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While I'm not very up to date on StarboundSMP lore, I watched the most recent Asri, Aura, Nerve, and Navi lore, which I think took place on the 23rd... and OH BOY

Spoilers ahead; I'm discussing the worms

I think the way the worms are played is very interesting. I mostly watched Art's streams when it comes to the two main wormed guys, Asri and Evren, so I know the most about that.

The worms themselves warp the person, thereby melding them to themselves and making their host more comfortable with their presence. The hosts think the worm to be a good thing. After all, isn't it so nice if everyone's on the same team? Why not share a bit of brain space with each other and live in harmony? And hey, you get to keep some parts of yourself in the change.

Nerve still fancies Romeo, as Irsa fancies Aura. Sure, their morality is warped, but the worms are confident that they are doing the ultimate good. The methods and means may not match the message, but they don't believe that matters in the grand scheme of things. What's a little pain if everyone's all together in the end?

Which, in media and acting it is vital that a villain doesn't think themselves to be a villain. Otherwise... they wouldn't be a villain. People don't just do bad to do bad, they do bad because it furthers what they want. The worms are doing bad because it furthers and gets them closer to accomplishing the goal of spreading the parasite, just like how in SkyboundSMP, Vast had killed many people because they were convinced that was the right thing to do.

The worms have held on to just enough of their hosts to further their mission... taking the "useful" parts, which we saw more in depth with Nerve's haunting form in early art pieces. They prey on people's emotions towards them, knowing that they embody someone these people once were friends with and even loved. So right now they're similar to their hosts... but would it stay that way if everyone was wormed? Who knows!

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Second artfight attack! Inspired by some recent lore, an Evren* piece! (Evren is ArtfulRenegade's StarBoundSMP character!)

Go follow me on artfight! :3

Art Fight

An art gifting game

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Names - A discussion with BoundSMP references :]

Names are an interesting concept. They mean different things to different people. For some people, they're merely something you have and were given. Just a calling card, as significant as a phone number. For others, their names are part of their identity. They choose that name.

We can see that with certain characters, and as it is my current fixation, I'll be using BoundSMP as an example. Honestly, most BoundSMP characters fall into the second camp- they chose that name and they use it. This also applies to how said character treats nicknames.

But Aeros is sort of different. While it pretends to be something else quite often, Aeros is Aeros. That's it's calling card. Technically A.E.R.O.S., but it lets people call it whatever. Doesn't matter. Unless it's pretending to be something else.

But then we have characters like Navi and Evren. For Navi, it's name was one of the only things it actually got to choose, which makes that name very important to it. Even it's manner of speaking isn't quite something it controlled. But Navi chose to be Navi. (And Aura helped Navi have that ability).

Evren on the other hand chose his name, and it is important as his identity. Evren is Evren, and Evren is a boy. His name is not merely a calling card, it's a statement of who he is. A bit like Navi, in the chaos, his name is something he got to choose.

A third character is Vick! Vick's full name is technically Maverick, but it's very obvious that there is a name he prefers to be called out of the two. They introduce themselves as Vick- not Maverick. Vick is sort of a middle ground in here because he doesn't seem to hate the name Maverick- just has a preference.

There's so many other things but I'm not writing a thesis paper here so x-x

Anyways I think names are super cool. Names mean a lot to me and its cool seeing them matter a lot to other people and characters. Or, alternatively, how names matter to each person and character!