#lapblood

[themirepirate]

assorted rats

[gummybearsings]

I was compelled to make a lazy personal character guide + size chart of Twitchtip, Ripred, and Lapblood so below is a very long ramble on how I headcannon their looks because the brain rot is real and I don’t want to think about finals this week.

First things first: the eyes

I swear when Gregor meets Ripred for the first time he described his eyes as “glowing” so I decided to make that literal and give all (if not most) of the under-land creatures glowing eyes. I’ve been thinking about possibly mild color changes to the eyes but different shades of yellow seems good for now.

Now as for the actual characters starting with everyone’s favorite sassy scent seer Twitchtip!

TT: Shes tiny, flat out. There’s no way an 11 year old boy was able to hold onto a huge waterlogged rat and be able to keep his grip long enough for the rest of the questers to pull them out of the water so she’s tiny (Yes I know she was also holding onto him to but still). Would also explain why she can jump so high, tiny body, strong legs (fast runner too). Miiiight possibly make her a tad bigger since Twirltongue is supposed to also be small but eh. I was debating on making her some fun color or just a light shade of gray but decided the gray would be fine for now. I also see her as perpetually tired looking so eye bags for days.

The others are pretty straightforward.

RR: Big boi, even to the other rats. I was messing with his fur color and decided the dark bluish gray was perfect for him. Looks soft and fluffy but has pretty course fur, with a proper bath and grooming it would be much softer. Far more physically expressive then the other rats for drama points. Other then that, not much to say.

LP: I figured she would fall into the average category in terms of looks. Was also thinking of adding cool coat patters but eh it looked too crowded. She’s around the average height for a female gnawer and a few shades darker then Twitchtip. Constantly has a “I’m over this” look to her. Slightly less fluffy then Ripred but much softer.

Oh also different whisker looks for everyone because I find it fun.

[ares-protector]

I have a confession.

For the past 9ish years I thought Lapblood's fur was white. It wasn't until last October or something when someone on here made art with Lapblood and I was like, "Where's Lapblood?" And then realized I'm an idiot for not realizing way sooner how story breaking that is.

[tangents-within-tangents]

Recently reread the Underland Chronicles so I decided to dig through and find the old fanart I did when I first read the series like 11 years ago (wow i’m old) so please enjoy

Featuring my Mark Crilley manga phase, my terrible handwriting lol, ✨copic markers✨, random details I latched on to for some reason, FEELs wtf bro, and me somehow missing the fact that Luxa got a haircut in book one, and spoilers (fr go read these books if you haven't they are so good)

Luxa and Henry (and questionable armor choices??)

The weave texture was meant to show that their clothes are made of spider silk (Idk what the random thigh pouch is supposed to be tho)

Hamnet and Hazard (and long arms so they can hold hands lol)

Queen Luxa

Yeah 13 year old me really latched on to Luxa and tried to make her my personality lolll

And for some reason the fish-shape crystal thing really stood out to me I guess

And the turtle trapdoor, I remembered that bit specifically during my reread bc I pictured this drawing I did of it. (I also vaguely remember writing (like by hand in my notebook) a mini missing scene fanfic about Luxa using the turtle trapdoor when she snuck out to join the quest in PoB XD)

(Don't ask about that size difference lol)

Okay here come the scenes/spoilers (and FEELS)

(and apparently I thought that holding Ares' claw meant his foot instead of his wing)

There you have it lol

I also distinctly remember making like a montage of Lapblood moments (the dart frog jumping near her face, strangled in the vines, sinking in quicksand (all near death experiences apparently, rip she had it rough), and Gregor brushing her fur) bc those were the moments I remembered and kept picturing during my reread. But unfortunately I could not for the LIFE of me find it!

Anyway, looking at your old art is cringeyyyy but it's still kinda fun too. This really is not how I picture the characters or clothing and stuff anymore, I might do some redraws if I ever find the time/motivation (lol as if) 

[ashesoriley]

If Gregor had stayed/ came back to the underland he would have bonded with Lapblood, you know it's true

[yesthefandomfreakblr]

Thoughts on lapblood?

underestimated and unsung queen. On the third book she was starving. Two of her children she left dying and knew they were gone. Her SMALL CHILDREN. Dead. And left the other two for her supposed sister (headcanon) to watch. She chose to leave them in service of them and her country. To find a cure and hopefully be able to hunt for them again. and her HUSBAND. Died on that quest. Right in front of her. She didn’t want to go on. She tried to end her life twice/save him. And kept fighting for those two children she had at home. She now had no one on this quest. No one she knew or felt safe with. No one to lean on. Ripred was actively abusive emotionally. And yet. In the last book, less than a year later, we see her having amassed THOUSANDS to the cause of killing the bane and her children growing well beside her. She deserves the world. She was also a kind soul. she also spoke up on behalf of Ripred to convince the other rat’s to stand with him. She’d become incredibly politically active and important after returning from the jungle.

[captainwoolysheep]

When does coloring get easier? I’m tired of practice. (These are from TUC Week).

[oneunexpected]

Day Two: Sacrifice

When I was drawing a blank on what to do for this prompt earlier today, I was thinking about how Suzanne Collins relies a lot on sacrifice of life to get her point across, and I thought “maybe that’s excessive,” but then I realized she sacrifices a lot more than life. Characters in TUC sacrifice their limbs, their ways of life, their happiness, etc. just as much as they sacrifice their lives. Well, after that revelation, I ignored it all and wrote a drabble about sacrificing life. (Hopefully there’s a little bit of that other sacrifice in there if you look closely, too.)

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Flyfur and Sixclaw are asleep when Lapblood gets home. She nuzzles each one of their fuzzy little bodies and then whispers to Makemince, “The others?”

Makemince shakes her head and it’s all Lapblood can do to nod. She’d done her best to make peace with it; it still aches.

She lies next to her pups, who already look so much like their father. When they wake, she will tell them the worst news she’s ever had to tell. But she’ll also tell them that the reason he left in the first place was because he loved them more than anything.