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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl

@inscrutableowl.bsky.social
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Jackie | they/them | 30s I draw, I write, and I sometimes try out other stuff like game dev or woodcarving. inscrutablegreathornedowl on Tumblr

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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 1h
Iron Lung was made by someone who makes things for the internet, based on a game by someone who makes things for the internet. feel like there's something there abt being by yourself in your room interacting w the outside world through data, & in the end you just hope someone finds what you made
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 6h
new epistolary storytelling format: piecing together the plot of a fanfic solely from its spam comments
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 6h
oh another free ad for my story. what does it even mean? read here :3 archiveofourown.org/works/915559...
An AO3 scam comment, with identifying details censored. It reads: 

This poignant exploration of Venigni’s staggering hubris, devastating vulnerability and quiet acceptance of his human flaws is an absolute masterpiece of character depth, brilliantly weaving Lies of P lore with a deeply moving psychological portrait. How will Venigni’s hard-earned realization about the limits of parallel perfection shift his dynamic with the companions who actually chose to stand by him as they fight to escape the Abbey? And one more thing... As I continued reading and got deeper into the story I realized that I was actually really having a good time with it. It was easy to imagine things in my head and some parts were just really the kind of thing that I think would be great on a comic page. Disc: [Redacted] Inst: [Redacted] If you ever actually wanted to put it up in a different format I would be more than happy to give one a go and go over every single part of the story in detail with you. I actually really enjoyed reading this.
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 7h
I posted chapters 15 and 16! I think the story will wind back to them getting inside the Abbey by chapter 19, and after that I think I'll try switching focus back to Sly Dogs for a bit.
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ska-i @ska-i.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Commission 🌸
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
oh bother #IronLung
Digital art drawings of Winnie the Pooh in scenarios from Iron Lung. In this version, it's an ocean of honey instead of an ocean of blood.
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Athanaca @athanaca.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
New cat on: Earth Online!✨🐾 #Tilcayo #NewSpecies #Wildlife #AnimalArt #Illustration
Illustration of the newly named specie Tilcayo
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
chapter 14 of Harmony Engineer archiveofourown.org/works/915559... tfw the villain is like 'behold the UGLINESS of a person's TRUE NATURE, in this survival situation, where you can't hide behind SOCIETY and PRETEND you have morals' etc etc but then all he does is make someone cry & frankly feel bad
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Norevasyl @norevasyl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fox in a dress
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I think I'll write Harmony Engineer for 6 more chapters, up to the point where they get inside the Abbey, & then check out the Sly Dogs WIP and see if I can get to the end of part 1 or at least post another chapter. I've written a lot this week! I have those 6 chapters drafted, at least partly!
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
bleh I feel behind on my fics. but nevertheless there is not and never will be a fan fiction deadline 😅 I just impatiently want a good-sized ao3 catalogue. & the satisfaction of finishing a longfic. & to write everything down before the sequel makes all of my hcs Wonders of Obsolete 😅
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
you don't have to change
A digital art drawing of Clark and Mary from The Backrooms in an impossible indoor setting. Clark is closing a door, and Mary is crawling through a window. Underneath them are signs that say 'You don't have to change.' The drawing is chopped up and distorted.
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I think ☝️ that if Venigni ever found out that mysterious, ethereal, blue-haired immortals walked among humanity & were monitoring his very city in secret for unknown purposes. he would try to flirt with them
A digital art drawing of Venigni and Paracelsus from Lies of P. Venigni has taken the phone from Paracelsus, and he's leaning on a counter as he's talking on the phone and looking dreamy. Paracelsus looks shocked, and he still has his hand raised like he was just holding the phone moments ago.
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BAKER @fuckyoubaker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
MUCH RESPECT TO PEOPLE NICER THAN ME
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Long_Painter @longpainter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
6”x6” Oil on cradled wood panel
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Skia @rfskia.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Starling 💫
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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 08/09/2026
Flat illustration of a Common Loon wading through black water- white mono-line ripples silhouette their body
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Malky @themalky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I drew the new weird cat
Cutesy drawing of a Leopardus tilcayo loafing with its tongue poking out. A short phrase in spanish wraps around its back: un michi tilcayo! (a tilcayo kitty!)
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m͖͙̗͎̄̃̒͋̇e̊͒͊̆̉͑ͅw̭͙͕͈̝͖̟͛̐̅̑̑̊🐈 @ooopiwowoe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
new creature discovered
loafing tilcayo
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VOLINFER 𓅃 @volinfer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
PIERCE 🏹 f/ @gveanel.bsky.social
Character Design © Gveanel
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
posted chapters 12 and 13!
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MAF @velnna.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🌑
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I'm on playthrough 4 of Lies of P bc I got the 'best' ending the first time but didn't! get! the trophy! bc the game was like 'want to do NG+' and I'm like 'surely you wouldn't ask me this if there was content after the credits' (there was content after the credits). so I've gotta go back for it
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I made up a character for a Lies of P fic & named her Enrica. She's an artist from the Malum District (an art forger tbh). I just found out that the artist behind a common/enduring drawing of OG Pinocchio is named Enrico. what a happy accident... or um, clever & intentional reference :P
A screenshot from Wikipedia showing a classic illustration of Pinocchio by Enrico Mazzanti
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Rougeist ✨️ @rougeist.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Think I might do a redraw of this once the game releases 👀
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
either I get more cool lore & screen time for a character I love, or everything I love abt him becomes so removed from who he actually is, as someone else's character, that I was tricked into making my own character this whole time. & now I get a character to polish up & repurpose. 2 paths i guess!
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
all that being said, I'm not going to stay with the series if they write Paracelsus as a Simon Manus type villain who's only in the story to defeat so the hero can protect all the worthy characters. & I'm not gonna fight him if he's a boss fight that represents killing him & not just defeating him.
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
that is to say, he's very quick to put the emphasis on the thing that he can do for someone, & make himself 'the man behind the curtain', unimportant, not interesting. which is to say that this kind of thing could be vibe foreshadowing for the next game, where he will feature prominently(?)
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
if Paracelsus wrote the letter to Antonia abt getting the gold coin fruit tree w the hotel in Overture, he was like "eh you don't want to hear me ramble, let's talk business." & he gives P the cube as a down payment on gold coin fruit, making things transactional right away.
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I wouldn't go so far as to theorize that Paracelsus is THE wizard of Oz (could be I suppose), but they operate in similar ways. they want you to see them as a miracle worker, & they are actually quite vulnerable (assuming Paracelsus is in real danger, he is so so scared for his life the whole time)
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
so yeah going off of (checks notes) a 3 word title & absolutely no other new information, the next game could continue the commentary on lying to ask what happens when the lying is actually bad & your courageous act of humanity is to be true to yourself
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
If you think of a type of lying where you're doing a bunch of smoke & mirrors bullshit to appear grand, & if you call that type of lie a Wonder, Wonders of O also means Lies of O
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
the 'Wonder' part of the phrase 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' is a lie 🤔 the wizard himself has no real power. The characters start the story believing in Wonder, and they end the story believing in themselves. ties into lying and the value of your own humanity for sure 🤔
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Wizard of Oz has themes about like. home, and also that you are exactly who you need to be all along (the actually brave lion wanting to be less cowardly, the actually empathetic tin man wanting a heart, Dorothy wanting to go home when she could the whole time) 🤔
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The idea that lying is part of being human is nuanced and inherently controversial. Theres a conversation there. I'm so curious about what the 'conversation' is for the next one. Wonder isn't controversial, but it is subjective. The world of Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer is wondrous but terrifying
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
& lying isn't an uplifting vibe by itself, but "Lies of Humanity" (a double meaning for "Lies of P" in Korean) does have an uplifting vibe. If Wonder in the title means wonder as a theme for the work, I like the 'positive (amid the grotesque)' throughline
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I like the tone that the title sets for Wonders of O. Seeing all the blood death & zombies the first game had & assuming the devs won't make a major departure with tone, & considering that Oz has its dangers in the original books, I'd guess a 'wonder' is a wonder like, grotesque/haunting/beautiful
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Wonders of O let's go! 👀 www.reddit.com/r/LiesOfP/co...
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Evelyne Park @evelynepark.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Architecture studies: Watercolours first, ink lines second... which turns out to be a great way to go from large shapes to details for my brain.
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I'm Uni :3 @unicouniuni3.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
← 6 years old   3 months old →
A black-and-white cat lies on his back on a bedA three-month-old black-and-white kitten lies on his back on a bed
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Taterbunny @taterbunny.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Commission for Nau! Memorial pieces are always such an honor to create. Run free, sweet girl. ❤️ #sculpture #art #dog
Realistic polymer clay sculpture of a dog running on beach sand, side view.Realistic polymer clay sculpture of a dog running on beach sand, front view.Realistic polymer clay sculpture of a dog running on beach sand, side view.Realistic polymer clay sculpture of a dog running on beach sand, back view.
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puttisx @puttisx.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
ghosts #oc #art
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Debjit Dutta @debjitduttaart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"Mountain" Painting study
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Cover art for my Lies of P fic, The Harmony Engineer archiveofourown.org/works/915559... Arlecchino draws Venigni into a dangerous game that pits him against others from Krat, to answer one question: will Venigni become a Blood Artist too? But Venigni is not an artist, and blood is not his medium.
A cover for my Lies of P fanfiction, The Harmony Engineer. Venigni is smiling bravely and giving a thumbs up as he and Paracelsus are pulled together by a snake circling their necks & swallowing its own tail. Paracelsus looks terrified. Behind them, Romeo looks blank, and Lea looks furious. Behind them, Arlechino holds Carlo by the hair and smiles wickedly. Carlo is limp, and there are blood red puppet strings holding him up. The title is in the center in red.
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"a deer is a creature of fear" and Nero so consistently taking that personally 😆
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
ahaha I knew it wouldn't be a oneshot but my secondary WIP just keeps growing (11 chapters now) archiveofourown.org/works/915559... might write Harmony to the end or alternate bw Harmony and Sly Dogs 🤔 I'll give it a few more weeks & see how close I can get to the finish line of Harmony
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The Harmony Engineer - Chapter 1 - InscrutableGreatHornedOwl - Lies of P (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
watching them out the window, putting their little wasp faces up to the glass bc they yearn for the inside. like I am an eldritch being to you, bud. I have a college degree and a Subaru. you have a stinger on your butt. don't even think about it
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
notice to all bees. do not my apartment. and especially not two of you. wtf, thanks
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InscrutableGreatHornedOwl @inscrutableowl.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
chapter 8 is posted!
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