#pyke sdr my beloved

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I’ve been thinking about sdr and about how much I enjoy the magic and the abilities all of the crew portrays and I’ve noticed that the reason I fuck with them so hard it’s because all of their abilities feel as biological as they feel spiritual.

Like, bear with me, the most obvious examples of this are in Leboosh, Chuckles and Dandy.

Leboosh is simply born like this, not carbon based, non humanoid, his simply ooey gooey, oozoid self and it does so much for him as a barbarian. His body expands and bounces around rooms like a battering ram, but Leboosh isn’t stupid, he knows the abilities of his body like no other and so knows exactly how many risks he can take, how much ground he can cover, how he can use it to his advantage to cover his friends, to slow down enemies, etc.

Plus other details like how he can get sustenance from most things, or his fighting style in space which is just hit shit really, really, really hard. He is the most alien esque member of the crew and I love him for it.

Next, Chuckles, just like Leboosh his whole magic abilities simply come from his race, motliens, but what being a motlien entails is so interesting because these are humans who give themselves to the extreme revelry and hedonism and end up totally changed by an external force.

Discord (this being what changes the humans) is in this case kinda like a higher being or an infection, something that changes and mutates things to the point they are unrecognizable. Chuckles isn’t sure how he came to be a motlien, or how Discord really works, but he has the inherent ability to do all this crazy shit and is aware it could come with a cost (wild magic trigger).

He is alien in a totally different way than Leboosh who is alien-like because he is very diferent from the norm, while Chuckles is alien because he was changed so drastically from what he used to be.

Dandy! My beloved! She is so fun. She is a droid (something we generally associate with machine, the beyond human, leaving the natural world behind) but she’s a Druid! She brings back nature and is so devoted to the care of animals, plants and people. She is a droid made of stone, powered with weird crystal magic we don’t know much about and neither does she, but just like Chuckles, she has a natural instinct to pull from, to use her abilities to restore nature.

She is not necessarily alien looking, but is very much NOT like any other droid the gang could meet, she is unique in her making, and her design with all the feathers, golden accents and gems, maker her feel like an ancient relic, resurfacing after being left behind a millennia ago.

Now the two members whose powers are more obviously tied to spiritual means, Kavir and Pyke.

Featuring some spoilers for their backstories so beware!!

Kavir is obvious, he is a warlock, he made a pact with some ancient god but, in episode 9 when we learn a bit about his backstory, it seems like he was actually chosen by Father Time instead of striking up a deal with him.

It also seems like everyone in Kavir’s home planet is aware of this and familiar with this god, maybe it’s a common religion or legend in his home. Which gives it the feeling like it’s an especial thing, something that only the people of the dunes know about, an old story only spread from mouth to mouth.

So as much as it is very obviously spiritual it is also a very cultural thing that is exclusive for the people of Zahra Dune.

I also, personally, subscribe to the idea that Kavir was changed slightly by his pact with Father Time. I like to think his tattoos (whether they were done ritually or not) have changed from the normal black ink to this soft yellow bordering on gold by the magic that now flows through him, and also that they have taken a mind of themselves.

Like the lines in his arms swirl and drip like sand on the wind or falling from an hourglass, sometimes when using his powers they take the vague shapes of clocks or sun dials, ticking seconds, minutes, hours all spread across his body.

And his eyes, shining a bright golden light, maybe once they were a deeper amber color, more akin to brown, but after the pact they are piercing, bright like the burning desert sun, alluring to no end.

Now Pyke, he is very fun because his abilities seem to be very much biological but also maybe a recessive gene or uncommon trait.

In episode 12, when Pyke catches the crew up with his past in racing, he mentions that one day, at random his soul unlocked (whatever that means), that Khan noticed it and helped him nurture it, and after that he was unable to lose another race.

He also says that Rex didn’t take kindly to this, especially since Khan started being a little rougher on Rex, pushing him harder to try and do the same thing Pyke did unknowingly.

This is very odd, neither Pyke or Rett were aware that this was a thing that could happen, (earlier in the show Pyke mentions that he’s unsure whether Rex can use the same abilities he uses as they are discussing how he could’ve escaped the Rhapsody) but Khan seems very much aware of this, in fact, he knew more than he let on as Pyke also mentions finding out Khan was holding information from him.

I love all the things about Solar Elves having weird little things about them, like higher than normal body temperatures, their hair moving by themselves and shining depending on their mood, feeling connected to the stars, needing more sunlight than regular, etc.

I think all of that should apply to Pyke but like times ten.

Wherever the hell this soul is, this new weird thing that lives within Pyke thrums with enough energy to rival a dwarf star, it rests in between his rib cage and pulses like a second accelerated heartbeat, his hair moves violently nearly lashing out at the people around him like the energy bursts of the sun.

He doesn’t just need more sun that most he actively seeks it out, like moth to a flame looks for places to rest where he is near a star and can look at them, stare at them and this is the spiritualism point. He is a monk after all.

Pyke stares out at the stars thinking about them and their immensity and how many of them are in the universe, their energy, the cores that feel oh so familiar, and when he closes his eyes he can nearly hear them sing in his ears, words he cannot understand but knows deep down are familiar lullabies.

And now, finally, Rett.

He is very similar to Leboosh in that he doesn’t use magic, but disimular in how Leboosh’s abilities are all just himself while Rett uses machines.

But Rett even being able to make this machines is inherently special to just him, only aether dwarves can use this technology, they can’t express the knowledge of it or they die, it’s both a blessing and a curse bestowed upon them from birth.

It is also worth noting that Aether dwarves don’t live on planets, they live in stations they made by themselves and focus mostly on selling their tech to the highest bidder. Rett rejected this lifestyle in favor of being a bounty hunter and traveling but still has a generally high interest on machines and in upgrading things.

He constantly searches to make things better, to perfect things, even in something as simple as a snowball fight he was looking to make the perfect snowball.

Anyways,,,

I know some of this could just be chalked up to the general DnD rules biz, but I love over analyzing the funny shows I like, sooo. Gimme your thoughts?

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