Where I've been!

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Like a majority of other artists I know, I just haven't found Deviantart that effective as a sharing platform these past few years; it just seemed like it was still the only real option for the longest time. Anyone who follows me seriously enough might already know this, but I post art exclusively on my own website these days, where I get a whole lot more feedback and write an ongoing fiction series. I'm also using Patreon for even more art, since we don't have anywhere we can work where we're currently living. If you need details, you can message me!

It's funny to come by here and see tons of messages and notifications from people either asking where I am (I didn't know you cared!) or raging over trivial disagreements from even years ago; even a guy who jumped on his wife's personal account to write several thousand words to me about environmentalism before re-blocking me, on a journal that was never even about him - and was already adequately sourced against all counterclaims.

I'll never figure out why a small sect of DA users think I'm so terrifying and extreme. I don't agree with extremists on either side of any subject I've ever touched on, and users anywhere else think I'm just an average moderate. People talk about Reddit and Tumblr as being rife with different kinds of fanatic, but I've honestly seen the absolute worst of both the right and the left here on Deviantart, for the whole decade+ that I've had an account.

I've said it time and again but I'm genuinely sorry if I've ever actually hurt someone's feelings or made them feel threatened just by getting mad at them on this website. I only know of one person who's said they felt that affected by me, and I still don't know how or why, but maybe there's a few other people who hide it because, for whatever reason, they actually think I'm that scary or that serious over mere political differences. I've used harsh wording, sure, but they're still only words on a throwaway website (let's face it, DA is clunky, unpopular, and poorly moderated - nothing here is all that important) and I'm probably only 5% as aggressive over these things now as I was even a year ago. I never even felt as aggressive as I must have sounded all that time; there are plenty of people I can still be friends with if we don't agree on this or that.

I've gotten really good news on the RPG (that one!) that I still have to keep secret, but work is definitely reaching its climax and moving into the final stages of polishing illustrations, assembling the book itself and debating exactly when and where to release it. It's taken years, I know, but the entire design team is only about three people and they've all got day jobs; they've still worked pretty long and hard wherever they could afford it. The main monster archive on bogleech has been somewhat overhauled and will continue to see changes and reorganization in the coming months, and I've been doing at least two new, fully colored monsters per month as well. I'm always taking suggestions for stuff people want to see - specific animals or plants, etc. - that might not have crossed my mind.
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Hello. My name is Wobbley, and I would like to share with you a new Mortasheen type idea. It is based on the Tsukumogami, and is called, Antiques.  They are a sub-class of bioconstructs. Here is a list of tsukumogami.

Meshike: a wooden spoon that ruins around at night, making music on dishes.
Chichi-hakama: a living set of toothpicks.
Koma-o: a spirit of a chess master who possessed a chess piece. He appears in front of people who aren't good at chess and teaches them to play better.
Kansu-no-okina: a tsukumogami of a picture scroll. It appears in the dreams of husbands as a grandfather-like figure.
Shime-oni: a tsukumogami formed from a rope that was not burned. It waits at the outskirts of town and wraps people in rope when they get near it.
Fundo-oni: a tsukumogami formed from a weight. It likes falling on top of people in the streets at night.
Kago-otoko: a basket-maker who made a basket near a willow tree. When he placed the basket on his head, the basket crushed him to death. He now haunts the place where he died as Kago-otoko.
Bake-sumitsubo: an inkline which was possessed by the spirit of a dead craftsman. It helps apprentice carpenters become master carpenters.
Zaru-no-me: a flower basket that was discarded on New Year's Eve. Its flowers have become eyes. It appears and says, "Give me a year ball!" However, if someone says, "It is still early until the new year," it changes back into its original form.
Furu-tansu: a tsukumogami formed from a chest of drawers. It still has an old kimono left inside of it. It protects its master's clothes fiercely, and when people try to take the kimono, it goes berserk and makes eerie sounds.
Teoke-osa: a bucket tsukumogami who is the lesser-known cousin of Kameosa. He has the same infinite water-producing capabilities as him. However, he is leaky, and this makes for a nuisance.
Tsubo-atama: a tsukumogami that disguises itself as a vase. When someone tries to touch it, it reveals its true appearance, captures them in its vase, and spirits them far away. 
Okehitsu-kun: a tub tsukumogami that likes playing pranks on people. When someone tries to pick it up, it lets out a loud cackle and frightens them away.
Urushi-tsubo: a lacquer pot tsukumogami that means no harm to humans and wants to dance with them. However, humans tend to avoid him like the plague, since contact with him causes an itchy rash.
Tokkuri-korogashi: a sake bottle-like tsukumogami that rolls down hills to the feet of humans. It makes humans chase them, and the Tokkuri-korogashi leads the unlucky humans into rivers.
Waraishishi: the tsukumogami of a lion-dancing costume. It dwells in abandoned mountain houses and scares people by going, "Shishishishi!" If people do not run away from it, it gobbles them up from the head.
Karakasa-obake: a common tsukumogami formed from an umbrella. Karakasa-obake are really friendly and like licking people's faces.
Bake-zori: another common tsukumogami formed from a straw sandal. Bake-zori often run around the house, muttering to themselves.
Chochin-obake: a tsukumogami formed from a paper lantern. Chochin-obake have the tendency to shoot fire at people.
Menreiki: a tsukumogami formed from a mask. Menreiki commonly haunt theaters, where masks are discarded.
Mukumukabaki: a tsukumogami formed from a leather chap. One particular Mukumukabaki was formed when a royal courtesan was murdered by a pair of assassins. The leather chap absorbed the grudge and transformed into mukumukabaki.
Bake-doro: a tsukumogami formed from a stone lantern. Bakedoro use their flames to lead people astray.
Heiroku: a tsukumogami formed from a paper wand. Heiroku like spreading false rumors about other people.
Seto-taisho: a tsukumogami formed from a set of dishes. Seto-taisho like attacking kitchen staff with chopstick spears.
Shiro-uneri: a tsukumogami formed from a dustcloth. Shiro-uneri take great pleasure in wrapping themselves around people and suffocating them.
Ittan-momen: a tsukumogami formed from a patch of cotton. Ittan-momen wrap people and suffocate them if angered.'
Jatai: a tsukumogami formed from a belt. Jatai move and act similarly to snakes.
Ofuroshiki: a tsukumogami formed from a cloth wrapper. Ofuroshiki's name is a pun on the Japanese word for pipe dream. Ofuroshiki like wrapping themselves around people.
Tsunohanzo: a tsukumogami formed from a washbasin. Tsunohanzo often seduce men to play pranks on them.
Suzuhiko-hime: a tsukumogami formed from a set of bells. Suzuhiko-hime rings her bells to call to the gods.
Chokuboron: a tsukumogami formed from a shotglass. Chokuboron often pretend to be komuso priests.
Fuguruma-yobi: a tsukumogami formed from a writing case. Fuguruma-yobi was created when a forgotten love letter was put inside of it.
Osakoburi: a tsukumogami formed from a crown. Osakoburi use their tendrils to collect robes and turn them into bodies.
Eritate-goromo: a tsukumogami formed from a monk's robe. Eritate-goromo is a robe of a monk who got turned into a tengu.
Kutsusura: a tsukumogami formed from a pair of shoes. Kutsusura come in two types, one humanoid, and the other badger-like. Kutsusura often steal fruits from fruit vendors.
Kinutanuki: a tsukumogami formed from a piece of silk. Kinutanuki are well known for their ability to produce silk.
Shogoro: a tsukumogami formed from a gong. Shogoro ring themselves to warn others not to spend their money foolishly.
Hone-karakasa: a tsukumogami formed from a parasol. Hone-karakasa often fly in the sky to signal the oncoming appearance of a storm.
Hossumori: a tsukumogami formed from a flywhisk. Hossumori often haunt Buddhist temples.
Yarikecho, Koinryo, and Zenfusho: a trio of tsukumogami formed from a spear, a pillbox, and a kettle. These three tsukumogami are very aggressive, attacking anything on sight.Kurayaro: a tsukumogami formed from a saddle. Kurayaro often pick up sticks and pretend to be swordsmen.
Abumiguchi; a tsukumogami formed from a stirrup. Abumiguchi are common, since stirrups are commonly lost in battle.
Kaichigo: a tsukumogami formed from a box for storing seashells. Kaichigo was passed down from generation to generation, until it came to life on its 100th birthday.
Kotofurunushi: a tsukumogami formed from a koto lyre. Kotofurunushi often play themselves in the middle of the night.
Biwa-bokuboku: a tsukumogami formed from a biwa lute. Biwa-bokuboku like pretending to be blind monks and playing the lute.
Shamisen-choro: a tsukumogami formed from a shamisen guitar. Shamisen-choro is a self-player, like Kotofurunushi and Biwa-bokuboku.
Nyubachibo: a tsukumogami formed from a cymbal. Nyubachibo crashes itself to frighten other people.
Hyotan-kozu: a tsukumogami formed from a gourd bottle. Hyotan-kozu often work with Nyubachibo to scare humans.
Kyorinrin: a tsukumogami formed from a sutra. Kyorinrin does not like it when knowledge goes to waste.
Mokugyodaruma: a tsukumoagmi formed from a wooden block. Mokugyodaruma often play themselves to keep people awake at night.
Nyoijizai: a tsukumogami formed from a scepter. Nyoijizai are useful tsukumogami, since they like scratching other people's backs.
Hahakigami: a tsukumogami formed from a broom. hahakigami can be found wildly sweepint the leaves off of streets at night.
Mokumokuren: a tsukumogami formed from a screen door. Mokumokuren produces eyes that frighten other people.
Byobu-no-zoki: a tsukumogami formed from a folding screen. It was possessed by a ghost who would gaze at people while they were behind it.
Suzuri-no-tamashi: a tsukumogami formed from an inkstone. Suzuri-no-tamashi forms ink constructs that reenact the story they have been writing for 100 years.
Ungaikyo: a tsukumogami formed from a mirror. ungaikyo are able to reflect anything, even one's true nature.
Ichiren-juzu: a tsukumogami formed from a set of rosary beads. Ichiren-juzu are friendly and heroic.
Kyobun-sensei: a tsukumogami of a scroll. kyobun-sensei are wise, and know about anything related to the world around it.
Kameosa: a tsukumogami formed from a water jug. kameosa are able to produce an endless amount of liquid.
Narigama: a tsukumogami formed from a cauldron. Narigama is able to predict the future by ringing itself.
Furu-utsubo: a tsukumogami formed from a quiver. Furu-utsubo can store an endless amount of arrows within itself.
Gotokuneko: a tsukumogami formed from a trivet. Gotokuneko are cat-like in appearance, and start stoke fires when no one is looking.
Yama-oroshi: a tsukumogami formed from a vegetable grater. An abandoned grater can grow spines like its head like a porcupine.
Minowaraji: a tsukumogami formed from a straw raincoat. They wear straw sandals called waraji and use hoes called kuwa to till fields.
Abura-dokkuri: an oil bottle tsukumogami that, when taken care of properly, produces oil for families with the amount of 5-year full-time use.
Igo-no-sei: a duo of go pieces that have been possessed by the spirits of dead Go players and come to life as tsukumogami.