#so he'll dev be there for a while

[magical-xirl-4]

Zack's characterisation in Rebirth worries me because if they don't develop him more then he just won't be up to the standard that the other characters are at. If they're going to give him a big role they need to give him depth

[efy727]

So, before the show's season finale, I was thinking of posting new designs for Dev, hopping he will get to keep Peri and redeem himself. I'm not very knowledgeable in fashion, but I just love coming up with new outfits for characters, especially when there's story significance.

In this case, Dev's current design is very similar to his awful dad, so of course him wearing something else is to distance himself. An as you can see, I also adopted the theory of his hair being naturally curly, though I admit I don't have much experience drawing different hair textures.

Ramble below.

I also made a few references to other media I like. The Red Son one was a no-brainer, they are both voiced by Kyle McCarley. They are also looking for parental approval, are good handling technology (not to the same degree) and are red heads. I wasn't sure if adding the ponytail or not.

The Asriel one is actually inspired by a piece of fanart someone else made, where Dev was dressed as Chara instead. Why? I kind of have been drawing comparisons Ariel/Flowey's fate in the True Pacifist ending and Dev in the end of the first season. Both did awful things (not to the same degree), but then undid it knowing they will end up alone due to someone else showing they care for them.

No one knows what Flowey/Asriel did but him, Frisk and the player; while everyone that saw it knows what Dev did but himself (or so it seems) and his dad.

For the serious designs, I wanted the outfits to convey Dev's affinity for technology, but without the sanitized look of his first season appearance, aka less white. I also wanted to do something different from Hazel, Winn and Jasmine. I wasn't sure if just changing the color of the hoodie, but I thought of the turtleneck shirt he wears.

I also removed the boots, for obvious reasons. I'm not good at keeping characters height consistent, so I'm not sure how tall he'll stand next to the others.

I emphasized yellow as his color in a good deal of the fits. I essentially just changed the amount of color his design has. I think yellow could go well, it's complementary with Peri's purples. Is close but different from white. I saw the swap AU where he and Hazel where fairies and I liked the designs.

And there's certain character significance, I want to explain with another comic. I just like this electric lemon hue

I also put an edgier design in the corner for a potential scenario and added an "Assistant" Peri design that I mentioned in my previous post.

[mochinomnoms]

Apparently, shrimps and eels commonly have a symbiotic relationship. The eel protects the shrimp, and the shrimp eats any parasites off the eel!

The devs probably knew that when they decided to have Floyd call the player "Shrimpy," but now I'm imagining Floyd light up in joy and snickering the first time you pick off a bit of lint from his suit. It becomes an inside joke to him, and he starts ignoring anything that might be stuck on him so his friend can do their "job" lmao.

Naturally, Jade notices and gets in on the bit. Since he hikes in the woods, there's bound to be ticks and such! Sometimes, he has "no other choice" than to ask for your help since "Azul is busy, " and "Floyd always rips the bug apart trying to pull it off." These things are hard to reach and take out in one piece, better safe than sorry, right? And whenever you do the twins just give each other a Look like: the Reference is Referencing.

It's incredibly funny to them when you start taking after your namesake. Floyd especially thinks it's funny, as you said he'll leave himself dirty in anticipation of his shrimp. He'll even start to purposely get scuffed up in a fight (that he wins) or from parkouring so that you'll fuss over him and tend to his scratches and scrapes. You're so focused and your tongue is poking out, it's so cute! Jade notices, and similarly starts roughing himself up during his hikes so that you too will tend to him. After all, he can't ask Azul since he won't let him in the lounge while covered in dirt and plants, and your dorm is on the way back to his dorm anyways. Won't you be a dear little shrimp?

Shrimps provide this service in exchange for protection and food from eels in the wild, though. And they're not ones to leave a favor unpaid. So expect them to buy you an extra drink or sandwich at lunch. If you happen to come to the lounge, Floyd's asking you to taste test this dish he made for a new menu (it happens to be one of your favorite foods). Jade is inviting you over for tea time, which blends that he made with you in mind. And protection? Well, who's going to mess with you when you have two over 6 foot eels with sharp teeth and sharper grins hovering over your shoulder with their yellow eyes glaring daggers into their soul?

No one, trust me. You're confused as to why they're doing this, or why there's been an emphasis on referring to you as their cleaner shrimp, but you're getting food and protection from it so you don't bring yourself to care too much.

[thebibliosphere]

I was looking through the Gotham Knights Reddit for something (mod fix), and it really doesn't matter what you're looking for; there's always someone complaining in the notes about what a horrible game it is.

And 99.9999% of the time, it's people bitching it's not the Batman Arkham games. (Correct! It is not. It's the Gotham Knights game. Hope that helps.) But the funniest one I just saw someone saying, "this isn't a Batman game."

Like buddy. The whole premise is that Batman is dead. Of course, it's not a Batman game. It's a game about the world without him.

Did you really read the premise that starts with "Batman is dead" and expect to play as Batman? If so, that's a you problem.

"None of the characters handle like Batman."

Correct. Because they are Nightwing, Batgirl, Red Hood, and Red Robin. They are not Batman. They may have been trained by him, but they all have their own unique ways of moving and fighting.

Nightwing flips gracefully through the world like gravity doesn't apply to him while also hitting like a fucking freight train. And he'll do it with a smile. You know this because you'll wake up with a picture of him on your phone. (I love that animation, it's so fucking cheeky.)

Batgirl uses her slighter weight and height to leverage your own strength against you before going for all your pressure points and rendering you helpless. And if she's not turning you into human origami, she's calling in her drones and bricking all your technology. A fight with Nightwing might leave you with a concussion, but a fight with Batgirl means you need treatment for a concussion and a new iPhone.

Red Hood moves like he hates the ground beneath his feet, and you're in his way of stomping on it. He's massive and not afraid of utilizing his size in a fight. He doesn't need guns to be lethal; in fact, his guns are designed to be non-lethal. The same can't be said for his fists. Or his sarcasm.

Red Robin slides through the streets of Gotham like a ghost, only to explode your entire world in a shower of fiery nanobots and a bo staff applied directly to the forehead. If you're really unlucky, you'll wake up hanging upside down from a telephone poll with no memory of how you got there.

They are not Batman.

And I would argue that is a good thing. It would have been very easy to turn them into Batman clones and just do the same thing that's been done a hundred times before. Instead, the devs tried to do something different, and while some of it is clunky and a bit glitchy, they did what they did with a fraction of the budget the original Arkham games had, and I honestly commend them for it.

It's not easy to enter the world of Batman and not be Batman. But that's the whole point of the narrative. You're not him. And you shouldn't feel like him.

You should feel like whoever you're playing as, and in that regard, it works.

[lucrezianoin]

Interesting things that you can get from trying all the options but that reveal a general characterization and idea of astarion and tav's romance.

I wanted to talk about Astarion's feelings regarding intimacy and sex, and indipendence, and how this can give a small timeline of his relationship with Tav.

CONFESSION VS NO CONFESSION

If you don't get the confession or drow potion scene, astarion will still stop having sex with Tav, and at the start of act 3, if you ask about it he'll tell you that he's tired of paying with sex, and that you were a bad deal now. It was all transactional but he's done. If you say you're hurt, he'll reply that it hurts more to use his body to get nothing in exchange, basically. I think this confirms that up till some events leading to the confession, the relationship was transactional. He only says "This is the one talent I have".

Given that the only difference IS the confession, but that the game assumes there's party interactions that are not shown, we can assume that he started to genuinely fall for Tav somewhere around end of act 1 and act 2. This is confirmed by the fact that if you choose him over someone in act two, he'll be confused but immediately resorts to saying it's because of your good sexy times... But, he is surprised (positively surprised) if you say it want something real with him.

The thing is... Astarion is a people pleaser. He manages to find autonomy because of finally being actually free and slowly regaining it on his own (if you end up in this wrong/broken romance situation). He stops having sex with Tav, he decides he does not need to pay anymore for whatever Tav is giving him or not.

BAD CHOICES / SAYING NO / FEELING NOTHING

If you choose the very bad choices during the confession, he will tell you that having sex with Tav has felt different "I supposes", but then he'll reveal that he didn't know how to say no after you push him. He also says that he never felt anything while having sex (does not exclude tav from this sentence, so it's assumed that this is true for their sexual meetings too), but after Tav pushed him he felt something for the first time (being that he felt horrible). I want to elaborate more on this but I need the next two points first.

INTIMACY VS SEX

In a Karlach/Astarion party romance scene, Astarion gets very mean when he realizes he cannot have sex with Karlach. The dev notes reveal that its because he feels vulnerable and confused by the fact that his one method of connecting with people is not available to him in that situation. The notes also stresses that he really wants what Karlach is offering (just spending time together) but maybe even he doesn't realise it yet. Full scene and dev notes are here.

Furthremore, most of the scenes that people associate with astarion romance are actually scenes that happen even if you do not romance him. The bite scene, offering him to feed him your blood, the bear one, discussing character's blood, the mirror scene, and probably even the scars scene... these are all general scenes, not romance ones. The only romance scenes (as far as I know) in act1+2 are: him propositioning you if you have more than 40 approval, or him propositioning you at the party, the sex scene, the second sex scene ("cheeks all flushed"). It shows how he has a desire to connect. Some of these scenes are not connected with manipulating you, but really do feel like a true desire to connect.

Regarding these last three points, I think Astarion's "It felt different from you" does come from this desire to connect. It had felt different not because the sex itself was different, but because he honestly felt like he was connecting with Tav. That is why the options that you can offer him are so important:

In particular, asking him "what do you want" will reveal that he doesn't know. From the devnotes of Karlach/Astarion we already know that he is confused about his own need to connect. But also it is important that one of the option is "we can be together without sex". Sex is what he knows, "the talents he has", and it is also the only way he knows how to connect with people because he has been made to do it for 200 years. Telling him that you can be together and show him intimacy and companionship without sex, means he will have the safety to explore other ways. And be seen as a person.

What he needs/wants is the safety to pursue what he likes ("this", your relationship) and he thinks he might want. Safety being the important word.

That is why it is clear in the game that between the confession and post-Cazador Tav and Astarion do not have sex, even Astarion remarks twice about it to ask to Tav if he is really okay with it.

That is why it makes the cemetery scene so impactful. He is not fully healed, but he wants to reclaim sex as part of his way to connect with someone as an act of intimacy.

(Instead if you choose Ascended Astarion you confirm that you only see him as sex and not a real person. The sexy kinky vampire - I will talk about this in the last point, where I talk about the bite).

RELATIONSHIP

I wanted to write a little bit about the way he defines the relationship in act 2, post confession. The confession doesn't mark a clear "we are in love from now on", it is more like offering him this step, slowing down, making sure that you can be there for each other, allowing him to be free and supporting him.

If you ask him "what we are" he will say:

This could even imply that before the confession he did see you as a victim or a target, but that is just how he saw EVERYONE. Everyone was a target or a vicim, or a night of disgust/abuse. His knowledge and ability to identify intimacy and relationships has been so beaten down that he actually expresses confusion now that he finds himself with a real relationship. That "whatever in the world could you be?" is asked with genuine surprise and bafflement.

INDIPENDENCE

Another important and fundamental side of his romance is his indipendence. There are some choices that I would normally go for and then I realized gave no approval, or low approval. I will make a full posts of these approvals, but for now I wanted to focus on three.

Someone here on tumblr already noticed and wrote an amazing meta about how offering your blood to Astarion (the next day) gives NO approval.

You can see that telling him to feed on you gives no approval. Be it because the game explicitly associate bite = sex (seen from the drow woman) and he sees this as you seeing him as some sexy vampire or be it because you are making dependent on you, I am not sure.

But if you agree instead with his suggestion:

Another occurrence, is the two times you can tell him you will protect him. DorianDarkstar on twitter also noticed and made me realize that he does this twice. There are two occasions where you can tell him "I will keep you safe" and he doesn't fully like that.

There is a scene where you can tell him that you will watch his back if he watches yours and he approves (5 points!). If you tell him he is safe, instead he finds that pretty annoying.

There is also a dialogue in late act 3, where you can tell him that you will protect him. To which he answers with almost resigned annoyance.

It is important for him to be an equal. He says so in his romance talk after Cazador. (and that is why I love Durge Astarion so much as I explained here).

So yeah, there is I think something interesting to be found not only in non used scenes (not used by the player, as some of these choices are very bad), but also in finding out what he approves or disapproves of.

[kaunaz]

hey. so. i need the Ultrakill community to understand something, in case Hakita doesn't say anything about it.

Unity, the company, has decided to begin charging developers that made games with their software, once they meet a certain threshold. if a game earns $200,000 within 12 months, and 200,000 installs of said game happen total, the devs will be billed a flat rate of 20 cents per install. RETROACTIVELY. which is already a major blow to everyone who's ever found success with Unity (hint: Ultrakill is made in Unity).

to make this worse, the company is not planning to use tracking software to figure out how many installs have happened, like we THOUGHT they might, and aren't doing a good job of clarifying what an "install" even means. instead, they have stated that they'll be using a "proprietary data model" to determine this number per game. translation: they're making up numbers with AI. they don't even care. it's basically robbery and we're pretty sure this is mad illegal.

these changes are being finalized by January 1st of 2024.

game developers have the following options:

1) pay the bullshit fee.

2) port their entire game into another engine and re-release it in said engine.

3) cancel their Unity subscription and remove their game from all stores.

i don't know what this means for Ultrakill. maybe Hakita can pay the fee. maybe he'll try to port into Godot or Unreal. or maybe he will just decide it's not worth it to keep going. i don't know. i don't know what sort of person he is.

no matter what happens, PLEASE try to enjoy the game while you can. if development continues, expect delays. lots of them. above all, DO NOT GET ANGRY AT HAKITA IF THE GAME NEEDS TO BE DELAYED OR SHUT DOWN. THE BLAME FOR ANY PROBLEMS GOING FORWARD LIES SOLELY ON UNITY'S CORPORATE GREED.

Hakita, if you're reading this, please just do whatever you think is best. it's your game, your life. we enjoyed everything you've done so far, and for me, that's good enough.

[a-little-ray-of-fantasy]

Barnaby facts (confirmed by the devs)

Hello! Since I was bored and it's making me so happy to see Barnaby getting so much love lately, I've decided to collect all the info I have about him! I most likely missed something, so if you have info I haven't put here, or got wrong, let me know, ok? ^^

Anyhoo, here we go! **}

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- Barnaby, despite his name, is not a barn owl. He's actually a long eared owl.

- Barnaby isn't his real name; he used to have a different one, back in his alive days. One of the drawings featuring him has him surrounded by many names starting with "B".

- Said illustration has "Who am I?" hidden among the names and words such as "Where" and "Help", hinting at something linked to his identity is torturing him.

- It's been stated that Barnaby is the way he is because of a dangerous experiment that corrupted then killed him, changing him completely as a result.

- Barnaby is asexual homoromantic, and is genderfluid: while he goes primarly by "he/him", he accepts any pronoun.

- He considers his Barnaboos as his "little pretties", and often offers help or advice if they need it; of course, his help may not be as helpful as he believes...

- He hates cheesecake.

- He's not a fan of rootbeer neither; he will serve it in his parties, but he personally won't drink it.

- His favorite food is eye scream, and favorite Halloween treat are caramel apples.

- As for ice cream, his favorite flavor is Strawberry Shortcake.

- Speaking of food, yeah, he doesn't need to eat, nor sleep. But still likes doing it anyway.

- Barnaby is a confirmed sleepyhead. He naps a lot, but never in an ordinary position, or in his bed; he tends to sleep in various gravity bending position, especially upside down.

- Meaning, yes, when Billie comes to steal his gem, he was sleeping!

- And when he sleeps, he apparently snores and hoots.

- While hugging him would result in a kill from him, Ash confirmed Barnaby is a hugger! Hugging him would still involve him squeezing or stabbing you to death, tho'. And he'd feel both soft and slimy to the touch.

- Barnaby is around 10-11ft tall, and with his size-shifting abilities, he can be any height he wants; when he was alive tho', he's as tall as Aristotle, more or less.

- He doesn't need glasses anymore, but sometimes will wear them because they make him look smart. They also tend to follow the eyes' movements.

- Barnaby is very emotional: while it won't stop him from trying to kill you, he will cry if he sees you cry. Ironically, he would comfort you until you feel better. Then he'll kill you.

- It's been confirmed that Barnaby's biggest fear has "already come true".

- His tears are orange, just like his eyes.

- Barnaby is not one to open his heart easily, but the moment he does, there's many ways to reach it. He's quite romantic, tho' not in the usual way: if you gave him a dead rat, he'd consider it a very romantic gesture!

- It's been stated he doesn't have a partner now, but in life, "maybe".

- When it comes to children, it's been confirmed he'd be the best caregiver alongside Dutch, althought for him "it's complicated".

- He apparently had a child of his own, if the picture posted about him during "Father's Day" is any indication. What happened to the little one hasn't been revealed yet.

- Apparently he's the least judgemental character in BBU!

- If he had a TV, it'd be old timey, and he'd watch something really random. Like ducks.

- Barnaby loves small critters; Ash specifically mentions they always linked him with guinea pigs. And indeed, Barnaby had a science guinea pig co-worker once, that turned into an actual guinea pig because of a reckless experiment, and he took care of them.

- He's able to control reality; it's unclear if it's his gem's doing, or his magic power as a ghost.

- In any case, he's now the most powerful character in the game

- Back in his alive days, he was a magic researcher and scientist.

- He actually owned the gem before he turned into a ghost. He even experimented on it, and it's suggested that actually sealed his fate.

- A lot of songs from Oingo Boingo and Lemon Demon fit him: Ash specifically mentioned "Weird Science" as really "Barnabycore"

- Barnaby is autistic: he stims by hooting and flapping his wings when he's excited.

- When he's scared or nervous, he tends to cover himself with his wings.

- Katie said that, if he were a candy, he'd be a sour blueberry.

- Barnaby lives in his own dimension, with his own mansion and everything. And he can travel between realities. Although one comment from Katie suggests he's trapped in there, but it's too early to say for sure.

- According to the devs, he was inspired by Weird Al Yankovic, Lewis from Mystery Skulls and Discord from MLP.

- No, he wasn't inspired by Snatcher, since the development of BBU has lasted longer than A Hat in Time. The two of them canonically know each other tho': only problem is, Snatcher hates Barnaby's guts and finds him too clingy, while the owl adores him.

- He canonically knows Wally Darling from "Welcome Home" and Kira from "Far Fetched" too, since he can travel between realities.

- Barnaby has his guests come to his home by portals that pop just below them. He apparently has kidnapped people before, every once in a while.

- He'd get along well with Dutch.

- It's left vague whether he knows Fantoccio or not.

- He actually has never met Arthur nor Aristotle before the game.

- In any case, he'd find Aristotle really funny, and wouldn't take them seriously.

-- Barnaby is aware of the player, and can break the 4th wall. And that's why only he can use Twitter.

- Whenever he writes on Twitter, hE WRiTSE LIkE THIS!!!

- Barnaby is REALLY mischeavous, and finds no problem in cheating in games. But if YOU cheat, then he gets ticked off.

- This suggests he's also a sore loser.

- Judging by his expression in the cutscene, he doesn't like being interrupted.

- It's been confirmed he smells like meldew. :P

- He could fake glitching out, then attack the moment you come to check out what's going on with him.

- He HATES party crashers. Also scarecrows: not good for conversations. And he's not interested in their crops.

- He can play the organ: Katie even suggested that if you hear it in the background of his chapter, that's him playing it.

- He was a young prodigy, back when he was alive!

- Don't be fooled by his goofy antics: he's very smart, still loves making experiments and can speak a lot of languages.

- Ironically, he hates skulls: he finds them icky.

- He was 25-26 when he died; he's been dead for 100+ years.

- Time is very important for him: that's why there's so many clocks in his parlor. It's been suggested he sees partying as a way to keep track with time.

- Despite that, Barnaby himself in the contest video has briefly stated he tends to forget what year it is.

- There's tons of pictures in his manor: all of them depict him, suggesting he's good at painting.

- Katie has noted that Barnaby "remembers everything". When asked if there's something he'd rather forget, they stated that "what he wants and what he needs are very different things".

- His family is "infinite", apparently. Then again, one of his very early descriptions stated he's got no friends nor family to speak about...

- He's been described as "self interested"

- When asked which character had the most trauma, without giving hints about being traumatized, Katie confirmed Barnaby as the answer, even stating his story makes them the saddest, alongside Fanto's.

- His favorite color is pink!

- He can change himself into lots of animals, and can even clone himself!

- When asked if he can talk to his alive self, Katie said it's "technically possible".

- Back when he was alive, he was noted as a dork and a hardworker, so much so he'd even pull one-nighters before making speeches for his research. Katie jokingly suggested that's why he parties so much: it's to make up for lost time!

- He had a different way of speaking, back when he was alive. And his icks were probably different as well.

- When he gets overwhelmed, he has a shutdown, and goes completely silent.

- At early stages, Barnaby was supposed to be a bug.

- The moment his design as a ghost was chosen, he went through a lot of palette options, like a pale blue color like he came from "The Haunted Mansion", or all colorful like "Dia de los Muertos". Ultimately they settled for his currently shadowy look because, not only it's easier to animate, it was in line with his backstory.

- Barnaby can melt. It's still unclear what triggers such a reaction, but some pictures hint that it's tied to his psychological state.

- Barnaby has been noted that he can talk fancy, but he's not eloquent.

- His favorite dance is the charleston!

- Ash has stated that in the game he is going to be depicted doing something similiar to "singing himself to sleep".

- Apparently he still makes pellets from his mouth. Dead or not, he's still an owl.

- He often puts emphasis on words, sometimes even making his bowtie spin.

- In the latest Twitter post featuring him, when you decode the garbled message, you can read: "Barnaby lies Along in his thoughts, Resting On the floor Neglected". Not only this hints at his turmoil, it also hides the word "BARON". It's unclear if it's his name, a title he possessed, or someone or thing else entirely connected to him.

- He loves recieving scretches on his head.

- Barnaby can cook, but he'll more often than not leave that to the Barnaboos.

- He's not that interested in gardening, even tho' he owns a greenhouse.

- He'd enjoy playing "Luigi's Mansion"!

- In Super Smash Bros. he'd main Meta Knight, even relating to him.

- He'd happily accept smoochies, apparently!

- His favorite party game is "Pin the tail on the owl".

- If you are his friend, he'd consider it even more of a reason to stay in the manor and never leave!

- He has claimed that he's used to give himself self love and compliments, since no one else does it. That, and his tendency to ask others for hugs or if they need a hug to calm down, suggests he's affection starved.

- He tends to react to compliments from fans by smiling bashfully, or happily shouting that he's popular.

- Katie stated that his favorite movie would be something unexpected, like "Marnie & Me" or "Up".

- Barnaby can see everything from the eyes of the plushies that look like him. So, if you bought one... watch out...

- Among his early designs, he also looked like a completely different owl, tall and austere looking, who was the guardian of the forest. It was changed because the devs wanted a goofy boss that could stand out among the others.

- Having said that, it seems Barnaby was the last boss to be officially revealed, and initially the game only had Elaine, Dutch and Fantoccio as the main bosses.

- Barnaby LOVES puns. A good deal of the lines he says when you get defeated in his chase contain a pun.

- You try being slick by stating you want to die of old age? Too bad: Barnaby will make you age rapidly. Despite that, Katie confirmed he doesn't have time related powers...

- Katie and Ash confirmed Barnaby can fly. And such a sight is apparently really hilarious.

- Barnaby loves shiny trinkets: if he sees a sparkly thread, he'll fixate on it and will follow its movements. It's like with a cat following a laser.

- Barnaby has teeth; they're orange and sharp, and come out when he's ticked off, or especially devious.

- When he was alive, he only used he/him pronouns. He became comfortable with all pronouns after he died. He's always been interested in men.

- This goes without saying, but still: he operates on cartoon logic. He can use both his wings AND his feet as hands. Even both feet can act as hands, even when they appear off camera. How? Because it's Barnaby and he can do anything he sets his mind into!

[meistwentyinchheels]

having many thoughts about percy (he drives me insane) idk what the kf devs put into this man, but i swear i'm addicted. like the more i learn about him the more obsessed i become,,,i think i'm mentally ill

anyways since i think a lot about him (and my kf mc, may. might actually drop a lore post on her at some point) i will now be sharing some of those thoughts. also have a strong feeling this post is gonna end up pretty long just as a heads up lmfao

also a lot of this is just speculation on my part and me trying my best to analyze the little amount of information we have as of the moment. just as a disclaimer, anyways!

out of the three love interests i genuinely think percy might be the angstiest route for the following reasons (under the cut):

like first off, the devs have mentioned in the past that one of the routes will have a forced breakup to serve the greater narrative (this was mentioned a really long time ago tho so it might've been subject to change, but since we have nothing that proves otherwise i am running with it.) and i do not believe in any way that it could be elio,,,unless the devs decide to throw us a curveball lmao jamie is still an option and he was my first thought when i found out about the breakup route, butttt i doubt it'd be him. so from process of elimination that only leaves percy. he's also the only one out of the lis that has been in relationships before and judging from past asks i'm assumingggg that those past experiences most likely still affect him.

second, every single mention of his family has been vague at best and there's been ZERO mention of his mother. in the asks only his dad has ever been mentioned and also in the studying event if u go off with percy and elio, go to check out the polo club and choose to stay back with percy he'll mention that he moved to the states with his dad. normally people would mention both parents, but percy didn't so it's likely his parents divorced at some point? also i had a whole ass supposedly sound argument here, but it got disproven bc apparently his step-dad also came with them to the states??? like yes it does still prove that his parents r divorced, but it can also imply he has 2 dads. that's so funny i love it. okay moving onto my actual point!!! since percy is a child of divorce it's likely also affected his view of love and romantic relationships. possibly in a skewed way, but who knows so that does add to the angst factor QUITE a bit

finally, percy's avoidant and deferring nature. during the festival event if you split up and then go to check out the festival games you end up running into percy, which is when the game tells you that he tends to defer to what others want and seems to be perkier exploring the games by himself. there's also a few occasions in-game where if the mc tries to ask percy about himself he tends to either A. brush the topic off or B. push the attention onto someone else (usually elio?). so i'd assume that he dislikes talking about himself? which would mean it would take him a good while to open up. which isn't inherently a bad thing, but it can also cause communication issues so. sigh.

is this flimsy evidence? yes! but do i care? no! also i would do a deeper dive into this if i was actually good at analyzing character behaviors,,,and if not for the fact that at the time i'm writing this it's 1am on a school night. there's also so many other things i could have talked about!!! like his name!!! maybe some other day. so like. do with all this information what you will. bc i certainly will!!! i have so many ideas!! many angsty notes!!! be prepared.

[luceafarul-de-dimineata]

a noble runs into MC and the nobody devil while they’re on a date and MC introduces them to each other when confronted…

didn’t mean to annoy you by being clumsy and sending 3 asks in a row. apologies🤦

It'a fine, pussy, my imbox is empty, so there's no tragedy in giving the same request multiple times. For my sake, I'll just name the demon Marian, but you can imagine anything else instead.

Whb nobles seeing MC with another devil

Zagan

He was just going on his morning jog when he spotted you and Marian

Everyone in Gehenna knows everyone else in Gehenna, so don't be surprised that they know eachother.

Zagan would be kind of shy when getting closer to you and nod at the two of you

"Oh, hi Zagan! This is Marian, my boyfriend."

His face doesn't change much but you can tell that the realisation struck him

He shakes Marian's hand and leaves.

You should be thankful it was him that found you two and not someone more... aggressive

Astaroth

He's stuck

On one hand, this is such an amazing love story plot.

The child of Solomon, the human that could have them all settles with a nobody.

They are everything and he's just Marian

The drama, the romance, the tragedy that could spur out of something like this

He's all for it

But on the other hand, really?

You have all the kings drooling after you, all the nobles lining up to make a carpet out of their bodies so you won't have to step on dirt, and you choose... Marian?

Humans trully are fascinating creatures

He doesn't say anything when he sees the two of you, just hiding behind a corner and observing. He's really invested now, be ready to find his newly published novel about a queen falling for a layman on your nightstand

Bimet

He audibly gasps

He is revolted, he is insulted, he is disgusted

How fucking dare you

He doesn't know who that demon is, nor does he care

He would power walk between you two and look only into your eyes.

"MC, I didn't think I would find you! Who's the accessory you have with you? What's his purpose and when will he expire?"

"That's my boyfriend Marian."

"Hahaha, you're soooo funny! You're already dating Mammon. Do you really need something as... insignificant as this devil?"

You start arguing with Bimet until he just picks Marian up and takes you to the royal quert.

When Mammon gives the verdict that you can date anyone you want, Bimet's entire attitute changes.

He congratulates you for finding such a handsome devil and wishes you both ferwell.

Glasylabolas

Oh ho ho ho, now this, this is interesting

He's gonna have the time of his life with this one

First, he takes pictures of you two on the date, holding hands, hugging, any physical contact works

Then he makes his presence known

He's a lot more cheerful than usual and he eggs both of you on.

He acts like you two being together was his OTP all along, talking about how you two are just made for eachother

"Oh, but MC, why haven't you told his majesty Leviathan about your blooming relationship with this young fella? Should I do the honorifics myself?"

He doesn't wait for an answer, he just summons his coffin and teleports to Leviathan's throne room to tell him the gossip.

Seeing you and your boyfriend hanging put a smile on his face

Next time, try not to get caught

Stolas

He just shoots the guy

No warning, no anything

He doesn't want to hear your complaints

A vermin was touching the child of Solomon in a romantic manner

Avisos' one law is to not steal someone else's partner

And you're clearly dating Beelzebub, so Stolas was just enforcing the law

You had to rush your boyfriend to Paradise Lost to get treatment, but Stolas won't apologise

You have to explain to him step by step that 1. You're not dating Beelzebub and 2. You chose to date Marian because you genuinly love him

It takes him a while to process, and he still has doupts, but he'll pay for the treatment of your boyfriend

Ronové

You don't see or hear him coming, you just feel his arms snake around your neck

He congratules you for getting a boyfriend and shakes the devils hand.

He's actually very chill about the whole ordeal, but he seems weirdly fascinated about the other demon's sex life

He really doesn't want the child of Solomon to get sexually frustrated

He would offer to show him how its done, but you slapped Ronové before you could finish

He just chuckles and hands the devil a business card

Before he leaves, he whispers in your ear "if he doesn't treat you well, chop his dick off. Or better, ask me to do it."

Andrealphus

At least it's not an angel

When Andrealphus walk closer to the two of you, your date starts shaking in fear

Andrealphus just smiles and hugs you since he hasn't seen you in a while (insert blind joke here)

He smiles at your date, which doesn't help make him look less intimidating

As long as that devil doesn't pose a threat to you, he's fine with letting you date whoever you want

Your date might faint after Andrealphus leaves, but you both are glad that nobody got murdered.

Buer

He's confused and a bit offended

I mean, Lucifer is right there

It kind of reminds him of that story Lucifer once told him about his younger self. How he fell in love with a human princess but the princess chose some random dude instead of him and he got depressed.

He doesn't want that to happen again so he probably would move you and your new sweetheart to different sides of the hospital

If you try to comfront him about it he's just like "You are under my care and he's under Marbas' care, there's no reason for him to be in the same wing as you"

He wants to break you two off, but not directly. So he just hopes that the physical distance between you and your boyfriend would make the relationship deteriorate by itself.

Would probably stop only if Lucifer tells him to knock it off

[giglio-nero-e-bianco]

FOP AU, Coraline? But instead of other parents they could have godparents, and there could be so much angst

Hazel could have Cosmo and Wanda replacing her parents and Peri her brother in the other world, Cosmo being the "other mother" or main godparent in this case, instead of the neighbors there could be just four different places: the main building where the whole family lives and three smaller buildings that are Cosmo, Wanda and Peri's respective areas

She could go there because she feels like her family is drifting apart and she doesn't want that, so the other world could have her godparents being super close to her, giving her everything she could wish for, and she could have even more if she just gives up her name and life, but she doesn't want godparents and godsiblings, she wants her real parents and brother with her

This could anger Cosmo and Wanda, revealing their true selves as their anti-fairy versions and they could trap her in the mirror, where Hazel would find the ghosts of Timmy and Dev

Timmy got there first because his parents were just awful, he accepted staying if the fairies could give him a little brother, that way he could feel like their new found family was starting to come together more naturally, after Peri was "born", Timmy finally gave in, resulting in his name being taken and his life being eaten

Dev came after Timmy, his father being absolutely neglectful, time had passed so the one that welcomed Dev was Peri, giving him the sweet words of a father and all the attention he could wish for, Dev ended up craving that love so much he gave up his name, resulting in the loss of his life after they ate it

Timmy and Dev help Hazel escape, and she promises to get their names back

Anti-Wanda has Timmy's name on her, Anti-Wanda is pure brute force, so Hazel has to outsmart her in order to get Timmy's name

Peri tries to trick Hazel into thinking he's on her side, but she already knows Dev's version, so Peri gets angry and reveals himself as Irep, Irep isn't as strong as anti-Wanda so Hazel has to trap him to get Dev's name back

Now she has to leave, but has to get through anti-Cosmo first, he'll try to take Hazel's name by force while she tries to run away, anti-Cosmo although being really smart, is far from strong, but he's still an adult and Hazel just a kid, but with Timmy's and Dev's help she's able to get the upper hand on him and she's finally able to escape

Once free, she goes to free Timmy's and Dev's souls

After that, she has a heart to heart talk with her parents and brother, and after they cry and hug, Hazel asks for the door to get sealed over again

[pinqueen30]

1 part

Hazel: I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE

*Wanda and Cosmo appeared*

Wanda: What's wrong, honey?

Hazel: *got out of bed* I can't think about it anymore!

Cosmo: Think about what?

Hazel: About Dev!

*Wanda and Cosmo exchanged glances*

Hazel: I think about him too much, it's wrong! We just started to be friends normally, and all these thoughts only spoil everything!

Cosmo: Oh, the first love is so sweet

Hazel: It's. Not. Sweet.

Wanda: Oh, honey, can you just talk it over with him? I'm sure he'll understand

Hazel: NO! No, no, no, definitely not, never! I'll ruin everything, he'll feel awkward, he'll start moving away and boom! We're not friends anymore! I can't take that risk *covered her face with hands* If only there was a way to get rid of it

Cosmo: *thinking* Oh, I know, I know! *raised his hand*

Hazel: *took her hands away from her face, hopefully* Yes?

Cosmo: We can get the feelings out of you if you want it

Hazel: Can you?

Wanda: We can't

Hazel: Can't you? *upset*

Cosmo: Can't we?

Wanda: We can't, because it violates the rule in Da rules "Don't interfere with true love"

Hazel: But you're not in the way! I don't want to go out with him either *blushed a little* well, I mean I want to, but I can't. I've already explained why... It doesn't matter! The bottom line is that you are not in the way, you will only help!

Cosmo: Ooo, that's a loophole

Hazel: So, can you?

Wanda: Well, in that case technically...

Hazel: Yes!

Wanda: But maybe you can still try to talk to him..?

Cosmo: Or we'll use a loophole!

Wanda: *looked at Cosmo* Dear, you're not helping

Hazel: I choose the latter! I wish that all worries about Dev would go away from me!

Wanda: *sighed* Well

*Chopsticks were waved, a plush Hazel appeared*

Hazel: Did it work? *listens to feelings* I don't feel anything. It worked!

Wanda: Now all your worries are in this doll

Hazel: *went up to the doll, took it* Strange, it seems quite ordinary, does it really work?

Plush Hazel: *opened her eyes* I like Dev's hair so much, they are so sof-

Hazel: *blushed, closed the doll's mouth * Works. It is necessary to hide it so that no one sees it *put it in a drawer, closed it* Great! Now I can safely communicate with Dev while mini me is sitting in this drawer *smiled*

Wanda: Oh, I hope we won't have any problems after this...

Hazel: *looked at the clock* Oh, damn, I completely forgot, I was supposed to meet Jasmine and Winn *run out of the room*

[deerspherestudios]

Hi! I played your game and really, really like it, I am a huge fan of slow burn - combined with Yandere too? That's kinda rare nowadays, haha. Thanks for making it and creating Mychael, I love his design. Two questions: How many days are planned to be playable in the full release?

And

Since in just one day Mychael feels very friendly towards us (according to a post you made with where his feelings are based on a meter) does that mean he's very clingy??? Like, in just one day he feels like our friend. What little effort and words will it take for him to go from crush, to love, to whatever yandere thing he might be??? Like, is he okay??? Should I be worried???

This guy? Clingy? Nahhh. Nothing to worry about, anon :-) 🍄❤️

As for the game, long (!!!) answer below cut: might be spoiler-y might be not.

For context, here's the post mentioned above.

I'm still not sure how many days it will be, but it's definitely ranging between 4-5 days. Granted it'll be a while before the game is finished finished but I think progress will pick up as I complete assets that will be reused. I'm writing Days 2, 3 and 4 simultaneously (anyone who writes can probably relate to wanting a specific thing to happen in the story but dread writing up to it, so I skip around in order to keep my motivation and interest up)

As for relationship progression, slow burn usually means a long time passes before anything develops. But this is a VN and I'm a solo part-time dev so the scope still has to be small 😔 That said!

Mychael, as a person, is quite solitary in nature; he likes being alone and you'll find out why. He does however desire company and he's only realized just how pleasant having someone around can be (hence his reaction for the Bad Endings in Day 1 if you wish to leave/run away)

Although I'm not a fan of the 'you do one (1) nice thing any decent person would do and yandere is already head-over-heels for you' trope, I do have to make use of it but, drip-feed style? You grow closer to Mychael as you hang out with him and do little things that he appreciates. (Honestly I just realized I'm describing the typical visual novel experience just without the yandere beginning-- go! figure!!! /lh)

Example: the first thing that boosts you to immediate friend status is your willingness to accept his physical looks, something that's never happened to him before. (I know my artstyle makes him a yassified pretty boy but imagine genuinely meeting a sentient creature in real life with patchy green skin, a dextrous tail and four blinking pitch black eyes, I think I'd freak too haha) Little things like that mean a lot to him and motivates him to prolong your stay.

In a way, the MC is written to be more kinder and open-minded (at least outside of Bad Ends) than the sweet/sour personalities that come in a VN, so (for narrative AND coding purposes) I can't really diversify it much. I hope that's okay ¯\_(; v ; )_/¯ If Mychael met a more grouchy/mean MC on Day 1 he'd probably not be as attached. He'd just save you, feed you and send you home when you ask hahaha. Of course this will change as he gets to know you better, at that stage he'll be willing to overlook your flaws like any upstanding yandere

Phew this was a lot to dump in an ask but I did wanna explain my vision for the game! I enjoy yandere VNs as an escape fantasy, but it's common they start out with the yan already being invested in you or fall for you too fast!!! if that makes sense. I'm interested in yanderes in the aspect of how love (romantic or otherwise) starts from innocent affection and spirals into dark obsession!!! It's also compelling as to why a character is so devoted to someone, in this situation the MC, and I wanna write the kind of person Mychael would fall for. And personally 'love-at-first-sight' as a reason just doesn't do it for me 💔

(Disclaimer!!! I'm not saying my game is any more original or better than the other wonderful yan VNs in the works, but hopefully with Mychael as a character I can deliver that 'slow-burn-and-yearn' storyline I'd like it to be. As my itchio profile says: I make games I thirst for in secret but are sadly lacking around the internet 💔 )

Thank you for the ask!! :-D

[crescencestudio]

I never expected this to be possible but I think I adore every single LI in this game. Typically I have an interest in 2 or maybe 3 at best. But this game? I really want to do all the routes and not JUST for story, but for the people themselves. Could I get some cute facts about them as partners to our MC? Do they have preferences for MC types or dates?

WWHHHAAATTTTT 😭😭😭😭 that's such a compliment anon WAH thank you so much!!!!!!' 😭 literally the biggest compliment a dev like me could receive 🥺😭💖

✨ LIs as Your Partner

Kayn: very domestic. likes to do chores for you to make your life easier--does the laundry and folds ur clothes, takes out the trash when it starts getting full. it's little things but it gives u one less thing to worry about nonetheless. likes dates where you get to just talk; he loves talking with you, even if it's simple convos like about your day or the new episode of a show you watched

Druk: always looking out for you. makes sure your glass of water is always full, puts his hand on your head when you pick something off the ground so you don't bump your head on something when you stand back up, etc. likes dates that are more active like hiking, going to the arcade, mini golf, etc.

Fenir: gets into your hobbies. so if u like gaming, he'll pick it up for you. if u collect things, he'll look out for stuff u can add to ur collection (like a figurine collection, vinyl collection, plushie collection, etc.). likes quiet dates--quiet, candlelit dinners, picnics at sunset, etc.

Etza: leaves you sticky note messages like "good luck on your interview today!" or "made some soup for you--it's in the fridge," or even a simple "happy anniversary" if they're not able to greet you on the morning of ur anniversary. likes dates where you can work together like cooking, building legos or some other kind of craft, etc.

Kuna'a: absentmindedly seeks your touch. holds your waist when you're walking, runs their fingers along your shoulder or legs or whatever's near him when ur sitting next to each other, etc. likes dates that are visual in nature, so like museums, aquariums, botanical gardens. idk rly likes to see new sights w u!

Aisa: gives you little gifts that remind them of you. you'll just be talking while walking outside, and you'll turn to see them with a flower in their hand that they picked from a nearby bush. or they'll come home with a little trinket bc it was cute and reminded them of you. likes dates where you can just relax in each others company--catching up on a show together, doing ur own hobbies next to each other, just being in each others presence!

[angeldeviloshi]

Thinking about Makima telling Aki that even if it's just for show he should try to get along with Angel Devil and that he just has to use him, and that Angel Devil will surely aid him as an asset and be of strength to him (アキ君の力になるよ) aki-kun no chikara ni naru yo.

The EN version translating it as "He'll come through for you." is interesting bc it carries Angel Devil's utility to Aki alongside the implication that this is something of Angel Devil's accord. Of being a tool to be used well.

And this is followed up by the scene of Angel Devil giving that "I'm a devil before an Angel" line. (further analysis of his leaning into his devilhood as a tool and his conflict in his identity.) And the arc ends with Angel Devil pulling his weight to do Aki's job for him at the alley while living out his role as the city mouse, as Makima's device, as an angel.

With weapons he made from the lifespan he didn't want to use and take. Out of his sentiment towards Aki of giving up what precious time he has left for him, a devil. Whom Aki doesn't want to witness the death of, the burden of taking Aki's time away forced into his hand to reel him in back to life, the life of a tool under PS shared with Aki.

Away from his freedom, from his past and the person who loved him and what he was through that love vs what he's meant to be in the present. The glimpse of it through Aki's willingness to touch him and his heart sways from the country to the city. As Makima talks about why she likes the country mouse.

Thinking about how Aki grounds himself with his rage and hate to cope with his grief and guilt processing how Himeno died like a numbing drug, to keep going as he says and then he gets Easy Revenge, Himeno telling him to let loose, cry for her but don't hurt himself for her, for those he loves.

And then he meets the Angel Devil whom he's told to get along with if he wants to get to Gun. So he has to put up with him, the devil is his responsibility and when he sees him carried away by the typhoon, he thinks about his house, Himeno, the people he failed to save when it's his responsibility to, it's why he's here, why he's after Gun.

So he reaches out for the devil even if it kills him, pulls him in the way he should have done for Taiyou to stop him from returning home, feel the real and present form of his buddy in his arms after Himeno vanished into thin air.

He can't bear anyone else dying before his eyes again, not when he can help it. And the Angel Devil comes through for him, just as Makima said he would, be of strength to him, just as she promises to give him strength at the beach by the hands of the Angel the devil becomes for Aki.

Aki's arm and not just his head, transformed into a weapon by the Angel Devil whom he saved with that arm as an extension of his sentimentality for him as a devil that he's come to feel towards Denji and Power, in the form of a gun he aims at them.

These series of pages are insane to me. (note the kanji 力 "strength" in the dialogue) The way Makima frames the Angel Devil's ability and his killing of his village to Aki to demonstrate his utility as a devil to Aki when telling him that the Angel Devil would "come through for him" be of strength to him, so Aki should learn to manage him, get along with him in order to take down Gun. Which Aki accomplishes in his transformation into the Gun fiend when he begs Makima to give him strength, that he'll agree to any devil, any contract, a final prayer for Denji and Power's safety and happiness.

The way this was immediately followed by Makima asking Aki to contract her, she'll give him that strength. And we see the moment the Angel Devil was turned into a tool by her in order to demonstrate what his power is capable of, his mark as a devil, as he helplessly witnesses her do the same to Aki through the bond he has developed with him by her hand.

This is his power that Makima absorbs, the "strength" given to Aki in exchange for his life as he becomes a tool, a weapon, a devil to be used.

Because Aki touched him with his hand, with that letter.

Further analysis on Angel Devil's conversion from country mouse to city mouse.

[dotster001]

hihi! just in here to say that i love your twisted earth au very much, its such an interesting concept and i love the way you write the characters?!!?!/ and to request some twisted earth hcs with rollo, chenya, and neige!

Twisted Earth Part Six

Summary: non NRCx gn!reader. You are the game. They are real.

A/N: full disclosure, I'm on the English server and have worked really hard to avoid masquerade spoilers. So Rollo's part is based on the snippets I've seen. After I play the event, if I think my assessment is off, I'll redo his part. Also, initially I was going to have Neige be a VA of your best friend, but an anon gave me an idea to have him as a villain. Special thanks to you boo!

Parts: One Two Three Four Five

He is a little like Floyd in that he's always searching for fun. Unlike Floyd, instead of crashing, he just continues to up the silliness stakes. His friends downloaded the game on his phone as an attempt to keep him out of trouble for a while.

And it worked! Kind of!  When he's not sneaking onto NRC campus, or going to his own classes, he's got his eyes trained on his phone. It's the first time a lot of his peers have ever seen him sit still.

He decided you would be the most fun to prank, and the most likely to enable his behavior. Whether this is true or not, if you were real, he'd be dragging you along for the ride. I wish you luck man. If you think you hear breathing or giggling behind you, but can't see anyone, trust your instincts. He wants to see you jump.

He didn't start playing until later so he only has one or two of your cards. He is incredibly jealous of his classmates who have the cards he wants, and may or may not make it very difficult for them to play during event periods so that they don't get any farther ahead of him.

He's been acting ever since he was a child. But he's never gotten a chance to let loose! With this project, it wouldn't be outright clear that Neige was in it at all, so he got to be an antagonistic millionaire's son  in the second book. And he had so much fun! Plus, now he's friends with all these voice actors, who really want to allow him the chance to let loose as the villain. He's so excited for his new opportunities!

He plays because it reminds him of working with his voice actor friends. Because the cast was so large though, he didn't have a chance to work with everyone.  You and your immediate friend group were not an arc he got to see come together. He thinks that's why he was drawn to you. You were a route that was completely new to him. The novelty, and just how precious of a character you seem to be, keeps his attention, no matter how long he plays.

If you were real, he would wrap you in a blankie and tell you all the ways he loved you until you loved yourself, and could never doubt in yourself. He really really really wants to kiss the tip of your nose. (He can't explain it. It's just an urge he has) 

He has all of your cards but one. It's just the bonus of playing since its release. He's missing an event card where you are dressed in a Halloween costume. He really wanted it too, but it's alright! He can just ask to see the script, that way he doesn't miss the story.

A world without magic? Magicless humans? He is wondering if the Devs got a little glimpse of heaven when they were making this game.

You. You are so perfect. You could be his pure human, who will help him fix this world. After he helped you see the light of course.

(I am so sorry. My image of him is kind of like a psycho)

He plays after a long hard day of being surrounded by flawed mages (himself included). It just eases his spirit a little bit. Not all is wrong with the world.

He doesn't really bother collecting cards. He has what he has and he's alright with it. He gets what he needs from you from the main story, and his late night shower thoughts.

Side note, he does not like other people's fan theories about you. Only his are correct, and he'll fight people on it until they get annoyed and give up.

[greenleopard49]

FOP: A New Wish Season 2 Episode Ideas

I believe that at the end of the season finale of FOP: A New Wish that Dev Dimmadome still has his memories. This is due to him having his sunglasses on when Jorgen tried to erase his memories. If there is a season 2, then Dev's character arc will be for him to make amends with Hazel and Peri for all the bad things he did while trying to impress his dad. However,Dev will not be able to reveal to anyone that he still has his memories or he'll risk losing his memories for good if Jorgen finds out.

In the meantime, he pretends to not have his memories of fairies, magic or even being friends with Hazel. This does lead to situations where he gets on Hazel's nerves which he secretly hates.

Idea One: Wishing Overload

One day, Dev notices that the world is out of wack due to too many wishes being made in one day. Turns out, Hazel has been taking requests for wishes from her friends and now those wishes are conflicting with each other. Hazel tries to unwish the wishes but Cosmo and Wanda are too exhausted and they don't have enough magic to unwish the wishes. Over hearing this, Dev sees this as an opportunity to do some good for a change and try to secretly corral some of the wishes away from the town while Cosmo and Wanda are recovering. When everything returns to normal, Dev decides it would be best to help Hazel in secret if anything magic related goes wrong.

Idea Two: Where's My Super Suit

In a later episode, the class goes on a field trip to the Galax Institute to tour the facility. While there, Hazel notices her dad going into a door labeled "Top Secret: High Clearance Only". Curious as to what her dad is working on, Hazel sneaks through the door as well. While Hazel is gone Winn and Jasmine agree to cover for her while she is away from the tour. Catching this, Dev decides to sneak into the Top Secret area through the air vents as to not draw attention to himself. Turns out the Top Secret area is a Research and Development facility dedicated to creating power suits that helps combat magical threats. Hazel's dad was called to present the prototype power suit he helped to develop.

Hazel has conflicting feelings on what's going on. On the one hand she is very worried about the safety of Cosmo, Wanda and any fairies unlucky enough to be caught by someone wearing this power suit. However, on the other hand she knows that her dad worked hard to develop that suit. If the project were to be shutdown, then her dad would lose his job and her family would have to move again. She reasoned, if the prototype suit were to somehow go missing, then maybe it will buy the fairies some time to look over the suit and find ways to counter the technology and then she can return the prototype before her dad suffers any consequences.

Hazel then makes a wish to send the prototype power suit to Fairy World to have it studied. Cosmo and Wanda eagerly try to make that wish however, when they raise their wands nothing happens. Turns out there is something in the Top Secret area that is able to block their magic. So the only other option is to physically steal the prototype power suit 'heist movie style'. Hazel excitedly goes over a full heist scenario involving her friends and Anthony to steal the power suit.

However, her synopsis of her heist plan is interupted by the sound of alarms going off in the facility. Turns out the prototype power suit had just been stolen. Startled by the noise Hazel, Cosmo and Wanda rush out the Top Secret area before the facility goes into complete lockdown and rejoins her class before the tour ended.While Hazel is happy to be able to rejoin her class safe and sound, she is worried about who stole the prototype power suit and what their intentions with the power suit are. The episode ends with Dev in the prototype power suit, successfully able to steal it because he was in the air vents over the room with the power suit inside.

Now with the power suit, Dev can help Hazel with weird wishes and to combat against anti-fairies without showing himself and losing his memories to Jorgen. Sadly, Dev doesn't know that Hazel's dad's job is at risk if the power suit goes missing for too long.

I think this would be a good way to go about the rest of the season. Hazel spends some episodes trying to find out who stole the prototype power suit and needs to deliver it to Fairy World so it can be studied. Hazel's dad needs to find the prototype power suit so that he can keep his job. Finally, Dev wants to keep the prototype power suit so that it stays out of the hands of the Galax Institute and to use it to help Hazel when wishes go wrong without getting caught by Jorgen.

Power Suit Design

As for what the power suit looks like; I wanted it to be a callback to a couple of suit designs from Butch Hartman's previous works, such as:

Danny Fenton's ghost catching suit before he becomes Danny Phantom, the suit Timmy wore when he fought against Denzel Crocker during the special Abra-Catastrophe and Timmy's Cleft the Boychin Wonder suit.

Now I just need a theme to tie these suits together. After doing some research, it seems that crows have a strong connection to fairies. According to @the-fae-folk "crows/ravens are messengers, transformed humans, disguised faerie folk, or secret keepers.If someone in the world has a secret, then within the hour, a crow or raven somewhere will know it. They are excellent friends, and terrifying enemies. They are very intelligent birds, even when not connected to the unseen world."

There are many types of crows, but I landed on the "Hooded Crow". I chose this crow because it matches the color scheme of Danny Fenton's suit and I can translate the hooded aspect of the crow's look into the design of the power suit.

For additional details that I would like to add since the theme of the power suit is going to be a hooded crow would be the mask and and the style of the suit. I chose the following references:

The mask of a plague doctor and the costume design from an old anime that I remembered called G-Force.

All this together lead to this design. I'm still learning how to draw so I am using Heroforge to show my vision of what the prototype power suit would look like.

I really liked how the design turned out. If you would like to look over the design and improve on it, then here is the link to the design.

Please let me know what episode ideas for season 2 you would like to see.