#Mal Du Pays

[false-savior]

meeting of the century

vale by @livesworthlivingau

scriptfrin by @gemidoriwillbarelyusethisaccount

forgotten island king and co-op au by @pillowspace

researcher siffrin by @anxiousapplepie

winning hats au by @starlightshore

3hats au by @gardenofskeletonss

rotfrin by @electrozeistyking

sadfrin by @snickeringdragon, design by @luckymagicbelle

horrorfrin by @false-savior (me lol)

(sorry if you didn't want to be pinged!)

[daranatsus]

You've earned some rest, you three.

Happy Anniversary to In Stars and Time! It's insane that this game didn't get on my radar until only recently but it's been by far one of my favorite games of all time. I can only hope that one day I can make a game as gut wrenching and heart warming as this one. In the meantime, Happy Birthday In Stars and Time!!

[shulkerbullets]

ahhhh yes. mal du pays my beloved.

[starvingnarcissistmusic]

Happy one year anniversary to In Stars And Time! tldr; i wrote a song about it. if you wanna skip all the gushing and just listen to it, click here. (spoilers for act 5) If not, behold this big rambly mess of a thing i wrote:

So funny story, I kind of wasn’t planning on releasing anything for the rest of the year. The album wore me out, and the only other idea I had sort of fell through, so I was content on just letting the album be the only thing of note I would make in 2024.

… and then, in September, I played a little RPG called In Stars And Time. beat the whole thing over the course of three days, then spent the next couple weeks ravenously consuming all the fan content I could get my hands on. my friends have been forced to stare at my siffrin pfp every day for two months straight at this point and frankly i think they are tired of me talking about it.

i love the art, i love the story, i love the music, i love the characters, i love the world. siffrin sort of immediately became one of my favorite protagonists like,, ever. and it definitely did not help that i am also a scrawny forgetful person who has to regularly fight off the part of my brain that convinces myself that All My Friends Secretly Hate Me.

I’ve never really been so called out by a character before. The spiraling, the deflection, and the agony of being a stranger to yourself. the yearning for something you cant even name, because how could you? you cant even find the words on your tongue. not being able to tell anyone how you feel because its just easier to live with it, easier to let it eat you from the inside out then to bother anybody else. its easier to keep the mask on, stick to your lines, let the show go on.

all that hit just a bit too close to home. so i did what I usually do When Things Hit and wrote about it.

(like i said, spoilers for Act 5; It’s pretty devoid of context but they’re spoilers nonetheless)

MAL DU PAYS (Monophobia) is a song about cyclical burnout, self-estrangement, and homesickness. It’s half about Siffrin, half about me, but mostly it’s a rumination on loneliness and the hell that is the self.

Out now wherever you listen to music.

“How can you be homesick if nowhere is home?"

[spiraling-stardust]

This was originally just going to be a 10 follower special but timing is convenient so now it’s also an anniversary special! Enjoy a little animatic :>

Sorry for the messy editing, it’s also my mom’s birthday today so I’ve been pretty busy but I wanted to at least do something by the end of today tjdjfjgjfjf

[pillowspace]

In Stars and Time AU where Mal du Pays was always just Siffrin's little sibling instead of the horrors

(Oh there's context now, yay)

[esper-atus]

is that all they can do—die? (more isat x rosencrantz & guildenstern are dead)

[bogkeep]

so bury me as it pleases you, lover

at sea, or deep within the catacomb

[fanart for in stars and time]

[certifries]

it watches

[artforinfinity]

I love this game

Reblogs appreciated <3

(Major spoilers under cut)

[ashleys-doodle-corner]

I have officially run out of Loop sprites to translate into Loopfrins, so if you see any on here and after this point that are different than the Loop expressions, know that I'm either making my own or using Sif's party's expressions as a guide.

Also, I saw you, person who asked for Mal du Pays sprite edits. I see you. You can have two for now because I want to ease into it a bit (and figure out how they would emote).

(and also once again, if you guys have any suggestions, i am Looking at all times. your suggestion could be translated to a real sprite 🫵)

[theworldlookswhite]

siffrin has a bad day

[daranatsus]

i want to go home i want to go home i want to go home i want to go home i want--

[shulkerbullets]

game over

[ivipl1]

in the hall of mirrors

[mothimoth]

Stageplay

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I watched revolutionary girl utena recently and wanted to draw Mal du Pays in a similar style to the shadow girls