Jonathan Anubian | Shay

Crafts, Writing, Fanfiction, and everything in between. A woman in her 30s. Married to a wonderful man.

[shelaar]

Protection Protocol 16 WIP

[Afterimage]

Walking with little Arcee and Cliffjumper, now named Ace and Hopper, the femme looked at her group nervously. Rivet had a scowl on her face that made her look all the more stern but with the little prankster twins happily chirping away at one another in her arms it kind of ruined the effect. Uplift was tossing the Wrecker twins in the air, one at a time, and catching them, her optics bright with amusement. Meanwhile Rebound was taking up the front, holding Outburst and Dusty protectively to her chest.

“We’re almost there. Afterimage, can you take them please?” Stopping the femme held out her two sparklings, her face an emotionless mask but optics sharp with focus. “Remember the plan.”

“Right.” The plan where if they were ambushed by the Decepticons she would take the sparklings and run away as fast as she could back to the Temple and warn Pacer or Jive. To be fair, warning one was really warning both of them. So it didn’t matter which femme she found first. Taking Outburst’s servo in hers she let Dusty hang off her neck, magnetized to her back for safety.

Rivet had found the function earlier when checking their frames for any possible issues. Afterimage hadn’t even known that function existed! But she had seen creators with their sparklings before at the raceway, and she’d always wondered how they never dropped the little bitlets. Magnets, apparently!

As they came over the top of the last ridge she could see the Nemesis in all its terrifying glory. Hesitating a moment she took a deep vent to calm herself before falling back to walk next to Rivet.

“Do you think it’s a trap?” She asked the femme quietly, knowing the medic had her reservations about bringing the sparklings to the Decepticon Warlord’s flagship.

The femme vented harshly, letting out a small growl. “No… or at least not the kind of trap you’re thinking of.” She said through clenched dentae. “They might try to capture us, but I don’t think they mean to-“ she glanced at the saprklings and clicked her glossa in irritation. “They won’t send us back to the Creator. But they might keep us as hostages.”

Afterimage did not like the sound of that.

[vulcanette-deactivated20260506]

[thekijs]

I'm sorry, is this... Is this implying there's no DYE in that rug? All raw wool in its natural colours? She fucking bred the sheep to get the colours she wanted over the course of ten years!? Holy shit.

Edit: this has gotten a huge amount of traction (fibrearts tumblr is a, uh, tight-knit community it seems!) so I am adding this note to state that I checked Lola Cody's website and can confirm: There is no dye in her work. She uses exclusively hand-spun Churro wool sheared from her home-raised sheep flock. It's all natural colours!

[shelaar]

Protection Protocol 15

Chapter 15! Is now done and posted!

It's a bit janky because it was fighting me this whole time. But now I can move forward with my other chapters! \o/

[decomposedmaw]

Pixel post dividers for everyone! It's not much, but feel free to use them if you'd like. I don't know the ideal size for these, so let me know if they're too tall. I can make them a bit shorter next time.

[shoomlah]

The Riven half of the new trophy icons for the Classic PS1 re-release! My favourite world to draw, and super fun getting to draw some alternate universe Gehns for a couple of the bad endings.

(The Myst trophy icons)

(Also you can get a blanket with all of these on it at the Cyan store! It rules)

[astheriiiart]

fantasy au 🔥🍃

[kittyknowsthings]

[cilantroodon]

[ID: Despicable Me meme with Gru presenting a plan on posterboards. First step: That’s a neat idea! Second step: Someone should write it! Third step: I’m that someone. Gru stops and looks back at step three with concern/disappointment/sadness. End ID.]

[shelaar]

AMA Tuesday!

Want to know something about a particular Fic I'm writing?

Got a question about the Author?

Want to ask about Headcanons or OCs?

Go right ahead! I'll be checking my inbox hourly today. I may not get to some questions until tomorrow, but I Will answer them.

[dailymothanon]

Thundersound BoomMic Soundcracker whatever you guys are called.. you’re still important and special to me 💙🩵 it’s been a good while since I’ve done a simple ship piece where they’re just existing 🤔 which is surprising to me cuz I’m a huge sucker for mundane stuff… which is good for a quiet pair like these two

[lintufriikki]

Lounging gladiator 💠

gladiator soundwave is my favorite but it's rare to see art of him… so i wanted to pour all my effort into appreciating him 💞

you can also have him as a print here 💙

[ju5t777]

DOOM ETERNAL

Ballpoint pen, A3 (11” x 17”) x 2

[asynca]

Write that one-shot. Those 3 chapters will be the best 10 chapters you ever wrote

[shelaar]

I can’t quite remember from where or who I saw it from, but I remember a post on here that said someone’s personal head-cannons “that because the city praxius is know for the crystals that grow there native born residence are some times know to have a crystal like Sheen to their frames, even without the help of paint.” And I’m paraphrasing this, is there something similar in your own AU or are praxians just different because of their door wings.

Also your office look so cute!

I have a headcanon from a Crossover series with Star Wars about paint colors, but not for this series.

Some of my favourite Headcanons for Praxus come from "Nor is he Early" by ObliqueVion and "Winged Inheritance" by WandersUnderStarlight.

Both amazing stories, both fantastic authors!

In my Protection Protocol AU Praxians are different because of their Doorwings, yes, but also their social structure. Instead of being competitive, like the Vosnians, they prize 'unity' and co-operation, as well as efficiency. Those outside the norm are often shunned as being 'disruptive to Praxian cohesion.' Although they are a bit more lax outside of Praxus.

Thank you so much! I love that everyone keeps calling it my Office when it's just one corner of the living room. XD I'm super excited about finishing it! I can't wait to be able to organize my books and yarn on the new shelves, once the weather stops being gross and I can actually work on them outside.

[writingdose]

fanfic writers who type their works directly onto ao3 instead of copy-and-pasting from elsewhere have no fear. fear fears them.

[mangomi16]

people...actually write on seperate apps?? that's so extra bro just write it onto ao3 and save as a draft occasionally so as not to lose any writing

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

respectfully, it’s not “extra” (all you have to do is copy and paste).

ao3 literally advises that people copy-and-paste their works from elsewhere and to NOT write directly onto the site.

because unless and until it’s posted, ao3 does NOT back up works for you. meaning if your screen crashes, if the site glitches, if your wifi stops working, or if you lose power — anything — you risk losing the whole thing you’ve written.

sure, you can technically save drafts on ao3 (up to 30 days, if memory serves me right), but it’s still not something most writers do. most writers copy and paste their own works from elsewhere onto ao3 prior to posting (I say this with respect, this is a common sense).

store your works elsewhere, keep them safe, then copy-and-paste them onto ao3 once they’re ready.

[jonathananubian]

All my works are in separate folders with each chapter, and work notes, saved separately. That way if something gets corrupted I have back-ups.

I've lost too many works and entire accounts on websites to random purges, random hacks, and random glitches to Not be paranoid about my multi-chapter 100k+ works.

[microsff]

A spaceship entered Earth's orbit and broadcast a message:

"We are the Interstellar Library. Do you want to swap? We have thousands of stories."

There were many replies.

The library was silent for a whole day, then:

"What do you mean, 'We have millions'?"

[a-krogan-skald-and-bearsark]

"And that's just on AO3!"

[shelaar]

Protection Protocol WIP

[Megatron]

Walking Aria to the canteen, her deep blue optics focused more on him that on their surroundings, he felt a sense of pride for having caught her attention so thoroughly. When they left the storage depot he could feel Quartermain’s optics staring a hole in his armor but hadn’t turned to acknowledge the look. It was the Elder’s job to vet the potential bond. He would trust the old mech to judge whether or not Aria would be worthy.

Entering the canteen he was forced to stop when Aria froze in place. The optics of every warrior were trained on the femme with the Autobot insignia. Standing next to her he could see the faint trembling in her finials. At first he wondered if it was fear but discarded the thought quickly. Not only had she fought him to the ground but she was there with his express permission. There was no reason for her to fear. Seeing her clench her servo at her side he realized she was battling with her own defensive protocols.

“They would not dare attack you, I have ordered them to stand down. They would be fools to disobey my orders within my direct line of sight.” He reassured her. At the same time he looked over the femme’s helm at his Decepticons. Moving slowly where she could see him, he placed a servo against her back and glowered balefully at every mech in the canteen. It was a possessive response but also a protective one. It was an unspoken claim that he would fight at her side in her defense.

The defense of a potential mate.

[thelatestkate]

My books are now available from the cool independent bookseller Microcosm! Also, Thera-pets card deck is back in stock again yaaaaaay.

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