Hey all, its been a long time since I've been on Bell Tree ~ nice to be back!! I took part in the dream themed bell tree fair way back when, and then my switch got stolen and I lost my island and all my progress. The community here were fantastic and helped me a long but I ended up getting burnout trying to recreate my island the way it used to be before I lost it.
SO, I ended up starting over very recently!
My new island is called Kindlewick Isle! My idea behind it is sort of a mix... If you have ever played cozy grove, it has some of the vibes from that! Basically, I like to think my island is an island of mostly spirit villagers. I don't want to say the theme will be pure witch-core, because I want it to have my own spin. But it sort of takes the various mythologies behind will-o'-the-wisps and pops them on an island.
In my head canon, the island will celebrate the summer solstace with a huge festival focused around the day, the fireflies, and lanterns. Floating lights are the vibe in this town! But in addition to that, I do want their to be a sort of overgrown, spirit inhabitant vibe, sort of like cozy grove. (Where lanterns are used to bring back colour and memory to the villagers).
I do love Japanese paper lanterns and colours, as well as the inari spirit theme, but I want to sort of fusion that with witch-core, and then strip both of these themes back a bit as I don't want the island to be overtly Japanese or witch themed.
So I'm trying to figure out my villager lineup for the new island and I could really use some help as it sometimes feels a little mixed up.
Definite villagers are;
I could use some ideas! I could do with a few more male/androgenous characters if you have any ideas, and I think any characters you can think of that might give a spirity feel. Equally any character you always thought gave you the impression they're dead even if they don't look it, could work well! Happy to head-canon something for the right fit and a cute villager.
SO, I ended up starting over very recently!
My new island is called Kindlewick Isle! My idea behind it is sort of a mix... If you have ever played cozy grove, it has some of the vibes from that! Basically, I like to think my island is an island of mostly spirit villagers. I don't want to say the theme will be pure witch-core, because I want it to have my own spin. But it sort of takes the various mythologies behind will-o'-the-wisps and pops them on an island.
In my head canon, the island will celebrate the summer solstace with a huge festival focused around the day, the fireflies, and lanterns. Floating lights are the vibe in this town! But in addition to that, I do want their to be a sort of overgrown, spirit inhabitant vibe, sort of like cozy grove. (Where lanterns are used to bring back colour and memory to the villagers).
I do love Japanese paper lanterns and colours, as well as the inari spirit theme, but I want to sort of fusion that with witch-core, and then strip both of these themes back a bit as I don't want the island to be overtly Japanese or witch themed.
So I'm trying to figure out my villager lineup for the new island and I could really use some help as it sometimes feels a little mixed up.
Definite villagers are;
- Lucky (I mean he's a dead dog with a glowing eye, he's perfect)
- Shino (Her design is very inari spirit, also based on water deer, aka vampire deer)
- Coco (basically a possessed ancient totem)
- Diva (she has an altar in her house, she's out to summon SOMETHING and she's the closest vibe I get of someone who wants to live amongst spirits... as close to Katrina as I can get in my town).
- Stitches (posessed teddy bear, love the lore ideas behind an abandoned toy)
- Ione (I think it's mostly because she actually glows, which gives her a ghostly/ethereal sort of vibe, which works well for my island theme)
- Ruby (also kinda looks dead and spooky. Her lore is related to the moon, which gives me spirit vibes)
- Ankah (I've never been all the aboard the ankah train, but in this case it may have potential. I'm not keen on there being an overly Egyptian theme to my villagers, which could happen when pairing her with Lucky and Diva... but sarcophagi contain the dead, her symbol is the symbol of life, she gives kiiiinda maybe witchy vibes)
- Chief (basically a fox, so I wanna give him a Japanese redesign. No idea why they thought he'd fit the graffiti aesthetic tbh)
I could use some ideas! I could do with a few more male/androgenous characters if you have any ideas, and I think any characters you can think of that might give a spirity feel. Equally any character you always thought gave you the impression they're dead even if they don't look it, could work well! Happy to head-canon something for the right fit and a cute villager.
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