#Cetus likes you're art a lot!

[ask-cetus-nsplair]

Between these 4 fusion designs. Whi do you like?

(1st in the artworks is blue moon aka sun + lunar, 2nd is harvest aka blood moon + Jack. 3rd is europa who's earth + moon's fusion. Lastly is solar eclipse who doesn't need explaining for his components)

Cetus: Hm... I do have to say that I am conflicted between the Solar Eclipse one and the Harvest/Bloodmoon and Jack one...

I guess the Solar eclipse one...

[you-shiny-thing]

When Leveret first awoke from stasis, they were disoriented, confused. The world had changed much since their time, and the familiar people and places were gone. Their search for answers led them to Cetus. There they ended up talking with a local fisher, but the two of them got along like oil and water, every word aggravating the both of them. And so the fisher dropped them off like a kavat holding a kitten by the metaphorical scruff at an elderly basket weaver, Ayalena, known for her patience.

Ayalena proved to be worthy of her reputation. She was kind and warm, taking her time with Leveret. Like taming a wild animal. She sat Leveret down and taught them how to weave baskets. Leveret quickly grew annoyed at this, failing to see the point. They were impatient, and vented out their frustrations both on their poor basket and verbally. They talked about whatever came to mind: their frustrations, their anxieties, and their questions. Ayalena responded, calmly, to each and every question, and emphatised with their struggles, letting them talk freely. All the while the both of them kept weaving, sometimes talking, sometimes in silence. And it let Leveret think, and Ayalena in turn to explain. Having something to do and someone to listen while they tried to reorient themselves felt... calming. Grounding.

Not only did it give them time and space to reflect, it also gave them ideas. The act of creating instead of destroying was something new, something novel almost, but it felt pleasant. And the craft itself was actually quite fun, once you got past the first stages. Leveret thought on their new skill, and their past. More out of curiosity than practicality, with a bit of modifying of the technique they found they could braid their long hair into a decent braid. Before... everything, back when they were younger, their older sibling Ray used to braid their hair for them. But after their relations soured, Leveret had stopped asking for them to, and Ray had stopped offering. Leveret's new technique looked quite different from how Ray had done it, but there was something comforting about that. Something new to replace the old memories. A new path to walk.

[dualitysdownfall]

I have decided to post about my fantrolls. Here they are again for reference.

This post will be about their names. No one has asked but maybe by getting to know these guys you will come up with questions, which is ideal.

Parima Mydaer is the first one I named. I got "Parima" from "prima", like "prima ballerina" because she dances. "Mydaer" is a spelling corruption of "midair", because she's also an acrobat. I pronounce her name "par-EE-ma mai-DARE".

Vaisak's name came next, I was in an astronomy class and experiencing that thing where like I can pay attention but I do also want to connect everything to my special interests, for fun. I saw "Aldebaran", a star in Taurus, and was like "hee hoo troll names". Actually both her names are otherwise-unchanged truncations of names. Vaisakha Aldebaran. Vaisakha being one of the lunar months in the Hindu calendar. (Go look at the solar ones, it's pretty fun from a Homestuck's perspective. Like, oh you're lining them up with correlated zodiac signs? Oh I wonder which sign Mithuna ha--it's gemini.) Anyway. I pronounce her name "VAI-sak ALL-de-ba".

Veelah Oscura is pretty easy to explain. After the Aldebaran thing I just started cruising Wikipedia for astronomy things I could name my OCs after. Being a seadweller I wanted something water related for her and I picked the constellation Vela, the sails. And she's a void player, so her last name means dark. Water dark. Coincidentally, that would be her typing if she were a Pokémon. I'm sure there's no ambiguity that her name is pronounced "VEE-la oh-SCU-ra".

There is, however, a bit of freedom in Zefire's name. It's just a spelling corruption of the word "zephyr", referencing her aspect. I pronounce it "ZEF-eer", but you could say "ze-fire" like fire or "zephyr" ("zeffer") or maybe even "ZEF-ur-ee" if you really wanted? And Kaetos comes from Cetus. That's probably not her denizen, but it is a whale constellation, and, again. Seadweller. So, "ZEF-eer KAY-tose". Or ze-FIRE, or ZEF-ur, or ZEF-ur-ee if you're strange.

Finally this takes us to Atlasp. His name is easy to explain too. You see, their designs came before their names, and I wanted his eyes to be orange and blue as a reference to Portal, one of my other hyperfixations from before I got into Homestuck. (Actually, it was some fellow Portal fans that convinced me to read HS.) So, "Atlasp" comes from Atlas and P-body, the co-op robots from Portal 2. Nothing deeper than that. Just a silly videos games reference. Then Kiiaro is a spelling corruption of "chiaro", Italian for light. Referencing his aspect. Together with Veelah's last name, "chiaro oscura", light and dark, or "chiaroscuro" which refers to strong light and shadow in painting. These guys' names owe a lot to my college education, I learned about chiaroscuro in art history class.

That's it. The hypothetical sixth character has no name yet. If he gets to exist he will be a boy, a rust blood, and a Derse dreamer, and I have a typing quirk picked out for him. But his appearance, name, classpect, trolltag, and role have yet to be determined.

[ask-cetus-nsplair]

Fanart for you :3

[Mod you'll know what this is from >w<]

Cetus: When have I ever made that face?

(Mod: So uh... Disclaimer... This face is only from the Domesticated Cetus au, mootie! This is sort of canon Cetus in my head and so he has never made that face! Sowwy!)

[ask-cetus-nsplair]

This design of Cetus belongs to @sillymoonboi (the bottom one is my oc time keeper)

One of my rezs

Baby Cetus and a kid Cetus (these are my designs)

The plushie that kid Cetus has that they lovingly call destroyer and do the most wholesome things with

Cetus: Hm! Adorable really! I especially like mine.... You certainly have an eye for art, young one!

(Mod: I LOVE THEM! AND WITTLE BABY CETUS IS SO CUTE AAAAGGHH!!!)

[gummysunnybear]

It's Oki mootie :3

Fanart for you :3

[Mod you'll know what this is from >w<]

Cetus: When have I ever made that face?

(Mod: So uh... Disclaimer... This face is only from the Domesticated Cetus au, mootie! This is sort of canon Cetus in my head and so he has never made that face! Sowwy!)