#we are richard lotf

[we-are-richard-lotf]

happy april fools people ❤️

[msfisherot]

trust nobody not even yourself ahh typa reveal

[ask-norman-alexander-lotf]

Oh Norman Alexander. How pitful you are.

[A cackle of laughter immediately sought out and threaten to take you right then and there. Behind you were a bunch of buzzing flies that grew louder and louder, signifying that whatever that creature was is getting closer to you. As you turn around, you dread in horror as you realize that this is a humanoid figure made out of flies. Flies.]

[This thing is what the littluns have been warning everyone about. And it is now in active mode.]

It's so nice to meet you, Alexander. We haven't met formally, yes? Well, we know you. Quite a lot. You are such a hypocrite for doing this, you know? It is almost LAUGHABLE seeing you cry and crumble like this! Aren't you supposed to be the saint? НАНАННАНАНАНАННАНАНАННАНАНАННАHAYAHАНАННАНАНАННАНАНАНАНАНАНАНАННАНАНАНАННАНАНАНАННАНАНАНАНАННАНАНАНАННАНАНАНАНАННАНАНАНАННАНАНАНАННАНАНАННАНАНАНАННАНАНАНАНАННАНАНАННАНАНАННАНАНАНАННАНАНАННАНАНАННАНАНАНАННАННАНАНАНАННАНАНАН!!!!!!

He immediately starts hyperventilating, as his body trembled, his sweat running cold.

... T-The- The beast...

YOU!

IT'S YOU! BEELZEBUB!! PRINCE OF DEMONS! WHY DO YOU CHOOSE TO TERRORIZE ME?! WHY THIS HOUR? WHY THIS DAY? DID YOU PLAN THIS, DEMON? DID YOU DO THIS TO ME, SATAN?!

He immediately started shaking violently than before, rage coarsing through his body. Right now, he has gone mad. He snapped.

GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!!! I HATE YOU! YOU RUINED MY LIFE! YOU DID THIS TO ME!! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU!

He was going wild. Ripping his hair out, crying, screaming, hyperventilating. He was panicked and desperate to cling onto anything that he forgot to be calm and to lean into the one thing he was known for: faith.

At this moment, he was very trigger-happy.

He then screamed ontop of his lungs, alerting everyone on the island.

-🐍

(I HAD TO DESCRIBE THINGS INSTEAD OF JUST DIALOGUE-ONLY IM SORRY 💔 -🐟)

( Richard // @we-are-richard-lotf )

[themagicalconchshell]

one day

Bro this is NOT Richards mod

It's 2 days actually

[msfish-fish-fish]

OH MU GOSH HE GOT YOU TOO

Oh hello, Wilbur.

[It laughed menacingly, as thousands of flies and bugs just crawl out of the shadows and towards your direction. It was certainly a frightful experience, having to feel the sheer authority of the creature's voice. Is this what the littluns call the beast? Are you dreaming?]

Oh, don't tell me you'll just get flustered right then and there, Holland! We are just getting started! HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH!

i have known worse demons than you, richard. what gain do you get from terrorising children? is it fun? if i leave you out an offering, will you leave me alone? you can be god, richard. as long as god stays in the sky.

richard belongs to @we-are-richard-lotf !!!! ^^

[henrys-eulogy-aflame]

tw: blood

what am i??

„you’re a wonderful little puppet, son.”

@we-are-richard-lotf come get your bitch ass son

[littleguyfromglasgow]

Drawing from the weird dream I had yesterday of my lotf oc drowning while Richard was near, idk why @we-are-richard-lotf randomly appeared, made the dream funnier tho

Also as the council (the lotf server I’m in) has decided, my lotf oc’s new name is Richard Wolfgang Leo (short for Leonard) lionheart Laflame, we didn’t accomplish the mission of changing the name Richard, but we did add onto the name which is just as nice

(I made a blog for my lotf oc cuz I had nothing better to do😼, it’s @ask-richardwlll-lotf )

[kikita-answers-lotf]

Abit of a Lore dump??

Who said she was the only survivor when it began?

“There was..A little Girl. She didn’t live long, her legs were broken, and as hard as the retired soldier tried, nothing could save her”

Bonus:

”You promised to stay away”

Richard belongs to @we-are-richard-lotf

Kikita belongs to me

But who is this retired soldier??

Have an awesome day/night! 💕

[we-are-richard-lotf]

Mod here. I am not often online in these hours, as I am supposed to be sleeping, but perhaps I can answer this.

Usually I don't reblog posts, as it clogs the content inside and I like to see myself as a ringleader— an entertainer if you will.

I have given permission and consent to investigate, that is what I was looking for afterall. Perhaps it is because of my inevitable boredom that I decide to amplify the intensity of the mystery. Is it risky? Yes. Is it fun? Of course.

However, I must say that if you do find out or suspect someone, keep it to yourself or friends. I will give you the answer in that timeframe, yes, you have gotten it right, mask anon. However, you can DM me on who you think it is. I love interactions, you see. I do apologize for my cryptic nature, I must do this to distance myself from my own identity. I do love this fandom as a whole, and perhaps I am a menace in my own right. It has been such a long time since I have been doing this.

Of course, I must focus on Richard's lore. However, the asks I have been getting lately aren't canon-centric so I apologize if I ignored or left your asks unanswered. March is approaching, so I must build the lore now before I have to go, or atleast the prospect of Mod.

I enjoy the thrill and the excitement. I find how people are super eager to decode everything. If you do have issues regarding with my presence or presentation, let me know.

Then again, I am planning on something sometime by March or April.

Who knows what awaits?

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ngl as someone who interacted with richard's mod, i am SCARED of them. they are so nice in dms but that whiteboard yesterday was actually intimidating. idk how or where that guy came from but shout out to you ig

we will find who you are, mod. we just have to wait for your answer in april or march. idk thats what you said in the server.

btw guys can we all collectively send our regards to them they are so cool UWBEIRJORKRORKO send your opinions abt them down below im actually curious

-🎭

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[ask-asa-damon-lotf]

[Despite being alone, you can fainly hear buzzing from behind. Suddenly, it shoots dread up your spine, recognizing the presence that lurked.]

[It's him. And he is paying a visit.]

get out of my head - 🦉

richard at @we-are-richard-lotf

[msfish-fish-fish]

some of yall are actually underrated bruh... wdym the richard blog and the jamie cervantes blog doesn't get a lot of attention???? BULLCRAP.

( richard // @we-are-richard-lotf )

( jamie // @jamiecervanteslotf )

SUPPORT THEM!!!

[we-are-richard-lotf]

this shit terrifying whoever the mod is you’re doing an awesome job

I know this ask has been here since the beginning of the blog, but I think it is a nice time to finally answer this one.

Alright, so I decided to make this entire long post dedicated to explaining in full detail on what I did during the entire time the Richard blog was running. I just felt like you guys deserve to know what exactly comes to my mind during the process, and I just really wanted to talk and reflect about it, since it did took a bit of dedication and planning to pull it off. So, as a thank you for all the support (and for the hilarious reactions on the reveal), here is a fully detailed explanation on how, where, and why I made Richard.

Where did the inspiration come from?

Now, I do know that we already talked about this in one of the Mod QnA questions, however I do like to get more indepth with what exactly happened now that I can be more honest with y'all.

Yes, all of this IS still inspired because of Leonard [see this post]. It was a genuinely nice concept, since I have NEVER heard of non-human LOTF OCs, and it was GENUINELY creative and inspiring. In my infinite (autistic) creativity, I just decided to make a hivemind, and in just an hour, I made Richard.

Now, his exact character was kind of like a half-canon, half-OC since he IS based off of the ACTUAL beast in the book (aka the pig's head). It seemed really cool and interesting, so I played along. However, instead of claiming ownership publicly like the rest, I decided to be a little secretive over it, which brings us to another question:

What was Richard's lore exactly?

Richard's lore was mostly improvised on the spot, really. I just kind of set up a general guideline (for this case, I just basically flesh out what Richard's core identity is and what motives he has), and that is what pretty much helped me go through the entire creative process without running into problems. I recognized that most of the LOTF OC lore is kind of made up at the spot based on what the other might react unless they planned it, however I DID have interesting facts and things that I WISHED was utilized more during the whole runtime.

Richard isn't just a bunch of flies! In fact, he can actually attach himself into anything that the boys (or anyone on the island) think he is. His hivemind form IS the one he commonly uses (and his favorite one), but if we are realistically looking at the book, he was technically the dead pilot AND the pig's head. He is also the symbolic representation of decay and rot, and it doesn't even have to be anything ACTUALLY rotting either. He can also be the boulder, the fire, the wooden spears, the rosary, the skull— literally ANYTHING.

He is also essentially a nature documentor to the boys, as it has been such a long time that he has ever seen a human being —much less approximately thirty boys on the island — in years. He would have been very excited to observe them, as he has been dormant. Richard is basically like a nature documentor to these kids to observe their every move, every intention, every interaction, and perspective. Sometimes that documentor would throw a chunk of meat to the lions for kicks. In my opinion and interpretation, the beast is unfeeling, a third person, a narrator, a director. If you notice in the earlier days, however, he seems to be more of an active mocker, and it's because I was planning on making him more of a character that points out people's flaws in the most humiliating way possible, however I was planning on changing that and toning him down because it seemed too predictable.

I wished Richard was used more often, but I guess the reason why none of these were utilized more was because of the lack of opportunities presented. It felt really empty sometimes but hey, it was a good run.

Now for the part that I might have to yap a whole lot on:

The Creative Process

Now, this is where I talk about the process and operation I had to do— how I kept my identity hidden for so long, how I managed to fool a couple of people, my thought process on every single action I made, and why I did all of this.

It really all started when I got bored.

So I did made Richard, and I was like "man I would REALLY love to make this into my OC", and then the mischievous idea of making an OC blog with an anonymous mod came to my mind. You see, I kind of have done this kind of bit before back then, so I have slight experiences with this kind of thing (it WAS complicated tho since this was during a time of trauma and stress and it gave me an identity crisis so whaddya know). I decided to use that experience to make Richard, just messing around seeing if people could catch me.

Slowly, but surely, I did make Richard have some impact in the community. It's not that much, but it was worth the entertainment.

I pretended to just be a REALLY big fan to attract some attention from other people. I recommended him to people, reacted to his crazy responses and all that jazz, all the while being the mod. I got bored once again and decided to terrorize everyone by inserting Richard into their ask boxes instead of waiting for people to go to his ask box. It did get some nice buzz around, and just casually seeing the panic as everyone talks about how Richard got to them. Sure, there was multiple other blogs, but I got to most people atleast.

Now, I was part of this small investigation team dedicated to Richard, as I decided to join them because I was curious what they would uncover. Granted, I did help (and sometimes misdirected them) in the investigation, but it was so amusing and actually exciting to see how dedicated they are while having fun in the investigation, which is why I decided to start adding more ciphers in the mix. Of course, most of it will come to an end since the trend died down, and it was the most fun I had yet.

Most of it was just a mix of being a menace and improv, really. Sure, I acted performative and formal with my Mod persona, but it was all in good fun. If anyone was actually emotionally hurt or felt like I genuinely deceptively used this project as a way to manipulate anyone, I never mean it in a malicious way nor do I ever even intent to do so. I was actually pretty worried about this aspect, so I was making sure that no one was hurt during this, but seeing the initial reactions, no one seemed to be offended. Again, if anyone has any problems with me they can always slide up to my DMs and talk it there. I am not scary to talk to, dw.

My General Opinions

Honestly? I wished we could have done this a bit differently, even though Richard is decent as it is. My execution is okay-ish in my opinion.

I wished I could have leaned into the mystery and the menace and really push the boundaries, to make him a bit more well known. It's not that Richard is a bad character per say, I just don't think he is well known enough. I am satisfied with what happened, but I wished I could have collaborated with other creators on what Richard's lore is, but that might leak my identity.

Speaking of me, I feel CRINGED at my Mod posts. I think I tried way too hard with what I was doing just to get people keep looking, and I think that instant gratification is NOT great in hindsight. Sure, I was bored to death and I wanted to shake things up, but man.. I sometimes don't really like how I did it.

Overall? He's alright.

Would I do this again?

Maybe. It really depends what you think I will be doing in the future. Yes, I do have other accounts, but they are mostly multi-admins and I barely talk there, however I MIGHT plan on something interesting or two. It really depends what you are guessing.

This project kind of rekindled the creativity I have in my head, since it forces me to quickly think a lot. I find myself wanting to be in a different person's shoes, or even multiple at the same time. It just feels right for me. Whether or not it's morally correct is something I am still questioning myself.

Now, if someone tries to (theoretically) do this kind of thing, I don't really recommend it unless you REALLY know what you are doing. I don't want to dwell on this topic since this feels WAY too dramatic but srsly I don't recommend it unless you also want to have an identity crisis or smth. Your choice.

This project really gave me some awesome ideas and a LOT of fun, seeing people and knowing how they work, what makes them human, and what makes them tick. I am still everywhere, folks. Still do.

[taylor-wyndham-lotf-asks]

my god. i’ve finally done it. i’ve had this idea for months and never actually did it. but here it is!

and as per the usual:

richard belongs to @we-are-richard-lotf

[ask-richardwlll-lotf]

hii!! I don't really know your name.. but I'm Finnick!!! I heard from someone that you can't swim.. but I can teach you!!!

(-@ask-finnick-lotf)

“HELLOOOO! I usually just go by whatever the current person I’m talking to wants to refer me as.

I wonder you told you about me not being able to swim, I don’t remember telling anyone about that..?

Anyways if you’re really willing to help me, than I wouldn’t mind at all, when can the swimming lesson’s start?”

-Richard Wolfgang Leo Lionheart Laflame

((Leo is short for Leonardo, but because of a spelling error on his part [Vro is NOT good at spelling his own name], everyone things it’s short for Lenard. As of now it’s only know that Simon calls him Leo and Maurice calls him Wolfgang.. for some odd reason we might never know.))

[themagicalconchshell]

the concept of msfisherot actually being multiple people in different accounts and that i am actually everywhere and you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never escape the fish you can never get rid of the decay you can only conform to it you can never get rid of the decay you can only conform to it you can never get rid of the decay you can only conform to it you can never get rid of the decay you can only conform to it conform us

Chat you actually made me go insane

Richard and fish werenon my mind the whole of my art mock exam and I got hardly anything done

I stared talking to a waterpot bro/srs

I'M GOING INSANE

[ask-nathaniel-briteshboi-lotf]

Hello, Nathaniel.

[It giggled, albeit it just makes the shadow man much more menacing. Surely, it won't hurt you like he did.]

Oh, Nathaniel. So naive, so ignorant. Tell us, do you really have to trust Alexander?

We know a lot more than anyone else knows. In fact, we are much more trustworthy than that green-eyed snake.

Don't you want to have someone to rely on after what happened to you? You do realize that Alexander is a hypocrite, a liar? A traitor? Oh, he will betray you one day, he will.

But we are not here to do that. Oh, we did tell you that you shouldn't rely us for comfort, but.. Maybe we have changed our minds..

Say, do you want us to lend you a hand? To take you on our wing? Ooh, a vampire and a shadow man! What a great pair..

Oh! Your back!

[Nathaniel looks across from him to the branch to his left to see someone in the shape of a man but the buzzing of flies tells him otherwise.]

Well, to say I trust anyone on this island is a bit of an overstatement. Sure I trust Norman buuuut, not with my life! Or secrets!! He's not quite there yet. Not even Michael's there yet. Or Mary! Which isn't to say I don't like them! I just know people are more likely to let something important slip than a fly. Or a couple thousand flies.

So I guess someone I could...tell and wouldn't tattle would be nice. I mean, from what I can tell nobody else on the island reeeeaaally likes you that much. And nobody really liked me back at home. I'm used to being alone and talking to people like you! They don't tattle at all!

As for your thoughts on Norman...why doesn't everyone on this island dislike him so much?? He's quite nice if you talk to him! Hmm. I suppose many like to look and judge before actually trying to learn.

[He ponders on the tree, looking at the ground, up into the thick leaves, and back to figure. It no longer holds a form similar to that of his pastor, but now of a friend.]

.........hmmmmmmmm...ok! -🦇

Richard belongs to @we-are-richard-lotf

Micheal (mentioned) belongs to @mikeru6 / @michealseis

Norman (mentioned) belongs to @msfisherot / @ask-norman-alexander-lotf

Mary (mentioned) belongs to @beeari / @mary-lotf