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bletherdaft

@bletherdaft.bsky.social

• Opiliones/harvestmen are good boys and did nothing wrong ever, lil' orb with leggies
• Chilean harvestman came up in my search for it, looks metal as heck
• bumblebee fluffy fluffy fluffy
• there are many types for bee for your googling perusal
#spider #arachnid in case I jumpscare people with bug

A harvestman doing nothing wrong and walking on a leaf.

The Chilean harvestman, somewhat unnerving.

December 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM

bletherdaft

@bletherdaft.bsky.social

• Tarantulas can be fluffy, a bit big but perhaps there's smaller ones out there. Could be a big board-hogger
• have you ever seen jumping spiders, they are small and go boing
• to change things up you can add hated bugs, eg I do not like horse conch, Australia huntsman (brrrr)
#spider #tarantula

A photo of a jumping spider from https://avonturia.com/all-about-keeping-jumping-spiders/ I do not know what type of spider it is, he fluffy and go boing.

A thumbnail from "Top 10 DWARF Tarantulas! YOU NEED a Tiny Tarantula" depicting a lil' tarantula walking on someones' hand. TINY TARANTULAS is overlaid in green font with a black border.

A horse conch, a huge water snail with red weird textured flesh bleegerhgrhr I hate him

December 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM

bletherdaft

@bletherdaft.bsky.social

belated but I have not seen other bug suggestions drop so here I gooo
• There is that Hawaiian happyface spider (already sort of incorporated with the one with the fear icon)
• We haven't got a slug yet, tricky shape to work with admittedly. Banana slug? (seaslugs for oceanic sequel totes)
#spider

A banana slug with spotting like an overripe banana, chillin' on a log.

A bright dark yellow banana slug looks at the viewer.

A Hawaiian happy face spider, bright yellow with black and red markings like a smiley face.

Another Hawaiian happy face spider. Looks a bit translucent.

December 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM

bletherdaft

@bletherdaft.bsky.social

Belated but this gofundme met the goal in August (iirc outside donations from news station coverage and exposure helped massively)

[Text from a gofundme update post with a photo attached at the bottom]
Updates [1]

Aug 26
Kimberly Villarreal . Organizer

THANK YOU to everyone who came together to pull this off! Dawn's life is forever changed in the best way possible and I wouldn't have been able to do this without y'all! My heart is so full.

[A photo displays the family stood infront of a white van, one of them holding a sign saying:]
GOT MY NEW
WHEELS
Sames
Texas' Oldest Dealership
Ford

November 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM

bletherdaft

@bletherdaft.bsky.social

some of the pricier adoptables in the 50% off deal until december 1st 2025

'TLoS - Wind Guardian'
A blue dragon with fluffy cloud accents for fur.

https://ko-fi.com/s/75869071f0

'TLoS - Poison Guardian'
A green dragon breathing poison with holes in their wings.

https://ko-fi.com/s/e4d4e9142b

'Anthro Adopt - Quoll'
An anthropomorphic quoll wearing a purple jumper and glasses.

https://ko-fi.com/s/89201bb999

'Anthro Adopt - Bat'
An anthropomorphic bat with flight goggles and wing arms.

https://ko-fi.com/s/da6070a32d

November 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM

bletherdaft

@bletherdaft.bsky.social

I sometimes raffle a commission slot in a group I'm in then commission the winners' character, here's another such end result by @animalcrazy.bsky.social.
Got it via kofi here: ko-fi.com/animalcrispy

#wowart #draenei #commission #worldofwarcraft #chibi

A chibi-styled draenei in simplified plate armour with a hand on her waist, smiling. Horns emerge from her horned helmet.

November 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM

bletherdaft

@bletherdaft.bsky.social

Some more $12 adoptables from ko-fi.com/animalcrispy...

#lionadopt #wolfadopt #animaladopt #adoptables

A warm grey lion with a slight mane and brown socks on their hindlegs.

https://ko-fi.com/s/2e19395928

A light brown lion with no mane.

https://ko-fi.com/s/05e8aba250

A grey wolf.

https://ko-fi.com/s/f2b743050c

A brownish red wolf with orange eyes.

https://ko-fi.com/s/7e04a6fb18

November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM

bletherdaft

@bletherdaft.bsky.social

referenced mudbriar and flurryheart's build. Not super feeling these two but here's goblin baby pony.

#mylittleponyfriendshipismagicadoptable

Two earthponies, a white and black adult with a cutiemark depicting spades within a heart, and a swamp green baby earthpony with one tooth.

I don't have much ideas for names here, Ace o' Spades? Onion Chutney? Bogbean?

November 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM

bletherdaft

@bletherdaft.bsky.social

drain fly pretty

November 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM

bletherdaft

@bletherdaft.bsky.social

Referenced Trenderhoof's bodytype and the cake twins for 'looks evil but isn't'. Free to claim like the rest via reply here, can't view my DMs without booting up a VPN anyway thanks to politics ™.

#mlpadoptable

Two ponies, a lanky pinky-purple pegasus with a soft pink mane with a pastel near-rainbow highlight through it and eyelashes. His cutiemark resembles his mane, being cotton candy on a wrapped paper cone.
The other pony is a foal with a near-black coat, red eyes and a mane and tail resembling fire with eyebrows.

𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘆 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘀𝘂𝘀
Name suggestions: Cotton Candy Cloud (Cotton Cloudy is taken :( ), Sugar Spinner, Candy Cotton
Optional horror fanfic premise: After an accident with the candyfloss machine they discover that ponies make cotton candy taste nice, oh no.
...or, they don't do anything villainous because look at those eyes, never did anything wrong his whole entire life.

𝗙𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆
Name suggestions: Fireball, Fire Fritz, Flame Fritz, Fahrenheit Fritz, Firework Blitz, Flashburn, Candlewick
Optional horror fanfic premise: none, they are baby
probably gets a cutiemark in something related to the name options, eg making fireball candy

November 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM

bletherdaft

@bletherdaft.bsky.social

sometimes I commission artists to do adoptables, is fun (star war ones by whistles, the other two by animalcrazy)

source links: ko-fi.com/whistlesthew... & ko-fi.com/animalcrispy

"WHISTLES
THE WIND

160€
DARTH WATT
AROACE AGENDER TOGRUTA
NOW AVAILABLLE ON KO-FI"

A blue and orange togruta from star wars with a triple A battery theme.

"WHISTLES
THE WIND

160€
SUNSET VIBES
LESBIAN FLAG HYBRID

NOW AVAILABLE ON KO-FI"

A hybrid between the farghul and Sith Pureblood species from star wars, resulting from sith alchemy but nevertheless choosing the path of Jedi, with colours drawn from Emily Gwen's sunset lesbian flag.

A werewolf with colours drawn from the ADHD flag. ANIMALCRAZY is emblazoned across the image for artistic signature.

A greater glider, an Australian mammal that lives high in trees, with ANIMALCRAZY emblazoned across it as artistic signature.

November 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM

bletherdaft

@bletherdaft.bsky.social

referenced queen chrysallis and big mac's body shapes for these #freeadopt designs, in practice he turned into a chunky horse. (I like this shape though)

#mlpadopt

A pale underweight cyan unicorn with icicle-like limp hair and tail, as well as a frozen heart cutiemark with a crack down the centrepiece.
The other pony is also a unicorn, but a rotund sea-green male with a cutiemark depicting a chisel, two chipped-off fragments of stone and a stone heart. His mane is tied back and his tail tied into a bun. There is a small pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose.

𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝘂𝘆
Name suggestions: Chisel Chip, Chipper
Optional fanfic premise: an overworked sculptor unicorn finds a shortcut to fame when he discovers he can emulate the spell that turned Discord to stone.

𝗖𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹
Name suggestions: Freezy Breeze, Icicle Chime
Optional fanfic premise: An ice sculptor running herself ragged who found beauty and catharsis in misusing her unicorn magic to encase ponies in layers of ice, passing them off as ice sculptures.
...or, desperately sought the approval of her bullies only to be derisively compared to the Windigos of legend, before proceeding to enact icy vengeance.
...or, seeks power from the Windigos of all creatures to nefarious end, consequences ensue.

November 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM

bletherdaft

@bletherdaft.bsky.social

heavily referenced the bodytype of mrs cake, gizmo and the old man ponies, port-o-bella the g3 horse for the cutiemark. All these are free to claim via simply replying.

More optional horsey horror adopts, gonna throw in some red herrings as I go.

#mlpadoptable #mlpart

Three ponies, a green earthpony with a mushroom cutiemark, and an old man with cream and orange fur, a dented tail and a pawprint cutiemark. The pegasus is light blue, rotund and has a pillow with a stray feather for a cutiemark.

𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲
Name suggestions: Agaricus, Agar, Gill, Portobellini, Portobello, Funguy.
optional horror fanfic premise: accidentally sets off an infection AU by foraging for mushrooms.
...or, mistaken for the antagonist after wandering the woods alone until it sparked rumours.

𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘀𝘂𝘀
Name suggestions: Pillowfight, Nightcap, Pillow Plush
optional horror fanfic premise: a pegasus who's business is making pillows, discovers pegasi have the softest feathers of them all but is loathe to part with her own. (or runs out of feathers to solo her operation)
...or, specializes in sleeping potion concoctions to nefarious and/or infection AU end.

𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲
Name suggestions: Calico Cotton, Mr. Mittens
Optional horror fanfic premise: a cat enthusiast who becomes lonely in his elder years and struggles to ethically acquire meat to feed his horde.
...or, gets in over his head trying to care for a manticore and the amount of meat that entails.

November 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM

bletherdaft

@bletherdaft.bsky.social

more of the same, referenced one of the old horse bodytypes, a wing and Pinny Lane. Optional backstory hooks in alt text if you like horsey horror or whatever. (rainbott's stuff is neat)
Was thinking cat lady for the elder but it didn't quite come through.

#mlp #freeadopt #mlpadopt

Two ponies, an old grey mare with part of a vintage yarn spinner as a cutiemark, no irises and her tail wound up like a ball of yarn with two crochet needles pinned in it. The other is a lanky pink pegasus with bows in her hair and tail, the cutiemark being two heart candies.

𝗘𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗲
Name suggestions: Yarnspinner, Yarn Spinner, Spinny Whinny
optional horsey horror fanfic premise: 'to spin a yarn' means to tell a tall tale, so perhaps she has her own cult of personality built on lies.
...or, evil grandma uses pony fur, manes and tails to make yarn.

𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗽𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘀𝘂𝘀
Name suggestions: Heartsweet, Love Heart, Sweetheart (all names of the candy), Heart Eyes, Heartbeat
optional horsey horror fanfic premise: some manner of yandere horse
...or, some manner of yandere horse but its because of that love poison from hearts and hooves day gone wrong (moreso than usual).
...or, evil music idol horse, perhaps a siren in disguise a la the movie.
...or, starts a horse infection AU with heart candies.

November 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM

bletherdaft

@bletherdaft.bsky.social

been on a horsey horror kick with looking at the art for old fanfic rewrites etc and felt like penning some freebie #mlpadopt designs. Heavily referenced official art of older Twist and Fleur de Lis for these two, more info in the alt text.

#mlp #freeadopt #ponyadopt

Two earthponies standing. The mare in the foreground is lanky with a rose-gold coat, golden eyes and split-coloured white and gold mane and tail. The mark on her flank depicts a simplified bouquet of white roses with a bow on it. Her short scraggly tail has a bow at the base and her hair has a white rose beside her ear.

The other has a bright pink coat, multicoloured freckles and curly green hair with a blue headband. The mark on her flank depicts a square of fabric as if it was being sewn onto her. Her neck has a yellow bandana on it and her tail has a blue scrunchie.

𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘆
Name suggestions: Rosie Goldie, Rosey Posey
optional horsey horror fanfic premise: struggling with their bouquet business until the accidental discovery that oh no, dead ponies make great fertilizer, cue moral dilemma.

𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘆
Name suggestions: Tie-dye Sunrise, Cross-stitch, Needle Lace, Lockstitch
optional horsey horror fanfic premise: has some manner of textile/fabric business and discovers that oh no, pony coats have excellent texture and the customers are none the wiser.
...or, discovers unalived horseys make for great display mannequins.
...or, gets a little too into taxidermy to make friends, emphasis on the make.

Adopters can change whatever elements of these designs that they wish.

November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM

bletherdaft

@bletherdaft.bsky.social

webcomics I am reading/read
Crescent Moonlight: crescentmoonlight.the-comic.org found family and gay wolves
Against all Odds: againstalloddswh.the-comic.org/comics/1/#co... The sequel to that completed comic

I Hope so: ihopeso.thecomicseries.com/comics/first... found family and gay lions

"Crescent Moonlight
A Wolf Hyms Webcomic"

A grey wolf stands infront of a crescent moon whilst a black wolf looks back at her. (art by animalcrazy)

"AGAINST ALL ODDS
A Wolf Hymns Webcomic"

The same grey wolf smiles at an aurora, sitting on a stone with three wolf cubs looking quietly pensive. (Art by animalcrazy)

"i hope so"

A lioness follows another lioness across a horizon line of dawn through a grove of trees without leaves. (art by calicobarbarian or detectiveRJ, I forgot which of the co-authors did the poster)

November 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM

bletherdaft

@bletherdaft.bsky.social

i am reading (Freebie adoptable designs I made and posted forever ago)

An anthropomorphic common puffball mushroom (Lycoperdon perlatum) walking his anticlimactic leaf, an insectile that resembles a stick insect. The creature is white with red eyes owing to albinism, wearing a twine and leaf harness as the mushroom uses them as a tiny guide dog.

The puffball waves to a yellow mushroom and a blue butterfly in the bottom left corner. In the top right corner, Agar the best boy is spying from behind a rock with googly eyes and their favourite insectile, a dusty dandelion resting on their head, that resembles a fly.

An anthropomorphic Australian silky terrier drawn in the style of the Bluey cartoon. She has pale gold and silver fur with a gold and silver bow on her tail. The gold and silver butterly landing on her hand is the same shape as the National Foundation for Deaf's butterfly pin.

Her silver chest colouring is in the shape of a butterfly. Her ears are meant to resemble butterfly wings - a diagonal cloud crossing behind her ear references the international symbol for deafness, a white line going diagonally across an ear.

This adoptable is free to whoever claims them first with the stipulation that the character remain deaf.
An anthropomorphic Australian silky terrier drawn in the style of the Bluey cartoon. She has pale gold and silver fur with a gold and silver bow on her tail. The gold and silver butterly landing on her hand is the same shape as the National Foundation for Deaf's butterfly pin.

Her silver chest colouring is in the shape of a butterfly. Her ears are meant to resemble butterfly wings - a diagonal cloud crossing behind her ear references the international symbol for deafness, a white line going diagonally across an ear.

This adoptable is free to whoever claims them first with the stipulation that the character remain deaf.

An earthpony with gold, goldenrod and metallic gold colours, including a mark on her flank of two interlocked gold rings. Her mane forms three large sausage curls over a buzzed scalp, with the tail being a singular sausage curl. Her eye shading is more typical of the male ponies.

This adoptable is free to whoever claims them first in good faith, with the stipulation that the character remain autistic. Pretty much anything else can be changed.

A minuet cat named Marshmallowfluff, a fluffy white cat with short stubby legs colourpicked from shades of marshmallow fluff product. He is stood on a lily pad in a marsh background. Two marsh mallow flowers can be seen from the sides.

This warrior cats adoptable is free to whoever claims them first. The claimant can change pretty much anything about the character except for their disability (ageusia), the severity of which can be up to them. Other taste disorders are fine too.

November 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM

bletherdaft

@bletherdaft.bsky.social

commissioned two werewolf adoptable designs to exist, one is butch lesbian flag and the other is ADHD flag (hasn't sold yet)
ko-fi.com/s/d04255b753

i liek flag colours pretyyyy

A werewolf with colours drawn from the butch lesbian flag, wearing torn clothing and looking confident.

A werewolf based on the ADHD flag with shorts torn at the legs and a colourful vest. Cream markings around the eyes invoke the butterfly symbol.

"The butch flag, made by tumblr user butchspace" according to the lgbtqia fandom wiki, with shades of red, orange, white and brown because butches are warm.

"The ADHD Flag, Designed by Tumblr Users autistic-trans and cthulhowo" according to the prideflag.fandom wiki, displaying the white butterfly/infinity symbol over golden, orange, red and brown stripes.

November 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM

bletherdaft

@bletherdaft.bsky.social

commissioned a butch lesbian flag werewolf design by @animalcrazy.bsky.social because I like to spawn adoptables into existence
#butch #wereadopt #seasonaladopt #furryadopt #adoptable

ko-fi.com/s/89508bbc99

A big butch werewolf resting a hand on their knee and grinning aside at the viewer. Their fur and clothing has warm tones drawn from the butch lesbian flag, with the shirt being off-white. Tears in their trousers and sleeves show more of the distribution of colour.

The butch lesbian flag made by tumblr user butchspace, utilizing oranges, red and brown with a central white stripe.

October 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM

bletherdaft

@bletherdaft.bsky.social

commissioned @animalcrazy.bsky.social to do a werewolf adoptable based on the ADHD flag (turns out October is ADHD awareness month so that's handy) halloween/autumn prideflag vibes
#adhd #werewolf #furryadopt #fursale #adoptable #wereadopt

ko-fi.com/s/d04255b753