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F. Fffour (4) more (out of 20) of my PoE OCs... None being my Watcher, naturally. 👉 👉

^In Order: Wikie, Koāpei, Abdello, and Kincci

• They’d be Deadfire companions (Wikie and Abdello would make an appearance in PoE, I think..Wikie could probably also be a companion in PoE - she’d probably foil with my other OC - Aulora), with their continued recruitment being based on what faction the Watcher sides with (Wikie for Royal Deadfire Company, Koāpei for Huana, Abdello [/w Kincci] for Vailian Republics).

•Wikie Pua: Coastal Aumaua Cis♀, 21 -> 26 y.o., 6'2". Cleric Class [Priest of Magran / Tactician Fighter]. A farmhand turned scholar under a Magranite scholarship at Rauatai’s University, where she studied warfare. She turned out to be a prodigy, quickly surpassing her professors, and decided to get first hand experience by joining the royal Deadfire Company as a cleric. Soon, however, her skills got her transferred under Atsura’s wing, where she was sent n a reconnaissance mission during the rise of the Watcher. Companion in both; Royal Deadfire Aligned in PoE:2.

•Koāpei: Island Aumaua Cis♀, 15 y.o., 5'10"... and growing!! Tempest class [Furyshaper Barbarian / Fury Druid (Storm Blight Spirit Shift)]. A disciple of Toamaowhai, raised in a community honoring the Kazuwari Island Trials. She’s young and eager to prove her ability. First, by dealing with the problems around Kazuwari herself, Watcher be damned. Then, she’s getting Rauatai and the Vailian Republics out of the Deadfire, even if she’s gotta’ train Ngati’s chosen herself, to get him moving on his destiny!! Companion, Huana Aligned.

•Abdello Vescovi: Ocean Folk Cis♂, 68 -> 73 y.o., 6'0". Shepherd class [Darcozzi Paladin / Ghost Heart Ranger]. A Former Frermàs mes Canc Suolias paladin, from a prestigious family with lineage back in Old Vailia. Often trained new recruits. He was honorably retired shortly after helping to finalize colonization of the Deadfire for the Vailian Republics, but ended up joining the Darcozzi Paladin Order when he had trouble settling down into retirement. Has lots of advice and anecdotes of his youth spent with his long-deceased lion companion, Kincci [“Kin-Chi”, ♀]. Not a Companion until PoE: 2; Vailian Republics Aligned.

Maybe Grand Reef Cookie shouldn't always try to make the things he finds into some sort of tea or meal....

Just in case anyone isn’t sure: YES, these are real music genres, I promise 😭 they will come up if you look them up on YT or Google

Steve Hiett – Down On The Road By The Beach (1983)

Drew up a set of LANCER pilots to get some ideas flowing, now just imagining the scenarios these funky folks could get involved in~ Personal favorite is probably Omen or Scion, though I'd probably enjoy playing Festive most~

"I've always cared about you." - Stone Ocean ending REAL

(This is not ship art)

Print of this

The developmental trauma to appreciator of "H O U S E"-themed horror pipeline.

Laughing at his own dog jokes

an idea i invite anyone else to write about / run with lol....

the premise that The Change gets all messed up for alberto, say it's something that can happen from stress, &/or happens rarely and you just have to wait for it to resolve itself....used as some parallel to struggling through some emotional turbulence / upheaval / questioning / Realizing Things, etc etc

What Starstruck Dee theory have people made that is your favourite?

there have been quite a lot, and i genuinely love them all!

early on i think the most popular theory was that she was possessed or had been possessed at some point, most likely by dark matter. she actually debunked this theory personally, but i think people just assumed she was lying! 😂

my favourite part is not any one theory, but watching a shift in thoughts over time as more things are revealed, and seeing people share theories/work together in comments and reblogs. i like the "OOHHH WWWWHAT...!?!" moments a lot; whether they are a reaction to my storytelling or to other folks' detective work!

early theories revolved around how she was weird for a waddle dee, or at least a native of popstar. despite my never explicitly confirming anything to the contrary, theories have now broadly shifted to assuming she is not from popstar at all, and most people do now generally agree she's not really a waddle dee.

i don't recall exactly who first came up with each theory (though some big players are @the-void-is-a-disappointment who did a huge amount of early deetective work and encouraged me to build it as a story for solving, @shibuya-toasted-with-extra-cream, @graycoin and @jojo-schmo) and i'm not sure which of these theories are still held by anyone

but here a few of my favourites, roughly in order that they started appearing...

♻️ she's a total mimic species like kirby or void, copying things around her either by intent or by accident 🗑️ similar to above, but she's an incorrect copy or a "beta" mock-up type of a waddle dee 🧚 that she was just born different, like a fae changeling, and might have been hidden away when young as a result 🕰️ she is something totally inorganic and/or mechanical, created by or like the clockwork stars or stardream, perhaps wish contingent 🥇 sometimes attached to the above, she was created to serve some sort of Greater Purpose. she might have failed at it or been flawed, and was subsequently discarded on popstar 🌠 a dozen and one wildly different things connected to the "falling star that hit her". alien life form on the meteor transferred into her on impact. infection by intergalactic bacteria/dark matter. simply massive concussive trauma that fucked up her signature (back when we thought that was the only thing wrong with her). the star was magic and fused with her. she hatched from it and is literally a star herself. probably missing some here. 🪐 waddle dee from a different place/planet. this one is quite a sensible theory, given that we do see many quite different dees! 🤍 she is a fragmented piece of void/void termina. this one in particular i know is @shibuya-toasted-with-extra-cream 's ongoing theory and she's put in a lot of really cool work towards it! ⚔️ she's somehow connected to the heroes of yore. this theory i think has only started popping up since galacta knight has become a reoccurring visitor in her storyline and we've started asking questions about her familiar looking magic spears, but you can certainly 1hko @moonverc3x with this one 🧿 she's connected to the matters. sometimes soul, because it's sometimes star themed and lacks a token representative. where as a connection to dream might link her to fecto forgo/fecto elfilis in some way (a creature also well known for a catastrophic meteor attack). i've also seen folks confident that she's connected to heart matter as well, probably again due to everyone's favourite grumpy swan showing up

this is all i can think of or locate right now, but there's been a pretty wide range of things. i feel there has been a rather interesting transition over time from "she's a messed up waddle dee" to "she's probably connected to a universal superpower of some kind" which i am genuinely really really thrilled about?! 😂 what a glow up for a pathetic little wawa!!!

i'm also personally really fond of seeing how people's existing biases influence what they can find and draw connections in. for instance: i know @jojo-schmo loves the forgotten land and elfilis, and digs into those connections and draws out some really cool stuff because her knowledge is already so specialised! i think this is the true highlight of working on this story for me, people theorising and engaging in the lore, and laser pin-pointing things that tie into our personal faves-- the way we tend to do with kirby lore as a whole-- is such uninhibited delight

i sincerely hope people will enjoy where starstruck's story does go, in the end!!

Happy Suck Saturday Eve!!! Have sum more shitty trad doodles to celebrate :3

I respectfully demand more shiny whale people. Now.

Please. Ibegyou

HEHEHE worry not, I have plenty more shiny whales in the works!!! 🐳

Jotaro supports his daughter but not noise complaints

A man and his merman v2

I decided to rework this piece as I love it in concept but some parts I was like “ehh” every time I saw it, so I redrew the boys and recycled the original BG