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Oswald Thorn lying in his bunk coffin at 4am like this:
Because Joko won't shut up asking things like "Do Tengu have feelings?" And Maddie keeps yelling at Joko to go to sleep.
Hard to sleep with the wife when she's busy arguing with your nemesis in the bunk below you.
Maddie in 2021
Sooo, its been a little while since I last said something and I feel like those who follow this blog who aren’t in my close social sphere deserve to know how I’m doing, not to worry anyone out there, who is, I dunno, worrying I’ve gone silent? Anyway. 2020 was... something, the last half of 2020 wasn’t easy on me, nor was it easy on those close to me. And it put my creative flows to a halt. I did mention in my last update I wanted to begin drawing more, and I had a big piece for halloween, which, never came to fruition. This doesn’t mean I’ve abandoned these art pieces and plans for Maddie. I just haven’t been in the mental space for it in the past 6 months. The WIP’s are on my pc. I just haven’t had the creative drive to continue working on them. I doodle random things a lot, but I feel like I haven’t worked on something more than what I consider a doodle. Something I put hours into, and feel worthy of calling proper art. I’ve spent the majority of my time sitting watching youtube videos, or pouring my time into videogames instead of creating art, which I feel like I should have done. I still log into GW2 more than once a week to do things, especially during events, so I’m still around. I need to work on masteries at some point. 2020 had some big blows for me, including something that caused me to vanish into my shell for quite a bit. And I only just started coming back out of it. My social energy only going to my closest friends and not really extending my energy beyond that. I’ve been a hermit, yes. But it wasn’t a bad thing. Being there for my friends in such a shit year strengthened the bonds I had with them, so that was one of the only good things that came out of 2020.
Christmas wasn’t great, but I had a lot of fun with Wintersday and with friends online. Which I’ve captured with some great memories. But moving into 2021 I have some more positive things to share. Despite restrictions here tightening, I wasn’t able to go out and get christmas gifts with the money my family gave me instead of gifts since I couldn’t see them in person because of Covid. With the advice of a new good friend of mine, I spent the accumulated cash on a Huion Kamvas 13, and its brought back my motivation to draw! I actually wanna work on WIP’s now because this new tablet is satisfying to use. So I’m hoping to actually get back into the swing of things again. I’ve gotten back onto an exercise routine to try and shift the weight I gained in 2020. And work on art again. I’m a little clueless on what to draw next, but I’m gonna go back and work on WIPs I’ve left gathering dust for months now. It feels good.
TLDR: 2020 was bad, it pushed me into hermit mode when it comes to being social, and art. But with a new tablet and plans, I hope to be back to making art on a regular basis.
I can't remember if I ever posted the lore about Maddie's arms on here and how she was tricked by an Inquest member into some experiment and that's how she has the corrupted firey arms. It was by primordus magic.
I did mention a while back that her arms tingle whenever she's near or around a destroyer and it makes her uncomfortable. The trauma that came with her arm corruption makes her afraid of destroyers as she's scared the corruption would spread further.
Anyway with that trailer just now? Wow. I can't help but wonder if Maddie is picking up on Primordus' activity. But she probably has no idea what's making her arms feel weird.
I can just imagine she's sleeping peacefully and she then suddenly wakes up in a cold sweat because she doesn't understand what's going on with her arms and it fills the pit of her stomach with more fear she's ever known.
Maddie is not my commander but man, there may be tough times ahead for her with how things are going according to the truce trailer.
Update
So you’re probably wondering what’s been going on with me as I’ve been super quiet for quite some time now. I hope I haven’t worried anyone, but I’m healthy and well. A lot has happened over the past few months, I know we’ve been dealing with the pandemic and such, but I’ve had a lot piled on top of that. As some of you may remember, I’m diabetic and I also work as a carer for a family member so I’m in the high risk group and have spent most of my time indoors to prevent myself from getting Covid.
People could argue I’d have a lot more time on my hands to create content, and yes, thats true. But its not always the case. But with a lot going on both IRL and online in my personal and private spaces, combined with being stuck in the same 4 walls for months on end isn’t great for ones mental health. Some days I’m barely holding on, others I’m fine. And there’s no easy way to put it, I’ve lost motivation in creating things. And its been a combination of a lot of things and I feel like I just can’t catch a break. Its not that I don’t draw anymore, its just I make WIP after WIP and lose the motivation to finish them. Will I ever return to them? Of course!
Will I post more about Maddie and her adventures? Yeah! But I need to be in a bit of a better mental state for that.
“Do you still play GW2?” Yeah. About once or twice a week for a few hours. That saying, if you ever catch me online, do say something if you want to!
I’m usually grinding after masteries and would like all the help I could get.
“Will you be around on Halloween this year?”
Duh! Of course I will! I’m already into the Halloween spirit.
“When will you next post art? Have you stopped?”
I can’t really give you an answer on that. Like I said above, the bombardment of things and the state of my psyche has stunted my art for some time now. But I will return to it eventually.
I have so many ideas with Maddie and Oswald that are in my mind and I just haven’t gotten onto paper yet. Like how they feel with the current story. Upcoming Halloween and some past things, including Maddie canonically meeting Aurene for the first time alongside Tehqueela. Hell, I even have a Final Fantasy AU barely anyone knows about and will surface one day once more story-building has been done with it.
I have a lot of plans for Maddie! But I just need some more time to get myself to a state where I can start regularly creating again. I’m sorry if I worried some of you. And I’m glad that you guys still tag me in things and think about me. You can come talk to me whenever you like, you can always ask for my discord via the message system if you want to be able to talk to me more. <3
Stay Spooky! And remember, wherever you go in the Labyrinth... I’ll be watching ;)
Fun facts about yourself: GW2 edition
List 5 facts about yourself as a player and tag people to get to know the fun and surprising stuff they're willing to share 👍 I was tagged by: @fivebrights and @brax-was-here 1. My main is actually an Asura! Her name is Tehqueela and she’ll probably steal your pepsi and bite your shins. 2. The first time I ever entered Lion’s Arch was during Shadow of the Mad King back in 2017 and I was hooked from then. 3. My second oldest character is a norn called King Chungus who I made before the Big Chungus meme was a thing. I made him back in 2017 and the meme surfaced in 2018 according to some sources. 4. Maddie didn’t originally start as Maddie, she was an entirely different character, but I used a style kit and a name change to change her to what she is today instead of deleting another character.
5. I started playing Gw2 back in September 2017 just as Path of Fire dropped and the first mount skins came out.
People I was going to tag have been tagged elsewhere, so if you see this and want to do it, go ahead and use me as your tagger!
I wasn’t around for season 1!!! And now I get to witness what I missed out on!!!
Lunatic Chef: What would you like to eat, your majesty?
Mad King Thorn: The souls of the innocent.
Maddie: A bagel.
Mad King Thorn: (slamming his fists on the arms of his throne) NO!!!
Maddie: Two bagels.
So, I remember a while back talking with some friends over the idea of Maddie being able to hear Jormag, and this was before it was known everyone could hear Jormag and I was pitching situations of her being woken at night at Jormag trying to persuade her to come into the Shiverpeaks as I could see Jormag thinking she could be a decent ally.
Well Maddie did go to the Marches out of curiosity. But wasn't easily convinced. She was more interested in the Boneskinner and all the terrifying rumours she had heard here and there.
I can imagine that hours later she comes back home, dusting the snow off her and going to greet her husband. He barks orders for servants to bring warm blankets and a hot drink, Maddie is in an absolute state from the blizzards.
"So, about that Boneskinner", Maddie probably gestured horns on her head with her hands in a mocking manner.
Os just looks over to her and is all "What about it?"
"Not as scary as I've heard. And I can prove it".
"Oooh, how?"
Then Maddie just turns around to show the Boneskinner's decapitated head chained to her back. "I brought home its head!"
Well, Os is impressed and smitten with his tiny wife.
Someone's gonna get spoiled with a hot bath and doted on all day more than usual.
