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RhythmSong
I love your lore snippets, they're so engaging!
Right, honourable mentions go to: Enaro, Whittaker, and Anton. I have to put them in somewhere, or I'll never be able to decide on the rest. Enaro's so bright and shiny; Anton's lore is great, and while Whittaker is very pretty, your adventures through scattering him made me laugh. Glad you got the right combo in the end!
Now, on with my actual picks:
I love Lam's colour combo. That veined robin with his glowing eyes is very eye catching. I was torn between Lam and Okki for quite a while, but what really tipped it over the edge for Lam was his lore. Functionally dead and came back slightly wrong? Oh,
no that's very much my jam. I love that his close call with death catches up with him in odd ways: "like a video, skipping through time." Great imagery. That he's obliviouis to it is just adorable (and, I imagine, very frustrating for anyone trying to take care of him).
When I read the description of the daycare floor, I was so looking forward to meeting that ephemeral skydancer, and she did not disappoint! Eerie and looking very much like shadows and moss (I bet even when she is seen, it's easy to dismiss her presence as a bird casting a shadow through the window. The first two or three times, anyway...), I absolutely love her design. That caramel ghost is perfect, really makes her stand out.
Now,
lore. I'm sorry,
Anetta?! Here's how you know the lore's really good: after reading Spirit's snippet, I had to go and read Anetta's. I want to know the story! And hoooo boy.
Ok, so I think you're probably sensing a theme, here. I love creepy lore dragons. And creepy lore raw emotion dragons? Oh ho ho yes. I read Leonora's snippet, as well, which was a wonderful counterpoint and really emphasised that Ledyba is... not doing so great right now. Somehow, I don't think that deal's going to go very well...
Outfit wise, I really, really love the use of haunting amber here. It feels like something is bursting out of her, an explosion of energy that she can't really control and is going to drag everyone else down with her.
I'm having a great time in your lair, can you tell?
Some variation! See, I'm capable of it! *cough* occasionally
Xeno is gorgeous. I love the idea of Space as a gene, but I've never actually seen it
work before. Great colour combo, especially with the glowing eyes; adds just that bit of flair. I know he's probably based on the xenomorph, but he looks so unbelievably cute. I kept taking him off the list (Anton very narrowly lost out here, because lore), but then I felt guilty and had to put him back.
Aaaaaaaand I'm back on my BS. Look, ok, I
do have range, I swear, but there was no way I could leave Phantasmagorical off this list. Firstly, she looks incredibly unnerving. That accent isn't one I've seen before, and it works wonders here. Does, indeed, make you say 'Oh no'. But you've also contrasted that with the Enchanted Stag. Somehow, that makes it
more unnerving; there's something quite fae about it.
Oh, and she's a doll? A doll who makes
deals? "You might have made a mistake." Funnily enough, I believe it.