#darkersoul

[st-just]

I'd really like to hear about your changes to A Victim of the Art, as someone who runs a lot of DG that scenario never really stuck with me. I've formulated some of my own changes but I'm really interested in what you're planning.

Oh, not any changes I've made yet, it's just that my players, having determined

The killer is a spirit originally summoned to help with great construction projects, given a human sacrifice as compensation for each task

All the victims have in some way caused angst or misery to this one specific bullied teenager

His dad is an engineer at Northrop Grumman (a bit of fluff included in the pre-written operation just to have answer if someone asks, I think - certainly of no actual significance to the plot)

Have determined that the obvious answer here is that the dad is the one summoning the spirit to help with some top-secret project for his work/to keep up with career demands, and is just using the people giving his son shit as his low-guilt targets to offer it as payment.

[maristofeli]

There are only four or so specifically female Cthulhu Mythos entities I can think of so maybe this'll help. Not sure about that avatar though.

1. Shub-Niggurath: The Black Goat of the Woods With a Thousand Young, a twisted fertility deity, constantly spawning children, corrupting crops, abd transforming her worshippers into terrible animalistic creatures. Mate of Yog-Sothoth, so might be the one you're looking for.

2. Atlach-Nacha: The Spinner in Darkness, a spider deity which spins a great web that connects universes and dimensions. Often depicted as a spider with a woman's face.

3. Cthylla: The Kraken or The Secret One, the daughter of Great Cthulhu. Not much else to say about this one.

4. Yhoundeh: The Elk Goddess, bride of Nyarlathotep. That relationship may be what you're looking for. Once again, not much else to this one.

OH THANK YOU! I'm pretty sure I'm thinking about maybe a fan-made? goddess or something? something unofficial. But regardless I thank you for all this information!

I'm happy to get a response to my questions regardless!!!

[hibiscera]

I would like to know more about ur Drury's origin story :) <- Guygirl with so many Drury origin opinions

HEHE Okay so here's an old ask where I talk a little about my backstory for him, but I can elaborate more because it's developed much much more since then!!

As always, to me it's an extremely important part of his story that he's a gay trans man, and him desperately trying to be seen the way he wants to be seen. Ultimately, he's happiest turning himself into a giant moth man. It's the most comfortable he's been in his body.

The comphet ex-wife situation has changed a bit, I don't think they ever marry, and he ends up carrying and birthing Kitten himself after a one night stand (which I'm working on an ask about I just need to finish some art).

Also, his father is my OC I guess, Charles Van Cleer. He is not a kind man.

To talk more on his relationship with the Cameron Van Cleer identity... and I guess this is kind of personal, in a way, because of how I view my own childhood self versus now. To him, Cameron is a little girl who he's protecting now, after everything she went through to protect his existence. That's how he frames it... A little girl who grew up into the man he is now, and one he feels he owes it to get the respect he deserves.

But he hates the Van Cleer family name.

This is also a lot of what motivates him with raising Kitten. He sees the little girl he was in her, and he wants to be there for her no matter what.

And to me CrowMoth is also an important part of his narrative. For me, it's personal and important to write both of them getting to be loved by another man as a man.

Sorry if this is a little jumbled!! I have so many opinions about him too, I get easily embarrassed about the backstory I wrote for him because there's a lot of extrapolating things from his canon iterations and making up things I think suit him but he is so special to me... 😭

[drundertalescum]

I always giggle at official Payprus art cuz like No he doesn't just look like that because of the sprite work, he actually has that amazingly goofy face

his face is very wonderful you are correct

[jonathan-cranes-mistress-of-fear]

I was always digging the Fear State Jon design but the less exaggerated realistic art in Fear State Alpha really pushed it to one of my favorites. Without all the exaggeration I feel like he feels even more like The Scarecrow, you can see the textures on his poncho, the curve of the straw hat, and the sticks coming out of the shoulders feel a lot less intrusive. Crazy how just a change in art style made this design one of my absolute favorites

Yeah, I agree. I already liked the design, but fear state alpha really sold it for me. Also loved seeing him under the mask, he looked almost normal, which I'm sure is just a trick of the eye in his case. Honestly, I'm excited for things to come, this story really has me intrigued.

Thanks for the ask!

[dreemurr-skelememer]

You ever look at drama in a fandom you used to be in and go "Wow glad I don't care about this anymore"? Because that's how I'm feeling right now. Shame to see someone I thought was cool is actually kinda a piece of work.

i sure hope this isnt towards me LOL

[desperate-acts-of-capitalism]

Yo hiring the hacker gave me the same vibes as Wework hiring the Hipster Grifter. The Hacker and the Hipster Grifter are both Batman villains, but on opposite sides of the spectrum. The Hacker is a tortured soul committing evil out of obligation, while the Hipster Grifter commits fun crimes for fun's sake.

We need to build up enough corporate batman villains to have a crossover episode

[deadendwithapulse]

Okay one of my favorite things is how well the series integrates other entities into the Slenderverse. Having this version of the Rake and the Seed Eaters makes the universe feel so much more full and the way Evan interprets them and integrates them into the story and themes is top notch!!!

YES YES I AGREE!!

honestly i was so happy the first time i saw that the seed eaters were going to be minor villains, since we rarely see other entities in the slenderverse other then, well, slenderman lol

and YEAH one of my favorite things about the Slenderverse in general is that the narrative already basically crafted out for you (i.e. the rake, slenderman, the seed eaters already being creatures with their own stories) so it’s fun seeing how ppl interpret these stories in their own special way to make it unique to them

you can find ways to get creative with it and tie those things together in a way that feels natural !! and with the inclusion of the seed eaters the universe definitely feels more full as a result !!