#lunar lucia

[pandorkful]

Happy Lunar Week 2024! I draw things on twitch every Thursday at 6pm central, many of them Lunar related and pretty unhinged--here's a sampling!

Please feel free to drop in and throw your nuttiest doodle prompts my way! (Unless there's been a massive solar flare within the past 15 hours, those fuck up my internet! :B) twitch.tv/pandorkful

[just-ghaleon]

I think you should draw Lucia!

Okie dokie, here you go, Anon!

Hope ya like it! (Hope you see it, it's been..... awhile..... ^^;;;;;;;;)

[aghostsdestiny]

Dreaming of a place where a tree perches on a cliff with a soft blue marble watching over it.

[ciitrinitas]

lunar: eternal blue (sega-cd, 1994).

[pandor-pandorkful]

Sometimes you don't realize how much you love a character until you've tried drawing them.

For example, Lucia from Lunar 2. I liked her well enough before, but now that I've actually spent some time doing study sketches of her--holy crap I adore her actually??

She's so shapey and fun to draw :3c <3 I seriously love her. >w<

[indigozeal]

I don't get the point of Rajio Tekunosuke's Aoki Hoshi yori Yatte Kita (It Came from the Blue Star), though it seems to be something along the lines of: "what if Lucia dressed in white, had a partially-sheer outfit & huge honkin' breasts, and was totally DtF?"  Only there is no Fing.  Hiro goes to pick up the Genesis carts Lucia forgot in the Blue Spire, only to have another goddess descend from the Blue Star on him.  Disappointed that Zophar's already been beaten but intrigued by banging a clueless but momentarily-distracted-by-her-assets Hiro, she agrees to his offer of temporary housing till she comes to grips with her redundancy on the Zophar-alarm front.  And...the doujin ends, at all of 12 pages (10 if you leave out the credits).  It's not only Plot What Plot but Porn What Porn.  It's the slightest slip of a beginning of a story, except, as the author notes, one "likely not continued."  Inexplicable, but as Magical School Lunar once noted, the world is deeply mysterious.

Rajio Tekunosuke has an ample portfolio of full-length, less-puzzling Lucia doujinshi, so you're better off tracking down one of the artist's other titles  -  or their extant website.  A lot of links are busted, but poke around, and you can find a list of their doujin, with sample 4-koma comics, and doodles.

[petewentzisblack1312]

my arch nemesis. saint lucia, australia.

[an-aura-about-you]

I've got so many jmart AU and crossover ideas in my head it's unreal.

[lookismstuff]

Highlights of Ep 482

SPOILERS ALERT

tw: violence, child abuse

"Now I will reveal my darkness. You’re not gonna blame me like a fool and cry. I’m gonna take back what I lost..." - Lucia, "Lunar Phase"

After a series of failed curative attempts, Vin’s mom took him from Seoul to the male shaman in Cheonliang in order to cure his eyes.

The shaman and his team immediately performed the exorcism with goat as sacrifice. Vin’s mom spent a lot for this ritual. Vin’s mom was yelled at for being insincere in her prayers and began praying in earnest.

A little boy was used as the sacrifice in order for Vin to “heal”. He had six fingers in each hand and six toes in each foot. He was stripped naked, tied, and stoned to death.

The villagers treated Vin and his mom with either creepy welcome or open suspicion as to why they left Seoul and came to Cheonliang. Some of them accused Vin’s mom of being a “loose woman” who probably had her son out of wedlock.

Meanwhile, the fraudulent shaman secretly lusted after Vin’s mom.

That night, Vin’s mom woke him up and they both tried to escape the village to no avail. The shaman had stopped the selling of bus tickets in the name of the “Child God” and instructed the ticket seller in advance.

Vin’s mom reported the stoning of the child to the local police station and showed the photo in her phone but instead her phone was taken by the officer on duty, again in the name of the “Child God”.

The bewildered mother and son took a taxi, but even the taxi driver took them back to the Shaman’s house and every other cult follower waited for them there.

From then on Vin and his mom lived in misery and captivity where their every activity was being watched and Vin began calling his life hell.

Not long after, Vin woke up to find his mom dead, hanging from the rafters in his dark room.

After that and since the stoned kid ran away, it was Vin who replaced the stoned kid as the sacrifice totem for the Shaman’s rituals to erase bad luck. He was stripped naked in freezing winter, he was also kicked and mistreated in every possible way.

People came and stare at Vin’s eyes during these (fraudulent) rituals, as he was splashed with animals’ blood to symbolize the driving away of bad luck.

It was then when Vin had his meager meal after a ritual, he met another kid, dark skinned and wrapped up warm. This kid is TAEJIN, the only son of the shaman.

Taejin offered Vin some meal (burger from a certain fast food brand) and was kind to Vin and asked if he felt cold. He even promised to clothe Vin once he became a shaman. Because Vin was his. (Edit: I was mistaken about this earlier. I thought he only meant to save Vin).

Taejin’s life was the opposite of Vin’s because, even though Vin was allowed to go to school, stones were thrown at him and he was called a Monster every day.

Vin tried to stab his polycoria eye once because he was sure it was the source of all of his unhappiness (there’s a photo of his family of three on the table, his parents and him). It’s implied that probably his father was gone (but I’m not sure). Crying in desperation, little Vin wondered what did he do wrong.

Fast forward to Vin’s middle school days where he kept beating people up and grew his hair long to cover his eyes. Kids avoided him in the corridors, whispering that he hated handsome guys because of his inferiority complex.

That day, Vin passed Taejin by in the school corridor but they both said nothing to each other, all traces of their childhood interactions had vanished.

As he pretended to sleep in his classroom, Vin thought he was glad to be alienated, at least nobody came closer.

Rumors reached the school of a monster who lived in a cave in the mountains.

One night, Vin was dragged to work for the shaman again and this time he was stripped naked… and was paraded in the street in front of his schoolmates, while Taejin was sitting far ahead with his shaman father.

From shame and pain, Vin ran away crying to the mountain, begging the Monster of the Cheonliang Mountain to come and kill him instantly.

But a young man came out of the cave, instead of a monster.

This man would in turn become Vin’s future teacher. The King of Cheonliang: YOOK SEONGJI.

[lunarcrossingart]

Artfight Attack Showcase

Hey everyone! I wanted to post the cool art I made this art fight :) If you ever wanna fight me next July: I attack Mutuals, Cool Designs, and I commit Revenge!

@artseniccatnip Characters

Behold the Pom - Pomegranate

Penitence On My Knees - Dragonfruit

@sketchesandnonesense Characters

Ratta tat tat give this girl a bat - Emma

No Photos, Please - Rosco (and the freakshow)

@internetkatze Characters (I'm Not Sorry)

"I gots four words for ya-" - Nic Carter

That's a weird looking cat. - Nyancy

Bubblegum Bitch - Halley "Hal" Arches + M. Marlow

@segasonic-popcorn-shop Characters

A Lunar Eclipse - Eclipse

Apollo - Apollo

@bardically-uninspired Character

Twice as Nice - Rice

@lukiyu Character

Lighteater - Ahath

@fleridanflaminfox Characters

Sky Child - Sky Child - Fler

Sing With Me! - Harper the Scottish Fold

@dragondawdles Characters

They scream at their own- - Meal

The Creative Pose - Mya (sona)

@noonbeam17 Characters

Scorchburn!! - Scorchburn >

Hyde and Seek - Jekyll >

@samthecookielord Characters

Loyal to the Royals - Veran Rooke + "GB" + "GG" + Clive (honorable mention)

Onwards! - Lucia + Loony/Moony

@mondaybear21 Character

The Doctor Will See You Now! - Clara Reyes

Day / s0lislunae (Twitter) character

What Are Shadows but Another Way To Hide? - Leandra

@autisticqueenorder Character

The Dual-Bladed Duelist - Brutus&glottis (pmtok)

BuggieTom (Instagram) Character

Through the Looking Glass... - Omino

Sincerely, Team Seafoam!

[caostalgia]

Mirarlo era respirar.

Lo miraba,

lo miraba porque me fascinaba.

¿Cómo era posible que siempre luciera tan perfecto?

Era como si cada trozo de su piel,

cada cabello de su cabeza,

cada lunar,

cada pestaña,

cada parte de él fuese arte que no era reconocido.

Me atraía desde su forma de pensar

hasta su forma de caminar,

todo en él lucia muy bien,

la forma en la que me miraba,

la forma en que hablaba,

la forma en que sonreía,

en que achinaba los ojos

cuando una carcajada le brotaba por la garganta,

la forma en que mientras estaba distraído

se llevaba los dedos a los labios,

y solo me daban ganas de besarle hasta el alma.

Todo en él revolucionaba mi vida,

todo en él ponía mi mundo al revés,

todo en él era correcto aunque no lo fuera,

todo en él era vida.

-Jota.

[pandorkful]

One of the Lunar things I drew on the most recent stream! mewthemew wanted Lunar characters as Animal Crossing villagers, so I went ape. :3

[just-ghaleon]

Fiiiiinally wrapping up this year's Lunar sketch requests! ^^; Here's Nall and Lucia for Alayna Danner on instagram!!

The image of Nall riding around in a bike basket like a reluctant cat hit me hard and I had to draw it. XD I'm still kinda feeling out this lineless color block style of sketching, but I hope they like it! :3

[nczaversnick]

Writerly Questionnaire

I’ve been tagged for this a few time so apologies if I don’t get everyone

Thanks to @the-golden-comet @the-letterbox-archives and @honeybewrites

Jeez this is long. I’ll try my best though!

About Me:

When did you first start writing?

When I was 11 I think? I got heavily involved in the Pottermore community, back before they got rid of the forums for the site. This lead to me getting into the roleplay community when I was 12. This is also around when I started drawing.

Are the themes/genres you enjoy reading different from the ones you write?

Yes and no. I do read a lot of fantasy and that’s not in my work as much but a lot of the thematic elements are. I started reading dystopians more a few years ago because I knew Project Gemini would ultimately be a dystopian. Reading YA books has shown me a lot of things I would like to do differently in my book as I am a big fan of subverting expectations.

Is there an author (or fellow writer!) you want to emulate, or to whom you’re often compared?

If I’m being compared to somebody I have yet to hear about it. I think writing style wise I’d like to be a combination of Marissa Meyers (The Lunar Chronicles) and Neal Shusterman (Arc of a Scythe) with just a little Douglas Adams (Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy)

Can you tell me a little about your writing space(s)? (Room, coffee shop, desk, etc.)

Hardly matters where I am as long as I have my iPad and headphones.

What’s your most effective way to muster up some muse?

Well, I work ten hours a day in a factory so I have a lot of time for pondering. I also usually listen to books at work and listening to something new always helps [it’s also why I struggle to get around to reading friends work, I do all my reading through audiobooks these days]

Did the place(s) you grew up in influence the people and places you write about?

Not so much in Project Gemini, but part of that comes from the fact that Rachelle and I had extremely different experiences. She grew up in the city and I grew up in a small town. She travels all over the country every year and if I had my way I would stay in one place and never leave.

That said, it does show in the Fandomverse stuff. My partner for that and I grew up together in the same small town. We both love that small town every and it shows

Are there any reoccurring themes in your writing, and if so, do they surprise you at all?

Oh absolutely. I do several troupes (after all who can resist a good Enemies to Lovers or Found Family?) but for actual themes/message over all, I find I have a constant theme of diversity. And a bisexual protagonist ready to fight anyone who oppresses anyone else.

It does surprise me that it’s so easy to write these people, when being the guy that rages against the machine is so hard for me in real life. I think it’s another way I subvert expectations people have of me.

My Characters

Would you please tell me about your current favorite character? (Current WIP, past WIP, never used, whatever)

I feel like I can’t not say Nic/The Doctor, mostly because he started out as a self insert character. He’s evolved beyond me over the last ten years but still.

Other than that though, Adrian will always be my favorite. He’s the one who started it all for Project Gemini and the only one to survive the first draft

Which of your characters do you think you’d be friends with in real life?

Oh nearly all of them probably. These stories are built around people who are kind and compassionate in a way that I don’t see in real life often. I don’t think it’s possible to not be friends with them if you really try

Which of your characters would you dislike the most if you met them?

Aside from my villains (like the great General Lucia Atore) I think I’d have to say Mason, at least initially. Dude is massive and angry looking and I’m basically just a pile of bones and nothing else. Bro could snap me like a twig

Tell me about the process of coming up with one, all or any of your characters.

Nine times out of ten it’s start writing (or drawing!) and see what happens. I wrote Weston for nearly five years before I realized he was gay. Sometimes I have to figure something out but the little version of an OC in my head doesn’t feel like talking so I end up writing snippets kind of surrounding the topic I want to know to draw it out. (This is why @honeybewrites has been getting so much Iris content lately. I’ve been trying to figure out the accident that caused her disability but she’s being stubborn >:T8)

Do you notice any reoccurring themes/traits among your characters?

Also so much neurodivergency and rage against government

How do you picture them? (Real people, imagined or actors, artwork, fan art or commissioned art. Whatever you’ve got really)

Listen ain’t nobody got time for all the art I’ve done for these bitches so here’s a very small sample. Mix of Project Gemini and Fandomverse:

My writing

What’s your reason for writing?

Because I can.

And emotional regulation.

Is there a specific comment or type of comment you find particularly motivating coming from your readers?

Obviously literally any interaction is the best thing that’s ever happened to me but I find it particularly interesting when someone becomes obsessed with one specific char of mine. It’s very rare but I never see it coming.

Rachelle herself is madly in love with Adrian and Nic/The Doctor.

I had an ex once who was really into Atlas and Weston, that one felt entirely out of left field for me.

One of my childhood friends asks me about Flynn every time they come to visit.

How do you want to be thought of by those who read your work?

I don’t really have an answer for this. I feel like the story is so much more important than their perception of me. If they like it, they’ll like me, because it is me. That being said, I hope when people read my story they feel seen more than anything.

What do you feel is your greatest strength as a writer?

I’m fantastic at developing and tracing character motivations to fuel actions and what a good character arc for them would be I think. It infuriates Rachelle occasionally but she knows I’m usually right.

What have you been frequently told your greatest strength as a writer is by others?

I don’t have an answer for this either. It implies that people actually bothered to read the draft I send them and then also tell me what they think beyond ‘it’s good’

Rachelle says it’s the characters and that my emotional investment in writing is really obvious and appealing

How do you feel about your own writing?

I like it. I like it enough that I don’t understand having unfinished WIPs or ideas. I have these two things and if whatever idea I had doesn’t fit it becomes an AU using characters from either Project Gemini or Fandomverse

If you were the last person on earth and knew your writing would never be read by another human would you still write?

I’d love to say I would, to leave for whoever comes next, but honestly, if I’m the only person left I feel like I’ll have bigger problems than writing for no audience.

When you write are you influenced by what others might enjoy reading or do you right purely what you enjoy? If it’s a mix of the two what holds the most influence?

This one is tricky because it’s definitely both, but also neither. My favorite thing to do and read in storytelling is to subvert expectations. So yes I have to put a lot of consideration into what would the reader enjoy/expect to happen in this story but even then I take that and turn it over on its head, which is more for me XD8

Holy crap well you get 10 cool points if you actually bothered to read all of that

Absolutely no pressure tags because this took me 2 hours to type:

@wyked-ao3 @kittrrrr @zackprincebooks @theverumproject @fractured-shield @poppycat-writes @illarian-rambling @finickyfelix @kuebiko-writing @yourpenpaldee @willtheweaver @moltenwrites @davycoquette +open tag

[ciitrinitas]

lunar: eternal blue (sega-cd, 1994).

[watanabes-cum-dump]

Some interesting things abt Babylonia’s politics + some theories

*clown voice* Hola amigos! So I am fucking insane and took some notes (and screenshots) while reading the New Divide extra story chapter and I think it has some very interesting insights into Babylonia’s government! So I will be sharing those in no particular order

Parliament

As we can see in this screenshot here, there are some logos that aren’t just the standard WG logo. I have no idea what the one on the right is supposed to be for (possibly their version of their Supreme Court or smth) but I think the logo with the C is for the Control Court and the one in the middle is just for Gestalt. There are other logos in other shots of this meeting room thingy but half of them are cut off and these three are the only ones that are consistent.

I imagine these are the parties maybe? Idk what kinda government structure Babylonia has but that’s my guess. Wonder what party Hassen is from then.

Collins’ and Kurono’s intentions

Throughout this story, Collins is shown wanting more power in Parliament. Interesting when you consider that an ex Kurono member, Nikola is basically the second in Command of Babylonia’s army. Makes me wonder if there was ever a point Nikola had the same goal and thus joined parliament, since Liszt, a member of Kurono, is in parliament as a member of the Control Court.

Anyways that kinda segways into the next bullet point

Nikola and Hassen’s relationship

Their partnership never fails to intrigue me. Because Nikola left Kurono and is actively working with Hassen against them. (for the most part) I wonder how they became partners? Because iirc Nikola is still with Kurono during the events of Lucia and Luna’s interlude, which is roughly uh… ten ish years before the story starts? I could go into a whole speculative timeline on what I think was Hassen’s ascent to becoming president but I’m not going to rn.

I just really wanna know how they met and how long they’ve known each other because they seem to trust each other. And they know each other pretty well as evidenced by Nikola remarking that Hassen is far more ruthless than him in I believe it was Last Spark?? Idk I have a screenshot somewhere. Anyways they’re literally married it’s just very interesting to me.

(Also I think it’s kinda cute their suits are like inversions of the other’s colours? Hassen’s suit is grey with a black tie and Nikola’s suit is black with a grey tie idk if that was intentional and/or I’m reading too far into this but they’re a cute little duo TO ME)

Nikola’s opposition against Kurono

I am absolutely living for Nikola’s beef with his old faction oh my god. This shit is so fucking funny to me. Like I think he should have let Karenina beat the shit out of Collins. I know that there might be some trauma involved seeing as Kurono is responsible for like half of this game’s problems that aren’t the Punishing Virus, but still.

(I could go into heavy detail on why I think Nikola is highkey traumatized by Kurono but that is for another time”

He just hates them so fucking much and I think he’s actively praying on Kurono’s downfall I am so here for it.

Honestly? I hope Nikola gets what he wants I fucking hate Collins.

Vonnegut’s mole

Okay this was a little theory I came up with while I was reading through Roland’s little section of the story but how the fuck does Vonnegut know about the Lunar base and the Zero point reactor???? He has some explaining to do because I don’t think the general public knows about it.

This leads me to think that Vonnegut has some high ranking eyes up in Babylonia. Perhaps it’s a Kurono member. Idk. I just don’t fucking know how he knows abt the Lunar Base maybe I’ll re read that part but still I am confuzzled.

Kurono. Just, Kurono

Kurono is actually so sussy I am appalled that more people in Parliament aren’t trying to shut them down. Like they’re an entirely different organization with a private military, secret experiments, and general shady dealing and no one bats a fucking eye???

The way they sort of have their own government and operate outside of Babylonia’s rules too??? This is bonkers does nobody get the memo that Kurono is up to something??? I have a war crime counter tally and Kurono’s counts of illegal experimentation are slowly piling up oh my god.

I hope Nikola rats out all of Kurono’s and I hope he gets to kill Collins bc I think he deserves it.

Anyways this has been Kou’s delusions abt a fictional government I will see you again my dear reader once I get more lore crumbs

(Kuro plz translate the rest of Dominik’s orphans I see a link to the Manga on the PGR website you know you want to}