#redux!death PACT

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

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

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

Forewarning: this post is LONG!!

SEASON 1!

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

Squishy Cherries

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

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

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

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

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

Squashy Grapes

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

Some highlights!!

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

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

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

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

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

Another Name

Talk about a mixup!

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

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

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

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

SEASON 2!

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

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

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

Team No-Name

The Golf Ball curse strikes again!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WOAH Bunch

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

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

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

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

FreeSmart

Where bridges burn.

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

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

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

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

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

Fries

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

FriesMart

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

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

Nickel

LITERALLY just the same case as Fries.

SEASON 4!

Section one: pre-split

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

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

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

A Better Name Than That

This just in! The Golf Ball curse is BACK.

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

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

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

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

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

Team Competitors!

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

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

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

Free Food

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

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

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

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

Bleh

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

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

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

The Losers!

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

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

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

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

Iance

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

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

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

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

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

Death PACT

Death Prevention and Creating Trust.

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

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

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

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

Beep

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

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

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

Part 2: post-split

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

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

Have Cots

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

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

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

Have Nots

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

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

This team also has no leader!!

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

SEASON 5

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

Just Not

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

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

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

Death PACT Again

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

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

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

The Best

Renamed from The Strongest Team On Earth.

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

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

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

Are You Okay

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

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

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

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

Team8s

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

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

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

The S!

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

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

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

Teardrop

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

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The teams are shuffled by One.

Team 2

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

Snowball leads Team 2 to the best of his ability.

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

Death PACT Yet Again

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

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

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

Bagged

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

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

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

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

CloudYAY

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

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

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

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

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I THINK I SPENT A WEEK ON THIS. AAAHHHHH

[omegaremix]

Omega Radio for September 2, 2019; #207.

David Vassalotti “Ines De Castro”

Votaries “Second Sister”

Big French “Alison”

Bichkraft “Ashley”

The Sediment Club “Apprehension Complex”

Gun Outfit “King Of Hearts”

Wall “High Ratings”

Palberta “Why Didn’t I”

Bambara “Doe-Eyed Girl”

Ukiah Drag, The “Nina Came Knockin’”

Wet Hair “Dear Danae”

Bush Tetras “True Blue”

Urochromes “My Dickies”

Ancient Sky “Two Lights”

Honey “Speed, Glue”

Gong Gong Gong “Down Quantity Road”

Dads “Homo Concentration”

Cottaging “He Was An Idiot And Also Retarded”

Big French “The New Cochlear Sun”

Bichkraft “Some People Have All The Luck”

Boulders “Nicole”

Holy Motors “Sleeprydr”

Sediment Club, The “What’s Inside Ignites Itself”

Urochromes “Beat Off The Brat”

Horoscope “Misogyny Stone”

Honey “White Noise”

Public Practice “Fate / Glory”

Gun Outfit “Expansion Pact”

Snakehole “Roaches”

Palberta “’Nother Day”

Ancient Sky “Know”

Votaries “Rainbow Death Revisited”

Joey Agresta “I Feel Like Shit And I Want To Die”

David Vassalotti “Lady Day Redux”

Bambara “Wild Fires”

Cottaging “Mis En Abyme”

Coca Leaf “No Light Bleeds The Den”

Urochromes “I Don’t Wanna (Wanna Wanna) Be Like Me”

Public Practice “Bad Girl(s)”

Bush Tetras “Red Heavy”

Wet Hair “Black Paint”

Gong Gong Gong “Some Kind Of Demon”

Honey “Monk”

Dads “Invisible Blouse”

Ukiah Drag, The “Downpour”

Boulders “Pain In My Heart”

Profligate “Jet Black (King Of The Road)”

Urochromes “Chromosome Damage”

Horoscope “Azabache Necklace Bought To Protect My Daughter”

Bonus Brooklyn label special.

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👽 X-Files Fic Recs: Novels, Part 4

Here are lots of very good novel-length X-Files fics to read! Need even more? Check out my earlier lists of novel recs. Enjoy!

Part 1 * * * Part 2 * * * Part 3

1000 Rainy Days by R. L. Montoya When Scully begins experiencing a strange form of empathy, it affects her work on an abduction case. Mulder reacts oddly, becoming more and more attracted to her because of it, but the consequences of and reasons for her new ability are more far- reaching than either of them realize. Argus by Jintian Mulder and Scully investigate a series of murders involving someone from Krycek’s past. Bridge by Maria Nicole Mulder and Scully deal with the aftermath of their little trip from "Field Trip," and confront an old case. Diametrically Opposed by mountainphile Scully and Mulder investigate the mysterious disappearance of a college student in Ohio. Circumstances demand that they work the case from divergent ends of the spectrum, unearthing old wounds while opening new doors to the truth. Fish for Fallen Light by nevdull I started early, took my dog, and visited the sea. Floaters and The Pact by Madeleine Partous It's an X-File with character stuff, creepiness and, I hope, humour. / Juan shows up in Washington with a knotty little problem: why are New York City's addicts, hookers and homeless people vanishing without a trace? Heuvelmans' On the Track by The_Mythopoeic (@mashnotesofthemythopoeic) In which Scully becomes a Consortium doctor, and Mulder moves heaven and earth. Iolokus series by RivkaT (@rivkat) and Mustang Sally (@mustangsally78) Painted across the barren and desolate reaches of Texas, the shadows of the Project put additional pressure on Scully and Mulder's already fragile relationship. After a hostage crisis raises more questions about the Project's breeding program, Scully begins her own investigation, leaving Mulder to choose between saving her and saving himself. Finally, the investigation leads to tragedy and Mulder and Scully find that more questions have been asked than answered. Kevin by Justin Glasser Scully gets a message from Kevin Cryder asking for her help. Locusts by syn An unexpected death begins a terrible journey for Dana Scully and Fox Mulder; one that threatens to tear their faith, their beliefs and their partnership apart. Old Growth Forest by Andrea Mulder and Scully investigate the disappearances of homeless people in Madison, Wisconsin and seemingly end up suffering the same fate. On Untying the Endless Knot, and Other Improbable Things by secondsflat A casefile revolving, in part, around the events in Demons. Mulder accepts an assignment relating to one of his and Scully’s past cases. With Mulder still suffering tranquilizer-induced seizures, how will he and Scully deal with how unexpectedly personal the case suddenly becomes? Petrichor by @aloysiavirgata He could tell her that her prefrontal cortex was the revelation to the thief on the cross. Snakebitten by onpaperfirst (@onpaperfirst) season 5. redux ii through pine bluff variant. a chip, a bridge, lies. / Sure, he said. We get along. I would tie a brick to my toe and jump off a bridge without her. We get along. Variations by Lapsed_Scholar Wherein Mulder doesn't go to Oregon. (In which I try to make that decision seem relatively in-character for him.) Five times Mulder didn't go to Oregon, plus all the times he didn't. Vengeance by Juliettt Picks up where the episode Anasazi leaves off and offers a different solution to the boxcar dilemma.

[dmsden]

The Worldbreaker Redux – A Tale of the Shattered Pact

Hullo, Gentle Readers. Our Worldbuilding and Shattered Pact articles are switching places this month, to help answer a lot of questions I’ve been getting, and because I’ve been dying to talk about this for nine years…yes, nine years. Our first game session was on November 4, 2010, and, as I write these words, we played our latest session on November 7, 2019.

Almost 3 years ago, I wrote an article called the Tale of the Worldbreaker (https://dmsden.tumblr.com/post/156585072827/the-tale-of-the-worldbreaker). In it, I talked about how I had foreshadowed a potential Tarrasque appearance from the very beginning of the campaign and talked about how it might never actually show up, but I wanted its legend to be a menacing shadow that stretched across the history of my campaign.

Well, as you may have seen from some photos I posted recently, the Tarrasque has indeed appeared. I wanted to give some background on how we got to this point in the story, where things go from here, and how we made the Tarrasque “miniature” we’re using.

I have been foreshadowing the Tarrasque since session 1, which took place when the PCs were about 10 years old. They did a bunch of fun things, like share a hide-out, run around town, stand up to some bullies, catch the Fire Wasps that became their namesake…and, in the evening, they went back to the local tavern, the Minstrel’s Tarry, and they listened to stories by Talbot Holdfast, grandfather of one of the PCs. One of those stories was the tale of the Argent Circle and their battle against the Worldbreaker.

As their adventuring began, I would occasionally slip in mentions of an organization called Those Who Answer, a group who said they were there to answer the call of those in need. They were always doing good, charitable works – rescuing orphans, tending the sick, feeding the hungry – and their numbers included several people that the PCs knew or got to know over the campaign.

Years of game-play later, they found a statue of the Worldbreaker in an ancient temple raised by the Old Ones, the mysterious beings who were responsible for the creation of many things, including the Warforged. There, they learned that the Worldbreaker was meant to punish gods and primordials alike and to sweep the world clean so that the Old Ones could rise once more. They swore to hide this information, fearful who might decide to learn more and raise the Worldbreaker from its slumber.

Meanwhile, for years of gameplay, they’d been dealing with various primordial cults, all of which seemed to be linked back to something called the Elder Elemental Eye. Over time, they began to have reason to believe that the Elder Elemental Eye was not a Primordial, as many thought, but something darker and more terrible. Eventually, they realized that Lord Kaldakos Greysails, a nobleman they’d begun to think of as a friend and ally, was, in truth, the Grey One, a high priest of the Eye. They exposed him, but it didn’t stop him and a number of his own allies, including what appeared to be a living or undead Old One, from killing the King and Queen of Summerlund and taking the Prince of Summerlund (himself one of their allies) prisoner for the sake of his royal blood.

When, shortly following this, every member of Those Who Answer disappeared, and they began to hear about a group called the Five Who Call, things began to fall into place, and, through various researches, they learned where their enemies had gone to ground – the Temple of Elemental Evil, deep within the Elemental Chaos itself.

They entered the Chaos and made their way to the Temple, overcoming enemies and solving puzzles until they entered the Fane of the Eye underneath the Temple itself. There, they saw a massive black obsidian mirror, a chamber whose sunken floor was filled with dozens, if not hundreds, of Those Who Answer – innocents who were being used by this apocalyptic cult. Lord Kaldakos and his allies were there, including the Prince, bound across an altar. In the mirror, they saw the spires of the great city of Gwyllan’s Watch, and they began to realize something terrible was about to happen.

The battle was joined, but, in the end, it took only a single wound for Kaldakos to draw royal blood and spatter it on the altar, fulfilling the last needed condition. He revealed that the Elder Elemental Eye was, in fact, no less a figure than Tharizdun, the forgotten god of entropy and secrets. He had been locked away by the gods in time immemorial, but all it would take is one massive sacrifice to bring him back. As he said it, he smiled at the city in the mirror. Although the party’s bard slew him (critical hit from a Bigby’s Hand…super gross!), the damage was done. A deafening roar sounded as something rose up from beneath the city, beginning to destroy its beautiful towers.

The Worldbreaker was free again. And, as the captive prince revealed, every death it caused would be a sacrifice to Tharizdun, bringing the chained god closer and closer to freedom.

So that’s where my players are at. Going forward, the campaign is likely to focus on learning how to defeat the Worldbreaker, going out and gathering various things that could be helpful, and then confronting and defeating it (not to mention taking out the remaining members of The Five Who Call).

As for how we made that big, beautiful beast, it started life as the “Ultimate Godzilla” toy from the 1998 Roland Emmerich Godzilla movie (awful movie, IMHO…but great toys!) When I decided I wanted to do a Tarrasque storyline, some nine and a half years ago, I started looking around for a way to have it be as awesome in my game as it was in my imagination. When I found that toy, I grabbed it. My wonderful and artistic husband Steve modelled the horns on its head and chin, did some putty work, and did a complete repaint. He also bolted Gargantuan bases to each of its feet, because I loved the ideas of the players racing around between its legs if need be.

As far as stats go, I won’t tip my hand yet, but I will say that I consider the stats in the Monster Manual for 5E to be not terrifying enough for a creature that was born to destroy the world. Instead, I dipped into a book called the Book of the Tarrasque from Encoded Designs. My Tarrasque is much, much worse than the MM version, and I tried to foreshadow some of its awful nature, which included it ripped down a tower, then sweeping up rubble in its claws and launching it in a ranged attack against another tower.

Am I destroying parts of my beloved campaign world? Yes, I am. Gwyllan’s Watch was the capital of one of the major kingdoms of my creation, and it will never be exactly the same. I have a lot in my head for where things go from here, and I will have to make new maps when all is said and done.

But, oh, it will make for a mighty conclusion to a long-running campaign.

[omegaplus]

# 2,992

Omega Radio for September 2, 2019; #207.

David Vassalotti “Ines De Castro”

Votaries “Second Sister”

Big French “Alison”

Bichkraft “Ashley”

The Sediment Club “Apprehension Complex”

Gun Outfit “King Of Hearts”

Wall “High Ratings”

Palberta “Why Didn’t I”

Bambara “Doe-Eyed Girl”

The Ukiah Drag “Nina Came Knockin’”

Wet Hair “Dear Danae”

Bush Tetras “True Blue”

Urochromes “My Dickies”

Ancient Sky “Two Lights”

Honey “Speed, Glue”

Gong Gong Gong “Down Quantity Road”

Dads “Homo Concentration”

Cottaging “He Was An Idiot And Also Retarded”

Big French “The New Cochlear Sun”

Bichkraft “Some People Have All The Luck”

Boulders “Nicole”

Holy Motors “Sleeprydr”

The Sediment Club “What’s Inside Ignites Itself”

Urochromes “Beat Off The Brat”

Horoscope “Misogyny Stone”

Honey “White Noise”

Public Practice “Fate / Glory”

Gun Outfit “Expansion Pact”

Snakehole “Roaches”

Palberta “’Nother Day”

Ancient Sky “Know”

Votaries “Rainbow Death Revisited”

Joey Agresta “I Feel Like Shit And I Want To Die”

David Vassalotti “Lady Day Redux”

Bambara “Wild Fires”

Cottaging “Mis En Abyme”

Coca Leaf “No Light Bleeds The Den”

Urochromes “I Don’t Wanna (Wanna Wanna) Be Like Me”

Public Practice “Bad Girl(s)”

Bush Tetras “Red Heavy”

Wet Hair “Black Paint”

Gong Gong Gong “Some Kind Of Demon”

Honey “Monk”

Dads “Invisible Blouse”

The Ukiah Drag “Downpour”

Boulders “Pain In My Heart”

Profligate “Jet Black (King Of The Road)”

Urochromes “Chromosome Damage”

Horoscope “Azabache Necklace Bought To Protect My Daughter”

Bonus Omega; Brooklyn label tribute.

[omegaradiowusb]

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 (#207)

David Vassalotti “Ines De Castro”

Votaries “Second Sister”

Big French “Alison”

Bichkraft “Ashley”

The Sediment Club “Apprehension Complex”

Gun Outfit “King Of Hearts”

Wall “High Ratings”

Palberta “Why Didn’t I”

Bambara “Doe-Eyed Girl”

The Ukiah Drag “Nina Came Knockin’”

Wet Hair “Dear Danae”

Bush Tetras “True Blue”

Urochromes “My Dickies”

Ancient Sky “Two Lights”

Honey “Speed, Glue”

Gong Gong Gong “Down Quantity Road”

Dads “Homo Concentration”

Cottaging “He Was An Idiot And Also Retarded”

Big French “The New Cochlear Sun”

Bichkraft “Some People Have All The Luck”

Boulders “Nicole”

Holy Motors “Sleeprydr”

The Sediment Club “What’s Inside Ignites Itself”

Urochromes “Beat Off The Brat”

Horoscope “Misogyny Stone”

Honey “White Noise”

Public Practice “Fate / Glory”

Gun Outfit “Expansion Pact”

Snakehole “Roaches”

Palberta “’Nother Day”

Ancient Sky “Know”

Votaries “Rainbow Death Revisited”

Joey Agresta “I Feel Like Shit And I Want To Die”

David Vassalotti “Lady Day Redux”

Bambara “Wild Fires”

Cottaging “Mis En Abyme”

Coca Leaf “No Light Bleeds The Den”

Urochromes “I Don’t Wanna (Wanna Wanna) Be Like Me”

Public Practice “Bad Girl(s)”

Bush Tetras “Red Heavy”

Wet Hair “Black Paint”

Gong Gong Gong “Some Kind Of Demon”

Honey “Monk”

Dads “Invisible Blouse”

The Ukiah Drag “Downpour”

Boulders “Pain In My Heart”

Profligate “Jet Black (King Of The Road)”

Urochromes “Chromosome Damage”

Horoscope “Azabache Necklace Bought To Protect My Daughter”

It’s the first Autumn broadcast here at Omega WUSB as we fill in for our allies at Purple Starlight on Labor Day (U.S.A.). We say thanks to one of our favorite labels, Brooklyn’s own Wharf Cat Records, with three hours straight of post-punk, noise rock, psych-, punk, d.i.y., and other city-cool sounds to alleviate the pain of high monthly rent and gentrification. Please enjoy one of our last bonus shows of Omega’s tribute-laden Year Seven.

First Omega deluxe broadcast airs on September 7, 2019 (10 PM New York City).

We really appreciate all of our listeners tuning in. Thank you and stay tuned for more Autumn Omega.

[teenwolfpotential]

Sterek Scenes (w/ Tags) By Episode

(this marks all Sterek scenes whether they’re direct or indirect or fan meta, * are episodes with no direct interactions, talking about each other is marked by the name in parentheses, fan meta are marked as fan meta in parentheses, each scene is linked to its tag although some scenes may not have any posts associated)

Season 1

* Season 1 Special Web Series

(stiles) do you enjoy hurting me

Season 1 Ep 1: Wolf Moon

first meeting

(stiles) questioning people

(stiles) ride from party

Season 1 Ep 2: Second Chance at First Line

skype warning

(stiles) other half of body

(derek) your little buddy stiles

(stiles) smelled blood

(stiles) he said you couldn’t

(stiles) buried body

police car

(stiles) pep talk

(stiles) let out of jail

*Season 1 Ep 3: Pack Mentality

(stiles) got him jailed

(stiles) has the answers

(stiles) remembering bus

Season 1 Ep 4: Magic Bullet

(stiles) who still scares me

jeep collision

in the jeep 1

wolfsbane

cutting off arm

*Season 1 Ep 5: The Tell

(stiles) hale house fire report

Season 1 Ep 6: Heart Monitor

(derek) garage ambush

(stiles) idiot for trusting him

(stiles) better yoda

(stiles) too spartan warrior

school rendezvous

sourwolf

*Season 1 Ep 7: Night School

(stiles) not a minor injury

(stiles) derek’s car plan

(stiles) psychotic teamwork

(stiles) under the bus

(stiles) saw him too

*Season 1 Ep 8: Lunatic

(stiles) be careful tonight

Season 1 Ep 9: Wolf’s Bane

quick pick up / backseat commentary

(stiles) danny plan

wall scene

my cousin miguel / using shirtless derek 

in the jeep 2 / steering wheel

peter showdown

*Season 1 Ep 10: Co-Captain

(stiles) mugshot / arson

*Season 1 Ep 11: Formality

(stiles) let him die for me

(stiles) facing down peter

*Season 1 Ep 12: Code Breaker

(stiles) at his own house

(stiles) barely knew him

(stiles) locked in a basement

becoming alpha

Season 2

*Season 2 Ep 1: Omega

(stiles) need a pack

Season 2 Ep 2: Shape Shifted

(stiles) choosing isaac

in the jeep 3 

sneaking into station

i’m the alpha 

Season 2 Ep 3: Ice Pick

(stiles) derek’s problem now

camaro taunting

(stiles) orange and blue (fan meta)

(stiles) let him turn them

Season 2 Ep 4: Abomination

epa violations

pool / you need me to survive

abomination 

Season 2 Ep 5: Venomous

(stiles) not without proof

(stiles) lydia kanima

(derek) cold-blooded

house standoff

*Season 2 Ep 6: Frenemy

(stiles) venom test

(stiles) jackson kidnap

(stiles) feel so violated

Season 2 Ep 7: Restraint

(derek) get on good side

(stiles) alpha bite makeover

(stiles) library seizure

rescuing Erica

Season 2 Ep 8: Raving

mountain ash 

Season 2 Ep 10: Fury

(derek) don’t trust anyone

kanima / pretty good pair

Season 2 Ep 12: Master Plan

(stiles) captive betas

(derek) found stiles

kanima to werewolf

Season 3A

Season 3A Ep 1: Tattoo

(stiles) hands a little full

(stiles) meet at derek’s

tattoo

alpha pack 

Season 3A Ep 2: Chaos Rising

school planning

(stiles) recruiting alphas

(stiles) remembering trick

latex glove / internet

(stiles) meet at 5

bank rescue plan / punching through wall

(stiles) vault call

*Season 3A Ep 3: Fireflies

(stiles) derek’s uncle

*Season 3A Ep 5: Frayed

(stiles) bus vocab

(stiles) not letting himself heal

*Season 3A Ep 6: Motel California

(stiles) suspect list

(derek) think I’m dead

(stiles) flare talk

(stiles) derek’s alive

Season 3A Ep 7: Currents

(stiles) power cut

hand on shoulder

*Season 3A Ep 8: Visionary

(stiles) color of his eyes

(stiles) werewolf age

(stiles) confluence

(stiles) unaware of deaton

(stiles) choosing ennis

(stiles) if it doesn’t kill

(stiles) going blue

(stiles) asking about paige

Season 3A Ep 9: The Girl Who Knew Too Much

(stiles) attacking aiden

(stiles) definitely a hale

(stiles) chessboard talk

Season 3A Ep 10: The Overlooked

believe me

(stiles) something feels wrong

hospital guard

reckless batting

venting

electric paddles

ambulance

(stiles) leaving hospital (where’s derek)

elevator pause

Season 3A Ep 11: Alpha Pact

elevator

(derek) holding off cops

(stiles) nemeton location

(stiles) ice bath solution

Season 3A Ep 12: Lunar Ellipse

(derek) substitute guardian

after darach

Season 3B

*Season 3B Ep 14: More Bad Than Good

(stiles) tracking coyote

(stiles) real alpha

*Season 3B Ep 15: Galvanize

(stiles) turning down twins

(stiles) blue is just pretty (fan meta)

*Season 3B Ep 18: Riddled

(derek) hospital chemo signals

(derek) skinny defenseless stiles

(derek) magnetized bat

(derek) stiles was protecting us

*Season 3B Ep 19: Letharia Vulpina

(derek) tell the sheriff

(derek) what will you do

(derek) frame for murder smarts

*Season 3B Ep 20: Echo House

(derek) would you feel any remorse

*Season 3B Ep 21: The Fox and the Wolf

(derek) brain scan trick

(derek) wolf run from fox

(derek) chess message

Season 3B Ep 22: De-Void

fighting nogitsune / protecting nogitsune

(derek) chess king

*Season 3B Ep 23: Insatiable

(derek) out there looking

Season 3B Ep 24: The Divine Move

(derek) lydia wouldn’t run

anchor

Season 4

Season 4 Ep 1: The Dark Moon

(stiles) poor conversationalist

(stiles) derek texts

(stiles) kate’s impossible

(stiles) kate killed his family

(stiles) someone find derek (where’s derek)

young derek

Season 4 Ep 2: 117

so not ok with this

(stiles) no memory

(stiles) time traveling

where’s my family 

(stiles) ass is fine

my cousin miguel / spanish 

wall scene redux 

(stiles) out the window

*Season 4 Ep 3: Muted

(stiles) muted board (fan meta)

*Season 4 Ep 4: The Benefactor

(stiles) stealing lines

*Season 4 Ep 5: I.E.D.

(stiles) murder review

Season 4 Ep 6: Orphaned

werewolf strength

(derek) hyperactive spaz

(stiles) deadpool key

*Season 4 Ep 7: Weaponized

(stiles) peter’s money

(stiles) satomi’s pack (where’s derek)

(derek) school quarantine

*Season 4 Ep 8: Time of Death

(stiles) evidence board

*Season 4 Ep 10: Monstrous

(derek) stopping deadpool

Season 4 Ep 11: A Promise to the Dead

date kidnap 

Season 4 Ep 12: Smoke and Mirrors

we really bringing him

mexico van

save him

goodbye for now

Season 5

* Season 5 Ep 1: Creatures of the Night

(stiles) initials

*Season 5 Ep 2: Parasomnia

(stiles) benefit of the doubt

Season 6/6B

*Season 6 Ep 11: Said the Spider to the Fly

(stiles) fbi target

*Season 6 Ep 19: Broken Glass

(derek) reason for return (fan meta)

Season 6 Ep 20: The Wolves of War

return to beacon hills

fbi rescue

(stiles) defeating anuk-ite

final library

pack rollout

[barredux]

Groovy Movie: Psychomania                           April 7th @8pm

Bar Redux Presents Groovy Movie: PSYCHOMANIA

Groovy Movie is followed by Interstellar Overdrive with DJ Shane Love, all psych/garage record rave.

British 1973 Cult film by director by Don Sharp, originally titled The Death Wheelers.A young biker gang leader makes a pact with the Devil and uses it to win himself eternal life. His gang follow suit and join him on a rampage across the country. Would-be immortals first need to kill themselves, and if their faith wavers at the last moment they do not come back.

[bfdiredux]

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

Pillow has always interested me

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

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

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

So, for Redux!Pillow, I propose this:

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

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

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

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

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

Now, her violence:

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

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

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

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

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

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

[bfdiredux]

flesh out pie pleas i need more content

some hcs as an offering - pie has eaten whole peppers raw and is undefeated in spice contests - she actually likes hanging out with book outside of the competition, and wishes they could hang out more - if she had a deal made between her and one, it'd probably be something like 'returning everything to the way it was' (like having all of her friends back or something along the lines)

PIE PIE PIE PIE!!!!!! I swear she doesn't get enough love. Canon!Pie is so chill il love her!!!

Pie vs Pi isn't canon but I can draw inspiration from that to hammer down her Pre-BFDI life!

Faithful, mellow, and relaxed. She's got a "whatever happens happens" mindset. She's not the best at advice but she is a good listening ear.

Pie has that "whatever" mindset with foods too. She'll try most anything you put in front of her. Whole raw peppers? Sure, she'll have it and then some.

Her favorite food is tacos with an excessive amount of lemon juice.

Lower-middle working class individual. She has bills to pay and is working a 9 to 5. She likes to feel AWAKE before going to work so you can trust she's in bed by 11 and up by 7-- she'll take a cup of coffee and a jog after getting up and stretching.

I like the idea of her and Book being pals! Perhaps they were highschool friends who stayed in contact. When Book applied and got into BFDIA, Pie cheered her on.

She was surprised when a third season was announced(IDFB isn't an in-universe season), including a return of all S1 veterans, S2 contestants, and applications being open.

Applying for BFB was a for fun choice. She wasn't expecting to get in but when she saw the ad for it but she tried anyways!!

A shady bus picked her up and brought her to the playing field. I think starting BFB with her getting up and going would be a fun change.

This bus has other new contestants, some introduced in BFDIA as spectators promised to be let into another season and others who applied through the same as Pie did.

She knew the cast would be big, but...

SIXTY-FOUR PEOPLE!! Announcer must have big plans for this season---

She has a WTF moment when a blue and yellow figure comes crashing into Earth with a robot and something in their hand. Upon landing, the impact destroys the recovery center. They blow on their palm and Black Hole appears.

Black Hole stammers but collects himself and Pie checks up on him!

The blue and yellow creatures are BFB's hosts. Announcer had nothing to do with this and Pie realized that upon seeing how... destructive... their entrance is.

Side character material but I will compensate. There's a large cast in BFB and TPOT. She could use a shorr episode like Cake. That would be cool!

Still figuring out how I want to handle death in the Redux. There's not really consequences to killing? But murder is also frowned on. It's controversial.

She meets Remote!! Remote's very happy to be there and wants to get to know Pie. They stick together as the first two of Death PACT.

Black Hole kinda. Trails after them before asking to join. Pie respects him as a leader-- in BFB, he is the glue of Death PACT.

Bottle is one of the more expressive team members. Pie likes that she knows how to make everyone smile when they're feeling down.

Pen's hardworking and handy. He comes up with good ideas and bounces them off of the team every time.

Pillow... Pie isn't a huge fan. She's running around getting into trouble and takes a lot of focus away from Death PACT's duties. She's on the team about preventing death yet she's trying to cause it. Just because???

Tree is reasonable and works in tandem with Black Hole as the team's leaders. He's stern but it comes from good intentions.

I found this AMV by Lecrogea on YT. It's so fucking good I,, got inspired by it and was left feeling so many emotions . Liy and Pie FTW

They also have a Tumblr!

Most contestants look at Liy and see someone who's irritable and cranky. But we all have our bad days, yeah? Pie and Liy are great friends by BFB 4.

I mean . Look at them

When Liy is eliminated, she's furious. She gives her speech and Pie walks up to her, ready to offer comfort, and Liy pulls away. Liy then turns her switch over to the dark orange side, takes a deep breath, and switches it back.

She seems like she's about to say something else when Four sucks her up. Wow.

Pie is just befuddled. Wow.

Pie is down to move to TPOT when Two offers everyone a spot. Four's hurt a lot of people and Pie would like to not be apart of that.

Death PACT Again forms. Pie isn't around long enough to get to know the newer members too well. Opinions are formed though !

Pen, Pillow, and Bottle switch teams. Pie is sad to see them go(...save for Pillow. Less of a concern now.)

Pie gets to know Lightning the least. He doesn't think before he acts but he's got passion.

Marker is an optimistic goofball. Pie is glad to still have one on the team with Bottle leaving.

FANNY! Spiteful as she is, Pie managed to get to know her better. Pie is a good listener, after all!! Maybe Fanny just needs to blow off some steam. They're chill.

Pie is eliminated in TPOT 2. It's whatever, honest!! She'll be fine, she doesn't make a big deal of it.

Two is nice enough to actually let her get some last words out. Pie gives her team some encouragement, then she's sent away.

[bfdiredux]

hiiii, may i ask about my favorite little goofball ever, bottle? :] i don't have any specific questions or headcanons to give, just bottle in general... also have leafy fanart .... i liked the "desaturated colors in tpot" idea so i drew it with my design :]!!

WOAHH OPENING MY INBOX TO FANART. I LOVEE HOW SOFT THE LINEART IS,, THANK YOU!!!

Needle with a thread ponytail.. I see that everywhere, it's. So Needle! Gotta incorporate that into redux.

Redux Bottle hummm

One of the happiest characters to ever exist.

ADHD or AuDHD, I think.

Optimistic, breezy, conflict averse, empathetic, goofy, and SUUUUUPER extraverted. She's also bit cheeky but it's always in good, lighthearted fun.

Knows how to get along with everyone. It's impressive.

Good at masking. So, so good at masking.

Hide and seek CHAMPION in her childhood

Commission artist on the side.

Desensitized to death. Not because of any dark, tragic past, but instead because of how violent BFB and TPOT could get.

She's clumsy. She trips and shatters a LOT. She was a crash test dummy for Two's A-Twos-Ment Park.

BFB-

Joining Death PACT was a wonderful idea!!

When there's trouble on the team, Bottle is quick to bring a smile and new energy to the table. While she doesn't end up super close with any of them, she values the time she spent there.

However, switching to TPOT is where Bottle really shines.

Bottle doesn't move because of Four's behavior, unlike many others. Bottle switches shows because of the promise of unlimited power. Um. Hell yes!!!

Bottle switches from Death PACT to The S! because that team gets her. They know how to be chill. Although there is Winner and Clock's conflict...

WELL! The best Bottle can do is keep making everyone smile. She's good at that.

Bottle and Two become good friends!! She helps them with their park.

Switching to Bagged changes everything.

Pen and Liy are working on how to maintain and funnel anger in specific ways. Tennis Ball is a bundle of stress. Basketball had her Robot Flower troubles. TV is getting tired of being mistreated.

Not to mention, tension has been growing all around as the season progresses.

Nothing shows that quite as well as TPOT 16, when Bottle is allowed to host.

The day starts horrible when Pencil tears up the drawing Bottle made for her. Then, the challenge leads to one of Two's rides getting destroyed, TV hijacking the haunted house, poor TB getting chased down by the fourse, and a yelling match between Book and Pencil.

Bottle has tried so hard not to crack.

She isn't made for this.

Everyone she's close to or trying to be friends with is hurting and angry and Bottle's method of help IS NOT WORKING.

She's doing something wrong.

But everyone's busy. Bottle shouldn't bother them with her problems when they already have their own.

Needs a hug

[bfdiredux]

For redux Pillow, I think she should be the exact same as in canon...

Ok not completely lol, something I really think the show missed was a proper transition between BFB Pillow and TPOT Pillow. BFB Pillow was always kinda ok with violence, but TPOT takes her character in a new direction without really exploring why.

I think just a proper scene exploring her thought process with luck and research would be nice. Shows how she didn’t think her team did all that well in BFB, and she wants to try a new strategy.

Also she’s totally neurodivergent in a low-empathy way

The current plans for Pillow

Neurodivergent Pillow makes so much sense. I was considering it when drafting her character proposal-- now it's official :D I'll be searching for a specific neurodivergency to throw her way. Welcome to the club Pillow!!

In the Redux, Pillow is endlessly curious. Part of what leans her into violence in BFB & TPOT is a seek of chaos. Pillow approached Death PACT because she misinterpreted them and now she's stuck with them. They noticed this and were quick to ensure her damage was minimal.

How frustrating! Seriously! Revival is completely possible-- what's it matter to Death PACT? Pillow, endlessly set on her ways, won't let Death PACT stop her forevdf-- but maybe she doesn't have to:

When Two arrives and takes most of the contestants, Pillow is happy to follow along. She doesn't care much for Four anyways, so she's able to completely ignore the look of horror on their face as 76% of their contestants leave.

Two offers a grand power that she is so interested in-- who knows what can be done with that? It's certainly better than a physical copy of BFDI. Pillow also takes the opportunity to switch teams when it's presented to her-- now Death PACT Again will have a harder time stopping her and she can do whatever she wants. That's more like it!

All of this is subject to change! I'm still drafting season 1's rework and Pillow won't make a proper appearance until at least season 3 so there's plenty of time to figure her out and make her consistent.