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After many years of absence, we're bringing Gloomverse Week BACK! Why? Because it's fun and I wanted to :D

The week will start on Sunday November 10th and end on Saturday November 16th. More info below the cut + the written out prompt list!

The concept of a "gloomverse week" is to bring the fandom together as we all make art based on a set of prompts during a period of time! Here are some guidelines:

You can use one or both prompts

You can skip a day if you feel like it

It's okay if you're late for a prompt

You can draw, write, edit... use whatever creative outlet you want!

You can tag your art as #gvweek and #gvweek2024 to be more visible

I will reblog all the art made for gvweek that I can see, feel free to tag this blog or send an ask/DM if I missed yours, or if you don't want it reblogged!

Most importantly, have fun :)

Here is the prompt list outside of the image:

Day 1: Beach episode / Magic Day 2: Alternate Universe / Theories Day 3: Family / Nightmare Day 4: Original Characters / Side characters Day 5: Stars / Storms Day 6: Relationship / Worship Day 7: Blood / Myths

You can check out @gloomverse-theories for ideas on Day 2, @offscreen-gloomverse-probably for general interactions ideas, and @gloomverse-refs if you want character sheets!

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GOD HE WOULD

The President taught him the wrong definition of that word.

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5 8 7 hobo

5) What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

I tried thinking about it right now and it was "Welcome to the black parade" by my chemical romance. When I was a Young Boy-

7) What’s something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

I like the dad jokes so much! Also the deadbeat jokes. Also Wallis and Hobo interactions. I like dad hobo very much.

8) What’s something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you despise?

Well the fandom hasn't done much lately, so I guess nothing :v

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CHARACTER ASK GAME!!! 💫

Send a character + one or more of these question IN THE INBOX. Don't reply on the post!

1. Why do you like or dislike this character?

2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

3. Least favorite canon thing about this character?

4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?

5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

6. What's something you have in common with this character?

7. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

8. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you despise?

9. Could you be roommates with this character?

10. Could you be best friends with this character?

11. Would you date this character?

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

13. What's an emoji, an emoticon and/or any symbol that reminds you of this character or you think the character would use a lot?

14. Assign a fashion aesthetic to this character.

15. What's your favorite ship for this character? (Doesn't matter if it's canon or not.)

16. What's your least favorite ship for this character?

17. What's a ship for this character you don't hate but it's not your favorite that you're fine with?

18. How about a relationship they have in canon with another character that you admire?

19. How about a relationship they have in canon that you don't like?

20. Which other character is the ideal best friend for this character, the amount of screentime they share doesn't matter?

21. If you're a fic writer and have written for this character, what's your favorite thing to do when you're writing for this character? What's something you don't like?

22. If you're a fic reader, what's something you like in fics when it comes to ths character? Something you don't like?

23. Favorite picture of this character?

24. What other character from another fandom of yours that reminds you of them?

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

26. FREEBIE QUESTION!!

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Regarding point 1, Rylie is a distinct individual from Dark Figure, but also a descendant like Purple is to Violet. She can be the Dark Lord’s pseudo reincarnation AND be a new person with her own magic personality! Magic isn’t hereditary, I doubt Violet had powerpoint magic. Also Rylie could be the convergent descendant of two mancer, one Light and one Dark, and that would be very anime of her.

For point 2, well you’re right that Amadeus is a dark mancer and that being the Dark Overlord IS his thing. And the Dark Figure does have shadow magic as well. But just because they have the same magic doesn’t mean they are the same. The theory isn’t arguing that Amadeus isn’t the Dark Overlord, but that he’s not the same person seen in Rylie’s nightmare.

Sorry if I misunderstood what you meant

Bait and Switch

In most of our theories, we rely on the assumption that Amadeus Gloom (aka Mooching Hobo aka the Dark Overlord) is the same person as the dark figure that Rylie sees in her dreams and who (seemingly) murder Prisma and her Colors friends.

But what if… it was not the case?

Keep reading

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Two shots that I really liked

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Happy moments of the past ft. my ship

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Cycle of Violence

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I drew this the other day as my guess on what the world of Gloomverse look like: big planetary storm covering half of it

And it reminded me that we don't have a name for the whole world!

So here are a few propositions based on what each country would culturally call it!

Gloomverse: Gloomball, Prismaterra

Steamverse: Earth

Inverse: Planet, World, Orbis

Stratoverse: The Sun's domain, Helioterra, Solis Terra

Ecoverse:

Followers of Hyacinth: The Garden, Hortus

Followers of Malus: The Great Sea, Magnum Mare

Followers of Amaryllis: Amaryllis' gift, Amadonum

Others: Terraforma, Seaverse, Omniverse

Do you have any other ideas? Share them and then we can make a poll out of it!

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Hello! I made an animatic to the song "Youth" by Daughter!

It's an animatic for Gloomverse, which is a webcomic created by @loverofpiggies , and this animatic is about Yellow's past and possible future :3

A lot of the stuff in the animatic are theories, predictions, and elaborations on stuff we know, but the end is mostly for the drama ✨

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They were perfect for this meme

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Lemon kids shenanigans ! Very normal shenanigans with no organ trafficking

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This doodle was meant to be a delusional Cakegirl but she did win

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GV Artfight is over!

With over 9,000 points, it's Team Cake that claimed the win!

But team candy really gave it their all, as you can see in the graph :D

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I am a believer of the Fight - Flight - Freeze theory from @gloomverse-theories

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About Rylie’s Red Magic

Rylie getting magic was possibly one of the most awaited moments in the comic, and the way it happened was incredibly impactful. A hat, emerging from her shadow in a time of need, hidden so close yet so far from her reach. And her magic was the cherry on top of this terrible cake tragedy! Color-coded super abilities definitely makes her magic stand out, but when talking about it, there’s always this question:

What will Red do?

And until it’s answered in the comic (or not), we have a lot of room to explore! 

But first, let’s go over

Magic Personalities

What is that, you ask? Why, it is conveniently explained in Purple’s “How Magic Work” bonus strip! But knock-off Purple here explains it decently too.

The magic that you get is dependent on your interests, your biggest one, unless you’re really into rule-breaking things like the human body or cats. The type of magic you got is then fixed forever, and you have to live with the consequences of being really into marbles at age 10. Not everyone of us fixate on something cool like space, WALLIS. 

Going back to Rylie. What WAS Rylie’s biggest interest at the time? What we know about Rylie is that she likes black and edgy/rebellious fashion, but is also cursed with rainbow dreads. That’s a solid contender, since her magic is based on colors. Looking at her room, she likes skull motifs, ponies, anime, and plushies.

A bit less relevant to her magic, although it is very anime magic. And finally, when she was in the hat store, dreaming up of what her magic could be, it was the power to jump as high as building, a nice foreshadowing and a sign that she did want that!

But let’s look deeper.

Assistant’s biggest desire was to belong, and the Gloom filled it and made her feel like family. 

She got her hat when they were all in danger of death. 

She got her magic pleading for a way to save them.

And the magic answered. 

So I think the conditions in which she got her hat possibly influenced her magic!

Blue and Yellow Magic

Before going over the possibilities for red magic, let’s see what common points we can find between the two revealed power ups. 

The most obvious thing is that they are color themed, in case you hadn’t noticed, and correspond to the rainbow (blue - yellow - red) on her wand (which is where we get the red for her next magic). She starts by saying the color out loud, but later manages to switch without speaking. 

Both of her powers manifest as clothes: a pair of boots and a pair of gloves, and give her superhuman abilities, like lifting giant rocks and jumping very high. 

So now we have the blueprint of her future magic: themed after a color (most likely red), wearable as clothes on her body, and providing Rylie with superpowered abilities. 

I want to add that it should also respect the three rules of magic, but it’s a bit late for that, isn’t it.

Telekinesis

Let’s start with something silly. Rylie has been shown a few times to be interested in ponies. She has an Unicron poster in her new room, and a twilight plushie in her old room.

Ponies are a longstanding interest of hers, and magic is based on interests! Most My Little Pony iterations have 3 main types of ponies: earth pony, pegasus, and unicorns. 

Earth ponies are strong, and are shown to give stronger bucks/kicks than others. Rylie uses Yellow magic to punch people into the air. 

Pegasus ponies can fly around and walk on clouds. Rylie uses Blue magic to jump around and almost fly (though the only time she sinks into a cloud is when she’s wearing her boots in her dream, but that’s the trauma). 

Unicorn ponies are overpowered and can make incredibly complex spells, but the most commonly used one is telekinesis. In this theory, Red would allow Rylie to move objects from a distance (like Wallis can already do!), and the article of clothing could be anything, from a differently shaped wand she can point at stuff, to a headset with horns. Who knows! 

Senses

Rylie’s magic has a running theme of splitting her wand into two parts: pair of gloves for her two hands and pair of boots for her- ah, nevermind that.

But do you know what else comes in two? Kidneys! Lungs! Ears! Eyes! I think I’m safe to discard the first two since they are inside, but eyes and ears make for good contenders. If Yellow gloves boost her strength, why not Red goggles that improve her eyesight? Perhaps a full headset to improve both hearing and seeing! That may not be as exciting as jumping around, but it is definitely useful in a situation where discretion matters (like Virga hunting the group down). 

Wings

Something really interesting about the Yellow magic is that the hat STILL has a little wing as a decoration on it! It made sense for Blue since winged shoes have been a thing for thousands of years (Hermes’ winged sandals) and it grants her the power to almost “fly” when she jumps, but why keep the wing on her hat when she has punching gloves? Because it’s not any kind of punch. It’s an AIR-punch! That sends Cakegirl FLYING! Interesting!

Rylie does have a lot of connections to clouds and sky, for someone who takes after a Light-themed mancer, does she not? That’s why I argue that Red could be a pair of wings, either as a cape or fixed to her arms. While that could seem redundant with her jumping boots, it could also go well with it, allowing her to glide instead of falling immediately back down. That would be a useful mid-air shift, or a good way to not die when plummeting towards the ocean from a height that transforms water surface into deadly concrete, as a random example. 

Freeze

Finally, my main theory. There is another theme that I noticed between Yellow and Blue magic: Fight or Flight response. Yellow is Fight, Blue is Flight. It’s the possible reaction to a threat: you either run away and escape the threat, or you attack the threat and dispose of it. Rylie got her magic during a very active threat to her wellbeing and her friends’, and she pleaded for a way to save them. Magic answered by enhancing her ability to flee and to fight!

But there is a third (and fourth) response to a threat: freezing behavior, to become rigid and petrified in place. Red would be the magic’s “freezing” response, and allow Rylie to block a direct attack, through a shield or armor, and overall make her be able to tank and sustain damage. While not as showy as the other two colors, and definitely harder to turn into an asset for her own magic show, the theme of the three stress responses makes me really like this option.

The fourth response is fawning, but it is not as easy to translate into a magic power up as freeze. 

Something else

I’m no wizard, and the future is as clouded to me as it is to you. Red magic could be either or none of these options. Perhaps it enhances something else, like her speed, or gives her more ranged powers, like a whip or a bow, perhaps it’s dual swords because it would be cool! Maybe it will come up in a moment where Rylie experiments with her magic while everything is calm, or maybe it will be something that helps Rylie in a dire moment, summoned from instinct. Who knows! But it is fun to speculate, and I hope you had fun too. 

There is however one last possibility.

We will never know what Red magic does, if Rylie never tries it.

After all this time, all those nightmares, the color Red may not be the most enticing color to try with magic. Something about an evil magician with red eyes and a red wand. 

Why try RED, when there’s so many other colors to try from? Perhaps Green will be a combination of Blue and Yellow, or an entirely new ability! The Green lady seemed so much nicer than the Red figure obliterating her. 

So those were my thoughts on Rylie’s magic! 

TL;DR

Magic is based on personal interest

Rylie got hers in a moment of trauma 

Her magic consist of ability-enhancing color-coded accessories

Possible options for red magic power-up:

Telekinesis as a nod to Rylie’s brony phase

Enhanced vision/hearing to pair with her other enhanced abilities

Wings because of the air-theme and little wing decorations

A shield/armor as a freezing response to go with the current two’s fight or flight theme 

Something else

We will never find out because of Rylie’s trauma with red tinted magic