#give him one (1) reason to break the fourth wall and we're fucked

[magicaldragons]

kang ok is SO deadpool coded

you can't tell me all his lil mannerisms + the expressiveness he has (even with the mask on) doesn't remind you of spidey & deadpool

AND his webtoon version gives him his 18+ rating plsss

[3wisellamas]

Wow.  So.  Had a really fucked-up dream, since that's apparently what we're all doing in the Deltarune fandom right now.  Didn't think I'd end up with one, but here we are.  And I might have a new twist on the REALLY messed-up AU thing, a la Salt Route...

Gonna call this the Green Thumb AU, for reasons that will eventually become very, very obvious.

(Shoutout to @twitchyglitchy and @dungeonraided, who contributed a bit of this after I woke up and started ranting about my dream in the Treble Rebels server!  Will note things that specifically came from them.)

So, I dreamt that, like Salt Route, there was a bonus route if you did certain things in chapters 1 and 2.  I'm not sure what exactly those specific things were, but I think they had something to do with breaking the fourth wall, like solving that one puzzle to get Jevil's key before going to the castle and learning the room order, or hitting the switch on that one tree without making the room dark, or recruiting The Original Starwalker, maybe even hacking your save file a little to give Noelle a taste of Susie Tea, etc.  If you did everything correctly, upon reaching Spamton's shop and asking him about the Knight...the phone would ring.  And it would be Gaster on the other end.

Unfortunately, I don't remember any of the exact lines in this scene, but he basically goes "I'm sorry I didn't tell you what exactly I was selling, but aren't you happier like this?  Aren't you glad to know the truth about this beautiful world you inhabit?"  (In Wingdings of course, and he specifically used the phrase "beautiful world" a bunch of times.)  Spamton is surprisingly distraught by suddenly being contacted again out of the blue, and the player / Kris, who was listening in to the conversation via another phone (like a linked landline kind of situation) has the option to either say that Gaster is right, that the world is beautiful, and let him go, or "Call him out on his bullshit."  (Yes, that was the exact wording in my dream.  XD )  I'm not sure what would've happened from choosing the former (probably abandons the route and lets things continue as normal), but choosing the latter offends Gaster, and he hangs up immediately.  And, somehow, this brings Spamton back to lucidity a little, where he's more in control of himself and genuinely starts to see Kris as a friend, and he stops selling trash and instead stocks a few healing items and useful bits of junk he finds in the Trash Pile.  

Which turns out to be a good thing, because Gaster then finds someone else to corrupt.

Now, this wasn't actually a part of the dream, but something contributed by the two people I mentioned up there:  At some point you can find a key to the back room of Sweet Cap'n Cakes' junk shop, sorta like the back room of the Skelebros' house in Undertale.  Inside you find that someone's actually been gardening, or trying to anyway, with a bunch of pots strewn around and everything wilted.  Specifically, you can check around to get the following:

“* It's what looks like a small, wilted rose in a vase.”

“* It looks like someone was trying to transplant a lemon tree sapling, but it wilted.”

So, back to the dream, to find out why this is relevant.  Things proceed relatively normal from there, until you get to the basement of Queen's mansion, where instead of Spamton NEO as the chapter's secret boss...you find Sweet.  And something is clearly very wrong right off the bat; first off, he's wrapped in those vines that are all over the place down there, which are even plugged into him like wires (not THOSE wires, that's a different angsty Sweet AU, but like...regular speaker cables, except vines.)  He's got a few garden pots with him, trying desperately to grow flowers, specifically GOLDEN flowers, but it's obviously not quite working out, since you know, you're kind of in a computer world with no real soil or even sunlight.  And, when you speak to him, he immediately starts rambling about how someone told him all about the nature they don't have in the artificial Cyber World, and how he wants to see it so badly.  Eventually he just starts listing off different genus and species of trees and plants, specifically poisonous / dangerous ones, and this slowly works its way into a rant on the cycle of decay, and how "Everything rots!", and he then battles you, to perpetuate that cycle!

Now, at this point, remember, Kris is alone down there in the basement.  So, of all people, who comes to round out your party but Cap'n and K_K!  There's even a few lines (though I didn't remember them when I woke up  ;-; ) that indicate K_K was also targeted by Gaster, and he tried to speak to them too, but it didn't quite stick.  But, the two of them are ready to defend you from Sweet, and, hopefully, get him back!

...And then I woke up before the battle started.  *facepalm*  But, I thought a little more about the battle and the aftermath later, and took it to the server for input, so I'll go ahead and throw all that here too!

-So, the battle arena is pretty much the same as the first SCC battle, with the two speakers on either side that the attacks mostly come from, though they're covered in vines just like Sweet.  And at the top, instead of all three of them as stick figures dancing around, it's just Sweet, and he's standing there, completely still, maybe with a couple of his flowerpots with him.

-All of his attacks are synced up to the music, again like the first SCC battle.  However, they're MUCH harder, and come a lot faster since the music will obviously be a remix of their fight theme (maybe with a ton more bass, since it's Sweet's solo theme!)  And as a bonus, if you try to Fight, while Kris' attack bar looks normal Cap'n's and K_K's will be longer, and have the "sweet spot" in a place where it'll be on the beat as well!

-Sweet's attacks are mostly blasts from those speakers again, though in much more complicated patterns.  He can also cause the vines to whip out from them, either to hit you or even split the box so that you don't have as much room to maneuver.

-He can also summon those bomb walls from the Spamton NEO / Mettaton fight, causing you to go into Yellow Soul mode to shoot your way through them.  However, unlike Spamton's, they drop down onto you from the top of the box.

-His ultimate attack, the "Bass Drop", is where he summons his turntable and floats above you, dropping more of those bullets from the overworld action sequences!  They fall in a more or less set pattern, with the player needing to find the right spots on the screen to avoid them.

-In order to Spare him, you need to snap all of his vines, just like with Spamton NEO's wires!  To do this, you need to order K_K to either throw Kris (1 attempt), or both Kris and Cap'n (2 attempts).  There's a LOT of those vines, though, so even if your aiming skills are good it's gonna take a while.

-Another thing you can do with Cap'n and K_K, courtesy of @dungeonraided, is have them play music along with Sweet, which throws him off a little and also makes the borders of the battle box flash green and blue, in order to illustrate the beat of the music and give a visual indicator for Sweet's attacks, making them easier to anticipate.

-If you choose to defeat Sweet by Fighting, Cap'n and K_K will reluctantly do it, at first giving comments about how they don't want to hurt their bandmate, but then eventually they'll accept that he's too far gone and it needs to be done.

After the battle, regardless of which method you use, Sweet is...pretty much toast.  He falls over like Spamton NEO, and his speaker falls open, revealing he'd been trying to grow flowers inside of himself as well, and these DID manage to bloom.  But, Cap'n and K_K will point out that he's destroyed, and take him back to the shop to clean him out and repair him, but not before quickly making you an item out of some of his parts!  (Don't worry, they'll find more.)  If you defeat him pacifist-style, you get the item Stereo Heart (named by @twitchyglitchy! ), which is a shield-ish thing that Kris can equip.  If equipped after you get back out of the basement, maybe Ralsei will comment that it looks like it's surrounded by flowers, and Susie will ask "Does anyone else hear some kind of sad song?"  If you defeat him violently, Kris will receive the Sound Blaster weapon, which when equipped one of your party members will note that they hear an odd buzzing sound coming from it.

When you make it back to Castle Town, Sweet is fixed!  But, he's very clearly no longer himself -- something is missing (which you may or may not have equipped), and he's now more forgetful and cautious, but also has a new lease on life, appreciating small things (and his homies!) a lot more.  Of course, Cap'n and K_K are now MUCH more protective of him, and shoot down any requests to go take a walk and see some nature...

(And as one final kicker, if you took this route, you can also see a few rose bushes and lemon trees behind their shop, in a little garden.  ;v; )

[punkscowardschampions]

Junior & Nancy

Gay nerds

Junior: Nance, how on earth are you tackling this art project? To say I'm discombobulated is an understatement that isn't getting me an A any time soon! Nancy: 😕 sums it up in a way. Obviously I can fall back on the twin thing but is that too safe? 😩 But we couldn't be more different Junior: 😖 Like, I love how vague and open to our own interpretation it is...but also I fucking hate how vague and open to our own interpretation it is! 😢😂 No one would blame you; least of all me, 'cos I was tempted- being the sore thumb I am when counting our ten- and I've not even got the twin angle everyone is so about in all areas of art tbh Junior: If nothing else, Buster is a willing participant in a photo op always? Junior: Ooh, you could get something matchy match from your childhood photos (I know they exist) and splice it with portraits of you now...Think that elevates it Nancy: You've put your finger on it. Nancy: But I don't think you're so right about the lack of blame 🤔 even with the boy/girl straight/gay redhead/brunette angle it still feels ??? Nancy: Basic 😒 Junior: I get you Junior: Meant to become the next Magritte in just 4 weeks, like !!! Junior: Well, I've heard at least 4 girls from class saying they're going to do a heavily made-up portrait next to a #nofilter #naturalbeauty one so Junior: We'll do better than that by default but I'd like to come up with something vaguely original still Junior: Miss' sanity relies on us lowkey, no pressure 😷😜 Nancy: I had that passing thought let it go though 😜 Nancy: You could text her Nancy: 😕 yes pressure Nancy: What to do? Junior: I like to keep it in professional hours Junior: for her sake, she gets a bit amorous when she's had a glass o vino after work Nancy: 😮 she does? Nancy: can I bribe my way to top of the class by raiding the cellar Junior: That was my second suggestion 😏 Junior: Take one for the team please 🙏 Nancy: but she's straight STRAIGHT Nancy: couldn't be enough Nancy: back to the mindmap Junior: Damn straights 😒 Junior: if all else fails, we can put this grade next to our last Junior: break the fourth wall, v meta Nancy: our school gets the one bohemian who is Nancy: put her next to the sterotypical art teacher Junior: did you mean my mother? 🤔 Junior: her, the engineer, hilarious 😂 Junior: Mum'd be up for it, you may borrow her Nancy: I might yet Nancy: when's this due again? Junior: we've still got 3 weeks, don't worry Junior: just trying to get it over and done with here Nancy: I should Nancy: The Tempest essay is due soon Junior: Don't remind me, even the gayness can't make it enjoyable, like many a teen show 🤷 Junior: Could combine? Somehow? Umm Junior: The supernatural characters and the humans...why yes, I am clutching at straws Junior: This term is killing me Nancy: If I'd get away with handing in some shots instead of an essay I would Nancy: not happening Nancy: 😩 Nancy: What ideas have you had? For the juxtaposition...forget the tempest Nancy: burn that Junior: If only, 1000 words=1 photograph, no contest really Junior: again, if only Will had 💀 Junior: The idea I can't get out of my head, even though it has been done to death so is BEYOND basic, is mashing up a classical art piece with something modern and pop culture...to say something about me (eww!) Junior: Tbf, they usually use Renaissance or very very famous art pieces so I could win points by using some relevant surrealism/ going beyond calling Mona Lisa #flawless Junior: Its all I've got Nancy: I think it's good Nancy: Let's both run with overused concepts and make them not basic in our way Nancy: act like we planned it Nancy: nobody has to know we had no other ideas Junior: Absolutely 😎 Junior: Total confidence is key, comes so natural to the both of us, like Junior: I think worrying about being 'original' is the true hack thing to do here anyway 💅 Nancy joined the chat 13 hours ago Nancy: 😖 yes Nancy: stealing that all Nancy: now if you could keep it going and give me some thoughts on shakespeare to plagiarize 😜 Junior: If I could, I would but even SparkNotes isn't helping me Junior: shall we peruse the best film/stage adaptations? maybe tomorrow night if you're free Nancy: I've seen the 2010 version a few times for obvious reasons Nancy: but yeah the others not so much Nancy: we need to do something that isn't me asking my mum for help Junior: Oh, babe 😂 that's the real tragedy here, you doing that to yourself Junior: maybe I'll borrow her and she can do mine for me Junior: still down for a movie night obviously Nancy: 🙉 Nancy: Lead female character Nancy: Shakespeare should've Nancy: Please do take her Nancy: mum swap 😂 Junior: As much as Bill LOVED any excuse for a drag show darling... stick with the evil queens and witches 😘 Junior: Let's do this, full family swap! Let them drive you insane for a bit whilst I live the life 😬 Nancy: Switch that around both my parents are so type A Nancy: Plus you've got all the brothers and sisters to dodge behind Nancy: Buster takes more heat off than most but he's still just one boy Junior: well, mine would refuse to be bound to a type, just as annoying I promise Junior: Its true I can mostly fade into obscurity with all their shenanigans, yet it still somehow isn't the case, just 12 nosy people in your business instead of the usual 2, with a disinterested brother flexing off in the background Nancy: 🙈 Nancy: I'm not having kids Nancy: Don't care if the future wife is frantic Junior: It is an issue that divides all of us tbh Junior: I don't think I'd mind one, to put all my efforts into Junior: but unlikely Junior: unless I co-parent from the sidelines with your wife Nancy: weirder scenarios have come about Nancy: I'd prefer a kitten Junior: steal one when you come over Junior: Ma'd probably notice but really, do we need so many? Nancy: Gran's such a dog person can I get through the door Junior: True, true Junior: Always living on such extremes this fam Junior: I don't know 😏 Nancy: look at me and my brother ultimate homo and hetero Nancy: embarrassing Junior: 😂 Junior: I'd love to suggest he doth protest too much but lbr Nancy: dad's never been prouder 😂 no teen pregnancies for his little girl Nancy: shakespeare would write that Junior: Who are we putting our money on to go first Nancy: that's harder than it sounds Junior: Rio is obvious choice but I sometimes think Grace might go insane and come along and take the claim Junior: *Shudders* Nancy: change the subject I beg you Nancy: I'd rather hear about your attempts to avoid your secret admirer who's a girl and hopelessly 💘 Junior: well, I would rather pretend that was not a thing 😬 Junior: as your brother once eloquently put it, when he was very pissed, 'i could clean up and get untold amounts of pussy' Junior: and that's that on that Junior: considering getting a face transplant 'cos my off-putting demeanour is not doing enough 😒 what problems to have, eh? the privilege of it all! 😂 Nancy: maybe we should go under together Nancy: moral support and potential discount Nancy: if I get told I don't look gay one more time I'm returning my badge Junior: well, where is your crewcut and tank top, like? 🤔 Junior: out here confusing the masses like that, idk Nancy: 🙉 Nancy: Not an identical twin playing tricks either how dare I Junior: why can't you just get in your box and like it, god damn it Nance! Nancy: unrelated except about boxes but should I get some new kit for this project or am I just stalling Nancy: a memoir Junior: any excuse 😜 Junior: but yes, do it Junior: i'm using it as excuse to go 'round all the best art galleries in town again so Nancy: Can I tag along Nancy: they're so quiet it's everything Junior: Naturally Junior: We're art students, we've gotta act like it, I'll keep the pretentious commentary to a minimum if you keep the equally as pretentious 'grams down too 😘 Nancy: I'll try Nancy: The feed wants what it wants though Junior: Can't argue, just leave the real money outta the shot Junior: Gotta leave my fangirls wanting more, like 😂 Nancy: That I will promise Nancy: Not trying to be mobbed by straight girls Junior: You mean you resist the lesbian stereotype of LOVING that too?! Nancy: Somehow it's managed Junior: no mean feat, one of the few gays in the village Nancy: Don't clap it's too loud 😂 Junior: *Finger clicks like this a slam poetry night* Nancy: Thank you Nancy: [sends a selection of childhood pictures] how early years can I go before everyone's rolling their eyes Nancy: Thank you too mum for these. Why did you do this to us? 🙈 Junior: Awww what 👼 Junior: This is how I like to remember Buster, before it all went wrong... 😉 Nancy: 👶🥕 Nancy: The glory days Junior: Weren't they just? Junior: At least you didn't have an extra older sister to dress you up, that's worse...the photos I could bring out, good lord 🙄 Nancy: 😜 And I wasn't that sister. You've welcome Buster Nancy: 🍀 Junior: *Whispers* Can we agree he needs SOMEONE to give him a makeover tho Nancy: I volunteer you as tribute Nancy: I've tried Junior: Maybe next family gathering Junior: if he shows Nancy: Bide your time Nancy: birthday present failsafe idea Junior: the amount of birthday celebrations in this fam is unholy Junior: We have a better social life than I would ever wish for, ugh Nancy: don't make me think about it Nancy: I'm sharing and it's made no difference Junior: wouldn't want you to miss out on all that good good attention we all crave 😂 Nancy: 🙈 Junior: Speaking of attention, have you heard the latest gossip that has piqued our peers? Nancy: You tell me Nancy: I can't think of anything off the top of my head Junior: Mark Colm Junior: a massive gay? Junior: I can't make up my mind if they're just hysterical and he's just a bit camp Junior: or there's something in it Nancy: He's one of us Nancy: Definitely crushing on the headboy I've seen him looking Junior: Isn't everyone? Junior: Even the teachers, complete popularity contest got him that position Junior: Interesting, though... Nancy: Besides me in my minority of one Nancy: And Sian would never Junior: Sian Gaffney? She's never gay! Thought you didn't do straight girls, you're reaching there Nancy: 🙉 not her she's dating the oldest Keenan lad Jake? Blake? idk Nancy: She'd love to ride half our class anyway Junior: Ohh you mean Mrs Kelly, duh Junior: yeah she's one of the only decent teachers about, doesn't seem like she goes in for all that popularity politics Nancy: No she doesn't Junior: Seems like a good place to while away a lunchtime Nancy: don't tell everyone how fun it is there'll all wanna join me Nancy: not ready to say goodbye to my happy place Junior: I think your secret is safe from the masses, even if I suddenly got uncharacteristically chatty Junior: Even the ones that don't take the piss and are relatively decent human beings Junior: still rather go get a nandos or whatever it is they do Nancy: Yeah I'm an open book if anyone asks 😂 Nancy: I'll stick with the one stereotype I'm okay with embracing, my eager vegetarianism Nancy: No offence lads Junior: Its all kale and charitable acts with this one Junior: No ulterior motives at all 😏 Nancy: just a rich girl with more wealth than she can give away 😜 Nancy: nothing else to see here Junior: mhmm okay 👌 Junior: we'll pretend I don't know you better than that Nancy: Hey you don't know everything Junior: True Junior: are you in the mood for telling? Junior: 🤔 Nancy: Sometimes Nancy: Can't put it all in my art Junior: not if you don't want Miss to think you're trying to tell her something Junior: flattered but straight, like Nancy: She's not the one Nancy: She'll be flattered to hear Junior: Indeed Nancy: When there is someone it'd be nice to talk about it Nancy: Sometimes like I said Junior: Well, you know where I am Junior: When there is someone Nancy: But I wouldn't know where to start Nancy: I can't put words to it ?? Not the right ones Junior: That's not just you Junior: If I'm to understand all the songs and poetry professing they too have no words Junior: Can but try 🙂 Nancy: Helpful Nancy: What about you? Headboys to one side. Any crushes? Junior: No, no Junior: No point, is there Nancy: Doesn't mean there's a way to stop yourself Nancy: Wish I could just No at myself Junior: I don't know, I don't find it too hard Junior: but you're out so its different Junior: I wouldn't want to go out with anyone...even if Mark is a gay Junior: what would he want with me Nancy: You're a catch Nancy: Out or not he'd be punching above his weight to have you Junior: I don't think there's any point being with someone if you can't be open with it Junior: Being a dirty little secret isn't going to feel good for either party Nancy: For some people it feels worth it Nancy: Just to be with, or around them Junior: Perhaps Junior: Safe to say I don't feel that deeply for any lad here so yeah Junior: keeping on my shelf for now, like Nancy: There's a junxtaposition, us on our respective ledges Nancy: I can't remember what being happily single is like Nancy: Another lesbian stereotype for the list Junior: Don't, how depressing 😂 Junior: I am not about that angsty teen art life Junior: How do we get you a lady? Junior: Do we have to hit the clubs? Nancy: 🙈 Nancy: No no no Nancy: Give that up for a bad job and worse idea Nancy: I'm too picky Junior: You're speaking to me Junior: vowed a celibate here Junior: we can do this for you Nancy: We can't Nancy: Leave me in my rut Junior: Fine fine 😋 Nancy: I'll be in my dark room angsting 😂 Junior: Noted Junior: I'll drag you out for museums and Tempest film marathon tomorrow, yeah? Junior: 'Til then madame Nancy: Looking forward to it Nancy: Stay inspired 💚 Junior: Stay golden 💛