Call me Yoshi

General symbolism and details:

1.The bats! Small reminder:

The upper, active bat, represents turned vampires, and the lower, passive bat represents Oakhurst's human residents. A bats open eyes literally represents the knowledge of vampires. Likewise, closed eyes represent them not knowing about or simply not believing in vampires.

It is no secret that Cleo does not believe in vampires, instead alotting the death of the entire village 200 years ago to some sort of virus. As of such Cleo's bat has it's eyes firmly shut.

2.Their corset and accessories!

Nothing mayorly lore relevant about the corset itself, I am just really pleased with how the paneling and stitch work came out!

Cleo's accessories however are strictly made out of gold, unlike Avid's, as they don't need them to be made out of silver to ward off vampires and are purely asthetic! [psssst, peep the amazing chain!!]

3.More references!

The most obvious nod to their character are of course the nightsade flowers adorning her head and being pinned to their blouse.

The small satchels on their belts are for keeping seeds, and she has a special holster for a small shovel, as a nod to them taking over most of the farming for Oakhurst.

The clock next to those shows three quarters to midnight as a nod to them being unable to be oblivious, or uncaring, about vampires for not much longer.

The four horsemen of characterisation:

Every character portrait will be accompanied by four icons representing them, their past, and their personality. For Cleo they are:

1.A parchment roll and feaher as a stand-in to what I imagine the letter to their Mum to look like. There is obviously so much more to this part to her backstory and ,gosh, am I exited to see what it is!! The timeline of them living in Oakhurst and the big massacre just doesn`t add up unless their mum is either ancient, a vampire, or I am just stupid and misunderstood something. [the last one is very likely, lets be honest...]

2.A Nightshade flower! Little fun fact for you: Nightshades, like Atropa belladonna (deadly nightshade) beong to the family Solanaceae, to whom common field plats like potatoes and tomatoes belong too!! So not only is it a cute little nod to Zombie-Cleo and the undead but also a reference to them being a farmer [intentionally or not]!!

3.A virus trappeed in the most darling little bottle. Very obviously representing Cleo's adamance to alotting the death of the entire village 200 years ago to some sort of virus or illness, almost like she bottles the idea of another reason up inside herself [aaaaa, you see what I did there!! Bottles up!]

4.Carrots and seeds. At this point I am hitting you over the head with these obvious references, oml... But yeah, gotta fill the farmer reference quota!! Plussss, carrots are part of the family Solanaceae (Nightshades) aswell!!

Ok enough with my obsession about symbolism in art and on to my final words!! I would genuinely freak out if the village had been wiped out by something that could tecnically be classified as some sort of illness or disease. Something that turns the infected into some bloodthirsty, dehumanised versions of themselves. Vampires, perchance?!!!

Veycanthearth

no propaganda :[

Crimson Chase

Abolish & Apo: They are both on a shift from hell, they are both not payed enough to deal with any of this, and they both want to protect people in town (at least to an extend as they both kinda leave that motivation behing as the time goes) they would play so nice with each other if they locked in and comunicated propably truuuust. Have you ever thought about how Abolish crashed out about Apo redecorating the tower and getting ride of the silver over "aesthetics" but it wasn't just aesthetic but also a bit of practicality for her as she was a vampire and couldn't stand the silver so she get ride of it; which he would be much more understanding of than her actual excuse. (not fully cuz its still stupid but its more valid than just aesthetics). THEY BOTH HAVE FAMILY TO RETUNR TO (Apo has Cherri, Abolish has Morcant and the stuff of the manor); they both are determinated to stay human/get thier humanity back.

Abolish & Pearl: both hunters yet they have very different styles that match each other freak quite well, as she's more go with the flow while hes very much "planning is the most important bit of the job and if my plan isnt 100% fool proof i WILL get an aneurysm". Pearl can be that aneurysm. They also both see value in staying human, as Pearl sees it as a value in itself, and Abolish works better as one due to his skills. But alos, if needed Pearl can Isiten to reason and be more careful, while Abolish also can be soooo silly if he feels like it UNDERATED DUO. "NO FUN ABOLISH"!!!!!

Abolish & Pyro: Abandonment Issues (self sabotage) VS Abandonment Issues (people pleasing). Immovable Object (Abolish dodging any menaingful connection he can form with anyone ever so he wont get hurt when people eventually die around him (just as his parents did which left him so fuckin traumatized actually and he does admits sol and they WILL die around him cuz of his job so why not just spare yourself the heartache and not care if they do?) vs Unstoppable Force (Pyro clawing his way into status of being irraplacable and useful and important cuz it will mean people care about them and praize them and see value in him as a person). They match each other freak like crazy. Pyro can be weird about how competant Abolish is, and Abolish can fold a bit and feel bad for the loser. ALSO they have sooooo many civil conversations with each other, and are generally curious of one another in the smp, not nessesery romantically but hey have a lot in common if you think about it and in defferent circumsntances i can see them being quite good friends.

Apo & Pearl: THEY BOTH SACERIFCED THIER HUMANITY FOR THE TOWN AND YET ONE OF THEM IS DEMONIZED FOR IT AND THE OTHER IS PRAIZED FOR IT. They both value being humanity and they both see becoming vampires as a sacerfice, for the better of the whole community around them. A lot of what makes it compelling to me specifically has a similiar flavour of the dynamic of Pearl and Apo, the silly one and the serious one. I think it also would be really healing for both of them to talk about thier sacerifces and how it affected them and how they both are not fully fine with being vampires and can't really talk about it. I also think that if pearl knew what Apo went thought and wasnt feed lies that she asked for this then she would be very understanding and suportive of her.

Apo & Pyro: MY APPLESPICE. Pyro wanted to protect her. Until the very end everything he did was a messed up way to spare her the pains he went thought. And she never gave up on him fully. She defended him from Ren and Martyn as late as episode 6 saying that she thinks there is a chance fro them. THEY BELIVED IN PYRO TILL THE VERY END. im like AAAAAGH, i wish they talked mroe, i wish they communicated more i wish owen didnt fuckin massed Apo so badly she broke and killed that pig that represented both of thiers humanities. Im insane im feral about the. have you noticed how they both refere to truffle with different pronounce? Apo calling the Pig "him" while Pyro ususally goes for "her"? yea they are projecting the other onto the pig. they are bonded by the universe my honour. As much as Pyros ending specifically said that nooen will mourn him thats a lie, thats a lie that Pyro themsleves belived cuz Apo mounred them. Apo mourned them, thier broken friendship and what it could have been if they met anywhere other than Oakhurst. They make me ill.

Pearl & Pyro: The first person who you ever met in Oakhurst. The first turn and the last turn. Both seeking home and belonging be it in two different ways. One whos a werewolf and has issues about maybe being a monster, one whos a vampire but if you heared thier desciption and themes you woudn't have guess that, cuz they are talking so much about being a monster. Both having an interesting perception on killing and a moral dillema about it. Have you ever think about how Pyro actually told her how he got turned and how his situation looks like, but she didnt belived him cuz they used different names in the place of "Scott" and "Owen". Cuz i do. Since it happend in ep 4 I think about it like almost every day. I mourn that they were so ripped apart by fate and Jack Pyroscythe the Australian who wanted to be a vampire so so badly. They would be a wonderful duo if they had time and werent forced into the opposite sides since day one.

Veycanthearth

no propaganda :[

Crimson Chase

Abolish & Apo: They are both on a shift from hell, they are both not payed enough to deal with any of this, and they both want to protect people in town (at least to an extend as they both kinda leave that motivation behing as the time goes) they would play so nice with each other if they locked in and comunicated propably truuuust. Have you ever thought about how Abolish crashed out about Apo redecorating the tower and getting ride of the silver over "aesthetics" but it wasn't just aesthetic but also a bit of practicality for her as she was a vampire and couldn't stand the silver so she get ride of it; which he would be much more understanding of than her actual excuse. (not fully cuz its still stupid but its more valid than just aesthetics). THEY BOTH HAVE FAMILY TO RETUNR TO (Apo has Cherri, Abolish has Morcant and the stuff of the manor); they both are determinated to stay human/get thier humanity back.

Abolish & Pearl: both hunters yet they have very different styles that match each other freak quite well, as she's more go with the flow while hes very much "planning is the most important bit of the job and if my plan isnt 100% fool proof i WILL get an aneurysm". Pearl can be that aneurysm. They also both see value in staying human, as Pearl sees it as a value in itself, and Abolish works better as one due to his skills. But alos, if needed Pearl can Isiten to reason and be more careful, while Abolish also can be soooo silly if he feels like it UNDERATED DUO. "NO FUN ABOLISH"!!!!!

Abolish & Pyro: Abandonment Issues (self sabotage) VS Abandonment Issues (people pleasing). Immovable Object (Abolish dodging any menaingful connection he can form with anyone ever so he wont get hurt when people eventually die around him (just as his parents did which left him so fuckin traumatized actually and he does admits sol and they WILL die around him cuz of his job so why not just spare yourself the heartache and not care if they do?) vs Unstoppable Force (Pyro clawing his way into status of being irraplacable and useful and important cuz it will mean people care about them and praize them and see value in him as a person). They match each other freak like crazy. Pyro can be weird about how competant Abolish is, and Abolish can fold a bit and feel bad for the loser. ALSO they have sooooo many civil conversations with each other, and are generally curious of one another in the smp, not nessesery romantically but hey have a lot in common if you think about it and in defferent circumsntances i can see them being quite good friends.

Apo & Pearl: THEY BOTH SACERIFCED THIER HUMANITY FOR THE TOWN AND YET ONE OF THEM IS DEMONIZED FOR IT AND THE OTHER IS PRAIZED FOR IT. They both value being humanity and they both see becoming vampires as a sacerfice, for the better of the whole community around them. A lot of what makes it compelling to me specifically has a similiar flavour of the dynamic of Pearl and Apo, the silly one and the serious one. I think it also would be really healing for both of them to talk about thier sacerifces and how it affected them and how they both are not fully fine with being vampires and can't really talk about it. I also think that if pearl knew what Apo went thought and wasnt feed lies that she asked for this then she would be very understanding and suportive of her.

Apo & Pyro: MY APPLESPICE. Pyro wanted to protect her. Until the very end everything he did was a messed up way to spare her the pains he went thought. And she never gave up on him fully. She defended him from Ren and Martyn as late as episode 6 saying that she thinks there is a chance fro them. THEY BELIVED IN PYRO TILL THE VERY END. im like AAAAAGH, i wish they talked mroe, i wish they communicated more i wish owen didnt fuckin massed Apo so badly she broke and killed that pig that represented both of thiers humanities. Im insane im feral about the. have you noticed how they both refere to truffle with different pronounce? Apo calling the Pig "him" while Pyro ususally goes for "her"? yea they are projecting the other onto the pig. they are bonded by the universe my honour. As much as Pyros ending specifically said that nooen will mourn him thats a lie, thats a lie that Pyro themsleves belived cuz Apo mounred them. Apo mourned them, thier broken friendship and what it could have been if they met anywhere other than Oakhurst. They make me ill.

Pearl & Pyro: The first person who you ever met in Oakhurst. The first turn and the last turn. Both seeking home and belonging be it in two different ways. One whos a werewolf and has issues about maybe being a monster, one whos a vampire but if you heared thier desciption and themes you woudn't have guess that, cuz they are talking so much about being a monster. Both having an interesting perception on killing and a moral dillema about it. Have you ever think about how Pyro actually told her how he got turned and how his situation looks like, but she didnt belived him cuz they used different names in the place of "Scott" and "Owen". Cuz i do. Since it happend in ep 4 I think about it like almost every day. I mourn that they were so ripped apart by fate and Jack Pyroscythe the Australian who wanted to be a vampire so so badly. They would be a wonderful duo if they had time and werent forced into the opposite sides since day one.