Cotinis Casino Resort @stageblight - Tumblr Blog

♦️🪲♠️Come for the chips, stay for the show♠️🪲♦️

Hello hello! Welcome to my sideblog for my original story, Stage Blight. Instead of mixing all this in with my main acc, I will be posting/reblogging all things SB-related here from now on :)

Stage Blight was originally conceived for a 3D-focused character and narrative design course at my school. Though the class has ended, I wish to continue developing the story further and creating art for it in my own time. As of right now, I do not have any plans to take it beyond fun info posts and the occasional doodles or illustrations, but feel free to interact with the characters or ask about them and/or their world!

A guide to my tags:

#Stage Blight - a direct post from me about the story

#Mic Check One Two - my ramblings/thoughts

#Mail’s Here - things from mine or others’ asks

#Pen To Paper - my art

#Newspaper Clippings - other people's art

#Change The Station - I talk music

"What's it about?" I hear you ask..

And I'm very glad you did. Stage Blight is a set in the late 1950s/early 60s, with the primary setting being the Cotinis Casino Resort. The main story is focused on a string of strange disappearances all inexplicably tied to the Casino, leading decorated local detective, Gibbs Halloran, to investigate in the hopes of finding any clues. During his visits, he becomes acquainted with both the Casino Theater's jaded bartender, Buster Davis, who seems to know more than he lets on about why people are vanishing, as well as the casino's owner and headline performer, Prasio Cotinis, whose perfectly gelled hair isn't the only thing slimy about him..

For more info on the entire project, I've made a website for your viewing convenience. If you wish to stay within tumblr, you can also check out these info posts where I've shared the majority of the in-class work I did on it: Part 1: 2D Art | Part 2: 3D Builds

#intro post #Stage Blight

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From Casino mystery to myURDER MYSTERY

Bella would absolutely ask a butler to grab her gun at the beginning of a murder mystery. Did she commit the crime, or does she just look incriminating? Who knows?

Ref under cut!

#suspiciously red-gold-green in the back…. ‘generic dog/cat man’ she says…………#riiight right..sure #does a gal ever really need a reason to carry. no officer its for self defense i swear #Stage Blight oc #Bella Fialová #And I mean TECHNICALLY. it kind of is a murder mystery. its more reasonable to assume #’oh this guys killing them’ than it is ‘oh this guys turning people into bugs and trapping them. both a normal and possible thing to do’

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Skull anatomy for Bella! I think she hides her compound eyes with her hair due to past snarky comments about her staring or being nosey because of her extra eyes.

She does absolutely use her eyes to keep a 360 on everything and to snoop for gossip, but the assumption was rude!

Also I played with gold detailing- more of that under cut

#OOOHH INTERESTING.. YES YES #love the addition of the gold:)#Stage Blight oc #Bella Fialová #honestly there aren’t any like Hard Rules for SB character design #this is your doll you get to decide how she looks/works :)#I really like the extra eyes.. I do wonder about the social implications of it tho #like she shouldnt HAVE to hide them. in a perfect world. but the casual species-ism(?) of ‘you must be spying’#as if bugkind weren’t already a sneeze away from all being called slimy and gross and weird for just existing #but then again that could also be true for half the other origins too like aquatics and reptiles. idk #It makes me think about what traits would be seen as more conventionally attractive or desirable and why #like across all thoss of origins. standards that vary across phyla. yknow #story about a casino mystery. btw.

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God he’s so ugly

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1) tyy:} I like to think it’s my signature gimmick. If I could have a job that was just Draw Fabrics All Day, I’d never have to work a day in my life

2) Hmm. He’s pretty shiny already because of the harder parts of his exoskeleton, BUT I can see him also wearing body glitter to accentuate it even more, yes. He already wears a good bit of makeup, the only reason I can see him being iffy on the glitter is out to concern for his wardrobe, so he’d go light with it. I’m not sure if it always comes across, but the gold of his eyelids is also very shiny and reflective (they’re part of his makeup, not any natural markings), and his hair definitely has some iridescent qualities to it, which the near-excessive amount of gel he uses does nothing to dull.

Tldr: He’s mostly just Like That, but to say he uses a little body glitter every now and then wouldn’t be false slander

#Prasio Cotinis #Mic Check One Two

God he’s so ugly

#who cares even ugliest mf I’ve ever laid eyes on google dot com how to get rid of bug infestation. asap #Prasio Cotinis #Pen To Paper

That reminds me, I do have a playlist for the wider story..

Yes, the first 9 songs are Prasio’s golden setlist and yes, a lot of the music here pertains to him. I only have a couple that are for Gibbs and Buster, but I will definitely be adding more to this as time goes on

Some notes about their music styles—

Gibbs: Instrumental > lyrical. It’s more about the atmosphere and tone of the music, a lot can be said with very little words and all that.

Buster: Cares little for music. I take it back, cares little for the music he hears all day behind the counter. Prefers some easy listening, maybe some bossa nova and blues.

Prasio: Big band, swing, crooning (obv). Not really a secret. I’d like to highlight Mack the Knife and Zip Gun Bop as very story relevant songs. He’s snitching on himself mid-show and nobody bats an eye.

Honorable mention—Fletcher’s Song In Club. While relaxing and enjoyable to anyone else, only two people know the extremely unnerving calm is just a veneer over top of an equally volatile temper. In my mind, this would fit best as a backing soundtrack to many interactions Buster and Prasio would have. The music is Buster’s style, but it’s coming from Prasio... You can see how it’d have about the same effect as a fire alarm playing a soft music box melody

#the singer of the story takes the spotlight sue me #Stage Blight #Gibbs Halloran #Buster Davis #Prasio Cotinis #Mic Check One Two #Change The Station #Spotify

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@stageblight

Look at my girl :3

Kill that man <3

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👀👀👀

Go on?

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Oh I couldn’t possibly I wouldnt want to overstep or acciden mischaracterize-

who put that there

#some of these are like. questionable(?) as to how accurate they are but also I raise you:#its not rlly reality its Prasio’s own idealistic fantasy or false reality or whatever #bro’s stupid as hell idk if he fully grasps his situation #PASS THE CONTROLLER the crowd’s getting loud tonight huh #Change The Station

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@stageblight

Look at my girl :3

Kill that man <3

#yess YEEESSS dangle him off a ledge. ok now drop him #he cannot handle all that bffr #the eyeliner knife-guide im giggling #I keep thinking of too many songs for them I need to make a playlist #Stage Blight oc #Bella Fialová #Prasio Cotinis #Newspaper Clippings

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I made Bella to ship with Prasio, but they are so not normal about it-

She walks out on his shows for the love of the game, he hates her because he knows she's negging him, but also they also find each other hot and have chosen to play mind games about it rather than be normal for two seconds.

They each feel entitled to the other's attention on principle, Bella's rich, hot, intelligent, charming, and downright cunning when applicable. Prasio's, you know, the Prasio Cotnis. Need he say more?

So they piss each other off on purpose over it. Your honor, I love them, they need to be studied.

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#oh my god we need to kill him. immediately #what is his issue. genuinely (dont ask me even I dont know)#what do you think their ship name would be... asking for a friend #Stage Blight oc #Prasio Cotinis #Bella Fialová #Newspaper Clippings

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2026 Artfight!!

This is gonna be a beast, I did 40 attacks this year, so we'll see how many posts this is gonna end up being! Names will link to the character's art fight page, if there's a Tumblr linked I tagged it, otherwise there will be a link to the artist's AF page :D

CW for general eyestrain

#THREE ATTACKS im gonna kill you. why would you do this to meee #Prasio Cotinis #Buster Davis #Gibbs Halloran #Newspaper Clippings

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ART FIGHT: BUGGED OUT

1. Bella for @calivide

I’m also posting an attack I received for Stage Blight by @lactorants :}

#Stage Blight #Stage Blight oc #Buster Davis #Bella Fialová #Prasio Cotinis #Gibbs Halloran #Pen To Paper #Newspaper Clippings

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Hi this is specifically targeted towards you so I’m tying this message to a mouse to scamper to your designated seat instead of asking it the whole empty auditorium

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTAYyeLxy/

Is it just me who sees the Buster & Bella shitpost potential here yes or no. urgent

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YES. YES I DO.

Probably not your vision, but I so see her being like "So do y'all really turn people into bugs?

Buster: What?! Where did you hear that???

Bella: through the grape vine.

Buster, crouching down to a spider shaking a cocktail shaker: you gotta go back to the wardrobe room.

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CRYINNGGG YES YES EXACTLY 😭 surrounded by an elaborate web system that connects to different bottles and mixers under the bar, the spider turns around and even without a face it just looks sad

🕷️< They’re onto me, aren’t they

#Buster Davis #Bella Fialová #Mail’s Here

Hi I’m going to explain how/why the main three got their names :)

Gibbs Halloran - I really liked the name ‘Gibson’, it sounded sort of Sherlock Holmes-y but thought it was too formal, so I shortened it to Gibbs. His last name came from a game of telephone that my mind played with the name ‘Halliday’ (from Ready Player One) and I liked the sound of it, but by the time I realized just WHERE I had gotten the name from, I was too far in to go back 😭 sorry bud

Buster Davis - He was probably the easiest of the three to name, I liked the alliteration of Buster the badger, and Buster just has this personality to it that fit him really well. I got ‘Davis’ from Sammy Davis Jr because I was starting to listen to more of his songs around the same time, and for a while I was considering making him Buster’s voice claim. I’m still on the fence about it..

Prasio Cotinis - jesus christ he can’t be normal, can he? ‘Prasio’ is derived from ‘prasiolite’, a rare, transparent green quartz (often sold as ‘green amethyst’). ‘Cotinis’ is a genus of scarab beetles, namely green june bugs and figeater beetles, both of which I used as inspiration for Prasio’s design and origin. Yeah yeah I know, that’d be like having a human named “Rock Homo” (not that kind of homo), but its his stage name. No one really knows what his real name is, and he’d like to keep it that way. Also alliteration strikes again, I was a huge fan of how ‘Cotinis Casino’ sounded, it was too good to pass up ;)

#Stage Blight #Gibbs Halloran #Buster Davis #Prasio Cotinis #mic check one two

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New Stage Blight OC!

She does not have a name yet, but she’s a cocktail waitress at the casino and her husband got bugged (he laughed at Prasio when something went wrong on stage, wimp womp). An interrogate-able side character that guides Gibbs away from the Casino in my head.

I think the finale’s in the Theater? If I recall??

“No clue what’s goin’ on wit’ da disappearances, but trust, there’s too many people hoppin’ in an’ outta those doors for someone to get nabbed wi’out notice.”

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Update, her name is Jacqueline, Jackie for short :D

#GIGGLES. another one thank you #Stage Blight oc #Jackie Geune #yes yes while the Theater isn't the setting for the finale it IS the location where the climax occurs:)#the finale would likely be in Gibbs' office as he closes up the report #(intro would be Gibbs sitting down to start it and the whole story would be a retelling of events from his understanding/POV)#something like that idk