Staff Litter 2022 Discussion Thread

[Avianahelena]

I love it, kiro,,. My bets are on you being right.

@Hades, catmother456, or any other discord sleuths: has anyone been able to gain some insight on what Raire's "dragonfly" hint means?

[godsdog]

does anyone have a list of all the pup names we've gotten so far? :o i want to have all my staff pups named but keeping up with the thread is a bit difficult atm haha. thank you in advance!!

[catmother456]

I love it, kiro,,. My bets are on you being right.

@Hades, catmother456, or any other discord sleuths: has anyone been able to gain some insight on what Raire's "dragonfly" hint means?

Not yet. We are still trying to figure it out completely. We think Raire’s pup may transform into a dragonfly.

I took another guess as a possible pup and picked this one



The reasoning -
Could be dreaming about flying
Not a lot of details in the pup to give away it’s future growth
Edited tag
May have purple eyes when they open
Has a line edit with closed eyes
Has a long tail like the other pup stages of Raire’s past pups

But we are still stumped

does anyone have a list of all the pup names we've gotten so far? i want to have all my staff pups named but keeping up with the thread is a bit difficult atm haha. thank you in advance!!

Here is the list of names so far

[Aaron✦]

Aaron's dog has purple eyes. Its favourite birds are wrens. It enjoys gardening. It wishes it could fly. It likes circles/teardrop shapes. It comes from dreams. It would be either friends or enemies with Flower. It would choose to visit Maridun. It resonates with summer, prefers sunny weather, and has a red aura. It's an Aquarius. It believes in the supernatural and has symbolic meanings.

Its friends that have been identified so far:

Pups with spots, flowers, wings, sky themes.


Raire's hints are largely the same, but as far as I remember, Aaron's not mentioned dragonflies and Raire's not mentioned wrens.
Could that be significant?


Wrens are a common, plain brown bird with a loud, vibrant song. They are associated with spring, rebirth, and immortality. They also notably symbolise the arts, especially songwriting and other written works.
Maridun is a "temperate and verdant" planet, so this probably ties in with the general love of green and growing things.
Aquarians tend to be lateral thinkers, optimistic, resourceful. Aquarius is an air sign. Its birthstones are amethyst and garnet (both stones with colours that fit into this year's palette, by the way).
The Cat and Venus has a theme of nature overcoming nurture, of creatures being happiest when they act according to their true nature. Raire also referenced Dig A Little Bit Deeper, which also has themes of settling into oneself and figuring out one's true needs as a result.


My guesses for Aaron:

(At the risk of being trolled again...) It's nature themed, has the pixel diamond and a coloured tag, and has line edits--Aaron is a lot more prone to line edits in the pup stage than is Raire.


Also has a coloured tag, and the eyes could honestly be either garnets or insect eyes (dragonfly? does that hint definitely refer to Raire's outcome, or could it point to Aaron's instead?)

You put so much work into this, I'll go ahead and deny both! Lovely work gang. Don't be discouraged though, you're getting our vibes spot on

[catmother456]

We were going back and forth trying to figure out Raire’s pup, which seems to be harder to do than figuring out he hints, and raire made a couple of comments -

“had to keep my mouth shut the whole time, but many staff members used pixel sparkles in the past haha”

and also

“to be fair, a few of them will only be obvious once you see the adult”
“i don't expect anybody to get everything”

We thought you might like to know.

[Raire]

We were going back and forth trying to figure out Raire’s pup, which seems to be harder to do than figuring out he hints, and raire made a couple of comments -

“had to keep my mouth shut the whole time, but many staff members used pixel sparkles in the past haha”

and also

“to be fair, a few of them will only be obvious once you see the adult”
“i don't expect anybody to get everything”

We thought you might like to know.

The first one was due to Aaron denying plant & shroom pup, which many guessed as being his due to the pixel sparkles.
The second/third quotes were in regards to hints in general, so nothing surprising really.

[Avianahelena]

You put so much work into this, I'll go ahead and deny both! Lovely work gang. Don't be discouraged though, you're getting our vibes spot on

Thanks! A denial is still progress!



I've been looking through the archives and I'm actually starting to think this pup:

Is xem's.
Why? Because stripes.


This one:

Sixbane. Closed eyes seem to be a real trend with them, and the tag is consistent with their style too.



I also wanted to make a guess for this cute troll puppy. I kind of suspect Doglike, but couldn't say why.

[GreatWhiteDragon_1]

SICK

You caused me to die! I'm playing World of Warcraft atm. What pup did that one come from?!

[Alyssa99]

Currently screaming bc tonight’s pup OMGGGGGG

[rileypillow]

WOAH! I love this pet! Are they already claimed because if not I’ll guess EmberWolf, I’m on phone so looking at the hints is hard? I was so amazed by their design I almost accidentally logged out lol!