I’m Not Aggressive, This Is My Normal Face

Since it's the month of May, here are some of my MerMay art. ◉⁠‿⁠◉

My first Mer creation

Btw, these artworks were originally posted on Cara (my comfort art site♡) during the '23 MerMay event there. I asked one of the admins if it's okay for me to submit unconventional-looking merfolks, and they said yes. They actually liked my beloved abominations. lol

"Deep Sea Queen"

The name is just a reference to Deep Sea King from One Punch Man. I just wanted to call her DSQ, bc she's a deep sea creature and a queen. 💅😂 I also kinda referenced an angler fish (for that head-arm extension thingy), gold fish (for the body), and one of my older sisters (for the long flowy hair). ♡ lol

"Pardon May"

Fun fact: Squids have tentacles but octopuses don't. Both have 8 arms (not tentacles!), but squids also have two longer tentacles (appendages that only have suctions at the end of limb) used to catch fish and shrimp in open-ocean waters. Octopuses have 8 appendages while squids have 10 (8 arms and 2 tentacles).

"Safe Mother"

I just literally combined two prompts: "safe" and "mother." (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)

"Heye"

Its name is pronounced like the greeting "Hi" but the 'i" is replaced with "eye" for obvious reasons. Also, I just thought of an octopus, a jellyfish, thalassophobia and Mike Wazowski when I drew this. lol

"Tiptoe Thru the Tulips"

I named them Speckle and Jawrothy. ♡

🎶song inspiration 🎶

"Mr. Dapper"

I just wanted to draw a fine gentlemer. The prompt was red, btw. (It may not be obvious, so I'd like to point out that his earring is a golden fish hook.🪝🎣)

"Footima, the Sea Snail(?)"

The prompt was friend. So, here's my dear friend, Footima. 🥰😂

Someone messaged me regarding a particular "childhood sweetheart" on afkJ's post about Lyca, so I'd like to talk about it. (⁠◠⁠‿⁠◕⁠)

Here's the tea. lol

Okay, so here's the immediate train of thought I had when I saw that:

"Oh, it's just like that customer service representative who said Gavus and Eugene are just friends bc some dudes were disgusted by idea that they're basically a married couple with kids. So, in this case, they had to slap on that heteronormative childhood sweetheart thing so that no more random disgruntled homophobe will bother their CSRs just to ask if Eironn and Lorsan and/or Lyca and Florabelle are fruity. lol Ngl, I'm not even mad at this cover up. 😂"

Seriously though, if they genuinely wanted Eironn to be Lyca's "childhood sweetheart," they should've shown any indication that either of them had at least a puppy crush on the other; or like, talk about some sweet memories from the past. But who actually talked about some sweet intimate memories? Florabelle. And how did Lyca react? She got flustered — even before talking to Florabelle. Even the mere mention of her name had her stuttering.

On the other hand, all Eironn talked in relation to Lyca was how they (including Lorsan) grew up together and then, Lorsan said he left the forest in pursuit of improving his sword skills. When Eironn fought corrupted Eomir alongside his friends, he said some heartwarming things about everyone, including Lyca. During that short fight with Lyca bc of his stubborn habit of fighting alone, it didn't even end up remotely romantic. They just casually reconciled like, "We good? Mm'kay, we good, homie." And moved on with the journey. Heck, they don't even have any correlation with each other in afkA. ಠ⁠‿⁠ಠ

Anyways...

Who made Eironn's emotionally constipated face crack a smile tho? Lorsan.

Who did Eironn open up his heart and fully bare his insecurities? Lorsan.

Who was able to get through Eironn in a heartfelt and wise manner without getting mad and storming off? Lorsan.

Who's actually being a sweetheart to Eironn? Lorsan.

In conclusion: EiLor.

"Mercy guides me as I fight with valor."

this is cute af, tysm for this art, i LOVE it *eats it*

Pope is kind of protective of his hamsters.

others be like: arghh u have to pay to win for this game!!! 😤😤😭😡

frugalkubal, a f2p: look at the art, landscapes so beautiful, the character designs are amazing, my ships are sailing, and oh! i finished the afk stages, the story and side stories without even spending a cent... welp anyways, about eironn and lorsan—

My afkJ heroes will soon catch up with my afkA heroes' level. (⁠☆⁠▽⁠☆⁠)

"this flood aint stopping me from going where i'm going. imma go jesusing on it if i have to, bitch. tf"

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a picrew challenge. Using this picrew, make it look like you as much as possible. No magical colour eyes. Do whatever you want with the background and hands/other info.

thanks to @hamletkin for the tag.

tagging: @bippityboppity69 @crypticpuffin @raptorrrred @what-in-crustacean

By @ashleybobaxter

yes, kindness. Imma be kind to myself first by not seeing the mf who kept hurting me. letting go of toxic people will lead me to a better way