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OKAY PEOPLE. So, I love flowers. Flower symbolism especially. So, doing some somewhat legitimate research, I decided to see dig deeper into the flowerbeds of mystery that is Welcome Home, to see if I can uncover any symbolism.

I’ll be using the flowers from the picture below, thank you. And of course, credit to @partycoffin btw check them out they’re incredible

Let’s start with this lovely flower

By my guess, it seems to be a daffodil of some kind? The closest flower I can get currently.

Now, daffodils symbolize rebirth and new beginnings in many definitions. White daffodils tend to hold a desire to be transformed and move away from selfishness. They are also known as Narcissus, who in many stories was a man obsessed with his beauty and eventually turned into the flower when he perished.

Next flower!

Not gonna lie, there are many flowers that this could be. I’ll give my best guess, of course.

First, Gerbera Daisy. Egyptians believed they symbolized a closeness to nature and devotion to the sun. In general, they usually symbolize innocence, purity, cheerfulness, all that jazz. It looks very similar to daisies in general, what with the dark center and the formation of the petals.

Second, Black eyed Susans, or Coneflower. They tend to be a symbol of encouragement and a symbol of adaptability in some definitions. Supposedly, it’s also a symbol of Justice? But I can’t currently verify that. The petals and dark center again line up well.

Now for the last one

Now, I have two more guesses for this one.

Rose. Now, warm colored roses hold a meaning of affection and warmth when gifted to a friend. Roses in general tend to symbolize desire and love, of course.

Carnation. Now, Carnations also symbolize a form of love, but also mean fascination and distinction. It’s seen as the official flower for Mother’s Day, given the meaning behind it with the Virgin Mary. It’s colors have different meanings, all in some form or another in relation to love.

Of course, this is all mostly just my ramblings and not really any theory stuff. I just like trying to analyze things I find interesting! Do with this information what you will and fact check it because I am NOT a professional in the slightest.

“…what the actual fuck- PUT IT BACK!” Alex exclaimed, hands flying everywhere around them. They‘d done enough things today that could make them criminals back in her hometown, and the same was probably true here, alternate universe or timeline or whatever! Honestly, Alex was getting really tired of this job already, and the Lieutenant wasn’t making any of it easier.

“Pft-“ The maniac in question cawed, spinning the bloody sword with a crazed giddiness. It made the other uneasy. “Why would I do that, mi amiga, when he’s already dead?” The bloodied silver of the blade was pointed right in Alex’s face, almost grazing the very tip of her nose. The girl shrieked, falling backwards onto the dusty, rocky ground.

“D-don’t point it at me!” She choked out rather squeakily, glaring daggers as the other cackles.

“Alright, alright, I will!” Phoenix waved a hand as she responded, spinning the sword one more time. Soon enough, she tossed it over her head. They heard it whistling flying through the air for a moment, until a shriek of pain echoed it. The blonde’s almost bat-like ears fell a bit, clawed hands grabbing Alex’s as they fell into a run. “Rápida, to the avian city!”

“To the what?!”

“Luego; I’ll explain after my shortcut!”

“That doesn’t-“ Her frustration was silenced by her own shriek as she was dragged head first into a portal. The golden glow disoriented everything, ears buzzing and ringing in tune with every single sensation of the universe. It was like being pulled like taffy and torn apart, only put back together by tape; All for a god damn shortcut! They should’ve kept that sword, so Alex could chop that cocky, careless head off it’s immortal pedestal.

Oh, right. Immortal.

God damn this job.

“Where did you get a sword?!”

“Found it.”

“Where?!”

“Dead body.”

ok so, since this is gonna be a large post im gonna try to divide it in sections in the next order: location, characters and motives, plot, changes and design. there may be some things here and there that slip, and since im planning on making this a big project im gonna try to not jump into spoilers that much

(has a note, some aspects may change has more games come out, so what i say in this post may be edited or no longer apply when those changes happen)

so, without much wait, let's dive into the rewrite!

LOCATION

The location where the game is taking place in the same place has canon (a kindergarten in Canada, Montreal) the state is not changing as it does not affect the characters other than their accent. The kindergarten however is changing in design both on outside and inside, as it is redesigned into a mansion that was repurposed as a kindergarten by the owner of this mansion. after the accident it fell in ruin, leaving it empty has some sort of urban legend

opila’s room will resemble the original, but more soft and less plastic. something similar to the reincarnated version, with tubes on the walls and a more cushion-like floor and the egg hunt will be the same as reincarnated (instead of feeding Opila, you put them in a nest).

now to the facility itself, it's similar to a hidden bunker, many levels leading down to a cave system, it being divided in sections, the first being floors like communication or information, the others being of testing and subjects rooms, and the lower ones being of extraction and collection of Givanium (i'll get to that in a second), has the lower it gets its more dark and slightly more claustrophobic.

CHARACTERS AND MOTIVES

Now this is the part where I explain some of the characters and their motivations, to not make it too confusing, I'm gonna only explain the characters up to chapter 2. so let's start with the most recognizable

BANBAN

I’ve changed a few things about Banban when speaking about his personality and motives. instead of being whatever he is right now (a smart guy thats melodramatic about his issues if i have to guess) and more for a cowardly but helpful in some sense, he still has his problems with his violent form, but acknowledges that is something he should fear and locks himself has far away as possible, giving instructions and opening doors from where he is.

im keeping the “he thinks he’s Uthman” to some extent, where he knows who his donor was, but cannot recall any clear memories from him, making him feel lost as to who he is and who is the “real” Uthman. his main motive is to get out, has he feels he doesn't belong there

BANBALEENA

Her personality and goals are somewhat similar to the original, “energetic but crazy teacher that went mad due to isolation”. she IS kind tho, is just all the bottled up trauma with the isolation and being a subject of experimentation, at some point in the plot she will turn neutral, not attacking the protagonist unless they do something.

OPILA

Simple, it's a bird and it's trying to protect its children. there's not that much character in her, after all she’s made to act like an animal, so she mostly acts on instinct.

JOSH

It's a similar case to Opila, acting more out of instinct like an animal rather than a person. The only thing I'm changing is him seeing the player has “dolls'' and him being some sort of giant baby monster. so he will be more of “giant unpredictable monster that is better to not provoke”

FLYNN

im changing more his personality than his motives (they’re still different but still connect), personality wise he’s more like a rowdy young adult rather than an all knowing elder god, he’s more naive and easy to anger, besides he shows his emotions pretty quickly. his goals are somewhat similar to the canon one, that meaning that he wants to get out, but the difference is that he doesn't want to do it at the expense of children, he would want more to find a way out himself and risk dying than putting innocent children in danger, so when he hears that they’ve been dragged down to the depth he’s fuming.

FIDDLES

he would take more the role of friend, as he has the mentality of a 3 year old therefore not knowing any better. it's not a big role but that's because i still don't know his role in canon, guess i'll have to wait for chapter 4 (this may be updated in some future)

SELINE

Despite her role being small I still wanted to expand on her a bit more, she’s someone who’s very scared and constantly in a fight or flight response, if she can't flee, she will fight her way out. She's more like an alarm for other subjects, as if she sees something that could be potentially dangerous she announces it or just stays for a second before leaving. 

NABNAB

Nabnab is something between his canon version and canon josh, as he feels lonley and wishes to have a friend, but also doesn't understand why his actions have negative consequences, as he was never taught or understood what it meant. his personality is awkward, stalking people and forcing them to go with him, not wanting to hurt anyone unless its demands are not met.

TOADSTER

Toadster is a little more complicated, despite his role still not being clear, his motives are very relevant to the plot, so i'm just gonna say he’s looking for someone specific. Meanwhile, his personality is somewhat distant and cold, not that big of a talker. He has some negative feelings towards the experiments, but that's something for later.

PROTAGONIST/SUNNY

now to the protagonist (who is my personal interpretation of it). She's a single mother that is looking for her missing son, willing to do anything so he (and the other kids) get back to their families safely. She's scared easily and very nervous, but she’s also stubborn and very protective, which is the reason why she decided to go this deep to find the children.

ZOLPHIUS

Zolphius has the same issue has Toadster, where he's very important to the plot to the point i cant speak about him too much, so better talk a out his personality. He's not evil or creepy or whatever, but rather more like a "incredibly nice and silly person who just turns out to look very fucking scary", he loves singing and dancing, he may appear here and there and give cryptic warnings, but overall he's not dangerous.

PLOT

The plot is gonna be the same as the original, a parent looking for their missing child in an abandoned kindergarten that has a dark secret. The things that i'm changing and adding about it are more centered around characters, with this i mean that things such as "Banban's identity crisis" and "what happened to the scientist" are gonna be more of subplots or things to give more background to the story. Some things like the Givanium and the note of the children will still be there, but those are gonna take a deeper role with Zolphius.

Something I've been thinking of but don't know if I will do is that I could jump between moments in time (like the hallucinations of Flynn, which I've decided to change so Zolphius gives them) to see a different perspective of it, but I'm not so sure.

CHANGES AND DESIGNS

Now to the good stuff, the changes to i made to the characters designs and things i've added to make them feel more unique

(Note that i may have changes some little things about the character designs before making this post)

EXPERIMENTS

The group of experiments all have their unique things, so before going individually I would like to point out some little things ive changed about the characters. I've changed it so there needs to be more than one genome, or else the subject would become unstable and not survive, therefore needing to add some animal genomes so it would become stable. this means that the experiments have some part of not only animal instincts, but also some animal characteristics

Some other details are scars caused by accessories made by the scientist (electro-shock collars) so they could be assured they would be in their best behavior. 

Another thing I changed, and is important to mention, is their roles. Their purpose still is to help teach kids, but their main role has been replaced from “teachers” to “entertainers”, by this I mean that they’re more of a circus or actors rather than actual teachers, they still teach stuff but their main goal is to entertain children.

ok now onto each individual character

BANBAN

I made him taller and have more animal-like characteristics, resembling something somewhat “human”. His main role was “acrobat '', being able to perform tricks in the air and those where it looks like you breathe fire. His feral form is more animalistic, running in all fours as he chases you and throwing everything on his way just to get you, this also relates to his facial expression. instead of having that goofy smile all the time he actually can emote, his tongue and smile only show up when aggressive. another thing i changed even tho is not that important, is that his alias is now “the goat man” instead of the devil, because it sounds less weird

BANBALEENA

Similar case has Banban, making her have more animal traits but keeping some human traits, her horns going inwards and giving it the appearance of bunny ears. Instead of being a normal teacher, she’s a ballet instructor that also teaches arts ‘n crafts, she retains most of her canon traits as stated before, but having a different aggressive form which is similar to Banban’s. She also runs on all fours and has more expressions, and I also replaced the object-students with mannequins.

OPILA

I turned Opila more bird-like, and made her taller and able to fly, as I felt the original was too goofy by how she was shaped. she’s in a constant state of aggression unless her husband (which i changed their name from Tarta to Doe has in John Doe) shows her the person is harmless. im retaining both ostrich and flamingo donors, has it would be scary if she killed you by kicks than by beak

JOSH

I changed his pose and some of his designs, making him more “strong” and look more like a dinosaur. His role was of the “strongman”, the scar of his face being by fire. i also changed his personality from i suppose is “mentally a child” to “alligator beast”, has i made his donors a gorilla and an alligator.

FLYNN

i made him an octopus, a jellyfish just didn't make too much sense for me, has how could he be so intelligent if he was an animal without a brain. he has most things of an octopus like changing color and squeezing in very small places, and he has 4 beaks that can come out of his eye, and has stated before, he can no longer put us in a hallucination.

FIDDLES

I made them look more like monkeys, while also giving them characteristics of children. they’re very similar to the canon interpretation we have where they’re just like 4 year olds, otherwise nothing much has changed.

SELINE

I made her slightly taller and had her eyes bend down as if she was hurt, also gave her small nub hands as I saw it fitting for her. i made her less likely to attack unless she doesn't have an escape route and made her look more beat up. otherwise nothing changed

NABNAB

I made him look more like Banban and Banbaleena, as he’s supposed to look like an evil version of them. The horns on his head are actually jaws and he can rotate his head so it's facing down, the stitches on his back are for keeping it shut, as there are another pair of arms inside of it. he cannot speak but rather just mimics voices and sounds.

TOADSTER

He's bigger than Banban and stronger, he has a shotgun not pictured and his badge hangs off his neck. most of his changes are based off his personality, has he’s more quiet and aggressive towards threats, but otherwise he’s just always annoyed and somewhat remorseful

and has of the other characters of chapter 3 (and maybe 4) i’ll still have to work on it, but i already got some ideas, they just need a little adjusting

and that's all for now!! Wow, that was longer than I thought. but i hope i made it clear what i wanted to change and how i wanted to change it. If you like it, that's great! if you don't that's fine too, and if you have any questions don't be shy and ask! I'd love to answer them!!

anyways, hope you like it!!

Another example of why I love my mom…

So I was working on a test with my mom, who is great with nutrition and apparently drug studies as we’ve found. Eventually, we get to a question and my brain shut off completely for a good minute and a half. To quote her,

“What are anabolic steroids made from- Bull testicles.”

And the only thing I could reply with, after feeling all of my brain cells die within me for a moment, was “I really hope you’re not right.”

And guess what?

SHE. WAS. GODDAMN. RIGHT. ABOUT. IT.

Steroids are made from testicles apparently, being derived from testosterone found in- as my mom puts it- “the testies.”

So hey how are you guys doing?

Ah yes the sheriff and the poet!!!

I ned to draw knuxpio with their vn outfits UJDHFHHGUHUGUGHU

Ah!! Absolutely amazing!!!

@enigma-imagines's spidersona! With some grizzly bears~

*Shakes Team Chaotix*

These boys can fit so much baggage in them

"Not a proper detective without baggage"

WAIT WHAT DOES THAT IMPLY ABOUT TEAM CHAOTIX?????

Happy Thanksgiving, you super stars! I hope everyone is staying safe, happy, and healthy during these times of COVID-19, regardless of how insane it is that we’re all stuck in quarantine and stuff.

I did some doodles of personified Discord Bots from the Danganronpa Roleplay server I’m in. Hope you guys like them!

Other than that, I just want you all to know that you’re all:

Strong

Cooler than cucumbers

Fabulous

Magnificent

Unbelievably amazing

This post probably won’t mean much, maybe it will. Who knows? COVID has made everything crazy and unpredicatable.