#laoft io

@tulipscomeinallsortsofcolors (hi please let me know about any pronoun mess ups and I'll edit the post, I think I got them right, but... just to be safe)

There have been a few iterations of designs for Io’s dress— all of which have very flowery inspirations. I sent Violet an ask and the first thing bay said was “something vaguely gauzy with a petal skirt,’ so that’s been a heavy part of all the deign ideas thus far. 

So, over various asks and time and fics, the needed elements are:

Colors: Reds and deep purples, like mulberry fruit, and white and cream, like mulberry flowers. Greens as needed. I'm thinking mostly a pinky-red. If you look at the first image below, there are three mulberries in a line at the top left-- look at the one in the middle and/or the one under it (not in the line of three) for a good color reference.

Thigh holster: Knife. Hot. Io needs a knife under ly skirt because it’s what lu deserves. I'm thinking either a faux leather, because that's what I use for part of Remus's dress, or strap made of several green fabrics woven together, to give it a homemade vibe, like Io made it laself. And it will be accessible via... :

Skirt shape: Petals. The first idea I had was a petunia, to make a solid skirt with five panels, each which would have a scalloped edge to create the shape of the flower, like these:

Skirt, cont.: But after realizing that lu would need access to a thigh holster for ly knife, I started to think about how to access that in skirt form. One idea is to make the skirt of separate, finished panels that can be easily reached between. One construction idea for the original paneled skirt idea was to make it as several strips with a waistband that tied around. So now the idea is to use that method, but with deconstructed panels to give a very open skirt but keep with the theme of easily removable. Also imagine all the different panels flaring out when you spin!

Fabric: After Mulberry was posted, we learned more about how Io dresses (or, uh, doesn't), so I started thinking more about the fabric type. I want to balance the surreal (shiny fabrics making a less natural looking appearance, nodding to fae) and the mundane (Io being a less powerful nymph, as opposed to powerful gentry). I'm a little at an impasse for what fabric to use. I love organzas (even though they're mean to me) (it's fine, everything's fine), and I think using a mix of organza and a very light-grade tulle would make an interesting texture for this dress.

Sleeves: Again, this depends on the fabric type, but imagine big billowing sleeves of a transparent mesh fabric with discrete embroidery of mulberry themed elements. Thinking the sleeves will be completely off the shoulder, maybe made with casing and a ribbon tie to keep them at the top of the arm.

Bodice: Also going back to Io's tendency to dress less, using a knit fabric which matches skin tone is one option for the body potion, OR, hear me out, a gentle mesh (that doesn't set off sensory hell!) with exposed boning to make a corset-like top! Then, referencing this post, flower or similar motifs sewn into to chest piece. Another part I'll add is an open back element, with some sort of lacing. This works great for me, because zippers and I are reluctant allies at best.

Overall vibes: Basically, I want this to look like a flower nymph ballet costume, because how fucking cool would that be? Here are some images with elements of the silhouette I'm thinking of:

correct! that hc was courtesy of someone in the laoft server (if you see this please reblog if you please, but i dont wanna direct 4000+ people at you if you dont want me to) during a conversation just after Color was posted and we were discussing the hair = leaf situation of the nymph characters

oh sounds quite a bit like one of the outfits ive been picturing for la! (also the possessive is ly so "ly skirt" /nm)

Also, I know you said that one type of fae can have another type of fae (like Logan is a green man and his bio-bitch is a banshee), but are they ever like wildly different? Like a nymph has an ogre child or something like that?

i have them kind of grouped into loose reproductive categories - green men, all nymphs, and banshees are one category, ogres and hags are in another. a child is always in the same category as at least one of their parents.

all these categories can reproduce magically (a nymph could have a sprite child with a sprite for example, because sprites mainly reproduce via spontaneous spawning from flowers and nymph sometimes the same way) with each other but only some can reproduce the tab-a slot-b way, mainly because of incompatible equipment or size discrepancies

honestly the size discrepancy was the main reason i put this system together, because a smaller creature giving birth to a dangerously large baby (ogres are about twice the size of nymphs, forget about sprites) is a really huge squick of mine so i just built it being impossible into the verse from the get go

Short answer: only if one of the parents is an ogre or hag, and with the age of magic. Io and Remus are both in the same category so all their children will be as well.