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look,,, i am the author but also that whole thing was started as a filler detail for an au fic so really it feels more like it's its own thing??? i think i am also a fan of that game that exists that i am not responsible for??? lmaooo tbh when i was writing it i've been in fanfic mode for years so i really felt like i was still writing fic 🤣

ANYWAY - my personal preference (i'm not the author) is queerplatonic Spec/Kitty (they're so cute ok 😭) and romantic Edge/Kitty (i think i just really like Spec getting annoyed,, Spec shovel-talking his own brother bc Kitty is his Person He Looks After now,, but also whenever Edge calls him onii-chan suddenly they are both his bébés).

good job showing their relationship! at first i was iffy bec they seemed like catty exes who are mean to each other and i never enjoy that. as the story went on it became clear they're just long time friends looking after each other. the nonchalant and confident "I'm your best friend" really got me, man.

Aww! Yay Lily love! It's always welcome here! 🥰 I saw someone say Spec's POV about Lily's eyes is him being a "fake idgafer" and that's the first time i saw that term and it made me laugh so hard asfjlhflkjsf Mr. Specter is a capital-Y yearner. 🤭 I'm so glad you enjoyed reading the thingy! Thank yoooouuu for the kind words 😭😭😭❤️‍🩹

wait wait ok lemme show this off bc i really like this one, i finished it yesterday!!!

i posted/ranted about it on my bsky here:

Okie i am replying to this days late bc I was busy sewing over the weekend ahflksahaskflha thank you for reading!

And aaaaa I'm glad u enjoyed that bit. <3 Spec & Edge have a v interesting relationship! I thought this was a one off but now I want to write some more about 'em (and Kitty!)

As for Brix - yep I really was thinking I'd like him to be a good color match with Kitty, like they're two flavors of the same candy. Because they are! Those are besties, ur honor 🥹

awww i love u too 😭🫶

Kitty really is cute, everyone wants to squish him FOR SURE 😭

ahhh it wasn't mentioned anywhere bc we didn't really get to meet her or talk much about her, but Rina is trans. 🏳️‍⚧️

ooooh! thanks for reading!

to answer u - spoilers under the cut!

lmao anon this is valid.

including nie huaisang wanting jiang cheng to cosplay edge. very very valid.

The Kitty Thing ✨

[A Project ASTER-1A Story] Original Work. 30k Words, Complete 5 Chapters + Character Notes & Sketches Tags: Futuristic/Cyberpunk Setting, Domestic Fluff, Romance, Developing Relationships (Content and/or trigger warnings included in the notes)

Specter hates stakeouts.

Here he is, stuck with someone who knows him too well, and talking about his roommate-slash-assistant-slash-sidekick worries.

Read it @ my archive:

📚 https://lit.curiousest.net/read/the-kitty-thing/

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A/N: I wrote a thing! I haven't written an original fic thing in soooo long. Specter and Kitty (and Edge!) were just OCs I made up to fill in an AU for some fics, and then they came to life in my head and have been walking around in there for a while. So I wrote a lil something with them! It's more of an exercise than a full work, with a lot of details made up as I go. But I enjoyed writing a lot and I thought I'd still share it since some folks seemed to like Spec and Kitty! 👻😽

awww BUDDY PAL THIS IS SO SWEET 🥺 this made my day!!! 🥹

THANK YOU OMG

ah... i remember i've been asked this before... and idk how to answer in a cool way bc my process is v straightforward and i'm not rly one of them super cool "1000 sketches, change lineart as u go" people... also i never record WIPs ahahaha

it goes like... sketch -> lineart -> color flats + add shadows (sometimes all flats first, then shadows, or sometimes i do both in one area then move to the next) -> accents + highlights

i dug this up tho it's quite old... it's not totally a process (and its also a more detailed piece than my chibis) but it's v close to how i usually put everything together:

Anyway, back to translating books

this is so late and i'm answering this already AFTER the kofi run is done IM SO SORRY

and yah i'm just not creating fandom stuff rn but i am very much still enjoying shows and all that so uhhh-

yomi no tsugai / daemons of the shadow realm - v v v much enjoying the anime!!! hope to get around the manga soon

witch hat atelier - also enjoying the stellar anime adaptation. i've read the manga up to a certain arc that's well beyond what S1 will adapt, so i know a lot of what's coming... i got busy tho so i'm not all the way updated, but i hope to catch up to that as well.

just the episodes of JJK with kirara on it bc my friend made me watch them lmaooo (also for fic reference lol) (i haven't even watched anything else since like the movie tho HAHAHA)

ongoing & casually watching this season: marriagetoxin, kamiina botan

finished season i'm randomly catching up to: prism rondo

finished & enjoyed earlier this year: frieren s2, BRAVERN (fire emoji sparkle emoji), ikoku nikki

on my list: akane banashi, summer hikaru died, I REALLY NEED TO WATCH FUCKING GUNDAM HATHAWAY AT SOME POINTTTT

manga: just spy x family ??? otoyomegatari whenever there's an update, re-read a bit of rayearth, planning to read Go with the Clouds bc that's been sitting on my tablet for a bit ashflshlfa

MOVIES: cosmic princess kaguya (cute cute), cocoon (which made me fuckin CRY) ...and the streets will know i rly loved Gundam SEED Freedom

...that's all anime bc i'm never not watching any anime at any given time ANYWAY

not anime series watched/finished/binged: creature commandos, 9-1-1 (we've been watching & keeping up for the past years), high potential, ponies, how to get to heaven from belfast, monarch legacy of monsters (S2 was so good omg), OPLA (S2 WAS SO GOOD OMG), chosen home (the jdrama), mighty nein (A++ adaptation)

other stuff on my list: LORD help me find time to watch D20 CloHo & CCOD pls