#it was super fun drawing everyone's OC

[peachy-kun]

Still in it a bit with OFF, so here's my Elsen OC!

His name is Reginald, and he works in the library in Zone 2 - he just wants things to stay quiet enough so he can (carefully) read. If things get too noisy, he might just burn

I also drew the Elsen OCs of other people in the Wayward server!

Aberdeen (glasses Elsen) - @tangential-hooligan

Percy (crying Elsen) - @jenasu

Rowan (rollercoaster Elsen) - @alubearsworld

Moe (plant Elsen) - @agent-gladhand

Hansel (Elsen with head split) - @tjs-stuffs

M (horns and tail Elsen) - @drag0n0fbutt3r

Jeremy and Cornelius (bee Elsen and rude Elsen respectively) - @acatpiestuff

#OFF game #OFF (game) #Elsen OC #Elsen #Reginald #it was super fun drawing everyone's OC #love that we not only ended up with coworker OCs but rival OCs too

[suddenly-stickmin]

Doodles n drawings I did on @00lari00 's whiteboard! Once again it was super cool seeing everyone's drawings and OCs all together :] These boards are so much fun

Also thank you very much to the super nice people who left little comments by my drawings, seriously do appreciate it [sob sob sob]

#thsc #art #the henry stickmin collection #thsc johnny panzer #thsc dave panpa #thsc rupert price #everyone's got such awesome art. its super fun seeing all the ways people draw the sticks #and have their ocs interacting with one another #whiteboard fox thsc

[lexiluxray]

I LOVE HOW YOU DRAW SYCAMORE HE´S SO SHAPED AAAAASDHFUEO

also, what do you think abt perfectworldshipping?

Haaaa thank youuuu 💙💙💙 Really happy you like how I draw him, because I think his design IS very very shaped so if I can pass it throught my doodles it’s all I want ;3;

As for perfectworldshipping what I think is that it is Very Good. Opposite/complementary aesthetics, complicated relationship, drama and size difference ? What is not to like ?

Actually, let’s use this ask as an excuse 😌

#ask #perfectworldshipping #lysandre #professor sycamore #lexiart #that was my i answer asks with art day xD my treat to myself for managing work. #anyway yes i do like them ! #i’m picky about the caracterization tho but it’s true for all characters #as if you’re wondering why i hadn’t drew them yet idk actually #I guess i’m perfectly content just seeing everyone else’s beautiful works ? #in general my brain tend to focus more on OCs stuff so when i want to draw shippy things with sycamore that is where i go to #but it was super fun drawing these two here so hey who knows !

[liquidstar]

sleepovers save money on hotel rooms while on missions 👍

#finn's ocs #finn's art #sorry i was super offline the past few days but i had some time to draw between stuff so. them :) #besides i might as well draw all them hanging out like this after drawing PJ designs. but unlike in those i gave polaris and saiph pants #let them at least be decent while hanging out LOL #i want to draw lots more misc oc stuff now that i have all the refs done #but somehow i have too many ideas and yet none at all at the same time! if you have suggestions lmk 😅 #anyway polaris is annoyed at saiph here because he wont stop moving his head even though the braiding was his idea lol #bella passed the fuck out shes one of those ppl who have a very set sleep schedule #wakes up at 6am falls asleep immediately at 9pm #lets all pray she doesnt wake up with something stupid drawn on her face tomorrow #mira is just having fun tho shes reading to everyone every cute :) saiph interrupts with commentary (causing further annoyance from polaris #al is mostly observing like hes just happy to be hanging out. also having al be the most in the shadows because of course #but he likes watching his friends interact. but also hey man his eyes are up there #anyway i tried my best w the colors here so hopefully it looks okay. i wanted something warm but also kinda dark to give off late night vib #i hope tumblr doesnt kill the quality tho! it looks kinda blurry rn but it might be ok when i hit post #if it fits well i might make it my new blog header too? maybee #^_^

[journey-to-the-attic]

bold of you to assume we (or atleast i) dont want to read paragraphs about ik's and belphie's dynamic 😈😈

if you feel like writing that, i'd absolutely love to read about it!!! ^^

RIGHT YES this took me a hot minute but let's go!!!!

so the main points that this is all built around:

belphie is someone who is absolutely shit at understanding himself

ik is someone who has a knack for understanding anyone she talks to for long enough

belphie's first resort is usually to leave things to someone else, but easily asserts the things he wants

ik will actively pursue you if she thinks she can help, despite usually feeling guilty about requesting anything

they both have very simple views of very complicated things

building from point 1: this is not entirely belphie's fault - i've talked about this before, so i'll just paste the pertinent bits here:

belphie, as the youngest brother, has been detrimentally coddled in regards to these things, and has NO fucking idea how to properly deal with loss the others haven't tried to talk to him about his grief for lilith, nor about their experiences during the celestial war; when they all had to support each other after the fall, they comforted him, but never ever discussed the pain of it all it's like the doctor refusing to talk about your actual symptoms because they're afraid of making you uncomfortable, and instead just soothingly going "it's okay, just take some ibuprofen and see me in the morning"

belphie underestimates himself and, at the start of the year, is convinced that there's no way forward - 1. he feels he's left it too late, 2. he feels he's the only one still hung up on lilith's death, which only makes him more bitter, and 3. he thinks that the hatred and grief is just who he is now

now take ik, who finds him in the attic and takes worryingly little convincing to help him - even more concerningly, she decides to go through with it even upon finding out he was lying about his identity. this is a direct contradiction to his conviction that humanity is selfish and cruel - more than that, the more ik visits and chats with him, the more he remembers why he'd been so fascinated by humans as an angel

except it also reminds him of how much lilith loved humanity. belphie doesn't think he's capable of letting go - he doesn't think he's allowed to, and to him befriending a human and moving on is the same as betraying his sister's memory. so he represses any feelings of good-will and continues to nurse his hatred

i think it's important to note that belphie's hang-ups have always been self-destructive before this, but the more he lets his own grief fester, the more it threatens to burst. his threat to lucifer about destroying humanity is an early indicator of this, and it culminates in a moment of extreme emotional distress where it finally all implodes

so ik - in the wrong place and the wrong time (in the literal sense) - finds him in the middle of a nightmare, wakes him up, and gets murdered for her troubles

belphie shuts down immediately after, because to him this is a point of no return. he's already convinced himself that nothing can be done for him, and this is the proof. except then everyone else forgets what's happened, and, panicking, he goes along with it - out of fear of losing his family if he comes clean.

so: point 2 - consider that a big thing with ik is that she just doesn't get why belphie acts the way he does after killing her. she's been able to get into the heads of his brothers before him, and even now can somewhat rationalise them forgetting, but she has no idea why belphie - who first killed her and then acted like he'd forgotten about it - would suddenly seem so wracked with guilt upon finding him in the dreamscape

belphie does not think he is strong enough to move on. ik, somehow, intrinsically, already knows this is not true. this is why she's so bewildered by belphie telling her lilith's story. he's convinced this is some kind of damning evidence, but ik doesn't get how this explains anything. and because she doesn't understand, she seeks answers.

now take point 3 and 4. belphie does not attempt to seek forgiveness - he just sits in the cell solomon locks him in. he doesn't try to get out, he doesn't attempt to repent, and he doesn't want to, because as far as he's concerned there's nothing to be done

ik, on the other hand, is going to put her home back together by force if necessary, so she goes to find him. multiple times, she climbs up the tower stairs to rescue him from a waking nightmare - the same thing that killed her - because her family is still his family, and she knows too well what it's like when you go without.

belphie has been sitting stagnant for millennia on end, and now ik has decided that she is going to KICK him along until he figures out that he can stand on his own two feet and keep going. and it works, because for some reason digging demons out of emotional pits of their own creation is ik's specialty

and now point 5: ik and belphie fall quite easily into a typical sibling dynamic of the "i'll make fun of you constantly, but if anyone messes with you they're dead" kind. they never really sit down to talk out all the residual Baggage of everything, because neither of them are the type to overthink these things

but EVEN THEN. they may be simple-minded but the complication of the everything that led up to this means there's little hidden meanings even in the normalcy of their behaviour, and neither of them ever register it

for belphie it's "i'll never understand you. thank you for understanding me. i don't know what to say, so i'll tease you for tripping on your laces instead. i'd throw someone down a gorge if they made you cry. let's go shopping. i think i'll spend the rest of my life wondering if i can ever close the wound i tore in your soul."

for ik it's "i'll never forget what you did to me. i see you in my nightmares sometimes. thanks for waiting for me after school. quit making a show out of helping me reach the top shelf. sometimes i'm glad you regret things so much. can you help me with this homework? i think we're alright."

and for both of them it's "i like hanging out with you. sleep well. i'm glad we're home."

in conclusion,

i am crazy about things i made up entirely. perhaps i am cringe but i am free

#answering asks #valenrien #and also #anon asks #i meant to write this out like two days ago but i got Super Invested out of nowhere #in drawing this one thing of solomon and mephisto #idk if i'll get around to fully finishing it so like 75/25 whether i'll ever post it #but it's been very fun. i finish my work and then get to go 'hehehe time to go draw gay people' #for brief moments my youth was returned to me and i was fifteen years old #and drawing godzilla going on dates with various dinosaur and dragon ocs again #i haven't drawn godzilla in years. i used to be so good at it. i should draw him hanging out with ik #but anyway. in conclusion #belphie is a wounded animal in a beartrap and ik is the farmer's boy who loses a finger trying to prise it open #ik's unrelenting and fierce campaign for everyone she loves to just be NICE to themselves is almost frightening to belphie #who doesn't quite comprehend how she does it and doesn't feel he's quite earned forgiveness #except what ik's forgiveness forces him to confront is exactly what he deserves

[orokay]

I think one of my faaaavorite parts of doing commissions is seeing all of the art the commissioner sends for references. SO MUCH incredible gorgeous art that they've received from past commissions or drawn themselves and it's really amazing!! And seeing their characters interpreted in different styles!! I love it so much!!

#what's super super fun is when someone who has commissioned you before and has commissioned other people since comes back #and you see your own art in their references #and sometimes can pick out things the artists who have been commissioned since got from your piece #i super want to shout out voidwife who commissioned me to do two outfit lineups a few months ago and gave me a lot of freedom w/ the design #i loooove looking in her commissions tag and seeing the way other artists draw the outfits i designed it's so exciting #feeling sappy again i get sappy before bed #sleep well everyone!!! #not art #dl #actually not done yet not just art but also incredible characters in general #every oc has SO MUCH love put into them and i always feel so fortunate that people entrust their babies with me #i get to see such a wide range of designs and get to learn a little bit about each one and it's really amazing i can't take that for grante

[sweetcircuits]

Happy Halloween to @halloweennut! Here is the Treat that I drew for you for the SRMTHFG Trick or Treat Art Exchange! I absolutely HAD to draw Mara and Chiro dressing up and celebrating Halloween together, and I adored drawing them bickering over splitting the candy spoils XD

I also have the full drawing of their costumes which were SOOO much fun to draw!

#srmthfg #srmthg #super robot monkey team hyperforce go #srmthfg trick or treat exchange #srmthfg oc #mara #chiro #art i made #THIS WAS SO FUN TO DRAW OMG #i'm so happy with the outcome of this event #and i'm so proud of everyone 💙

[sualne]

dressing up for the Rushlight Tournament!

#artists on tumblr #pathfinder kingmaker #my art #my comic #my ocs #kingmaker shenanigans #hadnt played in months. just played about 19h this week. yknow #theyre like blorbos to me #(im past the tournament but i couldnt stop thinking about it. iroverti is big yikes. and i liked the idea of everyone dressing up! #at least those who would lol) #the passage of time in this game. like timed quest and event are super stressful but then i look at everything ive done and realize about #5/6 years have passed in game and it!! so great and fun because it feels like it! so much has changed and happened. feel like im close to #finishing the game but i know theyre still lots to do #there is also a lot i want to draw

[motordyk]

@tac0bella @pkmn-monochrome @nitethekitten @sylladexter @flint-shark @sammisafetypin @srarlight @reddd-robin @elegysonnet @b_orwik on af, @kitsuqwq on twitter, and @MewterDew on toyhouse

all of these are attacks i did for this year!!

#no man's land webcomic #ophelia nml #warren/crocus #fawn nml #beau nml #pkmn-monochrome #blastoise “blue” #follow your heart warriors #crowkit fyh #oc #ocs #friends ocs #had super fun doing all of these!!!! ty to everyone who let me draw them!!!!!!!

[kellystar321]

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#periodical life updates #(<- NUMBER 3!!!) I FINISHED THE ANIMATION AND EVERYTHING FOR THAT PROJECT AND SENT IT OFF! super excited!! #it looks really cute! i tried my best and im mostly satisfied of where i landed <33 #it's my little sibling's birthday today!! it's also the first official meeting of lgbt club!! (the other event was a fun lgbt mixer) #my backpack smells bad. like mildew or mold maybe? urgh its awful and gives me a headache. i might need a new one. i dont know. urghhh. #my programming homework is due today!! yike!! but other than that my personal projects with deadlines are all done! #INIQUITY NOW THAT YOU HAVE TIME ARE YOU FINALLY GONNA WORK ON YOUR SELF SHIP BLOG?? YES!! HOPEFULLY!! #truthfully i /have/ been working on it on the side. it looks decent but the colors;;; i have always been pretty sht at color picking? #i can adjust with filters but without that im like. a little not good yet lmao. gotta do some studies sometime perhaps #BUT YAY EXCITED!! ive got some rambles and doodles and a tag system and f/o info which is extremely cumbersome (affectionate)!! #also i have new fandom ocs for the latest dimension 20 campaign and im so delighted heho <33 this campaign is literally so fun. #im watching it with my sibling when its done!! OOH ALSO I FIGURED OUT HOW TO PNGTUBE AND i will likely never use it BUT COOL!! #i dont like. talk. lmao. my art streams are 1) silent 2) rare 3) only shared with my siblings. pngtuber is a little useless. but CUTE!! #i got boba tea yesterday!! sandy bought it :3 <3 and we're having pho and cheesecake later and i might plan out a little excursion today? #like i might get a treatsie. OR i'll just sit on campus as usual and get a mango smoothie and draw for a while (or work on homework.) #(lets be honest its likely the former. i might get a little back into traditional? ooh or maybe i'll practice my asl?) HEY THOUGH. #ive been thinking about making a henrey stickmn (ask)blog to practice asl? like. no plot. just henry teaching ellie and charles asl #really funny considering my Real concept of an askblog for THSC. not ace or eca; but a secret third thing (⛎) ;) #then again since when have i EVER followed through on an askblog lmao?? damb im all over the place today. we're already hitting tag limit #okay!! 3 AM!! if im going early tomorrow i gotta eep! goodnight everyone i love you!! see you tomorrow if i have the energy and time!!

[churchydragon]

Autism being the next step in evolution *Cries*

AWFUL FOUL WRETCHED HORRIBLE. PREDATOR 2018 DOESN'T EXIST. IT'S NOT REAL. IT CAN'T HURT YOU--

that movie is just. awful. besides the ablesim it also just shits on ALL the reestablished lore for the Yautja. there was an entire game about how altering their DNA like that was frowned upon in their culture. They don't even take Predaliens as trophies because they consider them abominations.

the first two Predator movies were the best ones and I stand by that. Predators was okay, Predator 2 was my favorite and added more to the Yautja and the first Predator is a classic. The Predator is easily the weakest of the movies. I can't say anything about Prey because I haven't seen it yet but I hear it's good. though after 2018 the bar was probably pretty low.

#I would have liked it if the Fugitive Predator stayed alive longer. have them help out against the “upgraded” Predator #and also. big alien sibling... ough #personally in my own rewrite Fugi is a Yautja-human hybrid cuz that at least KIND OF makes sense then the weird dna thing they did #and the upgraded Predator is from a criminal Bad Blood clan #the armor is currently in limbo. not sure if I should ditch it entirely or make it so it was a gift for Fugi's human parent #army dad doesn't get it that's for fucking sure #r slur scene is changed to the guy who says it is cut off by the dad who is MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE about not saying slurs before he can finis #autism thing is kinda the same but when the lady says that everyone else just looks like her like she's an idiot (she is) #also like. why does the Upgraded Pred need that anyways? your senses are already so much higher then a humans! #you already have super advanced tech! what are you going for here?! what's the point?! #it just. it doesn't make sense. it's such a stupid plot. #I have. so many thoughts about this series. I need to watch Prey at some point #and the AvP movies. I have em I just haven't watched em yet. I already know most of what happens anyways but it'd be fun to see it myself #churchy talks #churchy tag rambles #Predator movies #asks #oough I gotta draw my AvP ocs again. miss my trans and gay xeno Gizmo and his enby Yautja boyfriend

[chisatowo]

Got another new oc!! This is the eel girl's adopted sister, Brady!

#keese draws #oc art #ocs #oc posting #eyestrain #she/he/it prns btw #Ive gotta settle on pronouns for everyone else I wanna make them lil bios on toyhouse #but yeah brady was raised by the side of the eel girl to do some fun political assasinations for their parents but brady ran away #he initially wanted to bring his sister with him but assumed that shed be better off without him thanks to a bunch of internalised shit #meanwhile her dear sister had previously believed that they always were gonna have eachother's backs so she felt super betrayed #honestly a big reason that she went with the main crew without putting up a fight is that she wanted to find her sister and get revenge #because shes like that #but by the time she finds it shes had ~character development~ and isnt sure if she even wants revenge #she still feela deeply hurt by brady's abandoning of her but honestly at that point she more so just wanted to know why than anything #she still wanted to make her feel the pain she felt but she also didnt want to hurt her at the same time #but before she could decide what to do abt finding him he freaked out abt her being there and glaring at him and he attacked her while she #was out on a night walk to think abt stuff #he quickly ended up hurting her much more than he meant to though and as he was freaking out the rest of the sister friend squad found them #still deciding how that particular series of events ends for it but Ill probably give it some side character stuff afterwards #its probably not gonna like join the main crew or anything but it might become a secondary pov idk #she has Issues lol

[desceros]

me: [looks at calendar, gets a wicked idea, looks into the camera] happy springtime, turtle fam! who's ready to celebrate the season?

...mating season, that is. hehe. [dodges the tomatoes]

so! i had the idea that it would be super fun to have a community-wide event where we all have a prompt and then everyone fills it in their own way.

...i then decided all the prompts i came up with were too good not to use, but also none of them were Good Enough to use exclusively, so i changed my mind and the prompt is now just MATING SEASON. with a few suggestions at the bottom of this post if you're looking for some.

since spring is coming upon us, i hereby invite everyone to join in the vernal festivities... which in turtle parlance, of course, means only one thing: write, draw, whatever your version of "mating season", then join me on march 1 to post it with the tag #TMNTSpringShellebration. we then shall browse the fine selection of our mutual artistic efforts, and basically just have a good time as a community.

here are the prompts i came up with as starters-slash-things-to-include if you're looking for a place to get started. feel free to use these at will, or use them to come up with something of your own:

“Please don’t make me explain this. It’s humiliating as is.”

Oops, Looks Like Mating Season Came A Week Early This Year

“…In all of my mating seasons, this has never happened before.”

“I told you not to come by! It’s mating season!”

Probably should have expected it to be different now that he’s not going through it alone.

Because of Shenanigans, you have to wait. Wait… Wait… ok now.

They’re not the right person for mating season… but they’re the one who’s here, so…

“Show me where it hurts."

so yeah! see you all on march 1 for the, uh, spring shellebration. party popper emoji

questions i imagine will be popping up and i hope will clear up here before my askbox swells beyond capacity under the cut to keep this post from being Way Too Long. also it's really not that serious it's just an excuse to write slash draw for everyone Please Don't Take This Thing Too Seriously It's Not That Serious:

"can i participate?" yes! it's literally just an invitation to do something. nothing fancier than that. no need to be following me or in my friend group or whatever.

"can i write (insert fic idea here)?" yep! so long as it's related to the idea of mating seasons, it flies. reader insert? hell yea. oc? hell yeah. solo turtle and his favorite pillow? go for it.

"can i draw (insert art idea here)?" yep! uh. i know tumblr has the cops watching for sin bin material, but you art people know how to deal with that. and if you don't, uh, ask the other art people. im just a feral cat in a trench coat

"how do i participate?" write/draw/collect songs for/whatever. then, on march 1, post it and tag it #TMNTSpringShellebration. also, for funsies, keep it hush hush what you're working on so we can all be super shocked when the day comes! except, y'know, that you're planning on joining in. totally do that.

"when do i post it?" march 1. whenever on that day. waves hands around in a vague gesture at time zones not mattering. seriously don't take this so seriously it's just me wanting to create cool shit with my friends with a little more structure to it

"does it have to be horny?" i mean. it's an event about mating season. so by definition it's going to be at least a little horny. but however you interpret it is cool. even if it's just. idk. leo sitting sweatily in a chair looking longingly at a glass of water bc he's thirstier than usual. be smart about things, people. i'm not your dad.

"which tmnt verse is this for?" whichever one you want it to be for!! rise! bayverse! 2007! your fan iteration! your friend's fan iteration! your mortal enemy's fan iteration! yes!

"will you be reblogging everything?" absolutely not, but this isn't an event About Me. i am incidental to the thing. it's about Us. coming together as a community. for horny turtles. puts my hands on your shoulders. do it for you. for your friends. for the community.

#text tag #feel free to reblog this around. it started out as a thing for turtle fam but we all agreed that it would be fun for The Community #anyway yeehaw let's spend all of february thinking about what to do and then the night of feb 29 doing it RAH #tmntspringshellebration

[southparkhcsocs]

hello! could you do stan, kenny, kyle, and cartman with your oc's at an amusement park! i can imagine cartman pretending to not be scared of a big rollercoaster, but when getting on the ride he would have a panic attack 😭 i love your drawings btw, so if you could add the drawings with the hcs that would be awesome! thank you!

This headcanon was written by the looovely @princessconsuela120 !!

Stan Marsh

Stan is scared and hides in your shirt but always goes on rides, throws up every time

Throws up after every ride.

I mean come on this is Stan we’re talking about. Loves going at night time.

Is afraid of heights, but always does the Ferris wheel.

His fav ride is def the tilt a whirl, even though he always throws up without fail.

Hides his head in your shoulder during roller coaster rides

“I’m never going on that thing again.” “We both know you’re lying, now let’s go on the log flume!”

Is always screaming in pictures. Buys every single picture by accident every time without fail.

Even the pictures of other people, he just doesn’t know how to purchase them.

Kyle Broflovski

Kyle loves big rides, has no idea they’re even scary, is like why are you scared.

Adrenaline junkie

Absolutely loves rollercoasters, especially the ones that go upside down.

Is unfazed by every ride.

You always try to find him a ride that’ll scare him but you always end up scared.

Half the time you’re holding his things like a mom while he’s on a terrifying ride you don’t wanna go on.

“Come on it’ll be fun!” “You hang upside down the whole time! That’s not fun that’s death!!!”

Lectures you about how unhealthy fair/amusement park food is.

Let’s you sit on his shoulders to watch the sunset by the beach (if there’s not a beach then be creative)

Kenny McCormick

Kenny is terrified x for obvious reasons, he buys carnival food the whole time.

Absolutely despises rides (afraid he’ll be killed)

Tries to get you to go on all the kiddie rides with him instead (somehow still dies)

Is OBSESSED with funnel cake, no one can change my mind.

Will literally sit and eat funnel cake and cotton candy while everyone’s on rides and somehow not throw up.

The train ride is lowkey his favorite.

“It’s a train!” “It’s a children’s ride!” “Train’s are for everyone y/n!”

Swings your hands around the whole time he walks around the park.

You guys get the unlimited ride wrist bands even though he barely goes on rides.

Eric Cartman

Cartman pretends but is freaking out on rides but after pretends they were easy.

Easily terrified of every ride.

Pretends to be super cool and okay with every ride he goes on.

Always freaks out mid air.

“What if the coaster falls off track! We could die! Oh my god here comes the drop! I’m never doing this again!”

Does it again.

He always picks the scariest rides to prove himself.

Always had some form of carnival food in his hands.

Somehow eats three things of cotton candy without puking.

The carousel is his favorite but he’d never tell.

#south park #south park stan marsh #south park stan #stan marsh #sp stan marsh #sp stan #stan marsh x reader #sp kyle #kyle broflovski x reader #south park kyle #kyle broflovski #south park kyle broflovski #sp kyle broflovski #sp kenny mccormick #kenny mccormick x reader #south park kenny mccormick #sp kenny #south park kenny #kenny mccormick #eric cartman x reader #eric cartman #south park cartman #south park eric cartman #sp cartman #sp eric cartman #anon

[olderthannetfic]

why do some popular things have such small fandoms, in your opinion? like, John Wick is incredibly popular but has less than 2k fics on ao3 and there doesn't seem to be a big fandom presence on tumblr. there's shows with 10+ seasons that have incredibly small fandoms as well.

i know not every fandom is going to be, say, Harry Potter or Supernatural levels (especially if it's an older show and fics have been lost to time- i've heard ER lost quite a lot) but it's just... odd to me, i guess.

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The majority of things don't get fanfic fandoms.

There are some trends though. Certain genres are more likely to generate them than others. SFF is pretty likely. Crime dramas are reasonably likely, whether that's people slashing buddy cops on AO3 or lead canon het on FFN.

Incomplete-feeling canons are a bit more likely, usually due to plot holes or a crappy ending that people want to fix—but not so crappy that everyone just gives up in disgust.

Relatedly, things where the art part isn't too intimidating are more likely than ones where the big draw is that author's exact way of writing or the fantastically subtle and moving acting in some arty movie about social issues.

Serial media are way, way more likely to generate a fic fandom than one-offs, and having a certain number of hiatuses but not ones that are too long helps. You want some gaps where people have time to make stuff before it's instantly jossed, but you do need new canon to reinvigorate a fandom periodically.

Things just being well known by lots of people does help relative to a similar canon that few people saw, but exact audience size isn't the main factor.

Some tasty character dynamics help a lot. Maybe shippy, maybe more found family. A world that people want to play more with also helps. Even the gen-focused fandoms tend to care a lot about the latter two. They don't just write about any old canon. There have to be certain hooks.

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John Wick does seem like it fits some of the standard criteria. There's more than one movie. It's fun, dumb genre stuff, not super high art.

TBH, having more than like 5 fics already means it's a success as a fic fandom, so part of it is just your frame of reference. I know you say you don't expect HP, but you should be expecting the norm to be way under 100 fics, not nearly 2k. That's part of it.

But I suspect the big reason is that a lot of people find the films relatively complete as-is.

They're set in the real world (-ish), so the setting isn't that interesting to explore with a bunch of OCs in the way that people write their own HP or Naruto casts. People like the lead, but I don't think they fixate on his relationships to other characters. (Checking AO3, it looks like some people are writing basically John/self, which makes sense.)

For much of the audience, it's all about watching him use a lot of guns. So many guns. All of the guns.

Once the big screen spectacle is done, I don't know that people really want more unless it's more action movies with more visual awesomeness.

IDK, I don't think I've seen any of these beyond some clips, so maybe I'm missing something.

[gmalaart]

I sketched a few interactions between Cavendish and some other FL OCs! They’re super quick and messy but I had fun with them.

Eddie belongs to @eddie-dearest | Twitch belongs to @capn-twitchery | Alex belongs to @thedeafprophet

Am I bummed that I missed the event where everyone seems to draw each other’s characters? Maybe…

Bonus, Eddie learns about skirt trousers:

#fallen london #fallen london oc #art #digital art #sketches #my art #I do apologise for making so much stuff about my guy but also. I haven’t had an oc that I love this much in years #I wanna parade cavendish around like!! #look at ‘em go!