#bee builds a world

[phoebelovingcare]

tumblr user phoebelovingcare I am so curious, what is the issue with kirby time travel? has there been a significant use of it anywhere in the series?

the current problem with time travel in kirby is that it DOES exist, but is undefined.

"time-space transport" is a quote from Star Dream - clockwork stars are not only capable of travelling things through time, but have done so in every game they've appeared in, both times in reference to Galacta Knight. Speaking of Galacta Knight, they have been stated to be banished OUTSIDE of space and time.

think about that for a second. being outside of space and time. that is called Not Existing. how does someone end up in that situation? a schrodinger's puffball? incredibly relevant to history, but never directly quoted or witnessed in any main timeline?

The Lor Starcutter is ALSO stated to be a time machine on miiverse. backed up in that post by the fact that you can see it in the background of galacta's time-rip attacks in Robobot. The specific wording of it was that two Lors could meet at once, one from the future and one from the past.

which brings me to Magolor. the only other character who follows the same rules as Galacta Knight - there is only one of him in any timeline or universe, he remembers everything that happened in his relative past, and he must be brought to or travel to a timeline or universe to exist in it. the owner of the Lor Starcutter. which he shares a name with.

another major instance of this is rifts formed by Fecto Elfilis and Elfilin. they canonically experience time dilation - it's said that Dedede searched for Kirby for MONTHS before giving up and ending up possessed. Waddle Dee Town was already founded and then destroyed in the time it took Kirby to fall through a rift and stumble upon it the same day. Months of NewWorld time is minutes of Popstar time.

this dilation is also implied when Elfilin closes the rift tearing the two planets apart. I counted - it took 21 seconds for Clawroline to "nurse him back to health," and for him to be strong enough to create a rift back to Popstar. 21 is divisible by 7, possibly meaning it took 3 days or 3 weeks for Elfilin to recover and that 7 seconds is either a day or a week in NewWorld time.

beyond this point lies heavier speculation.

in the Kirby series, there are two different planets in two very different conditions that are BOTH following the trope of post-apocalyptic Earth. Both NewWorld and Shiver Star exist simultaneously and directly contradict each other. Unless... you take into account the portal travel and time dilation. It's entirely possible that trying to fly to Earth from Popstar (including crystal-shard portaling) gets you Shiver Star simply because of the ABSENCE of time travel. you need the time dilating aspect of a worldeater portal to get you to a living earth. using this logic, they might be the SAME PLANET. i like this theory a lot.

another theory of mine that i like a lot: Magolor built the Lor Starcutter.

"but didn't he excavate it? you don't think he'd lie about THAT, do you?" no. I don't.

I think he built the Lor and accidentally sent it back into the ancient past, where it was buried and dug up by his past self, who learned every aspect of it and eventually built a replacement when he lost access to that ship, and then accidentally sent it back into the ancient past, where it was buried and dug up by his past self, who learned- you get the point.

here's the thing. there is no world where hal thought this deeply about any of this. i'd give anything for a formal lore bible leak but honestly at this point i don't think they even have one and they're just making shit up as they go. that's why i, phoebelovingcare, am running for director of HAL labs,

[candor-creator]

world's ittiest bit of worldbuilding:

Q: Why do some Charms cost more notches? If a notch is just the slot for the charm to fit in, then how could a Charm cost any more than one of itself?

A: The Charms aren't all the same size, and they have pokey bits in the back that slot together with notches like lego bricks. The larger the charm, the more slots it needs to hold it in place and support all the power it offers. Wayward Compass [1] fits neatly in Ghost's tiny palms, while Kingsoul [5] was a full two-handed endeavor and weighed a shit ton.

[wasyago]

not drawing for others. not drawing for myself either. playing video games. okay? yay

[ratislatis]

that beehive design in ep 9 was FIRE so of course I drew him and nothing but 😊

I’m new to the community and I’ve never consumed Hermitcraft fanart please be gentle 🥲

[phoebelovingcare]

"The last bit of life that remained willingly returned to Elfilin. At last, two became one."

...the thing about THAT is that even when they "became one" before, you could still pry them apart. On top of that, HAL doesn't really do the whole "and then the sympathetic evil was utterly defeated and nobody ever had to worry about it ever again." Like half of Kirby's friends are straight-up still evil, just understanding them better and playing on their side now.

Additionally, Elfilis' soul was already in fragments when it moved! It seems like being in multiple pieces is just what worldeaters like them do. Two become one, sure, but the definition of "two" gets called into question from the appearance of the cutscene!

Another rule here I love to account for is The Fun Factor. It is infinitely more fun if Elfilin is just plural now. You could approach that in MANY different ways, the most obvious being Elfilin showing a reluctant 'Lis the benefits of Not killing everything in sight.

so personally I think Lin and Lis are just sharing a body now, just with Lin driving instead. A lot of other people have the same idea, usually depicting Lis either as their big ultimate lifeform-form or as their fetal Forgo form as a transparent hovering figure commenting on Lin's activities. Why? Because that's so much funnier are you kidding

I Have A Question. after elfilin unites with their other half do people think they're fully unified now or is forgo still somewhat there but mostly within elfilin's mind, talking away when it wants

[suguwu]

i said soulmates as a ghost story (figurative) a while ago but now i'm thinking of soulmates as a ghost story (literal)

longing so strong that it brings you back from the dead, lets you haunt who would have been your fated lover. one last chance to let the love that would have been take its course.

[spacedustmantis]

*cough cough* *pulling up notes* *squinting at notes* *realising i don't have bad vision* *unsquinting at the notes* *reading the notes*

how does the life series work in the FUCK I FORGOT THE AU NAME THIS WAS ALLL FOR NAUGHT

i am so glad you asked!!

alright so. the series of events goes like this:

one day grian, as he so often does, gets bored

in his defense immortality gets boring quick and he's been doing this for a While

so, he descends onto a random planet, one that in grian's opinion could do with a little entertainment. he draws up the rules of this game he's planning, pays a carefully selected bunch of cold-hearted, skilled, desperate-for-money workers and has them build a huge fucking arena, kidnap the planet's best fighters, and work on this project full time once it gets rolling

amongst the workers are a few incredibly talented medics, people who, with the right tech, could bring you back from death's door

grian personally installs chips into every contestant's brain that activate as soon as the person is not yet dead, but good as, and then put the body in a temporary stasis, so that it may be transported beneath the arena and the medics can do their work to send them back up fully restored so they can join the fray once more

the whole event is recorded via multiple cameras following around every contestant, edited down into a thrilling reality tv show, and broadcasted weekly for a good few years, which is how long it takes for the game to come to its conclusion

naturally there are a few quirks to this game

every contestant originally gets three lives, three times they get to enjoy the experience of dying, but soon enough a few of them figure out how to hack the chips. they can't seem to alter their function whatsoever, but they do figure out how to change the number of lives the chip grants you, and they also figure out that if the system clocks too many (or too few) lives granted overall in comparison to how many deaths there have been in total, it sends alarm bells ringing. and so there is an underground life trading ring that forms about seven months into the fight

somewhere in the arena there is whispered to be a strange stone statue that, if you play your cards right, bestows gifts to those who complete the tasks it gives them

there is an illness spreading through the arena, like a common cold, just much more destructive. it is known as "red fever" to some, to others it's simply "the bloodlust"

occasionally, caused by apparently nothing at all except coincidence, or some weird glitch in the system, or what certain people might call fate, two contestants get bound together on a metaphysical level. they share pain and wounds and death. they share all the bad, and none of the good

the overarching story roughly follows 3rd life (mostly bc that season works best as a mechs style retelling), with monopoly mountain and dogwarts as the two main factions that crystallize after a few months, but small story elements of each season are dotted around the plot, like one man who managed to defeat all his enemies by taking advantage of the secret keepers boons and playing dirty, or a woman who ran in solitude with only the company of her wolves and who against all odds was the last one standing - until the man she was bound to blew himself up, and her with it.

ultimately two people survive (these people are not grian and scar, but are played by them on stage). and then one person survives. and then the winner of the life game throws himself off of a cliff

of course, grian is not the biggest fan of watching as other people slaughter each other while he sits and does nothing, so naturally he joins the fight. no one knows or would even guess that the scrawny guy who maybe likes explosions a touch too much could be the same individual as The Spectator, the mysterious figure who is behind running the Life Game, not even the staff that has been hired to set it all up. grian, alongside committing murder, also keeps an eye on the game's development as well as the numbers the show gets online.

after a few months he runs into joel, whom he knows is one of the fan favorites, and sticks with him for a while. after joel dies his final death - shot through the heart by scott - he mechanizes him, and, after discovering that mechanizing joel also mechanized the man he was bound to, takes him and etho back to the xisuma to join the crew.

[shower-racoon]

imagine if the Terraria bosses were on tumblr. what would they even post

[slasherscream]

just watched episode three of the acolyte.... jedi insisting on "testing" force children that they for SURE won't take away if they DO have the potential to be jedi... while they stand there heavily armed and with their little space magic... it's giving residential schools, yeah... that's the vibe

[monstrousvoice]

Anon returning with more pondering.

How do you think the omens in Lyndell feel about Margit, if they know about him? Because one of the lore bits on omens says that some are allowed topside and given their cleavers, but only if they'll serve in some capacity.

Do you think the ones in the sewers resent 'Margit' for being able to be a commander? Like one hand his service is good visibility for Omen not all being total monsters, but also he's.. The Fell. His reputation is literally Scary McSpookyName.

I was just pondering his and Mohg's time in the sewers and wondering if they made friends down there. If other omens heard them crying in their shackles and came to be of comfort, knowing the pain of being abandoned. If they survived those first few weeks down there because the omen had to stick together to survive.

I'm now pondering if Morgott ever did anything for the omen, as king. Because he does still resent his own curse, but also if he made a law about omen that leaves enforcing it to people who likewise probably believe omens to be cursed. And social mores aren't going to change overnight, even if he did do something like make abandoning children illegal.

Sad thoughts. Though i can comfort myself with the mental image of Mohg at least having friends to take with him to his cursed blood slumber party in the palace while fixing it up. Still a fucked up dude, but we love an antagonist with genuine friends. Or we can all pretend Morgott visits the sewers on occasion as Margit and brings presents. Because if i think about him visiting and finding newly abandoned children i'll get sad.

Okay this is a long response, so more under the cut!

Honestly, I think a majority of Omen in Lyndell are vaguely aware of Margit in a "I think I heard that name somewhere before", simply because news travels through word of mouth in the capital. They would only hear about him through gossip above the city grates that keep them locked away, and that's only if people are brave enough to talk about him. With such a fearsome reputation as a Tarnished killer, he isn't spoken of much in public.

I have two dueling ideas of how the people of Lyndell view him. Those who hold their suspicion and discriminate against Omens (which is many, being truthful) they don't speak his name for fear of gaining his attention, for fear of bad luck and misfortune coming their way. Those who are more progressive (which I firmly believe exist, the Knight's Calvary being a prime example of those who don't care about Omen lineage) do talk of him, and have nothing but praise. 'Margit the Fell is a defender', 'The Fell Omen protects us and keeps us safe from outsiders', etc. They recognize the devotion this Omen has to them despite the hatred he faces on a daily basis.

If, and don't mistake me this would be disastrous if it happened, Morgott would be revealed to the world and his Omen heritage found out, he would have some support. Not much, but it would be there. I fully believe the Knight's Calvary would go out of their way to help him escape the capital and find somewhere safe. There would be those brave enough to risk speaking out against the masses, insisting that he served them the best he could not only as Margit the Defender, but as Morgott the King. They would suffer for it, but it would spark a movement.

As for Omen who live outside the capital, they are aware of Margit, and I feel they would have equally divided opinions. Some see it as a positive sign, an Omen getting such a high position as Commander in the Golden Order, giving their kind a good name as reliable, protective, intelligent.

The other side is how he's pushing things too far, how he's going to make everything so much harder for them all. 'The Fell'? That title only spreads more fear of their kind! He's known for his bloodshed and the terror he causes in others.

I have my own headcanon that Omen do have their own communities and work together to survive, as well. In the sewers, some of the older Omen are devoted to staying near the openings of the tunnels, waiting for new babies to be abandoned. They sit under the dappled star light peaking through the grate at midnight, jerking awake at the sound of the gate opening. Their eyes glow as a dim lantern comes into view, and they see a shaking noblewoman being held close by her husband. She sobs quietly as they step closer, and the Omen sees the small bundle of cloth in her arms. They hold their own hands out, massive compared to the couple, compared to the tiny bundle that hasn't even started to live. The noblewoman is just barely able to move her shaking hands forward and give her newborn away, and she all but collapses when she does. Her husband cries silently, helping her stand and pulling away before either of them change their minds. The adult Omen turns and leaves quickly, knowing that the presence of the baby will make it more likely they do change their minds. They can't though. Changing their minds means certain death, for all of them. The Omen remembers the cries of each parent that goes through this with them, the way they call for their baby to come back, how they want to hold them one last time. The Omen knows the consequence of listening to them.

Morgott, as king, I believe tries to change this very slowly. He's very aware that enacting a new law for Omen and Misbegotten to be seen as citizens right out the gate is going to be met with lots of push back. It's a weird contradiction of his personality. He doesn't think he deserves anything good, not even a real bed or decent meals, but he doesn't believe other Omen or Misbegotten, especially not children, deserve to go through the same things he did. He's proud of his strength and resilience, but also feels ashamed of why he has such qualities. One of the many intricacies about him I personally love to imagine.

Any laws or rules he does enact are small, but helpful. No pouring dangerous perfumers or concoctions in the sewers - this helps the citizens, but also helps those in the sewers. It is illegal to beat or attack an Omen or Misbegotten in the capital - this can be played off as general citizen safety, but it also leads to less injured and hurt in the sewers when they sneak out for food. He creates and enforces small laws like this. Trying to make the abandoning of children illegal is obviously the most worthy goal, but since it's something that's been enacted for…possible centuries depending on how long a demigod like Morgott has been alive, it's not something that citizens will take kindly to. Especially those who work with Omen Killers. It's a very delicate situation, because moving too fast leads to more destruction and death than they currently face. The best possible scenario, in my opinion, is Morgott being given more political and civilian support to create these laws, and then following them. Easier said than done, however.

[phoebelovingcare]

hey guysss!! if Magolor’s mouth is glowing yellow on the inside that means his blood is a glowing bright gold, bright enough to shine through on the inside but not through his fur. If he were to bleed it would probably be like bleeding sunlight. thanks!

[scarletv0id]

Is it weird to say that Bigtop Burger gives me the same vibes as Bee and Puppycat?

[doxiedreg]

Realising I'll need to wait out processing and recovering from my mental health turbulence before I can get back into creative endeavours and working on my characters makes me go grrrunmmmphh internally because time is limited and I got a glimpse of heaven in that 4th week of may when i was possesed by the art muses and had so much energy and 0 blockage and so much inspiration and then everything went to shit and i want it back so bad *cries*

Time until art fight is so limited please brain, please get yourself together. I know you've been through an immense amount of stress and I need to be kind and patient but not having any oc thoughts at all makes me really sad and i want to see my children again and work on my world and draw and *sobs more*

[goblindsay]

Why does Birds of Empire not have any fan following. Wh

[crossbackpoke-check]

about to be sooo nosy so. my apologies. but. morgan frost? girlfriend? do share (or don’t! again this is so nosy i’m sorry)

for legal purposes i can neither confirm nor deny anything about morgan and his girlfriend but afaik i think he’s single right now? at one point (within the past four years 😭) he did for sure have a girlfriend and that is the extent of my wag knowledge