#void mumbling

Since Pezzy arms are like a lava/soda lamp, what happens if his arms crack/break?

Cause it seems he’d have to be careful (judging by all the hoodies he wares) and I was wondering if a crack or break would cause the others to panic like hell?

(Also read the answer from the more animalistic boys)

Would that also cause puffer to be even more hesitant to be around Pezzy? Or more protective?

I had a few of these sketched out a while back so ty for giving me a reason to finish this lmao!

But yeah, the glass isn't nearly as fragile as it looks. It takes a lot to break it, and while it does scratch on things like metal objects or puffers spines the scratches aren't detrimental or dangerous. Puffer is not necessarily more careful cause he kinda still shows the same risk for everyone. Funnily enough technically Pezzy and Droid are the least likely to get seriously injured by him since for them the spikes can't really/easily get into their skin/blood, meaning the poison is not as much as a risk to them as it is to the other 4!

But for like helping or prevention injuries for Pezzy John and Droid are by far the most useful and hands on helpers. With John adding extra cushioning to a lot of Pezzys sleeves and Droid being the one to help fix cracks and things like that, that do end up showing. So he's in good hands just more annoyed whenever it does happen since it doesn't cause him pain just the effects of "blood" loss!

Tysm for the question anon!!

(Tears forming) HES SUCH A GUYYY AHHH

Do you have any art of him just being a silly little fellow ? I love the way you draw him interacting with everyone else 😭😭😭

I'm combining these 2 asks pffff. But yessss!!!! They're both just silly guys!!

If it’s not to weird what would you think (in httyd world with them) what type of dragon they’d have? Because your art and the thought of them with dragons is making me higher than my edibles

First of all thank you so much. I genuinely can't put into words how grateful I am for each kind word I've gotten. It means a lot to me, genuinely.

Don't worry! It's not weird lmao. I adore the httyd series so I'm more than happy to think about it even more!. It definitely took me some time to settle into the ideas of which dragon fit who and I'll put some deeper thoughts about that under a read more lmao.

Anyways! I hope ya don't mind that it's a lot more sketchy and not fully colored cause I won't lie, I've never actually drawn these dragons before and was STRUGGLING for a while there pfffff.

Here's my reasoning for the dragons btw

Does this confirm they all share and steal cloths from each other?

So hi!! Pfffff but yes. I've actually done this a few times and while it was also just a drawing convenience I do actively choose to have them wear eachothers clothes! So here's a few examples of that!

To start off while not necessarily "sharing" clothes John is definitely the one who will make clothes or customize them specifically for someone! Everyone has at the very least one article of clothing John has bedazzled in their closet.

I've also had some of the others wear some of Puffers things. Imo he definitely shares his jacket the most but that doesn't stop some of the others from occasionally just going through his shit for clothing they saw him wear and liked pffff

Pezzys Hoodie is another one of those articles of clothing I feel like gets shared a lot, it helps that he just has a fuckton of them. As opposed to smitty who's deadly protective of his and has only really let Kryoz and Blarg touch his Hoodie.

So... I want to talk about this clip.

There's always been this joke amongst the crows that Phil's bird instincts cause him to perch a lot and in his playstyle that's something that just makes sense. It helps him be safe from threats while also getting a good view over the situation so he can come up with the best plan to deal with it.

Now why is this the time where I want to bring this up? Because Phil doesn't have a reason to perch technically. The room is small enough that he could easily see it all from the ground and he's not getting swarmed nor is there any direct threat so why did he perch as soon as forever left?

Cause he's cautious, anxious and scared. He already had a gun pointed at him mere moments ago, he's watching a good friend of him fall apart without him being able to do anything about it and he is unsure of what to do because one wrong step could be disastrous.

Perching is Phil's way to assess a situation, to analyze it and to find a good way to deal with whatever is happening at hand, this obviously doesn't work when the threat isn't necessarily physically but mentally. But it still gives him that same sense of comfort.

Perching means safety. It means analyzing. It means caution. And most importantly it's a sign of worry.

Imagine you know this man, he lives across the river.

You've known him to be nothing but kind when he offers you advice, help and items. You see him be praised as an amazing father confidently taking care of 2 eggs, never asking or needing help to keep them fed.

His house is comforting and he always keeps his doors open to your and your friends antics.

Then suddenly you're confronted with his suffering, seeing his body split apart and a substance that looks like the void itself pouring from him, he doesn't mention it. Moves like it's not even there, there's no fear in his eyes.

But his kids look at you with tears prickling at the corners of theirs, begging for help or something.

Then, then you hear them argue, this man you've known by nothing but laughter and warmth and kindness and smiles sounds broken as he apologizes to his daughter, who you know loves him, for yelling at her.

You can't even imagine the sound of his voice yelling.

There's silence for a bit and suddenly those kids return. Scratched, bruised, tear stained faces staring at you looking guilty for even attempting to find someone to talk to.

And they tell you a lot, they're confused themselves about most of it.

They tell you how this man who you've only seen hug raised his sword at them with a purpose, tell you how the man who's voice rings with laughter spat venom at them through words he decided to lace with poison.

Tell you they've been haunted and hunted for so long that they don't even bother saying a time frame.

And you stare at these 2 kids, and the currently empty home of the man across the river who's been Nothing but joy and kindness and warmth and comfort and you wonder.

I wanted to answer this with the last ask at first but I wanna ig push this answer in a little bit of a different direction but with the same base idea! Hope you don't mind that!

For ig just letting instincts take over and running wild in a dangerous situation I feel like the boys could be kinda pushed into 2 different categories. Like the more self preservation instincts or the protective instincts (the latter one comes with a way lower sense of self preservation pffff)

For people like Puffer or Grizzy who definitely have the ability to cause the most damage it also makes them the ones the most hesitant to use that. They know how much harm they can cause and it's easier to push those specific buttons when you attack them on their own specifically. And while they will always step in to protect their friends they have a lot more control over it and would prefer to stay clear minded and use their abilities in that same way. Aka they do have instincts just not ones that fuel their protective behavior.

Now for the ones I feel like end up being the most aggressive it's definitely Droid and John. Droid is constantly working on trying to not be as protective but pack instincts that just come with who he is cause him to lash out a lot more, like growling is a big one he struggles to swallow down when it comes to it. John is similar in the sense that while not necessarily being fueled by instincts as strongly as Droid his ig species (that would take me too long to go into since I've also not fully fleshed it out) tends to rely on being in groups a lot more. So while he doesn't get physical in the way Droid does (who bullies himself in-between threats and those he cares for) he gets snappy a LOT (it helps that his cold claws and sharp teeth make him look surprisingly intimidating pfff). But yeah the main difference is that for these 2 they will risk their own life and safety as an instinct, their main focus very very quickly switches into just protecting before anything else.

Your art is magnificent!! I especially love how you portrayed the boys around Pezzy!!

In your art, do the more animalistic boys (grizzy, puffer, droid, and Matt) show more of their animal counterparts in their traits?

Cause I noticed droid and puffers tails wrapping around Pezzy and it has been feeding me with ideas..

God you're gonna make me cry anon that's so sweet thank you!!!! I don't even know how to start thanking you for those compliments!

For the animalistic designs yeah! I always have their personalities and things in mind especially with those designs so I'm gonna try and explain it as best as I can lmao

Matt:

He honestly has the least notes I have about it but he definitely does have frog sounds He makes, he's also very likely to just casually try and kick people if they annoy him! And his kicks do carry a good amount of punch. He's also cold blooded. So he's very cold and usually either has to spend time in the sun or around others to keep warm (funnily enough with my John design being mainly ice based those 2 are not safe to be let alone together pffff). Aside from that he just tends to be a bit more bouncy? At least I try to keep that in mind when posing him!

Grizzy:

Grizzy was kinda easy since the bear features obviously correlate to his expressions. He also has paws which are not useful for fine things but he's stronger cause of it. He's also got a higher metabolism and kinda has a hibernation? It's definitely not long or heavy like the actual one but he just gets sleepier during the winter similar to Matt. He also runs the hottest out of all of them just due to having large parts of himself covered in fur. Also in my idea for him his anger comes out very much like a growl, and he bears his teeth when shouting more than the others. (He gives S-tier bear hugs as well cause I said so pfff)

Droid:

Droid was tricky to figure out for a while cause his "animalistic" parts are technically just robotics and holographic. But he does inherent traits of dog/wolf like animals. I always liked the idea that he's the embodiment of "petting a dog can biologically calm us down". Just very high energy in general. He definitely tires way less easily than the others due to him being mainly mechanical. Also man's can't lie for shit cause his tail or ears will give him away in a heartbeat, he likes to think he has good control over them but he doesn't pffff. He's protective like Grizzy and prefers to have someone else around at almost all times is just less likely to actually vocalize any sounds, he still has the sharp canine teeth tho! A small thing about Droids features specifically as well is that imo he doesn't necessarily have feelings in them? Like if someone where to touch his ears it'd be like electronic buzzing to him and the person would feel like a slight non dangerous electronic current run through them.

Puffer:

He was kinda the first where I was just like "yeah no that makes sense" with the animal parts. Like he can act tough and shit all he wants but the second he gets scared every spike he has on his body stands up like murder weapons, obviously this does make him dangerous a bit with it being a fight or flight fueled reaction but at the same time the others also think it's fucking hilarious. In general tho I feel like he has the most control of what he shows through his tail or fin motions, he mainly has that control cause he knows that those spikes can hurt like hell if they'd stab someone since he does carry the venomous feature. Aside from that I never gave much thought about other things but he does have a form of water breathing in my mind so idk what it says about his preference between water or land says yet but maybe I'll figure it out one day pffff. He's with John probably the most likely one to be resistant if someone wants to be close to him because they both are aware that they could accidentally hurt someone else it, it does however help in making both incredibly intimidating when it comes to their anger lmao (John's hands can get like causing instant frostbite cold)