#tss!nightmare steve

[shadow-genesis-yay]

Purple here with a thought I just had 🟪🎃

So we all know Nightmare was a normal Yellow Steve before absorbing a Red Steve, right? And we also know he did experiments in his castle (which in my opinion, could have been made a bit better but he probably just wanted something good enough to do stuff in so he didn't care for the quality)

Well, two experiments of Nightmare that Sabre, Lucas, and Rainbow encountered, were Positive and Negative Steve. And what were their colors? Red and Yellow. The exact colors of Nightmare.

Nightmare obviously has some connections to those two colors, and for known reasons. But why specifically did he try and make Positive and Negative Steve. He could use any other color to make hybrids, but he chose a Yellow and Red Steve to make those two. But for what reasons?

Did he want clones? Did he want a new successor other than Dark? What did he want, and why?

And what did those two go through? While being scared seems like an obvious reason to attack the Rainbow Town, Sabre and his friends never showed a threat to them. Did they attack out of fear? Jealousy? Control? What did they experience and was it why they attacked the town.

They also had a chance to become their normal selves when making a machine. But instead they chose to merge together to make Infinity. They could have been free as soon as they finished the machine, and maybe even sooner if they didn't attack the Rainbow Town.

What were their goals? Why were their goals that way? Why didn't they just escape or something? If they feared Nightmare, then they could have ran and asked Sabre, Rainbow, and Lucas for help. But they decided to attack, and merge themselves.

They had so many opportunities to be free if they had a hatred for Nightmare, that they never took. Even if they never wanted Nightmare dead, and just wanted to be away from him, they could have asked Rainbow and his friends because Rainbow's whole goal is to stop Nightmare.

[mariii-the-shapeshifter]

TSS!Nightmare for the ask game

First impression: Back in TSS's early days, it was all about the novelty of a new Steve type to Elan, so as far as character goes, there wasn't much to get a first impression of. Other than that, I kinda just wanted to know what his powers were.

Impression now: Sad old grandpa. The scene with the Red Steve in the machine actually made me so sad, and seeing him in the Spirit Realm with Rainbow moved me I'm ngl.

Favorite moment: His fight with Sabre sticks out to me for some reason. Maybe it was that one KiwiQueen animation from years ago. It wasn't as technically impressive as any of his and Rainbow's fights, but the scenery really did it for me, I think.

Idea for a story: I think there needs to be a fic about him trying to bond with Hypno in the Spirit Realm, but all Hypno wants to do is hang out with Rainbow. It would be funny. Maybe a little sad, but still funny.

Unpopular opinion: I still don't know how I feel about him having been Elemental's puppet for most of his screentime, since at no point was it ever hinted at, and I liked that he was just straight up evil. Ultimately, it meant he went to the Spirit Realm, which is great, but it makes his crimes less interesting to me.

Favorite relationship: Hard to choose. Honestly, Nightmare seems so closed off for the most part. We know more about how other characters feel about him than vice versa, but I like to think about how bad of a father he might've been to Dark. Obviously we have the scene near the end of Origins where he threatened to kill him, but what other stuff could we have missed that Rainbow didn't see? I also really like BeeFlower, but I imagine it to be completely one-sided. Nightmare did Eebs a favor; it wasn't his fault that Eebs decided to fall in love with him about it, unprompted. Then there's him and Elemental.. whatever they're dynamic could be, I am unable to comprehend it. They're something to each other. Something weird. Rainbow ends up being the one with the healthiest relationship with Nightmare out of all the ones I listed, which I guess is grounds for favortism since I like when things work out and people can be friends, but they're all so interesting to think about.

Favorite headcanon: That Red Steve he absorbed was his boyfriend.

[illusion-reality-steve]

Steve Saga AU where this is Nightmare Steve's origin story:

Yellow Steve: Hey.

Red Steve:

Yellow Steve: Have you ever noticed there aren't any Orange Steves?

Red Steve:

Red Steve: Hey, now that you mentioned it, you're right. There are no Orange Steve. Weird.

Yellow Steve: I know, right?

Yellow Steve:

Yellow Steve: Wanna fuse and see if that creates an Orange Steve?

[otter-pop-supreme]

i forgor to post this last night, i have a problem

all the pfs

[thebeingmerf]

TSS x Prodigy part 3: Nightmare Steve 👑

[alaritheaurora]

Regret

[itsgirlcraft]

RAAAAAAHHHH!! AFTER 9 HOURS OF CARVING ITS DONEEEE!!!

IVE FINISHED THE LINOCUTTTTTT!!!!!! >:3

Close-ups and rambling beneath the cut 🥰

My first attempt I made a mess of the left background 😭

So that side is a mess but ehhh it's Lore now-

Anyway. On each side we have 15 eyes and 9 arms. Arms, top/left to bottom/right: Parasite, Virus, Great Librarian, Fake Blue, Guardian, Antivirus, Blue, Plague, Shadow Sabre.

Eyes, left/top to right/bottom: Gold, Blue-Red (Origin mutated), Faceless, Galaxy, Negative, Ghost, Origin, Diamond, Dark, Time, Demon, Yellow, Shadow, Chaos, Void. Reality is the center eye's left half.

And then the right side, which is cleaner.

Arms, right to left: Hypno, Scientist, Green-Blue (Origin mutated), Lucas, Nightmare, Moon, Red, Green, Sabre. Eyes, right to left: Galaxy Ship, Red-Green (Origin mutated), Overseer, God, Positive, Infinity (my fave eye), Alex, Emerald, Light, Elemental, Rainbow, Purple, Reverse, Ultra, Memory. Illusion is the right half of the center eye.

Anddd then here's a close-up of Saga themselves!

Goddd, I'm surprised I was able to get so many details. I'm tired but excited!! I won't be inking it yet tho haha- I have to get special paper 😔

[merf-steve-cinematic-analysis]

The Steve Saga

CW: GORE, BLOOD, DESCRIPTION OF DEATH

Episodes:

406 - Rainbow Steve’s New Friends

407 - Goodbye Forever, Rainbow Steve

Close Ups:

[incorrectstevesagaquotes]

Nightmare Steve: Welcome to my dark and foreboding lair filled with candles in extremely impractical positions

Nightmare Steve: [turns and his cape instantly catches on fire]

[amybizarre]

Okay, but why does Nightmare Steve make such a good villain for silly/intimidating musical numbers? Or is it just me? 😭😭

Him and the song "Feed the Machine" from Poor Man's Poison just kinda fit together?? Like????

Or him and "Be Prepared" from the Lion King?? (Specifically the cover from Man on the Internet, cause that one is FIRE!)

Or "Hells's Coming With Me"!!

Ahhhh!

What songs do you associate with him?

[illusion-reality-steve]

Do you think, back when Nightmare was evil but not yet controlled by Elemental, there were moments he encountered/spotted a Yellow and Red steve duo and couldn't bring himself to attack them?

I've never thought of this before. That's a cool thing to imagine!

Here's another thing to imagine: that Yellow and Red Steve duo defied him and told him he was wrong. This challenges Nightmare. Nightmare believed that he had to be evil. But these Steves who are like him tell him off, which showed that he didn't have to go down this evil path.

Thank you for the ask!

[ungodlysaltyinfrastructure]

yes that was from the sagemare anon .. can you please do sagemare ?? please ..

Ouh. Hope I captured a semblance of their dynamic right.

[the-yersinia-plague]

Hiiiiii :D

How are you guys?

Rainbow Steve is checking the Skypeople Shrine in the bunker and finds the message in the book there. His eyes light up and he smiles.

"Heyo! We are doing alright at the moment. Although the situation is kinda scary..."

He looks behind himself, where Light and Lucas are sitting at the long table. Lucas is observing something on a laptop, while Light is playing with and petting a black cat.

"So far no one has tried to break in. Which is good! But sometimes we can hear noises outside, like shouting or a loud bang. Sabre thinks it might be Red Steve. It's why he's reluctant to go outside with Lucas and get more supplies from the house. Mainly food, since that's what we have the least of at the moment."

He taps his chin, thinking.

"Hmm... What else? Oh! Lucas has been checking the security footage yesterday. Nightmare was briefly here apparently. But not for long. He only went into the Steve Temple for a few minutes and then left right after. He must have seen Infinity..."

Rainbow shivers, remembering what Infinity looked like. He hugs himself and glances to the side, his smile dropping.

"That must've been rough. Seeing them like this... If I'm correct then Positive and Negative were part of his family."

He rubs his arms.

"Let's just say I know how he feels. I just hope I'll be able to forget that image soon..."

((Lil OOC note: Sadly no art for this one. I'm still in the process of building the backgrounds for most of the drawings. Which is taking a while, and MAN the main bunker room definitely took me a bit. Buuuut, I didn't want to leave you waiting for too long, so I made this post without art for now. ^^

[woahrarepairsagemare]

A STEVE SAGA AU - INTERNET STAR ! ____________________

in this au , different steves get to be internet stars ! they can have huge fanbases that hang onto every word they say ^^ They get halos to represent that they're a star , with a twist ! these halos can have spikes on them . The spikes reference just how much influence a star has over the fanbase ! more spikes equals more influence , the sharper the spikes the more harmful this influence is !

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THE CLASSES -

Fans | Haters | Stars | Celebrities | Managers

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INFO -

FANS -

Fans are the base of all the stars you see ! They do not hold the most power in the ranks but without them , the system would not exist ! They help in boosting the popularity of stars , celebrities , managers , you name it ! They get a set of items that allow them to boost the reputation and popularity of stars , ranging between potions , blades and even sweet treats ^_^ They also have some varieties ! to put it short , there are:

stalker fans- These fans are obsessed with the stars they follow , angering them can result in a career going down hill ! They can change their class to be a hater

normal fans- These fans are , just normal ! Angering them isn't a good decision , but they'll forgive their stars eventually !

hyperfixated fans- These are fans that will love a star's content and create lots of fanart and the likes for them ^^

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HATERS -

haters are the worst ! they will be horrible to any stars that do not please them , they are slightly more powerful that fans in terms of levels and sadly , without them the system would never exist ! they have items with them that help ruin a star's reputation and like fans , they too have a few varieties ^^ This includes:

irrational haters- They are , like I said , the worst . They will do anything they can to make a star's career miserable for no reason ! They will look out for any chance they can to shame a star , even if it had happened years ago and the star has been forgiven for it ~

justified haters-Their hate is actually justified and understandable , so long as they're respectful then they're not too bad ! Just , the star shouldn't be an actual bad person .

critics-I don't think I need to explain , they aren't exactly haters but fall under them .

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STARS

They are internet sensations ! They get to have fanbases ! ... and haters , both of which give them a boost and make them somewhere in the middle of the power rank ^^ Many of them hold halos ! As I mentioned , they have spikes on those halos ^^ Depending on their influence , they can have either many or few spikes ! Depending on how harmful that influence is the spikes can also be very sharp or very dull . A part of their halos have a space without spikes which they can use to hold the halo and transform it into a weapon ! This weapon can be used to harm others ( metaphor for damaging their reputation ) or even kill them ! There are also varieties of stars , namely:

Vloggers-This type of star makes videos of themselves and how they live their life !

Artists- This type of star makes art and the processes behind it , they also give out helpful art tips !

Animators- This type of star makes art , and also animates it !

Musician- This star makes music ! Several genres exist but they all end up under musician !

documentarian- This star makes documentaries !

Gameplayist-This star makes gameplays !

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CELEBRITIES -

They are amongst the best , no seriously , have you seen their fanbase and their base of haters ?! They're huge ! They automatically get really spiky halos with insane sharpness , plus the weapons get extra deadly ! They have the same types as the stars but more extravagant , so I won't dive into that , but they have weapon classes like the stars do !

Whip- Yeouch ! if a celebrity uses this on someone , it immediately kills them and drives them off of the internet ! Easily the deadliest ! It's rare to find one of these !

Gun- Critical ! A quick kill ! The other person's reputation is now over ! It might be slow but it'll be painful , second most powerful in the series ! These are rare as well

Sword- Oh no ! A way to prolong someone's suffering before they eventually leave the internet ? what a monster ! the third most powerful in this series , an uncommon

Grenade-Quite the bomb shell , no ? This is a quick one but it's common , sorry !

A bow- Yeesh ! They won't see that coming ! But they might , cause that's a common , babes !

Oh an a bonus for those celebrities that are more popular than the others , they get their own customized weapons ! awesome , right ?!

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MANAGERS-

Oh boy , they're at the top of the hierarchy ! Jesus cheesus , they can ruin your reputation with a single message , no weapon needed ! But if you happen to be a star or celebrity managed by them , they are all you need . There are no classes or divisions , everyone that's a manager has no face nor any defining features on social media ! Quite the enigma .

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Don't tell me you thought that was it ?

Don't you wanna know the characters ?

then stay on with me won't you , yeah ?

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THE MAIN PROTAGONISTS !

1. Reverse :-

Type and Class: A musician star ! specifically a rockstar !

Halo: Not very sharp ! medium-many spikes

items: A guitar , microphone and a spiked scene-type bracelet

Info: Reverse is a happy go lucky type of star who loves making rock music ! He is friends with Rainbow and Dark and makes music not for his fans , but for himself ! The poor chap normally has some self esteem issues but is always confident when around his friends ^^

Stats:

STRESS: [ 23 / 100 ]

CONFIDENCE: [ 56 / 100 ]

DEADLY ?: NOT LIKELY .

2 . Rainbow :-

Type and Class: Retired . No one is sure of what he used to make for content .

Halo: Since he retired , his halo is invisible , however , it is insanely sharp and the spikes literally cover it completely .

Items: A photo album .

Info: not much is known about him or his content as he has wiped all traces of his existence from the internet and goes by an pseudonym as a fan . How ever , his fanbase is still very active and have made countless archives of him . Rainbow is an apathetic and generally monotone guy but shows emotion when he feels the need to , he is friends with many people , Reverse amongst them . He doesn't seem to struggle but clearly hates attention that is focused on him .

Stats:

STRESS: [ 100 / 100 }

CONFIDENCE: [ N / A }

DEADLY ?: [ N / A ]

THE SIDE CHARACTERS !

1. Sage :-

Class and type: Hyperfixated Fan

Halo: None , he's a fan , what did you expect ?

Items: A green potion bottle , envelope ( fanmail written by him ) and a sharpening blade

Info: Sage is a sweet little guy who loves supporting small streamers ! He shares positive relationships with both Reverse and Rainbow , alongside Sanguine , his best friend ! He can help new streamers or stars by boosting them with his potion , his fanmail and also sharpen the spikes on their halo using his blade ! He is really polite and a big fan of Nightmare ^^

Stas:

SANITY: { 83 / 100 ]

CONFIDENCE: [ 65 / 100 }

DEADLY ? : [ NO . ]

2. Sanguine :-

Class and type: Justified Hater

Halo: Again , none .

Items: A dulling blade , a red potion bottle .

Info: Yeesh ! Sanguine 's hate is unadulterated and heated , for good reasons too ! He may seem rowdy and rough but inside he is the most moral person you'll meet ! He'll show nothing but empathy ! He shares positive relations with Sage . If a star is really .. urgh ! Then he can use his dulling blade to dull their spikes , rendering their influence useless ! The red potion is used to weaken a star's influence !

stats:

SANITY: [ 70 / 100 ]

CONFIDENCE: [ 70 / 100 ]

DEADLY ? : [ YES . ]

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THE MAIN ANTAGONISTS .

oh boy .

1 . Nightmare :-

Class and Type: A Celebrity known for his fashion .

Weapon Class: A whip .

Halo: His halo is literally just spikes , nothing else , also they're sharper than a pencil made of tungsten .

Items: A phone , a cutting blade .

Info: Perhaps one of the most famous celebrities you'll see on the internet ! Beloved of all , and hated by all . He does not have any known relations with anyone . He can use his phone to boost his own reputation , his cutting blade to destroy the halos of stars he hates , and his whip to completely drive them off of the internet . He probably likes ruining a fan's day for fun .

Stats:

STRESS: [ 89 / 100 ]

CONFIDENCE: [ 93 / 100 ]

DEADLY ? : [ VERY ]

2 . Dark :-

Class and Type: A documentarian star .

Halo: Not many spikes , but those spikes that are on it are very sharp .

Items: A folder filled with files and a camera .

Info: As a star that makes really interesting documentaries , Dark is really good at keep track of events on the internet and what not ! He shares a friendship with Reverse and a close platonic bond with Nightmare . He can use his folder to bring up information about any stars or any of the horrible things they've done in the past to add a permanent stain to their reputation . He can use the camera to keep a permanent record of another star's actions as blackmail .

Stats:

STRESS: [ 50 / 100 ]

CONFIDENCE: [ 90 / 100 ]

DEADLY ? : [ MOST LIKELY . ]

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THANKS FOR REAIDNG THIS ENTIRE THREAD !! I SPENT 2 DAYS MAKING THIS ^o^ !!

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more to come soon !

[thebeingmerf]

❤️RoseGold💛

@c0unt1ngth3st4rs feast

[alaritheaurora]

au where after already running and being helpess and realizing this is JUST THE START Sabre decides to go to Nightmare Steve and pledge allegiance to him. "I'll do anything, be anything you want, your ally, friend, servant, just please keep us safe" He gets Lucas on board pretty quick, but Rainbow is much harder to convince, in the end Rainbow goes along, he totally doesn't trust Nightmare Steve, because he's a villain, but Sabre thinks it's a good idea so he'll try it. Sabre becomes bff's with Nightmare Steve and both kind of balance eachother out. Any Steve Sabre rescues becomes a loyal subject of Nightmare Steve, but Sabre has influenced him to not be absolutely terrible. Shadow Steve, Dark Steve and Shadow Sabre are all present during this and are just sat in total confusion as Nightmare Steve has tea with some chicken guy they were trying to murder a day ago.