BAD photos bc i don’t have the motivation to clean them up. but here’s my brinearr concepts/designs

zoox is bottom center

but yeah i think there’s a lot of funky designs in regards to making the coral function as a whole guy!!!! it’s such a cool concept + im going to try n make one as costume… fingerz crossed!!!!

Image description: the buff handshake meme. one of the arms is labeled “magnus,” the other is labeled “zoox,” and their hands are labeled “getting yeeted out of your body and accidentally replacing it with a way, way weirder body”. End description.

I GET TO MAKE BRINEARR ANATOMY FOR MY ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY FINAL...

taz ethersea went so fucking hard with its worldbuilding. like oh yeah here are the brinearr. they're people made out of coral, each one is inhabited by a coalition of ~5ish different souls who refused to be raptured. except one of them has a sixth soul from a murdered adventurer that couldn't fully integrate with the other five souls so they carry him around in a lantern. also except this other one who has no souls at all. also unrelatedly there is a ship made out of a god's corpse. they call it the biggest baby and god hates that.

Yall I have had a moment of realization

What if “older” Brinearr take younger Brinearr under their wings when they first amalgamate so that they can help the younger Brinearr kind of figure out the swirling thoughts, feelings, emotions, histories, of 6 or so different Einarr.

So when Guthrie was referring to his “mom” he was referring to the Brinearr that took responsibility for helping him adjust to this world who the two of them thought “mom” was the best title for.

And then “stepdad” is another older Brinearr who also stepped in to help Guthrie adjust to his new life and potentially has a relationship with “mom”

And this is just a new and beautiful family dynamic that has occurred by necessity in Founder’s Wake with all the new Brinearr

And maybe the reason Zoox is not as well adjusted to life and keeps asking clarifying questions and doesn’t really have concrete pronouns is because when they amalgamated they didn’t have an older Brinearr to guide them or maybe they had to separate from their Brinearr guide and so they’re looking for help from those around them

And why Guthrie could tell immediately that Zoox was newly formed and was softer with them

…

he said it…

he said there’s nothing in there but the coral and the critters he lets inside of him.

that the soul inhabiting/animating Zoox is Zoox and Zoox alone.

…

you know, even if it was calm, quiet, and hopeful/heartwarming, the ending of that last episode is haunting just because, once again, a theory I’ve proposed has been confirmed. I was right—AGAIN.

on a side note, it’s neat that it was a conclusion Zoox came to himself instead of being a standard reveal or plot twist.

you feel a connection, zoox

I’m very excited for the new season of @themcelroyfamily’s #TheAdventureZone: #Ethersea, so I decided to do a little #tazfanart for @mrbethere’s #Brinearr character #Zoox. Swipe to see 8-bit pixel versions. As a reminder, I do DND character commissions so if you’re interested please DM me. 🙂 #taz #tazethersea #theadventurezoneethersea #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #fanart #theadventurezonefanart #coral #robot #fantasy #mcelroys #mcelroybrothers #posca #poscapens #illustrator #cartoonist #thezonecast #thezonecastfannart #dndcharacter #dndcharacterart (at South Slope, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRRtei5sryy/?utm_medium=tumblr

[ID: An assortment of images of the player characters from TAZ: Ethersea. On the left is Amber Gris, a short, stocky einarr woman. She has tan skin and scars on her arms and right side of her face. She is wearing an orange and dark teal wetsuit with the top part tied around her waist, An orange harness wraps around her waist and thighs. Her dark, greying hair, is braided to one side, revealing an undercut with a wavy pattern. Center is Devo la Main, a young einarr man. He has brown skin with spotty, cyan coloration on his face and hands. His long, purple hair is down in small twists with gold jewelry. He is wearing a long, see through, blue robe over a trim purple and navy wet suit. On his waist is a sea green pack. Right is Zoox, a large, brinearr in a yellow and gold classic divers’ swimsuit. Zoox’s head is made up of pink, read and orange coral. Through a porthole in the chest of Zoox’s suit, more coral can be seen making up the body. Zoox is waving. End ID]

*TAZ ethersea theme intensifies*

As someone with Intensely Complicated Family Dynamics

I would like to pose the question of why Brinearr have stepdad? Why Brinearr have mom? Why Brinearr lie?

Art Stream today at 6pm EST. Gonna be coloring my TAZ Ethersea designs! I’ll reblog links when I am fully set up :0!

[ID: Three sketchy drawing of the player characters from TAZ: Ethersea. On the left is Amber Gris, a short, stocky einarr woman. She is wearing a wetsuit with the top part tied around her waist, and a harness. Center is Devo la Main, a young einarr man. He is wearing a long robe over a trim westuit. Right is Zoox, a large, brinearr in a classic divers’ swimsuit. They are waving. End ID]