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I Got The Brainworms

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Adrian • 21 • *wearing a shirt that says ASK ME ABOUT MY WORLDBUILDING*

Fauns have personifications of the sun and moons (the latter changes depending on who's telling the story)

#fauns#original#sun and moon#faun ideas! faun.... mythos#cause these... ill call em gods... they don't ACTUALLY exist. or at least theres no evidence of them#cause. no magic#and they're not quite... gods. because they don't worship them in the way that's implied with the term 'god' or 'deity'#they just kind of acknowledge them. either out of true belief in their existence or as a storytelling tool#their societies are shaped by their. 'deities'. one way or another. but it's not quite a religion. at least in the way we tend to think#BUT the sun generally is depicted the same. simultaneously old and timeless. wise. kind. the double halo in her horns#the moons tho. ehehehe. their story changes by locale#the two most common/most accepted versions are A: the 'true' version#in which they are associated with wonder and cold light and the cyclic nature of things. but also with naivety#and they are looked up to the same as the sun. for guidance#OR. there's the other side. the corrupt version#in which they associate with treachery and selfishness and lies. bitter cold and air too dark to see through#this version is a cautionary tale and a warning#in it the sun and moons together spin a tale of violence and betrayal. whereas in the other version it's instead a story of family#understanding and communication. constructive- rather than destructive -conflict#alright. storytime over. designed soeme fucking guys check out their HORNS#based the sun on nichelle nichols because she had that iconic and beautiful but old look i wanted. rest in piece queen#the moons i mostly winged but u KNOW they gotta have the fucking interlocking horns beacuse its NEAT#also yea their hair is cut in the other version. (it's a surprise tool that will help us later) ASDFJGKHKLJ#i know i coulda made them more.... god-like? but also it's kinda the point that they mostly just look like people#fauns' characters in stories. big ones like those that come with the constellations and the creation stories. they're not special#theyre. for the most part. average people. the point is to find lessons in the everyday. songs in the mundane#the only other specific story i've conceived of LITERALLY starts with some form of 'hes a guy you could know. this is a lesson for u'#also this is just how they're depicted. it's not like 'they LOOK like THIS' this is just. how they're conceived by people.#their own faces assigned to these ancient forces. ya know#so it also obviously changes. but the big ones stay the same. REALLY long hair=really old/really respected/really wise/etc etc
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doing some studies to banish same face syndrome for good- check out this guys i made

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colord them