@starlightwoofwoof WARNING: SHIT TON OF LORE AND YAPPING
Okay, time for a yap-a-thon for the hell of it. Glisten and Alga are two sides of the same coin, if that wasn't obvious from their similar means and reasons for akumatization. Glisten strives to be perfect, to be perceived as some confident, flawless person to others, despite his crippling autophobia and atelophobia. Alga is the opposite. He's tired of being known as this chivalrous gentleman who can't even change his appearance without literally killing himself! He wants to get his hands dirty, to be someone who has flaws, but he can't. Being a gentleman is permanently etched into his brain; he can try, but he can never fully change himself.
When Perfect is in play, he can project his insecurity about his imperfections onto others, forcing them to hyper-fixate on every little mistake and perceive themselves negatively, all while acting like an untouchable god. Dionysus, however, makes it so that everyone completely forgets anything about their worries. It's almost like Trickster Mode from Homestuck; they act so wild and giddy that it's downright unhinged and worrying, especially relationship-wise. Someone could do something to strain a relationship, like, oh, I don't know, break the other's wrist accidentally! (cough cough Dionysus with Finn, cough cough.) When the two of them are de-akumatized, they are essentially forced to suffer the weight of their guilt together. Glisten has the guilt of causing others to akumatize, and Alga has the guilt of harming his friends. Both of them thrust themselves into the same time of coping mechanism while going through this grief. Try to return to that same normalcy beforehand. It doesn't really work, and both of them are just stewing in their guilt. Only when they finally accept that hey, somethings can't be changed fully and no matter what, there's always going to be some bits of you that remain forever, and you don't have to be perfect to be good do they get over their grief and get their respective miraculous, Glisten with the snake Miraculous and Alga with the Dragon Miraculous. In terms of power, both of them are fucking swole. The reasons to become akumatized due to Perfect are slower; the reasons swallow you whole before spitting you out like you mean nothing. Meanwhile, Dionysus' reasons hit you hard and fast, like a freight train. You could blink, and everything fine and dandy before could turn chaotic and terrifying really quick. Admittedly, this is more a reason for someone to be handed a miraculous, but I can also see someone having a panic attack and getting akumatized because of Dionysus. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
@asternomikal
It's been a minute ain't it! I haven't posted anything about the lovable eldritch horror in ages! Well, I'm here to remedy that with a major redesign and a few fun facts, some revised too!
Normal Estrella! I honestly think her design is pretty simple and nice, but I still tried to give more attention to detail.
-Still in the "Oh my god, I think I want to be a girl" stage of transitioning
-heavy as shit axe
-bones are frail and constantly breaking, leaving her sore everywhere
-accidentally calls Eclipse Lola. Eclipse thinks it's Estrella's transitioning name for her, it's not.
-practically a walking corpse
ELDRITCH ESTRELLA! NOW HERE'S WHERE I HAD FUN REDESIGNING! The design is a lil complicated, but I like it (yes I know I missed attention to detail on this one I've been silently stewing in my own pain because of this) Now, I really think my old design for Eldritch Estrella (EE for short) was really stereotypical and kind of bland. Why not mix it up? Show that the Darkness has basically taken them over, and is forcing them to watch her own body on autopilot? Just for the hell of it!
-can oneshot you
-can't really speak English, only garbled nonsense
-knows a lot more than they should
-murder hobo tendencies go brrrrrrrrrr
-Takes up a lot of energy Estrella doesn't have
-Eclipse at first was incredibly freaked out to see EE, but eventually became desensitized to their presence
YESSSSS SPREAD THE PROPAGANDA!
✨Loaf Gavin✨? Purr-haps???
((Purr-etty please?))
(politely hypnotizes you with cat puns)
He has one little brain cell in there
Hehe scaredy cat
"Oh my. That's new. I haven't documented this timeline. Oh how lovely. Well my darling anomaly, please. Do as you wish, I'd love to guard the timeline you create."
-???
@xviistrings
@starlightwoofwoof REVAMPED DIONYSUS DESIGN BI-
@diggitydoggo
Haiiii! *Pops my head back out of hell*
I'm very sorry... (I'm not tbh)
Could we perhaps get a look at more of the twisteds who were after me for my crimes? Or perhaps some family lore?
K Bai!!!
—🌌🫐😈 (Adding a demon because it feels appropriate XD)
Family lore, huh?
Well, I can't say or show much, but just know.
The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb and...
The wings of a fallen angel are clipped, not ripped off.
Sometimes I get too timid to send asks to ask. I want to see how many people are ok with artists drawing their OCs!
@starlightwoofwoof
I gift you, Hydra, the hero version of Alga!
You're telling me that hey, your form stays the same when using the elements of the Dragon Miraculous? NOT ANYMORE! HE AT LEAST GETS A DIFFERENT HAIRSTYLE EVERYTIME HE USES THE ELEMENTS
@asternomikal
This AU has me in a CHOKEHOLD.
@asternomikal
This AU has me in a CHOKEHOLD.
There you go my fellow writers