[shutyourmoustache]

[bakemangocake]

Playing dress-up with my favorite man once again 😌

[destinyfaces]

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤhow about a dance? ♡ ˚₊·

[ahaclownery]

Hey hey hey hey it's ya friendly neighbor nyukkie!!

Ahaclownery, do you ever realized that Sampo's design—more specific, on his shoulders-rear side, the crossing-purple diamond on it, kinda look familiar to a symbol known as Hannunvaakuna knot that widely believed by Finnish-Swedish a symbol to ward evil and bring fortune to it's carver/bearer.

It's quite supporting Sampo's own name in the Finnish mythology too, since Sampo itself is an ancient relic that brings good fortune for those who posses it before it went gone into the sea 👀☝️ I wanna hear what you gonna say about this!

Lolz this totally didn't take me half a century only to write like two sentences haha

This question is brilliant and amazing, and so I hope people comment their thoughts on this question/post :)

[ratioaven]

i remember when i read this i think it’s from gold and gears, i immediately thought holy shit this is fanfic material. like this. this is everything i love these two so much i haven’t found many other herta x screwllum shippers but i think of these two all the time and i don’t know anyone else who also ships them but surely im not the only one right😭😭

[ratioaven]

real convos they had btw

[eulaties]

penacony is like the perfect mixture btween las vegas, vintage disney, and lewis carroll's alice in wonderland. like the death creature screams jabberwocky

[headcann-territory]

Screwog times

[karmapasta05]

the trio again

[cloud-ya]

girls' night

[karmapasta05]

i always imagining him wear short sleeve. anyway, i want him to headlock me

[karmapasta05]

danstelle

[i-hear-a-sound]

watcher

[goldcrescent]

In defense of the horrible Willy Wonka AI experience, I do think it captured the true spirit of Gene Wilder’s Wonka: tormenting a bunch of british children to the point of tears

[misty-reeyus]

A C C O R D

[thesaart]

With laughter I pay thee

Giovanni just like Sampo and Sparkle is an incredibly interesting character. One thing I find fascinating is how those three actually enact their different ideas of elation. Sparkle is distractive not really caring if she hurts others because for her being completely free is what elation is. Sampo is secretive and calculating, not telling anyone that he's a fool so truly you can never be sure what he's gonna do next or even truly, what his idea of elation is. And Giovanni creates playgrounds and just lets others have fun, use what he can give and see what they can do with it. You could also read the way how they enact their understanding of elation in maybe the broader idea of how outsiders would think about the fools. Some will think that they are nothing more but destructive chaos loving people who care about nothing but to use the name of an aeon so they can cause havoc wherever they go. Others may immediately be suspicious of them because truly can you trust the words of people who hide so much behind masks, that you may never even see them without one metaphorically as well as literally. And then maybe some don't take them seriously at all, only seeing the fools as a group of people that just pull pranks, show up at parties and have fun.

[theactualsunshinechild]

Okay so now that the Black Swan story quest has officially dropped the lore that Sampo IS in fact a part of the Masked Fools, I think now is the best time for me to present to you my thoughts on what Sampo's fool's mask should be.

Bear with me now, this is going to sound stereotypical, but I have my reasons. I think Sampo's mask should be that of a black cat.

Aesthetically? Flawless. It will make his green eyes pop, go great with the blue hair, and gives the designers an opportunity to give in to the slutty punk goth aesthetic they were kind of already cultivating.

Thematically, I think this is very appropriate because black cats, while nowadays mostly considered to be "bad luck" were initially more about the change of luck. If a black cat crossed your path, your luck would be fated to change, whether for better or worse. As he says, where there is business, there is Sampo. People with cash will suffer because he will sell them junk. People in a bad situation can be taken right out of it by Sampo, but may have to pay a price. He brings luck and he takes it away with a clever word and a flick of the wrist. To a certain degree, encountering Sampo in the story has consistently been in line with this notion! We were having a good time exploring when we found him in the snow, and he got us into an altercation with the Silvermane Guards. Later when we were in a really bad pinch trying to escape Bronya and the guards, he whisked us away (along with Bronya, changing her luck in the process too). When we were in need of a guide to the surface willing to get us in touch with Serval? Sampo to the rescue. Trouble with stolen artifacts during the museum event? Sampo was at the source. Still need help at the museum? Sampo is your man. One can even argue that our luck turning sour on Penacony only started happening after encountering Sparkle disguised as Sampo which can count if you want. Either way, Sampo is a tricksy little creature and luck follows silently in his invisible footsteps.

Therefore I think black cat imagery suits him very nicely, especially with his whole slinking around through dark alleys and knowing the ins and outs of places and always carefully eluding situations that could end poorly. Probably has nine lives and claws to deal with anything he can't wiggle out of. Just as willing to steal scraps as he is to indulge in given treats. Terribly charming in that same way that cats who know they've caused you trouble are, making huge innocent eyes at you until you shoo them off with a sigh. Always capable of appearing when you least expect it and turning the whole situation on its head.

Point is, in my humble opinion, they need to give Sampo a black cat aesthetic for his Fool form because I think it is classic and fits him.