#Simply be a species that doesn't wear clothes. Problem solved

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good [insert time of day here] i realised i never thought to ask you amid my delight of you being the most interactive follower i have that isnt an irl friend do YOU have ocs or blorbos. i wish to know. for reasons.

OH hello yes thank you for asking!!! I have several OCs but most of the time I simply Do Not Explain on here; I have lots of ideas and doodles but I make it mostly for myself and don't think to share — doesn't mean I don't want to tho! exhibit A: this absolutely massive post I'm about to make lmao. putting it under a read more bc Oh Boy, the floodgates have been opened

most of my OCs are for two different projects I have: The Visitors and my D&D Dark Star Campaign.

The Visitors is just a lil worldbuilding project I've been chewing on for.... oh wow, over a decade at this point??? I love all the OCs I have in there very very much, but they're definitely never intended to go in an actual story, I just enjoy the speculative biology and character / world building process.

Val is one of my oldest OCs, and she's changed SO MUCH over the years! nowadays, she's a sort of insect/dinosaur mashup alien who uses gravity warping magic and a very large axe to hunt demons. a huge issue for magic users of her species is keeping cool, as magic generates heat and can literally cook you from the inside out, so you'll notice the multiple vent-like spiracles across her body for this purpose. she was born blind and so relies heavily on her best friend, Django, to be her eyes and keep her safe. fortunately, Django has Too Many Eyes. he's a dragon genetically engineered by those in Val's species to be the perfect vessel for storing and releasing massive amounts of mirror-based magic. this kind of magic gives him many abilities, including seeing around corners, creating illusions, or multiplying attacks when applied in different ways, and he acts as Val's seeing-eye dragon. in battle, she likes to get up in the action while he holds back and gives her cues on what's happening, only jumping in himself if she's in major trouble. she's very friendly and excitable, and loves to get into the culture of whatever planet they're visiting, while he's more interested in observing and snooping. there's a lot of espionage and hijinks.

these are some of my most recent sketches of them, tho I'm sure the designs will changes in the future. specific colors don't matter at all, it's all about vibes! not pictured in the halfway colored one is Val's big iridescent black cape thing that has a slit down the middle for her rigid tail, nor her weird arms since I wanted to figure out where the torso vents could go.

Duke is another Visitor who visits planets and solves problems, but his path to get there was a whole lot different! I made him up as a coping mechanism when I was 12, and I'm still very fond of him.

he started life as a human video game speedrunner and modder prodigy. in a "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" situation, a devil (very distinct from demons!) struck a deal with him, challenging his gaming abilities with his soul as the stakes. he won despite the devil's cheating, but that's where the resemblance to the song ends. in this world, a devil winning your soul allows them to fuse with you and gain total control over your body, mind, and actions; but if YOU win, the control is reversed! and like any 14 year old who suddenly has the power to rival minor gods and a chaotic creature living in their head.... he goes off the rails for a while. Val and Django eventually find him and help him cope. his powers include electricity, glitching reality, flailing his glaive around, and being a menace to evil overlords.

you can't see it very well in this picture, but his eyes and the segments between his tail glow lime green! I'm not a fan of drawing clothes, but in my head he's relatively fashionable for a teenager and refuses to wear anything other than black. also, he decided to tell me he was trans a couple years ago, thanks for letting me know buddy 😂

my other project does actually get to see the light of day, if very slowly — I'm running a homebrew D&D campaign for my irl friends called the Dark Star Campaign! none of em use tumblr so WHEEEE I get to post all the spoilers I want! there's a kinda staggering amount of lore behind it and a ton of minor OCs, but the two I rotate in my head the most are Anya the Timekeeper and The Master, aka Armageddon.

Anya the Timekeeper is a chronomancy lich from an alternate universe! she used to help Armageddon travel the multiverse and gain power, but she's decided she's tired of being evil, and now hides in a mansion on a tropical island where she breeds dinosaurs for fun. though she's now very determined to help the party, they'll eventually have to kill her past self to prevent a paradox. her familiar is a little archaeopteryx named Trix who steals hats!

(I commissioned this art from @/goodlouse a while ago! highly recommend checking out his blog!!)

Armageddon is the BBEG and he's SO EVIL and SO MUCH FUN. he's an ancient amethyst dragon who, up until a while before the campaign's beginning, was steadily finding alternate universe versions of himself, killing them, and eating their souls to gain Unlimited Power™. unfortunately, his partner in time (hah) Anya told him to fuck off, so the quest for Unlimited Power™ has been kinda slow lately. fortunately, a D&D campaign started, and he cheated his way into existing at the players' table as The Master! my players can ask to talk to him sometimes, and I'll put on a mask of his head I made specifically for this purpose — very useful for not breaking character when the character is supposed to literally be the one sitting at the table talking to the players. I don't try to hide the fact that he's evil and they all know it, the fun is in giving them little hints and tidbits of lore to munch on. right now he's being very docile and helpful but things will get very very interesting eventually as more of his nature and plan is revealed..... =)

I'm still playing around with what he looks like as The Master, but I really like this recent design I did. his eye glows dark and menacing. I haven't found a design for his dragon form I'm really pleased with yet tho :/

okay wow thanks again for the ask, I have many many ideas in my head and it felt pretty nice to get em out!!

#ough!! many thoughts!! #lemon generator #the visitors #dark star campaign #fair warning: delving into those tags might be completely incomprehensible #I have fun here on tumblr.com #d&d #oh also #anya the timekeeper

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Trash

Aliases:Cat ninja, weird dog(by Happy), Pretty Princess Preciouspaws(real name)

Age:29(in cat years), 3(in human years)

Affiliation:the cat clan(formerly), M-Bark(currently)

Occupation: member of Pluto, Stealth officer

Species: Korat(cat)

Gender:male

Eye color: green on left and yellow on right

Appearance:Trash is a Korat, bearing blue-gray fur with silver tips. He is shown to have a skinny, lean build due to being a stray cat trying to survive in the streets. He also had an ear notch and a scar underneath his right eye.

Stray:he wears a black tattered cloak, dark brown baggy pants with holes on the left side and patches on right side, black wrappings around his waist, knees and feet and black fingerless gloves.

Disguise:his dog disguise included a dog mascot head and a fake dog tail. For clothes, he wears a black jumpsuit with chest armor, armored gloves, leg protectors and armored boots. He also wears a utility belt that contains gadgets and weapons.

Personality: At first glance, Trash comes off as sarcastic, easily irritable, cynical, apathetic, and callous to his core with evident social awkwardness, which usually makes him unable to establish a connection with those around him. He appears to be a quiet and aloof loner who prefers to focus on his goals, survival, duties and missions over having fun and slacking off. He gives snarky answers to dodge questions, and it evolved into general sarcasm.

While Trash is very caustic of others and often refuses their help whenever he is in danger, it's clear he doesn't wish anyone inherently bad (most of the time) and simply tries to solve his problems the one way he can. It’s clear he's very lonely and the reason he joined the M-Bark is that he thought they were sapient animals like him and he has nowhere to go. A lot of his character flaws can be traced back to his dark past which gave him an existential crisis about how and why he is a cat who isn’t supposed to turn sapient like the dogs.

He is shown to be extremely secretive about his real identity as a cat and fears he might be kicked out and return to earth to be experimented on by humans if the dogs find out about his secret. This led to him growing to be very paranoid about what the dogs might do to him if his secret slipped out.

Trash appears to be averse to physical affection, only dishing it out himself on rare occasions, but seems to begrudgingly accept it from others.

Throughout the series, there are hints he's sometimes able to exhibit the more human and caring side of him, like establishing a genuine friendship with Garbage. He is the stealthy spy of the Pluto crew, as he is intelligent, logical, resourceful, and street smart.

Voice headcanon:Steven Yeun

Backstory: Trash was born in a cat cafe surrounded by cats and the sweet smell of coffee. Life was wonderful and peaceful for him. He plays with cat toys, spends time with his friends, has a lot of naps, gets fed and is treated kindly by humans. But the happiness didn’t last long. At night, one careless employee had left the stove turned on and the cat cafe was set on fire. Most of the cats(Including Trash) are lucky enough to escape out of the burning Cat Cafe. He sadly watched the Cat Cafe being destroyed as he ran with the surviving cats. He spent his days surviving in the streets with the cats and scavenging for food. At night when he is scavenging for food, his life changed forever when a mysterious scientist kidnapped him and put him in the cat crate. He and the captured animals are taken to the man’s lair where they get tested and experimented on for months in order to become “superior soldiers to the dogs”. Trash succeeded in escaping from the lab and tried to search for his fellow cats in the streets while hiding from the humans. Unfortunately, all the cats are scared off by his talking and walking like a human They ran off leaving Trash to become a lonely outcast among the cats. After a month of surviving in the streets and avoiding humans, Trash saw the news from the television shop. It was about a dog space force to save humanity. Trash decided to join the M-Bark because his newfound sapience makes him no longer fit in with the cats. But he needed a dog disguise first. He managed to find a clever dog disguise by scavenging stuff from the trash. He then breaks into the P.R.A.T.S base and steals one of the ships to fly to space. After a lot of searching throughout the galaxy, Trash later found the M-Bark ship and went in. He then blends in with dogs thanks to his disguise. He was going to join Venus but ended up joining Pluto instead.

Trivia:

1. His favorite hobby is taking a relaxing bubble bath while drinking milk tea. He sometimes watched internet videos or read manga.

2. His favorite food is tuna lasagna.

3. His room had a litter box, a scratching post, a few cat toys and a collection of books.

4. Before learning about the dogs going to space, He spent his days collecting and scavenging stuff in the trash cans.

5. Trash is the name he chose when he joined the M-Bark. He admitted he is not very creative at naming but he pretty much prefers “Trash” over his overly embarrassing real name.

6. His scar comes from one of the fights he had in the streets.

7. He named himself after the trash can he used to live in. Again, he is not very good at naming.

8. His fighting is similar to Nail from the 2017 animated short film, Alleycats.

9. He is afraid of fire and labs because it reminded him of his past. He is also afraid of hospitals because not only they give her bad vibes of the lab he was tested in but he does not want to risk the chance of someone finding out that he's physically a cat not a dog.

10. Secretly had a gay crush on his captain but stubbornly denied it.

#dogs and one cat in space au #au #dogs in space oc #oc #dogs in space