Curb Your Restraints

blog dedicated to the CYR fic series :]

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Welcome to the Curb Your Restraints fic series blog

A passion project - partial fan rewrite(? Idk) - of the Alex Rider book series (mixed with bits of the TV show), focusing on Alex's internal experiences, his thoughts and feelings, how his trauma affects him and the overall look at his mental health and emotions that's lacking in the books.

Made by @actuallytalldumbass :D

Based on this dream/post (that will tell you a whole lot about what this might contain)

Read now! on AO3

Irregular updates cause life, but THIS WON'T GET ABANDONED

ARCS:

Kicked to the Curb (Miasma) [events of Stormbreaker]

TAGS:

#art - for CYR drawings

#chapter art - is for official fic illustrations

If you want to find art from a specific chapter, you can find it by using the tag #chapter 'insert chapter number' art (ie. If you want to find art from the 3rd chapter you type #chapter 3 art)

#curb your restraints art - for other drawings connected to this series

# yapping session - for my rants about chapters, the overall story, little elements I choose and why and everything connected to this fic :3

#update - for story updates

#cyr memes - for memes B)

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2 year anniversary of this fic's idea and we're only on chapter 7 (Ｔ▽Ｔ) welp. nothing we can do about that (ツ)

hope you enjoy!

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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With no way to stop his momentum, Alex fell forwards just to be pushed once more, tripping on a deliberate foot and falling on the ground hard.

(Miasma) Kicked to the Curb by KAPSEL_3 on AO3

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no 2nd anniversary chapter for yall today cause the illustration turned into a bit of a comic page and i wasn't able to finish it today 😔

but chapter 7 is all ready and loaded to go, just gotta finish the art, so it'll probably be posted tomorrow (or just this week in general :P)

here's a sneak peak of the sketch :)

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versions of the chapter 5 illustration with just the base colour :p

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figuring some things out for the next chapters and. did you know that there's a place called Gay Village in Birmimgham? (aka where Alex's group home is)

yeah me neither

[actuallytalldumbass]

heyy....heyyy.... guess who's back after 9 months of silence? 😅

THAT'S RIGHT! THE 6TH CHAPTER IS HERE! I'M ALIVE!

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

PLS GO READ IT IM PUMPED AS FUCK RN AND I CAN'T WAIT TO HERE WHAT U ALL THINK!!!

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acidentally posted on the wrong account but whatever

#whoppsiedoodle

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The teen ran for the cabin furthest from the entrance, slamming the door shut and bracing against the wooden panel with his back in a desperate way to separate himself further from the monster outside. It was fine. It was all fine and nothing happened and it wasn't real and it was all fine.

(Miasma) Kicked to the Curb by KAPSEL_3 on AO3

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2 other versions of the escape illustration from chapter 4. one black & white, the other full colour but without the dotted effect :)

[actuallytalldumbass]

KAP PLEASEEE DRAW ALEX FRIEND AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!!! DRAW THAT BOY PUNK.

PINK BLANC ALEX

PINK BLANC ALEX

PINK BLANC ALEX

RAHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I LOVE MY TRAUMATIZED, FUCKED UP, PINK PUNK BOYO!!!!

[kosmogrl]

you’ll be fine. you made it out of impossible situations before and you will do it again

[kosmogrl]

ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME? YOU WILL DO IT AGAIN.

[kosmogrl]

#Iprommy

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the escape illustration in chapter 4 had so many changes 😭😭

it started with this wide shot, then changed to this closer version (with the face staying the same, kind of chibi? idk, just a simple kinda cute looking style) AND THEN the final version with the face in a kind of different style :p

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chapter 5 is here! yippie!! :D

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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Right now Alex was laying in bed, staring at the grates holding the mattress of the top bunk.  He counted each square while listening to the quiet sounds of the world.

(Miasma) Kicked to the Curb by KAPSEL_3 on AO3

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Alex when Blunt tells him he wants to hire him:

Alex when Blunt carries out his threats:

[honeybee2807]

Was scrolling through AO3 and found this gem

Enemy to parent is a trope we have to popularise lmao

[tarragonthedragon]

characters raised in isolation to fulfill some evil agenda is a very common trope but I'm always a little distracted wondering what massive gaps they have in their common knowledge. like. can he send an email? does he know where babies come from? how would he function in a grocery store?