Ah Yes. Favourite Omen Twins

ah yes. favourite omen twins

redraw of this now with messmer.... demigods in silly outfits

Something that immediately struck me about Messmer’s second phase form is that both the winged serpents’ sheds and the abyssal serpent’s shed (like, the summon he uses) are incomplete. And they’re not just a “the shed broke off halfway” incomplete. They’re the sort of confetti shed you see from neglect.

The abyssal serpent especially has multiple layers of shed piled in places, which is something that happens when a snake tries to shed, has stuck shed, and then fails to shed in that same spot over and over because of the original stuck shed. Like I said, it’s something you see in neglect. In the abyssal serpent’s case, it would be pretty severe neglect, which makes enough sense considering Marika sealed the serpent off and it has essentially been neglected/willfully ignored for most of Messmer’s life. But what’s more interesting to me is the incomplete sheds on the winged serpents. Every now and again a snake may have some stuck shed. It’s fairly normal (I Swear I am not judging u if ur snake has had a bad shed I promise I know these happen).

But it’s also very easily avoided with good husbandry. Which is to say, the seal was still not the best thing for Messmer. He was still neglected.

I’m just having a lot of fun putting my reptile husbandry knowledge to use with the snake symbolism in the game heheheh

i need to put messmer in jar and shake really hard [affectionate]

Mother, give me a hug.