#sepublic

[nyaskitten]

Bro got neutered and he still manages to be so aggro???? Ras must’ve been an absolute nightmare beforehand-

His rage mode is actually a byproduct of losing his thang. Once he was neutered, he needed a way to channel the rage, so his stripes turn red now.

[waywardsunlight]

Your tags about how it’s not about the Collector being powerful and how their biggest enemy is themselves really make me think about how this all likely plays into the shortening. Had the show not been shortened, we would’ve gotten a Collector with a different personality (as Dana confirmed) who wouldn’t have had that weakness and so they would’ve been a lot more difficult, taken more time and setup to defeat (assuming they didn’t just stay trapped, which could’ve occurred).

But with the shortening, the Collector is so much more negotiable and so the writers don’t need to cook up a well-paced raising of the power scale, they just need to have a heart to heart and they’ve already done that with Amity and Lilith and whatnot. Giving the Collector a backstory with King and their interactions over the timeskip helps.

There’s other confirmed reasons for the change in personality (wanting King to have an immortal friend he can relate to which probably wouldn’t work out if the Collector was the one who killed his family, as well as Dana having a character concept she wanted to try out that could fit with enough tweaking) but I think this is a legit consideration.

Yeah, honestly I'm not sure what Dana's ultimate plan with Collector was especially with the context of wanting more Coven Head stuff, but I just really enjoy the power scaling in the series and I don't think Collector ever was going to be the main antagonist! Belos fits so well with Luz's arc and what the goals of the show were. I kinda think they would've spent more time with Collector but I don't think we could ever gotten to the power level to fight them. It always had to be a conversation.

King could defeat Collector technically but I think Collector is just so ridiculously powerful that even adult King would struggle. and I'm really glad they didn't do the trope of having Collector be secretly more evil than Belos. I'm really glad he's the final boss, it works so well with Luz's arc and her taking back her power and self-love. :D

[oilith]

Did you know about this storyboard from Watching and Dreaming? It seems the show was originally setting up Odalia to have some realization or change of heart in the finale, but it seems she was also going to take Camila’s place as well. And tbh Camila being given that priority is definitely the right call, she’s the main character’s mom.

But I also believe those two wouldn’t have to be mutually exclusive if the finale was allowed to be a bit longer, but it’s a shame because it was already going past the 44-minute mark.

Yeah, i did know about the storyboard (it may have set fuel to the rat brain-), and i do agree that camila was a much better fit. Honestly, camila being there and odalia coming around at the same time would've been awesome lol. There are just so many cool things that could've happened had it not been canceled...! But we also get to make our own interpetations and headcanons of characters, and theorise about everything we didn't have time to explore. I think that's great. Anyways, got a bit off the topic lol

[humansbgone]

Are there tarantulas who have pet toads, like in real life?

We will eventually be meeting one!

[kyanitegemverse]

I’m just imagining the dialogue in question like;

A: *Mentions someone named Colby Harlech*

B: Colby Harlech? Like the cheese???

C: Ah yes, Colby… [Proceeds to list fairly ambiguous traits and descriptors]

B: Are we talking about the cheese or the person?

ghfgasdfgh oh ok yea i see what you mean and i love that

i could see something like that happening in the ark AU absolutely

now what exactly would describe both Colby and colby cheese hhmmm

[beesgav]

got some good ‘riskas from various people! In order, there’s @sepublic‘s, @kitsunerokko‘s, @cuboidbusinessman‘s, @rahiwatching‘s, @agils-01‘s, @generalbioniclefriend‘s, @kanohivolitakk‘s, and @toaofconfusion’s! What a smattering of cool girls

[mentalmeles]

How do you draw? As in, what programs and devices do you use? I kind of want to get into digital art, so I’m curious!

I draw using the program FireAlpaca! It’s free to use with a nice assortment of brushes and tools at your disposal. Plus, it’s always updating!

As for tablet, I’m not sure what model it is, but I use a Huion!

I hope this helps ❤️

[pyroclastic727]

If we’re going with Twilight Princess parallels, then Andrias would be Zant, as the puppet ruler of the local populace manipulated by his grudge and desire to further his civilization’s power. Likewise, the Night is Ganondorf, the dark god-like entity with a kind female opposite -Hylia and the Mother of Olms- who possesses the intelligent hero (Zelda/Marcy), forcing the one of courage (Anne/Link) to save her!

Ganon even initially appears to Zant as a giant floating orb of... evil... So now I’m imagining Andrias having a tantrum like Zant did, only to be left in awe by the Night’s sudden arrival.

YO WAIT WHAT

SO THE MOTHER OF OLMS AND THE NIGHT ARE DIFFERENT

IMPLYING THAT THE MOTHER OF OLMS WAS LINKED TO THE CREATION OF THE CALAMITY BOX

AND THE NIGHT TO ITS MISUSE OR DESTRUCTION