#iteratorsona

[localceilingdevil]

pools of gold (pog...)

oh to be an iterator crammed into a small box after nearly killing an ancient ... only to transfer its conscience into a slugcat and run wild like a rabid animal ....

[ratiosilence]

i spent too long suffering on this not to upload it/SILLY

also no spray paint ver below!

[mewguca]

i drew sls in this color palette i found on twitter

it was fun :)

[moonsofmachinery]

OC drawings to end off the day. Ochre and Chimes in the first one belong to @skybristle HI HELLO!!!! and The Rebirth of Nine Lives belongs to Cheshire aka @arti-cat (HI SORRY I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD A TUMBLR?!?!) Second one is based off the screenshot below~!

(LOOK AT ALL OF THEM!)

[arti-cat]

i still love these so posting them here! iterator sona :] full of rot and the worst senior ever/JOKE

plus these two doodles! i am very very normal about him

[sin-simps]

Finally made my iteratorsona by the way, who love goth bitches?/hj

[bloomyex-art]

ITERATOR REDESIGN

I wasn't satisfied with my Iterator's name and design, so here's the new version!

I just wanted a cute name that included 'star' in the name tbh I might change it later if I find a better one. Backstory is still somewhat the same: Iterator that's meant for observing the stars and constellations (Religious stuff as well as for entertainment.) as well as the occasional babysitter for young Ancients. Kind of like a kindergarten at times. (At least, that was the case until they were all gone.) They are among the latest ( "youngest" ) Iterators out there and as such they don't have that much experience.

They have a hyperfixation on Slugcats, as well as other things such as ecology, astrology ( of course ) and music.

Somewhat childlike in appearance and behavior, this little one is quite playful and loves to talk about their special interests with other Iterators. They are pretty much a cinnamon roll.

( Sadly, they had to mask while the Ancients were still there to avoid any kind of repercussions as they felt they had to 'act professional' in front of them. But now that they're gone they can just do whatever they like! Sorta. )

They are a composer and storyteller, so one may be able to find some of their stories and songs in certain places.

They keep copies of all of their compositions and stories around their puppet at all times ( a.k.a the pearls that are floating around them.)

Due to their love for the little critters. Their can is home to a colony of slugcats. One of their hobbies is to take cute pictures of them and post them into their local group chat.

(Btw they have more wires I just couldn't be bothered to try to draw the ones in the back)

Also I take questions, feel free to ask about them!!!

[loquaxleemons]

MALEWIFE OF THE CENTURY🗣️💥🗣️🗣️‼️‼️🗣️💥‼️‼️‼️🗣️🗣️💥💥

You know my boy Soft Rains gets bitches (one bitch) He's millions of pounds of robot man MALEWIFE He's so proud to earn this award (He's never earned a reward before)

[xjustpeachyx]

I finished my iteratorsona... yes i will be giving them a backstory :3

[shimmeringembers]

Iterator Maker!!

(My examples are simple on purpose! For stuff like the antennas, those are just general shapes and you can customize those as you’d like)

[loquaxleemons]

Lack of Quiescence posting

Merry Christmas from the Delirious and Deranged!

Ft. All the Delirious

[localceilingdevil]

boy why you so ○ ○

[voldkat]

hey gamers i made an iteratorsona . his name is unrelenting carnage and hes the group senior of the systemic starbursts local group and his puppet is holographic 🫶

[delta-orionis]

For the past couple of days, I've been tossing around the idea of an iterator OC who is focused around astronomy. I love astronomy, and there's a conspicuous lack of any information about it in Rain World, which I find pretty intriguing. (I made a post about some of my random theories here.) So, I started to think about what an iterator specifically designed to study astronomy might be like. I named them Three Stars Above Clouds (in reference to Orion's belt, because I can't help but put references to Orion in everything I do, I guess). I actually ended up having a lot of thoughts about them, which I'll detail below. (Warning, there's A Lot.)

Three Stars Above Clouds (TSAC) was designed and built by a splinter group of Ancients who believed the Solution to the Great Problem wouldn't be found deep underground, but in the sky. TSAC was created in order to help them collect data about the sky, house their institutions, and conduct research. They were built into a mountain range, where clouds are less likely to form and the air is thinner. (Real world observatories are often built on top of mountains or in arid places like deserts in an attempt to avoid interference from clouds and rain. You can't see the stars if they're hidden behind clouds, after all.)

Three Stars Above Clouds' city is home to several large observatories which keep a constant watch on the sky. I got the idea for TSAC in part from the currently-under-construction Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (also called the Vera C. Rubin Observatory). The LSST is designed to take ultra-high-definition pictures of the entire night sky every couple of nights, in order to monitor for changes. This data will be a treasure trove for astronomers, and can be used for anything from discovering new asteroids and rogue planets, to monitoring distant galaxies for supernovae. One problem that arises from this, however, is the sheer amount of data that this telescope will produce- it's way too much for any human to hope to be able to sift through. I imagine that the Ancients who built TSAC would run into a similar problem; TSAC's observatories generate colossal amounts of data, so a large part of TSAC's duties as an iterator are to sift through and analyze this data to find anything that might be useful in finding the Solution.

Three Stars Above Clouds is relatively isolated as an iterator. They are located at a much higher altitude than their peers, in the middle of a remote mountain range. Their citizens are also somewhat isolated from Ancient society at large, due to their fringe religious beliefs. (Due to the lack of anything astronomy or space-travel related in Rain World's lore, I think the Ancients either largely don't have an interest in studying astronomy, or it's considered taboo due to their religion's focus on ascension, as well as the subterranean Void Sea.)

As for Three Stars Above Clouds themself, they have a bit of a reputation for being a loner. Other iterators sometimes see them as obsessing over something pointless, because despite the vast amounts of data TSAC has collected, so far it's turned up nothing useful in terms of the Solution. However they are sometimes contacted by iterators who might be interested in their data, either for the purpose of research or just out of curiosity. TSAC is happy to talk about their personal research to anyone who is willing to listen.

Three Stars Above Clouds worked closely with their citizens while their city was still inhabited, and misses them deeply. Despite their citizens being gone, they continue with their sky surveys, partially because the desire to do so is hard-coded into their programming, and partially because it at least gives them something to do. Deep down, TSAC is convinced that someday they will come across something extraordinary among the stars.

In order to store the immense amounts of data generated by their observatories, TSAC's city and internal structure contain a wealth of data pearls, which has inevitably led to the amassing of a large Scavenger population both in and around their structure, who regularly raid TSAC's supply of pearls. However, due to TSAC's high altitude, their external structure and surrounding mountains are also home to large colonies of Vultures, which help control the Scavenger population, at the very least. TSAC is quite fond of Vultures for this reason.

The mountains are very cold, which means Three Stars Above Clouds' rain freezes almost immediately into snow and sleet, which falls down onto the surrounding mountains. As the glaciers and snowfall on these mountains melt, the water flows down the mountains into large rivers, and is collected in several dams at ground level. These dams are home to pumping stations which pump water back up into TSAC's can. TSAC's can is fed water through a vast array of underground pipes that snake underneath and through the mountains. The upkeep of these pipes is mostly automated, however, there are some issues that only an engineer can fix. With all of TSAC's engineers gone, their pipe network is extremely prone to failure due to its complexity. They've had a dam or two break in the past, and TSAC knows that it's only a matter of time before all of their dams break and they will lose their water supply for good.

Their void fluid filtration system is also similarly complex; mine shafts are scattered throughout the mountain range and reach deep underground to access the Void Sea. Even though TSAC's ancients don't think Void Fluid is the key to ascension, they still recognize its usefulness as a potent energy source.

These networks of tunnels, pipes, mines, and maintenance stations have become home to a wide range of creatures over the cycles, many seeking refuge from the cold. Maybe there's even a colony of subterranean Slugcats running around down there.

I've also made an annotated version of the drawing of TSAC's can; you can click on the alt text for transcriptions of my notes if you can't read my handwriting. One thing I forgot to note was the green lasers, those are Laser Guide Stars. (I just think they look cool.)

And here's a closer look at TSAC's city, because I'm pretty proud of the way it turned out. (I even snuck the LSST in there on the left, hehe.)

Aaaand I think that's everything! If I got any of the lore wrong, I apologize. Rain World's lore is pretty vague at times, and I tried to do the best with what I know. I also have a pretty strong grasp on astronomy, but not so much on climatology and geology, so if I got some of those things wrong as well, go easy on me, haha. X]

I will say, creating an iterator is an interesting thought experiment. You need to think about the effect they have on the surrounding environment, while keeping in mind that they're sentient and also have an entire city of people living on them that they need to help manage. Iterators are fascinating to me, and I love reading about other people's OCs and seeing the ways they're able to make them unique.

If you read this far, thank you for devoting some of your time to listening to me ramble. You get a gold star: ⭐⭐⭐

Edit: Here's a closeup of their in-game sprite as a reward for reading this far. Yippee

[moonsofmachinery]

he lauves you!!!!! sory . carb posting

[arti-cat]

the rot does not bode well for indecisive seniors

heavily inspired by this cover of message lost by lon ! featuring my silly iteratorsona

+ the base sketch for clarity!