#pardus.pdf

[santostrife]

I am curious about Kausat & the cats’s relationships with gender!

Kausat Stolar: Transneutral Nonbinary, Prefers He/They Vaguely sorted it out via religion, aka the Talmud and its 8 Genders, and strengthened it when they became more active on the internet. Many people tend to assume they're Just a man based on appearance- but it’s something that was never met with much resistance. Especially given they were people he didn’t talk to on the regular + it didn’t cause discomfort for them.

People closer to them however, like their morail Presae, are more aware of the fact that he considers himself to be nonbinary.

Pardus Rubato: Trans woman, Prefers She/He In general terms, she got his sense of gender from various anime characters/villains, a few you’ll actually be able to see posted up on the walls of her room! As for who specifically influenced that sense the most- Frieza was her personal gender 9/11, and Envy (from FM03) was the second plane. Some honorable mentions as well are Edward Elric, Raditz, Perfect Cell + Android 16, 17, and 18.

Aside from that however, truthfully this message from Nekro also explains her well.

[nekropsii]

do any sov characters play pikmin bloom. do yhey like it. do any of them play it and not like it were they forced to. is there invite code drama. my boyfriend loves pikmin bloom i need to gather all the data for our daily pikmin bloom descussions (my phone is too old to downloaf it) (i love sovstuck this is how we compromise) (we also make homestuck aus that are so stupid and so whimsical)

orry for the tmi i just needed you to understand the context

Hi, this is up there on the list of funniest anons I've ever received, and I'm obsessed with it. I sent it to the Developer Server for a group consensus, and we've reached some verdicts.

Pardus is the most likely to canonically play Pikmin Bloom, as she is already canonically deeply invested in the Pikmin franchise. She's located in a major city, lives by the Dandori way, and is really into parkour, so her activity levels on that game would be insane. He is so fucking efficient.

Ajax and Pleome play Pikmin Bloom for Pardus reasons.

If Retris were to play it, his Friend Code would get leaked on the Internet somehow, and he'd get a bajillion fucking friend requests in an hour because everyone wants to know his exact location. He cannot rest from hell.

Kausat finds a way.

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Thinking about particular post about Pardus' Music Taste again, and remembered a song I realized he'd go crazy over:

enjoy!

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How do Kausat & Pardus sound? Do you factor typing quirks into voices?

Yes I do! I find it more interesting to incorporate their way of speaking into their quirks in some fashion!

Kausat for example- He has a very blunt + short way of speaking and a very heavy Russian accent. These both appear in their quirk with Consistent Capitalization Of Each Word, a frequent use of periods, and a lack of a/are/an words (aka articles). Tangentially however, Kausat will frequently over pronounce Os.

Pardus on the other hand. Her way of speaking is, to me, best described as Bill and Ted-esque. Emphasis on the Bill. Very chill, a little goofy with how she words things, and with a few words drawnnn out for emphasis. This shows in his quirk not only through her casually made morbid jokes, but also in how she doubles her Rs!

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Are there any things that inspired your characters that might be fun to research before seeing them play out in action? Things like movies, books, music, mythology, psychological concepts, etc. that knowing about might enrich our understanding of them? Or would you rather we try to figure that out ourselves? I like understanding the references to things if they exist

Anon, I am gripping you by the shoulders. Thank you for this ask because Yes I have. So Many. (Though I'll leave you to figure out the more mythologically aligned inspirations for the comic!)

Starting off with Pardus, we have:

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure by Stephen Herek: “Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, set out on a quest to make the ultimate school history report after being presented with a time machine.”

Mirrors Edge by DICE: “In a city where information is heavily monitored, couriers called Runners transport sensitive data. In this seemingly utopian paradise, a crime has been committed, & you are being hunted.”

Basically the entire series of Pikmin

The music genre of Hyperpop

The concept of Nostalgia and how it traps you

And then for Kausat, we have:

House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski: A story about an ever shifting house and the decreasing sanity of the people who know it. Personally or through Text

ANATOMY by Kittyhorrorshow: “Explore a suburban house, collect cassette tapes, study the physiology of domestic architecture.”

The Room by Fireproof Studios: “A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top… It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.”

Uzumaki by Junji Ito: “the story of the citizens of Kurouzu-cho, a fictional city which is plagued by a supernatural curse involving spirals.”

The concept of Obsessive Understanding and the scholar behind it

There are of course Several more things and ideas that count as inspiration for these characters, but these are the most prominent!

I highly suggest giving them a try should they interest you!

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Summarize the themes of your Sovereignstuck player character(s) in the vaguest way you can?

Pardus’ is Linearity Kausat’s is Fragmentation

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What do your characters listen to, music-wise? Do they have any particular gods they pray to?

Pardus has must-be-listening-to-music-constantly disease, so you'll usually see her jamming out to hyperpop music as that's one of her favorite genres! Whether or not she decides to listen via headphones or souped up speakers depends on the day, and how much she really wants people to hear a specific song. Kausat however, considering his hobbies they'll more likely than not have a pair of ear-plugs or safety ear muffs on. Very much content to work in silence, though will have almost little to no objections should someone go ahead, and start playing music around him anyways! Though music that sounds similar to the band "Son Lux" is something he tends to enjoy the most. As for Gods: Pardus doesn't particularly have any, and Kausat is Jewish!

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Spare Pardus thoughts?

An assortment of thoughts ft. me digging through my notes/brain:

Her Lusus is a manticore! with some more Leopard aspects rather than Lion.

Her screen name is "Entroparty" (thank you @nekropsii for that one)

Shes got Adhd! Shes got soooo many tips and tricks for Executive Dysfunction.

When shes not making a cover, a lot of her original work could be best described as Surreal, she tends to mix a lot of elements that are bizarre in concept but fit together anyways, and make lyrics that are absolutely nonsensical.