#blus art

[trubluace]

People on Twitter are doing this so I shall hop on the train

[blus-rainworld-blog]

First post in a long while! I've been doing other things but this project is on the mind.

Oh believe me when I say it's on my mind

Anyways, Mariner and Botanist have gotten redesigns and two other scugs have joined the group: The Artisan and The Painter! Putting them in a rough timeline goes like

Botanist -> Painter -> Artisan -> Mariner

General gist of each

Botanist: Self-reliance 101 of growing a garden on your back

Painter: Fuck sight those lizards don't need vision anyway

Artisan: Like Artificer but you can raise your scav rep yippee

Mariner: Don't you want to throw spears underwater but momentum just isn't letting you have your way? Not anymore :]

Anyways if *I* get my way then I'll have another post by next week or something. I revamped Song's lore by a lot and I want to share it

[casserpillarr]

Gross..

[oblique-lane]

Returning to The Womb

[chaoticedward]

i think he would be really disoriented once they put his head back on his body. or once he died and respawned. he just wouldn't feel right anymore like his body wasnt his own. like his hands were too big and his feet were too small. he keeps burning himself on his cigarettes and bumping clumsily into the side of tables. the other mercs laugh when he trips over his own legs. he doesn't get what's so funny. he's in pain, and they laugh more as he tries to get back up. it makes him want to go run into the base's meat freezer and hide. at this point, the cold is more comforting than anything. at least he couldn't be poked or prodded in the fridge. at least he's safe from ridicule in the freezer. the cold made the cigarette burns hurt less too anyway. my commissions | my kofi

[almondrootwc]

blu medic fanart! @quazies

[gannion]

spydad!

[mail-me-a-snail]

muscle memory

[nebulousmedic]

Dadspy angst, anyone?

[kaniines]

laundry day

[trubluace]

It's her! The vanilla scugs have been finished if you don't include nightcat

Rot + Rot-less versions

[blus-rainworld-blog]

Where it started

Vs where it's going

(Also yes this is Thousand Songs Over Sea's official ref, with bio and no bio version to pick from)

[fexjam]

Mitosis🧬

[oblique-lane]

Another take on the TF2 Clone Theory:

Continuation to this.

When I was talking to people about the clone theory, they were always asking me about who were originals and who were clones. I didn't understand why that matters; they're all same people with the same memories of their pre-service past, right?

What I didn't understand is that people had entirely different take on how clones are made than I do. I've never even thought about the fetus tubes until someone specifically pointed out that scene in Emesis Blue... (I also didn't know cloning was a real life thing?? Not just sci-fi trope??)

So yeah I've always thought cloning was instant because it would also explain how respawn works. Classic "resurrection" either isn't the thing (lame) or just takes too much time to commit. However, the super cool very scientific respawn machine will use your remains + storage bio supply to quickly rebuild a new body (as it was at the assigning day) and put your consciousness into that body so you feel like you're living nonstop.

(at least that's the theory)

Also, to answer these questions:

They do remember their connections, their past and their memories. Memories of the past are the same.

Their families were not cloned, they aren't involved in this business in any way. They don't know.

However, to keep this secret from the mercs... Of course if both of the clones will speak to their families they will soon spot some weird things and inconsistencies (talking about things that seemed to never happen). Not even talking about visiting family on holidays, that's an obvious no-no.

So... First of all, a big deal is to make REDs and BLUs lives and experiences here as similar (ideally identical) as possible.

And second: I think their connection to the world is just very limited/prohibited. The telephone connection is entirely controlled by the Administration (Sniper has to drive far away to sneak talk to his parents). Letters are monitored, censored and withhold if necessary (or copied if they are FROM the family). No going home until the contract is due (many years??) etc...

Which contradicts comics in s lot of ways but you know what? I don't even care. Comics are an unreliable narrator anyways. I mean uh... I uh. I'll talk about it some other time.

[squinkoblinko]

hes thinking real hard about eating a yummy sandwich

one with no crazy filters cause why not zzzz

[rockabully]

whateva

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