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The Earthbound Fever and Giegue

Journal Entry: Fri May 9, 2008, 12:15 PM
I caught a bug lately. A small epidemic that is slowly bringing everyone up to speed with a game series called Mother.

Mother 2, the only game released in America as Earthbound for the SNES, has shared its legacy with us in Super Smash Bros. through a playable character called Ness. But lately, with the introduction of Lucas in Brawl, Mother 3 has been gaining more recognition over here in America, even though we lack an English version of the game. ESRB recently rated Earthbound for a Wii VC release. And rumors are spreading of a DS bundle containing all 3 Mother games being released, possibly here in the U.S. So its possible that we may be seeing the other two games within the states, assuming the rumors are true.

Hearing about Earthbound coming to the Wii VC was already enough to catch my interest. I loved Earthbound, it is one of my favorite RPGs (next to Ultima, of course). I still have the SNES cartridge, but I lack an adapter to play my SNES on any TV. I hate using ROMs, so I thought I was up the creek without a Tessie to give me a lift.

After catching the Earthbound fever, I immediately began to look into the entire series. I searched for plotlines, gameplay, and characters. Then I came over something that intrigued me, Giegue.

From what I've read, Giegue is who we call Giygas here in the States. It appeared in Mother 1 as the final boss, and had a rather emotional background. The sprite was rather obscure, and showed what looked like this blue-ish, slim alien inside a vat of some sort. I started to look up some pictures of Giegue and made another discovery. It is popular for Giegue to be drawn as either a Mewtwo-esque being, or as a female. Although I believe Giegue is officially a guy, I think, I do find it interesting to see opposite sex versions of those characters, especially when the official artwork is an obscure to view or a seemingly androgynous picture. The most notable of the female Giegue pictures I've seen come from a deviant artist called Morphine. I've checked out her work and I'm very impressed.

Other androgynous character templates I've noticed include the Avatar from the Ultima series. The Avatar was the Player, therefore the Avatar was either male or female. It wasn't until the later Ultima games 8 and 9 did Electronic Arts and Origin make Avatar a set Male character. Still, many people speculate Avatar as one or the other gender. I speculate him as a male, but I also speculated him as a female along with other artists.

I decided to make use of my Earthbound craze and work on a new picture featuring Imp Avatar and the Morphine inspired Giegue.
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Among other things, my semester ended last Monday, and I passed my Drawing 101 class with an A. The teacher thought my charcoal works were exceptional for the class's difficulty. I should find a way to scan them and feature them on my gallery.

  • Mood: Artistic

Devious Information

  • Current Age: 19
  • Current Residence: Arizona
  • Interests: I want to make a comic =)
  • Favourite movie: Whatever looks good to me.
  • Favourite band or musician: Whatever sounds good to me.
  • Favourite genre of music: Ditto
  • Favourite artist: Leonardo da Vinci, he's oldschool.
  • Favourite poet or writer: Edgar Allan Poe
  • Favourite photographer: Eh?
  • Favourite style of art: Vector Graphics and Drawing
  • Operating System: Windows 2000 Media Edition
  • MP3 player of choice: Sound Card Default
  • Shell of choice: Conch?
  • Wallpaper of choice: I like paint instead of wallpaper.
  • Skin of choice: The one I was born with.
  • Favourite game: Ultima VII: The Black Gate
  • Favourite gaming platform: Gamecube
  • Favourite cartoon character: Mine, when I make him.
  • Personal Quote: Eh?
  • Tools of the Trade: Paper, #2 pencil, and a computer with no scanner =\

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Devious Comments

~jaycity:iconjaycity: Jun 5, 2008, 11:56:55 AM
If you don't recall it, never mind
~jaycity:iconjaycity: May 14, 2008, 3:04:14 PM
if the "troll" and "fake" is me, im srry about that, actually i liked the drawing XD
!Supplegallysgph:iconSupplegallysgph: May 10, 2008, 8:39:47 PM
And dude ignore the troll. He's fake!
!Rupplegallysgph:iconRupplegallysgph: May 10, 2008, 8:09:23 PM
Ah, I meant Gimu* sorry.
~purplegallysgph:iconpurplegallysgph: May 10, 2008, 7:22:55 PM
I hope you finished your Giegue pic or Giemu-chan...well, Gemu is better. =P

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~purplegallysgph:iconpurplegallysgph: May 10, 2008, 6:38:23 PM
Hey Impy from Midna Fan Forums, thanks for the watch. :3 *hugs*

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*ilovebutch19:iconilovebutch19: Apr 24, 2008, 1:02:45 PM
Thanks for the add! Now I will add u! :evillaugh:

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I am Bankotsu of the Band of Seven! YAY!!
*ilovebutch19:iconilovebutch19: Apr 7, 2008, 6:52:32 PM
Can I befriend you? LOL since :iconthewolfqueen: knows you and me and her are buddies!

PS Luv your gallery!

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Number One Bankotsu Fan....don't you dare try to take it from me!!! :threaten:

I am Bankotsu of the Band of Seven! YAY!!
~smawzyuw2:iconsmawzyuw2: Apr 1, 2008, 8:26:00 AM
AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! WHY IS EVERYONE'S AVATAR THE SAME??!! Am I the only one who sees this? Is this some sort of cruel, sick April fools joke?! Argh!!!
~TheWolfQueen:iconTheWolfQueen: Feb 5, 2008, 3:18:58 PM
Are You Mad At Cheza-kun D=?

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~TheWolfQueen:iconTheWolfQueen: Jan 13, 2008, 7:50:23 PM
Hey! What are you up too?

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Dragons and Wolves rule!

I believe in Jesus Christ as my Savior. If you do too and aren't scared to admit it, copy & paste this in your signature!
~multicolored:iconmulticolored: Dec 17, 2007, 2:33:17 PM
Hey! This is Audacity from EverQuest. You know, TheWolfQueen's friend. xD Thought I'd shove a comment by ya. Happy dev'ing!

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like a secret affair

^ the suffix to all things
~Podetz:iconPodetz: Dec 11, 2007, 8:44:24 AM
Dariak, y'all got some serious art here. I'm really liking 'Moongate in the woods'. That one looks really unique. :)

Your Midna's look very detailed as well. :D
~TheWolfQueen:iconTheWolfQueen: Dec 10, 2007, 2:54:47 PM
/leavesyouacomment XD! /hug

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Dragons and Wolves rule!

I believe in Jesus Christ as my Savior. If you do too and aren't scared to admit it, copy & paste this in your signature!
~supertimer:iconsupertimer: Dec 6, 2007, 8:35:44 PM
:O Yay thanks for the watch ^_^
~Wolves101:iconWolves101: Aug 22, 2007, 2:53:26 AM
Tagged ya

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I am the shadows... the last piece of the sacred triangle...nothing can be sustained without me... I am the condemned... and I am the Midnight Prince… :dygel: :brazensix:
~Wolves101:iconWolves101: Jun 25, 2007, 4:21:00 AM
YAY

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I am the shadows... the last piece of the sacred triangle...nothing can be sustained without me... I am the condemned... and I am the Midnight Prince… :dygel: :brazensix:
~Wolves101:iconWolves101: Jun 23, 2007, 5:43:57 AM
Have u tried to do Midna for 1 of them?

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I am the shadows... the last piece of the sacred triangle...nothing can be sustained without me... I am the condemned... and I am the Midnight Prince… :dygel: :brazensix:
~Dariak-Frostmourne:iconDariak-Frostmourne: Jun 21, 2007, 12:08:19 PM
Hehe thanks =)
I'm bringing out all the characters of my fan-fiction soon.