BLOOM (The Physical Manifestation of Bwomp) (Patreon)

Bloom is an imp from outer space. Her body is made up of magic particles, which it absorbs from faint traces of ambient background radiation. She's spent her whole life living inside of a barren asteroid, eating moss.
However, Bloom recently found herself plucked from her extraterrestrial home and dropped down on the surface a thriving planet. Not only is this new world bustling with more life than she's ever seen, it's also bursting with more magic than what her body is adapted to absorb. The result is a magically supercharged imp, with a questionable understanding of social norms, who's constantly getting bwomped. Due to forces beyond her comprehension, this simple imp has become an embodiment of BWOMP.

Though being a space imp gives her a baseline coolness factor, Bloom doesn't fully understand what coolness is, let alone how to act cool around others (even when she has her bwomping under control). She has a strong tendency towards mischief, but is otherwise goodhearted. Chaos often follows in her wake, but she doesn't mean to cause any lasting harm.

It might not look like it, but Bloom has a passion for gardening. She especially loves carrots for some reason. Maybe it has something to do with those long ears.

You might remember a few weeks ago when I teased the design for a then-nameless demon character. Well, she finally has a name: Bloom!

This character's been in the works for a bit. While planning a bwomp tier for Patreon, I decided to develop a character to help represent "BWOMP". A sort of mascot who can freely bwomp herself and others.
Naturally, there's a thousand directions that one could go with this premise, so I will try to not agonize over all the options that I didn't pick. Afterall, representing BWOMP in its entirety is a lot for just one character (that was my first mistake). I think that over time I've learned that, with character design, it's dangerous to think that there is a "best option" for everything. Instead, there are countless good options that you must choose between and hope for the best. Bloom is here, and I will use her as best as I can while I expand her lore, her personality, and, well, Bloom herself.

As an embodiment of bwomp, Bloom might be the cause of all bwomps in the galaxy and beyond--directly or not. She has the ability to make other characters bwompy without the need for any setup or explanation beyond simply, "because magic." Her oddly specific power transcends space, time, and international copyright law. No one is truly safe.