#> cory/bits

[humanmorph]

i really like putting these 3 next to each other. there's a lot of cool throughlines / parallels / contrasts that are SO fun to think about... like their relationship to (doing) violence! expecially excited for wherever Cori is gonna end up by the end of this season. on one hand i love going 'yes!!! kill!!!' when she does something sick. on the other : ( oh no

(quote is from Marielda 10: Four Conversations. it's said to Sylvi's character that season, which is additionally neat :>)

[dreamytfw]

I relate to the Corinthian on a visceral level, because I too have a psycho-sexual need to see Dream of the Endless suffer

[hero-of-the-wolf]

my girls <3

[scionshtola]

writing game: post the last line that you wrote and tag someone for every word in the line.

i was tagged by so many ppl! like 3 weeks ago! but i finally have something :>

It turned its head toward them as they approached, its eyes wide with fear.

not gonna tag anyone, but since i was also tagged in several wip wednesdays since then as well, i’ll go ahead and do that too. and tag @coldshrugs @lavampira @lilas @hythlodaes @galadae @likesomethingblooming and anyone else who wants to!

The other kids their age had long ago showed signs of their developing gender, growing out of the androgynous bodies of their youth while Corisande remained stubbornly the same, if taller every year. Privately, Corisande thought this suited them just fine—they didn’t see the need for their body to change, and Annika didn’t seem concerned so Corisande wasn’t either. It didn’t matter that the other kids found Corisande all the stranger for it. They had found Corisande strange for countless reasons over the years, from only being able to speak the local language in the small fragments of basic sentences their father had taught them before he’d died, to their burgundy and pink hair inherited from their mother who had been born outside the forest, just like Corisande. They talked about Corisande less now that they did speak the language, now that they could understand the things that were said about them and answer back, and now that they could go into the village proper more often, to trade their rice for cloth or the fish that Annika caught for vegetables Corisande didn’t grow themself.

[emiarainewrites]

Cory in that pretentious, supervillain turtleneck is affecting me way more than it probably should.

Every time I look at him it’s like damn.

[moraymoth]

I miss the soups and their very few chapters.

[windsweptinred]

Drawing the boys 🤍💚💛

[plushchimera]

sketching some infamous faves

making the executive decision rn not to bother with cleaning it up too much. we r keeping the under sketch and just layering on top

[imissaziracrow]

birb

[awyanno]

A late night conversation

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

Is this the first like Cory choosing between Shawn and Topanga moment?  Because we're gonna do a lot of this. -Rider

This becomes the whole show. -Danielle

This becomes a thing. -Rider

You know and I think this might be the very first one. -Danielle

Wow. That's interesting. That's and and he chooses Topanga, which is interesting because I feel like on Girl Meets World, the big joke was that he always chooses Shawn. That's funny. -Rider

[vulpine-gentleman]

i was thinking...what do ariel's husbands think of ariel being soulless now when they find out? sorry if this is like too vague a question lol (how do they find out also? can they immediately tell when they see him? does he tell them?)

it's so interesting for a character that's so full of love and emotion (ariel) to lose his soul, and with it, to sort of lose these things too. love your ocs <3

Right after Ariel woke up without his soul, he went out to his lab. He woke up alone, he left a note, and he left the orphanage quickly. He didn't see the Firebrand or Diatomist that morning, and the night it happened the Firebrand was out and the Diatomist was in his lab (though they aren't married yet in the timeline, they live together like so). Ariel lost consciousness before they came to bed, and woke up after they did. They didn't know then.

He went to his lab, acted strangely. The Numismatrix noticed, but didn't comment. Then he went off to zee for the day. He came home in the evening and first came to the Diatomist, standing in the doorway of his little lab. Of course he knows something's wrong, Ariel didn't say goodbye to him that morning. And Ariel never just stands in the doorway, he always comes in, making the floorboards creak on purpose, and slips into his chair beside the Diatomist. But he doesn't do anything.

The Diatomist looks over his back and asks what's wrong, and Ariel can't spit it out. It's a little out of shame. He knows what happened to him, and he didn't want it to happen, but it happened and what if someone finds out? What if they look down on him? What if he actually wanted it? The Diatomist can tell something is different, and Ariel eventually tells him. And (lots of and, very good word there) the Diatomist takes him to the Firebrand and then the Firebrand knows. So what now? What do they do now? They can see the man they love is distressed, even if his feelings aren't all there any more. For one thing, Ariel isn't sharing many details. The end of the night, when he was having his soul taken, was hazy, he was definitely a little confused in the moment. And recalling what happened is difficult for him to bear.

The soul is gone, who knows where, so for now, while they seek it out, all they can do is reassure Ariel they still love him. The Firebrand gets a little more physically affectionate, knowing the state his lover is in and, maybe subconsciously, wanting to care for him (much like Ariel has cared for him in the past). The Diatomist actively invites Ariel to sit with him in the lab, instead of waiting for Ariel to slip in like he does. When it gets late he tells him that it wasn't his fault what was done to him. And that makes Ariel believe it a bit more.

Edward is different, as he usually is. Ariel wasn't avoiding him, he just hadn't visited, but two days after his soul was gone he goes to bed. He dreams normally, slipping into Parabola, and he finds himself in the Orphanage. Edward can tell, I feel like he's much more attuned to the nasty things of the Neath than the other two, he grew up here, in the nastiness. He's not as obsessive as he used to be (honestly how much moon milk did he have? It definitely wasn't as much as Hephaesta and she can recover in a year if I remember correctly). At first he thinks it was on purpose. He doesn't know what to do after he finds out it wasn't. He doesn't know how to handle this. So they just talk like normally, with the undercurrent of Ariel being off, and Edward notices it again and again.

As for the effect the soullessness has on Ariel, he feels dull. He feels things, but it's like they're in another room, detached from his body. It makes his attempts at dealing with the event much more difficult. Of course this had to happen after he blew up at zee and now has residual pain from that. Now his body is all different, it aches and makes him sit down more and does things to him it hadn't before. And now his mind does the same.

[cottagecori]

i love watching the venn diagram of starkid, gmm & mythical kitchen, dropout, and smosh people become just one giant circle

[sysig]

My fourth wall OCs! ♥ (Patreon)

I tried to put everything in the tags but ended up being too long-winded lol, so here it is instead!

For this year’s big behind-the-scenes project, I realized I haven’t given colour references to a lot of my 4th Wall characters! There are...a surprising proportion of femboys who are aware of their existence here now that I look at it lol - I mean technically only Cory and Mint count there but that's still 2/8 - a fourth is kind of a lot! Their sizing is pretty funny to me as well, Cory’s proportions make everyone else look tiny by comparison, he’s just got a very large eye! Set right next to Gijat too, Vortians are so compact - he’s fully grown he’s an adult he’s just small!

Okay, for actuals now, starting left-to-right - while they’re obviously organized by height, it's funny because Cure is also the oldest by creation date. She's front of the line on everything! How silly. She's larger than your average plush bear but only by a little - just enough to be like Mildly intimidating if she approached haha. Puntable - and yet unpuntable lol. It's not just her being the oldest of the lot that makes her more powerful (although that is a contributing factor - she’s aware of her status both in and out of character!). It's not just Kids Rules either since she was made such a long time ago - y'know like ''Oh yeah well my character is [very powerful for X reasons]'' - although yes Also That lol. She's a Fourth Wall OC down to her roots, always intended that way - not everyone here can say that!

Tala also has that edge! Though in a very different way haha - she's also the only one here with a physical counterpart, which is fun :D Means she can go on “actual” adventures and bring that knowledge back with her cartoon versions - both are as real as the other! I keep forgotting her bow, agh, I need to take some more pictures of her sometime so my mental picture of her is more up to date haha

I guess my blankslate HF expression kind of counts?? Lol, it’s mostly for funsies, they’re more like a Concept As Person so?? Sure lol, With Accessories of course lol - haven’t been fighting it much lately so that’s all for now ♪ I wonder if they’ll stay so lucky in the near future hmmm

Gijat! ♥ He ended up being an accidental fourth wall character actually haha, he wasn’t designed with that in mind! He's not meant to know such things, but he did fairly well with it while he was part of the main rotation :) He was designed to be a story character but he ended up being my favourite comfort character so he got a few glimpses out <3 He hasn't for a while though! He's been retired for a long while actually - he's the second oldest character in the lineup after Cure but she had more staying power, sorry Gi <3 I did draw his fairy version not all That long ago tho! It’s hard to let go of anyone for Too long haha

Cory ♥ My sweet special boy <3 He's also the third oldest here! He was the first one to assert himself as a fourth wall OC haha ♪ Cure didn't really congeal into an OC for a long time - she stayed a concept and Gijat was on accident - whereas Cory purposefully and clearly looked outward from the start. He Has a story but it's never been all That developed - he has some non-4th Wall character-friends but his main focus is other, unrelated characters. He's always been very interested in other OCs, a lot of which stems from Bar actually haha - he and Bar are near-contemporaries - they're both featured here for a reason haha

Mint >:| He's...fine. He was inspired from a weird source and has therefore always Been weird - and also asserted himself like Cory. Same story - he has canon story elements but for the most part he's interested in others! Usually in a Pursuit kind of way, and not just limited to my OCs >:/ He needs to behave himself is what - he also has like 1000 outfits and they rarely repeat, ugh, pick one! I wasn’t familiar with the eGirl aesthetic at the time I made him, but he 100% fits it, look at him in his elf ears and heterochromatic contacts smh. I don’t actually know his real eye colour, or hair colour! He wears contacts and dyes his hair and won’t tell me, he even started dating a non-4th wall character without asking! He’s a real wild card

Erase is probably the babiest of the list despite Tala being newer and younger - everyone else was made before Erase! They’ve had had less screen time and less development than everyone else too.They're an incredibly light and oddly harmless fourth wall presence lol for all the danger They pose in Their story :0 They're fairly polite all things considered. They actually have a degree of respect for the fourth wall - unlike Some people (Mint) - probably from acknowledging The Player/Character vs. developer. If there's a hierarchy capable of being distinguished then Erase is going to place Themself in the safest spot. Y'know - to cause problems from lol. I do need to play with Them more - They're fun! But fun isn't quite enough to be full-fledged Interesting just yet, more to do, more to do

It's almost unfair to have Erase right next to Bar lol - possibly my most Interesting OC of all time. First created in 2015 quite soon after Cory, even in the same notebook! He retired in 2017, I think? 2018 at the latest - and then was revived in 2020 and has been here again since. And that's just his timeline! Not counting everything that went into him character-wise. Obviously my sonas don't count as 4th wall OCs because y'know - they're me - but Bar falls kind of unclear of the line between OC and sona, he's always been a weird one. He was initially meant to be an RP character and then over time he developed into a 4th wall OC/sona of a Kind. Nowadays he's a fully-fledged 4th wall OC by design - his change in design from his 2020 revival was meant to represent his transformation thereof - but he's always been weird! If I had to pick a character that I’d consider “overdeveloped” or put too much of myself in - even more than some of my sonas - it'd be him. He's one of my favourites because of that but it's hard to quantify how exactly I feel about him haha. I love him! It's painful! He's great! He's awful! He's very important to me and he'll never return to being what he was first created for again. I do quite like his new design <3 Paying homage to the video that sent him crashing back into relevance for me haha

It was fun to draw everyone :D And it's nice that they all have colour references now! Mint has definitely been the longest without one, everyone else has had at least Something - even Erase! And They're way newer! I did make Mint in a couple online dollmakers but that's not quite the same thing haha, he really needs his clothes hand-drawn :P

It's good to have them all :) They're a fun bunch and I like all of them <3 I think it’s kinda funny and a little strange how few crossovers they’ve had with each other though! So far it’s really only been Tala-Bar-Cory - the rest are aware of each other but haven’t really met, how strange, considering what they are!

[snaziestbean]

look upon my doodles ye mighty and despair 💥💥💥

[skyward-floored]

hey what do Berry Link's sisters look like? 👀

- hero-of-the-wolf

Well I’m vaguely basing them off of the six maidens in four swords, so I have a vague idea of what they look like?? I started with that anyway, and also looked at how they look in the manga since their designs are pretty.

But anyway yeah, I tried drawing them, but they need some serious work. This is the general idea I have of them tho!