Lies Of P Geppetto - Tumblr Posts
Work in progress of a practice I'm doing. It's the Geppetto's puppet character from Lies of P. Or at least one of them. The main one. The Pinocchio one, I'm assuming. Not entirely done yet, but it's going better than I thought it would. Art tips are more than welcome. Anyways, here's the reference image, on which I relied quite heavily.
It's the one from the steam page I think.
Oh look at this! A Lies of P / Hunger Games crossover au I've been sitting on for a while. (District 12 reaping)
lolololol This wasn't the first comic I made of the au, but I guessed that I should post it first. I wasn't too happy with how it turned out but considering I've just sat on this au for months without posting anything, I've decided to post it anyway. Better to at least have it out there than gathering dust in a folder to never be seen. And who knows, the last time I did this with an au I was reluctant to post (the infamous second son mer! au), turned out a few people actually loved the idea. So long as there are a few out there that this can inspire, it's worth posting.
I'm rambling. ANYWAY I have no idea who the second tribute of 12 is gonna be, maybe I should just shove in a background oc as filler so at least a design can be consistent. Same goes for the capitol person for district 3. And I'm reluctant to just use characters from the HG cuz this world is verrry different from canon hunger games because of me mashing together krat and the districts.
Regardless, Suggestions are always appreciated!!!! I already have an idea for mainly Geppetto, Vanigni, P, Romeo, Carlo, Sophia and Eugenie, but other than those characters it's all rather loose. plus I haven't actually played the game myself so it's not like I know the characters that well.
I've already made some other comics so look out for those uwu
[MAJOR SPOILERS FOR LIES OF P- KIND OF. ITS AN AU SO ITS MORE SPOILING THE PLOT AND CHARACTERS IN SAID PLOT]
Lies of P x Hunger Games ! au, District 3 Reaping, now with more Romeo!
Romeo proceeded to spend the rest of the train ride genuinely thinking he had gone insane.
This is a continuation of another post I did -with the district 12 reaping. To be completely honest, it's Romeo who makes this au interesting, it always is. I mean P is interesting, but Romeo is where most the plot is.
ANYWAY! Something important to know in this au is that Krat is not the capitol, but rather a part of district 3 that managed to push itself to an economic boom through it's own automation (puppets). The capitol didn't want Krat to have the power it gained, but it couldn't do anything about it, because the developers of the technology (namely Geppetto) refused to show how to make the puppets to anyone outside of Krat, while also establishing a monopoly of puppets. There was a massive desire of automation in the capitol, which led to more investment into Krat. There were attempts by the capitol to recreate it, but none succeeded, so they had no choice but to buy from Geppetto and/or Venigni.
This lead to Krat being seen as a "extended part of the capitol" as the people managed to raise their standard of living due to the reinvestments of the booming economy. The capitol knew they couldn't stop the city from growing, so they decided to block it off from the rest of district 3 and try to regain control socially. They moved in some people from the capitol -trying to establish an upper class, while also trying to get the people of the capitol to see Krat kinda like a vacation area. By cutting it off, they managed to make sure District 3 could not overthrow the capitol through Krat, even if many in Krat still despised the capitol.
However, the agreement was that all of Krat's population would be excluded from the Hunger Games, so there wasn't much fuss from the people.
But then the puppet frenzy happened. And Krat swiftly fell, with very few actually making it out, Romeo being one of them. All puppets became hostile, even ones in the capitol (although few). The capitol saw a scape-goat and they took it. Geppetto was vilified, blamed as the cause of all this destruction -but he disappeared before the capitol could get him. They assumed he had been killed.
Venigni was an unique case. Yes, he did make many puppets, however he focused much more on quality of life advancements, rather than complete automation. When the frenzy occurred, he was on the front lines trying to stop the disaster, as futile as it was. But he was also incredibly rich -even to capitol standards- so when the people of Krat could finally leave, Venigni managed to buy his way into the capitol, where he was warmly welcomed by many fans of his.
That year of the puppet frenzy, the Hunger Games were cancelled. They couldn't go ahead with the puppets at the capitol causing a (admittedly small) crisis. The next year they did go ahead like normal, but many of the survivors of Krat were still unaccounted for and lost, so were not legally obligated to attend.
It was two years after the puppet frenzy when Romeo could attend the reaping, and made his decision to partake in Carlo's stead. Little did he know of a certain mischievous puppet who wasn't doing as he was told.
(District 12 Reaping, with P!)