I Know I’m Probably Very Late To This, But Here, Have A Redraw Of That One Render-

oh boy.

hi again, draw to nori holding newborn uzi from first time after birth uzi

I don’t know if I can do this?- not because I don’t have ideas or anything, but the Murder Drones fandom law [or the cannon laid down the past-] states that any newborn Drone child is a pillbaby- and i genuinely don’t know if i can manage doing an artwork that involved a pillbaby where the posing and stuff is good enough that I don’t scrap it before I even start progress on line art, let alone being proud enough of the finished art to post it-

sorry….. T-T

When writing toxic family dynamics

Toxic family stuff isn’t always screaming matches or broken plates. Sometimes it’s quiet control. The expectation to shrink, the pressure to be perfect, the guilt that rides shotgun. It’s complicated. And it’s deeply, deeply personal.

✧ Make the love real, but conditional.  One of the most damaging things about toxic family is the illusion of love. It’s not “I love you no matter what.” It’s “I love you when you obey.” Let your character notice that.

✧ Control shows up in micro ways... Who’s allowed to speak. Who’s allowed to feel. Who apologizes first, even when they’re not wrong. Control doesn’t need to be loud. Sometimes it’s a raised eyebrow or a guilt trip.

✧  Let them question reality. Toxic families are great at gaslighting. Your character might constantly wonder, Was it really that bad? Am I being dramatic? Let them doubt their own memories. That internal confusion is real.

✧ The guilt will be crushing. Leaving a toxic family doesn’t feel empowering at first. It feels selfish. It feels wrong. It feels like betrayal, even when it's survival. Show your character grieving the fantasy of the family they wish they had.

✧ Let them try to earn love. Your character might work their ass off trying to “be good,” hoping maybe this time they’ll be enough. Toxic families move the goalposts. Let that break them a little.

✧ Show emotional whiplash... One moment everything is warm and nostalgic. The next, it’s tense and full of landmines. That unpredictability is the dynamic. Use it.

✧ Don’t make the villain cartoonish. Even the abuser might think they’re doing what’s best. They might bake cookies and say “I’m just worried about you.” That’s what makes it so damaging. Write them like people, flawed, manipulative, real.

✧ Let your character unlearn in layers. Even after they leave, they still flinch. Still fold under pressure. Still crave approval. Recovery isn’t clean. But it’s worth it. And when they finally say no, even just once, let it be electric.

I can't explain it, but Batman needs to be mythologized. In Gotham, that is.

Logically, they know he's just a man, made of skin and bones and blood, like all of them. Those who met him, who had the ill luck to, say he feels like the city itself.

When danger approaches, with the click of a gun or hiss of a knife, it’s not the police people pray to. There's a single name that rivals Gotham‘s, and it’s not them.

So much so, there's whispers of what might happen, about guidelines being stepped. Kinda like how if you're compared to Aphrodite, you might die.

Such as:

If you see a wounded bird, of any kind, take it to a vet, or nurture it back to health. You’ll get robbed otherwise.

Don't wear pearls. Just don't.

Never let your son walk alone at night. Never lay your hands on them, either. The Bat doesn't take kindly to it.

It's such an amazing feeling when someone picks up on something in your writing that you 100% intended but didn't think people would notice. Like, YES!! My writing properly conveyed the thing it was supposed to!!! You are so awesome for noticing that!!! I am so awesome for writing that!!! I feel so good about my story now!!!!

“how did you get into writing” girl nobody gets into writing. writing shows up one day at your door and gets into you

Why are you so precious yet very reckless and stupid?!

Credit to @kuruthecyanserval for getting me stuck on the idea of little baby disassembly drones.

These tiny little wiggly babies that can only make the cutest little mewing sounds.

Their claws are so tiny and useless. Their teeth are hardly big enough to bite through an apple. No tails yet, they slowly devolve those later as they get bigger and bigger.

Once they begin to get their tails in and those tails are at a certain length it’s vital to begin carrying them by the tail or hanging them up by the tail to strengthen the tail and help the disassembly pup get used to using their tails.

The babies began to become bitey, they begin itching to use those new fangs and hunting instincts. Extremely high energy and on the constant hunt.

New born disassembly drones have an odd cap like material over their fangs as they grow in. After those fangs have fully dropped that cap falls or breaks off.

Disassembly drones are more than often born in litters of 2. Of course they have their eyes open and come out as small pills like worker drones. After they transcend that pill form they resemble a newborn puppy much like worker drones. The major immediate difference is the size, disassembly drone pups are much bigger than worker drone pups and possess the headband eyes

MD AU: One Small Change - Chapter 1

(cw for the chapter: blood, mentions and metaphorical depictions of abuse, naked robots)

[Next >] (tbd.)