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Redecorate by Twenty One Pilots is, I think, kind of an overall theme song for Hearts of Giants. (At least in the current continuity we're thinking of it in.) Instead of the implied fear being about death, however, it's being seen as a monster (literal or metaphorical). The last time, with the chorus being sung twice, is Hearts begging [the evil scientist guy i swear we'll figure out details eventually] to stand down. They really, really don't want to kill. But they know some of them will--and that's what ends up happening.

And so that last repetition is, first, Hearts begging ("I don't want to go like this / At least let me clean my room"), then shooting ("I don't want to leave like this"), the shot landing, ("'Cause the last thing I want to do is"), realizing what they've done ("Make my people make decisions"), and coping with the immediate aftermath ("Wondering what to do, oh / Should they keep it on display / Or redecorate?"). The plots of evil aliens can't be foiled by just killing one dude.

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girl what the hell were you thinking. those two characters are already OCs that are based on canon characters that's literally their entire premise

we've done it again, boys (daydreamed about a fictional character so much they entered the viable oc zone)

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we've done it again, boys (daydreamed about a fictional character so much they entered the viable oc zone)

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canon (first) vs oc-ified (second), azure edition

you can't see it (picrew didn't have the option), but azure has her hair in a bun

(picrew link)

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A Sky Full of Stars - Masterpost

This has so much going on in it. There's two major-major plotlines, and then a bunch of smaller ones.

The thematic gist of this (and Shattered Skies as a whole) is hope. It's trying anyways even when everything seems pointless. It's continuing onward even what it's really hard. Stars are heavily tied with hope in Shattered Skies, and so this is a story about finding hope in otherwise dark and dreadful situations.

From a meta perspective: This is dubiously a paracosm. We do daydream about it sometimes (we have a playlist it's kinda inevitable lol), but it's not currently in the 'default daydreams' folder, if that makes sense. It's mostly here because we want to talk about it without providing any context.

Due to pronoun and gender worldbuilding being incomplete and complicated, please assume all characters use all pronouns unless explicitly stated otherwise. Also, all story names very, very WIP.

Links: Full Cast List (TBA)

TBN Gang - Five people going on a quest to find not-so-ancient powerful artifacts to save their dimension from invasion and dealing with their various issues along the way.

Main Charas: Rain (tag link), Stella (TBA), TBN (TBA), Reeds (tag link), Adam (tag link)

Dusk and Her Whole Deal - Local woman gets thrown into another dimension, finds out he's a long-lost princess, gets swept up in politics, maybe dies, gets possessed by a magical artifact, and starts a rebellion, not necessarily in that order.

Main Charas: Dusk (tag link) [need to figure out her real name], TBA

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fun fact about customs: out of the dead end kids, he's the shortest in his human form and the tallest in his mech form

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damnit i forgot dusk isn't technically his actual name. still need to come up with an actual name. which probably involves coming up with a naming system.

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maladaptive/immersive daydreaming ask game! (*¯︶¯*).｡o○O☁️

send in a number (or multiple) and if you feel like it, an accompanying paracosm/para!

(apologies for how wordy these are. i am not a man known for my brevity)

reblog and have fun with these! (and if you reblog this or send me an ask, i'll send you one too)

how long have you been daydreaming for? (bonus if you can remember: what was your first daydream scenario/paracosm?)

if your paracosm had a popular fandom, what do you think it'd be like?

do you have any paracosms that aren't huge, but that you fall back on when The Time Is Right™️?

WOULD YOU RATHER: have your daydreams projected onto a screen attached to your head at all times OR be entirely unable to daydream ever again for the rest of your life?

what para of yours is most like you? self inserts and paraselves don't count!

how did you come up with your paras' names? did they come to you randomly or did you spend hours researching name websites?

imagine your paras have at least a basic knowledge of driving (or even just like, cars). can they parallel park? (bonus points if you explain it like in this post)

do you do extensive worldbuilding for your paracosms? if you do, what are some of your favorite elements?

if your paras found out you were their creator, how would they react?

if you have a self insert/paraself, how similar are they to you?

is there any time of the day where you can't/don't daydream?

are your daydreams linear and structured, or do you jump all over the place?

what's a song you've been daydreaming to lately, and what's your favorite moment in said daydream?

do your paras age with you, or are their ages static? does it feel weird to be older than a para you were previously the same age as?

if you had the opportunity to leave this world and live in your paracosm forever, would you? why or why not?

(if you have multiple) which paracosm of yours is most grounded in reality? which is most fantastical?

make one of those "[blank] spoilers without context" memes for your paracosms. then explain it (or don't :))

who is your second favorite para, and why aren't they your favorite?

what would your paras' typing styles be like? do they use lots of emojis? sign off each text like a letter? type with lots of weird spaces and ellipses?

do you move a lot when daydreaming, and if so, in what ways?

have you ever wanted to make a piece of media of your paracosm (comic, animation, visual novel, novel, tv show, etc.)? what are elements that would be apart of it?

when you actively want to start daydreaming, what is your mind's process? do you tune back in like it's a tv show? flip through imaginary files? let it come naturally?

do you ever daydream about yourself (not a self insert, just you)?

do you have any two paras that are polar opposites to one another? (they don't even have to exist in the same universe, just in general)

what para would you absolutely hate in real life?

FREEBIE! drop some long-winded lore or some memes or whatever you want ^▽^

when you experience a daydream block or crash, what are things you do to try and fix it? (or ways you cope. lmao i get it)

for fictparacosms, do your daydreams affect how you perceive the media and/or the fandom?

if you ever write down things about your daydreams (truly anything at all — notes, dialogues, descriptions, etc), share a random snippet with no context.

if your paras had madd/daydreamed immersively, what would they daydream about?

for any pairings (romantic, platonic, familial, whatever), what is the dynamic between your paras like?

if you could make a bingo of common elements of your daydreams (paracosm-specific or not), what would be on some of the squares?

if you have tried to make your paras in character makers (picrew, meiker, etc), what is an aspect of your para that these makers never/rarely have?

are your daydreams clear in your mind's eye?

if you have multiple paracosms, what would it be like if they had a crossover?

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i just realized something sad

Post-getting-zombie'd-and-subsequently-cured, Rain only remembers the traumatic things that happened to her before that whole shebang (because of complicated worldbuilding stuff).

So she doesn't remember Dusk or [other survivor we still have to name], even though she meets both of them again later. For [other survivor], this is pretty devastating, because, y'know, only other person who survived a village getting overrun by undead and wiped out and they don't even remember it.

For Dusk, though, it's a bit more complicated. We're still debating whether he loses memories due to as-yet-unexplained-Star-stuff, but assuming he keeps his memories... well, the only things Rain remembers of him are traumatic incidents she never processed before she died. So she has memories of him, and the emotions tied with them and all, but no other context. Dusk also gets caught up in complicated politics stuff, so he's not exactly in a position to deal with people he may or may not remember.

So... yeah. Rain remembers someone who used to mean so much to her solely though awful memories, and that someone might not remember her at all. And she doesn't remember someone who does remember her--someone who maybe never really knew her, but still cares.

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everyone pour one out for gamma. he puts so much effort into healing from childhood trauma and working to experience emotions again and then he gets thrown into a really shitty situation and falls back on disassociating hard from emotions as a coping mechanism. he tries so hard and then gets fucked over anyways and he doesn't deserve that

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deedee is such a fun character. So Done and Tired but in a way that means doing stupid stuff like writing the worst fanfiction of their boss is entirely within plausibility

tbh most of their character is, i think, like that. they've had a lot of responsibility from a young age, so when they get a chance to go stupid and/or crazy, they do. they're responsible, they're just unafraid of going to extremes to fulfill that responsbility

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Masterlist

Sandbox (tag link) - Self-indulgent, continuity-what-continuity storylines, typically centering around whatever the current main interest is.

Hearts of Giants (tag link) - Transformers, plural OC-centric, said OC have a paracosm of their own

Shattered Skies (tag link) - Initially based off of Fractures & War of the Ender Kingdoms by Rainimator on Youtube, but it’s since grown into its own thing. Divided into three eras, major theme is hope.

A Sky Full of Stars (tag link, masterpost link) - Five people try to save their dimension from invasion while navigating their own issues; a long-lost princess deals with being thrust into politics, untreated mental illness, and imperialism; and other stories set between the cracking of the world's foundations and the arrival of a malicious extradimensional being.

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"how's it goin" the paracosm has a paracosm with a fantasy AU

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"guy who hates the other guy x guy who does not see the other guy as a threat at all" but instead of hero x villain its two allies

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having fantaparas sure is an experience. like yep, this is my special little guy who runs around in my head, and yes he used to be this other guy, but he's grown apart since then. unfortunately you can still tell where we got him so we're not letting him free range just yet