I Made It Even Worse With Sunday, A Half-built Harmony TB And A Robin This Is A Disgustingly Large Amount

One of my newer OCs. Her name is Kyrie (Kai-ree), Kai for short. Originally Kairi but not sure if the spelling is clear enough.

Anyways, she's a creature loosely based off of kelpies from Scottish mythology—a water spirit that can shapeshift into an equestrian (or human in some myths) form to lure in potential victims. She enjoys bone collecting and would probably frequent r/vultureculture if she existed in our world.

I'm very happy with how the rendering of the skin and hair turned out, and the effects / texture.

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Kafka 💜🕷️

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can we pour one the fuck out for ‘umm... that ell jee bee tea thing?’

[ID: Two versions of a panel from Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu. The first version shows Hikaru looking curious as he asks, "Umm... That Ell Jee Bee Tea thing?" The second, the official translation, shows Hikaru asking, "Home-o-sex-you-all?" End ID]

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SO ABOUT THAT ANIMATED TRAILER

A victim of the plague in Kýmare; the few that survive the initial intense wave of infection are left weakened and often bedridden or even comatose, with only a few years to live. Lyn is the exception; he has continued to go about his life with merely a few… unpleasant side effects. He's working on it. As for Lyn's expected lifespan. . . he's working on that too.

A mysterious figure, Lyn can be seen wandering about in secluded areas. He is often likened to some kind of wraith or spirit by the locals due to his outfit and the silent grace and elegance of his movements. His mask, hat, and cloak are meant to conceal the scars/damage he retained from the plague, and also to prevent further infections, which would be very bad for his health.

teenagers in media acting like real teenagers will always hold a special place in my heart

SPOILERS FOR WUTHERING WAVES ACT 6: my issue with the reveal of [spoiler] isn't the fact that it even exists, but the fact that it doesn't mesh well with the game's art-style AT ALL.

The idea of Rover's Tacit mark being home to some kind of powerful entity that appears friendly but might have some sinister motives or unknown properties (because let's be real, even in its existing form, this guy is quite suspicious and we know nothing about it) is pretty cool.

But if you look at the existing animals in game, both enemies / echos and NPCs like dogs and cats, the game goes for a more realistic style for most of them. Some are cute, but most look more epic or badass and fit into the apocalyptic and gritty style of the game (even as the game itself wanders away from that). Additionally, all Tacit Discords thus far either mimic real creatures like wolves, bears, boars, or herons, or take the form of mutated humanoids that look deformed and warped, or take the form of mystical creatures, like the Morning Aix.

If they'd leaned towards more of those design elements, creating a sleek creature that still has some cute elements, I feel like this creature would have felt less out-of-place. Perhaps more of a bird-like or even dragon-like design, or a fluffy serpentine dragon (keeping the long fluffy ears and markings) would have worked better. Also making it walk on four legs instead of looking like a marketable plushie.

This isn't even touching on the reveal of this critter. It feels too sudden; I feel like it needed some more foreshadowing (which would have been easier without the story rewrites, yes) like the silhouette of its design being shown, or lore hints about Tacit Marks being home to some kind of conscious entity or power that isn't fully understood yet. Also, it would have hit harder if it felt like the Rover consciously was aware of this guy and summoned it—like if Rover had some kind of vision / hallucination / flashback montage or quick images flashing in their head. Instead it just feels like this guy popped out of nowhere. It also hurts the previous reveal of Havoc Rover, making them seem weak in comparison to this little furby looking guy.

ALSO its color scheme. Tacit Discords thus far seem to be most strongly associated with purple and gold, and Rover matches this, starting off with golden Spectro powers and moving to purple Havoc powers. SO WHY IS THIS GUY WHITE, BLUE, AND ORANGE??? Its color scheme also threw me off a lot 😭

So anyways, that's my take on the matter. What do you guys think?