#not tagging this as much; all this is mostly for blacklistjng purposes

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kinda interesting to observe the whole discussion around sun rn from aside, after caelOS jumped from fandom and became its own thing. so I'm not as affected cuz Rigel (who is very inspired by dca sun and is a very softhearted nervous wreck*) is more or less disconnected from the original inspiration to me. it's kind of nice to see the canon diverge further and flesh them out a bit! it allows me a little more room to breathe and be a bit more dissimilar.

though I have to wonder how I'd respond if it was still just an AU

I still love dca to bits, I honestly intend to draw them having checked out hw2. I was a bit saddened by the personality change before I realised he's talking to an adult. it mostly just didn't sit with me that he'd be that harsh with kids after having been relatively established to be Decent with them, if a bit messy and overbearing.

but having actually seen the gameplay the shredding comes off as such a mundane procedure that the minigame is either a "rehearsal" or it's just a normal thing! maybe the kids do enjoy seeing the thing get destroyed, there's shredding videos online that are fun to watch. some kids want to watch the world burn and I'm all for it (as long as they're warned they don't get to keep the creations). our shock mostly comes from this information being new, but i can see when you're a regular how this can be so normal no one bats an eye. or just a very destructive child

there's honestly still many ways to interpret the new info and have it fit with the original interpretation (sun is off the clock and didn't ask for this™, he's decent with kids and just VERY SNOBBY about crafts in particular, he's annoyed with you in particular because you're an adult and should know how to follow simple instructions/COLOR THEORY, the theater kid personality is bleeding through when it comes to ART, etc etc etc). you can have a soft sun that will chew someone up! it's fun!

overall the minigame is fuckin hysterical, I enjoy this addition to the lore™

(*Rigel is absolutely capable of being crabby of course, and has a moment of two like that in the desktop buddy thing, being occasionally snappy has been part of his personality since day one. apple doesn't fall far from the tree I guess! but all in all even compared to sun before hw2 he's been much softer in terms of personality)