#Redux!tpot

[bfdiredux]

Present-day freesmart concept art 😋

[tapwater118]

uh oh im getting attached to that hypothetical season i made whoopsie doopsie

anyway i like to think host leafy and firey would wear these snazzy little bowties cause they’re extra like that

also purple is the main color for the season if you couldn’t tell. with leafy’s green and firey’s orange we got all the secondary colors

[oscconfessions]

Wouldn't be surprised if someone else said something along these lines before, but after ii s2 and bfdia, tpot (and probably idfb) are finished, I think there should be no more seasons of ii or bfdi made by AE/JnJ. No, I am not saying there should be no more official ii/bfdi content at all, I think shorts and stuff of that nature are a great idea! They would give a chance to explore characters that were under-utilized/eliminated early (ex: the tpot failed debuters) or just life in general after the competition (since many have been competing/involved in a competition for much of their known life). I just think that having no more official seasons of ii/bfdi would be best for the osc, mostly because it would give other shows a chance to shine (though ITFt, AB, and possibly BURNER and PPT2 would probably take the spotlight). Also, I think that fan-made seasons (ex: @tapwater118's bfdi redux) are okay, but I'm gonna end my rambling here because I'm tired and probably not getting my thoughts out properly in the first place.

P.S. This is not intended to be ii/bfdi neg

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ruby dragging pencil n match post tpot to watch the redux cover of ultimate showdown

[tetric-electric]

actually doing an intro 4 realziez (redux)

CW: Caps

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⛧ ace attorney

⛧ the pink corruption

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aight see ya!

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@pix000 "get the paddywagon." /ref

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[bfdiredux]

Character proposal: Two

May as well be God. They have a power SO intense that the only number with more than them is 2763-- and that's only because 2763 can suppress Algebralien power.

Casual, easy-going, optimistic, tolerant, and friendly! Two gives others several chances, even if they really don't deserve it. Two is either completely in tune or out of touch with what's happening at any given moment.

ADHD friend! Two has their moments of forgetting about their own power.

They crave validation. They find it easy to get attached and difficult to let go.

When Two is hit with extreme emotions, they are hit HARD. They find it very difficult to recover from negative feelings.

Pre-BFDI Two struggles to keep friends. Stuff just kept happening. In wanting to keep friends, and thus being deeply concerned about what others thought of them, they became easy to push around.

I don't know what One's history with Two looks like in canon. All that's for sure is that she was trapped away somewhere but for the redux, I REALLY like the idea of One and Two being friends before that happened. I'm talking close-- possibly best-- friends. One introduced Two to the Equation Playground.

Following the incident, Two felt very mixed. That is-- was?-- their friend, right? One was good to them, wasn't she? Wasn't she??

Their standing with other Algebraliens either is neutral or positive. They weren't particularly close with many-- although it is easy for them to make friends and get along with others. Two hit it off really well with Eight. Eight is chill, easy to be around. Two likes that.

Two and Eight grew close and became QPPs(queer platonic partners!) Unfortunately, like so many times before, something caused them to split up and stop communicating all together. Maybe it has something to do with Fourteen. Right before Fourteen shows his true colors.

This is their last straw. After so many times failed, Two leaves their planet and goes on adventures. They return once or twice-- long enough to see BFDIA and have a WONDERFUL IDEA.

A sudden spark of motivation.

They should host a gameshow........... Aaaand they find something else interesting.

Hosting a gameshow chews at the back of their mind for years until they decide to use their powers to find the contestants of BFDIA-- they'd be loads of fun!!

They land on Earth in time to stop Spongy and Loser from getting ran over by Four. It's BFB!

Four and Two knew each other in the Redux. They weren't friends but they weren't enemies either. So, Four's quote changes from canon--

"What are YOU doing here? D:<"

Two gives Four a joyful wave, doesn't answer his question, and invites people to join TPOT. For now, it's pretty much the same scene as in BFB 16.

X stays behind. For some reason. Two has a chat with them before some BFBers come in and take them back

It takes a lot of reminders from the TPOT contestants to ACTUALLY start the show-- this becomes a running thing.

Two and Gaty get their time together. New friend unlocked!

After BFB ends, Four and X show up looking for something to do. Two offers them a place at the hotel. Four seems OVERJOYED(totally not plotting to use this as a way to get back at Two for taking his contestants!)

Two's toleration REALLY stands out when they're around Four. He's rightfully upset about Two taking over but the way he behaves back would have most done with him. Four and X get to work the kitchen!

Two is quick to swoop in and save the EXITors from Four when they manage to escape him. Two gives Four a good scold for trapping the EXITors like that and then puts them to work in the hotel diner. Dora responds by breaking a window.

Over the course of TPOT, Two becomes sadder and sadder to see competitors go. Two's made friends with and gotten to understand so many of them.

Eliminated contestants that aren't sent to Two's domain are going missing. Being ever the optimist, Two brushes it off, assuring everyone that the eliminated ones are probably somewhere-- they'll be fine and Two'll just send eliminated contestants to their domain quicker from hereon out.

There are consequences to not thinking things through.

Two and Gaty just keep on getting closer. Two eventually brings up QPRs to Gaty around TPOT 12 and Gaty lights up. They are now in a QPR!!

Gaty is eliminated in TPOT 14. Two is heartbroken and sends her away to the kitchen, leaving the contestants under the impression that she was in Two's domain. But, hey! Two can look on the bright side here-- now they can spend more time with Gaty.

This is the longest and best relationship Two has ever had. It's not perfect-- there's some attachment problems to work out, as well as priorities-- but Two is really happy for once.

TPOT 15: Seasonal Shift.

The timeline is fucked up and Two doesn't know how or why. It's fixed, not by the contestants but a force Two can't perceive, and a few changes carry over. Marker is green, there's a big crack in the sky---

A few changes?

Two RUSHES to the kitchen. It's a mess-- bags are sprawled everywhere, some utensils, and lots of food.

No sign of Gaty.

Shit.

Two snaps their fingers over and over, falling to the ground and covering their face, trying not to cry. Nothing is working. Gaty is gone, it's like she never existed in the first place.

Oh GOD. She never..

Two is left alone again and they can't take it.

Two completely shuts down. It's X who finds them in the kitchen and takes them to their room. Fanny and Ice Cube set up shop in there shortly after.

Two blocks it all out. They stare at their ceiling. They can't bring themself to move.

X brings Two food sometimes. Two doesn't eat until they're alone but it's not enough. They can feel their power draining and they just. Don't care anymore.

What's the point in going on if everything they love will be lost again and again?

This concept sat in my draft for a week 💔 I'm so proud of it

[bfdiredux]

Character proposal: Cake

I feel like Cake didn't get enough time to shine in the whole of BFDI.

With The Losers getting rewritten to give each member more agency, Cake will have his time!

Cake has untreated DPD developed pre-BFDI.

his parents are not in a healthy relationship!! But they refused to break up for Cake's sake. It... Didn't go as planned.

He also had MEEEAAAAN school bullies.

By his appearance in the show, Cake is around the age of a young adult.

Cake is shy and an overall very sweet person. He's well-intentioned and easily bothered.

A bit of a Goiky's Dragons fan.

Cake is a HUUUGE Loser fan. During his teenagehood he used to listen to podcasts from Loser, buy merchandise, and watch content featuring Loser-- he found those to be good distractions. Hearing Loser's trans experience helped Cake go through his own.

He once got to go to a performance. His grandparents took him!

Cake is SO HAPPY to see Loser in BFB,, but also kinda nervous. THAT'S HIS IDOL!!

He follows Loser around like a lost puppy and goes to Loser for help with his problems. He's the same with the rest of The Losers-- but not nearly as much as he is with Loser.

Loser is eliminated. For a while, Cake's... uncertain. He grows closer to other members of The Losers instead and wow! I am going to let this team be dysfunctional with or without loser, especially after everyone realizes hey. Hey! Loser's not someone to put on a pedestal.

There's tension on The Losers. Past drama Cake isn't familiar with is stirred up and uncomfortable amount. Firey and Leafy are NOT playing nice. (Seriously, Leafy joining The Losers made Firey meaner.) Pin dances around the topic of BFDIA. Coiny is struggling to mend things between him and Firey. Eggy and Needle are TRYING to hold everything together. Cake is just... Here. He's not actually that close to anyone. Hm.

When Two comes and Loser escapes Four, Cake is uncertain about switching shows. Cake's been doing better without Loser and I think I know how to seal that.

Kickstart the friendship between Book and Cake.

Loser is off being Loser, probably telling contestants to do what they think is right. Yeah. But not Cake.

Perhaps this is the start of Cake's realization. Hr doesn't need Loser. He doesn't need The Losers.

He comes across Book after she and Taco had a tense talk. Cake stands there awkwardly, Book asks if he's alright, he kinda nods and looks away.

Book is learning the power of healthy communication. She is quick to ask Cake--

"Do you want to talk about it?"

The weight on him starts to lighten. It feels good.

So, he follows Book to TPOT, walking with her off-screen and talking about his experiences as his voice fades out.

In TPOT, Cake joins Just Nots with Book.

This is a WONDERFUL IDEA!! He gets into an old interest and starts a Goiky's Dragons campaign with the whole team. They also get along wonderfully!!

Buuuuuut there's Pillow. Cake doesn't say anything to her but he doesn't appreciate the way she treats him or Bomby. Those two are the first in TPOT to have a strained relationship with her.

Pillow also ended their Goiky's Dragons campaign. Thanks. Wow.

Cake gets to be friends with everyone but finds himself closest with Book. The two talk about their history with each other. Book can empathize with Cake's struggles with The Losers and his DPD. Book actually helps Cake through it up until his elimination.

A series of shorts could be made to flesh out side characters(think BFDI:TPOT: Plan Dissolve Adhesive) and Cake would be one of the perfect characters for it. He gets out pretty early in TPOT :[

[bfdiredux]

I had a theory for what happened to Pencil in TPOT 19. My theory would be on a basis that One's deals always had a catch, like Gaty's or the ones sent to One's Domain, for example.

Basically, Pencil would actually get sent back to early BFDI, but the catch is that Pencil had her memory wiped. Squeaked clean, no trace of the past. The main reason of this is that since she doesn't know of the future, she would redo the mistakes that got her to where she was in TPOT, thus making the deal for nothing.

I mainly made this theory just because One would most definitely have one more kick on the way out after gaining all of that power.

ohhh my god time loop Pencil. As though she hasn't been through enough!. I like that. Judging by the glitching left by Pencil in TPOT 19, it's safe to say that she was either erased or sent back in time-- so definitely a possibility.

If it is a time loop, if she is stuck unaware, the new question becomes: can we get her back? If we can, she doesn't need to be disqualified. But her disappearing for long enough would likely do that and I'm keeping elimination order the same.

This is all up One's ally, too. They have loopholes in their deals. Honestly, she probably doesn't even need to stick to them, as she proves that she can STRAIGHT UP LIE on her end in TPOT 13.

Meanwhile, those who sign basically lose their rights to their soul. One makes people owe her favors-- or she will force them to act on their end of the deal once the time comes.

She isn't here to play fair. She doesn't mind being dirty to get her way. Ultimately, One wants power and control and the deals get her that. When they don't, she is willing to use intimidation or manipulation. Some deals are with people she thinks have a chance of winning TPOT, other deals are because she sees good leverage, and most deals are just. Straight up to feel in control. At the end of the day, her priority is feeling powerful and getting her way.

Her power trips are a problem. She waited it out with Two, got a sliver of their power, and nearly/possibly killed uncountable algebraliens. When Donut was refusing to sign, One was already feeling frustrated after another failed attempt with Leafy/Firey and she just needed to feel in charge again. She got sloppy both times. The first got her imprisoned and the second got her secret out a little more than she intended.

[bfdiredux]

Pillow deserves (and, quite frankly, NEEDS) to have some more depth and complexity!

Pillow has always interested me

Like, she's quite different from the other characters. She's apathetic and eccentricand has a level of unrestricted chaos to her. Despite this, everything's the same old same old with her. I agree, give her depth and complexity!!

In BFB she never stuck out to me. Not positively, not negatively-- she's just there. She's just Pillow.

In TPOT, she's violently killed people(including her own friends) without giving a damn. It's for good luck! It's because she misunderstood Two's instructions!

So, for Redux!Pillow, I propose this:

She's a heavy sleeper. You're not waking Pillow up unless she wants to get up.

Pillow is CURIOUS. She wants- sorry, no, NEEDS- to learn more, even if it's not the truth. She can build off of nothing.

Pillow does not like being wrong. It's simply impossible! Once she has an idea in her head, she won't budge. If she is somehow wrong, then it's absolutely not her fault!! Ever!

Pillow likes keeping notes of everything. Her thoughts? There's a journal for that. Her art? There's a journal for that. Her research? There's a journal for that.

She's crafty and blunt. She'll tell you what she thinks, just ask her!! She can say the right things to get her way, too [TPOT 16, for example]

Now, her violence:

Why she kills? Well, she's got a number of reasons. It's fun. She totally misunderstood Two's instructions in TPOT 9. She's bored. She wants to do research.

"in a world where you can be revived, what's it matter?"

In TPOT, this puts her toe to toe with Death PACT especially. They DREAAAD her in the earliest episodes.

Pillow doesn't care what others think about her or her actions but this hurts her in the long run. Her friendships end just as quickly as they started. Contestants express anxiety and concern around her-- for her.

Ultimately, what Pillow needs is consequences and a good therapist. She'd do well with a better outlet for her energy and that presents itself in the form of her journal.

Before TPOT 17, she will get that. Lastly, in Two's elimination area, she'll find a new one to start writing in.

[bfdiredux]

yk, considering how firey has always wanted to win / wanted dream island, it'd make more sense for him to be the one snatched by one in tpot 13

like, after the storm, leafy and firey emerge from the debris, but leafy goes somewhere else, trying to figure out how to rebuild what was destroyed

that leaves firey alone, for one to just come and snatch him, and make a deal to him (possibly about dream island or something)

OUUUUUUUHH this could work.

Perhaps One going after Leafy is a case of "she'd be easier because she's nice"-- although TPOT 19 clues us in that she was not, in fact, easier. Going after Firey would be a result of One assuming he still prioritizing what he wants over his friends.

Which is where she is wrong. Bringing him in would be a great risk-- but, for her? A great reward.

One is assuming Firey hasn't changed. One has reruns of BFDI to go off of. Leafy and Firey left the public view when BFB ended, planning to spend their lives in a nice little island far off the coast of Goiky.

Leafy going out to gather supplies-- or to fetch something important during the tail end of the storm-- leaves both of them vulnerable. Easy pickings for One.

While Firey can act airheaded, I'm sure he wouldn't take a deal with One.

Firey is independent and argumentative. He doesn't like the thought of owing people, especially a stranger he just met-- a stranger who kidnapped him and is now pretending to be his savior. He sees right through One's facade.

One plays several cards: She saved Firey from the storm. Firey argues that he HAD shelter, he was fine. She offers him a new Dream Island. Firey says he doesn't want it, he already has a Dream Island-- better than the original could ever be.

One tries to sympathize. She tells Firey that she knows the pain of a friend betraying her. She tells Firey about how, after all this time, she can't let go of the pain. Firey calls her petty. One tells him he did the same thing. Firey argues that he's moved on.

"Have you?"

"What-?" Firey pauses, uncomfortable for a split second, then angry. "Yes?? That was nearly a decade ago. We share a home now. We're happy."

"Are you?" One leans in from her seat, eyes sparkling.

"Oh my oxygen... Can you, like, not do whatever that is? Making me second-guess myself?" Firey narrows his eyes. "Better yet, how do I leave..."

One tells Firey that he just has to sign her contract and she'll let him go. He passes up on this and climbs off the couch, now going around and ransacking One's room for a way out.

One doesn't let that go on for very long, using her magic to gently place Firey back onto his seat. She gets right up in his personal space, ticked off, and is about to speak again. Firey promptly shoves himself against her, intending on burning her face.

Ineffective.

Algebraliens are heat resistant, especially ones with strong power. One doesn't appreciate having a bright light shoved up against her eyes like that, but she finds it easy to restrain him as he snaps at her.

The second she released Firey, he attacks her, telling her to LET HIM GO. He puts up a good fight-- but he is in One's domain. She has total control here.

I don't think she can do anything with him unless he signs, so One has no choice but to hold him away in some random area of her domain.

I think things would be similar if I went with Leafy-- although she would crumble and sign if she's locked away long enough. Leafy has a lot of problems with being alone. Lucky for her, 8-Ball will appear shortly after Firey disappears.

Like usual, I want to know what canon does before I make any official moves! TPOT is an ongoing season and Leafy is actively wrapped up in the plot. Somehow.

[bfdiredux]

do you have any ideas for the teams in the redux? if so can you do Just Not the gamers ever :>

There are. A lot of teams to go over!! Why not?

If you're looking for proposals on specific characters, I recommend searching the #character proposal or the #redux!(Character name) tags!!

Forewarning: this post is LONG!!

SEASON 1!

Team names start off randomized by Announcer himself. Teams also have designated leaders based on challenges-- until Another Name, where Golf Ball volunteers herself with support from Tennis Ball.

Squishy Cherries

Founded and led by Pin after she and Leafy were the last two on the balance beam in episode 1 of BFDI. Bubble, Eraser, Blocky, Match, Pencil, Firey, Pen, Woody, and Spongy join.

Later on, Firey switches to Squashy Grapes and Blocky rejoins onto that team.

The classic alliance between Pencil, Match, and Bubble stays strong, even as they are eliminated.

Pen, Blocky, and Eraser are suuuper close. There's also Snowball but they aren't on the same team so they don't get to spend as much time with him. They probably have their own group nickname.

Not.. quite the best team out there. Sometimes they argue. It's natural but it's also part of why they lose so many challenges. Individuals who do have talents that can help may be overlooked on sheer accident.

Squashy Grapes

Founded and led by Leafy after she and Pin were the last two on the balance beam in episode 1 of BFDI. Needle, Ice Cube, Coiny, Snowball, Tennis Ball, Golf Ball, Coiny, Flower, Rocky, and Teardrop join.

Some highlights!!

Firey is picked to go from Squishy Cherries to Squashy Grapes. This is a great tool to further establish Firey's (rocky) friendship with Leafy and rivalry with Coiny.

Blocky rejoins on Squashy Grapes too. Ice Cube now has direct access to him and his shenanigans. She WILL start a legal battle over his deadly pranks, don't test her. (Blocky will do just that)

I want to give Teardrop some highlight in BFDI. She is HIGHLY COMPETITIVE and still perfecting her craft at this time-- and may fumble in the process, costing her team a challenge and getting her eliminated.

The team in general is dedicated to winning-- they have aligning skill sets that allow them to take the W for several challenges.

This forces the team to split, with members joining...

Another Name

Talk about a mixup!

When Firey is convinced that this team should actually be Squashy Grapes. Golf Ball says that they need to be another name and Announcer "accidentally" solidifies them as Another Name. Golf Ball does NOT hesitate to make herself team captain when Announcer asks who Another Name wants it to be. That sets of a trend for every team Golf Ball is in until TPOT.

Rocky, Firey, Golf Ball, Tennis Ball, and Coiny are split up from Squashy Grapes for the final 15.

Firey is argumentative and this does not bode well with Golf Ball. Coiny and Firey are constantly fighting.

When the team is locked in, they are a force to be reckoned. Golf Ball and Tennis Ball are the strategics, Firey is good at executing plans, Coiny is charismatic, and Rocky is... Well. Rocky can spit anything out of his mouth.

SEASON 2!

There are so many teams this season. This is because of season 2's gimmick: team swapping. Every episode, before the challenge wheel is spun, contestants are welcome to change teams as they wish.

The hierarchy in teams is demolished. Teams do not need a captain-- but it doesn't stop some from having leaders and it won't in future seasons.

Do note that I prioritize elimination order over who's on what team!! With all of the swapping that happens, some teams are bound to be removed or put up for elimination over others-- as long as the designated contestant is eliminated.

Team No-Name

The Golf Ball curse strikes again!!

Golf Ball also finds a way to make herself the team leader early on. You go girl!

No-Name starts off as organized chaos. They've got. Golly bear with me again: Bomby, Book, Dora, Firey, Fries, Gelatin, Golf Ball, Ice Cube, Match, Needle, Nickel, Pencil, Puffball, Rocky, Ruby, Spongy, Teardrop, Tennis Ball, and Yellow Face.

Golf Ball has a hard time assigning everyone to jobs. There's SO MANY PEOPLE. They don't need that many to win a cake baking challenge but people want the immunity. So Golf Ball just. Assigns everyone to groups.

As the team gets smaller, it's easier for Golf Ball to manage.

WOAH Bunch and No-Name form in the first episode. FreeSmart forms in the second episode.

This team. I have the least on I think. There's a LOT of dynamics and. I think it having so many people to start off with may be its biggest focus. Understanding balance!!

Beautiful Face Devotion Institute: Gone. Turned to dust. Reduced to atoms. What matters is Spongy getting eliminated in the episode following it's creation, so goodbye to this team!! Team No-Name just loses the challenge.

WOAH Bunch

This team starts off with just Donut. He thinks everyone being on one team defeats the purpose of there being teams at all!! Pin and Coiny get that reasoning and join him.

Teardrop joins WOAH Bunch. Needle joins WOAH Bunch. Yellow Face joins WOAH Bunch. Bomby joins WOAH Bunch. Nickel and Spongy join WOAH Bunch. Rocky joins WOAH Bunch.

Pin acts as the team leader and encourages supporting one another until BFDIA 11. From that point onwards, the team acts more as one entity. Without a head. Much to Pin's frustration.

The team falls apart as time goes on, allowing the merge to happen in BFDIA 18.

FreeSmart

Where bridges burn.

Formed by Pencil's alliance due to how large and chaotic No-Name was, FreeSmart starts off with Pencil, Match, Ice Cube, Ruby, and Book. Bubble is a spectator and host in BFDIA but she helps FreeSmart!!

The goal is, as the name implies, being free. Which makes for great irony with how controlling the team leader is 😋

Pencil acts as FreeSmart's leader for as long as she's in the game and works with the ideal of everything having a use and everyone having a part to play. Be resourceful.

Needle is an off and on member. Gelatin and Firey join FreeSmart with Gelatin leaving a couple of episodes after.

Going into IDFB, where there's no seasons, FreeSmart is still called FreeSmart, although it becomes more of a friend group.

Fries

Can. Can I even call this a team? This is just one guy trying his damnedest to make it through a challenge. Fries'll be getting his own character proposal eventually.

FriesMart

A duo with the parody name suggested by Fries to poke fun at FreeSmart. FriesMart didn't last long, but while it did, Needle and Fries get to have a fun dynamic!!

Fried likes working by himself and Needles likes working with a team. While Fries is a lone wolf, he won't hesitate to help a teammate out, and is ready to do just that in BFDIA 17.

Nickel

LITERALLY just the same case as Fries.

SEASON 4!

Section one: pre-split

To those not in the know: season 3, in canon and in the redux, is not a competition season and will not have teams! So we we are going directly to season 4. BFB is managed...? Kind of? By Four and X. Neither of them did background checks and Four was ambitious enough to host for 64 people.

Season 2's system of having no leaders and letting teams name themselves is kept. However, characters can no longer swap teams whenever they want.

(Note: I may change it to where X shuffles the teams together instead of contestant picking, X tries their hardest to note who's friends and who's not in order to keep teams compatible! It is not a perfect route)

A Better Name Than That

This just in! The Golf Ball curse is BACK.

A Better Name Than That includes 8-Ball, Basketball, Blocky, Golf Ball, Grassy, Robot Flower, Tennis Ball, and TV.

Golf Ball tries to be the team's leader but is thwarted. 8-Ball is elected and does not want the job. 8-Ball is not prepared or mature enough for it-- but hey. He has it now.

Golf Ball STILL tries to assert herself as leader with support from Tennis Ball when 8-Ball is eliminated. The team opts to work as a whole instead-- they want compromise.

They have a strong setup when they know what to do with it. Two strategists in GB and TB, a problem solver in BB, Blocky who's willing to do any dirty work, an organizer in RF, a sense of reasoning in TV, and-

A child. Grassy is five. The best A Better Name Than That can do with Grassy is protect him from Four. I did say Four didn't do background checks!!

Team Competitors!

Renamed from Team Icecube!, as Bracelety is now a huge BFDI hyperfan, not just fixating Ice Cube.

Team Competitors! includes Barf Bag, Bomby, Bracelety, Donut, Firey Jr., Gelatin, Naily, and Spongy.

Donut serves as Team Competitors!'s leader. They are a solid team even with their flaws. The entire team will have a strong bond in pre-split and the main focus will be how ignoring/dismissing someone can hurt their feelings.

Free Food

Free Food includes Bell, Eraser, Foldy, Fries, Marker, Puffball, Stapy, and Yellow Face.

The team has no captain, everyone chips in with ideas and strategies!

It's a random mashup but I think that's why it works so well! Almost everyone is a wild card and they're all unique personalities. They only lose once, costing them Stapy.

This team sparks the friendship between Fries and Puffball, as well as Foldy and Stapy!

Bleh

Bleh is the simple term for it. This team is actually every member's name at once and only algebraliens can pronounce it. Wonderful.

Bleh includes Book, Dora, Gaty, Ice Cube, Lollipop, Saw, Taco, and Teardrop.

Gaty acts as the team leader with backing from Ice Cube and Saw. There's a lot of conflict in Bleh during early BFB so they need a strong mediator at hand. Dora works really hard to carry the team to victory and Teardrop helps too.

The Losers!

The Losers! includes Cake, Clock, Coiny, Eggy, Firey, Loser, Needle, and Pin. Leafy joins The Losers! after being eliminated and returning, being declined by Beep.

Loser acts as the team leader until BFB 6. Needle takes over after. Coiny volunteers Pin without Pin's approval, saying that she is was a great leader in BFDIA!

Loser initially soaks in a lot of attention as a celebrity. High chance what got him out when his team was up for elimination was a targeted attack by his haters.

They do well enough to pass challenges. Unfortunately, there is a lot of problems with them anyways. Needle tries to manage Firey's sudden attitude when Leafy rejoins, Eggy tries to help but ultimately fails to, Pin is acting mildly uncomfortable every time BFDIA is brought up and it's leaving Coiny concerned, and Cake is growing stressed and uncertain with every coming episode.

Iance

"We aren't all in your alliance." -Fanny, probably

Iance includes Bubble, Fanny, Flower, Lightning, Match, Pencil, Ruby, and Snowball.

The healthiest friendships on this team are probably Ruby and Bubble and Ruby and Flower.

Pencil leads the team in the first two episodes. She isn't on the team for long but while she is, she pushes her ideals of everyone having a use-- and mistreating the team. Match takes over after, pushing the same ideals before Bubble confronts her and she's eliminated. Bubble encourages Ruby to lead once Match is gone.

Fanny is dumbed down by her own teammates as "Really Fucking Hopeless". Lightning gets his insecurities and powers exploited. Snowball is ableist. Match overworks everyone. Ruby isn't quite done enabling bad behavior, that happens a bit too late. Bubble is about to burst.

Death PACT

Death Prevention and Creating Trust.

Death PACT includes Black Hole, Bottle, Liy, Pen, Pie, Pillow, Remote, and Tree.

Black Hole and Tree take turns leading the team or work together-- it entirely depends on the situation. While the duo focuses on both parts of the pact, they do lean into different areas; Tree with the trust and Black Hole with the prevention.

For team conflict: Liy, during her short time on the team, feels ignored by everyone but Pie. Death PACT also spends a lot of time wrangling Pillow. Black Hole, while it doesn't let this be known, is actively stressing over Four and Pillow's violence.

On the bright side, Death PACT gets along really well! Remote is determined to learn from everyone, Bottle and Pie are great emotional support, Pillow(although destructive) is skilled enough at challenges to help Death PACT avoid elimination, as is Pen, and Black Hole and Tree are great leaders!

Beep

Beep includes Balloony, Cloudy, David, Leafy, Nickel, Roboty, Rocky, and Woody.

Leafy acted as Beep's leader until her elimination. Balloony would take over after.

Balloony is the team dad, no doubt. Cloudy and Nickel act as moral support. David tries his hardest. Rocky is good at challenges and close with Balloon. Woody quit shows after BFDI and declined Four's invitation but. Four would NOT let that slide. Roboty sits out most challenges.

Part 2: post-split

Teams have been split depending on if they're closer to yellow or blue in hue. Except for Ruby because why not. Put her on the blue team.

I've got 14 episodes to work with and nowhere near as many characters to worry about!!

Have Cots

Have Cots includes Balloony, Bubble, Gelatin, Leafy, Lollipop, Ruby, and Teardrop.

A solid lineup!! Everyone gets along fine. The Have Cots have no leader, everyone pitches in equally.

Balloony continues to be team dad until his elimination. Lollipop and Teardrop definitely have romantic tension and involve Gelatin into their fun alliance. Ruby and Bubble are getting to the end of their FreeSmart arc: Ruby is finally being herself and Bubble is moving on.

Have Nots

They end up living in the redux equivalent of the BRB! A shelter Four and X made for eliminated contestants to stay at. Spinning people around at mach 10 24/7 is going to kill them constantly and I don't think Four is going to want to do all of that recovering.

Have Nots includes Blocky, Firey, Flower, Loser, Spongy, Taco, and Woody.

This team also has no leader!!

Blocky is getting into pranks again. Woody's been spending the whole season coming out of his shell-- and now his new team is treating him like a child. Taco has her rivalry with Blocky and, following her elimination, will be investigating strange occurrences. Loser is moral support. Firey is getting along with everyone, his main focus is Leafy. Flower is also getting along with everyone, especially Firey! The pair of them are growing close. Spongy doesn't,, really have long on the show. His arc is pretty much complete by post-split, so he'll be a tool to help further others' arcs-- particularly with Woody.

SEASON 5

TPOT follows pre-split's format of letting contestants choose and name their teams-- though there is a mixup thanks to One during the first(only?) team swap.

Just Not

Just Not includes Bomby, Book, Cake, Naily, Nickel, Pillow, and Price Tag.

Naily initially leads the team but after her elimination Just Not has no leader! They are a giant friend group.

Price Tag is learning how to balance their skills to avoid overstressing, they are also DMing a Goiky's Dragons campaign involving the whole team. Book is. Very much so acting as a shoulder for Cake while Cake's still in the game. They all get to deal with Pillow and her shenanigans during challenges and Goiky's Dragons sessions. Bomby and Nickel are going to have their own mini arc together. I think. Before One kidnaps Bomby.

Death PACT Again

Death PACT Again includes Black Hole, Fanny, Lightning, Marker, Pie, Remote, and Tree.

Black Hole acts as the team's sole leader going into TPOT. He tries his hardest to keep his cool and drills his focus into preventing death that he's becoming paranoid about it.

Death PACT Again's story is about finding the right balance. Fanny pushes hard for that balance, especially after Lightning is eliminated-- this being the turning point for the team. They lose Pie and Remote as well. The way they handle death also causes Tree to be stuck in the canal for several episodes and he HATES it.

The Best

Renamed from The Strongest Team On Earth.

The Best includes Basketball, Bell, Eggy, Foldy, Grassy, Robot Flower, and Snowball.

Basketball leads The Best. Snowball intrudes and shares the responsibility a few episodes in as Basketball busies herself with a thousand things.

Grassy is still a child-- being in BFB and TPOT is going to effect him in the long run. As Basketball becomes busier, he latches onto Snowball as a parental figure. Bell is working on establishing her boundaries. Robot Flower and Basketball are growing closer-- RF's kill maim tear arc starts on The Best.

Are You Okay

The Golf Ball curse has been broken!! If Tennis Ball hadn't interrupted Golf Ball, it would've been A Good Name.

Are You Okay includes Eraser, Fries, Golf Ball, Pen, Puffball, Tennis Ball, and TV.

Golf Ball acts as leader with Tennis Ball by her side.

Puffball is growing tired of being underutilized. Fries tries to be there for her!! Pen and Eraser chill together a lot-- Eraser's focus is a rivalry not on the team. TV's arc will transition into his next team but he's starting to be tired of being used. Like. There's a whole team to go for, Golf Ball!! Puffball actively wants to help more!!

Team8s

Team8s include Barf Bag, Coiny, Donut, Gaty, Needle, Pin, and Saw.

This team has a constant power struggle. Barf Bag, Donut, Needle, and Gaty are all fighting to lead, with Gaty eventually sitting it out as her focus changes.

The characters here share traits and it causes a LOT of arguments. Gaty initially tries to mediate, it doesn't go as planned. Saw acts as a listening ear to anyone who needs it. Unfortunately, Saw gets out before Barf Bag could really use someone to talk to.

The S!

The S! includes Bottle, Clock, Cloudy, Ice Cube, Rocky, Winner, and Yellow Face.

Winner is pushed to be team leader by Clock. They aren't against it but. Don't appreciate how Clock went about it.

The S! is very chill. A good group to be yourself in. Clock is actively pushing Winner's boundaries. Yellow Face is team dad. Bottle, Cloudy, Yellow Face, and Rocky are all very whimsical-- it helps Ice Cube let loose too.

Teardrop

Girl just. Switched from BFB after it ended. She has to try extra hard in order to avoid being eliminated-- as long as she's not in the bottom two teams, she should be fine.

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The teams are shuffled by One.

Team 2

Team 2 includes Book, Eraser, Grassy, Ice Cube, Price Tag, and Snowball.

Snowball leads Team 2 to the best of his ability.

Ice Cube and Book are basically forced to interact after years apart-- they become friends again and Price Tag gets involved after keeping Pencil from them. Grassy and Snowball are still a son and father duo and Eraser is like. A fun uncle.

Death PACT Yet Again

Death PACT Yet Again includes Black Hole, Fanny, Gaty, Marker, Pin, Robot Flower, and Tree.

Black Hole and Tree balance leadership again-- with Tree handling the main responsibility of the team as Black Hole prioritizes maintaining the RIP IN REALITY right outside of the hotel.

Pin and Tree already had good standing, as Pin empathized with Tree being stuck in the lake; now they're good friends. They had to wrangle Robot Flower for an episode-- then she was magically fixed? Somehow??? Fanny busies herself with research outside of challenges but during then she can be a voice of reason-- albeit on the more negative side versus Gaty's positivity. Marker is here to lighten the mood.

Bagged

Bagged includes Basketball, Bottle, Liy, Needle, Pen, Tennis Ball, and TV.

Tennis Ball leads Bagged. He needs a lot of moral support to do this.. she's used to working WITH someone and Bagged saw that and went "Yeah. She'll do." BUT HE WON'T. Without a second leader he is STREEEEEEEEEEEEESSED.

Needle was initially willing to lead with Tennis Ball but she was eliminated and disappeared. Gone with no explanation.

Pen is greatly upset after TPOT 15. He has a lot of unrevealed anger as his friends keep getting out-- and because of Two's bedrotting, it may be a long time before he gets to see them again. Liy strategizes with him to help him manifest and use that anger. TV is at his wits' end with being used. Basketball is having focused outside of Bagged-- Robot Flower, specifically. Bottle is still here to lighten the mood!! But the stress of others is starting to get to her. Empathy GO!!!

CloudYAY

I am debating changing the team name 💔 but I don't know what to

CloudYAY includes Barf Bag, Donut, Golf Ball, Pencil, Pillow, Winner, and Yellow Face.

There is a leadership struggle between Golf Ball, and Pencil. Most of the team would rather work as a whole, or have Donut take charge as he actually considers everyone. When Golf Ball or Pencil take the wheel, they can be controlling. While Golf Ball is learning to stop this behavior, Pencil isn't.

Pillow is having her turning point-- she's getting consequences for her murder spree(aka not a lot of trust from her team) and therapy !! Yellow Face is still trying to be goofy team dad but it's getting hard. Winner is there by Yellow Face's side so... It's not all bad.

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I THINK I SPENT A WEEK ON THIS. AAAHHHHH

[bfdiredux]

hello!!!

so im, like, a massive pinthusiast., over here.,. been studying her as a character for about three years.,..... wanted to come to you to see if you could do something for pin!!!

but FIRST. please. let me yap. about her storyline in canon. because i feel its very misunderstood (especially from oscyt babies pee-yew...,......) and i want you to see how she would work in your bfdi redux with the way i explain her character!! and how you want to add to it!!!

okay. are we ready. okay

pin beefydie-yay.,.,..,..,..

pin's bfdia trauma begins from pre-revival bfdia. it can be analyzed in heavy reference to pin's tpot 2 rant, connecting her discomfort with the tpot 2 conundrum with her experience in (pre-revival) bfdia. from what we had back then, i found out that pin values what is right and clear, and what benefits her teammates as people rather than as contestants. this is still a crucial part of her not only as a leader, but a character herself.

as bfdia slowly progresses, there is an actively growing discomfort specific to pin that she goes through even before her trauma even grows physical. pin feels different and left out from the crowd. the sudden change in team formats, rules, and quite literally her entire world was not so easy for her to adapt to, showing why she was so different from the rest of the cast (as you can see when everyone corners and pressures her literally in the very first episode (this is not the first time everyone bullies her for no reason (autism allego-))). even, the like 2818372819272819 years she spent in the tlc box forcing her to realize that nobody liked her b/c she was a meanie and had zero friends made her deduce that she desperately needed to make some.,.., with zero guidance how if she wanted to fulfill her old dream of becoming a leader in the tlc (we dont talk about this fallen dream now 😿).

the realization that this new world punishes those who are different and benefits those who can fit in well kind of fills her with anxiety. she's just trying and hoping for the best...........

pin also seems to retain a "right-and-wrong" approach that she lives by in early bfdia in order to cope with the discomfort of the new, changed environment she couldnt adapt to so well that is bfdia season 👍 yeah!!! what happened to her in bfdia 5 kind of jumbles this up for her dumb little head which makes it worse

okay now for the horrifying!!! the facing faceless!!!

from a surface-level standpoint the concept of it is pretty scary, being paralyzed, blind, muted, can only (eerily) feel people and hear them call you horrible things without reprimand. but also from a psychological standpoint, and a pin-specific view, its much worserreerrmmmm........

the main way that pin was psychologically (interpret the use of the word "psychologically" as "non-physical" if you need more clarity) tortured so much was because everyone else hated how she expressed herself differently from everyone else. by removing her face (for speaking up in bfdia 10 on the fact that everyone who she thought was going to stay her friend in woah bunch left her for a reason that wouldnt benefit them as people,) they stitched her face in so she "smiles" the way everyone else smiles, doesnt speak up the way nobody else speaks up on issues because apparently nothing she has a problem with, or anything she says at all at this point of bfdia (key point because she gets worse so it changes in later episodes) matter.......... hashtag autism allegory in bfdi!1!1!1 oh my pin facto

its clear how small and insignificant (exact opposite of her dream of being a leader if you think about it woah) they turned her just because she was being herself, now she can do nothing but quote-unquote "conform." very very very scary 0/10 would not recommend to a girl :[

and then the coming back. but not quite as herself. obviously she is acting different when she returns in beefydie yay 14

her body, what she used to express herself, was practially completely gone, leaving essentially just a spirit to be trapped underground. (my basis for her being trapped underground was that coiny had to dig below the earth to find her. its like her mind was like a demon and she was in hell, or like she was buried alive in a coffin that wouldnt let her body move i dont know i like symbolism a lot can you tell) whats left of her now is like a lovesick monster creature made of pure rage and agony ye yeah woo

same mind/rage thats trapped underground through feceless-limbless-even-sizeless pin's "body." i like to think that pin having her meltdown snap in beefydie yay 14 adds up everything from all the previous stages of her bfdia trauma, all as mentioned before, the adherence to rules, the feeling isolated, all of the pain adds up to this moment which is why i see her crash out as like her rage/mind like. coming out of her. that mind demon is finally breaking out there and free (can you also tell that this episode did pretty wild things to my brain juices.)

and then. as we know pin getting her "revenge" wasnt enough. she wants something else, something that matters more. before you say she just wants to win bfdia now you have to consider that, once again, pin cares much more about the people and the environment and everything than the competition, what would benefit her friends as people rather than contestants. problem is. she believes she doesnt have any friends. everyone hates her and she knows it (as clearly admitted when she got shrunken into oblivion in bfdia 15). and i will mention coiny later erm. bear with me. anywho.

basically, after bfdia 14 (and reinforced in bfdia 18), pin is so emotionally fucked up that she now craves the feeling of being a nuisance who really deserves all the agony ‼️ its a way of looking at pin's horrific crashes. bfdia pin had been nullified and bullied so much that she doesnt care anymore for what they believe; they deserve to suffer regardless if theyre contestants or people because they hurt her badly.

whats more, isnt anxiety, like, the fear of expressing yourself? in bfdia 18, she's so fucked up and tired of the pain she's constantly in that it seemed that the only way to relieve herself of that secret burning anxiety inside of her that nobody wanted to acknowledge was.,.,. to make a huge show out of her anger and pain. thats pretty much why she did what she did in bfdia 18. she let coiny fall to show him that she was in pain, that she was angry about the fact that when she was faceless and the most weak and vulnerable she had ever been, and in the most dire need of help, he

instead called her useless. (word for word. bfdia 12 quoting.) she killed everyone because she was mad at well...., everyone for ostracizing and alienating her for being herself. (she's not only mad at freesmart. please get this. its not only freesmart's fault why would the entirety of woah bunch willingly leave her then. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa) the point (hehe) is that to her it seems that since she's apparently horrible and unlovable by default, the only way to relieve herself of the pain of those facts is by just to embrace it and to stop trying to escape these facts. (pin i love you i promise you aren't as disgusting and hideous as people say i promise you theyre all wrong.)

this is where bfdia 19-20 leads in. she isnt an asshole just to be an asshole, its very painfully obvious that this isnt like her, like, at all. she's making the active choice to act like an asshole, she isnt inherently an meanie. so why does she act mean, then? shes clearly pushing everyone away. and i really think that when coiny said to her, "would i ever lie to you?," and pin replied, "yes, but whatever," im sure she means that he lies to her about ever actually loving her, explaining why she pushes him away. explaining why she pushes everyone away, why she repels away book, coiny, everyone, she cant trust anyone anymore because she's sure theyre all out to get her, and she's not that naive, clueless little girl anymore to let them ever torture and betray her trust again. (can we talk about how ironic her ordeal with book is. she's the most terrified of book out of anyone, yet through dramatic irony we all know that book has canonically harmed her the least. pin. pinny pin pin. are you 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 stupid)

its really tragic, the whole thing. and to rub salt in the wound, coiny, like, he never actually did anything wrong or evil, he hurt her unintentionally, by, get this.... being too fucking stupid. by being too dumb and party-rocker to fully grasp the horrific pain that pin was going through, he hurt her by not being properly there for her when she needed him. and sure, he did do his very best to help her in bfdia 13, but remember he called her useless and never understood her pain beyond the bare minimum physical stuff. (another instance of pin also being fucking stupid. he's not out to get you, pin girlie. he's just dumb. i love you pin. i get that you're going through it but forgive the man for being dumb HE DOESNT KNOW THAT YOURE NOT ACTING ASSHOL-ISH JUST TO BE AN ASSHOLE)

bleh. thank you for coming to my pin ted talk. ped talk. i need to spread propaganda (/nsrs) and i hope we all learned somethign today. and im sorry if it was too much.

but hi bfdiredux. what do you think of pin from this standpoint. can you make anything out of this. thank thank thank you and have a nice day

HOLY MOTHER OF TEXT WALLS I DIDNT EXPEVT TO OPEN MY INBOX TO THIS BEAUTIFUL CHARACTER ANALYSIS. THANK YOU PINTHUSIAST!!

The current plans for Pin.

I don't have much I want to add on your interpretation of canon Pin!! It's perfect.

I can definitely snag a lot of inspiration from this analysis to fuel Redux!Pin.

CONFORMING!!! Other contestants want her to but part of Pin's story in the Redux is not conforming. She gets her pigment removed in IDFB to start fresh, gets her pigment red again for BFB, partly out of fear of BFDIA repeating itself, and then says fuck it in TPOT and lets herself BE herself. Enby transmasc icon right there.

Thinking everyone is out to get her matches what's been set up well! Woah Bunch dipping, FreeSmart hard targeting her, and unfortunate scene after unfortunate scene... Good fuel!! Getting bullied and pushed around just for being herself,,, yeAH that's going to accumulate.

Neurodivergent Pin... mmmmmmmmmmyES. I will make everyone in this rewrite neurodivergent just watch me /silly

The scene in TPOT where Pin gives Tree her gratitude token before she's eliminated. I know the two of them start to bond in TPOT 12 but I like the idea of them bonding earlier.

Like,,, Pin cares DEEPLY about her token collection. IT IS A HYPERFOCUS!!! You gotta be 🤏 this close with her to get her to give one to you. SO in BFDIA when she loses her autonamy? She sees Tree experiencing the same thing in early TPOT (getting revived in the lake) and spends a lot of her free time with him so he doesn't feel lonely.

FRIENDSHIP!!!

Alaso hello smal5504,, welcome to the redux!!! Enjoy your stay ≽^-⩊-^≼ (I am eating your art)

[bfdiredux]

Say, how would the BFDI hosts react to seeing fans/fans greeting them? :D

BFDI: Announcer

Announcer will thank the fan and then dismiss them kinda harshly. It means a lot, really! But he has better things to do.

BFDIA: TV

Realistically id. Have to go over a whole bunch of people because theres. SO MANY who worked togehter to host but I'll prioritize TV for this one.

TV would try to stay professional and friendly. He'd be a bit flustered, though! BFDIA/IDFB TV is more passive than what we'll see in the future.

BFB: Four and X

X would be awkward but thankful and polite when being greeted by a fan.

Four.. I am not sure! He's unpredictable. Depends entirely on the mood you catch him in, as he is not afraid to hurt someone if they approach him during a bad time. Walk on eggshells.

TPOT: Two

Two will be nice and friendly and so, so positive. Telling Two that you're a fan of their work will make their day. Even week.

[bfdiredux]

Since tpot 19 killed my grandma/j and the tonal whiplash into bfdia 21 killed my grandpa/alsoj

I'm curious to see what Redux!TPOT 19 and Redux!BFDIA 21 would be(if u redux episodes)

Hello hello! I do indeed redux episodes! I'm currently drafting season 1 still, as well as fleshing out the whole cast x-x

Redux!BFDIA 21 will be a challenge episode. Canon!BFDIA 21 and 22 will be merged here. (I have not seen BFDIA 22 yet), so the host and elimination will be revealed during Cake at Stake.

No matter who gets eliminated, there will be an emotional Pin moment. Pin and Coiny do not make up that easily as Pin has been sitting on a mountain of negativity and built incredibly high walls around herself. Coiny doesn't know how to get through those walls yet. Leafy will be hanging out with Pin some, whether it's by checking in on her during the challenge or dipping from hosting to hang out with her.

TPOT 19 raises one in my head for the redux. Why is Two responsive now, after months of nothing?

Simple answer: They've been projecting themself somewhere in their domain, somewhere the eliminated contestants can't reach. They've been leaving only to collect whatever food and drinks X has dropped off for them-- but sometimes they just. Don't bother.

Four taking Two's power like that... I'm iffy. Two is the most powerful algebralien(outside of 2763). It could be plausible, as Two hasn't been taking good care of themself, and thus their power drains enough for Four to take the rest or borrow it. The other option is Four catching Two the one time they're not projecting and asking Two for permission to have access to their domain because Two won't host-- and someone has to.

Two complies, so Four can do that. And project himself into Two's domain to get them to come OUT. Cue their talk as Four realizes One is lingering. Four may also try to get Two to fix the crack in the sky and Two will just. Kinda roll away sadly. Four asks Two for their power, Two questions why, Four snaps about the crack, and Two gives in. The rest of the episode may go similar to canon.

I've got a lot of work to do before I get to either episode 😅

[bfdiredux]

Character proposal: Pencil

CONTENT WARNING: This post includes depiction and discussion of abuse. It is from the perspective of an abuser. Please keep that in mind!!

IVE BEEN WANTING TO DO THOS ONE SINCE I STARTED THE BLOG !! Canon!Pencil has captured the hearts of many. Me included. Redux Pencil? We'll see!

I want to play so hard into Pencil just. Not being a good person. She can get better. Maybe. But not without ruining her relationships with everyone 😋

Loyal to her cause, a prideful leader, cliquey, assertive, and in desperate need to stay in control. You join a group with her, it will belong to her.

Professional bridge burner. She keeps finding ways to hurt the people around her.

Pencil joins BFDI with a plan-- having people on her side will further her standing in the game. If the voters see how loved she is, she'll get further too. It's flawless.

She and Match hit it off on the drive to BFDI's main playing field. Match seems to share a lot of her qualities and values, so it's worth pursuing.

Bubble is the one to suggest an alliance at the balance beam. Pencil takes charge immediately and Match full on supports her.

Ice Cube tries to join, pops Bubble on accident, and isn't let in until the middle of BFDI. Pencil finds her to be clever but a bit argumentative-- but Ice Cube wanting to not be excluded keeps her in check.

Pencil is right about her theory, too. She doesn't get out until episode 19 of BFDI.

Pencil is in support of chasing off Leafy when she buys Dream Island. Her alliance backs her up on this.

Pencil is SOOO down to join when she's invited back for BFDIA.

Here, Match and Ice Cube also rejoin and Bubble is a happy spectator.

Two new contestants join the alliance-- now called FreeSmart.

Book, a passive and loyal teammate. She does as she's told without a problem, Pencil makes sure of it. Sometimes she looks at Pencil with eyes Pencil cannot read, perhaps it has something to do with how close she is with Ice Cube.

Ruby is the second-- a high energy aspiring actress and endless optimist. Pencil appreciates her dedication but sometimes her energy is too much. She acts out of line and Pencil loses her cool.

But hey, she has to keep the team in check.

Even if it hurts their feelings, it's for their own good.

It's how she'll make sure FreeSmart wins BFDIA.

But Needle.

GOD, Needle.

Needle is a late addition to FreeSmart. Like the rest of the team, she craves validation. Validation that Pencil initially wants to offer-- but Needle ruins that.

She's independent. She argued more than even Ice Cube. She's between Pin and Coiny and working with FreeSmart. So, in order to deem her a true alliance member, Pencil demands Needle makes a sacrifice.

Needle says she did. Pencil never saw it, so... No. No, Needle didn't. Needle says Book saw her do it. Pencil glances at Book at Book clams up.

Pencil's been wanting a reason to drive Needle out. Now she has one.

Now, about others.

Pencil makes decisions for her teammates. They won a prize? Pencil puts it to good use. Remove Pin's limbs. Remove Pin's face. Pencil comes up with strategies. She's the leader. It's her job and she won't let anyone else take it.

Her alliance is useful. If they continue to be, she praises them. If they don't, she has to point out their errors.

IDFB.

The games are over, Pencil thinks she can relax. The cast is chilling in Yoyle City.

Match is back. She was eliminated pretty early in BFDIA.

Pencil finds Match clingy. She's closest to Match, yes. Match is the most devoted, yes. Match also acts similar to Pencil and Pencil is tired of it.

Ruby's been keeping a video journal-- or so Pencil thought. Ruby left the cap over the camera's lense. WOOOOW.

FreeSmart does. FreeSmart things. They're more of a REALLY UNHEALTHY friend group during IDFB.

One that's about to crumble. Sure, they have their good moments-- joking, exploring, hanging out.

Pencil's juuust a bit more irritable now.

When Pencil's control slips, so does her mask.

Ice Cube's been braver.

On a particularly bad day, Pencil scolds Ice Cube. Ice Cube SNAPS. [Near the end of IDFB!]

Book inches after Ice Cube, trying not to draw Pencil's attention--

"Where do you think you're going?"

"Uh.. with Ice Cube..?"

"You can't be serious."

Book stammers something and starts walking again. Pencil goes up to her and gives her a light shove. "No."

"Whuh, bh-"

Pointing an accusatory finger and blocking Book's view of Ice Cube, Pencil interrupts with a bite to her words, "Would you rather go with the one who just abandoned us or stay with a team that values you?"

"I-"

"Don't. You're just like Needle. After everything I've done for you-- I introduced you to your friends and got you to the final four of BFDIA-- you're making the choice to hurt us. FreeSmart wouldn't be the same without you and you know it."

Book doesn't answer.

It's not like Pencil would give her the chance to anyways. "How could you? I care about you, we care about you. How do you think, I don't know, Bubble would feel? Ruby? You know Ruby is sensitive."

"I'm sorry." Book's response is so quiet that Pencil needs a second to process it.

"I bet you are. Go join her, see how well we'll do without you, abandoning us like this..." Pencil gives a shooing gesture with her hands.

Book trudges away looking guilt-ridden.

Pencil takes the opportunity to rub it in Book's face for the rest of IDFB.

Pencil makes sure what's left of FreeSmart gets their shit together for BFB.

Iance is formed by what's left of FreeSmart, Snowball, Fanny, Flower, and Lightning.

Snowball butts heads for the fun of it but he's strong. That's useful.

Lightning electrocutes anyone Pencil asks to be. Like the OGs, he wants approval. Good.

Fanny...? All Pencil gets to see of Fanny is her contradictory behavior. "I hate (this)! I hate (that)!" SHUT. UP.

Flower-- Pencil's not the biggest fan. In BFDI, Flower was a jerk to everyone but her bullying is demotivating and she's strong. Except when Pencil gets to interact with Flower she realizes Flower has mellowed out some. Still spicy but not a total ass.

They didn't.. really interact in IDFB. She must've gone through something then or during BFDIA.

Pencil gets out like. INSTANTLY.

Four traps her in his dimension. She's alone for about a week with nothing but algebra. The doors are locked, there's nothing to do, and she's ALONE. ALONE.

ALL ALONE.

For a WEEK.

She's ecstatic to see another person.

This goes on for a while. The same cycle-- until the EXITors try escaping Four. Spongy and Loser make it, everyone else is stuck.

Nobody does ever come back for them.

For years, they're trapped in eternal algebra. For over half a decade.

Liy figured out how to escape the room. They get to explore some but have to be careful. Four checks on them every once and a while and if he knew they weren't working, he'd chase them down.

It's TORTURE.

Match is there but... Yeah, Pencil still finds her kind of clingy. After coming to the EXIT, Pencil noticed Match has been acting less like a clone and more like her own person.

Pencil can't bring herself to ask about FreeSmart. Not at all.

We get TPOT 11. The EXITors escape. Pencil's leadership skills really shine through here.

They escape. Two takes them and locks them in a dining space where they can serve contestants and debuers.

Pencil won't be trapped again. Fuck no. No, never again. She can't.

Dora breaks the window and the EXITors all make a break for it. They then DEMAND to be able to join TPOT. For many, getting back in the spotlight is great!

For Pencil? She loves the game and winning limitless power is so tempting.

She just doesn't want to go back.

i want some sort of breakup between Pencil and Match here. Not super dramatic,, just something like--

Match asks Pencil why she's been avoiding her because it feels that way. Pencil dismisses her. Match starts to realize maybe Pencil never felt the same way-- but before she can say anything Four zops her across the sky during the storm.

Liy and Pencil both get in.

This is Pencil's first time without her alliance, or so she thinks. Book and Ice Cube are here.

She pulls them aside and gushes. Price Tag intervenes, calls her a newbie, and Pencil just stares. WOOOOW.

Post-EXIT Pencil changes a lot. Six years of being trapped did this to her. She's quick to irritate and aggressive. She doesn't care for her new team, using the same logic as always-- Donut and Golf Ball? So useful, even if she doesn't like them. Winner, Yellowface, and Pillow? No. Just. No.

She tries to brush things off. She tries and kinda fails to be uncaring but she's LONELY. She's ontrying to get control over her life again. She's scared to be left behind. She's unstable emotionally. She's a disaster!! Nobody needs to see her like this. (Blind to your own actions. Go girl!!)

This back and forth goes on until TPOT 15. Pencil's been doing worse mentally and it's showing.

She has her infamous scene in TPOT 15 where she goes back in time and tries to change everything. It doesn't go as planned, they're brought back by something.

Fuckkkkk.

Pen gets Pencil's new team to lose TPOT 16.

Pencil tries again with Book after Ice Cube is eliminated.

The Book she knew? Gone.

This Book ain't afraid to stand her ground. She's a bit nervous, sure, but confident.

Pencil gets the most votes in TPOT 17. She has a panic attack and Donut is there to comfort her despite everything.

Book and Pencil have a confrontation on the Fourse in TPOT 17. It goes about the same!! Book tears Pencil a new one, Pencil is shell shocked but hides it, taking the victory for her team.

Pencil hops off the fourse. She seems like she's about to berate Book but, tired and out of energy...

Fine.

FINE.

She doesn't need FreeSmart. It means nothing to her. All of it-- it means nothing to her. She tries to convince herself of it. It's for the better.

She retreats to her Clubhouse of Awesomeness. In TPOT it is VERY MAKESHIFT instead of what they did in canon. Sorry not sorry, I want to to reflect her mental state :D

Pen follows her in there and gives her the same/a similar talk as he does in TPOT 17. Note that while he could express his anger about Pencil getting Eraser eliminated, he doesn't.

She doesn't answer him but... Hm.

She has tje option to get better or worse from here. We'll see what they do in canon!

I HAD SO MUCH FUN WRITING REDUX PENCIL AUADUUFHDHSISIDUFUUDHSU she sucks so much. Love redux Pencil

[bfdiredux]

i saw on a youtube post that gaty and two are confirmed to be brought back and i am SO hyped. i know everyone wants them to get together, but i have a solid theory on why they will. think about the last time an object show had "permanently deleted" characters, ii. now, when two characters who had literally been slow burning for over a DECADE saw each other again, they became canon. is this a stretch? yeah ill admit. will i die on this hill? ABSOLUTELY.

- 🐈‍⬛️🧠 anon

i am on the doomed platonic twogaty yuri train 🥀

I hope they do that jn canon. I hope two can see their qpp again and do a little dance with her. I hope they talk out their problems and have a happy ending

Now, before I break hearts, here's the good news! Two and Gaty become a QPR before TPOT 15! I'd put it roughly around TPOT 11 or 12 when it happened. They get to be joyous with some attachment issues and kinks to work out.

Characters vanquished to the rift do not come back. The rift is literal nothingness. Everything it consumes is destroyed, torn from reality. Gone for good.

Gaty being sent there tore her soul to smithereens. It cannot be rebuilt. She is gone for good.

One knew this. One watched that nothingness nearly destroy reality. That rift is still open, still usable. A carefully planned deal with Gaty and Black Hole maintaining it later, One can easily just. Teleport people right into it.

One knew Two and Gaty were close. One knew Two didn't handle extreme emotions well-- especially negative ones. One and Two were friends once, a long time ago-- if only so she could get their power.

When she kidnapped Gaty, her whole plan hinged on Gaty taking the deal-- and Gaty was stubborn. If Gaty didn't sign, the whole reality would've been erased. Including One's domain. It was a risk worth taking.

Gaty is gone. Two blames themself. Two was so devastated that they projected themself into a blocked off area of their domain, only leaving to eat the occasional meal, rotting in their bed in their hotel. They are growing and in a depressive state.

One REVELS in this. Watching Two's power fade until they are weak enough for One to take it-- although those plans are changed with TPOT 19. That is fine. She will still get her way and she will make Two and Four suffer in the process.

I don't know if she killed the other numbers or just kidnapped them yet-- but either way that's going to just. Hurt Two all over again when they find out. Especially if Eight is dead. Recovering will be a long, difficult process.

Two has lost so much 💔