#fanrace

[butchjorse]

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[problemspritester]

Hi Tumblr Homestuck community!

The 3rd!! Fanspecies Week Banner Raffle Rolls are almost here! (Fourth FSW but third year with the raffle)

In two days (hivebent day, because of course it is) we'll spin this wheel. Five of these 60 (or more?? unless?) species will be on the server banner for the next year, as well as a Fun Project that will be seen at a point in the future!

To all the Homestuck fanspecies authors who aren't on the server, but want to be in the running, please shoot me a message! I want everyone to see the phenomenal species this community has made!

[problemspritester]

Hey good news and bad news

Bad news is I'm ass trash at promoting stuff on tumblr

Good news is here's everything that's happened on the Fanspecies discord since last chime in:

- We're doing contests now! Like everything else, we're adding species to a wheel and rolling it once a month-ish. Then we make characters for that species and vote on them until we have a winner! We've done @lepiosprites's Molluskins and @blivesagain's Golems so far. Next roll's on May 2nd!

- Honkbot's really coming together. I posted about the fanspecies bot some time ago, but now he's really flying. Most notably is that I got "Alien-ify" to work. You can roll traits for individual species, sure, but now you can have him roll for species first then roll for traits. We're still working on making the wiki command work up to standards

- FSW2023 is on the way. As of 4/13, we started the gathering period for this year's wheel. On 6/12 we'll roll for the five species that'll be represented on the server banner for the next year, as well as in the promo post for FSW here on tumblr. So if you want in lmk! I'd put everyone's fanspecies if I could and I want to see what everyone's made!

[whoneedslovewhenyouhaveknives]

Lamplings: A Splatoon Fan-Race

Okay then, let's do this!

The full bullet pointed list is under the read-more! Be warned, there's a lot.

The same way that Inklings come from squids and Octolings come from octopi, Lamplings come from lampreys!

They use aggressive mimicry! Lamplings look almost identical to Inklings or Octolings, depending on where they were raised.

Since they come from lampreys, Lamplings need to feed on bodily fluids (like blood, you heathens. Get your mind out of the gutter) in order to survive. This has gained them a reputation much like vampires.

There's even an in-universe horror movie about Lamplings. It's well-acted, but relies so much on the stereotype of "Blegh Lamplings are all evil and want to suck your ink and kill you" that it's not even funny.

Lamplings are technically pseudo-cephalopods, despite not evolving from a proper cephalopod, since they spent centuries evolving to mimic Ink and Octolings. This means they have things like an ink sac and swim form.

They have two types of mouths: one type on their face, and another type on their tentacles, replacing the suckers that Ink and Octolings have.

The mouth on their face isn't connect to their digestive system, instead only connected to the respiratory system. This means they can talk out that mouth, but can't eat with it.

The mouths on their tentacles are the eating mouths, having a full setup of sharp, retractable teeth, a sandpaper-textured tongue, and a throat that travels through the tentacle, down the head, and to the stomach.

The eating mouths act a lot like suction cups, pulling food in and trapping it in place with the teeth, so the tongue can bore a hole and eat the blood and small pieces of meat.

Lamplings are a female-only species! (By female-only, I mean in s*x only. If you're a transphobe, GTFO my post, this ain't for you.)

They reproduce asexually! If there's an abundance of food, resources, and shelter, an adult Lampling can lay an egg.

Lamplings actually have their own unique ears, with a round body (Octoling) that comes to a small point (Inkling).

Lamplings also can't mimic eyes, making small mistakes any time they try. This can make a Lampling's eyes look wavy, pie-cut, or even rotated.

Despite their weird eyes, they actually have better eyesight on average than Ink and Octolings.

When Lamplings are born, they're blind, rely entirely on their caretakers, and have several small, sharp fangs in the mouth on their face. While normally these fangs merge into a "beak" when the Lampling matures, sometimes they'll stay separated, leaving the kid with a mouthful of sharp teeth.

They reach maturity at the same age as Ink and Octolings, 'round 14 or so.

Despite their terrifying reputation, Lamplings are actually pretty chill and friendly!

While lots of Lamplings live in pre-dominantly Ink or Octoling settlements, sometimes lots of Lamplings come together to form settlerments of their own.

Lamplings have come up with lots of neat recipes in order to feed themselves and their families without hunting down an innocent person. Consequently, one of the freshest and kindest things to do in Lampling communities is cook for other people.

Food is everywhere in Lampling communities. Everywhere you look, someone is making something to eat.

Lamplings can cut away parts of their tentacles, leaving a light or dark-colored scar. Since Lampling heal incredibly quickly, this doesn't really bother them since they don't have many nerves in most of their tentacles, only having some around their eating mouths.

Lamplings usually cut parts of their tentacles to use in dishes, but Lampling youth find it "fresh" to cut their tentacles and maintain it, adding a cool scar to their image.

Lamplings are very friendly to those who they don't see as a threat, always lending a helping hand.

Due to their love of cooking, Lamplings have a high appeal and demand for cuisines from other cultures, studying and adapting them for maximal flavor and enjoyment in their community.

Examples of Lampling-Hybrid cuisine include: Battered-&-Fried "Squid" Rings (made from minced tentacle), Ink-Crystal Candy (Wasabi-Flavored), and Five-High-Pile-High Ink-Soaked Clam Mochi.

And now, pictures!

(A Lampling who mimicked an Inkling form, also called an "Ink" Lampling.)

(A Lampling who mimicked an Octoling form, also called an "Octo" Lampling.)

(Yuuna, one of the two Lampling "idols", and a newscaster for the main Lampling-dominant city, New Oceania.)

(Nami, the other Lampling "idol" and newscaster for New Oceania.)

Thank you to everyone who's read this far and/or voted in the poll!

If you happened to vote for the other option, "Research Paper", I'm pleased to announce that it's already been published on ArchiveOfOurOwn! You can check it out here: Lamplings: The Basics - ArgoNavisStarGazer - Splatoon [Archive of Our Own]

And remember: Drink water, have a nice day, and Stay Fresh!

[problemspritester]

So, an announcement and some extras that never got posted rip me.

It's 2022, and the fsa discord is still crawling along. I'm really thrilled it's made it this far, truly.

While FSW is an early August event we start prepping for it fairly early. If you've ever wondered how we've decided which species are chosen for the banner, starting last year it was chosen on the FSA discord via raffle. if you're interested you should join. The raffle itself is held on a particular day in June, so come by and say hi.

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After fsw2021 I made a pair of "flags" for the two years we'd done to that point, and I plan to make a third one for this year, but after I actually know which species are in it y'know?

FSW2020 flag:

- the five siren element colors

- gold throne blood

- the six phosphor colors

- the cootali skin color gradients

- and the grey-black gradient to represent the Death value from ios "The Game" for the cerbus

@eridan-edits @lepiosprites @shadow-is-here-and-pi @insufferableoracle

FSW2021 flag:

- Vodyanoi skin color gradient along with a strip of rainbow scales as they can be any color

- green for thogans

- rainbow crystalline pattern for golems, rocks can be any color but those outside of the mandated caste system are mutants

- white for tox bones

-brown sphynx fur, along with a strip of feathers in rainbow except for green, which is a separate strip for royal green feathers

(Sey and Omni go to the first two but idk if they have tumblrs) @blivesagain @die-06 @xestuck

[rpboelm]

“Perhaps Throne do have eyes, just have to remove the skin. Do us a favor, won’t you?” “Absolutely, whatever you say.”

Disclaimer: Throne do not have eyes this particular throne was gifted one by their creator deity after being dropped into the trench.

[problemspritester]

Newsy up date on the fanspecies front!

The discords collected so much disjointed lore we made a >>wikia<< to categorize it all!

This is also a invitation to anyone who isnt is the fanspecies discord but wanted their species to be shown, you can edit the wikia too. You dont have to be in the discord to edit the wikia. You dont even have to have participated in fsw2020. But dont forget to check the rules first!

If you have any question please ask id love to answer them for you

[mspfs]

Howdy howdy howdy. Who likes homestuck? Whos tired of just humans, trolls, and cherubs? Plenty of people, judging by the amount of fanspecies floating around.

I'm trying to make a compilation for homestuck fanspecies, for those who dont use deviantart. Some overlap may be expected, but be nice.