#theyre both the ultimate pacifists

[o-sunny-day]

Second big project I have in mind!!!

This ones been in the ol noggin for…flips through papers at least a year.

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I really enjoy Flowey and Papyrus’ relationship, and honestly don’t find any interpretation of it as extremely offensive cause IT IS REALLY WEIRD Some people are like Forgettable AU and others are like Flowey Is Not A Good Life Coach ITS QUITE A SPECTRUM- and those are my 2 favorite Undertale fan creations so YIPPEE!!! I do not support the creator of Flowey Is Not A Life Coach btw- i found out about their other fics like months after I finished it

I think this song does it justice in the VIBE and the constant “im your friend, but im not really your friend, well actually im your only friend” LIKE THATS SO THEM NO MATTER WHAT INTERPRETATION YOU FOLLOW

im definitely gonna TRY to make at least a whole storyboard/animatic (i have no problem showing the whole plan i had cause ITS DEFINITELY OUTDATED I MADE IT A YEAR AGOEDHHDSHB)

lastly, proof that I used to fucking love they might be giants (and still do) (and that i have been thinking about this with an undertale amv for a while)

[askfallenroyalty]

Sorry to bother you about this, but do you plan on a scene where Toriel and Asgore reconcile? It just seems like things are going in that direction as seen with the epilogue dance and these last few redraw panels.

Yeah it'll likely happen in Chapter 3 or 4. Right now she's rejecting the idea of reconcile cause she just freshly got back to reality of what's he's done. She needs a few moments to truly humanize (monsterize?) Him and put into perspective what he means to her.

She loved him deeply and he hurt her, killed her kids and ruined her trust with monsterkind. It's not a "grudge" to put down lightly.

She will, however, accepts that he is still Asriel's father (and Chara's, though they have a harder time calling him that for personal reasons. Hes mr.dad guy...) and that as she said in pacifist, he does not deserve to be murdered. (As that'd put blood on the kid's hands as well as destroy monstkind's hope, likley ruining any chance of peace between both races)

She ultimately understands Asgore regrets what he's done and will atone for it. She'll get the chance to see him repent in a serious way that he's unable to in canon.

Theyre never going to be Buddy Buddies but they get along and even are friendly by the end of the epilogue. There's a mutual understanding and respect there that Asgore had to earn and prove

Unlike Utdr canon I'm going to give Asgore more of a family outside his initial one (Ursus gets adopted) and he'll have the rest of the cast to care about him. (He's such a dad to Undyne I see no way he didn't Dad for her. He, like toriel, are compulsive Parents. They see a lonely kid and say "anyone gonna adopt that?" And not wait for an answer)

And that's not to say Asgore’s adoption of Urus is a smooth happily ever after. Asgore still killed them, even when the circumstances are [redacted spoilers] and Asgore himself hasn't been a proper full time parent in a hundred years and has his own baggage. He's a walking disaster (affectionate but also cringing (affectionatly))

[how2spell-sandwhich]

this post will contain some anti-p/ap/yton sentiment. if you do not wish to see this, please do not click on the read more.

however, if you headcannon papyrus as aroace, you may like clicking on the read more.

aight i 100 percent do not believe papyrus ever actually canonically had a crush on mettaton during the events of the undertale game.

the purpose of this post is not to make people feel dumb for the interpretation that papyrus does have a crush on mettaton. that interpretation of the canon events is just as valid as the interpretation that he does not. the purpose of this post is simply that i’m tired of hearing people claim that papyrus is canonically attracted to men when there’s no canon attraction from him in the game. ultimately, you do not have to have sexual or romantic attraction to someone to acknowledge that they are attractive or “sexy”, you just have to have noticed or perceived them at some point. i’m aroace and not attracted to anyone, but i can tell that zendaya is hot. it doesn’t mean i’m attracted to her. it just means that i’d use adjectives that imply that she’s good looking to describe her. just like papyrus does with mettaton. when someone claims that papyrus is aroace, there is no erasure happening. the other purpose of this post is i’m exhausted of hearing people try to claim that a major tenet of playing the pacifist route involves shipping p/apyton when i played through it and interpreted both of them as aro and never once even considered that it would be something anyone would even want to ship until i went onto the internet looking for mettaton content.

i headcannon papyrus to be aroace. i believe this is extremely supported in the canon context of the game. this post will not be about defending the aroace interpretation but rather about defending the idea that papyrus is pretending to have a crush on mettaton for popularity.

papyrus' main goal in the events of the game is to become popular. he has decided that undyne is the figurehead of popularity, hence why he thinks becoming a royal guard will grant him popularity. he tries to emulate her behavior often in the hopes of becoming popular in the way he thinks she is.

papyrus is also undyne's best friend. he's who she confides in, theyre who they joke together with. papyrus is fully aware of undynes feelings towards alphys, and he understands the topic of having crushes and desiring romance and sexual relations very well. this is shown clearly in the phone call dialogues where he teases undyne over her crush on alphys, talks about calling her and talking in a sexy voice, etc. he KNOWS what all that shit is and what it entails. but more importantly he knows that it is something his self imposed figurehead of popularity, undyne, finds very important in her life. and he can't fucking relate. but he's gotta pretend, to be like her, to be relatable to popular people like her.

when i chose a "figurehead of popularity" as a child, i ended up also choosing someone else, who was deemed attractive by the population, to fake a crush on so i could be more relatable to people. i ended up choosing dean winchester. the most visually and conventionally attractive famous person/character i could find. well, papyrus chose mettaton. he's an obvious choice, being the only star of the underground. and honestly, he never actually says he has a crush. he’s just saying words and allowing people to assume whatever they want about it. he says mettaton is his favorite sexy rectangle, not that he actually likes mettaton in a romantic or sexual nature. but he’s certainly saying it in a way that would lead people who probably don’t know him very well or don’t pay much attention to him to think that’s what he means. because all throughout the game, he says shit like that, where you won’t know what he means unless you stop and think. it’s for the bit.

but in reality, papyrus has no idea what a desire for romance or a sexual or romantic relationship feels like. he knows what all of these things are and what they entail. but he hasn't gotten a damn clue what its like to want them. its like, if you could not care less about drinking coffee and do not like being caffienated, you can understand coffee all you want, hell, you can understand it so well you can grow and sell it and open a coffee shop and brew every kind of coffee imaginable and become the number one coffee shop in the nation, but ultimatley you do not know what it feels like to want coffee and caffiene in your system.

this is how papyrus is with romance. and you can tell, because he thinks that feelings are supposed to develop only after getting to know the person. no, i don’t think him being unable to force himself to feel attraction to frisk is what supports the idea that he’s aroace. that’s pretty gross, and i’ll block you if you think that’s why. the main point of that is, he thinks romance happens when you force yourself to feel attraction. which is not how it works. if he’d ever felt attraction before, he wouldn’t have bothered, because he would know better than to think it is possible to force attraction to happen. and if you observe allo-romantics or allo-sexuals enough, you can notice that they often tend to want romance and those kinds of relationships before they even know the person really well.

finally, when he is on the phone talking about how cool and sexy mettaton is, the second something becomes even slightly more interesting, he seems to forget that mettaton even exists. he doesn’t really care much about mettaton except that his shows are good. if he did, and if he were attracted to him, that train of thought would have lasted at least a little longer. mettaton is a celebrity that papyrus enjoys watching, but to him, nothing more than that.

[constellaj]

so after seeing your character models + your talk on sam yesterday, i'm curious how you approach her in your hc stuff?

oh geez a got a lot of asks abt sam last night and UHHH. idk in the back of my brain im like “gotta save the good stuff for the fanfic youll never write”

BUT LIKE. ok 1) shes lesbian because i am lesbian and i think its neat. 2) she starts the series very anti-femininity and making fun of Popular Girls bc she is Not Like Other Girls. she and danny get together and laugh at lipstick commercials and stuff. she gets SUPER political and needs everything she does to be done with the utmost conscious and sometimes it gets in the way of her actually going abt her life. she skips class and vandalizes school property always

i see a lot of the dp characters in terms of their relationship to anger right and i think sam imo has misdirected anger. shes a very angry person all the time but she has to learn where to aim it

eventually she and paulina have to team up to stop a Threat(TM) and sam is like “ugh i have to save the Princess” and then its revealed that paulina is an actual capable human being right. i mean the girl does cheerleading she can definitely out athletics a lot of people. and she def has a bazillion other secret talents that sam never bothered to pay attention to. and then sam is like “bro.... i wanted to say... im sorry. i thought you were just like other girly girls. i saw you as just an airhead and a ditz who wanted a boyfriend, but now i find out... youre ALSO not like other girls.... you are so pog”

and paulina goes “HELLLO?” and digs into her with this whole “even if i WAS an airhead and a ditz who wanted a boyfriend you would be an ASSHOLE? dont ATTACK GIRLS bc theyre not YOU? get over yourself dipshit”

blahblah relevant plot happens and paulina takes sam shopping cause sam was afraid of wearing purple but now that she knows she can carve her own identity shes like “i would like a purple please” and she gets a wardrobe update

and they kiss somewhere in there idk

heres some (OLD) art i dug up for this ask specifically. notice that prepaulina her outfits are very blegh and have no purple cause purple is a girly color and she refuses to dye her hair bc GIRLY girls bleach their hair. and post paulina its purple city

that aside shes very much an activist and my sam is NOT a pacifist my sam can and will throw hands with anyone anytime. (she would also have a vlad vengeance but my vlad is different so. hes safe. for now). she is VERY into the occult but COMPLETELY lacking in emotional intelligence. one character she DOES actively fucking hate is dash’s dad

she and danny will get into hour long streams of just the worst possible puns and tucker hates them both for it. they dont make ANYONE laugh but each other and they have never stopped

sam IS danny’s like best friend but they fight almost all the time like sam has no idea how to back down from a conflict. if they didnt have tucker they would have actually killed each other by now

my favorite quote ive come up with to summarize sams relationship w tucker (boy have i rewritten tucker i hate canon tucker <3) is Sam: You can't just AVOID CONFLICT for the REST OF YOUR LIFE! Tucker: sorry Sam, I won't, Sam: ...you're supposed to say "YES I CAN WATCH ME"

sam WAS affected by embers spell actually because as previously mentioned she is a lesbian. the ember episode was actually tucker-and-dash centric (ace-and-gay) bc they were like the only main characters who were not sucked in by ember’s singing (almost all of casper high is bi; paulina kwan and danny of course are). she spent the entire time being very gay.

sams parents are like “i can excuse being a lesbian but i draw the line at wearing boots to a ballroom dance” and i think thats beautiful

(also she isnt like super loaded shes just well off bc uh. does anyone else find it weird that the one canonically jewish character is also the one who is secretly rich  🤔)

one of the ULTIMATE sam ships is sam x princess dorathea. they are BEST FRIENDS and sam just breaks into her castle every now and then to fucken hang out. they have metalhead lute concerts

[mechanomorphic]

first draft of a boom redesign for shadow and a design for rossum.

the reason i did this was mostly bcs like,,, i was watching the boom show and it made me realize they introduced all this new lore and really shaked things up and then they just. plopped shadow in as he was, like the only real change was making him MORE of a prideful jerk (almost like a certain prince a lot of people compare him to..) and then just?? never explain anything???? so im connecting him more into the universe by tying him into some of the unique elements the boomverse had to offer. no sports tape tho, sorry.

also i did boom!rossum bcs the idea of these two being a sort of yzma and kronk/pinky and the brain style duo cracked me up. i take my baby and i make them BIG.

in this au they woke up together and thus just are just regular siblings no angst edition. the pair of them are from the time of the anicents and were woken up recently (either by eggman or sonic or both). shadow is the “ultimate fusion of technology and organic life” (*sonic voice* yeah im just gonna shorten that to “ultimate lifeform”) and rossum was a failed prototype of said plan. shadow seems to have some grand overaching goal and rossum is just along for the ride.

im just gonna ramble a lil more under the cut.

shadow

shadows kinda got his own thing going on and is much less vegeta and more just like, mysterious kinda brooding anti hero. got a strong sense of justice, which can sometimes manifest uh, violently, if he feels the situation calls for it. initally he’d prefer not to fight sonic and co but if he gets in his way he’ll crush him, but after fighting sonic both of them realise it was kind fun. their rivalry is a lot more friendly tho either will take any oportunity to fight the other. also im keeping the fact he’d blow up the universe if he felt embarrassed mostly bcs i think its really goddamn funny, ross can usually talk him out of that tho.

design wise i gave him a lot more chest fluff to obsuce that mysterious collar(tm) around his neck. gave him some funny shapes on his forehead and chest to make him look different from regular vers shadow (mostly inspired by these other boom redesigns). the belt i gave him is based on the mind control device from shattered crystal and is supposed to be one that he repurposed. his inhibitor rings have these lil crystals that like bounce back his power (i just wanted them to be a lil more detailed to draw a lil more attention to them). also his rocket boots are heels bcs i think it would be funny if he was short and also the fact they work like actual rocket boots (like. he can fly w them) reminded me of starscream. also in the sketch i gave him a cape bcs i was originally going to give him one to go w his whole brooding loner thing but i thought it might be a little,, boring? and cover up too much of his design?

rossum

rossum isnt as active as a character as shadow is, theyre generally more reacting to situations as opposed to causing them. theyre still a lil dumb but its more,, being naive about Literally Everything (whereas shadow was let out during the past it seems rossums freedom/time to develop was a lot more limited). theyve still got a gentleness to em but unlike their regularverse theyre very much not a pacifist - though they dont enjoy fighting, but are good at it and thus often have to be encouraged into fighting by shadow. often times if theyre fighting the good guys rossum takes on the rest of team sonic whilst sonic and shadow have their Rival Brawl Fight. despite that i think rossum actually likes team sonic and considers them their friends. i think them and knuckles would be good pals bcs theyre both big and dumb and sweethearts.

onto the design: theyre supposed to be a sorta inbetween of knuckles and the regular sonic character body type, so theyre big but not as big as him. third eye was replaced with shape (since theyre not aliens anymore). rossum also has a collar tho unlike shadow theirs is cracked. they also have the same inhibitor rings, tho the crystal has either been torn or broken off at some point. it might be hard to tell but their gloves and boots are now armor to play into their role as kinda shadows body guard, also the boots loose their rocket spots bcs i couldn’t see them using it like shadow would during combat.

[firemama]

On the topic of undertale and deltarune and player-role i think both games approached the topic very differently

Undertale had a stronger implication of not "pushing" you, yourself, the player, onto the protagonist. It was just mildly assumed that you ARE the protagonist, as is the case with most video games; the result of undertale is that you and frisk are one and the same, and the game was about you, the protagonist, exploring the consequences of your choices and your curiosity and your desire for completion. In the end, Frisk finally gets their name when the story ends- not because you were never frisk; they get their name because now the story is over, and the protagonist you made- the you that you have been this whole time- is finished and is now released into "their" world to live with the results they, *you*, earned. To live with their consequences, one could say.

Deltarune is the evolved form of that notion, in a sense. The implication of Undertale was that you are the protagonist, that you are frisk, and these are your choices. The implication of Deltarune doesnt focus as *directly* on you choices, on your consequences, so much as it is focusing on that first part. Undertale foucsed on you are the protagonist, *these are your choices*. Deltarune is putting its attention on *you are the protagonist*, these are your choices.

And the most intentional thing you can focus on, and make a statment about, is that it isn't true. You are playing a game- you arent the protagonist. Kris is the protagonist. These are their choices. The game of deltarune is saying it boldly that you and Kris are not the same thing, the same person. In undertale, you impressed yourself upon Frisk because Frisk has no background, and their choices are yours and you make them, and your frisk is who you decide them to be. Deltarune starts with a character creator and then you are denied- because Kris is not you.

This difference in interpretation is pretty drastic to me and i consider it extremely important. Mostly because it makes me want to handle the lore they present to their themes very differently. Undertale's Frisk is like getting to make a character that fits the story, and piecing the causes and effects together in a sensible way that suits the reasoning. A lot of people turned to chara as the villian and generally missed a part of that, missed the fact you were supposed to factor your own choices in. That it was your own curiosity and your own intent that made you a viable target for chara's violence; you killed the monsters, chara just encouraged you and yook over at the very very very end, in the last moments. And because you invited chara in, they are with you forever, even in your pacifist routes, and you cannot escape your consequences. It was you, it was always you. But from there, you can still make REASON to it. My general reasoning with the lore is that a genocide route comes first because frisk is a scared kid in the underground, but murder doesnt help, and in the end, the underground bites back against murder and things get more diffiuclt until... until you dont escape, you dont Win. You have to start over- and do it right. Naturally, nuetrally, fighting where its simple to win, wher eyou "have to", because you HAVE to get to the end, i am frisk and i am in the underground and i must get out because that is my goal. And then the pacifist route, because i love these characters- i am frisk and i love my friends and i want the monsters to be happy. My happy, true pacifist ending is tained by my sins; my murders are still with me, and that makes me weak to chara's haunting, and they will always be a temptauon- to play again, to start over, to see of i can do it all again.

I never played all the routes, i only ever played the true pacifist route, but this is the way the lore always shapped in my head, from the perspective of frisk (me).

Deltarune is wildly different in that in never wants you to be watching the world from Kris' perspective. It never wants you to see the world from the characters angle- it wants you to see the game as the Player, and only the player, inhabiting the character you barely know if at all. Theres no *explaining* you actions to fit the lore- theres no reasoning. You are simply a being from outside and you are making kris' choices *for* them, whether theyre the choices kris would make or not. I personally canon the choices you are presented are all, some level, an unconscious thought kris has and thinks or considers- but ultimately you're looking at those thoughts and choosing them, and kris has not choice until they resist you by ripping you out and taking themself back. Theres no reasoning your choices as "what kris would do" or "this is why kris would do that" like reasoning why frisk would or wouldnt do xyz. YOU ARENT Kris. You arent.

[solidburnreturned]

Okay it’s new world tour theories time

!Warning for spoilers!

it’s long so I’ll put it all under the cut :)c

Basic things real quick that have been painted out for us

- there are two versions of the history of strings: the one peppy gives, and I’m assuming the one the rock trolls know (the true one). I’m assuming this story will show some of Barb’s motivations

- branch has accepted his crush on poppy but she thinks of him as a friend. im expecting there to be some good running gags of branch trying to confess/ask her out and he gets interrupted 

- branch and poppy have some kind of fallout 

- branch is for using force; poppy wants to go for a softer, more diplomatic approach 

- barb ends up getting all the strings and turning each kingdom leader into “rock zombies” during her rock show

- barb is ultimately redeemed in the end and gets a tall colorful mohawk 

SO THAT BEING SAID. theres a lot of meat missing from these bones...and I wanna throw out some theories regarding the meat lol

For the true story of the strings, I’m gonna guess that it’s going to talk about how Peppy’s version of the story is wrong/misleading. I’m gonna guess that it’s either barb or thrash telling this story...and I’m thinking it’s going to talk about the falling out of the kingdoms, particularly with the rock trolls. maybe peppy’s original story will talk about how the kingdoms just naturally didnt get along and decided to split off amiably to live in their own respective kingdoms away from each other. and the ACTUAL story could be that they all DID get along together, until pop and rock started to antagonize each other, which lead to general unrest in the kingdoms. more and more conflict eventually lead to the kingdoms splitting, and the blame was placed on the rock trolls and their rowdy nature. im thinking they suffered some sort of consequence as a result...but im not sure what! something bad enough to make barb want to destroy all other types of music.

with branch’s crush and the fallout between him and poppy....i feel like this is really up in the air. my strongest instinct tells me that dreamworks will kinda take the common route and have poppy eventually break out of her obliviousness and give branch a shot, go ahead and go on a date with him. BUT...i feel like theres also the possibility, given that Goodbye song that was cut and dreamworks deleting that pic showing the breakup, that branch will eventually get the opportunity to confess his feelings and poppy will insist that she just wants to be friends. this will make branch angry, he’ll impulsively start a fight with poppy, and they’ll part ways (resulting in poppy getting snatched by the rock trolls and branch by the reggaeton/kpop trolls). after spending time away from each other, branch will come to terms with poppy’s decision, getting encouragement from the reggaeton/kpop trolls to be happy and grateful to have the platonic relationship he does have with poppy, and go off to save her at the rock show with their help. unlikely, yeah, but...something I would prefer over the traditional ending of them coupling up tbh.

okay, with branch wanting to use weapons and force and poppy wanting to use persuasion/affection...I feel like this is more than just a gag. when poppy says “all we need are [this arm and this arm]...for hugs!” i feel like this could be foreshadowing for both how their adventure is gonna go and how they ultimately get barb on their side. branch is going to insist on using force to get out of predicaments, but in the end it will be poppy’s more pacifist methods of persuasion and group song that solve their problems. I think branch will also be less willing to trust the other trolls from other kingdoms...both of these will start causing a divide between him and poppy as it wears on them both. however, I think when theyre finally getting around to defeating barb, it’ll be love and diplomacy from poppy that wins her over. seems like something that the rock trolls dont encounter that much, and it might be what barb actually wanted all along :0c

WHICH BRINGS ME TO..barb’s redemption and new look!! barb’s pre-redemption look reminds me a lot of pre-true colors branch? her roots and base of her hair is really dark, her mohawk is short in comparison to the other rock trolls’ long hair, shes shown to be prickly and grouchy, and has dark purplish-grey skin. she also has like....a kinda awkward grin lol? BUT her end-of-movie look has her mohawk tall, rainbow hair (with some black because yeah rock troll lol), a big ol grin, and lighter pink skin. so im thinkingggg she has some sort of true-colors moment with poppy after maybe some kind of sad backstory moment? if crazy train is the finale song for barb, those lyrics are like...pretty sad tbh? and would make for a great backstory for barb with her motivations and why her appearance is so gloomy and greyish like branch was. my biggest wonder with all of this is what exactly the root of her sadder state is (something to do with her ear maybe??) and how exactly poppy gets to a point with barb where they talk things out and get to the point where barb is redeemable and accepted by the other trolls after basically pillaging through their kingdoms. gonna be a big one to pull off!! and i cant wait!!!

SO YEAH thats all i got rn! april 17th cant come soon enough...dreamworks ill settle for more barb clips ovo also. this is just me but parb endgame would be incredible lmao 

[creacherkeeper]

Same anon here: I agree! they didn't have a choice to release it now, especially with the leaks. (I kind of wanted to be vague about some of the development things like the awful crunch time as well. I can definitely see people disliking the game , because they hate the conditions that it was made in!)I haven't had a chance to play for more then a minute or two myself, though the gameplay did seam pretty solid. I'm not sure 'fun' is the right word, but its hard to put my thoughts into words

Basically, I can't fault the game for what it is! I get the vague feeling that people basically have seen some of the messages done better, with frequent comparisons to Spec. Ops: The Line and Undertale. But I'm not sure thats what the director was actually going for, though. I think he wanted to write a story about pain, and flawed characters trying to survive in a stressful, flawed world kind of thing. Or at least, this game wasn't trying to be those games. (2/3)

Anyway, I LOVE your long posts. I've only seen negative posts, so its great seeing people enjoying it. (3/3) 

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i get that! if people choose not to support due to the working conditions, i completely understand that. i would love to go into video game development one day, but i know i wouldnt be able to manage under the conditions of most game studios, especially as a disabled person. so i have a lot of stake in seeing working conditions improve for video game development and am mostly sticking to indie right now myself! if thats someones reason for not supporting it, 100% understand 

i haven’t seen people comparing it to those games, though i’ve mostly stayed away from reading about it until my thoughts solidify a little more and i have some more time to sit with the game. i personally havent played spec ops the line, but i did have my roommate explain it to me, and from what he said, it seems to be more strictly anti-war and anti-violence? maybe this isnt the correct takeaway, but while tlou was also anti violence, i dont think it’s message can be reduced to “murder is bad”. to me, it was a very personal story about trauma, and how continuing the cycles of violence is ultimately meaningless and will destroy your life. if you look at both this game and the first one, it never goes out of its way to condemn violence or even murder when its in self defense or to protect someone else. ellie kills multiple people in the first game, and they bring it up very casually in this one. and the people abby kills to protect lev dont come across as sympathetic. even at the end, in dialogue we hear the prisoners fighting back against the rattlers, and that is not shown as a bad thing. so i think the people going “yeah we get it murder is bad” are ... still sort of missing the point? the key moments of the game are when abby and then ellie respectively decide to break the cycle of violence. i think thats more important and a more meaningful takeaway 

i ..... suppose i get why people might try to compare it to undertale? theyre just SUCH different games that im sort of struggling with that. i also have only done pacifist run of undertale, so im not sure what happens in other branches! maybe its just the fact that you have the OPTION to do a pacifist run. but not all games have to be about choice. and for a game like this, it really can’t be. it took them 7 years and, yeah, like you said, a lot of horrid crunch time to make this one. i dont understand why people are mad they didn’t basically make TWO games with entirely different narratives. write some fanfic and get it out of your systems folks if you want to see an entirely different story 

im glad you enjoy my long posts ^^’ its good to know im not rambling to no one. and if there IS anything specific people would like takes on, hmu! otherwise i will just continue to reblog nice fanart of my wife abby and love this game in peace 

[alienjock]

in a ttrpg system for avatar i think id want the following classes

earthbender: tanky. specializes in shaping the battlefield in their favor and building up walls of defense.

metalbender: this user has broken earthbending down to its core components. going to such a small scale allows for the bender to manipulate metal and other things found in the earth. in battle, this can help disarm an opponent or trap them. advantages in the battlefield can be found through the sharpening of steel and the bending of iron. employing skills similar to the power of magnetism, personal shields can easily be made and just as easily destroyed with a well-timed clench of the fist, crushing opponents protection and even possibly damaging them with their own armor.

groundshaker: the complete and absolute honing of ones earthbending abilities connects them with the ground under their feet in such a way where, with enough skill, they could level mountains and raise cities. this allows for environmental manipulation and increased defense options. groundshakers can split the earth and cause powerful quakes, along with manipulate the ground below them to move them, and throw boulders with the ease of pitching a stone. 

seismic senser: again, this specialization goes small scale and is developed through a benders ability to feel the earth beneath them. sensing subtle vibrations in the ground, a seismic senser can feel something coming their way before they seem them. this makes it nearly impossible to catch someone off guard. this specialization allows for the most support, and works extremely well with allies that excel when given a heads up.

waterbender: magey. specializes in support and simple but highly effective offensive moves.

bloodbender: yeah. not only has this bender learned how to manipulate others through the water in their blood, this specialist can strip water from the air with absolute ease, purify water, and even feel the heartbeat of someone near them. that last ability gives this person an advantage both in keeping track of their allies, and targeting weaker opponents.

wavewaker: the complete and absolute honing of ones waterbending abilities connects them with the vapor in the air, the push and pull of the tide, and the roar of the ocean. with enough skill, a wavewaker could send tsunamis, freeze large bodies of water, and drown everything in their path. wavewakers have the ability to manipulate large amounts of water with incredible detail and focus. this specialization makes the element not just something to use, but an extension of the self. waves break with the step of a foot, tendrils move like large limbs, and nothing can stand in the way of you.

gifted healer: healers of this caliber are incredibly skilled and uncommon among waterbenders. their ability to draw upon the life-giving properties of water allows for the quick and painless healing of injuries and ailments that could take weeks or even months to recover from. as a healer grows in skill, they begin to sense the health of those around them. both people, animals, and even some plants.

firebender: fightery. the most offensive and destructive of all the elements, this bending style is deadly even at lower skill levels.

combustionbender: channeling the air around them, a combustionbender is able to perform specialized attacks of high-damage explosions from a distance. breaking barriers, drying up reservoirs, and absolutely annihilating opponents are these benders specialities. to be a combustionbender requires immense focus and inner balance, and the skills they learn to control their abilities are often taught by airbenders. without these skills, they could be deadly to themselves.

trailblazer: the complete and absolute honing of ones firebending abilities turns them into the perfect fighters. this level of skill is so powerful and so intense that it even elevates the heat of the fire to degrees otherwise impossible to achieve. creating jets of flames, raging fireballs, and other unique attacks means that a trailblazer can take on multiple opponents at once. these firebenders have a draconic rage to them, and are equally as terrifying. trailblazers may be able to harness some skills of other firebending styles, but their will and chaos means that they’ll never reach a level of inner balance that is required for suspended lightning redirection or combustionbending.

lightning conducter: similar to combustionbenders, this specialization is acquired through the study of fluid, emotive waterbenders. the most supportive of all the firebending styles, lightning conducters can block and counter attacks, use their flames to increase speed of motion, and yes, bend lightning. 

airbender: i wouldnt call airbenders the rogues of the bending world, but...that’s as close as i can get to a comparison. airbenders are, as weve seen, mainly pacifistic, and use their bending abilities to achieve of a higher sense of being. that being said, that doesnt mean that airbenders cant be incredibly effective supportive fighters.

flier: airbending emphasizes freedom, and this specialization of the embodiment of that freedom. freeing oneself both from the earth and the limitations of gravity, fliers can move at speeds impossible to others, and can easily dash in and out of battle without fearing attacks of opportunity. light on their feet and always ready to move, these rare benders have achieved their unique skills through releasing themselves from the things that tie to them to the earth, such as worldly possessions and emotional connections. 

windracer: the complete and absolute honing of ones airbending abilities means that this person has achieved the ultimate goal of all airbenders: the complete realization of self. these benders are always in control, never caught off guard, and never let their emotions take control of them. they are conscious of each breath they take, each step they walk, hyperaware of everything around them. but beneath this practiced calm lies a tornado ready and completely willing to unleash itself, no hesitation or fear. these benders can just as easily gift fresh air as take air from the lungs of an opponent. the epitome of controlled, deadly precision. 

spirit crosser: with an achieved higher sense of self, an airbender can focus instead of on their physical powers, on their connection to the spirit world. this specialization allows one to move through the physical realm, completely unchained from their physical form. this ability allows those that employ it to do things such as cross through barriers and connect with spirits, along with letting the user remain connected to allies even when far away. while not much use in a fight, a spirit crosser can come back to their body with a temporary newfound strength and rush of adrenaline, feeling refreshed and free of stress. 

nonbender: those without the ability to bend the elements are able to be just as powerful as the benders they fight with/against. reaching a skill level that puts them on equal level with benders requires a certain degree of intelligence and physical prowess, however. 

strategist: these incredibly intelligent nonbenders prefer to play mastermind or lead the charge. powerful and inspiring, these players are able to boost the skills of their allies through quick thinking and the power of their raw conviction and determination. strategists can craft powerful weapons from scrap and powerful tactics from tough situations. whether they stay in the back, conducting others, or they stand in the front, initiating the battle, a strategist to never ever to be underestimated. 

battle master: battle masters can be both fighters who use weapons, and those who fight unarmed. through the study of bending techniques, these nonbenders have found a way to mend non-elemental martial fighting with the movements and stances of the benders theyve learned from. they cant control water, but they can lash at opponents with the same energy. they cant control earth, but they can still knock opponents off balance with the same force. 

chi blocker: this ancient technique of rendering opponents immobile is both an effective defense tactic and offensive maneuver. chi blockers move quickly, delivering flurries of blows with precise points of contact, disabling an opponent. this can stop attacks before theyre dealt and leave enemies prone. for those who rely on bending, chi blockers can be devastating. 

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Srsly i would pay so much for a dressup character creator fashion collector app that had actual customizeable body positivity and other options. And if it was mermaid themed that gives even more fun options! Especially if you could choose to be unusual types of mermaid like ursula's octo legs. And usually these social mmo type dressup games have basically no plot and are just badly translated gacha grinding shit, so spicing it up with a sassy comedic fashion advisor would add a bit more substance to the whole thing. Also especially if you could actually have like a friendship points bar with ursula! Hang out with her and become closer buddies!! Earn your affectionate auntieness!! THE ULTIMATE REWARD!! And having funny slice of life sass-off moments with the other disney villains would be fun, like you and ursula hang out on a fun shopping spree but bump into your rival who's i dunno jafar's fashion apprentice instead? Have it like hogwarts houses but the villains all representing different types of fashion. All the plaayers compete to have their fave Sassy Gay Aunt/Uncle be crowned as the ultimate Sassy Gay Aunt/Uncle! And you could get so much funny trash talk out of them all interacting! And maybe have crossover fashions combining iconic outfits from different movies to get points for both villains? Like each villain combination would have both a "defeat your rival" and "reconcile your differences" route. You'd get more "house points" if you make ursula victorious over hades but you could also end with them becoming friends again and unlockong secret super fashion from the uniting of two great sasslords! And cute scenes!! Maybe even if you go "pacifist route" on all of them you could unlock a big fun party where EVERY villain is your friend and theyre all having a great time thanks to you and also you kick the butt of [insert least favourite representation of a boring disney protagonist here]

Oh and also the fairy godmothers from sleeping beauty and merlin from sword of the stone need to be allowed to be part of the villain fashion time even though theyre good guys, cos seriously they are like the ONLY EXAMPLES of good guys who capture the same classic disney villain sass aesthetic, yknow?? Also it could be fun to have the godmothers as a combined singular "house" representing like.. Multicoloured fashion, patchwork stuff, etc. And merlin could have both wizardy stuff and anachronistic future fashion also he is friends with genie from aladdin

Man i ramble some weird shit when im tired, lol

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t/a rambles 2

back on my bullshit part 2

lysander - Yesterday at 10:36 PM LSHDKA DSCREAMS AT U god where to i start ok well. basically its supposed to be like this coming of age new adult type thing extremely loosely based on the story of siddartha gautama which i didnt even like do on purpose i just realizes it was similar

but alex in this au goes by kreutzer (its his alias in lots of aus also his middle name) and he is the prince of a country called koel which basically occupies modern day mongolia and korea

the premise is that his mother the queen was assassinated and he is next in line for the throne but another assassination attempt is made on him during the ceremony and his personal servant rescues him in the nick of time

turns out the entire court was conspiring to overthrow the monarchy

so kreutzer is forced to abscond with his servant or the rebels will find and kill him the servant takes him to a traveling circus he has connections to, so he csn b safe and literally everyone in the circus is some kind of fugitive or criminal! which is fun bc at this point early on in the story kreutzer is extremely... black n white thinking.. judgmental... like javert from les mis bc when he was living at the palace he was extremely sheltered and overprotected by the queen who he loved dearly but the queen was also a tyrant he never had any knowledge of this bc his mother taught him that might makes right and that criminals are criminals and should be shown no mercy lest theyll bend every rule until it breaks so now hes living w a bunch of criminals and hes forced to come to terms not only w his inflexible world view but like... the fact that these people are people and not just dirty criminals

that life threw shit at them and they turned to crime to survive or otherwise wwre fucked over by circumstances and slowly he becomes like more aware of his own privilege and more understanding and also. he becomes aware of his mothers tyranny too that ones a tough pill to swallow for him bc likw i have it set in the book to where he turns himself in to save one of the circus performers he comes to think of as a little brother (this is a long and involved thing i can explain also) and the coup leaders torture him and present him in essentially kangaroo court and hold hearings against his mother where victims of the queens tyranny tell them what happened to them bc of her and force him to listen (: theres an underlying theme of what should one do when faced w oppression whether its being oppressed or being the oppressor i unintentionally made it super political which i swear wasnt my intention i just plugged my ocs in and oh lain is a shitty queen

shes not actually shitty but she was a tyrant and also fucking paranoid probably bc she lost a previous child to ... another... assassination attempt.. tbh thats also prob when the king died but she hated him so w/e theres two characters i accidentally made into like martin luther king vs malcom x skhfjshds i love them both sm god lydia is the matriarch of the circus troup and herself a performer- a water mage who dances

her sister is lilya who is a fire mage along with  alex's servant (alan/calisto) who is... hell bent  on revenge bc mages and magic users were basically persecuted to shit n back lydia is very pacifistic but maybe TOO passive while lilya is... shes action but she can be blinded by her own anger anyway fun side fact but alan was supposed to assassinate alex/kreu but the idiot falls in love w him as in all aus and fucking betrays everyone on his side for alexs sake bc loving alex is like the first thing hes ever felt strongly abt he just kinda went along w the training and the coup leaders plans to infiltrate the royal court he didnt really.. feel strongly abt it despite everything but he found a purpose and hes ... doing some shitty shit to ppl who trusted him LOL helping the prince escape instead of killing him like he was supposed to anyway alan dies bc obviously his side is fucking pissed at him and not well either the hearings and torture totally break alex but lilya who's overseeing the mock trial is like something... isnt right she thought she was waiting for the day shed be able to witness the royal bloodline dying forever but after reconvening w her sister and talking about how alex had been staying with her all this time (there is a huge argument) lilya thinks this guy is innocent. he cant be blamed for the wrongs of his mother and decides to rescue him its loaded bc i think lilya was actually responsible for lains death so heres your mothers killer rescuing you but also your mother killed her family indirectly and u cant do anything abt it alex! lysander - Yesterday at 11:00 PM at this point they go back to the circus and hide out of the country for a while until the rebellions govt starrs taking a turn for the worse it reminds me of like how communist revolutions were started bc the proletariat had legitimate issues with the upper class but then like they go to the extreme(edited) and start literally culling innocent middle class people thats basically what happens and that's... also not right! so alex gathers up his own force feels like its his responsibility to right the wrongs of his mother and he takes back the country w his own force but instead of reinstating the monarchy he puts the sisters in charge in a newly instated democracy or something basically moral of the story is that people arent perfect but everyone has a reason for doing what they do and i want to address that like that democracy will not be perfect either bc blah blah quote some old white guy "if all men were angels we wouldnt need govt" or something but its a step in the right direction rather honestly it was mostly supposed to be oc angst fest but it turned into political commentary over the yrs BUT i didnt touch on a few good side stories that happen before the novel god how does Alex even react to lilya fufk thats so fucking loaded shes your moms killer your mom was also a killer shes also lydias only family and youve grown close to lydia over the time youve spent at the circus she also rescued you but she still killed your mother who you still love so much how does he even. reconcile those feelings esp the part where his beloved mother was hated and also hurt so many people its so hard to accept that both those things arent mutuallt exclusive ofc its so easy to decide you hate someone and denounce them but i dont want to write abt that thats not interesting esp since my issue w everything these days is that people cant seem to reconcile ppls good and bad parts like theyre all only one or the other when the reality everyone is varying amounts of both holds my head lain isnt a good person but her reasons for being terrible... ultimately were borne from something VERY real and VERY understandable anyway this is: morally ambiguous ocs the novel