I know this is out of the blue but is there any hints or ideas we are allowed to hear of or look in on regarding Stagrove 👀👀 Perhaps updated outfits or some in-depth discussions of their relationships together as a cohesive group? You don't have to do this at all! I am just asking :) I love your work and I love hearing all your ideas and thoughts!!! Please take care of yourself.
normally i’d play coy and say ohhhh you’ll get it when you get it ofc 🤭 but ive been kinda mia from tumblr + stagrove so actually maybe its better to say whats going on 🥹
im working on refining their uniforms and actually having proper sprites for them done! evening out their personalities and straightening out their lore too 🤪 (ridge of willows + woodsmouth r now the two ‘homelands’ respective to stagrove but like… theyre literally 10 minutes away from each other. its just small town locales) (also by evening out their personalities, i just mean looking closer at them n maturing them a bit -> also figuring out what they stand 4 in the narrative and between each other.)
i might make a fresh render of their dorm logo too just to have on hand but that’ll come when it comes 💀
between the boys’ dynamics (esp for the episode) i think i wanted to weigh in more on the concept of how they all parallel against chase’s narrative and character?
ronaldo -> independence, standing alone but not apart. i think their bgs as students are rly similar? i like to think chase used to be in the same stagrove unit-type as him + they carry themselves with the same lone wolf demeanor. i think the primary difference tho is that ronaldo doubles down on where and who he is vs chase who leaves it out of people’s hands and lets himself be misunderstood.
flint -> the need to take action and change? something with ambition and duty to benefit the greater good. flint is one of his closest friends and i dont think hes ever judged chase for doing what he has, but i think it’s worth mentioning that flint does not follow chase. he works with chase. you’d think he enables chase, but the reality is that he’s one of the biggest restrictions on him because of how much he pushes back against chase.
berk -> the urge to protect and adapt, camaraderie and loyalty to preserve what is yours. berkeley is the enabler. not the most intentional, but the leniency is there anyway. i think berkeley is more open to this idea of change and adapting to it in the present, whereas chase prefers it in the future. berkeley lives in the moment and protects what he has, but i think chase lives in rhetoric. he protects what he will have, and what he had.
cordell -> the future… or a pseudo-reflection? tbh i just rly wanted to emphasize that cordell is The Next Generation of stagrove even if he doesn’t immediately suit the image. what if stagrove wasn’t founded on a basis of have-nots and callousness. what if you always had something worth protecting instead of looking off into the distant reckoning to evaluate whether or not this was enough. he’s the stagrove founded on love and intention and effort and- 🥹 he just, is everything that chase thought he was working towards.
