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@its-the-sa REGICIDE SHIPPERS COME GET YOUR FOOD‼️‼️‼️ (thank you for exposing me to this ship it’s so silly)

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i genuinely love how every scav king fight is either an hour-long ordeal where he mercilessly slaughters you 50 times in a row, or he's just instantly like

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I've always wondered if scavs and slugcats could have babies, like they're not technically real animals or creatures, they're all purposed organisms, or at least the descendants of them

this concept actually has so much genuine worldbuilding and storytelling potential and i really want to take it seriously, but right now i all i can think of is

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Different anon. God just boiling down the slugcats to 'animals' angers me in a way I didn't think I could be angry. Yes, they are animals, but by all means they are cognitive and understand complex emotions, communicate with a supposedly complex language, are able to be taught to do things. Why else would the iterators use them as messengers constantly? It's not like they're messenger pigeons where it's just going from point A to point B, they understand exact instructions. If this was just some random animal, making groans and grunts, they wouldn't be able to understand what Five Pebbles even meant when he was explaining how to ascend. Even with the mark, could you imagine if he told a lizard this? Artificer, arguably, is a prime example of this. Just an animal would get over their fallen children, sure they'd grieve but in the end they'd just make more. Arti not only is so enraged by their death, that she is physically incapable of ascension, but also swears vengeance upon a whole other species. This isn't just some animal who lost her children, this is a mother who is enraged at her children's murder. Sure, they aren't on the same level as humans are. Like obviously. But I'd argue it makes sense that a scavenger and a slugcat could fall down the path of enemies to lovers. Especially when you consider the fact that death isn't permanent in Rain World's universe. That would definitely change one's perspective on it. I dunno if I make sense, I'm juggling like three things at once, but I had to say what I needed to say. Wording bad, slugcat smort.

tbh it took me a minute to figure out what this was even referring to, because honestly I don't think that anon meant to use the word 'animal' to dehumanize arti in the first place. it sounded to me like they were just using it as a non-human equivalent for 'person', like "why would anyone fall for a person who committed hate crimes against them?" which is a valid question. it never even occurred to me that they could have meant it in the sense of calling her an inferior creature.

that said... you ARE 100% right and you should say it, lmao.

I very nearly got into this exact argument once, bc i saw some comments from a guy scoffing at the idea of arti showing mercy to baby scavs. because by his logic, 'she is just an animal, so she isn't bound by human morality. in the wild, animals kill any young that don't belong to them without hesitation'. and it just pissed me off so much, because not only was it such an edgy "mercy is for the WEAK!" alpha-male bullshit take, it was also just factually wrong. many animals can and do adopt the young of other animals, even other species, especially when they've just lost their own. and like you said, they can grieve, but then they move on. they keep surviving, and making more babies. they don't dwell on injustice, or let rage consume them to the point that it becomes a hindrance to their own survival. they don't go on single-minded revenge quests. they dont try to justify their own violence by demonizing entire species, and they dont end up plagued by guilt in their sleep. those are very, very human things.

and yeah, i see a lot of people theorize that it's the mark of communication that grants the slugcats higher intelligence, but I don't really buy that either. i think the mark just lets them understand the iterator's language. they must've already had the capacity to understand it, or else it wouldn't work at all. it'd be like trying to install windows on a calculator. also, even without the mark, slugcats are obviously shown to communicate with each other. they have their own culture, they tell stories and make art, and they're apparently able to understand karma and the nature of the cycle at least enough to be able to ascend. so like... any creature thats capable of spiritual enlightenment must at least be sapient, right??

it seems like in the absence of the ancients, both slugcats and scavs are beginning to move in to their niche in the ecosystem

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Redid my Jean jacket rainworld crossovers

More info below!

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is it too late to post christmas stuff ?

too bad, here's grinch arti

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[incoherent screeching] ! !! THIS!! This is EXACTLY what happened!! a aaaaa , this is so cool and arti's expressions are perfect--

I especially love that you drew her empty-handed at the end, even though there are spears within her reach. like she COULD have fought to defend herself, but instead she just dropped everything and accepted her fate. you live by the sword, you die by the sword.

hfkkdsjskhdjffk this is beautiful thank u so much!!

>rain world

>playing arti's campaign for the first time

>just mowed down like 5 scavs and stole the mask off an elite's corpse

>feeling like a badass

>bomb-jump across a gap

>autograb a baby noot

>...

>FUCK

>drop noot and run like hell

>I'M SORRY

>IT WAS AN ACCIDENT

>noot mother does not care

>get cornered immediately

>see myself reflected in the noot mother's eyes as she prepares to kill me

>suddenly understand karma

>die

god i love this game

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it is serious. the ship just comes off as nasty to me and i dont understand it

oh, then I'm sorry for being dismissive. I thought you were just a hater lol.

but in all seriousness, if a ship seems nasty to you, then a logical explanation of it is probably not going to change your mind. squicks are just gut reactions, so it doesn't really matter whether or not you understand the thing that squicks you. and that's ok! if the ship makes you uncomfortable, you should just block the rw regicide tag (or in my case you should probably just block me entirely lol )

but since you did ask sincerely, I'll at least try to explain why I ship it:

basically, I'm just a sucker for the 'enemies to lovers' trope and the 'villain redemption' trope. show me any two characters who fit both of those, and I'll probably ship it lol

I like villain redemption, because I like tragic villains. I like villains whose actions are inexcusable, but understandable. villains who lash out due to grief and end up doing horrible things in the throes of rage. and I like making them feel bad about it. I like villains who know they are monsters, who know they have done despicably evil things and truly hate themselves for it. and I like giving them a second chance. I like to see them feel remorse and turn away from evil and try to become better people.

and I like enemies to lovers because... well, for a lot of reasons that would probably take several thesis papers to unpack, lmao. but basically there's just something really intimate about two characters who can handle each other at their absolute worst, when no one else can. arti is like an unstoppable force of rage until she meets scav king, who is like an immovable object to her. he's willing to fight her and kill her as many times as he needs to, but he never strikes first, and he always gives her the chance to back down. and since he does have min aggression and max sympathy, I see him as the type of person who would easily forgive someone who is genuinely remorseful. he doesn't want to keep the cycle of violence and hatred going; whenever arti is ready to let go of her rage and stop the bloodshed, so is he. when she's ready to face the consequences of her actions and try to become a better person, he would rather support her than condemn her. he doesn't necessarily expect his people to forgive her, and he doesn't try to make excuses for her or downplay any of the harm she caused. i just think he could personally look at arti and find someone worth caring about underneath all the rage and hate, and in turn she could look at him and find someone she can trust enough to let all that hate go and admit she was wrong.

obviously, this type of relationship could never happen in real life (or if it did, it would be a fucking toxic disaster). but they're just characters, so their relationship doesnt have to be realistic, and I just want their story to have a happy ending I guess.

idk if any of this makes sense to you, but it's fine if not. you don't always have to understand why people like things that you don't like, it's ok to just block them for your own peace of mind. so if this ship still makes you uncomfortable, feel free to block me, I wouldn't take offense. stay safe and remember that fandom is for having fun , so dont stress out about it too much!

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why would the chieftain fall for an animal that tried to genocide them and their people 😬

he's a simp

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i need you to know that you have absolutely put me on regicide thank you for your service. i love brain rot ❤️🖤

biting you [affectionate]

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scav world

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Tbh if People would think your Art is Bad, then they wouldn't bother to follow you or ask questions and putting your own Art down makes people not wanting to interact with it in the first place.

But you clearly see, that people are interested in your Art and Story, which why they do interact after all. So even if you're a bit on the slower side with drawing or you think your Art is not up your own Standart, try not to think to negative about it. Try to find something you like about it and say that instead. It puts a whole more positive light onto it and makes people want to interact more with it in general :)

Rambling aside, I really like your Art even if it's just a super simple doodle!

Also, since you said you're worried that you can't catch up on answering the asks via drawing, how about creating lil emoting Avatars for the Characters when you answer via Text? I have seen other Artblogs do that and it works really well :)

you are right, and thank you... from now on i will try to be more positive :)

also, the character emoticons thing is a really great idea, and i will definitely be doing that! thank you for the suggestion, it will really save me a lot of time and stress

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"sorry this art is shit"

-Artist after posting the best art I've seen all day

Ur stuff is great don't diss ur work!!

shdghfjs .. . i'm sorry, and thank you lmao

it is a bad habit. i just feel like if i post something that is not polished to the best of my ability, then people will be disappointed.. but i am slowly learning that is apparently not true lol

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hi i saw your ask blog linked by elsa rain world stuff and binged your entire rain world tag and i am now a devout regicide shipper, and also am addicted to your AU. looking extremely forward to the ask blog, as well as to any more snippets of AU info you care to let slip~!

aaaa thank u so much. ive never run an ask blog before and i am slightly terrified, but comments like this give me motivation. i just hope i can keep up with answering everything lol

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HI if anyone still cares, my ask blog is finally open lmao

(the ask box is open!)

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ok, i know i still have a bunch of old asks i need to answer (and im still going to, i swear) , but... if i started an ask blog for my arti AU, would anyone interact with it?

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burn me in the stakes for this joke