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I think something that people forget a lot when they write about Rek is that he is nice, not good.

It's an important distinction. Rek is pleasant- he will smile and be friendly and even apologize for killing or trapping a fellow lifestealer.

But he's not morally good- not more pure than his fellow murder-game dwellers. He's not just some sweet innocent guy.

Rek is mischievous at best.

He likes the thrill. He's an Adrenaline chaser. He laughs when he escapes chases and loves finding traps set for him, just to see their faces when he escapes or avoids it all together.

This is not to say that the constant paranoia doesn't make him stressed, but that there's a level to it that he's always had, even before Lifesteal, and it's something he enjoys!

His primary goals lie elsewhere than gathering hearts and being "The Strongest", so yes, he appears less bloodthirsty and ergo less dangerous, less cruel than the other lifestealers. But Rek doesn't balk at death- he just understands that his place in this game is beyond the scrabble for the top position, to be the top dog. He also understands that he is not the prey either, scrambling for survival in a place where everybody wants 20 lives and so someone has to lose them. They can't all be the best, after all. This places him in a unique position compared to many of the others constantly struggling for power. Rek is looking for fun. Not hearts, not blood, not fights, not power or influence- just plain, good old fashioned fun.

Rek understands that lifesteal is a game. Part of that game is people's perceptions of you. Rek is nice, so people hesitate to target him beyond traps, something he can handle. Rek is pleasant, so easy to talk to- so easy to let things slip.

Above all else, Rek is perceptive. And it's not just out of fear.

He's Paranoid, He's Cautious, He's Stressed- But Rek isn't Scared.

He's Curious.

Anyways my long winded rant on my favorite guy ever. There is something deeply wrong with him that I feel is so overlooked in comparison to other lifestealers who are much more open about what is wrong with them (bloodthirsty, power hungry, hunted for sport, etc). People often write him as the moral backbone, the scared, in over his head best friend, or otherwise paralyzed with fear and desperation. Really, I feel like he's having just as much fun with the danger as anyone else. He's just more vocal about the discomfort that comes with near-death experiences, as he doesn't have any weakness he needs to hide for his reputation or safety. He's just silly!!

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TheRealSquiddo joined the game

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I haven’t platonicposted in a while

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a rekrap that likes pancakes… impossible??

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waiting like 8 months was worth it for how cutie patootie the sticklers are i think 🥹

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hyperfixation got me in a chokehold rn

anyways, who up reking they rap rn (ft. clownpierce)

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So I got into lifesteal recently, specifically I started watching rekrap, and there’s something I noticed that’s kinda stuck in my mind

In Reks video where he’s learning to fight, he repeats something that Manepear told him; “if somebody beats you, keep playing them until you can beat them back”

I know Manepear gave him that advice but also, that’s kind of how Rek is with everything if that makes sense

Like in his adventure mode video. He can’t light the portal? Okay, he goes back until he can. Doing that would corrupt all his progress? Travel until the chunks are out of range. Or even his projects on lifesteal! People find the tunnels? Make more! Entrances are too obvious? Upgrade! Over and over again it’s there, whether it’s moving his team’s base, or building intricate machines he’s never tried before and fucking them up, he’s changing things until they work.

It’s something he exhibits in a lot of the videos I’ve watched and I think it’s interesting! Whenever he runs into a problem, he’ll do his damndest to get his goals done anyways, no matter how difficult or convoluted, and I think that’s a character trait in LS!Rek that would be super cool to explore :)

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Hi guys I'm finally on break from school so please give me rekrap art requests or give me your random rek rambles I'll also listen

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Hi guys I'm finally on break from school so please give me rekrap art requests or give me your random rek rambles I'll also listen

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ro is a stray cat no longer after rek and jumper built her a base to live in w them for like, the 5th time this season 🎉🎉🎉

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High school au (inspired by Pangi’s lifesteal high school video)

I love melon duo I wanna explode them 💥

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There's something to be said about how lifestealers like choose two different opposing personality types and combine them to make themselves. But only really lean into one at a time. And when you just look at one you get a full character and it seems impossible that the other could be true and you just wait in this weird limbo where it's like they could go back to being who they are or they could just exist like this forever, and both are true and yet it's not proven to be true until it happens or its over.

could expand about others probably but im mostly just thinking about Clown being a silly little guy and a murder villain and how he is most certainly both and you can't just say he's one or the other.

but rn on the realm he is just a silly little guy. how could he ever be the villain.

and yet as a creator clown is going down this interesting route of being less murder villain, playing nice with people and not taking their dragon egg (that one video from forever ago when this shift started happening) and he embodies this protector role so much more now, making it look like this is all he is.

and yet you still have that evil within that gets let out only when the situation allows for a little chaos and it's appropriate. like the karl 100 player video. doing some silly little trust building to get people to walk into portals just to die to lava on the other side just for fun. just to see if he can.

Or playing nice for the mace and murdering players immediately. He is and always will be both sides together.

Or Pangi being the innocent therapist and the passionate fighter.

Or Spoke being a troller and world ender.

Or Mapicc being honorable while also being the first to exploit/cheat/bend the rules.

Or Zam being defender and mass murderer.

Or Rek being wholesome and an instant betrayer because its lifesteal

Or 4c being pure innocence and the mastermind

Or Jumper being the troller and the betrayer

Maybe it's just simply that they're all capable and very forward about their good and innocent and goofy sides.

But that they are equally fully capable of indulging the evil within. And that evil is such a particular thing that is unique to them that will come out at a particular time.

and they choose when to be either. And they back up the villainy with periods of genuine innocence and whimsy to the point where you forget that they have done anything wrong ever. and it becomes easy to defend their wrongs. at it becomes exciting to wait for them to do something crazy. and it's fun to watch them be silly in the meantime.

they keep up this extremely active tension of "when will this all fall apart"; it's fun to keep watching because at any moment they could return to how they have been.

and yet this is also this active tension of growth, "maybe i don't want to be like that anymore". and who they will become is just as interesting as who they have been. (ok maybe just a little less fun. i miss gayjoker)

constantly held in tension. two extremes. today is today and yet tomorrow has all the potential.

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BALLROOM BLITZ!

I've been so excited for pearl's [redacted] club arena that I started this before she released the episode (I ended up having to rework some things to add etho lol) but it was SO COOL!! The ballroom is one of my favorite builds from her :D

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he’s just a silly guy

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ok fr tho sorry for the long hiatus I was struggling a lot in school and motivation to draw 😔. Rekrap has always been my main motivator to get thru life so I always appreciate his videos

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draw jumper and rekrap and my life. is yours

+ Ro for the sticklerssssss

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I've seen a few people now say that people won't be able to make dramatic winner art/animations out of Joel, and that couldn't be further from the truth

Yes, Joel doesn't take anything seriously. That what makes him terrifying.

Think about it. He's stuck in a death game and he is having fun. When everyone is chasing him down in the finale, he easily uses the teleport power to evade them while barely trying. He can taunt and laugh at them, confident he can't be caught, and he's RIGHT.

Joel feels no fear. He plays the game. He revels in the chaos with a smile on his face. If that is not an epic setup for a villain I don't know what is. It also creates a fun dynamic between him and the other winners. He doesn't care, he can taunt them with memories he's now regained ("Weren't you and Scar friends Grian? How's your soulmate Pearl?") and it throws them off because never has a winner been untouchable like this before. He has no guilt to grapple with, but everyone else does. That gives him innate power over the others

Joel himself is a wildcard. He enjoys the game as much as the watchers. He can adapt to anything, as proven by the series he won in. He has loyalties, sure, but in the end he didn't really care about killing Grian. He thrives when others struggle to survive, and he LOVES chaos.

In conclusion, Joel is the life series equivalent of Bill Cypher. In this essay I will-

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lastest rek’s video was pretty fun to watch