Hi all! I apologize for the delay in posting, I've had some major life stuff come up recently.
Semifinals for prompts are here! I'm giving two weeks for votes, then we'll move on to the finals! Prompt decision making is clarified in the doc but feel free to send an ask if you need clarification.
I've also received several asks about what days NNDWeek will be occuring on, so mark your calendars:
NNDWeek2024 will be occurring from July 7th-14th!
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Been working all morning on Mechanical Rose Part 6, tentatively titled "Prodigy." Here's a quick teaser excerpt:
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You nod. “It seems odd that the illness would only be affecting the Turitok. I’d like to get some samples from the affected animals tomorrow to run through the bio-reader. That might give us at least some clue as to where to start.”
Data nodded. “That is an excellent idea. I will join you.”
You boop him gently on the tip of his nose. “Sounds like you just want an excuse to loiter around your girlfriend.”
Data reaches out a finger and boops you back. “If I have calculated a way to spend the maximum time with my girlfriend while simultaneously providing the most assistance in our mission, I fail to see how that could reflect badly upon me.”
You snuggle up against him, wrapping one arm around the back of his neck and draping the other over his trim waist. You rest your cheek against his bare chest and feel the softness of his presence wash over you. “Well, you are my commanding officer, so who am I to argue.”
He slips his own arms around you, holding you close. “I am glad to hear it will not be necessary for me to submit you to disciplinary action for insubordination upon our return to the Enterprise.”
You smile to yourself. He’s gotten so much better at teasing banter since that day on the holodeck projection of Tavarius II.
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Here on the eve before the finale of RWBY volume 9, my thoughts are drawn to Nuts and Dolts, one of my very favorite ships in RWBY.
Full disclaimer: I’ve been a fan of RWBY for about two years. A couple of friends got me into it after the v8 finale aired. So yes I had to experience the hiatus like everyone else, but I didn’t have to experience the years between Penny dying during the Fall of Beacon and her return in volume 7.
But anyway, I’m thinking a lot about these two:
This was the scene where the ship sailed for me, although I understood the appeal from Penny’s very first appearance. I was heartbroken when Penny first died, although there was a part of me that thought “I mean, she is an android. In theory you could fix her.”
And a few weeks later, there she was, in her Maya animation engine glory. And wow did Nuts and Dolts really soar. We got fed SO WELL in volumes 7 & 8.
I couldn’t believe how much time they spent together, just how often they held hands and hugged. I swear, Ruby’s never had more intimate contact with any cast member than she had with Penny. There was just something about Penny that made her feel safe and comfortable.
But we all know how volume 8 ended. Perhaps it was inevitable. And WOW, to immediately get Friend during the ending credits, a song that’s literally Penny saying that her life was worth living because she got to know Ruby.
These two really are the Romeo & Juliet ship of RWBY, aren’t they.
I really hoped that we’d get a chance to see Ruby actually deal with the loss of Penny in volume 9. AND BOY DID WE. lol totally a “careful what you wish for” situation.
It certainly was great though. It solidified that, whether you interpret Penny and Ruby as platonic or romantic, they meant the world to each other.
Nuts and Dolts shippers got so much content this volume, even if it was of the tragic variety.
I’ve been thinking about them a lot this week because, unless something miraculous happens in the finale, this is probably truly the end for that content.
Of course, us shippers will always celebrate and create content for the ship, but as far as stuff we get from the show, this is probably it. I hope Ruby has some sort of emotional resolution about Penny in the finale, and maybe she’ll mention her once in a while as someone she lost, but we’re at the end as far as in-show content.
There’s nothing wrong with this. The show’s had a story to tell, and we’re simply at the end of this branch of it. They’ve done a wonderful job, and I’m so grateful for the story they gave Ruby and Penny.
It’s just... the ending of something, the end of the canon story of this ship. That gives me a melancholy feeling.
I love Nuts and Dolts. No matter what happens in the finale, I know that these two will continue loving each other in so much fanart, AUs, canon divergent timelines, etc.
So if tomorrow truly is the end of their story in-canon, then I just have to say thank you to CRWBY for these two, and this is how I’ll choose to remember them: happy, safe, finding comfort in each other’s embrace.
Together.
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been inactive for a long while coz personal stuff happening and also this long comic commission I’m trying to finish sldkfsdfjdsfhd
it’s an N&D and Tai / Summer comic (yea Summer’s the long-haired woman). tis a canon divergence AU where good things happened for them lmao
anyway these are just preview WIPs of random pages I liked so there’s no order or sense in this lsdfsdjfsdf
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Pre-Misson Kiss
Hey peeps!
So I’ve had this sketch in my folder for a while now, but I originally botched Ruby so I didn’t want to finish it. But like… Penny’s face was SO GODDAMN PRECIOUS and I just couldn’t leave it
JUST LOOK AT THIS!!
I love her so much holy crap
Anyhoo, Nuts and Dolts is my favorite thing in the world, and I’m LIVING off of the serotonin
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