants]
...yeah, seems he doesn't have the chance,
laurence (pocket-size, known coward, incredibly breakable) vs. Really Big Spooky Thing (huge, full of lightning and human meat, you get the idea)... only one of these guys is leaving this encounter and it's definitely not laurence.
