#rodamrix parasites

[insomniac-rambling]

Explaining why the parasites from Rodamrix lowkey abuse Shapeshifter

Exhibit A: What even is Shapeshifter?

In both timelines, Shapeshifter, or as I like to call, Forteshifter, is an antagonist who is part of the Impostor species. A race known almost exclusively to be enemies of Crewmates. According to the Rodamrix Fandom Wiki, its abilities are as follows:

Claws

Prehensile tongue

Shapeshifting aka color-changing

Regenaration

And

Not having a goddam jaw apparently

“But Ramble, didn’t the Wiki also say that Shapeshifter was a parasite? How could they be abusing itself?”

Oh how I could go into mental health and how people get abused by their own brains…But to put a lid on THAT topic, I’m just gonna say it here

Shapeshifter is NOT a parasite. But it IS connected to them.

How do we know? Well, let’s look at why people say that it IS a parasite first. Our first scene? In episode three of the main series, Power. Where we first meet the guy, and our first look is this:

I know, really helping my case. But hear me out. I’m gonna call this its ‘parasite form’, where it essentially IS the parasites. And I know what I said earlier, I’ll get to that. In this form, Shapeshifter is just barely in the shape of a bean. With tentacles, mouths, a red eye. The only indication that it’s something we’re familiar with is its round shape and stumpy legs.

The second scene comes here, in episode 5 of the original series, Encounter

Here, Shapeshifter is shown to not have a name. In fact the text glitches out, like it’s trying to find a name for Shapeshifter, but can’t seem to. This would make sense for a parasite being ejected, since I’m pretty sure they don’t have individual names…But who knows, I could be wrong lol. Anyways, Shapeshifter doesn’t have a name. This is obviously significant, meaning it likely doesn’t have an identity. At least not a proper one. No wonder, it doesn’t have an ID, it switches colors, the damn thing doesn’t even have a stable body!

Now, I know what you’re thinking.

“Well, if it doesn’t have an identity, and it looks like that fucked up mess, how can it not be a parasite?”

To which I say BAM!

Yeah, take it all in. This is from episode 6 of the alternate timeline, Red. Specifically the second half of it. In this scene, a parasite tendril has just witnessed Red making up with his friends after revealing to them that he was an Impostor. After learning this, it goes to Shapeshifter, and whispers in its ear the tea. Like your friend from high school telling you about Josh’s new bae.

This makes no sense.

First of all, if Shapeshifter was a parasite, wouldn’t that mean it would be mentally connected to the others? And therefore already know that Red spilled his secret? Why does it need a parasite telling it that like a devil on its shoulder tempting it to sin?

This implies only one thing. Shapeshifter, on some level, is a separate entity from the parasites. It is very clearly connected to them, but they are NOT one and the same. Secondly, if they WERE the same, then how do you explain the tentacles?

The picture on the left is from episode 4 of the alternate timeline, Stranger. The picture on the right is from episode 6, Red. Also the second half. Let’s focus on the picture on the left first.

Here, Shapeshifter is destroying the parasite specimens the Polus team has collected for…why did it do that? I could never figure that out. Anyways, we’re not here to discuss the scene. We’re here for the tentacles.

“😏?”

Not like that. Here, the coloration of the tentacles is a sort of purpleish dark red. Which, if we were really paying homage to the og Fortegreen, I would’ve made bright yellow or red. But then again, that probably wouldn’t be very aesthetically pleasing, so this was a good call. However, later on, the tentacles take on a…different appearance.

For some context, Red, Blue, White, and Tan teamed up with Impostors Pink and Purple to fight Shapeshifter. But they immediately get separated, allowing Shapeshifter to come to Glitchy disguised as their deceased mother/father/parent to kill the poor kid. Dark. In order to save Glitchy, Red uses his own prehensile tongue to stab Shapeshifter in the eye/visor, killing it. But it seems the parasites weren’t quite done with it. Reviving the Impostor, and also…giving it an interesting change.

Upon revival, Shapeshifter’s tentacles have taken on the appearance of parasites. Becoming colored black with bright red eyes, just like the parasites themselves. Again, this makes no sense. If it was the parasites, wouldn’t its tentacles look like this at all times? And not that reddish color from earlier? How come it’s only after Red kills it that it goes from this:

to THIS?

The only explanation I can think of is that it’s a parasite-infected Impostor, such as Indigo, Gun Bean, or Red. After all the parasites did change his appearance once they took full control of him, maybe something similar happened here? Shapeshifter’s consciousness was temporarily taken out, allowing the parasites to take over completely. Maybe even permanently. Its visor did stay red by the end of the episode.

So now that we’ve established that Shapeshifter is its own entity, why don’t we take a look at its relationship with its…‘partners’?

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Unknown parasite Emma 🩷

[maschroom12]

Forte, Shifter and Olive from Safe Space AU @amonggtheestarss

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× About the previous post--

× I FINALLY GOT PERMISSION ( I was delaying sending my work for review for a very long time ).

× Now I have official permission from the Rodamrix server moderators [ 'nd Roda ] to draw emoji inspired by the original for personal use so as not to use the original. SO HERE ARE YOUR HUGE SPOILERS I LOVE FORTEGREEN WITH THE HOTTEST ROMANTIC LOVE--

[ Characters cr: Fortegreen parasite belongs to Rodamrix Among Us ( YouTube ). ]

[pintrestparasite]

*clears throat*

parasite tasty, goodnight

[displacedentities]

Took a lil break from the comic to take care of some serious business with my work, and get back on my bean bullshit /pos

100% the fault of the animated series on youtube by @rodamrix, recently rediscovered it after several years and my god!! It's come so far, and I love it so much!!! And it made me miss the space beans in a way I haven't in a long time ;u; So I remade my Among Us character, using features directly from my preferred in-game outfit!

Say hi to Cyan-tist (Cyan)!

I'll info-dump on my bean below the cut xD It's really long, you've been warned!

Backstory

Cyan worked in the specimen laboratory at MIRA HQ, occasionally taking trips off-planet for fieldwork and sample collecting. Cyan was very attached to her many pets, and would get engrossed in her work studying her specimens.

Unfortunately, she was caught alone in the specimen lab one day, and the impostor- Orange- who snuck into MIRA via transport vessel, sought to gain a new ally. Orange cornered and converted Cyan into an impostor by infecting her with the parasite, and once she turned, Cyan went into a feral hunger rampage, mindlessly killing and eating all of her pets and specimens in the lab. The grief of losing her beloved companions and all her work snapped her back into control of herself, only for Orange to praise her for the carnage. Outraged, Cyan turned on Orange, killing and eating him, too.

Not wanting to die for killing a seemingly innocent crew mate, Cyan outed herself immediately to her crew, handing over Orange's remains as well as their weapons during the meeting. Because Cyan never killed any actual crew mates, her crew decided to let her stay, on the condition that she be observed at all times via her Glitch Console (the Twitch pet lmao). She uses Glitch to stream her continued work in the lab, and keep in near constant contact with the rest of her team - it's also MIRA's way of keeping tabs on her, since she's on thin ice as a known impostor.

Cyan has a vitriolic hatred of other impostors, and can hardly conceive of another 'friendly' impostor like her existing. Whenever a hostile impostor shows up, all of her team have an alarm button on their tablets to call her, and 'deploy' Cyan to 'fix' the problem. This has regained some trust with her closest friends in her crew, though Cyan prefers to stay isolated in her laboratory with her new pets. She would love to find a cure for her condition, but is resigned to existing as she is, and it can't bring back the pets she lost. Cyan is soft on animals, robots, her fellow crew, and children, and has misused science lab equipment to make treats for young visitors. Don't mess with her work or she'll bite you.

Abilities

Cyan-tist is a Shapeshifter variant Impostor. She cannot turn into everybody she sees- however, she can transform into anything living she has ever eaten. The higher percentage of the creature she consumes, the better the disguise. She can shapeshift clothing from her own body matter. The 'cat hat' she once wore has become a physical part of her, the ears functional for hearing and movement, and the eyespots capable of sight, producing tears, and emoting.

Due to her initial feral rampage in the lab, Cyan can transform into a wide variety of crewmate pets and lab specimens- her favorites being the three forms of her former companions: a Doggy, a Headslug, and a Squig. She often uses these to spy on new arrivals undetected, attempting to sus out foreign impostors from the cohort. Cyan can adapt features to her existing body at any level she wants- for example, she can gain the fur coat of the Doggy, the wings of the Pouka or the Goose, or the tentacles of the Squig without needing to fully shapeshift. The Doggy form in particular has a heightened sense of smell, allowing her to detect if the scent of a foreign impostor is present, though it may not be sufficient to identify the specific individual from a crowd.

Cyan-tist's adaptive shapeshifting is powerful enough that she can gain the unique attributes of other impostors she has eaten. This includes her advanced chromatophores for changing color, which she acquired from Orange, the first impostor she killed and consumed. Very few impostors since Orange have had anything noteworthy to add to her repertoire of skills. Cyan swore to never eat a crew mate.

Completely self-indulgent Rodamrix Animated Series thoughts

Okay I couldn't help it, I wondered about what would happen if Cyan were to be present in the series. !!!SPOILER WARNING IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, DO NOT READ THIS PART!!!

Original series- If she didn't adapt to the sudden climate shift of the impostor takeover, or stood with the crew in any capacity when they began to spread out of control, Cyan-tist is most likely dead. She would not have gotten along with many- if any- of the impostors within MIRA HQ, and actively would have stood against or tried to kill them, making her an enemy. I can't imagine Big Purple let her live if she tried anything. If by some miracle she DID survive, Cyan is most likely operating as a plant within the impostor hideout, smuggling supplies or otherwise tipping off the survivors as to the movements of the horde so crewmates can escape or avoid being discovered.

Alternate series- Cyan-tist is completely unaware of the plot that Crimson and the MIRA HQ heads have for selling off impostors/parasites and dissenters as test subjects. As such, she continues to operate in her specimen lab, on constant watch for new impostors to show up and threaten her crew and friends. The future arrival of Red, Purple, and Pink would set off HUGE alarm bells for her, and she would be on high alert the moment she detects they're impostors. Cyan would HATE Purple as a known killer impostor, be sus of Pink's no-thoughts-head-empty behavior- though she'd discover quickly he could be distracted with snacks- and not trust Red until his own crew vouches for him. Once the Skeld survivors confirm Red is innocent and a fellow 'good' impostor who saved their lives, Cyan would back off, but keep her eye on all of them.

[amongdestiny-qu33n]

Rodamrix Alternate Theory!!

The parasites are an interesting part to the story in Alternate Rodamrix. They hold a big one too.

You may be thinking: “What? You think that this little, innocent creature is capable of killing over thousands and thousands of Beans?”

And my answer is….Yes. I do.

When we were introduced to Polus, this creature was outside Red’s window. It looked like this 👇

Now you may think: “Why is this important? We already know who it is!” But do we really? Sure, it may be Fortegreen as we see in future episodes.

But is it really ForteGreen? We know he can shapeshift. So why can’t he shapeshift into someone else? Like ForteGreen, Olive, even Yellow?

Because he isn’t really Fortegreen. He’s a parasite. A parasite that can shapeshift into a Bean. We see the similar problem with Red.

Red is infected with the same parasite ForteGreen is MADE OF. So why can’t he be the same now?

Red isn’t himself after turning into the parasite. But water seems to help. Why? Water and the parasites are a huge part in the series. And maybe it will even be the end….

[ilikemarshmallows]

disconnected thoughts about rodamrix's among us animation:

i'm worried about red. i wonder why he's having so much trouble hiding his mouth when he never did before, unless you count when he was unconscious. he has ptsd. i think maybe it's a trauma response 

he doesn't just have trauma about the shifter from his time on polus; he's probably also scared of being possessed by parasites again. of hurting the people he cares about (like baby yellow, whom he is very protective of). which also traces back to the shifter. seeing olive right there, especially when mini yellow was with him, might've triggered that fear too in particular.

purple was thought dead because that's what white said when they called home. (because white thought they were.)  but the photo purple was looking at seemed to have more than just one person in it. i don't see purple being surprised or particularly upset that they were believed dead. purple already knew people thought they were dead; that's not really a new thing to them. but i do see them being surprised and upset about their family members being dead.

but if their family members are dead, why are their pictures up on screens in the labs? or if, hypothetically, they're being secretly held in the labs, why would they be displayed like that in a publicly accessible place? (the labs did look emptier than the other places, but they were still presumably searching for the others there.) did they die of some disease? something doctor wants to find a cure for? wait---i forgot, characters that live in one universe always die in the other (except glitchy)---they probably are dead....or will die...i forgot about that...oh no.....

BUT crimson wanted to get indigo to pay to get purple back. that means indigo was probably alive and well the last time he saw or heard of him. i don't know how long ago that was though 

crimson apparently wanted to sell purple back to indigo. was he hoping dr white would pay too to get white out of trouble or something? that seems really dumb lol. like "hey i didn't bring your package but i'm holding your brother for ransom!" in any case they know purple and pink are imposters so white is pretty much off the hook i guess 

[mean-bf777]

This is radiator (call him rudy/atom)

He is a dragon beast impostor, he can kill a lot of crewmates but cannot sabotage, he lives in polus planet, he using the eye patch because his visor is scratched , when he still was still a crewmate, he attacked by a parasite that called "the shadow (from fortegreen rodamrix)" and becames an imposter after being corrupted by that parasite, he also has a dragon curse like Orson but his giant dragon curse/form's size are more bigger than orson for 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 (100 Googol) km than orson with his giant dragon beast form because he was get that dragon curse and anccidently spills out the radiation liquid (100 times spilled) that effects him, he also a little bit "troller" like maroon, he also had a mini crewpostor named FORTE who is cute but dangerous, and he can sizeshifting and shapeshifting.

@mean-bf777

@kaiju-wolfdragon

[insomniac-rambling]

I just had an idea…

YOU DID THIS @rodamrix

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Comic

Episode 2/?

Emma oc × Indigo

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Episode 2/?

Emma oc × Indigo

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Emma and the Unknown Parasite Emma

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Dragon Guardian Angel Emma and Unknown Parasite Emma 🌺🌺🌺✨✨✨💖💖💖

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Comic

Episode 2/?

Emma oc × Indigo

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A bit older Art from Among us Alternate 1.