#york lore

[theflyestwhiteboyofthemall]

WITH YOUR FINGERS IN MY MOUTH I FAIL TO SEE YOUR FAULTS SO PLEASE DON'T LET ME FALL

[averagepikminenthusiast]

If you think about it, theres a chance this is canon in the pikmin universe..

[dragonpropaganda]

The Architecture of Rain World: Layers of History

A major theme in Rain World's world design that often goes overlooked is the theme of, as James Primate, the level designer, composer and writer calls it, "Layers of History." This is about how the places in the game feel lived-in, and as though they have been built over each other. Here's what he said on the matter as far back as 2014!

The best example of this is Subterranean, the final area of the base game and a climax of the theme. Subterranean is pretty cleanly slpit vertically, there's the modern subway built over the ancient ruins, which are themselves built over the primordial ruins of the depths. Piercing through these layers is Filtration System, a high tech intrusion that cuts through the ground and visibly drills through the ceiling of the depths.

Two Sprouts, Twelve Brackets, the friendly local ghost, tells the player of the "bones of forgotten civilisations, heaped like so many sticks," highlighting this theme of layering as one of the first impressions the player gets of Subterranean. Barely minutes later, the player enters the room SB_H02, where the modern train lines crumble away into a cavern filled with older ruins, which themselves are invaded by the head machines seen prior in outskirts and farm arrays, some of which appear to have been installed destructively into the ruins, some breaking through floors.

These layers flow into each other, highlighting each other's decrepit state.

The filtration system, most likely the latest "layer," is always set apart from the spaces around it. At its top, the train tunnels give way to a vast chasm, where filtration system stands as a tower over the trains, while at the bottom in depths, it penetrates the ceiling of the temple, a destructive presence. (it's also a parallel to the way the leg does something similar in memory crypts, subterranean is full of callbacks like that!)

Filtration system is an interesting kind of transition, in that it is much later and more advanced than both of the areas it cuts between. This is a really interesting choice from James! It would be more "natural" to transition smoothly from the caves of upper subterranean to the depths, but by putting filtration system in between, the two are clearly demarcated as separate. The difference in era becomes palpable, the player has truly found something different and strange.

Depths itself is, obviously, the oldest layer not only of subterranean but of the game itself. The architecture of Depths has little to do with the rest of the game around it, it's a clear sign of the forgotten civilisations that our friend Two Sprouts, Twelve Brackets showed us, there's not actually that much to say about it itself, it's mostly about how it interacts with the other layers of subterranean.

That said, Subterranean is far from the only case of the theme of layers of history. It's present as soon as the player starts the game!

The very first room of the game, SU_C04, is seemingly a cave. It is below the surface, the shapes of it are distinctly amorphous rather than geometric. (well. kind of, it doesn't do a very good job of hiding the tile grid with its 45 degree angles.)

But let's take a closer look, shall we?

See that ground? it's made of bricks. The entire cave area of outskirts is characterised by this, the "chaotic stone" masonry asset is mixed with brickwork, unlike the surface ruins which are mostly stone. This, seemingly, is an inversion of common sense! The caves are bricks and the buildings are stone. This is not, however, a strange and unique aspect but a recurring motif.

This occurs enough in the game for it to be clearly intentional, but why would materials such as bricks be used in otherwise natural looking terrain?

The answer lies in the "Layers of History" theme. This is in fact, something that happens in real life, and it's called a tell

To be specific, a tell is a kind of mound formed by settlements building over the ruins of previous iterations of themselves. Centuries of rubble and detritus form until a hill grows from the city. Cities such as Troy and Jericho are famous examples. The connections to the layers of history theme are pretty clear here, I think. Cities growing, then dying, then becoming the bedrock of the next city. The ground, then, is made of bricks, because the ground is the rubble of past buildings. The bones of forgotten civilisations, heaped like so many sticks!

[brennbug]

York was told to dress "fancy." York told an intern at his fashion agency to dress him "fancy."

[mayjailerdivine]

Lizzy Grant at Coney Island and then at a friends house, May 27, 2007. 🍭💗

[soupmanspeaks]

You know what

In celebration of a common CC W

Here's some rare Soup art of the boy

[cauldroninthecrystal]

What if they showed up at your door?

[starlingfawn]

the more you try to erease me

the more, the more, the more that i appear

[jamesgreycaster]

James Acaster Explains His Beef with the Marvel Cinematic Universe

[griefpersevering]

there needs to be more fics about vigilantes being besties and going on missions together. give me the defenders having a weekly dinner! give me team red! give me the punisher and jessica jones wondering how they became besties with a load of spandex-wearing weirdos!

[iheartpeppino]

According to ANTONBLAST, Anton's home of Boiler City is apparently in Florida. Which would make Anton a Florida man, very fitting.

I wonder where Pizza Tower takes place...? I know Peppino was originally planned to be from New York City at one point... It's definitely somewhere in the USA, right?

What's really funny to me about all of this is that I'm originally from NYC and I'm currently living in Florida...

[pompom-prince]

Drawtectives meet Rowan concept one (redux)!!

redraw of concept one, i will soon be writing a fic.

[theforbiddeneden]

Take Me Back To Eden

FULL CR TO LUKE PREECE

[spookebee]

who actually likes finnick fox i feel like everyone in new york hates him??? how is after midnight still running hahahaha

☝️I LIKE TO THINK A FEW PEOPLE enjoy Finnick Fox!! or maybe I'm delusional like him HAHAHAAAA !! He's currently trying to earn the respect of his coterie after crazy bad dad lore was dropped in session awhile back so- the king is WORKING on himself kind of

Finnick Fox has fans! 🤩 He has a fan club!! His uh,, his sire enjoys his company ahaaaaa 🤩 so there's THAT !

After Midnight has actually been on hiatus since his embrace way back in 2020- but I like to imagine that his show plays reruns every once in awhile to fill gaps in-between other shows HAHA but at FUCKASS hours of the night

anyways I love to yap about this stupid toreador I have a hate/love for this blorbo of mine

EDIT ☝️☝️☝️☝️

Finnick's GHOUL David LIKES FINNICK FOX idont think this says very much though

[mayjailerdivine]

Lizzy Grant on the subway. Unknown date. ⭐⭐⭐

[galacticsabc]

friend of mine is making me watch Star Trek tng and I've been enjoying it so much that I've accidentally opened the can of worms of "haha what if i made a star trek au for some worldbuilding characters" and also made other friends join in.

we're just going wild with it. Our characters have like, adapted backstories, there's even a tiefling planet in there somewhere.

Beetle is @cyaniderooftops 's idiot.