#xtho

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my favorite dolls 🫶 (was debating whether to post this or not so this was kinda a late post)

dead dove drawpile by @cupofmysteriousfluid!

[full] ← portal amputation (or just regular amputation since it's not really obvious that they're portals)

[zombified-hoglin]

“X, buddy, pal, do me a solid—”

Etho skidded to a halt behind Xisuma, practically leaping to wedge himself behind the admin like Xisuma was a human (dragon?) shield. Xisuma blinked, halfway through examining a datapack bug on his screen.

“I’m gonna regret asking, but what did you do this time?”

“No time!” Etho whispered urgently. “Just look casual. Look boring. You’re good at that.”

“That’s incredibly rude.”

Before Xisuma could turn fully, he spotted Scar and Skizz rounding the corner, Scar shouting, “ETHO! GIVE BACK MY FROG!” and Skizz brandishing a fishing rod like a grappling hook. Etho ducked further behind him.

“Don’t move,” Etho hissed, breath hot against Xisuma’s ear, “If they don’t see me, I don’t exist. Hermit logic.”

Xisuma sighed. “You always say that before something—”

“XISUMA!” Scar beamed, completely ignoring Etho’s guilty eyes peeking over his shoulder. “Hey, you haven’t seen a suspicious ninja-fox-frog-thief around, have you?”

Xisuma opened his mouth to respond, but Etho acted first.

He grabbed Xisuma by the face, tilted his head a little like he was considering angle of effect instead of, y’know, social cues, and planted a kiss square on his mouth.

Scar made a sound like a duck swallowing a kazoo. Skizz yelped and physically turned around. “OH, OH NOPE. Didn’t see nothin’! Let’s give ‘em some space, Scar!”

Scar blinked. “I—oh. OH. Okay! You two have fun doing—uh, admin things! Or—uh—romance things? Skizz, go faster.”

They ran.

Xisuma stood very, very still.

Etho pulled back, smug and pink in the ears. “See? Works every time. Awkward people right into a tactical retreat.”

Xisuma raised an eyebrow. “...You kissed me to avoid confrontation.”

“And because you’re cute when you’re confused. Double win.” Etho smirked and started walking off like nothing happened. “Thanks for the cover, X!”

Xisuma muttered, mostly to himself, “You owe me three frogs and an explanation.”

From the distance: “Nope!”

[artsy-book]

The Curse Of The Eclipse: The Movie

my @mcyt-valentines drawing for @canadiankakashi!!! :D the pairings i was given were so fun so i had to work all of them in ^-^ and i had to make a sort movie poster with xisuma's music again because the opportunity was too good hehe

anyway more rambling and some closeups under the cut <3

okay first i need to say that this took around 49 hours to finish which honestly is less time than i figured it would take! this drawing felt (and still does honestly) like it would be such a big undertaking and part of me was worried that i wouldn't be able to finish it in time or to my liking. BUT I DID!!! ^-^

the idea i went with for this drawing was a moon big apocalypse movie of sorts :D i did intend initially to draw a big moon but i ended up not laying out the drawing for that. but i did try to allude to it with the graffiti of the big red moon in each of the sections! and fun fact; i didn't plan on doing that, it was just an in the moment thing hehe.

and the order of the sections was intentional! martyn and ren out in the wilderness on top (this was the section i planned on having the moon visible), followed by false gem and cleo in the abandoned city (i had debated including the moon here too but concluded it wouldn't be very readable at the scale so no moon here), and then etho and xisuma in the tunnels of the subway! in my mind its like the journey to "safety" of sorts :)

and the backgrounds!! they were such a trust the process thing lmaoooo I spent a lot of time painting over the same things multiple times to help achieve the atmosphere and look i was hoping for. and i tried having no lineart for the backgrounds so that i wouldn't be as worried about having everything so perfect and i think that played out really well :D i especially love it for the subway part!!

and the graffiti!! i had a LOT of fun playing around with it a lot hehe especially with the subway. i love the lil drippy look i got so it looks a lot more like it was spray painted on! and i feel like i did an alright job at getting the graffiti to look like its actually on the buildings and the trains! and on the right building partially behind the overgrowth i snuck in Emporic Rain (Soulside Eclipse song)! that was more of a last minute easter egg but i thought it was fun and fitting ^-^

and the graffiti down in the subway i found both more tricky but also easier. tricky in that i didn't really have an ideas for creative graffiti, especially that i could do at the scale needed in the space i had. but easier in that i could just slap some colours together at the end and it would look good and make sense why you can't tell what it is. so i did a mix of the slapping colours on the trains and writing some more drippy words! and i snuck another Soulside Eclipse song that i have used in the previous art (Black Hordes Rising) which i was SO HAPPY i was able to fit!!

anyway i think that's it for my rambling hehe ^-^ here are the closeups!!

[camakkuma]

Could I perchance ask for an Xtho if you're still taking requests?

X likes his personal space Etho also likes X's personal space :3

[xisumashiptournement]

Xisuma Ship Tournament

propaganda for your ships is wanted and encouraged :D

this is all for fun. pls don't send hate to this blog or anyone else in regards to these polls

ships on side a and side b will be listed under the cut

side a will be posted on tuesday:

kersuma vs poly hermits: poll here

side b will be posted on fridays:

12 xisuma's polycule vs xweltho: poll here

xbralisuma vs xbsuma vs pixsuma: poll here

[mcytshipsandmore]

As the CEO of Xtho/Ethosuma/ I feel like I should show it to you like we're about to do a deal in a back alley

They don't interact much but it's sweet when they do, two guys known for being around for what seems like ever, many many thoughts about them

- @zombified-hoglin

I also like this one first time hearing about it but yea I can see it working out 😼😼😼

They should interact more

[rendoggystyle]

merry late christmas here's your gift you homos

[full]

[zombified-hoglin]

Xisuma likes acting like the voice of reason but let's be honest here, it's for plausible deniability when a shenanigan goes to far

Etho is both endeared and driven slightly insane by it when he sees some of the shenanigans Xisuma does and how he's probably innocently batting his eyes behind his helmet as he says that no he couldn't have moved everything in Tango's base one block to the left, he was much too busy working on admin stuff to have time to do that

Xisuma may not like his job but it gives him many excuses and alibis that he'll take full advantage of