#bug rambles

[critical-bug]

This Vox redesign on Twitter has me in a chokehold right now.

Having a realistic human face inside the screen in a cartoon would go so fucking hard. Kind of reminds me of the robot-bodies in The Electric State.

He gives off Mandela Cataloge vibes and he could spread analoge horror-esque misinfo and news, scaring the shit out of sinners hell-wide.

[lord-of-snails]

Been super thrilled to find out apparently more people in the fandom want an angrier/more feral Ryland Grace because that's exactly how I'm writing him. Yes, it is an alternate AU with no space travel shenanigans, but there's still anger and grief and anxiety and all of those things make him a more volatile and reactionary man.

Coupled with the fact that he still doesn't swear much, it leaves Simon confused on whether he should try not to laugh or if he should duck when Grace inevitably starts chucking pens and kicknacks around screaming things like "dang" and "heck".

[doodlebug-aboo]

i do want to say a thank you to brennan lee mulligan for understanding that lime scooters (or whatever the same company/type of company is called in your Big City) would NOT be available in a small pnw town. when hj and lavonte mentioned them i was like oh a town like purpee does NOT have lime scooters please don't give them to them and then he DIDN'T! peace and love on planet earth

[moldymaggotz]

okay so we all know bloodymary. but have we considered the Eva x Ava Sending People Into Their Doom yuri??

[graphicguts]

MILD SPOILERS FOR RIPTIDE 124!!

First of all: Gillion has suffered more than Christ in these last couple episodes

Secondly; I’m not saying that ending made me tear up a little bit but it totally did. Massive FnC moment, the found family feels, Aurora taking the Riptide pirate oath??! I love this show

[snugbuginrug]

i don’t usually do this BUT HI. I DREW TIMEBOMB AND ITS MAYBE GOOD ENOUGH TO PUT OUT THERE. HOPE IT GIVES SOMEONE JOY.

[wasoncebeetle]

I’ve got some plots and schemes brewing for a mlp AU and I thought I might try my hand at drawing some changelings!

AU info below:

First off, I thought it would be so cool if instead of being so pony like, they were also the distant cousins of the dragons. The scales of their ancestors have hardened into that chitin exoskeleton, and the pony-like form simply helped them get closer to their food source of choice (along with the canon shapeshifting and stuff!)

These guys live in colonies or hives, each led by a single Queen (far left), populated by her “children”/technical clones/workers (middle), and guarded by a subclass of workers who have more defensive talents (far right). Biodiversity in the species is dependent on the amount and type of love that the hive is able to feed on, which the Queen then uses to form her workers. Plus magic of course. Also, Queens can swap worker form ideas with one another and changelings can freely interbreed with ponies- which leads to more variety in a hive.

Queen changelings are rare, usually hand-picked from the egg by their parent Queen and raised to succeed them. Any egg (or grub) has potential to become a Queen, but they require special care and magical attention to become one. A Queen grub can never be hatched on accident. Queens have more ornate markings, wings, and a “crown” of horns. They’re also, usually, bigger! Chrysalis would be a Queen.

Workers are the smaller, average changelings. They keep the hives running and venture out to search for love. If you find a changeling outside of a hive, it’s probably a worker. Assigned genders aren’t a thing for them, but individuals will sometimes choose how they would like to be identified if they form connections outside. They only have wings if their queen specifically requires them to for their designated jobs. Thorax would be a Worker.

Warrior changelings are stronger and sturdier than most others. They have darker coloration (although possibly with bright markings), and possess a variety of useful tools the usual worker doesn’t. Venomous bites and stingers are common. The one shown is displaying their warning colors: the inner mouth and tongue are eye catching so as to say “stay back!” Pharynx would be a Warrior.

A well fed hive will have shiny, colorful changelings! A starved hive will have more show-accurate dull ones as its Queen will struggle to provide enough love energy for them as they form. The bright colors themselves aren’t worth budgeting that energy for, because they’re mostly meant to appeal to ponies and garner admiration.

In times of peace most ponies will happily admire the bright shells of changelings- but they also tend to look a bit off-putting for some. It’s like an uncanny valley effect. Their front legs don’t bend like pony legs, they speak in clicks, they don’t have proper hooves, their bottom jaws split into two mandible parts. It can be a bit creepy if you don’t expect it. Changelings sometimes adopt a pony form simply to make ponies less uncomfortable.

In times of starvation though… most Queens won’t care about that and will do whatever they can to get love by less agreeable means. I’ll draw some love-starved changelings next :3

[wordy-little-witch]

What if I made Sun be epileptic, huh?

What if all the stuff Moon did to him prior to the Big Changes caused severe damages to his motherboard and processor? What if being drowned, beaten, electrocuted and used as a guinea pig had more severe effects than just psychological trauma that is barely even addressed?

And additionally, what if nobody ever even noticed until some new faces become close to the Celestial Family and are cobbling together pieces to make a picture which they find quite concerning?

Welcome to my newest little fixation - Epileptic Sun AU