#throwing this at you bc he really doesnt get much spotlight to tell his story aughhh

[berryblu-ocs]

@youjustfeelthemforever hello dear friend who is holding me at gunpoint <3

*deep breath* IM SORRY IM SORRY IM SORRY IM SORRY IM SORRY- I DONT KNOW HOW TO FIX IT IM SAVING AS MANY AS I CAN *sob* *wails*

also ok, not a ship, THEY'RE FAMILY!!! but i need to inflict a bit of Blake lore on you now

so Blake is a Diamond, diamonds are a special category of guardians of which there are only 4 at a time (hence the ♦️diamond symbol lol)

they stand in "tecnically immortal" territory, they dont die of old age* , but theres definitely been diamond deaths before, at which point a new one comes into existence somewhere on earth, growing up as normal until the horrors start acting up <3

*i mean they *could* die of old age but theyre yet to find that one out lmao

Blake grows up as an only child to a commoner family in the Time´s end era (so a couple centuries behind modern time), after a particularly bad encounter with a Void, he decides he's getting away from them and only coming back when he knows how to handle himself and protect them.

problem is so many things happen after this, that what was *supposed* to be a short journey gets overshadowed by the mass memory wipe and world rearrangement (fun!) so he never got to properly say goodbye *or* come back home since he´s a Diamond and deffo on the list of things theyre trying to sweep under the rug and away from the general public at that point

he (illegally) visits them often though! always with fake identities and never staying for too long or getting too close. subtly helping wherever he can, food, money, supplies... he finds out they had another son a while later, he always wanted a little brother...

(And this is where the OC brainrot demons took over agdhsgdhgs)

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it´s a sunny, breezy spring afternoon. Over half a lifetime has passed since he first left home, his brother already married and had children of his own.

The family is together today, no one dares say why, but Blake knows, he´s sure everyone knows. His mother´s health hasn´t been the best for years now, but it´s really been on a nosedive these last couple weeks. From this distance, he can tell theres a freshly made rhubarb pie on the table, his mother´s favorite, and a vegetable stew brewing in the fireplace. it´s a little different, the ratios are probably off and he´s sure they´ve added a new ingredient, squash, maybe?

Anyways he always hated that stew, he´s sure a little change won´t be able to fix that, the carrots were always a little undercooked and the potatoes were always too big, and whatever spices his mother added always came with the threat of dirt crunching on your teeth, they'd always have to bribe him with a trip to the library and-

He finally registers the tears streaming down his face and hastily wipes them away. Its a miracle no one's noticed him yet, he's been stood here for way too long.

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That night, he sneaks his way into her room, he doesnt care if he´s getting an earful and a half from Sage and Gwen later, this is more important, he'll take whatever consequence he has to.

His Dad isnt there, he´s in the living room placating one of his precious grandchildren, whos kicking up a fuss over the creaky sounds of the woods sounding like "big scary monsters with sticks", whatever that means...

Blake stands before his mother, sleeping peacefully aside from her shallow breaths.

It´s the first time he´s seen her up close in several decades. Her once dark brown hair now almost completely white, her face as beautiful as ever but now adorned with the blatantly obvious signs of age, the way she always smiled permanently etched into the wrinkles of her face even while resting. Her once strong and firm hands, fit for a hard worker, now wrinkled and frail, yet still bearing the scar from that nasty injury she got while protecting him from the Void, the reason he left home in the first place.

Blake takes her hand without thinking (just like he used to when he was a small child, when he´d had a nightmare and was scared of the dark) (Just like he did after they´d been attacked bu the Void then drew it away covered in blood)

He holds on a little tighter, kneeling at the side of her bed. If he wasnt crying before he definitely is now. He has so much to say even if she won't hear it. But he can´t seem to get anything but choked sobs out.

"Blake...?" He´s snapped right out of his thoughts, feeling as if time has slowed down

"Mom?" He replies, barely in a whisper. Blake's heart breaks a little, if the memory spell is wearing off it means her energy is dangerously weak, this is it.

"Oh honey did you have another nightmare?" She weakly outstreches her other hand, gesturing for a hug "Come here"

"Yeah, a nightmare" Blake sinks into her side, holding on as tight as he can without hurting her "I'm okay thought".

"Of course you are, my big, brave boy!"

They stay in silence, aside from his muffled sniffles and sobs. He tries to carve everything from this moment permanently into his brain. Like a heartfelt inscription on a gravestone.

"I'm sorry I took so long" he sobs "I'm so so so sorry"

"You have nothing to be sorry for" She smiles that radiant smile at him, the one that told him everything was going to be okay "you're here" She ruffles his hair sootingly "you're home"

"I missed you so much mom, I love you, i-"

"It's okay, shh it's okay, we love you too"

Before he can say anything else, he hears footsteps outside the door, with a turn of the knob soon it creaks open, Blake sinks into the shadows before he can be spotted.

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Later, when Sage finds him, culrled up near a tree with a broken swing just outside of town, Blake expects him to berate him, ban him from the entire town or maybe turn him over to the Ensata clan.

He does catch a hint of anger in his expression, but it's quickly replaced with something else, pity? Guilt? Empathy? He doesn't look at him long enough to figure it out

they sit in silence in the cold of the night for hours, until sunlight starts peeking through the tree tops. Then Sage finally speaks up "I should get home, they'll be looking for us soon"

Blake is the first to stand up "lets go then" he dusts himself off, giving one last wipe to his puffy, tear stained mess of a face " no use worrying them over nothing" Blake offers his hand

Sage frowns but still takes his hand.

[captainshyguy]

like ok im gonna make a list of pixls from least used to most used by me excluding tippi and tiptron bc they’re out all the time and tippi had that amazing story so 

it’s not a like least fave pixl to fave list bc i have a ton more factors that would play into who’s my fave

11. Barry 

couldn’t really get the hang of him, primarily defensive, does the least damage, hard to time right, useful if you can actually use him though i dont think i ever used him aside from when i first got him oop 

10. Piccolo 

i used her for the underchomp battle but besides that she doesnt really have a practical use, i know she can cure curses (which does come in handy in a room of cursyas) but i didn’t really get cursed that much? very cute design though 

9. Thudley

the thing is thudley is one of those ones that CAN be incredibly useful, it just depends on your style of playing, like he doubles damage, and pair that with bowser who has double the attack of the others, you’re doing quadruple the damage an ordinary mario jump would do, but like stopping to ground pound was not really something i was up for, i need fast!!! plus you cant damage spiked enemies with him

8. Dashell

now cosidering i was talking about going fast it’s probs a surprise dashell is here but??? i mean i didn’t get him till post game, and his only thing is that he’s fast?? like yeah he’s faster than carrie, but carrie comes with a ton of added perks thatdhashell doesnt?? good design though, and great if you wanna go nyoom (i did still use him a bit for fun, but not that much) 

7. Slim

slims a very situational pixl, like he’s there to get you in tight spaces, but the game doesnt give you too many to actually use him with asdfghj however, he can be used defnsively, if you need to take a sec to like use an item for health, you can just stand still and enemies attacks go right through, so that can be good i used him on either my first or second battle against super dimentio, probably the first bc i was probs overwhlmed by all the missles lmao

6. Fleep

now fleep is essentially useless offensively, like he can stun enemies for like a sec, but it’s not much, and actual parts of the story where you could use his other power didn’t come up much, but he did have a big sidequest thing to do, so i did use him quite a bit (and he had that section in the last chapter where he got the spotlight again so nice!) 

5. Thoreau

1st pixl besides tippi!!! a good guy very good for the mimi battles, king croacus battle, 1st o chunks battle and honestly any battle where the enemy is up high so you cant jump on them (assuming you haven’t got luigi yet lmao) used him for all the things i mentioned, him and peach make a fucking great duo

4. Dottie

now dottie is like slim in a way, a more defensive pixl who helps you get in tight spaces, but i definitely used her more, because whilst using her, you arent invincible to attacks, she’s invaluable in the pits of 100 trials if you’re patient, bc when you’re small?? enemies literally cannot see you, so enemies with projectiles wont be hurting you at all bc they wont be firing, great to use with luigi or bowser (didnt use her much outside of the pits, but the pits were a LOT so) 

3. Boomer 

i used boomer a LOT until i got a certain pixl, so many uses, flipping switches, blowing up brick blocks, blowing up enemies you cant jump on/throw with thoreau, great early game pixl, potentially great late game pixl if that’s your fighting style, reliable, not too much delay/recover time either! also the only way to deal with shlorps and shlurps

2. Cudge 

EXCELLENT PIXL i literally used him and number 1 p much 99% of the time, virtually no delay when hammering shit, can do most of the stuff boomer does honestly, like smack brick blocks, hit enemies with spikes that you cant jump on (can honestly hit most enemies in general) hammer makes a satisfying thwomping sound, very fun, effective, reliable and useful! 

1. Carrie 

ABSOLUTE BEST PIXL and i’ll tell you why: 

can float on water, very fast (not as fast as dashell but makes up for it in literally every other way) can jump on top of spiky enemies, (and any enemy that you cant usual jump on, like piranha plants) so can essentially kill p much any enemy (besides stuff like dry bones, shlurps/shlorps and cursyas) nice satisfying noise when riding on her, can glide across spikes with ease, excellent with bowser, lets him use flames whilst jumping, and makes up for his lack of speed/jump, incredibly deadly combo, good with luigi too because she stops him slipping and sliding all over the place, (which is good bc i use luigi the most post game) incredibly fun, deadly, super reliable and effective 100% MOST USEFUL 

this is a most usefly list but like besides tippi, carrie and cudge still are my faves overall too bc i love their designs and personalities