#i agree blaine sounds cooler but we needed a distinction on our different versions of him

[jemtokall]

This is the same anon that asked about reph and now I wanna know about Brain/Data Riku as well lol, was it also spawned from rp? Like it's honestly super clever

HIIIII thanks for taking an interest and letting me info dump <3333

You would be mostly right! It started in a modern au rp but we kept re-doing in other au's because their dynamic is funny to us. Surprisingly, canon was one of the later au's for them

They're very silly and not as serious as Reph. This about sums them up

Book Data— They're both data! To make it work in present time, the Blaine here is Data-Blaine from shift pride made from the book of prophecies, the same way that Dataku is made from Jiminy's Journal. Blaine can still live as himself since the original isn't around, but they're both still copies from an original. (And Dataku doesn't have the same level of existential crisis of being a clone as, say, Repliku would) so they're very chill with each other's existence and secure with themselves.

Black coat— Blaine has some sort of history with Luxu, a man in a black coat, and then Dataku's main outfit is a black coat :) overcoming some unknown fears on Blaine's part. Then they go on a cute clothes shopping montage because Blaine can't stand seeing Dataku in that hooded outfit,

Virus vs. Anti-Virus— Blaine became a virus to rewrite the book and give it a better ending. Dataku is an anti-virus made to detect bugs and fix it. Dataku has to struggle with his coding to fix bugs vs. his want for a happy ending

Brainiacs— They're both very smart in different ways. Dataku has an encyclopedic knowledge on everything in the current time, and Blaine is very tricky about working around rules to get what he wants (like when Blaine asked if the rulebook was more of a guideline iirc). They challenge each other

Love of animals—Dataku is obsessed with bugs (especially crickets) while Blaine is obsessed with small animals. So

-Blaine lives outside of the computer but visits the datascape often

-Neither of them sleep

-Blaine talks with Dataku on the phone every night because everyone else is asleep

-A lot of banter because neither of them know how to deal with emotions, so it's a lot of sidestepping serious topics.

Repliku: Eph, I'm cold

Eph: Oh, here! Take my scarf!

Dataku: ...

Dataku: Blaine, I'm cold

Blaine: Well damn I can't control the weather