FATFROGRUNE ~ We're Doing A Sequel! (The Lightners)
Okay so I was going to use Tumblr to look for some references but then I got to thinking and maybe I could use my soapbox for once. I don't have much for this AU but maybe if you like it I can flesh it out and make something with these guys? Never really planned for them to be a weird Deltarune AU but I dunno, we'll burn that bridge when we get there. There'll be lore under the page break.
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Sadie (Kris) - The Fat Frog of FATFROGRUNE fame. The idea is simple. Your name is SADIE LASTNAME. You are a RETRO GAME ENTHUSIAST. You and your GIRLFRIEND are going to meet your parents in your HOMETOWN. You're staying here for SEVEN DAYS. Talkative, slightly obnoxious, really observant but to a point where she describes everything she looks at sort of. It's weird and it kinda started recently like someone's watching her now but what the hell. She's not a bad person. . . She knows she isn't but people seem to not think that. THE GATEWAY OF FROG'S SPAWN.
Nami Vergil Everett (Susie) - The daughter of ■■■■■■■■, local hero of her and Sadie's hometown. She was never really the same after her mother's passing, she couldn't bare to look back. She's stuck in the present, always moving forward without direction. Has a bit of main character syndrome and feels like she has to do most of the work for her and Sadie. She doesn't blame Sadie for what happened, she knows that deep down the things they said she did couldn't have been her fault, but maybe she's just too afraid to look back to notice it. THE TRIAL IN HUMAN SKIN.
Dante Everett (Noelle) - The adopted daughter of ■■■■■■■■ and Ms. Modeus Everett. She was never really the same after her mother's passing. She got stuck in the past, stuck in the memories of all of the good times between her and her mother, always fawning over her mother's old hiking equipment and field notes even if it interferes with her Entological work. Her heart's in the right place but she's not one to let a loose end linger and keeps one hell of a grudge. She believes what they said about Sadie, even if she won't say it to her face. How could she ever find the right time to bring it up. AT FIRST, THE SISTERS. AT LAST, THE SISTERS.
Yusuke Fortune (Berdly) - The weird mathematician girl from Dante's college that she got to drive her to her hometown. She has a slight air of confidence in most things she does, maybe a but of superiority. Underestimates most things, and one of those things might be her relationship with Dante. Rookie Poker and Yugioh Player, she's getting back into playing for the fun of it. She seems a lot cooler than Sadie. Maybe even a better point of view. . . I wonder. . . [No Prophecy Found.]
Welcome if you're new, welcome back if you're not. Today I realized I haven't been drawing much and I think I could use an obligatory text post or two. And maybe some asks. This is your call to action, give me asks. This is probably gonna be about the main conflict of FATFROGRUNE so be prepared for that under the cut. Hope you enjoy the show!
Generally the main conflict of FATFROGRUNE to me revolves around the relationship between Sadie and Nami and their own mental struggles. Both of them have a lot of self-worth issues and they sort of got together because of how much they were able to relate to one another. After ■■■■■■ died, Sadie had a lot grapple with. With her friends thinking that she had something to do with it and her mentor - the only one she could really confide in - not coming back, she started to see herself as unreliable. Like she's better off dead for how much trouble she ropes other people into. Eventually she just decided to up and leave, going off to college and planning to never come back until she got to know Nami a bit more. Nami was the only one from her past who accepted that she was trying to reinvent herself and move on from all of that pain, and she accepted it with open arms. She never really felt that way before. . . As she started to open up more, she let more of herself show, like her tendency to narrate her life at times and generally just be a little silly gal. It's hard to tell but Nami senses that something's up with her just from how much more she talks to herself. . . I wonder why that is.
Nami, on the other hand, want to be the main character of her story. Throughout her life she's always felt unremarkable, she wasn't nearly as spoiled as her younger sister, the rest of her family were all famous and went off to do better things, her mom had a legacy that proceeded her, whatever it was that she did. . . What does Nami have? A name? After ■■■■■■'s death, she snapped fully. She couldn't bare to look back even for a second, she's the one who needed to forget more than anyone. She needed to take care of her family now that mom wasn't around. . . She started smoking a bit afterwards. Taking down her photos. Stopped talking to Dante like she used to. Ran off to college. She didn't know what she'd do but god just being in that house, it was too much. That's when she met Sadie, and Sadie thought she was the coolest person ever. . . And she finally felt like she didn't have to run, to keep pacing away from life and actually start living it. But, as always with Nami, she was the one who wanted to face her problems head on, even though she was wildly unprepared for it.
Both of them have issues with their perspective. Sadie doesn't think she's worth discussion and Nami wants her story to be told more than anything. Together they're not the best fit ever but they're together, and just maybe it'll work out. Just maybe.
So yeah that's their main problems with very little spoilers. Uhh. Hope that was fun.
Welcome if you're new, welcome back if you aren't, the last post I made has no interaction at all which is a little scary but I'm gonna keep posting about Nami because she's honestly pretty interesting. I've really been working on her dynamic with Sadie and how their relationship will play out throughout the course of this AU. Anyway, here's some more Chapter 1 slop. Hope this is neat.
Welcome if you're new, welcome back if you're not, small non-thread post for today to show some concept art I did. I haven't done any bullet patterns unfortunately. That's still a thing in this AU, I feel like I should clarify that. The UI is just for style points honestly. I based this off of OFF; I might do another attempt at this in the wing of the hotel she's locked in. Hope this is neat.
Welcome if you're new, welcome back if you're not, I wanted to spend some time on the whole aesthetic of FATFROGRUNE so people could understand my vision for it. Currently I want to sort of style it like a 3DS game inspired by Persona, because Persona was the first inspiration I could come up with. I made a battle mock-up to help you understand what I mean. That's also why the Cursor looks like that, it's meant to be sort of a ripple animation for whenever you tap the screen. Hope this helps.
