#delfi

[theriverdraws]

Got inspired.

[lizardanya]

i completely understand the fact that delfi as a name has cultural ties and “dagger” is white guy roleplay and he will probably grapple with his racial identity as a part of his gender identity arc but i really don’t think “he’ll just go by his birth name” is a satisfying or interesting conclusion to this conflict. after all, these characters arcs aren’t going to be about navigating the cultures they exist in currently. they’re going to be about navigating the notions of said cultures after they suddenly end. nymph culture is going to die the same way satyr culture is going to die the same way alternian culture died the same way earth culture died.

the bulk of the story is still about playing a game that ends the world, playing a game with the goal of creating a universe. in that way it is also about re-imagining culture and not necessarily rebuilding it, in the way that troll culture on earth c is distinct but also not a recreation of alternian culture. the prospective arc of dagger’s self exploration is not just navigating the divide of female nymph vs male satyr it’s navigating the preconceived notion of female nymph vs male satyr while participating in the project of culture creation. ultimately he’s going to find himself in a world in which a male nymph is possible if he can conceive of such a thing. that’s not an arc of acceptance, it’s an arc of ground up identity building.

neither delfi nor dagger are “real” names in the sense that they both erase a part of his fundamental being so to him, as a character, accepting either one or the other is a concession to a cultural landscape that fundamentally does not consider him in a situation in which he gets to decide what the cultural landscape ought to be

[100-days-of-hsbc]

Day 51

[7pleiades7]

The Temple of Apollo

A Portal to the Gods

[grotesqueoldwoman]

Humanstuck Nymphs

Wanted to draw @/mr-foods 's human designs for Lylac, the Caretaker, and Delfi (+ bonus Meemaw and AA designs by me)

[mmmmalo]

Greetings

[the-alpha-doodle-dome]

w update

[vriskadyke]

so del’fi can CUT HIS OWN BODY PARTS OFF FOR SPELLS????