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satellite-blossom · 9 months ago

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NEW ART !? It's more likely than you think !

I've redesigned Léa's Magical form again, but this time around I've actually colored (& shaded) the whole thing ; I'll share more of my process under the read more.

Feel free to reblog this (but it's ok if you don't) !

(Léa use they/them pronouns and are agender)

So this is Léa's old Magical form, or at least the last art of it I had completed before the 2024 version :

I was going for a fancy, somewhat ouji inspired outfit that'd still be comfortable to wear, as Léa Acorn's style is all about being cute yet comfy. Their body saw no change from their regular form.

I think I was already not fully satisfied with this design by the end of 2021, but as time went on my list of grievances kept growing longer. I started to dislike how much of the design was pure white ; it's not really something I like on Magical Girl designs but for some reason I included it here, probably because I was trying to branch out and take inspiration from series like Lolirock & Pretty Cure for once. I also ended up finding the jacket kinda dumb, or at least the way it fit on top of the shirt seemed off. I had no idea how to color the shoes when I drew this design and it was bugging me more and more over time.

But while I fell out of love with the outfit, my main grievance was the staff-paintbrush-scythe hybrid, which was not only drawn poorly but also pretty boring. I couldn't help but try to redesign it just a month or two after completing the new ref, but I didn't want to redo the whole thing as back then I still made my refs in Microsoft Publisher with the help of Photofiltre, which was a slow and painful process I dreaded.

(Léa's Mobian forms 2021 ref, for... Reference)

So between my laziness, art block and the general state of my life I wasn't able to complete any new design before this year (2024). Let's break down this new design, shall we ?

This was my main inspo board this time around :

As you can see I kept the lolita/ouji influence but added some streetwear elements to it. I felt like the previous design didn't do a great job showcasing the mix of preppy prince & comfy fashion Léa are supposed to encapsulate, so I brought up pictures of a character that had only influenced their story and personality so far : Sora from Kingdom Hearts !

It's not something I bring up a lot anymore, but I used to be well-versed in Kingdom Hearts lore and Léa's story was heavily influenced by it ; they were even supposed to fight with a keyblade at one point ! Design-wise, I borrowed the length of Sora's shorts/jumpsuit for Léa's bloomers, and replaced their cropped suit jacket by a short-sleeved hoodie (which also mirrors some of their Sonic.exe world designs). I mixed these elements with lolita items for a cuter look.

Léa share my love of ties, so I've replaced their bow tie by a regular one ; it's somewhat short to showcase their shirt, which is a revamped version of the old one.

For the legwear I took inspiration from some long flowy legwarmers I saw in a few fairy kei coords, and also the shoes from this CocoPPaDolls screenshot I've taken years ago, back when the game was still up :

(I miss this game every day)

And of course I needed the shoes to be velcro LED shoes, because that's just the Léa Acorn way.

The rounded pink heart-shaped gems throughout the outfit were somewhat inspired by Amulet Heart from Shugo Chara.

Talking about gems, time to talk about the staff ! It was inspired by Amulet Spade's paintbrush, some Lolirock items, and a bunch of bootleg Magical Girl wands. Why reference bootleg wands, you might ask ? Well, since they're already off compared to the real deals, they allow me to not design wands that are too similar to ones from well-known properties.

I've been meaning to make Léa's eyes pink in their magical form for years but didn't actually follow through for a while. I ended up making their eyes brownish pink to not make their eyes too light, as I felt like it'd remove some of their charm (I already felt guilty for not keeping their eyes brown in this form). And of course, I had to bedazzle their eyes to hell and back.

Actually all this shininess and sparkling was inspired by the original drawing of Léa's Magical Form drawn all the way back in 2017 and redrawn in 2018 :

For some reason I took a lot of inspiration from Sailor Moon for these despite Léa's role being inspired by Card Captor Sakura (and Kingdom Hearts). Also Wish Gems used to be called "Magical Chaos Emeralds" and look just like the regular Chaos Emeralds, which was kinda dumb. But I loved the energy of these pieces so I've tried to recapture the "sparkly pink magical transformation void" vibes they had ; I hope I've succeeded on that front.

Anyway, thank you for reading this all the way through ! I hope this was an interesting read, somewhat.

#my berry own art #sth #sonic oc #magical transformation #magical girl #magical boy #magical enby #mobian oc #mobian #Léa Acorn #sonic fan character #kawaii #artists on tumblr #art #digital art #sonic fc #sonic original character #oc redesign #scythe

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satellite-blossom · 2 years ago

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THE FELLAS ❢

THEY LOOK AMAZING THANK YOU SO MUCH ❢ 😭😭😭

Commission for @satellite-blossom

#berry cool art #Berry sweet commissions #<- new tag #Léa Acorn #Sonic.exe #Berry linked art #berry weird paracosm #And um.#Sonéa.EXE #<- shipping tag because I can (≧ω≦✿)

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jamiebamberdaily · 2 years ago

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TV & Satellite Week Article - Issue 25 (24 - 30 June 2023)

Tap/Click ‘Keep Reading’ to view the transcript.

Picture Cannes and you’ll probably imagine an azure ocean, the annual film festival or multimillionaires sunbathing on superyachts - but Acorn TV’s six-part romantic crime drama Cannes Confidential is hoping to make it synonymous with screwball comedy and a ‘will they, won’t the? central pairing.

Detective Camille Delmasse (Lucie Lucas) is having a challenging day when she collides with debonair art collector Harry King (Beyond Paradise’s Jamie Bamber) on the Boulevard de la Croisette, wrecking her beloved classic car in the process. Already irritated by the smooth-talking stranger, Camille’s day goes from bad to worse as she and her colleague Léa Robert (Tamara Marthe) investigate the murder of a street artist known as the Jester, only to find themselves crossing paths with Harry...

He pops us everywhere within the town, infuriating her,’ reveals Bamber. ‘They get off on the wrong foot, and the bickering and badinage, an that energy between two people with sexual chemistry finding each other intolerable was what drew me in.’ It soon becomes clear that there’s much more to Harry than he’s willing to let on to anyone, but as Camille comes close to finding out what he’s really up to, he proposes a mutually-beneficial alliance between the two of them.

PIVOTAL PACT

‘When Harry finds out she’s a policewoman, it’s a problem for him because he’s got something to hide,’ says Bamber, 50. ‘But he also happens to know a lot of the characters involved in the supposed wrongful imprisonment of her dad, the former chief of police, so they each have something that the other needs.

‘They have a quick agreement, a sort of poisoned chalice that they each take a sip from, and from that moment, they become more dependent on each other.’

Bamber likens the show to ‘the love child of Moonlighting, The Persuaders! and Miami Vice’ with its compelling blend of a feuding odd couple at its centre and solving crimes in scenic locations, but Cannes Confidential has a few more twists up its sleeve... ‘Léa, Camille’s police partner has designs on her as well,’ explains Bamber. ‘So you’ve got this odd love triangle at the heart of the show, each angle of the triangle antagonising the other.’

For avowed Francophile Bamber, who speaks fluent French, the lure of filming on location in and around Cannes proved impossible to resist - as was the opportunity to deploy his skills for the show’s French-language version. ‘The language was a big deal, because you’ve got a mostly French cast who are working in English and they were real troopers,’ says Bamber. ‘But they shoe was on the other foot when we dubbed into French - I was allowed to dub my own part, but that was when the French actors really came to the fore!’

Navigating a language barrier wasn’t the only difficulty that Bamber faced during filming for the series last summer - the scorching Mediterranean temperatures left him literally hot under the collar. ‘The most challenging thing I had to deal with was wearing a three-piece suit in the sunshine for three months, and trying not to ruin it with perspiration!’ he laughs. ‘My dresser, did amazing work with portable fans, whipping one shirt off and drying it while I wore the other, because I was wringing wet a lot of the time.’

#Jamie Bamber #Cannes Confidential #Interview #Interview Updates #TV & Satellite Magazine #Magazine

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satellite-blossom · 2 years ago

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One of the key reasons Léa were adopted by Sally and Shadow instead of just staying with Sonic or whatever was that they needed a stable frame, if that makes sense.

Beside the whole "French human kids from Earth aren't as independent as a young Mobian" thing, Léa also needed to be trained in general. On Mobius they have a lot of raw power by default, but they need to learn how to properly use it. Purple can teach them about incantations and the theories about Earthlings' souls, but she doesn't really know how to fight. Meanwhile Shadow is very powerful and knows how to train ; I imagine that Purple teams up with him to coach Léa power-wise. Sally has less physical strength than Shadow, but she's very good at teamwork and strategy in general (not that Shadow is awful at teamwork, but he often tries to do too much on his own because he thinks it's his duty to protect/help others). Also : she has access to archives and has great geographic knowledge, which is more needed than Léa first thought. How are you supposed to tour the whole world to find other Earthlings if you don't even know where you are ? [I still need to develop the geography of m version of Mobius, but yeah Léa are gonna learn it, or at least some of it.]

Sonic is cool and all, but he's more impulsive and less rigorous. It has worked pretty well for him so far, but it isn't what everyone should do. So he still helps Léa, but not in exactly the same areas as Sally & Shadow. Sometimes Léa just need to chill and Sonic is good at helping with that.

On the topic of Léa's relationships with Mobians : let's talk about Knuckles a bit because I don't do it enough. So at first he doesn't really know how to interact with Léa, and neither do they. When Léa first arrive on Mobius they seem kinda aloof for someone who is essentially a guardian for living beings, but Knuckles thinks it's because they're inexperienced — they have lived most of their life completely unaware Mobius was real, and even less aware they would teleport there someday. I guess Knuckles has challenged them for a friendly fight a few times but Léa didn't really know what to do, so he starts to realize that they're a pretty anxious fellow even before they get more serious on Mobius. Eventually he tries to help them mentally too, but his emotional vocabulary isn't super developed ; at least it lightens Léa's mood & they appreciate the efforts. I think sometimes Knuckles just calls them over to stay at Angels Island a bit. Even if they're just sitting in silence together the echidna appreciate Léa's company. They need to relax and he knows that. Perhaps he even invites them to break rocks or just do some sport with him, although he tries to frame the latter as an "adventure" since Léa don't like the sound of "exercise".

I'm getting a little tired, but yeah each one of the Mobian heroes Léa interact with helps them in their own way. Not too spoil too much publicly but Léa's time on Mobius is all about healing. Ɛ>

#berry weird paracosm #sth #Léa Acorn #Purple/Hope the Criostaine #I need a name for this story though #long post.

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satellite-blossom · 2 years ago

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Some random detail but I think that once they get into that sort of thing, Léa pace around while doing dance-like movements with their legs when giving their "evil monologs".

Exe paces around less often, but he moves his hands quite frantically whenever he gets passionate about something. It was already in the OG lore and I liked it so I kept it. He's somewhat self-conscious about it but he can't help it.

I imagine Léa just, twirl and jump around whoever they're talking to while they're rambling about how much of a powerful "monster" they are or something. I guess it would be funny to have Shannon being piss scared of Léa ever since they snapped at her after gaining more power on Earth, while Léa are just circling around Shannon at a uneven pace and belittling her. It'd look like a mix of a lion circling its pray and a weird ballet. If Léa stop pacing around you though it probably means they're ready to attack for real, or at least they want the victim to think that.

In general, once Léa merge with Claire they retain all their quirkiness but now they are an actual threat no matter the dimension, so they can go from "cute" to "threatening" whenever they want.

#berry weird paracosm #Léa Acorn

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satellite-blossom · 2 years ago

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Oooh thanks for the tag ❢

Alright, let's see what I can do... RIP to y'all because I barely talk about my other paras.

LÉA ACORN/KRUGER

CLAIRE PECORA/CRYSTALE

LORD X/EXE

ELISA/HADAR

UZZI

... And that's all for today ❢

Uuuuugh from what I've seen most of the people I could tag were already tagged so I'll just let @scorpiolight-madd know that he can join in if he wants to ❢

CHARACTER FLAW TAG GAME

I found this and thought it might be fun. Unfortunately, I don't know who started/made it. But anyway, all you have to do is bold whatever "flaws" apply to your para(s)!

CALYPSO

ELLIOTT

JANE

JORDAN

ROWAN

TOBY

TAGGING: @paraesthetics @sugarcoatedsadism @ohnoesmytacos @fallingmaddlyinlove @fourhearts-paracosm @daydreaming-memories @daydream-ideas

#berry weird paracosm #Léa Acorn #Crystale the Lock of Order #Claire Pecora #The Higher Souls ✫#Hadar ✫#Uzzi ✫#long post.#tag game

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satellite-blossom · 2 years ago

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Figured out that Sally and Shadow had like, the exact same train of thought for the most part when they decided to adopt Léa, each completely independently from the other. It went kinda like this :

Wow this kid sure have issues

I can't let them on their own in this world, they may have a lot of powerful abilities but they cannot function on their own

They need more assistance than just chatting with people, they need a stable caretaker to help, especially when it comes to some of the legal stuff

Sonic was able to help Tails but Léa are a whole other tangled mess of trauma. Sonic is doing his best but Léa need more than that... They definitely need a therapist and a more stable environment

Amy is young too and too impulsive at times

Vanilla already has Cream to take care of full-time

Wait I've had to deal with trauma and Léa trust me a lot

I know how to take care of younger people

I have enough of a stable life/income to make sure Léa can have something kinda like their home life on Earth

Oh Chaos I really love this kid and I want to give them better caretakers than they had on Earth

Alright it's settled I'll tell Léa about it

And thus, in the same week Léa got two "we need to talk" messages, two invites to a place they like, two emotional speeches about love and accepting help, but also two "alright how about I adopt you ?". It would be even funnier if it was on the same day... Perhaps on their birthday ? It would be a funny coincidence to have Léa leaving one of them to meet the other, only to have a similar situation. And since everyone here just knows both potential parents know what they're talking about, Léa get two parents who aren't even dating. I mean with everything I've put them through they deserve that.

#berry weird paracosm #Léa Acorn #Sally Acorn #shadow the hedgehog #That's just for organization purposes

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satellite-blossom · 2 years ago

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Every time I make progress on Léa's written story in English I think "wow this flows so much better than the French version ! Should I rewrite it AGAIN ? Why does my writing sound more natural in English than in my first language ???".

There are already a few things that are there in English but not in French ; Léa use they/them for themselves while other characters use she/her and they don't dare to correct them & the story is written at the 3rd person but still from Léa's point of view, so there's a moment where Léa feel a disconnect with how characters view them, while it's lessened in French since they use she/her in French at that time. Yeah they go by they/them in English before they look into other pronouns than elle (she/her) in French (well they sort of looked into it but il/lui & iel didn't fit), and me being the detail freak that I am, I can't bring myself to change this fact in the French version... Also yes at the beginning Léa are written to be a petty, somewhat self-centred teenager and not a super reliable narrator. Even if I'm using the 3rd person in English (because Léa mostly think in French so writing in full English at the 1st person seemed weird to me), things are still very much from Léa's point of view ; they keep insulting Amy and painting her to be a stubborn idiot while they fail to consider the wants of the characters they're supposed to be a fan of. Yep yep, at the beginning they also think it's all a dream so they get even more of a main character syndrome. That's supposed to contrast with the attitude of Mobians & other characters ; even through Léa's petty belittling of Amy you can tell she's nice and competent. Léa mostly keep the snarky remarks to themselves, but still Mobians are sooooo nice to them and it's supposed to seem odd to the reader. You have Sonic remarking Shadow's unusual super delicate welcoming attitude towards Léa (Sonic just think it's unusual, not impossible from Shadow), which, while not explicitly stated, is especially surprising since Léa are a mysterious entity who fell from the sky without a single scratch that he's supposed to report on for G.U.N. ; with Shadow's more suspicious tendencies it's surprising to Sonic & Knuckles. And at one point you get an explanation as to why the Mobians are so so SO nice to Léa to an unusual degree, but at first you just have a few seeds here and there. Purple is a lore-dumping machine LOL.

Anyway sorry for rambling this much, I didn't see it coming either.

#berry rambles #berry weird paracosm #Léa Acorn #berry rambly #long post.#Oh boy if you're just curious about my writing process or this story in general : ASK ASK ASK

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satellite-blossom · 2 years ago

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I need to find a better reference template for my OCs... Canon characters typically don't need a super detailed ref in my case but uuuuugh I feel like I need to show more of the specifics of drawing Léa & co. There are a few little tidbits about Léa's Mobian form that may not be obvious to other people ? From the top of my head here are some of those :

Léa have the same torso type as Shadow but smaller

Their eyes are a mix between Amy's and Sonic's : their eyes are rounded but they have the eyebrows and bumps of Sonic (though less furrowed) ; only one eyebrow is visible because of Léa's bang

Léa's tail typically points upward

Léa's ears aren't curved, or at least they're pretty straight

They do have back quills but they're typically pinned against their body by their clothes. Truth to be told they just kind of despawn whenever Léa put on a tee ; the logics of Earthlings' bodies on Mobius allow that

Léa are smaller than Sonic and a little shorter than Amy

Léa have a bean-shaped nose like Sonic

Their head quills don't move a lot outside of their bang that can easily be pinned

It's just some quirks that aren't just due to my artstyle, they are part of Léa's core design.

#berry weird paracosm #Léa Acorn

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satellite-blossom · 3 years ago

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Wow your rendition looks cute !

Here’s what my OC look like (I draw left and right like if the characters were facing me, I just mixed up where the bang was) :

Their name is Léa, and they have a bunch of different forms. I thought this one would be more interesting for the OC challenge !

You found a pretty similar shade of purple ! And I like the skin color you gave them.

Thank you for drawing this !

This OC challenge sounds like fun ! Here I go then :

My OC are a dark purple hedgehog with long quills and a bang on their left. Their eyes are united, but black on the left and white on the right with red irises on both sides.

They wear a bow under their left ear, a white button up shirt with a pink tie, long black and pink shorts, stripped leggings and long Vans-like black shoes with stickers on them. Their gloves are fingerless and black, which shows their long pink nails. Their arms have pink bracelets.

(also they're flat-chested and don't have long eyelashes, if you were wondering)

I'm really curious about how you picture them in your head from this (hopefully understandable) description ! English isn't my first language so descriptions can get a little difficult to write for me. ^▽^ゞ

I hope you'll have a nice day ! ^^ﾉ°

#berry cool art #sth #sonic oc #berry sweet gift #Léa Acorn #I guess I could use their tag

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satellite-blossom · 2 years ago

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Last night I dreamed that I was my OC Léa Acorn and the Chaos Council arrived on my version of Mobius and kidnapped Léa to harness their power. However they weren't really scared because they wanted to spy on the Council + Léa know that they're the pinnacle of overpowered so they just tried to keep the Council away from Sally, Sonic & co. Dr Babbles had an army of little kids that assisted him ? And there was a special day called something like "care day" where none of the kids or the Council would cook, so they needed a prisoner to cook. Well it was Léa this time around, and like me they don't know how to cook yet bake very well, and they got super excited over getting to bake. They planned a whole snack course and just... Went outside to buy groceries. People were like "where the fuck have you been, we've been under attack and you weren't there to help ???", and since Léa kept going back and forth between the Council and the city people started to get suspicious. Eventually some G.U.N. agents started to track Léa, they got more sneaky and Rouge helped Léa, so they managed to get the Council's snack done and Babbles loved it.

Also after that Léa were still tracked down by G.U.N. and they had L from Death Note on their side ??? Also now they were aware of Léa's connection to Exe somehow ???

I woke up with an increased appreciation for Babbles.

#berry rambles

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satellite-blossom · 3 years ago

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Rawr XD ! My artstyle crisis is no more !

[Reblogs & constructive criticism welcome !]

I decided to draw my two chaotic enbies together for my first piece to solve my artstyle crisis ! They may both be corrosive, but together they’re acidic based, safe to be around... For each other, at least.

More info to come in a reblog !

(They/them for Léa, he/they/it/void/... for Exe)

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satellite-blossom · 2 years ago

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Léa's Magical Enby weapon is a scythe with a paintbrush at the bottom. I've redesigned it again but here's the most recent digital piece of it :

It sounds very random but here's a little explanation :

The paintbrush shows Léa's artistic side

It's also a cute touch to a weapon that typically has a darker style

Léa are cute but still somewhat edgy

Léa have the ability to erase other Earthlings' reality bending as they are the current Gem Captor of Mobius. Their Gem Captor abilities are at their peak in their "Magical Enby" form (it's actually called a "Wish Form" but you get the idea), so they have a weapon that is fit for their job while being based on their personality. Léa can "brush away" elements created by other Earthlings on Mobius by gesturing the paintbrush on their scythe toward whatever they want to erase. Note that this also works on Earthlings' bodies on Mobius, although Léa had not occasion to use this ability so far.

I like hybrid weapons

I like giant paintbrushes and I like scythes

#berry weird paracosm #Léa Acorn

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satellite-blossom · 2 years ago

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I think Léa would suck with Extreme Gears and prefer to just not use them.

They hate flying through shoes (Shadow's air shoes and Exe's anti-gravity boots are a nightmare to them), and they cannot use a skateboard, surfboard or snowboard to save their life so don't even ask them to use an Extreme Gear.

I think they could use the sort of bikes there are in one of the Riders games, but those suck apparently so Léa would probably not try to engage in any competition, even a friendly one. They definitely cheer for their friends and family from the side though, making funny commentary here and there.

Léa love skiing still. If there was an anti-gravity equivalent to that they'd probably enjoy it, but that'd just be constantly gliding towards the ground...

#berry weird paracosm #Léa Acorn

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satellite-blossom · 3 years ago

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Breaking news : Sonic artist draws a human for the first time in years (shocking, inspiring)

Well technically this is still a Sonic OC. My OC Léa Acorn were actually born on Earth as a human before they were teleported on Mobius and got the appearance of a hedgehog, and that’s what they look like on Earth. They’re about 1m70 and they only start to wear the second outfit once they have a year of ❝leisure❞ in the USA with a group called Far Away GalaXy. It’s a cult disguising as an organization to help abuse victims but Léa know it and were sent there by the entity they worship. It’s a long story you probably don’t care about soooooooo... Yeah. Paracosm goes brrrrr—

Anyway I hope you like this ! I worked really really REALLY hard on it, humans aren’t my strong suit...

#my berry own art #human oc #Léa Acorn #Far away GalaXy #reference sheet #oc ref sheet #non-binary OC #non-binary artist #art #cute art #Microsoft Publisher #clip studio art #oc art #artists on tumblr #black artist #black hairstyles #oc post #berry weird paracosm #berry linked art

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satellite-blossom · 2 years ago

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thank you for answering! and for reminding me about Flipnote, I miss that little thing. your OC is lovely btw! any honorable mentions to show?

No problem ! And thank you for the compliment !

Well, as for honorable mentions... I can't really show it because I'm not done with the designs of the characters yet, but I'm pretty proud of my Sonic.exe lore ! Long story short : I used to be obsessed with the Sonic.exe lore made by the writer of the OG Creepypasta, but in retrospect it had a bunch of issues, and when some gross news came out my infatuation broke off and I stopped revering this so-called "canon". Anyway, ever since I've been going hard on rewriting the Sonic.exe lore to use it in Léa's story.

The changes are in the designs, the names and a bunch of things.

First of all, I'm redesigning Exe and his Seven Guardians. I haven't sketched everyone yet, but here's what I have so far :

It was important to me that each guardian get a unique quill style and that Gekido look like a hedgehog this time around (he originally looked like Knuckles and it was weird). The Seven Guardians of X as they're typically called are beings created by Exe/X to assist him, and they all represent a human feeling. Yukubo is desire, Kofuku is happiness, Gekido is anger, Kito is faith/prayer, Aishu is sorrow, Kirai is hatred, and Kyofu is fear. I haven't made a lot of changes when it comes to the stories of the Guardians ; I just had to kinda make up my own personalities for them because the little things the OG creator showed is most likely lost now (it exist only in my memory now I guess).

Where things REALLY got the most changes was with the "Cult of X", as it's called in the OG lore.

In the OG lore and in my Sonic.exe lore, Exe has a cult on Earth which helps to spread his disks, cover up some of his deeds, etc. And that's basically the biggest similarity between those two lores... Mine doesn't even use the same name for the cult ! As an other OG lore rewriter pointed out, cults do not call themselves cults ; on the contrary they tend to call other groups the "real cults". And the rewriter made me admit that yeah, most people wouldn't want anything to do with the religion/cult of a malicious dark matter being so the cult needs a cover. So that's how I've started working on "Far Away GalaXy", my version of the Cult of X ! Its cover is an organization which provides help & support for abuse victims. It was created by Shannon Goldman, who is the leader of the cult, like it used to be in the OG lore before the OG writer brought up "Father". On the surface the group is well-liked, getting shootouts from many people, especially for their queer inclusiveness. The people who ask for help are called "Stars" and the method Far Away GalaXy therapists & staff use is centered over seven "core feelings" they call "Planets" in brochures : fear, sorrow, anger, hatred, desire, faith/hope and happiness... It rings a bell, doesn't it ? Without even bringing up the supernatural stuff in public, the group already starts to ease you into its core beliefs. Anyway, those feelings are seen as "normal parts of life" the abuse victims need to work on, in the order I've listed them. Think of it as something like the seven states of grief but for abuse victims and made by a cult.

Once someone gets very into Far Away GalaXy, they might be encouraged further into the core beliefs of the cult. It starts with hate of the Abrahamic religions, then a lesser opinion of mankind as a whole. Eventually members are invited to send a "special gift" to one of their abusers, and surprise surprise : it's a Sonic.exe disk ! Obviously things go as you'd expect once the person receives the disk ; and now the brainwashed member initially thinks they killed their abuser. But soon they're reassured as they are told about the eternity of souls, and the great love Lord X has for them. At this point, even if you want to leave, the cult has enough material to blackmail you and controls too much of your life anyway ; trying to denounce anything would turn you into Exe's next toy. The religious rhetoric is that Exe is the Sun from a Far Away GalaXy that the humans need to reach with the Spaceship, a tool or being that Exe will use to take over Earth. The Guardians are Planets, Shannon is the Spaceship's Captain and the Satellite of the Yukubo (aka the Planet of Desire ; Satellites are subordinates of a Celestial Body (Planets, Sun) that are higher than regular humans), and the other members of the cult are the Crew. Exe is also called "Lord X" or just "X", and humans are to be his "toys". The Spaceship is eventually found, and it's... Léa, who would have guessed ! In case it wasn't clear, Léa are originally an Earthling ; they look like a hedgehog when they travel to Mobius or Exe's world (sometimes). Here's what they look like as a human (the blue one is their Far Away GalaXy fit) :

Contrary to what Léa expected, being the "key to salvation" of the cult of their boyfriend (yep, they're dating Exe) isn't fun at all. When Exe sends them to the USA under the guise of a year of leisure (Léa are French), right at the core of his cult, Léa thought it couldn't be hell, well probably weird but not horrible. Shannon Goldman seems very friendly to them at first, gifting them a binder and overall being supportive, but things get bad pretty soon. Not wanting Léa to feel important (as Shannon thinks they are just a human who are abusing their position of key to demand things from X since Léa have made Exe sign a contract to post-pone his takeover), Shannon starts to use more and more dehumanizing language when talking to/about Léa in religious situations. In this context she starts to only call them "the Spaceship", use it/its pronouns for them, and eventually always talk to them at the third person instead of saying "you". She says they are no-one, nobody, especially not to the Sun ; they are just a mere tool in her opinion, and once Exe will have taken over they will go "from nobody to nothing". She controls Léa's sleep and anxiety medication, making them more or less tired & upset depending of what she needs, control their internet usage, and even starts to physically abuse them. Léa do not have a license or even a car, they don't know much about living in the USA and have to rely on Far Away GalaXy for their housing and money in the USA, so they're really trapped. But what about Exe, why doesn't he help ? Well Exe has another moment of "I don't know what to do about loving a human", and he wants to keep up his status, so he just tells Léa to trust Shannon to do what's best for everyone. It really breaks Léa's spirit, but don't worry things eventually improve and they get to make Shannon regret her life choices when they get a surge of power after a certain event... And Exe apologizes to them, too.

There are other members of Far Away GalaXy that were in the OG lore but were originally never developed, like Lexi Violet or Lazarus. Lexi is a strange girl who wears dark yet cute fashion and is rarely seen without her big cat plushie. She moves it around pretending to only report the words of the plush if she deems you to not be interesting enough to talk directly to ; she has a tendency to leave conversations if she deems they're "booooriiing". The cat stuff was already in the OG lore... Anyway, she's the main artists of the group ; she designs logos, merch and clothes for Far Away GalaXy. Sometimes she lets Léa assist her a bit. She is aware of the cult stuff, and feels curious about where things will go, not feeling any remorse about it. When Léa are desperate for someone to listen to them, Lexi call them selfish for complaining about what Shannon puts them through ; of course Léa feel even more hopeless after that. Léa's basically only friend in Far Away GalaXy is Alice, Shannon's daughter, who is not even aware of most of the cult stuff. While Shannon is nicknamed "Mother" by a bunch of cult members (she really surrounds herself with people desperate for any kind of attention), Alice is the only person to officially be Shannon's daughter, as she was adopted by her as a child. Alice is no more than a year older than Léa, and very soft-spoken. They're just glad she still sees them as a person, even if they're not allowed to tell her about any of the cult stuff.

Wow that turned into a long ramble ! Sorry about that, by the way... But I'm very proud of how I've reworked the OG lore, and made it fit in Léa's story. I'm reclaiming something that made me happy and I think it's cool ! It's not like the OG writer was getting any money from that, and I doubt most people even know who I'm talking about when I say "the OG writer/creator of Sonic.exe", plus he has left all of his social media soooo... I feel like I can reclaim that ! So many things in the OG lore weren't even created by the guy in question ; Lexi, Shannon, Lazarus, and Alice were created by other people... Talking about a "canon" Sonic.exe doesn't make much sense, especially not now, and gives too much credit to this one guy. But I'm getting off-topic...!

Anyway I hope it wasn't too tedious to read ! Thank you for giving me an excuse to ramble again !

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