#sloopis

[p1nkc4lyps0]

ah yes, me, my boyfriend and this weird freak star that he’s weirdly attached to after experiencing the horrors.

[norman-smsl-guidancecounselor]

flippin bad touch quest

[ghosttoastx]

Isabeau and his two weird ass cats

[lucabyte]

obligatory ramble about postcanon loop ask

also your art is amazing

Hiiiiiiiii :D thank you :)!!

and thank you for the excuse to post the. just absolute wall of text that i truncated down to form the tags of that post. (i did,,, hit the tag limit. i forgot tumblr had one of those...) so let me just paste that and tidy it up a bit...

I am putting this under a readmore because it's a bit long. but:

This is like. The General Context for all* of my postcanon doodles? (Except AUs obviously) Like this is the base idea I've been drawing them all in. So, feel free to backread with this in mind. I've basically had this 'postcanon' timeline set in my brain since finishing the game...

My general thoughts are that I like the idea of Loop (even if through dubiously ethical means) being able to slowly reintegrate with the party as a whole new person, because they are, in fact, their own person.

It's a muddle of thematic threads im pulling on and "wouldn't it be fucked up if", but. (at its core, it's powered by the fact that like, while narratively isat's theme of 'the only person who can truly take the first step to help you is yourself'. (wrt: loop helping the party help siffrin in act 5) which i LOVE AND IS GREAT NARRATIVELY…. would be super fucked up irl to learn that your friend 'learned as a lesson' while you stood by kinda uselessly. I know i'd be upset about it. but thats mostly background here. doesn't really come up. at least not until loop has to explain who they are and the party realises they had to fall back on literally themselves again for help, but i digress,)

The real core concept is: Occam's razor. It is like, inherently, a buckwild thing to accuse a person of being somehow a clone or copy of your friend. Even if they start vaguely alluding to a backstory it's far more likely they were some other person before all that. (I still think Odile has that theory in the back pocket but she's rational enough to know it's a really long shot without a solid explanation. and i think Loop deep down knows this, and would, if cornered into confessing, turn the situation around to go J'ACCUSE and make HER explain it instead. Ever longer dodging being direct with their emotions...)

And the party are nice! And if someone has changed and wants to keep stuff secret it's kind of not their business? (Though it's hard not to speculate… see: the main joke of the doodles) And they seem important to Siffrin so they just try to accept them abrasive quirks and all. And eventually the question of their prior identity just fades away since, well, they're Loop. Their friend Loop.

but yeah. personal headcanon is that a few months/weeks after picking up and getting aquainted with Nille** (since that was presumably the IMMEDIATE TASK postgame), Loop reappears (either after a literal period of nonexistance, or just spending a few months wandering the french countryside alone being attacked by wild dogs). Since Siffrin has had a while to be therapised by the party they're doing mostly okay, but Loop showing up and still being agitated/aggressive pulls them both into a bit of a backslide behaviourally and puts the party on the back foot again.

Hooowever, I do think that due to no longer being literally stewing in the worst pressure cooker of all time together, the two do mostly actually sort themselves out with productive conversation. (Via a cycle of: genuinely distressing argument -> weeeird lovebombing -> ok we're good -> repeat, that gets less intense over time)

Thus, allowing the party to just. Integrate loop as a new person. They and Siffrin shuffle into different ecological niches (Loop taking over stuff Siffrin is now too squeamish for, etc (see: hunting, mostly)), and while it's not exactly what Loop wanted they generally get that beggars can't be choosers and it's a pretty good deal. And the rest of the party does straight up just like them as a friend, especially when Loop quits trying to actively antagonise them after a few weeks of being around them, since they just can't keep up being mean to people they like forever.

As for how I think the truth eventually drags itself out. This is where I invoke The Isabeau Torment Nexus™. So its gonna get shippy here for a bit hold on.

Which is, I think giving them time before Loop reappears long enough that Siffrin and Iseabeau actually manage to become established, Isabeau has to be the one to nudge the pair of them and go. "Hey. You know we're in Vaugarde right. I'm okay with polyamory if we all communicate." Before Loop and Siffrin actually even acknowledge that whatever the fuck they have going on kinda looks a lot like a relationship of some kind. (or have already been agonising about that via fighting and arguing, depending) (Obviously this comes after Isa "Emotionally intelligent enough to keep a lid on the jealousy" Beau has managed to use that big brain of his to Not just go Scream somewhere on the daily because oh godddd they keep talking like theyre suicide-baiting each other jesus chriiist. is it overstepping his boundaries to bring that up?? god)

This, taking a bunch of the tension out of Loop and Isabeau's relationship (Since I imagine Loop is a. being weird for the obvious reasons and b. feeling kinda guilty about 'getting in the way of' Siffrin and Iseabeau), allows them to actually get close in a normal friend way. (I think an interesting turning point could be Isabeau actually taking Loop's side in an argument vs Siffrin, which would absolutely break Loop's brain. Especially if it's an argument that matters. Like what do you mean he isn't just going to play favourites. What?)

Then Isabeau, just actually open minded and charmed by Loop (and maybe even somewhat at Siffrin's suggestion?) tries to close the final open side on the polyamory triangle here and that's the final straw for Loop on "This lie by omission is too unethical to keep up, this is just actually sick and wrong. I can't do this while he doesn't know who I am." Though. Obviously it probably goes. Very poorly with emotions high like that. And the added element of several months of deceit. Getting dark here for a second but that dagger is going MISSING and so are THEY for a hot minute.

Then yaaay everything works out in the end 👍 yippieee!! all it took was maybe a lot of harrowed recontextualisation of all the weird shit your new friend said and did when it turns out they're your old friend. It's fine.

But yeah. this is basically the context all of my postcanon doodles have existed within? And those exist to give other people something to chew on. So this does too.

I suppose TL;DR: Imagine if sloopis almost fucking happens before isabeau knows who loop is. can you fucking imagine. can you imagine having to navigate that. nightmare.

*Yes this includes the implied cannibalism comic. Uhh. Comes part and parcel with headcanoning that Loop went way off the deep end similar to A5 Sif But Maybe Worse before giving in. Add weepy half-asleep confessions to murder wherever you see fit in your mind palace. 👍👍👍

**Re: Nille footnote. I don't have anywhere to put this besides here! I have some thoughts on Loop and Nille having an odd dynamic. I don't imagine Nille to be super gung-ho on trusting a bunch of adults (even if they are majority around her age) given their implied backstory. It's probably a big shock to the system, especially since Bambouche is a good couple hundred Kilometers up north from Dormont and these guys don't seem to have trains. She would've been unfrozen and without Bonnie for some time....

Which is to say: I think she's suspicious of them. I think she may be looking for excuses to distance herself, keep Bonnie safe. SO.... A new guy showing up? And antagonising the party? What do they know that I don't...? I should find out.

And since... Loop didn't ever know Nille, they have no ammunition or real reason to be cruel. Plus, if they're trying to stay on Bonnie's good side (SINCE... if Bonnie thought Loop was cringe they may as well kill themselves. In their mind.) they SUPER have no reason to antagonise Nille.

Mostly, they might be able to open up to each other easier than they can the rest of the party?

I feel like this resolves with Loop feeling compelled to apologise for what they and Siffrin let happen to Bonnie, though... Hmm... Depends on how you interpret Nille that they'd be glad nobody else had been told about that yet, or furious it had been secret this long. I lean toward the former.

[horsegirlrehab]

i'll concoct poly ships you've barely even considered

IMPLIED TWOHATS / ACT 6 SECRET VERSION UNDER THE CUT

[discatded]

siffrin loop isabeau respectively

[metropolitankei]

[anuninterestingperson]

lucky chapter 13 of my isiloop/loopsidaisies/(makes a face) sloopis fic is out! in which: loop asks a dumb question, tells two stories, puts on a fashion show, and overall has a very normal day. :)

please mind the spoilers and cws as always! link is here~

[pixxyofice]

@faislittlewhiteraven

I guess this is sloopis.

[loopcraft]

ah yes my favorite ship

sniffrin, sneezabeau, and -looks at hand- snoop?!

[artilite]

more of them 🦠🦠??!!?!

doodles for @anuninterestingperson's velveteen au !!! sorry to all those who'd like context it's lost in the floorboards

[lunarharp]

i wanted to put these four together chatting, cooking, dancing, and trust

[norman-smsl-guidancecounselor]

tol loop trapped mayday mayday

[shobiolovechild]

Hi,.....if you don't mind me asking, can I ask your top 5 (or top 3) favorite characters from Dungeon Meshi? And why you loved them? And your top 5 favorite moments from the series? Sorry if you've answered this question before....Thanks....

hello. i just got like a hell moment trying to select my top 5 characters and moments 'cause i have such a wide love for mutiples scenes/characters that i couldn't decide, but here i go:

CHARACTERS

5. Kabru

love this little man. I'm enamoured by how he loves human interactions since that daydream hour scene with the elves. Is he kinda manipulative? well, maybe. But he's not evil. He's the character that is most like me in terms of personality, so was kinda fun have someone like me. Love talking to people, love interacting, but sometimes i also have those freak out moments inside my head that i definetly try so hard to not show in my face. And, he's pathetic.

4. Fleki

I have no serious reason besides i'm obsessed with her. Actually, i'm gonna confess i LOVE pathetic characters. The most pathetic, with lack of self respect and a questionable morality the best i like them. And that's it.

3. Senshi

I'm a nutricionist and i used him so many times during nutrition education. Love his concern for a balanced diet, how nutrients work, he makes sure to explain why fat is also a important part of our eating habits (unlike some animes). He also tries to think of ways to get izutsumi (a picky eater) to eat. so this make me like him a lot at first, but he totally got me with the time and specially with his backstory.

2. Marcille

she awakened my bloody kink. god. to build your loved one??? piece by piece, bone by bone??? using forbidden ancient magic??? forgetting all the cons, acting on full desire and devotion??? jesus. i could rant all day about her. and you know what? she's such a girl. she's nosy, likes cute things, cute dresses, cute hairstyles. for me she's the enboidment of girl joy.

Laios

one of the greatest main characters of all times. really smart at the same time he's not. but he truly cares about his family and friends. and i got so sentimental with him and shoru, the frustration of thinking you're friends with someone but that person despises you. i think he's a real good written character. loved how his ending wasn't that cliche, and also felt bad for him though. maybe i need a single post just to talk about every trait that i enjoy about him.

MOMENTS

5. senshi backstory

4. falin meeting everybody after coming back to life (again)

3. when even the demon was shocked by the human desires

2. farcille bathroom scene

laios king entrance (+speech)

and that's it. feel free to tell me yours as well.

[vaultlink]

Please tell me people use the "Two Hats Designer" name Lenti came up with in the Discord for the Sif Loop Isa shipname

pleeeeeease

It's such a cute fucking name

[felikatze]

Siffrin and the Siflings

More of these goobers, but baby.

Order is Mint -> Nil -> Al from left to right, because I have a lot of fun trying to distinguish them.