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Dude, I was rereading the third book of “The Moth and The Bear” (by @keydekyie @themothandthebear) and came across the cutest scene and I HAD to draw it:

“Ruyak glanced up and noticed them standing there, but it was obvious from the uncertain look in his eye that he didn't recognize Kaelin at the distance. Of course he wouldn't; she was downwind, wearing borrowed clothes and missing her trademark red headscarf. She would need to help him.

Kaelin waved one hand and called out, "Hullo, beasty!"

“Ruyak's ears flicked up, and his face broke into an ecstatic grin so bright it put the sun to shame.

“Lera squeaked and dove out of the way

“a second before Ruyak came barreling towards them. Kaelin staggered back a step, and the gigantic creature skidded to a stop on his belly, arms on either side of Kaelin and face directly above” (108).

He missed her so much 😭

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I didn’t see if her hair being up or down was specified, so I made an alt version of the second picture lol:

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(P.s. @keydekyie, you still never answered my questions at the end of memes part 3.2 🥲😔. I need to know where Kaelin’s toes went lol 😭😭 Where did they go??!)

Want more? I got TMATB memes for all three books here! (Part 1) (Part 2.1) (Part 2.2) (Part 3.1) (Part 3.2)

Find “The Moth and The Bear” book series here!

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keydekyie:

I'm going to explain Wells' Constructs for you, because they're a delightful cyber fridge horror and I love them, but tbh the books are great and you should just read them. Constructs are a blend of what you could consider a traditional "robot," with processors and inorganic internal parts (a "metal framework" for example, though the books never go into specifics) and cloned "vat-grown" human tissue. How this is achieved is never described in the text because our POV character (Murderbot) doesn't really care that much and never bothers. It is never specified how much of a human brain a construct has, it's only described as having some neural tissue somewhere in there. It also has organic human skin that can sweat and grow hair, some muscle, and a sense of smell. It has to breathe and has some kind of lung apparatus, but it's "different from a human lung" (again: how? we don't know) and doesn't need as much oxygen as a human. It also doesn't consume fluid or food or excrete waste. It has veins with blood (presumably to supply O2 and nutrients to its organic tissue) as well as some kind of other undefined "fluid." All this to say: it's not a human, but it has human tissue grown onto its body somehow. It's a robot with meat grown onto it. Is it a person? The books are LITERALLY about that question.

[Additionally, to help explain, here's a passage from Artificial Condition] When constructs were first developed, they were originally supposed to have a pre-sentient level of intelligence, like the dumber variety of bot. But you can’t put something as dumb as a hauler bot in charge of security for anything without spending even more money for expensive company-employed human supervisors. So they made us smarter. The anxiety and depression were side effects. In the deployment center, when I was standing there while Dr. Mensah explained why she didn’t want to rent me as part of the bond guarantee agreement, she had called the increase in intelligence a “hellish compromise.”

Interesting, thanks for this detail. So if it's just "neural tissue", we don't actually know to what extent it's a complete brain with the same connections a human's would have, and it sounds like the brain might be partially machine and partially human? I can believe the humans in this universe don't even have any idea how much they are or are not people

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I put more into this than I really intended to, but it was really great practice, so I'm totally cool with that!

@blueskimmer @smolcomfycat @keydekyie @nonbinary-octopus (and some cool folks from discord)

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The Moth and The Bear as memes (book 1) for @keydekyie

@themothandthebear please enjoy the various memes I thought of while reading this series! 🤭😘🐻

Book 2 (part 1) memes here / Book 2 (part 2) memes here / Book 3 (part 1) memes here / Book 3 (part 2) memes here

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Me @ myself:

The Medved’ Beis father after Kaelin shows them her metal work (You’re hired):

Giant cave rats:

Ruyak talking to Sliuk about the ethics of killing Kaelin (in chapter 14):

Me finding out “Maedved’ Beis” is essentially a slur:

Ruyak is Sully, Mike is his family:

I still have no idea lol

“You’re right, you’re right about everything. You always are.”

“Are you calling me fat?” -Ruyak:

Ruyak when Kaelin says she doesn’t hibernate:

🐻 What else are you supposed to do all winter?? 🐻

This series is my Alaskan Bull Worm (said with love) (I’m not even half way done!) (Memes for book 2 will come… eventually… when I can find the time lol)

Book 2 (part 1) memes here / Book 2 (par 2) memes here / Book 3 (part 1) memes here / Book 3 (part 2) memes here

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keydekyie:

A clone is literally just a DNA duplicate. Like Dolly the sheep is a clone, but she didn't get any sheepy memories from the doner sheep.

bizarrelovetriangleneworder:

If a duplicate grown from DNA isn't a clone then what is it

Sure, maybe from a biology perspective, that's a clone. But from the perspective that this is a brain, and not an organism, it's not a complete replica of that brain, it's a totally new one. Just like Dolly the cloned sheep, it has to grow up from a baby into an adult and have its own life experiences as a baby and a child, and I don't really get the idea from the Murderbot stuff that's come across my dash that Murderbot had that experience. Like, this wouldn't be some kind of android at this point, it would be a regular human being that just grew up with a metal body instead of a flesh one

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The thoughts, memes, and reactions I had while reading book 2 of “The Moth and The Bear” for @keydekyie.

(this is Part 2 of Book 2)

Here’s book one memes / book two part one memes here / book three part one memes here / book three part twomemes here @themothandthebear

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Ruyak trying to describe to his Aunt how he ended up at her cave with a human:

The double standard. Ruyak’s sister can show mercy on a human but he can’t? Sexism. ☹️

Tion lowkey calling Kaelin ugly 💀 "Cute? Debatable."

My brain when Ruyak started eating grass:

Cooking aprons I’m gonna get for Ruyak:

Kaelin eats like her food is about to be taken away lol

Vadik asking if she named him “Ruyak” gives the same vibes as when Ruyak's family thought he named Kaelin.

Ruyak being a polite babie boi 🥺 (not)

Them trying to explain the point of clothes to the bare-naked bear monster took me out. 😂😂🐻

Ruyak having to walk at the same pace as two humans:

Vadik is rich. Okay material girl.💅

Kaelin ranting about Ruyak and his mood swings

The Professor:

“He’s near sighted”... (My entire image of him just shifted and I love it. That literally never occurred to me.) He can’t read her tiny face without getting all up close and personal. Her ears aren't expressive enough for him. Asdfghjkl

"If Ruyak’s past self stood before him, he’d push the bastard down the mountain side." 💀

Kaelin was word vomiting/trauma dumping all over the professor. She was holding NOTHING back. What if this info is used against Ruyak?? Or his family. He’s gonna be pissed.

Sad Ruyak sitting alone in the woods lol

"Throw a drink at Peter for me." lol🫡 pls do.

When we found out her dad definitely survived the Adinen ceremony and then realize he’s alive and has been gone for seven years…

Me on my way to meet Kaelin’s dad:

(That is entirely assuming he had a choice in the matter, if he didn’t then disregard my last meme. But if he did have a choice… I just wanna talk😃) Four words: 👏PAY👏YOUR👏CHILD👏SUPPORT👏

Them being spotted on the road like bigfoot lol

He is so real for that.

He likes being able to see her (that’s why he likes her in the pocket) 😭😭😭

He called her the same pet name the other Kanai couple called each other: "Aega" (what does it mean?)

"Six foot legs." Kaelin doing the mental math to see if her Bear (vehicle) can make it across the river.

Ruyak vs bugs (The bugs are probably winning.)

Ruyak taking any opportunity to sniff Kaelin without her noticing. Once again, real. “This is Kaelin. Kaelin loves her personal space. This is Ruyak. Ruyak also loves Kealin’s personal space”:

When your love language is agressive affection or cute aggression:

Nooooooo not the cliff hanger?!!!? Is Kaelin gonna be okay??

I literally can’t handle the stress that comes from cliffhangers that I jumped straight to the third book (thank goodness I had it) to read the first chapter. 😅 Then I went back and finished the epilogue for book 2. (I’m doing this all out of order. Lol)

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And that's the end of book 2!

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The Moth and The Bear book 3 as memes part 2

@themothandthebear @keydekyie

Book 1 here / Book 2 (part 1) here / Book 2 (part 2) here / Book 3 (part 1) here

I’m trying something new/different with this book, I wrote down my live reactions/thoughts. Not all of them will be funny, more like a jumbled mess of words I quickly typed out as I devoured this book. LMK what you think.

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Chapter 16

Kaelin looking for her whetstone and Ruyak telling her where he last saw it was giving old married couples asking where they left their keys. 🤭it’s the little things!

To the barkeep who outted Kaelin as a woman traveling alone to those creeps… 👊THANKS👊FOR👊NOTHING👊

Chapter 17

Ruyak just punted that little thief (for threatening his wife) across the forest.

Ruyak vs robbers

“You don’t growl at prey.” Me thinking about how he’s been growling at her SINCE BOOK ONE. So on some level he never saw her as prey.

Kaelin when discussing Ruyak:

“How could some stupid, irrelevant human dare threaten his Kaelin?” 😳😏

Ruyak vs muggers

Chapter 18

She had scary attack/guard boyfriend privileges now 🐻🙂‍↕️😏

Forehead taps and “What am I going to do with you?” Chef’s kiss (274)🥺🥺

Chapter 19

🐻“You could stay with me.”👩🏻 “You don’t want that. I’d be a hassle.” 🐻“I do want that. Maybe I shouldn’t, but I do.” Thank you. This had added years to my life span, thank you. (This scene was giving this audio:)

Chapter 20

Kaelin’s confused with Ruyak’s mixed signals. What is she to him?…

This barmaid is reading her like an open book. Lol ——— OH! OMG! OMG! KAELIN JUST ADMITTED SHE WANTS TO KISS HIM!!!

“If Kaelin was being honest with herself, she would have to admit she already loved him, and had for a while.” Girl! Say it louder for the people in the back!

This barmaid knows too much!? She’s onto us! Abort mission! Leave Kaelin! ——— The barmaid asking how they would have sex is insane behavior. Certified freak. 🤪

Chapter 21

“He couldn’t read scribbles.” 💀 (Referring to the map.) Oh, this is coming from the bear-monster who can read trees?? 🌲 🌳

“Do you see anywhere high we could go nearby?” Ruyak:

Ruyak’s like: You dragged me half way across the country on a HUNCH?!😠🧸

Did they accidently set the forest on fire?? Did they just leave all their stuff to burn in the fire??

Chapter 22

No! Please DON’T fight! Kaelin just admit your in the wrong— No! Don’t double down! No, Ruyak stop lashing out— shoot now he’s scaring her— No, baby don’t do anything you’ll regret— shoot he did something he’s gonna regret. And of course he runs away from his problems… Nooooo Kaelin feels like burden ☹️ like she’s only good when she’s useful... Ah, he returns... Awww now kiss and make up. (I went through all five stages of grief in this chapter. It took years off my life😭😭😭.)

Chapter 23 & Chapter 24

He literally cannot stop👃sniffing👃her. At this point it might be an addiction. Lol

He was showing off for her awwwww 🥺

Oop baby bear busted her lip. "It could have been worse." 😬😬😬

Chapter 25

Ruyak saying I’m no good for you for 6 pages straight ☹️ 🙄 (357-363)

Kaelin be like: 😔Hate the sin. Love the sinner.😏

"I’m so happy I didn’t kill you." "Me too." (Me three🙋‍♀️)

“Me being miserable made it easier to relate to you. To see myself in you.” 363 Trauma bonding. 💀

Baby Bear is crying nooooooooooo 😭😭

Ruyak’s parents are/were abusive. Is that literally surprising to anyone (other than Ruyak)? It’s on sight 🤛💨💨 (after I get Kaelin’s dad of course 🙄 👏Pay👏your👏child👏support👏!!!)

Was Ruyak gonna kiss her?? Was that the worst thing he could have done?? I’d say it’s better!

Chapter 26

Kaelin trying to give Ruyak open invitations to kiss her is cracking me up.

They are already making plans for next year 🥹

“Then he kissed her.” 381 FINALLY!!!!

(200+420+381=) 1,001 pages in. 🎆🎇We made it! We did it!🎇🎆

And everyone clapped. 😌👏👏👏

Chapter 27

Ruyak is like: "Shut up instincts, My Kaelin is trying to sleep." 🙄😒

They’re kissing. (Really in front of my salad?🥗 jk) ——— Omg stop flirting 🤭🤭🤭 almost knocking her out of the tree from a kiss 😘 do it again. 👁️👄👁️

Oop new opponent found. Run Ruyak run! ---- KAELIN YOU DUMBY!😱😨Don’t shoot an arrow at and angry gia— oh. Okay, it worked lol. 🤗Good job sweetie.🤗

Ruyak asking if she’s has worse scars than the one on her leg and she says nothing… I’m like, yes you do have a worse scar—YOU’RE. MISSING. YOUR. TOES. Where did they go Kaelin?? Where are they now??? (Ik she meant emotionally, but this is really gonna bother me. I need to know how many, which ones, which foot, who, why, when and where did this happen?? She shouldn’t be walking properly if she’s miss her toes! (Depending on which ones are gone.) It’s literally no wonder she can’t run fast!!!) (thank you for coming to my ted talk😤)

“But it just made me feel like a monster.” 393 🥺 awwwww baby nooooo 😭

“I much prefer this.” “Me too.” I’m getting cavities from them they are so sweet.

Chapter 28

The fall gluttony rears it’s ugly head… he almost pounced on Kaelin (the professor was right.😥) But it's okay Ruyak, we all get hangry and a little crazy sometimes🤪

He wants to keep her safe from HIM. Noooooooo he’s leaving ☹️

“You’re making this really hard…” Good. 😤 It's hard for me too.

'Aega' again. What does it mean?? 😭

408 The bit about “her Ruyak” being her home. I’m gonna throw up.

She forgot to kiss him goodbye ☹️😫

Chapter 29

Okay androgynous queen 👏👏

They didn’t kill his sister! (Probably) yay!

I love how she just admits to being a bear demon witch lol. She’s just resigned to that title at this point. 😮‍💨🙄🥸

Breaking the bear demon curse with the bear demon witch. 🧠Big brain barkeep over here.🧠

“Is your... Friend around somewhere?” 🤨Gossip spreads fast here.

Chapter 30

The soldier is a bear demon hunter! Warn your boyfriend!!!! 🏃‍♀️💨💨

Chapter 31

Y’all… I’m literally crying… 431 has me in tears “Ruyak’s agonized roar split the air.” Please stop hurting my baby…😭😭😭 (I have never shed tears from a book before, that shows how upset I am.)

😲Kaelin just took out somebody’s knee with a mallet. (Harley Quinn moment.)

Vadik you RAT B*STARD!!??!??!??? What are you doing?!😠

Ruyak stop talking like you want to dieeeee😫😫😫 (Ruyak be like:)

Attack girlfriend unlocked.🔓

Oop. They touched his Kaelin... They messed up. ☠️

Me when Ruyak starts to stand up to fight for Kaelin:

AaaaaAaaaaaAaaaaAaaaa he fell noooooo

Chapter 32

Thanks for nothing Professor 😒😠

No one died because Ruyak probably refused to fight back 😭😭😭

It took six men to hold my girl back💪 👏

Vadik might spare him (yay)

Vadik you dirty-rotten-rat b*stard!? You lied to my baby boy🐻 about the thing he loved most, Kaelin has every right to bash his skull in if Ruyak dies. I'll be next in line😤.

Okay Vadik… You're letting them go, but I’ve still got my eye on you🤨 (I still don’t trust him😤)

Chapter 33

Kaelin definitely has the ✨audacity✨

He lives! And was ready to throw down! (Once he regains consciousness/feeling in his limbs lol.)

Awwww they are giving eachother their hearts!!!! 🥰🥳

Kaelin finally said that she loves him out loud!!!🤩🤩🤩Can you say it a little louder for the people in the back?!

I love how this story starts and end with villagers who don’t know them, helping them. It’s sweet. 🥰

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🎶We did it! Lo hicimos! We did it!🎵 That’s about 1,091 pages! We finished The Moth and the Bear series! (For now lol)

Couple of things:

WTF happened to Kaelin’s foot?? I need to know where her toes went.

I NEED a translation of a couple of scenes where the Kanai speak other languages pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls (especially ch 11 🙏) pls pls!

Did Kaelin’s dad have a choice in leaving/not contacting his ONLY daughter?? Or should I keep yelling for this guy to 👏PAY👏HIS👏CHILD👏SUPPORT!!?👏

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All jokes aside, thanks for coming on this ride with me! And thank you Grace O’Hare for writing this amazing story! I’m looking forward to the next book (and the next set of memes😉😌)!

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Book three of “The Moth and The Bear: The Summer Road” as memes (part 1)

@keydekyie @themothandthebear

Here’s book one memes / Book 2 p1 memes here / Book 2 p2 memes here / Book 3 p2 here

I’m trying something new/different with this one, I wrote down my live reactions/thoughts. Not all of them will be funny, more like a jumbled mess of words I quickly typed out as I devoured this book. LMK what you think.

One other side note: if you see “Ruyak vs ___” that’s usually pointing out a foreign concept/job/object/idea to Ruyak, not necessarily him fighting, just understanding or overcoming it.

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Prologue & Chapter 1

Kaelin is missing some toes 🦶 When did that happen??

Things Ruyak doesn’t believe in: more than one kind of bug and dragons.

Chapter 2

Kaelin waving through a the window. She is gonna have to become a mime to communicate with others lol. 🤫

Ruyak vs beats

The return of Ruyak vs bugs (Bugs are winning. They are in his ears).

Aww Ruyak is making sure the people of this town don’t try to sacrifice Kaelin. That’s so sweet 🥹 🤭 Attack BearFriend unlocked.

The “Hey stop flirting with my patient” is wild.

Kids holding up the beats to throw as a threat.

Chapter 3

Ruyak vs children. (The winner? Children.)

Oh no. She’s got PTSD. ☹️

“He loves you.” “We are talking about the same person, right? The mountain of fur with a face on it that’s been guarding my hut like a dragon on a treasure trove for a week?”

This healer ships them (and I do too 🙂‍↕️):

Chapter 4

Character development, Ruyak is letting people call him a “bear demon” to his face.

The Professor returns!

Ruyak vs Secretaries & Professors

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Page 108-109 had me kicking my feet and giggling like crazy! I love them.

Chapter 7

Ruyak casually breaks a tree, “But I worked so hard.” 😖

Wise words from Ruyak on pg 121 (Kaelin didn't know he had it in him lol).

Ruyak vs Kaelin’s tent. The winner? Ruyak! (Yay!)

Chapter 8

Page 138 *kiss the girl plays in the background*

Chapter 9

Hand naps 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️That is how she should sleep from now on🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

He’s ready knife the b*tch who even looks at her funny.

The random list of explanations for Kaelin is so funny to me. (149)

Kaelin let him sniff her ONE time and now he’s never going to stop.

Chapter 10

Ruyak is literally so thoughtful. He gave her flowers for the bugs and asked Leta to get Kaelin a new head scarf. 😭😭😭

He gets bit by a VENOMOUS Drake and is like:

This scene is giving Beauty and the Beast, when Beast saves Bell and she helps treats his wounds.

Chapter 11

When they pull up to the solstice celebration:

Is it bring your pet to the solstice day? Why are there so many?

The switching between the other language bit:

I guess this is how Ruyak feels when Kaelin is talking to other humans. But I NEED an exact translation please! 🥺 I wanna know what Ruyak horrible insult he said to make Lirirak clutch his pearls.

What was that guy trying to trade for Kealin? Ruyak was like: “I’m not going to sell you my f*cking wife.”

“You’re my Kaelin, is what you are.” 187. Excuse me while I go scream into the void.

Chapter 12

The other Kanai talking about their different Adinen ceremonies. Oop. Ruyak be jelly.

The fact that Kanai really have a lot of rules and expect human to already know/understand/follow them is wild to me.

Kaelin getting six silver coins. Okay Material girl💅*Bow and arrow had been aquired.*

Chapter 13

“I hate scaring you.” (204) 🥺🥺🥺

Every time they have played ‘the game’ up to this point, I’ve thought she needs to climb a tree. Now she climbs the tree! 🌲

“He needed to stop wondering what Kaelin’s little form pressed against his lips would feel like.” No. No, you don’t. It should keep you up at night until you act on it. 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

Chapter 14

Ruyak vs. letters (and couriers)

“Why wouldn’t my father at least write? Why didn’t he send me… something.” That’s what I’ve been saying!!!!

👏PAY👏YOUR👏CHILD👏SUPPORT!!!👏 He better have a GOOD reason ISTG 🙄

Chapter 15

“Aega, can you open your eyes?” asdfghjkl

Me after reading that chapter:

They are so precious! Him helping her through her panic attack. 😩

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Sorry this is so long, I had a LOT to say 😅All jokes aside, thanks for reading! Book 3 part 2 is here