Staff Litter 2023 Discussion Thread

[Koikee]

Oh hmmm questions.... Ok, here's one for ya!
Does it have lineart edits in this current stage?

Well.... answering this would make things too easy, wouldn't it?Though I guess if you absolutely need an answer, no.. but also, yes... does that help?

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Not a question, but another accusation.
- Lineart edits, not super heavy as of right now but the face is completely edited and it could always be a lot more edited into the adult stage
- Again, colored tag
(doesn't have a shortened tag like often used but . hey i'm being optimistic here)
Similar tag patterning to these pets Koikee did
- "Night 100%. How else would they get their time to shine?" They are certainly very shiny looking, from their hair to their eyes.
- Pink toes were said to not be in final stage, not pup, so I'm not ruling anything out here
- We know Koikee does pixel art (looking at this pups eyes and the sparkles) from their art shop
- Similar sparkles to this? And
Kind of an out there guess but . silly.

This is not my pup! Nice guess though uwu

[Aaron✦]

R u open to answering questions, or no?

I can answer a few more, sure

Ok, well here's a good one for you... Does it have lineart edits?
What color are it's eyes?
What animal would it represent?

Yep, i've seen all them hints!!

I don't think you mentioned any of the hints I'm talking about in your post... hmm

If you're talking about the ones on page 27... then yes, yes i did.
(90's kid, likes fantasy, uses all colors, does not have pps)

So that's a no tho?

[fluffystar]

I have a fun little question for any staff that want to answer.
If your pup was a Pokemon Gym Leader, what type(s) would they use?
You can use specific pokemon if you want.

She'd totally be a grass type!

Also, its monday! And as I promised, heres a hint!

θ Δ α ε ι ν

Have fun!

The triangle is an uppercase D, so I am assuming the name starts with a D. I propose Dianthe, or Διανθε, which means "divine flower". I'd like you to know I was looking at a list of greek baby names.

Yep, i've seen all them hints!!

I don't think you mentioned any of the hints I'm talking about in your post... hmm

If you're talking about the ones on page 27... then yes, yes i did.
(90's kid, likes fantasy, uses all colors, does not have pps)

So that's a no tho?

Perhaps Lacuna is referring to the fact that her pup is inspired by her 10th wedding anniversary?

Oh hmmm questions.... Ok, here's one for ya!
Does it have lineart edits in this current stage?

Well.... answering this would make things too easy, wouldn't it?Though I guess if you absolutely need an answer, no.. but also, yes... does that help?

A pup that technically does not have an edit made to the lineart is this pup:

Here are my reasons:
- Toes are not pink
...and that's about it. None of the other clues you've given us, Koikee, don't seem to correlate with this pup. You would need seasons for a plant and I'm sure you can't really travel much if you have a plant friend accompanying you. We're at a loss, Koikee, and this is the best we've got for now :p

I lied! The flower is glowing, aka shining, and Koikee said that night time is the best time for the pup to "shine". Now I have two pieces of evidence!

Edit: i double-posted by accident
Edit: added a Koikee guess
Edit: added more evidence

[Spaceinmyhead]

The triangle is an uppercase D, so I am assuming the name starts with a D. I propose Dianthe, or Διανθε, which means "divine flower". I'd like you to know I was looking at a list of greek baby names.

You're correct! Her name is Dianthe, which means "Flower of the Gods"! She loves her name, and she's so happy people have figured it out! She cant wait till you figure out who she is!

[Desmond]

My guess was denied by Desmond. Silly me making the assumption that if my eyes are pink and my toes are not as an adult, most likely I had the SAME colors as a child. But I guess as a newborn, eyes do look blue and may change colors as we get older, so I will give Desmond that. still not sure about how my nose color will change naturally, but what do I know. Obviously not much

So, since the eyes and nose colors really don’t matter anymore at this stage, my next guess is this pup



The tag is long and unedited, the tail is long, the ears are pointy, the pup has patterning but his 2015 & 2018 & 2022 pups had a lot more details, and Desmond has edited eyes in the past (2014). So it is possible that due to the way the hints are eluding to natural disasters as they pertain to the way humans react/prepare for them, more detailing was required to depict this in the pup. I was looking at the all yellow with the hockey arena design, but only because of the nose/toes details and not because of the design, but now I changed my mind with Desmond’s clarification.

Here are the images of the previous staff pups for references - 2015,2018, 2022, & 2014:



Another thing is Desmond does get his influences for his pup’s design form animals, so the patterning on this pu could have been designed after some animal in the wild, like this zebra born with spots instead of stripes, or a wildcat whose spots are more elongated,



So here is another guess for you to deny look at!

You lack such confidence in yourself. You did very well. Very good job. 💜

[skyegawla]

I have a couple far-fetched guesses that maybe disagree with the other guesses put forth on discord...
I wanna throw out this one as Space's

technically, flower = edit
uses all colors
toes & eyes aren't pink, but they did specify final stage, which makes me think they could change
nose is purple (magenta? idrk but close enough for me)
grew day 4

Since Dianthe was confirmed, I think the glowing flower fits well with the name
daytime, warm weather, spring, rain, likes fruits, simple life, likes cloudwatching, seems nature based
it was noted they have a bee friend, and that their representative animal would be a butterfly, which are both pollinators

ALSO, unrelated to my Space guess, I think Koikee's pupper is based on the moon.
loves night, "How else would they get their time to shine?": Moon only visible at night
doesn't need wings: moon floats, but doesn't need wings
loves traveling: moon is always moving ; also specifically mentions the universe
and finally, the only stamp currently in Koikee's collection is one that says "The Moon"

I still don't know which pupper might be Koi's (unless it's the fishy one bc moon, tides, ocean + moon is made of cheese), but I wanted to put this out here so that maybe someone else can figure something out

[Pallastronomy]

The triangle is an uppercase D, so I am assuming the name starts with a D. I propose Dianthe, or Διανθε, which means "divine flower". I'd like you to know I was looking at a list of greek baby names.

You're correct! Her name is Dianthe, which means "Flower of the Gods"! She loves her name, and she's so happy people have figured it out! She cant wait till you figure out who she is!

I’m gonna throw my own guess out here and say this is Dianthe
Eyes, nose, and toes all match the description, it uses the whole palette, and the little sprout on their back would be a lineart edit… maybe when they’re grown we’ll get to see the full flower?

[fluffystar]

The triangle is an uppercase D, so I am assuming the name starts with a D. I propose Dianthe, or Διανθε, which means "divine flower". I'd like you to know I was looking at a list of greek baby names.

You're correct! Her name is Dianthe, which means "Flower of the Gods"! She loves her name, and she's so happy people have figured it out! She cant wait till you figure out who she is!

I’m gonna throw my own guess out here and say this is Dianthe
Eyes, nose, and toes all match the description, it uses the whole palette, and the little sprout on their back would be a lineart edit… maybe when they’re grown we’ll get to see the full flower?

Catmother and I agree with you! The flower being a part of the pup's body makes a lot of sense. It would explain why the pup rises and falls with the sun and has a connection with the earth.

[Koikee]

A pup that technically does not have an edit made to the lineart is this pup:

Here are my reasons:
- Toes are not pink
...and that's about it. None of the other clues you've given us, Koikee, don't seem to correlate with this pup. You would need seasons for a plant and I'm sure you can't really travel much if you have a plant friend accompanying you. We're at a loss, Koikee, and this is the best we've got for now :p

I lied! The flower is glowing, aka shining, and Koikee said that night time is the best time for the pup to "shine". Now I have two pieces of evidence!

Edit: i double-posted by accident :(
Edit: added a Koikee guess
Edit: added more evidence

This is not my pup, sorry!

I suppose I will clarify, my dog will still be at its current stage when it grows :p

[fluffystar]

Hello, you! Do you belong to Solloby? It sure looks like you do, with your swirls, wings, and stubby tail!