#redux!FreeSmart

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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

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Present-day freesmart concept art 😋

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i'd love to see your take on ruby! especially the entire situation with her sisters and so on

RUBY!! RUBY RUBY (I RUN AROUND IN CIRCLES) She's another BFDI character I associate heavily with ADHD. She's got so much spark to her I love her!

Redux!Ruby's Character Proposal:

Ruby is the youngest in a HUGE group of sisters. She's got so many. They're all greatly successful in their lines of work. Writers, doctors, inventors, scientists... The list could go on.

They don't all hate her for betraying and getting into BFDIA!! Her sisters are actually very supportive but because she has so many, Ruby isn't close to a lot of them.

Bubbly, curious, brilliant, and sensitive. She loves fun, harmless pranks, and making new friends. Not afraid to convey her emotions.

An aspiring actress. It came to me at 3 in the morning. She applied to BFDIA was to get her name out there.

ADHD friend!!

#2 Pencil apologist until BFB.

She meets Pencil and Match during BFDIA 1, where she goes right up to them and asks about an alliance. Pencil seems down to strengthen her team.

Match feels like an echo of Pencil. The two act so similar and so close it's no wonder that Match is Pencil's right hand.

Authority is authority. Ruby is LOYAL.

Bubble is a common spectator and eventually a temporary host for BFDIA. She seems hesitant about Ruby and that kinda hurts! Hopefully she'll come around.

Book!! She's agreeable and friendly-- a good team worker.

Ice Cube. Hmm. Pencil says she can be as stubborn as a bag of rocks. Honestly, though, Ruby doesn't mind.

There's times where Pencil snaps at Ruby for being "too much of x."(Her words!) Sometimes she says hurtful things and Ruby can't stop herself from crying.

Apparently that's the WRONG course of action because Pencil doesn't like that either. She'll berate Ruby for that too, call her a baby-- maybe it's better to walk on eggshells and watch Pencil's face.

Sometimes she's too distracted or too excited or too intense or too sensitive. Ruby sucks up and apologizes-- now she's being cringe. What???

Ruby is sure Pencil has a good reason to be that way. Surely. Don't ask her why, though. Ruby doesn't know.

Match is often the same but toned down, she doesn't scoff when Ruby apologizes and checks on Ruby after Pencil lights a fuse. That's nice.

IDFB... my favorite untouched territory

And where FreeSmart begins to fall apart.

Ruby and Bubble start to establish a stronger friendship.

Mid-late IDFB, Ice Cube leaves and Book follows. Ruby is out doing something during that time and comes back right as Pencil is telling Book to go.

Book looked so fucking hurt and Pencil looked pissed.

Ruby is sad to see Book go. Pencil is all "good riddance" about it and when Ruby asks, Pencil explains. Ruby now has Pencil's perspective.

Pencil also asks her to promise she won't be like Book. Ruby agrees.

Ruby does eventually come into contact with Book again. She hears Book's perspective and is quick to defend Pencil and after some back and forth Book tells her to just stop.

Ruby stammers and Book tells her to go. Ruby complies, feeling herself start to cry.

Push it down, don't make things worse. Ruby dries her tears before she returns to what's left of the alliance.

Ruby does get to see more of Pencil's meaner side throughout the end of IDFB-- the way she is with Book, the way she clings to control.

ALSO WITH FLOWER!! I want part of her character arc of being a better person to involve Ruby. Ruby is still nice to Flower even when Flower is being a jerk. Really, Ruby is still nice to everyone even when they're being a jerk.

BFB.

Getting invited to a new season of BFDI was not on Ruby's bingo.

She invites Flower to Iance by calling her pretty. Awh.

So, new teammates.

Fanny is negative about a lot of stuff. Ruby wonders why she hates and hates. Fanny is also mature-- she's able to recognize her own faults and for that, she has Ruby's respect.

Lightning has some problems to work out and Pencil treats him like a weapon. He also electrocutes anyone Pencil and Match asks him to soooo it's better to stay on it's good side!!

Snowball is an actual jerk. He's got this weird mindset about strength and it's going to take him a good minute to get out of it.

FLOWER!!! Pencil doesn't like her but Ruby does. She's learning to be better.

Pencil is the first BFB elimination. This leaves Match in charge.

To compensate, Match gets worse. She pushes the team to their limits and demotes Bubble twice. Is?? That even possible??

She insults Bubble too.

It gets to the point where Bubble snaps and calls her out. A small but loud argument starts-- in which Ruby tries to break it up and gets gently pulled aside by Fanny, who tells her to let it happen.

The results?

Bubble refuses to talk to Match. Ruby tries to comfort both of them.

Match eventually breaks down and apologized both to Bubble and Ruby. Bubble says she appreciates it and needs time.

Ruby tries to tell Match it's okay-- Bubble says it's not.

Match is eliminated.

Bubble and Ruby have a talk once the shock is over. Something about Bubble asking Ruby if she really thinks what Match and Pencil have done is okay. Like, she's never questioned them? Ever???

Ruby admits that she has but pushed it aside.

She was in denial. A part of her still doesn't want to believe it but...

The rest of BFB pre-split, Ruby is coming to her own conclusions and accepting that the way Pencil and Match behaved weren't okay.

Ruby could've gone to TPOT-- I think she and Two would've gotten a long real well!! But she stuck with Bubble and Flower.

My main goal with post-split Ruby is letting her be herself!! Nobody's scolding her for how she acts anymore, she can breathe.

Ruby is eliminated in BFB 20! She will cheer Flower and Bubble on.

Following the finale, I'll probably have Ruby take her leave for a bit-- she's still in contact with Flower and Bubble but now she's taking small acting jobs and visiting between them to experience joy and whimsy. #happy ending

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pin NEEDS to have more to herself in BFDIA other than just "fweesmawt no swing wif me!1!! waaahhh!!! i hate dem!!!11"

i just had to go back to watch her crashout(not as in "ooh she's unhappy. Ooh", she ACTUALLY crashes out) in BFDIA 14 for this.

There's more to it than "they wont swing with me 😭😭😭😭". To quote Pin:

"FreeSmart, you fools. You have crossed far too many lines. You ripped off my face, you crushed my body, you didn't let Ice Cube come swing with me, and now you have the gall to steal my song?!"

They crossed her boundaries. They disrespected her. She refused to let it happen again. Pin got more competitive.

That will be the same case with Redux!Pin although I would leave the swing part out-- or swap it for another reason, we'll see how the rewritten BFDIA goes! She has more than enough motivation to be furious.

In TPOT, Pin expressed not being proud of who she was in BFDIA:

She's got a lot of willpower and determination. As we get further in BFDIA, she shows herself outspoken and vengeful. She's VERY competitive. Ultimately, she damages her relationships with the other contestants(save for Coiny, Coiny had fun!)

She hurts people because she's been hurt. She electrocuted FreeSmart. She brutally killed Book and dropped Coiny to win. I LOVE her story in BFDIA.

Pin is a lot friendlier in IDFB 1. I think she may have a moment of realization about how she's been acting in BFDIA but with the show not over, I can't be too sure.

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you should do a proper character proposal for book!! she's my favorite character <3

hi, same anon as the one who requested book!!! i was thinking about a way to do a little rewrite of the team bleh arc in bfb:

-book's the first one to spot taco being out of the jawbreaker. the other members of team bleh don't notice at all at first. -her face sours. she doesn't accept taco trying to explain her absence after she herself has been abandoned for no good reason. -afterwards, she vents to her teammates about taco. her wording paints taco as a bad person putting the team against her.

basically, team bleh doesn't immediately go straight to shittalking taco in her face once they first see her, but instead hears abt her from book, who is, at the time of late idfb-bfb, like a mentally unstable unreliable narrator. and then they distance themselves from taco. also book doesn't straight up harrass taco bc i personally think that's a bit ooc

taco doesn't know why she's being ignored by everyone ....until she hears book venting to icy. events happen, taco's hurt, then we get to that heart-to-heart scene you mentioned in an earlier post!

hopefully i did this right im not a writer ^^;

ANON.

ANON, YOU GENIUS!! I LOVE THAT.

I LOVE BOOK!!

SO!!! DRRRUMMMROOLLLLL!!!!

Cw; verbal, emotional, and mental abuse.

Redux!Book is the epitome of hurt people hurt people.

Going into BFDIA, Book is cooperative, friendly, passive, gullible, and insecure. She just wants friends man!

Book applies for BFDIA with support of friends and family.

Book approaches Pencil to be in an alliance because she watched BFDI and she saw Pencil with a strong team! They lasted so long!! Pencil seems glad to have Book on.

Pencil has strong leadership skills and her right hand, Match, is a great manager. Bubble, a season spectator, seems less than content to have Book and a second newbie on the team.

This second newbie is Ruby!! Book can tell Bubble's hesitation makes Ruby upset. Book doesn't have much of an opinion on it.

Ice Cube!! Book naturally gravitated towards her when they first met, even if Ice Cube's expression was off-putting. She's often quiet so Book finds it easy to hang around her. She's also strong-willed and supportive!!

While Pencil is in the game, she puts herself in control and isn't afraid to set boundaries. Apparently that includes snapping at Ruby. (And Book if Book tries to echo Ruby's hype)

Book is genuinely disturbed when Pencil uses prizes from her alliance members to disable Pin and remove her autonomy. Ice Cube tries speaking to Pencil about this and Pencil shoots her down HARD.

Pin is a threat. Pin is an opponent. If she can't win challenges, she'll surely get out and FreeSmart has a higher chance of winning. This isn't personal. This isn't personal. Book keeps telling herself that Pencil doing this is NOT personal.

Pencil also keeps Book distanced from others. Pencil expects total dedication from everyone to FreeSmart. This includes hanging out between challenges, supporting those in the game even if you're eliminated, and GETTING THE JOB DONE.

This social isolation is why Book develops DPD. She NEEDS direction and to be controlled by others or else she won't know what to do.

But Pencil has to be justified. She just HAS to! Nobody says anything about it and Ruby and Match hardcore enable Pencil.

Pencil lights a fuse whenever Book fails at challenges. Book isn't.. exactly the best at them. But she tries!! She does!! And the audience loves this!

Book doesn't always like what FreeSmart does-- but they have to. She can't bring herself to speak up-- she sees what happens when Ice Cube tries. So, Book can only look at Pencil and wish her thoughts and feelings would magically project to her.

When everyone in FreeSmart BUT Book is eliminated, Book searches for anything that will bring that dynamic back. She tries Baseball, Fries, Needle...

Even PIN! Who brutally killed her. Just to announce the alliance as over after she got safety and kill Book again. She and Book will eventually talk about this

If Book wins BFDIA Pencil will definitely hold that over her head. She'd say that someone who struggles as much as Book did should be thankful for those who boosted her. Well Pencil will probably hold how far Book got over her head either way,,, fun.

IDFB

Same old, same old. FreeSmart is more of a dysfunctional friend group now than ever before.

IDFB Book will get more focus towards the middle-end of the season. She spends almost all of her time with FreeSmart until then.

Same behavior from Pencil. Match is like her but softened. Ruby is an apologist. Bubble is there and has long since warmed up to Book.

Book still sticks by Ice Cube.

One day, Pencil is in a bad mood. It feels like whatever they do, Pencil finds a reason to snap at them.

And Ice Cube snaps.

The confrontation between them is harsh. Ice Cube calls Pencil's behavior out, then Match for enabling it, and stomps off, saying she's DONE with this friend group.

...leaving has been an option? It's that easy? Has it always been that easy? This whole time, the way out was just to walk away? Book can do that too, yeah?

Book goes to follow Ice Cube. Pencil shoves stops her.

Quoting directly from an older post here-- ...Book needs them. She's loyal to them-- that's her alliance. They got her to the final 5 of BFDIA. She owes them to be loyal. She owes Pencil to be loyal and if she can't be loyal, what use is she to FreeSmart? If she can't be loyal, she's abandoning her team and she's no better than...

And Pencil reinforces this mindset. She GOES OFF. She berates Book for even thinking of leaving. She tells Book that Book is abandoning everyone if she goes. You can find the direct quotes here.

Pencil then tells Book to leave.

It's no victory. Book follows Ice Cube in tears, feeling so guilty and horrible.

For the rest of IDFB, Book's mental health is shit. She breaks down multiple times. She's self-loathing.

Ice Cube defends Book when Pencil is there to bully her. And when Ice Cube isn't there, Book has to sit through ridicule. She barely fights back.

Ice Cube is there for Book. Book is there for Ice Cube. With Ice Cube's influence, Book starts to become braver.

Book decides she has to return the favor the best she can. She becomes more assertive, less quiet, and open.

BFB

Book's bravery skyrockets in BFB.

When Taco disappears for a challenge or two and then reappears out of nowhere, Book is the first to see her. Book feels bile in her throat. Taco tries to explain herself and Book refuses to listen.

She does indeed vent to her teammates, painting Taco in a bad light. The team distances themself-- except for Lollipop, who does go to Taco.

Taco decides to try to talk to Book. She finds Book venting to Ice Cube and Ice Cube being very quiet.

We eventually get Taco confronting Book. Bad at communicating #1(Book) and Bad at communicating #2(Taco) do not have a fun time.

Book does not relentlessly bully Taco, no. She instead lets her feelings accumulate until she can't keep them in and finally lets it all out. HURTFUL THINGS ARE SAID!!

"You abandoned us when we needed you! An alliance is supposed to work together! We all have a job we're supposed to do!! You're- you're useless if you can't pull your own weight. We valued you and you LEFT US! We-- you- you're useless if you can't be there. By- by abandoning us, you... You hurt this team. You suck, Taco. You... Suck.."

Yeah Book is definitely in tears by the end of that! And walking away. It's a rage-induced and impulsive state-- it's also Book pushing all of her own self-loathing onto Taco. Yah.

Book and Taco are no longer on speaking terms.

Near the end of BFB pre-split, Book's controlling behavior towards Ice Cube grows worse as she searches for anything to stabilize and distract herself. Ice Cube HATES it.

Ice Cube also won't sit there and tolerate it.

She confronts Book. The two start arguing and, in the heat of the moment, Ice Cube compares Book to Pencil. Whatever Book was going to say, she stops.

A nerve is struck.

Ice Cube tells Book how she feels-- how Book's behavior hurts herself and her team, how she's acting like someone Ice Cube knows she's not, and how Ice Cube is done with it.

Ice Cube stomps off. Book is speechless and sits in silence for a long time before completely breaking down.

It took losing her best friend but Book is finally able to acknowledge how her actions have hurt others-- and how Pencil hurt her.

She vows to make an effort to be better.

Whether or not she talks to Taco by the time Two comes down,, I've been thinking about it but maybe yes!! This is how Taco also gets better at communicating.

With that being said, they won't become friends. But they will be on neutral terms.

When Two pulls up, Book really wants to switch shows. As she's going to switch, she spots a shy Cake looking lost and uncertain. Book goes up to him and offers a listening ear.

TPOT

Book is happier than she's ever been. She's on a fresh new team with fresh new faces and they get along GREAT!! Most everyone on the team is supportive and friendly. Hi Just Not.

Book is the closest with Price Tag and Cake. Book lets Cake vent to her and enjoys his Goiky's Dragon campaign. He's a strong DM!

After Cake is eliminated, Book finds herself a best friend in Price Tag. Best. Friends!!!

When the team swap happens, Book is shocked to find herself on the same team as Ice Cube-- Team 2.

Book tries talking to Ice Cube. Ice Cube isn't interested. Okay!! Book'll just chill with Price Tag then. Price Tag asks about Ice Cube and Book's history and Book gives them the rundown.

Book is stunned when Pencil joins TPOT and takes Book and Ice Cube aside for a cross-team alliance.

It's Price Tag who comes in and pulls them apart. Book expects Pencil to have some strong words for Price Tag but she stares instead.

Book tries talking to Ice Cube about this too. It seems Icy is starting to open up to her again!!

Pencil tries with Book and Icy off and on-- until TPOT 15 when her own actions causes the world to almost end. Ice Cube, Book, and Price Tag all huddle together.

And the next episode, Ice Cube is eliminated. Not before confirming her friendship with Book is back. This is a good step.

Price Tag and Yellow Face are becoming close friends. Book talks to Winner about this and they're starting to become friends too.

As for Pencil? She pulls Book into a very makeshift version of TCOA and tries asking her to team again.

Book tells Pencil to shove off and walks away. She is genuinely scared of Pencil. 😁

THE FOURSE SCENE. PENCIL TRIES AGAIN. HEre's the redux version of their talk!! It's very similar :P

"I am not going to risk going up again!"

"There it is again, Pencil." Book deadpans.

"What?? What is that supposed to mean!?"

"You're still selfish! I thought that, by some miracle, maybe you'd have changed or gotten better, but you're worse than before! It's always 'me, me, me!' with you!"

"Then let me be a WE and JOIN MY ALLIANCE ALREADY!" Pencil takes Book by the arms and they both grapple to stay balanced on the fourse.

"No! I will never be on an alliance with you ever again!" Book grits her teeth.

"Why!? Why not!?"

"Because-" Book yelps as Pencil pushes her hand into Book's face "-because I HATE YOU!!"

"You hate me?"

"YES! You're controlling and selfish and obsessive and MEAN! You never let my achievements be my achievements. You made me scared of you!! Scared to go against you!! You bullied me for MONTHS and you NEVER LISTEN! I gave Ice Cube the space she needed! Why can't you give me the space I need!?"

"Because you're all I have here!! Book, Match is who knows where, Ice Cube is eliminated, and Bubble and Ruby are missing! I just want things to go back to the way they were. I was trapped in the EXIT- in Four- for years! YEARS! And this is how I'm welcomed back!?"

"You nearly destroyed the universe for your own selfish needs! You didn't come back asking to be friends or with an apology-- you wanted an alliance! To get you further in the game! That's all you want! That's all you've EVER wanted! And I will NEVER be used like that again!"

"Then what use are you?" Pencil throws Book off.

Book is left shaking. Yea,, she's scared of Pencil but that felt GOOD. She got her feelings out and now Pencil will finally leave her alone.

That's it! Thats the end!!!

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ough itd be cool if there were more queer rep than just like a few characters using they/them !!! i personally like transmasc enby sapphic pin! {so not projecting trust} i think like at first {during like bfdi-bfdia} she tries to conform to the norm and stuff so shes like super sassy, tries yo be super girly, ect. but then since shes been through so much during bfdia, she sorta just,,, stops caring about how she presents,, i think this could happen like around like during the final stretch of bfdia?

then like during idfb shes sorta just. there. only wearing whatever she has, not really caring anymore, then maybe as bfb starts she kinda slips back into old habits, theres these new people she barely knows anything about, and shes been thrown back into competition,,, so she begins to try and present acceptably again.

then as tpot starts, maybe she can realize "hey maybe i dont... need to do. that" and just kinda chill doing what she wants now, sometimes still dressing feminine, coz who can resist those pretty flowy dresses? and sometimes just throwing on whatever she has. but now, shes comfortable not thinking about what others think, and its all for her.

but i dunno im just like projecting what happened to me onto her because. ya,,, but i think more queer rep would definitely be cool coz irl its way more diverse than just a couple enbies in a sea of guys and gals lol

Mmmmm queer characters 😋

The current (& growing) cast of queer characters are:

Price Tag [Biromantic enby; they/them]

Winner [Enby; they/them]

Every algebralien ever- none of them are straight

Loser [Alloromantic transmasc; he/him]

Gaty [Sapphic grayromantic transfem; she/her]

Profily [Enby; they/them]

Pin [Sapphic transmasc enby; she/her] (Thank you!)

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I don't have many complaints with Pin. I adore her story in BFDIA and her relationships with the other contestants. She makes for a great villain and it's clear that somewhere between BFDIA and IDFB she becomes a better person. I'm leaning into believing that someone's going to call her out and she's going to realize how badly she's been treating others.

My one problem with her is how they handle her disability-- her lack of limbs. She loses them in early BFDIA, has this disability throughout her villain arc, and then gets them back by swapping them out for her pigment before IDFB once her arc is over.

I just. ?? No. That's ???. No

We need more disability rep anyway

Redux!Pin's character proposal:

In BFDI, Pin is rather mean-spirited, but clever and resilient. She's fierce and confident and good at what she does.

This carries over to BFDIA when Woah Bunch forms. However, interacting with Donut and Coiny makes her realize she can have valuable friendships. She's gone from doing challenges for herself to doing challenges for them all.

But FreeSmart is getting on her nerves. They do things that hurt her and her team. They practically make her an inanimate object. She lets her frustrations out-- she's vengeful and vocal.

It accumulates in PointyPointyPointy when FreeSmart steals her music. HER work to progress. They CHEATED their way to the end and Pin WON'T LET THEM WIN.

She is TIRED of the disrespect. She is TIRED of taking it easy. She TRIED being nice and it DIDN'T WORK. She TRIED playing fair and it DIDN'T WORK.

So she won't.

Screw them. She'll do what is right by her and Coiny, even if it means being dirty. She ensures they're put up for elimination and REVELS in it.

Cut to BFDIA 18. Woah Bunch is disbanded by Golf Ball. Coiny says the line:

"May the best player win."

Oh.

She sees how it is.

She sees how it is.

Fine. She doesn't need Coiny. She doesn't need anyone. Screw them all, she'll play and win for herself. She ANTAGONIZES the other contestants.

I don't know how her redemption is going to play out in canon. During IDFB she'll start exploring her identity and reflecting. She's been so focused on the game that she rarely ever thought of who she is and now she has a chance to.

She gets her pigment removed. She's going to start fresh.

She gets it back before BFB, perhaps due to being recovered, and stays red for the game.

She's concerned about what others think, too. Sure, there's other outwardly trans contestants but.. god, she doesn't know.

She's got sass but has become nicer. She genuinely cares about others and supporting them.

I think I have to flesh out more of BFB before I'm certain on what I want to do with her there.

In TPOT 2 she's hard against cheating(or what she sees as cheating) because of her behavior in BFDIA. Two is fine with the glue, so...

Huh. Okay, then.

Coiny and Pin also have that moment in TPOT 2 where Coiny says he enjoyed how BFDIA went and had fun-- Pin argues against that. She's not proud of her actions and the worry of being like that again is still present. It's weighing her down because it never left her side.

She knows on some level that she doesn't need to care about what others think... But it's there, a quiet concern.

In TPOT 2 she'll learn to ignore that again. It doesn't matter.

If so... she can be who she wants to be. That applies to her looks too.

She gets her pigment removed again. It's time to start fresh. It's time to let go of her past actions.

She tries out different decorations throughout TPOT up to her elimination.

Pin will eat anything with paprika. She LOVES paprika.

She's loved collecting tokens since BFDI!

ALSO Pin will not have limbs after she loses them in BFDIA. At all.

[bfdiredux]

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ok, uh, well, book's arc in bfb needs a LOT of fixing up imo. the idea of her getting abandonment issues because of freesmart and getting attached to taco dissapearing is interesting and definetly makes sense but it wasn't handled very well in canon,,,,,

I wholeheartedly agree!

It felt kind of? What's the right word for this,? Petty? Jarring? Seeing Book react the way she did-- and for how long she held on to that grudge for.

I think I'd push back her split-off from Pencil's alliance to IDFB and give her and Taco time to get closer, as well as have her chill on the bullying-- it felt so out of character for her.

Perhaps Taco gets forgotten about and left in the jawbreaker during Redux!BFB 2 & 3. Instead of being put on the swing during the challenge in episode 2, the jawbreaker is with other unopened ones(albeit empty)

When Book realizes Taco isn't there to help, we rehash the scene where she thinks Taco's abandoned them all. Some shenanigans happen near the end of the episode that get Taco's jawbreaker closer to the swing that her team(Bleh?) is on.

I want a scene in the following episodes where Book does say something harmful-- something that sours things between her and Taco more. She won't relentlessly harass Taco, but she will have that flare of anger.

A few episodes down the line, she and Taco may have a heart to heart. They may not be friends anymore, but they can be on better terms. This'll make way for her story in TPOT!

With the rewrite in it's early early phase, this is all subject to change :]