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thelexhex AKA illyrilex 💫

@thelexhex.bsky.social

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Neurotic cat lady, mom wench, and writer who makes dumb #KOF doodles and stories, sucks at viddy games, and swears too damn much. Occasional mildly spicy art. NO AI or NFTs! ⚠️ Minors please DNI! #AlwaysCreditTheArtist

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thelexhex AKA illyrilex 💫 @thelexhex.bsky.social · 10d

New month, new pinned~

So, I'm Lex: a writer, artist, and lowkey crazy cat lady with a terrible case of brainrot centered around King and Blue Mary from KOF being besties. I'm also the captain of the KingxVanessa ship.

I'm happily married, into nerd shit, and swear a lot.

Please enjoy your stay!

A collage of art by thelexhex/illyrilex featuring Blue Mary hugging King from behind while wearing a cheeky grin, a silly version of King and Vanessa sloppily making out in a car while Mary drives from the backseat, Mai Shiranui wearing the casual mod outfit that I designed, Mary taking a mirror selfie, King holding a disaster bisexual flag, a sketch of Vanessa, and King yelling at Ángel ("Whatever with your 'nyaaan I will fucking lay you out!!!!") while Mary facepalms.

A collage of images drawn by thelexhex/illyrilex featuring King in her KOF XV select screen pose in an original outfit designed by me (LexHex mod), Team Women Fighters 03 beat up and holding up their middle fingers, Kind and Mary mugshots from the Barbie meme, Mai setting a spider on fire while a horrified Andy watches, King and Mary sitting on a bar stool together, with King grimacing because she has a dead leg since Mary is sitting on her thigh, and Vanessa sitting on a chair like in Basic Instinct (you know the scene).

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thelexhex AKA illyrilex 💫 @thelexhex.bsky.social · 51m

Jean, probably, in KOF CVI.

a man in a superhero costume is sitting in a yellow chair

ALT: a man in a superhero costume is sitting in a yellow chair

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thelexhex AKA illyrilex 💫 @thelexhex.bsky.social · 53m

Cats, amirite? :D

thelexhex AKA illyrilex 💫 @thelexhex.bsky.social · 1h

Yes, I know he looks a LOT like King, but they're siblings, guys. Also, he's barely ever shown, and when he is he usually has a fuckass bowl cut, which we are not doing in this house.

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thelexhex AKA illyrilex 💫 @thelexhex.bsky.social · 1h

#KOFtober prompt 12: Favourite NPC

Jean's a blank slate but I fleshed him out so he's cool, which probs sounds really vain but whatever. Also, there's Marron, whom I hc as a male brown tabby (no, the cat in the old AOF art is not him).

#KOF #KingofFighters #Jean #Marron #AlwaysCreditTheArtist

King's little brother, Jean, holding her cat, Marron in front of his face. He's wearing a Minecraft hoodie and there are sparkles around them because they're cute or something. Anyway, I've aged Jean up to 12, which could actually be canon but who knows? I sure don't. And, yeah, I know Eiji Shiroi did that old pic of King holding a silver and white cat in AOF, but she doesn't get Marron until KOF 96, so there's that. Also,

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thelexhex AKA illyrilex 💫 @thelexhex.bsky.social · 1h

Aww there's no need to feel dumb -- it happens! Nevertheless, I'm glad you enjoyed it!! I honestly hated not putting Dolores on the list but for the sake of storytelling I had to make that decision for reasons. She and Diana are stunning, tho. (I initially made a typo in this response! Sorrryyy!!!)

thelexhex AKA illyrilex 💫 @thelexhex.bsky.social · 1h

Happy belated!! :)

thelexhex AKA illyrilex 💫 @thelexhex.bsky.social · 3h

Good morning~

a black and white photo of a woman sitting on a window sill with her arms outstretched .

ALT: a black and white photo of a woman sitting on a window sill with her arms outstretched .

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thelexhex AKA illyrilex 💫 @thelexhex.bsky.social · 9h

Okay but why are my cats on some Fight Club shit rn of all times 😩

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thelexhex AKA illyrilex 💫 @thelexhex.bsky.social · 1d

Today's #KOFtober prompt is "Redesign an SNK character," which is basically all I do (when I'm not emotionally torturing them).

Credit to @malaguetasccp.bsky.social for the existing Mai and King mods!

#KOF #KingofFighters #King #MaiShiranui #BlueMary #AlwaysCreditTheArtist

Collage of thelexhex/illyrilex's redesigns of King, Blue Mary, and Mai from KOF, Art of Fighting, and Fatal Fury, along with a couple of shots of CachorroViolinsta's mods from KOF XV and COTW based on said redesigns (where applicable because no thelexhex Mary mods exist). King's cursed MLS outfit is also a mod that doesn't exist but is there because that was one of my first alternate designs for her.

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thelexhex AKA illyrilex 💫 @thelexhex.bsky.social · 16h

In case you missed it, here’s the most recent thing I wrote. It’s angst-free, so it won’t ruin your day like my usual stuff ☺️

thelexhex AKA illyrilex 💫 @thelexhex.bsky.social · 6d

Hark! A new story, brought to you by probably maybe watching way too many reaction channels. Please enjoy, and remember to leave Kudos if you actually do :)

Anyway, King, Mai, Yuri, and YouTube...

#KOF #MyWriting #illyverse

archiveofourown.org/works/71944441

The Top 10 Hottest KOF Women - illyrilex - King of Fighters [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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thelexhex AKA illyrilex 💫 @thelexhex.bsky.social · 17h

Idk but fucken gross

thelexhex AKA illyrilex 💫 @thelexhex.bsky.social · 17h

Restless af following an afternoon spent working, which is, like, the wooooooooooooorst 😩😩😩

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d

Buried in Michigan's antiporn bill is a provision to effectively outlaw "circumvention tools," such as VPNs.

Mark my words: legislators will increasingly leverage porn panic to restrict or ban VPNs, and to limit internet privacy far beyond adult sites.

Experts raise privacy concerns over Michigan bill targeting pornography and VPNs

Rep. Josh Schriver, the bill’s sponsor, says the law is designed to target only producers and distributors of pornography, not everyday internet users.

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thelexhex AKA illyrilex 💫 @thelexhex.bsky.social · 17h

Good fucking lord, that's foul 😩😩😩

Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 20h

I sometimes read old gaming magazines and stumbled upon this "babe of the year" section from Playstation: The Official Magazine.

If I was the editor I would have gently suggested this writer be put down like a rabid dog

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RJVanSchaick @rjvanschaick.bsky.social · 22h

Little pic I commissioned of a character from the KoF games, chilling with her best friend, an OC from the origin fic I’ve been working on for the last five years. It’s like Harry Potter meets La Femme Nikita meets Metal Gear Solid.

archiveofourown.org/works/231767...

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Spoon Shark @spoonshark.bsky.social · 22h

Commission for @alucsol on twitter of Yuri in her Art of Fighting 3 outfit

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thelexhex AKA illyrilex 💫 @thelexhex.bsky.social · 21h

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thelexhex AKA illyrilex 💫 @thelexhex.bsky.social · 21h

LOL You know I don't take comms...

Thank you tho :D :D :D

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thelexhex AKA illyrilex 💫 @thelexhex.bsky.social · 23h

Idk why todays' KOFtober post came out so damn low res, geez 😞

The image itself looks completely normal on my PC and tablet so Idek wtf happened...

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WP78 @writerperson78.bsky.social · 1d

I unfortunately haven't been able to get any KOFtober done-maybe I'll get to sneak in one or two.

BUT! I have done them before! So I'll link those to read!

KOFTober 2021: archiveofourown.org/works/342545...

2022: archiveofourown.org/works/419934...

2023: archiveofourown.org/works/504441...

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thelexhex AKA illyrilex 💫 @thelexhex.bsky.social · 1d

I have to note that King's MLS outfit is cursed af and is only included here because it was actually the first alternate design I did for her, predating what is now called the LexHex mod by, like... a LONG time.

(To any modders who see this, *don't* mod that outfit in, okay??)

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RinDestiny @drin33.bsky.social · 1d

I was working on this FFVI Terra Branford watercolor fanart for a week. It's been a long while since I painted people, but pretty happy with how she turned out. :) This is all traditional physical paper and paint, BTW.

Final Fantasy 6 Terra Branford fanart in traditional watercolor.

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thelexhex AKA illyrilex 💫 @thelexhex.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning~

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