#Sky Rambles

[fly-sky-high-bug-games]

Artists, I DO look for your signatures in your drawings, just so I'm sure it matches the username/handle on the social sites I see them posted on

So this is your friendly reminder to leave your signatures somewhere notable in the drawing. I promise it doesn't ruin it. Please sign them for both your sake and the viewer's :3

[skybristle]

randomly miss thsc again and realize i never posted easily the funniest thing i drew abt it last time i was deep in the pit. would you guys wanna see

[enchantedlandcoffee]

Changing my name to Sky/Skylar 💕

Tagging some moots below

@theeliampayne @hl-obsessed @adorableanonymousbutterfly @cantchangemypast @donovankinard

@take-a-cchonce @thegirlontheblackhoodie @justahappycloud @rachelchinouriris @forwhatiam

@ohharold @allwaswell16 @surrowndedbylights @keeganisabluegreener @lunarheslwt

@verdantsecretgardens @savebylou @jessmcriano @louisthiccsexyglitteryass @justanotherghostblr

[defining-skyology]

I've spent the last year endlessly panning over TGC's work, understanding the source material and what their mindsets were when creating Sky, and here's a brief post on what I consider to be the most important investigation that I contribute to the Lore Community!

The foundational Theme over all other worldbuilding motifs in Sky, is "Connection". Throughout his entire career, Jenova Chen has been obsessed with this word, and says it constantly in many articles about each of TGC's games. You see, every single game that TGC has created are each a different expression of this idea that, in life, all things are connected, tied together, and that all life coexists and works together to create and form the universe we live in. But this Connection, this intrinsic "cosmic web" that ties us all together, is TGC's understanding of "love". Through participating in Understanding that we are part of communities that are greater than each of our single Beings, we are remaining Connected to each other, and that Understanding is Love.

Halfway through Sky's development process, TGC had decided that there would be a Spectrum represented: of Connection and Indifference. This "Connection Spectrum", as we've called it before, was invented for the sake of visualizing the impact the Ancestors (the living mortals that built a kingdom but turned into Spirits when snuffed out by Darkness) would have on the Natural, Connected world of The Light.

This Spectrum would embody many things.

- Care vs rejection

- Tradition vs technology

- Humility vs hubris

- Acceptance vs control

- Faith vs doubt

Whether or not Darkness will be chosen to be an "ancient natural force" or not, what matters to Sky's "main" story is that Ancestors influenced Darkness to spread across the world, harming The Light, and harming Nature and Connection.

Using emotional backdrops in their concept presentations, TGC decided that, effectively, the Ancestor's hubris would be the primary cause of the spread of Darkness.

This disregard, this refusal to love and care for their world, and instead to control and hoard power for themself, is what destroyed their own kingdom.

Rather than seeing the universe as a battle of equal and opposing forces (Light and Darkness), this Connection Spectrum is designed to suggest that all things exist within a scale of engagement or detachment.

1. Connection is the force that binds, sustains, and integrates. It is the will to engage, to acknowledge, to form relationships and create meaning.

[All done!]

2. Indifference is the force of severance, neglect, and detachment. It is the rejection of engagement, the failure to acknowledge, the choice to let bonds weaken and dissolve.

I feel that continuing to explore these Themes as foundational concepts that design everything about Sky will help us Understand so much. ❤️ 🕯️

But now, how and where do we implement these philosophical ideas into Sky, and what in Sky's physical world is inferred by each side of the spectrum? That's what we really need to keep asking. You can see Connection and Indifference everywhere within both Sky's world and the real world, if you try. In the people on the news, the people around you, and even within yourself. I have been no stranger to Indifference, isolating myself in places like this silly blog, and being hypercritical of everything around me.

We need to learn to Love; to care more about our Connections with people and the world around us, and what that means to us.

I need to learn to Love more. And that starts with letting go of Control. We're going to stop being so desperate here. I'm afraid that there will be no more systems, no more attempts to be the one to find The Answer. I'll post however, whenever, out of Love, not longing. Thank you for being here, and I hope that this means something, but I'm at least glad it meant something to me. ❤🕯

[stilesonthehunt]

To prepare for my fic, I've started getting a list of supernatural creatures to know about and what exactly I'll need to know and I've never felt more like Stiles Stilinski

[the-sky-queen]

Friendly reminder to all my followers that I'm ALWAYS okay with fanart and asks. If you wanna make something for me, GO FOR IT!! If you want to know something, ASK! Don't be afraid! I love it see it. :D

[forbiddnsky]

i want a love i don't have to beg for

[fly-sky-high-arts]

OKAY will actually get back to commissions soon I promise!

[cheerful-skies]

Question for anyone who've been in the fandom in Tumblr longer than I have, have yall seen that one AU where Reg is secretly an alien? I remember seeing it once before I had the app and now I can't see it any where, I tried googling it but got nothing.

Have a drawing of Alien!RHM too since I've been sick for a while so I haven't post much

[skylardoesthings]

Ah yes, the flavouts of my favourite Inazuma Eleven GO (s1) charcaters;

Mr. You'll learn soon enough (you don't.), Team Space Nerds, and Got adopted by characters from the original series,

[thelivingmemegod]

Me when people read the fic I posted to ao3.com for people to read:

[fly-sky-high-bug-games]

"For how long do you intend to play this little game of yours with me? When will you cut to the chase already? Or are you afraid, Taka?"

"Do you fear I will burn your heart until there is nothing left of it?"

[skybristle]

[jahascouch]

let it be known im still actively pining over jaha ive just been quiet since classes and commissions are kicking my ass

i still want him real bad like hes so fine i need him to stab me 20 times with his stupid sword

[defining-skyology]

Where to Start?

(Click under the cut to see the blog masterlist!)

To think that, to the veteran Sky theorist, we find a lore moth's question so preposterous. It's a simple question, an innocent, mildly curious inquiry. But upon hearing it, all of Lorechat and Skyblr collectively feel the imminent, eruptive, and possibly volatile pressure immediately swelling within their throats (on their keyboards). We start investing in an aggressive, passionate plan. We fill our notepads and documents and blogs and create visual graphs and boards and attempts at encyclopedias. And in the end we can't find the words, stuttering and drooling in our dumbfoundedness of the gap between us and the innocent newcomer. And the gap between us and the Answer.

All of this over just one question.

"Can you explain Sky to me?"

~~~~~Old Articles~~~~~

Longform reading isn't everyone's thing, and that's okay, but if you want to practice some reading while also hopefully making some connections about the world of Sky, I recommend checking out the articles posted on the Blog to see if you'd like to send a Follow to keep up with new updates!

}}} Defining the Lore (Bible)

}}} Defining Megabird #1

}}} Defining Megabird #2

}}} Defining Beings

}}} Defining Light (Biomatter substance)

}}} Defining Darkness

}}} Defining Diamonds

}}} Defining Descendants

}}} Defining Ancestors

Random Lore panic attacks and zealousy

}}} Defining Spirits

Overly dramatic philosophical posts now and then

This blog is undergoing constant transformation, as a reflection of discovering who I am and feeling who I am becoming. If you are a fan of philosophy, psychology, and intensive literative analysis, you've come to the right place. And even if you're unsure, thank you for checking it out anyways. What I am doing here will not be a one-size-fits-all, and that's okay. Nobody is any more or any less for being in any given place, and it's best that we be where we want to. 🌊

Hope to hear from everyone!

[stilesonthehunt]

I really need to stop coming up with new Sterek dialogue and fic ideas when I haven't been able to start my first one yet