#from hydro

[alterfall]

If any of you are interested in making another long behind the scenes yap for one of these characters, might I suggest Eridan? I just really like his design

yo

this was the original sketch i had done while we were doing beta troll concept art. his design changed a bit between then and now.

mostly i simplified his stupidly shape glasses to only feature one color instead of two, and decided not to give him bi-color eye shadow. it was just too much going on.

i don't remember the exact design philosophy i had going into Eridan... for most of the beta trolls, i started with the horns, trying to match them with their signs. Gemrius is the Hope+Derse gold sign that he ended up with, so i gave him those weird dual curved horns to match it. (funnily enough, Gemrius looks almost exactly like Pipia, the Derse+Light fuchsia sign. i wonder what horns for that sign would look like?) oh yeah, he also shares his sign with Cirava Hermod. there was bound to be some overlap with a few of those hiveswap trolls. Tyzias and Remele come to mind.

speaking of, i also remember looking at a lot of the hiveswap friendsim trolls while doing the trolls. the wiki has a page for each blood caste and they all have a list of members, so it worked well for getting a good look at the shared traits within each caste. Eridan proved difficult because almost all the golds we know of have those neon color-no pupil eyes. The only exceptions being Zebede and a background troll from the train.

from that i guessed that most golds have that neon eye gene, but not all of them. i'm not sure if it directly correlates to a gold having psionics... but i did take that into account when i gave Eridan the eyes he has.

Eridan doesn't have psionics, but believes that one day he'll unlock them. i gave him these weird neon-with-pupil eyes to visually nod at that. maybe his strange eyes *are* because his powers are latent? or maybe it means nothing and he just has weird freak eyes. either way, he's not shooting lasers out of his eyes anytime soon.

i don't remember what possessed me to give him his silly outfit, just that we didn't want the trolls in the upper end of the lower castes (so Eridan, Feferi, Karkat, and Vriska) to look *too* fancy or colorful. this is 100% the nicest thing he owns. mostly i think i just wanted him to look like he's trying to make you think he's cooler than he actually is.

i also can't talk about eridan without mentioning his god awful terrible to look at quirk.

CA: {a wizard's job is to vex c#ummps quickly inn fog;}

look at it. look at this beast on my floor.

this one was a group effort between us and the discord chat during a stream there. it's his original ww vv but flipped upside-down to be mm nn, H's become # because his sign looks like a #, and he always replaces full-stops with ; because he's never done talking. the reason it's always in {} because someone said, and i quote, "eridan looks like a curly bracket." i think they must've meant his horns???????? the reason he has so much going on is because canon Sollux has so much going on with his quirk.

one final design note to give about Eridan is actually about his gun. i called it the B.B. Gun Mk.II, but it's actually just a gun from the anime Symphogear (i couldn't find an image of her *actually using it* from the show, but i was able to find pictures of her goodsmile figure where she has them so just trust me on this).

funny enough, this was before i had watched the show, roxy just slid this sick 3d model someone made of it to me as reference and i went "oh boy! anime gun for the anime guy!" i guess he must have alchemized a pistol with some merch of Troll Chris Yukine from Troll Symphogear? i like to think that's a show Eridan and Feferi would both like.

welp, that's all from me on Eridan. i hope this was actually interesting and not just mindnumbing rambling. ^^;

-HCZ

[citroncynique]

If you cannot break from the eggshell, the world is naught but a prison where you are blinded and confined.

[lotus-pear]

started playing genshin again, fontaine has been an experience

[4-the-l0ve-0f-art]

Sleepy dragon

[followerofmercy]

I think Freminet has some of the most interesting dissonance in his self perception of any Genshin character.

Like, of the Hearthlings we know, he's one of the most emotionally mature and intelligent. Lynette might still have him beat, but after playing her hangout... I dunno. I think they're tied. Lyney is Crumbling, Alrecchino is. Well. Arlecchino. Everyone else is a deeply traumatized child or adult and Freminet seems to pretty regularly be people's emotional support. His character stories talk about getting his vision by saving a bunch of other kids on a dive that went bad. The Selkie event literally had him being a therapist for a grownass woman, citing his past experiences with all the other Hearthlings that have died or killed themselves. And he handled that situation WELL. Yeah, he seems to live in a fantasy, but goddamn he's alive and a lot of people in his position aren't so clearly something is working.

Either his or Lyney's character story talks about the time Freminet had reached out to Lyney to try to ease his burdens, which resulted in Lyney blowing up at him. That probably contributed to Freminet thinking he's not good at it, but I think the reason Lyney reacted so badly was BECAUSE Freminet is actually a good support. He can't allow himself that from the little brother he's supposed to protect.

Freminet seems to both cry and dissociate often, but like... Kiddo you are in fact the only person in this family actually processing your emotions. Lynette dissociates 24/7. Arlecchino. Lyney lies and tells everyone he's fine and would literally rather die than admit otherwise. In comparison, Freminet is doing FANTASTIC

Freminet also gets a lot out of helping people! Like anyone, he needs to feel useful and needed. He seems to be an excellent mentor to the younger Hearthlings and perfectly competent on his own, but when you put him in a room with Lyney and Lynette who baby him and insist that THEY take care of HIM, he withdraws into himself.

Like, Freminet by himself feels like a young man and Freminet with the magician twins feels like a teenager. I have no idea how old he actually is. Logically, he would be OLDER than them! He's been with the House much, much longer and his experience shows. I think it's fascinating that they love him SO MUCH and yet, they just Cannot let him help them. Which is hurting him.

(Lynette is much better about not babying him and that is probably why their relationship is so much better than Freminet and Lyney's. Also why she keeps having to mediate between them. Because Lyney charges off trying to Fix Everything and that just makes Freminet feel useless and he doesn't want to get in the way and- you get the point)

Idk. It's hard to tell what things the previous director said to him vs what Arlecchino has said to him. I'm inclined to think our Arlecchino was the one that said he cries too much, but in a "crying in front of your enemies will get you killed" way and she herself is too fucked up to realize how "you cry too much" could be damaging.

Also I try not to consider gameplay stuff when it comes to story, but Freminet also has some of the most BRUTAL animations. He SMASHES HIS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT METAL PENGUIN INTO HIS ENEMY'S FACE. He doesn't think he's the most amazing fighter, and by Fatui standards he probably isn't, but he is winning fights against most grown men.

Tldr Freminet thinks he cries too much and is a burden and isn't good at helping people when he's actually the most mentally stable Hearthling send tweet

[lucydoodlessometimes]

alright friends. more deep-sea encore hydro dragon freminet. GO read it rn i am BiTING you with my rabies teeth. none of this is in there i just have brainrot because it bangs that hard mwah

[front-facing-pokemon]

[rexonalapis]

it is very telling that average genshin players cannot comprehend seeing an actual mature, qualified leader that is actually good at taking her job seriously after meeting archons who either is still childish, clowning whimsically, or straight up incompetent.

[alterfall]

is it okay to tag any of this art as kin/fictive? apologies in advance for how awkward this is, uh, aha. -a fictive

plural here! do what you want forever

[nabumalikata]

FURINA ⬩ ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE

Le monde n'est qu'une scène. Il vaut mieux rire que pleurer, car le rire est le propre de l'homme. Riez de tout cela, ne vous inquiétez pas. Profitons d'aujourd'hui.

[shovelbug]

You lived a relatively quiet life. You were never one for the luxury so many Fontainians seemed to favor, but you were fine with that. You lived in a small apartment complex, and it was more than enough for you. Not much of a view, but you make do. You kept to yourself occupied with your hobbies. It wasn’t glamorous, but you were happy.

But even you knew about the recent trial of the Hydro Archon and her subsequent retirement from her position. You felt a great grief for all the woman had been through, and you held even more respect for her, perhaps even more so than before the trial.

So it was simultaneously no surprise and a great shock that Lady Furina, of all people, was your new neighbor.

It made sense, you figured. You would want a quiet life and a place to rest after all that, too. So, with that in mind, you resolved to treat her kindly, but no differently from how you would anyone else. She had enough of being put on a pedestal for one lifetime, you thought.

The day she moved in, she had very little in terms of luggage, but you offered to bring her bags up regardless. She seemed like she was ready to insist otherwise, but she didn’t actually refuse and allowed your help with a simple “Thank you.”

She sounded tired, you noticed. But also, more genuine.

You didn’t interact with her much other than that, save for when you used the fire hydrant in the hall to spray down her kitchen afyer she burned her macaroni. Despite her embarrassment, you said nothing of the incident and occasionally exchanged polite hello’s and good mornings whenever you happened to pass each other by.

It seemed wrong to judge the (former?) god of justice. More than that, you felt she was really just starting her life for the first time, as ironic as that sounded. She was stumbling, unsure, like a baby deer on its legs. But she was still trying, and kept getting back up. There was something to be admired in that.

After some time, you noticed how she seemed to pretty much only make macaroni. Now, you were no stranger to safe or comfort foods and often would make the same things yourself when you were lacking energy, but even that got tiresome after a while. So, when you were making yourself dinner one day, you found yourself making an extra portion. You put the lasagna and a few slices of the garlic baguette into a container and covered it, before taking it and peering into the hall.

Quiet, as usual. You padded along the corridor to her apartment’s doorstep, before leaving it with a quick knock and hurrying back to your own apartment.

You hoped, in some small way, Furina would find joy in the gesture.

a/n: hi so uhhh this is basically like. Furina moves into her little apartment and you’re her neighbor who is like i’ll just treat her like a normal person but also i am mildly Concerned. i haven’t finished her story quest so apologies if this is weird or something this is just a brain worm i had. might continue it idk! anyways i love her

k thanks for reading love you bye

[arsgoeteia]

yeah.

[feeisamarshmallow]

just caught myself using "pop" instead of "soda" in a fic. i'm usually so good at using american words, but that's a big one i forget.

[hydr0phius-art]

More of that tww98 Mermaid AU.

Constance Fishbroom my beloved sjsjsj

[lucydoodlessometimes]

hello genshin impact fandom. i would like you to please engage with the fic in question. also non genshin fandom tbh this is brain chemistry changing. doodle page of freminet to justify my posting

[venti-death-watch]

we love cycles and parallels in the house of hearth… crucabena with unknown hydro/cryo abilities, arle with fire, freminet with cryo…. crucabena sending clervie off to die & arle killing her and then arle killing crucabena, and freminet protecting the currently unknown girl, and fighting arle to protect her and his siblings….