Digimon Form Update: Meicrackmon
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nova_dergsWritten by Hortense
Or, more accurately, “Sometimes trying to figure out my identity is like trying to catch mist with a butterfly net 2 Electric Boogaloo.”
If you haven’t read my previous entry, don’t worry you don’t need to to understand what’s going on. But if you’d like to read it, it’s here.
Tldr; I am a digimon working on figuring out my evolutions. I’ve been able to fill in a lot of the gaps in the past year, but my ultimate level form has been very elusive.
I mentioned at the tail-end of my previous entry that I was kinsidering meicrackmon and also trying my claw at making a variant version.
Well, I’ve done just that.
Why make a variant at all?
Would it be too easy to just say I felt it was right? It’s the truth.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been trying out identifying as a meicrackmon. I pay attention when I have kin shifts on if it feels right to call myself one. If it matches my phantom body and self-perception. And I’ve been happy. I think it fits well! But, there’s definitely some adjustments I felt were necessary to make from the canon depiction to make this a comfortable expression of the form for me.
And this is the variant version I’ve created. (Labelling it as the ‘desert variant’ for rn)
Major differences between the two include:
My original idea was to base the colors off of a sand cat. I might push the colors more into orange than they are above yet, but I'm done tinkering with it for now.
I always felt like the armor on the canon form looked kinda…glued on? So I adjusted to have more natural-looking (but still fantasy) armor. I choose the purple for the gems to match the color of the next evolution stage. A dark blue was also considered (but didn’t vibe with us) as well as a light pink which is reminiscent of another mega form we have - holydramon. Ultimately, purple won out.
I removed the stinger on meicrackmon because that’s just how I felt my body should look – but I’d like to come up with a lore reason why it’s that way too. It seems like such a significant change! I'm thinking something about how this version is built more to cure/prevent venomous stings then inflict them??
My future plan is to make a variant version of raguelmon as well (wip name meirendmon) and use either Sekhmet or Mafdet as inspiration.
The wip name mei-rend-mon is a call back to our personal motto "Speak truth, render justice" and because rend can also relate to claws/slashing. I also like keeping the mei- part of the name consistent through the forms.
I'm kemetic, so that's the reason for adding in ancient Egyptian influences.
I used to work with Mafdet and she's cool. Her main deal is defeating the enemies of the pharaoh and defending Ra. While Sekhmet is more a loud manifestation of passion and vengeance, Mafdet is more silent and precise.
Sekhmet also has an association with medicine and Mafdet with protection from venomous animals.
Or, more accurately, “Sometimes trying to figure out my identity is like trying to catch mist with a butterfly net 2 Electric Boogaloo.”
If you haven’t read my previous entry, don’t worry you don’t need to to understand what’s going on. But if you’d like to read it, it’s here.
Tldr; I am a digimon working on figuring out my evolutions. I’ve been able to fill in a lot of the gaps in the past year, but my ultimate level form has been very elusive.
I mentioned at the tail-end of my previous entry that I was kinsidering meicrackmon and also trying my claw at making a variant version.
Well, I’ve done just that.
Why make a variant at all?
Would it be too easy to just say I felt it was right? It’s the truth.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been trying out identifying as a meicrackmon. I pay attention when I have kin shifts on if it feels right to call myself one. If it matches my phantom body and self-perception. And I’ve been happy. I think it fits well! But, there’s definitely some adjustments I felt were necessary to make from the canon depiction to make this a comfortable expression of the form for me.
Here is the canon meicrackmon:
And this is the variant version I’ve created. (Labelling it as the ‘desert variant’ for rn)
Major differences between the two include:
- Slightly different color scheme, more markings (more orange, less yellow)
- Less futuristic looking armor
- Loss of tail stinger
My original idea was to base the colors off of a sand cat. I might push the colors more into orange than they are above yet, but I'm done tinkering with it for now.
I always felt like the armor on the canon form looked kinda…glued on? So I adjusted to have more natural-looking (but still fantasy) armor. I choose the purple for the gems to match the color of the next evolution stage. A dark blue was also considered (but didn’t vibe with us) as well as a light pink which is reminiscent of another mega form we have - holydramon. Ultimately, purple won out.
I removed the stinger on meicrackmon because that’s just how I felt my body should look – but I’d like to come up with a lore reason why it’s that way too. It seems like such a significant change! I'm thinking something about how this version is built more to cure/prevent venomous stings then inflict them??
My future plan is to make a variant version of raguelmon as well (wip name meirendmon) and use either Sekhmet or Mafdet as inspiration.
The wip name mei-rend-mon is a call back to our personal motto "Speak truth, render justice" and because rend can also relate to claws/slashing. I also like keeping the mei- part of the name consistent through the forms.
I'm kemetic, so that's the reason for adding in ancient Egyptian influences.
I used to work with Mafdet and she's cool. Her main deal is defeating the enemies of the pharaoh and defending Ra. While Sekhmet is more a loud manifestation of passion and vengeance, Mafdet is more silent and precise.
Sekhmet also has an association with medicine and Mafdet with protection from venomous animals.