#that'd be a fun concept

[yippee-optimistically]

from this concept:

I now have a very cool, very soft, and entirely hand-made 2017 Louie plush !!!!!!

Very silly tail ⬇️

He has a completely functional pull-apart jacket zipper !!!

Also completely functional: the pockets 😼

And here is also a closeup on the little phone

He is made up almost entirely of fleece, all hand-sewn. His shirt and some of his eyes are felt (also the scar on his foot). He's stuffed with polyfill . He's weighed down with lentils 😭 His pattern is made custom by me :) I'm not sure exactly how long he took, but I'd guess some amount of months. Maybe 2, but maybe only a few weeks of collective actual work days

He does also have a dog toy type squeaker in him

[torgawl]

i was a reading a bit more on purgatory and purgatorius ignis (cleansing fire), which is a concept that existed even before the notion that purgatory itself was a third other-world domain, similar to heaven and hell, when i suddenly remembered dante's la divina commedia and decided to revisit the story a little. and i found something interesting as i was scrolling through the wikipedia page.

so, purgatory is the second part of la divina commedia, following inferno, and is an allegory telling of the climb of dante up the mount of purgatory, guided by the roman poet virgil. alegorically, purgatorio represents the penitent christian life (and christianity, as we know, is one of the core themes of fontaine's archon quests that arlecchino was a part of). while describing the climb dante focuses a lot on the nature of sin, examples of vice and virtue, as well as moral issues in politics and in the church. what's interesting, though, is that the poem posits the theory that all sins arise from love – either perverted love directed towards others' harm, or deficient love, or the disordered or excessive love of good things.

why is this interesting, you ask? let me add here a few quotes before i contextualise it:

"she is a god with no love left for her people, nor do they have any left for her" - dainsleif about the cryo archon, the tsaritsa

"her royal highness the tsaritsa is actually a gentle soul. too gentle, in fact, and that's why she had to harden herself. likewise, she declared war against the whole world only because she dreams of peace. and because she made an enemy of the world, i now have a friend in you." - childe about the tsaritsa

"everyone praises her for her kindness and benevolence, but they forget that love is also a form of sin. what if she's just trying to compensate for something?" - wanderer about the tsaritsa

the tsaritsa, the cryo archon and the person arlecchino is devoted to, is theorised and hinted multiples times to be the god of love. yes, the love that is said to be the origin of sin in la divina commedia. we can also draw parallels between the idea of perverted love talked about in the poem and the relationship between arlecchino and others, for instance the kids of the house of the hearth.

arlecchino's drip marketing including an excerpt where the scene goes from a gentle warm environment, seemingly mistaken as a loving family home full of innocent looking children, that quickly shifts into a somber and dark atmosphere under her authority - the children answering instantly, without hesitation and completely obedient -, is the perfect illustration of the duality within her character. there's an obvious exploitative and manipulative system making use of the house of the hearth and the orphans under its roof, where arlecchino (as the one running the orphanage) is the provider and the kids are brought up to be dependable and further dispatched as fatui soldiers when "potential" is recognised. and we can deduce that there's ways that their education is done from a very young age so it prevents or punishes any sort of dissent, something not hard to imagine when we know from freminet that arlecchino doesn't like when the kids cry or show emotional vulnerability, something she sees as weakness, for example. but if there's this dark side to her, there's also certain attitudes that demonstrate her care for the children or even her care for the world around her. arlecchino helping freminet get closure on his mother's death, the reformation of the house of the hearth (which we know used to have a much more punishitive and strict leader before arlecchino took over) or even her devotion and deep respect towards the tsaritsa are some examples of the way she shows care for other people. now, we can theorise that these good deeds directed towards the orphans under her care are very much purposeful to better manipulate them, but i think that's exactly what the notion of perverted love in la divina commedia tries to hint at.

besides this concept, there's something else that peaked my interest in dante's poem. dante pictures purgatory as an island at the antipodes of jerusalem, pushed up, in an otherwise empty sea, by the displacement caused by the fall of satan, which left him fixed at the central point of the earth. it's a cone-shaped island that has seven terraces on which souls are cleansed from the seven deadly sins or capital vices as they ascend. at the summit is the garden of eden, from where the souls, cleansed of evil tendencies and made perfect, are taken to heaven.

as we know, arlecchino is being introduced in fontaine, her homeland, and the idea of purgatory as an island in the sea leading its way to heaven caused by the fall of a sinful being sort of reminded me of remuria. remuria was the civilization in fontaine which directly preceded the previous hydro archon egeria's rule. its downfall occurred as a result of remus' attempt to avert its predicted destruction, and in particular, by his act of sharing his power and authority — reserved only for gods — with the four human harmosts he appointed to govern his cities. remuria eventually ended up being sunken into the abyss, devouring everything including the people and remus himself. we know there's still a region in fontaine's map that wasn't yet released, so how odd would it be that the last part to be revealed in fontaine might just be the land that was once sunken? after the little note about the samsara cycles near the tower of the narzissenkreuz ordo, which referenced a cycle called remuria, i would not be surprised at all. it's also particularly funny that fontaine is directly below celestia. yes, the floating island in the sky above teyvat which is the residence of the gods, the same gods that made remuria fall. as the contemporary philosophers of our time have said, that's sus!!!

i don't want to get too ahead of myself because i don't have a theory about what's going to happen or what role arlecchino will play exactly but i don't think it would be shocking if we got to know more about remuria during her release. and still in the purgatory idea, i think the angel of death (azreal) might be an interesting parallel to make with arlecchino. azrael's role is seen as benevolent, transporting souls after death. it fits perfectly well with the idea of purgatorius ignis, that signifies transformation. in different cultural and religious contexts, fire can also symbolize destruction renewal and even rebirth so i'm very very curious to see what arlecchino's story will be like.

[boyybites]

OH!

What if Lady fae had like...pearls embedded in her skin like barnacles/scales???

[ultramori]

Let's do this one more time

FOR THOSE WHO CAME IN LATE. I'm an OFF fan and I originally intended on giving some Elsen personalities as a way to work more with OFF'S environment but then got way too carried away making their personalities that they're fully fleshed out characters except for 5 and 15 (lmao). So here's a lore dump for those interested and have no idea why I've been so obsessed with these little guys for the longest time. They're just Elsen OCs right? WRONG. :]. Warning, stuff like death, suicide, substance abuse, sex, and other icky stuff are casually mentioned but aren't in detail.

And then last but not least, there's Elsen 16/Therapist. He's an official ECU Elsen made by the one and only @bludscrewz, of which they can elaborate on his personality and... unique way of getting here themself since it's still technically their little guy. I love him to bits though and he's very fun to personally characterize

And that's all she wrote! Sorry I infodumped so much, I love these guys so so much and they each have several layers to them........ If you like these characters too, make sure to check my YouTube channel since I upload content sometimes, I suggest checking out Awful Microphone and that dumbass 7 animation I made today especially!! One day I might get more into each ECU AU and/or additional Elsen OCs that aren't officially ECU Elsen but still exist alongside them... But that's another post. (Also I'm planning on making a really big ECU project in the future hint hint nudge nudge) Thank you for reading this far, that was a lot of words. Needed to get this out of my system for a while because, as you may know, these guys mean so much to me!!!! My pride and joy except for Elsen 7 he can go fuck himself

[shift-shaping]

White Neve Gallus isn't real and can't hurt you

White Neve Gallus:

[loafbud]

The first Splatoon game turned 8 yesterday!

[baalzebufo]

playing one dnd session was a mistake because now im in one single campaign the desire to make 500 player characters overtook my soul. ive got like five current character sheets filled out for ‘just in case i need them’ characters and every day i think of a new potential guy i want to play... tabletop roleplaying is a slippery slope to terminal oc creation

[vimbry]

this is absolutely not about beauty standards because the appearance doesn't matter, but I'm fascinated by how many middle-aged internet users will snap an unflattering close-up picture from a low-angle going ":l" for a profile image and call it a day. come on now it's not a passport you can do better. where's the dramatic myspace angles, the smile. where's the dreamy colour filters. where's the peace signs. where's your sense of vanity and fun. live a little. be cute.

[obsidian-warthog]

Inspired by seeing some other Pikmin OCs in the wake of Pikmin 4, I have a loose concept for one: a scientist specializing in the study of symbiosis who went to PNF 404 after reading Olimar's notes and learning of the various creatures with symbiotic relationships. They might be part of or know some members of the Research Task Force.

They use Rock and Ice Pikmin due to both being parasites. Bulbmin are actively sought out in caves, with some system devised for taking and sheltering them above ground. White Pikmin are also brought in to make dealing with the various parasitic poison using mushroom enemies easier.

Glow Pikmin may also be in their arsenal to aid in the cave searching. While defending the Lumiknoll they lay traps for research relevant enemies so that they can be contained and studied.

Part of me sees a sort of mad scientist angle with them potentially spreading the kind of parasitic Pikmin the Bulbmin have on purpose, maybe even going so far as to get Leaflinged intentionally. The other part feels that might be too edgy. Maybe if I fully embrace the villain angle it will be okay?

[didderd]

idk if you do know about or not, but things like anxiety can cause also cause tics. my s/o has pretty bad anxiety tics that result in a lot of jolted movements mixed with squeaks or chirps. He says that they can even be quite painful but there isn't much he can do to fix it other than try and relax since it's literally stress induced. I don't know how it would realistically interact with tourettes but I don't imagine it would make it any better. I just thought I might share my experience with things since you were talking about the bad sans and i personally thought that one or more of them having that retrospect of things slowly getting worse in that department would be interesting.

From what I've heard, anxiety won't be the root cause of tics (this is just what I've heard from ppl, it could be false, so take it with a grain of salt), but I do know from experience that anxiety can trigger tics pretty bad! So your s/o could have a Tic Disorder on top of his anxiety, but I'm just some person on the internet with Tourette's that has limited knowledge of this stuff, so if he wants to see for sure, he should talk to a professional. ^^) (No pressure to do so ofc.)

And yeah! :D Most of them I'm sure have some pretty bad anxiety and PTSD, so their Tourette's is probably triggered by this a lot. :>

Like if one of them is having an anxiety/PTSD attack, they might have a tic attack on top of that.

[todayisafridaynight]

some heretic put the idea in my head that gaiden might be a dynasty warriors game and that.................

[astrxealis]

finally actually working towards fixing my blogs lol 💪

[witchblade]

maybe if there really is a tanky summon my opinion might change but the abstract concept of summoning really isn't special to meee

[msommers]

the idea that meredith’s two children weren’t twins is fun because that means a grey warden couple managed to conceive and see through two (2) entire healthy pregnancies and it would really give the haters some evidence for the “they used blood magic to have kids” conspiracy

[monochromelullaby]

Oh, another random note about how I run this blog - I don't distinguish between the pokepasta sources and the fnf mods when tagging! This is partially bc at this point it is Very hard to really separate them out, at least for me.

However, when I hc for them I will approach from the pov of the source + whatever interpretations I have for it, so if they aren't fnf-specific (eg Grey or Carmine) assume they're meant to stick to the original pokepasta's roots! As much as I stick to them anyways.... xD

[godzexperiment]

Holy rage, not due to beautiful-righteousness. Much more so from it's intensity. Wasn't it what angels were made to be? Perfect beings made to look after mortal, human souls and snuff them out more often. Instinct supposedly, that existed in unequal parts. Not personally, violently inclined; this questioned that fact. All it could have been avoided. But you pair some violent beings, attacking and suddenly shit happened. One lethal cut, paired with ensuring unneeded stabs for self assurance. One, blurred into two and then down was the whole group. Boot prints of blood, trails unnoticed from being too occupied. Over with in what seemed seconds. Coated hands, dripping off the tip of the knife- pointed at the ground. It wasn't processing quite yet- however did turn around at the sound of something else. Not from the group, somebody else entirely. Tempted to joke about something like, be not afraid.... "They started it."