Got cheeky and wrote like one third of the next chapter in my fanfic in one sitting. Might repeat the sudden productivity. Might not. All I know is that the special interest is coming back full force
I’ve seen a lot of headcanons about Hermeaus Mora being octopus adjacent but I raise you. Basket starfish.
I did a kinda lacklustre drawing of the idea in my head
His tentacles always read more like tendrils to me, and he’s definitely more alien looking than an octopus. And also I feel like he latches himself tight onto the space he occupies like a basket star latching itself onto a coral.
Here’s a starfish almost looking like a coral itself
I just think the idea of him sticking onto the space he has influence over in such a visually parasitic way feels right. Basket stars are symbiotes more than parasites, but so is knowledge. Sometimes knowledge just feels parasitic. Mora is strange and sticky to me :}
Or, you know, the signs could be subliminal. Like the creeping and uncertain paranoia he worships. ARE you being watched? Has it just been a stressful day?
