charlene omg
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE DESIGN!!! THE SWORDS THE HELMET THE CHAINMAIL...chefs kiss.
Ooiuguhhh I've got to draw her sometimes..
I don't have much too say bcoz I'm running late somwhere sadly!!
So for the AU’s purposes this is Charlene- she was one of the first ideas I came up with! Something about giving her a sword helmet just stuck with me, as you may guess she’s the “weapon shop” character to go with Maverick being the item shop (and yes by the way I did put them in the same pose. It looks good)
Anyhow, the flower nestled in her chainmail is Goldenrod! Elaboration below ⬇️
This is goldenrod, goldenrod was my pick for Charlene because it can simultaneously represent both encouragement and caution, I use this as a shorthand for “make good choices” which is the sort of character I see Charlene has, she’s responsible in perhaps the most burdensome sense
Charlene is not only the one looking out for the hooligans, but as the youngest of her siblings is left to take care of their aging mother while her brother just sits in his room all day gaming instead of doing anything for either of them (this man is fully capable of getting off his ass to get his mom’s medication from the pharmacy but simply chooses not to) and her other siblings have all moved away and gone about their own lives
Charlene as a character is depicted as many things she doesn’t seem to want to be, responsible, quiet, imposing- we know she probably doesn’t like how she’s perceived because she makes an effort to dress in a cutesy sort of way, she isn’t trying to be this intimidating person, it’s just her build is all, and in addition to the idea of being left responsible for other peoples duty’s when she’s still just a teenager, the contrast in the first place is why I like goldenrod as her flower
Unfortunately Basil has a hard time keeping this reality in his mind, he feels bad for it but Charlene scares him, he gets really nervous around her even though she’s never said anything bad about or towards him- so in his mind Charlene manifests as someone scary but harmless, helpful even
(Sidenote, I like to headcanon that other then Aubrey Basil actually knows Charlene the best and has known her longest, they Arendt exactly friends? But their mom/grandma respectively were so they spent time together as kids, it’s that really quiet sort of acquaintance you have with the kid your parent sticks you with and tells you to be friends with- they don’t consider each other friends exactly, they just know each other)
Also I tend to headcanon Charlene as transfem, that has nothing to do with anything that’s just a thought I have about her
this is what took me what, 3 months?? and i dont even have anything in defense of myself
How to hold the Marze
I’ve been thinking about memes I could do with this goober and this one felt right
Hey who wants Marzenie memes? Nobody? Nobody asked for this? Don’t care!!
Have them anyway!
Okay that’s all
Why do we have horrid timezones smh
But, GOOD LORD!!
AUBREY!!! YES!!!! OOOHHHB I LOVE HER DESIGN SM!!!!
MY FINGERS ARE SO DAMN COLD WHEN IM TYPING IT SO SORRY FOR ANY MISTAKES !!!
OK I THINK SHE IS THE ONE WHO WILL GET ME OUT OF MY ARTBLOCK I SWEAR
OOIUGGHHH AND ALSO THE JESTER THEMEING??? ILOVEITSOMUCH kinda reminds me of shadow milk cookie from crk but that's not important....
BUT LIKE AS SOON AS I GOT OUT OF MY PRACTICES I SAW UR POST LITERALLY A MINUTE OR TWO AFTER U POSTED IT
I WANNA GIVE U A BIGG HUG MAN
this reminds i have to post some of my abandoned art pieces (which are mostly marzenie whoopsie daisy)
ONCE AGAIN BIG HUGGGG FROM ME
AAAAAUUGHHH KEEP IT UP DANNY!!!
RUN WHEN YOU HEAR THE BELLS JINGLE!
(Aubrey’s Marzenie Desgin)
The beetle is dead long live the Horned Album!! Which is what this thing is called by the way, I feel bad for scrapping the beetle thing but while I was doing this my friend (thank you Jamie) suggested that maybe the horned album has a pet beetle and I said YES rabbit sized beetle with a dumb little jester hat.
Now due to. Uh. Well several things, this change in design means I’ll be altering the map and Kim’s design to see fit since both were originally connected to the beetle idea, and while I hate to see that lizard thing go she wasn’t remotely my favorite design so I can live with replacing her
So what’s going on with The Horned Album? Well the main theme I was going for is the ruining or tainting of something good, for Basil that’s mainly memories, Sunny, Mari and Hero can all be ignored easily since they don’t have a presence in Basil’s life anymore, Kel is more difficult to ignore but his current self is continuous with his young self, the person Kel is now has little effect on who he was in the last and Basil’s memories of him
But Aubrey? Her current presence in Basil’s life can neither be ignored and doesn’t connect well with his memories of her, the attitude she has toward him ranges from dismissive to rude to downright violent, sure Aubrey’s treatment isn’t remotely the worst Basil has experienced but her change of identity has put a stain on Basil’s memories of her… which namely, many are separate old ones he has of Mari which were also ruined by her death… the reason this is different is because Aubrey was Basil’s first true friend, Sure he later became closer with Sunny but Aubrey was first, and there’s many memories of her that are entirely separate from ones of the rest of the group or of Sunny
The day Aubrey began to hate Basil was also the day Basil lost the first person who truly accepted him outside his family… Aubrey was a milestone, Being friends with Aubrey was the only reason he even MET Sunny and the rest of the group, it’s that which has become tainted now
Furthermore, the other choices of goat-features and a clown outfit are sort of their own spin of the idea, the goat’s most popular symbolic use is as the perversion of the lamb (the lamb being a symbol for Jesus Christ, this is why goats are accociated with Satan, they can be mistaken for each other at a glance but upon closer inspection a goat and a sheep are very different)
The clown thing is kind of just a thing about “ruined joy”, clowns are meant to be entertainers and bringers of happiness to the masses, for one to become twisted and dangerous… ahh well this is not a new idea, using clowns in this way is very popular but as someone who likes clowns it was inevitable I’d have one in Marzenie although Aubrey wasn’t going to be the first choice, there were two other characters I’d intended to make clowns … the fact that I’m changing the cave to a circus makes them fit much better actually…hmm
It’s also worth noting that I wanted this character to be very… violent looking, anyhow, will be adding her to the master post plus an updated height chart tomorrow! I guarantee y’all she is. Uh. Big
Alright that’s all for now! Couldnt find anywhere to shove a gladiolus but I figure that’s fine, reflection doesn’t have any roses and Ziemia no lily or the valley, not all Marzenie characters are gonna have flowers in their design’s in fact most won’t… and yes I did phone in the coloring here, It’s 11:44 pm as I’m writing this and I’ve been working on it for two hours now so… yeah okay bye! Scheduling this to post in the morning now
awww they're so happy.. (^○^)(^○^)(^○^)
This could never be canon but let’s just imagine for a moment…
I had this idea earlier today (since this is a scheduled post that’s yesterday but lets just pretend) and thought to myself that it’s been way too long since I drew something silly for Marzenie, so here’s this! I call them ShatterSwarm and they’re kinda cute actually
I don’t have much to say, they’re just cute okay? All forms of heromari usually are, mirror boy and his rats (plural) gf
It would be really funny if this was someone’s first interaction with Marzenie … in case it is uh…. That’s what the tag is for but you might have to scroll ABVGYAUYGUUAYVAYJGACHFUAVUHFTA
THATS RIGHT, MORE MARZE FANART!
I used the folk dress from Krakow, Poland as the primary reference, since the au has some references to Polish. I'm so proud of this one.I'm sorry if it seems a bit rushed; it's because I got this idea just recentlyy. :)
I actually had to do some research, which was surprising since I live pretty close to Krakow, I was also tempted to add a flower crown, but I'm way too lazyy.
IM ACTUALLY SO HAPPY THAT YOU LIKE HOW HE TURNED OUT :)))
I WAS SO STRESSED POSTING THIS, BUT NOW IM SOOOO HAPPY I'M LITERALLY JUMPING UP AND DOWN
I'LL PROBABLY POST ANOTHER FANART OF MARZE MAYBE IN LIKE 2 TO 3 DAYS??
I even have a few little Marze plushie doodles in my math notebook, coz I was waaaay too bored..🤷
Buuut....That motivated me to actually draw the plushie 🙇♀️🙇♀️🙇♀️
AND THE IDEA WITH THE LITTLE CARE PACKS??? AWWWW
FIRST TIME POSTING FANART WOOOHOOOEYOOW
Marze plushie...save me Marze plushie..
this is actually from one of the coolest omori au's i've ever looked at
YOU SHOULD GO CHECK IT, NOW!!1!!1
I also have more fanart that I cooked up, but Im not ready to post it yet :]
(take him with you) (he looks pretty excited) (...or scared.)
FIRST TIME POSTING FANART WOOOHOOOEYOOW
Marze plushie...save me Marze plushie..
this is actually from one of the coolest omori au's i've ever looked at
YOU SHOULD GO CHECK IT, NOW!!1!!1
I also have more fanart that I cooked up, but Im not ready to post it yet :]
(take him with you) (he looks pretty excited) (...or scared.)
Marzenie time guysss
Here’s the Basil design!
Other versions plus a little elaboration on the design:
Cloakless + wing design versions
So for the sake of specificity I’ve been calling him “Marze” whenever I refer to the in-dream version of Basil, Same naming convention as (Hikik)Omori, but don’t be mistaken, Marze is not an individual like Omori is, Marze is a costume- just the suit that Basil wears while venturing the horrors of his mind, Marze is merely how Basil conforms himself to the world of Marzenie, none of the characters there are really human so it’d be out of place if Basil himself was (this can be viewed as a form of self-dehumanizing on Basil’s part but it’s mostly for the artists sake- the meta explanation is just as important as the in-world one)
Now for the design itself:
maybe the symbolism here is really obvious but I wanna explain it anyway, the Deer parts (antlers and legs) are representative of Basil’s general personality as a whole- he’s skittish and vulnerable yes but when forced deer do fight back, an idea that’s very important to Marzenie given it displays Basil LITERALLY fighting to survive against his inner struggles, that and the creator (me) really likes deer … so there’s that
Otherwise, the wings are Moths wings, which seems like it’s a really simple connection to Sunny and the idea that Moths are drawn to light but it’s a little more literal in Marzenie because it’s not just that Sunny is Basils sun in a metaphorical way it’s that in Marzenie he actually IS, in the world of Marzenie there is a Sun-God character that is very obviously just Sunny, which is both about bit about Basil’s view of Sunny as someone without flaw but also about just how much Basil relies on him… or rather the IDEA of him
Sun-God-Sunny is a very important presence in Marzenie because it’s his very absence that’s made Marzenie what it is, returning to that Map art I made for a moment here
Within Marzenie it’s not just that Sunny is a god but that he’s a dead/‘sleeping’ god, and in his absence the world has become cold and dark (which necessitates that lantern in the desgin above)
Yes Basil had issues before the incident but having friends and having SUNNY made that bearable and something he could have gradually put behind him, being abandoned so suddenly in such a traumatic way has thrown Basil’s mind into a state of eternal darkness, the world of Marzenie is cold and dark and dangerous, and all of this is the most literal possible representation of the damage Sunny’s absence has inflicted on Basil’s mental state
Sunny’s character in Marzenie being the Sun god is also why the center of it and the beginning of the journey is a church, the only hope Basil has anymore is that Sunny will return and they can be friends again, so he’s build an alter in his mind dedicated to this hope, this prayer
Also religious imagery is fun <3, also it’s a parallel to the church of something and how Basil’s house is at the center of Vast forest (and thus the center of Sunny’s mind, they center their places of safety around each other, even if for Basil that place is a tiny candlelit alter in the center of a dark woodland while for Sunny that Place of safety is EVERYTHING in his mind, so vastly different and yet sort of the same <- does any of this make sense? Probably not, who cares, it’s my AU and I WILL ramble as much as I like ok)