I Am So Normal About Bug Fables (lying)

A leif centric comic i made a while ago written by @Tbone_Arts on twitter!

2 kidz living tru the horrors of...clown rituals

Tubby Hot Summer

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My phone is at two percent, my life is a mess, and I want potato chips

two favourite unfortunate bugs

I only like bad memes

i like their dynamic

You know, there’s one thing about this line that makes me wonder…

What if the spell on Monomon’s mask made it so that hunger and exhaustion wouldn’t affect Quirrel as much as a normal bug would?

I haven’t really seen anyone mention this, but it’s a pretty interesting to think about for me.

Remember when Quirrel returned the mask to Monomon and effectively released the spell as well, he instantly collapsed on his knees? What if that was the exhaustion the spell was keeping at bay catching up to him?

Not only that but based on the canon things we’ve seen in game and in the Quirrel comic, if Quirrel didn’t eat anything behind the scene, the last time Quirrel ate would be his meeting with Boon….. which was before his encounter with Hornet.

So in his entire time in Hallownest, he didn’t eat anything for a veeeeery long time.

After the mask was returned, Quirrel would need to relearn and readjust himself back to eating and sleeping regularly like a normal bug. Which would be hellish for the first few days, if not weeks or months even.

Even though a spell that’ll lessen the effect of hunger and exhaustion on a bug sounds good on paper, and Monomon or someone else probably did this with good intentions, the after effects of the spell being broken and the rehabilitation needed to soothe those suck.

But hey!! At least in this case Ghost and Hollow won’t be alone in trying to eat and sleep regularly like a normal bug should!!!

So Welcome to the Club “I Don’t Know / Forgot How To Function Like A Normal Bug” Quirrel”!!!

Here’s your free (not) unlimited tickets for “the gang keeps reminding you when to eat and sleep for your wellbeing”!!

Because Hornet is a mix between a spider, which have almost no muscles and instead use a complex system of hydraulics made using the spider’s blood pressure to move around, and have a very specific circulatory system alongside that, and a wyrm, which have an absolute ton of extremely tough and complex muscles that are specifically made for moving the wrym’s massive body around as efficiently as possible and also have a specific circulatory system made for that, Hornet has the most fucked up circulatory system you’re even seen.

Hornet’s circulatory system and muscular system is a weird mix between the Spider hydraulics circulatory system and the Wrym muscular systems (which are just regular muscles systems but with like 3 times the power). Hornet will move her arm and two things happen. First, her blood pressure in that arm will spike heavily, which is the result of the spider circulatory system trying to use Hornet’s nonexistent hydraulics system (made even more powerful by Hornet’s Wyrmlike heart, which is stronger than most spider hearts because wyrm muscles). As that’s happening, her actual arm muscles move her arm normally, but they’re suddenly a lot stronger than before because Hornet’s spider circulatory system has just accidentally delivered a shitload of extra blood and oxygen to that specific arm.

After Hornet stops moving her arm, her spider brain goes “alright, we’re done moving, lets lower the pressure in those hydraulics now”, lowers Hornet’s blood pressure and balances it out with the rest of her body, returning everything to normal. Even though it doesn’t have to do any of that at all because Hornet doesn’t have any spider hydraulics, so it’s increasing and decreasing her blood pressure for nothing.

This weird circulatory system has some upsides and some downsides. On one hand, Hornet is a lot stronger than she looks because the second she starts doing something physical, her muscles automatically receive extra bloodflow, making the task easier. But on the other hand, Hornet is prone to sudden spikes of high and low blood pressure because her circulatory system either messed something up, couldn’t properly balance out her blood pressure or just felt like being a dick today.

It also means that Hornet has a hard time retaining heat because the second she starts moving around in almost any way, blood starts being directed away from what her body has deemed “less important areas”, and towards whatever muscles she’s using. You know how you get cold feet when you’re scared because you’re body starts pumping more blood to the arm and leg muscles and less to the hands and feet? Hornet has an almost full body version of that at all times.

rating cookie's forms while chopping wood part two

by someone who's taken classes

immediately, i'm struck by the fact that they're not only using one hand, their other hand is.... supporting their arm? PLUS their legs are CROSSED??, and not only does that mean they could pull a muscle, all their strength is coming from their shoulder, which puts them at high risk of dislocating something if they swing it any faster. 1/10

strawberry my beloved you've restored my faith. she doesn't have a tight grip of the axe, but she is holding it near the head and then sliding down as she swings. YES. she's not angled right but she gets a pass because shes 13. 9/10

oh good lord. they start off alright, but then??? let go?? of the axe, making it look like they're throwing it at the wood like a swingball...?. . points for being funny but that is a terrifying thing to do with an axe. also, another child that should not be chopping wood. 4/10

gramps? are you using magic sparkles to chop wood again? whatever. he's swinging it below his waist in a very nice arc, and has his hand firmly enough around the axe for me not to be nervous, but again, one hand. i really hope the flower can see for him. 6/10

DTUFJZTJDTXJUTDTZZKSKSJS he fucking HATES this on god look at him. not only that, but hitting this with your non-dominant hand and backwards is likely to hurt AND take a long ass time on top of every other thing he's doing wrong. 0/10 i'm just sorry they did this to u king

okay it's. kind of impossible to chop wood completely safely with. yknow. one arm. soooo ig she's angled herself right and she gets 5/10

i wish his right hand was a liiiiittle higher at the peak of the swing, but other than that he's doing very well!,!... is what i would say if his eyes weren't fuckin closed!!! and WHERE pray tell is your passion?!?! 7/10!!!!

stepping forward as you swing is very wrong and dangerous, and, shes not holding it right. it looks like shes hitting below her waist, but thats moot if she's swinging so far she could dislocate something. 2/10

swinging the axe behind your head and out of your peripherals is SO dangerous oh my god. the arc is nice, but she's holding it by the end of the handle which means it could so easily slip out of her hands. however, i don't doubt she doesn't know what she's doing. 3/10

NOPE! his clothes are a huge goddamn hazard, he's holding the axe by the end, his body is completely forward and he's hitting at face height!!! he's likely to get more splinters than firewood, 1/10

part one