Corruption/Beasthood Info

Content Warnings for: Eye gore, eye horror, and general body horror all around.

CORRUPTION

STAGE 1

Dipper's baseline. He is a natural insomniac with a tendency to hyper-focus and lose himself to projects and interests. As is the case with all the Pines, their early symptoms are indistinguishable from their standard habits and quirks. It is better to assume there is always just some mild corruption running through him.

STAGE 2

The first indication something is up, is that Dipper starts to sleep more. Despite sleep, however, he appears exhausted and cranky, with dark circles around his eyes, appearing as though he hasn't slept in weeks. His judgement begins to get iffy, at the stage, becoming more reckless and impulsive.

STAGE 3

Continues sleeping more than is reasonably healthy. While awake, his mood is foul, argumentative, and snappish. His vengeful streak is a mile wide, and if he has anything particular driving him, some goal or project, it consumes him entirely, throwing common sense and caution out the window. He is more likely to take off on his own than communicate with others. Physically, his skin takes on a pale, sickly quality, his eyes are dark and sunken, and his teeth are sharper than strictly human.

STAGE 4

This stage is the countdown to Beasthood. If he's not reigned in fast, it's all over for him. Previous signs of emotional corruption stack, in addition to vacillating between cold ruthlessness and overwhelming empathy. Physically, he begins to show signs of Beasthood filtering though. Feather growth will form along his neck and arms, his nails will turn black, harden, and begin forming into claws. The right eye will discolor and warp. Strange scarring will form in slits around that eye that will eventually force open into additional eyes. If he's begun wearing an eye-patch again, he's probably hiding these signs underneath.

BEASTHOOD

The point of no return. Beast!Dipper is on the smaller side, thin, with awkward limbs causing him to constantly hunch over. His arms are wings, tipped with nasty talons, and his face is a horror show of way too many eyes shoved onto one side of a face, a gaping hole where his left eye once was, and a maw of deadly teeth. He is destructive and indiscriminate, while at the same time ruthlessly intelligent, opting to play with his victims before growing bored and tearing them apart. He has access to the darker aspects of Normal!Dipper's blood magic, and will utilize them in a fight. This includes awful hallucinations and nightmare manipulation. He might be small, but he is quick, vicious, and clever. Like an Eldritch raptor covered in eyes!