#DESIGNED A T SHIRT AND RAPIER FOR IT. GOD

[peppermint-moss]

“I ask god to send a swordsman / And god says look at your hands" - Problem Areas by Melissa Broder

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Candle Light my beloved!!!!! I did soo much work for this piece and I'm so happy with how it turned out AUGH!!! design/planning notes under the cut!!

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heres some planning n design work i did!! for the rapier/shirt (+an initial traditional sketch and some doodles n other nonsense lol)

[beautifulmakkaris]

i do hope one thing that comes from the fan uproar around l&co’s cancellation is that it catches the attention of other parties. the goal is obviously to be picked up by another service or have netflix change their mind, BUT it would be amazing if other people took note of the noise being made and realised how much desire there is for l&co.

for example, bookstores: STOCK THESE BOOKS!!! i haven’t seen physical copies in any bookshops both independent and national chains and my library only stocks the first one and i live in the uk where the series originates. i read them on kindle but i’d love to have them on my shelves, fans want to buy them. plus jonathan stroud clearly enjoys signings and festivals and events - get him in your shop and the fans will flock!

book publishers: print these books in the countries/languages that don’t currently have them, there is such an obvious demand, especially if the show doesn’t continue even more fans will be turning to the books to finish the story and we’re an international fanbase (the show was TOP TEN in EIGHTY COUNTRIES). and while we’re at it, it would be the perfect opportunity to do a reprint with some nicer covers or make some anniversary/illustrated editions, update the audiobooks with a better narrator (ruby stokes is RIGHT THERE), the treatment most popular ya series get!! l&co is a hit series and like i said before demand is probably going to get even higher for the books but right now it’s weirdly hard to access and enjoy them.

etsy and redbubble designers: make bookish l&co merch!!! people will buy it!!! where is my ‘a female serial killer? woo inspirational! why don’t you put it on a t-shirt’ t-shirt??? where is my candle inspired by ‘the library at portland row’??? bookmarks that look like mini rapiers??? 

hell, jonathan stroud has watched first-hand from twitter as the fandom has exploded and the demand to know more has grown; if he wanted to write a new short story like the dagger in the desk or put together a demi-god files style collection with missing moments or an update on the gang post-teg in canon, we’d go feral!!!! i’d read the portland row shopping list at this point and say thank you for it.

i guess what i’m saying is, even if the effort to save the show doesn’t succeed (and i REALLY hope it does), i hope the engagement and passion from fans leads to more l&co content in a variety of forms and that it’s accessible to everyone who wants it.

[fantroll-purgatory]

@sodixm

Planet: Alternia

Name: Kaklin Halwyn (Kaklin is a nonsense word that seemed to fit them, Halwyn is Welsh for salt)

I do wonder why you chose salt as the name theme to carry through everything. Is it because of the fact that they’re interested in cooking? I think I want to give her a more focused theme on Cooking/the things that come with cooking. 

That said, I think a good name for him might be Quirin, from Quirinalia, the last day of the God Fornax’s Feasts. And Gavius, from a well known ancient Gourmet and lover of food. 

Quirin Gavius. 

Age: 9 Solar Sweeps

Strife Specibus: rapierKind, which is equipped generally with “The Frogsticker”, which they use for obviously, sticking frogs. And then cooking and eating them.

I understand why you’d want a cool sword, but rapiers aren’t really used in hinting or any kind. I think going with a spear here might be a better idea. Frogs are typically hunted with spears. As an added bonus, Quirinus is the deity of spears, so it’s Thematically Appropriate. It’s also a lot easier to prop a spear up over a fire pit than a rapier. 

Fetch Modus: the Endurance Modus (to retrieve an item, they have to endure a jolt of pain coursing through their body that is proportional to how much the item is important to them. The more important it is, the more it hurts)

That’s concerning! While it’s an interesting idea, I don’t know that it fits the character well. Perhaps it could be a ‘Recipe Book’ instead and they’re only allowed to withdraw items if they come in combinations that can be used together. (Example: If he wanted to use a salt shaker, he’d also have to take out a pepper shaker. If he wanted to take out a pie crust, he’d also have to take out some berries and a pie tin.) 

Blood color: #00248f (Blue-blood)

This isn’t the biggest change in the world, but I am tempted to move her down to teal- if only because if her goal is to become the Empress’ personal chef, a teal is more likely to hold that role than someone like an indigo. And even if he has some hesitant feelings about the hemospectrum, indigo bloods have a somewhat adversarial relationship with seadwellers. So, #088487.

Symbol and meaning: The alchemical sign for salt! (Circle with a line through it one, there are multiple different ones lmao,,)

I think Fornax is a better fit! The furnace, named after the goddess of ovens, who people prayed to for Good Cooking. 

Trolltag: gypsumConviviality (I’m thinking of changing it, any suggestions?)

maybe convivialCuisine, I liked the use of conviviality to communicate Friendliness but gypsum was a bit of an odd choice. 

Quirk: th3y sp3ak grammar-wis3 pr3tty similarly 2 rOxy??? But with 3’s and O’s and what3v3r lmaO (O looks like their sign, 3 because they have a fondness for the number, and because salt is the third component in the alchemical trinity)

Because I switched up the sign, I’d recommend capitalizing A’s and maybe using 9′s in the place of g’s (because of Fornacalia would last 9 days). 

Special Abilities (if any): Not really an ability, but I like to think that most blue-bloods are strong and beefy, like the Zahaks, and so Kaklin is very strange for being scrawny and weak)

Most highbloods are indeed strong, but the Zahhaks are really a special case! They’re really, freakishly strong. However, it is common for all bluebloods (I think from Terez-Equius all count as blueblooods) to be unaware of their own strength. 

That said, is there a reason why you want them to be scrawny and weak? Is there a thematic or story purpose? Is that why he turned to cooking and made that a career goal instead of doing something higher ranked or military? What caused this weakness? 

Lusus: Giant salt golem! (I really hope this is okay? I mean I don’t see mythical or non-animal lusii a lot, so I kinda drew what was okay or not from Sollux’s Bicyclops lusus!)

Using mythical lusii is definitely okay, but a Golem is kind of a bad choice for this in particular, considering they’re less General Mythical Creatures and more ‘important parts of Jewish mythos with significant meaning’. Maybe you should go with a Harpy, since they’re known in myth to steal food. we know creatures with humanoid torsos can exist because of Equius’ lusus, and Teal is right in the appropriate range for bird-based lusii. 

Personality:  Kaklin is very lonely because they live far away from most of other trolls. Because of this, whenever they make a friend, online or off, they are very clingy. They will constantly talk to people, but also constantly put off talking to people, because of the fear that they’ll be annoying or say something wrong. At heart, they just want to be liked. In general, they tend to be chipper, loud, and very anxious!

I do like the idea of that being a kind of nervous and clingy person. Maybe they try to impress others with their cooking skills a lot? Something else I’d recommend is maybe making her a liiiittle bit of a fairweather friend. Like, when they can’t take the heat, they do indeed get out of the kitchen, because of their anxiety. 

Hemospectrum Views: Kaklin has what I like to call “highblood guilt”. They feel bad because they’re in a pretty high up position on the spectrum, and so will wrongly try to never bring the topic of blood up at all ever around lowbloods ever at all.  For highbloods, Kaklin will try to avoid higher-blooded trolls, but when they have to, will toady because they know that highbloods have power and could kill them.

This makes his long-term goal kind of curious. Why does he want to work directly for the empress if he wants to avoid higher-blooded trolls? Is she trying to do it for safety and protection? How does she justify this if someone lower on the spectrum asks about it?

Interests: Kaklin likes cooking. Like, REALLY likes cooking. It is one of the very few things they’re good at naturally. When they’re bored? Bake. When they’re sad? Sautee. When they’re calm? Cook! They also enjoy watching movies sweeps and sweeps old, going rock climbing on the salt cliffs near their home, and surprisingly, discussing philosophy with their lusus, which grunts in response.

All really good. Maybe the lusus can do a little more squawking philosophy of their own, now, though. (; 

Title: Kaklin actually never played Sburb, but I was thinking a Page, maybe of Void?

I honestly think Seer of Blood might be a better title. It’s a little on the nose with what it’s trying to teach them, but… Getting him to understand the ties that bind people and all that is a pretty important goal! 

Land: No ideas, haha.

If she never plays Sburb, it might not matter so much to figure out. Mostly because The Land is most important in the context of how the Game wants them to shape and grow. Something with them facing anxiety and confronting loneliness might be good, though. 

Dream Planet: Probably would be Prospit.

Gender: Trigender! Comfortable with he/they/she.

Life Goal: To become the Condesce’s Personal Chef™

On to the design!

Head: I made their horns match their symbol. Her hair is mostly the same, but I gave it a few more fwoopy bits for more dimension and also to potentially resemble wings or a jagged surface. I gave her some more anxious looking eyes. 

Body: I made his top like a kind of. Vaguely chef-coaty t-shirt? And I gave her some hiking boots. 

Thank you so much for your time!!!!!

Thank you for sharing!

-CD