Blacklight Pets





It's a party in the <a href=/cashshop.php?act=items>Cash Shop! It looks like someone turned off the lights and brought a black light! Spectrum pets look a little bit different, but the effect is stunning! If you purchase a Blacklight Potion, your pets can look like this too! So far there are seventeen pets available in this color; these are the anyu, archan, bovyne, bumbus, cadogre, chai, feli, keeto, kerubi, kora, mallarchy, malticorn, montre, priggle, terracoon, tutani, and wyllop! Which is your favorite?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Pannacotta_704
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It's a nice idea, but... now I'm concerned for those with overlays that look like blacklight pets.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Levi
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kind of disappointed, they could have at least had a different pose :/ oh well. Saves a wait on a overlay (:

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Unsub
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Genthia is ravin' now. x3

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Etsuya
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I have had a spectrum "raver" pet for quite a while, but I would simply make her blacklight because the "species" name would be so fitting for her character. Sadly I don't like the recolor of the blacklight kerubi, it's way too dark in my opinion and I like the way how she looks now. I'm kinda torn now on what to do...

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Apostate_491
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- I like the way you think. I really do. If it had been done that way, I would have liked the idea sooo much more. As it is now, I'm still conflicted about it.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Plank
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I don't have any problem with the addition, some of the pets look great in black, but could a staffer address the whole overlay issue? It's a little ex post facto to require users who commissioned this color for their pets to pay for a potion.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Vapid_Schadenfreude
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Life is good

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by VAMPIRE
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I can't understand how people don't like this. The basic colours such as dawn, dusk, sun, ect ect, are recolours too, you know. And I don't see people complaining about them. This is just the same thing, only they are in pretty poses, thats all. And I think it's good what subeta has done here, people that have been doing overlays don't have to worry about making these types now, and subeta can actually make money off of it, to help the site. Which is better for us.

I love the new colour, as simple as it might be. I shall be getting one asap.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by starfish
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You're a genius! That is such a creative idea! (Reborn into water I would totally do, but of course, Daemon is one of my favorite subeta pet/characters OF ALL TIME)

Think of all the possibilities for `color modifiers'. Awesome!

I have my potion, just waiting for the Blacklight Telenine Though Spiff's been spectrum so long, it will be weird to change, I'm sure he will look great!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Spunky
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AHH, I LOVE THIS!!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Fox
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After really taking a look through these, I have to say I don't think there is enough contrast to see the original detail used to make the spectrum pets. This was really the case with the montre. Maybe the darkest shading on some of them should be darkened a bit more?

As for my opinion on the whole thing, I'm not entirely against it. I think it could have been done better though. Such as having a cash shop item called a Blacklight. Upon purchase of the blacklight, you then have the option to equip it to a spectrum pet (only one spectrum pet per blacklight, and it can not be unequiped, just turned on or off), thus making them blacklight. This way subeta still makes its money, Spectrum potion hoarders don't see drastic price drops (since the spectrum potion is needed for blacklight use), people who purchased a spectrum potion don't feel ripped off, it can be equipped or taken off at any time without changing the initial potion it was based on, and it could become a fascinating new way of coloring pets in the future. I mean, they could offer a fire extinguisher that can be equipped to reborn pets and takes the flames off the reborn pose, or maybe it makes the reborn pose into a water pose to give this effect: Hey, I'd buy that to equip on my Reborn pets. I love the idea of black pets with magical floaty water XD

This also gives an interesting and fun use of recolors for the future of subeta. You get potions, Elixirs, AND color modifiers like the blacklight! It's Easy on artists, since they are just recolors, but just as interesting and fun for players. Just my two cents on the situation. ^^;

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Iknimaya
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that argument is illogical. We're not subeta artists, we are not paid to draw the art for the site. That's like going to a resteraunt, recieving an unseasoned steak, and then being told that if you don't like it then get back in the kitchen and see if you can make it any better.

but it's not fair to anyone who already had an overlay like this to have to shell out so much money to keep their pets exactly as they are now.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Beowulf
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cute! Not my cup of tea, but they are lovely, and I lve the idea!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Duskmoon
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That'd be like having a switch to 'turn pet Sun', 'turn pet Marsh', 'turn pet Common'. It wouldn't be fair. Just because they are SIMILAR pets (and they're not the same! I honestly didn't even realize they were recolored when I first saw them. I just thought they looked SIMILAR. and awesome.) doesn't mean that everyone who has a Spectrum pet shouldn't have to buy the new potion like anyone else who wants a Blacklight pet. It wouldn't be fair to anyone else.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Chou
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Thinking about it again an option to 'turn on/off the blacklight' for spectrum and blacklight pets would really make sense. I think a lot of people would appreciate that. If I would have a spectrum pet with a darker overlay which would now be considered 'blacklight', I'd be seriously pissed off.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Glitter
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pulls hair out

For every person who has asked for a new pose... Go learn how to draw, then draw the whole Subetian menegerie, then colour it. Then bitch.

What do you think the artists do? Pull new poses out of a "Pretend animal guide book"? Rawr.

Only thing I even kinda of agree with is that they'd all look super cute with glow sticks.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Duskmoon
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Guys. First of all, yes it is 'just a recolor' but then again, so are Marsh, Sun, Dawn, etc. They're all just recolors. And this is an especially awesome looking recolor!

And the people who are arguing that a lot of recolors have already been made this way? Well, I'm pretty sure the Subeta staff noticed that a lot of 'blacklight' recolors were made, and decided to make something universal that would please people and be standardized. Even if they decided to make it so that they could make a profit off of that coloring -- so what? Subeta is a business, after all, no matter how much we think of it as just a game. The fact that we're allowed to recolor our pets at all is a luxury that should be appreciated, and the fact that they've made a new potion to suit our needs should be appreciated, not complained about. For people who can't make their own recolors, they'd have to pay for them anyways!

I, for one, appreciate the effort that went into designing these pets, and think they look quite lovely.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Mrs.white.Chocolate
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I like the new colour and I bought one potion 2 minutes ago. Of course, it's just a "black spectrum", but I really want to support subeta so it's no problem for me. You always have the option to buy the potion with sP - or you don't even have to buy it... Anyway, waiting for more species to be available...

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Saturnine
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I truly cannot understand how spectrum pets are being devalued (Mainly because I don't have any). Is it because it used to be the only potion that was CS exclusive? People are talking about poses, and how it's just a recoloured spectrum....how does that devalue it? Because there's two different real cash colours for the same...er, base now?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Skulk
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Quoth Cheripi: "Subeta should've just added the option to spectrum pets: change colour to blacklight revert to spectrum"

I agree with this. It's silly having to buy a whole new potion for a colour derived from one that already exists, especially when they're so similar with the poses and markings. I bet many people have done this with overlays anyway.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Jovian
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one last thing that occurred to me, then I'll leave this comments box forever: I really wouldn't be surprised if these guys got different poses (and maybe even glowing neon colors?) in the future. perhaps not the near future, but the future. bloodred started out as just a red/black recolor of the common pose, after all! so it isn't entirely unheard of.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Jovian
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I do like the cadogre though. royal rainbot!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Jovian
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agreeing with the people that are saying this is a bit pointless...it looks nice and all but I doubt I'm going to go after it. never figured a special color would get recolored...

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Morea
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Nice idea, but I agree, that some new poses would have been nice. And I really miss the Kumos.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Fishbone
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nicee c:

but now we can't make a black spectrum overlay anymore : cause it's a colour already ~

oh wel, nice pets anyway c:

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Lordth
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i heart blacklight !!!! but seriously it is the same poses as that of spectrum , just black instead of white(light) , couldnt you guys come up with some different poses .

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Amon
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" Yes, the pets could have new poses, but they're so similar to spectrum in colour placement and spirit that the point is rather moot."

Slight changes would be enough imho. Like adding glowsticks or change their expressions a bit.

Also, I always felt that everyone was more than happy to pay either real money or millions for the artists amazing work. But a simple recolor is something many user can do. It has a odd feeling to it. As someone said, it devalues spectrum and I even feel a bit of the artists talent (because I know they can do so much better).

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Amon
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Love the idea but not to excited on how they're made (as people said, there are already many overlays using this simple recolor). Something in addition to just the recolor would have been sweet (yes, I sound greedy but hey, the potion is quite expensive compared to the effort doing the art for it was). Needed the potion for my potion & elixir gallery but that's about it. likes the potion as an item itself

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by cheriPi
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No&; Just.. No. My spectrum kerubi, Adult, was recently morphed spectrum. And now money for a stupid potion that I can make an overlay for a pet in 5 minutes? No thank you.

Subeta should've just added the option to spectrum pets: change colour to blacklight revert to spectrum

Get it? This is amazingly stupid. No, I'm not shunning the artists, but why not just make it an option to change colour to blacklight on spectrum pets? I now feel like it's a waste for me to have spent 9 million on Adult :/

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Deleted User

....Guys, calm down, mmk? I agree with Some of this money goes into supporting subeta, and keeping it a free pet site. you all want that, don't you? How many of you have friends that you would hate to lose on this site that may not be able to afford if you had to pay for it each month just to play? And, from what i see, subeta needs the money points to add on news page also, another point, black on white profiles, and black on black. all fine. does it matter? or do you want to go to all the reborn pets and tell them to change their profiles to blue? hmm? also, CSC can be bought with SP if you have enough. so yeah... great work guys, love the new pets ^^ waits patiently for the Kumos

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by SkyWolfAlpha
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Huh, I didn't realize there was such a controversy over this. o_o I'm with the idea a few others have put out there of adding glowsticks or some other sort of rave-y gear, so it's not "just a recolor," and the people with black spectrum pet overlays (which I didn't even know existed until now) wouldn't be breaking the rules all of the sudden.

I still really love this color, though. <3

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by SophitiasDream
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OMG looks so great !!!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by 99Nine
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Now, I read through a bunch of the comments. It's CSC sure, but there are two things I'd like to say to that. One; you can always buy it via user shops, and two; if I had the money, I'd be willing to SUPPORT this site that I love so much, even for just a sexy colour edit.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Paddy
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looks at Camden's overlay I guess it's a blacklight potion for me then....

Having said that, these do look really cool

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by BakaNeko_294
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I <3 Subeta for the amazing color ideas. I want them all... XD

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Arwen333
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They look awesome!! To think so many people did overlays like that before ^w^

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Naila
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OMG i love you guys this is so genius!Love it!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by 99Nine
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I can't wait for the Celonix to come out 8DDD SUPER STOKED 8DDD They're so raver~

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Tomorrow
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OMFG!!!! I tried to make that into an overlay- but failed. I'm so exited its actually a potion now!!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by BlackCherry
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No Lain? Aww but I love this color!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Rythos
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-shakes head- This is silly. Seriously. I mean, yes, I think the color scheme is a classic. It's pretty - and that's WHY people who have spectrum pets already have this as an Overlay!

What if my Spectrum Montre's overlay had been black, like so many people have their spectrum pets as? I personally know someone who does! Now that's suddenly breaking rules? It's "get a potion or change your design". People who already spent millions on a potion now must spend millions again. This is a mistake. A bad, bad mistake.

I'm not pleased in the slightest with this.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Jengie
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I lovelovelove this potion! Black and neon are an awesome combination. And to everyone saying everyone with a Spectrum pet has an overlay that's black...I've personally never seen one =/

It does seem lazy that the Spectrum Potion image just has things added to it, and the pets have the same poses as the Spectrum pets. The glow stick that was added to the potion itself should also be added to the pets or something.

They're still very cute though. -waits for Kumos and Feli to be released-

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Tlazolteotl
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Wow, I totally flipped out in a fury of giddy schoolgirl glee, but then I read what people had to say... and now I'm just sad. Everyone makes good points, and I agree with most of them; the item really shouldn't cost real money because it's just a recolor (acknowledging that all the 'basic' colors are just a recolor of the 'common' color, but Spectrum is a 'special' color with its own pose, and it costs a lot of SP/tokens to get), and I think it should have different poses OR should only be usable on already-Spectrum pets. I also see the point about people's overlays - especially since I had already been planning on doing this same recolor as an overlay for my Kerubi when I had the time to draw all my pets, and now I can't do that. Sad.

The black spectrum is a lovely idea that apparently a lot of people have already had, but I think the release of this item could have used a little more thought. I would like to have a black spectrum pet, just... not like this. It disappoints me a little.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Iknimaya
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yeah........a crapload of sp, much more than they would have had to pay for the overlay designs. Which there were many of before this came out.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Jessi
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I don't even know why I'm bothering to respond to you, but CSC can be bought with fake currency? So... if someone doesn't want to spend real money, but wants this color real bad, they can buy CSC with SP and tadaa! Potion!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Jasper
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I think instead of being a Cash Shop item, they should be an extremely Limited Edition sale in the Token Shop or only sold during special events. Seriously, this is not worth real money.

Disclaimer: Because people love to over react to my posts; No, I'm not damning the artist(s) responsible for these recolors but... that's the problem. It's a bloody recolor. The Spectrum Potion can be bought with fake currency, so why should anyone shell out real cash for a recolor?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Tempest
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I really, really love the idea of this. But again, like other people have said (despite it being a potential crapload of work for the artists), I really think these should have new poses as opposed to just looking like an overlayed Spectrum pet... :/ That, and I don't think I would fork out CSC for something like this...

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Nanness
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What? No Kumos?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by telekenisis
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- No, really? That wasn't the point at all.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Windfall
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It's nice, but I thought this is what overlays were for? :| I mean, it's kind of pointless.

Does this mean we can't have twilight/spectrum overlays anymore since they'd look like this color?

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