#rain world karma

[mewguca]

Since Tumblr allows me to write text, here it is transcribed into the post itself, yay <3:

Why I think the Fifth Urge being tied to the Concept Of "The Self" Is Really Cool!!

(aka my Apocryphal Texts personal interpretation of the fifth urge lol) - by egguca/mewguca

My personal favorite label/title for the Fifth Urge is "Self-Preservation", as it lends itself quite nicely into double-meanings. I also interpret the Urges as manifesting differently on a base level VS on a higher level. (like with animals vs with people, though people can still regress to displaying baser forms of the urges. Hopefully that makes sense?)

On a base level, "self-preservation" manifests as a survival instinct.

To preserve one's current life, rather than accepting death and rebirth. Lesser beings seem to struggle with this greatly, as the slugcats we play as (vanilla) cannot move past Fifth Karma without external assistance (FP or Echoes). I think a lot of people tend to focus on this due to Survivor's association with the symbol.

On a higher level, this is the preservation of the "Ego." Of the very idea of the self. One's self-image. Ascension is often referred to as

"crossing oneself out", so wouldn't that naturally mean to accept an extinguishment of the self? Of course, Ascension is intentionally vague, but I feel like it makes a lot of sense for the Fifth Urge to be tied to ego, at least on a higher level.

In-Game References

Notice how Karma 5 is displayed over the Ancient's face, which is crossed out. This is not seen in any of the other murals. Coincidence?? I think not! /ref

Bright Blue Industrial Pearl

"Abatement of the Self" is mentioned. Shoutouts to "the self" being mentioned.

Bright Red Farm Arrays Pearl / Sky Islands Dark Blue/Green

Moon mentions "ego" here. In Latin, "Ego" means "I." Thus, Ego is tied to the concept of the "Self." The concept of

"crossing oneself out" is tied to the concept of Ascension, and this suggests that the Persistence of the "Self" is (possibly, there are other ideas for this what causes "Echoes" to form.

This stresses the importance of shedding the Fifth Urge in all its manifestations.

＊(I'm not trying to argue my interpretation is "correct" or anything; this is just for fun, lol. Do what you want! It's why this is titled "why I think it's really Cool" and not "why it's correct")

[rw-repurposed]

W R A T H

Sometimes, all you want to do is to unleash it all.

Unleash your wrath.

Unleash it.

Artwork and Comic List

[yourcrazygirlokris]

getoutofmyheadgetoutofmyheadgetoutofmyheadgetoutofmyheadgetoutofmy-

[glitchy223]

One of my friends said these are me

I'm still new to rain world but uhh

I think they called me mommy

[florathecoralien]

(2025 edit: wow this is old. I won't do this.)

here have this (LuckyTheTherianFurry is my wattpad account)

(RW Cloudburst™ characters will obviously be included since it's my mod concept)

[libartz]

[kittyk4tt]

mehehehe

skipped karma 2 cuz its lvst and im a minor :3

[capricoopla]

A friend sent me this peaceful bird and it inspired me to do this

Was born serene

[raining-its-pouring]

I hope the new year is kind to you all.

[gayori-boi]

A thingy I made to put as my phone wallpaper, but then I changed my mind and just used a game screenshot for it :p

Looks pretty neat though

You can use it for your own phone screen if you want to!

[itzrray]

• karma flower

[mebis-art-dump]

You'll wake back up again

[deroyse]

(I'm so sorry...)

[ceadogart]

they have a neat dynamic

[spotsupstuff]

Accidental pre-echofication designing + mask and senses stuff

bonus, height stuff from January that need some small updating mostly in the design aspect (the raindeer should be bigger too):

[amerricanartwork]

Oh my, is that really what I think it is...?

It is!! Another little creature has arrived! And it's so fluffy too! Though that isn't gonna do much in this hot weather!

Here, have some food, little guy. And come inside! I'm sure the others would love to have you!

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That's right guys, Rain Wool is back in business!! Now that I'm getting back into the swing of needle-felting and FINALLY have lots more core wool to make all sorts of projects with, it's only right that I keep on going with this project, especially since, after Saint, I'm only one away from being done with the slugcats! I apologize for waiting so long to continue on with this project, but going forward I hope to start felting more of these guys more frequently.

In the meantime, however, I'm happy to finally share this fluffy little green bean!

It probably isn't very visible in these images, but on the cheeks, arms, and tail I intentionally left the wool less felted in for a softer, fluffier appearance. Since I have barely any of the straight wool roving felters normally use for long hair, this is my general go-to method for fluffy creatures.

I still think he looks adorable though, and I'm so excited to be close to finishing the slugcats!

Well, I hope you enjoy this new Rain Wool content! Hopefully there will be more to come soon!