Evil Cleevil Bo Beevil

#boosting #this is such a cool idea altho I've never heard of the stream #also u r not bothersome!!

Okay so remember how I mentioned I was doing reality streams of reading may bird? I've decided That having guest narrators to help with character voicing would be nice to help spread more awareness of the series :3

I've already sent an announcement on reality for auditions but I know the fandom is more prominent here so if this intrigues any of you guys and if you're aware of reality's system please feel free to send a pm to me so I can save you a spot in the list for an audition stream I'm doing tomorrow at 9am pst

Small requirements for audition:

18+

Must have all three copies of book to read along either digital or physical

Must REALLY love the series because this isn't exactly a paying va job and more so a volunteer project for the love of the game if that's alright with everyone

I've been doing may's voice by myself so far but I am willing to give up the role to someone more qualified :3

I'm also in the middle of trying to set up a discord server for all confirmed volunteer va's to help with scheduling and planning or whatever else

@may-birdy if you would please, I don't mean to bother TwT

really-random-writings

You know those books that blossomed your love for reading?

Mine is the May Bird series by Jodi Lynn Anderson. It a three book trilogy about a 10 year old girl who falls through a portal to the Ever After (world of the dead) and is trying to find her way back home to Briery Swamp. Along the way she meets, ghosts, ghouls, goblins, and so many nasty creatures. Making friends along the way.

Each book has a map of the Ever After in the front of it. And I love the series so much that I complied all the different places featured in each into my own full cohesive map of the Ever After (pictured above). I also own both the series with the original cover art and the modern version.

For anyone who loves a FMC, children’s chapter books, or the spooky and weird I definitely suggest this book series.

What was the book/series that sparked your childhood, or adult, love of books?

#this is awesome!

haveyoureadthisbook-poll

Have you read May Bird and the Ever After by Jodi Lynn Anderson (2005)?

yes

I didn't finish it

I've never heard of it

Voting ended onNov 11, 2024

#may bird #how did I miss this one???

book3zuko

Japanese isekai: i’m just a lonely uninteresting person with a boring life…until I died/fell through a magic entrance into some variation of DnD where my dream to (1) be an important appreciated person, (2) have more wives than Solomon and (3) go on a journey of self discovery by becoming an entirely different species can finally be realized

American isekai: I’m going to put this autistic little girl and her pet cat into a circle of Hell where only the magic of friendship and family can guide them back home

#may bird adjacent

inkher0

Oh my god memory pull

You guys ever read this book series? Holy shit

#yes!!!#although I should reread it soon #forgot some of the details and it's been almost 7yrs I think?

#may bird #awesome concept!!

God dammit my audhd kicked in and made me draw a whole ass redesign of may because of one silly thought

Anyways here's my now more serious may bird au where bo clevil connected with her first instead, I'm calling it may bird: the nebula princess

So I'm not going to rant a whole lot about it on this post because I'm a little tired but I wanted to share may's new outfit that bo would have gifted her once she was more settled

I thought it be cool if may had a veil and cape made out of stars that bo had one of his imprisoned north farm spirits to craft just for her because it would remind her of her older huntress bathing suite from earth and it looks cooler than a simple tiara, also when she wears the veil her body turns into a black expressionless and cold void similar to bo but its more of a pretty galaxy in reference to her personality and also it'll conceal the fact she's still live one to the rest of the ever after like how the old death shroud did

I'll make another post about how may feels about this and how the main group fit in this but that's it for now!

(Also sorry if it looks a little wonky compared to my last drawing, I think I used the wrong brush size)

Fuck it I'm going to start posting Tumblr fanfic bits for may bird like ye olden days watch out!

#:D

#i love ur art!!!#may bird is so cute and bo cleevil is so fucking creepy!!!#may bird #bo cleevil

Small may bird art meme thingy(and bo surprisingly)

He's just pissy from getting his ass kicked by a gothy middle schooler with autism

@may-birdy

#i have thought more about a potential movie since wildwood is getting one!!#im so excited for it!!#my opinion about what animation style for may bird is literally mixed #it would be be cool if all the people were claymated #but then the lady of the woods was 2d #while everything with bo cleevil was cgi #i feel like different animation styles would make the movie really pop

Small may bird rant: movie adaptation

Okay so before I go on acknowledge that I'm mention nothing burgers of pet peeves and I don't really have a problem with previous opinions before now but it's just my two cents just ignore me lol.

Okay so I'm pretty sure we're all are in consensus about the series being animated over live action(including me), and I've noticed that the majority of whatever is left of the Fandom has agreed that the art direction and sometimes soundtrack for the series should be tim Burton styled or laikia like coraline for their darker scarier theme(I remember this one thread a long time ago talking about it but I can't remember who the bloggers were TwT)

And here's the nothing burger, as much as I love both styles I kinda notice alot of people fail to consider that the trilogy is essentially a Appalachian southern gothic that's more whimsical and mysterious instead of straight up skeletons and black and white colors like nightmare before Christmas.

Also I do love stop motion animation and I'm exited to see wildwood coming up but I feel a completely 2D animated style like cartoon saloon would fit the series better because of the book's strong association with nature and I feel making a movie similar to coraline is a little restricting.

Now I'm not opposed to a mix media animation style to show the differences between the ever after and earth but that's just me.

Please don't stone me-

talefoundryshow

NEW VIDEO - If Death Were a Place

This summer, we're going to... oh.

#may bird trilogy #thank you for talking about may bird!!#vid

pigsflyinginspace

I humbly apologize for my absence. Please accept this offering of May Bird from the May Bird books.

Click for better quality

#may bird #arts #great job!!!

Ayo I just found some fresh maybird content on deviant art by Caffinated-Pinecone!

This was originally posted March 13 2024

I'm literally frothing from the mouth it looks so good!and I couldn't agree more with the original disc pumpkin is just radiating theater kid vibes.im so glad there's still maybird fans even till this year.

@may-birdy

#may bird #somber kitty #pumpkin #arts

Wow this is amazing!! Thank you for finding it!!!

book--brackets

CW Preliminary Round: Poll 26

The Village from Fairy Oak Trilogia by Elisabetta Gnone

The World of Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke

The Edge from The Edge Chronicles by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

The Ever After from May Bird by Jodi Lynn Anderson

Fairyland from The Moorchild by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

The World of The Mapmaker’s Trilogy by S. E. Grove

see results

Voting ended onMay 1, 2024

GUYS!GUYS!there's another one going on!@may-birdy

Vote May Bird please, go my followers!!!

#daytime reblog!!! go!!

book--brackets

CW Preliminary Round: Poll 26

The Village from Fairy Oak Trilogia by Elisabetta Gnone

The World of Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke

The Edge from The Edge Chronicles by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

The Ever After from May Bird by Jodi Lynn Anderson

Fairyland from The Moorchild by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

The World of The Mapmaker’s Trilogy by S. E. Grove

see results

Voting ended onMay 1, 2024

GUYS!GUYS!there's another one going on!@may-birdy

Vote May Bird please, go my followers!!!

#polls

coquettecowboy

May bird sketches! I loved this series as a kid I bought the first one for $8 at a school book fair when I was 8. I started rereading it so I’ll probably post more sketches at some point. @may-birdy you might be interested in this post, I love to see the fandom kept alive !

#arts #may bird #somber kitty #pumpkin #tlonf #bogey man

Thank you for tagging me these are so cool!!, I absolutely love how you draw Pumpkin and Somber Kitty, they are so....scrunkly!!

Ok here's a little maybird poll since we all keep missing the more active VS.every other fandom polls and for funnsies

who's the best character in all the may bird series?(well at least second to may since it's her book after all,I'll still put her as a poll option just because tho.this is mostly the characters with more dialog and appearances btw.also the morals of characters don't really apply in this poll,if you liked their personality or how you imagined their design then its a valid answer despite them being depicted as slightly evil)

may bird

Ellen bird

somber kitty

pumpkin

Beatrice

Fabbio

lucius

Bertha

lady of north farm

the bogey

bo clevil

John the jibber

Voting ended onApr 29, 2024

I'll put a part two of this poll since there's a few other characters I think I should add

Also @may-birdy,do you think you could post this poll on your blog to reach more of the may bird fans please?also this is the first time directly addressing you so sorry for the short notice but hello!