Bocchi The Rock Piece Inspired By The Cover Album Of Yura Yura Teikoku's NA.MA.SHI.BI.RE.NA.MA.ME.MA.I!

Bocchi the Rock piece inspired by the cover album of Yura Yura Teikoku's NA.MA.SHI.BI.RE.NA.MA.ME.MA.I! A very self-indulgent drawing... Sorry!

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Theories and Headcannonious Pt. 25

So this weekly theory inspired by one of @/cocoabats art post, that explores how Pearlescent Moon and GoodtimewithScar are eerily similar is Double Life and Secret Life respectively. Besides both being the victor for each of their respective seasons, both Pearl and Scar share a plethora of similarities that closely link their storylines, character develops and relationships.

This theories stems from the fact that both Scar and Pearl in both of their respective series are considered alone and isolated from their suggested and initial allies. Pushed away by their alliances from their own destructive actions that torn their passive reputation and ruined any other teaming with the surrounding participants. From adventuring that lead to the seperation from her soulmate to the progressively antagonsitic tasks given by the Taskmaster, every action done lead to stumble upon stumble. Causing both Scar and Pearl to be outcasts and acting as the antgonist or local-mad(wo)man.

Through other external factors, Scar and Pearl began on their downward spiral towards insanity and bloodlust. One driven to madness from the loss of a beloved and sleep and the other prodded and pressured to act sadistically towards others. Eventually forming fragile bonds with remaining contestants but when it came to the final duels, they overcame victoriously. Soaked in the blood of the deceased.

One final similarity between Pearl and Scar is the final duel between these two contendors in the season of Secret Life. As both Peral and Scar commenced the determining battle, Pearl just fell into a nearby crevice. Ending her journey and Secret Life and commencing Scar as the next victor. Similar to Grian's death back in Third Life and could be seen as a symbol of a purposeful sacrifice for Scar. An act of remorse for the fallen to the newly crowned, Scar.

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new life series came out yipe

Art post referred to : https://www.tumblr.com/cocoabats/753004871276544000/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same

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burdigel

6 months ago

AHHHH

An animated gif.

It depicts a mock up of the title screen of the game "In Stars and Time"

Instead of the usual character there, Siffrin, Isabeau is in their place. He's standing under a tree as leaves fall around him and gentle wind sways away. He has one hand up to his face with his eyes closed, seemingly lost in thought.

The title reads "In Repetition and Change" with the game's options are under it.

ALRIGHT, I ASKED FOREVER AGO, BUT WHO WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT MY ISA LOOPS AU??

Heads up this contains a lot, and I mean A LOT of spoilers for In Stars And Time. Including: = Act 6 spoilers, including main mystery and secret encounter = Minimal Act 5 stuff = And a bunch of extra stuff that happens through Act 3 and 4. SO BASICALLY ALMOST EVERYTHING, FINISH THIS GAME COMPLETELY BEFORE READING (ESPECIALLY THAT ACT 6 ENCOUNTER, IT WILL LITERALLY BE THE FIRST THING I MENTION UNDER THE CUT)

With all those warnings out of the way-

IN REPETITION AND CHANGE

Initial Concepts:

Sketch of a humanoid character.

Their face only shows their eyes, emotionless and distant. Their face is round and fluffy. Two big leaves sprout from the back of their head going downwards. They seem to resemble a white dandelion.
Their body is a gradient from light to black, with stary dots all over. At the center of their chest there is a bright four pointed star.

The character's name is Roboro, and they turning away and crossing their arms, seemingly unapproving.

Next to that sketch, there is another sketch of Roboro.
In it their eyes look more frantic and worried. Their body language seems more jittery, as their leaves flow behind them, and seeds from their head fly in the wind.

A rough sketch of Isabeau (from "In Stars And TIme") and Roboro.

Isabeau is smiling wide, eyes closed and looking happy. Next to him there are bullet points that read "bubbly. loud. supportive. positive"

Next to him there's Roboro. looking way more calm, with half lidded eyes and a resting expression. There's more bullet points next to them. "a little cold/dry. distant. quiet. realist leaning on pessimism??"

Under both of them there's more text that reads "both straight forward (blunt). both smart"

From the "both smart" text, there are two arrows. One points to Isabeau saying "doesn't show it", the other points to Roboro with "does show it."

A sketch comic of Isabeau.

The first image shows him standing in a field of dandelions. He seems to be surprised, as he has one hand slightly raised. He's looking onto the dandelions with tears in his eyes. There is light in the distant sky

The second image shows the source of the light, a glowing dandelion, descent upon Isabeau. He reaches up to hold it.

The sketch comic of Isabeau continues.

He lowers the glowing dandelion a little, and looks down on it. The light around him seemingly getting darker.

The last sketches depict him eating the dandelion.

I feel it's important to show these sketches because they were the first ideas I ever had. I wasn't even entirely sure I wanted to make an AU at this point, I didn't even know how I'd approach it. But I started sketching and it's been on my mind since- SO! Isa is stuck in the timeloop. I know what his wish is and he DOES have a Loop equivalent! The grumpy dandelion guy is Roboro (it/they/he). Their name is a very small play on Ouroboros and they call Isa "Seedling". However, this post is not about them, as I'm gonna talk about it and Isa's dynamic in a separate post. In short, Isa is his normal loud self up until Act 3, right? They beat the King, they reach the end, and whoops, the loop isn't broken. So now, what happens is that Isa starts getting his brains out. He starts thinking more analytically and tries to problem solve.

The more stuck he gets in his head, the less he's able to perceive his friends as real people, and more like them holding him back. Because even if Isa explains that he's smart, that they shouldn't be surprised if he says something, shock of all shocks, reasonable- They'll forget it the next loop.

So Isa is stuck with trying to portray his confident, loud, supportive facade- Which is fine! It wouldn't be the first time! But it progressively gets more and more frustrating, as he tries to find answers and simply looses the energy to pretend to be stupid.

TL;DR: Isa in the timeloop, unlike Siffrin, becomes more distant and cold rather then something more akin to Sif's mania.

NOW, MORE ART!!!

KILL KILL KILL:

A drawing of Isabeau (a comic, continues onto the next image)

He's semi-facing away from the camera. His face unseen. The arm closest to the camera seemingly reaching to something off screen, and the other is raised in the air in a fist. He seems to have just punched something hard.

The comic continues.

Isabeau starts slowly turning towards the camera. The hand closest to the camera comes up to reveal that it's a fist. His other hand going down and off camera.

We can now see his eye. It's cold and neutral and calculative.

The comic continues.

Isabeau brings his forefront fist up higher, flashing a big grin and a seemingly excited expression. His eyes are devoid of light.

Under the image there is a text that reads "See? We got this!!!"

The comic continues.

The drawing depicts the rest of Isabeau's friends and party looking different kinds of upset.

Odile is at the forefront, holding a hand over the rest. She looks cautious and protective. Clinging onto her sleeve Bonnie looks on with a wide-eyed expression.
Further back there's Mirabelle looking extremely upset and scared, bringing both her hands up to her mouth in shock.
And next to her there's Siffrin who is clutching their hat further down their face, as they look worried and confused.

The comic continues.

A close up shot of Isabeau, his eyes wide and upset. His smile has gotten smaller, he's started to sweat, and the wrinkles under his eyes are more noticeable. There's a shadow over his face. He looks mildly conflicted and scared.

I imagine Isa didn't have this encounter the same way that Sif did. Yeah, frankly, Isa is pissed with the sadness- But that's not why he goes through with this.

In this moment, Isa is trying to kill two birds with one stone. He's trying to get through this quickly, as well as reassure Mira that they can do this! If he shows how strong he is, then she'll feel safe right???

Poor Isabeau forgot that whenever he shows that he thinks ahead, he scares people. How could he forget that? How could he forget that he's inherently---

Family Quest:

A new comic of Isabeau.

The drawing depicts him looking back towards the camera. Again, his eyes hollow, his expression frighteningly resting. His earrings fly in the wind as he turns around.

This image would usually be accompanied with the text "You couldn't change your expression fast enough."

The comic continues.

Isabeau's friends look at him from a far in worry, confused. Notably, Siffrin is the only one smiling, trying to hide their distress.

There's a panel next to them. showing a close up of Isabeau at an angle. His eyes wide but empty and there's a small frown on his face. There's a shadow over his eyes.

The comic continues.

Isabeau's friends seem to recoil in pain from something, hands going to clutch at their heads of chests. The background behind them getting darker and glitchier.

Isabeau looks the same as the previous image.

The comic continues.

The friends rush towards Isabeau, the background getting darker, more glitchy. At the far back Odile is calling out to them. Bonnie is ahead of her, hands at their cheeks looking scared and frightened. Ahead is Mira, holding up her skirt, running towards Isabeau, and the furthest in front is Siffrin, who looks frightened, yelling out for Isabeau with an outstretched hand, trying to reach him.

Isabeau looks almost the same as before, however, his hand is in shot, seemingly trying to reach out for Siffrin as well.

An extra to the comic.

The shot with the friends looks the same as the last image. However, Isabeau isn't reaching out, and instead has a wide grin on his face, light in his eyes. He seems happy, even as his friends are panicking.

This is an extra achieved through going through this ending more then once.

I still think Odile is the one to call out to him (same with sus quest).

The hangouts I'm still figuring out, cause I don't think they'd too similar to base game- But, fun fact, at the end of this run, everyone agrees to keep travel together!

Isabeau brings it up, can't hurt if you can fix your mistakes right? And everyone agrees. The relief on Siffrin is the most palpable thing Isabeau has ever seen.

In this moment they love you. In this moment they all love you. In this moment---

Death Screen:

A gif depicting a simple drawing of Isabeau floating in a void. There's echos of him in the background.

Text under him reads "(It doesn't add up.)" and bellow that text, there's game options for "Start again" and "Quit."

He loops back anyways. (This is one of the initial concepts that I ended up animating. This line in particular is when he reaches the end)

Act 5 Tarot Card:

A drawing of Isabeau

He stands tall at a down-top angle. He's tearing a card to pieces. The torn shards show people looking up at something, reaching out.

Isabeau's expression is dark. Calculative, yet angry. Half of his face is covered in pitch black shadow.

Notably the background behind him has a mild red hue to it.

There's text above the image in the game's text box that reads "(You've had enough judgement for one lifetime.)"

NOW TO SEE MORE OF HIS PASSIVE AGRESSIVE SIDE

Thanks to @the-bitter-ocean for prescribing tarot cards to Isa (THEY ALL FUCK SO HARD) and for the RAW ASS LINE

If interacted with in act 5, predictably, Isa tears it apart. He doesn't need the divine judgement upon him, he's faced everyone's perception his entire life.

However, he tears it methodically. Tears it once in even pieces, twice, three times, and one of the pieces once more. In a way he isn't even getting his emotions out, it's like he's actively trying to tear it apart so it stops nagging him, like he wants to shut it up. Though, the Judgement card symbolizes rebirth, absolution and inner calling. In Act 6 he'd be able to look at it and find comfort and confidence in the card.

Act 5 Mirror:

A drawing of Isabeau.

It shows a mostly empty room, with flowing particles and only a door at the far end. However, at the side, Isabeau can be seen. His face shrouded in darkness, and his hand clutching at his arm. No expression can be made out, and the body language is minimal.

And lastly, I have the Act 5 mirror picture. I haven't quite figured out how to make the normal ones work yet, however, I couldn't let go of the idea that Isa would not want to be in the picture.

The idea of seeing himself at all makes his head hurt and his stomach squeeze. The memory haunts him as he stands to the side and says the word. He didn't think the mirror would catch him.

AAAAND THAT'S ALL THE ART STUFF FOR NOW!!

I still have quite a bit of it to post, especially about Roboro, but I'm gonna leave it here for now.

I still gotta figure out the hangouts and potentially the dagger equivalent- but I have ideas for Bad Touch, the glass equivalent, and some extra little things that didn't happen in Siffrin's loops.

I needed to yap about this, because I've been slowly stacking up ideas and writing and I needed to share it at some point- If anyone read all this and has questions and stuff I fully welcome 'em!!

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burdigel

3 months ago

my first wondertrade in oras and i got a machamp incredible

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burdigel

9 months ago

Theorious and Headcannous Pt. 15

So this Life Series theory is that Gem's and Lizzie's substitution as Cleo and Pearl respectively were a sort of testing by the Watchers for new contestants in Limited Life.

For some context, in session six, Limited Life, ZombieCleo and PearlescentMoon were unable to participate in that particular session and so GeminiTay and LDShadowLady substituted for them resulting in many shenanigans and deaths.

So this theory basically stems from the fact that both Gem and Lizzie become participants in the next season of the Life Series with Lizzie returning for her second season and Secret Life being Gem's first official season.

Through the amount of bloodshed, betrayal and overall chaos harvested throughout Limited Life, the Watchers decided to run a small experiment. To test new contestants without any context and transport them to the confined world of Limited Life and see how well they would adapt and generate chaos that the Watchers could feed of. So then these two subjects were Gem and Lizzie who sprouted and developed seeds of chaos by Gem being the Canadian gremlin she is and Lizzie with the Grian kill.

The Watchers deemed their presence worthy to summon them to the next installment of the Life Series, Secret Life.

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burdigel

3 months ago

when ur evil ex gf that u never really dated comes back from the dead and tries to convince u to give up and join the dark side with her

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burdigel

9 months ago

floofy boi

okay okay one last floofy birb grian

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grian fanart

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burdigel

9 months ago

here is a grian, I wonder what's he looking at.

sorry for the late theory/headcannnon too

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burdigel

3 months ago

After The 600 Strikes, Our Poseidon Is Really Sad, Poor Thing. He's Lucky To Have His Brothers 💖 The

After the 600 strikes, our Poseidon is really sad, poor thing. He's lucky to have his Brothers 💖 the gods' design are from Neal Illustrator , i only draw things. thanks to that user (Sorry i don't remember your Nick! 😭) to suggest me the "Dondon" silly name. Adorable. thanks also to Jorge Rivera-Herrans that probably Will block me someday for this tags

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burdigel

4 months ago