Crosshair isn’t my favorite character on The Bad Batch, and in fact I’ve most often found his intransigence and surly personality frustrating. I have to give him credit, though, for changing over the seasons, and coming to realize that his loyalty and trust isn’t always given to the best people. Crosshair’s blooming relationship with his little (older 🤔) sister Omega is heartening to watch, and I…
This last month has been a doozy in my real life, with work busy, the Rodeo going on, school field trips and spring break all back to back to back. Oh and I got sick for a whole week, which wasn’t fun and still lingers slightly. (Sniffles BE GONE!)
I also came to realize I am not always wanted, valued, cared for, or others’ cup of tea, and was rather sharply reminded that I struggle to fit in…
I was wondering if you put that fic aside! Can’t wait to see it!
There will not be a new fic posted today. Sorry, babes, but I was really busy this week and couldn't finish the request I was working on in time to post 😔
The next part of Where's Mommy? is still on schedule to be posted next Friday, 3/22, so be on the lookout for that!
But... While I'm here. I also have something exciting I would like to share with everyone. A small tidbit from a chapter that I'm working on in the background. One from a series that a lot of my readers have been waiting for me to update. Can you guess which one it is?
A sneak peek is below:
Kix has done everything he can to keep Tup from becoming scrap parts. He's shuffled more flimsi-work, used more aliases, and even deleted clinical items from the record to make sure Tup stays off the radar. Kix doesn't enjoy the secrecy, but the GAR doesn't have any use for a broken clone. He would've dunked Tup in a bacta tank a long time ago, but with his broken jaw, there was no way to do it safely. Now, since so much time has passed, the prognosis isn't good.
"What are our options?" you ask.
"Limited," Kix answers. He scrolls through his data-pad and sighs. "At this point, the neuropathy is severe."
"Meaning?" you ask. Even with all the time you've spent in the med-center, the medical jargon doesn't get any easier to interpret.
"It's irreparable," Kix says. "The damage is done."
"No," you gasp. That was the last thing you wanted to hear. "He'll… He'll be devastated."
Kix puts his data-pad down and rubs his face. "I know."
"There has to be something you can do about it," you quickly add. "Right?"
"Cybernetics is his only option," Kix says. "It's not uncommon and it's better than nothing."
You fidget with the hem of your shirt, trying desperately to hold in your emotions and stay strong. "How much would you have to amputate?"
Kix picks his data-pad up and taps a few times until he pulls up a picture of a nerve map. He leans over so you can look at the image. "See this line here?" You nod. "This is the saphenous nerve. It runs from the upper thigh, here, all the way down the leg. It's a sensory nerve, which means it carries information like touch, pain, temperature, and leg position back to the brain. That nerve was damaged here, so we could probably get away with just below the knee."
You let out a shaky breath. It was less than you expected, but it's still hard to imagine. And what's worse, you still have to tell Tup.
That's right, you guessed it. This excerpt is from Chapter 4 of A Man's Worth!!!
I haven't forgotten about this series, and it still lives rent-free in my brain. As I mentioned in the New Year, I will be updating and finishing many of my series this year, and A Man's Worth is on that list! Thank you to everyone who is patiently waiting 💚💚💚
Thanks! I love using real raptors for models; they have the most aggressive, serious stare.
Fun with Phoenixes
As I said in an earlier post, I’ve been working at increasing my skill with shading, texture and three dimensional depth. I want someday to be able to draw things realistically, not just in a cartoonish fashion, and I have a good ways to go. But I recently got into drawing birds of prey, and especially love turning them into my version of a phoenix, with all the rich color and symbolism found in…