#(this is jam btw)

[mintcakeart]

cowboy warmup sketch 26/2/24 ft. the transgenderification beam

#trans is the baseline state of a cowboy btw we all know this #jam draws stuff #cowboys #cowboy art #sketch #cowboy #warm up sketch #digital art #art #warm up #queer #cowboy warmups #trans

[craske]

a continuation of this idea

being stripped of the power of something like the soul jam might mess with you, both physically and mentally. idk if id call it like some sort of withdrawal but it might be similar

#cookie run kingdon #pure vanilla cookie #white lily cookie #shadow milk cookie #my art #fanart #digital art #because he got his jam juice sucked away a lot of his magic is lost too #which means he doesnt have the shadow eyes in his hair anymore #ignore his ass btw i wanted to draw it comically large but both his hair and back. things. cover it too much to work

[somerandomdudelmao]

OKAY SO GENERAL THOUGHTS AND SOME HYPOTHESES BASED UPON THE INFORMATION WE HAVE:

Holly is from Teegarden; a place where either all of his species can shapeshift or he himself is some kind of priest of whatever god they worship that has given him the ability to shapeshift. If ALL of the Teegardenians have innate shapeshifting, this makes the bird hunting Inherently More Sinister, but it makes far more sense to me for Holly to be special, because he says he's from a temple and attributes his shapeshifting to god. It also makes sense for Holly to be special amongst his species because Sculptor asked Oscar and Ward 'Which of you is smarter?'

They're keeping higher quality/more unique specimens in The Vault and maintaining them for some reason.

When Ward is still Very Much Ravaged by whatever the fuck the Science Scrapers were doing, we see probably-Sculptor saying they should put him specifically with 'someone peaceful'. We don't know why they have taken this consideration beyond determining he's not going to be a danger to a more peaceful inmate, but we do know Holly is also missing an eye, which means that must be part of the 'forcibly extracting information from a creature's body and brain' process. Ward was not doing any talking, they got the information about Oscar's laptop via stealing it out of his brain. Sculptor was not separating the dangerous smart one from the harmless stupid one. The Echolocators (this will be my shorthand for the rest of the Q) fully believe themselves to be above both these weird little dudes, but they know from experience they can get more, better information about humans out of the smarter of the two.

Holly sighs sadly and says 'they've found another civilization to destroy', and he's been kept alive alone in the vault for an indefinite period of time while the general ecosystem of his planet appears to be intact enough for regular hunting excursions. Either the Echolocators circle around regularly between planets they've previously colonized to keep the base resources on each planet fresh, or they are in the middle of ravaging specifically Teegarden beyond livability, and will move on to Earth next now that they've conveniently found some fun new pets. I believe the use of 'civilization' is significant enough to suggest it's the former, which is Way Scarier because they've also noted humans are edible and taste good.

A species of colonizer aliens being set up in an ant-like colony is delightful by the way. Also I saw someone in the notes saying 'oh no she doesn't know about The Incident' over Ecliptica being like 'I didn't really check on Ward, science is boring to me' and would just like to say No. Ecliptica absolutely knows about the unethical Whatever That Was and The Vault. She just doesn't know if Ward survived or is any semblance of okay. Because Oscar is a cute fun novelty and Ward is some guy she does not particularly care about.

Oh, my God, I want to express my thoughts on your hypotheses so bADLY. But that would be the wrong way to present information that should be shown in a story. But I still want everyone to see it, because carefully analyzing a story is one of the greatest forms of art that amazes me every time🧡

#marble sky ask #should I....maybe... #marble sky theories #okay why not #congrats Stars-in-a-jam-jar you made me to establish the new tag for you haha #really cool nickname btw I love it

[reigendaily]

Can I suggest Reigen scamming kids on Wizard 101 or Runescape.

Also I love your doodles!!

18) sorry i never played runescape or wizards101 but i did play animal jam and i know what scamming looked like on there, thank you tho!

(I love requests more pls <3)

#all their names are real possible names btw #mob psycho 100 #mp100 #reigen arataka #reigendaily #animal jam #requests

[in-kyblogs]

In the wise words of one Sam Reid:

+ Bonus:

#aren’t we all Sam #jam reiderson #cracking each other up :’) #anyway I need to smoke with Sam and talk about the profound truths of existence #sorry for the quality but the video was really bad #interview with the vampire #iwtv #iwtv s2 press tour #the in creative company interviews are my favorite btw #best questions ever #sam reid #jacob anderson #original p.

[buggymikey]

dumb stupid dumb jam comic 😭😭

#marble hornets jam #theyre so dumb #they also hate eachother #btw i do NOT think theyre boyfriends!!!!! #they just depend on eachother #they also kiss eachother #mh tim wright #mh jay merrick #mh jam

[brokenclockgears]

happy late valentines day he says(forgot about it)

bonus:

#btw if jays hair looks longer than normal in the first image #it is because i sucked shit at trying to draw his face from that angle and promptly died #marble hornets #marble hornets jam #mh jam #mh jay merrick #mh tim wright #tim wright #jay merrick #my art

[minichaosseal]

Roseate Webber

#art #digital art #roseate webber #dst #fanart #dont starve #dontstarve #webber #dont starve together #dst fanart #dst webber #I drew this on animal jam btw #animal jam #play wild

[thelongestwalk]

Another entry in the Sam Nightingale-verse for the T7 x Shoujo zine! Magical Girl Sam in the style of Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Hugely grateful to the mods for giving me a space to experiment with style here 💙

#my art #d20 zine jam #dimension 20 #sam nightingale #pmmm #puella magi madoka magica #sam and sayaka miki have a lot in common #if u zoom in u will find some pmmm easter eggs for the fans btw #the seven #d20 the seven

[n00talie]

some Locked Tomb WIPs that i never finished ✌️

#the locked tomb #gideon the ninth #nona the ninth #gideon nav #nona #hot sauce #lyrics on the first one are from Rain In Soho by the mountain goats btw. its a jam.

[loginworlderror]

pw has been pretty funny recently

#animal jam #jamblr #the boyfriend is greely btw. if that wasnt clear.

[lostjammer]

creature....

#animal jam #jamblr #art.png #he got approved btw fman lives on forever

[samstatsupremacy]

also, for my jam reiderson truthers...... they're the only ones who left in the same van after the stage door

#iwtv #interview with the vampire #sam reid #jacob anderson #jam reiderson #and they both hung out the side of the suv to wave at us like rockstars to their adoring fans before they finally ducked inside #and if i tell you i saw sam immediately leaning toward jacob as they drove away................ #(btw this is all in lighthearted fun don't want nobody out here thinking i'm actually into rpf) #(i just think their friendship is neat and rife with overt intimacy that would make ppl in actual relationships jealous :] )

[aetherdecember]

Look, I love BBC Merlin and how they told the lore, but I’m a sucker for the relationship between Arthur and Mordred in the mythology. Specifically, I love how Mary Stewart (author of The Arthurian Saga**) and Nancy Springer (author of I Am Mordred**) wrote about the father/son relationship between them. So naturally, my brain has been conjuring up how I can include that in my Flipping the Coin au.

Since the main premise is Merlin died/Arthur lives, and now Arthur is the one waiting for Merlin to come back, things would stay consistent with canon up to the last episode (when Merlin flips the coin of their destiny and sacrifices himself so Arthur can live and thus stop Camlann from happening altogether). Which is where this idea will start:

Gwen is barren. She and Arthur never have kids. Eventually, everyone Arthur knows and loves dies. He can’t rule Camelot forever, and after Gwen’s death, he no longer wants to, so he fakes his death and wanders off figure out why he’s still here. He never gets an answer for that. Arthur spends the next millennium waiting. He keeps living. He meets people, experiences things he’d never experienced before, and learns things he’d never dreamed of learning. He can’t stay anywhere long, or else suspicions will rise, but he gets to see the world change, how technology advances, and witness humans continuing to be humans. When war breaks out, he joins the battle. It’s familiar. The rush of adrenaline is the same whether he’s wielding a sword or a gun. Only, he can’t see the enemy’s face anymore.

Peace comes again. At some point, he sleeps with a woman, and she happens to become pregnant. Bisexual disaster that he is, he’s had all sorts of partners from both sexes, but has never had this happen, even before the advent of reliable birth control. Later, he’ll learn her name is Morgause. She doesn’t look like the Morgause he knew before, nor does she act like her, but her name haunts him. After the baby is born, she gives him to Arthur, says she has no intentions of being a mother, and leaves. The last thing she had said to him was the baby’s name.

Mordred.

That night, Arthur holds Mordred and weeps.

There is irony in his son being named Mordred. First, in that the legends surrounding him, Merlin, Camelot, the Knights of the Round Table, and all of it, had long ago decided Mordred was his son. And two, in a retelling of that legend, it had aptly phrased what he sensed was happening now. Granted, he isn’t a sorcerer, he doesn’t have magic, so he can’t support his feeling with anything other than he’d been around a long time and knew to his very core that it was true. Mordred’s birth is a signal of the beginning of the end.

Fatherhood brings him a new sense of purpose. Gone are the days of loneliness and drudgery. Every day with Mordred brings a new light into his life. Each smile is a miracle. Seeing Mordred experience things for the first time brings a new appreciation. Being there to watch him grow makes time fly like it never has before. But Arthur is afraid. He doesn’t want to be his father. He doesn’t know how to be a father, or what the right way to do it is. In all the years he’s been on the Earth, he’s never known a man who could concretely say, “This is the way to raise a son,” and actually reap the fruits of their efforts. Too frequently, he’d seen sons grow outside of the visions their fathers molded for them and receive only disappointment and disdain in return. So he was afraid, because he too had been that son.

*cue a series of fluffy father/son one shots of Arthur raising Mordred until Merlin comes back, takes one look, and is is like WTF????? No, I won’t have Mordred for a step son >:(*

**Mary Stewart and Nancy Springer have several other works, not just the stories I mentioned. The ones mentioned are the ones I’m pulling inspiration from ^^

Additional notes below the break:

Guinevere’s barrenness is not a headcanon I typically subscribe to for BBC Merlin. My headcanon is that after Arthur’s death, Gwen gives birth, and their child eventually succeeds her as ruler.

I’ve always seen Mordred’s appearance as the harbinger of Arthur’s downfall. Thus, the reason for the plot bunnies in my brain going crazy with this idea of how I could bring him in, still remain mostly canon compliant with BBC Merlin, and build off some of my favorite parts of the lore. (Mandatory disclaimer: for BBC Merlin, I don’t headcanon Mordred as Arthur’s son. But for the mythology, I do wholeheartedly support that canon.)

Arthur’s choice to participate and live once Camelot is gone is a decision to contrast my headcanon of how Merlin handled it. I don’t think Merlin thrived. I think he stayed busy, and tried to remain hopeful, but I think he was anxiously consumed with the anticipation of wondering when Arthur would come back. In this au, Arthur may or may not know that Merlin is supposed to come back (I’m still working on that detail), but he’s always been around others. I think he would seek camaraderie, and companionship, and that he would connect with others but only to a superficial level. I don’t think he’d exist in a void of loneliness. Plus, he doesn’t have the guilt of knowing he failed because the pressure from the prophecy is very one sided *coughcough*causemerlinnevertoldhim*coughcough*

Anyways, that’s enough rambling from me about this. I’ll probably share some snippets of writing next because there are some fantastic scenes coming together in the draft so stay tuned! ;D

#bbc merlin #merlin #arthur pendragon #mordred #flipping the coin #my drabbles #arthurian mythology will always be my jam #you can tear this au from my cold dead hands but it will live on #merthur #for the Merlin not wanting Mordred as a stepson joke the last Mordred he knew turned on them to join Morgana #as far as Merlin is concerned they’re the same person #he’ll come around eventually once Arthur fills him in on everything #btw Arthur’s son Mordred is unaware of all of this #he’s having to process his dad - who has never really been interested in anybody for any reason - is completely besotted with some guy #once he learns this ‘some guy’ used to be his father’s servant it does not make things better #but by then he’ll have learned enough that it does clear things up #he’s actually a big fan of Merlin #he just wasn’t prepared for love sick puppy dog Arthur 24/7 now that Merlin’s back

[mimilllion]

#fanart #toontown corporate clash #ttcc #doodles #buck wilde #dana s. charme #director of land development #director of public affairs #dold #dopa #sighhhh. head in my hands. #yhis is yuri btw #overwhelming authority #traffic jam

[lightishpurple]

I was gripped by the need to make this reference before anyone else could (no one else would) (it's an extremely specific basketball reference) (you would need to have watched Root last season) (points if you know the pattern on his jersey btw)

Jams are created by @andy-jam-blog :]

#starscatter #jamsona #i just. had to #this one's for you kevin #i use the phrase two hand jam constantly. as does my dad #we have shared brainrot over basketball #i doubt theres many blazers fans on here #and even less who know about jams #but i saw my opportunity and pounced #his position being the same as gb3 is intentional btw #i am a gb3 stan first and a person second #i think he'd end up in one of those clear concussion masks constantly #roco vibes lmao #i think he's tall for a jam cause. babsketball #he's a forward he kinda has to be a little tall #he's the jam equivalent of 6'7 i think #holy shit that's gb3's height i swear i didn't plan that i just picked a random number 😭 #i might be obsessed