TheKraftCryptid

Welcome to the blog of a moth who was given a pen and ran with it. ,, LuVerifyMe!

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I hope that you are well and as excited as I was to see a SYRE update. How did you go with everything after your unexpected bat adventure? ❤️

Oh dang, well. It's probably been a while since i checked this account so idk how long its been since i got this ask.

If you're talking about the most recent update it's like a glimmer of happiness.

Since I last posted I traveled last minute to another state to be with my best friend while they passed (it was cancer, we knew it was coming, doesn't make it easier). So its been.....chaotic on my end.

Handled their final affairs, divied up their belongings (in accordance with their last wishes) amongst their family and friends.

a weekend trip became a week. went home for a few days, flew back out for the funeral. All happened around mid may to the end of the month. so...

Its been going.

But the new update was fun. slowly getting back into drawing and stuff, made an etsy shop with my sister selling keychains and stickers and commisions...so yeah ;w;

Just trying to make shit to keep myself busy because I cry otherwise. So the new chapter coming out when it did was a much needed break.

I hope you don't lose your people folks. tell them you love them as much as you can. Don't take time for granted. I'm so lucky that one of the last things i ever said and heard back was I Love You.

[minecraft]

psychoanalyzing the gender/identity dichotomy between ice skating and ice hockey and coming to the more objectively correct conclusion that ice hockey is rooted in motherly feminine behavior of protecting the nest and that ice skating is about masculine peacocking of one's own physical prowess in seeking a mate

[kmartradiodj]

Vs

Checks out.

[pr1nceshawn]

Customer Service Wolf.

[ask-cloud-skipper]

That wolf embodies the thoughts of most in customer service

[nerdyogre]

The amount of times I’ve thought “I would love to bite through this person’s throat” while working in retail is probably too high even when my intrusive thoughts kind of suggest that normally.

Retail doesn’t exactly heal people.

[not-poignant]

Comics by Anne Barnetson, the book Customer Service Wolf, is no longer available (though I have a copy woo!) but you can see the full range of comics here!

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Hey guys! Been a hot minute. Some life stuff's been happening but- Happy to announce me and my sister have started an etsy shop to sell trinkets, stickers, commsions, etc...

ANYWAY

Who wants a custom Aniteeny/Skzoo?

https://www.etsy.com/shop/CreepingCraftsCo?ref=dashboard-header&dd_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etsy.com%2Fyour%2Fshops%2Fme%2Fdashboard%2Factivity

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Messy lmk sketch i did while chatting with my best friend about the show. Just welcoming you into the noodle shop!

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A post training midday nap :P

MK deserves hugs and sunlight naps with his mentor.

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A beach day in Malaysia.

A gift for my big sisters birthday, her favorite characters dream vacation!

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So.

I got covid for like a week.

And then as soon as I got better, I got slapped in the face by a bat while walking our dogs for the last time that night.

I spent six hours in the hospital getting a tetanus shot and rabies shots after my sister just had to play the ferngully batty rap on our way up to the hospital.

Little bastard had the audacity to scream at me, as if he didn’t run into me and ruin my night!?

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I’ve been rereading SYRE like once a week and stumbling across your art was like finding treasure in a desert 😭 What are your favorite chapters/scenes? My favorite scenes that I can’t help but go back to are the snake and the tree and Thatch and Izou talking while Shellie is just bundled in blankets (and the newest chapter because WB PIRATE FOCUSED and the writing and characterization of each of them is just 👌😤)

*we are family, Kiki Palmer blasts in the background*

I’m not joking when I say the first thing I did after reading this story was look up fanart for it, find nothing, and no one talking about it and said:

On god, this fic is watering my crops, feeding my family, clearing my skin, paying my debt, snatching my waistline, and has turned me into an ascended being of pure light. I thank whatever higher power (Dianxia from heaven officials blessing) has ordained that you find that fic, but then my art. I’m glad you like it and I love gushing about how amazing it is, especially how well our host HippieMindy52 writes with such a strong tone and specific characterization that changes depending on who we are following, you get to see each characters thought process, the way they process situations and new information and how they choose to act on it. It’s got me in a death grip tbh.

On god, there is more to come, I’m actually working on a birthday piece for one of my big sisters and her fav Jiujitsu Kaisen character going on that vacation he talked about. Also a piece from my other big sisters star wars fic (her name is deadstarsrising and if you like star wars her work is amazing, we parasite to each other and egg each others ideas on, #codependency)

Anyways, I’m actually planning to do a little mini comic based around the tree scene. (And now burrito Shellie but you didn’t hear that from me)

So far, one of the best scenes for me is actually our #bestdadcaptainhook Cherry when Fossa and Haruta scared the hell outa her, also when she met him and complimented his name when trying to find the kitchen. God those scenes were so good and packed with show don’t tell subtext, which is some of my favorite writing forms ever.

I cannot wait to talk to pirate daddy. On god I just got to him in the anime, I’m on ep 321 I think.

Sorry to ramble about this though, I just love fic writers and wanna give them as much appreciation as possible, bc while we artists get away with so much more on so many fronts. Just, show Mindy some love on god, she deserves it so much and I wish more people were reading it and making art.

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Shanks relaxing after a long day of (fondly) bullying a small child, much to Beckmanns confusion. (He left for like 10 minutes)

Just a sketch that’s sat in my wip folder for too long. This is as done as it’s goin to get.

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Bless you for feeding my love of Surprise, You Ruined Everything. When your art popped up on my feed I nearly screamed and then raced for the follow button. 😅🥰

Awwwww that’s so sweet! Thank you very much and I’m glad you liked my art! I keep rereading the doc waiting for new because of how well written SYRE (Suprise you ruined everything) is.

I feel like Shellie has such distinct characterization that sets her apart from other yn stand ins. She gives them a run for their money and doesn’t run crying to the boys the second something goes wrong, and she’s self sufficient in a realistic way, in the way that so many women of the millennial/zoomers tend to be. She’s learning on the fly and adapting with enough basic knowledge and sheer audacity to keep going. I think that’s what I love about this so much.

Also, I only got into one piece in the past like year or so, but I know enough about the bigger events to make a guess at characters. I’m finishing up enies lobby at the moment. (Watching episode 294 as I write this).

So I’m still learning to draw everyone.

I’ve got more artwork planned for this fix, both sketched comics and rendered pieces as I highlight my favorite moments from the story. If you’ve got a favorite moment, go ahead and send it to me and I’ll see what I can do :)

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You’d done worse. Without giving Marco a chance to speak again, you threw the door open. Blue eyes met yours— a lazy smirk curling his cheek with the hint of victory before his eyes dipped down and he froze. You kept quiet just long enough for his smirk to slip off his face. In any other situation, you might have preened at the way his mouth dropped open, but now wasn’t the time for an ego boost.

“What do you fucking want?” You propped your hip against the door frame, “I’m busy.”

Marco blinked very slowly, “You’re—"

(Surprise, You Ruined Everything. Chapter 7 By HippyMindy52)

Hmm back at it again, please ignore the crappy background I don’t typically do those. On god loved Marco getting stunned by the audacity of Shellie.

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“Those warm arms tightened incrementally around you. It was too hot, like he was trying to burn all the tears out of your body. You wanted to push him off- wanted to make him let go, but the heat was the first thing you could really feel.

The first thing that didn’t seem wrong.

“I’ve got you,” Ace’s promise was quiet, “It’ll be okay.””

-Suprise, You Ruined Everything. By HippyMindy52 (Chapter 21.)

Aaaash alright, second art piece for this fic, I’ve been thinking about this scene since the chapter 21 dropped and couldn’t help myself. Ace was so soft and that was so sweet and cute! Can’t wait for the trauma of next chapter and having to talk to pirate daddy.

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“Haruta could feel the rest of his brothers tense, feel the way the words sank into the air with a sense of forewarning. It brought him back to the stories his grandmother used to tell him. About gods and prophecies-

Draped in the light of the rising sun, Shellie fit right in.”

(Suprise, You Ruined Everything. By HippyMindy52)

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Ooooooh my god, so this past year I got into one piece! (Finally, you know, given it started coming out when I was a kid..).

anywho, I starting shopping around for one piece fanfics and stumbled across this amazing fic. It’s a reader isekai with a refreshing take on a yn. I’ve throughly enjoyed every chapter that comes out and got the idea for this based on the ending of chapter 20.

Give it a read if you love one piece yn fics. Definately one of the best in my opinion.

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Temple Tea Time

A younger Kes and Kaasha enjoying and pondering a new drink.

This piece actually started as a sketch I did of kes in my sketchbook, before transitioning here where Kaasha just kinda inserted herself! These two are @deadstarsrisingsblog's and I's OC's. Jedi sisters Kes and Kaasha, (they are full-blood related).

If anyone has any questions about them feel free to ask either of us, or if there are any characters you would like to see done in my art style or would like to commission me, feel free to send me a message!

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapter 1 of ?

Summary:

"I will not hinder Cal's training in my fear for him, Commander." He admonishes, low and firm, and let's his eyes slip shut as a burst of laughter echoes through the hangar, drawing all eyes back to Ion Squad and the cadet firmly in their midst. The overhead lights bleach the color from his hair, gleaming white and gold, and Archon swallows painfully. "I will not let darkness rule his path."

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"The next time Archon sees the child is just after late meal as the pair emerge from the General’s quarters. His hair is shorn close to his scalp save for a short, simple braid dangling behind his ear. There’s a bead capping the end, round and glimmering beneath the overhead lights, and he looks especially small next to his Master’s bulk.

The General’s hand is massive as it slides up Kestis’ shoulder to tug on his braid, eyes softer than Archon has ever seen, and when he settles his hand on his head the boy pushes up into it, little hands reaching up to catch his Master’s wrist. Even with both his hands, his fingers don’t quite touch, and Archon doesn’t even remember being that small. Can’t imagine taking any of his own vod’ike into a fight half-trained, even if they could backflip off of holotanks or whatever the kark they actually teach Jedi cadets, and something sour and furious wells up in his chest.

Archon eyes the boy and his General, Tapal’s hand cupping the kid’s face, and slips away before either of them think to look for him.

-Fanart for an excerpt from Yet We Went On Living by the lovely and talented @deadstarsrisingsblog

Sorry this one took so long! ^^;

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A TOUCHING REUNION - Stray - Episode 5