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as someone who's internet name has been gamma for years now, i would like to hear about who gamma is

OKAY, DOUBLE THANK YOU FOR THIS ASK!! first thank you is for sending my first ever ask!! hell yeah!!! second thank you is because this got me to realize that pages don't show up on mobile, which means the summary page I spent a couple DAYS writing was completely inaccessible to most people using the site (thanks for being a functional website, Tumblr! lol). (and I guess I could give you a third thank you for asking about Gamma specifically because I love to ramble about this guy lmao)

Gamma's a Creation (basically a biological robot) who acts as bodyguard and personal assistant to Alice, the creator of the world in Universe 1. He's the one who collects souls for Alice's army as well as accidentally becomes one of the main character's (Lydia's) mentors, and has become a sort of secondary protagonist for Universe 1 as a whole. Gamma's pretty reserved and takes his responsibilities very seriously, even if they're self-imposed, doing his best to keep Alice safe as that is what he was literally made to do. Honestly, considering the circumstances, he's done a damn good job. He's fascinated by Earth, which, thanks to him spending his entire life in Alice's Realm, is functionally an alien planet to him, and he spends most of his free time researching aspects of it (usually human history and sociology) from books he and Alice have stolen from Earth. He tends to creep out the humans a bit, both with the whole soul-collecting thing (which most of the humans still hold a grudge against him for, which Gamma fully understands) and with him being an unknowing resident of the uncanny valley who's oftentimes secretive to a fault, but he genuinely cares about their well-being and does what he can to help improve their situation, usually working himself to the bone to do so. There's... a lot more going on with this guy, but honestly I could ramble about him for another three hours, and that's what the prompt fills are for! lmao

I've got a little more info about him right HERE! (along with info about all of the other characters in Universe 1)

#Local Spider Gets Mail #<- I think that's a decent ask-answering tag! might change it later if I feel like it tho lol #Gamma's great honestly. I think he's one of my faves because He Has The Range #he's an omen of death! he reads a telepathic dog bedtime stories!#he knows the inner workings of eldritch abominations and their pocket dimensions! he has no idea what taxes are!#he had to be told that humans aren't telepathic by default and had a breakdown when he found out!#he shrugs off gashes and monster bites like they're no big deal!#he's accidentally broken into buildings before because he was worried calling attention to his presence would be bothering people!#his best friend is a human-adjacent eldritch abomination with no concept of the value of life!#this eldritch abomination is the only person he's comfortable enough around to be snarky with!#the eldritch abomination looks like a kid compared to him! she's actually almost twice his age because he's only been alive for EIGHT YEARS #he's got so much tragic shit going on and yet I can still write more light-hearted stuff involving him!#he's even mentally ill!!!#HE HAS THE RANGE!!!#my favourite thing about Gamma is that from Lydia's perspective he seems like he's got his shit together at first #but really Gamma is a bundle of frayed nerves in a ragged suit keeping shit together via metaphorical duct tape and a prayer lmao #if you've got any other questions feel free to send 'em!! I love talking about my funny little guys!!!

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