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RIOT, as she first knew herself to be, was forced to become a very violent being early on to protect herself from others. Even after the attacks stopped, she remained bitter and easy to provoke.

As her human counterpart grew up, RIOT herself became quieter and quieter and now usually resides peacefully in the compounds of her realm.

From time to time she will pick unnecessary fights to assert herself of her power.

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I've been meaning to draw her for a while, but here's the BRS alternate self I designed a while back when the anime was still airing.
She's based on me, my past experiences... somehow I feel that making her has been a very personal thing, you know?
I don't really know how accurate it is in describing me as a person (now especially) but yeah, I feel like I'm revealing myself with her design and such.

I only had the motivation to do this now since I found myself browsing through some apps for #GoTaisho this morning (no I don't plan to join, but it's pretty cool nonetheless!) and finally got a clearer explanation about BRS alter selves sort of, like the self being the manifestation of one's feelings.

I've named her RIOT for a few reasons, one because it has my initials in it and the definition of 'riot', while I wouldn't say it describes me it was the sort of personality type I wanted for my alter self.
//also I think I also wanted a cool short name akin to the character names in the BRS PSP games, so alternate spelling without vowels is RYT

About her design... more or less when I first drew her this is what RIOT looked like. Her colour is crimson/hot pink because... well it's still my favourite colour ;u;
I had never really thought or worked out her weapon so she doesn't have it on her in this picture. I always pictured her beating up other selves, perhaps she's so badass that she just uses her bare fists...
I gave her more scars and injuries this time around as well as stitches over her heart and a (missing?) eye - I'm just casually going to get a little more personal/in-universe here--

If you don't know, I moved to Australia when I was around 8, and back in my primary school days I was victim to verbal bullying. What's more, about two years after I cut ties with the very first friend I made at that school because she was incredibly bossy and I was a naive pushover. Most days I'd come home and gripe and groan so much about the 'popular kids' and how I am one of the kids they would throw over to the side-- I always felt that I couldn't change anything about that and this was the way things would always be. This would probably be the time RIOT awoke and fought all my battles when all I could do was cry and hold a grudge.
Then I met a whole new group of people, who I am still friends with today. I did spend a few months in denial because I had the impression that to be true friends you needed to know small things about them like birthdays and favourite foods... but later on I did come to understand that friendship wasn't about that at all. By now RIOT could finally rest because she didn't need to fight for me anymore.

I still hold some grudges against those bullies. RIOT and I wear our scars proudly, and I was relieved to know that what I went through was not such an uncommon story (which in truth is actually not a good thing but I did feel much more comfortable that I wasn't alone in all this). While they don't hurt anymore, we still remember how painful they were and we strive to be supportive of people going through the same issues. That's why RIOT's eye flames come out of the corners of her eyes, to make it look like she's crying.

I'm not so much an attention seeker now, but I don't want to be forgotten. Sometimes I just doubt my worth in society and I suppose RIOT goes and picks fights on behalf of my feelings.

Hope you like her! May or may not do more art of her in future.

Time taken: 30min
RIOT is (C) by me
Black Rock Shooter is (C) by Huke

Description
RIOT, as she first knew herself to be, was forced to become a very violent being early on to protect herself from others. Even after the attacks stopped, she remained bitter and easy to provoke.

As her human counterpart grew up, RIOT herself became quieter and quieter and now usually resides peacefully in the compounds of her realm.

From time to time she will pick unnecessary fights to assert herself of her power.

~~~~

I've been meaning to draw her for a while, but here's the BRS alternate self I designed a while back when the anime was still airing.
She's based on me, my past experiences... somehow I feel that making her has been a very personal thing, you know?
I don't really know how accurate it is in describing me as a person (now especially) but yeah, I feel like I'm revealing myself with her design and such.

I only had the motivation to do this now since I found myself browsing through some apps for #GoTaisho this morning (no I don't plan to join, but it's pretty cool nonetheless!) and finally got a clearer explanation about BRS alter selves sort of, like the self being the manifestation of one's feelings.

I've named her RIOT for a few reasons, one because it has my initials in it and the definition of 'riot', while I wouldn't say it describes me it was the sort of personality type I wanted for my alter self.
//also I think I also wanted a cool short name akin to the character names in the BRS PSP games, so alternate spelling without vowels is RYT

About her design... more or less when I first drew her this is what RIOT looked like. Her colour is crimson/hot pink because... well it's still my favourite colour ;u;
I had never really thought or worked out her weapon so she doesn't have it on her in this picture. I always pictured her beating up other selves, perhaps she's so badass that she just uses her bare fists...
I gave her more scars and injuries this time around as well as stitches over her heart and a (missing?) eye - I'm just casually going to get a little more personal/in-universe here--

If you don't know, I moved to Australia when I was around 8, and back in my primary school days I was victim to verbal bullying. What's more, about two years after I cut ties with the very first friend I made at that school because she was incredibly bossy and I was a naive pushover. Most days I'd come home and gripe and groan so much about the 'popular kids' and how I am one of the kids they would throw over to the side-- I always felt that I couldn't change anything about that and this was the way things would always be. This would probably be the time RIOT awoke and fought all my battles when all I could do was cry and hold a grudge.
Then I met a whole new group of people, who I am still friends with today. I did spend a few months in denial because I had the impression that to be true friends you needed to know small things about them like birthdays and favourite foods... but later on I did come to understand that friendship wasn't about that at all. By now RIOT could finally rest because she didn't need to fight for me anymore.

I still hold some grudges against those bullies. RIOT and I wear our scars proudly, and I was relieved to know that what I went through was not such an uncommon story (which in truth is actually not a good thing but I did feel much more comfortable that I wasn't alone in all this). While they don't hurt anymore, we still remember how painful they were and we strive to be supportive of people going through the same issues. That's why RIOT's eye flames come out of the corners of her eyes, to make it look like she's crying.

I'm not so much an attention seeker now, but I don't want to be forgotten. Sometimes I just doubt my worth in society and I suppose RIOT goes and picks fights on behalf of my feelings.

Hope you like her! May or may not do more art of her in future.

Time taken: 30min
RIOT is (C) by me
Black Rock Shooter is (C) by Huke