DDT(not the pesticide)

Oh yeah, I really put Haywood through the wringer, didn't I? ^^; Poor guy...if it helps, I'm trying to be nicer to him in the 'reboot' concept~

Anyway, thank you! :D Tbh I feel very...lost, right now... Like, I'm not really *only* doing art for myself; I still have ongoing projects for the audiences that are there to see them...how do I handle feedback from them? Or do I just...not...?

I'm thinking of things like #re_rise and the DDT comic where I just update 'em randomly every handful of months...so I guess I handle everything like that? Maybe? Do I need to start doing 'art of the week posts' like I do on Bluesky/Twitter; just so people know this account isn't dead in the meantime? I got a lot to figure out...

Daughters

…It’s been a minute since I posted any art here. At first I thought it might be because I was just getting depressed again, but tbh I’ve been happier and more creative than ever. ^^; Things are definitely different this time around…and I think it’s something that’s been building for a long time.

Recently, I started thinking about Daughters of the Pumpkin Queen again– an old webcomic that I worked on back when I was in college. And although I hate reading my old work, I made myself skim through it, and I was honestly stunned at the quality of the writing, especially in the unfinished Season 2. O_O If I can do stuff like that while school is literally eating my brains away, man…I don’t know why I’m not famous already. People really don’t appreciate genius, do they…?

ZIPCAST FEDERATION

The Infinite Merry Master-Land

A dark power takes over Dream Land, transforming it into an amusement park of eternal torment. However, this sounds like fun for Gryll the Witch, so she travels to the park to solve all its puzzles…to the Manager’s dismay...

The Lord of All That Was, Ruler of the Forbidden Land, Lost King of Redgar– Fecto Elfilis: A legendary beast from ancient times, long before the Dream Kingdom or even the rise of Void Termina. Since its reign came to an end, a small remnant of it survived deep underground, tended to by the dwindling population of its people…but the invention of Dream Magic has granted it strength, and with the help of a certain Nightmare Wizard, it returns to its former glory, setting its sights on the Dream Kingdom…

The Meta-Knight (Vessel Gamma): The secondary body of the Meta-Knight, only seen once or twice every hundred years, when the Dream Kingdom is in dire straits. This vessel is heavily modified for speed and power, as well as increased loyalty to the kingdom and all its subjects– although it is physically incapable of speech or smiling, it tries to be as friendly as it can during its very brief missions.

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So now you know why Elfilin is a lizard in this AU: so Fecto Elfilis can be a cool dragon. ^^ Simple as that.

I probably need to explain how the Meta-Knight works, though: so it’s really the quintessential example of a Dreamwrought being, taken and reshaped by generations of dream-mages…to the point where the original dreamer’s mind is now more of an abstract concept, part of Dream Magic itself. Thus, it’s become just another parameter, which can be adjusted to fit the requirements of each Meta-Knight vessel. In this respect, the different vessels are like ‘filters’, through which certain parts of that mind are allowed to enter: usually just enough to keep its sense of self stable and offer it a rudimentary intelligence. Vessel Alpha, the one you’re already familiar with, definitely has the widest filter– it doesn’t have much of an identity or a desire to do anything, but it’s at least allowed to think, and draw its own conclusions from the parts of its mind it can access. Vessel Gamma, on the other hand…even if it could talk, it probably wouldn’t have much to say. ^^; Its filter is very narrow, really only allowing it to “recognize friend” and “kill enemy”, and the only emotion it can feel is happiness– either that, or complete neutrality.

I like to think it’s designed that way both to make it easy to control (as an extremely dangerous living weapon) and to prevent it from going nuts in such an uncomfortable alien body. ^^; Yeah, the Ministry could probably just torture it into submission, but literally removing its ability to think “SOMETHING IS HORRIBLY WRONG WITH ME” would help speed that process up a lot. 👍

Magical Friends Valentines ❤

Well, thank you, especially for taking the time to find me! 💖 Sorry it was so difficult though... ^^;

Simple Curiosity

Tiff patiently explains that it’s literally a criminal offense to touch the Meta Knight…so obviously Kirby needs to try it just to see what’ll happen. :9

Despite how silly this interaction is, it is essentially their first step down the road to hell. ^^;;; Before this, Kirb is just peacefully hanging out in Castle Village, taking odd jobs to earn money, nicking food from the Shopkeeper when they don’t have any, swapping stories with friends and sleeping under the stars. Assuming the Shopkeeper’s schemes to buy/steal Elfilin continued to fail, they (and all their friends) might have continued to live like that for years.

But instead, they get arrested in this moment, Elfilin goes missing (more on that later) and the fate of the world is sealed…

“How would you like it”

Just noodling with a story beat in The Diary of Penny Polendina– Ciel and Winter go undercover to try and retrieve Penny 2.0 without letting the general public know that she went missing. They’re prepared to take her by force…but to their surprise, she’s prepared to fight back...

Height Shift

Hey, like they say, better late than never~💖Thank you so much; you're incredibly kind! ^^

DDT08: Would You Even Understand

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GameSwap!AU #2

Thank @earthykinous for this idea; I saw it in the tags of the first GameSwap and immediately knew I had to give it a try ^^

It’s 2025, and I’m starting off the new year by announcing that I’ve moved to BlueSky, finally! It’ll be nice to run a more casual art account again, and have a place to promote and advertise projects without feeling icky: https://bsky.app/profile/dokitsuna.bsky.social

Speaking of projects– I really wanna get a lot of stuff done this year. For one thing, I WILL finish and release Magical Friends Episode 2 or die trying. 😤

I also wanna start getting my personal projects off the ground: LADYBIRD, Magical Girl No. 1, my as-yet unannounced short film…some other one-off projects I’ve got stashed away…all the depressive episodes I went through last year gave me a lot of time to plan and write, so it’d be great if this year I could start bringing those ideas to life. ^^;

In general, I’d like to keep watching my skills improve (because they have been progressing a lot lately), and keep on making art to make people happy. ^^ 

I’ve decided that one of the things I want most from my art is to give people a distraction from troubled times. It may sound silly, and it definitely feels silly thinking about cartoon blobs goofing around when there’s so much going on in the world…until I remember how much I rely on the work of other creatives to help reset my brain when I’m overwhelmed with grief and stress. 

Everyone needs a break from suffering occasionally; there’s nothing wrong with that. And if I can give someone a good laugh or something cool to think about when they need it most, even if it’s just to break them out of doomscrolling…that alone makes it all worthwhile. 👍

DDT Preview 11

Soon we will finally start Act 3 of the story...this is the part that hurts the most. >_< Personally, I don't think it's actually the saddest part (watch out for the final act) but it really hurt to write, and drawing it only amplifies the pain...maybe that's why it's taking me so long. Yeah, let's go with that explanation. ^^;

This act just stars the family-- Elfilin, Carol, and Leon-- and it's very emotional. You're going to see all the characters at their most honest...before it's all over...

Reindeer Games

So I’m realizing now that this interaction would be “canonically” impossible for, like, six different reasons…UNLESS, we assume it’s a dream Fecto Elfilis is having. That’s the only scenario I can think of in which Elfilin could exist separately from them AND bug them like this AND not die immediately. 

…Anyway, I hope everyone who celebrates had a lovely Christmas~ ^^;