#soft monstercore

[nonsensical-ramblings]

Maybe this is a little cringe but idc. I'm trying to build an aesthetic. Might start calling it Soft Monstercore?

It would draw most of its themes from the concept of chill monsters or cryptids (werewolves making tea, lizard people curled up on warm rocks, unknowable cosmic entities waving hello to telescopes, dragons just living normal animal lives alongside bears and elk in the mountains, etc). Unlike typical monstercore, it would focus less on the interactions of these creatures with humans, and more on their own peaceful, mundane lives.

Remote natural landscapes, whether that be scenic forests, caves, glaciers, the ocean, or even space, would play an inextricable part as the backdrop of the aesthetic.

Before I get too far into it, though, does anyone know of an aesthetic similar to this? Am I trying to re-create something that already exists? If so that would be great, it means I wouldn't have to do all the work myself XD

[saturnisscreaming]

I really hate it when my shadow gains sentience and we have to fist fight

[neopronouns]

flag id: two flags with 7 stripes. the left flag's stripes are near-black, dark greenish-grey, silver, light silver, off-white, light green, and soft blue. the right flag's stripes are dark red, near-black, very dark silver, very dark dull green, dark faded yellow, light green, and soft blue. end id.

banner id: a 1600x200 teal banner with the words ‘please read my dni before interacting. those on my / dni may still use my terms, so do not recoin them.’ in large white text in the center. the text takes up two lines, split at the slash. end id.

ghostcoribunnygen | monstercoribunnygen

ghostcoribunnygen: a gender related to ghostcore in a bunnygender way; a bunnygender ghostcoric gender

monstercoribunnygen: a gender related to monstercore in a bunnygender way; a bunnygender monstercoric gender

[pt: ghostcoribunnygen: a gender related to ghostcore in a bunnygender way; a bunnygender ghostcoric gender

monstercoribunnygen: a gender related to monstercore in a bunnygender way; a bunnygender monstercoric gender. end pt]

for @citrine-rabbit! these use colors from the bunnygender and monstercoric flags - there is a ghostcoric flag, but i opted to use my own colors.

tags: @radiomogai | dni link

[sweetpeauserboxes]

[fine-not-fine]

Alternative/Inclusive/and Cores Who I want to reclaim personally

Some of these vary but the * means I thought of it but there might already exist this so. If it is tell me!

Corvidcore- replacement for gob/lincore since it has some unfortunate jewish stereotyping. also if you like bones look at Vultureculture as well! It has the same energy and playfulness and general curiosity.

Vultureculture- not needed to be reclaimed but is cool in general and cool bone facts and structures beware blood and death tho

Foxcore- another gob/lincore replacement! more energy bright colors and ect.

Soft Ecopunk*- co//ttagecore replacement. Since Cottagecore has a lot of bad ties with racism and colonialism. Soft Ecopunk focuses on learning skills like baking, sewing, cooking, ect to be independent from capitalism. Making homes out of anywhere for example those awesome tiktok lesbians making a home out of a school bus. But can also be transforming your home into your ideal. This also focuses on giving the land love and care as it was cared for previously. Respecting and helping the land grow instead of using it for profit. this can line side to side with Solarpunk.

Solarpunk- another cott/agecore replacement. Looking at green energy and healthier living style. Can and should be inclusive  Emocore/Scenecore- Bring this back but mega inclusive, poc friendly, lgbt+ friendly, and mental illness friendly bc lets be honest some of the shit we said in middle school should be left in the past.

Horrorcore(?*)- I don’t understand modern horrorcore but my version I think of horror movie reviews, scary halloween, horror movie/game vibes, clips of horror monsters, and drawings. Make more poc, lgbt+, and mental illness friendly. The horror shouldn’t be racist, ablest, Homophobic, or Transaphobic. Aligns with Monstercore and Cryptidcore. 

Idk tell me what you think! These are just ideas to try and make more inclusive and safe communities.

[belladonnix]

Once upon a time, I used to know another god. He was the god of the streams that ran from the mountain and through my forest. We had encountered eachother on various occasions - I would like to have said we were friends at one time. We would talk of his rivers, and his falls, and his streams. We would discuss the music of the water, the chirping of the frogs in his ponds.

But he would never speak to me of my trees, or the beauty of my flora, the livelyness of my fauna. He would not speak to me of my work, if he admired my forest I will never know. I still remember how his grey eyes lost their shine of excitement at the mention of my mosses or my ferns or my saplings.

I would like to have said he was a very fine friend. We shared many good times together. Even as the surrounding settlements ceased their worshipping of us, as they moved on from "primitive things" and away from us - we still relied on eachother.

Until one day I noticed, his rivers had started stretching further away from my forest. They slowly began to shrink away from the land, as if retreating to the mountain. The wells began to sink, the brooks no longer babbled, until the banks began to crack from the lack of water.

I lamented for days that he could be suffering. That something may have happened to him or his precious mountain. I called out to him, in the way gods do. I called out to him with my trees, I called out to him with my dreams, I called out to him for months until I realized.

Despite being the only 2 of our kind as far as we knew of at the time, he had grown tired of me. He had pulled away into himself and was never coming back. He had done this before, there would be a drought and I would let him sit in turmoil until he was ready to return. But this felt different, the air no longer smelled as the mountain did, the chill of the icy cap had vanished as if it had never permeated the depths of my forest.

What you humans call heartbreak is possibly the closest thing to what I experienced back then. My soul bore a new kind of pain, a pain I have never stopped feeling - I hesitate to explain something a corporeal being may have never experienced.

My howls shattered the clouds, my groans split the earth - all the while my forest slowly desiccated and decomposed before my eyes.

Until the tears came. Like a flood they pored from me, the very pit of my soul rumbled the storm in my bones and shook the sky dry. And once it was done I slept. I slept for a long time. Sealed in pitch blackness by a blanket of moss and curtains of vines across the jagged entrance to a cave, I slept for decades.

When I awoke, the pain had only lessened. I had pleaded for it to vanish and yet it was still there. I tried to sleep again, but to no avail.

When I finally left the cave, I was astounded - my forest had flourished! The moss and ferns were lush against the floor, the trees had grown taller than you can imagine, the deer pranced around in their families, chewing on thick, full shrubs. The ponds were no longer dry. The brooks had started to babble.

In my utter excitement and despair, I called out to my old friend. But he didn't respond. As my calling turned to sobs I was distracted by the sky - the more my soul trembled, the more the clouds grew dark. The coulds broke and a downpour crashed down onto the forest. My howls, again, rumbled the earth. And the quivering in my soul ceased, as did the rain.

And it occured to me that the forest had been taking care of me, as I had taken care of it for countless centuries. The leaves shone a little greener, the ponds looked a little fuller. And I realised I didn't need his rivers to help bring out my wood land's luster. I didn't need him as much as I "loved" him.

I think about him somtimes... and when I think no one is listening, I call out to him, to see if he's around. He never is. And I cry every time. But my forest wraps itself around me, sheltering me from the wrath of the pelting rain. But the rain is what reminds me that even though he isn't here, wherever he may be, the good times we shared will always remain here; in the rings of the trees, in the dirt and the atmosphere.

[mlm-werewolf]

Making oddly specific moodboards? Never.

soft domestic werewolf and punk incubus bf

[elverfolkole]

††† triple threat!!! †††

[puffthedoodle]

Does anyone know a core or aesthetic that say “soft but at any moment can turn into a monster and eat your soul”?

[kupocat]

Oki. I support and love you being able to be free in that manner. Please do enjoy it. I however will enjoy the warm fuzzy of my unicorn onesie while we share champagne. Don't mind me, I'll just be relaxing and appreciating the view of your freedom <3

I AM BEAUTIFUL BARE. I AM BEAUTIFUL ALL UNCLOTHED AND ALL REVEALED, NAKED TO YOUR WORLD THAT BIDS ME COVER UP.

[saturnisscreaming]

Even if I could die I cannot be erased. Every time you turn around I will be there right behind you. Can you feel me watching?

[saturnisscreaming]

I am simply a thousand year old skeleton resting under the roots of a willow tree

[saturnisscreaming]

When I was outside today I could hear a tree's heart beating

[oliver-and-mushrooms]

I love it so much

Maybe this is a little cringe but idc. I'm trying to build an aesthetic. Might start calling it Soft Monstercore?

It would draw most of its themes from the concept of chill monsters or cryptids (werewolves making tea, lizard people curled up on warm rocks, unknowable cosmic entities waving hello to telescopes, dragons just living normal animal lives alongside bears and elk in the mountains, etc). Unlike typical monstercore, it would focus less on the interactions of these creatures with humans, and more on their own peaceful, mundane lives.

Remote natural landscapes, whether that be scenic forests, caves, glaciers, the ocean, or even space, would play an inextricable part as the backdrop of the aesthetic.

Before I get too far into it, though, does anyone know of an aesthetic similar to this? Am I trying to re-create something that already exists? If so that would be great, it means I wouldn't have to do all the work myself XD

[fine-not-fine]

I understand! I just like to avoid gatekeeping as much as possible. Music is a huge influence in the subculture 100% but I worry becoming too narrow limits people. I knew an emo who didn't like My Chemical Romance. Obviously you can make *gasp* fake demo jokes but in reality she wasn't less emo. Just like certain bands. And while I agree there's more than aesthetic. Most of these cores do have sense of justice to them.

Since I offered Soft Ecopunk as a way to socially act and try to respect others. Now things like Monstercore stem from a social love of horror but wanting 'real horror' and not mocking disabilities. And while fashion always gets you into a subculture. I still am of the opinion the revival of Scenecore and Emo should involve more focus on social movements like the songs we love are about. Because it's not the tradition. It's the purpose if that makes any sense lol. I could probably type it better without my headache.

But don't worry! This wasn't meant to be combative or defensive. Just curious! And Your typing is fine dw!

Alternative/Inclusive/and Cores Who I want to reclaim personally

Some of these vary but the * means I thought of it but there might already exist this so. If it is tell me!

Corvidcore- replacement for gob/lincore since it has some unfortunate jewish stereotyping. also if you like bones look at Vultureculture as well! It has the same energy and playfulness and general curiosity.

Vultureculture- not needed to be reclaimed but is cool in general and cool bone facts and structures beware blood and death tho

Foxcore- another gob/lincore replacement! more energy bright colors and ect.

Soft Ecopunk*- co//ttagecore replacement. Since Cottagecore has a lot of bad ties with racism and colonialism. Soft Ecopunk focuses on learning skills like baking, sewing, cooking, ect to be independent from capitalism. Making homes out of anywhere for example those awesome tiktok lesbians making a home out of a school bus. But can also be transforming your home into your ideal. This also focuses on giving the land love and care as it was cared for previously. Respecting and helping the land grow instead of using it for profit. this can line side to side with Solarpunk.

Solarpunk- another cott/agecore replacement. Looking at green energy and healthier living style. Can and should be inclusive  Emocore/Scenecore- Bring this back but mega inclusive, poc friendly, lgbt+ friendly, and mental illness friendly bc lets be honest some of the shit we said in middle school should be left in the past.

Horrorcore(?*)- I don’t understand modern horrorcore but my version I think of horror movie reviews, scary halloween, horror movie/game vibes, clips of horror monsters, and drawings. Make more poc, lgbt+, and mental illness friendly. The horror shouldn’t be racist, ablest, Homophobic, or Transaphobic. Aligns with Monstercore and Cryptidcore. 

Idk tell me what you think! These are just ideas to try and make more inclusive and safe communities.