I found a Neopets internal style guide from 2005.
I was originally gonna make a post complaining about how inconsistent and lacking the species model sheets were (which is pretty on-brand, all things considered), but then I glanced at the grundo model sheet and
... ????
An important reference, apparently.
They couldn't bother to give any do's and don'ts, proper turn-arounds or even just stick to one style in their own style guide, but they thought it was absolutely imperative that their artists were given an illustrated diagram of exactly how a grundo puffs that galactic ganja.
OK.
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Long post!
I have been thinking
a little
not at all little
Actually I've thought a lot about
(more art ltr)
An Idea I've had for a while for a cryptid Y/n au
@naffeclipse
Came up with most of it when I saw some other ideas for cryptid y/n au
INGREDIENTS:
- Little kid
- cryptid that craves warmth (not hearts or organs, just any living being warmth gives energy) (don't know how they'd look)
(why they can't get a pet or smthn idk)
(WAIT)
Cryptid y/n at some point: pspspsps *whistles*
The werewolves: ...
(But fr they'd probably end up killing living beings and humans only so they could get the warmth of the blood. Imagine a cat with catnip and you got cryptid y/n)
when blood cools and dries:
cryptid y/n: :(
DIRECTIONS:
1) Bad meeting
2) Mix (Possession gone wrong)
BOOM
Results: Y/n. Much to their confusion
(old art I made when I first thought of the au)
PREPARATION TIME: ??????
They still have a heartbeat
Somehow
The demonic cryptid with a beating heart. A pretty weak heartbeat but a heartbeat.
And at least partial mind of a human. Their bodies are fused together but mostly look human enough on the outside. But their heart can't keep them going alone, this applies to either party. So they both have to continue cryptid life necessities. Since y/n fused at a young age, their body grew to adapt with the cryptid traits and years after they are stronger and more accustomed to it.
don't question it
Roommates in the same body and become similar to Cryptid Eclipse in terms of how they think and work together. They pretty much become the same person.
I imagine any injury would be very very frightening. I mean the heart's pretty weak from this unnatural fusion so generally they go after anything that can't deal too much damage to them
Many MANY years after becoming cryptid, y/n meets Sun and Moon who offer to help them out. I think they wouldn't suspect them too much since they originally believe they were covered in blood since they were hurt by a cryptid. Moon is more suspicious than Sun tho.
I think it'd be interesting if Sun and moon weren't separate animatronics (yet at least). Y/n grows to trust in them and really does care about them deeply. Especially since they are the best relationship they've had in a while. They aren't warm enough to sustain y/n, but it's closer than any other non living thing has gotten.
Cuddles are vry important here.
Y/n feels safe around them in a way they hadn't in a long time. And Sun and Moon would also care deeply about them just like Cryptid Eclipse and Cryptid hunter y/n. They have plenty of reasons to be concerned over y/n too! Like... why aren't they eating like a human should.
So when someone hurts their sweetie, no matter how scared y/n normally would be, they are def protective over their hunters. Their light. Their warmth.
Lore connection? Idk I came up with the idea b4 series finale and I think an episode prior to it
It'd be interesting if they were a follower of glitchtrap at some point
Most of this idea was baked before some lore clarifications, even then it's only half baked
...
Crossover?
agdxhxgdfdydg for FUNNYS!! (tho only naff can confirm or deny)
I think Hunter y/n, ngl, kinda would want to put Cyptid Y/n under a microscope and study them, and Eclipse is confusion (and bombastic side eye). Actually, both of them are confusion
Cryptid y/n is scared of both. Mostly of Eclipse, even falls over in fear the moment they detect them.
Run Y/n Run! And leave Eclipse VERY CONFUSED!!
Cryptid y/n @ seeing eclipse: WOAH! DAMN. I don't know what the hell you feeding him but he is TOO DAMN BIG
Vanessa: y'know what's worse than a cryptid?
Vanessa *takes away paper*: BOOM.
The whiteboard: "cryptid child"
Glitchtrap: a CHILD
Vanessa: NO
Anyway, just wanted to toss in what I've thought of for cryptid y/n
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I think something that would have helped me as a kid were open discussions around self-harm, and the fact that it doesn't fit the very niche or starry-eyed, whimsical version people have in their minds. I wish there were more people who didn't brush off people who self-harmed in "weird" ways.
I remember opening up to some friends of mine once, many years ago, about this very issue (since they'd brought it up), and I remember being laughed at because I had described something that wasn't "typical," something which was deemed "too shocking, absurd, hilarious," and I look back on that memory and it's like... we need to put in a lot more work into how people view self-harm and how people engage with us. Because I'd never self-harmed in the ways that people think of, even as a really small child.
I understand the sheer darkness of this topic, but you've gotta realize at some point that you can't help us by ignoring us. You can't save us by ridiculing us or making us feel like freaks, like monsters unworthy of being seen. The ways I self-harmed were perhaps more dangerous than other methods, and yet it wasn't taken seriously at all. So I never talked about it until now, because I know there are kids today who are where I was. If you're that kid, I am so sorry. I hope you are taken seriously, I hope you are shown compassion, understanding, true and unbridled love, and adoration. I am so sorry. I am sending you my heart and soul.
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