So, due to Nintendo's behavior, I've decided to reboot Mending the Rift with their own IP, world, Designs, etc. I'm going to be going a different route with them, but the core of the story will remain. I've learned a lot from PMD: Mending the Rift, but I don't want to risk these characters and their story.
Thus, I'm working on the new story, world, and lore! Redesigning characters and creating a new type chart specific for this world. So keep posted, I'll be posting character interactions, world lore, and more! Here are their current designs for Crucible, Avin, and Flux!
heres my persian pokemon oc who i neglect ;o;
i love his design so much but its sometimes just too complicated for me to wanna draw lol
https://toyhou.se/22565136.feline-seb
[Note: Image description is in the alt text of the images due to its length. Let me know if writing them down on the post's description is more preferred!]
My sad static dad! Babak is a character that I still want to do a lot with, to the point he's not really based in TMA before as he used to be. I really want to write a full on story with him someday.
More info under the cut!
Babak is a mysterious being and not even he's sure what he is, he doesn't remember much of his past and who he was aside from being Iranian in origin, but now roams the earth seemingly aimlessly, often appearing as any other person who you may brush past by when you're on walks and the like. He is only seen around where humans will reside, places with zero population of humans will not be visited by Babak, so he is inherently tied to humans in a way…
Despite the very strong human resemblance, there will be some odd effects when one is near Babak and his presence. Such as: The feel of tingling static, mild tinnitus, visual snow, and the imagery of boteh/paisleys in ones dreams and vision. Not all of these have to apply when around Babak and it will vary with each person, but its especially apparent in anyone who has had prior encounters with him…
Babak has a tendency to make contact with and make himself visible to anyone who has had a trauma or is going through a trauma and will appear as a 'imaginary friend'. He will always act very personable and friendly, and will attempt to even protect anyone going through a traumatic event. Those that have had Babak will then thus remember the trauma as a strange fuzzy event they can't recall entirely, and Babak as some vague friend they can't entirely recall, if there's any memory at all.
However, Babak has a tendency to then come back to these people he had previously cared for, and will revisit them as a way to see how they're doing and also as a reunion. However these often end tragically, as Babak's return often come with the resurfacing memory of the traumatic event. If one accepts Babak's presence and does not reject him, he will be very accommadating and kind, and will do his best to help you even if you are retraumatised by him. If one rejects him and tries to drive him away or pretends he's not there, he will become incredibly aggravated and unstable, becoming harder and harder of a presence to ignore and may even unintentionally become hostile as he sorrowfully cries at you to remember and acknowledge him.
As Babak becomes more unstable… his form will change and become incredibly static-like, to the point he would not resemble human at all, but more like some ambiguous haze thats made completely of static, as if his human appearances was some 'mask' for that no longer is able to hide, like a type of anchor thats now become broken...
The moral of this story is don't bottle up your trauma!!
