#ronu's rambles

[chocobje]

Guys do you think when Sprout first turned twisted he had trouble standing up due to getting so much taller and the weight of his ichor'd arm throwing off his balance.

So he'd just spend his first days in the corner curled up and sobbing cause his whole body ached and he couldn't even stand.

[choconoru]

I wanna share some LU thoughts/headcanons that I've been keeping to myself so here is a random list of stuff that I thought of myself or picked up from other people;

1. Wild is able to make accurate animal or monster noises. He knows how to mimic sounds of wolves, bokoblins, moblins, and such. He picked up this ability during his time in the wild.

2. Wild probably has ADHD, but there's no such term in their world. Prior to dying, he had to learn to mask and it was exhausting to him. He doesn't remember most of it however.

3. Wild barely plans ever in fights. Hit it and try not to die is his only strategy. Somehow, it works and it scares the rest of the group. (Also my strategy in BOTW lol)

4. Also an idea that came across my mind at one point: Wind's first name isn't Link, his first name is something else. Link is his 2nd name. Everyone in Outset calls him by his first name, but somehow when he started his adventure everyone referred him to his 2nd name. (Not saying what I think his first name would be lol, up to interpretation).

5. Wind is an older brother. So naturally, he still has those older brotherly instincts. Being the youngest is not something he is used to. In rare instances, when he gets to play the role as the older brother in the Chain, he does it very well.

6. AU Idea?? I like to think Hyrule might still have his fairy wings in his Hylian form, but he hides it underneath his clothes.

Yeah I think that's all for now lol

[chocobje]

I'm a bit curious on what makes my art recognizable.. Is it lineart(I've been told this a lot) or the fact I draw Sprout too many times. Can y'all let me know...

[chocobje]

The new lore and interactions are making me go insane AND ALSO SHANON'S NOTE TO SHELLY ??????

[chocobje]

How I like to characterize Sprout is that he’s great talking with the ones he’s close with (Cosmo, Astro, etc.) But incredibly socially awkward with others. He comes off as brash, but he’s trying his best.

What guidelines do you try to follow when writing Sprout? I’m just curious.

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to yap about one of my favourite characters hehe..

You asked for guidelines I gave you a character analysis instead.

(Don't mind the images I didn't want this post to look naked)

ALSO NOTE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS MERELY MY INTERPRETATION OF HIS CHARACTER. EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN!! Don't take my post as a mandatory guide to follow.

Let's talk about what's canon:

I like checking the Wikipedia for his dialogues every now and then to make sure he's not too out-of-character.

Sprout comes off as blunt, he does not sugarcoat his words when he has something to say.

Not even an excuse or a reason as to why he doesn't want to join Teagan for tea; It was straight up a "no" until Teagan told him Cosmo will join them too. (Also I want to point out he doesn't immediately say yes when he's told Cosmo will be there, so for all we know he'd still decline even if his best friend's joining Teagan).

Dandy's dialogue when you purchase Sprout. I think about it a lot. Out of all the character dialogues, the one with Astro is what I feel like is an example of his overprotectiveness coming across as "pushy".

He'd definitely be the type to scold his friends. Especially after Gardenview's shutdown with all the Twisteds wreaking havoc and whatnot. I don't think Sprout is fond of going on runs, but only does so he can watch over everyone and keep them safe. He makes sure everyone is focused and on high alert, he doesn't want anyone to be reckless.

He prioritizes safety over answers. His dialogue with Rodger shows that. Maybe he's also curious as to what has happened, because in Vee's dialogue he tried talking to Dandy only for Dandy to walk away. I assume Sprout just wanted to check up on him rather than knowing what's going on with Gardenview and the Twisteds.

Another thing I don't really see often is how Sprout is actually pretty forgetful and impulsive.

For a Toon who's constantly keeping watch on everyone he surely does not apply the same kind of attention to himself.

He talks before thinking about his words, but once he realized that he immediately apologized to Vee. I don't think he always notices when he comes across as rude though.

I actually think he's actually quite reckless when he bakes. I obviously can't show it in this post but if you look at that animation with Cosmo and Sprout baking they're not even measuring the ingredients. I mean what. 😭

The way he bakes feels so impulsive and it just looked like they were winging it. Somehow despite that their baked goods still end up great and that's honestly impressive.

Okay now for that dialogue between Bobette and Sprout, I was getting there-- I've never made a gingerbread house but from what I've seen from other people it requires a lot more patience and carefulness.

Sprout is neither.

According to him, his gingerbread house fell apart immediately and then he stopped trying afterwards. It's honestly funny.

I feel like this also shows through his stats. Both his extraction speed and skillcheck is 2 stars. His stamina and speed is way higher. He prefers running around, probably to make sure he can watch over everyone during their runs. That or because he has long legs.

Anyway to recap; Sprout in canon is blunt, pushy, overprotective, and impulsive. But he genuinely has good intentions and means well. He cares for his friends, which is why he scolds them because he wants to make sure they're safe.

Now for some headcanons:

Okay this is the part where I make stuff up. So it's just my take;

• He has ADHD.

I'M STARTING WITH THE NEURODIVERGENT HEADCANON.

This is not a unique headcanon. I've seen so many people who headcanons this too so it's relatively popular. Personally, I only see him with ADHD. (I'm projecting).

He's forgetful, impulsive, and quite socially awkward in a way aswell. He's easily distracted. He keeps forgetting about the oven. He's impulsive when baking. I'm a very impulsive and reckless person myself, I constantly make mistakes when I draw, yet somehow they end up okay 😭. When I'm not able to draw something right, I give up immediately. (I projected this onto the gingerbread house thing earlier).

• He comes across as intimidating.

You know in Kids' birthday parties when there's a mascot a lotta kids go run and hide? I based it off of that. I remember when I was like, 6 or 7, when a mascot came in I cried and hid under a table. They were tall.. <\3

I feel like there was a concerning number of kids who were actually afraid of him, despite how friendly he appears both in person and in the show. Maybe it's the RBF when he's not smiling..

I also like to think he's taller than some of the kids who comes to Gardenview which plays a factor to the whole "intimidating" thing. The way Sprout deals with this is giving the kids cupcakes or other sweets. Once the kids actually talk to him they're immediately comfortable.

• He was one of the very first to become "Twisted".

I don't have a concrete idea on how the story of the game goes, but I always imagine the Mains being the first victims. Sprout is a healer and he keeps an eye on everyone, so he had to go first.

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Okay, I think that's all now. If you read all of that wow thanks, this took me hours to write 😭. I love overanalysing characters.

[chocobje]

QWELL MENTIONED YOUR AU IN A STREAM LOL

YEAH... I KNOW I'M FREAKING OUT ABOUT IT ATM

Thank you to whoever sent me this screenshot...

I got comments in Tiktok about it aswell and hopped in the stream immediately.

Qwel said she was a fan of my AU and couldn't wait to see more content HELP THEY EVEN TALKED ABOUT HOW I WAS SKEPTICAL IF THEIR COMMENT ON MY AU WAS THE LEGIT CREATOR OR NOT AKNDKWKSNSKSMW

[chocobje]

Guysguys hey guys... If it's not too much trouble I'd like to know how y'all interpret/characterize Sprout and Cosmo... I love seeing people's own depictions cause seeing different takes upon the characters are cool... (Hcs are welcome too!)

[chocobje]

Choco, I've just seen the new Sprout and Goob interaction😭 It gave me new headcanon now. (that's sort of already canon ig?)

So Sprout's always checking up on everyone, making sure they're okay, safe, etc. But whenever someone asks if HE'S okay, he says he is, or this grown ah man will change the subject and avoid the question all together. (As show in Cosmo's interaction. He literally switches the question onto him, and maybe I'm overthinking this, but it doesn't seem genuine, especially when he says 'good, then i'm okay too!' and it doesn't really seem like he's answering truthfully?)

But in the new Goob interaction when he's asked if he's okay, he seems NOT okay, but he'll still lie about it anyway. When asked again, he stays silent with ... He's not saying he's okay anymore, but it's like he can't bring himself to say he's not okay either. Like this man won't let people, or toons, help him like he helps them...ANYWAY

(Sorry for the rambling, i just needed to get these angsty thoughts out somewhere with someone who doesn't fandomize Sprout as much😭 Wish u well!)

I am yet to make another analysis on this man cause the new dialogue is so interesting... Although I've always observed Sprout prioritizes others' safety over his own the new interactions just proved my point LOL

For some reason, the wiki STILL hasn't updated cause Sprout has two dialogues with Goob I'm pretty sure?

It was Sprout asking Goob if it hurts dragging his hands on the floor all the time, Goob saying he's used to it. Sprout then offered help to which Goob says he'll be the one helping him. Then Sprout says "I don't think so".

I wholeheartedly believe Goob is very emotionally intelligent than people give him credit for just by his two interactions with Sprout. Goob was able to see through him LOL

But yeah, I'm pretty sure with the Twisteds and stuff Sprout is stressed 24/7. It's in his nature to be protective and look after others cause who else will do it??

[chocobje]

Y'all I'm already getting comments begging or asking for the next part in IG and Tiktok I do not need them here too 😭

I have a life outside of this I can't always work on my comic.

[chocobje]

Once the wiki has all the dialogues I plan on making more character analysis posts... Looey's been so interesting so far this guy has issues self-worth.. 😭

Also Sprout being overprotective over a lot of people (Boxten and Glisten just as an example). Tisha and Sprout's interaction is so funny too cause wdym this man is begging Tisha to clean the kitchen ... Do you not clean after using it.. Sprout..

[chocobje]

Would you guys mind if I start posting small quick doodles of my DWFR AU.. Sometimes I tend to just mindlessly doodle but they're not significant lore stuff.. Mostly me messing around or just scrapped concepts.

Same goes for ramble posts(with no art), don't wanna clutter my blog too much for the sake of people scrolling lol.

[chocobje]

I'VE NEVER DONE A POLL BEFORE

I'm curious what the ratio might be cause I think I already know which is gonna win

[chocobje]

If I had a nickel for everytime I got my artstyle compared to a very popular DW artist I'd be rich lol

[chocobje]

First off I hope you see this and I hope you are doing well and your art is wonderful.

Now for the question, was/were you inspired by the sfm film "Emesis Blue" by Fortress Films for your AU?

Because both of your stories touch upon the idea of a respawn machine that starts to go haywire and turns the thing that they bring to life have some "errors" and makes monsters out of the husk of their former selves.

But if you were not inspired by that, did you know what Emesis Blue is/was? Or did you just hear about it?

And finally what did inspire the creation of your wonderful AU?

Also I hope I'm not asking too much.

The amount of people who kept saying if my au was inspired by Emesis Blue is insane–

Cause I have NO IDEA what that is LOL

So it's probably just a huge coincidence!

The concept of my AU, as I've stated multiple times is actually recycled from an old BFDI AU of mine from way back.

I've made much more art for this BFDI AU than this but you get the picture a lot of these are very old...

I thought hm I should put this concept to DW and bam Field Research!

The BFDI AU here is called Visual Study or VS. Pillow and Book were the only ones who haven't died when the recovery center went haywire. Pen's also with em and at stage 2.

I literally just recycled my own idea but put it in a different fandom ahah

[chocobje]

I love seeing and reading about people's DW OCs like yes pls tell me more this sounds interesting!!! How do they work gameplay wise?? what's their relationship with canon characters?? What are their trinkets??

This is a safe place (And a sign) to ramble 'bout ocs if you wish I want to hear em!!

[chocobje]

hi! What are your OTP ships if you have any? I really need to find new things to ship as a multishipper lol! :]

Hehe

I do have favourite ships but I never really focus on the shipping side of the fandom anyway since I tend to lean towards platonic relationships more. I keep all the relationships in my artwork ambiguous UNLESS I state otherwise!!

Also it's partially cause if I ever actually give the list of ships I like I might get publicly executed but that's most likely gonna happen in Tiktok.

Here's my little list of ships I really like undercut in no particular order:

- Reflectivedetective (Rodger x Glisten)

- Teacase (Rodger x Teagan)

- Shrimptea (Teagan x Shrimpo)

- Fruitcake (Sprout x Cosmo)

- Fossilberry (Shelly x Sprout)

- Strawberrycookie (Sprout x Ginger)

- Ragebait (Finn x Shrimpo)

- Fossilcleaning (Tisha x Shelly)

- Berryfunny (Looey x Sprout)

- Popbox (Poppy x Boxten)

- Pastrybox (Boxten x Cosmo)

- Brightclues (Brightney x Rodger)

- Cleanberry (Sprout x Tisha)

I think I forgot a few but these are the one I remember at the top of my head!

This doesn't mean any ship I didn't mention I automatically dislike or anything. Like I said I don't really focus on the shipping side as much as long as it's not illegal or anything.

Also while I like Fruitcake I hope y'all can still keep my posts with Sprout and Cosmo be seen as ambiguous unless I say it's ship art lol. Same goes with any other characters..

Also! Special mention Marinehugs (Goob x Finn).

I HC Goob as Aroace so I don't ship him with anyone but my cousin loves Marinehugs and he's so real for that.