what was wrong with me bruh.... i was such a self centered ass in such an ironic way back like 1.5 or 2 or 3 years ago. its being all "im so COOL!!!" but in an ironic way which is pretty funny looking back on it, but its still cringe either way
next day, slept somewhat well. im going through this huge wall of text about Werdos to correct any errors because i was tired when i wrote all of this.
if anyone does read this through, thank you😭 i took like an hour writing all of this
Anatomy
sooo let me start off with showing you each of the official Werdos.
notice their body shapes? all different, but notable to their appearance. for example, Tawkerr takes an upside-down triangle shape. Stoowarb takes on a rectangular shape.
and they all have something in common, despite their shapes — their arms and legs. their legs are noticeably bent (digitigrade, meaning they walk on their toes. when i was first drawing them, i thought of a Z to help me better shape their legs (an S would be better, now looking more at it). instead of on their soles like humans do.) but some are hooved. their feet can be just about anything that you want, hand-feet like an ape, hooves like a goat, or toes similar to humans. doesn’t really matter. for the arms, they have sorta human-like arms. two circle-like shapes for the shoulders, then their forearms (or lower arms if that’s easier to remember. things before the hands) are wider and larger. their arms will typically lay when fully relaxed around their feet. real long arms. you can make them shorter though, as we can see in Charrkoll - its arms lie around its thighs instead.
their horns also vary — but i would say that when making a Werdo, remember that their horns are usually based off of real-word animals with horns instead of more unique shapes (but you can do what you want.) their horns are not black, they’re brown-ish. they also wear Gold Jewelry around their horns, containing various patterns per Werdo. usually simple patterns, but you can do whatever. the Jewelry does not have to be like bands, they can be rings, if you’d prefer. depending on the horns the Werdo has (or just one horn) the size of the Jewelry will vary. for the texturing of their horns, it is notably either ringed, rigid, or smooth. Tawkerr has a crack in its horn. Charrkoll’s horns are hollow. when adding texture to their horns, you can add cracks or scratches or other things - you can even break part of the horn entirely. BUT. remember that Werdo horns likely have the bone still inside, along with Keratin (Keratin & bone make up most animal horns here in our world) so if it were to become TOO short, it won’t grow back, and it may become painful. also since it’s Keratin, slash the stuff that makes part of our nails and hair, their horns likely grow. you can make their horns overgrown, or not yet fully developed. if you’re drawing a Monsterling Werdo, please keep the horn-growing thing in mind. no baby human world animal has fully developed horns as soon as they come into this world.
their hands are sort of larger than their face, typically. they have only three fingers. pointer, middle, & their ring finger. depending on the Werdo, the hands can be slimmer, or thicker - or have nails like claws, talons, or just general nails. only about two Werdo’s nails look natural though (Stoowarb & Charrkoll) & the others look painted (IM A VERY FIRM BELIEVER THAT TAWKERR HAS PAINTED NAILS.)
their eye-shape can vary, oval shaped, egg shaped, or upturned so far from what we’ve seen from the Official Werdos. (again, you can do whatever if you’re making an oc.)
their eye color typically has two colors. (ex. Parlsona: Blue fading to Yellow) but they can also have just one. (ex. Maggpi: Green)
Their lips are similar to humans lips, just fuller on the bottom. their teeth are similar to human teeth. typically in sprites, though, they only usually show their bottom teeth. rarely do they not smile.
all Werdos are QUITE tall. according to Monster Handler Matt, in MSM Live #015 he says that Werdos are around 7-8 ft. tall compared to Riff. meaning, Tawkerr stands around 7ft, and Stoowarb stands around 8ft. other Werdos lie in between. when making a Werdo, you can make them a little shorter or a little taller. one of my ocs is 6’7, and another is 8’3.
ALSO REGARDING THEIR ARMS they CANNOT put their arms behind their backs! their anatomy (lack of neck / their bodies usually don’t have a visible one, their shoulders are connected to their chests or heads) prevents them from doing that. if they were to do that i would assume it would be painful??? somewhat?? like if you weren’t very flexible and you tried doing the split. ESPECIALLY those like Tawkerr & Charrkoll. i would say like?? sort of behind their head is fine?? but lower parts. eh… don’t do it. (how do i know this? MSM Live #015.)
Naming, Bio Writing, Lyric Writing
coming from Monster Handler Matt (MSM Live #015), Werdos are named very pun-ily. they will contain the name of the VA, and then a word relating to something of speaking or singing (ex. Tawkerr: Dave Kerr & a play on “Talker”) so i usually do the same. but if you don’t plan on making the Werdo associated with an Island, it can just be related to something that they are associated with.
writing their bio is much like other Monstrous Bios, but typically, it’ll have SOMETHING related to their speech & a few things else about them. typically around 60-70 words (iirc,,,) per Werdo bio.
Werdo lyrics ALWAYS have something related to the Island at hand, and usually contain metaphors or some other word thingies. what im thinking of at the moment is the lyrics on Cold Island 👀 “Is it Cold Outside?”, “Nobody likes me, everyone’s afraid of me / It’s because I am weird.” they both sing about Cold, but in different forms. as said in MSM Live #015, they’re sort of embodying what Cold is really like — people associate winter with sadness or things similar, hence why the two Werdos say “Nobody likes me, everyone’s afraid of me.” All Werdos do something similar in their wordplay. when writing lyrics for a Werdo, always include something that associates with their Island/Islands. not really spoiling anything bc i don’t know if i actually WANT to have someone VA this but here’s an example of one of my Werdo’s (that i still need to design) lyrics: “The night always comes around, so why deny? / The dusk consumes the soul, devoid of any light” & these,, “You wanna take a ride on the shadows? / While ignoring the darkness that follows / To go on freely without a single care / Is simply stating that you’ll move on unaware” in those i included something relating to the Island it’s on, Shadow Islet, and including something related to the vibe of Shadows. the darkness is a common fear, so i thought it would be a good idea to sort of correlate the two (“To go on freely without a single care / Is simply stating that you’ll move on unaware”),, kind of a slight warning about something that may be lying inside of the dark that someone doesn’t know of👀👀👀👀 eyes emoji.
Designing
now onto the final parts of this 👀👀 i feel like designing a Werdo is quite easy.
first off, think about their environment. if they’re in a hotter environment, give them less of a coat. if they’re in a colder environment, make their coat more fluffy. or you can just give them scales.
try to make their designs semi-simple to work with. silhouettes are IMPORTANT in character design anyway😭 would a kid be able to draw them & still be recognizable? do they have a distinct silhouette that’s easy to spot?
their shaping (relating to the Anatomy part) can be almost anything. if anything, if it’s more unique, it helps make them more recognizable. for example, one of my Wanderer Island ocs has a star-shape unlike any other Werdo oc i have.
coloring can be just about anything. do you want it to have a gradient? something that blends in with its environment? something that stands out? spots? stripes? NOT NECESSARY but i would suggest to try to make it easy to draw if you plan on drawing them a lot😭😭 Spectep is a NIGHTMARE to color (rainbow fire💔💔.) &, try to keep your oc from having TOO many colors. Official Werdos don’t really have too many colors, & if anyone plans on making fanart, it’d be easier to color.
last thing — give them something signature that they do. all Werdos have a certain thing that really sticks with them. for example, Parlsona and its lip balm. Stoowarb and its jokes. my ocs, too, have signature things. Cavvoth and its intelligence. Ossirup and its love for Relics. i feel like that would make them more memorable 👀👀👀 ALSO THIS SORTA CORRELATES WITH THE BIO STUFF butttt it would make it better if you mentioned their signature things in their bio,, 👀👀👀 eyes emoji…
OK OK OK OK OK um im done yapping. most of my information about Werdos comes from MSM Live #015. clearly. go watch that Live it actually is a little more helpful than my ramblings…… thank you if you’ve read all of this,, ok bye
It was a huge milestone of scientific and technological advancement. (Plus, at the time, politically significant). Humanity went to space! We set foot on a celestial body that was not earth for the first time in human history! That’s a big deal! I’ve never thought about it before but now that I have, it’s ridiculous to me that that’s not part of our everyday lives and the public consciousness anymore. Why don’t we have a public holiday and a family barbecue about it. Why have I never seen the original broadcast of the moon landing? It should be all over the news every year!
It’s July 20th. That’s the day of the moon landing. Next year is going to be the 54th anniversary. I’m ordering astronaut shaped cookie cutters on Etsy and I’m going to have a goddamn potluck. You’re all invited.
PITCH: We call it Moon Day, and then every 7 years when it falls on a Monday, that's an even BIGGER deal and we call that Moon Day Monday and go absolutely apeshit about it (the next Moon Day Monday is in 2026 so we have a couple trial runs first)
Instagram was heavily requesting Cerise for Legacies Undone but it took me a hot second to get there.
Wild and confidant, Cerise is fully in tune with her wild side! Crass, adventurous and fun loving, her favorite hobby is running and scaring hapless forest goers out of the woods. Her heart is good…though she’s destined to eat her own sister so it’s hard to say for sure.
Fyi, Ffidyll DOES have their own side............ see that small bed on the right...? (JK Viveine 100% took over lol)
The caution tape is meant to represent the ceiling.
There are 9 species in this room:
On the table: : Lizards, jellyfish
Under the table: Snake, fishes, and a hamster
On the bed: Gopher, rat
On the door: Giant spider
program i used was Rooms.xyz
check it out for urself here!!!! :D
https://rooms.xyz/veggiespleen0k/seasonalshanty2
First designed rooms in my Seasonal Shanty AU: Hoola and Boo'qwurm!
Note: the moment the caution tape starts (bottom to top), thats where the ceiling is. I couldnt figure out how to shorten the walls without sizing everything up (which would be super tedious)
I headcanon instead of a castle, the Seasonals live under the main floor, where there are multiple rooms instead.
the website i used was rooms.xyz :3
check it out for yourself here: https://rooms.xyz/veggiespleen0k/seasonalshanty1
i’m a HUGE fan of stay stitch stash and like, i wanted to make an oc at first but this time i decided that the story was just fine without me messing it up.
(also because i actually don’t know what to contribute to the story)
imo jasmine and opal are the best characters like idk why
LOL I used to headcanon Whiz Bang and Schmoochle as roommates in my Seasonal Shanty AU….
U N T I L . . . ONE DAY… I WATCHED STAY STITCH STASH.
And that was the day I realized making them roommates was absolutely DIABOLICAL of me 😟😟😟😭😭 thus I just wrote that Schmoochle wanted to move their stuff into another room, and swapped places with Gobbleygourd (whom was roommates with Clavavera before that)
i’m a HUGE fan of stay stitch stash and like, i wanted to make an oc at first but this time i decided that the story was just fine without me messing it up.
(also because i actually don’t know what to contribute to the story)
imo jasmine and opal are the best characters like idk why
LOL I used to headcanon Whiz Bang and Schmoochle as roommates in my Seasonal Shanty AU….
U N T I L . . . ONE DAY… I WATCHED STAY STITCH STASH.
And that was the day I realized making them roommates was absolutely DIABOLICAL of me 😟😟😟😭😭 thus I just wrote that Schmoochle wanted to move their stuff into another room, and swapped places with Gobbleygourd (whom was roommates with Clavavera before that)
I'll likely never call the ethereal triples/quads and meebeth "workshoppers" because to me it feels like you're separating them from the ethereals despite them quite literally being ethereal
"workshoppers" imply that they're constructs, not real, just imaginative when the islets exist to disprove that. Speaking of the islets, the singles and doubles on there are also made of meebs, then by technicality they are also "workshoppers"
tl;dr lamb doesn't like the term workshoppers because it thinks it feels specie-ist
i dont have a lot to add to this i just LOVE THIS POST SO MUCH i had to reblog it i really hope i see more people looking into more of the cultural aspect -good AND bad- of the monster world this post is genuinely so awesome sauce and the mon that made it is going somewhere with this
Hypothetically, if there were a paper there, this picture would not be able to prove its presence. I’ve taken the liberty of drawing a diagram to illustrate my point. We are faced with three possibilities. It is possible that (1) the paper was simply tucked in deeper than the others.
Paper is a soft material, Wright. It’s not unreasonable for it to do a (2) 90 degree turn.
Or perhaps, (3) a paper does not exist there at all.
Either way, you cannot prove your client innocent without sufficient evidence.
Which, of course, is impossible thanks to the obtrusive words.
(Perhaps I should’ve left the artistry to the forensic artist…)
Now hold it right there! It doesn’t matter which direction the paper is going because it’s impossible to prove it even exists!
Those theories are all the same! We do not have enough information to prove them. There could be an infinite amount of papers in there for all we know. I simply presented them only so that the court could better understand your baseless conjecture!
… I suppose the order of the books do seem out of the ordinary. However, therein lies not just one possibility. Clearly, those are Japanese graphic novels, also known as “manga”. And the Batman comic book is a graphic novel, too, no?
Seeing as it currently has only graphic novels in the shelf, it is possible that any other novels have simply not yet been restocked. Asserting whether or not this effect was deliberate is useless– there is no way of knowing if the photographer and the captioner are the same person, let alone their involvement in this picture.
Face it Wright, you can’t prove any of these groundless accusations!
I swear I’ve reblogged this before but every time I see it I internally scream “THESE BOOKS ARE ON A HOLD SHELF” that’s why they have pieces of paper in them and are not shelved in alphabetical order (they’re shelved by who they’re on hold for). It’s also why the labels on the manga and the graphic novel are different (note how the one says “YA” and the other says “Teen”) - because they’re most likely from different library collections.
Suffice to say, this court case could have used a library employee as an expert witness and saved a lot of time.
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