Given all of the recent genAI discussion, I wish to repost this.

“Veinguard - Veinguardian A mostly invertebrate-type fungus species, sharing many similar traits with the Ophiocordyceps genus” (Comments down below) #TheVeinguardArum #Veinguard #writingcommunity

Arkos, Arum and Aidoneus were all characters that expanded way past their original ideas. Arkos was a one-off alien, now human & the MC for Veinguard Arum Aidoneus, previously Drirosis who’s character was just Amalthea’s hub Arum is practically the reason I’m making this story in the first place.

I want to be able to explore mental deterioration, co-dependency, and tragic villains as well that aren’t redeemable.

Arum: “Saving” people from dying, giving them a home and “family.” Soh’vhet: Not being like his father, or others in his “level of hierarchy.”

Finally completed “The Genesis Station” section of my world building And then added a few more sections to the whole world building sheet in general. hAHAAAAAA-

The Waste Bin of the Vanguard existed before Arum came about. The original antagonist was also Arum’s first offspring, before Arum- again- existed.

Trying to find the “realm of possibility” in the “Veinguard Universe”. Cuz I really don’t want a Prometheus situation in my story where tweedle fucking dee is “I wanna open my Christmas present~” as the god damn geologist gets lost cuz he can’t read a map his robots made TO AVOID GETTING LOST

Arkos: Act that everything is fine, is depressed Amalthea: Kill herself Aidoneus: Starve to death (This is why Aido and Ama are perfect together) Arum: Won't let it happen Soh'vhet: Could give a fuck less, unless he actually "proposed", then he's conflicted as shit

More FungalSnail: Arum will repeat phrases Soh’vhet says with 0 knowledge of what they actually mean. One of the things Soh says is “ArU’ha-Na” Which means “My star/home” since its after the name of their sun “Gahha-Na” & Soh refuses to teach Arum his language, so they just go off of context clues

FungalSnail: If one of them were to die, there would be a stark contrast between how they’d cope with it Arum just flat out wouldn’t, they made a whole ass delulu land already. They *will* bring Soh’vhet back regardless if he hates them after. They can’t handle losing someone who loved them (1/2)

I’m frustrated so have another FungalSnail ramble; The whole “fan kid” thing is possible between Arum and Soh’vhet. But it has to be in this specific situation or else it doesn’t work, and honestly nobody wants THAT cuz Arum is Arum And you don’t want it to be a “Arum is Arum” situation. (1/4)

The entire existence of my ship FungalSnail, that I did not just post a whole ass thread typing about for almost 40 minutes before this post was made And Martyr Rose Amalthea- living out my dream of dating an alien.

1 AM headache induce depression thread ramble on FungalSnail, go: The whole ship of Arum/Soh’vhet legit started off as a crackship and “I like the chemicals this gives me” Cuz literally being around Soh would kill Arum just indirectly, and they love it. (1/9)

Arum specifically Even with their own kind being basically parasitic fungi, Arum takes it miles farther that it even scares *them*.

Arkos: 🚬🧬🪓 Arum: 🍄👽💔 Amalthea: 🪦❤️‍🔥⛓️‍💥 Aidoneus: 🥀🐊🩻 Soh'vhet: 🐌🌋👿

Admittedly, an old OC En’O-Mthd (old name Nim/N0M3D) that’s been repurposed into Veinguard Arum is one, which is why I gave him a very basic role in the story unlike others who have been repurposed.

Arum’s co-dependency

Depends on the story you’re writing/wanting to achieve. For me it is, because those traits play into how they are treated and how they act. Will say with Amalthea in Martyr’s Rose she is literally a “Monsterfucker.” So that plays heavy into her being into Aidoneus- who is a Sprout.

A tyrant with a mentally unstable parasite Only I know the full context, and it is trying veeeeery hard to canonize itself When I fucking get around to it, I may make it a short spin off story that could be included in some sort of bundle way down the line.

Hard to worry when I expect it. The main misunderstandings I expect would be on Arum’s and Amalthea’s characters. Arum because they do have reasons to be sympathized with. And Amalthea…she’s a woman that’s not following the “Dark Romance FMC trope”

The only one I had a choice in was Amalthea and Aidoneus, and it was because when Ama was strictly a sona and Aidoneus was a “summon” of hers. Drastic change over the years of their dynamic Arkos, Arum and Soh’vhet was against my complete fucking free will. With Arum and Soh E SPECI ALLY

Arkos’ is rather high. Amalthea’s fluctuates between HIGH and barren. Aidoneus’ is average until a certain season, mainly due to his host/“parent”. Arum’s is 0 to 1100% the second they are touched.

Arkos- Bitch about how the trash can is literally right there as he cleans it up Amalthea- Judge and insult them internally Arum and Aidoneus- Free food (as long as its not plastic or metal)

Still working on da humans But Arum sounds like Hanami from JJK, perhaps a tad deeper than the og for a androgynous sound Closes example I can find for Aidoneus was Dark Star Thresh. Mainly cuz of Johnathan Young's cover of "Phanton Of The Opera" with Annapantsu where he growls is- peeeeerfect

I've reached a point where I'm now just getting documentary videos on the International Space Station to figure out how the fUCK this is gonna work-

Amalthea: The Veinguard species, including the Sprouts. Because straight up- Clickers from The Last of Us essentially Arum: Soh’vhet

Well shamelessly Amalthea has the most out of me cuz- she is half self-insert half full OC Arkos has taken a lot of cynical/negative aspects of myself in his beliefs/personality Arum- which I’ve come to kinda realize, has taken my “wanting to go back home”, go back to when shit wasn’t god awful

Arkos - Shibuya Arc, Fabvl Arum - Pestilence, Pick Up Goliath Amalthea - Miss Wanna Die, JubyPhonic cover Aidoneus - A Little Death, The Neighbourhood Soh’vhet - Bow Down, Divide Music

Listen I do not care if this is the author's barely disguised fetish, if they're good at their damn job it will be MY barely disguised fetish while the story lasts and perhaps afterwards

Pretty sure I have mentioned this already- then again my memory is dOGSHIT The brief lore of the “Veinguard” universe is that Earth became uninhabitable due to a climate catastrophe, & humanity trying to survive out in space- with so far 2 known species being parasites (literal & technicality)

"That's why I won't get vulnerable Don't you dare get comfortable Heartbreak is impossible Feelings doing summersaults I'm not ready for therapy To take accountability Right now its about me Me and only 'bout me, hey" 𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊 #veadricart #veadricocs #fungusalien #theveinguardarum #teratophilia

The only one who would- on some level- realize the toxicity of their relationship would be Soh, but he quite literally would not give a fuck. So both him and Arum are driving with fucking blinders on to their dynamic. Only level of care Soh has is Arum dying or not, that's it.

Thea/Aido are the only ones that at least understand their relationship to a level is not healthy (considering events in the novella I have planned), but there is no going back with them on it. A song for them I feel best describes their thought process a bit would be "FADE" by Circus-P 🧵

Arum and Soh is legit just best described as the song "Perfect Machine" by Starset. As while they both clearly like the other, Arum is borderline consuming while Soh refuses to be vulnerable. Only working cuz they feed into each other. 🧵

I'm kinda realizing both my Canon OC ship and Crack OC ship are both- positive toxic and that I fuck with it Thea and Aido are so codependently toxic for each other. But it works because they actively ONLY want/need each other to the point they cannot live on their own 🧵

Arkos (MMC of Veinguard Arum) doesn’t know just how much he cares for his crew/employees Amalthea (FMC of Martyr’s Rose) doesn’t realize how far she can actually go when she’s in love

Yes, and it would be Arum and their entire existence. Probably just like a real life fungus, they just came out of nowhere and infected everything, but then proceeded to projectile me into a whole different story project.

Unofficially this is the theme for "The Martyr's Rose" Granted tho, "Take Me Back To Eden" in general is it's theme youtu.be/28TwluEQueY?...

In “The Martyr’s Rose”- in a way that doesn’t spoil too much, love for Amalthea might as well be called obsession, cuz Arum has co-dependency trademarked.

I am I.V Burgundy/Amalthea, and I am working on a duology called “The Veinguard Arum” and “The Martyr’s Rose” Both are Sci-Fi horrors, with the second novella having Dark Romance themes. I also have plans to expand the universe, but I am currently limiting myself to the first two novellas for now

We’re rocking a solid 3 over here. Two of those points coming from the sequel…for two separate reasons

I do a lot of sitting with and mentally replaying the scenes in my head while I work on World Building And looking back I definitely didn’t plan for 2 characters becoming absolutely mentally unstable, and another going from a mafia man to an everyday worker getting the shittiest deal in life.

Also unrelated- Anybody know any good spaceship building games??? Cuz uh...severely realized I need that with my dumbass being somebody that needs visuals to explain shit

Man I fucking love Ellipsus Format is easy to get used to, and that I can insert pictures for reference is pEAK!

It’s a bit complicated with Arum Stripping everything down, they just want to go back home and have a community again. But how they’ve chose to go about it is what really makes Arum a monster. Veinguards themselves aren’t any better, as ‘co-existing’ means you become one of them, even by force.

I need to figure out this other alien species I swear to god- One for story shit & getting proper visualization in my head on how the fuck they look & function bodily wise Another cuz I’ve developed a crack ship all of a sudden with one of them & Arum & I have no idea how the fuck that happened

Any excuse to talk about my beloved lil fungi shits The main aliens in my universe is- as its named after- the Veinguards They are closely related to the Cordyceps fungus, are highly sociable and rather friendly…unfortunately they don’t take no for an answer on becoming one of their Sprouts well