u/JoJomusk

Its in my native language, but i'll transcribe it dont worry

Anyway, the first combatant is a cursed spirit based on the "Aka Manto", the japanese folklore tale of a ghost that offers hiegenic paper. If you chose the blue paper he strangles you, if you pick the red paper he dismembers you.

The second combatant is my OC, he's a user of projection sorcery who sucks at using his own technique. Through binding vows he made thr 5-headed bird shikigami, it has no technique imbued

The third combatant is Ryuji, he uses a technique that summons chess pieces as shikigami. Along side him, the "knight" piece who wields an electric spear

Whenever i see technique ideas that involve shikigami, as well as discussions about shikigami, they miss one of two things, and its important to bring attention to it.

The first thing is more important because its very fun and people forget: Shikigami can have two separate origins. A shikigami can be born from a cursed technique, like Rika, the ten shadows, death swarm and Kuroushi's, but they can also be created by regular innate sorcery. Junpei's shikigami is not a part of his technique - its a shikigami he created when taught by Mahito. Because it is his shikigami, it can be used as an extention of said technique, but its not born out of it. We dont know if Garuda is the same, but it could be.

the second thing is a bit boring, but: a shikigami needs an intermediary, a medium, a talisman. Shikigami are a real part of japanese folklore, and just like in the myths, a shikigami needs to ""possess"" something. A sorcerer must imbue an object with the shikigami to give its form. The ten shadows use shadows as intermediary. Rika uses the ring. Even Junpei, in an extra page, Gege explained he uses his own hair. A shikigami cant be created out of thin air.

The example above is specifically relevant because the sorcerer managed to deduce Geto's techniques using the simple fact he doesnt use talismans. The idea of a shikigami with no talismans is unthinkeable. It must be cursed manipulation.

"Oh but what about Dagon's?" Its not confirmed, but since he needs the domain to create them, i figure its something simmilar to ten shadows where he uses the water for it.

Back on the main point, that is the reason why i believe many cursed techniques could use a shikigami, in the sence that: Choso's Blood manipulation creates poisonous blood, no? He could use his blood as an intermediary to create a shikigami that excretes blood. Its not part of his technique, but it can be used as an extention of it, like Junpei and possibly Yuki/Dagon. Even techniques that dont create an intermediary can still be usefull with one - imagine if Todou created a shikigami that could clap, allowing him to use boogie woogie without even clapping his own hands.

Shikigami are a lot more fun that the community realises, really.

i named the survivours based on characters from the show (the city is named The Cacoon, with THEMIGHTYMONARCH in it), and Billy just got his eyepatch

The original post didnt feature the abuser, so i drew Andrew Tate.

He's just removing his clothes idk what to tell you

Was rewatching Picollo vs Frieza 2nd form, and for a moment my eyes tricked me. Obviously i had to turn my delusion into an actuall drawing

Frieza wearing the Picollo fit.

Gigi can only exist as long as people remember her. As a result, she lives in a constant state of attention seeking. Starting as small pranks like tying shoelaces and escalating on random amounts, she insists on the same person until said person gives a strong reaction.

Either fortunatelly or unfortunatelly, your OC has become the current target. How far does she have to go and how does your OC respond?

She has normal human stats, except for great pain tolerance and the ability to remain alive and existing as long as her memory is alive in people's mind. Basically, every person who remembers her is a "savepoint" she can comeback to, even if erased from existence.

After getting a reaction, she might ragebait your OC a little more, but mostly she will attempt to leave and find more people elsewhere.

She is not necessarilly malicious, but has no moral compass and will cross any line to remain alive, and that does include hate crimes if she has to

In mu setting, strengh is directly tied to your self image and self discovery, because magic comes from the soul. Howhever, not everyone knows this, and the changes only become visible once a person becomes truly strong.

as such, i have to first ask myself if a character would know about this property of magic, and then how they use it, or if they even have the materials and power to make their own clothes. Sometimes i even subvert it a little

Elanir, a noble since birth who has a very dramatic personality, has both the means and the knowledge to make her own dresses for different ocasions.

Twart, her husband, comes from a military familly, and while he doesnt want to be strong, he has to keep a reputation. He knows how the magic system works and has to look menacing. wich is why he just wear roubes and armour, trying to look like he has some crazy ass powers while having basically none.

Militarized kingdoms such as Thoradil will use heavy propaganda and media control to control the self image of their military iniciates, making then see themselves as part of something much bigger and to fight and die for their nation, thus allowing a simple soldier uniform to have effect while being cost effective. A soldier who shows too much individuality will be often tested, and if they prove that they know themselves enough to chose their own clothes they might, but most are just whipped into uniformity.

In battlefields, soldiers will generally ignore targets who stand out, focusing only those in uniform, specifically because they tend to be stronger. Howhever, this can bite them back when the soldier who stands out has been *allowed* to stand out.

Theres one scene from the "Leviatan" book where the hivemind gives a servitor his conscience back so that it will cooperate with them. I just applied the same concept.