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it's that time of year again (time to put on fairytale of sipsco)

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Re-watching Flux Buddies again

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Yoglabs: Behind Closed Doors - Universe Structure

Overview:

So with my mass spoiler post, I realised I never actually went into any detail about my head canons for the setting and world structure as a whole, So buckle up kids cause we’re diving in head first!

The Elemental Planes

The YBCD world exists on a planar system, similar to DnD but ALOT simpler, with the four elemental planes; the Nether, the Aether, the Erebus and the Oceanus each keeping the balance for the overworld.

Each of the elemental planes is supposed to have a demigod connected to it, with Ridge being connected to the Aether, Israphel; the Nether and Kirin; Oceanus. I never decided on what to do with the Erebus. Probably something along the lines of the previous demigod dying and no replacement being appointed yet. Subject K is a special case since she’s a manufactured demigod, her power is also linked to the Aether.

For the story of BCD, the Oceanus has actually been “cut off” from the overworld, in that Kirin has decided to have a hissy fit for the past few hundred years and isnt letting anyone play in his dimension. (storm honse man pouts in a demiplane after being tricked by a cryptid. More on that later) this “cut off dimension” is actually what K’s dad is looking for before he dies.

The Demiplanes

While not planes connected to the overworld in the same way; the End and the Twilight forest both play their own roles in the universe.

In terms of The End, Rythian's stories are canon to my universe and you can find those here! https://rythian.tumblr.com/tagged/storiesbyrythian

The Twilight forest however, is a little different. The kingdom of Dusk is what sealed away the kingdom of dawn in the first place, severing both kingdoms from the overworld. In a much similar way to the elemental planes holding balance between each other, the twilight forest acts as balancing opposition to the end.

The Void, and the creation of the World

The Void is slightly different in terms of a plane, and to understand its purpose, you’d need to understand the creation of the world. For BCD, the true gods are essentially nothing more than elemental energy now. Originally, there were the elemental planes that existed separated from each other. Lonely, bored or just curious, the gods began reaching out of their planes, creating bridges between each other. These bridges sparked creation and life until the void began reaching out too. The Void brought only darkness, destruction and death to all the creations the other gods were reveling in. Scared that their new creations would be destroyed and they'd be cast back into solitude, the gods decided to imprison the void through their combined efforts. The energy used to do so however reduced them to nothing more than formless forces. While the gods can still impose upon the overworld, it's more through elemental influence than direct intervention. Thus the gods appoint Demigods to maintain the world instead. Though their power is a fraction of the original gods.

Footnotes and coming next

The entire creation idea is rather vague in my head honestly, but since it's more of a myth within the world itself I didn't think it needed that much fleshing out.

The next few posts I want to make are details going into certain characters' backstories. Mainly;

Ridge and Israphel

Rythian

And Kirin.

I also wanna end off with a huge thank you for all the lovely notes and asks people have been sending in lately. If I know people are interested in my silly little head canons then I'm happy to put them out there!

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Still re-watching blackrock, and apparently I can never just make ONE Rythian art. also wanted to draw the sword~

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I swear I have the capacity to be normal about things. with that being said I have many thoughtsTM about today's JF2 episode (#29).

Duncan volunteering to send his black lotus to Rythian as well is something that can be so personal. To over analyze it, although he says it is in case "the first one gets lost" they have no reason to think that items wouldn't get to their destined locations, so the choice reads much more as a gesture of friendship. After the events of Flux Buddies (no spoilers) Duncan has had to learn to face the consequences of his own actions in a way that he simply had not during Blackrock - which at the end of the day was the thing that drove a wedge between him and Rythian.

By not being able to accept that his actions led to genuine harm (intended or not) to those he called his friends signaled to Rythian that he cannot trust others/especially Duncan again. This perceived threat of future betrayal combined with Rythian thinking that Zoey had joined forces with Duncan and the nuke reveal all served to retraumatize Rythian, placing a wedge in their relationship that has not been able to be addressed due to the end of Season 2 and Rythian deciding to give up on any relationship (friend or enemy) with Duncan ('the opposite of love is not hatred, it is indifference' etc etc).

So Rythian choosing to send this task to the JF2 crew, almost certainly knowing that Duncan is among them, shows that Rythian has been able to grow since we have last seen him. He has been able to finally process, at least to a degree, what he has been through and perhaps is able to understand why Duncan acted the way that he did - that he never meant to cause harm but was terrified for his own safety both in the old and tekket worlds.

Duncan being the one, in episode 28, to want to listen to the message (as well as including the purple flag 'for Rythian') shows how much he has also changed. That he also understands, at least to a degree, where Rythian was coming from and why he did what he did AND that he doesn't hold that against him. All of this happening independently from each other until now. Rythian made the first move at reconciliation with entrusting Duncan (and the others of course) with a task that was important to him (but at the same time it is a task with a low level of responsibility so that if Duncan did not want to accept this peace offering of sorts, no harm would come to Rythian/Zoey). And Duncan, by sending his black lotus after barry has already sent one, is a clear acceptance of that gesture. More than that, it is returning a peace offering of his own. (and to REALLY over analyze, sending flowers is a sign of an apology with black/dark lotus flowers in multiple cultures representing rebirth).

Even if we never get anything else Blackrock related (which I am of course not counting on getting anything more), this serves as a wonderful epilogue to their dynamic, especially with some of the main themes of Blackrock being about the cycle of violence and the question of 'can you heal from your traumas before they destroy what you care about most?' (mostly focusing on platonic/romantic relationships) with the answer being that 'your actions will change the relationship from what it otherwise would have been, but if and only if both parties want to heal the relationship and put in the necessary time and effort to do so, then the relationship can survive'. And here we are getting a sign that both of them are willing to do something to salvage their friendship. It will never be what it was in the Old World, but the friendship is not gone, it just has a new starting point.

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the liveblog is like 800 messages long and also theyre entitled to the privacy of it being in a discord (colouring book to be exact) but if I didnt share these it'd be a crime <3

and these

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there's no shame in recognising when the enemy is at an advantage and finding a different way to accomplish your goals

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Rythian's little cameo in Jaffa Factory 2 is giving me so many ideas about what C!Rythian could be up to now that he's not constantly checking behind him for threats of war.

Like maybe he settled down in a little house with all his magical trinkets and every so often he travels to the next village and trades with all the frogs!!

Plus maybe they would help him learn to enjoy peace and not worry about any past disagreements...

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hey, i saw a post on here saying you guys support non "traumagenic" systems and I was wanting to know if thats true.

You guys are so amazing and have helped me with my identity a lot, but this information is really important to me as a trauma survivor with severe PTSD. If you are pro endos but are open to listening to trauma survivors and phycology sources, I absolutely will provide them. I want you guys to be a safe space for people with PTSD and dissociative disorders so bad, as people who has OSDDDID tend to have more "contradictory" labels in the first place, due to the complex relationship all the different alters identities make combined.

I'm hoping so much that you'll be open to listening if this is true.

hello! i'm good, i don't need any!

if you only have severe PTSD and not a dissociative disorder and do not identify as plural, you should NOT be commenting on plurality at all. like i hate to break it to you, but if you do not deal with plurality, you do not know what the experience is like. reading papers about it will not give you insight into how people actually live.

i'm an inclusive Dissociative Identity Disorder system who is 100% pro endo, and any other type of system. i support ALL plurals, i don't cherry pick. you're correct, this blog is a safe space, especially for people with "contradictory" identities or ones that "don't make sense." why wouldn't i be here for endogenic and non traumagenic systems?

that would go against everything i stand for.

i am a trauma survivor as well. i *have* DID, i don't really need any resources on the matter- before I was diagnosed i spent years researching, and i still do keep up with research. i am aware that DID and OSDD are caused by trauma! generally it's severe, repeated trauma and/or neglect. i have no memories of my life before the age of 10. i too have severe PTSD, i have a diagnosis for C-PTSD in specific. i live with this every day of my life. i still have a lot of trauma and triggers. i black out and lose time and regularly forget who i am or where i'm at.

something to keep in mind is research on DID has literally 0 bearing on other types of plurality. just because there is a lot of research into DID, OSDD, etc. does not mean that other plural experiences do not exist. when ONLY siting medical sources and saying that because there's no other "proof" or "evidence" that other types of plurality "can't" exist, it's an appeal to authority. there is no research data to point toward because studies on DID and OSDD and other dissociative disorders have really only gained traction within the last 10 - 20 years maximum. this is an extremely recent phenomenon! just because there are no (paid, keep in mind that studies have to find funding, and investors are picky) medical papers or studies to point toward doesn't mean something isn't happening.

someone identifying as plural without trauma is not an affront to plurals who do have trauma. someone identifying as a system who doesn't have or know of any childhood trauma is not spitting in your face. i've seen this take around and it's just not it. don't take someone else's mental health as an attack on yours. it's not hurting you at all for people to identify as plural if they don't have trauma. it's not spitting in *my* face, so it's not spitting in yours, either. it's okay to let non traumagenic systems exist. it's not exacerbating your trauma or re-traumatizing you or subjecting you to new trauma.

they're not saying that your trauma is invalid just because they don't have any. i don't like people who get on a high horse because they have a dissociative disorder and act like they get to police how other people's brains work. you only know how your brain works. you do not know how any other type of system works.

as a plural, myself, i get to choose who i support. and i choose to support people who aren't hurting anyone or doing anything wrong. i really don't care how offensive some people find non traumagenic systems, but they're not hurting you, me, or anyone else. live and let live. you don't know how someone else's brain works. you will never be able to know how someone else's brain works. accepting that will make your life easier.

being angry at other people for not having trauma will not make yours go away or undo what was done to you. you should never take out your frustrations on people who haven't hurt you. endos haven't hurt you, you just don't agree with them. these are 2 separate things. also you really don't have the right to comment on the nature of how complex non traumagenic plurality is or is not- endogenic systems can have just as many nuanced and complex identities regardless of whether or not they're dissociating. they're still multiple people whether or not you see them that way. they also have complex identities, why wouldn't they? being different people leads to a lot of complexity. you should still see them as multiple people even if you don't think it's legit. that's basic respect for another person who, again, literally hasn't hurt you.

hope that helps and makes sense. i am not open to changing my mind on this, but i appreciate you giving me a good reason to explain my stance on the matter. i don't have the right to police other people and tell them how their own brains work. you don't have that right, either. i'm not here to police anyone. that goes against everything i stand for.

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it is two thousand and eighteen (tag yourself)

edit: i see y’all in the notes complaining about moonquest erasure and i raise you the argument that moonquest is a sequel to jaffa factory and therefore would be in the same category

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there was an iscribble eve

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Based on the fact that Harry is the main one behind this lore, im playing with the idea of Brry/Barry actually being a Yoglabs employee and not a clone... yet.

hired by Xephos to keep an eye on the Xeph and Lalna clones, JF2 being a pet project to keep them busy (and literally sell jaffa cakes) as well as see how they do in this environment. His instructions are to pretend everythig is normal and just do the job. Its been months living like this and sometimes he forgets that hes technically supervising these clones, until his boss pulls him aside and asks how things are going. He doesnt know everything, but is of a higher authority than the others know

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decided to try something weird stylistically here, idk if it worked but it was fun!

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Happy Birthday Kim!! ❤️🌼

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Let me tell you a story about a boy and a girl and a land of magic and monsters…

Since there's a Blackrock bandwagon doing the rounds after the latest Jaffa Factory 2, I thought id jump on board by redoing my old Blackrock fanart.