The Prototype Is Done!

long comic under the cut

something about cotl and its repeating theme of broken families tears me apart. we got narinder and his broken god family. we got the lamb and their broken sheep family. we got aym and baal and their broken family with their mother. we also got aym and baal with a broken ish family with nari. because hes all they know, and theyre all he knew for so very long. and they see each other as family. but naris so repressed about his feelings and in denial about being their adoptive dad so instead they became his disciples and he raised them as distantly as he could manage while also balancing the fact that deep inside he wants them close because he loves them as sons and always has. im broken about it.

I learned that art thrift stores exist and went to my local one today

You can learn if there's one around you by searching up

Creative reuse center near me

The head's all put together and stuffed so I can get a good look at everything so far...

I'm thinking of using yellow slit buttons for the eyes, but I'll be switching them to white if I don't like how they look when the whole thing is put together.

On the topic of button eyes, I think it's a cute idea to do the same with the crowns instead of just embroidering the eye on instead

Any thoughts?

Let's goooooo!

Chapter 1 : How it Ends

The Plague Doctor's Mask

As his siblings before him, Kallamar suddenly found himself out of Purgatory and back into the world at the mercy of the one who killed him. Completely deaf, fragile and mortal, he has to decide how this new story will play out. To live in fear, cowering behind the heavy shadows of his siblings or to dare being the pillar that holds their fragile bonds together. Whatever his moves might be, there are many pieces on this chessboard he must watch out for.

GUYS it's finally here! I hope it's good I am shitting myself 🤣💙

I thought the Ides of March would be an amazing day to post this. Happy Reading! I'll go.... keep hydrated.

I THINK I FIGURED OUT THE NEW ENTITIES SYSTEM IN TMAGP.

I haven't seen any other fan theories like this, but if anyone else thought of this first, please let me know.

Anyways, alchemy obviously plays a big part in the magic system of the protocol universe. And I've seen several people bring up that Celia mentioned the three primes of alchemy. Based on my very non-expert google knowledge, the three primes are salt, mercury, and sulfur. Salt represents the body, mercury represents the mind, and sulfur represents the soul.

In other words, physical horror, psychological horror, and existential horror. There are three fear entities in this universe; Salt, which is fear relating to the body/physical harm, Mercury, which is mental/emotional fears, & Sulfur, which is existential fears. This lines up pretty well with what Colin said:

This time, the way to keep the entities from entering our world is to keep them balanced. And based on what we've seen, the way to keep the balance is probably by sacrificing people to them.

This next part is a bit of a stretch & I don't expect it to be right. Something interesting I noticed, all the Externals we've met so far seem to be Salt-coded. Maybe the OIAR is only in charge of the salt part of the balance? What if the Hilltop Center and the Magnus Institute were in charge of the other two elements? Colin didn't mention what happens when there's too much salt, but we might see that for ourselves soon.

The finished prototypes for the ears, crown as well as the Goat & Lamb's horns...

Also, here's what the shape of the faces should look like.

Goat: Lamb:

I've got a working prototype for the head. I might need a few adjustments, but I'm happy with the results so far

It's made with their wool

Probably even smells like them...probably...

It's.... beautiful...

I'm literally crying! This came out so well! Absolutely chuffed to bits.

Here are s'more looks of them

Follower Kallamar Plushie I made some months ago but never posted😓

I might change his bandages to kelp so he’s not permanently bleeding

I got sick today, and rn I’m just cuddling with him. What a squid, favorite guy. Shoutout to him.

"Father! help me! I'm trapped under the sewing machine... why are you taking out your phone? FATHER, I AM SERIOUS ARE YOU F*****G KIDDING ME RN!?"