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This is still one of my favorite Aus (apart from Dynaswap, Strayz, Gorillaz Next Gen, etc.) What really drew me in was the fact you decided to swap side characters like Hannibal, Del, etc instead of the main band characters which I found unique because I haven't seen anyone do that before lol. I can't wait to see where this Au goes!

Thank you so much! I had always liked the idea of some of the side characters having their own little band, and it slowly morphed into having an entire alternate timeline that mimics the original band, but with different characters.

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absolutely adore this! thank you for the fanart!! :D

lucifira faustus!!

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reminding you guys that my ask box is open. i have a lot of ideas bouncing around in my head but i don't know what to post so some mail would help.

also would you guys wanna see a rejectz acct on any other social media like Twitter? lmk.

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The final of the band refs, we have synth-hop king himself, Delmer Theodore Francis Hommes.

Born in New York City, Del knew early on he wasn't like other boys his age. He could see spirits, hear voices from beyond the pale, and had visions of a future where he'd lose what mattered most to him and end up playing in the biggest band in England. He took antipsychotics by the bucketload, but no amount of pills can chase away the dead.

As he began seeing visions that his best friend Russel was going to die, he took every possible measure to protect him. He knew Russ was on death's list -- Final Destination style, but like, way before that movie came out. In the end, a massive apartment fire took Russel out, as well as every other resident of the building he lived in -- and all of their wandering spirits wandered right into Del's body. Bam! Bam! Woosh! Bam!

He'd wind up in England, and eventually replaced the cheating bastard Stu-Pot as Rejectz' keyboardist. Del is really good at pretending he's the most normal member of the band, believing himself the glue that holds the weak facade together. Without him, the whole thing could fall apart -- and he may very well be right. This is a lot of pressure to put on a guy who suffers barely-comprehensible visions of the future and sees spirits on the regular, but he's surrounded by a bunch of narcissists who'd never bother to concern themselves with him, so nobody suspects that he's cracking up on the inside.

Well, except Russel, who still lives in his brain. And Lucy. Who's a robot. Plus those paintings of his couldn't possibly be made by a well man.

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Continuing with the refs, here's Hannibal Niccals.

Big sister turned big brother of Murdoc and possible legal guardian of Lucy, Hannibal has spent the vast majority of his life being beaten, abused, and generally treated like dogwater. He joined the band to account for his robot foster child freak creature injuring a woman.

In his youth, he played wrong with a ouija board, and it caused a sort of demonic tumor to form in his brain. Some say it helps with his frankly impeccable drumming skills, but has also resulted in him suffering from regular seizures. This plus his rampant paranoia has resulted in him becoming a bit of a recluse, and, to be quite blunt, a total prick. He's antisocial and sees most interactions as transactional, so he doesn't really date or make friends.

He channels most of his middle-aged angst into taxidermy art projects, watching porn and doing drugs. Also sometimes his nose just bleeds randomly... Don't worry about it. Paula also likes to sock him in the head because he screwed her boyfriend -- but he's straight! Really!

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Finally back with another character ref. Here with the other co-founder, Lucy M. Faustus.

On a particularly cold and foggy night in the bowels of Stoke-on-Trent, a fledgling antichrist was summoned into the body of a trashed Japanese robotic super-soldier by the Satanist and perceived future rockstar Murdoc Alphonse Niccals. They were dubbed Lucifira Murdnik Faustus. For a few years they'd play with Murdoc's Burning Sensations before getting booted out for a concert incident and subsequently stealing the hellish instrument El Diablo. A quite literal run-in with Paula Cracker would result in the founding of Rejectz, with them on bass.

Being half-machine and half-demon, Lucy struggles with human concepts like empathy or emotions. Though they are capable of experiencing feelings, wants, likes and dislikes, they are also really kind of grossed out by that fact and try to avoid it as much as possible. They're far more comfortable in their role of servitude, and spend a lot of time at war with the call of their demon soul.

When Lucy isn't getting punched in the head by Paula like a computer that won't work, they're often staring into space or people-watching. They generally keep their feelings (complex things that they are) at arm's length.

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I made a Rejectz AO3 so now I don't have to put everything on Google Docs. B)

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trying to think of more lore to dump since ive been too busy to do more art. if theres any stuff you wanna know as long as it's phase 1 friendly then ask away.

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Here's -- more or less -- what happened that fateful day. August 15th, 1997. D-Day.

This isn't the version I'm gonna use in the eventual Rise of the Ogre stand-in, but it's a basic and dramatic description of Rejectz' true founding. Paula, meet metal.

Expect more character refs soon.

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Random question, but was Lucy built with a cd player, or does she have a cd player in general

So they weren't ORIGINALLY built with a CD player but Del installed one in them so he could listen to MF DOOM anytime, anywhere.

They also can use their speaker to connect to the Hip-Hop Machine and play beats they download off of it, which is helpful because the Hip-Hop Machine is big and unwieldy and hard to bring on tour.

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yall im so sorry i did not mean to reblog a Metalocalypse meme here

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hey paula, what's the b stand for?

BADASS.

No, it's short for Brianna. Her full name is Paula Brianna Cracker.

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First of our character refs. An Eastbourne classic -- meet Paula Cracker.

Born and raised in relatively standard conditions, Paula's life was changed forever when she was in a massive car accident that was more or less entirely her fault. She claims she was Phineas Gage'd, but really she's always been kind of a raging bitch.

When she's not off buying shoes and doing other bog-standard girl things, Paula can usually be seen starting fistfights outside of the local pub or gazing at the massive wall she's dedicated to pictures of her ex-boyfriend. Aside from that she's mostly known for relentlessly bullying bandmates Lucifira and Hannibal -- the former put her eye out and the latter fucked her ex.

Nothing if not vindictive, Paula only makes up for this by being a skilled guitarist and shockingly gifted songwriter, making her sort of the David Lee Roth of Rejectz -- a big personality with a foul disposition. And they can't even kick her out this time, because it's HER BAND.

Stay tuned for the other four.

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This Is a Question for Paula 🥺 (Please her heart)

What was it like when you found out Stuart Cheated on you? And who was it with??

Stu likes to think he was justified in his actions. His lovergirl just wasn't the same after the car accident and, well, Hannibal was a fine-looking bloke.

Paula didn't see it that way, and has been beating Hannibal senseless ever since.

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DEL !! im your biggest fan.... idk what to say but im just your #1 fan..

he's extremely flattered.

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What has Hannibal Niccals been doing

For the band? He sings. He also plays the drums.

Just in general? A lot of conspiracy theory junk. He's really into stuff about aliens and watches a lot of sci-fi movies as well as extreme horror. Aside from that, he has a penchant for taxidermy, something he actually learned from Del's ghost pal Russel. A lot of really morbid and weird interests that he can do from the comfort of his bedroom.

Also he watches a lot of hentai on VHS.

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"A head-on collision" WHAT HAPPENED??Who was at fault?

So I wrote it all down on a google doc but the short version is that Paula was short on money and decided to ramraid Norm's Organ Emporium, where Lucy was working at the time. She drove through the window and, via a combination of super-soldier strength and demon magic, Lucy braced their arms out and caused the front of the car to crunch in on itself, protecting the civilians within. They were damaged enough to basically alter their nerve wiring, meaning they could now feel pain, like, a lot of it, but this wasn't as bad as Paula, whose eyeball had been run through by the middle part of the steering wheel.

It's a lot more convenient to scapegoat a robot, and Paula's then-boyfriend intended to press charges on her behalf, so Norm's threw Lucy under the bus and they were sentenced to community service in the form of looking after the now catatonic Paula. During this time they made money doing various odd jobs and also literally forcing Stu-Pot to pay for the privilege of seeing his girlfriend. Over time they slowly jacked up the price, but Stu got wise to this and a fight broke out in the flat that resulted in all three of them getting severely electrocuted. The high voltage woke Paula up, and the rest is history.