#30daysofow

Today is Iggy's birthday and coincidentally the last day of Autism Awareness Month, so I just wanted to say how much Iggy means to me in helping me figure out so many things about myself that never used to make sense.

I. Have made a mistake. I accidentally posted this. But it's gone so yes. W whoops. Anyways.

Gathering these took me quite a while, but here goes! My favourite CGs of each Arc(because really, were you expecting me to be able to pick just one favourite?)

TW for gore and blood, obviously

"Have you ever created any OW characters in another game?"

Prolly the only one I'll make, lol, but I always wanted to share it eventually.

I made an invader Orlam build in DS3!

He was really challenging to do, considering DS3's notoriously unruly character creator. But while I don't think this is how Orlam would look irl, and I had to compromise or improvise with stuff like lack of proper freckles options or vibrant hair colours, I guess I'm still happy with the vibe I managed to capture? At least his hairstyle has a rat tail, albeit braided!

But that's not the end. Making cosplay builds is my fave thing to do in this game - it's fun to try making them viable in PvP, decide which class/build is most fitting, and I like how it gets me in the characters mindset. And of course, there's figuring out what they should wear to look as accurate as possible.

(...did I nail it?)

So in Orlam's case, he's wearing Wolnir's Crown, Archdeacon Holy Garb and Deserter Trousers. His main choice of weapon is a Butcher Knife, very fittingly obtained from a cannibal NPC.

He also uses daggers sometimes, but not too often. At first I wanted him to use Brigand Twindaggers or a Bandit Knife, too, to reference his OFW character, but... well. Butcher Knife is pure strength weapon, and daggers usually work better with sharp infusions for Dexterity builds. At first Orlam was a Quality build (50:50 Str/Dex distribution), but was underperforming at the level I wanted him to stay at, so I reallocated his stats to become pure Str build. Pity, since weapon infusions for Quality builds are called "Refined", and I thought it suits him so well haha. But at least now he's doing much better damage-wise, and that's good, since his clothing makes him a rather squishy target!

Gestures also need to be in character! Orlam is so delightfully theatrical and dramatic, so obviously he gets the edgiest bow of them all, the Duel Bow, as well as Welcome, Clap, Toast, and anything else that I think would suit him.

Some stories from invasions:

I find it very fitting and almost fateful that his invasion debut was in the Lothric Castle, exactly where many Pus of Man reside - aka beasts that spring out of hollow people and look like they're made of black goo...

It's really up to a chance as to whether I'll make Orlam act ruthless or benevolent... I had a situation where I invaded some guy, did "Welcome" gesture... and the guy kneeled! I dropped him some embers as a gift, too (we shared a toast as well, I believe?), Orlam let him go on his way, and promptly left his world. I just thought Orlam would be pleased to be so readily recognized as a king. It was really wholesome encounter :D

There was also a situation where I invaded a fight club at Pontiff, and some bored invader interrupted a duel, and thus Orlam sided with the Host and a few other phantoms to chase the guy. We defeated him, and returned to rule-abiding dueling, which Orlam, to my surprise (considering how many fights in a row I've already had), has won, eventually even against the Host himself, so he had a jolly toast to celebrate the victory. I have this and many others encounters recorded, and I dream that one day I'll make a proper compilation of my invasions, each themed around a specific cosplay... but I'd have to parse through like 400 gigs of recordings to do so XD

Anyway, that's about it! Overall, Orlam's incredibly fun to play as! Oh, and as a bonus...

Who is your favourite OW character, and how do you relate to most?

I would rave about Gidget Bordelle here, but when I think about them I black out and wake up in a crop circle with GIDGET GIDGET GIDGET GIDGET GIDGET carved into the ground and mysterious pieces of plywood that has teeth marks on it.

All in all, um! I love them! Hi! I love their character arc in Our Wonderland so dearly, the entitlement, the frustration, the poorly concealed resentment, the anger and grief and envy. Committing terribly and fully to presenting feminine like it didn't make them physically sick? I love 😍😍 Also, in arc 5 after they transition and act reticent and guilty almost the entire time? !!!! Awesomesauce.

I'm so enamoured by entitlement as a character trait, and the self-justification you can just feel oozing off of them through every horrible action. They've suffered for so long, and Iggy can't just suffer through one thing? How dare he? It was enchanting to read.

It's hard to say which character I relate to most, because I react very differently from like, all of them, in times of stress, but I see pieces of myself in most of them. I'm really astoundingly grateful for the portrayal of Orlam and Iggy's route and Orlam's aromanticism though! Obviously, if I imagined them in "real life", he'd probably to have conversations about the way his desire manifests, but it felt so nice to see an aromantic character who didn't have to explain himself, and didn't have other characters be confused about his affections. He's just him!! He's never treated as weird for that. 🙏🙏🙏 It gives me hope for my future, lol.

What are some of your favorite tracks from the OST?

Okay, so this is as much as I can reduce it😅🤣

Opening song

Genzou's Theme

Memories

Descent

The Kiddie Kruise

The Inn

Orlam's revenge

The Final Wish

Genzou's Shop

Orlam's Apartment

Feeling Nostalgic

Tarantella for Three

My Dear Friends

Genzou and Orlam

Fate's End

Bucks and Hunar

Cutting Down the Tree

My Choice

Iggy's Theme

Something I’ve never posted is that REALLY LOVED (and still love) Genzou’s Theme, and so I actually tried to play it on the piano about a year ago. This video is from April 23 of last year (so yeah, almost a year!! wow). I don’t play the piano (it’s my sister’s) and it’s painfully obvious from the hands/finger positioning, for which I apologize😅🤣