Hi, we're the River System! Katlyn (she/they) and Jacob (he/him). Came for the fandoms, stayed for the off-the-wall and the cringe. 22, autistic (language abled and low support needs), Environmental Biology major. Actual Mad Scientists ;) [We do science and don't do sanity!] Mostly this is Katlyn obsessing over bugs and fandoms (Undertale, Hollow Knight, Little Nightmares, Fire Emblem: Awakening, RWBY, Arcane). Also may include photography, dark aesthetics, and general chaos from Jacob. (Cover photo by Sagar Patil on Unsplash)
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Thank you @lane-thepencilthing for voting for Oakie in the SUNY Mascot Madness tournament (link). So maybe I could’ve posted these separately but this screwball nonsense all kinda goes together. This is a silly Hollow Knight modern/gijinka AU in which the characters are trying and failing to be normal people in the normal town of Hallownest. Chaotic ideas under the cut- it’s mostly just silly.
Hollie is a Gifted Kid who just wants to be “good” and ends up being the one who mostly takes care of their little siblings because their parents are absolutely slacking off on that. They’re very tall and stand out in a crowd, but they’re shy and quiet and don’t want to stand out and are always hunched over. Also, everyone in the Pale family is autistic. When I tried to make these characters act normal they all gave off extremely neurodivergent energy XD
Hornet is a tween who is Not Like Other Girls and likes spiders and will probably bite. Herrah is basically a Crazy Cat Lady, except she has a bunch of pet spiders. This combined with the fact that she’s crazy strong and kinda intimidating anyway means most people avoid her. If you say anything bad about her mom, Hornet will come after you. Ghost, predictably, is a little chaos child. They lose speech/can’t always speak and have both autism and ADHD. Grimm is kinda frenemies with PK, but Ghost and Grimm Jr. are the best of friends. They get into trouble together often. Grimm will often just drop his child off at PK’s house unexpectedly, and Ghost will get all excited about the surprise sleepover, and PK will be like “Grimm you can’t just do this” and Grimm will be like “Watch me.” The one good parent in this is the crazy woman whose house is full of spiders.
Linking back to my post about my weird college mascot
If you would vote for them it would mean a lot to me :)
FYI: the rules allow you to vote every 12 hours, so if you already voted you can do so again tomorrow!
This is a little drawing I did in order to stick it to my laptop because I don’t have enough stickers as many stickers as I want :)
After I stuck it to my laptop, it tore, so I decided to fix it and make it look intentional. It’s a Shade from Hollow Knight- I love these funky little blobs of void
Thank you @printerpenguin for voting for Oakie :)
@lizardonatoadstool Thank you for your continued support for Oakie the Acorn! Enjoy this bird I was drawing in class :)
This is a little drawing I did in order to stick it to my laptop because I don’t have enough stickers as many stickers as I want :)
After I stuck it to my laptop, it tore, so I decided to fix it and make it look intentional. It’s a Shade from Hollow Knight- I love these funky little blobs of void
Thank you @printerpenguin for voting for Oakie :)
This is a painting we’re very proud of. Thank you @anyconstellation for supporting Oakie :)
Cute cat doodle :)
Thank you @theoptimistictabby435 for supporting Oakie!
Edit: vote for Oakie here (link back to my original post so I can thank people who vote): https://www.tumblr.com/spectruminterests/713686350203863040/vote-for-oakie-suny-mascot-madness?source=share
Vote for Oakie: SUNY Mascot Madness
Remember when I asked if people would vote in a tournament poll hosted somewhere other than this hellsite? Well, the final round begins now! Please vote for Oakie the Acorn for me, they’re a quirky little acorn and it would make me very happy! Plus, just like last time, 1 new vote for Oakie = 1 post featuring an art piece by me*! Please like or comment when you vote so I know :)
*which might just be a doodle, but I will try to share things people enjoy!
I take the Nugget of Friendship gladly, and will gladly share it with both irls and mutuals: @theoptimistictabby435 @theoctopuscats @lizardonatoadstool @cynanan @printerpenguin @nervoussaladbard @lane-thepencilthing @anyconstellation @bugenjoyer @that-bug-kid @tiny-fairy-friend @jtranageder1 @jiggityjog
This is the Nugget of Friendship.
It is not given lightly. Yet I give it to you.
Yes. I mean YOU.
Now shoo.
Pass on the Nugget of Friendship.
I’m not going to post something for everyone who liked or commented on Oakie posts after the polls closed today, but I will post two more pieces, because we had two more voters I haven’t mentioned yet. I am however doing this again for the finals, so you all can have your chance then!
Here’s what was supposed to be a quick sketch of Lucina from Fire Emblem Awakening. It kinda got away from me a bit. Thank you @sacredstones2004 :)
This one is a recent drawing (I did it because I was bored) of an old OC I made in high school. Adria Black, hailing from a world full of beings best summarized as vampire ghosts that only adolescents can see, hunted these monsters with her best friend Vivian… until dying and becoming one herself. She wanted to destroy herself, but Vivian wouldn’t accept that, and so now she acts as a spy of sorts. After all, few vampire-ghosts would expect one of their own to be working with a hunter. I hope you enjoy it, @lizardonatoadstool !
Oakie just won in the semifinals!
It was insanely close- 50.1% to 49.9%. Each of your votes were crucial! They will be in the finals April 4 - April 6, and I will post about it and do the same art thing as previously!
Thank you all for voting!
Less than 30 minutes until voting closes!!!
Please vote for this acorn it’s just a few clicks
@printerpenguin thank you for sharing, I will now share a tiny figurine of The Knight from Hollow Knight
@lane-thepencilthing I hope you voted here
Because here is an art
@ephemeral-system
I present a doodle
Thank you for supporting Oakie!
Here’s a neon pastel self-portrait (Katlyn) from a while back. Thank you @neon-draws-sometimes for supporting Oakie here!
Second art post thanks to @nervoussaladbard ‘s Oakie appreciation!
Thanks to @nervoussaladbard for not only voting and reblogging, but sharing to a Discord server to get more support! In my opinion this gets two art things :)
Here’s one, a dragon I doodled in my notebook
Another art post thanks to an Oakie voter (thank you, @system-bracket !)
This is a metaphorical selves-portrait we made! Jacob is on the left, Katlyn is on the right, and our body is in the center.
As promised, I’m posting an art piece of some sort for each new Oakie voter on this post:
Thank you @theoctopuscats for reblogging this!
This is a piece I did for an art class a few years ago using pastels, and I’m still really proud of it!
This from my sister on Discord
Tumblr people, can I ask something weird? Can I ask you to vote in a popular tournament poll…. Not on this hellsite? 🥺👉👈
My school’s mascot is Oakie the Acorn, and they’re probably the Tumblr-est mascot you could think of.
I mean, they’re an acorn for goodness’ sake, they’re officially non-binary, and they’re all about sustainability. The school they represent is also very tumblr- SUNY ESF is a school dedicated to saving the Earth, and its student culture makes it a place where the genders are queer and the neuros are divergent :) People just stop to stare at a weird mushroom or interesting insect all the time here, and if someone spots them, instead of ridicule, you’ll probably have two people staring.
In conclusion, vote for Oakie!
Oakie dokie (lol), the poll closes at 4pm today! Please vote for this acorn, I am unreasonably invested. I will post a piece of my art for every new Oakie vote this post gets (please like or comment if you vote so I know)! If you’ve already voted, you can vote again- each voter can vote every 12 hours.
Tumblr people, can I ask something weird? Can I ask you to vote in a popular tournament poll…. Not on this hellsite? 🥺👉👈
My school’s mascot is Oakie the Acorn, and they’re probably the Tumblr-est mascot you could think of.
I mean, they’re an acorn for goodness’ sake, they’re officially non-binary, and they’re all about sustainability. The school they represent is also very tumblr- SUNY ESF is a school dedicated to saving the Earth, and its student culture makes it a place where the genders are queer and the neuros are divergent :) People just stop to stare at a weird mushroom or interesting insect all the time here, and if someone spots them, instead of ridicule, you’ll probably have two people staring.
In conclusion, vote for Oakie!
Tumblr people, can I ask something weird? Can I ask you to vote in a popular tournament poll…. Not on this hellsite? 🥺👉👈
My school’s mascot is Oakie the Acorn, and they’re probably the Tumblr-est mascot you could think of.
I mean, they’re an acorn for goodness’ sake, they’re officially non-binary, and they’re all about sustainability. The school they represent is also very tumblr- SUNY ESF is a school dedicated to saving the Earth, and its student culture makes it a place where the genders are queer and the neuros are divergent :) People just stop to stare at a weird mushroom or interesting insect all the time here, and if someone spots them, instead of ridicule, you’ll probably have two people staring.
In conclusion, vote for Oakie!
Arya is so cool vote for her she reminds me of my own OC (though more fantasy and more traumatized XD)
Her design is great, her backstory is great, and I want to give her a hug (if she would like one).
Bracket C Round 1
Poll 13
Angharad Brosca (@rlainarin) vs. Arya Velorë (@panek-at-the-disco)
153. Angharad Brosca (@rlainarin)
He/Him
tldr: he's gay ginger dwarf Jesus
5'0 twunk with long curly auburn hair, a short beard, and big dark brown doe eyes
154. Arya Velorë (@panek-at-the-disco)
she/her
Arya should win because she is a very kind and caring alchemist who is starting to learn magic from one of her friends. She was originally a human from a city that was stuck in a time-loop repeating the same day for nearly three years before escaping to try and find someone to help. When she returned to help free her home, her soul was split and half of her was sent back in time to become one of the reoccurring minor antagonists while the other half remained in the present and placed herself into her new clockwork body so she is strong enough that she won't be hurt like that again. Everyone who loves cute blorbos with ~trauma~ who will do anything for her friends (including betraying them) will love her <3
She has a clockwork body made out of brass and ivory with the cylinder of a music box in the center of her body. She has long red hair and purple and green eyes. Her clothes are technically part of her body, but she wears a long cloak with fluff lining the end of it and several pockets sewn into the inside of it. In combat she carries a clockwork staff made of a music box cylinder, a small pair of wings, and an amethyst to power it.
Art by baerryjj on tumblr (commission)
Some lighter, more positive System stuff, if you saw our last post. We would love to get more support for this cool mystery System!
My Headmate and I made fanart/propaganda for Contestant 44, the System with white hair and trauma! Above is a little sketch of their body/default look.
Then we drew how some of their headmates might dress- the first two are based on our System!
Vote for 44, they have so much potential!!
you all heard them! contestant 44 needs your support!
Petition: Upholding Plural Rights and Plural Voices
The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) recently had a panel conference on “DID and social media,” featuring harmful and offensive content denouncing self-diagnosis and spreading the narrative that most systems online are faking it for the attention. In this conference, they showed footage of several Systems, without their consent, in order to publicly shame them and use them as examples of the “Imitative DID” that they claimed was rampant online. As a non-disordered System, we stand with those with DID and against those who would spread harmful claims that a majority of Plurals are lying about their Plurality for online clout.
This petition was created by The Plural Association, an organization created by and for Plurals, including those with professionally diagnosed DID.
If you wish to donate, donate to The Plural Association. DO NOT DONATE TO CHANGE.ORG! THEY DO NOT PUT YOUR MONEY TOWARDS THE PETITION YOU SIGNED!!!
Those people who constantly reblog your stuff but you never really talk:
hi please. Vote Hrimm. Hrimm is the sum of basically all the boss lore in Hallownest. Hornet’s and Grimm’s and Zote’s and God Tamer’s and Quirrel’s stories and the stories of every other boss and a few non-bosses. Pure Vessel is just Pure Vessel. Yes, they are tragic. Yes, they are my fave too. But this is pure vessel vs all the rest of Hallownest. Vote Hrimm and friends, vote for your obscure HK blorbo.
THE FINAL MATCH
Yes, you heard me right. After some preparation, Hrimm has finally achieved their final form and THIS WEEK they will fight the Pure Vessel itself. This is the poll that will determine the true winner, so cast your vote wisely. Propaganda for both sides and people without context are free to vote, give it your all.
Now, we present to you:
The Massive Invincible, Fearless, Sensual, Mysterious, Enchanting, Vigorous, Diligent, Overwhelming, Gorgeous, Passionate, Terrifying, Beautiful, Powerful Radiant Broken False Fluke Mantis Oblobble Hive Parent Tamer Collector Watcher Traitor Kin Crystal and Soul Paint-Nailmaster Sage Prince Champion Hogri- tiso- marmuute- xero- kosk HuGalienorb, the Great Mind (+ friends)
Hey check out my friend’s cool art! Commenting, reblogging or otherwise interacting rather than just liking means a lot to them so please do so :)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELCHOIRDORMIK!!!
Decided to make a sequel to Norm and Noah connecting their queue
A bird explaining to a hedgehog crossing so it doesn’t die.
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