@w0lfinsheepscl0thing Yes We Can! It's A Drawing From My Website!

Thank you, @windforkthewriter ! Here goes:

I don't know what the heck to write after that. It wasn't supposed to be a funny scene, but well. If you'd asked a few minutes earlier would have gotten a messy monologue about vampire breakups. @blackforrestpunk @vladimirsangel @whyisthereacentaur No worries if you don't want to, you're the first writer friends to pop into my head!

Last Line Tag Game

Tagged by @thesongistheriver - who is also being very kind and beta-reading my current WIP. My first ever long-form Merlin fanfiction. I had posted an earlier version of the first chapter on AO3 a while back, but took it down when I realised I wanted to expand it more and write a decent chunk before uploading :-)

This line is taken from a scene where Merlin encounters the Triple Goddess during a quest through the spirit world. The forms disappear, the mother last... and the line is:

She slowly faded into thin air, though her touch, an indelible warmth, lingered: a tender imprint etched deep into his very soul.

I tag @bebravedearheart @samwinjester @windforkthewriter

The cats are on Cara!

Me and Instagram have never hit it off, but our relationship got worse after they decided to feed my art to that gluttonous goat, Anthony Ingelthorpe, commonly known as AI.

(I apologise to anyone - or any goats - called Anthony Ingelthorpe. I made that up on the spur of the moment. And I explained the goat in my post on Cara. I swear there's a reason for its presence.)

This is why I now bestow my attentions to the lady Cara. I've always wanted an online art portfolio, and Cara's portfolio/feed separation suits my chaotic gremlin needs perfectly: I can still waffle about things while maintaining a fine reputation for my creations. Brilliant.

cara.app

Amanda (@purrlockholmesbooks) | Cara - Artist Social & Portfolio Platform

Self-taught artist. Inspired by Victorian culture, literature, vampires and cats.

If you have an account there, let me know, and I will give you a follow!

And blast you, Anthony Ingelthorpe.

Valentine's day cat card 💝

A card I drew as an example for my cat greeting card comms on Ko-fi!

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@vladimirsangel 's Innocent in needle felt

Please take good care of my book, Innocent, that's a first edition.

Ask Vlad before booping his snout: I can't guarantee your safety.

This is Innocent, a furry monster who - Oi, what are you doing? Give that back!

*Ahem* I'm still alive. Anyway, that's a needle felting needle. The red stuff on the end is NOT blood, although I did stab my fingers a few times and may have made some accidental blood sacrifices to the small woollen creature. Should I be worried?

(I've also made a sculpture of him)

I was making my characters miserable in my writing, and now I'm miserable (because of unrelated life things), so now I'm going to go back and wallow in said character's misery some more.

I'm sorry, Pierce, dear, I promise it will get better for us both.

@blackforrestpunk 's Erik and Sasha

Sorry for the sketchiness, I've already broken my vow of art abstinence once today and was cursed with creating yet ANOTHER accidental vampire thirst trap, so please accept this offering until I can safely draw again.

This artist is officially my rival now - reference to Chapter 7, part 6 and 7 of their brilliant comic!

The Phantom has spoken. Do it or risk the chandelier.

Message in a bottle.

I wanted to get this in writing and throw it into the void. It's either this or try to have a Victor Frankenstein-esque breakdown, which will take too much time and effort. So. This is my monologue about my melancholia and spite. Into the void it goes.

One of my professors was talking about how they think dropping courses shouldn't be an option and went on to tell a long tale of their own perseverance, how you must do things you don't like to achieve in life, why giving up means you're not trying.

And I was sitting there thinking that if I don't make Great Achievements in the future, my story would be told as a lesson. 'She was a bright student, but she couldn't take pressure and dropped out. All that potential, wasted. So stick to the path we've given you and go through with it no matter how much we stack the odds against you and how much you hate it.'

The most ridiculous part? If I do achieve their idea of success, they'll be saying how great it is to be yourself and how their wonderful, inclusive, tolerant system gives you the resources to follow your dreams.

Sometimes, I wish I'm not too weak of mind to take the chances I've been given. I wonder if I'm not struggling, just too soft and too vain to to proper hard work.

Then I try to remember that that's not me talking. That's the voice of people who don't know me and don't try to, talking in my head. The times I've been squashed down, the times I had to make myself small to fit in - all that is real, and it hurt me. None of the people who tell me I'm doing well saw when I was breaking down right under their noses. It's time to go.

It's not easy to choose according to your own judgement, especially when that judgement goes against the values of the people around you. There will be people who support you, if you're lucky, but you will have nobody to follow. And that's frightening. I hope I'll have the strength to say, I'll have it no other way.

Cat Character Reference Sheet Comms!

Have your favourite character drawn as a cat! Showcase their best quotes and silly moments. Example is BBC's Purrlock and his shenanigans, which OC or best goober do you want to see cattified?

(Purrlock put that sheet back on this instant)

Commission here on Ko-fi!

As @ablatheringblatherskite eloquently put it in their lovely tags for this post:

Now, go read it, people.

Erik - Top of the Sky Update

another sad chapter. man, this drama will take some time. AO3 Fanfiktion Song of this chapter:

Spotify

No Surprises

Radiohead · OK Computer · Song · 1997

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Good morrow!

Here, I get up to shenanigans with fellow artists, review and ramble, post my writing, crafts and PoTO art because reasons.

My main blogs:

Book/history blog: @purrlockholmesbooksblog

Main art blog: @purrlockholmesbooks

My Gothic literature fanfic Gothic Tales from Melancholia is on AO3

The illustrated t-shirt does exist.

What I welcome in my ask box:

-Art requests are always welcome! I mainly draw, but will also get (hand)crafty if you have good, or unhinged, ideas.

-Asks about drawings, writing, OCs and projects.

-Asks for opinions/reviews of books, films, etc. I love researching and jabbering about my findings.

-Personal questions that won't help any unsavoury individuals to find me in real life (i.e., by all means ask me about my existential crises, but not about my nationality).