Welcome to Vesper of the Week!

This is a bi-weekly event that allows users in the community to talk about their vesper, as well as get art from folks within the community for a fluctuating fein price!
While we dont have a way of updating the daily fein on the website; our discord has it alongside a 'Stonks' ping!
Below you will be able to find the interveiw for this weeks vesper as well as the reference and rules for this event!

VOTW Rules + Form

https://forms.gle/2iPstQZVLFem8v8q8
The form for submitting your vesper!
Please note: The form opens every other Sunday at 12pm EST and will close the following Saturday at 12pm EST - This meaning they get reset bi-weekly RNG will be utilized through out picking from the pool of people and the person selected will receive the @Vesper of the Week tag [Server Only] for the week as well as be interviewed that Saturday!

1. You must use the form to qualify Keeble  is the one mainly running this event, they will not accept any dm's that have the information needed to submit your vesper 
2. You may only submit 1 (one) vesper per week This does not have to be your vesper but a lot of the interview questions are steered towards the characters information and the owners connection!
3. You may only submit 2 (two) art pieces per round This is set in place so you can not farm fein from this lil event. This event uses a fluctuating fein stock market that changes daily in ✦-votw-fein-market-status [Discord channel]
4. In order to qualify for the title again, you must give back You need to participate in giving art twice before you are able to qualify to get the VOTW title again! Just so people are able to get art as well
5. Bases, Sketched work and Monochrome pieces are not accepted These are rarely if ever accepted for prompts! This goes for this event as well.
6. If you submit in Server; you may still submit in the Gallery but you will receive no reward We are opening up VOTW to being an on-site and on-server sort of event! The Fein amounts for the day will be listed in the market status; we have no convenient way of displaying this on site so itll be what it iS  [ You can subit your VOTW entries on site via this Gallery ]

The Vesper of the Week

For the timeframe of october 30th-November 13th, The Vesper for these weeks will be that of Planchette!

Their Toyhouse
Their Masterlist

Ref & VOTW Image

This vesper belongs to Jestea, Design is by Keeble

Vesper of the Week; Interveiw

This interveiw was done between one of our oldest members; Jestea and Keeble! Please Enjoy :D

Keeble> Hello! Thank you for being the member for kicking off this bi-weekly event! Can you please introduce yourself and tell us why you picked this vesper?

Jestea> HehE! 
I'm v honored
I amm Beau! (He/Him) Well, my real name is Theo + I go by Beau and Tortle online as well, so any of those 3 work but I notice folks call me Beau a lot more in the vesp community so we'll go w/ that! 👌 I've been in the vesp community for over 4 yrs now i guESs. Folks probsbly know me well as Head Mod + Website Lead ;D I'm autistic! I type a lot,, a lot of times w/ emojis,, and a lot of swearing
And I would say art is my full time job at this point, very thankful for vespers making that happen really. And I'll stop there before this gets tOo long.
I think I ended up choosing Planchette becauseee on top of landing himself as being a primary mascot of mine, and probably one that will not be leaving any time soon, he is also the newest one! And I simp for him so yall shall simp too

Keeble> Im so glad that the design is so well loved, I know he has a mate that also comes from the Halloween gatcha :0? Bouncing off this; Can you tell us about your vesper, a short introduction?
Im glad ye are still kickin in the community; being one of our oldest members if not one of the first few! Its been a long time uvu!!

Jestea> Aye!!
I think I joined within like the 1st 3 months of Vespers being made. So its bEen a wHiLe lmao But ye!!
Planchette is little hard to describe, but the best way I can put it is rather snooty, very fashionable, dry deadpanned humor and reacts like comedically underwhelmed lmao
He does have 3 pet rats!! Which are all visually based on rats I own or have owned  
So they're v special to me  And they're aLl mENaCes (affectionate)
He iS shipped with the Slasher Film theme from the Halloween Gacha yis, named Jason! And together they're my horror comedy couple  Both are essentially parodies of horror movies! Planchette's whole demeanor is to parody ghost movies, just being that one person who does not believe in ghosts and doesn't react while actively being possessed by a ghost, yk? lmAo, even tho Planchette dOes believe in ghosts ;D He just,, doesnt react like he gives a shit. Mby I'll submit Jason for VOTW sometime in the future  but for now, ghost boy gets the sPotlight

Keeble> I love his general vibe so much, it fits the design and i love that he has a horror comedy ship :wellfuk:
You don't see a whole lot of those with characters! Hopefully we'll see some ship art during the next two weeks :0c
What are some of your favorite aspects of this characters design and/or story? How so?

Jestea> God I'll weep if they get ship art 
They're,, one of my fave ships to date. Ridiculous + oddly wholesome.

aS for the question  What don't I like abt Planchette's design I'm obsessed w/ the brown palette, all his colors compliment so wEll. So simple yet it doesnt feel like he's missing anything. Yes I changed his wing color, but I do that for aLl of my vesps lmao. Goth is one of my favorite outfit aesthetics and I've been dying for more ocs, especially vesps, who really use that aesthetic. But my favorite thing abt his design :kermitthonk: Has to be like his thigh markings, bc like his right side says Hello + his left side says Goodbye and when i notice that when I tell you i wEEped /pos

Story wise, I think it may actually be smth I havent touched on yet! There is a serious side to his story as well~ Planchette can see + hear ghosts without needing to be blind or deaf, and that is because when his egg was laid his mother was at the time heavily afflicted by a cursed item that gave her the ability to communicate through the veil, and it did drive her mad, but like shreds of those abilities passed on to Planchette. Part of his Done With It vibe is bc!! he's so used to cursed shit + ghosts since he was born, he's just unphased lmao. But I think that's my favorite thing abt his story bc it takes cursed items which are neat by itself, and delves into how curses affect families and bloodlines beyond the immediate change in behavior or physicality.

Keeble> You managed to answer the next few questions coming up! I wont ask about how long; as i know ye got em Sept 30th-Oct1st lmAO
But Man he is def a favorite of mine from the gatcha and im so glad you caught onto the detail of his thighs saying 'Hello' and 'Goodbye' One thing thatss not pictured on his ref however is that the 'Hello' is suppose to have a sun to mirror the moon :0! he is based off an actual Ouija board, i can shoot ye the inspo pic if yed like!
I adore the lil story details, hearing peoples thought on cursed items and exactly what they can do to a vesper and their lineage is quite amazing to see 
I can imagine growing up with what he has that he'd be rather unphased and quite use to seeing beyond the veil.
Onto the next!
What made you want this character?

Jestea> oOo
ye i wasnt sure abt that, i think the one time ive been able to doodle his right thigh, i did a moon as well? just like a glimpse but
I think what specifically made me want this kid Is exactly all the things I adore about his design. Helping you with traits on the Gacha, I mean I knew what kids were gonna be in the pool and there were sO many wicked designs but from the 1st moment Ouija Board/Planchette got finished, I knew he would be one of my favorites + that stayed throughout the rest of the designs. Once the Gacha was finished, I knew that out of what, like 90 smth designs? (i forgot already lmAO) Ouija Board was 1000% my favorite from the start

Keeble> I can honestly agree with ye there; Funnily enough Ouija was a theme that i lost the original design on; this was the second design! And honestly the design has been one of my favorites through-out all of the Gatcha from this past year! I still seriously appreciate the help that was given with the gatcha on the hand of traits; hella appreciated :wellfuk:
We have only a couple more questions to go; thank you for being patient with my spread out responses so f aR
The next question isss!
What does this character mean to you?

Jestea> Ofc!! Idm helping + it was quite enjoyAble, n uR fiNe
Funnily enough
it's more of Planchette's rats that mean a lot for me
Ofc I adore his design and story immensely, but it isnt terribly personally connected to me? I developed Planchette's humor off of mine a lot, and his style is always something I've envied and is something I hope one day I'd be able to pull off myself bc it is like my dream aesthetic.

But what rlly honed in on connection for me was when I decided to give him rats, and in a way connect him to pets I have now (Goblin + Ghosty are based off current rats I have, Tiny + Pooh) and one that I've lost (Ghoul is based off of the first rat I ever owned, who sadly passed years ago, named Claudia!).

And it's v sentimental to me to honestly see a character that I feel represents a style and confidence I aspire to have interactions + art with a pet that I had when I was at my most insecure in my sense of self, i was like a pre-teen when I had Claudia I'm almost 22 now lMAo. And that's what Planchette has come to mean to me, the new and aspirational meeting the gone, but not forgotten.
It's vEry sentimental yEs but tbh all my mascots + sonas usually have some super sentimental connection for whY theyre my most connected ocs lmao

Keeble> Aw
I remember you mentioning that the rats are based off rats you've had or currently have in your life now; i think that's one of the sweetest things you can do or give a character. It allows the memory of the pet to live on and give you more of a way to have closure/have interactions with a pet even after their passing. Its a nice thing to be sentimental over and a overall nice thing to help connect to a character.

I can understand envying a characters style and using them as an extension of 'I want to look or dress like this' as thats something ive given or done with my characters in the past [Side squints at the whole,, Victorian thing]
Sentimental characters are some of the best, now ill give you these questions as a whole as they go hand in hand;

Is there any things you are looking to get specifically during this week?
Any things artists should avoid doing?

Jestea>
yEs absolutely
Since deciding to do that w/ the girls it's actually,, given me imMense closure + comfort when it comes to my rats and pets in general 
+ frankly envying Planchette's style means I can play dress up w/ outfits that I too, can one day achieve even if it's just a frAction of his hotness

I think over this period  I would love to see some anthro Planchette lookin snazzy, or ofc and absolutely any n all art with the ladies (for reference, the rats are all girls lmAo) :And hell, if ship art is permitted that would be neat too  get some horror gays up in hEre
but truly, i shall be happy w/ anything of the beloved 

I'd say for artists- I have not yet updated his ref but please draw his wings matching his ear/eye color!! There's some art refs in his TH of thAt. And always makes sure he has his hat n big ol necklace ;0 Beyond that, u can kinda go wild!

Keeble> Both are honestly hella faIR; its always fun playing dress up with characters :no_thoughts_head_empty:
Noted Noted! Ill make note to keep an eye out for folks coloring his wings wrong! But beyond that
This is the end of the interview for this VOTW! Thank you ever so much for participating and taking the time to do this :>!!