#v9commentary

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Only tagging characters with "new art" shown in the meme and not everyone who shows up in the panels I've been having a lot of fun with this and I'm looking forward to its future in 2025 !

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I don't want anyone to think I've given this up, so here's some more behind the scenes! This big thing is what I use as a ref sheet for certain things. In the future I'd like to make a proper one but if it aint broke don't fix it you know? You may notice some random stray lines and stuff across things. I hate them too. They don't mean anything though.

I also have the week (as in update) after this one fully planned and scripted, it's just this one's under construction due to balancing the 3 different perspectives and also the guest artist section. (And college and irl stuff picked up but they can't kill V9, it's not over until I say it's over) I will say, though far from the deadliest nor is the "bloodiest/goriest/worst inury", one of the scenes coming up might be the most brutal we've ever done? How/Why/Who/When and other such questions will have to wait ;- ) I also started posting the little shitpost shorts I did on tiktok under my tumblr blog user (cod_damnit), though it's all just the ones you've seen before for now. I do have some WIPS, I might finish one while I'm working on this.

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Object Anatomy

Since I mentioned the vault and stuff in detail why not ! Warning for: Blood/mild object gore in a simple diagram/etc , mentions of death, etc, brief mention of a parasite 100% SFW, save for the minor blood and death mentions And the science isn't super realistic because they're objects haha, I want it to be fun more than anything rather than have to completely rationalize how objects are sentient. They just are

Objects in the v9 verse are animated by basically a special blue substance we've just been calling "blood", it serves as not just blood but a general life force for an object. Like a living animal, an object needs to breathe, drink and eat to sustain themselves, and they can become ill ! Illnesses affect how functional their special blood is, which is why illness or infections have been deadly so far Anatomy wise, what makes up an object is the same as what makes up the real equivalent of them. So for example, Cornerstone is solid stone, To-Go is hollow and Nectarine has fruit flesh/a stone Objects don't have organs, their blood basically fullfills this role too, though some objects with more advanced components might have issues with a compotent that might cause them health issues. For example if Dive Light's battery were to corrode it could cause him long term health problems. If it couldn't be fixed, an artificial replacement (like hand making a battery the right size for him to replace it) could work

Objects can sometimes survive with suprising amounts of damage, even if parts of their bodies are missing orcompromised, but that is sometimes just luck. With treatment or good health, even severe physical ailments like Oxy's corrosion can be slowed, though she is helped by the foundation's advanced medicine. Bad Apple (a bandit from earlier weeks) wasn't handling his rot, which presented similarly to the corrosion, very well, and it spread between his appearances. For both though it cause them discomfort/pain/loss of function in afflicted body parts

While an object of course would die if completely destroyed, the sudden shock of a traumatic injury, especially if around a seemingly important part of them like their face or the core of the object, can also kill them

Even though objects are made of non-biological materials, they can still heal like a living creature, and even scar. Thats why though Kite has torn a few times the fabric has sealed back together, or Dive Light's gouge in the plastic remains. The materials from an object are often a little sturdier than their real equivalent too, though fragile objects are still more fragile than other types, like Tea Cup being prone to cracking Though because they may be hollow and stuff, things that might kill a person might not hurt an object as much. Impaling Kite hasn't scarred him yet Trauma to their bodies/limbs can still affect them after the injury has healed too, like Shovel's chronic arm pain They can't regrow their living features, like limbs or facial features. Some naturally growing objects (like Blue Spruce) can regrow missing features like when she regrew her needles after the fire, but Uranium Glass couldn't regrow the shard missing from the rim of her glass

Objects are basically completely sexless, though some might present ""gendered"" traits. Objects can also transition to different genders

When an object has a kid, the parents choose a small piece of an inanimate object to basically "link to". The more similar it is to the parents, the higher chance of success it is ! So for example, a Shovel is well inbetween a Trowel and a Rake and using the handle of one was a safe bet. Usually an object that is very similar to one parent, or an object that feels somewhere between both parents, is chosen.

The object is influenced by the parents, and fills out into a whole object. If using more than one shard, sometimes twins can occur, or if the linked piece breaks while developing, there could be identical twins ! An object may occassionally have traits from a parent that aren't common in the real version of it, like the hc that Apricot's leaves can cause irritation like his father Nettle, or a flower object having a different number of petals than the norm to match a parent.

They can also inherit facial features, like eyebrows/eye lashes/freckles/etc or color schemes Objects develop at the rate a human does, and in good health/circumstances live as long as a human is expected to too. Their size isn't 1:1 on real objects proportionally, which is why while Spruce is tall and Microchip is very small, they are both still closer to the range of object heights that are expected Also I just like to think even serious objects are inherently a little goofy and whimsical and stuff Thats all I can think of for now !

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Two things: 1. Next update confirmed this week ! It will be the last section before the guest artist portion

2. I'm messing with ways to store character images and info, I might use CharacterHub because I've never explored it before. If I do decide to use it then the goal is to get every character up with basic info/summary/gallery So far it's just an unfinished Shovel and even more unfinished Spade in here https://characterhub.com/story-worlds/vault-9

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For brevity a lot of times I'll often just show snapshots of conversations and scenes, but fi you ever want to see more of something that happens in the comic, like a scene/conversation/fight/etc I might try them as drawing or illustration practice thing!

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What inspires your blog?

So many things !! So many that after the short answer I'm putting a split haha For the content itself, heavy inspiration from the fallout games and show, and for the object show genre in general! For the creation of it, the many many other clangen blogs out there !

The clangen blogs that inspire me are: (When clicking links, general warning for violence, animal death, etc. Warning for uncanny/horror aspects for mourningsbane in particularly !) -Fog and the Frost was the first clangen comic I found. I had been drawing my clangen characters when I played all the time, but this is what introduced me to the concept of the comic ! I'm not sure if it will continue but the story is so interesting

-Other (warriors) clangen blogs I think are amazing and inspire me are (in no order) Glitterclan , Mourningsbane , Circusclan, Dewclan , Fallenclan , gray-thistleclan and so so many more, I am following an ungodly amount of comics rn, I'm overdue for posting some more little fanart pieces for some blogs on my other clangen account -Clangen blogs that inspired me to step outside of doing cats include some I've seen doing slug cats and dragons, but I can't find them atm -Other objectgen blogs ! Most of them have noted me as an inspiration but it goes both ways ! I love all the ones I've seen but I want to especially plug my friends @dimensional-oscgen and @the-aisles Object shows/OSC stuff that inspire me are: -Comic wise, the main object comic I'm reading is EFAR , I have also enjoyed Original Acronym and Object Elevation -Show wise, my favorite shows are BFDI/TPOT/etc, Inanimate Insanity, One, Paper Puppets Take 2, The Daily Object Show, The Nightly Manor, The Perfect Object Show and so many more Other inspirations: -Nuzlocke/Nuzlocke comics -My other interests ! Big ones that affect me everywhere I go are Adventure Time and Pokemon -The fact I've famously sat on all my planned projects and never started, so I just, decided to start on something -And to be super sappy, you guys ! You are so important, every time I get a like, ask, comment, etc it is a huge motivator to keep going, and it means so much that other people care about my little things

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You can probably spot the error right away if you're more familiar with editing clangen, but I gave myself a heart attack when I temporarily broke the vault save The problem was when I was manually de-aging Milkweed I accidentally let her become an apprentice, and when I put her back I put "kit" instead of "kitten" The save is fine don't worry !

idk why the fresh kill and patrol screens were affected but fixing "kitten" fixed everything

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I'm so sorry for the delay ! Once this moon is out we will be pretty much back to our usual pace!

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Finally resuming mostly regular updates ! Holiday season is over ! There might still be a little delay in part of this moon because it's split in 3 group perspectives and my friend is doing a scene but trust me it's worth it Expect an update today !

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Our one year anniversary is coming up ! What should we do to celebrate?

Art Requests for supporters (like your ocs, character interactions, etc) , "special episode", etc

Suggestions welcome ! I will at least draw something haha

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Also, since week 125 Hush edition is coming up soon, I almost posted this with a poll as a joke

His health has been a mystery since Spool asked for help

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Might do a mixed moon with Hush, the New Order and the Vault ! Got some build up for some future moons that's hard to do behind the scenes

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Bird Song - Florence + The Machine am I right

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Sorry in advance for the tonal whiplash

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I want to redo the refs on my pinned post sometime so that they're clearer, up to date (Hehe is very outdated for example) and have more info But for clarity I'd need to start removing the dead characters and I can't bring myself to erase the last traces of Spade

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I should probably retire this poor thing haha