Kwillow
@kwillow.bsky.social
I draw my characters being weird little jerks whenever possible. Please point and laugh at them.
✨ https://kwillow.tumblr.com/
✨ https://chocodile.net/amaranthine/
✨ https://kwillow.tumblr.com/
✨ https://chocodile.net/amaranthine/
He has his moments of understanding his limitations! If only he would understand it is indeed a "him problem" and not a "everyone else in the world problem."
November 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
He has his moments of understanding his limitations! If only he would understand it is indeed a "him problem" and not a "everyone else in the world problem."
Aw thank you! He is a pretty cartoonish character most of the time, but I do like giving my silly villains something that torments them... and for Ambroys, it's his desperate need for feeling loved put in conflict with his inability to reciprocate in the way people want.
November 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Aw thank you! He is a pretty cartoonish character most of the time, but I do like giving my silly villains something that torments them... and for Ambroys, it's his desperate need for feeling loved put in conflict with his inability to reciprocate in the way people want.
Hehe thank you! He's at his most adorable when he's being pathetic and pitiable, I think. Just makes me want to kick him when he's down, in a loving way.
November 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Hehe thank you! He's at his most adorable when he's being pathetic and pitiable, I think. Just makes me want to kick him when he's down, in a loving way.
Indeed! It would be so exhausting...
He'd never admit it, but deep down he knows that people don't really like the "real" him (if there is such a thing) and keeping up the mask, especially when the mask everyone wants is a bit different, is a whole lot of effort...
He'd never admit it, but deep down he knows that people don't really like the "real" him (if there is such a thing) and keeping up the mask, especially when the mask everyone wants is a bit different, is a whole lot of effort...
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Indeed! It would be so exhausting...
He'd never admit it, but deep down he knows that people don't really like the "real" him (if there is such a thing) and keeping up the mask, especially when the mask everyone wants is a bit different, is a whole lot of effort...
He'd never admit it, but deep down he knows that people don't really like the "real" him (if there is such a thing) and keeping up the mask, especially when the mask everyone wants is a bit different, is a whole lot of effort...
You flatter him! :P
(Admittedly I also he is cute, in his pitifully dickish way.)
(Admittedly I also he is cute, in his pitifully dickish way.)
November 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
You flatter him! :P
(Admittedly I also he is cute, in his pitifully dickish way.)
(Admittedly I also he is cute, in his pitifully dickish way.)
Oh, that's a comparison I wouldn't have thought of myself. He wishes he were so eloquent!
But he can be similarly manipulative and condescending, in his older years. In his younger days he's more a tool than a collaborator. :P And BOTH are douchebags.
But he can be similarly manipulative and condescending, in his older years. In his younger days he's more a tool than a collaborator. :P And BOTH are douchebags.
November 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Oh, that's a comparison I wouldn't have thought of myself. He wishes he were so eloquent!
But he can be similarly manipulative and condescending, in his older years. In his younger days he's more a tool than a collaborator. :P And BOTH are douchebags.
But he can be similarly manipulative and condescending, in his older years. In his younger days he's more a tool than a collaborator. :P And BOTH are douchebags.
I GET SAD ABOUT HER DEATH TOO AND I KILLED HER... but thank you soso much. Jo + Theo are partly my go of trying to write commonly flat villain archetypes (ugly little freak, stern rich mother) with love and humanity. Still nasty 'cuz I love writing people behaving badly, but with my heart in it. <:)
November 12, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I GET SAD ABOUT HER DEATH TOO AND I KILLED HER... but thank you soso much. Jo + Theo are partly my go of trying to write commonly flat villain archetypes (ugly little freak, stern rich mother) with love and humanity. Still nasty 'cuz I love writing people behaving badly, but with my heart in it. <:)
Thank you so much AGAIN, this really made my day. ;v; Theo and Jo are both very near and dear to my heart as characters and I'm happy they're coming across as intended and interesting!
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Thank you so much AGAIN, this really made my day. ;v; Theo and Jo are both very near and dear to my heart as characters and I'm happy they're coming across as intended and interesting!
Oh thank you so much for saying so!
That contrast is really central to their character duo, her seeming to embody this ideal of refinement and class while Theo is so... not. He wishes he could be as perfect as she is, but she loves him as he is, however imperfect.
That contrast is really central to their character duo, her seeming to embody this ideal of refinement and class while Theo is so... not. He wishes he could be as perfect as she is, but she loves him as he is, however imperfect.
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Oh thank you so much for saying so!
That contrast is really central to their character duo, her seeming to embody this ideal of refinement and class while Theo is so... not. He wishes he could be as perfect as she is, but she loves him as he is, however imperfect.
That contrast is really central to their character duo, her seeming to embody this ideal of refinement and class while Theo is so... not. He wishes he could be as perfect as she is, but she loves him as he is, however imperfect.
Thank you... I love drawing scenes with them and writing their interactions! I do it just because it makes me happy to write these weirdos but it's nice that it's not only enjoyable to me!
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Thank you... I love drawing scenes with them and writing their interactions! I do it just because it makes me happy to write these weirdos but it's nice that it's not only enjoyable to me!
Alas, he hates being touched, hugs included. Might be what people do, but not him!
November 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Alas, he hates being touched, hugs included. Might be what people do, but not him!
He wants to be caged though. :( Well, maybe not "caged" exactly, but he would like to stop embarrassing himself at social events.
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
He wants to be caged though. :( Well, maybe not "caged" exactly, but he would like to stop embarrassing himself at social events.
Ha yeah the species doesn't track 100%. His dad is showcases more the gregarious, adaptable, clever side of rats, while Theo embodies more of the negative stereotypes and behaviors. (Though the species will always be imperfect since all my OCs were human first with the furry versions added later)
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Ha yeah the species doesn't track 100%. His dad is showcases more the gregarious, adaptable, clever side of rats, while Theo embodies more of the negative stereotypes and behaviors. (Though the species will always be imperfect since all my OCs were human first with the furry versions added later)
Haha yeah I think a lot of "former weird kids" (now weird adults) might relate to his issues. My childhood vices were licking metal including chair legs, chewing on my arms and pulling out my hair (but not eating it, at least).
Now I just bite my nails which is at least a more common bad habit. :P
Now I just bite my nails which is at least a more common bad habit. :P
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Haha yeah I think a lot of "former weird kids" (now weird adults) might relate to his issues. My childhood vices were licking metal including chair legs, chewing on my arms and pulling out my hair (but not eating it, at least).
Now I just bite my nails which is at least a more common bad habit. :P
Now I just bite my nails which is at least a more common bad habit. :P
Oh hehe I knew what you meant, I just couldn't make a sentence that expressed "he likes exploring dark tight passageways" without sounding like disgusting innuendo. xD
He does crave the burrow, though. Maybe not the hamster wheel though that WOULD be funny.
He does crave the burrow, though. Maybe not the hamster wheel though that WOULD be funny.
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Oh hehe I knew what you meant, I just couldn't make a sentence that expressed "he likes exploring dark tight passageways" without sounding like disgusting innuendo. xD
He does crave the burrow, though. Maybe not the hamster wheel though that WOULD be funny.
He does crave the burrow, though. Maybe not the hamster wheel though that WOULD be funny.
Thank you!
I can't take credit though, it was created by my wife Chocodile (tho I've been adding my own interests like snooty vaguely Victorian nobility)
Most reading material is on our tumblrs, but Chocodile made a website with a summary of the setting if you're curious!
chocodile.net/amaranthine/
I can't take credit though, it was created by my wife Chocodile (tho I've been adding my own interests like snooty vaguely Victorian nobility)
Most reading material is on our tumblrs, but Chocodile made a website with a summary of the setting if you're curious!
chocodile.net/amaranthine/
Amaranthine - Chocodile Art
STORY OVERVIEW Ambroys approached Hyden for shady political favors. Hyden asked for some of his magical blood in return, but the deal quickly began to sour for Ambroys. The Amaranthine setting is a co...
chocodile.net
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Thank you!
I can't take credit though, it was created by my wife Chocodile (tho I've been adding my own interests like snooty vaguely Victorian nobility)
Most reading material is on our tumblrs, but Chocodile made a website with a summary of the setting if you're curious!
chocodile.net/amaranthine/
I can't take credit though, it was created by my wife Chocodile (tho I've been adding my own interests like snooty vaguely Victorian nobility)
Most reading material is on our tumblrs, but Chocodile made a website with a summary of the setting if you're curious!
chocodile.net/amaranthine/
I can see this. His body is held together through pure spite and vinegar, might as well add bitter spray to the mix.
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I can see this. His body is held together through pure spite and vinegar, might as well add bitter spray to the mix.
He does like creeping about in darkness, it's true.
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
He does like creeping about in darkness, it's true.
Haha I do love (some interpretations of) the Penguin (others are very much not my bag, such is the way with comics), that is true!
Though it's convergent evolution in Theo's case; his appearance especially and parts of his mien were inspired by Peter Lorre characters!
Though it's convergent evolution in Theo's case; his appearance especially and parts of his mien were inspired by Peter Lorre characters!
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Haha I do love (some interpretations of) the Penguin (others are very much not my bag, such is the way with comics), that is true!
Though it's convergent evolution in Theo's case; his appearance especially and parts of his mien were inspired by Peter Lorre characters!
Though it's convergent evolution in Theo's case; his appearance especially and parts of his mien were inspired by Peter Lorre characters!
Per usual I can't fit all I type into Bluesky's character-limited boxes, so I went into more detail on Theo's animalistic behaviors and his struggles in childhood on my tumblr, if you like to read about such things...
kwillow.tumblr.com/post/7998550...
kwillow.tumblr.com/post/7998550...
born 2 be mild
□ (couldn't find the triangle) what animal like traits has theo inherited? I know ambroys has a donkey like laugh. Does theo do anything similar? Like teeth grind or that eye thing rats do?
This is a...
kwillow.tumblr.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Per usual I can't fit all I type into Bluesky's character-limited boxes, so I went into more detail on Theo's animalistic behaviors and his struggles in childhood on my tumblr, if you like to read about such things...
kwillow.tumblr.com/post/7998550...
kwillow.tumblr.com/post/7998550...
Aw thanks!
I don't know what I'd do if I had to draw on a phone, that sounds maddening... a bigger screen definitely helps!
I don't know what I'd do if I had to draw on a phone, that sounds maddening... a bigger screen definitely helps!
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Aw thanks!
I don't know what I'd do if I had to draw on a phone, that sounds maddening... a bigger screen definitely helps!
I don't know what I'd do if I had to draw on a phone, that sounds maddening... a bigger screen definitely helps!
Probably denial if I'm being honest, or figuring out better ways to avoid revealing them.
I don't think anything would have kept him away from Hyden, because that was originally spurred by jealousy and need for accolades, which are such deep-seated flaws he'd be a different man without them.
I don't think anything would have kept him away from Hyden, because that was originally spurred by jealousy and need for accolades, which are such deep-seated flaws he'd be a different man without them.
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Probably denial if I'm being honest, or figuring out better ways to avoid revealing them.
I don't think anything would have kept him away from Hyden, because that was originally spurred by jealousy and need for accolades, which are such deep-seated flaws he'd be a different man without them.
I don't think anything would have kept him away from Hyden, because that was originally spurred by jealousy and need for accolades, which are such deep-seated flaws he'd be a different man without them.