Ball-jointed system

Emmet | They/them | 20 years old

[balljointedsys]

Intro — !!

Hello, we’re the ball-jointed system, but you can call us Emmet! We’re a queer, mixed Thai artist of many (cozy) horrors. We plan to post art of our orignal projects alongside the occasional fanart here. Thank you, and enjoy your stay!

Other Links

You can support us directly on kofi, as we have some commissions listed! Our instagram is the same as our Tumblr handle and to get to know rest of our system, you can go through our pronouns.cc page!

Tags

#speaks - system’s thoughts

#[alter] speaks- specific alter’s thoughts

#others art - reblogs

#my art - all things my art

Project specific tags underneath!

#heart-shaped doll

Heart-shaped Doll is either a short comic or story about grief and coming to terms with bad memories. Genevieve Zhang is dead, and her girlfriend Kit isn’t doing well. Genevieve was charming, kind, and loved by everyone. Kit tells herself this is the reason that she brought her back. Now in the body of the doll Vi, Kit begins to realize that maybe the memory of Genevieve wasn’t as happy as she thought.

#portrait of a flame

The domination of Gods has come. Four creatures have torn through the country, ravishing the now cruel, barren land and earning the titles of Gods. It is through their wake, that humans give up their lives for safety. Arthur Suwannathat is thankful. Deemed worthy of his God's attention, the Dove— a creature made up of feathers and wings— has given Arthur a chance to leave a life of hurt behind in exhchange for his undying loyalty.

#legends of stagwind

Clementine and Bina are on the run. Kicked out of their Hive for stealing their region's most greatest treasure-- a sacred gemstone of the lost city Stagwind, the two fairies must find a way to prove their innocence. It's during their time outside of the Hive, they both learn that this treasure has the power to bring a century's old misunderstanding to rest and reunite the four regions.

[balljointedsys]

experimenting with muu

[engulfmentfear]

Chisato Shirasagi schizoid personality disorder analysis

Chisato is my all time favorite bandori character, has been since I was 15ish. Recently I’ve been playing around with the idea of SZPD Chisato, so I thought it’d be fun to share my thoughts. This is more focused on the band stories and earlier events since she was unhealthier before her character development. Read more if interested :)

Chisato is a realistic person who values pragmatism over emotional matters. That is how she is and that is how she sees herself; she’s very aware of her own inability to ”dream”. Much like many schizoid people, she considers herself a boring person, explicitly stating that she lacks the ability to cry or feel anger. However, she’s shown crying, she’s shown getting angry, so why does she see herself that way? Schizoid defense mechanism of detachment from powerful affects. One interesting part of SZPD is how negative emotions can get so overwhelming that the person feels they must suppress them. I believe this is exactly what Chisato is doing; throwing away the pain while focusing on things beyond the emotional world. This causes issues for her, as seen in her relationships and even in her acting in the When the flowers bloom event. Additionally, she doesn’t seem to feel positive emotions with the same intensity as negative ones, which is also a trait related to SZPD. She consistently prioritizes other things over what would make her happy, perhaps because she doesn’t feel much happiness to begin with.

I also want to mention other schizoid traits she demonstrates. She has a strong drive to succeed, but I believe that instead of external factors, this comes from her own perfectionism. Expectations from others are intolerable. One example of this is how she gets angry at the other members of Pastel Palettes for trying to cheer her on. She takes their comments about how she can do anything as pressure, and feels stressed out instead of supported. She doesn’t even consider the possibility that it was meant to be a supportive comment. Genuine emotional support feels foreign and inauthentic to her. Other SZPD traits that come to mind would be lack of spontaneity and negative beliefs about the world (due to her experience with the entertainment industry).

Her social contacts also play a huge role in why I view her as schizoid. As I mentioned before, emotional sentiments aren’t her strong suit. She doesn’t see a point in expressing them. Simple as that. Affectionate gestures make her uncomfortable, and she herself shows care mostly by helping others with practical matters. She’s even hesitant to answer Eve’s question on if she loves Pastel Palettes in the second band story. And if we go even further back, she was hesitant to be a part of the band in the first place, instead being eager to leave them behind. It took her a long time to even be able to entertain the idea of loving the other members of the band or accept herself as an important part of it. Despite the fact she’s shown yearning for connection in her childhood, she struggles to feel close to others. This kind of thing is common in SZPD. Being alone sucks, being with others sucks, it can feel impossible to win. Chisato also enjoys spending time by herself, or with a select few people. She’s actually quite blunt about trying to get away from other people, especially Kaoru in the earlier stories and Tae in the white day event. As for her current love for her bandmates and friends… She still processes things in her own way, and that’s okay.

Tldr: I love Chisato. Shes so me. Thank you all for reading ♡

[balljointedsys]

the milgram

[dcus2164]

[ennuiimm]

READY SET AND FIND OUT 👾‼️

[sopasapo]

watched until the second episode and needed to draw her, i feel you sleepless artist <3

[siyakami]

DEEP COVER

[morrayeel]

Confusion

[sentientsky]

repeating this to myself forever and ever

[balljointedsys]

i'm always going back and editing my pinned post on what projects i'm working on because it's always changing...!

[call-me-chera]

DYE ME

[sappy-sprout]

[germplush]

Sweetie Cheese

[balljointedsys]

some artfight attacks i’m proud of!

[artfight]

Only ONE DAY left until Art Fight starts! Hope everyone is super excited for this year's event!!! Please remember that there is no obligation to attack or revenge. Go at your own pace!

Artwork by AuthorOfDragons!

[balljointedsys]

Make a Blorbo June: Day 30 Book Cover

we’re at the final day! my vision for this cover was pretty simple, and i think i’m pretty happy with it as a draft. if i were to spend more time on this, i would want to work more on the type since i’m not sure if it completely fits the feeling i’m going for. overall, this blorbo june has been very fun, and i heavily appreciate anyone who has interacted with the event! thank you very much!

prompts below!