A Bunch Of Mostly Unrelated Bug Fables Headcanons

a bunch of mostly unrelated bug fables headcanons

becaudse we keep Thinking while trying to sleep

the ancient crown does not have inherent mind controlling abilities, all it does is amplify the abilities that its wearer already has. in hoaxe's case, along with his fire magic, it boosted his species' mimicry from "make everyone think you're a wasp" to "make everyone think you're the king of the wasps"

zasp comes from a mixed hive of different paper wasp species in the attic/rafters of the giant's lair, which had access to a lot of giant devices that required electricity. his old job in his hive was using his electric magic to power these devices and he left both because of the danger and he was tired of being a battery

vi thinks of "violet" as a sort of Special Sister Name that only jaune is allowed to call her, hence why jaune is the only bug to ever mention it. if anyone else called vi that she would either not respond or try to fight them, or both

ants, bees, wasps, termites, mantis, and roaches all have thumbs but everybody else has just two fingers. this is just more of an art style thing though

zombugs need to eat more than regular bugs or else the fungus will start to eat more of the host body to get its Nutrience. since leif was sort of preserved by the spiderweb and has more access to food, their body is still mostly intact, but the rest of them are more mushroomy because they can't get as much to eat

spiders are awakened, but their social structure and general life is very, very different from bugs, and they just don't care enough to think of bugs as anything other than food. the one spider in the forsaken lands is only an outlier in letting a termite teach her to write, all the others are just as intelligent but show it way differently

the hologram roach in the cave of trials is sapient and is mostly putting on a Customer Service Voice for everyone who uses the training program. when the crystal that turns the program on is removed the hologram is basically asleep, but when it's awake it can hold conversations and entertain itself with the data it stores

before becoming an explorer, leif practically lived at the ant kingdom's theater. they were a cast member of some of the first shows ever put on there and that's how they met muse! in the present day they still like to come back and help with productions when they have the time

jayde is a hornet, not a yellowjacket, and she and fuff are close siblings even though they're different species of hornet (some of the yellowjackets are different species too, there's both the common and aerial kinds in the hive)

yin chews on Everything. she's like the very hungry caterpillar if it continued to be very hungry after growing up. she will put anything in her mouth: crayons. sand. maki's sword. most of the time she chews on her own neck fluff

YAY WOOO! I CAN'T WAIT FOR MORE!!!! Assembly is my favorite Rain World fics of all time, even comparing to stuff like TLAIS and O3S

I'm fucking writing (assembly) again babey, please encourage me so that I may live and breathe the free air once more

(For the silly squad ask thing)

Ahhh I'm so hyped, I have so many questions though I'll limit myself to just 3 for now.

Odyssey how did you get that scar on your eye?

We know who the best fighter is (space) but what about best climber, best sprinter, and best marcher?

What's the prettiest area you've encountered?

as for the best athletes of the group (what a tonal shift)

i made a cute little colour ref thing for silly squad along w some quick bios hehehehehe

version without text under cut

halo on my mind

This was somewhat drawn for self indulgent purposes. I wanted something grungy, and I was also playing around with the charcoal brush.

Initially, this was part of a doodle sheet, but eventually it became it's own thing and I wanted to color it. So yeah, Team Snakemouth resting after a battle, blood is red because I said so and red is a cool color.

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