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@Prince of Seraphs

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Without any clear indication of what post you're talking about (Sapphire's CS, an IC post, OOC post) I have no idea what you're talking about. Not gonna lie you're not one to talk when you didn't know Bianca was joining JCBL, literal minutes after I told you she was in a post mentioning you.


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@HereComesTheSnow what if a bird mistook Luke's ahoge for a worm?
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Do I get a senior member discount for being among the few people left from the original RP when Tree was in charge?


If we're gonna delve that far back I was in Beacon's Light Rising three years ago and the only one of you chucklefucks I recognize from there is Lucius

Also, hey guys. Sorry I haven't been around too much the past week or so, some things are hectic at home and I was traveling. I should be more consistently around, but I might be a little less active for a couple weeks. I'm visiting family. If anyone needs me I'll be just a mention away, and my usual cohorts can all reach me no problem. My activity will probably just mostly be limited to at night.
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I made another Apophis pic! This one will be put into his CS as his primary Appearance image, the "Casual Clothes" one he has being a secondary Appearance image. I think I can safely say I'm done constructing his CS until the Family Day arrives. :D

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I made another Apophis pic! This one will be put into his CS as his primary Appearance image, the "Casual Clothes" one he has being a secondary Appearance image. I think I can safely say I'm done constructing his CS until the Family Day arrives. :D



I can't help but look at that and immediately be reminded of Franken Stein from Soul Eater.
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I can't help but look at that and immediately be reminded of Franken Stein from Soul Eater.


The resemblance is uncanny for the coat's colors and the left eye being weird! Thankfully it's differentiated with Apep flatout having his eye missing (and his red hair) xD I never watched Soul Eater but that's a really interesting comparison
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Look at that sweater--I didn't know Apophis was a member of Team Magma



(Jokes aside, that's a very nice piece)
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I know this subject was a few pages ago but this popped up on my twitter today. Looks like poor Robbie Rotten needs some help :(
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@Guess Who - No wonder I thought Apophis looked familiar....
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@harinezumikouken My characters will always be in the shadow of better established characters from video games and TV shows like anything I make in general. >.>
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@NarayanK - Ah! o.o;

I mean, it was just a comparison.

Before Guess Who pinpointed who he reminded me, I kind of thought of Apophis as some sort of piecemeal frankenstein McCree or something o3o;
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@harinezumikouken Don't worry ^^ I just get nervous when people point out similarities because it could make my ideas less interesting to them, thus making me less relevant to them as a whole since ideas are everything in an RP.

Sangue borrowed a lot of elements from other existing characters in games for her appearance and weapons because I couldn't draw her at the time, but some of my characters don't borrow that many of such elements!

Apophis is one of those kinds of characters. He's inspired entirely by the original Egyptian deity known as "Apep." The stitches I gave Apophis symbolize how in the original legend, his brother, "Ma'at," silenced him after a fierce duel before promptly defeating Apep. His missing eye refers to how Apep was blinded by Ma'at, and his chaotic personality is also a homage to the original Apep. I tried making Apophis look more intimidating to look at than many other of the usual characters I make, and that took a surprisingly long time (it took me six months to come up with his final design! the first version didn't have long hair at all, but now it's long enough to cover his missing eye).

But... uh... It seems even those traits weren't entirely original, even if I wasn't aware of it. x-x

Many of my less unoriginal ideas always end up resembling pop culture's content in a way that makes me feel less creative and less motivated to make things. Not that I would stop, but it gets admittedly a bit hard to take in after a while unless I take a break. So far I think Apophis is an extremely underwhelming concept compared to the attention Sangue commonly receives (especially so because he's a side character, and he doesn't have pretty curves to look at), but I think he could receive more attention if I think out more ideas for him and execute it well enough to develop Sangue's background as well. That's what I hope would happen, at least xD
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@NarayanK - It's not to say that your characters are uninteresting. It's just that there are obvious inspirations no matter where you look. Like take for example Shiro. His weapons are ripped from Monster Hunter. His design is ripped from ************, his name comes from a favorite character of mine from No Game No Life, and his personality is a lot like Naruto's in a sense. When he's broken down like this, you can say that there's hardly any originality left.

But it's in how you as the writer/artist piece these parts together and execute them that make the character and I'd like to think Shiro is pretty interesting. It's just the nature of the beast. Over time, artists' works are going to have some similarities because we as humans go "Hey, that's pretty cool!" or "Hey, that's a good idea!" and borrow bits and pieces. So yeah, there are going to be come similar comparisons made but there are key minor differences that make it yours.

I mean, anyone can simply go "Durr hurr Call of Duty and Battlefield are the same game duuuur" but it's in the minor key differences and execution of said games that make them vastly different from one another. And make them their own unique brand, just like how Sangue and Apophis are uniquely yours.

TL;DR - SANGUE AND APOPHIS ARE COOL. DON'T FEEL BAD IF THEY LOOK LIKE OTHER CHARACTERS FROM OTHER SHIT.
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@harinezumikouken When you put it that way, you have a point xD

I'll keep trying to make my stuff more enjoyable! I didn't want to sound whiny to others, but I feel like talking about it got something off my chest :D
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@NarayanK - Now that that's out of the way. Aren't you or Prince due for a post before things get moving?
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@NarayanK - Now that that's out of the way. Aren't you or Prince due for a post before things get moving?


It's your turn I think (since Gren posted). o-o;
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@NarayanK - It's not to say that your characters are uninteresting. It's just that there are obvious inspirations no matter where you look. Like take for example Shiro. His weapons are ripped from Monster Hunter. His design is ripped from ************, his name comes from a favorite character of mine from No Game No Life, and his personality is a lot like Naruto's in a sense. When he's broken down like this, you can say that there's hardly any originality left.

But it's in how you as the writer/artist piece these parts together and execute them that make the character and I'd like to think Shiro is pretty interesting. It's just the nature of the beast. Over time, artists' works are going to have some similarities because we as humans go "Hey, that's pretty cool!" or "Hey, that's a good idea!" and borrow bits and pieces. So yeah, there are going to be come similar comparisons made but there are key minor differences that make it yours.

I mean, anyone can simply go "Durr hurr Call of Duty and Battlefield are the same game duuuur" but it's in the minor key differences and execution of said games that make them vastly different from one another. And make them their own unique brand, just like how Sangue and Apophis are uniquely yours.

TL;DR - SANGUE AND APOPHIS ARE COOL. DON'T FEEL BAD IF THEY LOOK LIKE OTHER CHARACTERS FROM OTHER SHIT.


@NarayanK There are no new stories, only new ways to tell them,

Incidentally a lot of the novel ideas I have come from duplicating a scene or event from a video game or other novel but changing all of the circumstances related to that scene or event. In an RP I was in with Lug (link in my sig) my characters Dawn and Elizabeth were created around the scene from Final Fantasy Rings of Fate where there father is murdered. But from that an entirely different story, characters and world emerged even if that scene is still almost the same as it is in the game.

On an unrelated not who has a good idea for how two scimitars could turn into a metal quarterstaff? I've got a couple half ideas but want so hear someone else's take on it.
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I know this subject was a few pages ago but this popped up on my twitter today. Looks like poor Robbie Rotten needs some help :(


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<Snipped quote by harinezumikouken>

It's your turn I think (since Gren posted). o-o;


Sapphire's got to bale out before things get moving (which they will next Shiro's post as he's not one to hang around after Gren has blasted off) and I need a Sangue post before I can go again.
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@Prince of Seraphs, @NarayanK - Well no, Prince explicitly asked me to hold off because they had something planned for Sapphire and Sangue.

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