#redux!Firey

[bfdiredux]

We've seen the character proposal for Leafy so why not Firey? He's absolutely babied in BFB and is made to take almost no accountability for his actions. You mentioned Leafy does something different to warrant being kicked out of Dream Island so maybe he might seem more justified instead of seeming like a literal toddler. I'd love to see how he's changed in redux!

Thx

Hi anon! Thanks for stopping by.

Yes!! I currently have an argument that HURTS Firey planned, no clue what the dialogue looks like yet though. Honestly, it may be a disagreement over something small that escalates to Leafy saying something that hurts Firey.

Still small, but. Firey is going to be petty. Just as he was in canon-- just to get back at his friend for hurting him. This will lead to years of conflict.

Things are complicated.

Argumentative, stubborn, independent, impulsive(particularly acting on his emotions), ambitious, and social. This guy can hold a grudge.

Good craftsman and architect(intense studies, he doesn't have a degree)

Cries steam probably

i figure Firey had a decent life pre-BFDI with stuff he never truly valued,, something that if you asked him about he'd say was uninteresting or lonely. That or he had a bad life pre-BFDI, so applying gave him something to do.

So, Firey is a character who starts off wanting more, never being satisfied with what he has until he learns to value it. Experience, friendships, Dream Island.

Applied to BFDI with high hopes of winning. He instantly made an enemy in Coiny on the bus ride to the playing field.

In early BFDI, he makes friends with Leafy and the two grow so close that they become best friends by the end of the show.

He butts heads with Coiny and Flower a lot. The three of them do not like one another.

In being enemies with Coiny, Firey makes a rival out of Pin!

Otherwise, his relationships throughout the first season are neutral or positive.

In the last couple of episodes, that argument with Leafy happens.

You see, Firey would be indifferent if it was from Coiny or Flower. He could ignore them. But Leafy? She's his best friend. He can't let that slide. If she hurt him, he'll hurt her. It makes sense.

He lets everyone except for Leafy onto Dream Island. He closes the doors in her face after calling her a bad person.

Within the hour, Announcer announces that Dream Island was bought. As he hears this, Firey feels his soul leave his body.

Months(years? I don't know yet,,) fighting for the grand prize. Months holding out hope, sitting through tension and stress and trouble. Months GONE TO WASTE.

Firey is FURIOUS. The crowd is ready to confront Announcer, who's retreating to the boat and turning around. Announcer redirects everyone to Leafy, who's also hiding on the boat.

Firey walks slowly after the crowd. He watches them confront and argue with Leafy. He watches as it gets physical. He watches as Leafy turns a corner and disappears.

They all hate her.

Maybe that's a good thing.

Leafy stole the one good thing Firey's ever had. She deserves to be hated.

It hurts Firey to think this way. He feels guilty-- but that guilt becomes easy to ignore over the following season.

BFDIA

Getting reinvited surprised Firey! They're battling for Dream Island? Again? But Dream Island was sold. What are they fighting for?

Firey agrees to show up anyways. He wants to win that prize. The one he deserves because it was stolen from him. Yeah.

There is no Dream Island!! One of the contests is to map out/make their own Dream Island. Firey is upset about this revelation but. Again, he had his last win stolen from him-- he deserves a new one.

Firey does make a new green friend though! Gelatin, a stressed college student looking to promote his parents' business so it doesn't flop.

Gelatin helps Firey let loose a little.

He still dances around the topic of Leafy. It's easier to ignore the thought of her with the distraction of the competition and Gelatin.

Upon being eliminated, Firey is really unhappy.

All of that work!! For nothing!! He should've gotten further!

Gelatin, again, is there for him. Firey also finds it worth staying around. There was rejoins in BFDIA, so surely there'd be one in BFDIA!!

Even if there isn't, the contest is more interesting than his home life ever was. He'll stay with them.

When Leafy shows back up out of nowhere, Firey makes it clear he doesn't know her. Leafy who?

It's easy to avoid her anyways, Leafy is all over the remaining contestants. They are either annoyed by her or uninterested.

They still don't like her. Ignoring her existence was the right call---

When he sees her die during a challenge, it would be easy to leave it at that. Nobody would recover her because nobody else saw her die. He'd be rid of her and the sinking feeling in his gut.

No, that's too far.

Firey recovers Leafy late one night at flees before she can spot him.

He chills for the rest of BFDIA, doing the same as usual-- until Gelatin rolls up with Leafy. When did they become friends???

IDFB

He could've gone back home after the competition.

He didn't.

Firey stayed at Yoylecity with the rest of the cast, hanging out with Gelatin-- who sometimes brings Leafy along with him.

Firey WANTS Leafy to go away. He can't face her. He can't face himself. He also can't bring himself to get Gelatin to stop directly-- so he gets passive-aggressive about Leafy.

This drives a wedge between him and Gelatin but Gelatin does stop bringing Leafy with him.

Firey eventually gets bored of Yoylecity and decides to move out. As he's gathering his belongings, he receives an invite for a new BFDI season.

...and he ignores it. It's not worth it, Firey thinks. What are the chances of him winning? Even if he is a fan favorite, if BFDIA taught him anything--

BFB

One second, Firey is arriving in a town. The next, he's teleported into a field of grass and being stared down at by a living blue number Four.

"Welcome to BFB! :D" The number "pats" Firey over the head, unaffected by Firey's temperature.

Firey stammers, no words come out.

"You know, I found it strange that you didn't show up with the others.. but you're here now!! Joy!"

Their tone is condescending. Firey scrambles backwards and joins the crowd without another word.

Team picking was easy. One of them has a famous celebrity and not Leafy!

The rest of the team REALLY idolized Loser. Admittedly, Firey himself was a bit of a suck-up in the early episodes but he was one to the first to perceive Loser as human.

He's not sad to see Leafy eliminated.

But he is upset when she rejoins onto The Losers! because her old team, Beep, wouldn't take her back.

She wants to reconnect.

He doesn't. Like in IDFB, he gets passive-aggressive with Leafy and even snaps at his teammates-- growing irritated that Leafy WON'T LEAVE!!

So, again, Firey acts like he doesn't know Leafy.

BFB 15.

The floor is lava. LITERALLY. Firey is fine, of course, but his team is scattered.

As he travels, aiming to go for the elimination spot, Firey spies Leafy slipping off the bathroom roof, narrowly catching her.

Leafy says he can't ignore her now. Firey feigns confusion, pulling Leafy aside(behind the bathrooms) and urges Leafy to be quiet about them knowing each other. Leafy tells him he's lying to everyone.

Firey sets it to Leafy straight: nobody likes her.

Leafy stares at him and tells him fine. If he wants it to be that way, they'll never talk again.

Firey swims off, overhearing the challenge: return all living teammates to the elimination tables. He rushes back to fetch Needle and Leafy.

Leafy refuses to comply. Firey tells her to stop being difficult. An argument starts and Needle comes right back over, knocking Leafy into Firey's hands.

They bicker off and on during the travel back to Four. Firey is relieved to be there and then the lava is soon drained.

Four recovers Eggy, who Leafy confirms is her friend. Firey snorts and tells Eggy that Leafy stole Dream Island.

Eggy shuffles, expression shifting. YEAH. She clearly doesn't like Leafy now..

When Two comes down, Firey decides against switching shows. This gets him further in BFB, soooooooo...

Post-split BFB!

Firey takes notes of the votes when his team is up for elimination. He knows, deep down, that he won't win the season.

He won't win anything. He never does. It always gets taken away from him. It's not fair.

BFB 22: Firey Learns Accountability

One day, during an elimination, Four brings up Donut's Diary. (I may change the item to be soenthing else valuable!)

Four had just talked about how valuable it was. Firey makes a move to take it after.

On some level, Firey knows it's a dumb idea. He knows he shouldn't be stealing it. He knows. And he does anyways.

There is a WHOLE COURT SESSION for that diary. Firey's team, the Have Nots is under questioning by Have Cots.

As Firey is called to the stand, he knows he has to lie if he doesn't want to get caught.

He also sees an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. If the Have Cots are wrong, they'll be up for elimination. Leafy will be up for elimination.

Is there holes in his plan? So many holes. He ignores them.

So, yes, he lies. Firey says Leafy took it. It makes sense in his head. He tells the Have Cots that Leafy stole Dream Islan- sorry, no, the diary. Leafy stole the diary.

Leafy gets Four to let her talk to Firey outside. Alone.

To sum it up: Firey finally listens to Leafy's side of things after she confronts him. He learns that she'd isolated herself for two years. He learns that ignoring her wasn't okay, actually! He hurt her.

And he finally accepts fault for that. He admits that he still wants to be friends with her. They both do. You can read their conversation in full at Leafy's character proposal.

It's going to take some time to heal. That's what they do for the rest of the season-- and they're well off enough to try finding an island to make their own after BFB 30.

When Announcer pops up, Firey has Leafy's back as she calls him out for putting all of the blame of Dream Island onto her.

I think a short exploring this period of their history would be really important! Still learning to get along, if anything. Figuring out how to navigate through disagreements.

2019

Leafy and Firey have found a place of their own, calling it Dreamier Island and setting everything up from scratch.

During a particularly bad storm, Leafy gets Firey in the safest area in the shelter she could find and steps back outside to collect something(maybe a doodad Firey made for her)

She doesn't come back.

When the storm is over, Firey steps out, searching through the house and island until he finds the doodad buried in rubble.

And no sign of Leafy.

Maybe she's dead. Maybe the wind blew her away. Firey is worried.

He does find 8-Ball of all people. Traumatized 8-Ball. Firey helps 8-Ball out of the sand and helps 8-Ball recover from any injuries before preparing his boat to set sail.

Of course, Firey invites 8-Ball and takes the doodad to sail the open sea-- in search of Leafy.

We'll see how that goes!!

He does face consequences for stealing that diary!!

[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

[umbrahighpriestofgiratina]

A very silly Brilliant Diamond Egg Run Redux ficlet

Neon couldn't believe what he was seeing. 

Before him was Justinian, a Templar - elite unit - of the now-gone School. Before HIM was Dialga, the god of time. 

"We've done it dudes! We've summoned Dialga! Now Ican rewind time and restore the School to its former glory!" ~You're insane,~ said Pavo, right next to Neon. ~Dialga... Can't you feel its anger? It's not going to help you, it's just going to go berserk!~

Neon could feel it too. But he wouldn't call it anger. He was picking up thoughts like "not again" and "didn't the last guys in spacesuits try the same thing?"

"I've learned there's more to live for than the School, Justinian," said Pavo. "You need to end this."

"I'll end this when I win!"

He sent out a very unusual Tauros. One with black fur and firey accents. Neon sent out Envy. 

"A Paldean Tauros? Where the hell did he get that? I'm jealous, could use a team member like tha-"

The Tauros rammed into him full force, sending him skidding back. "Ow, ow, never mind!"

He blasted the Tauros with a Psychic. It went down. 

Next however, was a very large, Quilfish-like creature. It chomped into Envy with a Crunch. 

"Ow... Damn... You..."

Envy collapsed. Neon knew he had to act fast. He sent out Gluttony. 

"Food?"

He looked at the strange Quilfish. 

"SUSHI!"

He slammed the ground with an Earthquake. The Strange Quilfish was sent careenining into the stony floor of Spear Pillar. 

"Dude... how? That was all my Pokemon!" said Justinian. 

~You seriously still had just those two? You were going to resurrect the School with just a few flunkies and TWO POKEMON?!~

"...Yes. But I'm not afraid! We still have Dialga!"

Dialga rolled its eyes and looked expectantly at Neon. As if to say "get me out of this situation. Please." Neon nodded and sent out Wrath. 

"I'M GOING TO KILL TIME! LITERALLY!" said Wrath. 

He hit Dialga with a Drain Punch. Dialga flinched but stayed standing. Neon pulled out an Ultra Ball, then tossed it at Dialga. 

"Ha!" said Justinian. "You'll never catch it in tha-"

The ball sucked Dialga in, shaked three times, and clicked. 

"...Maybe I should rethink my life."

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[miz-joelys-sherlollilists]

Hi sorry to bother you, i was just wondering what tag to look at for ones with sherlollys own parents. Ir if you maybe have some favourites? X

If you mean Molly folks as well as Sherlock’s, I don’t have a tag. I do have “mum/dad” for Sherlock’s parents, though.

Some fics that include Molly’s mum:

Life Interrupted or  Life Interrupted Redux (T Rated version) by yours truly

Links of the Chain by the ever wonderful @broomclosetkink features a scene with a firey Mum Hooper confronting Kitty Reilly

Plus One -or- Amanda By Moonlight (Time of the Season series) by geekmama is a great Sherlock/Molly’s Mum one shot

Does anyone have any other faves featuring Molly’s Mum and/or Dad?

[bfdiredux]

can you do a proposal for firey jr? /nf

YES

Redux Firey Jr,,, full of anger and stuff

Pencil was not the only one who suffered.

Critical, clever, impulsive, bold, insensitive, and a follower.

TEENAGE BOY.

Firey Jr houses a lot of anger. Anger towards his parents, anger towards Four, and anger towards Team Competitors!

He insists he can take care of himself but he doesn't want to be alone.

Sometimes struggles to articulate his thoughts and feelings.

Firey Jr also has a habit of dismissing others. His feelings are none of your concern so uh! Leave him be!!

If he respects you, he will share your opinion. He will support you. But once his respect for you shifts,, so does his behavior towards you.

He is not Firey's son. Well, not the BFDI winner Firey. One of his parents is named that, though. It's just. A total coincidence.

Firey Jr had it rough growing up. His childhood,, wasn't perfect. His parents were either too busy or were picking over Firey Jr's choices like vultures. Watching and judging. He's never enough for them. He's nEVER enough for them.

He can take care of himself, they say. Then turn around and tell him he needs their help.

He hates it.

So, as an act of rebellion, he applies for BFB and got in. The bus arrives, already full of people. His parents are at work, leaving him alone. Firey Jr doesn't hesitate to step in and ignores curious eyes.

He does not know what he's getting himself into.

There's 64 people. Jesus.

Firey Jr gets into Team Competitors!

He ultimately loons up to Barf Bag and Donut. Look at them. Mature, reasonable, kind adults. Unlike his parents. They're also leaders. They also treat him with care.

They treat the whole team with care. Donut tells Firey Jr that there's nobody quite like him and it makes Firey Jr feel important.

Firey Jr involves himself in their conversations. Look! At him! He can be mature and reasonable too. See guys? They totally see. Mmm.

But, the further into the season, the further Firey Jr realizes how dismissed he really is. All they see is a kid.

He's not just a kid. He can prove it. They'll see him. They'll respect him like they should've episodes ago.

Of course, he eventually bursts and starts an argument. This leads to his elimination-- where Barf Bag tries to let him down lightly and Donut is a lot more,, straightforward, telling him that maybe it's a good thing that there's nobody quite like him.

What?

Firey Jr is caught off guard. To hear that coming from someone he looked up to? Truly shameful. Seriously.

As he starts to rant, Four just. Sends him to the EXIT.

Spongy and Loser escape. Firey Jr almost does. This feeds his anger.

THIS KID GETS NO OPPORTUNITY TO GET MENTAL HEALTH HELP 😭😭😭

He grows closest to Dora and 8-Ball. They're essentially his guardians. Firey Jr doesn't like that they won't let him go off on his own when the exploring starts.

This is because Four pops in and out to check on the EXITors.

Firey Jr HATES Four. He will antagonize Four in little ways. He feels justified in it. The hate is mutual.

Four years pass. Firey Jr is a fresh adult by the time they escape.

Most people at 18 get looked at and told that hey! You're supposed to be mature by now. Ready to do adult things. Ready to be an adult.

But Firey Jr didn't really get that chance. He never really got to be a kid either. Everything was trouble after trouble after trouble. He hasn't changed, not in a way that would make others tell him that. He's acting like an adult.

He never got to be a kid. He never got to be anything.

When the EXITor join happens, Firey Jr is one of the ones knocked into the storm, way out into the mountains, where he finds an abandoned cabin to stay in while the storm passed through.

Firey Jr decides to live at the cabin in lonesome due to fear of stepping into the snow. If it's too deep, Firey Jr could slip in and be put out. And living alone means nobody would know he died.

One day, late 2019, some TPOT contestants show up for a challenge-- and to supposedly take a rest.

But things can't be easy, can they?

Conflict arises. Firey Jr tries to make them leave and, in a flare of anger, sets the cabin on fire.

It's. Unclear if he survives the following chaks. I don't know if he does in canon. If he does in canon, nobody notices and nobody recovers him. If he doesn't, he might just be lost again. This kid dude

One thing about Firey Jr: he never does stop caring about the friends and family he has, as angry or spiteful or hateful as he may act. He didn't get to mature past 14 year old boy and he may not any time soon.

He wants to be loved and respected. He wants to be treated with care and kindness. He had that with Dora and 8-Ball and now they're gone.

He doesn't know what to do or where to go.

[tapwater118]

unrelated to the actual ask but this got me thinking about these two’s dynamic in redux

i imagine at some point something goes wrong (or just not quite right) and leafy has an episode about it. she starts yelling at people and eventually, retaining enough self-awareness to realize this, storms off to some remote corner of the island as to not hurt anyone with her outburst

firey’s just kinda left there dumbfounded, at least at first. he starts to think something like “why is she even so upset? nothing even-” but, remembering what the two of them have been working on together, quickly changes his thought process to “she’s upset. it doesn’t matter why, she’s just upset” and he leaves the contestants to their devices to go find her

he finds her quietly sobbing to herself in a corner, muttering that nothing she does ever goes right and that everyone is going to hate her again. he starts to remember what they went over, looking at the “one” he’s counted on his finger. he asks if it’s okay for him to be there, and she slowly nods, almost as if surprised by his presence

he sits next to her, looks at the “two” he’s counted on his hand, and asks if she wants to talk about how she’s feeling. she shakes her head no, and the two sit there for a minute in silence. he counts a “three” on his hand, and asks if she would like him to do anything. she begins to respond, but is taken aback by something she notices

“are you counting out the steps i taught you?” somewhat embarrassed, firey affirms, before quickly asking if he had done anything wrong. she responds that no, he hasn’t. she was just caught off guard by the physical counting. he says its to help him remember how to help her, and she starts giggling, the jarringness of the realization throwing her out of her funk

he makes a show of counting out a “four”, to leafy’s bemusement, and asks if she’s ready to get back to everyone else. she says she is, and the two walk back to the contestants, ready to finish off the episode.

i feel like redux firey and leafy would hate two because they not only split bfb and stole many of the contestants, and we don't really know how the final fourteen feel about two besides teardrop, but because firey and leafy are just so full of themselves when hosting that they snobbishly criticize two by basically saying he's too nice of a host

i’ll give my take

for canon firey and leafy: leafy would probably commend two for what a kind and caring host they are, but also tactfully scorn them for interrupting poor four’s show. i don’t think firey would give much of a darn about two. if anything, he’d thank them for getting him a good deal further in the competition

these opinions would extend to the redux hosts, at least at first. one or both of them might start getting a bit big-headed over their position of power (leafy with how exceptionally nice she is to her contestants, and firey for how absolutely awesome his competition ideas are). that in turn might get them to think less of former hosts, including two. but overall, with how small scale redux is, i don’t think it’d get to their heads that much. just enough to make things interesting

[bfdiredux]

hello. agender leafy (she/he/any)? I'm really interested in how objects represent their gender since they arent that humanoid. and a huge headcanon of mine is genderless leafy

for a while (probably most of season 1) she thought she was a trans boy (she didn't tell anyone) but realized she didn't really want to be or look like a boy, she just wanted to be seen as a person before her gender, girl or boy didn't completely seem to describe her. she was just. someone. a person. a guy

"maybe I'm gender neutral?" but that didn't seem to be it either

she never understood gender. maybe because she never experienced it.

i don't think she spent too much time questioning though. she has better stuff to do

probably has been made fun of or scolded for not looking or acting like a girl before. but she never cared about what gender people would perceive her as, she just did whatever made her happy at th moment. never trying too hard to look like anything. also i think she'd represent more masculine if she wore clothes, just because they're more comfortable

pronouns don't mean much to her. she never felt uncomfortable with any

she's baffled by how much people care about gender.. it shouldn't matter.

I'm not sure when she'd realize she's agender (perhaps bfb), but she probably told firey in late bfb and he was cool with it. good for them

I'd be so happy if redux leafy was agender just look at her. not a speck of gender behind those eyes.thanks for coming to my agender leafy ted talk. ps I'm definitely not projecting

I love exploring gender. Or no gender. Hell yea agender Leafy time!! She has problems but she doesn't have gender. No leaning towards masculinity or femininity or neitrality, minimal care for pronouns(she/her preference but go ham!- you'll rarely get corrected by Leafy)

I like that. I like agender Leafy. This is a solid take. I am going to run with it!

IT IS HIGH TIME FOR HER CHARACTER PROPOSAL!! Long post incoming 😋

Kind, impulsive, and friendly with an ego. She craves good relationships.

Leafy has great survival skills for any given situation, nature OR social(this is going to come in handy!) She attended a scout group when she was little. Nature walks were her favorite. Her scout group had summer camps that taught survival and her guardians were big on teaching her too!!

LOVES learning about relics and artifacts.

She applies for BFDI with the goal of using Dream Island for a nature reserve or her own little home with a garden. I don't know which.

She and Pin form a temporary alliance to survive the balance beam challenge. It works and they both make their own teams.

that Goiky Map she used to teleport.. It's gotta be some sort of mythical object-- something unexplained in this world like Evil Leafy, perhaps an artifact of ole.

Ice Cube's complex ideals of revenge intrigue Leafy. When she's wronged, Ice Cube gets people back. Maybe Leafy can learn a thing or two from her.

She befriends Firey early in season 1 and the two stay close until the last few episodes... Where Leafy does SOMETHING that turns Firey on her. I don't want it to be the ferris wheel sorry chat.

Perhaps an argument a couple of episodes before the finale. I do want Firey to come across as petty. Maybe Leafy says something that hurts his feelings during that argument and, instead of talking to her about it, he denies her a spot on Dream Island.

At the bridge, he calls HER a mean person. He tells her she doesn't deserve to be on Dream Island moments after letting Coiny and Flower in. Where's the logic!?

Well, if he's going to be this way, so is she.

Leafy calls Announcer and purchases Dream Island. That'll show him!!

She hides out on the boat, fingers crossed that everything'll turn up fine -- she spots Announcer. He has his front faced to her... He's saying something she can't hear.

A SWARM OF PEOPLE APPROACH. DEAR GOD.

Leafy gets confronted for stealing. A lot of the same thing gets repeated-- insults, shame, calling her a thief and a horrible person. She can't even defend or explain herself. It is THAT bad.

Snowball gets physical and shoves her against the boat's railing so Leafy fights back, hitting him and thrusting him aside. This gets the crowd riled up more-- they're now going at her for assaulting Snowball. HELLO???

She uses a map of Goiky to teleport away. It's ripped up as she escapes, now miles away from civilization and alone in the Yoyleland wilderness.

She takes a moment to breathe.

And think.

What has she done!?

Maybe they were right-- maybe they were all right. Leafy is a mean person. She hurt everyone. Maybe it's better that she's on her own. She doesn't want to hurt people. She thinks back to Ice Cube again, then Firey.

She's a horrible person. She should stay out here. It'd be better for everyone if she was gone for good. Like she never existed. She lost everything and it's her own fault.

And the longer she's alone, the deeper she falls into that mindset.

There's a break between seasons 1 and 2. Long enough for being alone to have effects-- she develops anxiety and depression that strengthens in early season 2.

One day, some people fly in near her little setup and come in search of Yoyleberries. Leafy has been using Yoyleberries as a food source and knows exactly where to find some. It's Gelatin, Puffball, and Needle.

Leafy doesn't attack them. She tries to hide and observe them at the same time and does a bad job at it. Metal is easy to see against purple and green!!

it's either Needle or Gelatin who spot her. Either way, she's pointed out and Needle's the one to approach her. Needle asks Leafy if this is where she's been the whole time and Leafy stammers, failing to find words.

Needle says she's worried. Leafy tells her to go away. Gelatin interrupts, asking Leafy if she's seen any big yoylebush patches. Leafy asks if they'll leave her alone if she helps. Gelatin promises!

After leading them to a patch of bushes, she walks off. Gelatin follows, telling her that they've collected all the berries they need and offering her a ride on Puffball back to the BFDIA playing field.

Leafy says no. Gelatin insists as Puffball floats right next to him, looking curious. Leafy keeps turning Gelatin down as Needle comes back to fetch her teammates... Just in time to see Leafy pushing Gelatin.

Needle intervenes, standing between Leafy and Gelatin. "What has gotten into you!?"

"Nothing," Leafy urges. "I just- I want to be alone, why can't you get that?"

"I was just.." Gelatin frowns, voice trailing off.

"Did you have to hurt him to prove your point?" Needle questions.

A scoff and chime from Puffball, "Yeah, we were trying to help you."

"Like you helped us," Gelatin adds.

"If you-" Leafy takes a deep breath. "If you wanted to help me, you'd go away! Leave me alone! Why can't you get that!?"

"Fine, decline our help." Needle then turns away, helping Gelatin onto Puffball before climbing on herself. "Let's go, guys."

Leafy notices the look of pity and distrust on Needle's face as Puffball flies away. She moves locations after that, deeper into Yoyleland.

The days are blurred. Leafy is falling down a hole and she may not be able to climb back out. Her mental health is steaming shit. She has conflicted feelings. She's self-destructive and full of so much anger with herself that it MANIFESTS.

Say hi to Evil Leafy. Leafy's negative thoughts wielded by a strange force that takes on a physical form and its own life. She sees Evil Leafy out of the corner of her eye one day and before she can react, Evil Leafy disappears. What was that!?

Honestly she may be convinced she's hallucinating. She doesn't see EL again for a long time! So! Yah!!

Leafy has been regretting chasing the BFDIA 1 party away. She's so lonely. She has to keep being alone, she's still punishing herself and it's only fair.

Desperation is strong.

When BFDIA moves to Yoyleland, Leafy is compelled to watch from a distance. This is what gets her in the throes of a serious competition that kills her.

She wouldn't expect to be recovered but...

She is.

As she slips out of the HPRC, Leafy sees a fading light. She hesitates and follows but as she turns the corner of the HPRC, nobody is there.

But somebody remembered her. Somebody cared to bring her back. Somebody cares about her.

Really, it could be anything-- pity, a genuine friend looking out for her, someone doing something nice Just Because--- but Leafy doesn't care.

This gives her HOPE.

The flashback of the talk with Ice Cube we saw in BFDIA 20? Let's visit it. Leafy somehow finds Ice Cube(or the other way around) and is ecstatic to see someone again. By now, it's been a hot minute since the BFDIA 1 party dropped by and a bit since she's been recovered.

Talking to someone is nice but.. Ice Cube is quiet(no shock there) and only talks when Leafy pesters her enough to. Leafy wants to hang out with Icy. She has so much energy that she just. HAS to talk and talk and talk-- because Ice Cube is her friend !

"We are not friends."

Leafy stops in her steps. Icy talks about the way Leafy went about handling Firey's rejection of her. Leafy is quick to defend herself, saying she thought Icy would be proud. Icy says NO. There is a FRAGILE LINE on the RIGHT THING and Leafy just. Shattered that line.

Leafy shuffles in place. Icy continues, telling Leafy that she doesn't just blame her-- some of the responsibility goes onto Announcer for letting Leafy purchase Dream Island.

But it doesn't erase what Leafy did. It doesn't erase what Firey did. Leafy handled things poorly and Icy does not want to be friends. Hell, with the way Leafy's behaving, she may not have any at all.

Leafy argues that SHE DOES! And she'll prove it! Ice Cube rolls her eyes and walks off, leaving Leafy in her dust.

Her involvement in BFDIA becomes more. She first tries talking to Gelatin. Gelatin is chill, much to Leafy's surprise. He's still grateful for her help in BFDIA 1, despite the outcome. Leafy asks if they're friends because of that and Gelatin says sure. I plan on letting them have that small friendship into IDFB. This will be important.

CODE CRACKED.

She tried Firey once or twice. He asked her who she was. Okay. Wow.

The more involvement? It takes Leafy a while to find the competition since they moved out of Yoyleland.

Leafy tries Tennis Ball. Tennis Ball thanks her for trying to help but isn't interested.

Leafy tries with Coiny. Coiny is DOWN for her help and Leafy asks if they're friends now. Coiny agrees. Sure.

Pin. She approaches Pin for that alliance, finding Pin alone and angry. She'd be down to help Pin with. Whatever. And they'd be friends!!

Pin's probably going to do one last big thing in BFDIA that does more harm than good. Leafy will be involved, feel horrible, and watch as Pin starts her redemption.

As discouraged as Leafy feels, this friendship thing works 9 times out of 10!!

IDFB

The focus for IDFB Leafy will be showing her integrating back into the community, as well as delving into her "do things for people = I will get what I want from them" mindset that stems from wanting friends.

She will be mending a lot of relationships and clearing up misunderstandings. All friendships have their ups and downs-- that's also something to keep in mind.

Her friendships with Gelatin?? She sees Firey a little more because those two are decent friends. Firey still acts like he doesn't know her. (I can't wait to get into Redux!Firey. I can't wait)

A lot of characters with issues as improving this season!! Snowball, Blocky, Flower, and Pin. Seeing them all improve keeps pushing Leafy to do the same.

She also befriends Flower during IDFB!! Expand that friend group gal. Do it!!

She does drift away from Gelatin. No big fight or anything, they just naturally grow apart! Leafy has her friends she's with and Gelatin the same.

BFB.

WHOOOOOO BFB!! I GO RABID.

Leafy pushes her team too hard and gets out early in BFB. YIKES BAD MISTAKE, Beep isn't a fan of her after.

...she gets back in shortly after, joining The Losers!.

They're an interesting bunch. Dysfunctional guys.

Clock is dead for a LONG TIME. His teammates forget about him and it hurts him. Sorry dude. This is for your future arc ^w^ Leafy doesn't get to meet him proper until episode 15.

Cake is a shy kid. He spends most of his time sitting in the background doing as told.

Firey is STILL pretending like he doesn't know Leafy. He's also short with everyone.

Eggy and Needle are desperately trying to keep the team from falling apart.

Coiny is acting as moral support to Pin, who's become red again. For them, old drama has risen. Everyone's on edge.

Leafy's awkward. She doesn't want to push anyone but she is being overly nice.

Late BFB pre-split,, when the ground turns to lava. Leafy is stuck on the bathroom roof. Needle is with Ice Cube and Taco on the other side. Curious, Leafy approaches, and gets blocked by Needle, who tells her to mind her own business.

A convenient guest of wind drags Leafy off the roof(that or she slips) and Needle fails to catch her-- but Firey does.

Leafy tells Firey that he can't ignore her now. Firey STILL acts like he doesn't know her and pulls her aside. Once they're alone(behind the bathrooms) where they have a talk. Firey tells Leafy to shut up about him knowing her. Leafy points out his lying. Firey tells Leafy that it's because nobody likes her anymore. Leafy is hurt and confused by this statement.

Maybe it's because Firey used to be her best friend.

But fine-- if he wants to be that way, they'll never talk again. Leafy clambers back onto the roof and crosses her arms. Firey drifts off.

Four announces the challenge!! It's to get back to him.

...Firey comes back for Leafy. Leafy doesn't want to comply with him because they agreed to stop interacting. The two of them start arguing and Needle pushes Leafy into Firey's hands. She could hear them the whole time!

They bicker off and on while they travel to Four. The lava drains and Leafy gets Four to recover Eggy-- just to confirm that they're friends. See, Firey!? Not EVERYONE hates her smh.

Firey tells Eggy that Leafy stole Dream Island. Eggy looks mildly uncomfortable and Firey seems to take this as a victory.

Coiny takes Leafy aside, offering a listening ear. He later invites Leafy to go get their dead teammates revived post-challenge.

When Two comes down, Leafy isn't interested. She doesn't want to quit the game she's dedicated herself to.

Post-split BFB is an area of I want to do a lot of changing in. I don't HATE it-- I find it quite enjoyable-- but I want to do a lot of reworks.

I want to focus on BFB 22 for a second here. For context: Donut's diary has been stolen and the contest is to find out who stole it or

When Leafy takes over for questioning, she calls Firey to the stand. Firey doesn't give Leafy a chance to talk, accusing her of stealing the diary and crafting an elaborate lie to go with it.

Leafy convinces Four to let her and Firey talk outside the courthouse. This has been stewing in the back of my mind for weeks, HERE WE GO!!!

"What was that about?" Leafy taps a foot.

"What?"

"Your story! You lied! I came to the Have Nots to check on what you guys were up to. You never got between the argument of Flower and Taco. I didn't say any of that. You- you lied!"

Firey hums and looks away.

"Why? D'oh, don't tell me you stole the diary." Leafy shuffles in place.

Firey grunts.

"Firey? Why would you do that?"

"Because YOU stole Dream Island from me!" Firey points at Leafy, tone harsh.

"...what?" Leafy deadpans. "You... Stole Donut's diary because I stole Dream Island?"

"I battled for two years* to win Dream Island and- and you just took it away from me!" Firey rubs his temple.

"Because you didn't let me in!"

"You- you still stole it! You went to the Announcer and now I lost my chance with you- with winning! And then we competed again and I didn't win a prize and now we're competing for?? What? A BFB that I might not even win based on votes? Woody and Blocky got more than me!

"I have no chance! I'm never going to win anything because of you! So I took it, so what? I- I deserve to have something valuable-- everyone said they wanted that diary. I wanted it! It's only fair I have something everyone wants--"

"You're still mad about that?"

Firey stops. "What?"

"It's been years, Firey." Leafy pauses. She should bring this up while the time is right. "Why are you still distancing yourself from me? What's the point?"

"...I- we were arguing... I don't remember why but something you said hurt me, Leafy. My best friend. Not my rival or enemy. So I didn't let you onto Dream Island and you stole it. You stole it and you never apologized. You never faced consequences-"

"I did."

"You didn't." Firey stares at her.

"I did," Leafy repeats herself firmly. "When I went through that map, I ended up in Yoyleland and forced myself to live in solitaire for over a year. Every day, I blamed and ridiculed myself for buying Dream Island-- because I thought I was irredeemable and hurt everyone. I blamed myself and I punished myself and lived with that guilt eating me alive every day."

Leafy takes a deep, controlled breath. "So yes, I didn't apologize to you and it's because I thought by now you'd have realized how horrible I felt. You've held on to a grudge because of a stupid choice I made when I was younger and I'm sorry for buying Dream Island."

"B-"

"But you've hurt me too, Firey."

"I know."

"To get back at me," Leafy grunts.

"No. I still care about you, Leafy," Firey argues and Leafy raises a brow. "On that boat, I saw them chasing you. I felt bad and I knew I could've intervened and it was easier not to."

"Then why- why didn't you try reaching out? Firey, you lied about knowing me for- goodness, years. You ignored and excluded me and were so guarded and angry and rude to me."

Firey swallows. "I... when I saw how much they hated you, I decided it would be easier to ignore your existence. I felt bad but it became number overtime. I did what I could to avoid the topic of you-- and then avoid you-- because I thought they would hate me too. And- and when you became friends with Gelatin I had to avoid you even more--"

A deep breath. "But I couldn't when you joined The Losers! and talked to Pin, Coiny, and Needle. They knew about you. They knew I knew but I was still convinced everyone hated you and Beep proved my point. Through it all, I- I never stopped caring, I swear."

"You have a funny way of showing it. I want to be your friend and get along, Firey." Leafy lowers her gaze. "I do, but you make it so hard... Don't.. don't make the same mistake I did and steal things for petty reasons."

"I'm sorry."

Leafy blinks rapidly. "You..."

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't've done that. I shouldn't've stolen the diary. And I'm sorry for denying you entry to Dream Island, ignoring you, and not helping you. I was ignorant to how badly it was hurting you. I want to be friends again too, Leafy."

Leafy sighs. "It's going to take time."

"Let it. We can start fresh."

A warm smile crosses Leafy's face. "Yeah."

I PUT MY HEART AND SOUL INTO THAT SNIPPET!! BFB 22 aka Firey learns accountability 🥰

After this, X finds out Firey stole the diary and his team is up for elimination.

Leafy takes the time to visit Firey after he's eliminated. Trust is slow to build back up but they're working on it.

It becomes easier to visit Firey after Leafy herself is eliminated!!

Once BFB ends, they're in a close enough relationship to try finding their own island to prosper on together.

With Firey's handyman capabilities and Leafy's survival skills, they make one fine team! There's kinks to solve but together they manage to talk their feelings out and find a compromise.

TPOT!!

One day, on their little island, a storm starts. Leafy helps Firey get to shelter and then she's gone. Perhaps One got to her or she died. We'll see what they are doing with her in canon!!

*This may change to be shorter timespan.

I AM SO PROUD OF THIS GAHHHDBDBEUEUDHSJAJAAHHH IT WAS WORTH HALF A WEEK OF BRAINSTORMING!!

[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.

-

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

[tapwater118]

tried my hand at a bfdi season 6

BFDI Redux

basic premise is that leafy and firey find an island to call dream island, and think it would be fun to host their own season with it as the prize (real original i know)

most of the contestants are the failed tpot debuters to keep things fresh. the returning veterans are all ones i feel went underutilized or weren’t used to their full potential in whatever seasons they participated in

[bfdiredux]

In early BFDIA pre-hiatus, I remember Gelatin having the freeze syringe and anti-venom and stuff. Could you keep that part of his character? Somehow? Maybe by working it into his background? I mean he owns a restaurant and is some sort of chemist/inventor/just has things. He’s lowkey competent (even though he went out of business)

Gelatin !!!! He changed a lot throughout BFDI-- and I mean a lot. When we first see him in BFDIA, you're right!! He's competent and smart. But going into BFB, he kinda regresses? He becomes childish and he feels like another stock silly guy.

I love silly guys. But Gelatin deserves complexity. He places SECOND in BFB, I need to do something with his screentime. I also have a strong idea for him!!

Redux!Gelatin

Laidback, hardworking, nice, compassionate, creative, upbeat, and decently perceptive. He mostly knows when it's time to be serious and when it's time to goof off. There are a couple of moments though!! Everyone has them.

He is GREAT when he's not under stress.

He likes making people laugh. It's his way of helping and comforting others. This goes for himself, too.

Gelatin is a person who ignores his own wants and needs in order to help others. It's ironic, given how in-tune he is with people. (You'd expect his friendship with Firey to make him focus more on himself but it's quite the opposite!!)

Gelatin's creative energy has always gone to science. As a kid he loved getting science kits and messing around with them, even if he didn't really understand what was happening.

In middle school he had a biology phase, which shifted into biochemistry, and right as middle school ended, he found his true calling: chemistry.

He binged docuseries, read articles, and bought books. He got chemistry sets and found social groups online, as well as getting into an after school club!!

Gelatin waited a couple of years to enroll into a college. He wanted to make enough money to avoid going into debt. With a small job, help from his parents, and a good letter, he got in!!

However, in his second year, he had a bump-- his parents were retiring and he inherited their restaurant chain.

He does NOT want this but he can't let down his parents. They've done so much to support him. But... Putting a stressed student still trying to figure himself out in charge of a fairly successful business MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE BEST IDEA.

The business is failing. Gelatin drops college to focus on that steakhouse instead. He's growing desperate--

BFDIA applications open.

Maybe it's a stupid idea but BFDI is a famous show and people were clamoring to get in. If he gets in, he can try to promote the steakhouse and stabilize the business.

He gets in!! Yippeeeeee!!!

Gelatin meets Firey right off the bat. Friendship established. Gelatin helps him let loose.

The second challenge is to make a cake for next episode's Cake at Stake. It was originally a stew but. Yoylecake. Guys, yoylecake!

Gelatin, Needle, Spongy, Ice Cube, and Book hitch a ride onto Puffball to get to Yoyleland. Puffball is in a rush to get to Yoyleland and this causes Spongy, Ice Cube, and Book to fall off.

Puffball leads Needle and Gelatin through Yoyleland, searching for ripe, healthy berries.

They find a leaf made of metal-- a side effect of eating yoyleberries. She follows them from a distance and Needle goes up to her, Gelatin follows.

It's Leafy!! Needle has history with her. She wants to be left alone and Gelatin comes up with a wonderful idea. He asks for Leafy's help with finding berry bushes. She says she knows a good patch but will only take them if they agree to leave her alone after. Gelatin promises to.

After gathering berries, Gelatin goes back to Leafy. Yes, he promised her he wouldn't, but also according to Needle she's been out here on her own for months. He asks her to come with them and Leafy declines. Gelatin can't imagine why. He tries again and again and eventually she pushes him.

Needle intervenes, fast as lightning, and takes the crew back to BFDIA's main playing field . Turns out they lost!!! Wow!

Gelatin won't be a main focus in the season. But when he does get it, he's got relationships I'm gonna flesh out!! As well as his financial struggles.

YEAH. Mid-season his steakhouse business falls flat on its face. He has to close it down, with existing establishments either being abandoned or repurposed.

Gelatin can't bring himself to go back to college after that and his elimination. He feels like he fails as a person. He feels like he failed his parents. Firey is there to comfort him.

Gelatin eventually meets Leafy again near the end of the season. They decide to stay in contact after.

Going into IDFB, Gelatin is PIVOTAL to Leafy and Firey's storyline. He's the one who gets them into interact. Firey is snippy and insists he doesn't know Leafy while Leafy makes it clear that they do have a history. I think this song does a good job giving off the vibe.

He and Leafy eventually drift away. Leafy's just spending time with others more now!!

BFB!

I don't have much for pre-split Gelatin. Still him focusing on others and helping with contests. I swear he'll get fleshed out here.

He stays in BFB during Two's arrival. His oldest friends are there and he thinks the added prize, while silly, is FUN to mess with.

POST-SPLIT GELATIN! Now the characters have time to breathe.

Gelatin gets to know the Have Cots.

Teardrop is wildly competitive and effective at her work.

Balloony, while he didn't last long, was VERY MUCH SO the Team Dad. He was the moral support's moral support.

LEAFY'S ON THE TEAM!! Gelatin is ecstatic to hang out with her again and gets to hear more about her past with Firey.

Bubble and Ruby are a strong unit together. Gelatin knows that they went through something with their old alliance pre-split but he hasn't pried.

Lollipop is fun. She's confident and witty and makes for a great teammate.

BFB 22!! Donut's diary has gone missing and there's a court case. Leafy calls Firey up for questioning and Firey sputters out a whole story about Leafy stealing the diary. Leafy takes Firey outside to talk.

During that time, Gelatin realizes he and Lollipop are the only new folks left on the Have Cots, with everyone else being season 1 veterans. He invited her to an alliance. Say hello to the Newbie Alliance!!

TD's comic where Gelatin dies horribly? It catches Gelatin off-guard but he's able to work things out pretty quickly with Teardrop!! And then Lollipop invites her to the alliance.

They are the type of friends to flirt with each other. Lollipop always initiates it with Gelatin and Gelatin is shit at it. Post-BFB they will be asked if they're together and they're going to stare DIRECTLY at the asker and go "You thought we were romantic??" High chance one of them is gay or biromantic leaning same-sex. I have had several friends like this and it is the funniest thing ever

When Lollipop is eliminated, she gives some of her pigment to Gelatin! He doesn't keep it just because it's cool, he keeps it because Lollipop is his friend.

Gelatin isn't that close with Flower when BFB first starts but going into the end of post-split, the two of them spend MUCH more time together as the finalists.

Four's motivation has been running dry and X refuses to leave his side... And someone shows up to take advantage of that.

Announcer!! He's here to host while Four and X are out of commission.

And he runs the budget into the dirt.

Flower and Gelatin work together to gather donations to raise the budget by posting online!! Fun contests and exclusive finalist interviews-- and when Gelatin gets interviewed he feels a bit awkward.

For as long as he can remember, he's been focusing on others. Taking over his parents' business as a young adult, being there for his friends, doing what Lollipop and TD want..

He's been neglecting his own wants and needs. He was going to go to college. He was going to study chemistry and become a scientist. He wants to win. While he wouldn't change anything that's happened to him, he does want a chance to do things for himself.

During the finale, season 1 contestants get to share their grievances as Announcer tries to deny his actions and Gelatin cheers them on.

Flower wins the BFDI and BFB. This crushes Gelatin some.

Everyone is setting up a big party to celebrate the end of the season!!

She disappears for a while and comes back to Gelatin with the BFB.

"Hi, Gelatin."

"Hi, Flower!"

"I think this is yours." Flower slides the BFB over to Gelatin.

"No?" Gelatin chuckles. "You won the season, you goof!"

"Yes, I won the season. Though I think you deserve this, you clearly want it."

"Wow, I- I don't know what to say, Flower.. I.. Thank you."

They hug it out. Win!!

As the episode ends, Gelatin and Flower see Firey and Leafy off, where they are going to find their own island!

After the season, Gelatin goes back to college. It's a heartfelt goodbye!!

He returns with his Bachelor's degree in chemistry a couple of years later. Gelatin has made sure to keep up with his friends, though!! Online calls exist :]

[bfdiredux]

o ya, may i ask about Dora?

Canon Dora is underrated. I love her.

Dedicated and loyal, skilled, sentimental, and collected.

Dora cares immensely about positive relationships. It breaks her heart when she loses them.

Receptively bilingual. She speaks her home country's language(Insulăvoric) and understands English while her cousin speaks both languages.

Dora has pica and has been managing it since she was a child. She had medication and therapy to help her handle it when she was young and continued medication into adulthood but was forced to stop when she entered the EXIT.

Who's her cousin? David. It's David.

David and Dora come from the redux's equivalent of Davidland. Currently calling it Clayland, this may change. Just know that everyone there is made of clay.

One thing you'll see with Claylanders is that they are a closed off community. They don't take well to change or new faces and expect you to stay where you grew up. However, there are some ambitious individuals who don't want that and they're treated poorly.

This is the case with Dora and David. David was willing to conform but Dora wasn't. She wanted to see the world outside of her hometown and got David involved.

Sharing this news got them scorn and scolding. It also lead to them being outcasted after David came home from BFDI. Dora said fuck it and they both left for BFDIA, with only Dora getting in and David growing bitter.

Dora wishes David didn't blame her for the way they were treated. Their close bond was broken. They go on low contact with conversations being uncomfortable at the least.

Dora REFUSES to go back to Clayland. She leaves BFDIA after her elimination and takes a job elsewhere in Goiky. Dora doesn't come back until she's invited to co-host an episode.

Dora may have part of an early episode dedicated to her in IDFB.. I think she'd be one of the characters who leaves after BFDIA.

When she's invited back for BFB, Dora doesn't turn the offer down or ignore it!!

Dora helps a lot during challenges while she's on Bleh. They're a mess in early BFB.

Dora is shocked when she's eliminated. She helped with so many challenges for her team while they were focused on bickering and mending and even flirting. She sat there through it all, a listener with Teardrop, a good competitor, and the one time they lose, she's the one out.

It's not fair.

But Dora can't bring herself to be angry.

Disappointed, sure.

But angry? No. At the end of the day, BFB is a competition show-- this is just the way things are.

When Four casts her to his domain, she expects to be out eventually. It.. may be a minute because there's so many contestants-- and a rejoin may happen. It happened with Leafy.

So Dora waits. And waits. And waits.

A month, maybe two passes. In that time the EXIT fills, Loser and Spongy escape after the whole group tries to, BFB splits, and then nobody ever comes back.

Four years of this.

In this time, Dora grows close to 8-Ball and Firey Jr.

Firey Jr is a kid. A teenage boy. Dora knows he went through something before joining BFB but he never opens up about what. And Dora doesn't ask.

She's just there. By his side. Trying her best to keep Four away from him. 8-Ball helps with this too. They aren't perfect.

Dora and 8-Ball pretty much act as Firey Jr's guardians.

She has to stay strong.

Especially with the group growing braver, leaving the classroom when Four isn't there to check on them. Stress is high during these periods and Dora won't let it control her. She can't get distracted.

The one time she did, Firey Jr and 8-Ball nearly got caught and died.

Never again.

David is also at the EXIT. He and Dora are forced to work together sometimes and it. May become an argument in Insulăvoric. They eventually get along well again.

The EXITors are all kind of? Tense? For the most part. They're all one another have but they don't. All quite get along outside of the classroom. But they all care for one another.

Escaping the EXIT is terrifying and relieving.

What's not okay is Two taking all of the EXITors and putting them to work at the hotel. Without their agreement.

The door out. Is locked! That's. WOW!!!

Dora breaks a window to escape. Two comes over to check out the damage as some EXITors ask to join the game. Dora thought about it and eventually decided that yeah. Sure, why not? What would happen if they weren't let in anyways?

The votes are cast and revealed during a storm. Two lets Four host the cake and stake and decides that the winning prize is staying at the hotel.

8-Ball and David are sent into orbit. Dora is. Actually horrified. They could both be dead or injured or lost and she can't know.

The same thing happens to Firey Jr.

Dora lost everything again. Just like that.

She's sent into the storm too, pulled by powerful wind. Where she ends up? I want to know what TPOT does with her first.

I do know I want her to be dedicating her time to finding her lost friends and family.

[bfdiredux]

if you're comfortable with it, may i ask how old the contestants in the redux are?

it's a good idea to get into the timeline!! I need to map that out!

BFDI starts out in January 1st, 2010, contestants joining are usually between 18 and 25 years old.

The shortest gap between contested seasons is BFDI and BFDIA. BFDIA will start in mid-late 2011. BFDIA will last until ,, early 2013 maybe.

IDFB goes on from 2013 to 2015. BFB starts in early-mid 2015.

We know Pencil, first eliminated in BFB, is stuck in the EXIT for 6 years. This would mean TPOT 12 takes place in about 2021. SO! I will be making some changes there.

Two comes down during the middle of BFB-- possibly late 2015 or early 2016. This results in the show's length being shortened. With a gap between pre and post-split as the hosts figure out what to do from here on out, we're looking at 2017 being when BFB ends.

Two gets TPOT on its knees in 2016 and doesn't host beyond the first episode until BFB ends. So, like.. the contestants are waiting several years unless I shorten the time between that. Which I think is what I'll do.

TPOT episodes have the largest gaps of time between them because Two is always off doing things! Atwosment park, exploring, chilling, projects.! And Two's eventual bedrotting.

I need two years between BFB 30 and TPOT 18. I need a decent amount of time between BFB 1 and TPOT 12.

2010: BFDI

2011-2013: BFDIA

2013-2015: IDFB

2015-2017: (in order) BFB start, TPOT split, BFB end

2017: TPOT start

Early 2019: TPOT 12

Mid 2019: TPOT 13 - TPOT 15

2020+: TPOT ongoing

With this in mind! Here's some notes on contestants and their ages. The format is Contestant (age during first competed season, current during present-day)

Season 1 joiners:

Blocky(23, 33)

Bubble(19, 29)

Coiny(19, 29)

David(23, 33)

Eraser(22, 32)

Firey(18, 28)

Flower(18, 28)

Golf Ball(24, 34)

Ice Cube(20, 30)

Leafy(18, 28)

Match(19, 29)

Needle(20, 30)

Pen(24, 34)

Pencil(20, 30)

Pin(19, 29)

Rocky(18?, 28? I'm still configuring Rocky)

Snowball(26, 36)

Spongy(25, 35)

Teardrop(18, 28)

Tennis Ball(23, 33)

Woody(18, 28)

Season 2 joiners:

Bomby(18, 27)

Book(19, 28)

Donut(23, 32)

Dora(24, 33)

Fries(22, 31)

Gelatin(22, 31)

Nickel(21, 30)

Puffball(19, 28)

Ruby(18, 27)

Yellow Face(27, 36)

Season 4 joiners:

8-Ball(19, 24)

Balloony(24, 29)

Barf Bag(24, 29)

Basketball(27, 32)

Bell(18, 23)

Black Hole(???? Adult)

Bottle(19, 24)

Bracelety(18, 23)

Cake(18, 23)

Clock(20, 25)

Cloudy(23, 28)

Eggy(20, 25)

Fanny(21, 26)

Firey Jr.(14, 19) -- ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN! Firey Jr. applied largely in defiance of his parent and Four raffled a BUNCH of random applicants in. WITHOUT BACKGROUND CHECKS. OR actually reading through the application. So we have an Emily situation.

Foldy(19, 24)

Gaty(19, 24)

Grassy(5, 10) *updated July 1st, applied as a fan of BFDI after being unsupervised by his parents. Got brought in with NO BACKGROUND CHECK OR REVIEW and Two kept him.

Lightning(18, 23)

Liy(20, 25)

Lollipop(22, 27)

Loser(32, 37)

Marker(18, 23)

Naily(19, 24)

Pie(23, 28)

Pillow(23, 28)

Remote(19, 24)

Robot Flower(???? Adult)

Saw(19, 24)

Stapy(20, 25)

Taco(20, 25)

Tree(21, 26)

TV(25, 30)

Season 5 joiners:

Price Tag(22, 25)

Winner(34, 37)

[bfdiredux]

I feel like Leafy should have been more affected by her time in exile. Idk she comes back to bfb almost the same but a biiit more aggressive but like, if I spent YEARS of my life in exile, I’d definitely change.

Impulsive choices in response to extreme emotions.

I don't want her to go from cool nice gal to isolated and thus kill. Kill eveything. Y'know?

I want to foreshadow Leafy buying Dream Island off of Announcer. Let her be good-natured and impulsive. I also want a different reason for Firey to deny her a place in Dream Island-- I mean,, he lets his #1 enemy in the show in, Flower too. But NOT Leafy.????

The two of them will have a strong bond going into BFDI. Leafy will do something that hurts Firey and because it's coming from his best friend and nobody else, he denies her.

So, Leafy purchases Dream Island. Announcer, rather than taking a lick of accountability for accepting the offer, redirects everyone anger to Leafy.

The confrontation is heated. There's yelling all around her and very few people defend. The ones who seem like they want to (Bubble. It's just kind ol' Bubble) get shut down. It even (nearly?) gets physical. Leafy runs.

She takes the Convenient Goiky Map That Teleports You and ends up in Yoyleland. I'm thinking maybe Book ends up with it and keeps it stored away after it's torn in half by Pin. Good way to get Leafy to realize Book had it and to tell her how to use it in BFDIA 19!

Leafy spends most of the season isolated, feeling remorseful. Because of the way she left, she feels like she has to punish herself. She did this to herself, didn't she? She ran away from her actions and now she's stuck in a country she doesn't know.

She's got good survival skills but... She's lonely. She develops anxiety. She gets aggressive with people because she's slipping mentally. Days become blurred together, she rarely gets to see others, and her own self-destructive thoughts DON'T help.

Somewhere in her isolation, her feelings are warped. She has to do nice things to redeem herself, right? Being nice will get her friends again.

AND IT WORKS! She gets rewarded. She'll hold onto that thought process into BFB.

At the end of BFDIA, Leafy starts interacting with everyone again. The veterans are still hesitant, and some will continue to hold that grudge, but the newbies are nicer to her.

I plan on having Redux!IDFB be pretty long!! I want to follow what they do in canon IDFB but it's untouched, so free reign!! It'll give a chance to have Leafy transition into her BFB self. IDFB will also be used to take a break from the gameshow format, be slice-of-life, and set up season 4.

I have IDFB 1's rewrite planned and a concept for Cake getting an episode that introduces him and Loser!!

[tapwater118]

do you have any obscure bfdi/osc ships you like that not many people know of existing?

NAILMOTE NAILMOTE NAILMOTE they are so good together and no one gets it but me i need to make Content of them so others will follow suit i am #starving

i tricked myself into really liking firey x cake the other day so i’ll include that here too. also bfdi redux has given me cake x anchor because my mind works in strange ways. also adding flowertaco and golftaco because Projecting

lets see uh idk if it’s actually obscure but receipt x spring door stopper (team room 125) they are good. also under unsure obscurity is lightcase but im assuming so because it is definitely not one of either’s more popular ships. throwing cabby x clover here too

also shelly and chocolate from boto. idek what their dynamic would be but they seem neat

crossover time!

wrong tacobook probably qualifies as obscure because no one outside of this circle talks about it

saw and test tube are very cute together. they were very silly looking in that one meetup announcement video

also lightbulb and captain from planet hoppers. pirate buddies. you get it

i could go on but i’ll leave it at that for now. you cannot out-multiship me

[tapwater118]

i feel like redux firey and leafy would hate two because they not only split bfb and stole many of the contestants, and we don't really know how the final fourteen feel about two besides teardrop, but because firey and leafy are just so full of themselves when hosting that they snobbishly criticize two by basically saying he's too nice of a host

i’ll give my take

for canon firey and leafy: leafy would probably commend two for what a kind and caring host they are, but also tactfully scorn them for interrupting poor four’s show. i don’t think firey would give much of a darn about two. if anything, he’d thank them for getting him a good deal further in the competition

these opinions would extend to the redux hosts, at least at first. one or both of them might start getting a bit big-headed over their position of power (leafy with how exceptionally nice she is to her contestants, and firey for how absolutely awesome his competition ideas are). that in turn might get them to think less of former hosts, including two. but overall, with how small scale redux is, i don’t think it’d get to their heads that much. just enough to make things interesting