#capgras and cotard

[icecreampizzer]

Apparently I forgot to upload this one on tumblr, even though I'm still very proud of this, so here's a treat from last year! I want to do more painty stuff like this auuu

[geoffmusk]

Self-ish ahh smile

[bypr0duct]

Something I did over summer but it doesn’t hurt to post old art now does it?

Also coolest thing he glows in the dark too!!! So rad!!!

[psilliguykai]

WWWW #1: "-iSH"/"William I Wonder"

[context under the song/cut and art commentary in the tags ^^]

“-iSH”

Well when tension comes to tear my life

Can we survive torn in Soul, Heart, and Mind?

Or will we be captured in the strife,

Damned to repeat until we die?

Well, at 23 oh, will I see

If I'm to "be" as one or split in three?

And when I’m just a piece, is there still a “me”?

Or just a pawn for Heart or Mind?

I am a point in time and space,

And we are the truths that we create,

And so when our matter takes its state

No, it doesn't matter who I am.

No, it doesn't matter who I am.

And I'm gonna be myself again.

“Ryan William I Wonder” [Timestamp 1:47]

William I wonder,

Do you feel the sky?

Weighing down on your back

And crushing your spine?

I see how we’ll suffer,

The horizon line,

And we know we’re bound

To come back sooner or later.

Oh, there's nothing you can do

To hide from blinding rays

Or the moon’s hateful gaze,

And the stars are losing faith.

So William I wonder,

Do you feel the sky?

Weighing down on your back

'Cause it's weighing down on mine.

3/31/25 EDIT: The information below is outdated! Just keeping it for archival purposes. Basically, the idea of having to write 20+ covers has been kind of weighing on me and killing my motivation for this project. So ! instead, I'll be releasing a tracklist with notes on what happens in each song soon[ish] and will be only writing/illustrating the covers that I'm confident and interested in. Whatever covers I get to writing probably won't be in chronological order as I'd like to keep this project a little more open ended and free for me :]

The information below on what the covers/drawings will look like is still accurate, but the rest is outdated.

I'm gonna try to keep talking to a minimum on these in the future, but I figured I should provide some context as this is the first piece. Sooo yeah ! Here's the first song in William's Wanton Weary Wiles! See masterpost for context ^^ these will all be released in chronological order, in the form of written Jash-style (changing some lyrics to fit the story) Will Wood covers. I'll be hyperlinking each original song in the cover titles so people can get a sense of what it would sound like, +for credit ofc :] Most of them will also be accompanied with some sort of art piece !! The majority will probably just be little somewhat shitty sketches such as the one featured here (for the sake of my sanity lol. and also cuz. frankly. I like them :3), but I might have some full pieces too at some point. Formats and realistically a few other aspects are probably gonna be somewhat inconsistent as I'm not the best planner, sorry in advance but also. This is my project and I wanna keep it fun and doable ^^

Props to you if you've read this far!! Seeya in the next one I suppose :]

[mildlyannoyingtheaterkid]

Self-ish, Will Wood

Jesus Christ, this album is so fucking powerful. Every song somehow intertwines with one another. One common theme is the 'Hand me my shovel, I'm going in!' chorus in the two songs leading up to it. The repetitive nature of this really built it all up, and I LOVE how the chorus of every song works with one another. They all have a common sound.

Another theme in this album is mental illness. Capgrass syndrome is a rare mental illness that leads you to think that a loved one or friend is an imposter. Cotards syndrome is another name for "walking corpse syndrome". This is yet another rare disorder in which the patient believes they are dead or not existing, and are (hence the name) a walking corpse. There is many more references in the other titles of his songs that I could get into but If you're really curious you can look them up.

Those two songs I mentioned both relate to the illness.

Mr Capgrass: "Damn, I thought you're not your imposter!" "somebody to replace yourself" etc.

At the beginning of Cotards Solution (live) on The Real Will Wood album, Will introduces the song as "This is a song written by a dead guy."

Among these, the album also delves into a lot of religion. 'Give me that old time religion' in Song with five names and part of the name of the song itself 'Checkmate Atheists!" In 2012, a variety of different religions are mentioned. "My dreams were shattered like a stained glass window, Jesus in Pieces! I believe I threw a brick right through Him" in 'Hand me my shovel' etc.

This is personally my favorite album. The songs hold so much meaning and the whole thing is so fleshed out. I could make this essay go on for 10 pages if I wanted to, but I'll save you the time. I didn't even mention Dr Sunshine is dead.

[yngvescorpse]

I love Will Wood as much as the next person but PLEASE get the shit about the SELF-iSH songs out of the Cotard's and Capgras tags. Please.

[bonzobotdrum]

Will Wood fans be like: I just found somebody to replace myself. His name is Dr sunshine and he seems great but is rather Self-ish. I sure do hope he doesn't make my murder look like suicide!

[foxylalonde]

Delusional Misidentification Syndrome

[ID: a 5 striped flag with a black border and shine effect on it. The stripes from top to bottom are silver, brown, pink, green, and silver. The second image portrays the same flag, but with labeling for each color’s meaning, which will be listed again under the cut.]

Delusional Misidentification Syndrome flag!! Can be used as an awareness flag or a pride flag, and is free for anyone to use ^v^

Black Border: general DMS delusions

Black Dots: Delusional belief of identical copies of something (such as in Subjective Doubles and Reduplicative Paramnesia) and delusional belief that multiple people are the same person (eg Fregoli Delusion)

Silver inner and outer stripe: Delusional belief that something has been replaced with an identical copy (eg Mirrored Self Misidentification and Capgras Syndrome)

Brown stripe: Delusional belief that one can or has shapeshifted (eg Intermetamorphosis and Clinical Lycanthropy)

Pink stripe: Delusional belief in sentience of the non sentient (eg Syndrome of Delusional Companions)

Green stripe: Delusional belief that one is dead, decaying, missing their soul, etc. (eg Cotard’s Syndrome)

[accidental-will-wood-reference]

AM I A WILL WOOD REFERENCE

you like reading about psychology? like brain shit?? like neurological disorders?? like capgras syndrome?? like fregoli deuision?? like cotard’s delusion?? yeah right

[fiberglassandflowers]

you've arrived at @kitschyfemme's oc blog! stay as long as you like!

here is my toyhouse and there is description of each ocverse under the cut 🪁

MARY BELL TOWNSHIP: this ones the og babyyy + is currently in the process of being revamped. imagine if a 50s sitcom was the town you lived in and all your neighbors are watching you on tv all the time and you can't trust anyone. and you're transgender

COTARDVERSE: identical twins cotard + capgras deal with the trauma of their dad's gruesome death in completely opposite ways. featuring internet friendship substance abuse and unethical internet usage

TALKING HEADS: i dont have a better name for this one. office job in which everyone is based on a talking heads (+adjacent) song. considerably less kms than the others on this list!

RAINFOREST FLOODS: you know what why don't you just go here

and thats it. oooo you want to talk to me about them and ask me questions so badddd oooooooo

[icecreampizzer]

figured that the sketchy "just lines" style would be neat to use as backgrounds… Remade the TIA layout around the same time! You can see them in action here:

[judging-will-wood-confessions]

I genuinely can't tell what the lyrics to his songs are without looking them up.

Like, for the longest time Cotards solution was just "MAMA ME MAMAMAMA ME SHALALALA" to me. I had no idea what the main character was about outside of the chorus, I still can't comprehend Mr. Capgras, and for all I know, Venetian blind man could be about some random Italian dude going on a trip.

I love it though

REAL! What is Will saying? You won't know 'til you look it up!

[sillymothinyourlaundry]

I was messing about on a whiteboard a few weeks ago and started to draw the album covers, finished the head of self-ish and gave up. But hey, I'm posting something I actually tried on for once in my life, so it's better than nothing.

[fallingforyouforeverr]

𝐌𝐘 𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐖𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐋𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐒

A/N: i was listening to music earlier, and it gave me lots of different ideas based on some of the lyrics but because i'm too lazy to write any myself i decided to make a list so other people could use them for inspiration

if you use any of these prompts please tag/credit me ♡

"It just don't come natural to me to think that you'd want me for me" - Against the kitchen floor

"I find myself lost in what you think of me, too confused to choose who i should be" - I / Me / Myself

"You're trying to replace yourself" - Mr Capgras Encounters a Secondhand Vanity

"Home is where the heart is. You ain't homeless but your heartless" - Suburbia Overture

"If sick is defined by what's different, well pull the plug out and let me die" - 2econd 2ight 2eer

"Well who should I be then, if I'll never be the same?" - Dr Sunshine is Dead

"Cry my name, remind my brain of my identity" - Cotard's Solution

"Say my name like a slur, but I've been called worse" - I / Me / Myself

"I've lived more lives than enough, I haven't died quite as much" - Against the kitchen floor

"Say you're still her, the woman you were" - A little bit mine

"The only ones in need of love are those who dont receive enough" - Laplace's angel

"It's better to be lost than loved" - Well...better than the alternative

"Villains are everywhere, that's how i know that im a hero" - The main character

"I expect no dreams, or no sweet goodbye to me" - Tomcat Disposables

"Well it seems she broke me, but I swear she could not break my heart" - Thermodynamic lawyer

"And if dreams can come true, what does that say about nightmares?" - Cotard's Solution

"I hold on so tight for so long, it's just not right" - Tomcat Disposables

"If you were in my shoes, you'd walk the same damn miles I do" - Laplace's angel

"Is another man wearing your face?" - Mr Capgras Encounters a Secondhand Vanity

"Heaven knows God is sitting up there like 'hell no!'" - 6up 5oh Cop-Out (Pro / Con)

"What's so wrong about what's wrong with me?" - Well... better than the alternative

"If we can't see each other then there's no more use for hiding" - Dr Sunshine is Dead

"And some of the best liars only want the truth" - Skeleton appreciation day

"I just haven't learned how to be human as you are yet" - Against the kitchen floor

Thanks for reading! Requests are always open!

Divider from @cafekitsune

[soggytapeworm]

Round 1 - SELF-iSH - 2nd battle

im not typing out the whole titles. sue me.

Cotard’s Solution

“I wanna make my murder look like a suicide”

Mr. Capgras

“You’ll never take me alive, baby, you’ll never take me alive”

[t8pew3rmf00l]

Actually, please let every other Will Wood fan kill me now

And no, I won’t say that I’m too young to die, but instead, it’s only for every ’small’ flaw I actually make.