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✥ | a map of ru’aun, circa 1416 a.i. (after irene)

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hi!! it’s me again!! today i bring you a little teaser for my mcd roleplay that’s gonna be coming up either this or next year!!

i’m really excited for it, and the guys in the mcd big bang server have really inspired me to keep on crafting. more updates about this will come soon if you guys are interested in hearing more!!

(under the cut is a little tidbit about roleplay locations)

every city in red is going to be an area/setting you can actually roleplay in!! it’s not concrete, and could change—but this is what i’m thinking. key below <3

circle with diamond — ‘capital’ of the phoenix drop alliance

circle with dot — major cities

circle — minor cities

diamond — settlement/village

animal footprint/marking — high concentration of that region’s nonhuman species

didn’t draw much this weekend, so here’s some doodles mainly from the mcd rewrite

@iyo-mcd-rewrite ! go check it out. have to update it later today

the wof doodle i’ve already posted! but i don’t have the wof wip i did this week on hand, so it’s a placeholder for now

This was originally intended for people who tangibly create their own designs of characters, but if you have your own designs of MCD characters floating around in your head for any reason at all, drawn or not, this poll is for you too!!

"Combination" and "Elements of Orange AND Brown" refers to if there are multiple hair colors going on at once. EX: a gradient from brown to orange, red streaks in brown hair, etc.

If the hair color of your Laurance doesn't depend on his time pre/post Nether, or falls outside of the bounds of the options here for some other reason... Use your best judgement!

If things get complicated, feel free to leave clarification in the tags/etc! :D

Back at it again with more design polls! I'd like to do polls more regularly on this blog again, and personal interpretations/designs seems to be a good way to do those :D

I know I'm definitely in the weirdo camp here, so where do you fall?

thought this would be a perfect question to start off the blog with. not on my sideblog ( @iyo-mcd-rewrite ) so i don’t cloud it up. will be answering other questions on there, though!

short summary; i grew up with aphmau and created an au with a friend in 2020 during covid after hearing about the iffy things jess did. i’m not making the au anymore with them, but i’m continuing it on since i care a lot about the series.

a longer, more extensive reply under the cut!

i’ve been an aphmau kid ever since mcd started eight years ago in 2016. essentially, that means i was watching it at 7-8, but, that wasn’t the worst thing ever (especially since i was reading wings of fire and warriors in the fourth grade also).

i’ve always been drawn into the show—it’s lore, the characters, the unique twist jess played on a minecraft world and roleplay, all of it. i’d watch every episode when it came out, and even started watching mystreet when she introduced that.

however mcd slowed down after a while, and i found new interests due to growing up more. i stopped watching after the finale of the second season, and additionally stopped watching mystreet a little later in the third season.

four years ago, right before covid, i started to binge mcd again after a conversation with an (online) friend about aphmau. we discussed the distasteful things she had done, and were rather appalled of what had come of our favorite childhood context creator—ending up deciding to binge it together. i hadn’t thought about her in a while, but the idea of watching a comforting show seemed quite appealing—especially once covid hit and i had a lot of time to overthink and ponder.

me and said friend started our au that year, determined to revisit the glory of our youth and take back the world we loved after the betrayal of the creator. so we used our time in quarantine to help craft a world together—we were both in middle school/similar ages, so obviously it wasn’t that well made, and our ocs we shoddily added in were full of flaws. but it was ours, and we loved it to bits.

eventually we broke apart, and i didn’t touch the au for a while. but i had a resurgence last year, and am having one now, of wanting to continue this world oh so dear to my heart.

so here i am. i’m determined to bring my passion project to light for once, prepared to share four years of information (and to tweak and build upon what’s currently there.)

rewriting mystreet was an afterthought, but love love paradise was always something i was fond of, and the idea of just a modern version of my worldbuilding didn’t seem that bad.

my creations aren’t based off of the canon characters—i feel i wouldn’t do them much justice—but you’ll still see them often. this is more centered around the actual world and realms mcd and mystreet reside in, as you’ll see. i have my own plethora of characters, species, cultures, and regions to add in, each with their own divine warrior.

i’m just rambling now, so i’ll stop it there — but i invite you all to join me on my journey of giving a rebirth to the series we all hold so dear!

Rewriters: What is your reasoning behind why you started rewriting Mystreet and/or MCD?

introducing: iyo

sup! i’m iyo. i’ve had this account for a while, but finally decided to start using it. this is probably the most formal i’ll be for a while. also, a txt version of the image with more info is below in the cut!

introduction pt. 2

general stuff

iyokko — any prns (they/them default, afab)

hi there! i’m a midwestern digital artist who also likes to dabble into worldbuilding. i’m quite busy with schoolwork and extracurriculars, but i like to make time to share my insane ramblings i have throughout the day.

i’ve got a lovely girlfriend! i’m fruity, unfortunately. i might talk about her occasionally, but i’ll try not to since this is the public eye.

i have a pretty poor attention span though, and i’ll probably appear periodically on this account. when that happens, i’m still alive! feel free to send me stuff.

fandoms

here are some of my interests as of late:

murder drones

aphmau (why i joined tumblr! was a mystreet and minecraft diaries kid growing up.)

alice in borderland

extraordinary attorney woo

wings of fire + fantribes (also a wof kid! still am. make most of my extra cash through the ever-popular fantribes on discord.)

blue lock (manga)

beastars + beast complex (both manga)

oshi no ko (manga — stopped reading it for now since it’s gone off on the deep end)

hallow knight

danganronpa (the disease infected me in middle school and it’s sadly rotted in my head permanently)

one piece (just got into it! wish me luck)

warrior cats (read this at the same time as wof and aph. no wonder i came out so gay)

other stuff too! this is just from the top of my head.

qna

what brought you to joining tumblr?

aphmau brought me here! i saw the community, and as a lifelong aphmau fan—with a rewrite in the works by the way—i just had to join in. tumblr’s been on my radar for a while now to join!

what/when will you post?

i’ll be generally posting my art and ramblings! unfortunately, i probably won’t have a very set schedule, but i’ll try to post at least once or twice a week.

what should i stay for?

if you like my personality or art style, then you should stick around! i can’t promise i’ll be talking about every fandom i’m in, but a few that have always stuck with me are danganronpa, aphmau, and wings of fire. those three will probably continue being posted about throughout my tumblr career, so if you like that sort of content, i might be up your alley.

my inbox—is it open?

it’s currently open! but please be patient with me, i’ve only ever lurked on tumblr before. actually using it is currently a mystery i’m uncovering.

any sideblogs to be aware of?

currently i have one other account for my mcd and myst rewrite! it’s called @iyo-mcd-rewrite! hopefully the link worked for that—if not, you’ll often see me reblog posts from it.

i might make others for my two other big fandoms (wof and danganronpa), but for now they’ll be contained in this main one!

do you have other accounts?

discord — iyokko

instagram — iyokko__

toyhouse — iyokko

twitter — iyokko185998

email — iyokko.15@gmail.com

where do i contact you?

i’m most active on discord and toyhouse, but if you dm me on insta or email me, i’ll get it at a later date! twitter i am at a loss for on dms. that’s all for now!

obligatory aphblr hand art appreciation post because i’ve found newfound joy in drawing them

Heirloom and Honor:

In which we feel the weight of our history and bear the burdens of our responsibilities.

This took… way too long… here’s the background only version w all the little Easter eggs and such.

Some progress images! From layout to finish.

This is my most ambitious piece to date…maybe my last fanart for a while haha 😞😞

Some lore thoughts going into this illustration — feel free to ignore:

I was thinking this takes place in S2 in the Zianna Ro’Meave rescue arc, where Garroth returns to O’Khasis after many years to rescue his mother…He comes across their oldest (historically, the first in Ru’aun) cathedral and finds it in a wrecked and pillaged state.

The pious folk have pretty much abandoned the cathedral following Zane’s disappearance for 15 years and the Tu’la invasion was the nail on the coffin. The cathedral is completely barren of life except for the few intact stained glass windows that recount the history of the Divine Warriors.

Around this time it’s revealed that Garroth is the current holder of Esmund’s relic— is he anxious? Lost? Jumpstarting his quarter-life existential crisis?

I hope that everything here in this illustration captures my vision and conveys it to you. This is pretty much a love letter MCD HAHAHAHA

hiiii (mcd roleplay wips/sneak peek) — art

the coding

long time since i’ve posted! today i bring you some art and coding wips for the mcdsn info/lore website !! will be a discord server roleplay, but there’s so much information due to the mess that is mcd so. trying to make it friendly to those who are less familiar with mcd than fanatics like us. i’m not doing this alone—in fact, a few friends are helping out!! ( @twilight-skies @irenes-journal @immortal-archives ) sorry for the pings guys

no clue when we’ll be finished — but i’ll be posting some updates and pics here and there. the map post from earlier is a part of this and i recommend you to check it out (will link it later if mobile tumblr allows me to). anyways, stay tuned!! lemme know if this interests you , and feel free to dm me any requests or questions about the project!! that’s all from me today <3

meif’wa oc… based off of my favourite thing ever, the olympics . his name is peirro and he’s based off of a serval!!

thinking abt how sports work when you have different species is kinda fun. modern ru’aun is fun to brainstorm about honestly

the cuntiest man in all of ru’aun (rewrite design)

rip zane ro’meave, you would have loved chappel roan

✥ | a map of ru’aun, circa 1416 a.i. (after irene)

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hi!! it’s me again!! today i bring you a little teaser for my mcd roleplay that’s gonna be coming up either this or next year!!

i’m really excited for it, and the guys in the mcd big bang server have really inspired me to keep on crafting. more updates about this will come soon if you guys are interested in hearing more!!

(under the cut is a little tidbit about roleplay locations)

every city in red is going to be an area/setting you can actually roleplay in!! it’s not concrete, and could change—but this is what i’m thinking. key below <3

circle with diamond — ‘capital’ of the phoenix drop alliance

circle with dot — major cities

circle — minor cities

diamond — settlement/village

animal footprint/marking — high concentration of that region’s nonhuman species

hello aphmau mcd enjoyer community. my name is xylo (or damien. or toki. or ophe.). unfortunately my first post on this damn app is going to be about an old hyperfixation that shaped me since like 5th grade

anyways, here's a wip of the high priest of o'khasis! (might or might not get finished o_o we'll see)

for some reason he's one of the only mcd/aphverse characters i've ever drawn in my life but. yk what. that's okay. the desire to draw emo boys has been strong since a young age

(ps. i need aph mcd enjoyer friends . i've been alone in this for way too long. please be my friend . my hyperfixation isn't that strong but it's strong enough for me to get the motivation at 1am to draw this mfkr. thank u for coming to my ted talk.)

the big magic hell dump

if you can’t understand this, i will not blame you. it’s super convoluted—but here is a collection of 2022 magic notes mixed with current ones (i tweaked stuff a bit)

all realms have extremely high magic levels, but the end and nether have races with the most magical capability. this is because those realms were created for the shadow lord / shad and the ender dragons (the nether and the end realm respectively) + the biomes are "less drastic" than the overworld ones and caused a lack of sentient biodiversity. so, with only a few sentient races, the magic is distributed less and subsequently causes their magic concentration to be a lot more dense/higher than an overworld race , because in the overworld there is an *array* of races / sentient species, and causes the overall population to have lower magic concentration levels . the level itself varies from race and individual, however, but this is the general gist of it all.

+ this is why nether (including sks), end, and draconian races have blood that either is white or black and glowy. to those with low levels, it would burn to the touch as that is where all the magic is stored -- besides the core (an orb-ish thing that contains all your magic, and it's essentially in a personal pocket dimension inside your chest) , but that's another conversation

loosing lots of blood will do damage to what magic you can perform at that time -- think of it as mana pools -- and that's why lots of the nether and end races were inherently carnivorous or omnivores. it's like toh where belos needs a palismen's magic/bloodish thing to survive. while they don't kill people for their blood, they hunt down animals of their respective realms for that magical blood + their cores. removing a core is less gorey than it sounds—it’s like reaching into someone’s chest (your hand would go through the solid material of said body. typically takes some practice to perform) grabbing the spirit. there are no blood cults and all that shit, as you can even get some from certain plants + it's like vitamins or pills . it's very common for it to be mixed into food, healthcare items/consumables or gauzes, and/or drinks. probably brought up the idea of vampires in human folklore, but then again, there are soul-eaters lurking around (i’ll talk about them later.)

shadow knights are completely magic — their will and determination to continue living on boosting their core to remain after the perishing of the mortal/physical body. wounded knights will need to return to realms with higher concentrations of magic in order to survive. the mortal plane/earth will not have enough to sustain them, unless they are ingesting copious amounts of magic . since shadow knights can’t really digest food, the lava from the nether or a magical item like a golden apple are typically used to replenish.

the more magical one is, the thinner the barrier between the spirit and the mortal body is. so a magical race like a draconian would have to be especially careful during near-death occasions, as they would probably not pass on to the next life or would completely perish when their mortal body does. wounds take quicker to heal, but humans have the advantage of reincarnation or resurrection afterwards.

sks who perish completely disappear due to this — no way to get them back after their second chance. and i can’t imagine they would want to.

gods and divines are very similar to this, but typically whatever gave them their major source of power (aka a relic) just passed on into the next generation since they aren’t tethered to the previous wielder after death. typically these higher beings don’t have to worry about dying due to unnatural causes—you’re a goddamn divine, you probably wouldn’t have much trouble killing your opponents or leaving. but there are always scenarios one should be aware of.

when one dies, their core magic will either be consumed or go back into the environment they died in. like water, there’s a set amount of magic, but the amount in the air and “free” depends on the amount of people.

when one dies, their mortal body decays and either:

their core completely dissipates and returns to the world — higher levels of magic since the barrier of both bodies get more and more thin

persists for a while to reincarnate, become a sk, or something similar

while it seems like a big blow to those with higher magic, this trade off allows for them to perform much more complex levels of magic than the average person. it can be used in technology and other wild feats much quicker—since you have less of a barrier to get across. witches, albeit humans with a genetic history of a thinner barrier, or with non-human ancestry, are somewhere in between, allowing for a somewhat stable body and non-core magic use (harnessing the magic from the world outside of your body—ex. potions, runes). due to this, they’re seen as making pacts with a “demon” (essentially an enderian. fun fact, the demon warlock is one) and are typically shunned or burned. because we can’t have nice things, obviously.

up to change : however, material weapons do less damage to a magical body as they can kinda just. disintegrate once they touch the blood. same goes for magical weapons, as the core is more resistant to change and the person has a material body to fall back on.

magic stuff hopefully coming later today. be warned: it is convoluted and will probably make no sense until a week after when i summarize it once again

think it’s a good time to warn you all that this au/rewrite has existed for a long time, but primarily in my head/not written down . all my written stuff is from 2021-2022, and, well, it’s all kinda old . and therefore, confusing and generally messy/disorganized.

so everything here is subject to change, and sadly this might get a little messier than i’d like.

but that’s what the toyhouse world is for! there, things can be digestible and clean so you don’t lose your mind reading my insane scribbles. though you probably will anyways.

anyways back to bed for me. see you later at like 1 pm EST

also—find it good to note i’m attempting to connect mystreet and mcd. currently rewatching the latter! aaron is SO incredibly edgy and his dialogue is the funniest fucking thing ever . every time he talks it’s just .

anyways iyo out . rest well , dream of fruity pathetic blocks with religious guilt

Random MCD Headcanons that have nothing to do with anything (Part 5???)

Sorry I haven't made any real posts in forever. My drawing phone broke and college has been a bitch so i haven't really gotten the chance to make anything (though I finally made some more progress on the next chapter of my rewrite). In any case, please accept this next installment of head canons I wrote like 10 months ago and completely forgot about in lieu of anything that requires actual talent. Love y'all:

Laurance lost an incisor tooth in a fistfight when he was 19

When he got turned into a shadowknight it grew back, now he purposefully goes out of his way to loose teeth just cause he knows he can grow back an unlimited supply

Hayden has a cat named Bog Butter. He’s the color of butter and he found him in the bog. 

Vylad’s favorite vegetable is avocado

There are three major guard academies in Ru’aun: one in O’Khasis, one in Scaleswind, and one in Bright Port. 

Bright Port’s is the largest and most well known

O’Khasis’ is the most prestigious

Scaleswind’s academy is the most difficult

The bare minimum age to join is 14, though most people join between 16-19

Every guard must have a minimum of 2 years training to earn the actual title of Guard, however to serve in O’Khasis you need a minimum of 4 and for Scaleswind a minimum of 5. 

Part of that training includes apprenticeship, so they do get some in-field experience with their mentors (think unpaid intern)

Technically you can train for up to 8 years, however most people only train for 2-5.

Garroth was in academy for 3-4 (although to be fair he had been trained in sword fighting since he was like 9)

Laurance went for 5 years and Dante went for 6 ½ 

Dante lied about his age when he enlisted though

He was barely thirteen

Both went to the Bright Port Academy however they were in different divisions at different times since Dante is younger, so they really only saw each other in passing and never actually talked to one another

The only personal interaction they ever had was one time at the academy Laurance was trying to get back to his dorm after a night of copious drinking and partying and could barely walk out the front door of the bar. Dante (who was pretty tipsy himself) ended up half-carrying back to Laurance’s dorm before going back to his own. Neither of them remember this. 

Katelyn’s two older brothers’ names are Kaj and Khareem

Khareem is the oldest, then Kaj, then Katelyn, then Kacey

Occasionally, when he is absolutely, positively, 100% sure he is alone, Zane will sing to himself sometimes

Dante once did a Zane impression in front of everyone and Garroth got so freaked out by how realistic it sounded he made Dante swear he’d never do that voice around him again. 

The worst argument Kenmur and Emmalyn ever had during their marriage was whether their system was heliocentric or geocentric (Kenmur argued the former and Emmalyn argued the latter)

In most colleges across Ru’Aun, there is usually some statue of Enki that students will leave offerings to before their big exams

Offerings vary, but it’s usually something like food, money, trinkets, or paper. It varies on how important the exam/how desperate the students are

Kenmur went to one of these colleges for a few years

One time he fell asleep the night before his final exam and he woke up like an hour before his exam was supposed to take place and in a fit of panic he dumped his entire wallet in front of the statue. He passed with flying colors.

One time at the Narhakan college someone left a life-sized horse statue made out of gold. No one has any idea where it came from or who left it. It’s become kind of an urban legend among all the colleges

Zenix never learned how to read and by god he isn’t about to wimp out now

Garroth tried to teach him once and it… did not go well

Let’s just say Garroth still owes Emmalyn a book from that incident. And a new table. 

Zianna came from the same region that Esmund was native to

Katelyn absolutely despises the feeling of sand in her shoes

Dmitri and Nekoette raided the Bright Port guard academy kitchen the first night they got sworn in

Dmitri also had to go to the infirmary after getting shot in the arm by one of Nekoette’s loose arrows

Laurance can play the piano and used to play it at some of the taverns in Meteli

Levin and Malachi both know a good bit of Elvish thanks to spending so much time in Yggdrasil

They switch to Elvish for the majority of their arguments

HI HELLO MY AU REVOLVES AROUND THIS

not sure about our canon characters changing yet since the newer species are in diff regions, but . i’ve got 7 other regions / continents to explore that are packed with new cultures and species

a few to note , which i’ll be expanding on later + showing more in a post i’m working on :

lago

dragons (wyla and eirou, thinking of combing them because the divide of western and eastern dragons seems.. kinda iffy?)

bird people

enderians and endermen

siren

wisps / spirits (think different from ghosts, more of protectors or guardians of an area)

wither skeletons + piglin

and a few others i can’t think of rn

i think people should start making aphverse characters non canon creatures like make someone part enderman or a rabbit hybrid or even a full on robot

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help me . does anyone have colour refs for mcd and mystreet characters

i KNOW there’s an account out there that has them but i lost it last night and . now it’s gone. lost to the winds. i’m heartbroken

Aphmau Rewriter TRY NOT TO challenge: IMPOSSIBLE

Call your story or one of your chapters something like “Rebirth” “Reborn” or anything to do with reincarnation

Use canon ships only and don’t add any ship fulfillment this includes, Garrence, Garmau, Laurmau, etc.

Give characters more animal like traits, furry feet’s and arms, antlers, horns, large teeth.

trauma dumping and projecting onto the characters.

introducing : iyo

hi! i thought i’d put this here too just for a nice little pinned post. below will be extra links i’ll update this post with of anything you might want to check out about this au!

also, i have a toyhouse world for said rewrite, and while it’s currently bare bones, i implore you to look at it when it’s not!

lastly, check out my main account, @iyokko ! more info about me is on the introduction there.

links

sites

toyhouse — will add when updated

main blog — @iyokko

resources

to be added soon!

posts

tba

my old map from 2022-2023!! i’ll hopefully be updating this and . giving the regions actual names since the current ones are not that great

but thought i’d post this just to kick it off

sup! will start to use this now i realize i keep answering questions on the other blog

also, while i’m here, if there are any active mcd/aphmau/myst discord servers aphblr is in (or just in general) i’d love a link! or any accounts you’d suggest following for rewrites + resources

Sermon by Moonlight

fun fact this design is based on a zane cosplay I never quite finished so this design is actually one of my most practical designs because I actually had to make it first, and yes those pointed edges and seams were hell but entirely possible

I have commissions and half priced Arcane commissions open right now so DM me if you want more info!

The best artwork I have ever seen. I seriously can not hype this up enough. take a look a weep with me! 

Art: Scrimshaw

Title: Scrimshaw Creator: Anonymous Prompt: #267 Career Theme: Draco - Lighthouse Keeper | Harry - Lighthouse Keeper Rating: Mature Warnings/Content Notes: Horror, Dark, Blood, MCD Summary: scrim·shaw verb adorn (whalebone, ivory, shells, or other materials) with carved or colored designs. Art Medium: Digital watercolor and ink Creator’s Notes: Huge thanks to my alpha and beta team: O and B for helping me craft the script into a wonderfully ambiguous and creepy story, and to K, Z, O, and S for your help with the artistic elements. I honestly couldn’t have done it without all of you (just no more animations 😂) Thank you to the wonderful Fan Fair mods for their patience and the extension. When I started working on the project, I didn’t expect it to get as big as it did. ( Scrimshaw )

in every universe aph’s boyfies r bisexual and they fawn over girls together as a couple bc aph is also bisexual :3

this applies to any male ____mau ship

YURI ATTACK ‼💥💥

can u tell Melcinda is my fav

i love all of them tho, also others that weren't on this page like Teonymau and mcd Katemau :3