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Some rough ideas for Bobbert's carnival costume. It's supposed to be based on the costume Pierrot usually wears but with some cutesy flair added. I don't think that comes through, but it is cute. Once their friends get their costumes designed, I'll probably settle on what sort of headwear and accessories they have.

Genk’s Mom: Uses they when they have to but otherwise refers to them with phrases like “that child”, “Poppy’s child”, “your friend”, etc. She largely avoids using pronouns on them.

Honestly I feel like a wuss going the Vacc route (which is why I'm planning to change his nose color too), because I don't want so much clutter (or in Vacc's case-I don't want him to look like he has a bruise on his face), but I also want to embrace the clownness of these guys.

Happy Pride. Say high to our nonbinary lemon!

I think generally the self-harm he does is "minor". This might be getting a little tldr but you ever mess up on a project and just get the urge to destroy it, just ruin it because it's already "messed up"? Like, this thing is pissing me off and ruined anyways so just destroy it. I want to tear it apart, stomp on it, burn it, etc. I want to feel it break in my hands. He feels something like that. Smashing his fists (the side not the knuckles), slamming his hands, or kicking a desk/wall/etc. to the point he feels pain is similar for him. It's not just a need to destroy something but the physical sensation as well. It brings a catharsis to him. He doesn't really want it to hurt, which is why I say his self-harm is "minor". Because he is hurting himself, but he never goes far enough to cause more than bruises. That's why I said the squishy side of his fist or the palms of his hands. If he hits these parts they will not break or bleed after multiple hits like his fingers/knuckles would. His self harm tends to get more violent and direct when he's stressed about things he thinks are deficiencies of his (i.e. as his stressors become about things he did "wrong" the more major his sh is as they turn from bad stress relief to outright flagellation). Such as struggling with his homework for long periods of time, having his mother verbally berate him, or after multiple minor stressors pile up. He does not explicitly think of punishing himself when he does any of these actions, although he might call himself demeaning things as he does it. He might do them realising he is channeling his anger from an unacceptable target to a more acceptable one but he does not realise his more extreme behaviours are meant as self-punishment.

For this outfit, I would say this is a while after meeting Genk. Hence the extreme amounts of yellow and the ginkgo jewelry/accessories. I don't know if I mentioned this before but as kids Genk was always taking things from the family jewelry box/heirloom room and giving them to Bobbert. You might think a tiny child like them couldn't possibly fit into them, but Genk's family is a super loaded and old money kinda family. They legit just have all this fancy themed jewelry in kid sizes sitting around. A ginkgo child wore these things before them and Genk himself has a lot of fancy/expensive accessories on him. The clothing Bobbert is wearing is not from Genk, however, they bought it themselves. I had a write up about Sugar scents, which I don't remember if I posted, but I mentioned in that post that Bobbert doesn't have a distinct scent like other Sugars. As a kid they hung around Genk so much they ended up smelling like him/his family. Paired with their clothing, I think a lot of people who didn't know who either was tended to assume the two were related.

I think Fragaria is the only one who matches his energy in this regard. But Fragaria's movements tend to be for positive emotions.

Might change her eye color.