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It's finally the 23rd. Also this tweet by Alex Hirsch is exactly 10 years old now

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Sanders Sides Characters - An Essay

I know I said that this account was going to be used primarily for school-related posts, a blog to keep track of my success during the school year. That’s all well and good, but a few days ago came a very monumental episode of the web-series Sanders Sides by Thomas Sanders and Joan S. I was so moved by the episode that I ended up ranting to my friend for so long that it ended up into a 14-paragraph essay. This essay doesn’t speak about the plot (as to not spoil anything major for my friend; it still spoiled stuff, though), but it does speak about the characters and their importance to the story. So I implore you to now realize my obsession with this series through this essay (you can also use this to explain the basics of the Sides to anyone willing to watch the series).

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Thomas and the Sides

Thomas is the "Host" of all of the Sides. When combined, all of the Sides would create Thomas. He represents the idea of personality to the story.

On the subject of the sides, there's Logan, Roman, Patton, Virgil, Remus, Deceit, and potentially others. Each Side has a purpose and powers that affect Thomas (and sometimes other Sides) directly. All Sides have the power to shape-shift and summon themselves and others into scenarios.

Along with this, there are two categories of Sides, Light and Dark. 

The Light Sides

The Light Sides contain the three original Sides, Logan, Roman, and Patton and possibly others. Their power is weak compared to the others, and they are susceptible to any tricks that they pull on each other and/or the Dark Sides pull on them. They are considered to be the “good guys” in the series, but that is up for suspicion. 

Logan wears a black collared shirt with a blue striped tie, along with a pair of black glasses. He represents Thomas' logic and intelligence, along with his rational thinking. Logan has the power to pass on his rational thinking unto others, even if his presence isn't felt by Thomas or the others directly.

Roman is Thomas' hopes, dreams, GOOD creativity, and passion. He wears a regal costume; a white jumper with a red sash and small yellow frills around his arms. Roman has the power to give Thomas convincing ideas quickly without having to explain them at all and the power to conjure things, specifically puppies. Roman is pictured to be very confident and joyous at first, but after a few episodes, we start to see his insecurities shine through, along with some bouts of depression, even.

Patton has a light blue collared shirt with a grey cat hoodie wrapped around his shoulders. He wears the same glasses as Logan as well. Patton represents Thomas' heart - his emotions, his inner values, and his morality. His power is more of a hindrance than anything, as it's a way for others to ignore bad emotions and enhance their other, happier emotions. This was shown in "Moving On 1&2" when they all ventured into Patton's room to ignore the sadness of a recent breakup that Thomas had. That did NOT end well.

The Dark Sides

Now we enter the realm of the Dark Sides. This category contains Virgil, “Deceit,” Remus, and possibly others. These Sides have more power than the aforementioned Sides and use it to wreak havoc.

Confirmed in the newest episode, Virgil was a former Dark Side that turned into a Light Side (main character) after his story arc (Accepting Anxiety 1&2). He is known most for his gravelly voice and his smeared, black eye-shadow, which are both important to remember in the future episodes, as both get more intense per episode. His costume is a "homemade" stitched hoodie (a la "Nightmare Before Christmas") with a ripped, purple shirt under it. Virgil's power is to bring light to insecurities that any of the other Sides have (Roman fears for his reputation and is insecure about how others perceive him, Logan wants to be taken seriously, and Patton doesn't like his surge of emotions). It's obvious when this is happening because the other Sides (and eventually Thomas) generate eye-shadow under their eyes as Virgil's voice becomes multiplied and more demonic. In actuality, Virgil doesn't like his power and these instances usually happen on accident. He would do anything to get rid of it and seem "normal" in the Light Sides' eyes.

Then comes Remus. He is the twin brother of Roman that Roman pushed away for a long while. Their sibling rivalry was canonically based on the Roman myth, "Romulus and Remus," where Romulus kills Remus and finds Rome (hence Remus' question at the beginning of the [newest] video: "Have you ever imagined killing your brother?"). Remus represents Thomas' unfiltered and BAD imagination, along with his impulse thinking and irrationality. He wears the negatives/complements of Roman (green and black) to show that as well. He has the power to muffle sounds and tune out the outside world so he can speak to Thomas directly. He also produces hallucinations for Thomas and the others to see that are used to get them all wrapped around his finger.

And finally, Deceit. “Deceit,” despite what he claims, is not his real name, and there is no current information about his name yet. He wasn't shown explicitly in the [newest video], but he was the first Side to be represented as a Dark Side, the leader, if I am not mistaken. He represents Thomas' deception and will for self preservation, which was violently displayed in "Selfishness vs. Selflessness," the episode prior to the [newest one]. Deceit has the power to lie very convincingly and manipulate others into doing what he wants. Because of his lying persona, he is a metaphysical hybrid between a snake and a human, with one side of his face being covered in scales with a large cut in the middle (there is no meaning behind the cut yet) and his personal left eye is a yellow snake eye. He mentions often that he is the "snake to trick Thomas into sinning," as he is comparable to the snake in the Tree of Knowledge that fools Adam and Eve into eating the Forbidden Fruit in the Book of Genesis in the Bible.

Deceit wears a black cape around his shoulders with a deep purple, almost black, vest underneath, along with his signature bowler hat ... and yellow gloves. Though being a snake/human hybrid, he can (kind of) be compared to the Greek Hydra, which is a Greek/Roman monster that has multiple heads that multiply every time one is decapitated. Instead of having multiple heads, however, Deceit has 6 arms that seem Slenderman-esque that represent every Side.

“Potentially Others”

It has been teased by the cast and crew that the Sides listed above are not alone, as humans have multiple different aspects of their personality and how each asset can fluctuate between Sides. For example, Logan is shown as rational and pristine, whereas Virgil is shown to be thinking rationally from time to time, without the power to express that physically or verbally.

Each Light Side is also paired off to a Dark Side -- it has been confirmed that Remus and Roman are paired off because they are twins and that Deceit and Patton are paired off because Patton represents truth and Deceit represents dishonesty.

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Hello World!

^some music to listen to while you read^

Welcome to my Tumblr! My name is Heidi and I'm fourteen years old, in my last few weeks of eighth grade. Because I'm in eighth grade, I'm going to start my high school career in a few few months.

That means that I'm going to (eventually) post high school shenanigans on this page. For now, to keep you held over, I'll let you in on a few things about myself.

My birthday is January 25 :) I'm an Aquarius

My hair is very long and dark brown with naturally light brown edges

My eyes are a pretty dark mocha/chocolate brown and in the sunlight they look hazel

I'm a really big science/math/physics/history nerd

I've only seen my favorite movie (Interstellar, if you were wondering) twice and I can't find it anywhere so I might never see it again :(

I have a playlist on my phone of songs that I think tie into a fanfic that I can't stop reading even though it's really cliche (I'm seriously going to post that after this)

Yes I read fanfic and yes I've cried over it

I. Love. Dan. And. Phil.

And. Thomas. Sanders.

And. Jacksepticeye.

I think I have some form of OCD (and no, it's not because I'm a neat freak. I'm really the opposite. There's lots of varieties of OCD, you soggy waffles.)

I hate neon colors and have literally gotten into 20-minute rants about why

I'm not in the best physical shape but I love playing wiffleball, kickball, and badminton

Also I don't really care about my physical shape, just as long as I'm comfortable

I have a very slight lisp (curse whoever put an 's' in 'lisp')

I have glasses and acne, but I've never really wanted piercings

Currently, I go to a charter school, but after summer is over, I'm going to a voc(ational school) to study robotics and engineering

That's all I can think of right now, but I might update this list from time to time. If you want to stay in contact with my more active account, follow me at @cantcooperate.