Goldilocks in Grimmland

This is so, so premature...but my muses have been with me from start to finish on this idea and I adore it, so I'm talking about it now! :D

So in the RWBY NeverFell AU, Yang's little mishap during the Vytal Festival actually follows her around for quite a while; with pretty much everyone but her closest friends whispering behind her back about what she did to Mercury. This is very isolating and frustrating for her, especially since she knows from Ruby's eye-witness account that Merc was definitely faking his injury. She's determined to figure out how and why she saw that illusion, and also kinda wants revenge against Mercury for low-key ruining her life. ^^; And her investigation eventually leads her back to him...except, he looks a bit different now. Shocked by his Grimmification and eager to know more, she dives even deeper into the mystery.

Unfortunately, by this time, Salem has arrived at Beacon, parking her giant whale outside the premises similarly to the way she did in Volume 8. ^^ And upon landing, it creates a Grimm-based ecosystem-- a dark forest that gradually spreads outwards the longer it stays there, only adding to the population of Grimm overrunning the area. That's a whole other issue, that the rest of Team RWBY will probably be helping with. For Yang, it's mostly just a giant hindrance to her investigation. She's got suspicions about Mercury (and knowing he's a silver-eyed warrior, suspicions about her deceased mother) and she's sure that the answers are somewhere in that Grimm-whale. But with the death-forest of Grimm surrounding it, it seems impossible for her to get there.

Until, she remembers she knows someone with a semblance that's perfect for the job. ^^

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There are several reasons why I love this idea: it gives Yang the spotlight for once in her life; it makes Mercury relevant; it provides an opportunity to get members of the main cast close to Salem.

But the biggest one is: IT GIVES ME AN EXCUSE TO USE REN!!!!! (≧∇≦)ﾉ

I've always loved Lie Ren; like Penny, he's one of those characters who's just impossible to screw up (in basic concept, anyway...). Across RWBY's many adaptations and spinoffs, he's always adorable and always looks cool in combat.

The only problem with him, and the reason I've rarely spoken about him, is that...people don't seem to care about him?? ;_; Specifically, in the source material, he's given so little to do that there just isn't much of a reason to care about him. He barely has any motivations that don't boil down to some variant of "protect Nora". Even Nora herself is given character connections and talking points outside of "her man", but Ren has no one and nothing else. He gets a couple episodes of spotlight in Volume 4, and that's it for the whole series. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I mean, just think about this: Ren is the only member of the main cast who doesn't have a character song. o_o Look it up, it's true. I had to look it up just to make sure, because I found it appalling...this is a character who was originally voiced by the creator of the show; why is he such an afterthought???

So I decided, if I don't like this, I gotta do right by him in NeverFell, somehow. And it was REALLY hard to think of a place to put him, until I suddenly struck gold with this idea. ^^ Yang's little 'detective story arc' had been a thing for a while, and although I wanted her to be separate from Team RWBY, I never really liked the idea of her being alone. A character like her works best with someone to bounce off, and Ren's coolness is a great contrast for her bubbly personality.

Plus, I think putting Ren in a position like this could service him, too: not only does it give me an opportunity to add his semblance, backstory, and maybe even a Nuckelavee fight to the plot in the absence of a V4 timeline; it could give him a chance to "flesh himself out" the way Nora did in V7. Y'know, allow him to really connect with someone besides Nora-- and then, maybe seeing how similar-yet-different Yang is to his childhood friend is what'll get him to realize that he's never done this before. That maybe he's stuck to the familiar dynamic of that early relationship for so long, that there are different sides of his own personality that he's forgotten about. Sides that are coming out now that he's on this new adventure, with a new friend~.

LOVE YOUR SCRAP BABY DESIGN

IM SO GLAD YALL LIKED HER!!

MDZS Equineswap AU part 1: Bro we are horses. It’s okay to cry around me, we are best friends. Bro we are kissing.

[girl side of the swap]

A few facts to consider:

Zonai are canonically said to have been considered gods when they first descended from the skies

In Zelda lore there are 3 golden goddesses said to have descended from the heavens, created the world, then disappeared

Zonai know what draconification does, and the side-effects, meaning it has to have happened before

There are three dragons in BOTW named after and associated with the 3 golden goddesses

that is all

alt vers below the cut

not as atmospheric but you can see the colors a bit better

pomme !!! my little warrior !!!!!

Lately, I’ve been hard at work building my own fakedex and feel bad having nothing to show for it. Here’s a 4-way split evolution family, each evo is based on a card suit and an insect order that have larvae! Visually inspired by particular families as well :]

did this MONTHS ago but lost hero character lineup!! before casting comes out for pjo s2 and i have to redo my thalia/jason designs lol

(click for better quality/details!! ik tumblrs gonna eat it)

a patch in honor of the goodest boi ever

tails!! no way real!!

stardew valley fanart - Emily ❤️

I drew the lad 🥺 colored/painted a sketch I made while trying to learn how to draw him!!!

he is such malewife material 

More busts done! These are both adopt extras for some designs that were preclaimed ^^

(they/them for both!)

(dragging this info over from discord) Mmmmmm Freshly separated AU, but MOON doesn't have all his memories, both a result of the separation itself but blamed on the vanny virus (Even though they were never infected, moon can't confirm this now) but they've tried to take away his problematic habits at the cost of pretty much stripping what made moon moon out of the picture. (Spoiler, he'll develop back into 'himself' after a long while of just... existing but it will be a slow sad process for Sun to deal with from the beginning. Cause moon isn't moon anymore, to him. Not really. The feelings are there but the personality is fucked. So Sun is distant but also tries to coax the 'old moon' back gently. uwu I had the thought of doing a little pattern like that with the stripes connecting with the stars and... Yea, it worked out better than expected. But star stars seemed too busy? I kinda wanna have them in a Plex where the daycare itself has been shut down, so they're Lowkey intended to go back to being theater bots, however the theater itself was already repurposed into a cinema style theater, so they're sort of in limbo at the moment as far as jobs go. The redesign worked well so they're both free floating walk around characters, set up as a pair to do on the fly improv, but with moon partially scrubbed, their dynamic is gone, so they're on the shelf while their handler and Sun try to sort out what parts and service fucked up. Moon as to learn how to moon again. Au natural

Moon is stuck in soft moon mode, and honestly feels bad when he 'messes up' when he catches on someone anticipated him doing something different and starts apologizing constantly that he's not who they want him to be. Especially sun. Who gets really frustrated, both at the situation and this... This not!moon.

CHERRY AMBER!!! YIPEEEE!!

assorted hermit doodles

close-ups under the cut