#derula

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No.

*buys the milk*

-Derula❦

Lmao

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The Derula. The proper noun for a species of fae-like creatures whose basis revolves around one particular monster in popular internet culture: The SlenderMan. In my isolated fanfiction, SlenderMan and his two brothers, TrenderMan and SplendorMan, are the last living, pure-blood Derula. (Half breeds with humans can exist, however the brothers refrain from reckless creation of super powered creatures)

The root “Deru” means strong, sturdy, and wood. “La” as a suffix is used as a general term for a people or can be used for a person not identifying as any specific gender. In English, rather than refer to themselves as the literal “Strong/Wood People” they call themselves TallOnes.

More info on them will come out periodically as i think of it. Or if i feel like drop kicking it into this blog without build-up or context

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Then let me know when something happens.

I'm going to run some errands for my ritual

(To Molly)

-Derula❦

LL!Jimmy: R-ritual?

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If this android turned out to be hostile, I'll turn you into frog.

(To Molly)

-Derula❦

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Molly, we already talk about this..

*Derula sighed as she shook her head*

We can't just fix human's creation out of sudden. We never knew what's gonna happen if we brought them to life!

-Derula❦

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You called?

*Derula came behind Molly's back as she uses teleportation*

What's with the pale face, Molly? U looked like you've seen a ghost

-Derula❦

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Sha, or Shamel. Eighth born and youngest of the original Derula. Sole parent to Sahmel (SlenderMan), Edamel (TrenderMan), and Fenmil (SplendorMan).

Derula rarely bare their teeth at one another. Doing it is basically like pulling a knife on someone. So they tend to keep their mouths closed and teeth mostly retracted so as not to unintentionally flash them. Here, though, you can see that Sha has his mouth ripped open and teeth on full display. They’re quite sharp too. As for how large they can make them, it’s kinda unclear (loose canon stuff) but for the most part Derula have six sets of canines in the top row and four on the bottom. Their other teeth are still fairly sharp, although they aren’t all fang shaped.

Naturally, the operator symbol has been worked into being the “family” symbol (cause i’m a basic bitch idk lol). In this case, it’s more a rune or seal which can summon one of the family if imbued with the correct magics. Sha, having no skin blemishes on his face, is a representation of that symbol. That’s not to say the other seven original Derula have facial blemishes, but more so that Sha just chose the most simple way of representing himself and the beginning of his line when he made the rune. (and yes, he was annoyed when his youngest created, Fenmil (Splendor to us) happened to emerge with eye like blemishes. Even more pissed to learn how pacifistic Splendor turned out to be).

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I feel like i’m finally getting back into the swing of things with drawing, but it still pisses me off that i’m not better at anatomy stuff (despite the fact i’ve never really done it seriously and should allow myself a learner’s permit when it comes to basic mistakes). It’s especially frustrating floundering around trying to develop more of my own style and wanting it to be detailed yet still simple, but always either going too far one way or the other and never being happy regardless how “good” other people seem to think it is ^^;

So far, knowing i’m going to attach informational/lore blurbs to these has kinda helped in motivating me to draw them, but i’m always smashing my head through a wall just to start the damn idea and more often than not my skull cracks before a dent is made in the wall. Here’s hoping i can keep what little positive vibes i currently have going for me that’s dragging me through making anything at all.

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Been drawing TrenderMan in just random outfit ideas. The traditional sketch was kinda without reference and more random. The digital was an idea I had for him to wear something kinda fancy for a "birthday" celebration. He loves head and face accessories and the openness of the outfit pulls from an idea I have about TallOne/Derula culture — being that they have(had) a lot of revealing and/or loose fitted clothes to allow their tendrils to branch off the body, particularly off the midsection and back, as that's where the tendril tissue is stored. Nowadays, Trender sorta developed a magic fabric that allows tendrils to pass through without damage to the clothing, but he still appreciates the older, semi fae-like style of a much older time

Trender was created from a maple tree, so I added a little maple seed "earring" as part of the circlet and decided on red for the primary color because he emerged in fall, when maple leaves are a glorious crimson ^^