#no actual Lore about cass as a character just his design and how he came to be!!

[belphieslilcow]

THE HISTORY OF CASSIAN

you may sit there and ask, "dyllan, how DID you come up with a perfect and flawless design like cassian's?"

well dear viewer... today you shall learn!!

so he actually has two kinda origins, one much more like the cass we know today, so on with it!!

we start out with the origin of cassian as a name in the beautiful land of skyrim

he was my self insert i made that i didn't end really being happy with and kinda left behind BUT i did reuse his name for our cassian of today so he's important to mention!!

fun fact!! cassian comes from the fact that it sound like the word caspian, as as my name is dyllan, meaning son of the sea, i thought it'd be fun to kinda name my s/i after a sea

fun fact 2!! i did write a couple cassian/cicero fics that are still up on my blog, if you search back enough you'll find em hehe

now we more so move on to the proto design and personality in cookie run ovenbreak!!

this was my first self insert for the game, named vanilla cream cookie, he was a patisserie, but as you can see from the pose and design on the right, his design was way to similar to herb cookie in my eyes (i did use him as a drawing ref) so i ended up changing his deisng fairly quickly, i only have 3 artworks of him in this stage

fun fact 3!! the image on the left could very well be considered like the ancient ancestor of modern cassian since that was the first image i drew of vanilla cream!!

ahh my lovely pride and joy, cream horn cookie!!

the image on the far left was the first kinda sketch i made of him, instead of basing him off just vanilla cream in general i made him after my fav dessert type pastry, cream horns!!

he had a sleepy tired and sheep motif, i'm still so proud of how i made the shape of the cream horn into like an actual horn, fitting in with his sheep look as well!!

i've drawn SO much of him, even self ship art with other cookies hehe =w=

you can really see how his hair kinda evolved into cass's emo hair!!!

ahh... here's where i got into obey me!!

this was the first design idea i had for an mc/self insert, so this was where i stole the name from myself to make a new character with!! i have a few drawing of him one with beel, but i just didn't vibe with his design all that well and his bangs and overall hairstyle gave me trouble

now here's some early cassian design!! this was when i forgo-ed the pink hair and green eyes and basically just made a human cream horn cookie since i love his design so much

actually while searching for pictures i completely forgot i had cass's ahoge as a heart shape for a while!!

the pic on the right was after the golden newt syrup incident lol

and that leads us to cassian of the modern day!! he's finally smiling which is so funny, does this represent my mental health getting better and becoming more confident?? mayhaps in some way, but i'm really happy with him as a design, character, etc

even if he is just me but cooler, i adore the lil guy <3

i love seeing how my artwork has evolved over the almost 3 years i've had him (including cookie run era cream horn)

anyways PLEASE tell me you found this interesting cause i'm obsessed with shit like this and wanted to make own kinda thing!!

#cassian #no other tags needed really!! #this was stupidly fun to do #no actual Lore about cass as a character just his design and how he came to be!!

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 screamymeemies replied to your post: Do you ever just think about the abandoned...

1. Hope you don’t mind my own share of rambling, but I was present as events unfolded. Listened to Pirate Radios as they came out, played the Plastic Beach online games as the chapters were released, and actually participated in the Evangelist design competition (though admittedly I didn’t get too far, heh). And honestly?? I was crestfallen. I left the fandom pretty pissed off—pissed at Jamie and Damon that kinda just let shit completely unravel, and pissed that there was nothing we could do.

2. Also still incredibly bitter about DoYaThang. It’s good, yeah, but I can’t listen to it without frowning a bit. I wanted more with Spirit House, too, and I’m worried Phase 5 will flop over too. Idk. Maybe I’m just taking this all too seriously. Gorillaz was meant to be fun—Damon and Jamie really don’t owe us anything. But there is such a thing as bad storytelling, and I fear it might happen again. I’m crossing my fingers it won’t.

Hey there! I don’t mind at all, in fact I welcome it. I would love more perspectives from fans who were there as it unfolded. I share your sentiments exactly. I obviously don’t know the half of what went down that caused phase 3 to crumble, but man... it’s hard not to know your budget is running thin? It’s one thing to try and wrap things up hastily, and another to just, drop everything and go radio silent for years, leaving nothing but a quick farewell in DoYaThing that honestly, would have been a really bad way to go out. DoYaThing was honestly the saddest video they’ve ever made. It’s heartwrenching to watch. And to leave so many fans thinking that was IT? That there’d be no closure? Like, I can see how it was supposed to give some sort of closing statement, with offering a chance for 2D to escape his abusive environment, but it was bittersweet, and offered nothing for Murdoc, and left Noodle and Russel in the wind. Just the ‘wouldn’t it be nice if we were just normal people’ verse.... nearly had me in tears tbh. To have ended on such a bad note would have sucked. So in that sense, I’m glad they came back. But it’s a double-edged sword, since what we’re getting now is a step back (or a couple) from what we had going in phase 3. 

I don’t think you’re taking it too seriously - it’s tptb that need to be taking it more seriously. Of course it should be fun, and what’s been the most fun is having such a rich story to accompany such good music. The band wouldn’t be half as successful as it is if not for the characters and the world that’s been built for them. The whole ‘virtual band’ thing wouldn’t sell very well if there’s no lore to make the characters seem real and exciting. More than that, they’ve been able to make it MEAN something. Everything they’ve come to stand for, and how they’ve been able to use the story as metaphor for real world issues, and as a mirror for ourselves. If we are disappointed and angry, it’s not because we’re demanding too much. It’s because we’ve seen what they’re capable of, seen that they care, and recognize that lately, they’ve gone backwards, not forwards. You can’t un-make Murdoc a complex character. They’ve established he is, and have decided to ignore it, either not knowing or not caring how much this affects the fans. That upsets me because it seems like they no longer treat Murdoc with respect and believe he is capable of redemption or deserves it, which to me goes against the fundamental morals and statements established by the band in the first place. Cass Browne shouldn’t have been the only one keeping everything in place. If that’s the reason it’s all fallen apart, I’d be very angry indeed. Murdoc, and all of the characters, are the children of Damon, Jamie, Cass, and others involved. They all have a part and a stake in the fate of the characters. I want to think they still believe in a good ending for Murdoc, and that they recognize that his well-being is fundamental to the functioning of the band as a whole. Seeing as they have a whole plot right now about him being imprisoned and the fallout as it relates to the band dynamic, and yet still haven’t addressed any core issues, instead preferring to have 2D and Murdoc hurl childish insults at each other when they could be having Murdoc reflect on Plastic Beach in prison, it makes me wonder tbh. 

It’s just frustrating because Plastic Beach proves they knew and cared. And that they knew how to portray it. Even DoYaThing shows Jamie understood the intricacies of Murdoc and 2D’s abusive relationship and could take it seriously. So why things have all just turned into one big joke now is beyond me. They are capable of excellent, moving storytelling. And not 100% of that was Cass. Even if it was, it’s not rocket science to pick up where he left off. Hell, thousands of fans have and do. I’ll hate seeing all these phase 5 theories that are wonderfully creative and thought-provoking get shot down when the canon turns out to be much less rewarding. I don’t want to be cynical - I should be excited, I just got here! But I’m so used to this from other media, I don’t want to see a repeat of this with another character I’ve become invested in, one that for once has had a shot at redemption and still could. These guys should care about their own characters! Idk how to explain that to them. Like, the fans give so much of a shit because you created these characters that are awesome and deep and charismatic, why are you surprised that we get upset when you try to sabotage your own narrative?

#screamymeemies #my meta #gorillaz #murdoc niccals