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Lyndon "Tadpole" (they)
@poliwag.bsky.social
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Singaporean-Chinese. Queer af. Writer, CM, TTRPG nerd, Kdrama addict. Actual Poliwag in a coat.

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Previously: KWS, iQiyi, Netflix

Avatar: @100gummyworms.bsky.social. Header: @theorthrus.bsky.social

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Some casual comparison art of Dongmin now that he's let loose leaving his abusive family. Fun!
Digital art of Dongmin, a human man in small, tinted glasses. He has a scarf over his neck and is dressed formally with a toolbelt. Digital art of Dongmin, now visibly much more sharklike and dressed down. He's also started getting piercings for his ears, and seemingly less willing to roll over and admit defeat.
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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#ocart Local woman sadly cannot stop being a little shit
Myron, a half elf is sprawled comfortably on a spouse's (Jangil) lap. She quotes a Tumblr post from Knightlesscordelia: "Oh, you think it's "adorable" that I fell asleep on your lap? Well, it's a mark of my utter contempt. That's how little I fear you."
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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No context life update

Those who know already know XD
Tweet screenshot in all caps: "I'm free! Worst experience of my fucking life"
November 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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"To build something as beautiful and welcoming as Pungdo has become - that is my biggest achievement, yet also my biggest regret."

Finally made Sungwoong, first mayor of Pungdo, his ref!
Digital art. Sungwoong, an older man, sits comfortably in his wheelchair while holding his Clear Bell in his right hand. Above him sits the crest of Pungdo, the town he created as a utopia for the homeless to transition back into society.
November 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Local half-elf remains ungovernable, nobody is surprised
Digital artwork. Jinhee, a human man, scolds his wife Myron, whose mouth is full of divine clay. She's happy at being given attention as he complains with the Reddit post discussing "how do I eliminate the desire to be loved".
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Being ace is so cool
Digital artwork from TheOrthrus showing an anthromorphic tadpole (me) with an asexual flag draped around my shoulders
October 23, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Just casual musings about living and being in the present
Texts from Telegram by me: "I had a bad day and decided to get tomato soup" (Image of delicious tomato mala swimming in meats, leafy greens and mixed with noodles) "Can't kill myself when I have many seasons of Crime Scene and mala to enjoy" A better look at the delicious tomato broth (worth 9 dollars) with heaping servings of chicken, pork strips and crunchy heads of xiaobaicai.
October 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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#ocart Baby's first OC art (circa 2007-8) and the same OC 17 years later - Sukwon (Daniel) hasn't changed very much from his cannibalistic, murderous nature, he's just been transposed into my OC verse now
MS Paint artwork from a bygone era of a Dark Lugia OC with text "Somethings are better off not spoken of..." The same OC, Daniel, now in a polished CSP artwork brandishing his bloodstained arm blades with a confident smirk. Notably, his wings are now gone, and he has a piercing on his left faceplate.
October 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Hey #portfolioday, I'm Tadpole (they) and I'm a writer and artist who decided that I can probably do both! Been published in Atelier Arcadia, DMsGuild and Lone Colossus Games, and here's to many more~

My portfolio and details: tadpoletalks.carrd.co
Digital image of a man staring at his phone, flanked by 2 chickens on his shoulders "He was kind once; then poor construction killed the family he had created, his wife and adopted children he'd saved from abusive homes and fought long custody cases to win, along with people he loved, neighbors and friends alike who paid the ultimate price for a publicity stunt The only person who's gotten the true full course of this is Jiyoon, his best friend of a decade and fellow victim - she knows he's holding back his everything from burning it all down, turning Daegu into a smoldering ruin and leaving for good, because he has to believe in people's capacity for kindness and justice, if he doesn't nobody can do it for him" Digital image of a woman caressing a dagger with a cheeky expression ""Are you sure," Yeonjae's voice was quiet, unlike her usual domineering self in the face of her daughter, "This is...I don't- I can't understand why you'd choose to do this now." The long-haired woman across her smiled, showing the dimples she'd inherited from her mother. "Umma, have you forgotten you taught me the strategies of business growing up?" chuckled Soojung, though there was a sadness in her eyes that struck Yeonjae as so similar to her father's, "We need to do this now. Renounce my inheritance for me, please." "They aren't owed an explanation of what happens behind our doors," Yeonjae couldn't help but leer, a flash of white-hot rage about her privacy never being hers, "I know you want to help me ease my load, but I just can't agree - as your umma, I can't put you in danger like this, hurling you into the maws of those sharks seeking to tear us to pieces--" "Let them," Soojung's tone had taken an abrupt, atypically dark tone, "I can't just-- I won't let them sit and tear us apart like they did before during appa's suicide. We can't keep letting these people win, but we can't let fear control us forever. Look where that's led us. I'm sick of it. Let me help you." "It'll be a stressful time for everyone involved," Yeonjae sagged, knowing that her daughter could rarely if ever be talked out of something she'd set her mind on, "I'll need you to be prepared for absolutely every possibility that may come up here." She ran a frustrated hand through her hair, staring off for a few moments before her stare fell upon her daughter once more. "Does your appa know," she asked, a sudden atypical calm taking her over. "Of course I asked him first," Soojung managed a pout, folding her arms and leaning back in the plush couch, "It's his favourite trick in the book after all.""
October 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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#sdv #stardewvalleyoc #ocart

Druid and his chickens tend to get busy in any season outside of Winter, and sometimes you just gotta get moral support
Druid, a human farmer is browsing his phone for gofer requests while his chickens Grumpy and Frumpy ride his shoulders, staring at the glowing device he's holding. He's visibly muscular and dressed down, seemingly more absorbed in his phone than his pets.
October 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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#ocart Two more circles because these are so fun to draw
Dongmin, a stern looking human man in a scarf and pink glasses, holds up a sign that states "I am the watcher", indicating his awareness of being the target of the Reloaded. Kibum, a smiling man with brown hair, holds up a sign that scrawls "not a watcher! just here to hang out" in messy writing. His hands are mechanical prosthetics that glow blue.
October 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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#ocart #sdv More Druid art, because these are surprisingly fun
Druid, now masked up, holds his syringe like a glass as he drains wine into his PEG tube. He's significantly more dressed up in a full suit with vest.
October 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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#ocart #sdv Drew a Druid because I was looking through people holding drinks and of course he would do this
Druid, a disfigured farmer, stares off to the side while holding a syringe draining wine through his PEG tube. He's dressed comfortably in a long sleeved coat over a red shirt, and has a visible trach tube on his neck.
October 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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#ocart Decided to finally do up the current roster of the Reloaded, my vigilante group who are here to cause problems and leave no crumbs
Digital artwork of Jin, an older bespectacled human man with red-highlighted hair. He smiles enigmatically, holding up a sign that says in all caps: "WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS". Digital artwork of Jiyoon, a human woman in a green cap and long dyed brown hair. She's clearly pissed while also holding a sign that states "WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS" in all caps. Digital artwork of Yujin, a younger human woman with a blue Polaroid camera hanging from a chain on her chest. She holds a sign that asks "WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS" in all caps. Digital artwork of (well known lesbian girlfailure) Hyunyoung, a female metahuman with purple eyes. She holds up a sign that instead says "not a watcher but here for the ride?" as if asking the others a question.
October 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Myron is an aggressively strong believer in plushies
Myron drowning in her giant seal plushie as she espouses the virtue of plushies, because she is full of joyous whimsy Myron sharing to her husband Jinhee that plushies are made for love Comic strip of Myron hugging her seal plush while insisting to Jinhee she wants to play
September 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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My first mistake was thinking "oh! He's so gender!" and then a decade of liking him later crawl out of the pipeline transmasc, covered in tomato sauce and shivering
September 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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The ramen is from objectively one of my favourite restaurants! Here's my usual order, their cheese and basil ramen
Very tasty cheese and basil flavored pork ramen with 2 eggs, a huge slice of seaweed and swimming in soup
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Anyway I should share the good food I enjoyed and celebrate on a regular basis. I like eating food and I think more people should enjoy good food
A roti prata meal consisting of a plain and egg Prata, an iced teh tarik and a small plate of curry chicken A bowl of tasty Keisuke pork ramen with a juicy egg Blueberry bagel from Two Man Bagel House containing a sunny side up, spam, a hash brown and oozing with peanut butter A banana caramel pancake drizzled with chocolate sauce with a vanilla ice cream on top. Next to it is a glass of fruit tea.
September 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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#sdv #ocart I love drawing these two because it's so funny to have this confident-in-his-body farmer and his socially awkward transbian of a queerplatonic partner whose default reaction to many things is straight up "wtf that's not legal"
Digital drawing. Druid, a disfigured human man is offering his roommate Hyunyoung his T-shirt, showcasing his well-sculpted body and his PEG tube tucked into his pants. Hyunyoung is a purple-haired metahuman who seems startled by the motion, dropping the laundry basket in her arm when this occurs. A thought bubble, colored like the lesbian flag shows herself monologuing as she says "what gives" in a judgmental tone.
September 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Playing Ryuutama for the first time and got to finally bring out an old friend, my depressed diplomat Ignus who has essentially lost everything except the clothes on her back and is trying to find her place in the world that isn't solely about her work
Art by @ersatzlace. Ignus is a tall, slender Fire Genasi woman with short hair, glasses, and dressed in a comfortable robe. Her expression is distant and sad, with her right hand shrouded by her robe.
September 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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#ocart Cleaned up an old WIP in 2023, and decided to tweak some of it to make a happy little girl
Myron, a half-elf, is looking off to the side with a dimpled smile while sitting down. She has tattoos on her arms and chest area, and is holding a cane that's cropped offscreen.
September 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Oh yeah hi I write about my OCs often and also have TTRPG opinions. You can view the stooges' Refsheets below:

Jooyoung (Myron): unvale.io/character/9a...
Dankyung: unvale.io/character/46...
Jangil: unvale.io/character/5b...
Jinhee: unvale.io/character/ae...

#ocart | #ocsky | #oc | #art
Digital image of 4 OCs, 3 of which are toasting the 4th with a shirt that says "I'm fucking Pathetic" with arrows pointing to the 4th who wears a shirt saying "I'm Pathetic"
September 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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#ocart #sdvoc

You're at the Stardrop Saloon and this dude pulls up wyd
Digital image of Druid, a masked human farmer. He smiles with his eyes as he's sitting backwards in his chair, holding a syringe in his left hand connected to his PEG tube.
September 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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#ocart "So...yeah, hi. If you don't know me, I'm the new librarian for Titan Antiques. Yes, I'm unfortunately related to the owner. No, I also don't take requests."

Seungho, Jinhee's troubled cousin and exarch of histories past!
Digital art of Seungho, a bespectacled young man with white hair ending in purple and blue streaks. He's in a short sleeved button up and shorts, with his divine artifact, the Crimson Tome visible on his left side. He's shrugging haplessly at the camera, showing off the markings on his lower arms and upper thighs doing so.
August 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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He lives, my boy
Screenshot from Pokémon Home of a dearly loved Hawlucha named Nacho. He has even around since 2013, and continues to have Sky Drop, an otherwise lost attack.
August 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM