#project: eots

[nandawrites]

OC Kiss Week - Day 1!

OC Kiss Week is finally here and I'm so excited to share all the stories I wrote for it with you all!

For day 1 we have prompts First + Stolen, featuring my and @cultoficarus's vampire OCs Heinrich and Lucien. Check out my Project: EOTS tag if you want to know more about them and see more writing!

The pristine interior of the palace got on Heinrich's nerves.

It was too polished, too neat, too orderly. It made his skin crawl in a way he hadn't felt in a long time and his hands itch with the impulse of destruction.

He wanted to set fire to the curtains, knock priceless vases off their walls, take a hammer to the walls and watch it all come crumbling down. He could almost hear his mother's enraged screeches echoing in his ears.

But he had self-control, no matter what anyone else might think. It was just that he generally didn't see the point in having one. But here in court, in the throne room, he was an exemplary member of the guard.

Or maybe not. An exemplary guard would have an eye out for threats, but the only thing Heinrich could look at was the king.

He was also way too pristine. It brought Heinrich the need for a different kind of ruin, one that set fire through his veins and the ache of thirst down his throat.

He could feel the king's eyes moving and settling on him. He licked his lips, baring his fangs, and saw a tremor pass through the king's frame even from all that distance. Lucien might be the owner of all this, but Heinrich was the one that held power in that moment. He was the predator with eyes fixed on his prey.

Fuck it, there was no one else in the room at the moment save for them and the king's current boytoy, sat in a lower chair beside him, and he didn't even count. He was nothing, Heinrich's senses didn't even register him.

He took long strides from where he stood to the side of the room and up the dais where the throne was, Lucien's eyes not leaving his for a moment.

In one rough movement, he grabbed the king's cheeks and pulled his head up, leaning down just enough to capture Lucien's mouth in his.

The kiss was rough, and hungry, and selfish. When Heinrich pulled away, he saw there was a small drop of blood running down the king's chin from where his fangs had grazed him, so he licked it clean and savoured the taste of royal blood.

Then he turned and left the room. It was time for the change of guard anyway. He thought there was an annoying bug screaming and cursing behind him as he went, but he paid it no mind.

After all, it was not stealing when you took what was rightfully yours.

[outersyourwilds]

Continuing my outer wilds comic project again and I wanted to share a sketch that I'm particularly happy with (that'll unfortunately be cut off by the panel outline-)

[davidwontstopwritingsongs]

Changes - Empire Of The Sun, 2024

[pyromaniac-cyndaquil]

Hey, creator of Explorers of the Spirit here. Someone told me about this liveblog a few days ago so I've been occasionally checking in - glad you enjoyed the hack! Just wanted to say that your interpretation of the last Grovyle/Celebi scene is pretty spot on for author's intent. Never seen someone else make that connection before so it was exciting to read.

Oh my gosh, it's such an honour to hear from you! I wanna say thanks for making such a fantastic game - you nailed the vibes so well, and it really did feel like a true and believable continuation to eos. I'll be thinking about this game for a very long time, and I don't doubt I'll replay it a bunch and be recommending it to every pmd fan I know, too.

And I got the Grovyle and Celebi bit right after all?! Heck yeah!!!! Glad I wasn't just overthinking it - I think you got the point across really well, and that message carries over to how the game ends in a really impactful way!

[spacey-xannabelle]

[Major Outer Wilds/EOTE spoilers below the cut!]

HUOHKAY, After chipping away at this for over a month, my Outer Wilds comic is finally done!!

Initially I wanted to do this in two parts, like how many other versions of this beloved Undertale quote have done. But in the middle of thumbnailing the sketch, I thought why not illustrate Hatchling's journey too and I further expanded this project, by a lot hfjdjg

Outer Wilds is such a fantastic game and truly one of a kind, I only hope I did the game justice with this comic I made

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Some artist notes below, if you're interested in reading all of it!

I began this project around early August!

I separated each page to their own canvases so I don't have a ridiculously huge file size. And each canvas has a different name. From the first to the last, their names go: It's you > Nova > Loop > Lonely > Glade > Despite everything.

Glade was actually a really long canvas that I split into two, bc I wanted to experiment with like a vertical scroll thing. So the Glade pages were split into Glade A and Glade B

My favourite page to work on was page 2, the supernova was fun to make, especially with the pointilism brush that CSP had which made it way easier.

Page 4 initially had a way different layout before I settled with this one. As shown below here:

But when I did a second pass, I rearranged the panels and instead decided to illustrate scenes that Hatchling had with the two.

With Solanum, it's learning and translating her texts on the QM. With Prisoner, it's when you discover the truth and after the vision…

For the Gabbro and Hatchling panel, I changed it so that both are at a distance and facing away from the viewer. As like a sort of way to show that Hatchling is having the reality of the situation dawn on them and try to cope with it. I did name this canvas "lonely" for a reason ::)

My Hatchling's name is Pyrite, or Pyre ::)

[awesomearchives]

Every four years, before and after the U.S. presidential election, a team of libraries and research organizations, including the Internet Archive, work together to preserve material from U.S. government websites during the transition of administrations. These “End of Term” (EOT) Web Archive projects have been completed for term transitions in 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020, with 2024 well underway. The effort preserves a record of the U.S. government as it changes over time for historical and research purposes. With two-thirds of the process complete, the 2024/2025 EOT crawl has collected more than 500 terabytes of material, including more than 100 million unique web pages. All this information, produced by the U.S. government—the largest publisher in the world—is preserved and available for public access at the Internet Archive.

[nickthealien]

idk if i've posted about this, but i'm doing work for an upcoming Outer Wilds (DLC/EotE based) mod! WARNING; DO NOT LOOK FURTHER IF YOU HAVE -NOT- PLAYED OUTER WILDS AND ITS DLC IN FULL. The upcoming mod is called "Eyes of the Past", and i'll be working on some of the reels for it :D For now i'm just going to share the puppets i'll be creating for this project + all their very important different joints that I will have to make for them. Only a portion of this work is done, it's going to take a while too, but i'm up for the task! Also, if you're curious, here's the trailer for the mod; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWP5ZnMearY&ab_channel=EyesofthePast

[sapphire-reflection]

im in a competition with myself to see how many dots i can connect between my friends' ocs and my hyperfixations <3 i can and will project eote themes on everything

atlas belongs to @ikaros-down

[threecephalopodsinatrenchcoat]

so I just finished EotE.

I cannot formulate words. god. hatchy’s projections… the whole thing with the prisoner… holy shit.

why can I not hug Pris. why. let me hug everyone in this game.

their last vision hurt and then I saw the tracks into the water… I wanna cry. my silly little elongated owl they should have never done that to you and you deserved better.

once again let me hug them.

[malkon-dova]

the thematic implications of eote

outer wilds (echoes of the eye) liveblog | no tips or hints below if commenting

ok! so this was a really quick session so i'll keep it brief, but I finsihed up the shrouded woodlands!!

After buttfucking around in that area for a bit and seeing that the fireplace was blocked by the strangers no matter how fast I could get to it, a friend of mine who hadn't completed the dlc reminded me about the dam breaking and how that ganks the tower- and considering that the strangers get cut off from the simulation when the tower breaks-- all I had to was apply a similar solution to Endless Canyon: 1. open the door leading out from the dock in shrouded woodlands. 2. exit that tower and go to cinder's. 3. boat from there and back to shrouded and wait for that tower to fall/the strangers vanish. 4. big win

Anyways this was definitely less spooky than endless :) which im happy for

and i can't lie, i loveee the forbidden archives!! the music is soooo cool when you enter :D!!! i love love love it

Also booo, this one is torn up too, that sucks

As for the slides though-

The strangers destroyed their home moon to reach the eye's signal.

What a tragedy, dude. These couple of slides that were otherwise burned in the overworld provide SOOO much depth to this!! It's genuinely the final piece I needed to fully understand their hatred of the eye.

The Nomai? It's a tragedy in how they got to our solar system with the vessel being caught in bramble, but their race is Nomadic, iirc all the different factions and tribes of the Nomai are used to traveling across space- especially in pursuit of any remaining habitable planets and solar systems. The Nomai we knew settled because they couldn't leave otherwise. [please correct me if i'm wrong about any of this btw!]

But the Strangers? They uprooted their home entirely, stripped it of every resource to make the Stranger. They couldn't go back if they wanted to or could because it was dead. They killed it in pursuit of The Eye. Of course they became enraged when they learned of it's true nature.

Hell, I explored some of Starlit in preparation of next session and I found this in the burned house:

That's the eye! That's the eye bringing life! They saw it as a creator!! And it is, but of course their discovery of it also being a destroyer tarnished so much of their hope! It's a betrayal! A betrayal that only stings further because they cannot go home, and they killed it for something that would kill them in the end, and they're terribly homesick and cannot bear the reality of what they have done. And so they eternally sleep in their towers and live in a projection of their home, immortally bound.

So why the prison?

Well, I have a feeling that the prisoner- the thing or person trapped inside is the core of the simulation. We can believe that the Strangers were able to set up the simulation perfectly, but I feel as though it has a caveat. While the prisoner is probably already bound physically as to power or preserve their home, maybe the towers serve to lock it further; prevents any risk of the prisoner maybe changing their mind/getting out of their binds, putting an end to the simulation, and killing everyone as a result.

Though the theory of them hiding some very very important knowledge in the prison that they couldn't get themselves to burn or kill could work too, but shrug

Either way, ow. ow . ow. ow. that was a really really impactful slide.

As for the other one! I actually accidentally discovered this one really early on (but was never able to replicate it!) The caves are loading screens and stepping off of them sends me under the world!! Yay! Another way to break the game :)

I also did start exploring Starlit (as mentioned before), so I know how to turn off the lights now. Next session will probably be my second to last :)

thanks for reading!

[nandawrites]

OC Kiss Week - Day 4!

Back to Heinrich and Lucien, my and @cultoficarus's vampire OCs from day 1. This time with the prompts Forbidden + Worship!

The moonlight flittered through the dome over the salon and fell gingerly over the throne, illuminating the pale hair and skin of the creature in it.

Jewels encrusted along the throne sparked in the darkness, but none were as bright as the brilliant blue eyes looking down at him.

A throne fit for a king as regal as they come, upon which the light of their goddess shone blessings meant only for her chosen one. For anyone else to sit on it was not only sacrilege, it was a curse.

And still the wicked creature lounged in it like it was nothing, a study in debauchery with its partially opened robe tempting him with flashes of deliciously naked skin.

The creature smiled, its taunting smirk sending shivers all over his body as its eyes roamed his naked form, taut with desire and want he hadn't been given permission to quench.

Slowly, the creature extended its foot, and he took it anxiously, holding it like a sacred thing, like a blessing.

The creature lounged further, elbow on the arm of the throne, head resting on its hand. It pressed its foot more firmly against his chest.

"Well? Get on with it then," it commanded. And he dove into his task like a parched man to a fountain.

He pressed kisses to the foot, up the creature's leg, savouring, delighting. Its skin tasted of corruption, and there was nothing else he wanted more.

He wanted to pour all of himself in this altar to the only god he had come to recognise. After all, what was a king to a god? Merely an instrument to its desires and whims.

If any of his subjects walked in on them now, the horror of seeing their king on his knees, revering another than the moon goddess that was supposed to guide their way, it would be a scandal that could tear the whole kingdom at its core.

But Lucien didn't care. All he cared about was pleasing the fickle whims of his god, so he could be granted all his favours and pleasures to eternity.

Above him, Heinrich continued to smirk, unbothered by anything in the world, not even the thoughts that consumed the king fallen before him.

After all... What was a god to a non-believer?

[angelofchaos001]

Me and doodle were making our friend play Outer Wilds yesterday, and it was certainly a funny time

Spoilers for Outer Wilds and Echoes of the Eye ahead, lol

Our friend does some pretty funny things since he knows nothing. Among those things he's done that are stupid are:

He's very good at getting caught in the sand column, and it's very funny.

He accidentally got past the current on Giant's Deep after seeing the model through the projection stone, and then ran right into the core. He has suspicions about the jellyfish since they can pass, but he's not found Feldspar yet.

He hates anglerfish, they eat him every time he enters, but he wants to explore the red light. (egg room)

He almost got Hotshot

He found one of the secret EotE rooms by accident, though couldn't do anything with it yet since he hasn't found the simulation (which is astounding)

He is an amazing pilot (He is not)

But by far, the funniest thing that happened was when he found Solanum.

When he originally landed on the Quantum Moon, he knew the rule of quantum imaging and the rule of the sixth location, but didn't get anywhere with the shrine because he didn't know entanglement.

Well he learned entanglement by accidentally finding the shard and noticing how it yoinked his scout when he launched it on the shard.

So he went back to the Moon, and after going supernova the first time before he saw the woman, he got to Solanum and this was roughly how the conversation went:

Me and Doodle: Woman!

Friend: Huh. (*said while talking to her*)

Me: Notice anything?

Doodle" About the woman?

Friend: (*reading dialogue*) Cool...is this all that's here?

Me: ...Do you not realize what you're looking at?

Friend: Uhhh

Doodle: [Name] this is a LIVING NOMAI.

Friend: oh.

Me: That all died a fuck-long time ago.

Friend: oh.

Doodle and Me: [Name] YOU ARE TALKING TO A LIVING NOMAI.

He reacted very normally to this news.

This combined with his ritual of eating a burnt marshmallow at the start of each loop for good luck has earned him the nickname 'Gabbro'

[celestialorcas]

The Outer Archives

Spoilers ahead for all of The Outer Wilds, all of Echos of The Eye DLC, and all of The Magnus Archives

So played outer wilds a couple years back, and its remained as my favorite game of all time, so I got to thinking recently, which locations in outer wilds can be mapped onto different fears from The Magnus Archives which i also loved! (Not as much as outer wilds but not really a fair comparison-) So today I got to work and made this:

First obvious thing before I go into my reasoning's for each is Timber Hearth is clearly missing, thats just cause I could not think of a link to any of the fears, it really is just a chill place- Anyway my reasoning's (some are obvious but bear with me) The Sun: Represents the end, I thought about maybe The Extinction, but thats more the end of humanity with everything else carrying on, the sun I think perfectly represents the end cause it's supernovae-ing alongside the rest of the universe, everything is ending and the sun serves as a manifestation of that. The Ember Twin: All those little cramped caves systems slowly filling up with sand that you can get buried and crushed in The Ash Twin: It's the centre of the whole loop, its the ash twin project after all, everything that happens in the game can be attributed to the ash twin project, something out of your control till the end that youre stuck in The Attlerock: Esker..... Its a tiny moon thats easy to miss, with the character who in game is forgotten about a lot by the rest of the Hearthians, a quiet space for them to be alone and forgotten Brittle Hollow and Hollow's Lantern: The whole thing is slowly falling apart and being destroyed, catalysed by the big fire rocks from Hollow's Lantern being chucked at it, Represents collapse and destruction Giant's Deep: Big water planet, open space, tornados that can throw you from a vast ocean planet, into the infinite reaches of space. The depths that Gabbro swears they say a sea monster in, very vast. Dark Bramble: I can see how people could think of The Dark for this, the anglerfish being blind and hidden out of sight, but I think corruption fits better for the "planet" itself, it wasnt always Dark Bramble after all, it was once an ice planet that dark bramble corrupted and grew on until it took over its host, shattering it. The Interloper: The cause of the slaughter of this games Nomai clan, senseless destruction and killing just by chance (The Trickster from Doctor Who/SJA would have a field day with this) The Quantum Moon: Constantly changing from what you expect it to be and what it should look like. It's surface is different depending on what planet it orbits, and everything on it moves around, the world is not right, its the spiral The Stranger (EOTE): Not because they are named the same, thats just an amazing coincidence. The whole thing is unknown, no one you know has been there, all has an air of unease and creepiness to it, the burnt out reels destroying/changing information, the whole time I was there, despite the peaceful river (until...y'know-) and calm vibes, under the surface theres something just not quite right Eye of the Universe: Again, not because of the name, another great coincidence, or i guess not really a coincidence. The eye sees everything and constantly outputs a signal calling people to it, it rebuilds a new world based on the experiences of the hatchling, what the hatchling has seen. Just like the eye in the magnus archives, it takes all the experiences of the main character (Hatchling/Jon) and makes something new built upon them (New universe/The apocalypse). Love to hear peoples thoughts and where they would place things differently (especially if yall have an idea as for Timber Hearth-)

[quinn-of-aebradore]

“You’re home.” He says it softly, like the truth of it is fragile and if he speaks it too loudly, Caleb will vanish again. Caleb does not want to leave his side again. “Schatz,” he breathes, voice shaking, though the hand he reaches out does not. “Essek, I—” After the Solstice and what follows, Caleb returns home.

EOTS has thrown me even deeper into the Wizard Emotions than I usually am. Have a fic about it, because I had to get some of it out somehow XD

[sketchy-lizards]

Some Jessie Sketches <3

Character info under the cut

I will like to note that her lore isn’t super Historically accurate. Which isn’t that much of a problem but it kinda bugs me…

The short version is she was built in 1959 as a red caboose. Painted in the C&O blue / yellow livery in 1969. Chessie system formed in 1973 and she became the Jessie we know today.

The long version

She was built in 1959. Most of the other cabooses who worked around her were built much earlier around the 1920-1930’s. So she felt like she had to work extra hard to prove herself.

As the 60’s rolled by she went from a hardworking hopeful to a jaded pessimist. Dieselization took a lot of her friends, and if that wasn’t bad enough there have been several unexplainable crashes (I wonder if CBs C&O sticker has anything to do with that? *wink wink). When she was repainted Blue in 1969 it ironically reflected how she felt.

By 1973 there was more hope for rolling stock. Not a lot but it was there. Railway museums and preservation organizations were getting more common. Old rolling stock had a chance to live a life after they were no longer useful to the railroad.

When Chessie system formed she decided it was time for a renewal. With a repaint and a few repairs, Jessie felt brand new.

I’m definitely projecting onto her current self so the best to describe her is “cringe but free”. She spent too much time much time being held back by her own brain and now she’s just accepting things and letting herself live.

When Cabooses were replaced with EOTs in the 80’s, Jessie found a nice Museum to retire too. I don’t know about y’all but almost every railway museum I have been to has had a cat, and I want Jessie to have that life lol. Stretched out in the sun, watching the clouds, sleeping all day.

I’m trying to think how she fits into cannon. I guess she could ride at the back of excursion trains that take people to see the races. So she’s just hanging out, talking to people, making friends, harassing people with trivia. Thats probably what I would be doing.

Anyway I’m done yapping lol

[park-jimin-isnt-real]

Hello! 🍉

I know it's been a hot minute since I've actually posted anything on here and not just queued or reblogged something, but I wanted to let you all know that I still exist! And to give everyone an Edge of Tonight update.

Edge of Tonight is not on hiatus.

I know I haven't updated in, idk, a year maybe? But I have every intention of finishing this story, come hell or high water. In fact, I'm nearly done with the next chapter! Ideally I'd like to post it around the end of the month/beginning of next month, but we'll see how it plays out. So if you've been waiting for an EOT update, just hold out a little longer! It's officially coming soon!

As far as other projects go...

Dusk chapter one will come out probably after the next EOT chapter, and I think those are the main two stories I'll keep focusing on. Come autumntime, I'll revisit Devil Town (because I am also dead set on finishing that, but rn just isn't the right vibe for it, ya know?) And in December, we'll see if I can get my Seokjin series started (but I make no promises on that end). All other one-shots, two-shots, and future series will wait until I get at least EOT Main finished.

That's all from me for right now! I'd love to hear from any of you if yall still exist too! Thanks so much for your patience and I can't wait for the coming months!! 🍉