#30daysofow

[just-a-carrot]

Today is Iggy's birthday and coincidentally the last day of Autism Awareness Month, so I just wanted to say how much Iggy means to me in helping me figure out so many things about myself that never used to make sense.

(Which also counts for day 26 of #30DaysofOW too lolol)

[sailingseals]

Day7!!

I. Have made a mistake. I accidentally posted this. But it's gone so yes. W whoops. Anyways.

Okay.okay so. I fear we have made too much.I say 'we' as in me and my cousin, because we make up AUs together 💥..and maybe we have made up over 20 A TOOON OF AUs because. We're. Normal like that. Yes. Trust. Well, im too nervous 😿 to tell what some of them are, but I can show a bit of drawings or doodles about ONE of our AUs 🥺

_____ AU 🚲 you will never guess the plot. HUZZAH!! these are pretty old drawings so yeah 💔

I took off the orange beanie I am sorry

"Oh, character designs! Where's Orlam?" H.. he's here. Don't worry he just doesn't need an adult sprite ☺️

"huh. Wait what. What do you mean sprite. And what do you mean he doesn't have an adult sprite. So. He only has a child sprite or something??" It's okay

"???? Ok. Why did you make sprites" *hits you with a femur and runs away*

"you missed"

ANYWAYS!! I have made a silly animation thing about it, I guess I can show!!

"ORLAMS DEAD??????? DID GENZ DO SOMETHING????????" what why would you think that

"??? THE VIDEO?????" 🤫🤫🤫

"WHATS WRONG WITH YOU" *hits you with a femur and runs away*

".YOU MISSED AGAIN????"

Look it's an orlam! smug child

"did he die" no

"???? Are you lying" do you trust that im not

"no" oh...ok

"why are you being so vague about this."

"you are making hints that he's dead" no

".ok" *hits you with a femur and runs away*

"you barely showed any drawings"

HUSH IT‼️‼️‼️

[colourprinter]

Day 30) Thank you for hosting this wonderful event, please, take this as my parting gift

[chestersbraincell]

Day 4 of 30 days of Our Wonderland!

Gathering these took me quite a while, but here goes! My favourite CGs of each Arc(because really, were you expecting me to be able to pick just one favourite?)

TW for gore and blood, obviously

This is my Arc 1 favourite, atleast pre-remaster. Idk there’a just something about the pure visceral feeling of complete AGONY that is protrayed SO clearly here. The ground around Iggy’s hands curling under them as if he’s gripping the very fabric of reality so so tight in an attempt to channel the pain that has nowhere to go. In general just the choice to opt for a yellow background with that white line REALLY highlights the complete spike of pain, idk

Arc2. Really, I love the whole sequence of Iggy fucking snapping and the way he just keeps hitting and hitting bucks with the axe in blind rage and grief. There’s something just so powerfully cathartic about about it. And this part of the cutscene is the most poignant; it’s the eerie quiet post breakdown. The deafening silence post screams of rage and pain. The aftermath of just the most destructive of rage. It’s beautiful, in a way

I’ve talked about this before, but there’s just something about this CG in arc 3. The mix of complete calm and peace from Orlam and the absolute horror on Iggy’s face. Such a gentle yet smothering embrace, too. Idk

Now my pick for Arc 4 is a little silly, idk, I just love the meme potential with this one

As for Arc 5, well. I REALLY couldn’t pick just one favourite from there. But I did manage to narrow it down to three

And I guess the common theme is embraces. Idk. There’s just so, so much emotion in these scenes. And their composition further adds to the feeling. I don’t know how to describe it

[n0ah-oll1e]

Day 26) it Iggys b-dayyyy

Quick quick sketch, he has always been one of my favourite characters gently wish him the best!

[marcianek-talks]

Day 17 of OW!

"Have you ever created any OW characters in another game?"

Prolly the only one I'll make, lol, but I always wanted to share it eventually.

I made an invader Orlam build in DS3!

He was really challenging to do, considering DS3's notoriously unruly character creator. But while I don't think this is how Orlam would look irl, and I had to compromise or improvise with stuff like lack of proper freckles options or vibrant hair colours, I guess I'm still happy with the vibe I managed to capture? At least his hairstyle has a rat tail, albeit braided!

But that's not the end. Making cosplay builds is my fave thing to do in this game - it's fun to try making them viable in PvP, decide which class/build is most fitting, and I like how it gets me in the characters mindset. And of course, there's figuring out what they should wear to look as accurate as possible.

(...did I nail it?)

So in Orlam's case, he's wearing Wolnir's Crown, Archdeacon Holy Garb and Deserter Trousers. His main choice of weapon is a Butcher Knife, very fittingly obtained from a cannibal NPC.

He also uses daggers sometimes, but not too often. At first I wanted him to use Brigand Twindaggers or a Bandit Knife, too, to reference his OFW character, but... well. Butcher Knife is pure strength weapon, and daggers usually work better with sharp infusions for Dexterity builds. At first Orlam was a Quality build (50:50 Str/Dex distribution), but was underperforming at the level I wanted him to stay at, so I reallocated his stats to become pure Str build. Pity, since weapon infusions for Quality builds are called "Refined", and I thought it suits him so well haha. But at least now he's doing much better damage-wise, and that's good, since his clothing makes him a rather squishy target!

Gestures also need to be in character! Orlam is so delightfully theatrical and dramatic, so obviously he gets the edgiest bow of them all, the Duel Bow, as well as Welcome, Clap, Toast, and anything else that I think would suit him.

Some stories from invasions:

I find it very fitting and almost fateful that his invasion debut was in the Lothric Castle, exactly where many Pus of Man reside - aka beasts that spring out of hollow people and look like they're made of black goo...

It's really up to a chance as to whether I'll make Orlam act ruthless or benevolent... I had a situation where I invaded some guy, did "Welcome" gesture... and the guy kneeled! I dropped him some embers as a gift, too (we shared a toast as well, I believe?), Orlam let him go on his way, and promptly left his world. I just thought Orlam would be pleased to be so readily recognized as a king. It was really wholesome encounter :D

There was also a situation where I invaded a fight club at Pontiff, and some bored invader interrupted a duel, and thus Orlam sided with the Host and a few other phantoms to chase the guy. We defeated him, and returned to rule-abiding dueling, which Orlam, to my surprise (considering how many fights in a row I've already had), has won, eventually even against the Host himself, so he had a jolly toast to celebrate the victory. I have this and many others encounters recorded, and I dream that one day I'll make a proper compilation of my invasions, each themed around a specific cosplay... but I'd have to parse through like 400 gigs of recordings to do so XD

Anyway, that's about it! Overall, Orlam's incredibly fun to play as! Oh, and as a bonus...

I also have a Genzou-like build!

(he'scomingatuhe'scomingatuhe'scomingatuhe'scomingatu...HI.)

But since it was impossible for me to actually recreate Genzou's face and bodytype (you can't exactly make chubby characters in this game, ugh :/. Though, luckily, there are big armours, but yeah sadly he's just sorta bulky underneath :/), it's more like a general tribute to all the glorious friend-shaped characters that I love. (Like Genzou himself, or Imposter Byakuya from DR)

He's kind of a tank/poise based character, and surprisingly one of my most successful builds, even though poise is supposedly a joke in DS3...

[naptastical]

30 days of OWonderland Day 2!

Who is your favourite OW character, and how do you relate to most?

I would rave about Gidget Bordelle here, but when I think about them I black out and wake up in a crop circle with GIDGET GIDGET GIDGET GIDGET GIDGET carved into the ground and mysterious pieces of plywood that has teeth marks on it.

All in all, um! I love them! Hi! I love their character arc in Our Wonderland so dearly, the entitlement, the frustration, the poorly concealed resentment, the anger and grief and envy. Committing terribly and fully to presenting feminine like it didn't make them physically sick? I love 😍😍 Also, in arc 5 after they transition and act reticent and guilty almost the entire time? !!!! Awesomesauce.

I'm so enamoured by entitlement as a character trait, and the self-justification you can just feel oozing off of them through every horrible action. They've suffered for so long, and Iggy can't just suffer through one thing? How dare he? It was enchanting to read.

It's hard to say which character I relate to most, because I react very differently from like, all of them, in times of stress, but I see pieces of myself in most of them. I'm really astoundingly grateful for the portrayal of Orlam and Iggy's route and Orlam's aromanticism though! Obviously, if I imagined them in "real life", he'd probably to have conversations about the way his desire manifests, but it felt so nice to see an aromantic character who didn't have to explain himself, and didn't have other characters be confused about his affections. He's just him!! He's never treated as weird for that. 🙏🙏🙏 It gives me hope for my future, lol.

Otherwise, hmmm... I also quite liked Arc 3 in the way it handled Iggy! The frustration of having the desires other people have pushed onto you, not wanting to handle it, being selfishly angry because of the perception other people have of you? Of how those in turn feel selfish in the ways it causes them to treat you? It's a hard feeling. I thought it was written well.

[awalum]

30 days of Our Wonderland: day 9

What are some of your favorite tracks from the OST?

Okay, so this is as much as I can reduce it😅🤣

Opening song

Genzou's Theme

Memories

Descent

The Kiddie Kruise

The Inn

Orlam's revenge

The Final Wish

Genzou's Shop

Orlam's Apartment

Feeling Nostalgic

Tarantella for Three

My Dear Friends

Genzou and Orlam

Fate's End

Bucks and Hunar

Cutting Down the Tree

My Choice

Iggy's Theme

Something I’ve never posted is that REALLY LOVED (and still love) Genzou’s Theme, and so I actually tried to play it on the piano about a year ago. This video is from April 23 of last year (so yeah, almost a year!! wow). I don’t play the piano (it’s my sister’s) and it’s painfully obvious from the hands/finger positioning, for which I apologize😅🤣