But Dangerous Chickens Nonetheless

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." Christian / not the tallest person in the kingdom / kinda unhinged but it's fine / high risk of defenestration. beansauce_draws on Instagram. word blog is @thelittlerandomrooster. see my pinned autobiography for more details

[thelittlebantamrooster]

So, when I first got Tumblr, I just decided to show up without warning or fanfare. Here is my warning and fanfare, very late, but it's a little bit about me.

I am a 21 year old female artist who is short and saved by the blood of Jesus, with a conflicting desire to write, draw, and read successively at the same time. All the time. When I'm in a lull between two of the three, I guiltily hang out on Pinterest until I disgust myself into one of the three. Or I practice piano because I need it to pass my classes 😫 I post SFW only, currently take requests (with the disclaimer that you may not see the finished work until you have grandchildren) and am open to asks. I am a growing artist who is frustrated with digital art, but not frustrated enough to defenestrate it into a moat, so I truly do appreciate respectful, constructive criticism. Occasionally, I post and rant about my OCs because I love them, and want to share them with the whole world, so prepare yourself for doodles and info dumps because I have no care in the world.

So, since this is supposedly a multi-fandom blog, allow me to usher you into my show room of random fandoms *cue off-tune trumpets*

Rangers Apprentice (if you couldn't tell)

Lord of the Rings

Rings of Power (not to be confused with LOTR)

Green Ember

Scarlet Pimpernel

Mysterious Benedict Society

Ascendance series

Artemis Fowl

Ice Age (I told you this was random)

Inheritance Cycle(?)

Epic 2013

Spider-Verse

Wingfeather Saga

The Adventures of Tintin

Narnia

Alex Rider(?)

Rise of the Guardians

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Treasure Planet

Sue Thomas: FBEye

Pride and Prejudice (I know right?)

Big Hero 6 (the movie and the series. Like, the series is so good except for S3)

Avengers Assemble

Lunar Chronicles

Obscure books I love with no fandom 💔....

Pendragon Cycle

Airman

Winterborne Home (if you love the grumpy dad trope, this book is for you. Please read it. It's so lonely, being the fandom for this book)

Secret Keepers

The Silver Eye (webcomic by Laura Hollingsworth. There is a fandom, it's just so small you can only see it through a microscope.)

Ashtown Burials (also has microscopic fandom)

This is an exhaustive list, so it will get longer and longer and longer and longer and longer, so be forewarned. 😊 (or is the correct way to say it, NOT exhaustive? 🤔 I never understood how that phrase worked)

I also recently set up an Instagram account called beansauce_draws. My word blog is also @thelittlerandomrooster.

Important note for anyone who desires to make an art request: to avoid embarrassment, I will only do canon relationships, even if I ship them as well. Also, if you have a commission request, put it in my ask box, not on a post or I will assume you're a scam. Thank you!

[thelittlebantamrooster]

15. Mountain

Despite all my feelings about the Royal Ranger, I really liked the first installment. It had some old, familiar themes, but it had emotional freshness and depth that made it stand out from the others. Not better, just different.

Cuz you know, THINGS happened.

Will carrying Maddie up the mountain despite being in horrible pain is such a good scene and I've always wanted to draw it. So here it is, in all its glory.

[thelittlebantamrooster]

Name 5 things that make you happy, and then put this in the inbox of the last 10 people who have liked or reblogged something from you :)

I'm being shoved into sending asks so I'm sending it to you :)

5 things?

Ok. Here goes....

1. Jesus 🥰

2. Writing 😎

3. Drawing 👽

4. Books 🧐

5. Getting a new book in the mail. 😱

[thelittlebantamrooster]

Too sick to come up with something cool to say.

Crowley nice. Crowley funny. Crowley a little goober.

Close ups under cut.

[thelittlebantamrooster]

I created a cover for my RA fic on AO3, WANTED, DEAD OR ALIVE! Been wanting to do this for a while. I might do a more detailed one later, but this is it for now.

From top to bottom left to right is Samdash, Halt, Will, Horace, Gilan, and my OC Kyrell.

Complete cover under the cut.

[thelittlebantamrooster]

Not sure if you saw this? It is a Green Ember fanfic aswel! A oneshot I made recently, it is hurt/no comfort so..... don't read at a time you don't wanna be sad.

I haven't seen it yet. I'll check it out when I can!

[thelittlebantamrooster]

Upon your request, @brandyestchristi, behold, I present a Gilan.

Low key looks like Link, not gonna lie. Made it too saturated I think. I can't do swords.

Also, blond guys with brown eyes are adorable in my opinion. You can come at me. I don't remember what color eyes Gilan has.

[that-one-enby-ranger-2000]

I showed this to my sister because Gilan is the only one she cares about and her reaction was:

😱akdnfuakjshdhe

That's a good thing

[thelittlebantamrooster]

Awwwwwww! That makes me so happy! I love that!

Tell her I said aosifhsor9irghsodkfjegbsnskfn.

[thelittlebantamrooster]

Upon your request, @brandyestchristi, behold, I present a Gilan.

Low key looks like Link, not gonna lie. Made it too saturated I think. I can't do swords.

Also, blond guys with brown eyes are adorable in my opinion. You can come at me. I don't remember what color eyes Gilan has.

[thelittlebantamrooster]

Also, do you want to be on the tag list for all future chapters of Not Small Sickness?

Sure! 😊

[thelittlebantamrooster]

Have you seen my fanfic? Its Smalls and Wilfred centric, there is 27 chapters so far.

I have! I've been really busy with school work lately so I haven't been able to sit down and read it, but I have seen it pop up.

When things calm down for me, I'll definitely give it a read! Is it on AO3? Or just in Tumblr? I find it easier to keep track of things on AO3 than on Tumblr.

[thelittlebantamrooster]

Dirk and Fyodor's dynamic is so much fun. Dirk seems to be the only crazy one, and Fyo seems to be annoyed with him.

But in reality they're both just random dudes having fun in their own special way.

[thelittlebantamrooster]

Alternative:

1. Halt stalking the Outsiders at the beginning of King's of Clonmel.

2. Halt and Crowley before acquiring the rogue Rangers. Halt and Erak recon. Halt and Horace with Deparneaux.

3. Halt, Gilan, and Will.

Close ups under the cut

[thelittlebantamrooster]

Just a Whimsiline with her sleepy human.

I feel like I haven't posted OC content in a while so here you go.

I accidentally posted this twice cuz it was telling me my connection was wonky. Oh well.

Some post credit bloopers under cut.

[thelittlebantamrooster]

This feels very personal.

[thelittlebantamrooster]

To our Commandant and Chief, John Flanagan (1944-2026).

Thank you. For the adventure you gave us. For the characters you made us fall in love with. For the inspiration you were to young writers all across the globe. For the heart and warmth you breathed into your world.

May your legacy live on. We will keep your memory alive through continuing to love your stories.

Thank you, sir. For everything.

[thelittlebantamrooster]

More Peter B doodles!!! Sorry. I don't believe in symmetry. I believe in creatively barfing on a page and calling it good.

Close ups under the cut

[yourgremlinqueen]

I honestly don't know what else to say about John Flanagans death, as most of it has already been said, but not saying anything feels wrong. John, I hope you rest in peace, after how many years you've worked and all you've given us you more than deserve it. God bless his family, and I pray they will be okay in this difficult time. As for everybody else, we may have lost our commandant, but that doesn't mean we're headless chickens. We get to carry on with the world he's given us now, and we get to cherish it and share it forever. His books have genuinely changed my life, and I know they did the same for everyone else in the fandom one way or another. Rest in peace, John Flanagan. You will be missed.

Going back to the cabin in the trees,

Going back to the creek beneath the hill.

There's a girl who used to live there when I left,

But I doubt she'll be waiting for me still.

Never thought I'd be gone so many years.

When I left I always planned that I'd return

But time slips away before we know, That's just one more lesson that we learn.

[thelittlebantamrooster]

Thank you for the adventure, Mr. Flanagan. We will miss you.