#sunless personal

[sunlessys]

looking sideways at that empathy post bc i did not want to derail in the tags but hwow. we have such extreme variance between system members in the way we experience those three kinds of empathy. 10 of us turn simultaneously to look directly at 🌿

[sunlessys]

We landed on Sunless recently, when one of our members got fed up with not having a collective name and forced a vote <3

For a long time we haven’t been able to come up with something everyone agrees with. We are relatively different people with very different interests and ways of perceiving the world, and the things that some of us relate to are things that are meaningless to others. We let it be for a long time and didn’t exist with a system name at all.

One of the more persistent proposed ideas was “heliocentric system”, mostly because it seemed funny to have a system name that’s a play on scientific system terms and because the solar system is a decent plurality metaphor! But there were some issues about choosing a name not everyone cared for just because it was funny, so it was scrapped.

Awhile later, we were off on a rant about a special interest (sunless skies, by failbetter games) and a friend pointed out that “Sunless System” had a nice ring to it. between the sound of it (VERY satisfying alliteration), the reference to something we all love, the way it almost feels like a response to “heliocentric,” the previous top contender for our system name, it seemed like a great option for everyone!

The cherry on top is the way it interacts with light and dark metaphors, which are very important to us. We love envisioning ourselves as a solar system without a sun at the center of it: when the light isn’t provided for us, and the universe seems cold and dark and empty, we make the light for ourselves.

I love hearing about system / collective names and the inspirations behind them! Its a really special aspect of being a system, and it's one of my favorite parts, because everyone's names are unique and have a very special meaning behind them.

fellow systems, if you have a sys / collective name, reblog and share what it means to you, if you'd like! ^-^

We chose the name Lighthouse Collective after outgrowing our previous system name, Potato Chip Squad, in more ways than one. Our system pretty much doubled rapidly over the span of about a month or so, and the old system name became linked to some rather sucky traumatic experiences, and we felt like we needed a fresh start.

Lighthouse Collective as a name came to us as a symbol of light, hope, and positivity in the aftermath of those darker days. When we changed it, the weight off our shoulders was amazingly freeing.

I can't wait to hear others' stories!

[grimm-the-tiger]

She dawn on my machine till I THESUNTHESUNTHESUNTHESUNTHE-

[leaf-miner]

I love you sunless sea soundtrack. Your vibes are immaculate. You help everything I do feel more like an adventure into an intriguing and possibly sinister unknown.

[sensitive-creative-paranoid]

I redraw this picture each time I play sunless sea 2024 Aug / 2022 Jan /2020 Apr

[thesaddhatter]

Sunny: If I had a nickel for every time Neph has left me behind, I would have two nickels, that’s not a lot but if it happens a third time I’ll make what the mad prince did to this city look like a playground argument

Sunny: wtf is a nickel

[theirrepressibleheiress]

Fuck it fic sharing time!

For any Dawn Machine fans out there, this is my take on the Something Awaits You in SSea where a crew member asks to be left behind at Grand Geode, if you, the Captain, were that crew member. Heads up for second person pov, identity loss, mind control, and generally very much not ending well. Also the one non-FL friend I shared this with is now playing Fallen London so make of that what you will.

Also, huge thank you to the person who commented and gave me the confidence to actually share this on tumblr!

[kaydear]

calm. kindness, kinship. love...

[coffeeandcalligraphy]

the fact that Jeremiah’s little brother calls him Jem like BYEEEEE

[house-of-mirrors]

It may be a bit late for the wip ask game:

What is either the “stars were made for falling” or “wines in office” about? 👀

The stars were made for falling: I started writing this right after I finished the truth ambition and I can't wait to finish it someday. Winter seems like a good time for it. It's about my captain's perspective on the climax of the ambition, given their previous interactions with the sapphird king. The title is lyrics from "Dream Sweet in Sea Major" which is a great story of a song

Wines in office: I was depressed and horny and concocting a scenario of Wines breaking into Orsinio's office at the university to play with him. Tbh I don't think I'll ever post this one it's for ME

[sunlessys]

cofronting with orpheus is fun because the only control of the body he wants is the voice and the only thing he does with it is sing and hum the whole time. i’ve had to physically fight other system members for control before, so this is a pleasant change 🩵

[six-of-ravens]

last night I had a dream I was being threatened by a strange magical obelisk called The Screamer, and when I woke up I remembered a poll I saw that was like "when you have nightmares do you imagine bad things happening to you, your loved ones, you doing bad things to your loved ones, etc etc?" and my first sweaty 3am thought was "what about dreams where the giant obelisk threatens you?"

[grimm-the-tiger]

Why does every explicitly Victorian-era fantasy/sci-fi/horror story have to involve cannibalism? Can’t we go one day without eating our children? I know that era was horrible, but it wasn’t “we’re so desperate for food we’ll eat people to survive” levels of horrible, was it? 

...was it? 

[tigermousse]

Sunless Sea

Trying to socialize my Blemmigan Gallivanter

[kyriefae]

I spit fire but dream of blowing kisses.

[morgan-the-lonely-brick]

Thank you Sunless Sea for your various gender ambiguous or nonbinary characters. Thank you, also, for not having any of the "is your character male of female" stuff and instead having a number of varying traits that i can freely pick and combine without it being restrained by "male or female? okay now half your options are gone"