#First/original generation characters

[brittledreadnoughtobserver]

The ever-intimidating, remorseless Heather

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3d-model commission for @/Blackholed on twitter

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YO! Being a drawing, what’s there to be afraid of!

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MOON 9 - PART 2

mulberry wine lets two teenagers bully him into eating strange plants

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Did a good old fashioned magical girl generator prompt again

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this was meant to be a silly concept sketch that got mildly overproduced for the sake of putting some concepts on paper

it's still fun to make so i'll take it though

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Kept down 🦷💫

[chiliger]

Arrrggh Peck looks so sweet in that picture!!! How does she pull it off? She's a hecking ARC trooper who can decapitate droids with her bare hands, she should not be able to look so soft and cute 🥺🥺🥺 (in case you didn't notice, I adore her. That picture of her and Bella on that couch looks so damn soft and fluffy it straight up gave me three cavities minimum and also looks like it should hang in a museum somewhere)

Ahhhh thank you!! 💚 Haha, the duality of a woman 🤭

See, the thing about Peck being all soft and cute is because of Bella. She has so much love for her little sister that Peck will indulge her in just about anything. Bella is really the first being Peck truly clicked with. She had no attachment to her batchmates on Kamino, so when she got assigned as Bella’s second (and personal guard), Peck’s devotion to the young Jedi Padawan kinda skyrocketed and never came down.

Anyone outside their close friends and family circle usually gets a suspicious glare. It’s very guard dog behavior heheh

I’m so glad Peck has an admirer out there~ 💚

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[loopyarts]

Shouma Ginzaki, I have so many thoughts on this little guy. That I wish to ramble about him for a bit. Mostly about things that I find interesting such as his character design but also my thoughts on him so far.

For context I am going off from just the demo alone, so I don’t have the full picture of what he will be like in the full game.

First off, the red marking on the characters foreheads seem to have some inspiration in both a red dot called a bindi and traditional Japanese kabuki theatre make up. A bindi has ties to Buddhism and is linked to the Ajna Chakra which is also known as the "third eye" or "inner wisdom". And if you’re an anime fan you might have seen at very least one character with a red dot in their character design. So there might be some pop culture aspects to the inspiration as well. Which is why some of the characters have such dot markings in their battle ready designs.

Another thing worth noting is that the colour red in Japanese culture is a pretty prominent and versatile colour with multiple layers of symbolism. Such as being associated with protection, joy, and strength, but also with passion, power, and even danger etc.

Finally, with Shouma and Mako they both have two dots markings above their forehead. It kinda look similar to geisha dot eyebrows or Hikimayu (引眉). It’s probably just a coincidence but I thought it was worth noting.

Shouma number is nine but interestingly enough it is written in upper capital Chinese Hanzi instead of Japanese Kanji. which is probably on purpose because in Japan the number nine is considered an unlucky number because the pronunciation (苦) (ku) is similar to (苦) (suffering). The association with hardship, pain and ties to bad luck/misfortune overall contributes to the negative reputation behind this number. Similar to how the number 4 similarly avoided in Japanese culture.

While in Chinese the number nine has the opposite reputation with it being associated with good luck/good fortune and can also mean long lasting and represents the maximum level of martial happiness and longevity. I just think that is a nice subtle detail in his uniform and weapon design overall with his number being nine and all. 

This probably means nothing but nine or more correctly eight phases of the moon can spiritually is often associated with cycles of growth, release, and renewal. Also the number Nine is symbolically represented by change and having a very empathic and compassionate soul. In numerology the number nine is usually linked to things such as completion, idealism, and a strong desire to help others. Which mostly fits Shouma personality in terms of his ideals and morals.

Also his star/zodiac sign Pisces is often associated with compassion, empathy, creativity, imagination and strong intuition but also a deep connection to the sub conscious. But also the weaknesses of the sign is being indecisive, sensitive, prone to escapism and their own inner turmoil. And melancholy behaviours feelings of sorrow and poignance; where they would rather go through and meditate on deep emotions such as despair/sadness rather than have no feelings at all.

Overall, the zodiac sign Pisces is very emotional driven sign and I don’t think it is a coincidence that Shouma as a character is written to be very driven by his strong emotional feelings and thoughts.

Anyway, this line of dialogue stuck out to me while playing the game demo. There seems to be a bit of a moon theme going on here? Or at the very least I think that the moon might be an important plot beat for this game story.

Which also lead to me noticing Shouma’s mecha also has some moon imagery on its design via the shoulders pads. Another interesting thing is that the chest of the mecha is designed with a Shiba Inu face notable a black one.

Shouma’s dog is probably not a literal black shiba ha ha. Although, his weapon having the chest be of the head of a black dog reminded me a bit of the Chinese mythology of the black dog called Tiangou/the heavenly dog. Which in the myth Tiangou either eats the moon or sun causing an eclipse but the moon is more notable one. Which could have inspired some design aspects to Shouma weapon perhaps.

Real quick, I will say that I haven’t looked too deeply or check to see if other characters have a subtle moon theme to their designs. Also, if you look closely on images of the other characters weapons they also have an although I will say a more subtle animal theme going on in their weapon designs as well.

Now onto his character design. First off, his backpack resembles a Kame/turtle shell get it because he’s hiding in his shell and need to slowly come out of it. Man, you gotta love the creativity Rui Komatsuzaki puts into his character designs overall.

Shouma’s boots also have a bit of a turtle-like pattern and with them being green, it looks like he has little turtle feet. His boots also partly resemble wellies, which are commonly associated with children at least in fiction giving him a childlike feel to his design. Plus they’re also outdoor boots and are usually quite popular with dog walkers as well.

Finally, his cap in terms of shape resembles either a frog, bear or hamster which adds even more to the animal theme to his overall character design.

I’m honestly curious with how Shouma’s dog, which is most likely a Shiba Inu and Sirei are connected somehow and it’s also interesting how he’s the only one that didn’t technically fight. Like there has to be a reason for it right? I also think Shouma is more important than he gives himself credit for, although I may wrong who knows. 

I don’t know if others have noticed this but Shouma to me seems to be a very peacemaker type of character. He doesn’t like conflict and always puts others comfort and needs first before himself a far good amount of the time. Plus, the way he talks about his dog in optional dialogue. Makes him appear to have a selfless and kind hearted soul underneath all the self esteem/self deprecation issues of course. 

I also think Shouma appears to be pretty good at reading the room and how others might be feeling. On the rare occasion he chimes in, he has some pretty possible ideas and theories on what might be happening in the current situation. But given how many times he’s gets shot down or told he’s stupid for thinking or saying anything at all.

Which probably breaks his confidence to where he feels he shouldn’t have said anything at all. Which is why he’s just accepts it and doesn’t push against it. Because he truly believes he can never be right on something but also insists on being a peacemaker making him unable to truly take on conflict.

Overall, from what I’ve seen so far, Shouma seems to be a very gentle soul. Who is way too harsh on himself but I do have faith that he will develop as a person as the story progresses. It probably won’t be perfect and I don’t expect his self esteem problems to just magically go away, that takes time. Honestly, Shouma so far is very relatable to me as someone who has gone through similar hardships as a teen.

Shouma has so much potential to be such a lovely and compelling written character overall and I look forward to see what the writers have in store for him in the full game. (He’s so autistic coded to me but that could just be me projecting a little onto him ha ha…)

Lastly, gameplay wise Shouma has the potential to be pretty op as a unit depending on how his abilities and moveset functions in the gameplay mechanics. 

He is a counter defender and his ability shut-in gives 1+ attack with every emery that hits him. Which could have potential to be stacked if his ability can get even stronger. Reflecting back attacks is his key, so Shouma ideally will probably excel being throw at enemies head first and focus on crowd control. 

Shouma will probably work best with the more frail units. Leading the enemies onto him while doing chip damage and letting heavy hitting units dish out the big hits. He’s also will probably have good synergy with the healer/support units as well but overall. I think he will probably be one of the better units in the game due to his ability to do crowd control in a game, where crowd control is key. Also depending upon on how his ability works he could also be quite a decent boss slayer as well. 

Anyway, that concludes my little slightly mentally ill ramble on him. OvO’)

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throws random little moments from the wip of my httyd next gen fic at you

most of these are literally just small moments that made me giggle while writing them LOL feat some insight into how some of the characters act/speak/think

sneak peek into my writing style too ig

[islandtarochips]

COD x PURGE AU

John Price:

Ex-Military (Use to be the Captain and was retired due to his leg problem)

Use to live in UK and moved into the state to get away from the military memories (and he thought him getting away from killing anyone are over)

He's just a citizen man TRYING to enjoy his retirement. Until he heard about the Purge events.

Doesn't trust anyone beyond his door and always stays inside no matter what

A grumpy old (not really old but he is to me) man

Lives in New York

Has been in the Purge ever since it started (So like 7 years)

Had met Gaz when he and his little brother stumble into his home which he should've sworn that he locked everything

Decided to let them stay before meeting another new members who came into his house

Kyle "Gaz" Garrick:

A citizen man working in his father's shop. Just a regular store.

His old friend, named Soap, helped him running the shop

Lives in New York, use to live in UK

Protecting his family is his number one priority

His family and the store got attacked by the group of Shadow Company during Purge Night

As he only took his little brother from there while his parents were already killed by them

Stumbled into Price's place accidentally trying to hide from that one of the Shadows who were hunting him and his brother down

Was relieved that Price let them stay in for now until the end of Purge night as long they do as he say

Has been in the Purge for only 5 years after moving into the state until now

John "Soap" MacTavish:

Another fellow citizen men, who is just living him by himself but is working at his old friend's shop

Wanting to go back to Scotland to see his family but decided to stay and help his friend by protecting the shop and the family

Got separated from Gaz and the brother when the Shadow Company invaded the shop

Got a bullet wound on the shoulder and was hunted down by one of the Shadows

Suddenly been saved by a strange man with a skull mask who shot the Shadow down and gotten his wound patched up

Has been stuck in the Purge for 5 years

Simon "Ghost" Riley:

Ex-Military (Was a Lieutenant)

Had moved into the state after hearing about the Purge. Wanting to find that person who had killed his family.

Has been part of the Purging ever since it first started

Already found the murderer as he killed them until he was being attacked by the killer's partner. (Got some scars on the face because of them)

Until he was being helped by someone to be patched up and they suddenly got shot by one of the Purger (he already dealt with them) and fled off when someone else saw him with a dead body

He wore a skull mask to hide his identity while trying to survive in this chaos

Been in the Purge ever since it had started (7 years)

Kate Laswell:

Is working on finding out the truth of this "New Project". Wanting to share it to the WORLD of how it turned out to be.

Was hunted down by Shepherd and the Shadow Company when they find out about her tinkering into their systems

Got a help from Alex for protection and also a help from someone who had given her some intel about the Purge system

Was trying to look for Price since the last time they have talked was before his retirement

Wanting to team up with him to find a way to stop Shepherd and his project

Has been in the Purge for 7 years and is still being hunted down by them

Alex Keller:

An Officer assisting Laswell when he was been told by her that she's being hunted down

Will do anything to help her and stopping these Purge games

Has also been hunted by his own fellow officers who were ALSO part of the Purging (that's a BIG problem)

Also been in the Purge for 7 years

Hershel Shepherd:

Is the one who is in charge and the one who created the Purge

He created this Purge to lower down the criminal by letting them turn against each other

Shepherd even let his own Mercenary to finish the REST of the job before the Purging ENDED

Finds out about Laswell trying to stop this system so decided to order his men to hunt her down and deal with her

Have been trying to hunt down Laswell ever since but kept failing to retrieve her

Still being active on this Purge thing for 7 fucking years

Philip Graves:

Commander of the Shadow Company and is working for Shepherd

He doesn't enjoy killing to be honest (he has no choice)

Does usually hesitated when he found Soap in the scene (use to be best buddies before he joined in the Shadow Company)

Was being ordered to find Laswell and deal with her

7 years that he's been working for Shepherd when the Purge started

Alright! That's all I have for now! I shall post another one of the other COD Characters! Or reblogged when I changed it! And now, I would like to show my COD OCs info on here!

Tiala "Shark" Toa:

A regular citizen

Had gotten kidnapped by one of the crazy Purgers on her first night of Purge. Didn't end well but escaped....with a burnt mark.

Was actually searching for her older brother until she saw someone was holding her dead brother's body before they fled off from the scene

Has been having that anger inside of her for 7 years now

Has been trying to search for this man for YEARS now but have to focus on protecting her family while at it

Is part of the resistance and is in Kanoa's group

Kanoa Toa:

Ex-Military (A Captain of the Marines)

One of Tiala's older brother (not the dead one)

Was in charge of his own group of the resistance opposing these Purge event

Managing helping and saving everyone and taking them to the safe place

Wanting to protect his family

Has been in this hellhole for 7 years now

Alana Kalani:

Ex-Military (was a General before retiring)

Was called in by Shepherd asking for her expertise of helping him with this project that she was not aware of

After seeing that this project has been released, she started to back down from it but was threatened by Shepherd if she does not continue this. Her family will be in danger.

She had secretly give the intel to Laswell as careful as she can not wanting to get caught

Has been dealing with this chaos events for 7 years now and is still trying to find out of how to stop this

Aelan Kalani:

The daughter of Alana and is a nurse in this AU

She drives around in a van seeing if there's anyone that needed help and will take them back to the safe place

She stayed with her Uncle while her mother was working on that first Purge night

She worried every year for her mother's safety during Purge night hearing that she's been taken and hidden under Shepherd's eyes

She takes her job very seriously when it comes to injure or sick patience

7 years in the Purge events

Agnes "Blast" Falagi:

Just a regular citizen and a student in this AU

Had moved into the state with her parents in the 3rd year of Purge. Just trying to go to college to get her degree of learning some mechanics and other things that is related to bomb making. Unaware of the events that are going on that night.

Had lost her father by one of the Purgers but both her and her mom was saved by one of the resistance.

And started working with them ever since while still going to college.

She already graduated from College after 4 years and now she needed to find a job

Nigel "Squirrel" Harrison:

Is the member of the Shadow Company ever since the Purge had started

Joined in the team to get money for his family and want to help his dad (who is working for Shepherd as well) and want the protection for them as well

Hesitated sometimes when it comes to shooting family down

Had been working with them for 7 years now

Callie "Snipe" Graves:

The Second in Command of the Shadow Company

Had always enjoy killing people on the spot not caring of how she hurt

Got the skills of a handy sniper as she knows how to shoot a target

Was the one who killed her father who was abusively hurting her and her brother (that is when she started to enjoy hurting people)

And that's that! Thank you for reading this far and if you see anything that I did wrong. Do let me know down in the comment section! I will retype it! And I will add more info of the other COD Characters and my other OCs!

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i loooove when ocs unrealized development makes them feel like real people like no i dont know whether talon is genuinely attracted to women after years of both clinging to them for safety and years of putting them onto that untouchable idealized Perfect Protector Pedestal that must remain untainted by any bad experiences, so he doesn't even try to Be With any. He doesn't know either

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MILITECH MEDS/STIMS THYJS TOOK DURING SERVICE:

Not so long ago I sat down and thought about which drugs/stims Thyjs had to make use of during his career and service at Militech EU/Benelux Union/KCT, researching the CP lore about said stuff and thought I should make a post with it here as well since I've only posted it in discord. Maybe some of you are intersted in it as well.

Beware it's a lot of text (as always).

FYI: I headcanon that Militech EU/Benelux Union in 2077 has developed forward in topics of developing combat drugs for their soldiers. In the past to benefit in operations/wars the military gave their soldiers experimental drugs that made the soldiers highly psychologically addictive to them, often resulting in them getting cyberpsychosis. I also headcanon it might still be common in the NUSA but for EU Militech is a bit different: so Thyjs was being watched and cared for as Militech and especially Netherland’s Royal Army/KCT saw a huge value in their special force soldiers so they did everything to prevent especially cyberpsychosis. That being said, Thyjs received high treatment after each operation, depending on how nerve wracking and physically draining it has been for him and how often he had to make use of said drugs of the following list:

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Militech Combat Drugs

These drugs are highly illegal on the market and only restricted quantities are available to the NUSA military (and Militech Mercs). It’s known that Militech has made these combat drugs available to any military force in the world that can meet their price. It would be extremely difficult for any normal (non-military) person to obtain these drugs legally. A near impossible streetwise check or a very difficult streetdeal check could be made to obtain a single dose of one of these drugs at triple the cost.

///Prime¹

This drug narrows the user’s concentration down to a highly focused point and eliminates extraneous emotion, making the user extremely cold and rational. An average testing of the user’s vitals should be made when the drug wears off. Failure indicates that the user has not made a successful transition to an unprimed state. The user is distracted and finds it difficult to concentrate. Increases; enhanced perception Benefits; better awareness/notic Duration; up to 24h Side Effects; possible lack of Concentration after wearing off ———

This is the drug I imagine Thyjs must have taken the most if not almost daily during active service (does not include off duty), so it explains why he lost emotions. He might have experienced a need/mild addiction for taking them each day due to the lack of concentration setting in when having time off his duty. He is more or less forced to discontinue taking them when he runs out of his packages/doses left he took with him on the NUSA job. Without them he will experience a huge loss of concentration in the first weeks, which is why he will get distracted by daily life noises in Nighty City when he doesn’t use them anymore. His medtech will prescribe him something else for lack of concentration, that does not result in addictiveness as Thyjs does not have access to Militech drugs anymore since he’s officially announced as deceased. They will help him with his concentration while he tries to get used to daily life. Chance is high he has to take them life long.

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///Timewarp¹

Timewarp sharpens the reflexes of the user and enhances reaction time to an inhuman level. After a dose of Timewarp wears off, the user should make a difficult entire body and cyberware check. Failure indicates that the character takes damage from body overstress. Increases; reaction time and stamina, (headcanon; increases Thyjs’ fastness with Sandevistan as in he can ‘warp’ more times than usual) Benefits; inhuman reflexes Duration; 2-3h Side Effects; no feel of hunger and thirst, possible internal bleeding after wearing off ———

This is the drug I imagine Thyjs did made use of when he needed his Sandevistan to be active more than usual. It’s not recommended to take it often as it causes internal bleeding as he overstresses his entire body with it due to making him super fast (why you experience he’s warping). He was carefully instructed with the usage of it and is aware of the side effects. He had to make frequent use of it in the past though, so after that he was strictly ordered to rest for weeks including difficult check ups in nearby Militech hospitals to be sure he didn’t take any damage from it, while they also especially checked and repaired his Sandevistan cyberware as it also took damage by being overused. He experienced numbness in his extremities while his Sandevistan took damage as it replaced his entire spine (yes it’s not just placed over and connected to his spine, it’s a 100% cyberware replacement).

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Trauma Drugs

Manufactured and distributed by Trauma Team International, these trauma drugs are designed to meet the needs of any field medic. No good medtech would be caught without them. Available in liquid form for use in air hypos or as a single dose slap patch. These drugs are legally available to licensed medical personnel. They can also be obtained illegally with an average streetdeal check or a difficult streetwise check. If obtained illegally, prices are doubled

///Surge¹

This drug acts like endorphins. The patient receives a burst of energy and can ignore the need for food and sleep and receives endurance and more strength. The patient's stats will be halved after the drug wears off until he receives at least five hours of sleep. Increases; endurance, allowing the user to stay alert for longer periods Benefits; potent painkiller; wound level is treated as if less Duration; 3-4h Side Effects; feeling weak/powered out, chance of mental delusions ——

///Trauma¹

This drug is administered when the patient is in a mortal wound state. For the duration of the drug, death saves are three times easier. This drug is usually applied by non-medical personnel or even the patient himself since stabilization is always a better course of action. Benefits; potent painkiller; less loss of blood Duration; 6-8h Side Effects; loss of consciousness, mental delusions ———

Thyjs is not a field medic but he was of course educated in first aid and constantly took lessons to refresh his knowledge and the utilization in case the medic would not be near so he could help either himself or a mate until the medic of his platoon arrived. Therefore every soldier was given some Trauma drugs in their kit they had to carry on their belt.

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Lazarus Combat Drugs

Officially, Lazarus will neither confirm nor deny the use of combat drugs by its troops. It is, however, widely rumored to be a common practice among mercenary corporations. Two drugs in particular have been associated with Lazarus troops: The first is Dialacopamine (also known as Spotlight). The other is a 'dorph and aggressiveness booster made by Sturm-Schaller SA in Germany, called Lapazole LM (known on the streets as HappyKill), which is a lethal combat drug, dangerous and addictive (Thyjs didn’t get this). HappyKill was tested on Lazarus troops for a while, then discarded as too dangerous. There is a black market among the troops, and it still pops up from time to time.

///Dialacopamine a.k.a. Spotlight²

A fairly benign awareness heightening drug, produced by Biotechnica, known on the streets as Spotlight. It is popular with special ops troops on infiltration and ambush missions. Increases; wareness skills Duration; 5h Side Effects; repeated use includes a 50% chance of psychological addiction and a 10% chance of nerve degeneration per dose after the 5th usage. ———

Now this is not exactly a Militech drug, yet it is a combat drug used by special ops troops, so I can imagine Thyjs may have used a similar one at least one time (maybe even twice) during high risk spec op missions executed by KCT. I read the ‘per dose after the 5th usage’ as in: you take it a fifth time it definitely causes addiction. So I conclude Thyjs’ entire squad was instructed about the risk of taking this drug so none of them would be allowed to take it more than three times during their service and if they took it they needed to report it including what they experienced. This was a safety measurement to prevent addiction and up for debating if the soldier could continue or not (ofc there have been cases in the past where soldiers fell into addiction). I also do headcanon once you are in KCT, the chance is high you quit after a few operations — either because you make it out barely alive or because it fucks with you ptsd-wise and in general KCT only accepts the fittest and youngest soldiers in their ranks, both mentally and bodily, so Thyjs would have also only have been in service for a bunch of years (at the time he’s in NUSA he was still an active member, already having served since 2074 which would make it about 4 years in 2078 and that would probably have been his last year).

¹ Source: Cyberpunk 2020 – Chromebook 3, Pharmaceuticals, Page 17 ² Source: Cyberpunk 2020 – Corporation Report 2020 2 Lazarus/Militech

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