#between making an iterator oc with complicated lore

[lyss-butterscotch]

So many art brain rot but so little time im so torn this is what i get for being hyperfixated on multiple fandoms at the same time

[tanlorin]

val ....

my little baby...vowel...

in their first iteration, they were like. childhood friends-to-lovers with amarie and they tragically died after being forced to become part of legion zero. i did really like their storyline at the time but i'm very glad i changed it since.

i changed their pronouns from she/they to they/them bc i wanted to make it easier to juggle between referring to them and amarie (who only uses she/her). but now i also ship them with tanlorin who also uses they/them, so i guess that doesn't matter anymore 🤡

their old color scheme used to be yellow, black, and gold before i just changed it to neutral colors. i do still use it for their noble/battlespire looks though (not counting their uniform).

their uncle martus was the closest thing they had to a parental figure who actually cared about them, but their relationship was still incredibly strained at the battlespire. to illustrate, tan's complicated relationship with their mother is more or less how val feels about martus. (with val's own mother, victoria, they absolutely hate her and want nothing to do with her. it's much less nuanced.)

they were born and raised in cheydinhal, but moved to the imperial city for a couple of years before they got into the battlespire. i like to think that maybe they and amarie (before she transitioned) met once in that time period, but nothing beyond that.

their worst fear is becoming like their mother. it's why they took so long to tell amarie that they want to have children with her.

this is more about tanlorin, but i like to think that when they see val and amarie together for the first time, they can really feel how much those two care about each other. idk. like getting hit with a truck but it's made of love and affection.

some of their character inspos are: corky from bound (though that goes for almost all my butch ocs 😭), heather chandler, regina george, and ginger fitzgerald. the latter three are more for battlespire!val though.

i don't want to outright say they are, but i guess you could call them bipolar? i honestly wasn't intending that at first, but i mean. their battlespire playlist does have a lot of them oscillating between being full of themself and of them being depressed/angry about their life. i guess it comes from their lore being heavily inspired by halsey's music :')

i like to think that in a modern au, they'd be a closet emo kid in their teen years/early 20s. like in public they'd still be dressing like the rich ""girl"" they are, but whenever they're alone they'd try teasing their hair or putting on black eyeliner and eyeshadow. they'd be too terrified to dye their hair black, though (even temporarily).

[cartoon-buffoon]

I'm still thinking about the SkitWald crackship bullshit (Skitzo X Oswald) I made. Here is the first design—which is subject to change of course—of a Skitzo's and Oswald's child in an AU I have in my mind

The white over his face is supposed to be bandages covering his eyes. I made a whole load of lore for this bastard (literally... He was made before they got married, literal bastard child by definition). But yeah I made a lot of lore for this fella that nobody will probably care about but for just as a bit of added context: his name is Solbu and he takes after Skitzo more than he does Oswald and obviously is a hybrid between a sunbear and a rabbit.

Once again: design is subject to change as nothing comes out perfect the first try and it took 18 iterations before my main OC and mascot, Toon, came to his finalized design, so ya know improvements will be made. The only thing that is set in stone is his personality and lore because being the child of a normal toon a demonic entity makes Solbu's life.... Complicated.

[benilos]

What is TCU?

Three Circuits Unending is a horror genre multiversal series mainly comprising of Creepypasta and Legend of Zelda content, containing both custom-made original content as well as canon content. Most canon content will be seen from the LOZ aspects, but otherwise the majority of the content is reimagined into an admittedly convoluted and over-filled mash up of ideas and new representations of well-known characters in both fandoms.

I grew up on Creepypasta, having found a love for the Legend of Zelda through it, due to BEN Drowned being the first Creepypasta I ever read. I started this series around 2014, while the Moon Children Arc of the BEN Drowned ARG was occurring. It has seen many versions of itself, originally known as MSATC (shorthand for The Misadventures of Scary Ari & Twitch Circuit), which was a high school mini project done by me and @awesomegoatwolfchild, however Goat is no longer involved in the series. There are a couple small cameos of their old OC Scary Ari, but she has largely been written out per Goat's request. Here and there you guys may see old school art of Scary Ari from her old designs, or even some fanart of the newest version of them according to what is on Goat's blog, but it'll be a bit sparse. Ari is still canon to TCU, but she will not appear as a full fledged character anymore unless Goat decides otherwise. We love Ari in this house though, so you guys may see some old old designs of her if Goat's okay with it XD

The Creepypasta section of the series follows the protagonist Daija, who tries to call herself "Twitch Circuit", as she traverses the previously thought fictional world of the internet phenomenon known as Creepypasta. Having been a teenager who found a dangerous comfort in the fandom of Creepypasta, she spent most of her teen years in a delusional state of chasing down "real" Creepypastas. When she was 13, her and two friends came across an abandoned house in Tennessee while she was visiting family friends, and unknowingly come across an entity that will stalk and harrass her for the years to come, eventually leading her to a place known simply as Home, where it would then take her life. 4 years later after her death, on April 23rd, 2024, the pond she was drowned in spits her back out, and her adventure begins. This part of the series is extremely heavily influenced and guided by the BEN Drowned ARG and various depictions of BEN Drowned as a character and story mechanic by itself, as most of the events are caused by that entity's guiding hands.

The Legend of Zelda section of the series follows many many protagonists, during a phenomenon known as a Barrier Event. Similar to the storyline of Hyrule Warriors, many heroes and friends from across the Eras of Hyrule, Lorule, and other worlds are pulled into a millenias long plot to break down the barriers between existence and force all worlds to crash into each other, and eventually be destroyed. Links, Zeldas, Ganondorfs, and many other iterations of various beloved Legend of Zelda characters are brought into these Events, some fighting to save their homes, others assisting in the carnage.

The series crosses over with another Creepypasta-based semi-original content series known as Soulless Computer Boy, by @scrollypoly, having multiple crossovers within the series, as the two will eventually end up as one series after the finales of both TCU and SCB, known for now as Project ZMB (whether this name will stay is up for debate).

This series does not only follow Creepypasta/Legend of Zelda content, as a vast majority of the lore and mythos used is not from either fandom, and is instead custom made to make sure everything fits a bit more cohesively (I do not manage that cohesiveness well, fair warning.)

TCU is heavily inspired by Homestuck in the way it uses timeline shenanigans and over complicated references at every turn. I personally admit this series can be very hard to handle and will stay as such in its early stages. This entire series is also 16-18+ (HB is 16+, TATA is 18+, the rating may eventually be bumped up fully to 18+ for both), as it is heavily full of sensitive themes and gore, including non-explicit depictions of rape, childhood abuse/sexual assault, other forms of assault, racism, bigotry, torture, general carnage/violence, and various creative forms of fantasy gore. It is a horror series, and I do not hold back from depicting hard-to-swallow topics, but I do my best to depict them in an appropriate ways that do not glorify or glamorize them. These topics are not meant to be taken lightly, nor should any of my writing be taken as support of the terrible things that will occur.

I hope everyone reading enjoys this series. It is a long-standing project of mine, and I haven't given up on it yet, and I don't plan to, even if it gets remade over and over. Please enjoy this adventure with me!

[citialiin]

THE POSITIVE & NEGATIVE; Mun & Muse - Meme.

fill out & repost ♥ This meme definitely favors canons more, but I hope OC’s still can make it somehow work with their own lore, and lil’ fandom of friends & mutuals. Multi-Muses pick the muse you are the most invested in atm. tagged by: @forseenclade thank you ! man i am so bad at doing memes.  tagging: @blossomingbeelzebug @zhrets @lupichorous @dansiere yayayayayayayaya

My muse is:   canon / oc / au / canon-divergent / fandomless / complicated [ z/iggy stardust is DEFINITELY not my original character, but 683 is, and every single part of how i rp ziggy from his backstory to his personality was made up by me. that being said, ziggy is still a character that exists in media. ]

Is your character popular in the fandom?  YES / NO. [ im pretty sure ziggy is tied with the thin white duke as one of b*wie’s most famous fictional personas? ]

Is your character considered hot™ in the fandom?  YES ? / NO / IDK.

Is your character considered strong in the fandom?  YES / NO / IDK.

Are they underrated?  YES / NO / IDK. [ maybe a little overrated ]

Were they relevant for the main story?  YES / NO.

Were they relevant for the main character?  YES / NO / THEY’RE THE PROTAG.

Are they widely known in their world?  YES / NO.

How’s their reputation?  GOOD / BAD / NEUTRAL. [ celebrity rock god of limitless talent vs inevitable overrated washup. most celebrities are polarizing anyways ]

How strictly do you follow canon?  — there isnt much canon to go off of i think? the album barely even states if ziggy is an alien and b*wie himself got really wishy washy about it (sometimes saying z is a human who was contacted by aliens, he was an alien himself, etc). i dont think we know anything about him besides what he looks like (red hair / weird eyes / pale / “well hung” lmao) and he has a band called the spiders from mars, he plays the guitar left handed, he’s bisexual + androgynous, and he’s charming and popular with the teens but inevitably is a victim of his own ego. and he dies.  that too.  but that’s literally it! we know Nothing else about him.  so i filled in all the gaps because my brain has worms.  theres a little bit of the story that verges on fantasy (that he’s some sort of messiah messenger for “the infinites,” whatever the fuck THAT means, david) so i nix that because i prefer hard scifi.  and theres one BIG part that i just ... deleted out of his canon, in that the world is ending in 5 years in his timeline, and he’s like ... aware of this ?  but that’s dumb and confusing.  i legit dont care anymore. my OC now.

SELL YOUR MUSE! Aka try to list everything, which makes your muse interesting in your opinion to make them spicy for your mutuals.  —  im so embarrassed i know i could be genuine and actually try but i have brain blockajjolajlakala33lak33klak333ak3jka3akjj323j3 i guess it’s like ... ziggy is truly the ultimate expression OF humanity because he reveals everything both wrong and right about the human condition, he literally embodies the best of humanity and the worst at the same time, he’s a really interesting critique on the idea of genuineness/earnestness vs commercalism in art, the perils of fame, and also how humans are so inherently corrupting?  a lot of thematic stuff i like exploring is like what is innate to humans vs what is learned behavior, what are things that humans do naturally that ziggy mimics out of his desire to be like us?  i think he has a really good story arc -- he went from being a literal nameless CLONE in a society full of pragmatic forward thinking science-oriented people to a sell out rockstar celebrity in a society of people that value individualism and self expression and art, but in the process completely lost his mind and himself and gave into the worst that humanity has to offer like rampant selfishness, drug abuse, self destructive tendencies, etc. characters changing is always interesting and ziggy truly changes for the worse -- but he is never just black and white, he was never good and then suddenly evil, he just was always the same person putting on different facades and trying to be himself by constructing an identity that maybe was who he wanted to be versus who he actually is.  i dont know what im talking about. hes just an alien trying to be too hard to be human in all the wrong ways.   i just like how “gray” ziggy is. he isnt good or bad, he can be very nice and he can be very mean, he’s overtly showboating confident but at the same time deeply afflicted with self-consciousness (why tf else would anyone be So obsessed with how they present themselves?).  hes an icon of individualism but also commercialism.  he’s freakishly alien but is almost more human than humans themselves.  he struggles as lot in his head -- which makes for interesting writing, i guess !!  Im so emabrrased im not going to go back and read what i wrote so if i typoed dont look at me

Now the OPPOSITE, list everything why your muse could not be so interesting (even if you may not agree, what does the fandom perhaps think?).  —  i think ziggy comes across as really mean and nothing else.  his horrible bitchy rudeness comes across as hee hee hoo hoo sassy isnt he a rascal when it’s supposed to be more like ... he’s so far gone into the celebrity delusion he’s conflated aggressive rudeness with charmingness because no one told him otherwise and everyone worships him to the point where he’s just given into the delusion that he can do no wrong.  i think theres the general simplification problem that happens with a lot of fictional characters, it’s easy to see him as just a whacky sassy glittery quirky rockstar when i guess it avoids the inherent tragedy of like ... everything else about him. his totally fake and false sense of identity built up from superficial things like fame and labels and stardom.  maybe my version of ziggy is just too weirdly depressing and sad when i know his original iteration wasn’t quite so ... grim.  im not very sure tbh.  

What inspired you to rp your muse?  —  hmmm ... a lot of things! i just really got into b*wie stuff in early 2019, i’ve ALWAYS loved aliens and sci-fi, and i was really shocked that db sets up such great visual storytelling potential but does it through music.  i just really liked ziggys “story” and i like any chance to think about aliens so i just got invested into piecing together a little backstory for him using, like, the cumulative knowledge of literally every other piece of science fiction ive ever consumed in my life.  this was summer 2019 when i was making initial pitches for my thesis film, and so i just randomly decided to pitch “animated version of ziggy stardust” as one of the potential ideas.  shockingly everyone liked it a lot and so did my professor who thought it was really cool, and then i just ended up sticking with the character and working on him for an entire year.  ziggy became my hobby but also my homework.  he was such a fun character because everything about him was interesting to me and i had just enough source material to have a starting point but so much room to take him in any direction i wanted to.

What keeps your inspiration going?  —  honestly, yooooou guyssssss. i have some really amazing fwends that ive met thru here .... and some of our dumb stupid stories have literally become NOVEL length. it just self generates inspiration because you realize the limitless amount of stories you could tell with this one single character when your character enters his story or he enters their story and etc. etc.  ive drawn endless amounts of comics and stuff for him ... ziggy is just so endlessly interesting ...   cringe be cringed bro but recently (i know this sounds dumb bear with me or die.) ive kind of realized a lot of how i rp z comes as some metaphor for the experience of being an asian immigrant/being asian in the US -- his home “culture” is a lot stricter than the rampant selfish individualism of the usa (he only lives in the uk and usa, so he thinks the whole planet is like this), he’s dissuaded from standing out from his community and his selfishness becomes a community burden rather than a personal flaw, and when he does come to earth, he goes through such awful culture shock, literally nothing makes sense to him and everything is Different.  and while some things are different in a Nice way, something things are different in an Awful way, and he’s given the option between losing his true personal identity as an atominan and giving it up to be a human.  the allure of being a human is a little too much but losing yourself like this is traumatic, in a way.  obvs like ... a little silly and definitely not something that i actively intended to put into his story arc, its just something that fell into place cuz i guess i worked so closely with my own personal experiences and feelings of “alienation” (pun intended) to try to understand how he would feel being a literal alien an shid. its cathartic to write about him. but he also has a lot of my own personal interests just thrown in -- 70s fashion, scifi, science, tryhard implications about human nature, art history, whatever dumb nonsense i get into

Some more personal questions for the mun.

Give your mutuals some insight about the way you are in some matters, which could lead them to get more comfortable with you or perhaps not.

Do you think you give your character justice?  YES / NO / SOMETIMES?

Do you frequently write headcanons?  YES / NO  [ i would prefer information to spring up organically in the story but cuz threads always get dropped i end up just telling people outright. i didnt want anyone to know his home planet/his old name but barely anyone writes enough with ziggy to get to that point to reveal it (i legit managed to do it organically Once) so i just had to write it in a post lmao orz ]

Do you sometimes write drabbles?  YES / NO [ wrote a ton of drabbles ! drew a ton of comics! ]

Do you think a lot about your Muse during the day? YES / NO 

Are you confident in your portrayal?   YES / NO / I DUNNO?

Are you confident in your writing?  YES / HAHA NO.

Are you a sensitive person?  YES  / NO. / IDK ? 

Do you accept criticism well about your portrayal?  —  definitely!  like i said ... my version of ziggy ended up being the protag of my thesis film and for 1 yr straight his characterization, backstory, design, and even how i wanted to animate his fucking movements (ziggy stardust timing charts.) were beaten to death in a classroom environment, torn apart and rebuilt into something better.  had i stayed with what i originally wanted to go with, ziggy would be so different than how i write him 2day. amazingly my pre production professor is a literal two time emmy award winning storyboard artist and animator so he definitely helped me design him (my version of ziggy is meant for ... a cartoon, obviously, not real life) and give him a better backstory?  and my post production professor is a retired disney animator who worked on hercules and a bunch of old disney channel shows?  had i gone wah wah wah i dont want to hear ur critiques i wouldnt have made him better.  if you ever think ziggy seems inconsistent or poorly written ... tell me !! i literally major in ... animation. cartoons. entertainment.  my job is to entertain you. if you are not entertained, there is a problem.  ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED ????

Do you like questions, which help you explore your character?  —  I LOVE QUESTIONS? i love ... answering questions ... if you ask me something ill come kiss you.

If someone disagrees to a headcanon of yours, do you want to know why?  —  sure! i dont know why that would happen, though, because i mean ... he’s an OC. but i gues someone could be like “i feel like this is incongruous to things you’ve previously established in his character” or somethin

If someone disagrees with your portrayal, how would you take it?  —  i feel like a lot of b*wie stans would find my version of ziggy weird but i mean thats fine!  i guess my goal is to have a well written character, not necessarily an accurate version of ziggy

If someone really hates your character, how do you take it?  —  if you hate MY version of ziggy thats fine but if u hate ziggy stardust in general (like the bowie concept) then u need some taste what the fuck is cooler than a egomaniac genderless bisexual rockstar alien with red hair? nothing. go back to watching your CW shows you dirty filthy normie

Are you okay with people pointing out your grammatical errors?  —  yes! dm me though. dont clown me on the dash like that.  i usually write your replies 12 AM - 4 AM so it’s expected.

Do you think you are easy going as a mun?   —  hmmm ... maybe! i do like to talk to people and i am VERY nice, trust me, if youre ever sad ill do everything i can to make you feel better. but im quiet! i dont really reach out to people and i tend to just keep to myself.  im not very social or extroverted at all haha i barely can make ooc posts without feeling like god’s coming to beat my head in with a brick. im sitting here at 5:30 AM with this meme feeling like if i post it i will die (BUT I MUST)