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darkcrowprincess · 2 years

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kung fu panda thoughts on why tigress would be the phoneix warrior in the up coming movies( sorry if I got any information wrong and please correct me. Not really an expert):

This quote that I found on a web page that describes more about the dragon and the phoenix: "Since the dragon and the phoenix usually serve as auspicious symbols, any reported sightings of a dragon or phoenix were considered extremely auspicious, heralding a glorious period of peace and prosperity for the people and the country. This is reflected in the Chinese saying: "When the dragon soars and the phoenix dances, the people will enjoy happiness for years, bringing peace and tranquility to all under heaven."

Another quote I found: " Later its concept was merged, giving rise to another concept that the phoenix represents feminist or queen ♀. The major qualities associated with it are harmony and prosperity."

And lastly:

How does this relate to tigress? Well for the last two movies theres been hints of her being related to fire/phoenix. As there are hints throughout all the movies of po being related to fire/dragon. And in general in the last two movies how Po and Tigress fight together hints at that as well. But I'm getting off topic and I'm just going to talk about Tigress. Her outfit change in the 3rs movie for example:

Now maybe I'm just looking for clues that don't mean anything, but the color scheme and the design of the outfit just screams phoenix colors to me. Red yellow adding with her natural fire orange fur. The second movie plays a lot into the fire, ashes, and burning red aspect of the phoenix. Tigress and the fire arrows on gongmen tower, Tigress and pushing Po so hard to get to the wolf boss that it leaves a trail of flames( could be both a hint at her being the phoenix as well as reminding everyone po is the dragon warrior) Going up gongmen tower(tower of the sacred flame) with Po, circling each other like the ying and yang symbol. Tigress taking the hit from the canon for Po. In the aftermath Po finds her on a piece of driftwood burned and covered in ashes looking almost dead( but recovering rather quickly once po beats shen. Kinda like a Phoenix being reborn in the ashes). How when Po and Tigress fight together or spare/fight each other in the second and third movies it looks like they're dancing or circling one another. Again like the yin and yang symbol. Lastly theres this comment Mantis(I think it was Mantis) makes in the third movie about Tigress being flammable, could be a foreshadowing or maybe just a joke. Though again all of these are just theories. Mostly I just love this theory because I feel like Tigress deserves a roll of her own and maybe the next few movies explore that. Other than Po she is a very central character. Both in the movies and dreamworks shorts. Also if the theory were Po lives as long as Oogway at least if Tigress gets a roll like this she could be immortal too and they both wont be alone( sorry but I'm a tipo shipper can't help it)

#kung fu panda #movies #cartoons #kung fu panda 2 #kung fu panda 3 #kung fu panda 4 #master tigress #master po #the dragon warrior #the phoenix warrior #tipo #tigress x po #yin and yang

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starglitterz · 1 year

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♡ things kunikuzushi does not like about his mother

feat ; scaramouche/kunikuzushi, raiden shogun (platonic)

warning(s) ; unhealthy mother-son relationship

a/n ; notice how i said raiden shogun; this is not ei. this is some weird kind of au i randomly created where raiden shogun is the one raising kunikuzushi to be her successor while ei is still seeking eternity. canonically speaking kuni should be older than raiden shogun since he's the prototype but isok i make my own canon. anyways this makes no sense it's just some 2am thoughts and projection. totally ooc content btw. just think of this as brainrot that was too long.

kunikuzushi doesn't like when she gets angry. but it happens often enough that he's able to categorise it and notice the signs early enough to make himself scarce before she decides to latch onto him as a target.

type a: white-hot rage like a flash of lightning illuminating the night, like the flash of a silver blade threatening to slice him in two, like the colour of his skin from the lack of blood pumping through it. her voice booms like thunder through the palace and kunikuzushi hides under his bed with his hands over his ears as she slams doors and cupboards and vases until they shatter and the ensuing silence is deafening. she would not be happy if she found him in this position, cowering like a fool instead of being brave like the future leader he is meant to be, so he always makes sure he stands upright like a soldier posed for action the second he hears her footsteps getting louder.

type b: glacial fury. he thinks this type is worse. her voice becomes deathly still and soft, enunciating every word with the utmost clarity all while refusing to spare him a glance. he supposes being stripped down to nothingness and worthlessness with only her razor sharp words that cut to the bone is better than the alternative; her silence. it speaks volumes and always leaves him feeling shriveled up inside to the core. the way she blatantly ignores him while instructing and ordering everyone else around never fails to make tears prick at his eyes but he rubs them away before she sees because they would only serve to worsen her mood. he wonders if that's how she truly feels; that it's better for her not to waste words on a stupid useless puppet like him, if she regrets creating him, if she wishes she could destroy him and design a newer, better heir to the title of raiden shogun.

kunikuzushi does not like walking on eggshells. but he does it all the time whenever he's with her.

every word and blink and breath is calculated as to not tip her off the edge of her temper but it never works. he always manages to get on her nerves somehow or the other and it makes him feel like the worst person in the world. she has done so much for him, she is his literal creator yet he still can do naught but hurt her. he does not know what else he can try to change about himself to please her and he supposes that is exactly what makes him so flawed to her. the mere fact that there is something outside of his knowledge is a weakness, and one that can and will be exploited. at least that's what she would tell him.

kunikuzushi does not like how he still calls her 'my mother'. but he can't seem to stop himself.

he knows that she possesses infinite other names and titles and manners to be heralded by but his mind always retreats to the childish idea of seeking her as a maternal figure. he knows she has no love for him, viewing him as a means to an end, a mere tool to resolve her problems and nothing more. yet he can't stop imagining what it would be like if she embraced him for once, if she praised him for once, if she acted like the mother she was supposed to be for once.

most of all, kunikuzushi does not like how happy he is whenever he's near her. but he can never manage to summon up all his pain and hurt and anger and sadness from everything she has caused when she is with him.

he hates how happy he is around her. he hates how he misses her when she is right in front of him. he hates how he always rationalises her actions and convinces himself she didn't mean it like that, she was just trying to help him, that she wants the best for him. he hates how he is always left speechless around her, he hates how immature she acts, he hates how rude and hurtful she can be, he hates it he hates it he hates it.

but he loves her throughout it, and therein lies the problem. because she does not care for him in the slightest beyond his benefits for her.

#🌌 — brainrot !

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vampirezogar · 7 months

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I rewatched Dune (2021) and thought about some of the choices made with the storytelling. Like Thufir, for instance, basically only being a mentat once, to multiply a big number by three. His eyes do a thing really fast, and my friend who I saw the movie with the first time totally missed it. They kinda failed to communicate this dude's capabilities to the audience.

Simultaneously, they also just glossed over navigators. We see one shot of a heighliner where you can see part of a planet through it with nothing behind it but stars, which is sick, except the fact that we get no indication of the fucked up spice mutant, who works for an organization that the emperor of space has to pay big money to for their services, bent space with his mind to make that happen. Thufir is like "they paid three guild navigators a zillion space dollars to get here" and then several minutes later there's one (1) shot vaguely gesturing at what that might have meant.

Like, you might gather that the king of space has to shell out big money to the interplanetary travel monopoly from that, but then the reverend mother, someone we know works for president universe, shows up from perhaps the same location, in a ship as big as the herald of change and it's just like, what did Shaddam Quattro spend 2 zillion space dollars just because Aunt Helen wanted to follow in her car?

I do severely fuck with how they just cut out any indication of travel actually happening between wet planet and sand planet. Like, "yeah interstellar travel is like taking a drive to the store, I could walk, but car is faster and I can take my bagpipes and soldiers with me :)" just. Perfect.

"deep rooting plants like saguaro" wrong. I know everything is so far in the future that it has evolved out been genetically engineered, but you missed the premise of the fucking cactus. A saguaro root structure is designed for surface rainwater seeping into the soil. The taproot of a mature saguaro is only about three feet deep because chances are the soil is a thin layer on top of rock or dense clay that you can't get fucking water out of.

Dennis, hi, can I call you Dennis? No? Fuck you. There are two things about saguaro that matter, the first being that they're native only to the Sonoran desert (generally not very sandy, and somewhere with an extreme rainy season), and the second being "wow how do they get so tall if their roots are so shallow???" That's it. That's the plant.

#what do you call a bad compliment sandwich #dune 2021 #this post got away from me

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is-nini · 3 years

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Prince of the abyss! Aether x abused Reader

Requested by anon:

Ayo! How have you been lately? Can I request an Aether (like the prince of the abyss or whatever, not aether the traveler) x reader where the reader is being abused? How would AETHER the PRINCE OF THE ABYSS react? What would he do to her abuser? Thank you :> it’s understandable if you don’t want to write this.

A/n: thankyou so much for requesting! Please enjoy!.

Aether has watch you for.. a little while now, even though he watches and stalk alot of people, you always seems to interest him the most. Aether might be the prince of the darkness, the ruler but that doesn't mean that he can't have a little.. interest towards normal humans.

You has always been an angel, and as the saying goes, opposite attract and in this case. You. An angel has took the interest of the dark prince or lord himself.

Your purity is the cause of your doom.

That's what Aether thinks. Despite taking interest in you he didn't really know much about you. Sure, he knows about your daily schedule, height, weight, everything from head to toe but he never really know about your family. He could've make his job easier by asking the mages or one of his minions to follow you but you are just too rare in his eyes. He doesn't trust his minions to watch over you.

Aether is looking at you sharply from the hills where you usually walk. Your eyes shine and glimmer as you greets people around you at the dawn winery, people pass by you with a smile on their face. Your smile really is hypnotising. When you smile and the whole rooms lits up, warming the slightly cold aura at the dawn winery.

Aether, without realizing curls up the corner of his mouth, making a ghost genuine smile on his face. He immediately snap out of his head and frown immediately.

What did you do? Did you put a spell on him? How can the mere sight of you makes him smile slightly? How can you, someone he never talks to makes him feel.. warm inside? The warm feeling that he has never felt for a long time?.

Aether narrowed his eye and shake away his thoughts. He will stay with his mission, which is finding out more information about the people around you and your household. The reason? Well he wanted to make sure that there is no.. mortals that will try to take you away and make sure you are okay.

Aether's eyes widen, thinking back to the thought that he just made. Since when is he possessive over you? Since when did he care? Aether looks at your form, seeing you talk to the dawn winery owner makes his blood boil.

You smile at Diluc and wave goodbye to him after giving him the new wine design. Diluc thanks you and gave you the payment as soon as you say thankyou and you make your way back to your home.

The closer you get to your home, your heart felt heavier and heavier. The bubbly aura around you is gone and is replaced with scared, anxiety,stress.

Aether looks at your changing state and furrowed his eyebrow. Why do you look so scared? What happen? Aether is sure he followed you home and didn't miss a thing.. he is sure that no one hurts you, not even the hilicurl.. why do you look so scared?

You never have neighbour or people around your house because you doesn't have that strong economic to live where people live. Even though the winery does pay you a good amount of money, it doesn't cover the whole thing. Your parents keeps piling on debt and it's getting hard for you to keep up.

You take a deep breath and pull out the money from your pocket, before you even knock on the door, the door burst open, your body felt the impact from the door and you fell backwards, you quickly puts your hand on the ground, making sure your head to fall to the ground. Your money flying everywhere as your parents stand Infront of the door.

Aether, who is looking wide eye quickly take a fighting stance. He knows where this is going. He saw the lack of kindness and empathy in your parents eye, despite them just pushing their child, their daughter to the ground with the door.

Aether jumps and as your father is about to hit you, Aether holds his hand and went in front of you, covering you with his body as he hold the sword on your father's neck.

"w-who are you?!"

Your mother screech from behind your father, too scared to move. Aether glares at her and slowly pressing his sword against your father's neck.

He is deep in madness until little whimper came out from your lips as you sob.

"t-take our daughter! P-please let us go!"

You father said. You are shocked at what you heard. They... They gave you to a mysterious man that might kill you in exchange for their lives? You know they are bad but considering you are their income you never thought that they would do that.

Aether furrowed his eyebrows and without saying a word, draw his sword back and looks at your sobbing and shocked figure. He glance at your parents one last time and then quickly takes you princess style.

You struggle against his hold but Aether puts his mouth beside your ear.

"shh, stay put".

He whisper in a gentle voice and then a black galaxy like portal appears as he stepped inside, proceed to disappear in to the portal with the calmer you in his hand.

Your parents let out a sigh of relief and looking at the scattered coins, they picked all of them put in a rushed manner and a smile on their face.

Being deeply engulf in the money, they didn't realize that the abyss herald is behind them until a shadow over looms them. This is the last time they were even seen on the surface of the earth.

You whimper and close your eyes as you awaits your unwanted death at least that's what you thought when a soft texture touches your bruised skin.

Opening your eyes slowly and looking around the mysterious bedroom your eyes went so wide, thinking that this man will do unsavoury things to you. When your whole body touched the bed you instantly went to the corner of the bed, looking at the blonde man with fear in your eye. You kneel and bow to him, pleading.

"p-please I'm s-sorry if i did something wrong, please don't hurt me-!"

At first you wail and begged for your life until you suddenly stopped when you felt a hand stroke your hair.

"don't... Apologize.."

He, the mysterious man muttered. He looks at you, now that you have a good look at him he doesn't.. seem... Intimidating.. yes, he did threatened your parents with a sword but the gaze that he gave to your parents is different from what he gave you.

His gaze is soft and full of calmness. He kneel Infront of you and grabbed your chin.

"tell me.. what magic did you put to make me like you?"

He asked. You stare at him confusingly. What does he mean? You never learned any magic.. you don't even have power for the lord of barbatos! How can he assumed such a thing?

"i- pardon?"

Aether looks at you and pulled away from you. He started to turn his back on you and started to walk away. You takes all your gut and grab his hand, staring at his eye.

"w-wait-! Why did you asked that question? A-are you going to kill me?"

Your big doe eye looks up at Aether making his heart bump a bit as his face goes red while he looks away. Sighing and feeling his face went back to normal he turns to look at you.

".. your food and clothes will be here shortly.. make yourself at home.."

Is all he said you are too shocked to say anything, you furrowed your eyebrows and just look at him go with a helpless look on your face. Hearing a soft click on the door you instantly rushed to the door, hoping that you did not just get lock. Unfortunately luck is not on your side as you whimper. The door is locked.

You look around the bedroom. Despite the little light around the area, this place seems big and fancy.. you remember the day where you are being thrown out of the house and end up needing to sleep in the grass with the cold night because you didn't bring home enough money to your parents.

You quickly shake your head and looks at the window that leads to what you assume is the abyss. It's black and very galaxy ish, whatever it may be it will not help you to escape or give you any information.

You ponder in wonder.. what will happen to you now? The man doesn't seems like a threat but you won't take chances.. but for now.. you cannot do anything. All you can do is just be patient.. and well.. hope for the better future.

#aether x y/n #genshin fanfic #genshin fanfiction #genshin x reader #aether x you #aether x reader

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raisans-art · 3 years

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OK LISTEN THIS DESIGN HAS A LOT OF THOUGHT AND REASON BEHIND IT JUST HEAR ME OUT

I thought about it a lot and I have a whole host of reasons as to why I gave Foolish wings and just a bit more about my personal headcanons on Foolish as a god and how he works. Feel free to read it all under the cut:

So Foolish is a God of the Undying and Oceans (former god of death).

Foolish is the base line, and Totems can be seen as ways in which Foolish is worshiped/represented in the culture that worshiped him.

So totems are mini statutes the resemble Foolish.

Now totems of undying be looking like this

Lil things comin out the back.

Totem poles in Native American culture(from the amount I can find online though I can always be wrong because history is pretty unkind to Native American culture) tend to look like this:

The animals carved in are contained to the cylindrical structure of the pole except for the eagle at the top, whose wings are open.

NOW ok those are wings and so if totems are based on Foolish naturally he'd have them to begin with.

The reason I specifically did falcon wings is because of the Egyptian aesthetic Foolish is toting around and falcon-based gods are a thing in Egyptian mythology.

Now because I can't just say he puts his wings away at random and I need to overthink everything: his shifts in appearance are from his epithets.

Epithets are capacities under which a God is worshiped.

Foolish has 4 epithets (I now decree): Foolish of the Storm, Foolish of the Tide, Foolish of the Undying, and Foolish the Herald of Death.

Foolish is able to change his body depending on which of his epithets he's channeling.

Foolish of the Storm would include more shark-based features plus the increased size and lightning and storm control.

Foolish of the Tide would display the shark features but be more human-sized.

Foolish of the Undying would have the wings, no shark displays, and his grand size.

Foolish the Herald of Death is human-looking by all accounts but is extremely dangerous.

The Foolish I drew is the default Foolish. The one who totes some aspect of all his epithets.

Foolish has a hard time switching to his Herald of Death epithet due to people no longer widely worshiping him in that capacity.

This is way too much thought but hhhhh I like mythology.

Enjoy :)

#dsmp #dream smp #dream smp art #dsmp foolish #dsmp art #dsmp fanart #foolish art #dream smp foolish #foolish gamers #mcyt foolish #foolish fanart #foolishg #i just went apeshit with this

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retvenkos · 3 years

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alright, Olive, I'm back with a weird question. (but first of all, I hope you're doing good! how awfully rude of me to not start my ask by that) because you're so good at psychoanalyzing people (and I adore your rambling thoughts), I was wondering if you could maybe help me? I've always wondered who my godly parent would be in the PJO universe - it's been the biggest mistery in my life since I was 8. I just haven't found myself in any figure of the Olympus, maybe because I'd be the child of a minor deity? I've thought about Apollo, and I genuinely like it, but idk, maybe I need a more thorough analysis. I've also gotten Iris and Hemera from other people? I just think your piercing mind could see right through me. anyway, this is weird lol, I hope you don't mind me asking this! and don't worry if you can't answer, it's totally fine. 💜

asdfgfddfgfd, when i get my two weeks off for summer break, i should just do placements for inquiring mutuals because honestly it's one of my favorite things,,,

also, before i get into it (because i have some thoughts™), i'm going to plug one quotev quiz that i think is better than the rest when it comes to these matters: this godly parent quiz.

now, clara, i am not nearly as versed in pjo cabin placements as i am in hogwarts houses, but i'm going to give this my best shot:

first, i think i would be remiss not to mention that you are a libra, and libra is associated with themis, (idk really what that means since i'm not into astrology, lol), but themis isn't mentioned as one of the gods with a cabin, so i'm disregarding that. if we are following this logic though, i think that aphrodite is also associated with libra, so perhaps you could fit into that cabin? personally, i don't see it as strongly as i see others, but you do have a hopeless romantic streak, and a strong sense of community, which could sway you in that direction.

as for apollo, i'm going to unpack that for a minute, because it's very interesting that you'd place yourself there, and i'm on the fence with that myself, lol. (this is very stream of consciousness, so let's see where this section takes us)

i definitely see the association with the arts - music and poetry - although in my mind apollo has always been the performer, and less of the creator. i always associated the muses more with the creation stages of music and poetry. like... the muses are the fashion designers and apollo is the model going down the runway. or the muses are the writers and collaborators in the writers room and apollo is the actor or director. so, while i see the association, i think it's a little weak, because you strike me as more of the quiet artist who's behind the scenes, rather than the bard singing in the pub, trying to get coins. but, you know yourself better, so maybe it's a good association.

and after that, what always strikes me about apollo is the volatile contradictions of his personality. i mean, he's associated with the sudden death of children (rightfully so, i mean he slaughtered all of niobe's sons), along with his sister, artemis, but he's also a healer. he's like that "i'm a healer, but..." meme, which is funny as hell but also a little concerning. like, in many stories he is that godly sort of intelligent strength, but also he's really volatile and has quite a temper on him. i don't really think this relates a whole lot to you, because i get the vibes that you are generally mild mannered, but when something pisses you off, you let is really simmer. i feel like you aren't one to fly off the handle - if you do, it's probably been stewing within you for a while, and whoever your anger is directed at really knows that you're upset, and they knowingly pushed you to that place. i feel like you're more of a grudge holder than hot-tempered (but girl, same).

and then, of course, we have apollo's prophecies. now, maybe this is me reading too much into your scientific mind, but i think you are concerned with the future, but also don't think too much of it is predetermined. i feel like you are more of a trailblazer than that, and might just be prone to ignoring or actively working against anything you saw in the stars, asdfghgfsdfggfdsdfggfd

oh, and, apollo just has so many unfortunate romances, and on one hand, i have you quoted that you are more of an eponine than a cosette, but also, no hate to apollo and his tragic affairs, but he's openly mocked eros, and that truly gives off the vibes of working off of one (1) braincell, and you are too good for that, clara.

and just going back to personality, i think you have a lot of flexibility that just doesn't fit with the apollo cabin.

tldr; kinda but no?

now, i'm gonna kinda hop back into possible theories.

one of my gut reactions was the say athena, but after thinking about it, i'm still a little unconvinced. you have the intellect and pride for this cabin, and i feel like you would get roped into helping a lot of heroes like athena, but you also just have a charm to you that athena lacks. part of athena is that she's unapproachable and her pride is excessive. you, again, are too flexible to be athena. she's staunch where you are willing, and i feel like the rigidity of her nature is too constricting for you. it's very similar as to why i didn't place you in ravenclaw.

i also considered nike because of your competitive streak, but this placement kind of takes away from the underdog vibes i get from you. the righteous fury... the glee in the moment... it's definitely there, but i feel like there's a level of unsurety to your psyche that you don't really get with nike.

which leads me to my final analysis, where i think you would do well as a child of tyche.

let me go through this. so, i mentioned your competitive streak with nike, and that is 1000% evident in tyche. tyche is all about luck and fortune, and i feel like competition is a shoe in. children of tyche like to dabble with the unknown or the novel - it makes life interesting. they like to go against another and see where the cards fall, and if lady luck isn't on their side.... well, tonight's just not their night. they have a secure base to fall back on, and that allows them to stretch their wings and fly.

furthermore, with nike, victory is expected and guaranteed. luck is far more fluid and unpredictable - it's harder to pin down. you can have a lot of luck and a lot of things working in your favor, but still, the desired end result isn't set in stone - it's likely to happen, but there's always risk. this risk leaves for an air of quiet self-assuredness that isn't overbearing. there's always uncertainty in the mix, and that leads to less overt confidence. it also adds to the thrill (or the anxiety).

plus, i think that the gap between fortune and certainty (a pitfall of risk) leads to a lot of checks and balances that i really see in you. there's a lot of clear headed logic that gets weighed against ambition and desire, and it makes for a kind of pragmatism that doesn't stomp out dreams, just looks at them realistically.

which means i feel like a lot of people ask you for advice, clara. it also makes you a decision maker for sure. you might falter for a moment, but in the end, you make a choice and you live with it.

also, i have a personal headcanon that children of tyche are really well rounded, which harks back to my gryffindor analysis of you, where i mention that you have many tools in your box. you are able to manipulate many different things, and you can look at them from many angles, and i love that for you.

i also think this is a good placement for you because luck is all about what-ifs. it's about actively manipulating the world around you. like i said when i mentioned apollo's prophecies - i don't think that you do very well with the predetermined. some things, certainly, but one (1) you are too stubborn to believe you can't change things (oh, the contradictions of a gryffindor and child of tyche), and there's also a level of desperation that things won't always be like this. luck can come to anyone in any place. this is definitely tied to your bleeding heart - you care for people who have fallen on hard times, and you can't help but pray that it's only temporary.

oh, and i headcanon that tyche holds grudges sO BAD. she is only outdone by nemesis and hades.

anyway, this was long and it winded, but TLDR; i hereby herald you a child of tyche. you are my lady luck, clara.

#asks #mutuals #lol i need to get a tag like:#olive psychoanalyzes friends #anyway i hope you like this! i feel like i kind of raked apollo through the coals asdfghjhgfdfghjhgfd #but lISTEN you don't get to be one of the big name gods without being messy as hell #but lol now i feel like i need to re- assess my status as a child of hecate because i didn't go this in depth for mYSELF

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theheraldofthedark · 3 years

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Black Opal + AU name change

Hello all, it's The Herald of the Dark here, ready to show you another gem from my AU and to annouce that AU's new name.

This here is Black Opal, opals being gem harvesters in Under Crust, and considered one of the untouchables, a class of gem that is ignored at best and hated at worst. Her kind is one of the hated ones: opals, you see, are responsible for finding and harvesting defective gems, or gems that were grown just for the purpose of being power sources for gem technology. It's a cruel and thankless job, and they're certainly not thanked for their work.

As for the AU name change, I decided that "The Upper Crust", while cool, doesn't really work so well. The story I'm trying to tell is more about discovery, for the characters and for the audieence in the sense that I'm "unveiling" the parts of gem society that the show didn't show us. Upper Crust makes it sound like we're only exploring things for the rich gems, or just the topmost part of the world. Which doesn't vibe at all. So it's now called "Under Crust", because that works way better.

More about Opal under the cut

So, for this gem design, I wanted to play with the idea of a society dehumanizing/objectifying the parts of it that they don't want to admit to, or that they want the rest of the populus to hate or fear. Because Opals have the horrifying job of harvesting living gems, this seemed very appropriate to me. The screen you see isn't covering her face, it is her face. The idea is that she would express her emotions by changing the display to different things. This red target represents her going into hunting mode.

The stained glass look on the extremities are meant to be sort of like gem shards, but this was the best pattern I could come up with that wouldn't be a complete nightmare to replicate. The idea is that gems would see it the same as we'd see a character covered in blood--since gem shards are pieces of once living gems, you see.

I imagine these gems to be around 7ft tall.

I think that, to protect themselves against the powers of the gems they go after, opals would have the unique ability to resist powers of other gems. While they can't really do much if a Lapis tosses a wall of water their way, they are more immune to other forms of gem powers.

The gem rejuvenator is sort of a pun on gem harvester--a sythe is used for harvesting, you see. I originally wanted to make opals peasants, so something about harvesting crops, except that gems don't eat so why would they need farmers (although I do have some ideas on that topic, but that's for a different time). I didn't like the idea that a whole gem type would just sit around being miserable, so I tried to think deeper. Because gem harvesting is already a thing, I figured that it would be the perfect combo.

The other idea for the sythe is that it may be best for the gem to be in a sort of pre-emergence state when they power an object, to avoid any thoughts of resistance or needless suffering. I speculate that the gem rejuvenator is capable of such a thing.

To point out some inspirations, the claw like hands and the lack of feet were inspired by Hollow Knight's designs, the ear things I think I saw on another gemsona and I thought they were dope, and there's a general vibe that's close to Hazbin Hotel's exterminators.

I hope you think that she's as dope as I do!

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