#sometimes with jester motifs

[starii-lins]

anyone know how to get this fucker out of my ibispaint

[californiannostalgia]

BH Epilogues

Chetney is still here, baby. Not today, Death. Gonna travel around, get FRIDA to the gorgynei, visit friends. (Lasting legacy of the Pock O'pea Path for growing crafters.) Greatest Toymaker. Sends an engagement gift to Jester Lavorre.

For the time being, Fate is Fearne's and Nana's to pluck. Fearne loves her creepy Nana and her deep-rooted nightmare manor. (She killed her bio dad but no one cares about that.) She procures 3 of 5 of Chetney's eggs. Trying to free Opal from the crown. She is a professor, you know.

Ashton is figuring out what's in their head and how it works with Essek. (Essek is being followed. So is Ashton.) New hammer design, a gyroscope finding its own gravity. Ashton has no charisma so gets Braius to do charisma things. They visit Fearne, sometimes ask her on an adventure. Someday they'll return to Xhorhas. Trips to the moon until one day they don't come back, who knows what happened.

Braius pours himself into art. Recurring motif of evil babies is what he's known for. He tours Exandria's art galleries. Braius asks Jester (ex-sworn enemy) for protection. Jester really likes painters so she and Fjord take him in. Braius adds hidden dicks to his paintings. Artagan likes his work. Take that, Moonweaver.

Orym visits Fearne at Ligament Manor. He gets thousand-yard-stare pranked by Nana Morri about a deal for his soul that apparently never existed, lol. Orym is with Dorian.

Dorian still has some freedom. He took his permission to be free from his parents. Dorian is with Orym, but some things are still for himself. Dorian is the wind knocking on his friends' windows, the messages and sending stones and random visits and midnight calls. Dorian will be the tie that binds Bells Hells, because he wants the reminder that this is what he left home for.

Laudna, with her newfound life, just wants to live. Very simple life. Follows Imogen, spring breaks at Nana Morri's, goes looking for FCG's coin from way back. Mini adventures.

Imogen helps out the Ruidians acclimatize on Exandria. Little day-to-day differences. Finds a beautiful clearing in the woods, somewhere with darkness and light, and they build a storybook cottage (Chetney Pock O'Pea TM).

Laudna makes Pate some friends. They have a stable but horses don't like Laudna, Laudna wants either a donkey or a mule. Imogen gets Flora (beloved horse friend). Her mother keeps in contact. Imogen loves the little catch-ups with Dorian. She finds her friends in their dreams, and they are still together.

[nottoxicfr]

This is, tentatively, Rize.

She is the combination of Nagoryuki (Guilty Gear) and Rachel Alucard (Blazblue). Relating to the concept of a data-Backyard, she has the role of a program meant to ensure the integrity of the physical world through Intervention. However, overuse of Intervention causes cracks in reality, therefore its use is controlled strictly.

This relates to the thematic idea of her character as “the Observer Who Averts Her Eyes." Nago's long meditation after the events of the Crusades combined with Rachel's nature as an Onlooker, cursed not to intervene in events, resulted in Rize's fitfully slumbering nature. Rather than Observe the events of the world, she wishes to sleep until the world has no need of her and is cursed by nightmares of terrible memories and future possibilities. Her story is about finding meaning in Observing individuals, rather than viewing the world as a single disastrous story.

(I'll talk more about her personality and her design below the cut)

I had a really hard time creating her! Honestly, I really didn't want to anything mess up. I feel happy with this art, but I want to draw her more and really get a grip on who she is. She looks really elegant, but I think there's more to her than that!

I mentioned before that fighting game characters are adjective filled, with Nago and Rachel being no exceptions! Rize is more focused on Rachel's style than I originally intended, but I hope parts of Nago still shine through. His older appearance is why I designed her around the age of 20, rather than sticking with Rachel's younger look. I'm not super comfortable with the type of character that is very old, but still looks young!

She's a gothic, lolita-inspired vampire, but I had more of Nagoryuki's "noble" personality in mind when I drew her. I imagine that she would offer advice to the people she meets, but sometimes the advice might be, "Don't wake me up from a nap." She can be a bit thorny, which draws on Rachel's "rose with thorns" tsundere motif to reshape the kindness both vampires possess.

There are parts of her that seem very childish in my mind, like the idea that she can sleep until the world ends or her grumpy reactions to others, but her deeper personality indicates that she's incredibly guilty about the events she witnessed and simply at a loss in what else she can do. It seems most of her childishness comes from a lack of sleep more than anything else. Her eyes are Nago's Blood-Rage mode, which implies she's also pretty hungry.

Originally, she was going to be named Arisu (Alice), with Bloodedge (Baiken x Ragna) being a Cheshire leading her to the source of the plot's problems. If this was a real game, I think that would still be the case as a relationship. However, with a different name, the allusion isn't nearly as prevalent...

Instead, Rize comes from Riza, from E-riza-besu, an homage to Elizabeth Bathory. It's supposed to be from romanji so it calls to mind the idea that it might be a translation she preferred. That’s not how you convert Eliz-a-beth into romanji, but I thought it was an acceptable break from reality for style. That’s the running idea for ArcSys, generally.

Rachel has servants named Nago- which was ironic- and Gii, who frequently take her wrath. Rize's servants are Tama (Ms. Umbrella in the art) and Chester (Mr Plushy next to her). Chester is a stuffed creature in the form of a Jester, meant to put her in a better mood after a nightmare. Tama, as mentioned in another post, is a joke about how you can take the first syllable of Excalibur, Ex, and say it as Eggs (Tamago). It's a really stupid joke, but it indicates that Tama is actually the sword of myth simply transformed and given sentience via old age. I don't think she takes her short temper out on either of them, but if she does then it's probably Chester. Lots of people punch pillows to feel better, so I don't think Chester minds as long as someone fixes him should he be damaged. She also has another servant, but they aren't created yet.

Gameplay wise, she'd be difficult to balance. Every small movement would inch her closer to a true Blood-Rage, which would significantly drain her health. To get around this, the player would have to use Rachel's Wind Drive to maneuver either Rize or her opponent into her range. To offset the difficulty of that, she has quite a lot of power. It might actually end up making her a grappler-type of character. Rize is the kind of character who changes the color palette of an anime when she shows up. Super strong, y'know?

Anyway, this is probably my favorite of the "ArcSys Singularity designs" that I made. I also tried out Slayer and Rachel as a combination, but it wasn't quite as fun. I feel very excited with Rize! I wanna draw her more.

[masa-yoshi-dan]

Ensemble Stars!! x Pokemon || Stramaker Production

Masterlist || Cosmic Production || Rhytm Link || New Dimension || Others

fine

Eichi: Togekiss. Blissey. Clefairy Wataru: Togetic. Pidove. Meowscarada. Mime Jr.  Tori: Togetic. Stufful. Teddiursa Yuzuru: Togetic. Indeedee. Minccino. Budew.

One of the Fine’s images are feathers. So I searched for elegant (white or ivory) flying-types. Decision for between Swanna and Altaria. Altaria felt more fitting with singing themes in it. But. It does not have feathers; its wings are clouds. But then I looked more and decided on Togekiss. It’s based on doves, snowy owls and angels. Also, it has the ability Serene grace. Y’know, like Angelic Grace.

Eichi did not have Pokemons until he got out of the hospital. Eichi has bad health, so I wanted to give him pokemon to help with this. Choice was between Blissey and Audino. Both are about health and partner for Nurse Joy. Even though Audino is more graceful and its mega evolution has some resemblance to angels. All its descriptions are about hearing. Blissey is all about health and care. Also, Blissey are rare, so a wealthy family would get one. Eichi has been compared to the constellation Orion, and it became a motif for FS1, so I wanted to give him a star-based pokemon. Staryu does not really fit him, so I decided on Clefairy.

Togekiss is the only white dove-based pokemon. Pidove, despite having “dove” in its name, is pigeon. But I have no other options. He does have multiple of them. For his theatrical side, I went with Mime Jr. and Meowscarada. Meowscarada is a talented magician. Mime jr. is more whimsical and looks more like a clown or a jester than Mr.Mime (and I just don't really like Mr.Mime).

Tori likes stuffed toys, so Stufful was an immediate choice. Also, it works perfectly with them both being cute but also pretty capable and talented. Tori has a brown Teddy Bear, so Teddiursa goes.

Yuzuru is a butler, so Indeedee was first thought. Yuzuru likes cleaning and tidying up, so Minccino was an opinion for this. Yuzuru picked up gardening and got Budew, which had not evolved yet.

Trickstar

Hokuto: Starmie. Staravia. Gallade. Subaru: Staryu. Growlithe. Murkrow. Luxio Makoto: Staryu. Porygon. Rotom. Mao: Staryu. Espeon. Lilligant (hisuian).

Trickstar’s symbols are trickster and stars. Closest to trickster in pokemon is ability “Prankster”, but no pokemon fits Trickstar. So the choice was among star-based pokemons. Staryu looked more fitting. 

Staravia is a gift by Seiya who has Staraptor. Hidaka means “ice” and “hawk, falcon” and might be referenced to “The Nighthawk Star”. Staraptor line is based on predator birds (mostly hawks and falcons) and has “star” in all their names. Gallade is for Hokuto being “prince”. I wanted to give him Ceruledge instead due to Gallade being reserved for another unit, but it's so not prince-like.

Growlithe = Daikichi. The only shiba-inu-based pokemon is Okidogi, which is not only legendary but also evil. “It has body count” type of evil. So I had to look for other dog pokemons. Growlithe looks similar and friendly enough to work instead. Murkrow loves shiny objects, just like Subaru. Subaru hates dark places, so I gave him Luxio, which can luminate dark places (can learn move Flash) and has a star on its tail. Luxio is not a dog, so I could not use it as Daikichi. Subaru likes shiny things, so he can have a full shiny team.

Makoto is all about gaming and technology, so Porygon and Rotom both were a choice for different reasons each. Porygon is a virtual pokemon who lives in virtual reality. So it’s mostly just in PCs. Rotom can possess appliances and electronic devices. So Rotom can be helpful for him in various occasions, like going into computer, phone or camera, etc.

Mao was kind of hard for me to pick. There’s not much to pick from. Mao is sometimes described as a magician, so I decided to give him Espeon. It's psychic-type and pretty simple. Mao likes dancing, so I went with Hisuian Lilligant. The only other dancing pokemon is Meloetta, which is mythical.

RUYSEITAI

Chiaki: Minior. Blaziken. Vulpix Kanata: Minior. Frillish. Squirtel. Lanturn. Palafin. Tetora: Minior. Incineroar. Sawk Midori: Minior. Leafeon. Bulbasaur. Chikorita. Shinobu: Minior. Ninjask. Croagunk. Greninja.

First I was looking for super sentai or power rangers—like pokemon. But then I remembered that another RUYSEITAI’s theme is meteors. And Minior became the perfect choice. It has multiple colors for each member. There’s no actual black one for Tetora, but shiny is black! Also, now there’s no single leader, so a no-evolution line with no super forms (mega or g-max) works best.

Chiaki is very passionate about the color red, so I had to make all of his red. His introduction as Ryusei Red has "The red flames are the proof of justice!” so it must’ve been red and/or fire type. Blaziken was an immediate choice. It can also mega evolve. In the anime Mega Blaziken was protector of Kalos in ownership by Meyer. Armarouge was another choice, but it’s more yellow, despite pokedex color being red. Vulpix became the second choice. I think super protective over juniors Chiaki, having a not-evolved little guy cute and kinda fitting.

Kanata likes blue and loves the ocean, so blue water-type it is! His FS2 is based on jellyfish, so Frillish. He likes stuffed turtles so Squirtle. His last name means “deep sea” so Lanturn, who lives deep underwater (also it has a hero-like face mask). And Palafin, who looks like a normal dolphin but actually a hero. Like Kanata being actually stupid strong.

Tetora is Ruysei Black but like the color red and his Ryusei introduction references black flames. So Incineroar was the first choice. Also it’s based on a tiger and pre-evo has “tora” in its name. It would be perfect if Inceneroar was karate based, not wrestler. For karate i chose Sawk.

Midori likes greenery and cute mascots where the species is unclear. So Leafeon it is! Eeveelutions are pokemon’s second mascots at this point and they’re designed to look like a dog/cat/fox/rabbit all at once. Surprisingly, there’s not many veggie-based pokemons. So I went with starter pokemons that looked plant -enough: Bulbasaur and Chikorita (pokedex classifies it as green). They also work with “species is unclear”. Is Bulbasaur a frog or turtle? What is Chikorita?

Shinobu is Ryusei yellow and ninja so I was looking among that. Ninjask is based on ninja technique and yellow. Croagunk is used by ninja trainers. Greninja is also based on ninja and its category is ninja pokemon. And with that I cover his two pet frogs. Accelgor is also based on ninja, but doesn't really feel like Shinobu’s pokemon. 

Alkaloid

Hiiro: Nidoqueen. Dragonair. Gyarados. Turogue. Aira: Nidorina. Sylveon. Luvdisc. Swoobat. Mayoi: Nidorina. Shuppet. Umbreon. Gastly. Tatsumi: Nidorina. Hatenna. Maushold.

Alkaloid has multiple themes to look into: medicine/toxin, cards and keys. There’s no card-based pokemons. Galarian Wheezing is the only poison-type who is not just poisonous/toxic. And Klefki is the only key pokemon. In the end I went with Nidiqueen. Queen like in cards, it's blue like a unit color, it’s defensive more than offensive, i have no other options, i am working on it for hours already…

Hiiro had only Dratini before MDM and Hiiro started learning more about the world. Dratini evolved after the main story. I picked Dragonair line as a “village ruler’s family has that pokemon”. Hiiro is good at martial arts so went with Tyrogue for him. Who knows what it evolved into. For Hiiro learning world around I thought about pokemon which can easily be found. So Magicarp which already evolved into Gyarados. He's a fast learner (It can also symbolize Hiiro being called dumb in the village and now blooming into a strong idol).

Aira had an Eevee which evolved into Sylveon. Sylveon was introduced in France-based region and evolves from affection/friendship. Aira’s catchphrase is “Love”/”Rabu” so I went with Lovedisc and Swoobat. There’s not much pokemon that symbolizes love, btw (why Luvdisc is not fairy-type?).

Mayoi has association with phantom and ghost and likes cute things. So I gave him Shuppet, Gastly and Umbreon. Shuppet is described to feed on negative emotions which helps people. Umbreon is dark and evolves with friendship. Gastly has been shown to be able to move through the walls and can help Mayoi to escape unwanted social interactions with gas.

Tatsumi was kinda hard. The only religion pokemon in-universe gods (god of sea, god of time etc) and THE God. So no pokemon for this. One of Tatsumi's specialties is sixth sense, and pokemon have the ability “anticipation”. Hattena prefers to be with calm people and can have that ability. Tatsumi likes to do house chores and Mausihold is the only pokemon that can learn move Tidy up through level up. And it's a family of four, like, y’know, Alkaloid.

[siren-nereide]

Speculative post on Lucifer's aspects

Lucifer, He has a mischievous side. In my experience, He does sure like medieval, circus imagery at times. Do not try to use this for any first contact, keep it professional, keep it respectful. Freak shows, in history, were always been deemed the "other" regardless of time period. A hub of individuality even for those they would reject as a heinous lifestyle, but so it persists. It's deemed an inversion to order for the nail that did not quite fit. I find it interesting though in my times before pop culture used Him for this archetype, I had a similar experience. I am divided about this but, I trust my own discernment.

Faustian stories, often evoke this mischievous character which is an inversion of light. Furthermore, the name Mephistopheles is a corrupted Greek compound. The Greek particle of negation (μή, mē) and the Greek word for "love" or "loving" (φίλος, philos). Three possible meanings have been proposed, and three different etymologies have been offered as"not loving light" (φῶς, phōs; the old form of the name being Mephostopheles), "not loving Faust", mephitic, pertaining to poisonous vapors arising from pools, caverns, and springs (Wikipedia). Faust appears as a servant to Lucifer, now the discussion if Mephisto is Lucifuge. I have speculated with others that Lucifuge's etymology could come from a name similar to "Lucifer Reficul" which is just Lucifer forwards and backwards. Think of it as peter pan and peter pan's shadow, same but different. In which, if we go back about a thousand years the Greeks & Romans had Esophosos/Hesperos which are in turn Lucifer/Vesper with some other names like "noctifer" mixed in. With some pondering I do believe Mephisto = Lucifuge but, as the evening star counterpart to Lucifer, I am not as sure. Lucifer's aspect as Vesper seems contemplative, introverted but an underlying mischievous aura to it. Now, I have thought about it for over six months. It could be Mephisto is a developed egregore that with enough energy became its own entity in which funnily enough seems like Luciferian archetype to me, but who knows right.

The medieval & circus connection can be answered as clowns & jesters and all who side with them must be servants of the devil. Some examples are, "Fools for Satan" – Some Christian theologians (like St. Augustine) argued that jesters, with their mocking humor, were agents of the Devil, tempting people into sin. Carnival of Fools – Medieval festivals (like the Feast of Fools) featured role reversals where jesters imitated clergy, which the Church condemned. Physical Deformity – Many jesters had dwarfism or disabilities, which superstition linked to demonic influence or curses. As society changed the role changed, it was not castles but, tents of all the same types of people whom would see it as "home". This aspect is one of most attractive to people in general due to its alluring quality of deals. Sometimes, if this is how you perceive this energy it would be one of first experiences with the spirit. In that case, Lucifuge could be Noctifer which is an aspect of Satan which in turn could be an aspect of Lucifer but its up to you to decide. The Temple of the Ascending Flame does discuss this.

Now, back to pop culture with Hazbin Hotel's Lucifer leaning into these motifs. I am neutral about this piece of media because as it's not perfect it has glaring issues, as a critical fan of her work. It did help me in the right direction back to my practice indirectly. I do believe the Lucifer in concept has some validity to it, characterization wise NO.

Jan Matejko (1838-1893) ~ Polish, Oil on Canvas

Anyway's Happy Venus day! ♡ Multum amor ♡

[jasper-tarot-reader]

Neopets/Skyrim Tarot: 0. The Fool

Starting at the Fool is natural when it comes to analyzing the Major Arcana, given its status as the 0 card in the deck. We have two Fools right here, though both are technically closer to jesters - the Blumaroo Court Jester and Cicero of the Dark Brotherhood.

The Blumaroo Court Jester toils day and night in the hall of King Skarl in Meridell in order to make his king laugh. Usually, that's through telling jokes. Sometimes, it's through juggling Neggs or other fruits. There's a good chance he could trip on the carpet behind him, but he's not afraid - he's gonna put on a great show for King Skarl regardless! Interestingly, he's usually depicted as a Green Blumaroo, but he's shown as a Purple one here - someone must have taken a trip to the Rainbow Fountain for this feature! And he's feeling more confident than usual, too. It's a good day to be the jester! Pose-wise, he's certainly closer to the classic Fool card than Cicero's pose.

This is a Fool with one job. He doesn't always excel at it (King Skarl is famously hard to make laugh, there's an entire game in Neopets about trying to make it happen) but he wakes up every day to keep trying anyways. And he's been doing this since 2003, so it's been 22 years. Gotta respect his dedication despite that toxic work environment.

As for why this poor little guy wound up on the Fool card, I imagine it's because he's one of the few actual fools/jesters in Neopia. I also imagine a good number of Neopians would actually kill you if you called them Fools, even in the context of tarot. The Blumaroo Court Jester (he doesn't even have a name yet...after all these years...) is a Fool with a focus on a journey that you already know you're going on.

Cicero, also known as the Fool of Hearts or the Betrayer, is the Keeper of the Dark Brotherhood, an Imperial assassin, and one of the more...divisive Skyrim characters. Many people find him annoying or endearing, and you have the option to either kill him or save him during the Skyrim Dark Brotherhood quest. (Is that a spoiler? Can you spoil a 14 year old game? In a questline that's one of the most popular factions with some of the most popular characters?)

Cicero as the Fool has more focus on the journey part. Cicero traveled with the Night Mother's body and coffin to Skyrim in order to get to the final operating Dark Brotherhood sanctuary. His goal was to one day find a worthy Listener for the Night Mother and has no problem with the Dragonborn being the Listener (if, of course, your version of the Dragonborn followed the Dark Brotherhood questline), even though he hoped it would be himself.

This is another one where Cicero was probably chosen because of his jester motif and then they justified it with the card meaning afterwards. While I could also suggest the Dragonborn themself (even the classic "iron armor guy" they use for the Dragonborn in marketing despite the fact that iron armor objectively sucks by every metric) for this card, let's continue with the theory that Cicero is the one they're dedicated with. This is a Fool on an unexpected journey. There was no way that Cicero expected, when he first became Keeper, to be one of the few Dark Brotherhood survivors and to have to haul the Night Mother's coffin all the way to Falkreath. Even the framing of the card, with Cicero staring at the skull, may imply some level of self-introspection and self-reflection on the way things have gone.

[kingmaxstatic]

Dr.Starline ,The Jester To Eggman's Ringleader

So that's one hell of a title! Starline? Jester? WHAT? Eggman? Ringleader?? WOW!

This is more of a a deep dive into a mix of Starline's design, his role and his behaviors and how that sorta ties to... Jesters of all things? We'll also be talking about Eggman's ring leader motif as well! So there's that!

"What? Eggman Ringleader Design Motif? What are you talking about??"

I'm going to make this quick because it isn't about the platypus that has lobotomized me from the inside out BUT here's some images to compare! I'm also using Modern Eggman because well, for starters that's Starline's eggman and ALSO it holds the motif SOOO much more.

-Gold/Red/Black Palettes!

-Tail Coat

-Long and tall boots

-Buckles/Buttons on chest!

Smack a top hat on this man and BATTA BOOM! he's a ringleader! This ties into Eggman being the leader of the Eggman empire, of course! He's the ringleader! He controls everything!

OKAY ONTO STARLINE AND BEING A JESTER BECAUSE HIS IS.. A TAD BIT MORE SUBTLE (but I am NOT crazy trust me on this/joke)

Dr Starline Is A Jester (From A Design Standpoint)

-Pointed Neck (Jester Collar for a jester, Collar for Starline) with gold accents (Typically portrayed as bells)

-Pointed ends of shirt

-Curved up shoes

A side note is that Starline's vest IS in fact multicolored like a jester's.. just in the opposite direction!

AND you could also argue that his hair looks some what like a jester hat (the multiple ends of it, mainly)

Dr Starline is a Jester (From a character stand point)

So what do I mean "He's a jester from a character stand point"? I'm mainly discussing his role, how he acts and what he does.

He's not your STEROTYPICAL jester, obviously. Most jesters in media are portaryed as wildcards who love chaos! Starline is quite the opposite and I think that doesn't stop my argument.

Let's talk about a jester's role, what they mean to the king!

"Jesters played a small role in the courts and brightened up the events. The medieval jesters held the great responsibility of having to bring a smile to an angry or sick monarch's face. He was employed solely to excite and amuse his master, prevent state affairs from becoming over-oppressed, and bring liveliness to meals to help aid with digestion." -Owlcation "everything you need to know about jesters"

Basically jesters exist to calm an angry king!

Which.. Eggman is very much comparable to! The main reason jesters did this was to ensure Kings didn’t stress themselves or think too rashly.

Thinking rashly is where I transition to one major key component into one of my main arguments for Jester Starline:

“Jesters played multifaceted roles in medieval society. Apart from their comedic acts, they often acted as advisors and confidants to their patrons. Their ability to speak freely and make lighthearted observations allowed them to offer unconventional insights on political matters.”

-Medieval Chronicles, “10 fascinating facts about jesters”

Jesters were one of the few members of a court that were allowed to speak out against the king! Criticize and critique. Because they were protected enough to be able to do so.

And what’s one of the things Starline does CONSTANTLY?

Freely Criticize Eggman

The notion of him being a jester comes with an.. unfortunate ironic twist to his death

“Unfortunately for the jesters, the enemy did sometimes ‘kill the messenger’ as an act of defiance (especially if they regarded the terms being offered as an insult)”

-History Extra “The Life Of A Jester”

As we know, Starline’s death happened during Issue 50. After Eggman had pointed out that he did, in fact, listen to what Starline said.

He took his advice.

How does he repay it?

By killing the messenger.

I also think this provides an interesting dynamic to Eggman and Starline's relationship as.. a whole.

A jester serves a king.

Yet Eggman, in truth, is a ringleader. Though comparable to a king, he isn't one.

Jesters don't serve ringleaders. Clowns do.

(But clowns don't matter because clowns aren't apart of this discussion.)

NOW TO WRAP THIS UP:

I want to state that I don't think Starline is ACTUALLY a jester. I don't think he's running around with a scepter going "heehee hoo hoo" while riding a unicycle infront of Eggman. I think themetically and design wise that Starline fits the role. Fits the bill as it were!

I also just wanted to do a far funner character/design anayalsis on my blog other then just.. Lanolin and addressing the hate against her (see! I told you guys I'd be doing a more light hearted one!)

But in all seriousness, if you've made it this far, thank you for reading! Buh-Bye!

[vapormage]

i dont have the improvisational skills or jokes or the confidence or the wit necessary for a clown or jester internet persona which is a shame because visually they have everything that i care about. colors! patterns! shapes! motifs sometimes!

[juniaships]

❗CRK spoilers❗

Since the beast cookies are precursors to the ancients, i thought i should make an oc who serves as the opposite of my oc Rustichello Cookie.

This oc cookie is called Honey Butter cookie. She was a disciple of the Beast Cookies and led a cult of like-minded cookies. Calling themselves the Honeycomb Syndicate, the cult helped the Beast Cookies in their reign of terror before being defeated by Rusti's ancestors. Following the defeat of the Beast Cookies, Honey Butter and her cult were frozen in a vat of mystic amber. Never to be released...until thousands of years later, when the spell wore off. Released from her prison, Honey Butter quickly regained focus on retrieving her masters, and plots revenge on the world for her entrapment

Design: Honey Butter is a brown cookie with golden, swirly hair and eyes. Her canon outfit is a green gown with a hexagonal shaped collar. The black lines on her dress resemble bee stripes. She also holds a scepter with the top shaped like a bee.

Personality: Honey Butter is a devoted follower of the Beast Cookies to the point of fanaticism. She regards opposing cookies as traitors and looks down on those she deems less than her. Honey seems to have a deep respect for Shadow Milk, it is even rumored the two are lovers. Honey Butter has a vain side and prides on her luxurious hair. In the past she often got her followers to do her dirty work, although now she is more hands on, using magic and manipulation to enact her plan.

Theming: Her motifs are based on an "evil queen" being an older woman with a vain haughty attitude. Since she is Shadow Milk's love interest, I thought it be cool if she had a regal theme, since jesters are known for entertaining monarchs. Her theming also opposes my OC Rustichello, Rusti was a commoner who married a king while Honey Butter was born royal. Rusti and Honey both wear green outfits and are considered the sixth on their team. They also have a connection to a magician with a blue color palette. But the obvious difference are their personalities; Rusti loves her people and sometimes disagrees with Pure Vanilla, while Honey Butter treats her followers like tools and devoted herself with Shadow Milk and the other Beast Cookies.

Inspo: Evil Queen Archetype, Zira (TLK2), Quintessa (Bayformers), Twisted Alice (BATIM), Emerald Empress (Legion of Superheroes), Evil Amaya (Wish Concept), Harumi (ninjago), Harley Quinn (Batman)

[magicalgirlagency]

Magical Girls duo idea: a pair of MGs that called themselves Wonder and Chaos

They both wore masks to hide their true identity, but sometime they swap their mask with each other for fun. Wonder's Magical form is kinda similar to the Greatest Showman suit but with lots of neon pink and Salmon pink in its colouring. While Chaos has a more jester-like form mixed in with some knight motifs. Chaos has dark forest green and neon green as her colours.

Wonder'd have illusion powers along with the ability to create monsters like those of the traditional MG villains-she'd never use people nor their emotions though, just inanimated objects. Chaos, like her name, has one hell of a chaotic arsenal. She can shapeshift, mimic voices, change the colour of an object she touches (inspired by a story on reddit), turn invisible, climbs on every surfaces, can copy and use a much weaker version of other MGs power.

They're a heroic duo that help people, yes. But they're also very deep into the Chaotic Good territory. They wouldn't harm good MGs ofc, and would fight and neutralize the villains and evil MGs safely - just like a normal Mahou Shoujo duo! Thing is, they do not act like a normal MGs duo. No, they aren't hostile or mean, but the good MGs don't know that. Because Wonder & Chaos just try to mess with every single MGs they met. They have a relatively normal moral code like ours, but they make all other MGs confused about it and that forced them to guess the duo place on the Moral Spectrum ("are they with the villains? Or are they on our side? Or are they on both sides???"). The bad MGs and villains either fear them like they do every good MGs or just confused them for rival villains. And the Good MGs have no idea on what to feel about them. Some just accept them as mysterious helpers, other suspect them as evils, some others try to find a way to understand them, only to find more weird questions along the way.

They have the choice to just come clean as the heroic MGs they are, but "what's the fun in that" they said. They look as all the shenanigans they caused with their mystique and mischief, then they go "they thought of us like cryptids, that's so cool! We gonna keep this up unless things got bad!" And only when the situations got bad enough will they drop their mysterious aura. But the other MGs and them always keep things from getting too bad, so they'll remain cryptids for as long as they want.

This idea come from the fact that we got the Magical Girls stories and the parody from the villains side. But there aren't any in between one where the good guys act like "villains", so here's a concept on how it could go! What do you think?

As much as I love the genre, I won't lie about it, it's too Black/White. It would do some good to shake things up a little.

[pippinscribs]

mug thoughts expanded

I have been considering this for a whole day now and it evolved into just trying to think of what mugs the Nein would use. Someone said Cad would collect different types for the rest of the Nein which is a wonderful idea and got me thinking too hard about mugs.

Here are my mug thoughts and visuals (both shoddy sketchbook version and some actual ones)

CALEB

the mug is an actual one from Pinterest here but I think he’d like a simple very classic mug shape. It must of course have a bit fire motif because Caleb does Commit to the traumatic Bit, but it’s a softer more natural one.

NOTT/VETH

I couldn’t fully decided on this one, but I think Nott would have very cold shaky hands, so the idea of those handwarmer style mugs comes to mind. But I also like the idea of Caduceus picking up a second mug for her after her transformation back to Veth, that’s very simple green on the outside with some lovely florals inside (as such) I think she’d like that.

BEAU

Very simple very functional, it’s an enamel mug with little speckle bits. She can drink from it, fling it at annoying people and also be generally less careful with it and it still lasts. It says fuck off on the bottom

MOLLYMAUK

another reference from Pinterest here but the guy is all about impractical practicality, it’s gold rimmed and oddly shaped and kind of uncomfortable to hold if you haven’t held it before, and it’s absolutely a size larger than you’d want out of a mug for the sheer audacity of it all.

CADUCEUS

they all chipped into getting him his own mug a coupme months into beinf together I think, a very low and wide mug, practically a bowl with a handle, lots of tea to be held.

JESTER

hand painted and colourful I can imagine she is incredibly careful with it and adores it very much, sometimes it’s a paint mug sometimes it’s a tea mug. just very bubbly and bright and artistic.

YASHA

Hand built ceramic mug, with hand painted flowers on it. Muted black and white glazes and again it’s larger than your standard mug but it’s just right for a late night‘s warm drink when it storms. it was absolutely a silent purchase Caduceus just pulled it out one day in the middle of nowhere or something and Yasha isn’t entirely sure when or how he even got it.

FJORD

His is one of those dipped in glaze kind of ceramic mugs that looks like the sea is coming up the shore on the rim. Very self-explanatory, it’s a thick mug very sturdy and functional. I like to think it’s one of the last Caduceus collects, picks it up after the Wildmother and Fjord begin to communicate to replace a rather uncomfortable one he’d been using up until then.

anyway yeah that’s my completely Nein mug ramble I have a uni project due in a couple days I am no where near finished, but I spent the day thinking about this instead. Any other mug suggestions do tell I have an unreasonable amount of love for mugs. This is possibly the longest post I’ve ever made…which is irrelevant but I thought I’d note anyway.

[dyxtd21]

Crazy Lace Agate aesthetic moodboard!!

("Howdy there!"): Appearance: Crazy Lace Agate embodies the whimsical and chaotic nature of his motif. His entire body and attire are adorned in a creamy white base with vibrant swirls of orange, red, light pink, and yellow, creating an abstract, mesmerizing pattern that mirrors the intricate designs of real Crazy Lace Agate gemstones.

Body: As a skeleton, his bones are infused with the same vivid, agate-like patterns. His skull, particularly where his right eye would be, features a round-cut gemstone that glimmers with the same multicolored hues.

Outfit: He sports a jovial suit, perfectly tailored and exuding a sense of mischievous elegance.

Jacket: His suit jacket is long with elongated coat ends, flowing dramatically as he moves.

Trousers: His trousers are sleek and perfectly fit, adding to his sophisticated, yet quirky look.

Shoes: He wears solid Oxfords, polished and pristine, contrasting his chaotic nature.

Accessories: A pocket watch, which he frequently checks, adds to his motif of time. He also carries a cane, often twirling it in a showy manner. Sunglasses sit permanently on his face, adding a layer of mystery and style.

Personality: Crazy Lace Agate is a master of chaos and entertainment, constantly breaking the fourth wall and engaging directly with those around him (and the audience). His personality is a blend of eccentricity and unpredictability, making him both endearing and slightly unnerving.

Chaotic Good: While his actions may seem erratic and mischievous, his core intention is to bring joy and amusement, often using chaos as his primary tool.

Fourth Wall Breaker: He has an uncanny ability to break the fourth wall, addressing the audience directly, making jokes about his own existence, and commenting on the actions and behaviors of others as if he’s aware he’s in a story.

Entertainer: He thrives on causing mayhem for the sake of entertainment, pulling pranks, and setting up elaborate, often harmless, schemes to keep things interesting.

Timekeeper: Despite his chaotic nature, he has a fascination with time, often referencing it and using his pocket watch as both a prop and a tool in his antics.

Quirks:

Unpredictable Humor: His sense of humor is offbeat and often involves dark or absurd comedy, similar to characters like Deadpool or Bill Cipher.

Reality Manipulation: He seems to have a slight ability to manipulate reality, bending the rules of the world around him for the sake of a joke or a dramatic reveal.

Hidden Depths: Beneath his playful exterior, there might be glimpses of a deeper understanding of the universe, time, and existence, hinted at through cryptic remarks and actions.

Trivia:

Timeless Jester: Despite his fixation on time, Crazy Lace Agate himself seems to exist outside of its normal flow, often appearing at the most opportune or inopportune moments as if he knows exactly when to make an entrance.

Signature Catchphrase: Crazy Lace Agate often breaks into his catchphrase, "Tick-tock, goes the clock, let’s shake things up a lot!" right before causing some playful chaos.

Secret Talent: Besides his chaotic antics, he has an unexpected talent for playing the piano, often performing impromptu concerts that blend beautiful music with comedic interruptions.

Dimensional Awareness: He possesses a rare awareness of other dimensions and realities, sometimes referencing events or characters from entirely different stories or universes.

Prankster’s Code: Despite his love for chaos, Crazy Lace Agate adheres to a personal code: his pranks and antics must never cause serious harm. He believes in laughter and surprise, not pain.

Historical Knowledge: He has an extensive knowledge of history and time, often dropping obscure historical facts or anecdotes during his conversations, much to the surprise of those around him.

Wardrobe Changes: His suit, while seemingly consistent in style, can change patterns and colors to match the mood of the situation or the season, always maintaining his abstract, agate-like aesthetic.

Hidden Layers: Occasionally, he reveals a deeper, almost philosophical side, pondering the nature of existence, time, and the universe, though he quickly reverts to his playful self.

Mischievous Allies: Crazy Lace Agate has a network of equally mischievous allies and friends who share his love for chaos and entertainment. They often collaborate on elaborate pranks and schemes.

Favorite Pastime: He enjoys hosting “time-themed” parties where everything is meticulously planned to the second, filled with unexpected twists and turns that keep everyone guessing.

Breaking the Fourth Wall: He loves to engage with the "audience" directly, making them feel like a part of his world. He’ll often wink, nod, or speak directly to them, acknowledging their presence in a way that blurs the lines between fiction and reality.

(He's starting to sound a bit familiar like Caine from The Amazing Digital Circus)

Headcanon voice: Kellen Goff.

[tyrannuspitch]

thor meta directory

hello and welcome, i'm lucian and i've been analysing mcu thor in excruciating detail since march 2022. this directory is intended to help me and anyone else interested to navigate my backlog of thor posts, which were all initially grouped under one umbrella tag.

a few notes:

my main focus is on the asgardian royal family, and my favourite portrayals of them come from 2011-2013. i have a bit of a loki-centric bias, but i do my best to be self-aware. i think all members of the family are terrible people and i love them for it <3

older posts should be taken with a pinch of salt. my opinions have developed a lot since i first started posting, but i've left pretty much everything up for archival purposes.

sometimes my opinions are strong, but they're never personal, even when i express them in hyperbolic ways. i promise i don't really hate you because of a marvel movie :3

to prevent clutter, source, character, relationship and theme tags are only applied to posts that also qualify for a meta or concrit tag.

some of the theme tags overlap a lot, but i'm doing my best.

most of the theme tags don't have an immediately obvious "thesis" post, but hopefully you'll get a sense of them by scrolling through. i'm also happy to answer any questions on this!

at the point when i organised this archive, it contained 1600 posts, so please excuse any tagging mistakes or typos, and let me know so i can fix them :D

finally: my inbox is open and i love talking about thor! comments, questions, suggestions, discussion, and lighthearted/friendly debate are all very welcome :D also, if you send me music associations or fanart, i'll love you forever - i probably haven't seen it, since i hardly follow anyone in this fandom. (just please no th-rki - i'm firmly in the familial relationship camp.)

okay that's all. have fun! 💚💙💜

main tag (textposts, almost all of them original, ranging from liveblogs and off-the-cuff jokes to meta. 2000+ posts)

asgardian art (umbrella tag for visual fanworks: art, gifs, graphics, etc. almost all reblogs. 1000+ posts)

by post type:

meta (800+ posts) - meta highlights (100+ posts) - concrit/negativity - text reblogs - fanart - gifs - stills - jokes and silly posts

by source:

thor 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - avengers 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - loki tv - other mcu - comics - thor: tales of asgard (cartoon) - other marvel - myth + history - fandom - other

by character:

thor - loki - odin - frigga - laufey - hela - malekith - thanos - the other - sif - warriors three - heimdall - valkyrie - jane - erik - sylvie - mobius - kang - avengers - fury

note: tumblr has a link limit! i've had to remove the links to supporting characters' tags to stay within it, but the format is: /tagged/ch:%20laufey, /tagged/ch:%20hela, etc.

by relationship:

thor: frigga - loki - odin - sif - w3 - jane - erik - avengers - fury

loki: frigga - odin - laufey - sif - w3 - thanos - the other - sylvie -mobius - kang - erik - jane - avengers

odin: frigga - laufey - hela - kang - fury - bor

house of odin (for when it's really the entire family at once - not an umbrella tag)

by theme/topic:

abuse + empire - fate + hierarchy - suicide + sacrifice - imprisonment + exile - devotion + treachery - honour + villainy - cycles + scapegoats - manipulation + mind control - order + chaos - war + apocalypse - undeath + afterlife - the threefold death - trickster loki - jester loki - servant prince

childhood + immortality - gender + sexuality - ergi - sorcery - prophecy - disability - ethnicity - godhood - monsterhood - playing the monster - mirrors + masks - eye motif

expressions of love - love as horror - neck/throat motif - grief - codependence - odinsons as twins - redemption - mjolnir - saint thor - thor's sinister side

worldbuilding - modern psychiatry - etymology - mimesis

and finally, my ao3 is here. i'm not as active as i'd like to be, but i'm working on it!

[beast-of-mosss]

SOCKS AND BUSKINS: ENSTARS OCS UNIT!:

Okay, okay. So it's a three unit group that had theater motifs, each song is supposed to be a story and deal with comedy/tragedy (hence the name). The unit members are José Díaz(Silent King), Sierra Rivera (Double-faced Queen), and "Frecil" Frederico Rivera(Blind Jester).

I'm still trying to figure out the uniforms for the unit, but I'm thinking of basing it off the fairy court from Midsummer's night (Oberan, Tirana, and Puck) or something similar to that aspect. Keep switching between light greens/earth tones and more royal colors. All I know is that each unit member will have some motifs for their character that they play.

Each song is supposed to tell a story—first starting off with one of the characters (Jester, Queen, or King) setting the stage and telling the audience what they think is happening verus what's actually happening. Much like a musical or play. Each character has a different point of view of each event/past songs, and it changes from either tragic to comedic really quickly. I want to explore the relationship between tweaking a story/how comedy and tragedy are linked/etc. And how easy it is to change the perceptive.

Funny enough, all the idols in this unit are trans—I didn't realized this until a few weeks ago.

Also, disabled as well—José has a arm prosthetic and is selective mute while Frecil is legally blind. This does cause some issues with getting shows done, it just means that they have to do things a little differently. Something I'm willing to explore more.

Sierra has a hearing aid, but I need to do more research into hearing aids/hearing loss—so please be patient with me^^!

The Silent King and The Blind Jester are supposed to be semi-foils. The story of Socks and Buskins is still being fleshed out atm.

José is actually the writer for the story with Frecil being the co-writer. Frecil composes the music and Sierra does the choreography.

The unit was founded by both Frecil and José. Despite Frecil being very, very, experienced in the idol world—they gave the leadership/"King" position to José. Frecil acts more like a guide/mentor towards José and sometimes Sierra. Sierra and Frecil are recent step-siblings (both their mothers met due to the creation of the unit, yes its hell)

Aela "Cherry" Barbasdotter is their sole producer. She's been with the unit since near the start of its creation and damn, very very overprotective to the point that its suffocating.

Anyway, that's it so far~! I'm really excited to, well, get character sheets down for these guys~! I've been working on them for quite a while, and kinda just upped the silliness/antics a bit more due to the media being—well— Enstars. Also, I wanted to touch roots with my amateur theater kid sooo~!

[cepheusgalaxy]

you might have known this but Jesters, right? Jesters were like uhh.. i wanna say early day punks? or no actually most or some fought against injustice in their own way.

so they would use entertainment as a form of persuading the court to not make awful awful choices and damn sometimes they outright insulted the court! still lived

:O i didn't

you reminded me i have to do some research to go around putting motifs lol. this seems like will be fun

[acepalindrome]

Trying to plan my muses for Fashion Dreamer is just a lot of ‘how many flavors of lolita fashion can I squeeze in here.’

The first one I’ve planned is Jester, who is gonna be defined by lots of bright, fun colors. If this game has the same style names that Style Savvy had, she’s going to have a lot of pop and girly style stuff, and a mix of deco and sweet lolita (featuring lots of candy/pastry motifs.)

Next is Crowley, who is gonna be a lot of bold and goth styles with a little punk flavor. Lots of black, LOTS of sunglasses, occasionally some stuff like star/space motifs because he’s a sentimental bastard. Lolita style is gothic and punk. The muse is also going to be very gender fluid and subject to change often because gender is just a hat and sometimes Crowley doesn’t wear a hat and sometimes he wears five hats stacked on top of each other. (There are also a few items with tartan for no particular reason.)

Aziraphale is also going to be a very gender fluid figure. Style is largely prim and proper, often slightly old fashioned, and very much classic lolita. He also has a lot of very comfy, cozy looking items, like something you would wear to spend the day reading and drinking tea…and then a few cozy items in black, perhaps for someone who loves to sleep.

No idea what to do for the fourth muse. Maybe someone who leans even more into the cozy style, but more modern and casual than Aziraphale. Lots of loose fitting and flowing clothing, prioritizing comfort. Lazy girl fashion. Here to chill.