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[quote name="clockworkMoose" date="2020-09-11 16:10:08" ] [img]https://i.imgur.com/xjqAtLm.png[/img] Yesssssss give me dragons with yarn hair and big chunky stitches holding them together yessssss [/quote] i'm liking this and i don't even normally like the "living being stitched up like a doll" aesthhetic also saying that a stitched lookign tert would inherently only be for being a match to the patchwork genes is kind of like saying lace is inherently a partner to patchwork, or glowtail or firefly is inherently meant to pair with wasp/bee because it's clearly a bug thing. i don't think terts should be [i]specifically designed[/i] for pairing with primsec genes the same way that primsec genes are for eachother, but i think going out of our way to avoid having any tert genes that could be interpreted as being matched for primsec pairs it's just as much of a bad idea if not more so because it significantly limits our range of potential options for tert ideas. i still think it would make sense for there to be a tert version of piepaint.

[quote name="DragonSage" date="2020-09-11 02:33:57" ] One alternative stitch to use for a tertiary gene would be a Darning stitch, it would be far less medical appearing (which is nice for those who don't like that vibe, but means players who would like the stitch gene as a medical fix on their warrior dragon wouldn't get a 'sutured myself up' option). It would also be a subtle tertiary which would be nice. A few darning darning stitches (mostly placed on high motion areas like joints or places a patchwork dragon would be rubbed/touched constantly) would give it a sense of being repaired. On a dragon without the matching primary/secondary it would just be a area of subtle colors [img]https://www.ragfinery.com/newwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Darning-WEB.jpg[/img] Some other embroidery stitch ideas, that could still have a bit of a medical vibe but not as vivid as Sally's: [img]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/go89e8xpVYs/maxresdefault.jpg[/img] I do rather like the cross stitch option [/quote] I would love, love, love a tertiary gene with something along these lines. This is the first thing I thought of when I saw stitched and patchwork. I'd prefer more of the embroidery look than darning, though I'd be happy with that, too. I also like the yarn stitches idea, but not for hair/manes. That would only apply to a few breeds. Sutures? I'm not sure that would look great in every color possible. I'm trying to imagine radioactive or cyan sutures...meh.

I think more stitchwork would look cool on other genes, but wouldn't really stand out on the two genes we have.

For a complimentary tert, I'd love to see BUTTONS.

JS, I would DEFINITELY use a stitch tert on things besides patchwork and stitched.

I also love the idea of yarn hair and that mockup is very cute, but I really don't think it could go with anything besides patchwork and stitched unless a skin or accent was used.

I think that:

-Patchwork and Stitched absolutely need their own dedicated tert because nearly nothing else goes with them due to them coming pre-packaged with lots of dark lineart.

-Stitches would be the best solution for this because you could find use for that tertiary on the majority of other genes as well - it wouldn't exist solely as a third to patchwork and stitched.

-embroidery or darning would be even squickier than med stitches on non patch/stitch dragons, don't lie.

An alternate could be stitches + a few more patches / maybe a limb in the tert color, might give the tert color a bit more room to shine.

Threaded is a good name, Mend or Mended would be a good name as well.

[quote]I also love the idea of yarn hair and that mockup is very cute, but I really don't think it could go with anything besides patchwork and stitched unless a skin or accent was used.[/quote] I don't actually like patch or stitched at all! when I drew the mockup, I was more thinking either basic (which I... actually really like basic on a lot of my dragons, it doesn't seem so [i]busy[/i]) or fade/blend! Some of the busy crazy genes it definitely wouldn't look great on, but there's already a lot of genes that don't look great (IMO) with other genes already. I don't think that should stop a gene from being added though!

Fair point! I suppose I could see that getting use for pastel and goth aesthetics regardless of if stitch/patch was there or not

So much support. I love the yarn hair, I love the cross-stitch, and I just think if you did it right you could make both the creepy puppet side and the soft stuffie side happy. You make a gene like the proposed Yarn, and you also make a similar although definitely not the same gene that's purposefully weirder. I don't know how that would work, but support!

Oh, I was actually thinking about an underbelly-type gene called "embroidered" or something along those lines. I don't have a visual yet, but it would look like the dragon's underbelly has been embroidered with chunky yarn.