Vil and his dad have the same smile 🥺

NEW TWST JP HOMETOWN EVENT - “Tapi Rouge in the Land of Pyroxene”

NEW CARDS - “Luxe Couture”

The event is set to begin in April along with “Masterchef: Rice Encounter” (featuring SR Azul and SR Ortho).

Also arriving later next month are SSR Vil (Birthday Platinum Jacket), SSR Ruggie (Birthday Platinum Jacket) and SSR Leona (Club Wear).

Hello hello pal 💜 Time passes but it seems I still have the same love for stupid anime boys.

no talk floydie angy

Overstimulated.

I personally think it's because silence isn't completely "Jade-like" from Floyd's perspective. We've learned that Jade can be pretty talkative and energetic on his own (he can even be more than a little violent) but when he's beside his more extroverted brother, of course he seems tame by comparison. So the Jade that Floyd knows is probably vastly different from the Jade we know.

That said, I think it's fun to imagine scenarios from the past like what you've mentioned! It's entirely possible they experienced trauma (because it's the ocean) and I think it's just as likely Floyd can't 100% trust his own twin (which in and of itself is Terrifying... because your twin should be the very first person you can trust).

Of course, I love complicated, contradictory relationships, so I choose to believe they care for each other with a wee amount of distrust.

See, I too am a woman. A running joke at my all-girl school was that anytime there was a boy on campus, news about him would spread like wild fire. Some of us said it was almost like we could smell him.

Floyd in Jade’s lab SR: You suddenly got all silent and froze and it scared me. What’s wrong?

Floyd in Playful Land event: It’s creepy when Jade is quiet…

Jade may be full of nonsense 90% of the time according to Floyd, but the twins (and Azul) are always chatty with each other, especially when sharing stories of their fun experiences, so to not have his brother talking to him must be unsettling.

Famously, Floyd’s unafraid of a lot of things.

But Jade’s silence seems to genuinely scare him.

Playful Land Groovies

Fellow Honest’s Unique Magic is revealed to be called “Life is Fun” (lit. “Rose-Tinted Dream). The chant for it is “C’mon, to the theater!”

This spell increases other people’s optimism and makes them feel “floaty.” He says that it encourages people to do what they normally wouldn’t without too much thought. In other words, it’s how he was able to make the boys dance on stage in front of an audience.

But “Life is Fun” has its drawbacks. It’s a weak spell and cannot work on everyone. For example, if someone just witnessed a traumatic event, he can’t easily lift their spirits in the moment, especially if their heart is against it. It also isn’t guaranteed to work on cautious people.

However, because it requires so little magical output, he can cast it multiple times in conversation without being noticed and without accumulating a lot of blot. He tells Ace he’s been casting it on the boys since earlier in the day and praises himself for supplementing his weak magic with strong charisma and negotiation skills.

Here is a brief clip of him casting it (with voice work):

You know… I wonder if Jade and Floyd’s parents are jewelers, or perhaps pawn shop owners (supposedly common professions to conceal mafia activity).

In Floyd’s Sui Sui vignette, he says his parents run several accessory shops along the shore and in his Platinum Jacket vignette he says his father has a lot of knowledge about rings. Floyd goes even further and says the area his parents’ shops are located in isn’t really safe for children (and pawn shops are sometimes associated with seedy business).

I think it would be interesting if their parents made the tweels their sturgeon scale earrings years after they won them in a fight, then gifted them before they went on land.

There’s a couple other instance where accessories come up: Platinum Jacket Floyd says he felt as if his moray eel ring was made for him when he put it on, and in general he says he loves to accessorize. He even gives Epel a uniquely designed watch as a birthday gift.

Whatever mama and papa Leech do, they definitely make A Lot of money.

Was scrolling through my old art from last year and realized I never posted Floyd discovering the joy of bubblegum

After translating, I choose to believe Jade and Floyd’s Platinum vignettes reveal their love attachment styles.

Jade takes his time gorging himself then leaves behind the bones, picked clean.

Floyd holds on tight, takes painful little nibbles, then keeps the scraps under his bed until they rot.

Meanwhile, Azul lets go of Nothing, but everything he keeps always has its purpose.

It’s ugly but it’s poetic and reminds me of merfolk myths saying they like to horde shiny and colorful objects.

Perhaps, in a way, Octa hordes each other.

Groovies for Jade and Floyd Platinum Jacket SSRs

Somebody call the sea police

Jade trying to force feed Floyd apple core flavored popcorn is my current life blood