#the shape swtd

[rubus-yunnion]

Day 3 and 4 of Still Wakes The December!

[paradoxespersonified]

Another WIP with infected Caz! he's only just started to mutate in this scenario, and the shape has actually saved him from falling off the catwalks under the rig in this case!

It was quite the surprise when it happened. im actually loving working with a little forced perspective and drawing the sticky tendrils has been extremely fun! :3

idk when ill get around to finishing it but i figured i post the progress anyways!

[radi0gh4stxd]

SWTD AS UNDERTALE/DELTARUNE OST’s

This is technically my first official post for this game so bear with me. First post and it’s about my three favourite games lol.

Some of these might make sense, others might not. But to me, they made some sense, while some I just thought fit the vibe of that character. So, without further ado- let’s go!

CAZ-Pre Shape

•015-Sans

This OST is cool. Very chill, laid back yet also upbeat and I think that fits Caz very well, with how he acts before the shape, I could imagine this being like, background music for him, whenever he enters somewhere it plays lol. Also, the image of Caz as Sans just makes me laugh a little

During Shape/Main part of the game

•028-Premonition

•065-CORE

Now, technically, these two can be about the main part of the game all round and in general, but I did write these with Caz in mind so I put them with him.

Premonition is cold. Lonely yet also not. Caz is alone yet he also isn’t. Roy, Finlay and Brodie are here, still alive, around the rig somewhere and possibly a few others. But he doesn’t know for sure, and for how much longer?? Are they even still alive? What if they’re not?? What if they’ve been infected or been killed or died somewhere on this rig?? Caz wouldn’t know. Because Caz is alone.

CORE starts ‘slow’, with little backing, its building tension, and I think that must be how Caz feels whenever he has to make some dangerous jump or quick decision or whenever he’s being chased by the infected. This OST is fast, jumpy and filled with a load of adrenaline, much like how Caz has to be to survive.

The end

•070-Long Elevator

•094-Respite

Long Elevator might be a weird choice be hear me out. It’s the walk there. Finlay’s dead, everyone is dead, Caz is alone, Caz is alive, lighter in hand. He has to do this. He must end this. He’s the only who can. Also, this OST makes me feel almost dissociated from everything, like I’ve been disconnected from the real world which I’m sure is how Caz felt when he was walking towards the shape, towards his end.

Respite is the end. It’s Caz’s final respite. The lighter has been lit and thrown down into the abyss. Everything goes white and Caz is home. He’s home and Suze is in bed, asleep. This is it. All Caz can do is smile and turn to the door. “Kiss the weens for me?” He opens the door and the credits roll, with Suze’s letter being heard in the background, forever left un-heard and un-read. Its a bittersweet end to it all, but it’s an end that will keep his family safe.

The Shape

•079-Your best nightmare

•Deltarune-05-The Door

•Deltarune-032-The Circus

Yep, the shape gets to have its own OST’s too because I said so.

Your best nightmare. Need I explain why I gave this one to The Shape. No? Good. Onto the next one!

The Door OST is eerie. The Shape is there, it’s everywhere, on and in the rig, in the crew members, everywhere. It’s growing, it’s watching, and it’ll continue to grow and expand. Sooner than later, you’ll also be a part of it too. It’s just a matter of time is all.

I don’t really have a reason for this OST, I just thought it fit The Shape quite well to be honest.

And there we go, I do have more written out, Finlay and Brodie to be specific, but I think this post has gotten long enough lol. I’ll probably post those two later this week, or tomorrow. So yeah. If anyone has any ideas for what would fit the others, I’d be happy to hear it!

[fisheadz]

Answered a request for a SWTD + ISM crossover and, I’ve thought about it before, but not in much detail. And so, I present to you, the detail! (more or less :/):

The events of swtd would take place around the same time as the events of ism. Like, as Desmond’s in the CU, Caz is going through it on the rig.

They escape around the same time as well, with @milestonekestrel ‘s (so sorry for the @) Caz survives AU occurring in correspondence to the everybody lives AU. (If that’s alright of course :O)

Desmond goes back to working as a therapist, in part so he can help monitor the remaining effects of Agent Rainbow, as Lucas, Rosemary, and the rest of the gang do their own parts in helping everyone heal from the event (whether the people affected are aware or not).

The Caz survives AU happens as normal (though things might change depending on if the thing with Billy, Addair, Finlay, all that stuff, happens here). At one point, they end up in America (for whatever reason), in Washington, and, of course, Milton Haven.

Caz is still not doing so great, even with Suze’s (and maybe Billy’s) help, and so, after hearing about Dr. Wales from one of his other patients (in other words, one of the gang figuring out that something’s Not Right with the new guy in town and trying to send him Desmond’s way via his clearly worried partner), Suze gets Caz to give the man a call and see about scheduling an appointment.

And so, Caz ends up in Desmond’s office, and decides, what the hell right? Everybody in town already thinks he’s nuts so why not play into it? It’s not like there aren’t any weirdos in town already, like that lighthouse keeper who talks to shadows, or the girl with long hair who keeps staring at him, and getting mad when he stares back.

Caz tells Desmond everything, and I mean everything. That morning, in the canteen. Getting fired. The helipad, and the drill hitting something. Raffs in the bell, Finlay telling him about Gibbo, his brief encounter with the man, or what was left of him. He talks about the Infected, how they seemed to talk like themselves, knew things only they did, like Addair’s kids, or Trots’ lover on the mainland. He talks about all of it, expecting to be laughed out of the office, or sent away to some looney bin with all the other crazy people who rave on about the monsters of their friends, and colorful goop that twisted their vision, and seeing their dead friends in the corners of their eyes years afterwards.

What he didn’t expect, was a look of sympathy and understanding. For his therapist to call someone mid-session, and for that someone to be over in less than 5 minutes, and bring along the Park Ranger that everybody says is a lunatic.

That someone’s name is Rosemary, a scientist, and the Park Ranger is Lucas, a veteran that’s experienced something very, unsettlingly similar back during his time in the war. They ask him a shite load of questions, like, what did these monsters say (nonsense ramblings), what color was the thing that did all of it (every color, really), what did the monsters look like (they looked… I… w-why am I being interrogated? Who are you?! And who the fuck is that creepy purple cunt in the corner!? He’s - it’s - he’s mocking me!).

Eventually, after a lot of not-explaining and promises of more answers, he goes with them to their base of operations (Lucas’ cabin) to discuss the matter further. The burst of confidence Caz had when he’d gone to Desmond’s office that morning has left him, and he doesn’t really want to recount the details of what happened in the rig. Lucas, Rosemary, Desmond, and the seemingly random people they keep calling seem reluctant to talk about whatever the hell they went through as well. Apparently the government is involved somewhere?

By all accounts, their situations seem to be the same, more or less. Apparently, Lucas had been infected by the thing years and years ago, and Desmond had recently been through his own adventure with it. With his limited information, Caz is able to deduce that Rosemary wasn’t infected, but she’s been working around the Shape for years, until a few years ago. The people they’re calling have all had their own encounters with it.

And suddenly, Caz (and maybe Suze and maybe Billy) isn’t alone in this. There’s a whole group of survivors - hell, a whole town, even if they aren’t aware of it, and they know how to deal with it, to an extent. They’re all infected, this whole damn town is infected, and they’re all more or less going about their normal lives, almost unaffected. At least, the majority of people are almost unaffected.

Desmond, Lucas, the lighthouse keeper Allen, the weird girl Virginia, and an angry, lowkey parental man, Max, they’re all working to mitigate the effects of the Shape in the townsfolk. At least, that’s what Caz has gathered from their half-conversations and their very specific questions.

On the flip side, holy shit, Meyer was a lot more widespread than they thought. Not even Rosemary knew about this, and she was the head researcher at one point! And the poor man’s crew, all killed in an experiment gone horribly wrong (or right, if you ask Meyer, probably). Lucas relates to him with the loss of his platoon and the disbelief from those around him, Desmond relates to him with the long, near hopeless fight for his mind.

Eventually Caz goes home, tells Suze (and maybe Billy) everything (her reaction depends on how far into the Caz survives AU this is), and keeps in touch with the gang (reluctantly). He continues to go to therapy, which, despite the new revelations, is actually helping. Slowly, but it’s helping. Suze (and maybe Billy) are ecstatic, because Caz is getting help and making friends (also slowly). Until the Shape comes knocking once more.

Things change a lot here, depending on where I go with this. Is the Shape really connected with Agent Rainbow and vise versa, or are they separate, yet similar things? Is this farther into the Caz survives AU, or is it not? Either way, someone is getting stuck in the CU, and people are gonna get Infected. Caz and the others are going to have to fight the Shape (again), and they’re also going to have to fight Agent Rainbow (again). And people are going to get hurt.

Bonus points if ghost Finlay is here, and can see and interact with Desmond’s Agent Rainbow. Extra bonus points if Caz can also see him, and Desmond can see Finlay (though that’s mostly if we’re going the "Shape and AR are connected" route). Finlay and AR are always at each other’s throats, and it’s funny (though if AR is "good" or not, is up for debate. Really depends on your definition of "good".).

Even MORE bonus points if Fin and Tonia become support animal besties. Tonia would absolutely hate the pupper at first, but eventually warms up to him. In the CU, she’s just complaining to Desmond about Fin, and Desmond is like okay please let me focus on not going insane during my visit here.

Mega post from me, but oh my cheese mold this is fun to think about. Back when SWTD was just something I half-watched Eddie play on yt, I thought about an AU where it’s the ISM crew going through it on the rig, but now that I’m in the SWTD fandom, having it as a crossover is so fun.

I wanna make more fanart of this, oh man I really do. I usually hate putting my blorbos from separate universes in the same space, but like, an exception can be made here for this.

[goldentail-does-art]

Guess that trots can't trot no more!!

Accidentally put the wrong date on the image but i made it on the 6th. That said, i had a lot of art to post n go through. you'll b seeing a bit gradually make it's way out. ANYWAYS hi. hello. i love this game??? i LOVE this game. I think i should get to kiss trots on his forehead. he just wants a clean room is that so much to ask? (yes).

[zoidennnfie]

little mac against former boxer cameron mcleary!

[thesleepyfable]

Work Husbands: 1975 Edition ~ Murine.

[zeondraws]

I talked about the shape with a friend and wanted to put my thought process in here. Mainly because I think? This is getting highly overlooked in the community.

In one of the mini documentaries someone from the dev team mentions movies that inspired the Shape. Aside from The Thing, one movie she mentioned was "Annihilation" and the being in it behaves in an interesting way.

Fair warning I want to show screenshots of the movie, to show you precisely what I mean. It depicts realistic body horror. The movie is not for the faint of heart.

(Don't watch the movie if you are under 16, I know I can't stop people, but I want to put this warning out there)

Rough summary is, crews get send out to investigate what happens inside the area. Which is getting affected by this being, that crash landed on earth.

The area that gets affected becomes bigger over time, being indicated by this "wall" people have to go through. Inside this barrier you can see how the biology of animals and humans changes drastically. From pretty deers to... a horrifying mutant bear.

And this bear is the only real hostile entity.

Some humans even turned into bushes/trees that look like people. One member of the main group investigating also turned into one.

This is also why I think everyone on the rig was immediately infected, because the Shape has a certain "range". Anything that's inside this range, will have their biology altered in different ways. Starting with hallucinations, dizzyness and going over to vomiting, bleeding from your head/ears and ultimately- mutations.

How big this range is? Is uncertain, electronics also behave weirdly in Annihilation (If I remember correctly, for my analysis video I need to rewatch this movie).

There was a group of soldiers that went in there before our movie protagonists went in. And what happened to one of them can be seen in an abandoned building

There was a recording on a camera that shows, his stomach being cut open to see that his intestines were moving in an abnormal way (I'll refrain from showing an image of this here).

I sadly don't have too many screenshots of the Shape, to properly show comparisons. I think something similar like that happens to O'Conner.

He mutters that something is stealing his guts. It's reminds me of what happens to the soldier's guts in the movie. Twisting inside his body, which is so hard to look at. Together with this huge fleshy wall spreading behind Donald.

The entity inside the movie isn't reaaally hostile either. It may be confused why it's there or doesn't know it's affecting people and wildlife.

And why Caz hasn't mutated into something yet, is hard to say. It's similar to the woman who reaches the lighthouse at the end of the movie. She still seemed somewhat unaffected. Or at least hasn't turned into a bush- This entity affects people differently so it can't be said for certain who mutates instantly and who stays normal for longer periods.

At the end of Annihilation you don't know, if our protagonist got out alive or if a doubleganger took her place. Makes me think of the uncertainty one has, at the end of The Thing as well.

That's all I wanted to talk about, figured it might be interesting to know.

I know dev vlogs mention even more movies/media, but I have to look into it on another day.

[ensinia-internetstranger]

Hi there hihihihi I infected the SWTD oc I made literally yesterday (Spoilers if you haven't seen it)

You guys remember Weber right? Ofc you do I made her yesterday, and now I've infected herr To kinda explain what I got goin on here. She hangs out with Caz from when he wakes up after nearly drowning (watching over him to make sure he doesn't die (that's literally her job) and then sticking with him to be sure he's alright), to after they find Roy. She sticks with Roy after that and upon Roy stating he needs his insulin she goes to get it for him. After or during (I don't remember a lot of the second half of the game) the whole electricity issue and the getting a helicopter crashed into him Caz gets a call from Weber that's like "Heyyy uhhh, I got the stuff on me. Can you grab Roy's insulin? I've ran elsewhere so the area's safe now but don't come to save me I beg of you" and you get to hear her over the phone just goin through the worst. Caz during his little getting roy his insulin session he runs into her and she looks like this

Yea, not a pretty look. Stuck to the wall. Basically just in the same position as O'connor and Roper. Just groaning in pain while Caz does stuff, she doesn't even sort of attack him like O'Connor and Roper do she's just there like "I thought I told you not to come get me-" and Caz gets what he was there for and leaves. Buuut what makes her interesting you see, this is more of a chrysalis than anything. Some time later and the whole rig is basically like, falling apart and Finlay and Brodie are like "Bro we should do something about that. Ay Caz can you go figure out what the hell is doing that" and for plot reasons Caz does and wuh oh! Guess who it is!

It's Weber! She's detatched from the wall and her state's gotten worse and now she's tearing metal off the ship and just, merging with it. Kinda like the infected absorbing more victims but it's just the metal on the rig. Now, unlike the others, who's death just happened to happen (trots and muir getting squished, rennick drowning, addair being set on fire, ect ect). Caz HAS to kill Weber cause if he doesn't she'll destroy the entire rig. I haven't decided how he kills her but I'm thinkin he manages to lure her to a part of the rig that's like dangling over the edge and he manages to get her on the other side of that bit and she basically does that thing when someone saws off the branch they're sitting on in media and shit and she plummets into the ocean and is not seen again. Rip girliepop Bonus: Post-infection her lines bounce between english and german. With her "HOLY SHIT CAZ HELP" lines being in english and her "Gotta go home to see my family!!" lines being in german. Should I write some voice lines for this poor girliepop? I don't speak german but I could give ya'll some more stuff of her if ya want it

[laptopandipad]

here's like two art pieces of the shape if it were human ish whatever this took me a bit but I honestly am proud of both of em

[actuallyacryiptid]

can't stop thinking about what if infected rennick had a pair of perfectly normal human arms instead of those stabby ones and legs on his lower body that he was able to run around on (kind of like no-face from spirited away)

Absolutely terrifying… that man should NOT be allowed to open doors… imagine at the end of the first chase with him, your in the little room that leads outside and you just hear the lock thingy for the door twisting on the other side…. Im gonna be too terrified to open the next door in time

I also tried drawing it and gave up… its too cursed...even for me……

[radi0gh4stxd]

This swtd intrigues me, could you tell me some things about it?

Yep! I sure can indeed!

Seeing as I talked about the plot in my last post, I’ll just talk about another important thing in this au. Which of-course, is The Shape.

So, like, The Shape is a little more sentient in this? More aware and most definitely has the capability to think. Though it’s still driven by instincts. The Shape has one goal in mind in this au, and that is to grow, evolve, be more than. It’s wanting for the sake of wanting really. It has been awoken unjustly, but that’s fine! The crew of the Bierra D can be its patient zeroes!

It can experiment, see what sticks and works, and what fails. See what makes the crew tick, what makes them weak, what makes them compliant.

It aims for the mind first, unlike in the game, which is why my ‘infected’ designs aren’t all that like, gorey?? Or body horror centric. What’s the point of controlling the body if the mind can still very much fight back??

The Shape needs them happy, pliable. It needs the crew to accept it. And it can do that, it can and it will. And if not happy, then just obedient. If you can’t accept it, then you don’t get to be its version of happy until you break down and give in.

It fogs over the mind, makes all your thoughts, feelings and memories hazy and far away. It makes it all confusing and painful. But the Shape can help, it can stop the pain at once, as long as you give in.

On a smaller note, The Shape gives major dopamine rushes to the brain, or just a major rush of emotions really. Can’t think about resisting and fighting against it if you’re too happy or emotional to.

Apologies if some parts didn’t make as much sense, turns out, it’s much easier writing for it, then it is actually trying to explain it. If you get what I mean lol.

[fisheadz]

Oooh, Still Wakes the Deep! Not sure what specifically. My personal faves include Muir, Gibbo, etc. Generally though, drawing people acting plain silly usually helps me when I’m not sure of what to draw. Good luck!

So sorry about the poor quality, I just blanked :\. I hope it’s alright, and that the words aren’t too hard to read!

I don’t know how to hair, or arm. Or person. I don’t know how to anything lol.

[joliackermann]

DAY 13: OIL

Consumes

[milestonekestrel]

Finlay can't start her villain(not really) monologue because Caz is already half way down the rig

she starts making her way to the derrick, “I’m seeing the truth of it now!” etc etc. but she stops abruptly as Caz appears in front of her, scowling. Nobody can’t beat him in a race he’ll just throw himself off the rig and then respawn at the destination..

“I fucking hate you Caz.” Finlay says.

[f0x3dm4x]

✨ Raffs! ✨

Lyrics by the song "ballad of hamantha" by jack stuaber but the og is

"her dream was to be a... Famous star! But at the rate she was going she wasn't go to far!" Anyways here's a goofy lil raffs down here