#iterator off the string

[niftukkun]

fanart for a scene in @nerdydowntherabbithole 's Taking Life As Is on AO3 !! a scene early on in the fanfic that sounded so cool it gripped me with inspiration, where a vulture swoops down and gets fucking got by a leviathan while our dear protagonists look on in horror of the beautiful brutality of mother nature happening right in front of them! dont you love it when you leave your rotting corpse behind and immediately get hit with the existential horror of almost dying and the primal fear of seeing something that much bigger than you and realising your fragility when you were once a godlike being above such lowly thoughts and struggles? anyway.

some details and thoughts !! :

-just before this scene, sugar (survivor's name in this fic) hunted and ate a salamander, so i included it in this here drawin too !! hell yeah esoteric fic-accurate details -(pro tip for any artists out there; if you want to push something into the background, gradient overlays are your friend. also, dont forget to check your values. outline your characters if they aren't popping out of the background enough) -in other, not fic-accurate detail,, moon's dress and marks. i think in the fic, moon's dress is more like,, an actual dress with sleeves and such. but also like, i do what i want and i want something thats barely a dress so i can show off my anatomy/mechanical bits art skills. i dont care if its not canon compliant im calling rule of cool -whoops i forgor the wires uhh shit nevermind it would cover the cool bits anyway whatever -also, while i am proud of the vulture and leviathan, they both used reference. like, i sketched them out yeah, but also the sketch was mostly done by staring at a reference the whole time and overlaying it on the canvas as needed when the drawing looked a little too off. so if you look at this and think 'aw man this guys too good at drawing i could never draw a vulture/leviathan/background/whateverthefuck like that' youre wrong. use references and get better at art by referencing references -shoutout to the miraheze wiki btw for supplying most of my references for this. fandom wiki could never

this fic holds a special place in my heart. like, i dont agree with it on a lot of things (how the cycle works, time between slugcat campaigns, how rot works, etc), but its very internally consistent and i like how all the characters are written. i really do like how, despite all the bickering, the iterators really do care for each other and love each other. i like that the blame isn't pushed just to pebbles, the acknowledgement of there being a lot of nuance and complications in the whole situation. i like the worldbuilding, nsh's wetland-esque biome, srs's gleaming glass beaches, the different interesting fauna/flora, slugcat society worldbuilding, the fucking trains hell yes trains.

most of all though, i love the authors dedication to getting a happy ending. no one left behind. all the iterators in the local group are getting freed (except for innocence but thats a different thing) all the slugcats are alive and doing well (even artificer's kids!!). and even though the fic throws the characters around, bad things happen, steps backward are taken,,, there is almost a palatable message that no matter what, things will be okay. artificer did bad and its acknowledged with visible consequences (scavenger temple route, which mightve made things so much easier on the route to nsh) but she still gets her kids back. hunter had her rot cured and even got some sick new upgrades but still struggles with overexertion and moments of weakness. both pebbles and moon have ptsd from the rot and the rain respectively and its handled reasonably well, not even mentioning the survivors guilt and learned helplessness on nsh and the whole,, guilt from causing this whole fiasco and the feeling of it being all their fault from srs,,,, , ,,,

i dont know. i just really like how dedicated the fic is to showing the realistic consequences of the unforgiving and brutal world of rain world and weaving it into a story of forgiveness and freedom. there are struggles but the heroes will still win and get to go home happy. its cathartic. i love it a lot.

#gamble the queue #art #my art #digital art #artists on tumblr #drawing #rain world #fan art #fanart #fanart for fanfic #taking life as is #looks to the moon #rw survivor #rw slugcat #rw iterator #iterator off the string #rw lttm #rw leviathan #rw vulture #rw shoreline #rw looks to the moon #illustration

[lembowe]

congrats on the new drawing tablet :DDD do. do you think you could draw some lilypad 👉🏻👈🏻 theyre my babies and i love them so much

anyways i love ur art !!!!! it’s so soft and colourful :D

hello !! hi i usually dont ship moon but damn is the lilypad propaganda strong hehe >:D this was intended to just be a sketch but here we are lol

#rain world #rain world art #rainworld iterator #rainworld fanart #rainworld #looks to the moon #no significant harassment #lttm x nsh #rainworld lilypad #rw lilypad #nsh x lttm #rainworld shipping #rw shipping #lembart #lembowe #ask #iterator off the string

[stormynighty]

how my iterators gain energy off the string

how do they not just power off without there energy supply? I'll be explaining that today!

First off my iterators do have mouths, i just haven't drawn my iterators with one yet, but they do have them.

Iterators can taste things as well, they have favorites foods and foods they hate as well.

Iterator mouths can be different they are not all the same, some iterators have sharp teeth meaning they can rip and tear, others have dull teeth and can't bite anything with a semi-thick hide like a lizard, for iterators with dull teeth they can still rip and tear but only with things like Batflies and other small bugs.

Now for how they gain energy.

Iterators can swallow food, they have to chew it first or else it could get stuck in there throat and stop them from eating anything else in less they cough it out.

When iterators swallow there food depending on the size and nutrition of said food it can give more or less energy to there batteries they do not have a stomach, instead they have a simple container in there middle section of the body(where a stomach would be), that the food would go into where micro organisms break down the food into energy a iterator could use.

Can they gain energy via sleep?

The simple answer is no, they cannot actually 'sleep' they instead go into a power saving mode where they cannot think till the next cycle starts, during this time they do not waste energy but do not gain energy, not 'sleeping' does affect there mood and quality work, a short expiation would be not 'sleeping' makes them 'tired' and not because of lack of energy, because going into this power saving mode helps reduce stress, unnessicarly thoughts, and more.

What is considered food?

Well iterators didn't know what they could eat at first which is why a Slugcat is needed to help them, Slugcats will go out while you are preparing to leave your superstructure and get you to try different 'food' depending on your teeth type, if we take a look at [LOKIN] from [UTTER VINICE] they had brought Fruit, Lizard meat, Batflies, Vulture meat, Egg-bug meat, etc. [UTTER VINICE] had both sharp and dull so they could eat both.

hope you understood all this! i can post some images of how everything works later!

#rw headcannon #rainworld #rw #my rw lore #rw lore #rw non cannon lore #not cannon #iterator off the string #off the string

[druidshollow]

dunes mayonnaise madness

#rain world oc #iterator oc #rain world #druid animate #rw oc #off string au #oc posting #os dune #os phrases #os whimsy #im maintagging this LMAO #i have serious things i want to work on and yet. and yet. #this

[skybristle]

rbs > likes

here for pride month i'll post *A* gay iterator /silly

bonus points for . his scug.

#my art #rain world #rain world oc #rain world fanart #rw iterator #story tag: off string bh #oc tag: resonant chimes #oc tag: the gardener

[saturncoyote]

i think the thing that always put me off from really enjoying Off-The-String AUs is the fact that there's rarely any consequences for being outside of your can (y'know, outside of THE HORRORS) so anyway here's the consequences

#rain world #rainworld #slugcat #blood #scopophobia #my ocs #saturn art #i know i said Off The String but the only way these two are ever escaping their cans is by not being iterators at all #or by being disconnected from the rain world universe all together

[tanzdoesthings]

let the struggles begin

next

#tanz art #rain world #oc // ird #rw iterator oc #off string au #comic #yayyy hes already pissed

[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

[morebagels]

I drew this after waking up thinking about it. I don't know what was going on, but now you can all see it too

#art #rainworld #rain world #rw five pebbles #five pebbles #off the string #idk what's going on here tbh #iterator #bagels stuff

[trashiiplant]

my guy had a bit of a stumble

no text version under cut

#yes it's that one vash the stampede pose #trashy art #shitpost #I GUESS? #rain world #rw #rain world downpour #iterators off the string #five pebbles #no significant harassment #rw fp #rw nsh

[mothsakura]

ermmm who let pebbles detach his puppet from his structure... who let him explore a miscellaneous pipe at the drainage system.. errrmmm

#this started as a background practice. #then i wanted to draw pebbles #this isn't in off the string au this is just for laughs and giggles #in general i love both on the string and off the string i often cannot choose between the two #feeling off the string today tho!! #rain world #rw #iterator #art #five pebbles #rw five pebbles

[lyss-butterscotch]

Iterator blood!?

Imagine Moon accidentally pricking her finger with a spear, it starts to bleed and Pebbles like 0-0 and Moon like "haha It's just a scratch! Relax!"

Yeah that definitely happens, especially with Pebbles being super on edge when it comes to Moon's well being now. Small scratches can usually be welded shut without alot of issues though! Not Moon's first experience with it.

#i need to make an actual iterator puppet anatomy #so i can make sense of them being half machines and half organic? #cuz i assume just like regular human bodies #off the string puppets especially needs blood to circulate through their limbs #so they can like keep limbs alive #idk sobs ill get into it later #but for now consider their plating to be their 'skin' #and welding it shut is like blood clot #rain world #gijinka #looks to the moon #five pebbles #lyss art #doodles #travel puppet au #lore art

[druidshollow]

Space is suddenly thrown into a panic, so Phrases helps them ground themself.

hellooooooooooo this wasnt an excuse to draw phrases and space cuddling. no of course not. i think the flickering blue light flung them into a flashback regarding dunes attack since the flashing is similar to the power given off by her spear. flashbacks can be caused by even very small triggers which is something i think space unfortunately struggles with pretty often. theyve got a good support system now though <3 phrases speaks pretty repetitively at points here- they're aware that space isnt mentally in the present and they're asserting what they know to help. sometimes you have to repeat yourself many times for someone in a panic to hear you or really process what youre telling them

#rain world oc #iterator oc #rain world #rw downpour #off string au #druid draw #sequential #os phrases #os space #i could talk for so long about how space shuts their eyes because thats how they coped back in the divide. theyd look away #and now this is still their instinct but when theyre having flashbacks it just makes it harder to cement themself in reality #so phrases tries really hard to get them to look around them. but space is panicking and knows not looking to be safe #vicious cycle. theyre closing their eyes because theyre panicking but this only makes the flashback more vivid and real. thus prompting the #to look away

[skybristle]

rbs > likes

i probably wont go this hard on off string refs for the others but i wanted to spoil her ok. plus her puppet has the most weird shit going on....

like all of these off string ideas are shamelessly stolen from @druidshollow . hi i also just figured you woudl want to See Her

#my art #rain world #rain world ocs #rain world fanart #rw iterator #story tag: off string bh #oc tag: countless swirling sparks

[strandedaylily]

More moonlight with wings but off string and swag ✨ no strings attached babyyy

#day draws #day doodles #oc mirror reflected moonlight #sector 7c #off string au #rain world #iterator

[tanzdoesthings]

it is a beautiful day and you are a horrible iterator

@druidshollow I PICKED A RANDOM LOW-ISH NUMBER SO IF SOMEONE ELSE ALREADY HAS THAT IT CAN CHANGE LMAO

#tanz art #rain world #off string au #oc // ird #other oc // ad #other oc // hs #other oc // whimsey #gif #animation #i still want to strangle procreate dreams itS MISSING SO MUCH… I DREW MOST OF THIS IN PROCREATE AND TOSSED #IT INTO DREAMS BC THE SELECT TOOLS ARE JUST SO GOOD IN THE OG #helpppppp this is why i havent animated recently… SOBS #its ok look its iterator silly time :)