#/i made a rain tag

[starryguykai]

cain and abel, reunited

#my art #rainworld #rain world #five pebbles #looks to the moon #going to be experimenting w style + subject matter for a while ^^ #spoilers in the next tags! #ik his puppet is shorter than hers but i made him leaning down for the point of “getting on her level” #the rivulet ending is very touching to me. i sincerely hope they had some good years together

[flickering-nightfall]

Some iterator and slugcat interactions of... varying happiness...

#these were made for speedpaints which i will post... soonish... maybe a day or two #rain world #you know what? i'll tag everyone this time #rw wanderer #seven red suns #rw spearmaster #looks to the moon #rw rivulet #five pebbles #rw saint #no significant harassment #rw hunter #rw spoilers #dp spoilers #saint spoilers #flickerdoodles #art #group pic

[cordycepsbian]

selkies have been taking up so much of our brain for the past few days so here's a scelkie (scug selkie) looks to the moon

#rain world #looks to the moon #rw monk #stuff i made tag #she puts the cloak on all the way and just zoops down to slugcat size #she is free to swim now! and eat fruit and wawa at things #iterators-as-slugcats designs are cute but we need a Reason for them being like that and we found one

[almea]

#RWBY #Blake Belladonna #Yang Xiao Long #Bumbleby #rwby spoilers #GOD I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED #IT'S BEEN SUCH A LONG TIME COMING 😭😭😭😭 #I've wanted a garden to bloom when they kissed so bad since Ruby crying made it rain #lmao which was honestly the real reason I wasn't completely hyped about the kiss being on a bridge #I wanted my garden #BUT OF COURSE THEY MADE IT WORK #WHEN DO THEY NOT MAKE IT WORK FOR THE BEES #otp: bumblebee #For my own tagging purposes

[snailfen]

(me watching toh for the first time) hehehe hunter..... like hunter rain worldd..... :)

so, hunters! hunter(rw) prolly thinks hunter(toh) has overcome some incredible beasts (she isnt wrong,)

#first time drawing an owlhouse character (<- guy who hasnt drawn humanoids or humanoid facial features for months) #(<- guy who decided to experiment with how they draw humanoids and their facial features after not drawing them for months) #thankfully hunter made this weirdly easy ?? i was actually kinda worried cus im really shit with human noses and im not good- #-with different nose shapes but it actually wasnt that hard. thanks hunter :) #ok now what last name do i use for his character tag. fuck #hunter wittebane #hunter toh #hunter clawthorne #hunter noceda #hunter rw #the hunter #the owl house #toh #rain world #rain world downpour #my art

[kelocitta]

In honor of the @rw-ship-showdown I wanted to write about Artihunter as someone who jokingly slapped them together pre-downpour and still thinks they are actually very compelling. Just not in the super soft love wins kinda way (Although I get why people like that more) And the only way I know how to do that is talking too much so heres a far too long slug essay-

Obviously the slugcats don't offer a ton of characterization but theres not nothing to work with. Their stories, whether by their roles in it or the overarching themes do provide a backbone to work with. Even gameplay itself can provide a bit. (for some more than others) Hunter, to me, is ultimately a story about selflessness. The goal is to revive Moon, which is very much an act of kindness from both Hunter and NSH. But the weight of that action is much more significant for Hunter- Hunter is deeply sick. They're on the clock, and for all their skill in combat none of that will ultimately help them to survive longer than their body can hold out. Moon is a close friend of NSH but that means little Hunter- Hunter really gets next to nothing out of helping them, and ultimately pays quiet a bit spending their limited time alive fighting to deliver that neuron so that someone else can live.

To spend ones limited days on helping another, in a game that very much stresses the unwavering cruelty of the world and nature- is pretty notable. (And you could even say that Hunter being the Hardmode of Rain World adds another layer to this)

And then we have Artificer. A storyline that very much stands out to people as more… villainous (so to speak) than the other slugcats. Artificer's story covers a lot of things. Trauma, violence, revenge, etc. Revenge is a bit of a selfish desire- That need to see someone hurt as they have hurt you. A punishment that ultimately does not fix whatever harm was done- but feels good to see because you were hurt and now those responsible share that pain.

Artificer's actions are founded in that need for revenge, their pups killed for overstepping boundaries they didn't know existed. Is it not fair for them to be angry at that, to punish the scavengers for their violence with their own? Why should the scavengers ever be forgiven when they and their pups were not? And that's how you get that loop- Harm for harm over and over.

The original action has been lost in a spiral of violence for violence. And here stands Artificer- their very spirit scarred. Not just because they sought revenge, but because they never ceased trying to scratch that itch for violence as an answer. Artificer only has two paths for their story- killing the scavenger king (Someone who, really, has little to do with the original 'crime' of the scavengers, but represents an important individual to them- as did the slugpups to Artificer), locking themselves as karma one for good and spending the rest of their life chasing creatures that no longer even fight back in a warped sense of closure- or to dissolve themselves in the acids of the void sea because they're too far gone to find any real peace.

They can't meaningfully recover from that state, not alone, twisting in on themselves. Even if they halt their actions, they've been using violence as a feeble defense against their own pain- violence that no longer has any real direction or basis. Artificer gets no real closure from killing the scavenger king. All they can do is continue the cycle, or try to scrub it away. No real peace in a prison of their own making. So you have a creature, who even with a strict timer on their life- a body that will crumble to disease, spends its last bit of time on saving another. And another who was so caught up in the pain of loss that were eaten alive by their own anger, poisoned their own soul on such a deep level even self-proclaimed gods have no solution for them. What peace can they offer each other? For Hunter, its only a fleeting moment of happiness- of selfish love, before their own body fails them. A bit of indulgence in something for themself. For Artificer, its a single, comforting thread to ground them again, something tangible to protect and care about again. But thats a thread that will ultimately be snapped under the cruel indifference of the world. Hunters timer will tick down regardless of if it takes another with it. Its a tragedy- its doomed to end badly. Whatever good it offers to either of them to find each other will only provide the fleeting comfort of a band-aid that will be ripped away too early. But all that can be worth indulging in anyway, if only for the moment. It doesn't change the ending, but the ending was never going to be happy. Its can so yuri

#rain world #rw shipping #tagging that just cause this is explicitly about that even though I usually dont do shipping stuff #with that said i dont even think this particular interpretation of a possible dynamic needs to be romantic its just kinda #about companionship in general. companionship thats going to absolutely shred an already unstable slug emotionally but thats #the point. friendship and love in spite of the unavoidable ending #just noticed this is like 80% theme analysis and 20% 'these go together just trust me' #but also theyre both girls because i want them to and also because im channeling hornet from hollow knight #who made me so deeply ill that my rain world tags still havent outcompeted my Hk tags because i drew her so much. so so much. #hunter is hornet coded to me and artificer is like if angela and gebura from lc combined into a deeply fucked up ferret #also i did tag the poll because they kinda inspired this but also. i wasnt gonna put all this out here WITHOUT a readmore thats embarassing #but i guess this is propaganda for a ship already seen as popular but like... idk i think theres something to it even as someone #who did literally slap them together originally because they were both red slugcats i considered girls. predownpour so we didnt have anythi #anyway hi tag readers i have so much work to do im being bad by writing about gay slugs. i need to get myself together #its so late this might just be nonsense bwaaaaaaa

[hrokkall]

Egg n cheese

Original post [x]

#Rain World #I'm not character tagging this lmao I'll draw them for real eventually #I made a whole ref sheet for them and everything. Assuming I'd draw something serious. Then what did I do?? Draw this... #Ah well. References for later #Hrokkall Shitpost

[segasys]

rivulet

#rivulet #like if you agree #reblog to cast #or something like that #sega arts #<- new tag i guess #rw rivulet #rain world #rw fanart #rain world fanart #i havent made much art [especially digital] recently #just some vent art. a thing for a friend. and now this #hope i can get back into it but oh well

[xenomorphicdna]

On the string propaganda

Heeellll yeah

Bestie is an entire PLACE

I look at those guys and let me tell you the soul of that thing ain't just in the puppet, it's in all the neurons carrying the thoughts and emotions, it's in the power rails that serve as the heart. All the memories in the memory conflux and all the numbers we see flicker across displays, the flux condensers, the puppet; a little avatar.

No way these massive machines see life the same way we do. They have their own experiences and senses and things they hold dear. A world we can't imagine, a way of living we couldn't even comprehend.

I could never tear an iterator apart to be just a puppet. Who am I to decide how's life supposed to be enjoyed or perceived?

You treat your creechurs however you want- I ain't gonna dictate that. But damn, hearing the thrums and buzzes of the linear systems rail? They are alive with so much power, these mechanical beasts are exactly what they should be.

#sorry im just a really passionate on the string believer #you cant tell me that these massive structures kilometers wide capable of things we cant even image would look at something thats #thats comparable to a speck of dust and be like #yes i would like to rid myself of practically my entire body to be that tiny #this aint no “if i were a supercomputer i'd be sad i couldnt see the sky like i do now” #thats only because you have something to compare it to #if i were to suddenly loose everything to be just some microscopic creature i'd be miserable but only because i know what im loosing #id be loosing the ability to think like i do now id be loosing the ability to enjoy the things i do now #i dont know what life is like as a microscopic creature but i wouldnt be willing to give up my life as i know it now #and i think with iterators are the same #just how different is their life from ours and what things can they see that we are missing out on? #give up everything comfortable and known and for what?? #to feel the sun? they absolutely have various temperature sensors #see the sky? those overseers were made to see things those visuals are in 4k #other animal comforts?? what about computer comforts?? #what makes a lil creature happy may not necessary make a massive supercomputer happy #sorry big rant in the tags um just wanna say this is no hate to anyone who wants their creatures off the string #these are fictional beings and you do whatever makes you happy take them off the string set them loose yess enjoy little robots running #around be happy i love reading ya alls off the string shenanigans #rain world #iterator #drawins #oc veil of dreams #rw talk #rain world oc #iterator oc

[omegalomania]

the way mania haters talk about mania is so funny they're like "this album almost KILLED fall out boy's CAREER this album lost them SO MUCH MONEY mania FLOPPED everyone HATED it" they talk about it like fob had to sell their kidneys to keep touring on the thing. like. mania? the album that debuted at number one? the album with last of the real ones on it, the song that fans loved so much that they got it certified gold despite the label doing absolutely nothing to support it or push it for radio in the slightest? the album that got fall out boy a grammy nomination? that album? you can call it polarizing if you want but you can't say it didn't do a hell of a lot for an album that had a first single with such an eclectic reception

#*making poasts #one day people will like. learn that personally disliking something does not automatically make it unsuccessful #i mean sometimes i wish it did but if that were true david cage would be languishing in obscurity after omikron nomad soul #and had never gotten put in the limelight with heavy rain and proceeded to make some of the worst games ive ever seen #god i wish that me hating that man made him unsuccessful #these tags are hopelessly off topic but the point is. not liking something doesnt make it unsuccessful lol

[fivepibbles]

#rain world #rain world shitpost #pebbles gets sent to the rot chamber (jail) for 10 billion cycles (no chance of parole) #this flopped on tik tok bc its tik tok hi once again tumblr #i really like making these vidoes idk whay is it #five pebbles #looks to the moon #seven red suns #all the scugs #which isnt a recognisable tag idc #no significant harassment #ty to that one person who pointed out i tagged no serious harrasment by accident #it made me giggle when i realised

[feengoid]

scraps

#my art #rain world #rain world fanart #rw iterator #five pebbles #looks to the moon #no significant harassment #seven red suns #im not tagging all that sht #doodles #ms paint #<just for the second one though #i was testing it again and its nice to draw on #even if i made pebbles look like a weird fuck. i hate him #ugly ass mf

[cordycepsbian]

happy seventh anniversary of rain world's release! here's a comic we had the idea for for a while now. the dialogue is adapted from spring and a storm by tally hall

#rain world #looks to the moon #rw survivor #rw monk #rw art month #sort of. we stopped doing it but today's prompt is the anniversary celebration #stuff i made tag #we are very proud of this one we hope you all like it as much as we do :]

[cathalbravecog]

wanted to capture the toontown whimsy in this one

#thats my toon from toontown realms known as 'homosexual activities' #i made them in ttcc today - their name is now 'raine gayne bow' #i 'speedran' ttc with them in 2 hrs and 40 minutes (APPROX) #counting me just.. chatting. getting distracted. eating food. BUT HEY! I STILL DID IT! #i drew this before i did that tho lol i was bored. wanted to dra wa random toon. but none of my other ocs like a more TOONTOWN TYPE toon #thats fun to draw + im attached to #so... this freak won! i love them sm #i normally dont draw the flesh mouths but on em it works hee hee #raine gayne bow #oc art #doodles #ms paint #(effects done with krita + sai and even ibis if i count one overlay i took from their texture gallery LOL. goofy.) #my art process is smthn! cept i only got my ms paint tag bc i LOVEEEE MS PAINT #toontown #toontown corporate clash #guz art

[cboffshore]

this is what all those angsty Skybound torture-rama expansion fics sound like to me

#yes this is man door hand hook car door. yes I made this. no I don't regret it. #ninjago skybound #Ninjago Nya #Ninjago Jay #ninjago fanfiction #Lila speaks #Lila vents #Lila memes #Raine tag #and you know exactly why #and I post this lovingly but this is how they look to me.

[snivyartjpeg]

oh my god they were roommates

#rain code #raincode #mdarc #master detective archives: rain code #yuma kokohead #yakou furio #is shinigami present enough for a tag #desuhiko thunderbolt #yes ive made the exact same smoking joke with two other characters idc #anyway. the thrilling sequel bc i love these two #most of these were requests from the rain coat server #you cant convince me that both yuma and yakou dont smell like bad body wash and cigarettes