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They/Them DnD, Fandom, Art or Writing. Maybe I post some of it from time to time

[feralgremlinunion]

Feralgremlinunion Master Post

Last Update: Feb. 24, 2026

Hiya! I’m Ash (they/them). This blog used to be a dump for all random things I couldn’t post elsewhere, and it still kinda is when I’m not completely obsessed over a certain type of media-

Currently watching: Arcane / The Hollow

Fandoms/Communities

DnD | 5th edition, Player since ‘20 and DM since ‘21

Ninjago | fan from the start though I fell off during S2 and only discovered it again thanks to a certain someone, now with developed taste (Cole my beloved)

Harvest Moon | mainly MM and AWL (the OG if I may be pedantic)

Animal Crossing | fan since NL, also played CF/NH/P:G

Legend of Zelda | pretty casual fan since childhood, in love with botw/totk

Platforms outside of tumblr

AO3 | Instagram (kinda a dead page tbh)

Other Tumblr blog

totallyuseless-ugh | a blog dedicated to my two main OCs, also contains some old content regarding the university from ymmwtfb

Tags

#ymmwtfb | any content related to my fic You Make Me Want to Feel Blue

#ninjago moon | content related to an old crossover au of mine for ninjago and HM:AWL

#dms den | content regarding the campaigns I dm

#gremlin answers | replies to the asks I receive

#gremlin author updates | any posts regarding story updates for ao3

#gremlin doodles | general art tag

#snotdb | something I carried over from my other blog, “sticky notes on the dashboard”, basically any ideas I have for characters/AUs that aren’t long enough to warrant a full post

[asooffa]

hey so..... who wanna see cole plushie be real? CUS NOW IS YOUR CHANCE!!

pledge now and if we reach 100 supporters then he gets to exist 🥹🥹 hope you guys like him!!

find him on my store here!

[asooffa]

LESS THAN 2 WEEKS LEFT TO PLEDGE FOR HIM!! we are 50% of the way there!!

[feralgremlinunion]

YOU. SONA. NOW. PRESENT.

(please D:)

Well damn, didn’t think to be asked to show myself like that- /lh

But who am I to say no to the opportunity to show off my sona Ash and fursona Ivan

[cherrihoney]

dare i say i may be 6 months late.

we dont talk about that

Sona's belong to:

@feralgremlinunion (Top left), @changeling5am (Top right), @blog4horror (Bottom right), and me!!! Bottom left!!!!

[purplepixel]

I was already gonna spam this blog with jay and cole making out sloppy style after bruiseweek, but I do find it funny it just so happens to be pride month.

Either way, we're gonna be unapologetically gay over here. Yall wanted more suggestive bruise and I took that personally

[feralgremlinunion]

WE WILL FEAST

WE WILL FEAST

WE WILL FEAST

[feralgremlinunion]

Happy upload day! Chapter 14 is now out for you all to enjoy!

I have decided to go through the effort of putting me and my beta reader through the depths of html to make reading it a little easier, since there are a few exchanges happening in French. I hope it works for you all, it just requires you to have the work skin active.

On another note, this fic is on its way to reaching 100 kudos, and I was thinking of running a small dtiys event to celebrate, when the time has come. Would be great to hear some feedback, whether interest for such a thing is there.

Toodles!

[purplepixel]

BRUISEWEEK DAY 4 - DRAGON

That bruise reunion in dragons rising sure was crazy wasnt it?

[feralgremlinunion]

You are so damn real for this

[stronk-anime-nya]

BRUISE RIGHTS BRUISE RIGHTS BRUISE RIGHTS BRUI

(From Michael Adamthwaite's Twitter)

[songjay-ay]

I can’t believe nobody’s added on kirby morrow’s iconic response yet

It’s ok I’ll save yall

Visit Original Link

[feralgremlinunion]

Bruiseship Week, Day One - “I love You”

This takes place in ymmwtfb, sometime between chapters 11 and 12

* * * * *

The numbers on the display above him counted upwards just a bit too slowly for auburn’s liking. Not that he was in a hurry, but Jay wanted to not be the last person appearing for a session at least once in his lifetime. A gentle chime sounded from the speakers and the elevator came to a halt. “4th floor.”

He gave the doors a second to open themselves before him, that was about as much patience as he could spare. Then Jay lunged out of the confined space and took the direct path to his dorm. He swung the door open, tossed his bag in the vague direction of his desk and groaned. “Finally free!”

Cole chuckled and turned around in his chair, his assignment quickly forgotten about with his boyfriend now finally back. “Was it that bad? I thought you liked Borg’s lectures.”

“Yeah, I do,” Jay answered. He stood in place for a bit longer, taking off the layers that had now become redundant until he was left with only jeans and the blue football jersey. Jay was right, blue really was his color. There was no better explanation as to why he always looked so good wearing the only non-black shirt Cole owned. And the fact that auburn then had Cole’s last name written in white letters on his back made it even harder not to swoon over him.

Finally freed from the now obsolete extra layers of clothes, Jay began to pace the room once more. “But you can only take so much input in a day. No matter how he tried to spin and twist it, this lecture was just so damn dry.”

Cole folded his arm atop the back rest of his chair to rest his head. It was hard to believe how lucky he had gotten with Jay. He would almost be stupid enough to think that all the lows he’s been through had actually been worth it.

“What was it even about?” Cole couldn’t help but ask, despite knowing he wouldn’t understand a word of it.

“That’s the thing, I can’t remember myself! It was dragging on for so long, by the time he got to the point, I realized I hadn’t made a single note yet.” Jay picked up his other bag to set it on his desk and dug through it. “Anyway, I’d like to think about anything else right now. I’ll just ask Nya for her notes at some point, but I’m not gonna let this ruin my mood before DnD!”

Cole took this as his cue to take out his phone and set a reminder. Jay was bound to forget about this, and Cole didn’t trust himself enough to keep it in his mind either. It was as if auburn’s forgetfulness was a siren’s song infecting him, tempting him into forgetting everything not written down as well.

In the meantime, Jay made sure all of his things were exactly where he needed them. Dice and character sheets were left untouched from last time. But his notebook had made its way over to his nightstand alongside his pen and pencil designated for this hobby.

He left the desk to quickly pace to the other end of the room, fetching the missing items and returning them to their rightful place. One more glance through the bag to confirm nothing was gone still, just to be extra sure.

Jay’s eyes strayed from his task for a moment, wandering over to Cole instead. Raven was yet to get out of his chair. Auburn frowned as he put his bag aside for a moment. “Did you.. not want to come for DnD tonight?”

The call-out had Cole twitch ever so slightly. But he didn’t shake his head or jump up to get ready. He just stayed sat, the expression on his face darkening.

“I’m not sure whether I even should…”

“What do you mean?” Jay approached Cole until they were about an arm’s length apart.

Cole turned his head away, avoiding the other’s gaze. The words laid heavy on his tongue, wanting to come out and yet making it so much harder to speak them. “I feel.. like the others might not want to see me anymore. After I was such an ass to them, especially to Nya? I could totally understand if they didn’t want to see me anymore.”

He couldn’t read what was going on with Jay’s face. It was something upset, that’s what Cole could tell. But was it anger? Sadness? Disappointment? Not that he actually believed any of these to be true, just that Jay’s features somehow reflected something akin to all of these expressions.

“You know they’re your friends too, right?” Jay had finally closed the gap between them. He put a hand on Cole’s arm and lightly caressed it with his thumb. “I’m sure they’d be happy to see you again. They know you’re doing better now, but actually seeing you would mean a lot to them.”

Still, Cole rather looked at the old carpet and the lazily decorated wall. “I don’t understand how they would want to be my friends after this.”

He could feel Jay’s fingers twitch once against his arm. But they didn’t let go.

Auburn closed his eyes for a moment, taking a slow breath as he sorted his thoughts by what was popping in and what he actually wanted to say. He then crouched down to be on eye level with Cole. Though there was no expectation of eye contact, Jay knew exactly how hard that could be at times.

His other hand moved close to Cole’s face and gently cradled it after hearing a low hum of approval from raven.

“Cole,” his voice stayed soft and loving, “I know them all just as long as you do. And if there is one thing I can say with confidence about them, it’s that they love you. Yes, they obviously don’t to the extend that I love you, but they still do. Everyone misses you dearly. As Murvlag, as Cole, as the wonderful guy that looks out for his friends and puts a smile on their faces.”

Raven stayed silent for a moment longer, wondering whether Jay could feel his heartbeat rising. The words still echoed in his head, bouncing around and making him feel all kinds of things.

He stirred after a while. His head turned carefully to finally meet his boyfriend’s warm blue eyes. They were so pure, leaving no doubt, no space for Cole to even entertain the idea that he had been told a lie to console him.

How long had it been since he last heard these words at all? And now from Jay? It was almost too good to be true. “.. can you say that again?..”

Jay’s eyebrows twitched, but he stopped himself before they could turn into a confused frown. “Our friends love you?”

“No, the thing after that.”

“What do you…” Then it hit him. His face dropped, but not entirely out of shock, and definitely not out of regret. “We never said that to each other until now, did we?”

Cole shook his head. “I mean, I get it. Not that we were exactly in the headspace for that before. But. It feels good to actually hear it from you now.”

Jay carefully removed himself from Cole to get up. He opened his arms wide, inviting the other in for a hug. Raven got up from his chair to take auburn up on that offer. He stood tall before his roommate, Cole’s overall appearance giving plenty of reason to feel intimidated by. And yet he felt so small and fragile when he slouched downwards and joined the loving embrace.

There was a faint tremble Jay picked up on. Every breath that Cole took had his body shivering and adding to the new image of the now weak man. Jay made sure to hold the other tightly in his arms, to give him the security that Cole clearly seemed to need in that moment.

“I love you, Cole.” He repeated himself.

It was barely audible but auburn still managed to hear raven’s quiet answer, “I love you too.”

This whole time, ever since falling for his roommate, Jay had imagined this moment to be so much more grandiose. Dramatic, a loud declaration of love for all the world to hear, because that was how big his feelings were for Cole. He had wanted to shout it from their window out onto campus, despite how shy he had been about his crush.

And now he stood there, holding that same man in his arms. This surely was no revelation to either of them, and that was not even the point. They of course knew what feelings they shared for each other. From the moment on that they had settled the fight between them and understood that all that trouble had been just a huge misunderstanding. But weeks had passed since then. Weeks of silent affection. This was an obvious next step for them to take, and it was so soft. It was a perfect reflection of who they were for each other.

He didn’t want to have it any other way.

For a moment, Jay opened his eyes again. They jumped around the half of the room he could look at, absentminded while he bathed in the comfort of holding his boyfriend. But he got distracted for a moment. The clock on Cole’s nightstand was shining at them as bright as ever, telling Jay they had been talking and standing there for almost an hour already. They definitely were running late for the session now.

His gaze returned to the slowly rising and falling shoulders he could see before him. How they still hadn’t shaken off the uneven breathing pattern. He could feel the arms that would normally be so strong, now struggling to tighten their hold around Jay’s waist.

Jay closed his eyes again and nuzzled into the nape of Cole’s neck.

The others could survive just one more hour without Cole.

[purplepixel]

HAPPY BRUISE DAY!!!

You shouldnt love me vs I love you nonetheless

Screenshot redraw of the animatic that unfortunately I was not able to finish in time (its ok, ill get it done eventually).

BRUISEWEEK DAY 1 "I LOVE YOU"

In honor of Jay's VA's words, "I love you, Cole" Altho in this case, I made them both say it here

[feralgremlinunion]

So, something possessed me to actually finish some of my kink bruise redraws today? Uhm, enjoy! (Boxers version, original design and bonus Cole under the cut)

[purplepixel]

WIP ONE SHOT Whiplash

Pick your out of context poison. Despite all these being bruisefics, I managed to have a snippet featuring every original ninja+wu

1.

“Bleh. Ok,” Jay said, wiping his mouth from fur. “Cats don't react that way. You still have human sentience, or atleast whatever intelligence you had to begin with.” “Well isn’t that rich coming from you,” Cole retorted, except all that came out of his mouth was a meow. Cole and Jay blinked at each other in surprise. “No way,” Jay intoned. His face lit up in a grin. “That was. So cute.” Cole groaned as Jay delved into a fit of laughter, one that held a little less hysteria and a bit more mirth. Note to self, don't ever speak again. He didn't think he could take the patronization or the ammunition he was handing over on a silver platter.

2.

“Ha! That’s what I’m talking about, baby!” “Great job! It only took 27 deaths and one controller later,” Zane stated. “The battery just fell out! It still works!” Jay protested while waving the controller as if to prove his point. “And we are not counting Cole sabotaging me, that was totally foul play. 26 deaths.” “How does the saying go?” Zane pondered. “All’s fair in love and war?” “Oh shut up. That doesn't make you less evil.” Zane shrugged. “You said you wanted a challenge. 27.” “I didn't take you for a cheater. 26.” Jay glared, jabbing a finger in his direction. “And proof that you are a troll.” Jay held out the controller to Cole, while Zane mouthed 27 behind his back. “Here, you’ll see what I mean. You didn’t see the whole level, and I want to watch you struggle.”

3.

“Is this Jay proposing or Cole?” Nya critiqued. “Alright fine, Master of Romance," Kai snarked, "how would you suggest Jay do it?” “Not like that,” Nya snorted, snatching the medallion and handing it back to Jay. “You’re over complicating it, Jay. Cole’s a simple guy, you really don’t need to do anything fancy for him.” “But that’s exactly WHY I should do something fancy for him,” Jay groaned. “Because he deserves something nice for once!”

4.

“No,” he squeaked. “No no no no please. I never left you, so don’t you dare leave me!”

BONUS

[s7 rewrite from my crossover longfic]

“Why did you do it?” Lloyd whispered, scowling at the bedside table. “We could’ve helped you." “There are some fights one must face alone,” Wu gently explained. Lloyd’s gaze finally snapped to his uncle. “Like Cole?” he retorted. “He thought that too, and look what happened to him. Look what almost happened to you! If we didn’t arrive when we did…” He trailed off and shut his eyes against the tears that threatened to fall. “You should know this!” Lloyd hissed.

[feralgremlinunion]

i hope you know every day since that fated bruise post i made i've been checking your profile like every 4-5 hours or so because i'm starved over here :(

@centipede-death

That’s very understandable ngl.

Thing is, the stuff I got is either still in too rough of a state for me to post, so so many layers deep with context that it wouldn’t make sense to post (yet), or it’s just straight up kink.

And tbh, I don’t know how eager my bubble is rn for shibari and dom/sub posts here on tumblr while I’m writing “Cole is going through the wringer again” on ao3

[purplepixel]

“Nuh uh, no take backsies,” Jay insisted. “I stole it fair and square.”

“Fine, whatever.” Cole rolled his eyes. He leaned up and stole a quick kiss from Jay. “Two can play at that game.”

“Hey,” Jay laughed before pushing him down to kiss him properly.

[centipede-death]

As much as I love domestic, homey bruise

We need more suggestive stuff

I need my boys to MAKE OUT IN PUBLIC

I need them to KISS LIKE NO TMR

I need them to EXPLODE

[feralgremlinunion]

Y’all are saying I’ve been keeping all those oneshots, sketches and hcs to myself for no reason? Sure, sure

[twirlingfreckles]

Like I know I’d feels awkward to write but when I’m reading a fic I don’t notice if an author is using the characters names too many times too close together. That’s their name! on the other hand if I ever have to read “the blond” I’m closing the tab. The only time it’s ever acceptable to use epithets like that is when the characters don’t know each others names yet

[feralgremlinunion]

Little author’s update / a word of caution

Hiya! Don’t worry, I know the title is daunting, but it’s not that bad, just trust me on this one

First off, chapter 13 is now online! Go read and enjoy!

Moving on, I’m making progress on the upcoming chapters as planned, so far so good. However, as the creative process goes, my writing started to.. derail a little. But it was going in a direction I liked and wanted to explore further. What do I mean by this? Simple.

The things Cole is about to live through are much harsher than originally intended

That’s where I’m coming in with my (repeated) warning for you, dear readers.

For the love of all that’s holy to you, check the tags, age rating and archive warning after every update before you read

I’m not saying this to be edgy. Things will suck, things will be uncomfortable. So to avoid triggering yourself, please please please make sure whether this story is still suited for you

[songjay-ay]

got distracted while drawing Kai and made it better