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TAKE ME BACK IN TIME TO LOVE YOU

Ship: Traffic Yuri (Cleo/Gem/Lizzie/Pearl)

Tags: Getting together, fluff/comfort, literally sleeping together

Word count : 4,757 words

Ao3 Link : https://archiveofourown.org/works/58184311

Teaser:

"H-hey, Cleo!" She said, giddiness in her voice. Lizzie was leaning against the door frame, smile quirked in her voice. "Guess what Pearl brought in while you were upstairs!"

"Um... I have no idea..." Cleo tilted their head.

"Booze!" Pearl called from inside the room.

VOTE SHADOWROT FOR MCYT ART!!!

Duos or single characters drawings!!

Round 3, Match 3

All We Could Want Here

Ship: Martyn/Grian

Tags: Tending to Wounds, Villains, Fluff/No Angst, Domestic Fluff

Summary: Martyn comes home, after almost dying, and Grian takes it upon himself to fix him up.

Word count: 1200 words

Ao3 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/58604506

Teaser:

"Such a shame your face got fucked up." Grian sighed. "It used to be kissable." Martyn scoffed, Grian giggling at him before kissing Martyn's bloody lip. "Don't worry, babe. I still love you."

This fic is a part of my Shiny Duo Hero AU, but can be read stand alone

VOTE FLOWER HUSBANDS AND ILL DRAW YOU A MCYTER!!!!!

please 🙏🙏🙏 we need the husbands to win!!

These were both very very close calls in the semifinals! Good luck with your propaganda this round for this is the last bracket :D

A small poem I wrote, with verse corresponding to the different life series, and with drawings!

ZombieWood nation, am I chill?

i don't need the city

and i don't need food

That poly ship dynamic but flower ranchers

i have Gem and Pearl's designs finished!!!

(This is an uncoloured preview)

Just need ideas for other characters! So if you have any ideas for the following characters, PLEASE tell me!!

(It's formatted as: 'character name' ('role') : 'what I still need decided' )

Impulse (hero): hero name, power

Martyn (villain): villain name, design ideas

Scott (hero): hero name, design ideas, power (i already have small ESMP1/2 design ideas, but if you have any other ideas (from other SMPs, or traffic series), please tell me!)

Grian (villain): villain name, design ideas

Jimmy (villain): villain ideas (like sheriff is okay, but I need another idea...)

Other characters are in the story, just less important (still give me ideas!!), or are already decided on!

TreebarkZine interest check is now OPEN until July 10th

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Mean Gills

Life Series In Your Style!

I'm not even exaggerating, it's took over FIVE HOURS

But I think it turned out okay

look at my boooooys!!!! LOOK. AT. THEM. The power of umm power compels you!!

I’m currently in my biggri obsession arc. Missing them fr.

Could I get zombiewood,,, please,,,

sure! The anatomy on this one is a little goofed but overall I’m extremely proud of this drawing (it helps that I spent several hours trying to get the line art neat just to see if I could lol)

Double life, aka Martyn’s biggest fumble to date. Also for their outfits Martyn I tried to make look like an anime boy because well it’s Martyn and Cleo I was scrolling though dnd character portraits for inspiration and I stumbled upon this one of a pirate and while most of it is her canon ‘fit, I did steal the pirate shirt cause it was too cool okay?!? Anyway uhh yeah also I know there is like a whole tagging system for Martyn and I’ve messed it up every single time I’ve posted a drawing of him let’s hope we don’t add this to the list of ‘times Ian screwed something up and then panicked about it for a gazillion years’ lol.

VOTE BIGGRI VOTE BIGGRI THIS IS BIGGRI PROPAGANDA I WILL DO DRAWINGS PLZ VOTE BIGGRI !!!!!! (mad respect to cletho, I also love cletho sm, but ahhhh biggri is one of my absolute favorite life series ships!!)

ROUND 2 | MATCH 4

some frames I drew for a boat boys animatic that never was

I’m really proud of how these two specifically came out. The second one is a how they died each time in double life and the first is just em dancing.

edit: I also forgot this one:

Joel was there two but I accidentally deleted the layer I drew him on

I loved the most recent episode of Wild Life. I never would have guessed with all the ominous hints at what it was that it was running away from snails for ninety minutes lol but it was super fun to watch and a super creative concept! My favorite part was when Mumbo and Grian got cornered in the mineshaft and started freaking out because the snails were coming for them.

They’re gonna get you. They’re gonna get you. The snails are coming for you. Teehee.

Some doodles from my shortgrass au!!

I actually love this bdubs design sm, ‘tis now my official design lol

@sc0rpain I really like your fic Go Anywhere but Here

Late night at the convenience store with the biromantic block people

(Click for better quality tumblr fed it through a paper shredder)

scott smajor with number 7 for your spotify asks?

omg anon sorry it took me so long to get to this, but here: Scott smajor with number 7, Ghost of You by My Chemical Romance!

textless and bgless under cut, as well as really long ramble caption vvvvvvv

I hope this is alright! If nothing else, I’m so so proud of drawing hair braiding, that took. So. Long. lol, anyway yeah I also really like how Scott’s hair came out, and I’ve never made a third life Jimmy design before so I came up with this on the fly and I really like how it looks. But yeah, I saw which song it was and thought of them immediately, Scott was so distraught at Jimmy’s death in third life, (prepare for ramble that is mildly unintelligible if you are not really geeky about MCR lore lol. The main stuff you need to understand is that mcr has four albums, I Brought You My Bullets You Brought Me Your Love, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, The Black Parade, and Danger Days: The True Lives of The Fabulous Killjoys, and all of them have a lot of lore) like they are so demolition lovers coded, especially because of the whole back from the dead thing where Jimmy is alive and well in later seasons but Scott is still grieving him and the memory thing with winners remembering which means Scott remembers third life and Jimmy doesn’t, reminds me of like (from my understanding of the story, which is different from other peoples because MCR lore is very vague) the inner turmoil of the lover from the three cheers lore who went to hell, and his lover is in heaven and on one hand he wants to reunite but on the other he knows his lover doesn’t even know he’s alive (-ish. Not sure how much his situation qualifies as “living”) and feels guilty, thinking that she probably won’t even want to see him again, because he’s killed so many people and he doesn’t want to ruin her paradise (I mean she misses him too and wants to see him again but he doesn’t know that, and also he rightly recognizes that he is an actual sociopath. I’m not saying c!Scott is crazy (well, as not-crazy as you can be in life series death games. Everyone is at least a little bit off their rocker. Woah, parentheses within parentheses, what is this!?), but I am saying the guy demolition lover absolutely is. I am also saying that c!Scott has self worth issues. At least in my headcannons. I also have a similar headcannon for Joel. Maybe that’s why they hate each other, their mad that they can’t sacrifice themselves for each other and then decided a murderous rivalry was the only option/j ) but yeah so the torturing themselves over a lover who is both dead for them and also at the same time alive and well but unreachable and in a better place than them and wanting to be with them but holding back for fear of hurting them which ends up hurting them anyway (which is also a theme in the black parade, so ig you could also kinda compare Scott to The Patient, but patient always felt more Joel or Pearl coded to me. Also yes I know I already made a post about smalletho demo lovers au, but idk I can have both smalletho and flower husbands demo lovers I just like projecting my interests onto,,,,also my interests ig lol) is something Scott and the sinner demolition lover have in common. Also this song makes me cry. So much. Could barely even draw this through the tears lol/silly, and I’m exaggerating but less than you’d think. Unfortunately I am a crier. I also cry at Summertime from danger days, pretty much all of three cheers but especially I never told you what I do for a living, demolition lovers from bullets (btw for non MCR fans these are album and song names. Also the demo lover’s story starts in bullets with the song titled for them, and then is continued in three cheers for sweet revenge) as well as I don’t love you, wttbp, the end, mama, and famous last words from black parade. And those are just the MCR songs, not counting all the other sad songs from other bands. I am a CRIER lol. But yeah, thank you sm for the ask anon I really enjoyed drawing this!

hey guys who likes wild life *raises hand* I mean really likes it, loves it in fact *raises hand even higher, stands on tippy toes for how high I’m raising my hand* no I mean like loves it is obsessed with it it is your pride and joy *falls over from how high I am raising my hand, stands back up and goes to space with how high I’m raising my hand* yeah but can you prove it by spending 5 hours rendering grass to be almost entirely covered up? *me: bet*

First of all thank you boat boys discord and especially Risi for sponsoring this drawing lol and by sponsoring I mean loudly proclaiming the virtues of gribeans in my immediate vicinity. Anyway yeah they are meant to be standing in front of the bam hill with the wings blocking the top and the sun just peaking over them. Also the words on the explosion are lyrics from the song Don’t You Dare Forget the Sun by Get Scared which inspired the poses

Anyway as soon as I figure out how to draw cars it’s all over for you guys I will project my very specific vision that is essentially a combination of danger days good omens and back to the future onto you all I have so many thoughts!!!!! I will elaborate in the future, I will elaborate so much that you will say “Ian, shut up with your elaborating” and also I have an au based on session seven planned because the superpowers happened to coincide with an overly complex magic system I’ve been developing for about five months now lol slowly in the background. Also maybe an animatic if I can figure that out maybe possibly don’t hold me to that…? At least I know no one will take the song I’m planning to use in the meantime lol because the MCR and trafficblr fandom overlap is fairly small.

smalletho demolition lovers au?

//CW: Blood

I mean it’s too perfect. Psychopathic bisexual demonic serial killer x depressed emo angelic weapons dealer? I couldn’t resist lol. if you want story context and/or to have a good cry, look up the lore to three cheers for sweet revenge by my chemical romance it’s beautiful and very very sad, which for MCR is also very very on brand. Anyway internet please validate me and my efforts I spent a really long time on this.

If I was a writer… (I literally sang that in my head to the tune of my favorite boat boys song lol) anyway thank you op for exploding my brain this will now be literally all I think about for the next ever.

for all the "only winners remember " fans out there: joel now remembers double life and etho doesnt. isn't that awesome?

I’m really proud of this so I’m reblogging. Please give me validation not that I need it of course oh no I’m so handsome and smart and talented and humble I don’t need to ask for validation because I’m already the validest I’m only asking for it so that you guys can practice complimenting other, less confident people. You believe me.

hey guys who likes wild life *raises hand* I mean really likes it, loves it in fact *raises hand even higher, stands on tippy toes for how high I’m raising my hand* no I mean like loves it is obsessed with it it is your pride and joy *falls over from how high I am raising my hand, stands back up and goes to space with how high I’m raising my hand* yeah but can you prove it by spending 5 hours rendering grass to be almost entirely covered up? *me: bet*

First of all thank you boat boys discord and especially Risi for sponsoring this drawing lol and by sponsoring I mean loudly proclaiming the virtues of gribeans in my immediate vicinity. Anyway yeah they are meant to be standing in front of the bam hill with the wings blocking the top and the sun just peaking over them. Also the words on the explosion are lyrics from the song Don’t You Dare Forget the Sun by Get Scared which inspired the poses

Anyway as soon as I figure out how to draw cars it’s all over for you guys I will project my very specific vision that is essentially a combination of danger days good omens and back to the future onto you all I have so many thoughts!!!!! I will elaborate in the future, I will elaborate so much that you will say “Ian, shut up with your elaborating” and also I have an au based on session seven planned because the superpowers happened to coincide with an overly complex magic system I’ve been developing for about five months now lol slowly in the background. Also maybe an animatic if I can figure that out maybe possibly don’t hold me to that…? At least I know no one will take the song I’m planning to use in the meantime lol because the MCR and trafficblr fandom overlap is fairly small.

hey guys who likes wild life *raises hand* I mean really likes it, loves it in fact *raises hand even higher, stands on tippy toes for how high I’m raising my hand* no I mean like loves it is obsessed with it it is your pride and joy *falls over from how high I am raising my hand, stands back up and goes to space with how high I’m raising my hand* yeah but can you prove it by spending 5 hours rendering grass to be almost entirely covered up? *me: bet*

First of all thank you boat boys discord and especially Risi for sponsoring this drawing lol and by sponsoring I mean loudly proclaiming the virtues of gribeans in my immediate vicinity. Anyway yeah they are meant to be standing in front of the bam hill with the wings blocking the top and the sun just peaking over them. Also the words on the explosion are lyrics from the song Don’t You Dare Forget the Sun by Get Scared which inspired the poses

Anyway as soon as I figure out how to draw cars it’s all over for you guys I will project my very specific vision that is essentially a combination of danger days good omens and back to the future onto you all I have so many thoughts!!!!! I will elaborate in the future, I will elaborate so much that you will say “Ian, shut up with your elaborating” and also I have an au based on session seven planned because the superpowers happened to coincide with an overly complex magic system I’ve been developing for about five months now lol slowly in the background. Also maybe an animatic if I can figure that out maybe possibly don’t hold me to that…? At least I know no one will take the song I’m planning to use in the meantime lol because the MCR and trafficblr fandom overlap is fairly small.

thisss a million times this! The thing that people forget about the secret soulmates ordeal is that Grian chose BigB, but he did not choose to be paired with Scar. He made it clear from the beginning how he didn’t want to be with Scar. (Interjection: this is all c!s, and not hating on scarian also a valid ship just me rambling about how I like to interpret it and also it’s very grammatically incorrect and probably pretty repetitive because I didn’t really read through it lol) He was forced to team with him by their shared health, but the term “cheating” implies that Grian chose to be with Scar and then later went back on that. Secret Soulmates, meanwhile, was purely for Grian’s emotional benefit. They gave each other hearts and cookies and there was nothing in particular about the two of them that screamed alliance made for practical reasons. They were just kind of keeping each other company, BigB needing it because his soulmate was away so often that the guy had joined a singles support group, and Grian needing it because well if I write all my thoughts on why in this one sentence it’ll go on forever. Even from third life, Grian shows bias toward Bigb, commenting that if it comes down to it he doesn’t think he’ll be able to kill him even though Bigb is on the opposite side.

But back to my point about why I think Grian is lonely: in double life, Scar behaves with Grian the same way that he behaves with him in third life, where he was reckless and Grian just had to go along with whatever scar said because he was indebted. This in contrast to double life, where the soul bound puts each partner on equal standing, but Scar, probably without realizing, takes the lead, but Grian is no longer content to follow. Scar takes for granted that Grian will always follow him, hence the reason he seems more inclined towards petty vengeance than actual anger or even worry when he finds out about BigB. He is confident that Grian will always come back to him, which, when Grian doesn’t want to, makes things. Complicated. Really, he builds himself a panda reserve, Grian made it very clear that he’s not super fond of the pandas, but Scar is operating on how he knew Grian in third life, before Grian joined the south lands where equality (sometimes rather than equity even when thats not really good, but that’s it whole own shebang) was like their whole shtick, so he thinks that everything he builds for him is for both of them, because in the past he was in charge and had to take the lead. So Grian seeks out someone he wanted from the beginning of both that season and of the series who is, as prev stated, very calm. Scar wanders off to go do something dangerous expecting Grian to follow because that’s what he would have done in third life, but Grian is like okay, you go do that, and goes over to go do arts n’ crafts with BigB. BigB, also, has been constantly on the outside of groups and rarely having an alliance of his own because other people find him creepy or scary or unnerving, which is something he encourages, and even seems to enjoy, but Grian is usually the only one to not be scared off by BigB’s bigbness, like in secret life when he was like this base is scary but it’s also cool, hey is that your initial in the roof and he is literally the only one to notice that and Bigb is just so excited that someone noticed something about his base that wasn’t hey this place is terrifying. They just genuinely enjoy each other company. They can just be silly and definitely not bossy together and have fun! They, for all their fanon characterization, and actually probably one of the healthiest c!relationships in the whole series, because they actually like each other, chose each others company out of their own free will and for no other reason than their affection for the other, and are not toxicly codependent. Idk this is a pretty long and probably incoherent ramble, but I felt compelled because please for the love of all that is sculk someone put some biggri on ao3 that is literally anything other than cheating in scarian angst fics. Thank you prev for reminding me how much I love this pairing.

I know that Grian said “Bigb treated me right” just to get a rise out of Scar but I feel like this is a good opportunity to talk about how much (in my opinion) Grian and Bigb as a pairing are slept on

They both have this chaotic energy that feels complimentary, Grian’s pesky bird-ness and BigB’s whimsy. They both have this quiet rebellion or discontent against the games. BigB knows that it’s all for nothing and doesn’t play into the Watchers’ emotional manipulation, whereas Grian (up until wild life) tries to escape and fight the Watchers’ hold on him.

I feel like BigB’s calm energy is a sigh of relief for Grian. That he can trust someone, and be trusted, without it being another game. That he doesn’t need to constantly worry about survival, and can just enjoy existing. They just want to frolic in a meadow and have a nice picnic your honor

I feel like there’s so much more to this pairing beyond the secret soulmates thing and that their chemistry is actually reall nice! And have a lot of potential for AUs and fanfics!

gh,,, shadowrot or shiny duo for the soul perchance .... (or a false symmetry if you're feeling special)

(if you're still doing recs ofc !! sorry mobile tumblr hates when i look at your page i haven't a clue why 😭)

Edit since the cut is in an inconvenient spot: all the stuff I tagged is there I promise guys just scroll down

Absolutely I am! Here’s shiny duo:

Shadow rot: (this one is still kinda a sketch lol)

and False!

Also because I’m really proud of it, here’s the shiny duo drawing without the background and stuff:

Anyway sorry it took me so long to get to these, but thank you for the reqs!

What a. Completely normal distance to stand apart.

also I drew this and retrospectively it looks a lot more suspicious than I meant it to lol I just meant to put their faces really close together for sillys. Also for people seeing this who are looking at the og picture and saying wow are you sure that’s actually them should give a big round of applause to obscurettafficscreencaps for verifying that this is indeed a screenshot of my two favorite idiots based solely upon their shoes. If they took the screenshot then double applauding for picking this specific moment to immortalize on the internet forever.

also again this is only for sillys I just couldn’t resist when I saw the og picture.

I. Am in shock. They cannot keep getting away with this. /silly

Edit: whoops I accidentally drew Joel taller than Jimmy lol. Just imagine that Joel is just, idk, standing on a step stool or smthn out of frame, idk

I headcannon that Etho has traitorous ears

That mask is doing nuthin’ for him.