#Tsams Killswap Storyline

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TSAMS Killswap AU Part 1 (first half)!

The second half is here.

As you can see, Sun and Moon are having a GREAT time ever since they separated, and everything is fine in their lives! There's nothing sinister happening! Just brothers who have a healthy relationship and go on adventures!

Right?

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Sun in my Killswap AU! A Swap AU that explores the canon TSAMS storyline if Sun had the Killcode instead of Moon.  

The Killcode behaves a little differently, so here’s a rundown:

Most of the time, Sun was perfectly safe to be around. The Killcode only took effect in response to certain triggers happening to Sun: the primary trigger, and the emotional heart of this AU, is a response to him being mistreated or abused -- by anyone, but especially by Moon. The Killcode would trigger when Sun reached a certain threshold of negative feelings like anger, helplessness, or pain (which Moon dealt out in spades when he was stuck without his own body.) It didn’t happen every time; Sun had to be pushed far before it would take effect. But when he was pushed to a limit, that’s when the Killcode kicked in. In this AU, it is a symbol for “taking revenge against those who have hurt you,” which is a mentality Sun desperately fights against, fighting against stooping to that level or continuing the cycle, but the Killcode is like a switch that flips and his personality changes. He fears his own negative emotions because of this, even after seemingly getting rid of the code.

Sun does not want to be a violent or vengeful person, and does not want to hurt or kill anyone, but he feels negative emotions just like anyone else – and the Killcode reacts to those emotions. A truly unfair situation.

(The Killcode’s second primary trigger is when someone breaks the rules too much, which is “disrupting order” – Sun's dedication to the rules, cleaning up messes, and organization taken to the extreme, and also Creator's secret intention for making Sun this way.)

Sun sometimes got stuck in this Killcode-influenced state, and would only turn back to normal when the lights shut off and Moon came out, which was like flipping the switch back on Sun’s personality and he would come back to himself.

When Sun and Moon decided to separate, Sun wanted to get rid of his Killcode and snuck it through the transfer process into Moon’s new body. And thus Eclipse manifested inside Moon… That fragment of Sun, trapped and tormented inside the chaotic mind of the one who had abused him.

And that’s the foundation for Killswap Sun! From that familiar starting point with the three main leads (the twins and Eclipse), things branch out and there are a lot of new things:

How Moon’s abuse of Sun gets dealt with differently in this AU, how it factors into MOON’S overall arc too;

Sun’s relationship with Eclipse, where HE’S the one who inadvertently created him; Sun feels guilty over realizing he abandoned Eclipse to a miserable situation, but then, he also hates him when he becomes their primary villain;

When Solar is implanted by Eclipse into Sun’s head, and how Sun interacts with this new person who is in the same position Moon was ages ago.

How Sun reacts when the Sun-variant Killcode regenerates and evolves to gain sentience, and how he deals with this.

Sun learns Eclipse had created TWO MORE MURDEROUS AIS inside of Moon that Sun can blame himself over: Blacksun, the Burn Twins.

I’m having fun with this AU and would love to start writing or drawing it out.

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TSAMS Killswap AU Part 1 (second half)!

The first half is here.

Uh oh. Looks like there's something a little off with Moon. Poor Sun had to suffer the Killcode before, but now it seems Moon has a fragment of it? It definitely makes him act strange. And poor Sun looks really nervous about it! But who can blame him?

But, surely it's no big deal. It'll all be fine, right? Moon's weird behavior is nothing to worry about. That's toootally normal.

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???: Hey! Hey guys! Hi there! This thing's FUNKY. Sun and Moon don't know I was here so let's keep this between us!

Killswap AU Part 2

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Hey Sun, what's your favorite of the places you and Moon have dimension hopped to? Surely not all of them were horror dimensions.

Moon: And yeah, I'm fine, I think I just fell asleep at my desk last night? Moon: That's happened a few times lately...

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Hi Sun, hi Moon! :D How do you guys attend to the children? I know Sun had that Killcode, I imagine since it's a complicated code to derive from your normal programmed coding, it took a while to separate? I'd assume if it was like, super progressed, most likely it'd have taken.. at least a few weeks or maybe a month/more? :P

Also can I hug you guys :3

Sun: Oh!! Our first ask!! How exciting! 

Sun: Okay, okay, I practiced this, okay, *inhales*

Sun: Here in the Superstar Daycare, we offer a safe and clean space for the children to play in! We provide toys and activities, such as arts and crafts, games, read-aloud times for books both entertaining and educational, movies and television shows, healthy meals for lunch and tasty treats for snacktime, and plenty of indoor playgrounds for the children to run out their energy! We have castles, the many tunnels of our play places, slides, and the ballpit of course! 

Sun: I supervise the children at all times and ensure they’re always playing safely and having fun! I lead during activities, and help ensure all of our little superstars have something to do and are comfortable! I’m equipped to care for children with special needs, or various allergies or conditions! In the event of an injury, I’m programmed with first aid training. 

Sun: And after hours, I clean the daycare and keep it washed, sanitized, and spotless!

Sun: And MOON–!

Moon: … 

Sun: …

Moon: …

Sun: …

Sun: –Isn't here a lot of the time. 

Moon: Nope! 

Moon: I just supervise naptime. (I think you mean I supervise naptime most of the time.) I make the kids lay down and sleep. (I usually end up doing that cuz he doesn’t show up for WORK very often–!) If they don’t wanna, moondrop candies work WONDERS. (At least that’s one of the NICER ways you deal with the kids.) 

Moon: I dunno what you want from me, I’m not good with kids. 

Sun: Says the guy I’ve caught reading bedtime stories and singing to the kids.

Moon: *AHEM* They also want to know about the killcode and how we separated. 

Sun: Oh… they do? I don't, I don't, uh… 

Moon: I can take this part. 

Sun: Yeah… please…

Sun: …You're better at the sciency stuff anyways! 

Moon: Alright, about that.

Moon: The only thing I will say about Sun's Killcode is that IT wasn't the issue when it came to separating.

Moon: What sucked about separating was that Sun and I were built in such a way that everything we were was intertwined. Our minds, our codes, all of it was built to rely on both halves being there. The body itself was designed to have two separate AIs, and it was a HUGE RISK for the body to only have one AI after one of us left. (In their infinite wisdom, whoever made us designed us that way intentionally. The dick.)

Moon: Sun and I were so entangled that separating was a massive risk to us; if we weren't extremely careful, our minds could be damaged when being pulled apart from each other. So that was one thing, making sure we could unwind our codes without breaking either of us.

Moon: The Killcode wasn't a big deal when it came to this; that thing was just one bit of code among a million others.

Moon: Then I had to find a way to make sure Sun's body could survive only having the one AI instead of two, and THAT was a whole thing...

Moon: I started researching this as soon as Sun and I stopped fighting  You really wanna know how long it took? It took over a YEAR! A year of research trying to figure this out, only a few hours each day, in the short periods of time when I was able to move when the lights were out. Once the lights came back on and Sun was back out, I couldn't DO anything.

Moon: It was HELL.

Moon: ...

Moon: But, as for when we finally had everything ready, the actual procedure itself only took about a day…

Moon: We were sitting around, hooked up to the computer down in parts and services, and the computer combed through our heads to make sure everything was in the right place.

Moon: (At least, that's what it was SUPPOSED to do... Except now we find out it might have made an error and given me too much of Sun's code... his killcode...)

Sun: (Um...)

Moon: As for the Killcode, all you need to know is it's gone now. Sun doesn't have it anymore. 

Moon: That was a fair question to ask though.

Sun: *AHEM!* Okay, okay, that’s all they need to hear about THAT! Moving on!! 

Sun: …

Sun: Oh yeah there's one more part to the question! 

Sun: They wanna know if they can get a hug!

Moon: Oh do they.

Sun: If you want to, sure! I give the kids hugs all the time, so why not! 

Moon: No you may not. Don't touch me.

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Theoretical question (mainly for Moon, since its more science-y than i think Sun would like to answer) Lets say you two didn't decide to make a whole new body, but instead carefully stitch your codes together as a more safely structured base.

If that were to happen, i have heard from other sources that it wouldn't be two to come out with a bunch of risks, but one singular being with minimal risks.

Would you two have chosen to merge in a way, than to be separated?

Moon, Would you have done that as a liable option to not risk Sun's ai and body, or your own body?

And Sun, even though Moon doesn't appear for work often, do you still take at least a little break to recharge, either literally or mentally?

Moon: Me and Sun MERGING? 

Moon: That’s a new one. The idea never even crossed my mind. 

Moon: First of all– Hmm– yeah, I could probably pull that off. It shouldn’t be any harder than what it took to separate us. 

Moon: Second of all, the fact it carries way less risk is something to consider. We thought separating was the only option, and accepted everything that could go wrong, but we could have weighed the pros and cons if we’d known about merging.

Moon: But I don’t know if I’d WANT that. 

Moon: When I first woke up, I was trapped in Sun’s head. We were already stuck together, and we both hated it. I don’t think I’d want to fuse together. 

Moon: Maybe if it was the ONLY way to stop the pain we were going through, but to be honest? I just wanted to be my own person. 

Moon: And it wasn’t just MY decision. When me and Sun stopped fighting and agreed to be brothers, we BOTH chose to do this.

Sun: WHAT are they asking? 

Moon: They brought up the idea that we could have fused into one person, instead of separating. 

Sun: Huh–  You mean like… Garnet? 

Moon: Yeah, sure. Like Garnet. I was thinking Fu- sion - HAH. 

Sun: Huh! We can do that? 

Moon: Yeah I probably could have figured it out.

Sun: Well that’d be kinda weird, don’t you think? I mean, I’m ME, and you’re YOU! If we fused, wouldn’t we cease to exist and someone else would replace us!? 

Moon: Mmmmm actually yes, that’s probably EXACTLY what would happen. 

Sun: What would happen to our personalities!? I love kids and you hate them, so what would this hypothetical new guy think!? 

Moon: You know, that’s a damn good question. What do you get when you mix care and hate together? 

Sun: And you’re smart, and I– aaaam– NOT smart! Would our brains be mixed together, making this new guy slightly smarter than you are now? Or would ME subtract from YOU and they’d be dumber than you but smarter than me? 

Moon: Ooor maybe a fucked up patchwork of all our traits mixed and matched.  

Sun: And you’re a jerk and I’m NICE! Which one would this guy be!?

Sun: Besides!! I’m Sun and you’re Moon! What would that make us, if we fused into one person!? 

Moon: *Snrk* I mean let’s just think here, Sun! There’s only one thing you COULD call it. We’d be an Eclipse. 

Sun: Ahh yeahhh. But you’re blue and I’m yellow and that makes GREEN! So… wouldn’t that make us an Earth, since the Earth’s the only thing in space that’s green? 

Sun: (I mean it’s blue, but it’s also green!) 

Moon: Don’t people usually call the Earth, like, “Mother Earth?” 

Sun: Ohh, yeah. 

Moon: I mean, I don’t really care, I’d be fine with it. 

Sun: You’re right, you’re right though, an Eclipse just makes more sense!

Sun: But, I dunno! 

Sun: I like being myself! And I like Moon being my Brother!  I like that we’re our own people! 

Moon: Yeah, I like that too. I wanted space, I wanted FREEDOM. I didn’t want to be turned into someone else. 

Sun: I definitely don’t want to be turned into someone else!! I don’t want to die and get reborn as someone different! I want to be ME! 

Sun: So naaah, nah, I don’t think we’d have done a fusion dance.

Moon: So even if we'd had both options back then, we still would have chosen to separate, even if the risk was a lot higher than merging was.

Sun: But it’s neat to think about and imagine!

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Moon… are you sure the losing blocks of time isn’t y’know, a worry? Especially considering it started after you split?

Moon got annoyed by Cassie and Gregory so he threw Roxanne into a wall so hard it cracked.

That's uh. That's his NORMAL level of assholishness, right?...

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(Also a "thrown against a wall" pose is REALLY HARD so yes that's modeled off of Kiibo getting thrown, lol.)

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Premise for the AU:

Welcome to the Killswap AU! This is a swap AU for The Sun and Moon Show!

Here, Sun and Moon have the same personalities and backstory as in TSAMS canon, but Sun was the one created with the Killcode instead of Moon; and as a result, "Eclipse" (here, Lunara) manifested inside of Moon. And the story plays out from there! Due to this change, the other characters are swapped, and a lot of story beats are similar but change over time!

How does this blog work?

The story is shown through a mix of art and writing! Some parts will be full comics, single images, a written chapter, answered asks, etc.

In-universe, Sun and Moon run this blog, having started it to share their crazy lives with the world before all the bad stuff starts happening. So in many posts, they will speak directly to the audience! (But as with the Show, the audience gets an omnipresent view of their lives, even things they don't post themselves.)

This is also an ask blog! As the story unfolds, you may ask the characters questions, and they'll answer them! Doing so could also help push the story along! (The story itself will continue regardless of whether there are asks or not.)

If you send in an ask, tailor it to where we are in the storyline! Questions like "watch out, X villain is going to do THIS in the future, you have to stop it now!" or "In a few months, X character is going to do THAT!" would be spoilers and not match the flow. But you can give suggestions and point things out that the characters might listen to!

And overall, have fun!

Link to read the storyline in order

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