#c:i Curator

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pick'a boo, making funny faces to the little kid

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Archiving is an important job

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how would your archivists react to the collector plush?

not exactly a plush but in a ny case

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I wonder if the archivists or the collector are ticklish, we know they're not made of flesh and bones like mortals, but it's a funny thought, I imagine them doing it when some brother is distracted

oh they would murder each other, its too much power in one hands

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More on social systems, what is the Archivist hierarchy like? I suppose with this specific group a family unit but would it be like that amongst a different group?

Do they HAVE to listen to the oldest? What happens if they don't? Is it just an honor system, not to be rude but the Archivist don't seem like the most honorable bunch-

Oh, theyyy certainly aren't honorable, but they are very focused on their goals and it takes precedence over personal grudges. The organization within the groups varies a lot depending on how the group originally formed. In general, collectors try to establish and maintain an archive to further the goal of preserving life within the galaxy. Someting started after extinction event of an early world where the starchildren once lived when the universe was still young and mostly empty

After a while—through bit of trial and error—a single large archive where best way to descibe the leadership is "overpowered gremlin induced chaos" became impractical as the universe expanded. The collectors eventually split to cover more ground and prevent a scenario where life might vanish completly. That’s when smaller groups started to form. Some paired up, creating their own archives, older collectors taking in younger ones who weren’t yet ready to manage an archive on their own. Others formed groups with those they got along with, though that was rare, as there was a lot of ground to cover and few of them. Most though went alone

As time passed, new starchildren came into existence and were brought into these groups, figuring out organisation as they grew up within them. In case of this group after being split off from other collectors the Anatomist established archive before eventually finding other siblings who helped expand it. But as the universe continues to grow, it’s only a matter of time before this archive will have to split as well, which will change group dynamics all over again

With if they do have to listen to the oldest - not really? It all depends on how the dynamics between them play out and how their personalities fit together. Anyone with siblings knows that if one starts bossing the others around, they’re likely to be ignored. But they all care about their work so learned to cooperate. Oldest makes most of the decisions mostly due of their expertise in handling archive (....and having essentially had raised the younger ones), but for everything else, it’s handled on a case-by-case basis or fought about

[regular-gnome]

HAPPY VALENTINES DAYS

Throws chocolate at all your Archivists

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slimy salamander

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starchildren

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getting mixed up with mortals

a while ago someone asked about other siblings time around mortals, while I wasnt planning to post it orginally I finished this drawing and kinda wanted to give some background to the situation. They didn't really have a pleasant time back then

[regular-gnome]

*Takes the starchildren because they're my babies now*🏃🏻‍♀️🥰

goodluck

[regular-gnome]

Hmm do the archvist sleep? I mean we saw the collector sleep so maybe they need to, if so do they dream?

They don't need it to survive, but they can and do get tired. Also, in the back my take on the lore, how it started and the origin of the guidebook:P

and a brief curseofhyperfixation's Sirius cameo, check out their arts too!

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Is it just me cause whenever I listen to "Aleph" by Gesaffelstein, the only thing that comes to my mind is the Archivists. It just screams Archivists to me, no one can tell me otherwise 😭🙏

Love the uncanny music:D something unsettling behind the first melody line that I cant really put into words so kinda tried to draw it. Been listening to it on a loop now

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Do the archivist ever cook or make food?

not usually

Anatomist might have some proficiency since they deal with keeping the living alive but the rest doesn't really need to

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Who is the most affectionate of the archivists? Besides the collector ofc

Depends on the person but the most likely to express affection is Curator

though as a small reminder -those are the bad guys, just because they arent monsterus to each other doesnt mean they dont make some very very bad decisions

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Would they Archivists ever say that they love each other?

To be clear I'm 99.999% sure that they do love each other in their own eldritch, dysfunctional way. But would they ever say as much in as many words? Or would they say something like "As Archivists we share a common goal and look out for each other's best interests to ensure our group as a whole is successful,".

Their love language is bullying

I don't think they would explicitly say it. They grew up around each other and dont really want each other dead, but don't always get along. Overall affection isnt really a theme around the archives so "we care about the same things" is closer to it