#ceoofmetagala

[kirbyoctournament]

ROUND FOUR: Flora VS Life

[kirbybecomesastarwarrior]

It's sandwiched between this part, which I'm naming, and the ending, No Trouble... This is the midquel of the Garden Party series, where Sir Uther finds out about the other Uther...

We finally find out what Arthur said to spook Sir Uther so badly away from the place before Valfrey found him running away from the seen

Garden Party: Misguided (part 1~)

@quanblovk's Sir Uther

Wanted to get one last shout-out to go vote for Sir Uther in the polls: everyone, please vote! @kirbyoctournament

Keep reading for bonus content info

And where was Flora, you may be asking well:

@ceoofmetagala's Fecto Flora

Not gonna lie I was trying to draw all the comics completed, but I was running out of time for the voting poll~ Last minute life raft, so I made it cut off in a place where it made sense to.

I also wanted the chance to show off Sir Arthur's Dragon form... Not gonna lie; my greatest regret is the underutilization of "Dragon Arthur" making an appearance during the tournament. (but I was trying to polish up his dragon design I know it's a little late in the game, but at least I got it.

And dang, his dragon design is literally made for his armor. Plus, I really wanted the chance to showcase Arthur's more threatening side... remember Arthur is a redeemed good bean (as I like to call him), but the man still knows when and how to be ruthless.

And if you're a threat to his loved one, he's ready and willing to bring that side out of him again... Arthur basically lulled him into a false sense of security & strikes!

And the reason why Arthur was wagging his tail at the end, well... It's similar to how a cat does it (cause Arthur's dragon form is basically a reptilian cat). So when cats swish their tails rapidly and quickly, it means they're either annoyed, angry, or when they're about to attack their prey.

He was feeling all three... HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY IT!

[galactic-knightmare]

I needed a break from drawing Phosphor so I decided to draw some of the other contestants! I'll maybe/probably draw some of the others later, but these three are the ones that caught my brain at the moment XD

starting wiiiith Fecto Flora from @ceoofmetagala !

I had fun drawing them! I really like drawing the Fectos, and he just looks so cute! anyway def go vote for Flora, 10/10 very adorable!

and of course I couldn't forget Sir Uther and Valfrey from @quanblovk and @gethoce ! the relation between these two amuses me greatly, and they both deserve a vote! ...maybe? everyone keeps saying not to vote uther, but I already voted for him and its just leaving me confused LMAO

Either way very nice designs, especially love Valfrey's! and good luck to everyone in the tournament! :3

@kirbyoctournament

[couldtransitionsaveher]

SIR UTHER PENDRAGON from KIRBY (AN OC)

JUSTIFICATION:

"Sir Uther mirror counter part, lady Uther is very good and genderfluid and very unlike the normal sir Uther, sir Uther is. Sir Uther.... But lady Uther is a milf. We could fix her" - @ceoofmetagala

I was also told to @quanblovk

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[cleim474]

Fecto Flora

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[gethoce]

Hapoy birthday : D

THANK YOU SO MUCH VERI!! :'> Smiling so hard right now ARGH You truly never miss drawing the Frey! 🔥🔥🔥 Late Dark Locust anniversary art HELL YEAH and Dozey is here too, the silly!!

@kirbyoctournament Valfrey is here (My birthday is technically tomorrow, June 7th, but it's almost midnight for me anyway e28ogluve2e2)

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My Kirby secret Santa submission!!!

Message for giftee ( @centellazul )

Sorry I couldn't end up drawing galaxia like I wanted, I wnated to draw all 3 but I didn't have the energy so here u go either way! Have a nice day :)

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to: @centellazul

[springbreezes-and-peonies]

“Good luck dearie. Take this crown I’ve made myself. You are always welcome in the kingdom of Floralia. I look forward to watching you bloom and grow, and as you do, remember these words a sweet spider once told me: ‘take care of yourself little moth, not all lights are friendly’. All the same, I will be cheering you on and look forward to seeing where you go. It was a pleasure competing with you, and an honor to lose to someone so kind.”

@ceoofmetagala

@kirbyoctournament

Sorry this has taken me so long. My AC is STILL NOT FIXED but I hope you like it. 🥺

[dreamland-academy]

Fecto Flora 4 @ceoofmetagala

[nokk0]

Hello fal! Do you like plantlife?

you mean gardening, right, pon? If that's so, then yes, pon! Fal moved to Floralia not for mere interest on the old studio of Lollipop Land, Fal also moved there for the varied kinds of plants there

My Owner wasn't a enjoyer of gardening, so trying that by Fal's own is... Exciting, pon! Taranza is very good teaching Fal about the variety of plants from differents planets and others native of Floralia, pon. The meanings are attractive with no doubt and the various simbolisms of them still surprise Fal, pon

[kirbyoctournament]

ROUND THREE: Flora VS Mint

[kirbybecomesastarwarrior]

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Questions from here:

Fair warning: Lots of Lore dumping is about to take place /A long read... (but for those of you who want a quick read, you can just skim to the picture/image sections which will give a quick summary of what is being explained.) Have a great day!~

Lady Celestine was actually never supposed to be Merlyn... She was originally going to be the "Lady of the Lake... Nimue"

If you see in the earlier drafts I tried to hang on to the whole blacksmith idea/ and the creator of the scared items but then I just changed it to alchemist cause it was just I solidified her role as Merlyn~

She was going to be the soul inside the Galaxia, but she lost all her memories because she was the first to rebel against the ancients and withheld her creations as an act of protest towards them and the other Heroes of Yore... And was punished as a result, but before she was permanently sealed she performed her last act of defiance and scattered them about the galaxy.

(Via. Galaxia imprisonment )

While Sir Uther & Sir Icarus were supposed to fill the bigger roles of how the galaxy became a wasteland, she was written to be the only truly "Good hero of Yore."

Lady Celestine as Lady of the Lake:

I couldn't grasp what to do with her... She definitely had a more stern personality to fit Galaxia, but I just couldn't get on board with her character. The best way to say it is I think I made her "too perfect" (or the girl bossed her too much... I was reading Remarried Empress at the time, so basically, she had Navier's personality.)

Seemly cold & calculating but has a heart of gold underneath is all merely misunderstood. Very nonsense struggles with connecting Normally methodical and is always composed but has a sarcastic tic to her if you rile her up enough...

She was still an owl lady, but it was a reference to the Athena Goddess of Wisdom in Greek Mythology. (Owls often being associated with her and being her symbolic creature.)

I much as I loved the arctype (Navier's personality.)I wasn't in love with her character...

She had nothing really attaching me to her... it just felt like she was there to fill a slot as another hero of Yore she had nothing endearing about her... I didn't know what to do with her...But I didn't want to throw her away (I loved her design & color scheme).

That is until I ran into another problem...

For those who don't know in the original draft, Srir Arthur was supposed to be the villain in the series. (or the surprise villain so to speak~) However, once the rewrite happened and created Sir Uther in the au...all his evil went into him.

Especially once I changed his relationship with Meta Knight as his father figure and became the one who saved him from Sir Uther. But despite all my mind just kept seeing that man as a villain~

But then it occurred while creating this post (Link here ) ... Wait a second (*me taking a long good look, at Sir Arthur in the narrative*) WHY ARE YOU GOOD? I needed a reason why Arthur was good in the KBASW.

I wrote him too naturally accepting he just seemed too suspicious... plus... And besides with such a corrupt system in the GSA (the one created by the Ancients & Uther), how could one good egg exist...

So in a very "Meta" way (pun intended), not only was I trying to find a motivation for him to be good that convincing in the narrative... I was also trying to convince myself...

Perhaps if it was another character, it'd be enough, but... The Sir Arthur from the first draft kept creeping in my mind... (it's so hard to let go of your first ideas...)

Then the answer came to me... who (in Arthurian) was Arthur's mentor and confidant, and his compass in guiding him to become king...Merlin. I had a Sir Uther... why not have a Merlin! (Plus, in the show Merlin 2008: Arthur started out as a little jerk ward and only became a better person through Merlin's influence!)

Wait a moment... don't I have a character design on the back burner.

So, I fully committed to changing her role as the Merlyn of the KBASW... I was able to get a better feel for who she was in the story. This resulted in the current design & personality she has now...

Basically, I pulled both the Disney & TV versions and took my favorite aspect of both of them which resulted in the vigilante persona of "Merlyn" was actually a nod to the TV series Merlin's old man persona Dragoon...I did want to make a few changes to really make her more than just a counterpart to Merlin. (I think that's why I got so stuck on her the first time when she originally was the Lady of the Lake...)

So her future vision would always be the main part of her character. Though I made it the reason why she was such an empathic person. Not only seeing the future, but she can feel it too:~

To go along with the whole guide theme, I made it a part of her title as a Hero of Yore~. Celestine, the "Navigator of the Constellation." The four-pointed Star Crystal refers to the "North Star," the closest star to the celestial pole, the main compassing star to signal north... it was used to guide people home~. (The moral compass)

Due to her ability, she gets overly involved in situations and emotions. Since she has all these terrible visions, she feels responsible for them. Which results in her being overly critical of herself when things go wrong and lacking self-care. Despite hating her abilities, she is overly reliant on them...

Overall she's a smart, witty, scatterbrained, down-to-earth, well-meaning goofball with a sassy edge...

I was finally able to give Celestine the soul that she needed. And how did they become a couple, you may ask? When writing her her story was so entirely laced with Arthur (because of Arthurian legend) that their chemistry was undeniable...(Also I shipped Merthur in the TV series, so once I saw an opening I took it)

And she since was supposed to be Arthur's person. I used complementary colors to connect the both of them together. Adding orange & gold to her blues & yellow...

And so with that all said Sir Arthur became

The First Redeemed Villian of KBASW~

Redeeming the former baddies so they can use their skills and talents for the forces of good through kindness (Kirby). Celestine is basically the first one to do so... This did so much for the plot.

Sir Arthur: If someone like me could be given a chance and be changed for the better... Then so can this lot (Referening to Star Allies)

Arthur can naturally, relate to Kirby's menagerie of former villains who wanted to improve and be reformed. It fixed the problem of his niceness/goodness coming off as disingenuous (when I first was writing). There's a motive and reason behind them... Celestine. She showed Sir Arthur that there was a better way, a smarter way, a kinder way... It's her influence & example that inspired him to be a better man... a good man.

That's how Arthur gained the empathy & courage to stand up to Sir Uther and injustice when he was about to execute baby MK. It also enriches Meta's relationship with Sir Arthur... The man was barely holding on, and Meta gave him a reason to live.

Due to the Ancient cursing & erasing Celestine from existence, she was, he could not even speak her name. But Arthur was able to walk around this by speaking about that funny whimsical rouge that he was never able to catch "Merlyn." The stories always made Meta laugh; however, he could never understand why Sir Arthur would speak of this failure so fondly.

He deeply blames himself for not being able Celestine. Everything that happened to her was out of his control... This is why Arthur wants to create a better world, a place where Meta & Celestine would've been accepted.

Not only that, but he has this fear of being alone left. This is why he made the safest route for Meta Knight (to be one of the holy knights to keep him safe...), but wasn't the right path for him which (Leads to "Birth of Lone Swordsman...") and misunderstands. This makes it all the more heartbreaking to Arthur that Meta Knight thinks he doesn't truly love & care for all of him... when he does </3.

(Don't worry) He learns his lesson, and they make up (early on during Falsapr getting punished for the Fisher King incident, spontaneously meeting up when they're both saving Falspar...) It wasn't a proper talk and it was mostly Arthur and Meta apologizing because they missed each other.

MK only understands Sir Arthur after the war (& the Knightmare's End Saga). And goes to apologize to him again during the Kirby & Crystal Shard (I need a reason why the Meta wasn't there during the game... perfect excuse...)

Also presents a reason why Sir Arthur allows Meta Knight & Kirby to stay in Dreamland. "You deserve a chance to find yourself after this war... that man (Uther) can no longer have a hold on us... You have nothing to prove, you're free now... but if you need anything I will always be here waiting, just visit when you can okay?"

He learns his lesson, too, allowing him to leave & stay as he pleases... and the door was always open for him & Kirby the gang!~

(and someone gets rather jealous of this bias.... *cough* Dragato)

And of course, they do visit often (the plot demands it)... This leads MK to re-establish closeness with his mentor (learning from his own time with Kirby). Sir Arthur was trying his best too & he isn't perfect... he's not invincible... Wait what's happening to him...Why is he moving slower... His protector who seemed so unshakable...his father-... Is he getting weaker?

The early reconciliation is to make way for the true conflict: Meta realizes that his father figure is growing older & weaker. But why (*cough* Trip to Underworld *cough *the deal *)... like I said the man did not leave for free, a price had to be paid... (Did I have these two rekindle their wholesome father-son relationship only to have something tragic happen to the father... yes!)

There's such an emotional reason why Meta Knight has to become the leader of GSA. He's not only continuing Arthur's legacy but also Celestine's legacy. With the way Arthur raised him, he was able to instill the beliefs of her as Merlyn... And I also:

In the Kirby game series, Meta Knight always offers a sword to Kirby. It comes into play with Arthur's story. This act was done with Arthur & Celestine, however, not for the sake of due... for a very different reason... And this action & courtesy is passed down. (There's a hidden special meaning behind it... SWORD & THE STONE REFERENCE)

And so, making Celestine Merlyn was the best decision I ever made!

Celarthur/Merthur

Really, I wanted to engineer a love story that complemented the series as a whole... I was able to write Arthur as a fuller character as well as give an emotional core to him. And Celestine became a fleshed-out three-dimensional character and found his place in the narrative.

I KID YOU NOT THESE TWO SAVED EACH OTHER'S CHARACTER WITHIN AND OUT OF THE STORY! I LOVE THESE GOOBERS WITH ALL MY HEART!

@kirbyoctournament

Fun Fact:

Guys I kid you not she was so close to being named "Celestia..."But then I kept associating the name with My Little Pony~ (hardcore Brony back in the day) So she became Celestine...

~

@ceoofmetagala I got so excited when I got your ask (♟️it was the question I really wanted to get), and the fact that you were the one who asked made me so happy... I JUST HAD TO GO ALL OUT ON THIS POST~ And then I think I got carried away and ended up making it too long!~

I know you wanted this was just a questions 🫀 &♟️ on them:

♟️: When did you make your oc?

But it ended up being snowballed into the trial & error of creating Celty and how she wound up as the final version of herself.

🫀 : is there anything your oc and canon characters don’t like about each other?

I promise I'll get into this 🫀 A lot of people asked this. I'll get to the one soon... I wanted to do something extra special for this one... comic maybe~ (this was the one where I hinted jokingly that everyone wanted Arthur to get the couch~)

I hope this is enough & that you like it!

[everyfandom72]

another one of king trollex and pinkie pie (who's now a techno troll). Trollex is worried because Pinkie keeps swimming off to look at the bright lights

[fullmoonfireball]

oh, no listen, I think he looks adorable in glasses, and as someone who has had dogshit eyesight since like kindergarten, i think more characters should have glasses. META KNIGHT HIMSELF, HOWEVER...

listen to me young man i am gripping you by the shoulders. meta knight had terrible eyesight but hated wearing glasses. he also just hates showing his face in general. two birds one stone: prescription masks.

pros:

can actually see clearly without wearing his beloathed glasses

facial protection+covering

looks cool

no more people asking if he's blind bc of his white eyes

cons:

people give him weird looks when he's doing casual stuff with it on (oh well)

mask breaks just as much as his glasses used to god DAMNIT

after being broken out of the Mecha Knight parts he was so fucking disoriented holy shit. genuinely he just punched out the prescription visor in the back-up mask he had on hand bc he didnt want to deal with any more of this bullshit

anyways tgis is all very true and canon. you can trust me because im very tired and know everything.

[gethoce]

🛒💎

For hmm.... Valf and...NEEBY!

(💎: Does your OC like to collect anything?)

Valfrey collects the souls of especially powerful or honourable warriors! There are those samurai who seek to become warriors she would deem worthy of her attention and then there are those who… wished she wouldn't have noticed them in the first place. Sometimes she'll straight up announce to a warrior that they have been chosen and follow them around giddily awaiting their last battle, much to the annoyance, frustration or even dread of certain poor mortals. These souls are stored within their wings and can be summoned to aid them at any time!

Nebby isn't too dissimilar to this. As a child she began to collect bones and broken mirror shards believing them to be deceased reflections. As an adult she would go further and seek out corpses to expand her undead army. She has a mighty collection of both numerous “fodder” corpses and the occasional super powered undead thrall! Gotta have a big and mighty army if she wants to take over the Underworld one day! Most are collected through… questionable means.

(🛒: If your OC owned a shop, what would they sell?)

Valfrey would sell anything and everything a samurai might need! Anything that couldn't aid someone in becoming an honourable warrior. Weapons, armour and travelling supplies, easily. They may have other passions, yet the way of the warrior is their heart and soul.

Adult Nebby would sell all things occult! Witchy vibes everywhere, cursed artefacts, charms, candles, ancient tomes teaching necromancy, all kinds of different trinkets! Perhaps that's what she would do with her life in a better timeline.

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hiya hia hai!! I rly enjoyed drawing these lil creatures and I rly love their designs! hope you have a good day, night, afternoon, and evening!!

- Starlight

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