Slenderman, slenderman
All the children try to run.
Slenderman, slenderman
to him its part of the fun!
My beloved mushroom man. Posting him again... If you have questions feel free to send asks!
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YOOOO MY OLD HABITS ARE ON HERE HERES THE NEW ONES
(note: made these about... almost 2 years go? they still definitely hold up. probably some of my best pieces to date tbh)
(note2: shirt design from the first pic comes from here, i looked up a haunter for the other one and i think this is from a pokemon game but if its someones art i accidentally used, pls feel free to link it)
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Hey Slenderman fans, does anybody remember that one series that like used a theory that Slender was basically a tulpa or something? Does anybody remember what it was called or if it's still up? I thought it was a vlog series but I might be wrong - anyways hmu
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HI!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CHANCE TO RANT!!
[my rant is below the cut! click on read more!]
Little doodle to start
edit: I DIDNT PROOFREAD THIS ITS 1 AM AND I JUST WENT OFF
ALSO I DIDNT GO INTO MYCELIUM MUCH BUT I PROMISE I WILL IN THE FUTURE
Welcome to Gothalites big Operator Rant!
I too love mushrooms! Which is how the idea for this operator came to be! i cant say im the most knowledgeable in shrooms, I know more about the ocean than mushrooms but I am fascinated by them!
If i had to think for a real life example that is the closest to the mushroom in my AU it would simply be like an airborne/lichen/mushroom mix of Cordyceps.
Yes, yes i know all three of those can be fungi! But the reason I specify ALL three is because the OperatorFungus is ALL three of them.
Originally the Operator was JUST a mushroom and NOT sentient in any way. It sprouted out of the ground with some of the first mushrooms ever recorded, 715 - 810 million years ago. And it existed along them, the same as all.
When the Operator Fungus first formed it had the cap shape of a Calocybe fallax with a sunken cap! Pictured below! [ image 1] While also containing the properties of a puffball mushroom! [ image 2], its ability being to 'blow out smoke'.
These two traits carried over the most with the operators change as an entity. His head shape mimics the Calocybe fallax sunken cap with the different parts of the fungus growing up around his head! [ Pictured below, image 1 ]
The Puffballs ability to create smoke carried over as well, in the form of spores and the 'fog' that follows the operator. Unlike the Puffball the operator doesnt have to be inflicted with a strong force to create the fog, the flakes from the lichen as well as the spores are a constant natural byproduct!
In the second image blow you can see the operators back! Around his tentacles are very small [ drawn larger for easier viewing ] openings, trough which the constant smoke / spores are dispersed in extremely small amounts!
The only reason the fog is so visible around it at a lot of times is simply for visual representation in art! However the fog may become thick in areas where the operator dwells for longer times [ Example, its office]
NOW FOR THE LICHEN!!!
The lichen present on the operator wasnt always there and wasnt always needed. At first, as explained earlier it started out as any regular fungus in its size, just like any other mushroom it could fend for itself.
However after changing in size and appearance the OperatorFungus needed more help to sustain itself. Usually Lichen appears on thing such as rocks or trees, [depicted above] not other mushrooms.
Lichen is important for nutrient cycling and many animals feed on it! Animals such as reindeer!! Now, raindeer arent the only animals to feed on lichen, however they are crucial to the reason why there is lichen around OperatorFugi!
The specific type of fungus which the Operator is thrives in DEAD MATTER. Meaning it best operates when surrounded by rotting things, atleast in its case. With the change in size the requirement for upkeep grew, and the lichen served as the perfect way to attract animals such as Raindeer.
While for a long time the Operator depended on this lichen, thanks to proxies, it no longer does. However the lichen is there to stay,
so keep an eye out when you see a lone mushroom surrounded by lichen and fog.
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