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Twisted Wonderland Arknights!AU HCs Part 2: Octavinelle

The continuation of my TWST Arknights!AU headcanons. This time would be my favorite as well as the longest one I made because I'm biased. Basically this is the one that sparks the ideas of these HCs.

I present you our beloved cunning and sly fish people: Octavinelle!

Disclaimer:

English is not my first language and this post is so self-indulgent I don't even think much about the grammar or such so bear with me and my messy writings.

Pardon any lore inaccuracies of both games. Feel free to correct me if you find any.

Since the Octatrio are all merfolks, that means in Arknights universe they all gonna fall into one race category:

Aegir

Aegirs are basically the fish people of Arknights, exept they're not mermaids even though they're based on various marine animals such as fish, cephalopods, crustaceans, cetaceans, etc.

This race doesn't really have any distinct physical characteristics so they seem like normal human, but their skin are more susceptible to dry temperature and they can breath underwater.

They originated from an underwater civilization by the same name. The civilization was inspired from the legendary lost city of Atlantis in our world, but culturally they were based on the social and political settings of Ancient Rome.

They are known to be more advanced than any earth-dwelling civilizations in Terra in terms of technology and knowledge. Aegirians also have a culture of paying extra attention to aesthetics and they are known to be good at visual and performance arts. They even often use songs as a mean of communication.

Meanwhile in TWST, we've got the Coral Sea. Though it is implied that unlike Aegir, Coral Sea seems to be technologically less advanced than the land-dwelling civilizations in Twisted Wonderland. However the cultural aspects of art, particularly music, kinda match with the cultural setting of Coral Sea where the Octatrio came from as the trio often tell us how music is quite an integral part of life in the Coral Sea.

Now, let's imagine the Octavinelle trio as Aegirians!

Azul Ashengrotto

I can't really determine which species of octopus he could be but my best guess is he could be based on the giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini). This came from that time Floyd mentioned that Azul in his merform is huge, even bigger than the tweels despite him being shorter than them in his human form.

Jade & Floyd Leech

I can't find any moray species that has their signature turquoise colour, but based on their huge size I think the best referenced species for them is the giant moray eel (Gymnothorax javanicus).

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Bonus 1: Abyssal Hunters

When thinking about Arknights!AU, I often imagined that the trio could be a part of this special Aegirian battle squad called the Abyssal Hunters.

So, they're are basically Aegir's super-soldiers. They're hybrids that were made through experiments of genetical mutation done by infusing the blood and cells of seaborn into their body. They've got superhuman physical strength, endurance, and speed, but they can't use arts (magic-like power in Arknights universe).

And they are made to fight the seaborns itself.

Abyssal Hunters usually have white hair and red eyes, a sign of a their merging with the Seaborn. Though it seems like there are also some Abyssal Hunters who don't possess such traits, but they are rare. They also have a signature uniform and hat, they also often use huge melee weapon to fight.

Now, I can't imagine the Octatrio with white hair, like, it kinda doesn't suit them at all me think. But I REALLY want to see them in the hunters' uniform. Especially the twins since they already have the physical strength. I think Floyd could use a scythe and Jade a rapier or an axe. Azul may not have the strength as much as the twins, but I still bet he gonna look so good in their uniform lol.

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Bonus 2: Seaborn

First of all, seaborns are sea monsters coming from the abyss of oceans and they have been Aegir's biggest enemy for centuries. They can evolve incredibly fast and possess the ability to independently mutate their own cells which makes them highly adaptable to changes around them.

Seaborns live with a hive mind/collective consciousness called 'We Many' and they consider any other organism that is not part of 'We Many' as a threat to their survival. Thus, they make themself a mission to annihilate any other forms of life or turning them into their kin.

This could be done with their ability to fuse their cells into other creatures, turning them into another seaborn by consuming the organism or the other way round. Yes, they can modify someone physically and psychologically over time to adhere to the hive mind. For the victim, they can try to retain their consciousness, but it will become harder and harder the more they change to resemble a seaborn. Some even ended up in madness just before they completely turned into a seaborn.

The Octatrio's merfolk form often reminds me (close enough) of the seaborns, especially Azul's overblot form. If they live in Arknights universe and through some unforunate events got turned into seaborns, they could be one of the sentient ones with advanced intelligence. They'd be the more dangerous kind than most seaborns, which are more animal-like and most of the time non-sentient and unintelligent.

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And that's all for Octavinelle! As always I appreciate any of you who somehow stumbled yourself into this blog and spend some of your time to read my yappings.

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Twisted Wonderland Arknights!AU HCs Part 1: Savanaclaw

Commemorating my return to this blog after 1212391813 years (rl has been overwhelming), I'd like to write myself a self-indulgent HC of a crossover between two of my current gacha game hyperfixations.

Some weeks ago, thanks to my insomnia, I made a thread on twitter to make myself sleepy. It's about TWST characters with visible physical characteristics that may pass as Arknights characters which includes their possible race as well but I can only post pictures without explanations. So now, I'd like to do the similar thing but I'm gonna break down the ideas.

Explanations including the description and lore of the races, a quick highlight of what I thought as interesting parallels in settings, stories, or characters, and simple wild guess about what specific animal species they could be since Arknights is pretty specific with the animal species' they referenced in this game.

Disclaimer:

English is not my first language and this post is so self-indulgent I don't even think much about the grammar or such so bear with me and my messy writings.

Pardon any lore inaccuracies of both games. Feel free to correct me if you find any.

Introduction to non-Arknights players and those who are not familiar with the game: Arknights is an RPG tower defense mobile gacha game made by Chinese developer 'Hypergryph'. The story of Arknights took place in a dystopian, post-apocalyptic planet called Terra. The 'humans' who inhabited Terra got kemomimi and anthropomorphic features of animals and mythological creatures, which then divides them into several races based on the animal they're referenced from.

Leona Kingscholar | Race: Aslan/Feline

Aslan is a race in Arknights which is based on lions, they're somewhat a sub-race of the Felines which is based on common cats and big cats. They originated from desert area of a country called Sargon, though many of them migrated to a country called Victoria, the Arknights equivalent of the United Kingdom. This race is known to bring the blood of royalty and prominent figures in politics.

The only aslan character in-game so far is Siege, the leader of a street gang called the Glasgow Gang and the last heir of Victorian royalty. Personally I like how Siege's rough vibe as a gang leader as well as her royalty background kinda matches well with Leona. Even I've seen some fan-artists draw crossover fanarts of them and boy do I need more of them.

Since Leona was twisted from the Lion King, I believe that his referenced species is Panthera leo melanochaita, a sub-species of African lion mainly inhabiting Southern and Eastern Africa where many assumed was the setting where the Lion King take place.

Ruggie Bucchi | Race: Reproba/Rebbah

Reprobas in Arknights are based on hyenas and the can be recognized through traits such as pricked ears and tails with tufts of hair, spots, or stripes. Just like the aslans, they originated from desert area of Sargon as well though many of them ended up spreading everywhere across Terra. They're known to possess knowledge in wilderness survival which is also why many of them are working as mercenaries, biologist, geology researchers, and such.

Since he's twisted from the hyenas of the Lion King, undoubtedly his referenced species would be the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta).

Jack Howl | Race: Lupo

Lupo is a race based on wolves. Their traits can be noticed by their pricked ears and bushy tails. In Arknights, lupos often live in a mafia-like community. They originated and mostly found in a country called Siracusa which is Arknights' equivalent of Italy.

Now, there are no wolf character in the Lion King and from Jack's unique magic we can see that his wolf form definitely doesn't seem like any African wolves (not to mention that unlike Ruggie and Leona who came from Sunset Savannah, Jack came from Shaftsland). His fur is white and seems thick, indicating that he's most likely a part of wolf species that lives in colder climate. With that in mind, I think the best referenced species for Jack is the Eurasian wolf or common wolf (Canis lupus lupus).

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And that's all for Savanaclaw. I made this as a stress-reliever but if there are anybody who read this post I really appreciate you for your time and I hope this could entertain you🥰 .

Nobody's asking but, yes, I'm gonna continue making the 2nd part of this. Hint:

Images & information sources:

https://arknights.fandom.com

https://arknights.wiki.gg/

https://twisted-wonderland.fandom.com/

https://www.wikipedia.org/

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Incorrect Mahoyaku Quotes #19

Nero: *Is in shower*

Mithra: *Pulls the shower curtain back* Hey, are we- stop screaming, it's just me- Are we out of charcoals?

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Incorrect Mahoyaku Quotes #18

Bradley: Nero, you love me right?

Nero: Yea

Bradley: What if I did something bad?

Bradley: I mean like really bad

Nero: What did you do?

Bradley: Are you SURE you'd still love me tho

Nero: WHAT.DID.YOU.DO?

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Incorrect Mahoyaku Quotes #17

Villain: I will kill you!

Arthur: Let me ask Oz-sama

Villain: That's not how this works-

Arthur, Oz standing menacingly behind him: He said no

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Incorrect Mahoyaku Quotes #16

Faust: I'm at a loss for words!

Shino, narrating: And despite him being at a loss for words, he continued to yell at me for the next 45 minutes

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Incorrect Mahoyaku Quotes #15

Mithra: Do you think I could fit fifteen marshmallows in my mouth?

Owen: You're a hazard to society

Bradley: And a coward, do twenty!

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Incorrect Mahoyaku Quotes #14

Heathcliff: When I said bring me something back from the beach, I meant like...a shell

Shino, struggling to hold a seagull: Well, you didn't say that

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Incorrect Mahoyaku Quotes #13

Bradley: What's for dinner?

Nero: Food, generally

Bradley: I mean, what are you having?

Nero: An unwanted conversation

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Incorrect Mahoyaku Quotes #12

Figaro: I guess you could say, I've...fallen for you

Akira: You literally just rolled down an entire flight of stairs-

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Incorrect Mahoyaku Quotes #11

Cain: Did you just refer to a knife as a "people opener"?

Owen: Should I not have?

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MHYK Headcanon

What if the dead wizards are actually reincarnated in Akira’s world?? Like, when they’re back to their world, they found a senior/junior at her campus that looks exactly like Tiletta? Or a new barista at their regular coffee shop nearby that looks like White?

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Yes, I need and tried to make the mhyk version of this from each countries 👉👈

Forgive me for character inaccuracy :))

Bonus:

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Uh.....

So I played mhyk just now...and then this came out, and suddenly I just think HOW THE F ARE THEY NOT RELATED BY BLOOD OR SOMETHING???

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Incorrect Mahoyaku Quotes #10

Faust: All of your existence are confusing

Eastern Wizards: How so?

Faust: Your presence is annoying, but the thought of anything bad happening to any of you upsets me

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Incorrect Mahoyaku Quotes #9

Nero: How would you like your coffee?

Owen: As dark as my soul

Nero: Got it, one chocolate milkshake coming right up!

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Incorrect Mahoyaku Quotes #8

Rutile: Why do people always fight over top or bottom? I'd be lucky just to have a bunk bed

Owen:

Mithra:

Owen: I'm gonna tell him

Mithra: Don't you fckin dare