my sander sides hc ☆ purple = new update
skin + eye colour chart
general ;; ♡
not every side is good or redeemable. whereas MOST have good qualities (janus advocating for thomas' GOOD selfishness, virgil being thomas' self preservation in a sense), others may not.
the sides physical appearence actually differ greatly from thomas' outside of the fact that theyre all masc presenting. their appearence changes based on how they feel themselves to be, ie roman being taller, broader, and tanner than the others due to his elevated sense of vanity and want to be prince-like. these appeared can NOT be changed at will, and are more like how theyve "grown"
each side has their own personality outside of being apart of.. thomas'... erm. personality..
all the "darksides" have animal like features that coincide with their purpose! like janus' snake features! virgils are cat features, large ears, larger eyes, a tail, etc. remus has rat like features lol
the "light sides" get along with MOST "dark sides"
(almost) every side has functions outside of their "core" trait. for instance, virgil represents a lot of thomas' overwhelming feelings, not just his anxiety. like if thomas becomes too excited, thats something virgil feels. its commonly misunderstood that patton is the one harboring every emotion of thomas' outside of anxiety, but patton actually feels anxious too! its like, patton creates these feelings and feels them first, but if they become overwhelming for him they shift to virgil. the reason virgil was created in the first place was because patton always found it difficult to control anxiety and fear in moderation.
characters ;; ◇
VIRGIL visualizer
physical ; - black catlike features (ears, sharp teeth, tail, claws) that represent how he is viewed as being bad luck, an unwanted guest - longish hair, down to the base of his neck and his jaw line, almost angled like a mullet, black at the roots with purple ends/highlights, its fluffy enough that he can hide his ears in it - darkest eyes of the group, representing how he finds himself to be a particularly dark side of thomas, reflecting the lack of self worth and anxiety he feels as the representation of anxiety himself - pale with freckles from "sun damage", the freckles being his way of showing how theres still some light in him (as in, he can still spend enough time in the sun (bright side of life) for it to cause "blemishes"), pale because he thinks it fits his aesthetic of goth guy LMFAO - shortest of the group, representing how small he feels in comparison to the others (how his anxiety makes him feel small and scrutinized), skinny as well, but muscular in a lithe way, showing how powerful he is even if he doesnt look like much - large eyes (not comically so, but almost in a cute way), a soft look to his face, almost disney princess like, his physical forms way of representing how unthreatening anxiety can seem to those who arent experiencing him. eyes are larger to almost show how alert he always is. - instead of eyeshadow (which he does wear, but not as intensely), he has tired bruises under his eyes general ; - virgil is extremely sensitive to sounds, loud noises causes immediate anxiety, hes hyper vigilant and easily startled - virgil is technically both a light and dark side. anxiety can be good and bad. whenever he becomes too much (frequently and typically unwillingly), his voice begins to shift and become darker, as well as his general appearence and vibe around him becoming a lot darker. its as though his panic is connected to the world around him. hes also more ambiguous due to him encompassing all of thomas' overwhelming feelings rather than just anxiety, even positive ones. (its unfortunate that his overwhelm tends to turn into anxiety but you take what you get) - virgils core function is to be thomas' fear and self preservation, he just manifests in a way thats too much because he worries that if he isnt overbearing thomas will get hurt.
