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Rue | She/her | 24yo | i like moss and fandoms, i don't know what to tell you

[bamsara]

Finally, I can share my illustration for the @cotl-yoa zine!

I worked wayyy too long on this, repeatedly going back to change things, but I'm happy with how it came out. The Lamb is making wishes :). I wonder what they're wishing for...

Tumblr kills image quality, so HD download is here, and speedpaint below:

[valtsv]

taking off a mask to reveal what lies beneath as a romantic gesture is overdone, and besides i want to see the romantic or even platonic potential of protecting someone's identity beneath the mask, without any expectation of ever being allowed to see what's under it. picking it up and holding it gently to their face when it's knocked off and they're in danger of being exposed, without trying to catch a glimpse of what they "really" look like under there. throwing yourself in front of them to hide them from view while they put themselves back together without taking advantage or looking back to see what you're protecting. learning to read them by body language, tone of voice, and behaviour so well that you never need to see their face to feel like you know and understand them.

[valtsv]

and needless to say. the mask stays on during sex.

[trupowieszcz-moved-deactivated2]

r/scrungycats is fucking amazing

[fruityfinch]

This one is my favourite. It’s subtle. It’s contemplative. This cat has so much to consider

[kitty-c4t]

[budugu]

[agnosticblowjob]

[spider-hands-mannos-deactivated]

There is a specific and terrifying difference between “never were” monsters and “are not anymore” monsters

“The thing that was not a deer” implies a creature which mimics a deer but imperfectly and the details which are wrong are what makes it terrifying

“The thing that was not a deer anymore” on the other hand implies a thing that USED to be a deer before it was somehow mutated, possessed, parasitically controlled or reanimated improperly and what makes THAT terrifying is the details that are still right and recognizable poking out of all the wrong and horrible malformations.

[spider-hands-mannos-deactivated]

hey I totally fucked up and forgot the 3rd type, which is “Is Not Anymore And Maybe Never Was” monsters “The thing which was no longer a deer and maybe never was” implies a creature that, at first glance, completely appears to be a deer, but over time degrades very slowly until you realize (probably too late) that it is not a deer anymore, and had you seen it in this state first, you wouldn’t have recognized it as a deer at all, and there’s a decent chance that it was never actually a deer to begin with but only a very good mimic, and what makes this one scary is the slow change from everything being right to everything being wrong, happening slowly enough that you don’t even notice it until its too late, as well as the fact that something now so clearly not a deer could have fooled you to begin with.

[fathoming-it-all-deactivated202]

And the fourth type, which is, “I dunno, but it sure ain’t a deer.” Which implies complete confusion about what the creature could be, to the point that even a person as comfortable in this world as someone who would use the word ain’t unironically is uncertain, which should horrify you to the deepest depths of your soul.

[brunhiddensmusings]

one that i particularly enjoyed was the ‘nonesuch’, a beast which when you see it your brain convinces you ‘nope, no way that shit is real’. on some level it becomes less real after having been seen by someone who disbelieves its existence as well

[most-definitely-human]

@systlin

[gallusrostromegalus]

May I propose the additional type of “that’s definitely a deer but deer are much more fucked up than previous realized”, because turning the corner on a trail and having half a dozen deer suddenly turn and look up from eating Thier companion’s remains is a special kind of spooky.

[insomniac-arrest]

a graph based on my observations

[samayla]

I would like to apply a Dolly Parton quote to this most excellent graph.

[smatterbrained]

And then they committed war crimes and lived happily ever after 🥰🥰

[pitofjesters]

Merclowns!!!✨🐟🌊

Another old fave, love these two idiot fish, and one day the sketchy lore in my drafts will see the light of day agsjssk

[kandy-draws-dca]

amazing art and i am LOVING the signs in the back

"Danger [drowning symbol] Think Buoyant Thoughts"

"Lifeguards... are too expensive. Be Careful!"

"Overfeeding can lead to quirky behaviors"

pure gold

[shaydh]

"why did you write that"

my fetish

my friend's fetish

not my fetish but it fits in the story so i threw it in there as a treat. you're welcome.

[ckret2]

4. the character's fetish and i'm committed to portraying them with absolute accuracy

[feyspeaker]

where are my Shakarian girlies at 🥺 WIP for print club this month!!

[egberts]

I really can’t believe we all grew up together on this goddamn bitch of a website

[bibiopic]

[xitsensunmoon]

Day 6: Call/Response

You've called for help but are you truly ready for the only response?

[blu3ru3]

Who is opening the dark worlds? Theory that's also posted on Reddit (but boy am I old and I don't know how that place works)

So while playing through chapter 4 I started thinking about who might be helping the knight, because while we know the knight is at the center of everything, it's a little funny to imagine that they're all over town making these dark worlds, I mean someone would see them and probably raise an eyebrow at the getup

But in chapter 3 we know it's Kris who opens the dark world, that's also why it's Tenna who's the boss and why he's so fond of Kris and says so much to them.

In chapter 4 it's stated that the dark world reflects something of the one who opens it, and when Susie tries to open it, the world becomes twisted in a way because she doesn't have a relation to the world and what it means. Here we have Gerson, sweet and nice and in loving memory. A dearly departed.

Which leads me to believe the one opening the dark world here has been Alvin, because it's Gerson's son and it's why Gerson is trying to reach him. No one has stated the one opening the dark world has to fall into it, and we don't know if we'll actually meet them inside.

In chapter 2 the main boss is the Queen and she's a little harder to pinpoint because she's a laptop and has a pretty good grasp on most of the people in town, since we can see she has access to their browser history.

She's most concerned with Noelle, but Noelle doesn't seem to know what is happening here so I don't think she was the one. Someone had to be in the computer lap, possibly in the backroom and is probably someone close to Noelle (perhaps even someone who wanted to trigger the series of events that should have gotten Noelle into the game since Susie is looking less and less like the destined hero and Noelle probably should have been with Kris in chapter 1. A theory that's looking very valid after chapter 4.)

And all of that leads us to the question about the shelter and who knows what happened down there. Because I think there's a correlation between who's working with the knight and who knows about what happened in the shelter and possibly what happened to Dess and how she disappeared.

Kris knows. Of that we're certain.

They opened a dark world.

Is trying to keep the player in the dark.

Knows about determination.

Seems to be involved with a lot of secrets.

Is terrified of the shelter, possibly traumatized.

Carol might have prepared them for their role (since her obsession with red hearts and determination and her daughter missing)

The code panel on the shelter tells us the Holidays, the police and the church are all involved.

The holidays, especially Carol seems extremely suspicious. I personally don't think she's the knight, but I can definitely see her working with the knight, maybe even to try and save Dess. this also explains why she's favoring Kris. They work together.

The police - most people think Undyne is the one who know the code. But I don't think so. She's a rookie cop who wants something big to happen, and the only reason why she is chief, is because Asgore, former chief, had to step down after a person went missing three years ago. That is Dess.

Asgore also works for Carol, he has a shadow crystal. And he has the soul flowers just casually in his room. If you look through the backdoor to his shop, you can also see a hidden corkboard with documents and string. And we know from Undertale he's a character who will do what's necessary even if he doesn't like it and it's horrible.

Very sus.

And the last one is the church. We know Toriel is very involved in church, she has access to the school and seems to know some of what Asgore is doing. However she clearly doesn't approve and she doesn't exactly seem like the type who'd let children risk their lives. So I don't think she's the one. Also because of chapter 3. She knows something is up, but I don't think she's directly involved.

Alvin however has basically incriminated himself. So desperate for his father's approval, and the whole religion is basically built on the prophecy. Not sure exactly why he'd do it, but he doesn't seem hard to convince if you told him it was for the greater good

But who opened the portals in chap 1 & 2 is harder to figure out. I don't think Alvin did the school one, or else the picture of Gerson, would probably have made Gerson be in the world, and the world seems to favor who made it because of their memories. It could have been Kris, but then the portal would have been open all night. And in chapter 2 we basically have eyes on them the entire day.

Some people I think are sus and could be involved are also:

Catti - the one in Kris's class, if you speak to her about Noelle after chap 2 she says some really interesting things about protecting Noelle and being enemies with Kris before she refuses to say anything else to Kris.

Snowy - "it started with ice" the snowgrave route tells us that ice magic has always been dangerous, Snowy's mother (Crystal) is dead. But snowy doesn't seem to know about the bunker

Normal NPC (the guy in the library about the books upstairs) - is a gaster follower in Undertale. says he likes the books upstairs where we learn about souls, monster funerals and how to take care of a human.

Onion - idk if he knows or if he just "feels" stuff because of the ocean

Sans - he's sans

Asriel - is he REALLY at college or is that just a cover-up since December is supposedly one of his best friends and she disappeared before he went to college

The bratty and Catty rivalry also tells us something fun. Because we know from how bratty (alligator) is talking about Asriel that she grew up in town and is she home from college (I don't remember what she said?)

But Catty doesn't seem to know who she is despite them being about the same age. That means the cats must have moved to town? But they're also very much into the deltarune religion

But Catty claims to be Kris' "Aunt" ... So why don't they know each other if they both live in town??

I also think there's a chance future chapters will have a dark world at the town hall (Carol) and maybe even the hospital (Rudy?) with the final world being the shelter.

Idk if this all made sense... What do you guys think?

[momosweetpeach]

Maybe don't pick fights with teenagers

[deltadoofus]

[miikpal]

battered and bruised

[clacy2812]

Fun fact, to calm a person, just do something random.

Thank you Susie.