sideblog for virtual fashions

[megaera-of-pigeon]

So *thats* why they still have police around in Miraland—crimes against fashion

[megaera-of-pigeon]

Occasional murders and wars aside, crime in Miraland is ridiculous

[lavander-aavaros]

Throwback to when young Neva went to the police to report the murder of her parents and they were like “lol ppl can’t do that”

[ghostgathering]

Helpful pronoun reminders :)

[ghostgathering]

Dawn Wings' canon recruitment campaigns clearly aren't doing much to sway players so I took it upon myself to make some of my own

[ghostgathering]

y’know i get that we have all this official art and stuff of Nikki celebrating Christmas but personally I can’t see her as a Christian. Like it just doesn’t make sense to me

[ghostgathering]

while Christianity in name may not exist in Miraland, since they presumably wouldn’t have had Jesus, the presence of Christian imagery and philosophy in Miraland fits perfectly given what we know about the world and its history. the killing of the Enlightened, and the Blood Curse stemming from that, is Miraland’s “original sin”; it assumes that all humans are naturally inclined towards evil and is carried by everyone in Miraland from birth. Even centuries later, the people of Miraland are still being “punished” for the crimes of the four people who killed the Enlightened, and the religion displayed in Pigeon shows that they’ve embraced that, with its focus on repentance for past sin that clearly reflects the doctrine of our world’s Christianity. Nidhogg and the Enlightened may have differing opinions on whether or not the Blood Curse should exist, but they don’t disagree with its underlying philosophy–Nidhogg agrees that humans are inherently predisposed towards harming one another, he just doesn’t think any peace that’s achieved through forcibly preventing them from doing so is worth upholding.

Nikki, on the other hand, presents an opposing viewpoint altogether: rather than taking the Enlightened’s side that humans are sheep who need to be protected from their own capacity for evil, or Nidhogg’s side that if human nature is inherently evil, it’s unjust and unnatural to suppress that, she rejects the doctrine of inherent original sin altogether. Nikki acknowledges that humans can do evil, but stands up to Nidhogg to tell him that no matter how much he gives in to his own darker impulses, she will always strive to do good, protect the people she cares about, and make the world a better place. Nikki provides the ultimate rebuke to both Nidhogg’s and the Enlightened’s arguments by being a human, capable of as much good and evil as anyone else, and free of any Blood Curse restricting her actions, who could win any fight against Blood Curse-bound Miralanders if she did turn to violence when they couldn’t even defend themselves against her, who refuses to do so anyway.

My family is Muslim, and I don’t practice anything, so I might be wrong about this, but to the best of my understanding, Jewish philosophy places much more emphasis on doing good today than repenting for past sins, and doesn’t have the same concept of all humans being inherently corrupted by original sin the way Christianity does, so I guess what I’m saying is…Jewish Nikki?

[ozeca]

[ghostgathering]

wait a minute. why is apple a “federation” while wasteland is a “republic” when apple seems to be a single nation with a centralized government whose political process is most likely modeled on the american democratic republic and wasteland seems to be an alliance of many smaller nations with independent cultures and leaders which only present a unified front on the level of global geopolitics? shouldn’t apple be the republic and wasteland the federation?

[megaera-of-pigeon]

Half-assed World building outside of Cloud and Lilith

[ozeca]

hatsune miku is a member of the december troupe confirmed

[ghostgathering]

really trying to think of a joke to make about styling war military wives but it’s just not coming together

[megaera-of-pigeon]

While you were off fighting in the styling war, I was helping your wife with her sexy mature styling 😜

[ghostgathering]

Hey I actually think some of you, especially white fans, don’t really understand what’s wrong with Wasteland. The problem is not that the suits are light-skinned, or blonde, or blue-eyed, it’s that they’re racist caricatures. A skimpily-dressed, highly sexualized “priestess” of an “primitive tribe” is a racist caricature even if you “fix” her skintone and hair color. Her existence still contributes to the fetishization of Native American and Arab peoples, especially women. The fact that the game doesn’t even distinguish between those groups, let alone the multitude of diverse cultures contained within them, should be enough to prove that devs don’t make these suits to be “inclusive” of these people, they do it to profit off of us. In fact, I would argue that the portrayal of cultures of color in Wasteland is worse than their not being included at all, as it actively adds to the dehumanization and exotification of these groups. Wasteland is not “underrated”, Wasteland is not “representation”, and we do not “need more Wasteland suits” that continue to perpetuate racist stereotypes.

[happinessevent]

i think love nikki should b less horny. ideally, not at all

[ghostgathering]

Hanbok in Love Nikki, Evaluated by Historical Accuracy

By someone with absolutely no authority except being Korean and hyperfixating on Korean traditional dress

As of October 2020, there are a total of nine outfits on Love Nikki’s Western server that are based on traditional Korean dress, or hanbok. While I of course don’t expect every single suit to be completely loyal to the historical era it’s inspired by, I do think it’s a shame that the hanbok suits we do have are somewhat designed to conform to more modern beauty standards, losing much of the style’s unique personality in the process. This post is just a way to break down some of the more obvious inaccuracies.

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[ghostgathering]

Cloud characters with brown eyes

[miraland-isnt-allocishet]

The LGBTQ+ Love Nikki character(s) of the day are: Nikki, who is a trans femme lesbian, and Kimi, who is a nonbinary lesbian, and they are dating!

Requested by anon!

[ideavian]

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Chrysanthus

[yes-rina-chan]

Star Sea received a 3D version a few months ago in Shining Nikki and a recolor too, now it will be updated in Love Nikki Chinese server! I hope it comes to us soon!

[yunikina]

👀👀👀

sprites by @ms-loki-loves-nikki

[marionette-grice]

OH MY GOD THEYRE FINALLY COMING BACK!!!!!