#decisions decisions...

[feroluce]

So I spoke somewhat about my thoughts on Emanator Sampo here, but I never really thought of it from a design point of view or what kind of powers he would have until just recently. But I actually kind of love leaning into it from a "stage hand" perspective?

Because like. Aha's body in THEIR official art is completely black, giving attention to all the fun brightly colored things around THEM. And that's so fitting for Sampo! He usually prefers to be a side character. He likes to act from the shadows. His is a much more subtle hand.

So I wonder if as an Emanator, a lot of his clothes are actually very dark? Not necessarily plain, still extravagant and needlessly detailed in things like cut and quality with lots of different fabrics and textures and ornamentation, but dark. Or maybe even his skin itself becomes blackened further down his body; his hands in particular are dark, as a sort of sleight of hand reference.

The motif of a lot of straps wrapped around him like in his canon design is still present, but they're all loose and flowing off of him like paper streamers now instead of restraining him or holding him together. He is no longer contained! Or maybe they're still a bit more rigid/heavy, but just draped more like red stage curtains!

And this is like. Fully self-indulgent, but I love inhuman designs, and there's nothing in canon to say I can't do this, so screw it! Go for broke!! Maybe it's not visible to normal people, but Sampo having a second set of arms would be really cool, as further sleight of hand reference. One set is almost normal looking, but his hands are a bright, attention-drawing white, and the other is dark, set almost in the shadows of the first arms, to act less noticeably.

He also has something of a broken heart design to him in canon (the front of his black shirt with its jagged shape down the middle; his coat looks like a full heart shape in the back), and I actually like him keeping that element as an Emanator, because I think it suits him. Sampo says his taste in aesthetics and views on Elation involve human dignity,

and the story he helps create in Belobog involves the long and winding road of resistance and survival and eventual triumph in the face of some very adverse, oppressing odds. (I'm pretty sure I heard he once called Wildfire "artless" though, plus the man acts like he thinks Shame is some kind of dessert, so like ndkdjzjskkd) But the point being!!

I think Sampo is someone who can appreciate heartbreak and angst and tragedy in a story, because it makes the victory at the end all the sweeter. And this would be another thing he shares with Aha, because I think THEY did bless the Mourning Actors partly just to be a little shit, but also because Aha does recognize tragedy as part of THEIR Path, too, and you can see it in some of the game. So a broken heart motif can still suit him, and I like him having elements of both comedy and tragedy. Like his clothing having a happy sun/sad moon (like the moon in Aha's art) or him having both of the traditional comedy/tragedy masks in his design.

And as Emanator, Sampo can maybe play with the stage settings environment, too. Like lights sometimes behave strangely around him, appearing blindingly bright to someone or dramatically dark. Sampo wills it and suddenly there seems to be a metaphorical spotlight right where he wants everyone to look. And when he doesn't want to be noticed, his face seems to be cast in shadow, he seemingly just fades into the background, no one notices or recognizes him and he sneaks away easily. He can create smoke or fog literally out of thin air without his bombs now, too, the air will just suddenly thicken until his stage is obscured, and Sampo can set the scene as he pleases or disappear without a trace.

And in line with being a stage hand, Sampo can direct attention like no other. He was already extremely good at this as a normal mortal, and becoming an Emanator only took it up to 11, past human limits. Sampo points, and all present feel compelled to follow his fingertip. He looks away, and they all follow his gaze. He can even affect the mood of an audience; he can influence everyone to be calm and placid or he can whip them into a feverish frenzy. Sometimes a crowd will start to become unsettled, agitation stirring until it boils over, until it incites a full on violent mob.

And in the middle of all that chaos will stand one perfectly calm figure, face cast in shadow, until they quietly slip away out of sight.

#sampo koski #hsr sampo #emanator sampo #hsr sampo koski #honkai star rail #hsr #they were talking about Emanator Sampo designs in the Sampard Nation server one night and somehow THAT was what got my mind going fjkdaljfk #there was also talk of him making monsters explode in confetti or making their heads pop off like a jack-in-the-box (my contribution hehe) #which is hilarious but just wasn't super relevant here jfklasdj #(I miss bouncing around ideas like that...if anyone knows another sampard server or even just a sampo-dedicated one hit me up!) #(i would love to join and would probably even have friends to bring!!) #but anyway yes I love Emanator Sampo being stage hand themed haha it's very fun with him #I have a lot of screenshots so I wanna try to use them for things like this more! #I think its in SU where it says Aha isn't as powerful an aeon as some of the others like Qlipoth or Lan or Nanook #so I like Sampo's powers being less direct and not just pure destructive power like a lot of the Destruction Emanators #it lets you get real creative with it <3 #maybe next I'll bring over my thoughts on his mask design? Ooh but I wanna talk about Geppie too... #Geppie protecting his soldiers from Cocolia or the actions he could have taken or his very sweet relationship with Bronya- #-or him being inspired by Serval or his HILARIOUS relationship with Pela... #Decisions decisions...

[nemiisnemisis]

i need to stop lurking in the leona tags and constantly refreshing it to try and see new posts there

its like opening and closing a fridge, just hoping that food just magically appears

i have an issue lmaoo

i really need to branch out more to other twst character tags but im so used to only staying in the leona ones...

I'll eventually convince myself to branch out, but i like how cozy it is here rn

am also running out of leona content and I'm getting desperate bc ive pretty much seen like 80% of the leona posts and i dont have more

#twisted wonderland #twst #leona kingscholar #its time to move to the ....idk actually #I'll go to the octavinelle tags since its the next book after savannaclaw #idk maybe #or maybe I'll just hop to the diasomnia tags bc silver and lilia are also in my top 5 #decisions decisions... #...actually maybe I'll just go to the diasomnia tags bc ive seen a ton of art of melanor in that dress on my feed #nemi rambles

[krenenbaker]

what's the vibe for April?

#krenenbaker's :) #come to the polls #decisions decisions...

[babacontainsmultitudes]

what would your own answer to that poll you made be? can you guess mine?

I haven't actually answered the poll yet myself cause I'm feeling torn! Like definitely one of the kiddads (not that it wouldn't tear me to pieces to lose another spouse) but... Mm... Ultimately it's probably between Sparrow or Nicky. But wouldn't it be even fucking sadder for Sparrow if he lost Lark? :( Terry dying again would just feel so especially unfair mans already diiied (albeit in a less bad waaay). AND YET for some reason there is a little part of me that- more than Sparrow or Nicky- is weirdly *fearing* losing Grant? It's hard to explain like there's a bad feeling in my gut idk. I'm realizing that "favorite character" and "character I least want to lose" aren't always the same thing. So I haven't voted!

Hehe you Cookies? My guess would be Cassandra. If not Nicky but I have to say Cassandra cause I just think that would be the most devastating for Taylor ultimately! :( And ough it would make me incredibly sad too... She's my favorite spouse... But yeah that's my guess!

#asks #dndads #dndads spoilers #decisions decisions... #:( also I keep imagining Grant reacting to Marco dying... hough... #:3 thanks for the ask Cookies!

[desnas]

i've been soooo busy with moving but i was finally able to sit down and complete this awesome format for taro, my azata commander!

they're one of my newer ocs and they're constantly changing, so this definitely helped me develop them a bit further. :-)

template can be found here!

#pathfinder #pwotr #wotr commander #oc: taro #i would like to do the romance once next with both daeran and arueshalae butttt #i also have so many other ask prompts i need to finish #decisions decisions... #i say as if i'm not going to immediately open up pathfinder and continue to play after i click post now

[irritablepoe]

do i drink tonight? there's probably a 50/50 chance that i'll get funny OR i get even more clingy and grumpy than i already am... so idkkkk

#johnny's silly rambles #decisions decisions... #i'm also hungy i should eat sth first #i haven't eaten anything all day except some cereal... ahhhhhh #sry for all the complaining today #tomorrow will be better i promi

[0809sysblings]

just got a jury duty summons. fellas i'm in, we made it. can't believe they made milgram into an irl event.. and in the US no less!

#milgran't #this is. my second fucking summons btw. i am only 23!! #why. why do they want me so bad. you got a crush on me government? is there something youre not telling me??? #i hate it here. jury duty is just a pain in the ass!!! #though it did get me out of school for two days during my first summons. so ill give it that #kinda wanna fuck with them in this questionnaire i gotta fill out. but im weighing the pros and cons of fucking with the federal government #i could tell them my favorite book is the communist manifesto. or i could not do that and stay off the government's radar #decisions decisions...

[thefourchimes]

recently watched edge of tomorrow again and ofc ronance is still very present in my mind

so what if edge of tomorrow au

not sure who would be cage and who would be rita (both ways work, i think) or if only the concept and plot will be taken in general but

it hasnt left my head ever since i watched the movie again

truly a what if...

#ofc my mind is like this #lmao #not sure if this will go anywhere but #it really be like that ig #decisions decisions... #ronance #nancy wheeler #robin buckley

[visiosatanae]

It's too early in the day to be thinking about Secondo and size kink, but here I am

#personal ramblings #i need to chill #i haven't even finished my chapter with him yet #but now i'm thinking about drawing it as well 🤔 #decisions decisions...

[rosenfey]

#ambie.txt #decisions decisions...

[seaweedgreenx]

Dont know if i want 2 cut my hair or not 😭

#lesbian #butch #alot of ppl in my life are like no dont cut ur hair #and i do like it when its long but fuck is it a hassle #also the cost of shampoo and conditioner lmao #but also i would be more visibly queer if i cut it LOL #decisions decisions...

[curryaboo]

hmm do i want to rewatch all of bbc merlin or do i want peace in my life.........

#decisions decisions... #btw the gag is that ive never known peace in my life 😂 #🥭

[krenenbaker]

the banner feels devious enough for the devious April theme, but perhaps I should change it to a different flavour of devious...

#krenenbaker's thoughts #decisions decisions...

[mylovelia]

should i answer the ask on my main blog? do we want to choose violence like that? 👀

#♩voice notes #decisions decisions...

[loudmound]

also trying to decide whether or not i want to keep jacob's shirt a washed out red bcs it compliments the overall color palette of his look or shift it to a washed out blue to be closer to green on the color spectrum. idk.

#stormy shouts #decisions decisions...

[muryonokansei]

considering turning this blog into a multi-muse, moving my mha muses here, and adding some muses (mostly jjk + adding rly old muses i had in the past) to test... idk though what's easier lmao jumping between a billion chrome windows or having them all in one place

#( ooc. ) #// satoru is my main muse so he gets to stay on his own bc i put so much effort into him lmfao #decisions decisions...