Community Creations

Community Creations: June 2023

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Hello once again everyone! Spotted Dragon here bringing you theย June recapย for Community Creations.ย June’s themeย wasย Cryptids,ย so be sure to check out all the featured artists!

No clue whatโ€™s going on? Go see our intro post.

Top 5 Picks

Harold Mews by PompadourCoco

Of course, Harold Mews is a key character on Cryptids Island, kicking off the player’s search for cryptic evidence. I’m really drawn to the sketchy style in how Mews is, well, drawn here. There is a simultaneous kindness and weariness in his eyes. ๐Ÿ‘€ The soft tones also make for a wonderful color palette. Find her Instagram here.

One is Older, One is Younger by Serious Heart (virtualdragonalmond)

The half-and-half composition of this work is quite compelling, along with the pairing of image and text. It’s fun to see these contrasting sides collide! There’s a lot of energy in how all the details are arranged as well. Find their DeviantArt here.

Framed Cryptids by PegaKid

Based on the popular Barbie and Ken mugshot meme, this submission demonstrates a lot of creativity. I love how the pairings match the poses of the original meme, and how the backgrounds show the ridiculous, wide variety of heights of the characters. Such a fun way to portray the cryptids of Poptropica! Find her Instagram here.

The Most Mythical by Silver Sword

โ€œThere! I spot it! The dragon, from red,
โ€œMaybe I should feed itโ€ I thought, but maybe it shouldnโ€™t be fed.
Ameliaโ€™s unicorns, caught my eye,
So many, the next time I look at them I might die.
A Bigfoot was then standing in my way,
But then I thought, โ€œmaybe I wonโ€™t play Cryptids island todayโ€
โ€œAhhhhhhh!โ€ I screamed, when I saw Nessie
โ€œI want your nameโ€ she hissed, โ€œitโ€™s fox, Messy!โ€

This short poem is full of fun references and details. From your typical cryptids like Nessie and Bigfoot, to other creatures like Amelia’s unicorns, there’s many interesting mentions. I love the rhyming and playful tone of the writing, along with the reoccurring use of dialogue. Find the author in the comments section.

Mothman Comic by Lune

Anyone who has played through Cryptids Island knows the horror of finding the Jersey Devil… But nonetheless, we survived! The humor in this back and forth banter between the player and Harold Mews is super fun, and makes me wonder what it would be like to find other cryptids, like Mothman, in Poptropica. Find the artist in the comments section or on the PHC Discord.


Honorable Mentions

All your work, as always, is unbelievable! You’ve really shown proof of your talent this month. ๐Ÿ˜‰


July: How Do I Participate?

Community Creations is a cool series for anyone in the Poptropica community to join in on. To sum up what itโ€™s about, itโ€™s basically a chance to show off your artwork, creepy fan-fics, Pop clubhouses, costumes, and anything else that pops into your mind.

If we really like the piece you submit, we will feature it here on the PHB! As long as it relates to that monthโ€™s theme. So what is July’s theme? July’s theme isโ€ฆ

 Throwback! 

This month, we’re doing something super special with Community Creations. For the first time ever, we will be revisiting some old themes. “Throwback” means that any of the previous Community Creations themes will be accepted!

Miss a month that you really wanted to participate in? Now’s your chance! Here’s a quick comprehensive list of all our previous themes:

  • Shipping
  • Nature
  • OCs
  • Fairy Tales/Myths
  • Poptropica Worlds
  • Literature
  • Fashion
  • School
  • Halloween
  • Heartwarming
  • Winter/Holidays
  • Crossovers
  • Colorful
  • Historical
  • Humor
  • Heroes
  • Under the Sea
  • Blogs & Fans
  • Science
  • Music
  • Villains
  • Food
  • Celebration
  • Magic
  • Pets/Animals
  • Gaming
  • Action & Combat
  • Houses & Architecture
  • Pride
  • Tech & Social Media
  • Movies & TV
  • Seasons/Weather
  • Inktober
  • Steampunk
  • Opposites
  • Time Travel
  • Memes
  • Hobbies
  • Staying Home
  • Wild West
  • Monochromatic
  • Classic Islands
  • Tribes
  • Masks
  • Monsters
  • Pirates
  • Fire & Ice
  • Doctors
  • Pretty in Pink
  • Ancient Egypt
  • Bugs
  • Robots
  • LGBTQ+
  • Fancy
  • Flight
  • Punk
  • Ghosts & Ghouls
  • Sweet & Sour
  • Goofball
  • Arabian Nights
  • Comics
  • Going Green
  • Zomberry
  • Jade Scarab
  • Carnival
  • Cosplay
  • 80s
  • Survival
  • Feeling Blue
  • Royalty
  • Grapple Pap
  • Puzzling
  • Thievery
  • Lucky
  • Reality TV
  • Outer Space
  • Cryptids

You’ve quite literally got years of options to choose from. If you have ever thought about participating in Community Creations, I recommend you do it now more than ever!

  • Submit: Comment below with a link to whatever youโ€™ve created, email it to the PHB team on our Contact page, OR share it with me (SydVC aka Spotted Dragon) on DeviantArtTwitterTumblrDiscord, OR the PHBโ€™s Instagram.
  • Results: Next month, I will feature 5 submissions that stood out to me the most as well as some honorable mentions.
  • Limitations: Just make sure you relate to both the theme and Poptropica (and nothing NSFW or otherwise inappropriate).
  • Due Date: I will take any entries before the end of this month. Submit as many things as youโ€™d like!

I will be sure to let you know I have seen your creation. While quality counts, Iโ€™m mainly looking for something to simply catch my eye, so donโ€™t be afraid to join in!

So what are you waiting for? Go make something awesome!

~SD

Fanfiction, Guest Posts

Fanfic: Zombies, Zombies, ALWAYS ZOMBIES! ๐ŸงŸ Ep. 7: Lightning and Thunder (and Cake)

Hey Poptropicans, this is a guest post by Magic Kid. Enjoy!

Okay, okay, okay, and we’re back again! (Catch up with the previous chapter here, or start from the beginning here.)

We now know something much more dark and serious is going on, and a new Poptropican has joined the team. They have just escaped from a zombie invasion that paraded the last remaining survivorsโ€ฆ and Bosko (Iโ€™m so sorry, guys!). But do not fear, because CJ (Shrink Ray Island) gave Jazzy Hawk an idea that could save them all. At least, it could save them all unless the zombies get them first. Prepare for adventure!

Warning: I am not a safety expert (quite the opposite, in fact)! So do not try any of this stuff IRL, because quite frankly, the result will not be satisfactory.

Over and Out!

ZOMBIES, ZOMBIES, ALWAYS ZOMBIES!

A Zomberry Series

Episode Seven: Lightning and Thunder (and Cake)ย 

Going to Time Tangled Island is a piece of cake. That is, if the cake rains hard sprinkles of rain and brings winds.

And if you put the cake in the freezer. And some thunder booms loudly. Oh, and the lightning striking dangerously close to the blimp.ย 

It is not a very pleasant slice of cake, metaphorically speaking. And anyway, I should stop comparing the weather to cake.

Jazzy Hawk

Time Tangled Island should be due south! And anyway, we should be there soon!

Witty Toothpick

I sure do hope soon!

Icy Stone

What do you even want at Time Tangled?

Toothpick glances at Hawk, silently asking if they should share their (well, CJโ€™s) plan with an outsider.

Hawk isnโ€™t sure. Icy Stone doesnโ€™t exactly give off โ€œIโ€™m A Bad Guy Ready To Turn You To The Zombiesโ€ vibes, but doesnโ€™t exactly seem like someone they should trust immediately.ย 

A split second after Icy Stone asked the question, Hawk does the smallest shake of his head, and Toothpick notices.

Toothpick

Oh, well, we need to stop by Leonardo’s Workshop to, uh, pick up some supplies.

If Icy Stone finds this suspicious, she doesnโ€™t show it.ย 

Thunder booms again, louder than before.

Clumsy Bird

Uhhh, we should probably land soon.

Hawk

Oh, what the ocean? We can make it to the island! We can make it!

He says โ€œwe can make itโ€ twice as though to will the storm to let them make it. They are now shouting over the rain, which is thundering down and down and thenโ€”

Birdy

OW!

A large chunk of hail hits her head.

Birdy (continued)

Hail?! Are you kidding me?!

Hawk is at the wheel keeping it from spinning, drenched.

Hawk

HAIL THE HAIL!

Pick

THATโ€™S NOT FUNNY RIGHT NOWโ€” OH CRUD!

Icy Stone

What?

Hawk turns around and he sees it too. There is a massive dark gray storm cloud with forks of lighting shooting out of it. And they are heading right towards it.

Birdy

CRICKEY! Down down down! 

Hawk is at the wheel, which starts spinning uncontrollably, violently.ย 

Hawk 

Thatโ€™s what Iโ€™m trying! Birdy, you get that rope and pull it down. Pick, let the air out of the blimp balloon part thingy. Andโ€”

Pick

WHAT?! YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT?!

Hawk

Just do it, we’re right above Time Tangled, alright? 

Birdy pulls the rope, and it turns the motor off. Pick unscrews a secured cap, and slowly the yellow blimp begins to deflate. They’re going down, down, slowly at first, but getting faster and faster.

Toothpick is as pale as the moon. 

Hawk grabs some things from the secret compartment and hands one to each person.

Hawk

Parachutes! Get your stuff, put them on! This is our stop!

Toothpick looks on the verge of a nervous collapse.

Icy Stone

What the heck? What are you doing?

Hawk

The storm is too strongโ€ฆ weโ€™ll repair the blimp when we get there, if the blimp is repairableโ€ฆ Everyone got the parachutes on?

They all nod.

Hawk

Okay, only release your parachutes when I say, okay? We canโ€™t release them too high or the storm will blow us away. Ready?

They are 100 feet from the ground.

Toothpick

Ready.

75 feet.

Clumsy Bird

YEAH! LETโ€™S DO THIS!

50 feet.

Icy Stone

Yep. Letโ€™s go.

20 feet.

Hawk
NOW JUMP AND GO!

They all jump off the crashing blimp and open the parachutes just in time. But despite their parachutes, they thunder to the ground, not noticing what is wrong with Time Tangled Island. Not noticing the ashes around them.

And not noticing the helicopter fly over them, a grin flashing through the tinted glass window.

But at least they are safeโ€ฆ for now.

TO BE CONTINUED

(Wasnโ€™t that a piece of cake?)


Hope you enjoyed this guest post by Magic Kid. If you did, you might also enjoy their Pop Quiz: Which Pop Character Are You? post.

The Poptropica Help Blog welcomes interesting Poptropica insights from anyone in the Poptropica community with thoughts to share. Interested in writing for the PHB? Weโ€™d love to hear from you!

Fanfiction, Guest Posts

Fanfic: The Adventures of Det. Anna Gram ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ Case Two: Trapped in the Office

Hey Poptropicans, this is a guest post by Silver Sword. Enjoy!

(Continued from Adventure One)

Anna heads down to her office, tired, after her first mystery. She hasn’t gone down to the office before, and  canโ€™t wait to go inside.

ANNA: โ€œMy office better be gooโ€””

Annaโ€™s office was not goofy, and this made her last bit of hope for goofiness fade away. It was a normal office in Dullsville. Dull, like everything else.

ANNA: โ€œI should meet some more detectives, and maybe find out about their cases.”

Anna heads down to the next office, which is labeled, โ€œDet. Tiny Axe.โ€

ANNA (knocking on door): โ€œTiny Axe? Are you in here?โ€

Continue reading “Fanfic: The Adventures of Det. Anna Gram ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ Case Two: Trapped in the Office”
Free Membership Giveaways

PHB Membership Giveaway: June 2023

Hey Poptropicans! Weโ€™re approaching the end of the month, which means itโ€™s time to announce another lucky Poptropican to win our monthly membership giveaway! ๐ŸŽ

Congratulations,ย Sporty Runner โ€” your new membership status lets you play various exclusive quests, including Mission Atlantis, Ep. 2: Fortress of the Deep. You’ll also get to enjoy member gifts and more.

The Poptropica Help Blog hosts a membership giveaway every month, and itโ€™s easy to enter! Just comment on our Free Poptropica Membership page and leave at least two other comments around the PHB within the month to be entered into that monthโ€™s giveaway.

Weโ€™ll announce a winner sometime in the final week of each month. If you donโ€™t win, you can always try again for the next month! Full details ยป

Congrats again to Sporty Runner! Keep on popping on! ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ

Fanfiction, Guest Posts

Fanfic: Itโ€™s the Seriously Good Show ๐ŸŽช Prologue

Hey Poptropicans, this is aย guest postย by Serious Heart.ย Enjoy!

Fireside Chat: Pull up a chair.

Hello! Serious Heart here with the prologue of Itโ€™s the Seriously Good Show! In this show, my Poptropican, Serious Heart, after defeating Zeus, is trying to convert the people of Mythology Island to modern times by having a chat show. Both real and fake people will be here. Letโ€™s begin!

Itโ€™s the Seriously Good Show
Prologue

The audience was waiting. Serious Heart was panicking. He needed to make a good impression on them. He got dressed in a handsome suit, and prepared. Serious Heart came out from the curtain in the Cafรฉ at Shark Tooth Island.

โ€œWelcome to the chat show. Itโ€™s the Seriously Good Show, where I interview famous and/or smart Poptropicans! Now, I bet youโ€™re all wondering, what are you doing here?โ€

โ€œYes!โ€ a woman with fruit on her head shouted.

โ€œWell, you guys are old school. You need to be familiar with modern times. Look, there are more futuristic islands out there. I plan to get you guys some respect,โ€ Serious Heart explained.

A girl named Shoeless Raptor raised her hand. Serious Heart pointed at her. โ€œYeah?โ€

โ€œMe and my BFF, Curious Clown, were wondering, why donโ€™t you just hold it on Mythology?โ€

โ€œZeus hates me after I defeated him. Weโ€™d probably have bad weather, if I chose there,โ€ Serious Heart explained. โ€œBesides, the owner of the cafรฉ was happy to let us use it! Anyway, Iโ€™ll pick Poptropicans that are famous, Poptropicans that are smart, or Poptropicans that are famous and smart! Any more questions?โ€

Silence. โ€œNo? Then weโ€™re going to come back next week. Weโ€™ll have our first guest!โ€ Serious Heart said. โ€œStay tuned!โ€

เค…เคšเฅเค›เฅ‡ เคธเคฎเคฏ เค•เฅ‡ เคฒเคฟเค เคšเฅ€เคฏเคฐเฅเคธ,
Serious Heart


Hope you enjoyed this guest post by Serious Heart. If you did, you might also enjoy other fanfictions weโ€™ve shared.

The Poptropica Help Blog welcomes interesting Poptropica insights from anyone in the Poptropica community with thoughts to share. Interested in writing for the PHB? Weโ€™d love to hear from you!