#rw headcanons

[corvin-ito]

#polls #poll #rain world #rain world spearmaster #spearmaster #rw spearmaster #rain world headcanons #rw headcanons #to me spearmaster has Teeth spears #slugcats have cartilage skeletons to me so bone doesnt work for my spears imo

[mionzoka]

New scug redesigns!

#rain world #rain world downpour #rw slugcat #rw #art #artificer #gourmand #artificer slugcat #rw gourmand #spearmaster #rw saint #rw rivulet #rivulet #rw inv #rw enot #rw spearmaster #rw headcanons

[amerricanartwork]

A quick little general slugcat headcanon (featuring a not-so quick drawing to go with it)!

Slugpups have a habit of riding on their parents' tails, kinda like how human kids sometimes cling to their parents' legs! However, for slugcats it's not just for fun, but actually a somewhat instinctive behavior that provides some utility in allowing the parents to carry their kids around more easily when they're small and can't keep up as well on their own. Since slugcats naturally drag their tails — the tail's inherent thickness and large fat stores make it too heavy to lift off the ground all the time — it doesn't really hurt or hinder the parents' movement much, and so is generally pretty efficient when traveling with pups, especially for couples with larger or multiple litters to care for.

Besides that, young slugpups may ride on their parents' backs (usually with the parent walking on all fours in this case), sitting on their shoulders, or just straight-up being carried in their arms, though the final is generally the most difficult option. Once they're big enough they usually walk beside, holding one parent's hand until they're trusted to not stray too far.

Honestly this whole headcanon is pretty much just an extension of this from Survivor/Monk intro:

#art #artwork #drawing #digital #digital art #painting #digital painting #fanart #rain world #rw headcanons #slugcat #rw slugcat #slugpup #gourmand #rw gourmand #quetzalli draws #quetzalli headcanons

[segasys]

slugcat designs!!!

lineup:

Individual refs under cut [+design notes]:

Monk: no scars, strong, tail naturally curls. Survivor: don't worry about scar placement [nose scar always], hair doesn't have to cover eye and can face either side. Hunter: like a maned lioness, bioluminescent green marks, rot and scar placement doesn't matter.

Gourmand: loaf of bread, tail curls like cinnamon roll. Artificer: scar placement doesn't matter [except for eye of course], sharp. Rivulet: "throat sac" expands when holding breath, opacity doesn't matter, bioluminescent [?pending].

Spearmaster: thin, long limbs, some bioluminescent spots. Saint: holds tail like squirrel, oriental dragon like, fur colour can change with season [? pending].

#the ghost!! he draws!!!!! #rw designs #rw monk #rw survivor #rw hunter #rw gourmand #rw artificer #rw rivulet #rw spearmaster #rw saint #rw nightcat #rw inv #rw enot #ref sheet #rain world fanart #rw fanart #rain world #rw headcanons

[comically-large-ukulele]

Unparalleled Innocence - An Angry Analysis (and fanon criticism) by The Conduit

(under cut due to being a long post)

I like to label myself "the #1 UI fan and the only person who really gets them" for… probably obvious reasons at this point. My interpretation of them is wildly different from almost everyone else's "mean gossip girl" interpretation of them, which - frankly, in my and some other people's opinion - results fron fandom misogyny due to gossiping's status as a stereotypically feminine trait. When a character's gender is unconfirmed, people default to referring to a character by masculine terms, and oftentimes get angry when the character in question is revealed to be anything else. (See: Seven Red Suns.) However, due to (misogynistic) stereotypes, the overwhelmingly common fanon interpretation of Unparalleled Innocence is a mean gossip girl, as mentioned prior.

I was not exempt from interpreting them as that until I actually began to look into the way they're treated by canon.

Unparalleled Innocence will be referred to as they/them in this essay, due to chatlog Iterators vagueposting about them using they/them pronouns and due to them lacking official confirmation on gender identity in both vanilla and Downpour.

One of the most significant mentions of UI, at least in the context of this essay, is the Shaded Citadel pearl. At the time of the pearl's writing (1514.008)[1], UI is likely still in construction or has only recently been constructed, placing them very, very close to whenever the mass ascension took place (before 1591.290). Unparalleled Innocence never has a line of dialogue in a single broadcast or broadcast pearl, and their characterization can only be inferred by the way other Iterators talk about and treat them.

UI is excluded from the discussion about Erratic Pulse, quite possibly suggesting alienation or distrust in UI by the local group for one reason or another.[2: Sky Islands 3] (Seven Red Suns is also excluded, but that's a result of them being heavily implied to not be a part of the same local group as the rest of the main cast. See: Citation 3) While discussing the leaking of Five Pebbles' rot, the idea that UI is mean is only a theory of Chasing Wind's (hence: "I suppose"), and not explicit fact.[3]

The most likely conclusion is that Unparalleled Innocence is a closed-off individual who doesn't realize the harm their actions bring to others, and is treated as much meaner by fellow Iterators than they actually are. Based on Gazing Stars' and Secluded Instinct's dialogue, it's entirely possible that UI might have leaked the rot images in a valiant attempt to notify others that Five Pebbles wasn't in a great state. They could've wanted to help to try and redeem whatever poor reputation had led to them being considered potentially mean by CW, but messed it up entirely.

Unparalleled Innocence came close to the sunset of their creators. They were abandoned by the so-called "noble benefactors." They were young, and didn't know how to handle it. This also plays in the favor of the idea that one of Rain World's themes is about empathy and understanding[4] - and in this case, it would be the lack of either.

And the fandom continues to mistreat them, just as they are by their fellow Iterators.

#rain world #rw #rain world downpour #rain world iterator #iterator #rw downpour #unparalleled innocence #rw unparalleled innocence #rw ui #rw headcanons #rw iterator #as a sidenote: feminine-presenting UI designs and headcanons are perfectly fine - the problem is the gossip girl stereotype

[failed-inspection]

Saw this post and knew what I had to do

#rain world #my art #rain world downpour #rain world art #rain world fanart #rw inv #rw enot #rw watcher #rw #rw au #rw nightcat #rw the watcher #rain world fan art #rain world slugcat #this only makes sense to me #rw headcanon #rw headcanons #But trust me on this #rw shitpost #Rain world inv #rain world enot

[gooberdingus]

hot take. i highly doubt nsh gave hunter rot intentionally OR unintentionally. hunters got scars from before the campaign events so theyve clearly fought before, it feels like nobody considers the possibility that they just. got attacked and infected by a mobile cyst or something. look at nsh and tell me hes the kind of guy to do that to his messenger. and even if he was i doubt he would waste resources setting his messenger up for death, because if he needs another one after that hes gonna have to expend resources instead of just using one he already has.

besides, rot is infectious and i dont think any iterator would risk having it in their can no matter the reason. and spearmaster got to pebbles just fine from the looks of it (though they didnt come back fine </3) and they came all the way from outside the local group. so nsh having anything to do with it doesnt make sense to me

#rain world #rw no significant harassment #rw nsh #rw hunter #rw headcanons

[cosmikazie]

okay, so clearly after that last poll people said that artificer would fend for themselves the best

now. same stakes as last time—playing field is level, no extra spears of any kind around, nothing in the environment that would alone give anyone an advantage.

this time, though, let’s say we’re not just putting any little guys in there. we’re putting YOUR versions of the little guys in there. each one so unique and interesting. they live by their own rules, and so do you. so with that in mind:

According to YOUR HEADCANONS, which slugcat would win in a fight?

feel free to explain yourself in the tags!

#rain world #rw survivor #rw monk #rw hunter #rw gourmand #rw artificer #rw rivulet #rw spearmaster #rw saint #rw inv #rw enot #rw ??? #rw headcanons #rw poll #rainworld

[psystirene]

this green thing is so hard to come up with designs for istg!!!

anatomy based off a mink/ermine.... long and fluffy?

Saint starts off as a very regular looking slugcat, save for some golden markings on its fur. As time goes on and its nature becomes more obvious, the dark patches on its nose and back takes over and the golden markings grow, more appear, glistening like the void below. Saint is always an echo, but it is doomed to repeat its grueling ascension process, renewing its ties to the world and binding itself to it and its fate. Saint's work will only be done when the cycles stop and no more creatures are trapped within them. Such is its hubris. It cannot let go.

^ (this is my edgy description. do you like it?!!!)

#rain world #rw saint #rain world saint #the saint #rw the saint #rain world the saint #my art #rw design #rw #rain world design #rw headcanons #rw fanart #rain world fanart

[spaghetticat3899]

A lot of people make slugcats more slug by making them have feelers, the lip of a “foot” along their body, or even making their eyes not their actual eyes, but rather eyespots. However, there’s a disappointing lack of headcanoning scugs have a radula, it’d seem like something people would latch onto, since both cats and slugs have toothy tongues, but I’m surprised to find no headcanons for it, at least from what I’ve seen.

Go radula scugs!

#spaghetti speaks #rainworld slugcat #slugcat #slugpup #slug cat #rain world slugcat #rain world #rainworld #slugcat rainworld #rain world downpour #rw downpour #rw headcanons #rainwold headcanons #headcanon #I'm planning on posting a headcanon anatomy chart soon #Anatomy headcanon #xeno tag

[positive-rain-world-confessions]

Nightcat would have been so neat… They got scrapped from the game bc they were difficult to see agaisnt the backgrounds… So I have an idea of how they could work in the game now

1: They have the ability to camouflage themselves like how white lizards do!

2: they could be put in during saint’s campaign so they’re much easier to see against the white snow

slowly conjuring a nightcat campaign in my brain… Nightcat is so fun to me! Nightcat is everything to me…

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#iirc they were planned to be a scav ally named the watcher #i’m thinking there’s gonna be smth involving nightcat/the watcher upcoming (: #rw nightcat #rw headcanons #<-kinda #confession blog #rain world confessions #positive confessions

[corvin-ito]

Would love to hear any elaborations you have on your answers if you'd like to share (tried to include a reason/excuse for some of these in parentheses. because i wanted to but also maybe propaganda. if you have a different reason or excuse though id love to hear it!!)

tried to think of quite a few possible origins for artificer but im sure theres someone out there whos got like a ten page essay on how artificer is in fact not a slugcat whatsoever but actually an extremely densly packed swarm of bees.

i havent seen bees artificer but some rw headcanons are really wild and out there, like the bug/shrimp lizards i love you bug/shrimp lizards. (genuine)

#if bees artificer is a real thing that was made by someone before i posted this that would be really really funny #as for my thoughts #im torn between made by SRS and made by NSH. leaning toward nsh #srs might seem more likely bcus they made spears and nsh made cancer animal #but nsh was in a rush with hunter and couldnt do silly things like explosion power #Rain World #artificer #rw artificer #poll #polls #rain world headcanons #rw headcanons #rainworld #rain world artificer

[mionzoka]

Small headcanon that Artificer sometimes makes a sculptures of her children out of mud and pebbles and talk to them as if they were alive

#rain world #rain world downpour #rw slugcat #rw #artificer #artificer slugcat #rw slugpup #rw headcanons

[amerricanartwork]

RW Headcanon: How Arti Gives Back

In the RW community on this site, I’ve heard quite a few Artimand thoughts about how Gourmand would help Artificer heal from her trauma and grief. And while that’s all good, something that’s continuously puzzled me when shipping Artimand romantically is, “but how would Artificer help Gourmand?”

Let me tell you, one of my all-time favorite qualities in a ship is the characters helping each other improve themselves, especially in ways no other character pairing can. And while it’s easy to see Gourmand helping Artificer improve, given the vast amount of grief and lust for vengeance she has to overcome, and since Gourmand probably has a natural inclination to help others in need, what would she give to him in return? And to add to that, why would Gourmand fall in love with her and choose her as a mate, as opposed to just casually looking out for her and straight pitying her at worst, especially when she’d most-likely appear very un-qualified for romance initially?

Well, I’ve developed some thoughts and headcanons for that, and I’ll put them below the cut! Please let me know if anything could be improved, or if you can add to it! I’d love more reasons to think of these two sweethearts!

Option 1: Combat

Arti would help Gourmand improve his combat skills. The way I see it, Gourmand is a very strong warrior, but doesn’t often engage in combat simply because he doesn’t see a need for it outside of defense. Even then, due to his kind nature, he typically only fights back enough to deter predators, not kill them. However, with Arti being a carnivore, and having LOTS of experience with more complex combat situations than just defense (mostly from scav encounters), I like to think that Arti would give Gourm more combat tips and they may even end up bonding on occasional hunting trips together. And it would circle back to Arti because Gourm, with his cooking skills, would make the resulting meals from their hunts taste SO much better than what Arti is used to, allowing her to slow down and really enjoy food in a way she hasn’t been able to with her warrior lifestyle!

Option 2: Motherhood

This one’s pretty self-explanatory. Given Arti was a mother once, and Gourmand’s story ends with him getting 2 pups, I could easily see him wanting Arti to stay around to act as a mother for them. Not only would that give her the chance to embrace motherhood again, but it would take some pressure from Gourmand because he has a partner (and an experienced one at that) to help him with parenting! I mean, don’t get me wrong, Gourmand is undoubtedly great with pups, but even so it’s good to have some help! Even more so since (depending on what general age you headcanon the pups as) he’d likely have to leave his pups alone while getting food; it’d be nice to have someone with her own experience caring for pups who can look after them during those times and, to add onto the first option, even help teach them how to hunt and survive on their own!

And heck, I personally actually like to imagine that, a little later, after she gets comfortable enough and fully overcomes her grief, Artificer would actually have a second litter with Gourmand (naratively-speaking, this would signify the completion of her character arc)! Of course it’d be a big deal for Arti, but just imagine how much fun Gourm would have exploring the new experience of getting to raise biological pups this time! And I can just see him being so, so thankful that Arti somehow managed to give him even more family to love!

Option 3: Passion

So this one’s the most personal-headcanon-based, and built off my personal depiction of Gourmand as a character. In my headcanon, Gourmand starts out as a rather reluctant leader of his colony. I have this whole idea of what specific event led to him becoming the leader, but to summarize, it seemed like a very sudden chance event at the time, yet from it he was more-or-less unanimously chosen to lead by the other Outer Expanse slugcats due to him having shown great creativity, survival skills, and protectiveness. Gourmand himself, however, doesn’t really feel he’s fit to be a leader; he’s used to an easygoing life just peacefully surviving and doing his own thing, not managing and defending an entire colony! He’s so used to seeing the simple parts of the world that he often underestimates himself, so something as “grand” as leadership often appears too great for him.

That’s where Arti comes in. I like to imagine that Artificer is extremely passionate, but that for a long time after her pups’ deaths, that passion was manifested almost exclusively as immense rage, grief, and desire for revenge against their killers. But imagine if, once she gets comfortable with Gourmand’s colony, she begins to show that passion in positive emotions! Not only would she, after seeing what he’s capable of in hunts, help him see that he IS the perfect leader for his colony, but just IMAGINE: Arti hyping Gourm up as the biggest, strongest warrior in the Expanse, just before the two prepare to take down a king vulture; or Arti patching him up after a really tough battle and assuring him he’ll be even better next time; or Arti teasing Gourm and them chasing each other around as they spar together in the OE fields; or Arti getting all dramatic as she recites tales of her epic scavenger battles to his eager pups; or Arti showering Gourm with kisses after he makes a REALLY good meal with her favorite meats!  There are SO many possibilities for hypeman Arti, and I figure that, once Gourm sees her fiery spirit used in a positive way, especially to help him and his family, he can’t help but fall for her! And this idea is part of why I like the Spicybun ship name so much - while Gourmand helps Arti mellow out, Arti literally spices up his life! They just compliment each other so perfectly!!

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MAN do I love these two so much! This is about all I have right now on this subject, but again, I’d LOVE to hear any other ideas for how Artificer would help Gourmand, or additions to these ideas! I just adore the “opposites attract” ship trope (although I personally prefer to call it “inverses attract”), and I think Artimand is easily one of the best examples of that in Rain World! 

Thank you to anyone who made it to the end of this wall of text! And let me know if I should share any more Rain World headcanons, because I’ve definitely got more!

Oh, and if you've found this, @melissa-titanium, hope you like it again! Let me know if you ever want me to stop @-ing you with these Artimand headcanons, by the way!

#art #artwork #sketch #doodle #digital #digital art #fanart #rain world #rw headcanons #shipping #rw shipping #slugcat #rw slugcat #artificer #rw artificer #gourmand #rw gourmand #artimand #rw spicybun #rw barbecue #quetzalli draws #quetzalli pairs #quetzalli headcanons #honestly though girls giving their boys some sweet loving is a fancy of mine for all my favorite ships #i just think arti would be especially passionate about it #in like a “YEEEAAAHHH!! That's my husband!!!” kinda way

[tsunochizu]

Part 1 of iterator puppet biology headcanons

Current focus: main body

This is a significantly more detailed version of my previous iterator anatomy post, some things got altered, and some stay the same

Part two and three (head and limbs) will come later, and then I will make another post with everything in one place

Feel free to ask me any questions about it, and it is free to use as reference if you enjoy this and want to use it in stories/art!

#rainworld #rain world #rainworld downpour #rw iterator #rw headcanons #the sensory module is down there because there was no other place to put it but I also find it INCREDIBLY funny so let me have this #i'm like a twelve year old boy humor wise lmao #my art

[two-left-hands]

Honeystick fam with applejuice!

#rw honeystickfam #honeystickfam #rain world #art #rw #applejuice #rw applejuice #monk x hunter #hunter x monk #monk rw #monk rain world #rain world monk #hunter rain world #hunter rw #hunter #rw hunter #survivor rain world #rw survivor #rain world survivor #survivor #slugcat #rw headcanons