#i might redo my pinned post

[aamaranthiine]

OOC: i took some time tonight to update my carrd. including writing a summary bio for amalthea's main details page. added a section for her in character relationships thus far you can see here. obviously more will be added and edited accordingly as rp and ooc chats take place c;

just wanted to do some cleaning up before i left for vacation.

[5iyoomi]

I think I might end up making a separate account for little one off fics and stuff like headcanons/potentially art and whatnot that way this accs less messy </3 my main masterlist would be the 4 fandoms i write the most for overall even when my interests change (fire emblem, genshin, haikyuu of course and probably resident evil) so keep an eye out? I'll also be getting back into writing soon, hopefully, since works been slower this month and i'm not busting my ass lol 🫡

[yourdailyjormy]

once again all my creative work has been Commission Stuff I Can't Share, so here's an old piece from 2022 because i happen to like it

[maraschinotopped]

smile. guess who changed her entire theming.

[mkniesy]

i'm hoping to get something out on ao3 by next week of a chaptered fic but i also know i'm procrastinating on important portfolio work. so it's likely that i WILL.

[spiralghost]

hello! you can call me nix, nico, nate, or something else entirely if you want. (and if you know me by a different name, feel free to keep calling me that.) i'm also 27 and go by they/them or any pronouns ("any pronouns" meaning any that are okay for me as a white person to use).

some descriptors i use for myself are queer, neurodivergent, and disabled. i'm also engaged to @woofelss, but they don't use this website much. i spend too much time playing video games but i'm still not any good at them. some other more general interests include music, alt fashion, writing, streaming, reading, and more. due to my anhedonia, it's pretty hard for me to get into anything, so i often don't have many current and specific interests, but i've been spending a time working on music projects lately. (i've been taking voice lessons for a little over a year now and am now taking guitar lessons!)

notes: you might know me from vent as hidden or blooky, but i don’t really use that app much anymore. i’m also very bad at responding to messages for multiple reasons, but i do appreciate any messages sent to me. i’d also like to thank everyone who has sent me a message for their patience! please only follow if you’re 18+, and i’ll probably only follow back if you’re 20+.

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[akascow]

ive been in 12600 follower limbo for like 2 years turns out all i needed to do was join living and or new fandoms

[pierswife]

If I do a promo it's just gonna end up being a MiseryxCPRxReese's Puffs edit and I don't think I should plague the world with that so /j

[miskick]

Iiiii would have a lot to fix if I dedicated the time to. fixing it.

[supernatural-bias]

I'm so obsessed with my blog theme right now

[forgedcold]

ooc. i'm too lazy to make a carrd / put everything into a google doc, but since direct page links don't work for mobile users, i'm going to be posting my rules, headcanons page, etc. so i can link to those posts.

not all at once and not now, but eventually.

[t1oui]

i just finished all my work (we have a sub) and there’s still exactly an hour left of class so if i have posts queued for the next month y’all know why

[darlingkisses01]

shoutout to when i initially started this blog over a year ago and posted random shit similar to how i post on my twitter priv. and then after a while i just sorta gave up and stopped doing that

[virtualized-vocalists]

Well, it's taken me a decent chunk of the day-- But~, Piko is now officially part of the muse roster~! And i'll likely have a headcanon post queued for him tomorrow as well, if i don't decide to go ahead drop that in the next couple hours instead--

[t34-mt]

western region kyhuines remake for myself because i thought they looked bad, tho they finally look good to me now. the only guys with blue-ish gular sack and skin around the face

they originated from western savannah biome but like every other ethnic group they've spread out. for short they'll be called western kyhuine because that's where they're concentrated the most

you can view the old one from 2023 under the cut

may 17th 2023 version ^ , it makes me feel violent

i also tried to redo them in later 2023, though i didn't like it at all either. they're also from a failed ethnicity chart that im not satisfied with anymore, oopsie

females were based on male wood ducks, and males were based on male mandarin ducks. I don't know what was up with me, ducks are the least kyhuine thing ever yet i did it anyway. the current designs used sandgrouse for reference, pin-tailed sandgrouse to be precise, check them out!

kyhuine has heavy pigeon inspiration in them, mainly because we have pigeons lol. sand Grouse and quails are very much "kyhuine coded" in my brain too. but also, prairie chicken! they have the same feather structure on the head, although angled differently, kyhuine "ears" are just feathers if you pluck them off they'll have a smooth head, the ear hole is near the eye.

might delete the post and repost it if i ever make more of those so it can act as an "ethnicity chart post" (you will never see me make a clean ethnicity chart it will only be doodles like this stuck together. when i start making one i lose my mind because a week later i think the proportions look wrong now im babbling

you can have a sneak peak on me doing a southern male render cause the only refs i have of them is from 2023 again, when they were just 2 simple colors, you can see the older version on the right. even tahofahs were so tiny it makes me giggle. trying to have western faces be shorter with salt flat and southern valley (the guy right here) have the typical pointy longer face. and then easterns get the round funny head

ok byebye

[glassladyoftheopera]

In Stars and Time as a Musical Follow Up: Costumes

Okay, a topic I may have enough thoughts on to make a full post about; costumes! (and a little bit stage craft in some places.)

This is mostly about what people would do if they wanted to actually put on a live version of this, versus treating it like a concept album. I am however going to mostly ignore cost restraints outside of like, truly ridiculous stuff.

So first, some general notes.

The color palette: we will still have all of the costumes and sets be in grayscale, with the red used in the 'say it's name' and Act 5 sequences probably mostly being done through lighting. We will not have the actors use skin paint though. I'm not that mean. The audience can buy the idea that the world is meant to be black and white just fine without it.

Materials: I would avoid overly synthetic looking fabrics to maintain the 'vaguely fantasy medieval' vibe, but I wouldn't worry about using actual natural fabric. Comfort and cleaning are higher priorities.

Ensemble: Not much to say about them! Just that the production would have to be careful to make sure everyone is in truly neutral grayscale and not let too warm / cool of grays slip in.

Okay, let's talk characters.

Siffrin is tricky basically every option for interpreting the cloak has it's own pros and cons. Having sleeves means better movement options for the actor, but they only show up in a handful of images in the game. Full poncho means we get Full Triangle Vibe, but it would hamper movement a lot. Cloak with a pinned closed front means we see more of the rest of the costume more often, which I wouldn't mind, but it does break up the classic triangle silhouette. It's honestly still my pick though. Then there's the eye patch. I know some shows just give characters eye patches, and as long as you're careful staging the dances it will probably be fine? But I assume semi-mesh eye patches for performers are a thing, so I'd try to find one of those. Lastly, hat. It probably couldn't be as absurdly big as in game without casting major shadows we don't want on Siffrin's face, so they'll need a slightly narrower brim and we'd keep the hat pinned in a more back position.

Mirabelle's outfit probably wouldn't need to change much, but her little fingerless gloves would need some reinforcement at the top to keep them from falling down her arms. There's also the matter of her needing to have her sword with her most of the show; it might need to be a little smaller than a true rapier, but Shakespeare shows have duels and such so we can make something work.

Odile wouldn't be particularly difficult to costume as long as you don't make her sweater / jacket too heavy and put some straps on her shoes. Fake glasses aren't hard too bad, but some rigging in the back to keep them on will be helpful.

Isabeau I'm sorry but your sleeves have to be a little less gigantic, it will get in the way of the audience being able to read your gestures / get caught on stuff. They can still be long and loose though. Also, in real life the stripes on his pants being that wide could be an issue in terms of reading where he is on stage with the set / looking kind of goofy, so I might make them just a bit thinner.

Bonnie... I do not know how to make your weird pillow hat work in real life. For most game accurate version you'd have to make it completely from scratch. Something like a beret in terms of construction but... big. And probably held up internally with stuffing and wire. The alternative would probably be a big sunhat, and if you want to include Bonnie getting a new hat just slightly redo that scene to find something else that's similar.

Heck yeah its time for Loop! Now, we're definitely not doing a full star head, that wouldn't let the actor do any of that good emoting. But! I think a lower face mask could still work. You might have to hide the actor's mic under there to make sure they could be heard, but it's definitely possible. They would definitely need a custom wig for spikiness, plus a star-like head piece to top it off. Now the rest of it... I mean, you could go full body suit. I'd probably do that as the first choice, though maybe adding a wispy loin cloth or tie around the middle for modesty depending on your performer / venue. But! Different productions could get really creative with it, as long as the base still has them black and covered with stars and there's the star in their chest. Add in some specific design quirks that are only elsewhere found in Sif and The King's costumes, but just tiny little detail type things? Chef's kiss.

Speaking of the King! He unfortunately does need to be Very Big, but thankfully Broadway shows can pull that off! Something similar to the Wizard head in Wicked could work here, where only some parts of the set piece move (mechanically or via puppetry) and the actor is a voice over. The hair could be a mix of practice and projections. The tears that show up in the fight would probably also need to be projected. The hard thing would be getting it to disappear quickly enough. Maybe the last bit before the loop resets is always in front of the curtain? Could be cool. A less well funded production would probably have to either use mostly projections or re-work to use less moving parts.

Last up Euphrasie! Since she has a long dress getting her some extra height wouldn't be too hard, and she doesn't have to dance or anything so that helps. But! She does need to do the Act 4 finale dramatic kneel down, which is harder to work around. If we cast a tall actor and just use lifts in her shoes, it could work. She wouldn't be as super tall as she would be if we used hidden stilts, but I like the image of her cupping Sif's face, it goes all the way back to the comics, I gotta keep it.

What about y'all? How would you dress everyone? Any little details you'd want to see? And tricks to deal with the problems I thought of? Have fun!