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What does Arklin's bullying usually consist of?

✦ That's actually a tough question ?? But I think that's because of how I've developped Arlekin over these last few months ! I never really liked that he seemed to be just.... a different flavor of Jax. So I slowly started instinctively shifting away from the unsubtle evilness that he was supposed to have.

He stays sassy ! He stays a little jerkass diva. But it's all much less mean spirited than outright bullying. He may skim through Gangle's diary for his own amusement and read it aloud, but he knows aside from Jax, no one in the circus will make fun of her for it so it's fine. He might push the others into a more dangerous part of an adventure, not out of malice, moreso playful mischieviousness AND also just to have more fun with them !

He's less in the back and closed off from the others like some sort of emo lonewolf, and actually an active participant in anything, be it just trivial conversation.

He became much more like that one Mean Girl Energy Sassy guy of the bunch, that act snooty and better-than-thou, but still does like the people that surround him and would actually help them out in a true time of need. Albeit he'd make it seem like it's a favour he's doing them ! You know, can't look too benevolent either !

In the end, he kind of morphed into what fandom wants Jax to be because I can never commit to truly evil, mean characters, LMAO

✦ Sweet and Dreamy

First day of the Kirbtober by @paintpanic, prompt ~ Dream ! ... Two days late. I won't be doing the whole Kirbtober, and certainly not in a timely manner, but maybe some prompts will give me some ideas like that ! Unfortunately for me, I thought to settle on something simple and quick on october 1st. It wasn't simple and quick.

Is it me? Or is it that I just noticed you recently added a moustache on both your profile and avatar sheet?

✦ Always been there for me <3

Amazingly useful ! Gotta keep this <3

🎮 HEY I WANNA MAKE A GAME! 🎮

Yeah I getcha. I was once like you. Pure and naive. Great news. I AM STILL PURE AND NAIVE, GAME DEV IS FUN! But where to start?

To start, here are a couple of entry level softwares you can use! source: I just made a game called In Stars and Time and people are asking me how to start making vidy gaems. Now, without further ado:

SOFTWARES AND ENGINES FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO CODE!!!

Ren'py (and also a link to it if you click here do it): THE visual novel software. Comic artists, look no further ✨Pros: It's free! It's simple! It has great documentation! It has a bunch of plugins and UI stuff and assets for you to buy! It can be used even if you have LITERALLY no programming experience! (You'll just need to read the doc a bunch) You can also port your game to a BUNCH of consoles! ✨Cons: None really <3 Some games to look at: Doki Doki Literature Club, Bad End Theater, Butterfly Soup

Twine: Great for text-based games! GREAT FOR WRITERS WHO DONT WANNA DRAW!!!!!!!!! (but you can draw if you want) ✨Pros: It's free! It's simple! It's versatile! It has great documentation! It can be used even if you have LITERALLY no programming experience! (You'll just need to read the doc a bunch) ✨Cons: You can add pictures, but it's a pain. Some games to look at: The Uncle Who Works For Nintendo, Queers In love At The End of The World, Escape Velocity

Bitsy: Little topdown games! ✨Pros: It's free! It's simple! It's (somewhat) intuitive! It has great documentation! It can be used even if you have LITERALLY no programming experience! You can make everything in it, from text to sprites to code! Those games sure are small! ✨Cons: Those games sure are small. This is to make THE simplest game. Barely any animation for your sprites, can barely fit a line of text in there. But honestly, the restrictions are refreshing! Some games to look at: honestly I haven't played that many bitsy games because i am a fake gamer. The picture above is from Under A Star Called Sun though and that looks so pretty

RPGMaker: To make RPGs! LIKE ME!!!!! NOTE: I recommend getting the latest version if you can, but all have their pros and cons. You can get a better idea by looking at this post. ✨Pros: Literally everything you need to make an RPG. Has a tutorial inside the software itself that will teach you the basics. Pretty simple to understand, even if you have no coding experience! Also I made a post helping you out with RPGMaker right here! ✨Cons: Some stuff can be hard to figure out. Also, the latest version is expensive. Get it on sale! Some games to look at: Yume Nikki, Hylics, In Stars and Time (hehe. I made it)

engine.lol: collage worlds! it is relatively new so I don't know much about it, but it seems fascinating. picture is from Garden! NOTE: There's a bunch of smaller engines to find out there. Just yesterday I found out there's an Idle Game Maker made by the Cookie Clicker creator. Isn't life wonderful?

✨more advice under the cut. this is Long ok✨

ENGINES I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT AND THEY SEEM HARD BUT ALSO GIVE IT A TRY I GUESS!!!! :

Unity and Unreal: I don't know anything about those! That looks hard to learn! But indie devs use them! It seems expensive! Follow your dreams though! Don't ask me how!

GameMaker: Wuh I just don't know anything about it either! I just know it's now free if your game is non-commercial (aka, you're not selling it), and Undertale was made on it! It seems good! You probably need some coding experience though!!!

Godot: Man I know even less about this one. Heard good things though!

BUNCHA RANDOM ADVICE!!!!

-Make something small first! Try making simple: a character is in a room, and exits the room. The character can look around, decide to take an item with them, can leave, and maybe the door is locked and you have to find the key. Figuring out how to code something like that, whether it is as a fully text-based game or as an RPGMaker map, should be a good start to figure out how your software of choice works!

-After that, if you have an idea, try first to make the simplest version of that idea. For my timeloop RPG, my simplest version was two rooms: first room you can walk in, second room with the King, where a cutscene automatically plays and the battle starts, you immediately die, and loop back to the first room, with the text from this point on reflecting this change. I think I also added a loop counter. This helped me figure out the most important thing: Can This Game Be Made? After that, the rest is just fun stuff. So if you want to make a dating sim, try and figure out how to add choices, and how to have affection points go up and down depending on your choices! If you want to make a platformer, figure out how to make your character move and jump and how to create a simple level! If you just want to make a kinetic visual novel with no choices, figure out how to add text, and how to add portraits! You'll be surprised at how powerful you'll feel after having figured even those simple things out.

-If you have a programming problem or just get confused, never underestimate the power of asking Google! You most likely won't be the only person asking this question, and you will learn some useful tips! If you are powerful enough, you can even… Ask people??? On forums??? Not me though.

-Yeah I know you probably want to make Your Big Idea RIGHT NOW but please. Make a smaller prototype first. You need to get that experience. Trust me.

-If you are not a womanthing of many skills like me, you might realize you need help. Maybe you need an artist, or a programmer. So! Game jams on itch.io are a great way to get to work and meet other game devs that have different strengths! Or ask around! Maybe your artist friend secretly always wanted to draw for a game. Ask! Collaborate! Have fun!!!

I hope that was useful! If it was. Maybe. You'd like to buy me a coffee. Or maybe you could check out my comics and games. Or just my new critically acclaimed game In Stars and Time. If you want. Ok bye

✦ Wanted to clean up a doodle just for a tupper bot pfp.... liked the result so It's getting posted !!

is it ok if you can teach us how to draw arlekin plz 🙏

✦ Here you go ! How to draw this jerkass, explained to the best of my abilities <3

Why greetings, fellow person ! I am Grimmtells, owner of this humble blog filled with the contents of my brain rotting interests. Hope at least one of ‘em catches your eye ! Naturally, anyone is welcome to call me Grimm ! Shorter, sweeter and faster to type !

A fair warning, my humour can be very horny ! Will come up completely randomly, so if you don’t enjoy these sorts of jokes, be forewarned that some posts may give you the ick !

I’m gonna use this Introduction to make knowing me and navigating my blog easier for you ! So just follow my lead, and you’ll never be lost ✨

✦ MOST IMPORTANT, OF COURSE - ME !

✦ FANCY TAGS |

❥ grimm arts - For all polished art pieces ! ❥ grimm comics - For all comics ! Includes answers to Inbox asks that I have answered with comic ! ❥ grimm doodles - For all silly pixel/greyscale doodles ! Includes answers to Inbox asks that I have answered with a doodle. ❥ grimm tells - Pun intended. For any written/ One shot story posts I make ! They’ll be pretty sparse, I’m more of a visual guy, but one already exists so i’ll tag appropriately ! ❥ grimm answers - For Inbox asks ! Will include both written and visual answered asks ! ❥ grimm reblogs - For the things I reblog ! Check them out, it’s only cool stuff ! ❥ grimm rambles - For all random tumblr posts I make that are just me speaking into the void. Feel free to respond to my theatrical monologues.

✦ FANDOM MASTERPOSTS |

❥ KRBAY Masterpost (LINK TBA) - Kirby anime-centric, but I might cross things over with the games if I feel so inclined. It’s also my own interpretation of many things, my own headcanons, whilst staying as true to the canon as I can ! There’s a lot of my OCs there too. ❥ TADC Masterpost (LINK TBA) - A lot of Arlekin content too, way more than the canon characters honestly ! Sorry, I love this jackass a tad too much. 

✦ MEDIA I LOVE |

❥ Kirby series ❥ Kirby Right Back at ya ❥ Super Mario series ❥ Super Paper Mario ❥ Mario and the Music Box ❥ Hollow Knight ❥ Sky Children of the Light ❥ Undertale ❥ The Amazing Digital Circus ❥ Overlord (Anime, haven’t read the light novel !) ❥ Creepypasta ❥ Harry Potter (Fuck JKR though, obviously !) ❥ Genshin Impact

Aside from that, I like to think I’m quite approachable ! So don’t hesitate to comment or send an ask, be it for me or one of my OCs (or even the canon characters of the Media you currently see my indulging in), I love answering all these ! <3

Ciao~

-Grimm

How would Arlekin look like in human form? I can imagine him having long black hair.

✦ I can't really answer that for now ! Arlekin's adamant on not telling anything of his life before the circus for many reasons.

While I won't show you for now, I can confirm he had black hair. Also lots of white hair that wasn't always there.

Does Arlekin's "mouth" (referring to his mask) move when he speaks, or does it just... smile?

✦ It does move ! It's very expressive actually, for a half-mouth. He just tends to smile a lot by default !

What's Arlekin's sexuality?

Do you play Super Smash Bros Ultimate? If yes, who’s your favourite fighter and which costume do you play them in?

✦ These two ! Both in their OG outfits ! (Though I sometimes tend to play their all white versions, because I love all-white designs, and Peach's white outfit almost looks like a wedding dress <3

✦ New Kirby Dream Buffet costumes just dropped, how delightful !

So I haven't actually played the game... but I love the theme. And the costumes. So ! had to make some for my guys !

✦ Been doodling in MS paint these last days ! it's strangely... therapeutic. LIKE- REALLY therapeutic in a way I cannot put into words-

Some Ozwald exploration, for his upcoming new visual ref (already yes, i know I KNOW ITS NOT EVEN BEEN TWO MONTHS DONT MENTION IT) ! AND a first peek at his mama, Magus Merline ! (test design, some things will most probably change !)

And some fun lil Kirby and MK doodles I made to keep getting comfortable with MS paint !

(there's some SAI 2 shenanigans too because I can never just let something be TOO simple for me <//3)

Weeeeh I miss tadc arlekin. I had so many questions for him.

✦ Don't worry, he's not going anywhere, I love him to much too scrap him <//3 My brainrot for TADC is just very cyclic !

But I still have asks in my inbox that I want to answer, so you can send your questions, I'll get to them at some point !!

I already don't like Galaxia's and Ozwald's visual refs anymore bro <///3 i'll update them asap

LOOK AT HIM ! ADORABLE !!!

RAHHHHHHHHHHHH I LOVE OZWALD

@grimmtells

GO LIFE, MY GIRLLL, I LOVE LIVING !!!!

ROUND FIVE: Sir Meteor VS Life

Hello, are you open for a request? If yes, what are your dos and don’ts?

✦ Not open to requests, and probably never will be, sorry !

AWAGhWAH THANK YOU ❗️❗️❗️❗️

✦ DEDEDE, HE'S THE NAME YOU SHOULD KNOW ! DEDEDE, HE'S THE STAR OF THE SHOW ! Oh and Escargoon's there too.

Favourite comedic duo of the show, The Royal Pains In The Ass™ Only a king and his loyal right-hand man can do it like them.

✦ DEDEDE, HE'S THE NAME YOU SHOULD KNOW ! DEDEDE, HE'S THE STAR OF THE SHOW ! Oh and Escargoon's there too.

Favourite comedic duo of the show, The Royal Pains In The Ass™ Only a king and his loyal right-hand man can do it like them.

Im legit gonna cry this is SO COOL 😭💖😭💖

There is da pretty boi Ozwald! <3

Doodled him quickly rn,so hope you like it @grimmtells

✦ Son of Magia Merline, the galaxy's most renowned mage, Ozwald serves wizardkind as their current archmage ever since the passing of his mother. Weilding her staff to carry on her legacy, it is his duty to preserve the Mastery of Magic and Alchemy. When the terrible Nightmare threatened the peace of the galaxy, the wizards joined the GSA alongside the ninjas in their quest to stop this great crisis. They fought together for years, but that was until the sudden treachery of the ninjas. The warriors of the shadows defected to the side of Nightmare, which dwindled the GSA's numbers considerably. Still, as low as morale was, they carried on. However, the war took a definitive turning point when Yamikage, the one responsible for the treason of the ninjas, snatched Ozwald away from the battlefield on the back of a fearsome dragon demon beast. Before the archmage disappeared, he called out to his kin and ordered them all to flee and never return. At this moment, none of them looked back, they listened to the orders of their archmage and deserted the battlefield, leaving the GSA behind. It was weeks later when Ozwald was seen again, but it was too late then ; he had fallen victim to Nightmare's influence. Many years after the Great War, on a faraway planet called Popstar, King Dedede noticed that Kirby seemed very confused about the magic tricks Tuff was performing. Without skipping a beat, he used his downloading system bought from Holy Nightmare Enterprise and demanded their best magic user. Ozwald was sent through, and gave chase to Kirby. After a tough fight, the young Star Warrior managed to break Ozwald's trance, letting him finally return to his senses. Ever since, the archmage has been residing in Castle Dedede, occupying the vacant top of a tower.

✦ Quick Overview |

✦ Voice Claim | Regular Voice / Spellcasting voice ✦ Likes | Reading, Cooking & Baking, Moonlit strolls, Stargazing, anything with lemons in it ✦ Dislikes | Hypocrisy, Disrespect/ Disdain against magic, Egotism

✦ Personality |

• As unapproachable as he looks upfront, there is hardly sweeter than him. Ozwald is kind and patient, he will engage in conversation with pretty much anyone, even Dedede. • While Ozwald believes that a certain degree of sterness is required to properly teach the youth, he also believes that being too harsh and demanding will not serve any purpose. He prefers to teach with rewards, and attempts to make any topic interesting to get the attention of easily distracted children like Tuff, who usually dislike learning "boring stuff". • Ozwald is extremely forgiving, perhaps to a fault, some might think. But he says himself that as a man who has committed one of the greatest sins against his comrades (abandoning them), he does not get the luxury to be critical of what is done to him. • Ozwald is very doting with children. He does not necessarily want a family of his own, but he does have a strong sense of paternality in him. • Ozwald has an easygoing sense of humour, while he does not hold grudges, he is not above using previous events as ammo to tease someone. • Ozwald gets quite competitive with games of any kind and events putting him against other people/teams. He's a bit of a sore loser, but he tries to hide it !

✦ The Mark of Merlin | (Post about Merline and the role of "Merlin" TBA)

As stated above, the Mark of Merlin is the physical manifestation of Magic's acceptance of their new protector. The bearer of the Mark harnesses the Will of Magic and is extremely powerful. The bearer of the Mark possesses one very special ability that is only to be used as their utmost last resort if they haven't yet found their successor.

✦ The Wizarding Society | (will be moved to its own post soon enough)

• Although some wizards make an exception of this, they typically live on the "Observatory", which is a huge academy/library-like structure that floats throughout space. Wizards as a society and not simply magic-using peoples are pretty private and keep to themselves. • Whilst a staff or wand are important to channel their magic, wizards that are comfortable and skilled enough with it can perform spells without a vessel, simply using their hands. Enunciating spells is, in most cases, mandatory, but simpler spells like practical ones to make things float can be performed non-verbally. • Most wands and staves are made of metals like gold, silver, bronze and the like. Only very old wizards continue to use wooden staves. Ozwald, despite being more in touch with the newer generations of wizards, keeps his wooden staff because it was his mother's, and it will not break as easily as wood, because of the enchantments she had imbued into it. • As was the duty of the late Merline, wizards continue to observe the cosmos and planets to make sure everything is in order. While they don't tend to intervene ever since the Great War, wizards will warn planets if danger is upon them. • Wizards come in all races, shapes and sizes, but the most common ones are simirrors and waddle doos. Ozwald himself is a simirror. • The Observatory has many protection wards around it, along with the ability to become completely transparent, hiding itself and the wizards inside it. • The Observatory is capable of creating dimentional rifts to fast-travel around the galaxy. Ever since the Great War, wizards have been very careful about using this travel method, as dimentional rifts cause a very high, dense residual activity around the targeted areas, which can easily alert Nightmare of their location since he currently has dominion over most of the galaxy. • Merline is the original architect and creator of the Observatory. It was created as both a safe haven for wizards, but a place to protect the Knowledge and Mastery of Magic from falling into the wrong hands. It was her domain of planetary surveillance as well, when she used to watch over the cosmos on her own.

✦ Height Comparison | New Height Comparison Ref TBA

✦ Facts |

• Ozwald has a younger sister, her name is Winnie (Link to her ref TBA). • He has backpains, because Old. He gets very cranky they start acting up, and unfortunately tries to avoid relying too much on potions to soothe them. • He's a tea-drinker over coffee all the way. • He loves playing boardgames ! Always a good time between friends. • He's got quite the astrology/astronomy knowledge. • Ozwald is very adept at Offensive magic and Defensive magic, but also Supportive magic. During the Great War against Nightmare, him and most wizards were very important assets of the GSA, able to ward of most demon beasts, aside from those with magic resistance. • Ozwald and wizards as a whole do not really have mana. However, using magic, especially strong spells, for long periods of time can tire and wear them out. Ozwald can perform non-verbal and staffless magic. • He only has one eye ; he lost his other eye during the war after a certain treacherous ninja threw a kunai at him. He tends to hide it from people who aren't used to "gore", not to mention that he feels it to be a tad unsightly. If he feels comfortable enough with someone though, he may unhide his scar.

(Sidenote : i'd like to add things like the observatory and Winnie to his info sheet, but it's already me taken me long enough to get this done so i'll add those later !)

What does UT!arlekin look like?

✦ He would look exactly the same !

So what was Arlekin up to during the events of Episodes 1 and 2?

✦ I want to draw a few things about that ! I'd love to do it for every episode that comes out, eventually. But until I get to it, let me tell you this :

In episode 1, he's severely uninterested by the "Gloinks" game Caine proposes. Then, Jax originally sets Arlekin with Kinger and Gangle to go help Zooble, but he simply refuses and says he'll come with him, Ragatha and Pomni to see what's the hold up with Kaufmo instead. Spoiler alert, he dips hella fast when they see Kaufmo abstracted LMAO

In episode 2, he's way more into the Candy kingdom and seems to flirty with the princess. When the double bus bug happens, he gets sent down the ravine with everyone else (except Pomni and Gumigoo), but since he floats, he does not fall into the chocolate. Cue joke where he asks "Is everyone okay ?" and Jax responds first, prompting Arlekin to add "Is everyone that matters okay ?." When they all get back to the kingdom, Arlekin smirks in obvious approval at Jax's straight up manslaughter. He also attends Kaufmo's funeral.

That's about it !