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I think Fauxbot made a friend :)

fun little tidbit, if asked faux would say that ss!rock's form "feels different", probably because of the copy error thing he has. Faux can't copy weapons or anything while in the form of rock/roll/protoman or anyone who copies weapons (and tbh i'm still kinda tweaking how his ability works) but i like to think if Faux touched someone while "wearing" ss!rock he kinda "glitches" a bit before turning back to his default form. (It's hard to describe)

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I return from the dead to give you whiteboard shenanigans Have some Fauxbot messing around with sibling shuffle!blues

Happy halloween - Melody

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I would like to present a similar situation but with an added fun fact about Rock

Rock carries around what he calls 'emergency duct tape', which is normal duct tape he has on hand in case someone (in this example, Roll) gets damaged, so he can hold them together until they get to whoever it is that can help.

My friend actually came up with it while we were joking about how Roll would *technically* get sliced in half multiple times if you count the X timeline. (Which yes, presuming it's a timeline where Rock is fixed by light, he still has the duct tape with him)

End of the events of X1, Roll gets broken in half, and Rock just pulls out the emergency duct tape

"You still have that with you??"

Rock starts duct taping her

"YES"

"... You haven't changed a bit."

Sibling Shuffle: …Have You Ever Seen Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail?

Super rough sketch, but… Spoilers for Megaman & Bass? Except not really? You’ll see I guess lol

(Narrator Voice) He then went to Light Labs for repairs.

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👍

So in sibling shuffle, basically

Roll is Megaman

Blues/Protoman is Roll

Rock is Blues/Protoman

Right?

Thanks so much for the ask, @mariosonicluigipikachu123!

The premise behind Sibling Shuffle is that those characters end up in those roles / positions, while trying to keep their personalities as intact as I possibly can. Basically, it’s a Role swap that I’m trying to keep from being a personality swap. It was partially inspired by the AU @askprotoroll by @teammelodies, and partially by some “Red String” Thinking about other “swap” types of AU’s (for example, Storyshift from the Undertale fandom also partially inspired the premise)

But yes, those are the main “shuffles” in this au!

You can find every piece of art and lore that I have currently on my side-blog (@siblingshuffle), if you’re interested!

Thanks again for the ask!

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Rock: Don't try it!

Roll: Okay, I won't.

Roll leaves

Happy Star Wars day! May the fourth be with you

- Melody

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Sibling Shuffle AU

Piano & Forte (aka “Bass”)!

It struck me while I was conceptualizing this AU that, if Bass was made based on Rock’s plans, then if Roll was the hero, she would probably have a counter that more directly counters herself. However, I didn’t want to gender swap Bass, but I also didn’t want to get rid of him entirely. So, here’s the two of them. I made Piano blonde because I couldn’t think of what other color to make her hair. I would’ve done pink or purple, but I thought that would stand out too much. I used the pink for her eyes, instead.

Lore Below!

Piano was created to counter Roll, but she’s not actually hostile towards her. While she is not compliant to the three laws, she respects Dr. Wily more than Bass does. She is not above sabotaging Wily when he attempts to create robots that are stronger than her, however.

Forte - AKA “Bass” - was created to be a support for her. Unfortunately for Piano, Bass was only interested in researching how to fight. Wily even installed a link between the two - he can, when given access, see through Piano’s eyes - but he STILL is only interested in combat-based research. Treble is their wolf-dog-thing. While Bass claimed ownership of her, she’s technically a support unit for Piano.

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Kinda wanna draw these guys with my guys...

The freckles are adorable on them

I'd love to see more of this AU

- Melody

Sibling Shift Au

Okay, so, here’s my first official thing for the Sibling Shuffle AU: Rock & Roll. In this AU, I basically took their “roles”, kept their personalities as best as I could, and moved them around a bit. Inspirations from Fellow Tumblr-based AUs: Some of Roll’s design is based on @askprotoroll by @teammelodies, and the visor on Rock’s helmet was partially inspired by @miserymet’s Mega Man Manufactured AU. One of the notes references @iveneverplayedmegaman’s Cutman Does His Best.

I couldn’t think of any ways to meaningfully deviate from Rock’s Mega Man design other than to add a scarf. However, I did think it would be hilarious if someone in the role of Blues didn’t know how to whistle.

I need some time to tweak Blues’s design (first it started looking like ProtoRoll!Blues in sunglasses, then I messed with the colors & shapes, and now it looks strange) but I’ll get that out soon-ish

Why I gave them both freckles: based on an ultimately useless HC that all of the Lights have freckles. That’s… literally it.

Lore Below The Cut!

Rock was created after Blues and before Roll, but activated AFTER Roll because there was a programming error that Dr. Light couldn’t seem to figure out. Since Dr. Wily was, at the time, still Light’s friend, he offered to take a look at it. However, he never got around to returning Rock home before turning against Light & his family. Thus, Rock starts out not knowing that he even has a family, other than a strange feeling he gets from time to time.

Roll was created last. She didn’t have the same programming error as Rock, and thus was activated before him. When Wily made his first attempt to take over the world, Blues tried to volunteer, but since he’d managed to convince Dr. Light to not replace his core (and risk erasing his personality) already and the Mega Buster draws power from the core, Dr. Light said he’d definitely have to replace Blues’s core if he were to go. Roll volunteered in his place before he could make that choice.

I gave them a bond based loosely on how I’ve heard "split-spark" bonds in Transforners described. I needed Rock to have something to have planted a seed of doubt in his mind… having a connection with your supposedly-nonexistent sibling aught to do it, yeah?

(Some design notes will be explained as I keep making these sheets)

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I completely forgot archie did this already

- Melody

I just looked at the questions for the blog again and one was about what jobs everyone would have if they didn't have jobs already

And my dumb brain had me thinking cutman would be like "I'd be a barber :D"

CAN YOU IMAGINE CUTMAN GIVING PEOPLE HAIRCUTS

WITH THOSE GIANT SCISSORS OF HIS-

- Melody

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I just looked at the questions for the blog again and one was about what jobs everyone would have if they didn't have jobs already

And my dumb brain had me thinking cutman would be like "I'd be a barber :D"

CAN YOU IMAGINE CUTMAN GIVING PEOPLE HAIRCUTS

WITH THOSE GIANT SCISSORS OF HIS-

- Melody

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ProtoRoll is like if the roomba had a sword, too

why was this in my drafts 😭

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there are so many foLDS WHY

Sorry this took so long! Along with life stuff, I also realized the time in this one changed the lighting a LOT and changed what shade of green her gems were

I would’ve done something with her sword but it didn’t really occur to me lol

Anyway sorry again that it took so long!

@askprotoroll by @teammelodies

Ok here’s the ramble: it didn’t occur to me until it was too late that the darkness would change the shades of green. I changed the scarf and gems multiple times 😂

I also gave her Archie Roll’s eyes because I forgot to reference a dreamwave image for Roll lol Also, I have one more WIP for this au. And a couple random thoughts I might draw (so, spoilers for Megaman X AND the Zero series below!)

Remember how Blues Y is “the Axl” of the Proto!Roll X Series? Remember how Axl apparently has hecking amnesia? …You know what would be messed up?

I know @teammelodies said that he was likely reprogrammed, but what does that look like? Having your worldview flipped on its head so your heroes look like villains a la Cutman Does His Best (@iveneverplayedmegaman) (check them out, they’re great)? Is it like your personality is intact but you can’t stop yourself from following orders? Or, is it like amnesia (like Axl)?

another messed up thought: remember the premise of the Zero series? Though Roll would look pretty snazzy in that jacket thing Zero wears in that series—

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When you accidentally put a FNAF post on a Mega Man ask blog

Caption this image, Wrong answers only.

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Haven't read Diamond in the Rough yet buuut-

Wouldn't it be so funny if Bass and RollSwap!Proto ended up as friends (or at least proto tries to be friends with Bass)

I mean, the friendship will probably end as soon as Rock/Mega man gets involved.

Also, imagine if RollSwap!Proto uses the name "Blues" when going out casually stuff because "Proto" is more than likely gonna have people asking questions or something? IDK, I might just have that be a thing with the RS!ProtoRoll AU whenever I decide to get to that.

- Melody

"My name is Bass—Bass like the guitar, not the fish." "I'm Roll—Roll like 'Rock and Roll', not the bread," Roll quipped back, suppressing a laugh.

First Meeting (From Diamond in the Rough, Part 2)

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If I may...

Please enjoy this Proto!Roll AU incorrect quote 'comic'

- Melody

Proto Man: The salary of a clown is 51,000 dollars.

Proto Man, gesturing to Bass and Mega Man fighting: And yet these idiots do it daily, and for free!

Proto Man: Bass, we need that!

Bass, holding Mega Man over a trash can: Nope.

Proto Man: Gimme it—

Bass: It’s garbage.

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Yo sup guys! So you ALL get maintenance at the same time? Is that, like… he goes by series or something?

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