I'm actually not sorry I'm fangirling

Call me Gem 🩵 25. Personal. They/them. Too invested in cartoons for my own good.

[mari-lair]

AU where everyone except Siffrin gets stuck in a time loop.

inspired by this lovely art

[mari-lair]

good night Sif

edit: Isa saying 'stars' is important

[mari-lair]

Flower for you!

After enough loops, the party can explore the town before Siffrin wakes up

[meltymilo]

no one understands you better then yourself!!!

[bluebeads-art]

2024 September 14th

Do you ever wish you could beat into a character's head that they're loved? Because I sure wanted to beat Siffrin during my first playthrough of In Stars and Time. Then I thought about that figure of speech too literally, laughed at my own joke, and now here's me using Odile as a proxy to do just that. :)

I absolutely adore Odile's "you will be safe and happy and that is a threat" approach to emotional support. Her and Siffrin's dynamic in general is just chef's kiss.

Sorry about your hat, Siffrin, but it was destroying my panel composition when I tried to put it on your head.

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For being rusty with art I'm really happy with this! That last panel in particular was very new territory for me but I think it came out good! I'm happy with the movement between panels in general. And look at me! Drawing backgrounds!! Wahoo!!

I drew these panels incredibly out of order, so you can see my art style and amount of effort fade in and out as you read, lmao. I tried to stay authentic to the game's style, but sort of gave up and let my style bleed through on the action-y panels. It just felt right. Gives it emphasis. :P

I'm new to writing screen reader image alt text, so feedback is welcomed. Sorry again to Siffrin because I forced myself to he/him them only to avoid confusion, but it felt bad! My fellow they/he, I have wronged you.

Time spent working on this comic was...... 33 hours and 18 minutes. I blame the rust, learning how to draw these characters on the fly, and figuring out the perspective on those bricks, oh my god.

Have some close-ups of my fave panels as thanks for clicking the read-more, mwa

[mari-lair]

fix this...?

[mari-lair]

oh to be the only one out of the loop

[mari-lair]

easy quest

[cookie-stars]

[dimiotouole]

He glowy in the dark#2!!!!!

The bigfrin!!!!

As usual, you can buy this!!! :D

Another painting of Siffrin from In Stars and Time! This time, Bigfrin! Each painting is made to order with acrylic paint and optional red g

[valictini]

Bigfrin on my dash… Bigfrin on my mind… he’s so sorry you guys :(

[valictini]

How does Loop feel about Bigfrin?

Internally screaming, mostly

[valictini]

I have another bigfrin ask

as we both know any type of frin has many issues.

I am contemplating how those issues would manifest differentlyy in a frin that is big

and furthermore what new issues may be (gleefully) introduced as a result of the big.

like what if they accidentally hurt someone during a crashout.

ok goodbye

Ngl I’ve been working with the assumption/headcanon that Bigfrin is in a constant state of crash out, sort of like if Siffrin and Mal du pays fused together. So to me Bigfrin isn’t JUST a Siffrin that is big, Bigfrin is a Siffrin that is stuck in an emotionally volatile state of mind and given an overpowered form that he hates. It is THE ultimate issue-haver among the canon Siffrins.

I’ve been mostly picturing him as a sad wet dog in my drawings, because I think he’d manage to bottle most of the emotions once out of battle, but yeah, any negative interaction or event will immediately make them freak out lmao

That’s part of why Loop hesitates to just yell at him despite reallllly wanting to, they just know that it would only make things worse.

I think the sheer size makes Siffrin scared of hurting literally anything around him, and so, spiralling into crushing guilt and fear, I’d assume he’d try to move as little as possible. Or maybe the universe has SOME mercy and makes him phase through stuff he doesn’t want to touch. Still. How are they supposed to live like this! They NEED to get back to a normal size as soon as humanely possible!! But they’re not entirely lucid so it’s gonna be up to the party + Loop to figure most things out while avoiding upsetting him further.

But hey! Accidental family bonding with Loop! Yippee! (Once Siffrin is back to normal and not posing any danger to himself or others, Loop will absolutely yell at him for forcing them to interact with the party)

[valictini]

I wanna ask you how do you think an interaction between Bigfrin and Bonnie would go.

I feel like their interactions would be limited to the ground first of all lmao

Odile’s fear of heights is already challenged by how tall Bigfrin is, and how casually Mirabelle and Isabeau accepted to be lifted up so high, please do not include child endangerment into this

[valictini]

imagining sopping wet cat big from getting his own little friendship quests to try and calm them down lol

Or more specifically Bonnie attempting to make them Big food or Mirabelle trying to brush his BigHair

The party doing friendquests (Bigfrin edition) might be the key!!

[valictini]

Siffrin then proceeded to pass out from relief and craft exhaustion, hurray!

It wasn’t a bother at all anon, you remain safe from rocks! I hope the last few asks were entertaining!

However I think I’m gonna pause the Bigfrin drawings for now, i dont think I have much more to add to the initial concept anyways

I just can’t stop thinking about the fact that realistically, he’d die of craft exhaustion before any of what I drew happened and I’m not really interested in exploring the ramifications of him somehow staying like this forever either, too miserable for my tastes lmao

So yeah, bye bye for now, Bigfrin! Love you! And thanks to everyone who sent asks, it helped me get the ball rolling on Just Posting Stuff, which is something I struggle with constantly!

I do have one last ask to conclude this little series though, coming up right after this one hehe

[siffrin-of-the-day]

Day 251 "Frin": Watching the end