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When the Visitor arrived on Earth, many believed it was the end of everything. Flesh and soul were reshaped into forms never seen before. Structures crumbled, civilization collapsed, and humanity was swept into an altered reality—one that could never return to what was once called "normal." ... At least, that’s how it felt back then. But thousands of years later? "The Visit" is just another point in history—monumental, yes, but ancient. Life moves on. It adapts to new limbs, grows comfortable with multitudes of eyes, and brings forth generations who know no other way of being. Society is reborn from the ashes, intertwined with the new world. Some changes fade, incompatible with life. Others thrive, evolving into entirely new races, cultures, and histories. And when Mother Planet Earth can no longer hold all of them, her children reach for the stars. Join us as we explore this vibrant, ever-evolving world—thousands of years after the Post-Denial Ending of the original game—through the lives of those who now call this strange future "normal".

Hi! Welcome to the blog dedicated to my worldbuilding fan project, All Outsides, based on the 2025 RPG Look Outside by Francis Coulombe!

Most of this world’s story is told through a series of fics published on AO3. These works take many different forms, ranging from in-universe fictional scientific articles to more traditionally plot-driven narratives. The writing is often styled in the vein of speculative biology fiction—All Tomorrows being a major inspiration—though my focus leans more toward culture, history, and societal development than strictly defined science or biology.

Beyond that, the project heavily features themes of science fiction, space exploration, interplanetary and interpersonal relationships, cultural evolution, fictional religions, and many more, all set within a futuristic, post-Visitor and post-Protector world.

On this blog, I’ll be sharing writing, art, and assorted tidbits from this setting—things I’ve been working on purely for fun over the past few months. Don’t expect a strict posting or update schedule; this is a passion project, and I want to keep it enjoyable without burning myself out.

I tend to write slowly, but I love talking about this project beyond what makes it onto AO3. Feel free to send an ask—there’s a good chance you’ll get a lengthy ramble about lore that didn’t quite fit into the fics, or maybe even a WIP or two. (No, seriously—I’m very excited to talk about this world. Engagement beyond likes and reblogs genuinely boosts my motivation and helps me keep working on it, so please don’t hesitate to send messages!)

If what you’ve read so far sounds like your cup of tea, I highly encourage you to check out the official series on AO3.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Thank you for your interest!

May the Visitor and the Protector bless your journey to the stars.

(More technical information below the cut:)

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Another in-universe Artisan meme\social media post. They are just so fun to mess with jhdjfgjhgd

Some things never change, even thousands of years later :D

#all outsides #all outsides (look outside)#look outside #look outside game #the artisans #the artisans (all outsides)#paintlings (the artisans)

Niceee we got to 250 likes!

This blog might not get much engagement, but it still means so much that there are actual folks who are ready to stick around despite how slow I am when it comes to art and writing. I truly appreciate you guys taking interest in my silly au ;"D

#lis yap

for some reason, the all outsides tag automatically becomes a search.

Hi, sorry, could you elaborate? I didn't really understand what you mean :"

#forum answers #lis yap #lis fixes

Accidental baby switcharoo

Happens to the best of us! Not so easy keeping an eye on multiple scrumbly little troublemakers, and for one of the parents, this is not the first time something like that has happened, so there's nothing to be embarrassed about! Hopefully, they can convince the other one that there is no need to be so mortified. All is well if it ends well, after all!

As much as I love drawing Shutterbugs and esp the Shutterbabies, my hands were itching to draw some other races. So what can be better than a Shutterbug with Shutterbabies? A Shutterbug with Shutterbabies talking to a Ratfolk with Ratbabies! There is no such thing as too many babies! MORE MORE MORE-

#all outsides #all outsides (look outside)#look outside #look outside game #the shutterbugs #the shutterbugs (all outsides)#shutterbabies (the shutterbugs)#the ratfolk #the ratfolk (all outsides)#ratbabies (the ratfolk)

A friend of mine gave me the idea of drawing the shutterbabies and their caretaker like the Jacanas bird and that idea wouldn't leave my mind.

Why are they so leg 😭❤

#lyle might be a chopped chud but at least he spawned a race with absolutely adorable babies #a small redemption for his crimes #look outside #all outsides #all outsides (look outside)#look outside game #the shutterbugs #the shutterbugs (all outsides)#shutterbabies (the shutterbugs)

I'm nowhere NEAR even starting to write about the Artisans, but a friend and I were discussing the type of in-universe memes\posts the Artisans would have, and I couldn't help but draw it

(For context, the "clan's Foundfather" referred to here is Godhead and Toxic Freds)

#all outsides #all outsides (look outside)#look outside #look outside game #the artisans #the artisans (all outsides)#godhead fred #toxic fred #godhead look outside #toxic look outside #godhead fred look outside #toxic fred look outside #the freds look outside #frederic look outside

Lyle gets vagueposted about thousands of years later

#lyle should never stop catching strays from everyone ever #all outsides #all outsides (look outside)#the shutterbugs (all outsides)#the shutterbugs #video archive fic #wip outsides #keph #fira #myki #lomi

Hey, remember that post with the All Outsides Mortonlingo mockup where I said I made a whole alphabet just for the joke?

Yeah. I wasn’t kidding.

Behold: the All Outsides lingua franca, Frenglish (yes, French + English. Truly the worst timeline, because the main language is literally a fusion of English and French.) (Absolutely horrible for me, because I do not know a lick of French.) (Everything I’ve learned about this language since joining this fandom has been entirely against my will.)

Designing the alphabet wasn’t easy, but it was fun. I tried for an “uncanny valley” effect: at first glance, it looks familiar. You almost recognize the symbols… but when you look closer, the shapes are wrong.

I also wanted the font to feel very computery and a bit unnatural—both to enhance that uncanny effect and because the story takes place thousands of years in the future. By then, handwriting is rare, and most writing is typed on machines. So the letters are built from clean geometric lines and dots—forms that are easy for computers to read and replicate.

At the same time, there’s a humanist side to the design. The alphabet is simplified into geometric shapes to make it accessible to races who might have a vastly different hand anatomy (if they even have those), therefore might struggle with cursive or more intricate forms.

To stay consistent, I set a few design rules:

All vowels are closed shapes with a dot inside. The only exception is Y, which does not have a dot, since it’s only sometimes a vowel.

Letters that make similar sounds have similar shapes. That way, even if someone misspells a word, both computers and readers could reasonably infer the intended letter.

Letters that can represent multiple sounds have a line running through them, again, to make it easier for computers and readers from across the galaxy understand it better.

I hope I managed to capture that futuristic, uncanny feel with these :3

#all outsides #all outsides (look outside)#lis fixes

Remembered this throaway line from the fic and the visual just didn't leave me.

#did I come up with an entire new alphabet for Frenglish the lingua franca of all outsides just to make this? yup!#who needs a green owl to harass you to learn new words #when you can have a green cricket doing that #all outsides #all outsides (look outside)#look outside #look outside morton #the shutterbugs (all outsides)#video archive fic

Imagine being so chopped you still get slandered (by your own descendants, no less!) thousands of years after your death.

Good.

That's what he deserves. Keeps him humble.

Lyle slander is a cosmic need for the balance of the universe; it's always morally correct to do so.

Wanted to draw a quick comic illustrating one of my favorite scenes in this entire fic. Honestly, writing this specific moment was the highlight of All Outsides' writing until now. Will anything ever top this? We'll have to wait and see.

#all outsides #all outsides (look outside)#look outside #look outside game #video archive fic #look outside lyle #lyle #lyle the shutterbug #look outside sam #sam the protector #the protector (all outsides)#protector's roots (all outsides)#keph #reco #leazze #kimoro

✨Let's try keeping pace with mama✨

Another small illustration for this part in the fic:

The little guy is trying his absolute best to keep up, his tiny legs working overtime next to his parent’s long strides. He might be a bit too young for that just yet, but he’s not giving up. He’s determined to prove that he’s a big boy who doesn’t need to be carried. And with his siblings cheering him on, he’s even more motivated to succeed! (Though perhaps their encouragement has less to do with wanting to support their sibling and more to do with enjoying the extra space they get on the abdomen while he’s on the ground.) It’s not the mother’s first time raising hatchlings. She knows that trying to reason with a determined babybug is a losing battle. So instead, she simply slows her pace, keeping one of her many eyes on him as he toddles along, letting him figure it out on his own.

Honestly, the idea of Shutterbugs carrying their young on their abdomens or backs because Shutterbabies are simply too small to keep pace with adults is one of my favorite ideas I’ve come up with for them.

#all outsides #all outsides (look outside)#look outside #look outside game #the shutterbugs #the shutterbugs (all outsides)#shutterbabies (the shutterbugs)

I am feeling so so so normal about all outsides... guh.......

I know there's way more information about Shutterbugs (oops, wrote shitterbugs) than the other races from the Saints of 33.... but my mind cannot help itself but imagine who MORE can be developed... and since Audrey was recently found to be apart of the Sages of 33, how does multiplication occur???

Okay that is just making me giggle fron the thought of Rectangular babies falling on others' feet or even on eachother, I cannot take that seriously

But ogh..... the development and culture of the Shutterbugs, the choice of outfits.... ouughh...... .... and the importance of photographing , its incredible...

DW friend, you are not the only one who constantly has to check that they didn't write "shitterbugs" on accident 😅 its happening so much that I'm considering turning it into some sort of an in-universe thing. "Shitterbug" just sounds like the type of insult someone will write towards their opponent in a heated internet argument in the context of All Outsides lmao

AND YES! While Shutterbugs are currently the most developed, it is only, and ONLY because I still haven't made my way to the other races. I have the Ratfolk entries locked and loaded, and I'm just waiting to finish Video Archive to finally switch to the other races. Naturally, as I start posting the other fics I'll also start posting the art I made for the other races. Currently, the plan of writing and posting is: Shutterbugs -> Ratfolk (Rat kid and the rest of the turned rats, including Colonel Squeakums) -> Dentiths (Joel) -> Neo humans (non turned humans, aka Sophie, Dan, Papineau, Ernest) -> Astrophanim (the astronomers + Sybil) -> Grinners (Leigh) -> Hellixians (Hellen) -> The Pirates (Xaria and Monty) -> Object Heads (Audrey and cursed like her that were fused with objects) -> The Scavangers (Morton) -> Phillipe's race whose name is still pending -> and from there we will see whichever makes me want to write about them first, but I do have plans for Artisans (the Freds), Handymen (Mutt), Armymen (the folks from the crushed bus), and many other races. As you can see, I have big plans. Let's just hope my hyperfix will carry me, and I'll be able to lock in.

As for Audrey's legacy... well, you will have to wait and see ;) But yes, the idea of a bunch of little rectangles running around IS hilarious, thank you for the mental image.

I'm very glad you are enjoying the way I write the SHutterbugs' culture! It's so, so fun trying to figure out how their unique biology influences their culture! I mean, if you literally had a camera built into you from birth, I think photo taking would become a pretty major part of your identity. Multiply it by an entire race anddd you get Caligo! :3

#forum answers #lis fixes #<- since I'm basically laying down the plan for my upcoming work #all outsides #all outsides (look outside)#the shutterbugs (all outsides)#the shutterbugs

Whenever i see a baby chud shutterbug i get aggressively emotional i kinda wanna kill it. Theyre defenseless and gross and sickly. Poor things i want to take care of one

Anon I am very happy to hear this because it means I am drawing them correctly. This is the exact feeling these little buggers should cause in you. The Lyle genes that make him very puntable are strong in them, so they have to be extra cute to offset it, which is what causes the cuteness aggression.

If you wish to care for one please be ready to have a living white noise machine by your side 24\7. These little fellas can't control all the clicks and whirrs and shutters well when they are so ouitty

#can you tell lyle is my favorite character.#he is such a chud and therefore his offspring are as well #they are lab grown by me specifically to be adorable <3 #all outsides #all outsides (look outside)#the shutterbugs #the shutterbugs (all outsides)#shutterbabies (the shutterbugs)#forum answers

whitebookposts

Hi! I am a fellow A03 lurker and reader, and found yoyr series called "All Outsides"!!!!

Needless to say, I am so incredibly excited while reading everything about it, and especially in one of the most recent story you've written, where there is a mentioned hydra, Mr Najira, with Audrey being one of the Saints of 33, and heck, even the reference of Keph choosing the room 21!!!! GGGAAAHHH im so excited and incredibly normal about All Outsides, even if it is four thousand years after the Visitor looked away from Earth!!

I am so glad to read more of these Shutterbugs!!!!!

WAOGUYHAWHAOUGH YOU ARE SO KIND MY FRIEND!!! You have no idea how much your kind words mean to me. I get so so SO happy when people enjoy my silly stories no matter how far away from canon they are. And heck yea, I think you might be the first person to point out the reference to room 21! Glad it was a noticeable little "easter egg" :3 needless to say, I'm hoping to add even more little nods to the original game as I continue writing! (Which I'm def doing! In between university-ass-kicking sessions I suffer daily, bleugh) Speaking of which, I think you'll enjoy knowing that I made a special blog dedicated to All Outsides, where I post art and additional material I create for the series! Feel free to check it out! As a thank you for your kind words, catch a small bit from the upcoming chapter! :3

#video archive fic #forum answers #wip outsides #keph #myki #lomi #caro #look outside #all outsides (look outside)#all outsides

A photograph taken at the beginning of a leg asymmetry correction procedure, performed by a Dentith nurse under the supervision of an adult Shutterbug. The neonate, having hatched only twelve hours earlier, presented with a mild case of leg asymmetry: a fifth leg on the right side, while the left side had only four. This condition is fairly common among the Shutterbug population and is easily corrected through the quick removal of the extra limb—a procedure that even basic nursing staff are trained to perform. Despite the safety and routine nature of the operation, the parent was, naturally, highly anxious. For both their own comfort and that of their child, they were permitted to hold the hatchling throughout the procedure.

I wanted to illustrate this small piece of Shutterbug lore from this fic,

and also use it as an opportunity to give a glimpse into what Shutterbug nests look like—as well as to draw a different race for once (in this case, a Dentith working as a nurse on Caligo).

Don’t worry! Even though the scene might look a bit scary, the nurse is fully trained and knows exactly what they’re doing. The hatchling was given a local anesthetic to prevent pain and will make a full recovery within just a few days.

The only one having a hard time here is the poor parent—and honestly, you can’t blame them. They can’t help but worry about their little one.

#finally getting to the completely new art! no more reposts :>#all outsides #all outsides (look outside)#look outside #look outside game #the shutterbugs #the shutterbugs (all outsides)#the dentiths #the dentiths (all outsides)#shutterbabies (the shutterbugs)

(reupload for the new blog)

📸Let's pose for the camera to show our size with mama!

I wanted to showcase the size difference between Shutterbug hatchlings and an adult—and give you a proper look at just how adorable baby Shutterbugs are. They’re such little goobers; drawing them genuinely brings me so much joy.

Just look at their oversized eyes they hadn't grown up into yet and the tiny lens cap they’re wearing, meant to stop them from taking photos before they learn how to properly control it, awww <3<3<3 Get ready for the next posts to feature babybugs as well, for I am now officially obsessed with them~

#all outsides (look outside)#all outsides #the shutterbugs #the shutterbugs (all outsides)#look outside game #look outside #shutterbabies (the shutterbugs)

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