#crumbeard

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Wow I would've worked harder on the background if I knew this wasn't going to get rejected lol, but i got an anti-NFT comic in the Times!

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Next up in my customization journal, my Neopets who are most closely tied to things I've written: Crumbeard, Jubjudge, and KeithMarsh!

Crumbeard is an outlier here because he is primarily featured in my Neopian Times comics, Crumbeard's Ship Log. I think the idea here mostly just came from Yurble ears looking like cinnamon rolls, and their ruff sort of looking like a beard, then anything -beard sounds like a piratey name. That's about as deep as the idea went.

The Jubjudge and Keith Marsh both appeared in the same story about ten years ago, though I only created them as actual Neopets recently. It was a Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney pastiche, and The Jubjudge went no further in personality than being the Ace Attorney Judge, but as a Jubjub.

Keith Marsh was one of the witnesses, written as (what I did not fully understand to be) camp.

In his original portrayals, his femininity was supposed to be part of the joke, but now that I've realized I'm a trans woman I'm trying to portray his gender nonconformity more positively. And also establishing him as dating Jinzo, don't tell TNT! Other than that, his characterization is that he's a restocker who loves listening to M*YNCI and being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Steal Crumbeard's look:

Khaki Trousers

Brass Gear Belt

Krawk Island Pirate Ship Background (No Trade and from a promo code so uh. you've either got it or you don't,,,)

Pirate Yurble Seafaring Hat

Pirate Yurble Captain's Coat

Pirate Yurble Sailing Belt

Pirate Yurble Skull Tattoo

Wellington Boots

Loaf of Bread Bat

Steal The Jubjudge's look:

Magnificent Beard

Altador Cup Colosseum Interior Background

jail time, because stealing is a CRIME

Steal Keith Marsh's look:

Neopian Marketplace Background

Sunflower Sandals

Hardy Blue Trousers

Adorable Chomby Shirt

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This is part three of a story I'm generating randomly! Read from the beginning here!

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For those that missed the context, I'm telling a 50k word story, 1000 word pictures at a time! The starting prompt from the Story Generator is:

"The story is about a courageous barbarian and a healthy cab driver. It takes place in a condominium in an outpost. The story begins with an eavesdropping and ends with someone going to sleep."

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So I figured out what my next theme is. This month is NaNoWriMo, in which writers have to write a 50,000 word novel. Well, if a picture is worth 1000 words, that means I only need to tell a story in 50 pictures, right?

Throughout this month, I'm going to be telling a story solely through customization images, and short prompts generated by Seventh Sanctum. My starting prompt is from the Story Generator, and is:

"The story is about a courageous barbarian and a healthy cab driver. It takes place in a condominium in an outpost. The story begins with an eavesdropping and ends with someone going to sleep."

Every second post (posts will have 2-3 customization images per) will have a twist generated by the Plot Twist Generator, and I'm going to try and choose the first one that even slightly makes sense. Will this lead to a cohesive story? Probably not!

I've already generated my first few twists, so I can introduce my lead actors and their roles:

Marik118 is the Healthy Cab Driver

Captain Crumbeard is the Courageous Barbarian

Square Root is the Evil Wizard

Jinzo879 is the Wizard's Minion