#..sort of

[bloodorangee1]

trying to improve on pixel art

#yttd #yttd fanart #sou hiyori #your turn to die #pixel art #90s aesthetic #..sort of #digital art #yttd midori #artists on tumblr

[worldruins]

Meet the Remnant, my "slugcat" oc. Because I have no sense of moderation, it has an entire campaign loosely mocked up in my head- I don't have the modding ability or time to make anything of it but I enjoy thinking about it! The two iterators on the sheet are the central npcs of the campaign.

Remnant is larger, more aquatic, and faster on all fours than a slugcat. It struggles to use the same tools, carries items in its mouth, and can eat batnip and bubble weed. And, though it doesn’t know it, it is one of the last four of its kind left.

More about the campaign below VVV

BONUS: Remnant obviously resembles a slugcat, and they are sort of a slugcat ancestor! The genomes of the pipe slugs slugcats evolved from had remnant DNA as well as the simple tool-worm base that ancients used for many creatures. The blueprints were present in the modified organisms, and over several generations and mutations began to express themselves once more. Anyway…

To start, the Remnant is living with their family in an idyllic natural landscape much like survivor and monk at the beginning of their campaigns. The incident kickstarting their journey would be them wandering off from their kin and- gameplay starts here- getting lured off by something interesting, before the wall closes quickly behind them and the player realizes they have been trapped. They find themselves in a crate lined with wet plant matter, which gets shaken and turned around for a bit before settling down. It continues with a gentler rattling and remnant is clearly being taken somewhere, but the game acts like you're in a den and, once you've eaten the food set out for you in there, you sleep.

You are woken when the train carrying you crashes. You are able to escape and wind up in a light drizzle. Numerous overseers, some purple and others seafoam green, follow you around. The artificial, dilapidated surroundings are alien to the remnant.

During the first cycle an overseer will direct you to the nearest den, but you don’t have a rain timer until the first time you hibernate. You’ve never experienced rain like this before, after all.

The fact is that the remnant and their family are primal fauna, from the old world before bioengineering and iterators. They have spent their whole lives in a carefully controlled environment, maintained at first by ancients and then the systems the ancients left behind. The mass ascension happened, and nobody really knew what to do with these creatures- depending on the species, animals in captivity were generally released to fend for themselves or set for years of being maintained by machines scheduled in advanced, automated to care for them.

Remnant is taken when the iterator Ink Stained Palms orders a specimen of one relatively hardy species to study and potentially have the rest delivered to their regions. Something goes wrong- their delivery is sabotaged by their semi-active former senior, Calls To Stony Skies. And out Remnant goes into an alien land, with each of the two rival iterators trying to lure or force it to go to them.

This generally takes the form of projections like Iggy uses to get the slugcats to Moon, though it’s two different kinds of overseer guiding you in opposite directions at the same time. There may also be introduced environmental hazards- some of the chases in Little Nightmares come to mind- to corral you toward wherever the iterator causing it wants you to go.

ISP was the one who was getting the remnant delivered to her facility. They’re a bioengineer interested in long-term ecosystem restoration. It’s come to believe there’s a natural ‘balance’ to the world that could, in time, let living things leave the cycle of their own accord if it was realigned properly.

CTSS is in a condition not unlike spearmaster moon, though his decline has been steadier and over a longer period of time. They’ve been replaced by another iterator as group senior, and derailed your journey in the hopes of using a rare animal as collateral to get ISP’s help. Watching the remnant’s struggle to survive, however, he ends up very attached to it and can’t bring himself to kill it as he originally planned to.

Though they might want to, CTSS can’t save the remnant from a more insidious fate. The air, the soil, the water itself is toxic to you, whose kind has lived countless generations shielded from the heavy metal byproducts of industry and the artificial metabolisms of those great boxes in the sky. Ascension is an option, but so is going to ISP, whose body itself possesses a complex with artificial environments much like the one you began in. It can’t protect the remnant fully, but it can offer them a longer life. There are multiple endings to the campaign, based on the order you visit the iterators in.

If you read all this thank you so much and feel free to send questions!! About my little guys.

#mine #ruinart #rw #rain world #rain world oc #slugcat oc #..sort of #iterator oc #oc: the remnant #oc: ink stained psalms #oc: calls to stony skies

[tiny-cloud-of-flowers]

"Well, well.. So it was you of all things that I sensed. Somehow, I had doubted your ability to exist here.. but it seems that you've been able to keep going, hm?"

My first proper MMD render for.. several months, ahaha, but also the first one of this year! It's of my Kingdom Hearts self-insert, Aria, being very comfortable yet ominous in the Realm of Darkness; specifically, the caption is her talking to Litas (@neuvilline's self-insert), upon meeting them again for the second time! I had a lot of fun trying to get the right vibes for this, even if actually deciding what Aria would look like at this point in time was.. somewhat of an ordeal, haha

Tag list: @starlit-selfships | @edencantstopfallininlove | @yoomtahsgf | @sunlight-ships | @dragonsmooch | @thatslikesometaldude | @kuroiikamen | @artificervaldi | @keyblade-ships | @seahydra | @dmclr | @neuvilline (to be tagged in future works of mine, please see this form!)

(Anyone is welcome to comment on and/or reblog my work, as long as my DNI is respected!)

#heart of the void #creations from the void #made using MMD #this post is okay to reblog as long as my DNI is respected! #selfshipping #..sort of #self-inserts #self‑insert: darkness' champion (aria) #talking to #friend: the master's lost songbird (litas) #friends' self‑inserts #of hearts and friendship (kingdom hearts) #of lux and daybreak (union x) #..this is technically post-KHUX but at the same time both of these self-inserts are primarily *for* KHUX so it feels right to use that tag #I hope it's alright that I've used the tag list for something that wasn't outright a romantic selfship piece or anything #and also i hope that I was able to tag the right people ;w; I tried to look through the form but it is also two o'clock in the morning #so if i've missed someone or tagged someone when they rather wouldn't be tagged in something like this then I do apologise! #and now I can officially say that at the very least I have made something this year =P

[flowering-darkness]

I may have erred (rambling about reborn and my selfships for it instead of going to bed)

#I am going to be getting six hours of sleep tonight at maximum #oops #heart of the void #selfshipping #..sort of #the rambles were sort of about my selfships anyway #of a city reborn (pokémon reborn) #part of me feels like I should apologise for being so overly focused on a game that most people don’t know much or anything about #but I don’t feel like others should apologise when they talk about those games.. so why should I? #I guess it’s just a case of knowing most people won’t really understand what I’m on about..? #but then if anyone does want any clarification then I’m always more than happy to explain things!!!! #so #I don’t know I will just try and sleep now #the big timeline sort out post is almost done

[fell-court]

okay! I have a lot of random notes that i'm going to throw all into the same post so here we go

I'm about to do the last couple of level 67 quests, so I only have a couple dozen quests left of Stormblood! Which is quite exciting. What is not quite exciting is that the current quest I'm on is the one before the Lakshmi battle, but through the power of skipping all the cutscenes i will hopefully be able to get through it before/without dissociating any more than i already have.

Almost every single job in the game that I've played or intend to play is now at level 70 or very near it, with the only exception being summoner still stuck down at 61 (and astrologian forever being stuck at 34 - sorry astrologian, but I am not going to do well as a healer using my controller, I can already just sense it). I'm quite happy about this, but it's also causing a great deal of choice paralysis regarding which jobs to then go and use.

Also outside of combat I am now already a level 81 weaver because I went slightly mad with glove-making power and I regret absolutely nothing about this process.

..I've been using Lorenza's intended Shadowbringers appearance (minus the headgear) for enough of these recent play sessions, because it's an aiming set and I was levelling up machinist, that I now want to come up with a different outfit for her in Shadowbringers, oops. I'm still fairly set on her fighting as a dancer on the First, because she picks up the fighting style from Lyna (and subsequently ending up doing the dancer 60-70 questline after coming back to Eorzea actually sets things up pretty well for Endwalker, given what those quests are about!). So I apologise in advance for potentially lots of rambles about what to make the new outfit.

I also still haven't figured out what job to use for Endwalker. Probably black mage for the sake of the whole theme of "returning to the Source from the First = going back to her roots of how she fought when first arriving on the Source from the Thirteenth" (and also because I miss playing as a black mage!!) - but i'm not 100% set on it. However, I did just have a fun idea that has basically cemented Lorenza being a reaper post-Endwalker, so that's that part sorted at least. This makes her current full job progression chain black mage (or possibly also summoner)-machinist-red mage-dancer-black mage-reaper!

I also need to figure out an appearance for Endwalker, which may in turn have an impact on the new Shadowbringers appearance because of symbolism and wanting to be different and all sorts of other things stemming from me thinking about this kind of thing far too much. I had the idea of Endwalker being the first time Lorenza's eyes were visible to some extent, with post-Endwalker then being where they were the most visible of all, but I still need to decide which gear specifically will be used to achieve this effect.

It is now gone midnight and I'm quite tired, so I think I will leave it here for now, but thank you to anyone who has actually taken the time to read all of this. If you have any questions or comments, then please know you can always send me an ask!

#a voidsent voice 🜸 #lorenza (fell‑court) 🜸 #..sort of #i'm not 100% sure how many of lorenza's canon appearance i've actually shown on the blog oops

[cptnwynnie]

also this au is kinda sorta based on an original project i’m working on that so if and/or when i start posting about that. if u see stuff recycled from this au........................................ no u didn’t

#wynnposting #mbs superhero au #..sort of

[tothechaos]

glad that im not popular enough to have an evil shadow version of my blog that exists just to make contradictions on my posts

#.text #as a sort of 'popular' blog this is one of my only solaces #1k #5k #10k #25k #50k #100k #200k

[justalittlebluetiefling]

#i don't believe that people for serious reasons sort their books any way but by author #and then obviously by release date/series within that #i am being told that i am being JUDGY #also if you sort your books any other way HOW DO YOU FIND THEM #i really need to know #polls #can't believe i forgot to include genre in here

[so-many-ocs]

[on the verge of having a complete breakdown] i need to make some kind of list or perhaps sort things into categories

#🌿 misc #idk how to tag this #i just love making lists #and sorting things into categories #pinterest #?? #this is part of what motivates me to write i just love making lists of scenes and then sorting them into categories #bangers

[jonnywaistcoat]

I low-key love the fact that sci-fi has so conditioned us to expect to be hanging out with a bunch of cool space aliens, that legitimate, actual scientists keep proposing the most bizarre, three-blunts-into-the-rotation "theories" to explain the fact we're not.

Some of my favourites include:

Zoo Theory: What if there are loads of aliens out there, but they're not talking to us because of the Prime Directive from Star Trek? (Or because they're doing experiments on us???)

Dark Forest Theory: What if there are loads of aliens out there, but they all hate us and each other so they're all just waiting with a shotgun pointed at the door, ready to open fire on anything that moves?

Planetarium Theory: What if there's at least one alien with mastery over light and matter that's just making it seem to us that the universe is empty to us as, like, a joke?

Berserker Theory: What if there were loads of aliens, but one of them made infinite killer robots that murdered everyone and are coming for us next?!!

Like, the universe is at least 13,700,000,000 years old and 46,000,000,000 light years big. We have had the ability to transmit and receive signals for, what, 100 years, and our signals have so far travelled 200 light years?

The fact is biological life almost certainly has, does, or will develop elsewhere in the universe, and it's not impossible that a tiny amount of it has, does, or will develop in a way that we would understand as "intelligent". But, like, we're realistically never going to know because of the scale of the things involved.

So I'm proposing my own hypothesis. I call it the "Fool in a Field" hypothesis. It goes like this:

Humanity is a guy standing in the middle of a field at midnight. It's pitch black, he can't move, and he's been standing there for ages. He's just had the thought to swing his arms. He swings one of his arms, once, and does not hit another person. "Oh no!" He says. "Robots have killed them all!"

#shut up fermi you nerd #im not even sure interstellar travel is even possible #at least for any sort ot life we can comprehend #and maybe thats fine

[liquidstar]

If my mom sees a significant amount of blood she gets lightheaded, and has fainted on some occasions. Once it happened when we were kids, I wasn't there to witness it but I heard the story from my dad. Basically my brothers, around 7 or 8 at the time, were playing outside while my mom was making their lunch, and she accidentally cut her finger. It wasn't anything serious, but it drew a fair bit of blood and she passed out. My dad saw this and rushed over, but he didn't really know what to do so he just sort of started slapping her to wake her up (not recommended, but he had no idea and panicked)

At that exact moment my brothers both came in from playing, and all they saw was our mom unconscious on the floor and our dad slapping her. So, like, without even saying a word to each other they both just INSTANTLY start whaling on him, like, full blown attack mode to defend our mom. Which obviously didn't help the situation, but she did wake up and everything was fine.

Now our dad says that he's actually really glad they attacked him over what they thought was going on, because it means he raised good boys. And I still think that's true, they're very good boys.

#i think about this story sometimes like yeah I'm proud of them for that too actually. good job baby brothers #they're not babies anymore of course they're turning 20 next year which is crazy #but they're still the type of people who'd do something if they saw something of this sort happen for sure #respectful of women and everyone else too. they're good guys #I'm glad I ended up with them living in my house against my will for like 14 years #anyway i have no idea where i was for all this but my best guess is probably a friends house given the time period #i was always at my besties house lol #i hope she's doing well too actually. haven't spoken in forever... #bestie from greek elementary school... if you're out there... let's get muffins and fanta at the bakery across the street again someday 💜☮️

[tiny-cloud-of-flowers]

right, my current objectives for the foreseeable future (now that I'm home and done with exams!) are:

try and answer some asks for once I still have an F/Ovember one in there AND two trick-or-treats (I'm so sorry)

actually work more on my first and so far only commission

possibly try and make something for my selfship anniversary with Camellia, because a) hers is one of the only ones I can ever actually remember the date of for some reason, and b) how has it already been three years, how have I already been here for three and a half years

(On the note of the second bullet point - my commissions are very much still open if anyone would like to get themselves some writing! I'm taking them through Ko-Fi, and now that I'm done with exams, I should have more time to be able to get them back to you quickly! ^-^)

#heart of the void #blog logistics #..of a sort #selfship: a dance of endeavours (camellia/telanthera) #..sort of #if anyone has any questions about commissions then please know you are more than welcome to reach out

[flowering-darkness]

oh I'm having far too much with this

#if you're the sort of person who enjoys giving your self-insert things that canon characters also have: high five and more power to you #trying to figure out what to put in the arclight profile versus the gardevoir interview is slightly tricky but also fun #especially now that I know when I can say each one is set #heart of the void #my self‑inserts #..sort of #I hope everyone else is doing well

[rox-and-prose]

i love the french, i love the way they pronounce Rs like they're disgusted with them

#roxy writes #meanwhile the english seem to have some sort of phobia about them #perhaps this is related

[ozziyo]

Tis but thy name that is my enemy.

#good omens #good omens fanart #good omens 2 #aziracrow #ineffable husbands #ineffable spouses #aziraphale #crowley #anthony j crowley #crowly x aziraphale #digital art #my art #my fanart #i made the mistake of looking at Sergio Cupido's Romeo and Juliet #and this sort of just Happened #so terribly sorry

[seveneyesoup]

#TO CLARIFY ON THE SECOND POINT: VAMPIRES *HAVE* A REPRODUCTION METHOD THAT IS NOT SEX-BASED #THAT IS THE MAJOR POINT OF THAT ONE. THAT VAMP REPRODUCTION IS BASED ON CONVERTING INTO UNDEAD AND NOT PREGNANCY #what i think i keep coming back to is that a vampire is like. a form of pathogen or perhaps parasite #is the individual vampire meaningfully distinct from that? maybe #sort of a made up question #but that’s not a mammal #so neither is a vampire #but also like. a human is a mammal #this question sponsored by my friend who said she was done keeping mammals bc ‘they have so much fluid in them’ #and my thought that a vampire Wouldn’t #not a lot of fluids. happening there