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Found this drawing from March last year, so I decided to re-draw it nearly an entire year later :)
Re-watching ESMP Season 1 last year was what got me back into drawing, and since then I haven’t slowed down. I think I’ve filled around ten sketchbooks since January last year.
Jimmy has been drawn as a canary hybrid and a cod hybrid and a toy but what if he was all three
He’s a taxidermied harpy he has gills and wings and an alluring voice and is covered with the type of stitches you’d see an a doll
It’s a creepy visual I know but I think it’s interesting and manages to fit the three main hybrids he is known for
I just realized the taxidermy harpy Jimmy design could be made even more interesting if his mouth was stitched shut and had buttons for eyes like a creepy doll as a reference to the jimmy is a listener/watcher headcanons
Jimmy has been drawn as a canary hybrid and a cod hybrid and a toy but what if he was all three
He’s a taxidermied harpy he has gills and wings and an alluring voice and is covered with the type of stitches you’d see an a doll
It’s a creepy visual I know but I think it’s interesting and manages to fit the three main hybrids he is known for
S1 esmp codlands world building headcanon
The cod lands value their alliances and are known to take inspiration from other cultures its not as though they don’t have any original traditions but a good few of them are a direct result of them putting their own spin on foreign cultures and imports from all over the world
The most well known example is the cod folks famous wood carvings the story goes a long time ago there was a young codish traveler who had stopped to stay the night in a mezalian inn while wondering the streets he could not help but admire the buildings he loved how symmetrical and perfectly placed the tiles were and it stuck with him
when he returned home he tried to recreate what he saw but he didn’t have the materials needed for it and he realized very quickly that he should have asked how it was made when he was there but hindsight is twenty twenty and he still wanted to try so he decided to ditch the colors and clay he focused on his favorite part
He went out side and picked up some tree bark he got a knife and scratched the same patterns the tiles were laid out in mezalia on the wood but smaller it was mess but he liked so he kept doing it when ever he got home from his travels he would sit down and carve patterns into the wood as time went on his work got neater and thought it was not as colorful as the tiles they were based on they focused more on little details they became beautiful and when he got old and settled down he started selling his work in the market soon enough it caught on and more people started carving wood for art rather than for utensils and weapons
Lots of Time has passed since then and along the way it even picked up some religious significance when children reached a certain age they carve a special bead to mark the day they took the oath to protect all cod it’s like a baptism or bat/bar mitzvah there guardian weaves the child a necklace to put the bead on and from then on when ever something significant happens they make another bead to put on the necklace but they only wear it for special occasions these things are so important to a person they never wear them casually and are heavy protected when someone dies they’re beads are hung in a mini cemetery that each family has because you can’t bury someone in a muddy swamp like you could in a dirt field
The cod father head is very special because when ever a cod father is introduced they create a bead but it doesn’t go on their necklace it goes on the cod father head alongside the beads of the past cod fathers unlike necklaces that are only worn sparingly the cod father head is to be worn every day to symbolize the cod fathers never ending responsibility to protect the legacy of the cod empire a constant reminder of the past present and future generations the cod fathers have to maintain it’s a lot of pressure and needless to say if a cod father were to loose the head or cod forbid have it be destroyed while in their hands well that would be blasphemy
but in the present long after the man died the art style he fathered keeps evolving with every new artist it gets further away from the tiles and became it’s own thing a art style that is unmistakably a art unique to the cod lands
Very simple Jimmy doodles!! I've missed drawing him. I'd also like to rant about my personal take on the cultural significance of the Codfathers (and the Head) in the cod empire because I just think it's interesting ^_^
Codfathers never show their bare faces because it's a sign of vulnerability. To put your face out there, your emotions in an open book, that takes trust. And so it's rare to see the codfather take his 'head' off. Usually, the codfather head is only to be removed around immediate family and your spouse.
The reason they care so much about showing your bare face is because for years, all the cod empire had was it's dignity. They were smaller in numbers, they weren't quite as experienced in politics as the other Kingdoms, but they had their pride. And so to lose it, to lose the respect that was given to them by losing composure, would be a great dishonour to them.
Small things I headcanon:
- Jimmy only uses the head at meetings, other times in the swamp, (which is way too humid for the mask I designed) he actually uses a sort of veil.
- He never got to show Scott his face (scott remembered from third life, fractions of Jimmy's small details. But they were blurry) because to be able to show Scott his face, he'd have to pass the six month courting mark (and go through a drowning ritual)
I decided to draw over one of my oldest Flower husbands drawings, i'm actually really happy with this <3
I miss my vibrancy, but i don't think it would've fit with what i was kinda going for, i'll experiment with my colours soon, i promise (to myself)
Anyways I don't think the flower husbands would have a ring bearing ceremony, I think tying the knot just fits them more. Engagement rings? Sure, but they aren't that important to them.
I wanted to write their vows <3
"Scott, you've been a constant ever since I took over the codlands, whether you were teasing me or defending me, because clearly you couldn't pick a side. Ha-ha. It was comforting to see you around. I love you so much, and i'm so luck to be able to call you my husband in just a few minutes (if I manage to get through this without crying, anyways.)
You are as ethereal as you are human, the way you laugh, the way you make the people around you laugh, you know yourself, and you've helped me find parts of myself i didn't know existed. I love you. So, so much. I want to see every corner of your soul, and stay with you until the end, (or for however long you want me.)"
-ˋˏ ༻ ❁ ✿ ❀༺ ˎˊ-
"Jimmy, codfather, and my betrothed. I grew up not ever thinking I would have a say in who I marry, and I almost didn't. I will never regret fighting for us. For our love. Because now we get to unite our empires, and intertwine our souls (as the universe seems to love seeing us together.)
I know I've poked fun at you before, but I mean it when I say: you are the most beautiful, genuine soul I've ever met. I don't know how long we'll have, I couldn't tell you what the future held if you begged, but You will be part of it. That, you can count on. I love you, Jimmy."
So in Rivendell, PDA isn't very common? Like, beyond a petname, physical affection will earn you a little look out in public. Jimmy being Jimmy, he forgets that. (Not that Scott minds very much, he is the the emperor of the generation of change)
Extra:
I MISS THEM I MISS THEM I MISS THEM I MISS THEM AHSHWIAY AHHGSHAHAHSH :((((
Ngl jimmy s1 skin in empires always remainded me of the reverse mermaid
My design for the Codfather!
I’ve seen others design his mask to either be a real cod, or scary. While all this time I’ve just been sweating in the corner since I’ve always seen it as the actual block head.
Zoom ins below. (Normal, angy, and the “spare” mask, plus a close up)
