One Last Dance

oh everybody hates it great great feeling sooo normal rn

i am of the opinion gender doesnt exist to any creature in the construct (except for the narrator). the princesses are only shaped like women. they have no use for gender. the voices even less so, considering they dont have bodies.

"oh but they use he/him" "oh but they use she/her" and? that doesnt mean shit. its the same as using she/her for a boat.

one of the princesses even said herself, in plain emglish, they dont need labels. theyre not human. theyre not mortal. this shit is just whatever to them. if not for the narrator im not even sure they'd Use pronouns.

now, femininity and masculinity are Still big parts of the metanarrative, but besides like. how it affects people and media, i dont think gender itself matters at all. the princess is more the Idea of a woman. and the long quiet is the Idea of a man.

i actually have a lot to say about this but 1) im tired and 2) this post aint about that. point is: they're all trans and gay. use whatever pronouns you want. call them whatever you want. none of it matters, positively.

It's hard being a field medic for the god of war, huh?

If your willing, could we get a sneak peak of the next chapter of Little Voices?

Oh

I haven't even started on it yet, my mind is still mush after writing Chapter 9

But I will tell you this...

This line is gonna be altered but it's basically there.

📓 and 🌟 for Oppy?

hobbies and wishes!

ive said before that i think he likes to cook! and garden!

for various reasons ! cooking gets people to like him, and he likes when theyre all together. he also doesn't like food made by other people (trust issues and ocd tendencies) so he'll do it more than anyone.

i also think he gardens :)). the route of the witch has a lot to do with nature itself (rather than the beast, which is more to do with the fauna than the flora) and i think that rubs off on him. he likes to grow plants to have specific uses, especially ones that help issues that some others have. paranoid needs something to help him sleep? cool new incense he found. conty getting rashes from running around in the woods and tripping on poisonous plants? oppy's got some mushed up leaves for ya. skeppy needs an easily digestible capsule for a medication? oppy found this sweet syrup that easily solidifies. he likes having their solutions.

this also goes into his wishes and desires. as implied in Reunite, he wants to be respected. people acknowledging him and accepting him as just as good as (if not better than) the rest of them.

a big wish, a dream perhaps, would be , one day, someone coming to his home with some gifts. something nice to pamper him. a day where someone gives their full attention to him, full of praise and comfort. he really wants to be loved and liked like some of the others (but he'd rather die than admit it)

Narilamb crack idea where lamb is a poor unfortunate sailor stuck on an island after a shipwreck and Narinder is the siren/seamonster circling the island attempting (unsuccessfully) to lure them into the water so he can eat them.

Over the course of time they end up bonding, and after multiple failed murder attempts on Narinder’s part he realizes that he’s stopped seriously hunting them, its more like a game between them at that point (lamb still assumes he would eat them if they fell in, though.) He eventually does catch them, but to lamb’s surprise, he lets them go.

Anyway that’s all I got for now but I am Thinking Thoughts

IM THINKGING MORE

YOUR DECISIONS CHANGE THE HERO. LIKE SHIFTY.

HE IS AN INDIRECT PART OF YOU. LIKE SHIFTY.

THATS WHY HE FUCKING SHOWS UP AT THE SHIFTY FIGHT. BECAUSE THATS HIM. HE'S ALREADY THERE AS THE FIRST VESSEL YOU EVER ENCOUNTERED. HE SHOWS UP LAST BECAUSE YOU MET HIM FIRST.

GUYS.

There's not a single Voice that actually seems to like Broken... Cheated is the only one who says anything remotely nice to him and even then it's a one-off thing... Opportunist and Contrarian outright call him the worst one... Hero is more upset with him in Tower and Tower->Fury than he is with maybe any other Voice in their own chapter...

The Ray of Light

- Zeus equivalent, solely because he is the king of gods. Vague weather abilities, oftentimes uncontrollable. I like to think he smells like rain. "ray" is also like "rey" which means king.

- Red can have all sorts of meanings, but red is also one of the very few used colors in Slay the Princess, so it works especially well for him.

- He has a lot of softer edges, since he tends to favor that which gets less people hurt. Reasonable, yes, but comparitively softer than most voices.

- A triangle for the pupil, specifically one pointing up. Meant to be similar to a blade's point, but the similarity to a magic 8-ball was definitely a win design-wise. It is empty (unlike others, you'll see later) because he gets influenced by other voices, and it can change.

- I think he has a very lean, sleeper build that he hides under an oversized undershirt. In most terms, however he is perfectly average amongst the other voices; average height, average build, as normal as it gets.

- Also meaning that he is the most like Quiet. Just a little softer, a little less prone to violence. More of a Hero than a Slayer.

The Flora

- Demeter equivalent, since the Witch route has so much to do with nature, and he shows off some hints at it too (his own senses mirroring hers, some other stuff). Demeter is also represented by poppies, which fits for that route. Since Demeter has a lot to do with food, and plants that have to do with food, I thought of it as a good counterpart to the chapter of the Beast, who has to do with animal food and meat rather than plant food.

- Orange has a lot to do with confidence and boldness, and my goodness, does oppy got that. Warmth and vibrance, but undoubtedly a symbol of danger and warning. Pretty and safe, if you know what's good for you.

- The star patterns, as I've explored before, are pretty literal. He is sparkly and beautiful but you aren't supposed to get close. Only to be admired from afar, will hurt you if you step any closer. Every sharp part of him is hidden under a fluffy or smooth exterior.

- Cat-eye pupil with a glint whenever he has some sort of plan or trick up his sleeve, which is more often than not. It always seemed to me like he was moreso the predator within his route.

- He's a little bit smaller than the Hero, and he likes it that way. People like and trust small things. He does try to seem more approachable and attractive with the shaping of his feathers; he purposefully preens his chest to be more accentuated. Unfortunately for him, small tends to mean weaker. However, he is very, very sharp when he needs to be.

- He is a little cleaner, a little more condensed than the Quiet. Always something hidden away. Always preying on someone's downfall.

one of these days ill do an actual in depth analysis of all of my voice designs to show off all of their design features and give explanations. eh. one of these days