Bobbin's Corner of Patchland

Name: Bobbin Bobble

Species: Arachknit (Patchland Arachnid)

Age: 15 

Height: 30 cm (1 and a 1/2 Kirbys tall)

Occupation: Mage in Training

Homeland: Patchland (Kirby's Epic Yarn)

Hobbies: Crochet, spellcasting, reading, writing, baking

Friends: Prince Fluff, Tiff, Tuff, Meta Knight, Sword Knight, Blade Knight, Knuckle Joe, Sirica, Benikage, Kirby, Magolor (slightly complicated)

Family: Spinstra (mother), Uncle Woolfgang (uncle), Yin Yarn (uncle) 

Audio Transcript:

Oh this is a GREAT question! So, yarn texture DOES affect your spellcraft, but probably not in the way you'd expect. Like- oh my gosh I think I need to write this down. Otherwise it's not gonna be coherent in the slightest.

For starters, I can cast with just about any yarn at my disposal. It's more a matter of making sure it's enchanted. And that's like, super easy, just gotta get it on the same frequency as my magic, bathe it in there for a bit, and we're all good. Any yarn can work for any spell, but some of them have properties that really come in handy for specific magecraft.

Like, say you want to cast something that keeps you warm. Fire magic, heat enchantment for going out in the snow, etc? You want something like wool for that. It's a good insulator, and it's very breathable (very important for the fire triangle).

If you want to cast a spell that's soothing and gentle, like say, something to help you sleep? I'm gonna recommend something like mohair or alpaca fiber. That's wicked soft, and dreams stick to it better.

For the sake of keeping it simple, I tend to roll with synthetic fibers, namely acrylic yarn. Just because it's what I have on hand. It comes in a lot of colors, it's fairly good at handling heat, and frankly, there's just a lot of it on Patchland. I don't think I have a least favorite, they're all pretty good in my book. Though, nylon can get a touch stringy for my liking.

I'd love to try my hand at working with more though. There's some really fluffy rabbits out there that have the SOFTEST fur, and I'd love to like, try and spin that for myself someday, see how it casts. I wonder if any of my furry friends would let me try that with their fur. Hmm....something to think about later.

That said, there are some things to be cautious of. Yarn- kinda has a memory to it? So like- I've gotten a couple different yarn bundles from my friends off-planet, and I gotta tell ya: you HAVE to be careful about where your yarn comes from. There's this arachnid tailor that was visiting for Fluff's last birthday ball, Manny I think his name was? Traded me some yarn from Shiver Star. It was a really nice fiber, but when I went to use it for spellcraft- I got turned human-ish! And that metamortex was tight, it took a lot of work to unravel.

And that's when I learned the hard way: yarn retains the essence of the people and places it comes from. It makes perfect sense when you think about it. Yarn is an art tool, art carries a piece of its creator with it. The same thing would happen if someone used yarn I spun for their spells, they'd have some of my essence shining through in their work. It's, kind of beautiful, honestly. It connects us across the world: we all sort of influence each other, help one another without even knowing it sometimes.

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Oooooh, that's TOUGH! Fluff and I have done so many things together, it's tough to narrow it down. I mean we helped repair the Lor with our friends, battled against Fangora- oh, there was that one visit to the Dream Kingdom too, that was fun. I got to introduce him and Joe to my friend Truffelor, the chocolate wizard.

I think, if we wanna be specific about stuff between the two of us? There was this one time we went to Snow Land together- oh I'll never forget it.

It was beautiful. We went on a hike up to the top of the mountains. Rumor had it that there was a beautiful lake up there that got frozen super solid. Perfect spot to go ice skating! So we decided to see for ourselves. And the legends were true! It was- so tough to make it to the top, what with how little path there was to follow. But when we found it? It was so perfect. We ended up skating for hours.

Once we got back home, we stopped for hot cocoa . He's a bit of a mess. Somehow he always ends up with a mustache whenever he drinks something. (-Cutesy giggling-) But, yeah. I think that's my favorite. I know it's a bit more side-questy than the big, "save the world" stuff. But we don't have to be grand all the time to have fun.

Hey folks! I have been thinking about this for a long time, and I've decided to finally dive in and do it! Introducing something new to the blog: Ask Bobbin!

If you have any questions for Bobbin about anything within her world, she will answer them via text post or audio recording! It's entirely dependent on what I have time for/if I have access to my microphone. My goal is use this as practice for my voice acting.

A couple of ground rules before we start:

Questions must be sent to my askbox.

Keep it Safe for Work. Bobbin is a minor, and I generally want my blog to be a friendly space.

Yes you can poke and her and cause a little trouble. (Asking about Yin Yarn or the Master Crown are easy ways to rile her up.)

I am not obligated to answer every ask. If it makes me uncomfortable, I won't answer it.

For those of you who are new here, here's what you should know about Bobbin:

Bobbin is the teenage niece of Yin Yarn from Kirby's Epic Yarn. Her mother is Spinstra, the Head Witch and Healer of Patchland.

She is currently dating Prince Fluff and has been going on adventures with him for the past two years.

She is a mage in training that is actively studying the Metamortex (the in-game power up gimmick that turns Kirby and Fluff into tanks, trains, etc.).

Bobbin is an Arachknit: part arachnid, part demonbeast, all yarn.

Her lore encompasses both anime and game elements.

She's friends with Tiff, Tuff, and Knuckle Joe, a couple years after the events of Kirby Right Back At Ya (meaning they are teenagers. Kirby is about five years old ish?).

Meta Knight is one of her mentors.

She knows Magolor and helped to repair the Lor! She also joined him for the events of Magolor Epilogue and has had to deal with the Master Crown three times. All of them sucked!

She knows other royals in the Kirby universe thanks to her connections with Fluff. These include Queen Sectonia (and Mage Taranza), King Phanta, Queen Ribbon, King Dedede, and of course, King and Queen Organza of Patchland.

If you have any questions, please send them to my askbox! I'd love to hear from you! Hope your day is most magical! With Love,

Kat Alyst <3

Audio Transcript Below:

So there's this really cool spider here in our real world that is easily mistakable for a spider corpse being puppeteered by parasites. Naturally, I needed to play with this concept for my weavers.

This is Enoki, and she is what is known as a Deathweaver Demonbeast. Her species is meant to mimic the Deathwoven, which are other Weaver and Demonbeast corpses that are under the control of Nightmare and his Deathweavers. Deathweavers are responsible for collecting fallen monsters (and on rare occasions, warriors), and manipulating their forms to keep fighting after death.

Happy Mermay! I've been trying to figure out how I want to play with Mermaids in the Kirby universe for a while now, and I think we've made some progress. Meet Petite Lobster and Squee, both affectionately named by my Twitch chat. XD

Squee doesn't have a lot of story at the moment. She's really just "Squishy, but make it a mermaid". Petite however, is a little more fleshed out. The story we came up with was that she's made from the same metal as Heavy Lobster from Kirby Superstar, and her primary objective is to collect parts of ships that have fallen into the ocean to rebuild them (namely, the Halberd). Given the resemblance to Susie, I imagine she might be a creation of the Haltmann Works Company, but we'll have to see. A huge thank you to @beth-purcell, @iggymtg, and @graycoin for their contributions to this, you guys rock. XD Under the cut are the original sketches before we fleshed out these.

So someone on stream last night asked about the potential for a merman version of Kine, and I was reminded that I doodled this back in February. Some friends and I were watching the first episode Kine appears in for Right Back At Ya, and I gotta say, it's a lot cuter in Japanese where Kine and Tiff sound like they could be the same age.

The Heroes of Yore remain a subject I've been eager to play with, and I'd like to introduce you to one of them today:

This is Gloria, the Hammer Lord, and the very first of the Dark Matter to ever exist in the Witch Crafter AU.

She wasn't dark in nature originally, she was something of a neutral matter really. Gloria fought valiantly with her fellow heroes to help seal the Void away. But there was a goddess who was angered by their action, who imprisoned each of them in turn for a perceived transgression. Gloria was trapped within a magic mirror, left to stew in the intensity of her grief and anger for years, before being freed by two foolish academics: Starlyle and Fiyarno. Upon her release, dark matter was unleashed upon the world, her pain made sentient and tangible. To quote her directly:

"You denied us the right to LIVE in the world we PROTECTED! You don't DESERVE your world!

The price to pay, for a world 'saved' from darkness...is a world without light."

Finally got around to throwing some color on Quilton the Cozy and Fiyarno the Frayed! I've shared more about them in another post, but for everyone new here: these are the two halves that make up Yin Yarn for my AU! They are husbands (my beloved poly pans in a poncho) that were fused together in a last ditch effort to free Patchland from Nightmare's wrath (which corrupted their souls and sent them down the path of evil).

Now, if you know me within my specific RP community, then you know I play as Yin Yarn, and I was not gonna pass up the opportunity to bring people into what I've been doing with Patchland. But I ended up getting to expand upon some cool stuff that goes beyond my typical yarny goodness. And I'm so excited for you guys to see it. We've got heroes of yore development, we've got Nightmare, we've got academia, it's great. XD What started as the joke of "oh yeah Yin Yarn and Hyness went to college together" has actually become a somewhat serious plot progression. You are not ready for this. X'''D

Having some fun with character designs! Meet Headmaster Starlyle and Fiyarno (and his familiar, Clover the Scarfy).

Welcome your new OVERLORD!