#batnip rambles

[batnip]

they could never make me hate you (any character in rainworld). sorry its impossible theres something i like about every single one, even if i dislike them a small bit in tiny ways

[ask-batnip-slugs]

more context for my au

ive been calling it "all in one place" so far. time is placed after rivulet's campaign and before saint. there are separate slugcat subspecies with different ways.

the timeline is closer together compared to canon and all of the slugcats are relatively aware of their timeline neighbors actions

[batnip]

i forgot to post this thing i found in saints campaign (maybe a modded one?) this was in my draft for like a month. i play w id expanded so if i find more unusual things ill send!

hello rain world players !!!

do YOU have screenshots of colorful scavengers (bright purples or blues or greens, such - colors that wouldn't be 'natural' in animals we have irl) with their ids saved and above 11k or in the negatives?

scavengers like THIS vvvv

then please do reblog this post with them! i like collecting scavengers and i'm making a few pages for organising colorful scavengers like this :)

[psystirene]

Hi! I think your requests are open, but if I misunderstood something, please ignore this!

Could I request a Gournightsaint? Your designs and artwork are gorgeous!

OK FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REQUEST + THE COMPLIMENT... I am SO sorry tyhis took me two gazillion years but.

NIGHT GOURSAINT!!!!!!!!!!

I'm gonna ramble bc I can <3

The title for this while I was making it was "Peace at Last", the concept being that after countless lifetimes fighting the cycle, ascending everything over again, Saint's boundless resolve starts to fade.

Even though it goes against their "purpose", they spend more time in the slugcat colony. I imagine they tried to ascend everything quickly there before they could feel tempted to fraternize at all with members of their species?

Gourmand and their second in command, Nightcat, welcomed them, gave them food and shelter while Saint realized that there could be more to life than repeating the pattern they'd stuck themselves into. So at least for this lifetime, they chose life and love. The cycle isn't going anywhere, after all

I really hope you like this and again sorry it took so long LMAO I did try to draw this ages ago but I couldn't get the sketch right so I gave up </3

EDIT: OH ALSO Saint is holding batnip because I like to imagine gifting is a big part of socialization for slugcats. While karma flowers are a kind of highty prized gift, Saint in this iteration doesn't want them because they want to enjoy the simpler things, I guess is how I'd put it? So even though batnip normally wouldn't be the most valuable thing to a scug, they really appreciate it now. Also I associate Batnip with Gour <3

[rin-the-shadow]

So...occasionally I come across a take that implies darker and edgier stories inherently have more narrative depth and potential than more light-hearted ones, and it always kind of makes my eye twitch a little.

Mostly because dark stories can still be written badly. They can still be written in a "shallow" manner and have flat characters, weird pacing, or questionable build-up between events. A writer can still get so caught up on the idea of being "dark" and "mature" that they neglect the actual elements that make up a story and churn out something crappy as a result. Just as an example, does anyone really want to argue that All-Star Batman and Robin is on the same level of storytelling as Batman: No Man's Land?

Conversely, stories we might think of as lighter and softer, or even silly can still be used to explore "deeper" themes. Sometimes couching your ideas in a more light-hearted story can even help the point come across in a way that you maybe couldn't have done in a more "serious" work. Just off the top of my head, Return of the Caped Crusaders could be argued to explore the idea of a darker and edgier Batman from a narrative and framing perspective, asking the question of whether there is a point at which a hero's actions stop being heroic, and yes, you absolutely could explore that narrative in a darker Batman story, but in this case, the comparatively light-hearted narrative allows for greater contrast between his actions before and after being dosed with the "Batnip."

And I definitely don't want to imply that anyone has to enjoy more light-hearted stories. People are allowed to like what they like. It's mostly just that whenever I see takes that imply darker or lighter stories are inherently superior to the other, it kind of makes me tilt my head a bit, and so I wanted to ramble a little.

[batnip]

____________ SUNSET . SUNNY SIDE UP . ARTIMONK ____________

thank you all for providing your designs of artificer and monk! this was fun... but difficult to fit all of them! you are all awesome <3

@vo1dsea, @glowingvoid, @grianthedecayingbird, @lemon-rocky, @shitboss, @churrobellart, @a-rabid-snake, and my designs!

this piece is in celebration of my in-progress artimonk fic which will be posted, first chapter at least, in a week or so. thank you all!

[batnip]

not to be that guy but i work on my fic during lunch break in high school. and my free time when I'm done with assignments. i wont be able to forever, but it works for now. i try to give myself no deadlines other than post a chapter a month if anything?? not to be hard on myself

Okay, but seriously.

How do you find the time to write?

School's been grinding the heck out of me, and I haven't been able to work on anything that much.

(mainly because I'm so exhausted all the time)

well. bein realistic, I may just straight up have more free time. I’m still only in high school, with teachers that don’t give too much homework, and very lax parents. but that’s not exactly helpful so like

I think a bit of it is the way I choose to find time for it. I don’t sit down at a computer with quiet music in the background and go “alright, time to write!”. I open my word doc on my phone while watching a YouTube video and see which of the two catches my attention more. it’s a lot easier to keep the doc open when dealing with writers block when u can just pay attention to the YouTube for a bit.

I’ll be watching whatever thing and I’ll remember “hey, deadline coming up” and I’ll swipe on over to my doc and just… try to write. sometimes I get a few sentences, and then put it down. then whenever I’m bored again and wanna do smthn with my hands (which is often lol) I’ll pick my phone back up and do one or two more. repeat. either I eventually get into the rhythm of it, or accept that I’m not in the mood.

maybe this is weird and specific to me, maybe u already do this. but hopefully this gives at least a little insight on how I meet my deadlines.

[kaiamcrgan]

⌠ COURTNEY EATON, 22, CISFEMALE, SHE/HER ⌡ welcome back to gallagher academy, KAIA MORGAN! according to their records, they’re a THIRD year, specializing in ADVANCED ENCRYPTION + RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT; and they DID NOT go to a spy prep high school. when i see them walking around in the halls, i usually see a flash of ( messy black hair, chipped polish nails, can of energy drink, baggy knitted sweatshirt, saccharine hum of weezer's island in the sun ). when it’s the virgo’s birthday on 9/18/1997, they always request their CREAMY SPINACH PIZZA from the school’s chefs. looks like they’re well on their way to graduation.

I have no shame and just copy paste lol did i edit? absolutely not ehehe but love me. [ @gallagherintro​ ]

trigger warning: abduction mention

HISTORY

KAIA MORGAN was a descendant of one of the biggest landowners and stewards in Oahu, Hawaii. Her family’s goal was to procure land to build eco-friendly business establishments that would provide livelihood to the community and at the same time, shoo away land developers that could possibly abuse and eradicate the island’s natural resources. Eventually, they also tapped into government services because well, people loved the Morgans.

Despite the good nature of the family’s legacy, it could get a little messy behind the scenes. Business tycoons came and gave them offers to flat out some hills and cut down trees to build hotels and factories that could possibly poison the sea. Some of these people had been aggressive, threats had been made and even went beyond crazy just to get what they want. When throwing rocks with notes at their home was not enough, they thought that abducting eight year old Kaia would shake them off from where they stood.

Through special services, Kaia was swiftly recovered from her abductors, people involved where stripped off of their business permits and served their jail time but it left Kaia permanent emotional and mental scars. There was no getting over that. At least, not for a very long time.

The incident left her being overly cautious of her surroundings, she avoided talking to people, too scared to put her trust in someone. She had been constantly felt being watched, if not by her family’s enemies, it would be by bodyguards her father hired to casually look after her. They almost didn’t bother her but having them around made her feel uncomfortable but she really couldn’t complain because she knew it was for her protection.

It was when she turned to something that didn’t really require social interaction, the internet. For the time being, it made her happy, forget her childhood trauma and help her gain friends through playing online games and joining forums that stimulates her opinions on current pressing issues. It became her comfort zone. She get to open up to people who she didn’t personally meet only know her by her username.

Came high school graduation and Kaia did not exactly know what to do. She was done with the hellish years of her life and she was not ready to jump into another hellfire. While she was learning the ropes of the good and the dark side of the world by web, she was sort of disconnected in real life. Her mother would get in fights with her, whining at how she was wasting her life away as she all she ever wanted was to play video games and keep her virtual connection strong.

Her fight with her mother had gotten worse when they found an acceptance letter to this Ivy League she didn’t really apply for. Turns out, her bodyguards were Gallagher bred and they did more than just looked after her.

It wasn’t like it didn’t pick her interest. In fact, she did her own research. Though it was something she might have been interested in, she didn’t think she was cut for that.

AT GALLAGHER….

At first glance, it was obvious that Kaia wasn’t really the ideal embodiment of a Gallagher girl if one would simply judge her by her demeanor. It didn’t mean she didn’t earn her place.

Surely, she had struggled fitting in but it wasn’t new to her. Surprisingly, she had like it. It was a far cry from any educational constitution she had been before. It also helped that it was a little exclusive so she didn’t really feel a lot of pressure when it came to social interactions

She had a lot of firsts in Gallagher and whether she admits it or not, she was glad her family encouraged her to go to Roseville. She was not sure if her parents were fully aware of where they sent her off too but really, it wasn’t that bad.

PERSONALITY

Kaia is very timid, doesn’t speak much and from time to time, she stutters but she is trying her best alright. Getting two sentences was a little bit too much for her already until she is already comfortable with you because she will ramble a lot.

Kaia keeps people at arms length although it doesn’t really last long because she likes attention ( although she didn’t like being in the spotlight ). Opening up is not something she would do and she would rather not have an conversation that revolves around her.

Kaia is unfortunately a pushover. She will probably do things for you as long as you leave her alone afterwards.

Kaia is either hyper-focused or slipping her attention into something else mid-conversation. She is focused too much when she does something like swimming or drawing that she gets a little lost in it and during normal conversation, she will probably stop you from talking because she saw a cat passed by.

Her humor is so bad (or the way she delivers it ). Almost every joke she crack, she almost regret saying it. Most of the time she laughs at her own jokes and puns.

She is very moody and one person probably can’t tell because she is meek.

Kaia can be easily motivated just as she is easily demotivated. Despite being smart, she has very low opinion about herself. She had a tendency to give up easily when things didn’t go as plan.

MORE FACTS

She is 5′10 and hates it. She slouches a lot because she doesn’t like to draw attention.

She has a fat Russian blue cat at home named Meowth and has a picture of him on her bedside table.

Kaia doesn’t really express herself much so she pours it all in her journal with unfinished songs and drawings. She has more patience in texting than engaging in a conversation, with the exception of people she was very comfortable with.

Honestly, Kaia is a little spoiled. She struggles with keeping her room tidy because she was used of someone cleaning after her.

WANTED CONNECTIONS

BEST FRIEND ( 0/1) - Kaia only met them during her first year since she didn’t really have friends in high school. If not, then they were someone she met online and when they met

MOM/DAD FRIEND ( 0/?) - Kaia doesn’t really take care of herself so someone has to! She needs a lot of those.

CLOSE FRIEND ( 0/? ) - it could be like study buddy, video game buddy, lab partner, just someone that Kaia tolerates and tolerates Kaia. One of the people she the people she didn’t mind hanging out with, the kind of person PJ can nerd out with.

FRENEMIES ( 0/2 ) - probably someone that annoys Kaia( and probably blackmail her ) into doing their bidding. It could also be a video game buddy that she gained a unhealthy competition with.

EX-FRIEND ( 0/2 ) - the falling of the friendship can be mostly blame of Kaia’s part, like she was probably unavailable when she needed them or they did something that turned Kaia away from them. Or something happened between them that put them in an awkward situation.

EX-SOMEONE ( 0/? ) - the kind of relationship I wanna explore was her first one in which a disaster because Kaia didn’t know what to do so she probably end up avoiding this person. Another is the one that ended ugly, like this person cheated on Kaia. Or something that Kaia thought was serious but just a casual one. Another is one that just simply didn’t work, one of those friends to lovers thing that didn’t work as lovers.

BAD INFLUENCE ( 0/2 ) - Kaia couldn’t avoid being social forever. Basically just an enabler of her curiosity about these sort of things.

MUTUAL FEELINGS ( 0/1 ) - someone she hangs out with, they are not quite a friend but they are special to her. Sometimes they kiss. They cared about each other but there’s no label in it, not after the string of disastrous relationship she had been.

FAMILY ( 0/? ) - self-explanatory really but you know, cousins but not limited to family friend or a relative of her stepfather she had met several times.

ANYTHING UNDER SUN REALLY - we can also always brainstorm if none of the mentioned above really fits

IF you reach this part, you are amazing!!!!!! Like I wouldn’t bother myself most days to be honest. Just reply if you want me to hit your DMs to plot or like hit my dicord at batnips#8030

[kaiamore]

⌠ COURTNEY EATON, 22, CISFEMALE, SHE/HER ⌡ welcome back to gallagher academy, KAIA MORGAN! according to their records, they’re a SECOND year, specializing in ADVANCED ENCRYPTION + RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT; and they DID NOT go to a spy prep high school. when i see them walking around in the halls, i usually see a flash of ( messy black hair, chipped polish nails, can of energy drink, baggy knitted sweatshirt ). when it’s the virgo’s birthday on 9/18/1997, they always request their CREAMY SPINACH PIZZA from the school’s chefs. looks like they’re well on their way to graduation. 

This is a long ass thing to read tbh I’m sorry. You can just hit me up to save yourself from trouble. I got lazy to really but hi I’m Madie, Slytherin, Aries bitch, INFJ, and I cry a lot. It’s like 4 in the morning hiiii. You can check also check her PINTEREST, WANTED CONNECTION PAGE and BIO. Under the cut is my baby. 

trigger warning: abduction

HISTORY

KAIA MORGAN was a descendant of one of the biggest landowners and stewards in Oahu, Hawaii. Her family’s goal was to procure land to build eco-friendly business establishments that would provide livelihood to the community and at the same time, shoo away land developers that could possibly abuse and eradicate the island’s natural resources. Eventually, they also tapped into government services because well, people loved the Morgans.

Despite the good nature of the family’s legacy, it could get a little messy behind the scenes. Business tycoons came and gave them offers to flat out some hills and cut down trees to build hotels and factories that could possibly poison the sea. Some of these people had been aggressive, threats had been made and even went beyond crazy just to get what they want. When throwing rocks with notes at their home was not enough, they thought that abducting eight year old Kaia would shake them off from where they stood.

Through special services, Kaia was swiftly recovered from her abductors, people involved where stripped off of their business permits and served their jail time but it left Kaia permanent emotional and mental scars. There was no getting over that. At least, not for a very long time.

The incident left her being overly cautious of her surroundings, she avoided talking to people, too scared to put her trust in someone. She had been constantly felt being watched, if not by her family’s enemies, it would be by bodyguards her father hired to casually look after her. They almost didn’t bother her but having them around made her feel uncomfortable but she really couldn’t complain because she knew it was for her protection. 

It was when she turned to something that didn’t really require social interaction, the internet. For the time being, it made her happy, forget her childhood trauma and help her gain friends through playing online games and joining forums that stimulates her opinions on current pressing issues. It became her comfort zone. She get to open up to people who she didn’t personally meet only know her by her username.

Came high school graduation and Kaia did not exactly know what to do. She was done with the hellish years of her life and she was not ready to jump into another hellfire. While she was learning the ropes of the good and the dark side of the world by web, she was sort of disconnected in real life. Her mother would get in fights with her, whining at how she was wasting her life away as she all she ever wanted was to play video games and keep her virtual connection strong.

Her fight with her mother had gotten worse when they found an acceptance letter to this Ivy League she didn’t really apply for. Turns out, her bodyguards were Gallagher bred and they did more than just looked after her. 

It wasn’t like it didn’t pick her interest. In fact, she did her own research. Though it was something she might have been interested in, she didn’t think she was cut for that. 

AT GALLAGHER….

At first glance, it was obvious that Kaia wasn’t really the ideal embodiment of a Gallagher girl if one would simply judge her by her demeanor. It didn’t mean she didn’t earn her place.

Surely, she had struggled fitting in but it wasn’t new to her. Surprisingly, she had like it. It was a far cry from any educational constitution she had been before. It also helped that it was a little exclusive so she didn’t really feel a lot of pressure when it came to social interactions

She had a lot of firsts in Gallagher and whether she admits it or not, she was glad her family encouraged her to go to Roseville. She was not sure if her parents were fully aware of where they sent her off too but really, it wasn’t that bad.

PERSONALITY

Kaia is very timid, doesn’t speak much and from time to time, she stutters but she is trying her best alright. Getting two sentences was a little bit too much for her already until she is already comfortable with you because she will ramble a lot.

Kaia keeps people at arms length although it doesn’t really last long because she likes attention ( although she didn’t like being in the spotlight ). Opening up is not something she would do and she would rather not have an conversation that revolves around her.

Kaia is unfortunately a pushover. She will probably do things for you as long as you leave her alone afterwards.

Kaia is either hyper-focused or slipping her attention into something else mid-conversation. She is focused too much when she does something like swimming or drawing that she gets a little lost in it and during normal conversation, she will probably stop you from talking because she saw a cat passed by.

Her humor is so bad (or the way she delivers it ). Almost every joke she crack, she almost regret saying it. Most of the time she laughs at her own jokes and puns.

She is very moody and one person probably can’t tell because she is meek.

Kaia can be easily motivated just as she is easily demotivated. Despite being smart, she has very low opinion about herself. She had a tendency to give up easily when things didn’t go as plan.

MORE FACTS

She is 5′10 and hates it. She slouches a lot because she doesn’t like to draw attention.

She has a fat Russian blue cat at home named Meowth and has a picture of him on her bedside table.

Kaia doesn’t really express herself much so she pours it all in her journal with unfinished songs and drawings. She has more patience in texting than engaging in a conversation, with the exception of people she was very comfortable with.

Honestly, Kaia is a little spoiled. She struggles with keeping her room tidy because she was used of someone cleaning after her.

WANTED CONNECTIONS

BEST FRIEND ( 0/1) - Kaia only met them during her first year since she didn’t really have friends in high school. If not, then they were someone she met online and when they met

MOM/DAD FRIEND ( 0/?) - Kaia doesn’t really take care of herself so someone has to! She needs a lot of those.

CLOSE FRIEND ( 0/? ) - it could be like study buddy, video game buddy, lab partner, just someone that Kaia tolerates and tolerates Kaia. One of the people she the people she didn’t mind hanging out with, the kind of person PJ can nerd out with.

FRENEMIES ( 0/2 ) - probably someone that annoys Kaia( and probably blackmail her ) into doing their bidding. It could also be a video game buddy that she gained a unhealthy competition with.

EX-FRIEND ( 0/2 ) - the falling of the friendship can be mostly blame of Kaia’s part, like she was probably unavailable when she needed them or they did something that turned Kaia away from them. Or something happened between them that put them in an awkward situation.

EX-SOMEONE ( 0/? ) - the kind of relationship I wanna explore was her first one in which a disaster because Kaia didn’t know what to do so she probably end up avoiding this person. Another is the one that ended ugly, like this person cheated on Kaia. Or something that Kaia thought was serious but just a casual one. Another is one that just simply didn’t work, one of those friends to lovers thing that didn’t work as lovers.

BAD INFLUENCE ( 0/2 ) - Kaia couldn’t avoid being social forever. Basically just an enabler of her curiosity about these sort of things.

MUTUAL FEELINGS ( 0/1 ) - someone she hangs out with, they are not quite a friend but they are special to her. Sometimes they kiss. They cared about each other but there’s no label in it, not after the string of disastrous relationship she had been.

FAMILY ( 0/? ) - self-explanatory really but you know, cousins but not limited to family friend or a relative of her stepfather she had met several times.

ANYTHING UNDER SUN REALLY - we can also always brainstorm if none of the mentioned above really fits

IF you reach this part, you are amazing!!!!!! Like I wouldn’t bother myself most days to be honest. Just reply if you want me to hit your DMs to plot or like hit my dicord at batnips#8030

[batnip]

MY CAT WONT SHUT UP

[batnip]

ui or unparalleled innocence, they were the one who showed pebbles rot to the local group. according to chasing wind who is another minor iterator. though forgotten, these two are known members to the local group.

i personally always saw something deeper behind that interaction, and i think you can make so much more out of it than ui wanting to be mean to pebbles. how do we even know that isn't just chasing wind's opinion?

i have posts under my blog titled "rw pluto" if interested, but i mostly post them for myself and a few friends who are a fan of it too!

for ship ask game... pluto? (lttm x ui)

i know not a lot of people ship them, which I get... i'm in the multishipping trenches after all.

I Don’t Ship It????

Why don’t you ship it?

Starting with the fact that I don't ship iterators much, ending with the fact that I have no idea who the ui is

2. What would have made you like it?

I don't know, I just don't know

3. Despite not shipping it, do you have anything positive to say about it?

I do not know what to say. It's probably a good ship, but I have no idea who the ui is, I'm sorry

[batnip]

if unparalleled innocence has a million fans, then i am one of them.

if unparalleled innocence has ten fans, then i am one of them.

if unparalleled innocence has only one fan then that is me.

if unparalleled innocence has no fans, i am dead.

[ sorry for the copy pasta i love ui . i love them ]

[batnip]

~~ submerged superstructure inspired backgrounds was for a fake map part, but i'm unsure if i'll finish it backgrounds free to use with credits to me. thank you! ~~ reblogs are greatly appreciated <333

[batnip]

trangendr itearators. findng themselves after their creators left, and giving themself more happines adnd freedom

[batnip]

thinking about being a shoe now not gonna lie

I love your art so much please don't be a shoe

whar...

[batnip]

i love being a fast artist during art fight. like that only took me 1 hour, nerd im going to go bite you with this art. take that fiend