Hi! while back I saw your magpie au, and honestly I love the idea. I recently remembered it and wanted to check in on you again, love your art and I hope your doing well!
I was wondering if you were continuing you magpie au or not?
Hiya! Thank you so much for the kind words, I’ve noticed an uptick in notifications from here and I’m glad I checked my inbox. I’ve been doing alright, been very busy with life stuff unfortunately which has taken most of my attention away from my special little blogs like this one.
I really do hope to continue the magpie au! I still very much love the comic and the fandom, and it always makes me so happy to see other people still interested in the niche stuff I post about it lol.
maybe I could make another comic edit? It’s been some time since I’ve last done one. I’m more than happy to have people suggest/submit specific panels for me to edit ^^
im new here but i literally havent gone a single day without thinking about this comic since i caught up to it earlier this month. im goign crazy......
I stumbled across @arythusa’s The Glass Scientists webcomic early this year and fell in love, so I animated a little scene for fun 🧪
I built a Front and 3/4 Front Jekyll and Hyde rig (fun fact, they’re one rig!) and animated them in Toon Boom Harmony, HalluciLanyon spawning and getting harpooned is a tweaked version of that rig, and him getting bodied was drawn in Procreate. The layout was also made in Harmony. The audio is from the movie Drop Dead Fred.
I used the comic itself as the ‘model sheet’ to build the rig off of- used various panels for their heights and body parts in place of character, hand, mouth, etc sheets, so many pieces are pulled right from the pages. I also got to experiment with compositing, which was fun!
The art and story of this comic hooked me and I’m so excited to see where it goes! ❣️
So you made an little nightmares/the glass scientists au story about how Frankenstein killed Jekyll, and became a nightmare. Can I see more of the nightmare Jekyll? Like a doodle?
So fun fact, nightmare Jekyll didn't actually have a design before this ask. He was pretty much just. Porcelain Jekyll, in Henry's normal outfit.
This design was fun to work with! I believe it could be better, but yknow, I can imagine him in the game somewhere well enough. The Little Nightmares color palette feels muted and warm to me, so that's what I went with!
He did have a face when I started working on this, but it got lost in the sketch at some point lol
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Magpie Au by @dyad-tmesis!
Jekyll and Hyde are separate in this one. Everyone knows about Hyde’s wings, but very few know about Jekyll’s.
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It was a day like any other when Jasper walked into Doctor Jekyll -Henry's office.
Birds were singing, flowers were blooming, and Sinnet blew something up for the second time that day.
The were-boy had been hanging out in Rachel’s kitchen, dangling his legs and trying to look interested in what the day-manager was saying.
“-and that's the last time I let those two ‘help out’! I mean honestly you’d think they were children but I’d think even children would know not to use the same gloves for dishes you use to carry hazardous materials around!” she huffed, chopping some veggies with a bit too much force.
Jasper wasn't quite as sure but knew better than to disagree with someone holding a large knife.
“And on top of all the new dishes we need to buy I still need Doctor Jay to approve this week's meal plan, in case that wretch Frankenstein has any dietary restrictions, Ooh if I could get my hands on her-”
At this Jasper straightened up, his ears perking. “I could ask him if you need!”
It wasn't that he didn't like Rachel, or her stories, but it always felt awkward to be in a room with someone and not be working. Especially when they were.
If she wouldn't let him help cook then he could certainly run a small errand or two!
And admittedly he wouldn't mind an escape from her tirades…he still liked her though! (Not like-like, well, yes like-like but not not like-like)
She looked back, blinking. “Oh? If you're sure. You don't have to if you're tired, I know I couldn't sleep in the same room as all those creatures of yours.”
“Ha, I grew up on a farm miss Rachel, at this point I doubt I could sleep without them. And just one list won’t take long!” he begged.
She considered it for a moment, looking a bit put-out.
“Hrmm. Fine, I can't say no to those puppy-dog-eyes. But you need to repeat exactly what I say, got it?”
Jasper grinned and nodded rapidly.
He walked in without knocking. A stupid mistake in hindsight. He knew better than most how important privacy could be to a person, but while juggling the list of ingredients Rachel told him and their expected costs it just slipped his mind.
To say he was startled would be an understatement.
Jasper pushed open the heavy wood door to see Edward Hyde.
He'd heard all about the man from Rachel and the other lodgers. A wild and intense party guy who didn't fit well with the society's image, leading many to speculate on why Jekyll hired him in the first place.
Some speculations were a bit more… scandalous than others, while some claimed they absolutely hated each other. He didn't really believe them all, nor did he want to think about his boss that way thank-you-very-much, but it did make him curious to meet the so-called ‘spirit of London at night’.
True to the stories he had bushy straw hair and bright green eyes, and of course a small pair of golden wings sprouting from his back. Bird-like and alive.
And Henry Jekyll stood over them with the largest pair of scissors Jasper had ever seen.
For a moment time seemed to slow down, Jekyll lowered the scissors, big things made of heavy metal, to the base of one of Hyde's wings.
Jasper had never seen the wings before, (a warbler maybe? Or some kind of parrot? he felt numb), as he'd never met the man they were attached to, but he'd seen feathers lying around the society. Even been shown some Rachel had secretly held on to. And the fluffy gold feathers matched the wings before him.
But all he could see was red.
Without a thought he lunged forward snarling with a force he hadn't known he was capable of.
Eyes locked on the man who saved him from being arrested, he could practically feel his fur emerging, begging his nails to grow into claws.
Nothing happened as Jekyll snapped his eyes up at the growl, just now realizing he was there. The were-boy pushed forward regardless, he was stronger than the doctor. With or without a transformation.
A shout, his vision was cut off by a blur of yellow. Real claws in the form of dark talons swiped at his face.
He clashed with the man-bird-guy. Feeling a bit bad about it, he shoved him to the side to get to Jekyll. Or tried to.
Edward Hyde held onto his arm like a lifeline, kicking what he could and even swiping at the boy's hair.
Jasper held off the black talons, and a gold wing that smacked him repeatedly on the head. The assistant was surprisingly strong for being so small. His hat went flying and his shaggy hair danced in his eyes in the small gusts.
Panicked arms cast out for something to grab onto. As bad as it felt to do Jasper grabbed Hyde’s other wing and pulled.
The cryptozoologist knew birds’ wings were often stronger than they looked, and was experiencing it firsthand. He muttered something adjacent to an apology as he swung both himself and the avian around. Wincing at his cry of pain and cussing.
Once more throwing the man off he darts forward and lunges at the frozen doctor.
Talons pull him back by his sweater to start the fight anew.
After some more tousling Jasper is pulled from the opposite direction, the were-boy yanked by his shirt collar. Away from Hyde who simply hisses and raises a wing in warning instead of following.
Jasper realized he couldn't see Jekyll behind Hyde anymore, and chanced a glance away to look behind himself.
Of course, there was only one person it could be.
“How could you?!?” he howled, struggling in his grasp. He could barely believe this was happening, even if Henry didn't like Hyde, like the lodgers said, he wouldn't do something like this would he? What could the man possibly have done to deserve his wings being taken away?
“How could- what?! Mr. Kaylock I demand to know why you felt the need to attack my assistant!”
Hyde hopped back and landed in a crouch on the large desk behind him.
“Yeah, I haven't even threatened you with the shovel talk yet!”
“You were trying to cut his wings off, I saw you!”
Jekyll's eyes went wide and brows creased with concern. The hand holding him fumbled and loosened.
“What? I would never!”
As the boy whipped around, he paused, “Wait… you weren't?”
“Of course not! Goodness is that what you were so worked up about?”
Jekyll sighed, running a hand through his brown (auburn?) locks.
“Edward’s wing was snared. I was trying to untangle it.”
Jasper blinked, “You were?”
For the first time he looked closely at Hyde's wing, the one that hadn't extended properly the whole fight, the one that wasn't currently being held up in a defensive position with the other.
There, wrapped tightly around the feathered appendage, was a thin wire. Jumbled up and twisted around like a cat stuck in yarn.
He watched in shock for a moment as the wing twitched against the cord, pushing uncomfortably against the metal web.
The man himself looked equally as uncomfortable, and maybe a bit embarrassed.
“You see, Mr. Hyde got himself tangled in a clothing wire during his excursion, god knows how, and I was simply removing it from his wing.”
“Did not! It was a fight I tell you! With some very bad guys!” Hyde cried, waving his arms around. His free wing puffing up in protest.
Jekyll rolled his eyes, “Ah yes, a fight, my apologies.”
Jasper felt himself calming down, heart still racing but slower now.
“Oh…I, yeah that makes more sense, ha…
But-but wait, the scissors?”
It seemed to be Jekyll’s turn to look sheepish, “Well, I figured there was no pressing need to return it. I tried to undo it myself but it’s quite stuck on there. Not to mention Edward’s notorious for not sitting still.”
Jasper thinks about this, slowly relaxing his stance.
Hyde watches him skeptically, lowering his wing in turn.
Suddenly Jasper’s shoulders slumped as low as they can, a sigh of air exiting with a whoosh.
“Thank goodness. I don't know what I’d do if that were me. If I had wings and had to lose them like that. It’d be like cutting off my tail.”
Hyde snickered, “Didn’t know you cared so much about little ol’ me.”
He looked up immediately, “Of course! I mean, not you specifically, but, no one should have to lose parts of themself like that. Even if you don't like it, it's still part of you. It still IS you. And cutting it out or hiding it is like hiding part of yourself.
If you got rid of your wings you wouldn't be the same you anymore.”
Something in Henry’s eyes softened.
“I must say Jasper I’m quite impressed with your resolve, it’s nice to know you wouldn't hesitate to stop someone you thought was causing harm. Even if it happened to be me!” Henry smiled, something almost like pride in his eyes.
“Ha, um, well,” Jasper blushed at the praise, rubbing the back of his head.
“It’s nothing really, I…I…”
Jasper froze dead, eyes wide as he realized what just happened.
“I JUST TRIED TO ATTACK YOU OH MY GOSH I'M SO SORRY!!!!!!”
Later on Jasper has to embarrassedly explain what happened to Rachel, then, even more embarrassingly go back and give Henry the list XD
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You're out of your mind if you think Rachel wouldn't throw hands with Frankenstein.
Unlike the others she didn't grow up reading about and looking up to her; and if you think she's gonna stand for some ungrateful house guest punching her friend unprovoked you've got another thing coming.
That being said, she wouldn't want to trigger any allergies on accident or go against any religion-related food preferences.
Though mostly it’s in case it interferes w her medicine.
Fun fact the scissors Jekyll’s holding here are the ones in the sketch where he's cutting Edward's hair.
They're just so big why did he use those ToT