Ramblings nobody wants to read, Secret Santa wishlists, unexplained herd of Waluigis, and anything else that won't fit in my more organized worlds. Enjoy! Or don't. :P ;)

Random personal info:

I'm 25, married, and expecting my first little person this fall (2023)! Yay! This also means I'll probably stop being so active online this fall, but that's a price I'm willing to pay for smol bebes. Still love you all!

I've also joined Tumblr now! But TheOtaku will always be my home base.

Have fun wandering the wonderful world of a weirdo.

Secret Santa Wishlist 2022

Hey-hey! I'm so excited to see what you, Mr./Mrs. Secret Santa, do with my wishlist! You can draw just one thing, or combine items into one picture, too. Artistic license, y'all!

I've tried to make the list fairly fandom-diverse, so you're (hopefully) not stuck drawing a character you don't know anything about.

~Avatar: The Last Airbender~
Prince Zuko
Uncle Iroh
Sokka
Toph Beifong being her beautiful sassy self

~Fire Emblem~
Rajaion (with or without other Goldoans) (he and Soren would also be super cute probably) (Path of Radiance, aka FE9)
Tibarn, Janaff, Ulki, and Reyson being bros (from FE9 and also Radiant Dawn, aka FE10)
Any one of, or any combination of, the Heron Laguz from FE9 and FE10 (Sephiran counts!)
Naesala (can be x Leanne but can also be standalone because Naesala is glorious) (FE9 & FE10)

~Legend of Zelda~
Link (All Links are fun, but Twilight Princess Link is my fave. )
Imp Midna (Twilight Princess)
Link x Midna (either form)
Ghirahim being his fabulous self (Skyward Sword)

~Lord of the Rings~
Tom Bombadil and Goldberry (Aww.)
Treebeard interacting with his forest

~Miscellaneous~
- Literally anything from my original story, Silen Fah, will make me squeal in delight! (There are lots of characters I've posted on here; just look up "silen fah" under fanart.)
- The seven main playables from Xenoblade Chronicles doing something fun or cool together
- Aisling and Pangur from Secret of Kells
- Characters from Harvest Moon 64, Rune Factory: Frontier or Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny doing slice-of-life type stuff (farming, celebrating Christmas, fishing, playing with their animals or kids, whatever)
- Silliness involving characters or situations from the computer game FTL: Faster Than Light
- For anybody who doesn't mind supreme levels of AU weirdness, Waluigi from the Super Mario series, x Edelgard from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. They are betrothed and Waluigi is slated to be the new ruler of both the Black Eagles AND the Blue Lions (being, naturally, Dimitri's older brother). It's basically a convoluted inside joke that has never been put on paper (or screen), and might be a funny project to do!

~Super Mario~
Waluigi
Rosalina
Luigi

...Okay, better not get carried away. Happy drawing!

Everything is Happening at the Same Time!

Where to begin...? I guess it all started to get crazy at the beginning of the month. My husband got sick - he thought it was COVID but couldn't get a positive test - and only got worse and worse for a good two weeks. Four ER visits and like seven doctors appointments later, we're thinking it was some kind of bug and then a lack of sleep and a stress overload really knocked him down, but it's still unclear. At least he's doing slowly but steadily better now.

While he was sick, his dad went missing and was found dead in the woods. (No foul play, and he was old, but still a shock.) We had a bunch of extended family in town for the funeral, and my sister-in-law is still here. Nice gal; I haven't gotten much chance to get to know her before now and it's been nice hanging out with her.

With my father-in-law gone, my aging mother-in-law has asked me and my husband to move in with her. She doesn't think she can run the household alone, plus she's super lonesome, so we're working on moving all our stuff up to her house. Our dog and her dog are having a blast running around together! And we're all enjoying being together more. But clearing out all my father-in-law's things and bringing in all of ours has been pretty hectic.

Also, we had a hard frost and most of the garden died, and we're scrambling to get all the produce out. I've got like a hundred pounds of green tomatoes... that's not even an exaggeration. It's ridiculous! If anybody has ideas for what to do with them, I'm all ears.

Also also, my computer just died tonight. It will be interesting figuring out how to post OCtober pictures... but I do intend to post them, even if they're late.

Thanks for bearing with my ranting and raving!

My First Convention!

I'm just trembling with excitement right now, guys. Have always thought it'd be awesome to go to some big video game convention, E3, ComicCon, whatever, but I live in a rather remote area and never had the opportunity to do it. But that changes this weekend! They're having a "mini comic-con" at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, MI, and while it's still a bit of a drive, it's close enough that I'm gonna go. No idea if anybody else on this site would be going, but if you are, it'd be cool to meet you IRL! I'm going to be cosplaying as Midna from Legend of Zelda... might post pictures on here but we'll see. You know how it goes when you're doing something exciting, the camera tends to be forgotten in the moment.

For those of you that don't know about Legend of Zelda, here's a picture of Midna....

WordGirl Fanfic Concept Art #3

No, she's not by herself because I like her more! (Even though I do.) I just ran out of space on the last page!

WordGirl Fanfic Concept Art #2

Bunch of other peeps I'm drawing and/or redesigning for the hypothetical comic strip idea.... Enjoy!