#wither shard corruption?

[llamaisllama777]

WELP. I guess we know what would have happened if Nexus' plan had worked. Sadness would have happened.

Bloodsolar/Solarstorm <-(What I like to call him)

Is just as horrifying as regular Bloodmoon, and that episode was a horrifying peek into what might have been, but it does make me question something... New Moon/Nexus actually killed Solar in the simulation, and that kinda surprised me. I thought he would just like lock down the island or something so it would just be him and Solar on that island and they would become something of a urban legend, the island haunted by a cannibalistic robot and his moon servant who occasionally leaves the island to get him some fresh meat... but no! Nexus actually killed Solar! It's makes me wonder if Nexus still cares for the family?

I know! I know! He tried to kill Earth and that what we saw was just a simulation and not what actually happened, but I think this might have given us a glimpse into Nexus/New Moon's mind. I like to think maybe just maybe a small part of Nexus still loves his family maybe he is being influenced by the Wither shards or a chip in his head or something. Maybe New Moon is still in there and still loves them all.

We can only hope.

[lavender-butterfly-cookie]

I would love to see a second part of Forgotten Friends

One where the beast eventually realized that they blew stuff out of proportion and, because of that, their friend was basically forced to betray them, but they have no one to blame but themselves

And by the time they realized and are out of their prison

Reader cookie can varely remember them, they do remember they used to be friends, but all their evil deed have replaces most happy memories and Reader has a hard time being able to trust or even be near them

Patience is a strong thing, but time is more

The SoulJam of Patience has follow their tittle, now it's Their turn to use it

I like your style dear butterfly.

Forsaken, Forgotten, Un-Forgiven

previous part

Where does one even begin to express how much patience you've lost? How does one even begin to accept your friends have become nothing more but shells of their former selves? How does one learn to forgive them for forcing you to betray them? As hard as it is to believe, it starts with an apology.

After sealing your friends away all those years ago, it took you immense amounts of patience before you could face the world again. It took you so much patience to adjust and make new friends. So much patience to finally feel free about revealing who you really are. Patience to accept that they were gone and they weren't coming back. It took a long time, but you endured it. And it was worth it.

But it wasn't.

You found yourself face to face with five shards of tinted glass, all representing a shard from what was broken long ago. You barely remembered any of them, but that doesn't mean you forgot them and their evil deeds completely

The blue shard, who had once been your source of knowledge and guidance, now full of cracks that mimicked the web of deceit it was entangled in. You remember how the threads of that web were used to puppet and control the lives of the innocent, forcing them to fight for his own twisted little show.

The white shard, who had one been the holder of the virtue known as volition, now flavorless and apathetic soul devoid of any meaning. You remember how easily she turned everything to flour with just a simple motion of her hand. And you knew she did it because she saw little to no value in living a life with the inevitable end known as death

The red shard, who was once the herald of change in itself, now a destructive and merciless monster who sees no point in creation when it's bout to wither away eventually. You remember how he had destroyed countless homes and lives, all because he was bored.

The pink shard, who was once the most loving and joyful person you had ever met, now a lazy sloth who didn't even bother doing anything anymore. You remember vividly how she wiped away so many cookies just because they woke her up from her nap.

Then there was the Purple shard, once a noble knight of solitude, now a dark knight of silence. You remember all to well how had mercilessly crumbled several cookies in a single strike. How he's never uttered a word since he became corrupted.

These shards of glass are none other than your fallen friends, freed from but under different circumstances. They weren't causing havoc, they weren't attacking- heck, they weren't even angry at you after you lead them into a trap. What baffled you more was how the ancients were present but stood to the side. It took some time before the realization hit you.

"They want to talk."

You heard a voice say. It sounded like you, but much more mature. You felt your heart drop. They wish to talk? Couldn't they have thought about that years- no, CENTURIES ago?! But you're not about to argue with the light of patience when you clearly have better things to focus on.

The first thing you noticed about your fallen friends is their demeanor. They're not angry... they actually look guilty and nervous. Next was their souljams... which they didn't have for some reason. The ancients probably have it, which is good. They can't cause much damage. Shadow milk cookie stepped forward and you were ready for anything....

"Y/N cookie..."

Anything at all.

"We're sorry..."

Except that. Your eyes widened and you froze solid, the words unable to register in your head. They were apologizing?... But- no that can't be right... this is a trick... It's a trick and you won't fall for it again... You look at the ancients. They aren't intervening or protesting against this false apology.

...

They can't seriously believe this, right? They're not falling for this, RIGHT?! You step back a bit and shake your head slightly. This was a trick. Why do they want to redeem themselves NOW? Had they not realized the gravity of what they did before sooner? This had to be some kind of lie. And you weren't gonna fall for it. You made that very clear to them before walking.

It was only later on where pure vanilla cookie explained that they were attempting a redemption arc to fix the bond between you. The ancients really did believe them... Why did they believe them?! They had been nothing but pure evil as far as you can remember. Their evil deeds outweighed whatever happy memories you had with them... almost as though you didn't have happy memories.

The beasts tried again and again to at least get you to cast a glance at them but it was fruitless. You walked away from the library when Shadow milk cookie tried talking to you. You completely ignored Eternal sugar cookie trying to enter your room and talk to you. You turned your back on Burning spice cookie when he attempted reaching out for you. You refused to acknowledge Mystic flour cookies attempt of interaction with you. And the silence between You and Silent salt cookie had grown into a deadly kind of quiet, as if none of you had even been together.

They just didn't get it, did they? They betrayed your trust once, what if they do it again? You had to be BEYOND patient with yourself in order to recover and yet they've returned? No, they shouldn't have. They had no idea how many sleepless nights you endured to finally accept they're absence. How much you had to learn to adjust and be patient with yourself to be able to move on. And all that hard work, all that patience, it was gonna crumble because of them.

No, you can't let that happen. You can't just forgive them just like that. Not after everything they've done, to innocent cookies, everything they've done to you. If they really wanted your forgiveness, they'd have to be as patient with you as you were with them when they weren't corrupted. They have to earn your forgiveness, and that was going to take a long time.

You were patient with them, now they must be patient with you. How long they'd have to be patient was unknown, and how long they'd actually remain patient was just as mysterious.

[peachyfnaf]

Hello chatters. currently 8:30 in the morning, and I've been seeing a lot of Sun love going around (based btw) which reminded me that even though I don't yap about him nearly as much as I do Nexus, Sun was also given such a short end of the stick when it came to this arc.

I don't care for Monty, but I do love Puppet, but the way they both pressured Sun into choosing what to do with Nexus (New Moon at the time)??? that shit is so fucked. and yeah, because I am who I am (a Nexus apologist lol), I was mad and hurt when Sun was unable to tell them to not kill him. but unfortunately that tracks for him.

Sun's trauma response is, most of the time, to freeze. he's done it before when confronted by past Eclipse's, Bloodmoon's- if you're willing to use other dimensions as examples, Servant Sun quite literally froze and surrendered with his hands in the air out of fear when Old Moon first met him.

So, he did it again. he was put in a terrifying situation, and he froze. which led to Nexus freezing in space too amiright ahahahahhhhh

So, shit was already fucked for him at this point. because not only did he lose a close family friend (Solar), tried to help the other 3 through their grief and prioritizing their feelings over his own because he was- objectively- the least close with Solar, lose his brother to madness (which we now know there was like 10x more to that then just 'grief' makin' him act as he did. y'know. glares at Dark Sun and NSP), could basically do NOTHING as Earth was kidnapped by Ruin/Bloodmoon, and Nexus was blasted into space by Puppet.

And even though that was the end of that main arc, dude CONTINUED TO BE HANDED L'S AFTERWARDS. Old Moon being brought back by Monty (Monty.. >:[) without Sun even being asked about it first, Sun not being given the chance to properly heal from/mourn Nexus because O.M was now there, he filled his role, and O.M does not like Nexus. (chatters, I'm gonna warn you, ever since he came back, I've been an Old Moon hater. do not like that guy.) anD THEN EVERYTHING WITH DAZZLE/EVELYN??? july 16th of this year was like a very high peak in what's, to me, a very low-on-the-chart arc, but THAT DOESN'T MEAN SUN WAS OKAY DURING IT JFCCC. the TRAUMA he was reliving during that time HURTED

And even where he is now- he got his magic back, yuippee yayyy!!!

Because of it it seems like he's now intrinsically intertwined with NSP, and multiple people want to use him as a goddamn radar to find Wither Shards now. one of those people literally being The Creator, yaknow, like the stories Biggest Bad???

And another, "oooh, yaknow, that happeneddd, ahahahahhh.." was The Creator psychologically torturing him in one of the darkest SAMS eps' to date because of it.

AND. And, finally, the most recent episode that was Yapped to me about that well. 1, just made me hate O.M more, and 2, made me want to just wrap Sun in a blanket in front of a fireplace. The "Invaded By CRINGY FNAF in Vrchat" one. the way O.M spoke to Sun in that ep, the use of the gravely K.C voice that O.M only uses when making threats, I- I'll fuckin-

LEAVE THAT LITTLE GUY ALONE. I HOPE WHEN YOU AND NEXUS INEVITABLY FIGHT YOU GET CLOCKED IN THE JAW FOR THAT ONE. GOOD LORD.

...I've been typing this for like 50 minutes, apparently I had a lot more to say when it came to Sun than I first thought DGAIEPHDWGWLAH

Canon. canon, please, let Sun do something. let him be the one to free Nexus from NSP corruption, because of how much he's been shown to be resilient to it. let Sun be the one to stop The Creator's next big scheme instead of Moon. let him do things as important as all the others instead of just cleaning. the pieces for him to do so are right there. now put them in place.

[artist-in-training-wheels]

Updated designs as of: 8/20/24

Remember when I said I was knee-deep into SAMS/LAES? Welp, I still am- so here's my (mental) designs of all the core characters (Not scaled for height)! Some notes/extra thoughts under the cut :D Added their pallets to make coloring easier!

Main 4:

Work:

I swapped Sun and Moon waist thingy; I just think they would do that since they're close. Their arm ribbons were also changed to purple to match!

Moon has a cape instead of a ruffle like Sun because... idk, I think he'd like it!

Earth and Lunar also have matching cuffs; theirs is pale/light cobalt blue.

Gave Earth's dress more Princess vibes; why? Idk, just felt like she would like it!

Sun's joints can be seen since he hasn't died and been "placed" in a new/updated body!

Casual:

Moon and Earth (kinda) have casual outfits, so I thought I'd make something for Sun and Lunar.

Sun HAS his matching friendship bracelet with Dazzle- I finally decided to draw it ^^

Sun's shirt says, "Here comes the Sun" I feel it would mostly be a gag gift, but he likes it!

I almost gave him a sweater (cause he gives me sweater vibes, tbh), but then I saw his Q&A video and went, "damn, never mind, I guess".

Lunar's hoodie was also a gag gift (cause its color scheme is similar to Gemini)- but he likes it too much, plus it's soft :D

Made Earth's sweater a bit darker, mainly cause she has a lot of light colors already (the pink comes from the sprinkle sweater!)

I also feel like the boys would take off their bells when they're not working.

It was asked how and... idk they made an interdimensional portal- I'm sure they found a way to take off the bells lmao

The other 4:

I hate how I did Ruin's rays and hat. But nothing was working for me, so... oh well...

I gave Jack the two tips for his hat because I think he'd like those- same with the arm sleeves!

Also- yes he has a friendship bracelet with Dazzle- he keeps it protected under his arm sleeve, it's identical to Sun's!

I really like how Solar came out. Specifically his boots and shirt design!

He gives me knee boot vibes, so I gave him shoes with a sun and a moon on the back (they lace up just didn't feel like adding those details)

I Like how Eclipse came out- Miiiight redesign him... depending on how the Eclipse and Puppet Show goes, but for now, I'm content :)

I never mentioned it, but I do imagine that Eclipse has a second set of arms. I would think Solar did, too, but those were taken away during his revival because of the "Eclipse sees other Eclipses as inferior" stuff!

The Evil 4:

I made Dark Sun look like Regular Sun... cause that's kinda his whole thing! But if I were to give him a different outfit- it would be Eclipse's!

Few changes to Nexus (I can't take him or his model serious tbh, I kept laughing XD), decided to give his hat a Wither shard at the tip because power (and possible corruption) go BRRRRR (Side Note: Made an AU on it :D)

I'm not sure how visible it is, but on his right cheek, you can see a virus of some kind—I really like that, so I put it on him because I really like the idea of him slowly being corrupted due to his insanity!

He has a darker shade of boots similar to Solar because... well, Solar :)

World President Earth (or WP Earth) has a lovely wine-red dress with her flag as a cape (the same flag seen in the thumbnail)!

The flag is held together by a smiley pin because why not =)

Evil Lunar (while tempting to go with Current Lunar design) has the design of the previous version because, well... that's the form he gained the power in (from my understanding)

The tip of his hat is a dying Star because that feels appropriate, in my opinion.

I MIGHT do Foxy, FC, Monty, and Puppet, but I'm not too sure, tbh, since my mental image isn't too far off from their models. Anyways, time to return to my little gremlin hole and watch the series :)

[mimomentomori]

Thoughts/Theories for Arcane Season 2 Act 2: Jayvik centered

Potential spoilers so read under the cut if you've watched Act 1!

To recap, at the end of Act 1 we see Jayce, Heimer and Ekko all get messed around with by the Wild Rune, causing anything linked to the Arcane to glitch out and malfunction. Based on the visuals and what we know about the characters it's likely those three will be scattered across time and space to different degrees;

Ekko will be gone long enough to be considered dead by the Firelights but return with his time powers to deal with the final confrontation with Noxus.

Heimer may be tossed back in time to confront his past trauma and be key in getting he and Ekko back to their correct time.

Jayce... He's gonna have the hardest time. He attacked the Wild Rune with the hammer which caused a massive reaction, so as a result he may be the one separated and lost in the Arcane dimension the longest. Based on the new Arcane Survivor Skin preview and the sneak peaks we got in both the newest teaser for Act 2, he'll most likely be stuck in this dimension for an undetermined amount of time, enough that it will affect his hammer directly and fuse the arcane shard in his cuff to his skin. The question is, how does he get out?

I think Viktor will be the key to his escape. Viktor, as we saw in his last scene in Act 1, is now inherently connected to the Arcane and by extension the Void given that he was fused with the Shimmer-tainted Hexcore. His continued use of the Arcane to heal his new followers will continue to destabilise the barrier between the realm of the Arcane and the material plane, but it could also potentially save Jayce.

If we're sticking with the Jesus/religious leader angle, Viktor was already shown to be having visions since he first coughed blood down into the matrix leading to the Hexcore's creation. After being fused with the Hexcore and by extension granted direct connection to the Arcane, he's been shown to be guided by 'Sky,' or at least a memory/fraction of her that now currently exists within the Hexcore and the Arcane.

My theory is, the more he settles into his new role and newfound connection to the Arcane, I think he'll start having visions of Jayce in the Arcane dimension and endeavour to get him out. While 'affection kept them together,' I think it's more than that now. They built hextech and the gates together, and with Jayce now directly affected and trapped by the Arcane they have a mystic connection to each other through the Hexcore. Despite their abrupt and bitter parting, I think seeing the main object of his affection trapped in such a state and clearly not yet fused to it like Sky is, he'll extend his power to get Jayce out.

Inevitably, this would lead to a potential clash/confrontation over both men's involvement of destabilising the Arcane in Zaun and Piltover... But I think in the end they will always do what they feel is right to save eachother.

I also want to add real quick that Ekko's criticism of how the Hexgates were built to send all runoff and potential fall out to the Undercity is valid and a gross oversight on Jayce's part, Viktor being from the Underground would have had to have a say in its design too so he will have possibly overlooked or felt confident this detail would be unlikely as well. Jayce and Viktor were partners on the project despite Jayce being the face of it; i.e. they're both responsible for what happened with the corruption and the Wild Rune.

With time being a key theme being shown in both the opening credits and how Ekko operates, it's looking like the theory that Viktor is the mage that saves young Jayve and Zimmena may be more likely than we think. But at the same time, even though we see in Viktor's new poster that he is able to thrive for some time, the plants that they experimented in did eventually wither and this may be a problem for Viktor as the next two acts progress.

Whether this means Viktor accepts or defies this rot to be in line with League Lore... I'm putting my faith in the writers on that one.

Let me know your thoughts!

[the-library-of-theories]

Maybe Sun won’t die, but “Sun will die.”

So… something sparked in me when watching the recent video. If sources are correct, the creators aren’t going to kill Sun. Sun won’t die. But I see an old quote slowly coming true.

‘What I mean will be at the end of this theory.

Let’s go through some stuff to make this more understandable.

We all know that the only “original” person here is Sun. He hasn’t died, remade (aside from fixing/transferring after blasting Eclipse), or was reprogrammed. He’s our Sun. Our traumatized sunny boi.

But that’s just it. He’s has so much memories. He is the only original and now? He’s gaining some super powerful magic. He was once able to control Star power. Now… he can sense the wither crystals.

These wither crystals are going to be very important in my theory as we know that it can slowly corrupt anyone who holds them long enough… yet Sun was somewhat unaffected by the corruption. But you know what actually affected him?

The wither dragon.

It caused him to go in a trance. Something that the other wither shards haven’t done to him. What makes matters worse is that Dark Sun had mentioned before that a lot of the things he’s done was for our Sun. But why? Why our Sun? What makes our Sun so special for him to do what he’s doing? Why is it so important that even the creator wants Sun?

Why?

Well before stating the theory, let’s talk a little bit of science.

We all know that the Sun is basically a large STAR. It’s what the Moon (Lunar) needs to shine, it’s what Earth needs to survive, it’s half of what Eclipse (Solar) is. It, itself, is powerful to supply life. In a way, the Sun is powerful enough to produce life.

But what happens if a star dies?

Well there are two possibilities that come to mind.

One you have the dead star or zombie star, which are remnants of what was the star before it died. Which is foreboding in itself. But we can deduce this as not a possible senerio as we know the creators confirmed that Sun won’t die (unless info changed).

So what is the other possibility?

Well, if a Sun/star were to collapse in on itself…

It is said that is how a

BLACK HOLE is made.

Ironically enough, should you know what a black hole does… then perhaps you should know what it could resemble in Sun and Moon show terms…

BLACK HOLE = WITHER STORM

So here’s the theory part.

Sun will become a black hole.

An embodiment of a wither storm. We all said that Sun has the most trauma. We all said he’s been alive since the beginning. And we know that the creators said Sun won’t die.

But he won’t die. Rather he has a fate worse than death. To quote a infamous quote:

“You either die a hero or live long enough to be a villain.”

Back to the saying: Sun won’t die, but “Sun will die.”

Our Sun will eventually become the villain. His current self will “die”.

But he won’t die exactly. Ever wonder why there are wither crystals?

Well, when a black hole is formed, the star itself will burst into what is called a supernova. Shooting remnants of the once living star out to space. So in a sense, Sun’s self will be blasted into various parts of space. So while he is “dead”, he isn’t dead. Rather I see this as both a chance for his family to bring their loved one back together and for Sun to do some reflecting. I also see this as a possibility where Dazzle may also play a key part in helping bring Sun back, but how? I ain’t exactly sure but call it a feeling.

As for last pointers, I would think they will call corrupted Black Hole Sun one of these names and why:

Dark Star = first name before Black Hole

Supernova Void = fancy word

Stellar void = fancy

Void Sun = just because.

[brightstar2000]

How did you feel about Solar not going on Nexus’ side? Cause I know I could hear the cries of people who wanted that to happen.

I am glad Solar didn't side with Nexus. I honestly expected him not to side with him and i am glad i was right there. For Solar, i'm fairly sure Nexus reminded him of both his Sun and Moon. His Sun, who cared about him, and fought to get him his own body, and his Moon, who, before he died trying to separate his kill code from himself, probably cared about Solar too before he died and the backup took his Moon's place. I think Nexus reminds him of that, which also means Solar's logic went to the fact he needs to die. I'm not happy that Nexus needs to die, but he made it very clear that he is a threat. Corrupted or not, Nexus still intends to kill them. Even Solar. Since he even said as such: "Next time you see me, better be ready to die."

I don't care if he's corrupted or not, that corruption will still lead to real potential harm or death to his ex family, and that is the problem. Even if Nexus still cared just enough to extend an offer for Solar to join him by taking the wither shards and bringing them to him, the New Moon we came to know is gone. Or buried deep in there at the very least. If they kill Nexus, it's out of self defense. I am very sure that Nexus plans to destroy their dimension. Introducing the negative star power like he is, it's like what Rez said, but don't quote me on that. I only watched that video once, and then the channel was terminated. Glad it is back, but i do think that Nexus may be that catalyst he was talking about.

I want Nexus to be saved, i really do, but i will not blame the family if they kill him. At that point it'd be out of self defense, like i said. And defending their family members. Will it hurt? Absolutely. But look at what could have happened if Sun didn't kill Blood Moon. (I still think they simulated the clones' personalities instead of the originals, but still). If they don't defeat Nexus, we can probably say goodbye to them as a whole, cuz if he blasts the negative star power into their dimension, chances are that it will die if there is enough to overpower the positive star power or expedite its' death exponentially.

I think Solar had an understandable reaction after Nexus left. Wanting him dead and all. He had to do the same to his Moon and his Monty. For Nexus, if his old self does somehow peek out from under all that negative energy, if he is still in there somewhere, a death for him may be considered a mercy kill at that point. Especially if he is suffering greatly from what he did to himself.

Though we have yet to see if that even is the case. If so, then i may change my stance a bit, but only a bit. At least for now, i am sticking where i am. I have yet to be given a reason to believe New Moon is still in there somewhere.

People can say it's just him trying to be edgy and rebellious, but what he's doing to himself is harmful to, not just himself, but also the people he knows, and even the people he doesn't. You gotta look at the greater good in situations like this. If the end result of that is that Nexus needs to die, i understand it, even if i won't like it. The best case scenario is that he is cured and able to come back, but i see that being very, very tense for a long while. Especially between him and Moon. Just have to wait and see, but unless i am given a reason to believe that New Moon is still there somewhere, somehow, i will not change my stance here.

[1ris5starlight]

...Mh, I was always curious about his history..

(0:48) YOU ARE NOT GOING TO TOUCH HIM.

(1:05) .......you're- you're planning to do what I think, right..??? .....oh god, it's what I think...OH GOD.

(2:19) GEEZ- That's too cruel to do at even for Ruin-

(2:33) Oh god....is that he looked like? He looks scary..

(8:20) ....the virus is starting to corrupt this Monty....

(11:37) .....wait....so Ruin wasn't effected by the virus? It was just all an act to survive...

(16:28) ...Are you serious right now? OF COURSE HE'S ANGRY!! LOOK WHAT THE F*CK YOU DID TO HIS HOME, HIS FRIENDS AND HIM!!!!! YOU F*CKING BRAIN FLYING FREAK.

(For how much I don't like Ruin, I HATE the Creator far more then him).

(19:18) ....I'm going to punch him. I'M GOING TO PUNCH THIS FLYING MF.

(20:25) ....oh God...even Ruin don't deserve such horrible treatment..

(21:17) ....what the h*ll was all that?....Ruin-.....Eclipse, are you ok??

(21:53) Wait....so Sun had that ability AFTER some certain events happened..?

(23:30) OH GOD AGAIN, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO TOUCH HIM! STAY AWAY YOU EMO FREAK!!!

1. I kinda feel bad for Eclipse(I'm going to call him this, because he was called "Ruin" by his Creator to insult him, at least until I find some new name for him).

2. I'm afraid of how and what Nexus will do to Sun to kidnap him....

....

What if-....what if he uses his Dark Star Power to hurt Sun?

....Mhh, that couldn't work, Sun is like immune to that (when he hold the 1st wither Shard they found, he didn't get effected by it)...

....

Wait, what if Nexus overwhelm Sun with Dark Star-power? Like with the dragon.

He was too overwhelmed and he just went into a tranche and didn't move....

What If Nexus will control Sun like that..?

....

GODDDD, I have a TERRIBLE feeling about this.

[goodolddumbbanana]

So... Nexus can potentially become a mindless zombie cuz he smokes too much of Negative Star Power. Damn, talk about skill issues.

It is really sad that every Moon keeps letting themselves become a tool for someone else, this way or another. I honestly like the idea Nexus screwed royally up by himself and because he couldn't deal with the idea of losing someone more but ... That might be okay too...

Especially if it bites Nexus's ass later, because surely he doesn't want to be someone's puppet, so much that he literally abandoned his family for it, right?

Seemingly the corruption theory can be right, but the question is... How did Nexus get infected in the first scene?

Creator? Nah... Although it is the theory I love, but that dude has so much work to do, I don't think he has time to do that, especially if it can damage his plan later...

Surely it can't be Dark sun, cuz he seems quite concerned about Nexus when he said his newest addiction is consuming NSP until he dies. But Dark Sun also definitely knows something... And he doesn't seem or want to interact with Astral Bodies or the opposite side, these creatures serve Wither Storm or such...

Maybe he knows from the start that Nexus will go crazy? Maybe it is the dead one who always has fated decided that will go nuts?

Which kinda concerns me too cuz Sun can detect the shards, Sun can recognise the NSP. Sun used to kill one dragon. And Dark Sun has a huge ass dragon too. They seem like both connected with Wither Storm or shard or negative star power one way to another.

Also, His behaviour is also weird compared to Lunar, while Lunar only gag because it has some awful smell, Sun literally feels like he is in pain when reacting to it. The breathing, shaking, stuttering things? Sus

Maybe he is the patient 0, the seed that Riz says? Just like how Ruin is the carrier?

[randomized-sims24]

Made another thing to go with the Corrupted Solar, Wither Shard Infected Sun! The marks and coloration of his eye are on the right since that's the side he uses the most for his powers. The color is purple but for some reason the camera makes it look black :/

[utmvarchive]

Reapertale: a summary.

As stated before, some AUs seem to run in different formats. "Reapertale" is another such AU, but rather than running as a soap opera, this Tale seems to play out like Greek mythos, positioning monsters as gods.

Toriel, goddess of life and warmth, gave breath to the earthly realm and sprouted humankind... but they were not yet mortals, and as they continued to propagate, so did conflict among them, and the balance of the earth tilted. His majesty Asgore, god of the sky from which he and the other first gods were born, and to which they would return if ever they passed on, turned to Gerson, god of wisdom, for answers. And Gerson, in turn, commissioned Gaster, god of the arcane, to conjure a counterbalance. Together, they used the power of darkness to invent the gods of death– Sans and Papyrus. Their conception deeply offended her majesty Toriel, and she secluded herself on the earth to swear off any further creation.

Though life would continue, sterility and stagnation would break out in the goddess' absence, and humanity's faith in the gods would falter. This brought on the loss of the god of hope– Asriel– as he was reaching to save Chara, a devoted acolyte, from tragedy. He was too late, and when his stardust fell into a pool of their blood, he would be reborn as an emissary of despair... again as a golden flower.

As it would happen, Chara would be the reapers' first job; but the gods of death were still newly-formed, and the dark magic used to conjure them still leaked from their forms and their scythes. Thus, only a moment's hesitation was enough for Sans' essence to corrupt Chara's SOUL, which was already embittered by the betrayal of mortal and immortal alike. They would escape, adopting the role of a demon in the following centuries.

In his effort to find Chara, Sans instead found Toriel's hidden sanctuary. The two were confrontational at first, but soon it became clear that Sans liked finding somewhere that allowed him reprieve from his thankless job, being the brother in charge of collecting the SOULs of the damned and the restless. In secret, they grew close...

...and then, claiming a role as harbinger of entropy, Chara too found Toriel. Though a god, they struck her down using a scythe stolen from Sans, igniting an Era of Corruption– an outbreak of strife, stagnation and stillbirth.

Undyne, goddess of war, was next to find what was left of the fallen god's hideaway, and confronted Sans before she could see could see that he too was grieving. Papyrus managed to intervene and calm Sans, stopping the spread of his necrotic influence, redirecting Undyne's attention to seek guidance from the father gods.

Of the first gods, Asgore was still in mourning, Gerson had gone quiet, and Gaster had gone to consult an all-seeing mirror. The mirror could show him everything– past present and future– but Chara had found it first, clouding its vision to lure him closer. They trapped him in it, and they shattered the mirror, scattering him and all memories of him with its shards.

In an effort to buy more time to rediscover life, the goddess of knowledge... Alphys... would be tasked with finding alternatives for creation. Her... first attempt involved the willing sacrifice of other gods, but these efforts would be in vain. The second attempt involved making a new vessel for a prematurely disembodied SOUL, and so... Mettaton would be created as a golem, embodying self-love.

What remained of the slain goddess was eventually detected by the opposing reapers at the same time, but Sans was thankfully faster than Chara and took her SOUL into hiding within his and Papyrus' own realm. He procured a stained-glass flower she'd once made for him after his touch withered the live white lily she previously tried to hand him, and he sacrificed the gift to bring her back with the essence of hers it had preserved. Thus, her restoration was secured.

But it would not be until the emergence of Frisk, demigod of mercy, that Chara would be cured of corruption and instead represent faith, and the balance of their world would finally stabilize.

...Seeing that mirror for myself would make my job so much easier if it were still intact...

[brightsstar]

I think i'm gonna go with the theory of Sun being able to detect wither shards and not being affected by them came from the fact he killed a witherstorm in the past.

For newer fans who may not have backwatched, there was a mini series back when OG Eclipse existed where he dropped Sun and Moon in a minecraft world with a witherstorm almost assembled. Sun just had to put the final skull on it to make it come to life. So that started this 3 day gaming series of them preparing and then later defeating the witherstorm that Sun created, which Sun also killed it.

I actually was working on an art piece shortly after those videos came out but i didn't finish it, which was this:

This is about 2 years old at this point-

But it may explain Sun's affinity with the wither shards and why they don't affect him. So, if this is the case, i guess OG Eclipse did Sun a favor.

Also, i'm probably going to depict the shards as corrupted nether stars. For people who also may not know, the witherstorm originated from a game called Minecraft Story Mode, and it does exactly what they say it does on the show. It consumes until there is nothing left. Defeating it in both M:SM and the regular game drops a special nether star. (Witherstorm is a mod, btw, Not in the vanilla game) I believe those could be the shards.

I think it'd be fascinating if that witherstorm mini series ends up becoming relevant in that way, and i'm eager to see how they figure out Sun's new ability with the shards. Cuz even if those were gaming videos, they were also lore relevant. This is part of why i also like to watch the gaming videos, but only partly. Mostly it was because i just enjoy their content. And plus, SAMS got me into a couple new fandoms through the gaming videos, namely Billie Bust Up and Indigo Park. (Speaking of, i have one of the GITD Barnaby plushies, and I am getting one of the Rambley plushies!) And some gaming videos do have actual lore! Like, Eclipse first made his presence known during one of their gaming videos, for example. A Teardown gaming video.

Speaking of the gaming videos, i really miss them. Love the lore and all, but i miss them just being silly and playing games together. I was hoping they'd go back to doing that after Moon came back, but they haven't. I think they have done only 2-3 gaming videos since he came back.

Anyways.. that's just some of my thoughts. I think the nether star that Sun and Moon left their witherstorm encounter with may have affected Sun and may be why he can detect, track, and even be unfazed by the effects of the shards. Maybe his newely obtained magic finally kickstarted that ability of his.

[bumble-the-sun-bee]

i just thought of smth

The witherstorm is like a virus (in regards to the Minecraft version)

It's a digital thing with code, right? And it consumes anything around it and grows, right?

In its digital world, it's just consuming more code and adding it to its own and can only be destroyed if its core code is destroyed, like a computer virus

But, most viruses can't be contained into one thing and spread out, hence wither shards

Mal is the same way

A piece of code that consumes other codes to build up and can only be deleted if the core code is destroyed. He can also spread through infection, like the arcade machine he usually resided in or animatronics

In tsams, animatronics that interact with the shards get corrupted, like a virus

In technicality, Mal could be some kind of weird witherstorm that is just malfunctioning or something or is sentient enough to control his destructive capacity and doesn't make shards

Omg

[artist-in-training-wheels]

Nice Nexus AU info!

Hello! Here's the info for my team, Au—Nice Nexus. I might change the name because of the information, but I'm keeping it this way! I've made images to go with it, but I'll have the regular text version under the cut! (I also color-coded the names and certain phrases, mainly because I jump through a lot of pronouns, so it helps keep the info straight!)

Nice Nexus AU

By: Artist-in-training-wheels

This kinda starts when Nexus (Moon at the time) was still grieving Solar’s death. In the episode “What if SOLAR LIVED in VRChat” he wakes up in the theatre, right? Well, we know Dark Sun is insanely good at imitating Sun- so who’s to say that he didn’t just, put a (corruption) chip in Moon that caused him to have that initial hallucination!? The one where Solar lived by Sun died. The only time Moon snapped out of the hallucination was when Monty interacted with him- someone outside the hallucination!

Now, the way I see it, the chip slowly corrupts the user, twisting their desires and morals against themselves until they snap. Once they are at their lowest point, Dark Sun is alerted and approaches the individual, much like he did in “Moon’s New Partnership in VRChat.” I also believe that Dark Sun put a similar chip into Ruin, not as extreme but still holding mild corruption (this is important).

It is also worth mentioning that the flow of time is very… weird in the pocket dimension that they reside in. Sometimes it's years ahead, sometimes it’s a few years behind, and sometimes it lines up with the timeline (the main show). So it’s hard to say how long they’ve truly been there (kinda like the time when Sun and Moon were taken away for a bit- but were actually gone for like… 3 weeks or something like that (according to the Lunar and Earth show)). 

Here’s where things divert the cannon. In my redesigns, Nexus has a wither shard on his nightcap. “For experimentation,” as explained to Dark Sun, who allowed it. However, it turns out that wither corruption can cancel out other corruption! Meaning that after some time, Nexus's sanity started to return! Obviously, he never said anything to Dark Sun, only giving Ruin a wither shard, too—again, “for experimentation.” This causes the mild corruption in Ruin to be undone- proving to Nexus that he was indeed corrupted by Dark Sun (cause at the time, he was in denial about it).

Due to his sanity returning, Nexus has a massive panic/depression spiral because of everything he did/said to his family! He knows there is borderline NOTHING he can do to fix all the damage he’s done in hopes of being a part of their family again, not that he blames them… but that doesn’t mean he won’t help where he can! So he’s made the family each their own personalized drone so that he can keep tabs on his family and find ways to help them!

He can’t do a whole lot like this, but he does little gifts here and there for everyone- a book or two for Sun about magic, some interesting/advanced blueprints (mostly of defensive items) for Moon, any and all info he can find about the astrals to Lunar, different accessories to Earth (but she has gotten a lot of different gifts- that seem to resemble apology gifts…), and Solar… well, he’s still working on Solar’s drone, but he’s already gotten a heartfelt “welcome back” gift… it was his goggles and gloves. He’s also in the process of making Dazzle and Jack’s drone, he’s just trying to figure out the best designs for them!

With that all being said, Ruin ends up being the voice of reason, ensuring that Nexus doesn’t make any sudden appearances and keeps them both under Dark Sun’s radar! He’s done it before; now he just has to make sure Nexus doesn’t get them caught. Occasionally, they’ll send the family a note or two about a possible warning (at least in regards to what Dark Sun is doing), but it isn’t often.

[ikamigami]

Atlas red flags let’s go:

Was capable of connecting with Sun’s mind from hundreds of light years away, that’s pretty powerful but we’ve seen Castor and most importantly Rez do the same thing

Has some visual similarities to Rez, like wearing blue robes and not having a face, and he says himself this is not his true appearance, also we don’t know of Rez can shapeshift and Atlas describes himself as amorphous  

He says he’s the last of his kind, could this be a Silver Surfer-Galactus situation? If I recall Silver Surfer was an alien who’s world was ravaged by Galactus and he was taken and forced to serve as Galactus’s herald, and we know Rez is Cetus’s herald, seems like a lot of coincidences lining up, he also mentions his kind were killed due to “higher matters”, which could mean the Astrals fighting negative beings, or his planet was corrupted and he joined Cetus after the Astrals destroyed it

Knows about certain events already like Nexus and Dark Sun, and alludes to the planet being in direct danger, which while many of the villains are heavy-hitters none of them have every stated or alluding to destroying the planet, even the Creator…Except Rez

Magic is antithetical to star power but who is to say then that negative star power is affected the same? Supposedly Sun began connecting to wither shards after getting magic, so it could be that negative star power and magic have beneficial effects on one another, hence why Atlas might be so familiar if he’s secretly Rez

He mentions going into people’s heads and Moon going into his, and he points out how it was Sun’s fault for Moon dying(it wasn’t his fault entirely) and he emphasizes that, Rez can also go into people’s heads and just the act of that in general is dangerous and manipulative

Bad-mouths Golden, and while Golden is certainly…A bit out there, one could interpret this as him making himself more credible and make Golden less by putting down the only other powerful magic caster Sun and Moon know 

He may not be Rez, I would think that if he was Sun might sense the negative energy but who knows, maybe Atlas is nice, all of this just feels…Too good to be true

Sorry for really really late reply but I absolutely agree with everything you said, dear anon 👏

I also add the new stuff

Conviently when Atlas was somewhere else both times someone dangerous appeared - first Dark Sun and in today's episode Nexus..

And later also conviently Atlas could tell some helpful words to Sun..

It makes him super suspicious.. he tries to win Sun's trust for some reason..

Maybe because he knows that Sun is powerful.. so he wants to have Sun on his side..

I think that he tries to manipulate Sun but in more effective way than every other villain so far.. cause he tries to show himself as an ally.. as someone who is here to help Sun and in extention his family..

I'm not sure if he's Rez but he's definitely related to negative energy beings in one way or another..

Sorry once again for such late reply, dear anon.. I just wasn't in the best mood for anything back then when I received this ask.. so it was just sitting in my inbox for so long 😅

I'm sorry and I hope that you'll forgive me QwQ 👉👈

[fogwitchoftheevermore]

ok so while watching joey's s1 and just rewatching s1 in general, i was looking at the items in the circle surrounding the dragon egg where shrub is meant to be sacrificed and they are. they’re interesting.

now, quick refresher on what i'm talking about: right after sausage goes good again, xornoth steals the dragon egg and puts it in this summoning circle type thing with the plan for joey to kidnap shrub and impale her on a dripstone spike above the egg. when the blood gets on the egg, some magic makes the blood corrupt the egg and now the dragon is cool.

the summoning circle is surrounded by eight items that are, in order: a netherwart block, a wither rose, a nether star, crying obsidian, a piece of crimson wood, a salmon, a magma block, and a red nether mushroom

and the items gem replaces them with are equally interesting: a red mushroom, a cod head, a gold block, wheat, a redstone block, an amethyst shard, a sea lantern, and a red tulip

the things she replaces them with are things she takes from her allies and herself, because the spell she's using says she needs things that are important to the people of the land. the gold block is scott's, the amethyst is gem's, the wheat is pearl's, the tulip is katherine's, the mushroom is shrub's, the cod head is from jimmy's place, the sea lantern is lizzie's, and the redstone block is fwhip's. an important note to ME is that almost everyone she takes these items from is involved in the fight, except for fwhip, lizzie, and jimmy. fwhip's involvement with the xornoth plot is pretty interesting to me but i'm not gonna get into that here, and unfortunately, i don't know enough about jimmy and lizzie's lore and their whole deal with xornoth to comment on them but that's NOT REALLY THE POINT LET'S MOVE ON!

the things placed there by xornoth are just basic ominous nether stuff, for the most part. even the wither rose, which i usually associate with a certain alliance, can just be seen as an ominous thing. katherine does use them for her pit of death, and i vaguely remember the corruption turning some of her flowers into wither roses, through i'm not certain that actually happened or if i'm making it up. the point is that there is one REALLY WEIRD outlier there. the salmon. and the fact that gem brings not only a cod head into this but something FROM fwhip as well, and replaces the salmon with the thing representing her makes me think this like?? has to be an intentional fwhip reference??

so here’s my thought here and like. look i recognize i'm biased towards Everything about fwhip but hear me out. i think it’s possible that, before sausage betrayed them, xornoth was planning on having both sausage and joey kidnap someone, either to ensure someone died and the ritual succeeded, or as a sort of distraction, ensuring that the attention of anyone coming to stop them would be split. (to be clear, when joey is first shown the area, the ritual is already set up. this was done in ADVANCE, and sausage's betrayal was pretty recent.)

he tells joey that the sacrifice HAS to be one of the emperors, and while he doesn’t specify why he thinks shrub is the “perfect” choice i personally think it’s pretty clear.

xornoth just like, flat out doesn’t like her. i mean he doesn’t like most people, but he’s got personal beef with shrub.

she doesn’t have anyone who would go looking for her. joey and her talk about it when he kidnaps her just an episode earlier- shrub says herself the only people who might come looking for her are her dogs. and she wasn't even wrong! if it’s shrub that’s missing, there’s far less chance anyone will notice, and far less chance anyone will interrupt.

i truly think exor just enjoyed making people target their friends/family. sausage at one point says that xornoth was making him “kill people i wasn’t supposed to kill” (in reference to fwhip and gem). he isolated his followers as best he could. shrub was joey’s only friend, especially after sausage left.

so with those three reasons in mind. who do we think sausage might’ve been tasked to kidnap…?

THAT'S RIGHT BABY THE SALMON’S THERE CAUSE FWHIP WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE! (and i would say the crimson mushroom was shrub’s symbol in all this but that's not my point)

now, let’s look at the reasons i gave for why shrub was chosen: xornoth didn’t like her, no one would’ve noticed she was gone, and she was joey’s only friend (emotional turmoil)

i’m gonna come back to reason one for fwhip, but let’s touch on two and three real quick. i truly don’t think people would’ve noticed fwhip was gone until it was too late. gem was his closest friend after sausage left the wra, and even they didn’t cross paths super often. he was a pretty isolated person. as for causing sausage emotional turmoil- yeah, duh. we already know how much he cares about fwhip and that he didn’t really want to kill him from the remark i mentioned earlier. and the only were people in that same circle for sausage were pearl and gem. pearl is her own beast- xornoth could barely take her in a fight so let’s be real he KNOWS sausage couldn’t. and gem is. ok we’ll get into that.

now, circling back to reason one: hatred. xornoth doesn’t like any of the emperors, let’s be real, but the ones he hates the most seem to be shrub, scott, and gem. obviously he can’t kill scott, and shrub is already involved in all this, so why wouldn't he have sausage kidnap gem? she would fulfill the friend requirement too, like i mentioned! well, it’s simple.

look at how well it went last time, lol.

also, gem is a lot more social than a lot of the other emperors, especially fwhip, and is deeply involved in scott and katherine’s research in defeating xornoth. someone was gonna notice she was missing FAST. look at how quick jimmy showed up last time (i know he wasn’t looking for them but like. still. come on.)

also, i think the reason for kidnapping fwhip instead of gem is very important here: gem was always going to notice the dragon egg was gone and was always going to go looking for it. and not only did she notice, she saw xornoth take it. she was always going to figure out where he’d taken it and try to stop him, and i think exor was perfectly aware of what could possibly distract her from the egg long enough to perform the ritual.

her brother. fwhip was the perfect pawn to keep sausage under his control and gem distracted in the event of a fight, and i just. i think this could've been the original plan had sausage not betrayed them, and now i'm rotating the possibility at light speed in my brain. please play in this space with me.