#jado (spectrobes)

[ouarmy]

Big blue guy commission !

Always a pleasure to draw one of my favorite bad guy :D

[ouar-my]

Hey High Krawl fan, I have something for you :>

I bought the official BTP guide book and there were the official artworks of these guys. Well the quality is not extraordinary but I had to share this !

(I will be able to draw Jado properly after all these years)

[venomgaia]

have you seen my son? you have now :]

[cordate-chordata]

Been a while since I drew da guy <3

[totallycorrectspectrobesquotes]

Krux: It would seem that you bitches have come to a standstill in Tarzan's forest. You have thirteen seconds before the planet fucking explodes, you Hot Topic Wannabe and you Orange Gumball son of a bitch! You have done nothing but destroy my life, I hope you both die.

Rallen: Hot Topic?!

Jado: No! My secret!

[nioice]

It's on 8tracks and starts with If I Had A Heart by Fever Ray

If I Had A Heart - Fever Ray Jado's a krawl, he's empty of empathy, so has no heart. "This will never end, 'cause I want more." He's gluttonous for power, as shown in Beyond the Portals when he absorbs the other highkrawls' remains and begs Krux for more power and energy after his last defeat in that game. The song is a lot more somber than canon Jado is, while it fits my fanfic post-canon version of him where he survives the attack in Kaio and becomes a more jaded and menacing person.

Ice Cream Truck - Montana Of 300 Destruction, chaos, and violence. Krawl overrun civilizations that can't fight them with spectrobes or other effective weapons like it's nothing. Jado's part of that and enjoys it.

Haifisch - Rammstein Song about sharks. Jado pointy teeth. Also Rammstein Slaps and I used to listen to the song a lot as a teen. That's all. The lyrics don't really fit Jado at all. From what I understand and interpret it as the song's about tough people sticking together, being compared to sharks - you never see sharks cry because they live in water so the tears are invisible. I think if Jado were to cry he'd bawl like a mf in the open and the highkrawl don't stick together at all, so that's no fit...

Duality - Slipknot Bonkers going crazy song. Jado looks like a guy who could absolutely lose it to me. I think he's in a lot of pain being Krux's thumb, never living up to expectations and emotionally and physically abused.

Tube of Medusa Remix - FlashBaron Tube of Medusa imo is a hell level in the game Ecco Tides of Tide. The jellyfish gave child me anxiety and dread. It's marine animals + ocean/water setting game and level, so the connection there is that Jado is flash/water element.

Tangential Friend - PengoSolvent No real thought put into this aside me liking the song back when I made the playlist and thinking the vibe of the tune would fit in with Jado! But: "And I just know ; I nod because I can't stop you." Agreeing with Krux because own agency isn't tolerated? I can draw more connection throught that lol. The song is full of energy but sad, kind of anxious. The more orchestral parts of the song make me think about trying to rise to something higher, so Jado trying to show he's worth something, but never managing to do so. He's just a small non-threat, like the light chime-like notes being hit throughout the entire song.

Assassinations - Stateless Song has a creepy, lurking sound. Jado kills people, and the highkrawl around above considering to kill each other (not shown, but I assume so) and their leader (shown, if I remember right. I think Maja considered overthrowing Krux? I might misremember). "You can't stop whatever is 'round the corner" Jado very much has 'monster/shadow lurking right around the corner' vibes.

Lost It To Trying (Mouths Only Lying) - Son Lux He tried three times shown in canon to beat the main protag, prove himself, and talked a lot of empty smack in the process. This song's about the idea of him realizing this and wallowing in the shame and directionlessness of his failure.

I'm Not Done - Fever Ray About every time in canon he comes back after being assumed defeated/dead and my post-canon fanfic where he survives again and comes back stronger for real this time.

Thanks so much for asking! It was so nice to come back to this old playlist.

I have another playlist for him on my Youtube channel 23 pants. The fanfic I mentioned is called 邪道 | subject to change and on Archive Of Our Own / AO3, but still in its early stages of the plot.

[sundown-draws]

Ramble about Spectrobes world building: Humanity's place in space.

It's kind of wild that this game had more to be discovered because I grew up and replayed it and was able to understand the premise more.

⏰️Spanish is my mother language so replaying it in English when I was older got me a little messed up with the existentialism, like how Nanairo is the birthplace of humanity yet the other solar systems you visit, the "children" of Nanairo, are abandoned or destroyed by krawl.

⭐️ The High Krawl also had some existential implications, they show us Krawl aren't mindless monsters or "demons" or whatever, they're just as alive as humans and Spectrobes, they even have more sapience than Spectrobes... It's all so bittersweet, because yes Rallen saved Nanairo, and Jeena recovered history, but we didn't get to deeply understand why Krawl do what they do, and the krawl war goes on and on, Jado doesn't die, Krux doesn't die... Etc etc space horror?

🌐 Btw my theory about the underlying message is that exploration for the sake of getting humanity's mark on everything, and colonizing other planets might as well end up biting us in the butt because of the pure audacity to assume "intelligent life" has to be sapient (and our especific cultural sapiece btw), we can easily destroy life because we want to rush into space.

🌪 Maybe Nanairo humans tried to be a type 3 civilization, krawl felt threatened by being displaced by humans, Spectrobes simply can buffer humans being killed by krawl because humans can bond and train animals- so Spectrobes aren't "angels" either, but it's scary to think Geos can destroy planets as well if a human just tells them to.

⏳️ There's some mythological and/or religious themes to Spectrobes too. They mention Fate, Krux talks about Kaio like it's god, some savior that comes around only when real bad shit will happen to humans... He, aspiring to be a savior as well? ends up on the opposite end, becoming more alike the creatures that were causing him desperation. Jeena frames this as Krux reaching for power and sacrificing his ideals and humanity in the process.

[marionettestars]

what zero pussy does to a mfer

[dragabond-art]

"First things first I'mma say all the words inside my head I'm fired up and tired of the way that things have been, oh, oooh The way that things have been, oh, oooh" 

[sorrowful--owl]

-t poses and clips into an alternate game/movie/etc universe to visit a different alien bf- choggy milk for Jado time

Bold of you to assume he knows how to properly drink something

[krux-did-nothing-wrong]

Hi I have No Idea What I’m Doing but this was an amusing thought to me and is basically what Krux did to Jado in Origins but in,,, meme form

[ouarmy]

He's on his way to find his body on Malik.

I love this big blue guy and his shadow so much 💙

[dragabond]

Jado from Spectrobes GOES IS FERAL

flag made by @yourfavegoesferal whos blog suddenly looks very empty so i hope whoever ran that blog is able to see this

[snowywolfenix]

This particular talksprite of Jado resonates with me on a primal level that I cannot explain. I just see this distressed looking mess of a man and go “same, my dude, same”

[cordate-chordata]

They

Extra colourless version idk cuz I like the lineart on top right Jado:

[totallycorrectspectrobesquotes]

Jado: Like... y'know, nyah. Maja: ...What. Gronos: NYAH~! Maja: Stop