#ASDIB

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hmm

how about harley aka helly

ASDIB!Helly/Harley Robinson headcanons! (TW: bullying)

(and also, ASDIBAU refers to the AU as a whole, and ASDIB refers to the in-universe show)

•A rare case of my AU Helly NOT having—to some extent—an ability to see things he shouldn't like the 4th wall. Works for me as it would make the narrative shenanigans of ASDIB even worse and more of a headache if he did (it already was one with Modfall, as the Narrator there is his own character). Also a rare case of a straight Helly, although his general awkwardness over his one-sided flirt schemes (one-sided as in he doesn't take reciprocation well) and gender expression shows.

•I forgot to mention this but Mr. Robinson is in his late-30s at the 'main' events of ASDIBAU, while Harley is in his early teens. That means he lost his parents way too early in his life 🥲 (not the worst Helly backstory tho. The MD one had [REDACTED] his parents).

And said loss happened at the same time Robinson got the Trauma™.

But due to the connected and misfortunate series of events, Harley and Robinson got along like bread and butter, although not as stable without them.

•Local helicopter enthusiasist and loves the feeling of the wind going against his body! He's a natural adventurer and gets himself into trouble (nature or social). However, he is not yet used to patching himself up because he was used with his late parents doing it for little young him.

•His favorite cereal is Fruit Loops while he surprisingly likes a little bit of matcha. The matcha part comes from when his late mother lets him have a taste of "adult ice cream".

•Regular customer of the local toy store, always getting things from it and either tries to tinker with the toys he bought or just play with it as it is. Also the local sunshine boy and the light in Robinson's life (note the fact that Robinson is just Poli + Unsolved Depression, and it will get worse), making modified vehicles that can play songs.

•Doesn't go to school anymore because he is the one bullies always pick on. From his wardrobe choices, hair length, and even just his general personality, Harley ended up feeling despised amongst his peers, and is going thru an oddly optimistic 'emo' phase that goes "no one understands me and if they do meet me near the trees! :)"

In short, he has Trust Issues™, something surprisingly many Hellys lack.

•He doesn't like Narrator at first, especially as the later came off as controlling to his trapped uncle. But whenever he is both resting from collecting things around the attic and at the same time the tapes have its intermissions (which is night for Broomstown as the show takes place at daytime), Harley started to 'talk' (via poor Morse) to Narrator. Getting under the latter's persona was surprisingly an achievement, and due to the things Harley finds in the attic and what Narrator tells him about himself, Harley is a bit aware that:

Narrator lost someone thru unfair fates and tragedies, using the semi-digital microworld of ASDIB as an escape, the only thing he knew of the real world,

And...there is certainly a connection between his late mother's letters, Robinson's nightmares, and the way Narrator presents his semihuman form to Robinson.

"Were you just a living program, Narrator?"

"Of course, my little lily. I'm...part of a set of experiments my company did where instead of hiring a voice actor...they made me alive instead."

"That was oddly specific. But why are you so open about this, 'Narra—'"

". …- . -. / .. / …. .- …- . / -. --- / ..-. ..- -.-. -.- .. -. --. / -.-. .-.. ..- . / .-- …. .- - / .- -- / .. -.-.-- / … - --- .--. / .- … -.- .. -. --. -.-.--"

"😐 Alright..."

Harley sat down the creaking attic floorboard as he puts together a picture frame of the main voice cast of this old cartoon, and his eyebrows narrowed at the cast, especially with the crack line conveniently going between to men: likely the real voice actor for Poli, and another, unknown person.

Well, it's 'unknown' in the sense that this man doesn't seemed to be credited in any credits, but it made the brunette curious regarding that one redacted area in the credits where any sorts of a VA for the Narrator stood.

What's worse is that this...man...

Resembles his semi human form.

Meanwhile, another person deep inside Broomstown lifted up her pen. This might be too early for her to invoke him to be more open to not just the kid of the man he trapped inside, but if she is too slow with this...

Nobody will win this game.

Nobody will be saved, physically or emotionally.

The story must go on, even if it repeats over and over.

And over

And over

And over

And over.

()Will you sing in grief for a lost soul whom you loved and was unable to express such intricate emotions to, even after death?

I don't think so, at least I can't. I would rather wish this world to end already. I'm too tired, I'm too tired. I just want it to end already. I'm too tired seeing this echo of a show struggling to exist. Why can't I euthanize it with words of farewell and ending the end? Is there really a planned end for this show? Have I been running around in circles?

Am I a fool for thinking that my suffering is undeserving? I didn't want to be in this role, I never wanted to. But the power of actions overpower the power of words, and something is wrong about each and every action he takes, we take, everyone takes.

If only I let go all those years ago, then I wouldn't have to bear seeing the echo if his face again...but a part of me longed to be with him again...

One way or another.

And I won't let her get in the way again.

Maybe the boy in green has a point: I was running around in circles. But what I did has no reversal; it never have in the first place. I don't even understood what it was that I can do, and to think I have it all is quite pathetic of myself.

All I did was ending up making psyches rot inside this glitched little show!

So...

Can I sing a song of grief, for my love that have no one to feel?

No; I do not deserve affection.

I never did.()

<>Please...let go of me.<>

[pingnova]

*lays down slowly and stares at the wall*

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any headcanons about

uhh

poli in "a sunny day in broomstown" bcuz it seems interesting, and I need motivation to finish my pending drafts 😞)

ASDIB!Poli aka Mr. Robinson headcanons! (Mix of Funcanons™, Lorecanons™, and THEFUCKcanons™)

•Most (if not all) of my Human Poli's had been retired as a legitimate police officer, and were mostly deputies of their respective towns (if they have a concept of deputy).

Robinson, however, has the shortest span of duty, being just 4 years! This is due to a raid incident where one thing went wrong and...well...

Bodies scatter outside of an exploded building.

•Robinson once liked mysteries and ghosts and had once formed a Scooby Doo-esque team and fucked around with abandoned houses and forests. In that sweet sliver of puberty, he found the tapes of a cancelled 70s show called "A Sunny Day In Broomstown" and took it with him. He quickly lost interest at watching it until years later.

•Has a MASSIVE collection of newspaper, and for some odd reason, it's newspapers from the 70s to the 90s...

•Still afraid of bugs, and always have a bug swatter under his matresses. He even bought an electric one some time ago, although he was unable to utilize it anymore since him getting trapped happened a few weeks after.

And speaking of fears, he is oddly afraid of fires and getting burned, so much so that he owns 3 pairs of mittens he always wore like layers.

•Even when he was stuck inside the tapes, Robinson/"Poli" (like some AUs that is not his real name) still has back pain and nearsightedness :)

The Narrator has no idea how to 'fix' it, and last time he tried doing so, it just made Robinson further hate him.

Speaking of him, Robinson loathes the intangible voice narrating the tapes containing the show (of the same name as the AU). By far, this AU has the worst Polroy variation to ever exist, since those two hate each other, despite Narrator trapping Robinson because he is lonely, and Robinson just being blunt in general.

•Robinson had basically adopted ASDIB!Helly/Harley Robinson when the latter's parents died mysteriously, which includes Robinson's half-sister. Robinson and Harley have been extremely close nowadays...especially as they are the only one left with each other.

•Robinson plays the guitar and had played it to comfort Harley. And the Narrator giving him a guitar is the only thing Robinson had genuinely liked about him so far....but he can't tell him that he is constantly listening to the oddly nostalgic songs and his voice

•Has quick intuition but poor sense of awareness regarding the state of reality. Not in the way he was ignorant of worldwide issues, but rather he isn't aware when people are not acting like they usually/should be. This has been weaponized against him by Writer so that he won't notice that EVERYONE ELSE IN BROOMSTOWN FELT LIKE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR SOULS.

•Is in constant denial of his homosexual feelings

•Sometimes have weird dreams of being with someone male and everything about that type of dream feels blurry and then extremely painful like WHYAMIBURNINGWHYAMIBURNING—

•Has the "Most Depressed Poli Award" out of all Poli's and is basically Canon Poli if given depression and emotional issues

•Will ALWAYS win an argument, even with an intangible voice that is likely omniscient in just his own field.

And just so you know: everything ever mentioned have meaning or will soon gain it. Nothing listed points to dead ends, as there is no such thing as dead ends in ASDIB: just further clues of clues.

"Have a sunny day! God, this is annoying...."

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If you guys didn't know, ASDIBAU ("ASDIB" will be referred to the in-universe cartoon, ala-70's to 80's, and the one with "AU" refers to this universe) is an RCP AU where a few details are present:

All of Broomstown besides the Rescue Team (specifically the RTs' counterparts) are part of a cartoon show with some sort of plot beats like Mr. Roger's Neighborhood or smth, but is overall a mix of Amanda the Adventurer (missing people and someone in the shows' tapes; also involves the outside world), The Stanley Parable (Narrator shenanigans in ASDIB and things being derailed when the wrong actions are taken), and a bit of TADC (forgetting names and trapping thingy) and likely Welcome Home? But mostly ATA and TSP. Might add Andy's Apple Farm elements but ehh—

If this ever becomes a fic, it will be ASDIBAU!Helly's POV, aka Harley Robinson. Follow him as he tries to get his uncle (Mr. Robinson) out of the tapes the former shouldn't had tried opening, resulting in the ASDIB's Narrator finding someone fit to play the role of the host, "Poli". However, everybody plays by improv to finish the ending of the last episode and it "()never goes right!()"

However, newspapers detailing cases of incidents about ASDIB's production's working conditions, Narrator's treatment towards Mr. Robinson—now having to take on the alias of the role he was forced in—once you view it under his controlling attitude, the unusual codes around the attic and the ones flashing on the antique TVs, the details behind Harley's blocked memories of his parents' deaths, and what his mother's last words are.

@"Find the tapes, end its fate

The only way, to stop his rage

Broken bonds, from his tomb

Dont let time, tick like a bomb

May I cast, the story's last...

...So her demise will suffice."@

(Implied Royber (past), Polroy (eventually, once they are done being mad at each other), Harley/Shenanigans, and Poli/Coffee)

:)