#a shard of glass

[voiceofthebroken]

a month late to valentine's day part two but here's mr loverman, Smitten!

Hunted // Cheated // Opportunist // Broken // Paranoid // Contrarian // Smitten // Cold

(additional notes under the cut)

Smitten is a siren! somewhat, the avian version not the aquatic one because they're birds. the idea was from Happily Ever After where the Princess describes Smitten as the voice that says sweet nothings to her and tells her how much he loves her

the wings are meant to be of a mourning dove, decided on that during the coloring process so the wings might not look like ones from a mourning dove

blindfold over Smitten's eyes for "blind devotion"

in the Damsel, his dress is white for weddings, and in the Burned Grey it's black for funerals. also ties in with Burned Grey and Drowned Grey

the flower accessory is a blue rose, there's just a braid keeping it in place. blue roses are meant to represent the impossible

the petals in Burned Grey are wilting to symbolize death

Smitten's head is somewhat shaped like a heart

in the Burned Grey, there are tear streaks coming down from where his eyes would be

not drawn but in the Moment of Clarity, Smitten would have flower petals covering his entire blindfold and roses on the heart portion of the dress. referencing the hanahaki disease

when uncolored, the braid looks like it's simply part of the flower, sort of how there's less and less details with the Deconstructed Damsel

[ink-pocket]

after school in Glass Shard Beach, NJ

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Luo Binghe? Sorry, I only know Binghorse now.

[clarissasbakery]

some ppt2 designs!! i wanted to finish up team H, i might go back and workshop these… also plasma ball is here cus ofc she is

[dadrielle]

I probably won't have time to do a Real Art about it before we see the mini Thursday but I have goblin sharky Premogthos thoughts

[the-east-art]

Digital version of Golden Youth

[st4r-t3ars]

Stained

Stained hands stained glass stained heart

[princessu-sumi]

caught himself a detective

[keen-eye]

front teeth, bloody nose, and a piece of hair in front of his face all in one screenshot god bless

[sorry-not-feeling-it-right-now]

Hands

(Forgive me if the dialogue seems ooc. I’m not that great in writing dialogue)

(I personally recommend reading this scrolling down)

coward.

…Aaaaaaand scene.

Ok so one thing I’ve picked up on Oppy is that everytime we decided to put our trust in the Princess he has this insistence of asking the Narrator what her hand feels like. So I just took the idea and ran with it. Like. What if when the voices get their own bodies and through some arcs and trials Oppy decides to trust them and this is basically his inner monologue? You know, like a Mending route, y’know?

Again, sorry if he seems ooc!!! Writing was never my strong suit ^^”

[voiceofthebroken]

guess who's back at it with redesigning their voices :3 switching the formatting of this a bit for a change because it's the one and only:

Contrarian!! or something like that, have a goober

Hunted // Cheated // Opportunist // Broken // Paranoid // Contrarian // Smitten // Cold

(additional notes and headcanons under the cut as always :3)

the design on the far left is the redesign, if it could be considered as a redesign. thinking of the concept of everything like in the Stranger, I decided to mash in my previous drawings of Contrarian to create one being. he is every version of himself

in the shards of glass, there's bits and pieces of the older designs (and prototypes) of Contrarian's design since I was trying to go for how the Stranger at first is fragmented into different Princesses.

one (technically two) of the shards is Contrarian's braid ponytail which is seen on the rightmost drawings. the other is a pigtail that I had experimented with

a prototype for his redesign was that he would have stars in his eyes, seen with the glass shard on the top right

another possibility was that Contrarian would have a devil tail in reference to one of his lines about going back to their devilish ways

Contrarian was also going to have a skirt instead of his color block hoodie but I liked it too much to remove it so the fabric of the skirt is somewhat seen in one of the glass shards

the patch of color on Contrarian's face was originally supposed to be a part of him that was unwound due to the Fury

Contrarian can shapeshift into his older designs at any point of time. the shapeshifting also applies to his facial expressions to which he would occasionally turn his face into a meme of sorts as a joke (the Roblox woman face is an example)

he also doesn't have a definite height because he can shrink and grow however he wants

Contrarian is the only one of my voices who doesn't have lower eyelids

the X on his chest is from skewering himself in the Razor

the lightning bolt-esque horn is from the Apotheosis and from one of my doodles before I started redesigning the voices

the glass shards around Contrarian just float around him, but they could also be "wings"

Contrarian's right hand has five fingers while the left has four, but it isn't because of an injury (he jokes that the horn on his head is the missing finger)

[artibirdi]

Quick doodles of my Contrarian and Narrator

The Narrator has no design past his face because he is just a shadow on the wall behind TLQ

[bluefrostyy]

FORD IN LOST LEGENDS BE LIKE:

thats his brotha guys!

[nenoname]

Journal 3’s references to Stan

(��does the Lost Pages count as J3 when some had to be in J2 and also may or may not be a truth lie turducken? idk. Ford’s TBoB letters sure as hell don’t count as J3 but I’m including them here anyway)

Lost Journal Pages

"STANLEY COULD HAVE MADE HER LAUGH"

“My stomach sank a bit when I realized… it was my birthday. This day has felt… odd, since S and I… parted ways.”

"I was adjusting my TV antennae for weather reports (looking for ideal conditions for F's first portal test) and spat out my coffee when I saw THIS! My brother hawking scams under the name "Panley Stines." I had half a mind to call that number, just to pretend to be the police and maybe scare S straight for once! There is something so galling about seeing your OWN FACE committing crimes on your own TV! When my Muse saw me break my stress ball, I decided it was finally time to vent about Stanley."

""How about that; you've got an inferior clone! Why didn't you just eat him in the womb? Think of how powerful you'd be!"

"You can't just eat your twin, Bill."

You'd be surprised what you can eat! I say sure, call him if you want him to start mooching off you again! ME, I went no contact with my home dimension and I don't regret it. All they did was hold me back and sabotage my talents! Can you imagine?"

"More than you know. But you do ever wonder if maybe... maybe things could have been different?""

"Our heat budget was so tight that Mom forced S and me to wear one sweater at the same time. (She called it the "Abominable Snow-Stan." Our cat lived in fear of it year-round.)"

“DAMN! This morning I found F rummaging through my old copy of Urban Legends of New Jersey, where I had forgotten I had hidden some old personal items! I’ve quickly re-hidden them here, away from prying eyes.”

"But then he crossed a line. Helplessly I watched Cipher in my own body limp up to a pay phone and dial... STANLEY'S phone number from the infomercial?! No. He wouldn't.

"Hey brother, it's Sixer. I'm going to take a swim in the frozen lake tomorrow, and I might not ever come back, so if you don't hear from me, I just want you to know that it's because I never loved you. BUH-BYEEEEE."

My heart was in my throat until I heard the dial tone... The pay phone was out of order. The message hadn't gotten through. Cipher turned back to address me.

"TSK, TSK, TSK. LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME MAKE YOU DO! TOMORROW'S TAPE IS GONNA BE MUCH WORSE.""

(Bro secret code) "miss you"

“The snow has begun to fall again and there’s very little time. There’s only one left I can turn to to protect my journals while I prepare for the journey…”

"S is an overgrown child with none of my rigorous mental training. Who knows what could happen if Cipher stepped inside Stanley's mind for even one minute...

What if Stanley somehow manages to destroy the portal just like he destroyed my perpetual motion machine? I suppose that machine did work in its own way... It kept me perpetually angry for thirty years."

(Bro secret code) "HAVE I BEEN TOO HARSH ALL ALONG?"

"What if he tries to rope me into his latest get-rich-quick scheme? His latest commercial was for "Stan Sauce: The Miracle Sauce that's too cool for the FDA!"

What if... he mocks me? What if he sees that I abandoned our family to become a recluse on the brink of madness? Could I risk admitting that I was... wrong?

PROS: I have no one else. Well, that settles it. It's time to come face-to-face with a face I haven't seen in 10 years. My own face. Which... is my brother's face. God, I miss sleep."

Ford’s Letters

"In the weeks since Weirdmageddon, I conducted numerous tests on Stanley's mind (his terrible jokes are still intact) and inspected the state for dimensional leakage (we also took turns kicking the statue, and Stanley took a few cracks with a crowbar). I burned every Cipher-shaped item I had ever collected, and even threw away all my one-dollar bills, just to be safe (Stanley, of course, found and pocketed them).

“I emerged from my lab after days of agonized contemplation to find- to my shock- that Mabel was reading the book, out loud, to Stanley, Dipper, Soos, and Wendy!”

“They didn’t see me as an irredeemable screwup. Stanley said, "So, your past is just a giant pile of mistakes? Congratulations- you really are a Pines!”“

"Bill may tell you that happiness requires conquering galaxies and living forever, but I've seen enough of the universe to tell you that he's wrong. I've found my happiness. And it looks like this:"

"If you're reading this... then I am dead. Kidding! Sorry, Stanley thought that would be funny. Ha-ha! We're currently out shopping for harpoons to prepare for our trip to the arctic."

"Stan, if you end breaking into my lab at some point later today- Bravo! Still as good a locksmith as in 8th grade. Beers are under the desk."

(It kinda strikes me that the BoB Lost Journal pages about Stan sound far more like post-portal Ford’s opinions on Stan instead, where he’s openly angry at both being pushed into the portal + at the portal being opened again + his murder suicide attempt being foiled + Stan disowning him + turning his house into a tourist trap + taking his identity vs pre-portal Ford being more… melodramatic(?) constantly being reminded of him but not wanting to linger too long? idk the vibes are different

Plus pre-portal Ford pretty consistently only calls Stan "S” or just refers to him as his brother (with the exception of him writing his name in a Caesar cipher). I think he only ever messes up the general naming scheme a single time when he wrote Fiddleford instead of F

…not to mention the perpetual motion machine comment says thirty instead of ten years)

Other sections: Pre-Portal, Post-Portal, Post-Weirdmageddon

[rosy-crow]

Some stuff from Cloud VI that I found! (An official FF7 spinoff ultimania).

This is where the quote from Morikawa originates. His interview is a lot and somewhat ambiguous. Honestly, it’s hard to follow sometimes because of the translation, but that quote really stands out because he uses it to describe how he plays Sephiroth in an emotionally unique way. A separate, solitary voice that doesn’t betray too much emotion. The feels are there internally, but Sephiroth was brought up in a world where he wasn’t given many chances to express those emotions to others. He is forever solitary.

This is where people tried to draw the conclusion that Sephiroth’s “dormant madness” meant he was always evil at heart. I am asserting now that this phrase is in a lot of these old ultimania books and it’s almost always a reference to the “awakening” that Sephiroth experiences in Nibelheim when he comes into contact with Jenova. It’s something in his blood and cells and likely connects to Reunion. His cells desire to reunite with their Mother, and when Sephiroth draws near to her, they stir to life. It was never about his secret evil. It was biological.

Favorite quotes:

“Produced by Shinra” - cold, cruel, true.

“When the One-Winged Angel was still human”

-IT JUST HURTS OKAY

“During his time as a SOLDIER, Sephiroth was a hero who wielded his blade for Shinra. On many occasions, he would laugh and chat with his friends and fellow SOLDIERs. His manner somewhat mild, he still retained a streak of humanity.”

-He was always clinging to his humanity even when he had been produced to be something other and that’s why I adore him.

“Owing perhaps to his superhuman abilities and preternatural beauty, he possesses an air of unapproachability, with none to call friends save his fellow SOLDIERs 1st Class, Angeal and Genesis.”

-HE WASN’T TOO ALIEN STRONK OR WEIRD-PRETTY FOR THEM. THEY CARED DAMMIT. FRENS.

“Despite this, he still shows glimpses of humanity even as he fights for Shinra, at one point cracking jokes, at another agonizing over orders to eliminate a friend who defied the company. And all the while, doubts begin to grow inside him about Shinra's merciless policy of eradicating any who prove a thorn in their side.”

-Humor-roth. Agonizing-roth. These are only glimpses of humanity from an outsider’s perspective, maybe. It’s all blatant humanity to me, but too many people missed that.

“Loathing not just Shinra but all those who call the planet home, Sephiroth resolves to walk a path of domination and become the planet's ruler.”

-This gets me because….yeah. He had no home on earth that he knew of. It’s like, from his viewpoint, he is cast out from a place that was never his. Always alien to him. The people couldn’t accept him, and he forever hates them all for it. He’ll destroy the place they call home.

“And so does the hero of humanity become a menace to all mankind. Yet thanks to an unexpected struggle from Cloud, Sephiroth is sent tumbling into the mako reactor's depths with Jenova's head in his arms. However, this proves not to be the end of Sephiroth—only his humanity.”

-Only his humanity.

BYE I’M DEAD.

[birdifulhuman]

Sherlock and John, both shattered, just in different ways

Separate pieces and alternative ones underneath the cut!

also i made an orange/yellow version of sherlock's just cause i made sherlock's first, but didn't realize i'd do one for john, but i don't like the yellow alkjdsf