#stp the stubborn

[verylazypillow]

been thinking about the adversary route today.

[lipstickchainsaw]

Also what do you think of the adversary? I like her a lot she’s super fun

The Adversary is such a fun route. I think she's legitimately one of the most satisfying Chapter 2 resolutions (alongside the Prisoner and the Spectre), because fighting her is just two souls meeting one another in the thing they enjoy doing the very most: fighting to the death for all eternity.

And giving her and the Stubborn that is just... so much fun? Like, why wouldn't you? Fully denying her that (and turning her into the Fury) just seems incredibly cruel, and trying to be clever about it, or running away (and turning her into the Eye of the Needle), forces things to come to a conclusion, and takes away from the glory of this eternal conflict.

Because of all Chapter 2 scenarios, the Adversary and the Stubborn fully understand one another, they are on the same wavelength in a way that allows both to get exactly what they want (as opposed to the Witch and Opportunist, where their desires get in one another's way), and the resulting, never-ending carnage is simply beautiful.

It is also very funny in the grander scheme of thing, because I think this way of approaching the Adversary provides a resolution for the conflict between Shifting Mound and Long Quiet, because it is an endless cycle of death and violence. Death that doesn't stick, and violence that doesn't transform. And yet, it is a thing of utter beauty, and delight, and, with it, meaning.

If any route makes the Creator's point about excising death not ending meaning, it's this one, but the Narrator hates it because you're not actually slaying the Princess. I just think that's funny.

Also, the violence is sex. The Adversary and the Stubborn are totally getting off on this, and it's fantastic.

[ty-bayonet-betteridge]

i love the hunted/stubborn dynamic so much. i think they fistfight and the hunted wins and the stubborn is SO fucking mad about it

[bugsmitten]

slay the princess voices!

Headshot designs for all of them! did my best to capture their vibes ^^ hope you like it anyway

[orcatnip]

I like to think the two of them lived their lives before witnessing the end of Narrator's world. Then they'd go back to their god selves and tell them about mortals.

Narrator was a misguided soul, but I believe his purpose had good intentions. It'd be nice if he still made a difference. Maybe the two gods decided to give mortals a bit of mercy after experiencing the true terror of death as actual mortals for the first time.

also, assorted sketches:

anyways, i oughta take a break. ive become addicted to slaying the princess...

[letoilepourpre]

og post

[lavb-b]

Don't bait her.

Song-- Mixed Messages (Tom Cardy)

[phantasmatoucan]

MY VOICE DESIGNS!

I WANTED TO GIVE THE DIFFERENT VOICES SOME DESIGNS FOR WHENEVER I DRAW THEM, IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO GET THEM ALL DOWN but i really care them all

MORE INFO UNDER CUT

WHEN I MADE EACH VOICE I HAD A DIFFERENT CONCEPT/BIRD IN MIND

HERO - KNIGHT/SPARROW [Literally the closest to look like a human knight since i had in mind that TLQ views him as something he wishes he was]

SMITTEN - PIGEON/BARD [The way he talks just makes me think of a bard and as for the pigeon part he reminds me of a Luzon bleeding heart which definetly goes with his heart motif]

SKEPTIC - OWL/INVESTOGATOR [I always pictured him as a detective holmes like owl whenever he went on his theories, the fact that hes kind of an asshole is a bonus]

COLD - VULTURE/REAPER [I associate him with death a lot so that went into his design, I know crows are more commonly associated with death but i wanted a more bigger predatory bird for his design since he doesn't mind killing if he needs to]

OPPORTUNIST - JAY/CONMAN [Hes specifically a Steller jay, I think the birdy just has his similar vibe of being tricky to deal with, as for the conman part is kind of obvious considering his personality lol]

HUNTED - HARE [I didn't have a specific bird in mind when making him, rather i usually pictured him as some type of rabbit like bird, more hare in this case, a prey animal but he can show his fangs when he needs to]

CHEATED - CROW/GAMBLER [Disheveled man in his 40s spending all his money in a casino and not winning for 13 hours type of gambler, hes the smallest of all the voices, the crow part is because i can only picture him as that one pic of a crow with a knife on its mouth]

BROKEN - PENGUIN/FOLLOWER [More of a religious followe, the penguin part is because of how i pictured him with 𓉸 this shape in my mind , he black and white of them also fits him a lot]

PARANOID - FANTAIL/MAGE [The scrawniest fantail pigeon in existance, if he didn't over preen himself his tail would be much bigger, the mage part is for his chanting by keeping us alive, i think the way i view him is more a heal caster]

STUBBORN - MACAW/BRUTE [The biggest of the bunch if he standed up straight, i thought of a macaw because of their strong toes and how much he repeats himself (not a bad thing i think its cute), the brute part is self-explanatory)

CONTRARIAN - HUMMINGBIRD/JESTER [I'm not inmune to contrarian jester propaganda, he fits the bill of the common media jester, the hummingbird part was suggested by Mod Toucan and I think it fits him so well since he can be a little shit /lovingly]

[beartitled]

How would each princess hold their corasponding lil goober voices?

Princesses x voice goobers

🗡️Chapter 3 edition🗡️

Big thanks to ppl for helping me decide on a suitable match for Stubborn ❤️

(if Fury and Eye of a Needle were 50/50 I would’ve drawn them playing baseball with Stubborn /silly)

[dr-awkkward]

Slay the Princess text posts, part 15 (in celebration of the Pristine Cut's release!)

[part 14] [part 16]

[sunflowers-and-scales]

all these little pieces of shattered glass on the floor… are they also you?

@itsonlypolite hiiiii :)

[sonjalikestodraw]

BEHOLD! @evenworsefreak and I collabed to bring you Damsel and Adversary at the gym!

They drew Damsel, Smitten and the shading, and I drew Advy, Stubborn and the background ~

[dobodleaday]

07.24.24 Big Hater and the Littlest Hater

[itsonlypolite]

Very excited for Stubborn, your designs are so cool mate, hope you have a tremendous week 🔥

Thank you so much!! And it's finally time :D

Prev Designs: Cheated/Hunted/Cold/Contrarian/Paranoid/Smitten/Opportunist/Skeptic

Voice of the Stubborn!

And of course we can't forget showing off his design's special feature!

Look at those gorgeous eyes!! What a guy. I'm actually pretty happy with how his design turned out, which is great because I'll be drawing him more in the future! Under the cut are images without text + the first time I ever drew him

The first time I ever drew him was middway through a first playthrough, I didnt know how just how off the rails this guy could get yet + and I was still annoyed at Broken (I've since seen the light, he's done nothing wrong ever actually <3)

[everestgale]

You're lucky. What I would give to be able to forget—

[Drawing and design notes under the cut]

*cackles* Turns out, even putting just Hero through Moment of Clarity wasn't enough for Everest, they needed to make all of their voices suffer :]

This drawing was a very funny one because it just kept evolving until it got to what you see now! It was supposed to be a quick doodle where I send my human Hero to MoC... but then I wanted to add the other voices and give this drawing some nice lineart... and then I wanted to add flat colors to make sure each character is distinct from one another... and then I added light shading—

Despite how much it grew out of my control, and despite how much trouble it gave me composition and concept-wise, I'm quite happy with the final result. I'm glad I could at least play around and make some concepts for how my voices would change during the Moment of Clarity. Some were definitely on the simpler side, but others had quite a few neat details! If you're curious to read my thoughts on that, well, there we go!

Stubborn: definitely one of the simpler ones, though both of his Adversary-borrowed horns are snapped, almost symbolizing his usual will to fight depleting almost completely. He also has a bunch of bruise/dust marks all over him, as though he just came out of a fight.

Broken: I went with the obvious one and gave him a bunch of cracks for how shattered he is. But I also made his ears longer (which is the case for all of my voices that have "loose"/hair-like feathers - which are Hero, Smitten, and Broken)... and also he has a suspicious scar on his neck—

Cold: he is the voice that has the least "damage" on him, only really having some missing/messy bang feathers. He does, however, seem even colder than usual, insisting that all other voices are too soft, and they need to be numb and unfeeling... what's a better way to represent that than to literally have him covered in light icy texture?

Paranoid: my poor Paranoid always, always wears gloves when he can, it's a headcanon of mine that he feels extremely uncomfortable and anxious without them. And, uh, he is not wearing any in this drawing. Also just like the Hero in this and previous MoC drawings, he does not have any claws on his hands. His claws are gone :]

Skeptic: he was a difficult one for sure, I couldn't quite figure out how to represent his damage and distress. I ended up breaking a link on his neck shackle (which is barely noticeable), breaking his spiky collar feathers (which is barely noticeable), and adding a light "unraveling" texture (which is, again, barely noticeable). He does look very uncertain and confused, though, so at least I got that right!

Smitten: Smitten borrowed some of the elements from his HEA design, mainly the straightened hair and fallen-out curls. But to differentiate between the two designs, I also added a crack along the center of Smitten's face, like the one you might see on a broken heart :]

Opportunist: Opportunist actually doesn't seem to be doing too horribly during MoC (at least if you compare him to some of the other voices), which is why his design isn't as damaged as some of the other ones. He is tattered and messy, sure, but not completely destroyed like some of the other voices, though I did make sure to give him a very wide-eyed... half-scared, half-empathetic expression, I guess.

Hunted: while his quote "Kill or be killed" was taken out during one of the updates, I really wanted to include it in the drawing because I think it characterizes Hunted during this route very well. That's why his primary damage is blood splatters, from numerous and numerous and numerous deaths.

Cheated: he was fairly simple to do because his default design is already cut up and stitched together. All I needed to do was to add a few more gaping wounds and unravel his stitches. That's why his right ear is missing, too!

Contrarian: similar to Cheated, Contrarian also just got a feature of his regular design—cracks—greatly exaggerated. Contrarian really didn't seem to be doing well during MoC, which is why I went all out on his cracks. Couldn't let him open his eyes, or drop his "smiley" expression completely, but you hopefully can tell that he is barely hanging in there.

Hero: oh, Hero, my sweet, sweet boy Hero. I already talked about his MoC design in a previous post—broken visor feathers to represent his destroyed nature as a "hero" and missing claws—and his long, very unkempt feathers represent the passage of time (how long they've been stuck in there) and almost unraveling (how badly has Hero been damaged by whatever they all experienced in the lead up to Moment of Clarity).

...should be all I wanted to ramble about! Hope you all like this drawing as much as I enjoyed making it :]

[orcatnip]

I'd love to see you draw more of the beast/den and the smitten. I really love how it looked that one time I saw you draw it!

(Also I love your work!)

thankyouuu 😸😸😸!!

I'm imagining the tiny rabbit with his giant rabbit girlfriend..

Where Hunted is survival at all costs, Smitten is coexistence at all costs. Hunted is something that exists in the absence of trust and coexistence, so it makes sense that they never meet (outside of Razor and TMOC)

Smitten would probably react the same way to Beast eating us as he did in Thorn. "She had her reasons! But now, we can be together! ❥"

His dynamic with Hunted in Den? "Do you not trust her passion?? ❥"

"She has little room for 'passions'. Only instinct."

"Passion will appear if we give her a chance!"

also,