55 BOOKMARKS :0
Okay! Planning time! As of now, Smaller Bodies is 88k words. I’m gonna try to round it off to 100k, though this may a little hard because I still have to get Catnap… apprehended.
Then?
New series, same universe.
Destroy-A-Toy starts when the world ends.
My writing’s currently stunted because of Art Fight, but I’m still writing, just slower. Several people mentioned to me that Sugar Breath takes a different approach to the other stories, in which case, thanks! :D Most of it’s been told from Catnap’s POV, but I wanted to check out how the other Critters perceive her.
I might write one-shots to do with more Theo and Ollie because I love those two BUT. As MrMateusz says: TheoNap.
In no order, here’s my list of cryptic stuff to work on:
Get Smaller Bodies to 100k words
“And Then We All Fell (Silent)”
Pre-Hour of Joy
VERY depressed Dogday
Another cat and dog
Gender phone call + enby pook
SHE’S GRANTING US VISIONS!!
*sprays Theodore Grambell with water*
Umm why is he drawing Harley Sawyer getting his legs ripped off…?
Collect my friends’/fan’s OCs for reasons
Write the dramatic scenes to Edda Hayes music 👇
“Don’t need a knight to guard the cave, can’t count the dragons that I’ve slayed
You can give it all you’ve got
‘Cause love is running through my veins, this lion can’t be tamed
There’s fire in my blood
There’s fire in my blood…
…
And finally, let me just say…
Smaller Bodies is the 1991 half.
Destroy-A-Toy is 1995.
💜💛🔥
After Catnap was taken away, the Critters were never the same…
Claustrophobic and terrified of the dark
Always stays with at least one person; can’t handle being alone
Dating CraftyCorn
Frequently bursts into tears when reminded of traumatic events
Deeply broken after Catnap’s disappearance
Believes that she has been murdered
Doesn’t smile, doesn’t even bother
Will defend the Critters with his life but will not defend himself
Blind (one eye gouged out, the other not functioning)
Wears sunglasses 24/7 to hide his eyes
Not self-confident; fragile and traumatised
Jealous and nervous around able-bodied people
Paranoid and claustrophobic
Swears that she saw Catnap dragging a body
Sticks to Kickin constantly and helps him walk
Wants to bodybuild and learn self-defence
Still very anxious
Dating Bobby, sticks to her like glue
Defends Catnap’s memory but will break down in tears
Sticks to only painting happy things, avoids the memories of the fire
Constantly anxious
Paranoid that people are expecting him to do things he can’t do
Finds it difficult to concentrate and calm down
Often found alone frantically cramming knowledge in case he “needs” it
The only one who seems mostly unscathed
Nervous around using fire in the kitchen
Brings up her admiration for Catnap in casual conversation
Sometimes forgets that the incident even happened
And finally…
Completely separated from the other Smiling Critters
No longer considers herself as part of them
Aches when thinking of Dogday and therefore tries to distract herself
Anxiety is gone
Well, my friend.
This:
(This is legitimately super fun to write and I’m really happy with it :D)
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Vee?? Wtf???
Uh, so I don't like Vee's canon design, mostly her palette. A green palette could work, sure, but her specific palette is not good. Primarily because the two shades of green are almost exactly the same value (which makes them blend together), but also because it makes her look much more like a computer than a TV. Besides the colours, it kind of bothers me that she (and many other toons) are basically completely naked.
So I wanted to take a shot at redesigning her.
Here, we have a red/blue/grey colour scheme. This just makes the most sense to me; when I think "movie" or "TV" those are the colours I think of. The red and blue are also supposed to mimic 3D glasses.
She's fully clothed, in a suit because what else would she wear. Gave her white gloves bc the light value draws attention to her hands and makes her gestures easier to understand. Her face and tail glow for the same reason. I'd have Vee's tail always showing, by the way. I do not want to know where she puts it in canon. Uh. Anyway, she has a belt chain too bc they're cool.
Will make a good drawing of this design at some point, but I'm feeling lazy tonight, so yeah.
Ok that's it byeee (I will go back to my regular stuff eventually, I promise, but feast well in the meantime)
P.S. Reblog if you wanna see my other toon redesign ideas >:)
Something I posted on Insta but haven’t posted on here yet :)
Very first time drawing the Player! Let’s go!! 💛
Also, we have some super special art for @calebtsm! He loves Eevee and he’s made an arctic fox OC, so boom. They’re snuggling now!
In other words:
Are you happy with it ending while the factory is still open, keeping it strictly to the world of the Smaller Bodies?
Or would you rather have a longer AU with a conclusion to the canon? This includes recounting the Hour of Joy and the Player’s identity.
Thanks! Love from Qibs! <3
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Happy Birthday @qibsichan !!!!! DAY OF BIRTH!! YAY!
(I don’t know how to make backgrounds so. Bisexual lighting???)
Get idiots ready for the Toy Tour, reasonably hyped
Slam-dunk them onto the train
Introduce the nightmare critters - they’re forced to share a train carriage
Make the critters go “:0” as they’re given rooms while Dogday shits himself because he can’t sleep beside BigNap
Introduction to Ollie and the realisation they’ve turned into a dictator
Grand dinner night and the official announcement of the start of training
Slow realisation that the Toy Tour is rigorously controlled
Mass panic, leading to threats of Destroy-A-Toy
The Tour is now a concentration camp where anyone who objects is killed or threatened
Optional additional ideas:
Someone’s poisoned at the dinner party
Ollie teaches the other toys about things like racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia etc and they’re all horrified because these toys have never seen those concepts before (at least, not that they’re aware of)
Dogday makes friends with Infox, who is @thattiredgamer’s OC; Kather, who is @i-am-in-the-mind-fuck’s OC, and SourTail, who is @bazyboo13’s OC
Possibly a snippet or mention of the cult. You’re not meant to know Destroy-A-Toy’s being ruled by the kitty queen, but for those already in the know it would be great foreshadowing!
Teach the toys the Footloose dance because it would be really funny as a training exercise
The above are the things I gotta do forrrrr this series!
May be shabby now but I’ve got the plans! Stories take time! Especially since this is more an original fic instead of a what-if :)
They want to cook dog day in a saucepan
Theodore Grambell gives me MASSIVE Omori vibes, so I thought: what would they look like together?
(this is genuinely going to be his design now because I'm in love with this :))
Hey there, I’m Qibs! (she/her) Author of the Smaller Bodies Initiative and Destroy-A-Toy! Lovely to have ya here! 💜🫂
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