how the heck did this show
That had great characters
interesting characters who dealt with difficulties, prejudice, and fear
a show that had a great plot
that contained love and friendship
a show that could get dark but managed to say light-hearted and funny
that also managed to complement the original series
how oh how did it become this
(via the-chibster)
In regards to commissions, there is now a button on the modblog leading to the list of prices if anyone wants them.
I’m surprised. I posted a warning that an upcoming update will be more text than art in order to best get things across, and the feed back has been positive.
How is it that tumblr has helped to reestablish my faith in literacy that my job so often destroys?
“Mind if I ‘butt’ in?”
(My first commission, done for ask-paradigm for a lineless squishy booty Papi, with Paradigm and Queen Fabulicious)Reblogging to say that commissions are open if anyone is interested.
Sketch - $3
Flat linework, no color - $5
Linework w/color - $8-10 negotiable.
Linework w/color and shading - $12-15 negotiable
Simple backgrounds are free,
Complex/detailed backgrounds - $8-10 additional, negotiable.
$5 additional for each additional character
This piece, commissioned by ask-paradigm was a mere $25.
If you want to contact me for a commission, please do so via skype
@thefirstcynedian.
Because I was recently asked about commissions, here are the prices as they stand right now. Bear in mind that there is an art giveaway contest running for followers on Papillon’s Hive right now.
(via bevendre)
Came with two free apple pie sticks~!
You get free stuff? That’s no fair. My cult just expects constant blood sacrifices. I’m running dry here!
This is true for Papi’s canon on a number of levels.
Because of their appetites and feeding habits changeling society is much more socially open and direct than many pony communities, with relations generally being more open and acknowledged. This of course can lead to some awkward situations among converted drones.
The hatred of changelings by the bulk of pony society has less to do with ‘haters and religious leaders’ however, and more towards a long standing prejudice and fear based around the changelings’ appearance, misunderstandings of their modern behaviors, and terrible wive’s tales of their ancestor’s behaviors.
The first of what would become changelings were much more monstrous creatures in their behavior, consuming most organic matter in an area before moving on, leaving it stripped as though they were locusts. These areas would often remain barren for some time, leading to the Changeling Wastes on the outskirts of Equestria, and any pony or other sentient caught during a hive’s passing would generally be consumed and converted through less savory means than Papillon exhibits.
The first changelings were visibly horrifying, and that was reflected in behavior, generally being more feral than sapient, and behaving more akin to their parasprite relatives than their pony relatives. These times led to changelings being demonized as a plague and blight upon the world, and as such led to many attempts to remove them from the world they feasted upon. And so, ponykind, under the leadership of the royal sisters enacted acts of genocide and attempted to completely eradicate the changelings.
These acts of course led to much bitterness between changelings and ponies, especially as the changelings were forced to adapt rapidly through accelerated generations. Modern changelings are much different than those that were first hunted near extinction, but even the modern changeling bears fear of destruction and extinction under the hooves of ponies, especially after Chrysalis’s folly.
This is what makes Papillon’s gambit very dangerous. She seeks peace between the changelings and ponykind, and it is possible to establish it, but even if changelings are understood as loving and sapient creatures, there will still be a LOT of prejudice and hatred to get over.
Hopefully I can manage more than a coupe of hours of sleep, and before 7AM tonight. I don’t want to spend all day tomorrow passing in and out of consciousness.
While possible (a Queen’s reproductive cycle can lead to dozens, if not hundreds of eggs in the span of a few months) it’s not so at the moment. With the Hive as large as it is, Papi has stopped her cycles until it is necessary to replenish numbers again.
Nymphs tend to chirr and chirp when they’re hungry, bored, and even tired. When they’re full and have their little glowy bellies they don’t purr so much as they chitter and click.