#mad mod redesign

[bugwithteeth]

Did you guys ever read that old teen titans x main batman universe crossover comic?? I thought it was kind of good, but this random cutaway to mad mod loving american food was so random 😭😭😭!!!

[tropicalbo1]

"Hmm, why not ?" *casually drop off this redesign*

Ngl, I feel like this character should have had a stronger origin and potential in MMV2. I hope u enjoy !

[lofi-toast]

❗Yes this is traced! Just mainly for practice and I'll do my own take on it, just wanted to clarify ❗

Can't just fucking settle with one design now can we

[gyaru-tau]

FINALLY FINISHED MY QPHIL 3.0 DESIGN HOORAY (cant wait to. redesign it again in like 3 months.) (CHECK UNDER THE CUT FOR MY SILLY DESIGN NOTES!!)

I think I said this before but i so. SO BADLY wanted him to have a sleep theme since I always loved how his presence on the island was kinda up in the air. Is it a dream? Is it not? When he goes between the island and hardcore is that change really happening? Who knows.

The idea of making his usual outfit more like a housecoat was super appealing to me, so I opted for this open housecoat look with really heavy frills which were super fun to figure out, and I knew from pretty early on that I wanted to give him a quilt pattern SOMEWHERE on his design, so I thought the inside of the coat would do nicely for a sorta "default state". It also meant I could attribute meaning to the symbols and colours I used. wink nudge.

He has a more subtle angel theme, like with the mobile on his walking stick being a halo with the wing placement further emphasizing this, as well as just his generally lighter colour scheme. When I say sleep was his theme I almost more-so imagine it as like. The feeling of waking up in the morning where you're mostly refreshed but still a LITTLE drowsy. Lots of very spring-y, morning colours.

Just some other quick notes, I always really liked the mod in the server where you could have the crows perch on your shoulder and follow cuz of the lantern, so I thought it'd be fun if I made it so brian just straight up WAS the lantern. So I made him look like one of those wall outlet nightlights!! The backpack being kinda cat shaped was COMPLETELY unintentional but a very welcome result. Missa backpack is real.

As for the alternate outfits, I have a bolas one, as well as an ender king one since I deemed those two the most important. For the ender king I weirdly don't have many notes, like it's fairly straightforward (Save for the elephant in the room but now I'm gonna keep my secrets on why that's a thing). The Quilt design is supposed to be a lighter, easier-on-the-eyes version of the no texture pattern, and I imagine that all the goop and gunk on Phil is hidden under the coat. I imagine it'd look fairly similar to canon so just like. imagine it for now. Might draw it one day. MAYBE. There's some tiny additional colour symbolism but I'll hold my tongue on that and let you guys draw your own conclusions there. I WILL say, however, that instead of his theme being sleep, his theme is "nightmare" (and also kinda sleepwalking since both fit).

The Bolas design was SUPER fun to work with. For starters I wanted the three designs to be in three different states. One with the coat, one with the coat reversed, and one without the coat entirely. Since I wanted to do the checker pattern thing with the possession design, having the sleeveless bolas design worked really well for the shape I landed on, even if it wasn't conventional. and SPEAKING of non-conventional design choices, I decided to go against the usual plague doctor + gas mask fusion design. Which might be controversial... But god. The moment I thought of his mask being a falconry hood, the idea just wouldn't leave my mind. Because of this, the full mask is kinda separated into two parts. The eye mask which kinda also mirrors his usual sleep mask, and the gas mask itself (I kept it in a beak shape since it'd feel odd if i made it any other shape for phil, lol). When designing the whole thing I kept thinking about more apocalypse setting clothing. Like mad max. Or the one gag from that one spongebob movie. Lots of leather. And of course, to match the other sleep themes, the Bolas outfit's theme is "fever dream", although its a bit more subtle. It's easily the weirdest design, The pops of green were simultaneously in reference to the friendship emerald... As well as... Well, the green chain right below the chain on the sickness themed design was probably the most tasteful way I could've chosen to get across vomit without it being too on the nose. (also sidenote, I had a few friends compare bolas phil to... a fly. Which wasn't intentional but it's kinda funny that the guy designed after fever dreams looks a little bit like a bug.) Ok thats it for design commentary I'm gonna go to bedge nyow.

[fashionablyfyrdraaca]

assorted mods for dragon age origins

making a list of origins mods that might be fun for brosca players :D

as asked about by @grifoncito.

keep in mind these might not all work together at the same time. they're just some of the ones i've played with for my custom origins rig. :) i've done a lot of manual file editing etc for my own game and these links are just to the base mods as intended/created by the original authors . also, these aren't all the mods i use. just ones i thought relevant to grifoncito.

please make sure to respect mod author's wishes and follow their instructions carefully when adding their mods to your game if not experienced in mod management

overhauls/changes:

dragon age redesigned by dracomies: changes npcs in base game and many of the DLCs to match their lore/circumstances better.

black hair is black by midnightvoyager: makes player character hair an actual shade of black rather than bluish brownish etc.

tsm vignette be gone by theskymoves: removes the black bars during conversations

natural lighting for the character creator by hoarous: makes it easier to see what your character's actual skin tone and hair color, etc looks like

qwinn's ultimate dao fixpack by qwinn; repairs various bugs in the game that went unfixed by bioware

sjc's patchy skin fix by sammyjc: makes skin look smoother and cleaner. very good for making darker skin tones look human

rls mabari madness by roguelass: provides alternate colors and armors for your mabari companion

of ferelden (improved atmosphere) by darthbdaman: a compilation of patches and changes for the improved atmosphere to make them work friendly

dahlialynn's sleep until dawn by dahlialynn: enables a cutscene for your player character sleeping peacefully alone, with their mabari or with a romantic partner

combat tweaks v323 by kend7510: aims to change combat to make progession smoother and to make some of the less popular skills more worthwhile for the player

no friendly fire for combat tweaks 323 by kanines: makes it so that you stop accidentally killing your companions while fighting

thedosian wardens arsenal by moonaerin: adds weapons unique to grey wardens to the game to match other mods that add inquisition's armors

environment overhaul by moonaerin: aims to add higher quality alternatives to many objects that make up environmental clutter

fine dwarven craftsmanship by shanamah: replaces dwarven clutter and objects with higher quality versions

cat project by moonaerin: high quality replacement for the in game cat models to make the cats look much cuter

gamblers of ferelden by drdrummie: adds npcs with gambling minigames to add some flavour to the world

rune of banter by cirosan: adds a useable item to make your companions yap

statues and totems - higher resolution textures by annabellya: makes religious statues look nicer

blood retexture by averagedilflover: makes the in game blood less ugly/weird

dragon age origins unofficial remaster by tepkunset: aims to make various textures and items in the game look higher quality while staying faithful to the original dev's vision

elven scenery by commanderstrawberry: high quality replacers for dalish and elven scenery items

real pigment - a skin tint fix by ashhawk: changes the way the game loads player character skin so that people who are interested in making black characters can have real looking skin

clear dreams - no blue in the fade by ashhawk: makes fade related scenes visually safer for those of us with eye sensitives (aka shania's eyeballs don't work and this mod saved my life)

dragon age bik improvement konversion by marcus22khaar: a high quality replacement for all pre-rendered cutscenes to make them more modern

immersion changes

dwarves are not mages by thesapphirequeen: makes dwarf characters that were wearing mage clothing, wear lore appropriate outfits instead

a nurse dressed for battle by thesapphirequeen: changes a nurse who was wearing a noble dress to be wearing an outfit more appropriate for a battlefield nurse

no staves in the assembly by shanamah: removes staves that the player character can have from the dwarf assembly npcs and gives them more unique options.

hardings in redcliffe by shanamah: adds lace harding and her family to redcliffe to support inquisition dialogue where she talks about living in ferelden during the blight

shields of orzammar by sorwaitte: makes the armoured dwarves of orzammar have lore appropriate shields instead alamarri ones

valos atredum by u31inked: changes the armour of npcs and guards in orzammar to be more dwarven inspired

warden daveth and jory in the fade by afremak: changes the random ghosts with duncan to be people the player character would actually know

updated halla by chaoticneuthrall: makes halla match their inquisition model

clouds retextured by iimaginary: makes the clouds in the sky look nicer

two moons circle by aisynia: makes both canon moons appear when you go to the circle

seasons overhaul by iimaginary: changes the camp and some of the trees in game to reflect a player selected season option. i.e. spring or fall

deep mushroom resources by shanamah: adds deep mushrooms to logical places in the game

brosca family redesign: adds a darker skin option for the brosca family to help match the player character

antivan and crow redux by wizzyrm: makes antivan characters match their lore and adds crow armours to crow npcs

no outsiders in orzammar by wizzyrm: changes non-dwarf characters in orzammar to dwarves to match stated lore

nug replacer by moonaerin: makes in game nugs match how they look in inquisition

lothering dwarves by suntheshattered: makes characters in lothering that are tagged as dwarves into actual dwarves

alistair at the gates by marawen: makes alistair enter denerim with you during the final battle

archdemon replacer by moonaerin: makes the archdemon look like the corrupted dragon we see in inquisition

horses of ferelden by moonaerin: adds horsies to the game. MUST HAVE!!!!!!!

valta in orzammar by pirateofrohan: adds the npc shaper valta from inquisition to orzammar but as a child to match stated lore

tranquil tattoo - origins by msbarrows: adds the mark of tranquility to npcs that are stated to be tranquil

diverse brosca family by anderswasright: adds options for players who might want their brosca to be asian, black, etc.

tsm more believable fade duncan by the skymoves: changes the weapons fade duncan has to match weapons we see him use at the battle of ostagar

tsm broken circle anders by the skymoves: replaces an npc voiced by anders' voice actor with anders' model as we know he's been in ferelden's circle

tsm anders at the pearl by theskymoves: adds anders to the pearl brothel to match dialogue in dragon age 2

casteless brand and dwarven tattoo restoration by skitra: adds tattoos to NPCs that were marked as supposing to have them

hawke and carver in ostagar by lakia1250: enables the player to see hawke, carver and aveline in ostagar as we know they participated in the battle. hawke can have custom hair and eyes from listed options

ser aaron hawthorne the wandering knight by lakia1250: adds one of the dragon age comic book characters to lore appropriate moments in the game and the awakening DLC as based on statements from the comics. it is recommended to use the heavy armour version as i could not get his lore appropriate armour to load in my game. i only got a floating head with his lore armour, but heavy armour appears appropriately

sera in denerim by balaurbondoc: adds sera from inquisition to denerim as we know from stated lore that she was a child in denerim during origin's timeline

edr hawke family in lothering by edriano: adds the members of the hawke family from dragon age 2 to lothering as we know they lived there before it was destroyed by the darkspawn

npc/companions

ser gilmore companion npc - fully voiced by immortality: adds ser gilmore from the cousland origin as a recruitable companion when you make it to ostagar. comes with his own storyline and epilogue slides. he can even banter with other companions. absolutely amazing mod that fits the game very well. very high recc. does come with his own romance and a selection of romance mods, but i think they might be for cousland-only so i will not link them here. very easy to find if you just put ser gilmore into the nexus origins page

ser gilmore companion npc - enhanced voice patch by kaivi: makes it so that ser gilmore's audio is easier to hear and understand

ser gilmore and dog companions in awakening - fully voiced by immortality: adds ser gilmore to the awakening expansion so that you can continue his story or his romance if you are playing as a cousland. he will also bring you your dog from the base game!

retconned cullen by nocheinmal: makes cullen look like his inquisition counterpart

practical morrigan robe by magpiedragon: a more concealing outfit for morrigan if you do not like her original robes or if you would like to try something new

a warden's sacrifice by kajana: a cutscene that plays for the player who makes the ultimate sacrifice against the archdemon

fare ye well duncan by kajana: a scene between alistair and duncan before the battle of ostagar to help the player see alistair's love for duncan

the rescue at ishal by marawen: a set of cutscenes to explain the devastation at the end of the battle of ostagar and the impact it has on alistair. mod creator says to not use if you have never played origins before, but i am assuming any who might read this guide are already familiar with the game and if not well i guess i just spoiled you for a 16 year old game lol.

lady of the forest hd retexture by catachr1sm: higher quality textures that play into her role as a creature of the forest

isabela by fialka: a retexture that aims to make isabela look closer to her dragon age 2 counterpart

zevran nights - a camp banter mod by marawen: makes it so that you can play zevran banters at camp with cutscenes to match

loghain - proper armor at ostagar by theskycloud: makes loghain wear his iconic armour during the battle of ostagar

wynne - proper red robes at ostagar by theskycloud: makes wynne's ostagar outfit match the outfit she wears when you recruit her

morrigan restoration patch by terraex: adds cut content related to morrigan and fixes bugs related to some of her dialogue trees

romance cutscenes/edits

cmessaz7's rendezvous at the tavern: adds a few romantic scenes at the gnawed noble tavern in denerim. check the modder's list of character/player race combo for compatibility with your interests.

cmessaz7's improved romance scenes and fixes - alistair: repairs broken dialogue trees and adds new scenes to be had with him if romancing

dahlialynn's - alistair's nightmare: a playable cutscene that seeks to explore alistair's insecurities and anxieties

lrs leliana romance scenes by nancyferg: adds new scenes for the player who is romancing leliana

alistair's revised romance by kajana: adds new romantic scenes and makes changes to his romance. be careful if interested in this one as it has many mods it is not compatible with

alistair romance attraction by andrastini: a sweet little cutscene for those interested in more alistair content

alistair romance appetite by andrastini: a light hearted romantic scene for players. make sure to read the description if you are playing a more stoic warden if you want to be strict with roleplay

alistair romance fear by andrastini: a cutscene relating to the archdemon for an alistair who is being romanced

alistair romance eavesdropping by andrastini: a cute cutscene with alistair that brings in the other companions for laughs

alistair's magical kiss by marawen: a romantic kiss with alistair for all races

intrigues of an antivan crow - zevran romance by marawen: a collection of romantic scenes for players interested in romancing zevran

alistair romance - hot water by andrastini: a romantic and intimate scene for players romancing alistair. beware, nudity! do not download if you are not comfortable with nude imagery in your game

alistair nights - moonlit bath by marawen: a sweet and romantic scene for wardens romancing alistair

leliana stories by marawen: a romantic scene between the warden and leliana which is compatible with most race and gender options

dahlialynn's alistair's first night love scene: a replacement cutscene for the first love scene with alistair to make it a bit more special

dahlialynn's alistair's visible kiss: inserts a repeatable kiss scene for the player to use

zevran kisses by ejoslin: aims to fix the kiss scene with zevran while adding some

zevran romance scenes by sanchia: adds more romantic options with him to enhance the romance

just some of the many character customization mods:

dao - anto hairstyles by iampizzapanda: adds a lot of hair options primarily for female character players.

lotc s eye textures by lastofthecouslands: adds new eye options to the character creator

hairstyle day vol. 2 by shepshy: many, many hair conversions

sjcs tints and textures by sammyjc: new eye colors and skin tones

sjc's vanilla hair colour replacements and pastel colours by sammyjc: new color options for the player

dalishious skin tints by tepkunset: real life inspired skin tones

sjc's skins by sammyjc: new facial complexion options

big brown eyes by tepkunset: adds more shades of brown and black for eyes

rak_dwarvenwarden by rak72: a new armour inspired by dwarf armour

barnzi face textures by barnzi88: facial complexions

hairstyle day by shepshy: adds many new hairs to the character creator

the seven dwarfs -face morphs by quincyrn: adds seven presets for male dwarves to the character creator

heavy dwarven armor retexture by vagrandreamer: makes heavy/massive dwarven armor look nicer

[pleasantspark]

HH/HB Server gets mad at me for making Pentious Tan

I wanted to share Non-Pale. Tan Pentious edit and got dogpiled almost immediately.

Color Coded so people can't complain FAKE FAKE FAKE. The server is not going to be named as it's a pretty big server filled with minors and if you know which server it is, DON'T say it.

People in there are children and I do NOT want anyone getting harassed, this is just another example of people assigning intent. The only party that's uncensored is me.

Color Codes !!

Blue - Discord Friend Yellow - Someone with common sense. Black - Don't like these people Magneta - Someone not involved. Purple - Actual On Duty Mod. Light Green - Unsure if they are on my side or what Red - Person who said something uncomfortable to me.

I sent the render after completing it and using a BG Removal AI Tool to make it a render for my new wallpaper as I am taking Pentious and using him as my own.

People began to point out the "issue"

ID: Sir Pentious PFP with a trans masc flag on the outer ring named "Saint Pentious's Wife" with a small emoji of Vox and a leaf on discord next to it posted Today at 5:57 AM with the caption of "Is this render okay?" attached is a Sir Pentious image but of human and he's completely tanned.

Black #1 replied "He's a lot paler than that" and blue replies to black #1 with "mhh"

Saint Pentious's Wife forwards a earlier message from Purple stating "It's their headcanon" Black #1 said "Well if it's your head cannon that it's a good render then there you go"

Black #2 responds with an image definition of Headcanon which is:

Headcanon is a word used in film/television/comics/etc. fandom that refers to something a fan imagines about the characters (such as a scenario or relationship) but that doesn't appear on screen/on the page.

End ID

After I posted the image more people started being "jokey" which is impossible to tell and most of these people see others using tone tags. They were trying to make me feel bad about what I did. Labeling as racism and the such. I highlighted a few points that stand out.

ID: Saint Repentious's Wife was responding to Black #2 asking about what they should color Adam. "Yes"

Black #2 proceeded to send "?" as a response.

Another person, Black #3 responded to the intial post with a caption reading "Bro blackwashed him" and attached is the original concept of Sir Pentious.

I respond with something logical: "Why are Y'all being weird about it, I just made him tan. He's tan."

Black #3 responded. "But he's pale" and responded in regards to Alastor. "I also noticed that Alastor is still black in his demon form."

I responded. "You think all Londions are pale?"

Black #3 responds to Black #2 "With Adam's colors."

I proceeded to send:

"Thats kinda oddly weird. Like, why do you care what I do, it's not like he's being erased fully. He's still white but tan. Accusing me of racism is wildly crazy and makes me uncomfortable. Please stop it."

END ID.

I sent an image of the color wheel to showcase how pale he is. People still doesn't care.

ID: I sent a image of a hex code website with the hex code being displayed as #EFDFD8 and a caption reading: "This is where he is on the Color Wheel"

Black #??? responded: "He was white though"

I responded: "Why is everyone questioning people on redesigns?"

Red chimes in: "idk whats wrong with being pale"

I responded: "He's from London, not all Londonians are PALE."

Black #??? responded to Red: "Racism." With a blue shocked emoji.

I responded once again: "Nearly all of Viv's Characters are Pale. Imagine saying someone's racist just for making a character slightly tan thats crazy"

END ID

A little info on Red, they have numerous times made me uncomfortable, even after I told them to stop, they did not make the effort to apologize or even backtrack, even with Black #4 not taking it seriously. One of the rules in the server is not to make anyone uncomfortable specifically in regards to questions but also had a rule to be nice to everyone.

Red responds to a Vox PFP (Offscreen) with the caption "OVER FIVE YEARS?"

I responded to the conversation: "I fw Pilot Husk's design. I was a fan since the Pilot ages (Al's design more specifically.)" Beforehand Red also tried to make me feel weird for selfshipping with Husk by saying "He's a cat bro." yeah, and? People simp for Loona the same.

Black #4 responded to my uncomfortableness to Red with a skull emoji.

I responded: ":/ What? Personal trigger of mine, is that wrong of me to wish for people to not say that?"

Red once again doesn't take it seriously and tries to paint it as a light ribbing by saying: "it was sarcasm lil bro do u think im a perv or sum."

I responded: "Please don't call me Lil Bro, also, I dont understand tones. You're talking to someone who has Autism."

Red says: "sorry ma am" which isn't sincere in my eyes.

I correct them "*sir."

Red responds: "what.."

END ID

I clarified to Red on my correction and they were confused because of my name, when my pfp states my pronouns which were Ze/Zir/It/Its which should atleast give them the idea that I wasn't a ma'am.

ID: I responded to Red saying "I'm saying I'm a male? Not ma'am."

Red responded: "but but you ur display name nvm"

I responded: "Malwife doesn't fit" with a sobbing emoji after this.

END ID

I responded to Red on them calling me Lil Bro, as I am a full 20 years old, I don't care if its slang but I don't know you and if you call me Lil Bro, Sis, Hun then fuck off. I told them MULTIPLE times now, and they refused to, once again this server mentions you to NOT make people uncomfortable. This is where they made a "Joke" to my hard drive which has files of my Artwork and DBZ stuff. I'm a CSA survivor. You SHOULDN'T make those kinds of jokes to ANYONE especially IF they just joined the server.

ID: I responded to an offscreen ask by Red: "Sadly gtg trying to recover my corrupted hard drive with my DBZ stuff"

Red went out of left field with this "joke" which they could have NOT said: "ok dont drop the soap"

I responded: "Dont say that please."

Red didn't apologize but said: "ok."

END ID

This is the last image, basically, this STILL became an issue. Mod didn't try and scroll up. And I don't even care. Here's the final fuckfest that made me consider actually killing myself from the stress.

ID: Black #??? replies to me in regards to my offense on the term racism being thrown around as: "I was kidding bru don't take it personally"

Mod responds to my londons not being pale comment with: "in the 1800s before immigration was a thing (THIS ISN'T BEING RACIST) they would have all been really white"

I responded: "Yeah, I really wanted to make him tan"

Green chimed in: "There's a difference between Brown and grey"

Yellow responded: "It's just a headcanon stop being weird"

Mod responded to my tan comment: "Yeah that's fine like ur headcanon do what u want i was just saying information about 1800s uk."

Yellow comments on the double standards: "People in the 1800s also didn't know how to build laver death machines but y'all draw the line at a bit of Melanin."

Magneta replies to my earlier question about how they separates vocals: "weights al has a feature where it splits the vocals and music"

I responded: "I dunno man, people keep on jumping on people who does this, and it makes me anxious I am just doing something fun. I'm sorry for making a character slightly darker But a lot of people here have oddly said some really weird things to me like the whole "hope you don't drop the soap" I shouldn't have to say why that makes me uncomfortable due to personal reasons."

Mod replies to Yellow in regards to their excellent point: "Tesia was close enough"

Then Mod responded to me: "Ur drawings fine ignore people saying that"

END ID

I am aware that these people might be minors, but like WHAT THE FUCK? No ONE is this level of pale, I mean it's POSSIBLE but like NOT to the level of Sir Pentious. Also, if someone tells you to stop you do it, you don't continue with a joke.

This is literally making me want to kill myself. I like to thank Blue and Yellow for trying atleast. Sir Pentious was more Tan, he wasn't black or anything he was just more tan. It makes more sense then pale sheet white as snow template base that the fandom designs have.

I just am going thru alot so if I don't respond I did it.

I'm sorry.

(If I am still here, that means I apssed out, I am too depressed, peroiod ridden and sleep deprived.)

[protective-mama-bear]

IMPORTANT NEWS

Hello everyone!! I know it has been awhile i'm active in tumblr since i mostly more active in Discord and i apologies for that :'] but that's not the news that i'm giving for you guys.

The news is that i'm leaving the Smiling Psychopaths AU, meaning that Lovesick!Bobby BearHug or Lovesick AU that i created will NOT have any connection with the Smiling Psychopaths. If you wanna ask why i'm leaving the group? I'm too uncomfortable to explain but Me and Lego aren't friends anymore, again, i have my reason and i'm uncomfortable to explain it.

I'm probably gonna redesign a lot of thing in this blog or maybe make a new one and deleted this one, who knows? As i'm in my final exams so my focus is on that for now but after my final exams, i'm going to focus on my Lovesick AU.

The Lovesick AU is still the same just without the Smiling Psychopaths or ever making them. Also, for @jumptothemoon i want you to put down my Poison!Hoppy's art and everything about her. No, i'm not mad at you but i prefer to not seeing my creations since that was created for Lego, everything i made for Lego, i wanted it to put down. So please, understand me as i wanted nothing to be involved with him. You can make your own Psychopaths Hoppy with your idea, lore and everything.

Anyway, i'm thankful for everything in the Smiling Psychopaths AU but this is a goodbyw for that AU and a HELLO to the redesign Lovesick Au (soon) :]

I also probably redesign my main blog since i'm a DID System, thanks to a certain friend of mine who make me realized it for a long time :'] also, Lovesick and Emotionless would still be canon as me and the Mod of Emotionless or Fur Fur would discussing about our AU, their lore and more! Anyway, that is all, thank you for reading all of this.

[ask-party-pie]

((GUYS I FOUND MY STYLUS AHSDVGFHBSEHHRENAKSUHFHGWH YOU'RE GETTING MANE 6 REDESIGNS! AHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHA))

((mod has gone mad with power))

[crusherthedoctor]

"Mario never undergone a drastic redesign for plots"

I mean...the proportional change between the SNES era and N64 era for Mario is massive, and design again changed a lot for Early GC era. And less said of the 1981-85 designs the better

Or hell, Bomberman doing whatever the fuck until Super Bomberman 4

https://twitter.com/a_kinopio/status/1243785430299865088?s=20

Sonic also very much HAD gradual design changes between 1991-7...it's just that the general public didn't give a shit. We go from this tubbiness

To long legs and hair mcbrow here. Hoshino did Sonic CD and R 2D art, and the diff between that and here is still indicating an overall evolution. Only Amy and Eggman drastically changed, which for the former I'm glad. Better than being a literal girl Sonic clone. The rest are just continuing a trend then adding iris color

But really I feel Sonic Team did the redesigns to welcome a new era, given how Japan unironically forgot about Sonic. It's jarring- if you ignore 6-7 years of the franchise, but also distinctively full of much needed energy given the crap 1995-7 period.

Similarly I feel we're missing cultural context; both the US and Japan had a problem with associating design with specific tone, so you ended up with typecasted designs. Sonic despite having attitude and games like 3K WAS associated to being a cutesy generic mascot inferior to Hello Kitty in Japan, which is not a good thing. Almost all noncanon manga further just divorced itself from actual game tone to be a parody or cutesy manga, which both Naka and Oshima didn't like, same for early Sega Harmony Calendar art.

The US market had a forced redesign that lasted till 1994 that while ass, unfortunately just lended to the idea of not accepting a design as is, regardless of tone. So Sonic Team gave in to that for Adventure, which a competition was held in 1997 to see how it was recieved. Uekawa won ironically cuz he had the safest design, but took elements of Okano's art later to add flair and zaniness as it'd defeat the point otherwise

I feel Capcom had a similar problem with Megaman: they didn't feel comfortable with solely using the same design for bigger stories, so they opted for the more adult X spinoffs, and then similarly did the same for Legends and Battle Network (ironically I feel this backfired). Even Ruby Spears attempted to be faithful for their show pilot, but test audiences didn't like it, so we got a mediocre jocked up muscle Mega Man. While in Japan the anime OVAs were very cutesy and basic, despite games being more action oriented

It's hard to say if this issue disappeared now, and I feel it's revisionism to say "oh, if the redesigns didn't happen, no one would be mad" cuz the truth is...Sonic would die if he didn't change harder

I feel both ignoring every middle design and just lumping Sonic as "Classic" "Modern" is a very stupid thing as both are fucking subjective and tempermental terms. Adventure isn't "modern", and anything with sentimental value and nostalgia is "classic". Heroes is fucking over 20 years old, and can be considered one to some, as unpopular of an opinion that is. Sonic Team didn't have eras awkwardly like that in the 10th Anniversary book, and even said "Sonic will continue changing", but after 10 more years of the fandom, original creatives outside Iizuka leaving, and game reviewers destroying nuance and history, they forcibly had to split him like so for Generations. I see the same fan mentality outside Sonic for Golden Age era cartoons, it's maddening. Just look at Looney Tunes fans on how they treat Daffy, it's the same shit

Sorry for ranting, but I hate when history and evolution are ignored just to make strawmanned points when it boils down to "wishful revisionism under MY misnostalgia/control". I saw someone make an SA1 mod to make stages "More classic" with checker spam when not only is that term bullshit, Sega and Okano literally showed us concept art of Adventure stages before the char designs tweaks, and it's the exact same texture and bg prop set as final. That is maddening

I'm tired of it

At the risk of being blunt, I'm aware of all that. I assure you that I could never forget American the Assface and Ivo No-Eyes no matter how much I'd prefer to.

As for Mario, his earliest designs had the excuse of it not being fully set in stone yet, and with the N64 era onward, they generally only involved slight proportion changes or subtle details in the clothing and what have you... much like Sonic in the years between 91 and 97, American Assface and other questionable SoA decisions notwithstanding. The point is, Mario wasn't redesigned for the explicit purpose of seeming like a more mature bing bing wahoo man. :P Neither was Kirby, who I used for reference due to his reputation of fighting eldritch abominations and occasional dark subtext despite resembling a pink blob with stubs for arms.

Finally, I can't speak for how others choose to use the terms, but I use Classic and Modern for simple convenience. I agree that there should never have been an official line in the sand between the two, at least outside of Generations' context, but this is what the franchise has taught us to do at this point. That's the ugly truth, I'm afraid. As is the ugly truth that the vocal, dramatic shift to the Adventure designs and style - regardless of intent, regardless of justification, regardless of the gradual alterations and differences between artists in the years beforehand, regardless of every angle of relevant context - still brought on one of the single most notorious divides in a fandom full of them, up there with the debut of SatAM. We can debate all day as to whether it was fair or not, but the divide happened all the same.

I'm not a Classic-only purist. SA1 is one of my favourite games in the series, and I love various other Modern titles. And to stress once more, I like the Modern character designs and have no personal beef with them whatsoever. But I can't ignore these things in an age where Adventure era rose-tinted goggles are at an all time high, and while it's true that not everything is straightforward, that goes both ways in cases like this.

[csvent-2]

waterdogs tidepool drama is crazy like. im a beginning artist who uses it & i put effort into my designs bc i want ppl to get a design they like, even if they end up tweaking or redesigning it a little. it feels like a big design trade all around. if you're mad about everything being "low effort" you don't even have to put something in yourself? you can ignore it if you want? you can even get starfish for free by doing the fetch quests via the dailies (sand dollars/trait tickets that you can then turn in) & get a Genuinely free design yourself. you can even put in a "low effort" design of your own in if it makes you so mad! I'm against the mods scraping the "best" designs too, but that doesn't mean you should lash out at the beginners who are using it the way it's intended to be used

🌸

[bugwithteeth]

his superpower is being british AHHH!! 😭😭😭

[fandommemequeen]

my 2023.

yearly retrospective time LETZ GO!!!

last year i said 2022 sucked but uh,, 2023 was definitely worse :'o)

with the rise in queerphobic legistlation, school getting progressively harder to stay on track with, my dad dying, and just everything else that ive had to endure this year, its been difficult. but.. i somehow made it.

and you might be wondering how i got through everything. did i touch grass and magically everything was sunshine and rainbows? buy some overpriced self help book or online course that changed my life? No <3

i just,, did what i normally do. i played video games, talked with my friends, watched youtube, brainrotted over fandoms, listened to music, came up with cool outfits, somehow made it through skool, drew, wrote, cosplayed, roleplayed, made kandi and crafts, and just overall found ways to find joy in the small things, which goes a long way when youre trans in a world where your joy is an act of rebellion.

i also had some cool fandom moments this year! season 7 of siivagunner has been AWESOME, return to dream land deluxe was great even if it fricked with the lore a little, THE TOH FINALE WAS SO FRICKIN GOOD, marios madness may be my new fave fnf mod, NPMD THREW ME BACK INTO MY HATCHETFIELD FIXATION, i FINALLY got the kirby planet robobot soundtrack cd and the limited edition quiznos training game physical edition, i found ways to actually enjoy WDY again and leave behind itz toxic fandom, i got into pokepasta, tintn, gogos crazy bones, playtime with percy, inside job, tadc, i started listening to mal blum and against me and chonny jash, im currently being dragged into eggotama as we speak and im getting back into mpdsap,,

but the fandom that had the most impact for me this year was the june archive and restoration project. getting into TJA led me to discover bowlbys other works and get into one of the best fandoms ive ever been in, thanks in part to the june archive and restoration project fanserver. ive met so many cool people through that server, and getting to chat and VC with them has always been a blast. [yknow what? shoutout to all my friends that ive loved talking with all throughout 2023 yall are awesome]

back to life stuff for a moment here, i got to do a lotta cool stuff this year! i FINALLY homebrewed my 3ds [with a bit of help from jaco xd], GOT TO SEE THE HAUNTING OF NIGHT VALE LIVE, put together some awesome cosplays for gencon and halloween, im getting better at rhythm games, i got SECOND PLACE in my skoolz national cybersecurity codebreakers competition, i had an awesome bday, i went to go see barbie [my first movie in theaters since lockdown] and fnaf and both were AWESOME!! all of this despite everything thats happened in 2023!

and as for my creative projectz,, DIGIVERSE REBOOT EPISODE 3 FINALLY RELEASED BACK IN MAY!!!!!! holy frick i was SO PROUD of that,, in addition, ive been doing character reveals for gamerz epic megamix take, i created the doomed timelines awoken au, and ive strengthened my artstyle into what it is today while learning how to use my drawing tablet :3

in addition, getting into TJA and watching bowlbys animation legacy made me think about my past as a creator, and i started work on giving my old book ocs from my days in the TWOW fandom the care and attention they deserve, even if it means some slight redesigns or rewrites. speaking of TWOW, EWOW IS OUT AND IM GETTING BACK INTO TWOW AFTER YEARS!! feelz good to be back, and im hoping i can maybe properly host a minitwow at some point in 2024!

overall 2023 wasnt great, but i stayed silly and had fun despite it and i think thatz very swag of me!

now, every time i do one of these things, if i do an overconfident "bring it on" type message at the end i almost always end up regretting it, AND i am absolutely terrified about 2024 so i am not taking my chances!

so i leave u with this sentiment towards 2024 instead:

i gotta survive The Horrors anyway, might as well stay silly and do what i like while im doing it :3

[thdramahouse]

svyatoy got away with referencing a design by mazamuno sold it on amino for 70$+ then got mad when the buyer confronted them about it asking for a redesign and blacklisted him .

-mod Ash

[vioshipping]

OKAY. FINISHED V.LOO G.UY MOD. Here are my thoughts and feelings and takeaways because I HAVE to gush okay. This is a need. If I don’t start talking about this I will wither away from joy and whimsy poisoning

ok gush alert wee woo wee woo incoming

G.uy still goes HARD I fuckin love that song. Also I am so fuckinf obsessed with the v. loo redesign I need you all to LOOK AT HIM. I NEED TO HOLDTHIS MAN. And the sprites in the part where he’s freaking out cuz of the pizza on his face AAAAUURYTSTSRTFFGGUGGHHHHHH PLEASE. PLEASE IM HGON A EXPLODE STOP BEIBG SO ADORABLE

Also uhhh idk why like. Dismantle from Ou.rple G.uy was just In There with only the regular bf sprites and no background that was kinda weird lol but that song bangs sooo. WHO am I to complain.

Like literally this iswhat it looked like.

Also can we TALK about Brandon and Gaby because HOLY SHIT. BRANDON AMD GABY. Honestly I’m conflicted with the new Gaby design? Like bro the design for her before this was PERFECT idk why they changed it?? I do still adore her design though she is still ABSOLUTELY PRECIOUS and I would KILL FOR HER IF I HAD TO. And I am so MAD this mod was cancelled because Gaby never got singing sprites for Terminated and Goombeast and that is a CRIMINAL OFFENSE and I am going to start DESTROYING things(jokijg). Where is the JUSTICE FOR MY WIFE she only has one SPRITE. I am SO glad she was able to sing though!! Hearing her in Goombeast was such a lovely surprise and made the song ten times better I LOVE her your honor. And of course Terminated was fucking amazing she slayed there. And then th. THE BRANDON SPRITES??? HOLY SHIT???? THE GUITAR SPRITES IN MIDNIGHT MELTED MY HEART INTO POMEGRANATE JUICE WHO THE FUCK GAVE HIM THE RIGHT TO BE THAT BABSBVXBXBZBBDBFBFBF FRICKIN CUTE. Yeah no I have nothing to say about him except he is so skrunkly eepy weepy

Also auuygghhh dude I think I’m gonna fucking f/o half the goddamn cast because holys crap. Holy. Holyf shut bro i CANT they’re SO CHARMING ANF ADORABLE AND I HAVE TO GO LOOK AT THE WIKI RIGHT NOW AND LEARN EVERY POSSIBLE TIDBIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THESE CHARACTERS. BECAUSE THEY HAVE WIGGLED THEIR LITTLE WAYs INTO MY HEART AND I AM SO FULL OF LOVE ITS INSANE. IM GOING INSANE. I LOVE THIS MOD I LOVE THE CHARACTERS I AM GOING TO PERISH.

ALSO YE.D GUY?? THE FRICKIN. SHOCK. OKAY FOR ONE MIDNIGHT IS MY FAVORITE SONG I THINK. THAT OR GOOMBEAST. BUT THE ART AND EVERYTHING IS LITERALLY A MASTERPIECE. AND THE SAXOPHONE SECTION???? THE FRICKIN HAIR?? HELLO??.

okay gushing over. Sorry. Actually no I lied I’m not sorry it will happen again.

[minusgangtime]

Since I plan to RP the two Mario madness variants meeting,I redesigned MM Nala!

Honestly I was just like,”Yknow what-no-Nala WOULD NOT wear a poofy peach dress,so what I did is I had her tear the dress apart,giving her this look.)

-mod Shelby

(Oop-)

[zorilleerrant]

me: I'm worried this chapter isn't carrying forward the emotional weight of the story enough. what if it's too unserious

the chapter in question: John Bowers and Simon Trent reassure Jason Todd that's it's okay to be gay. Mad Mod is very upset that they are not helping him redesign his dress.