#Abstracted Identity

[galactic-knightmare]

Well this doesn't look like a healthy AI...

its the redesign of my boi! my son who goes through the horrors and comes out traumatized! =D (the old design is here btw)

but yee, heres the new design! not much has changed, though I think he does look a lot more polished now lmao. Eye placement I feel has gotten a lot better, and I do like the added Virus bit with the butterfly wings. Chromatic abberation should still be applied to him, but since this is a ref I decided not to so I (and ya'll) can see him easier lmao. But yeah it was mosstly just touch ups ngl. I think they were pretty necessary though.

[spark-hearts2]

This is going to be incomprehensible to the wider TADC community.

Anyways, multiple Caine hangout/sleepover!

Wonder what they are talking about in this one. (yes, Abstracted Identity!Caine got longer every panel I could not control him)

You can read all the fanfictions that these goobers are from!

Caine one; Caine two; Caine three

@galactic-knightmare @the-spam-specialist your funny little guys are here

[the-spam-specialist]

Would y'all stOP TRYING TO PET MY ABSTRACTED CAINE

YOU WILL NOT SURVIVE

Go pet Abstracted Identity's Abstracted Caine instead, he's the friendly one

[amadinan]

I thought and thought and decided, why not?

A short animation based on my favorite TADC fic: Abstracted identity. Thank you, @galactic-knightmare!

P.S: Caine turned out a little sad :D

[mysteryninjasweaterdork]

so, uh, hi @galactic-knightmare

Abstracted Identity has been overtaking my thoughts and this scene has been rotating in my mind ever since I read it

I went into an animated fevered state and made this in all one go lol, and as a first 'finished' rough draft animation I think it came out alright

I wanted to get this posted before the next chapter because I feel something big is going to happen and I know this isn't canon to how it will go down this is just my silly little thought

I hope you enjoy this little animation thing I love your AU, art, and fic! :)

(p.s. have this bonus thumbnail from when this was going to be uploaded to youtube because I didn't know I could upload straight to tumblr lol, hiding it because this is getting long)

my poor boy is really going through it

[17-noodlebird]

This audio is, I fear, Abstracted Identity-coded

for @galactic-knightmare

i.e. Kinger and Caine having a father-son bond about making mistakes

[gogobluedynamite]

Spoilers for fics Abstracted Identity by @galactic-knightmare and Hollow Words by @the-spam-specialist

(Go read those fics if you haven't. Why haven't you yet? Go read them. Now. They are really good.)

One of things I love about both of these stories is the different tones of Caine's Abstraction.

With both, the transformation was absolutely gut wrenching before, tonely, shifting.

In Abstracted Identity, the tone after Caine Abstracts is quiet and somber.

In Hollow Words (quite recently as of this post), it's loud and volatile.

Both are equally powerful in their own right. Kudos to both Knight and Spam!

This has actually sparked a new Caine-related headcanon for me. I'll type it out on a different post cuz this one is for praising two glorious Caine-centric fics.

[modgirlyreposts-revamped]

Made this cuz to me "Headlock" is a very AI!Caine-coded song

Abstracted Identity and all art used by @galactic-knightmare

[miamaimania]

"Blue & Gold Series" ~ The Face Magazine (1985) by Rotimi Fani-Kayode ⌘ Blue-painted figures dissolve into metallic light

[sainteclectic]

extremely messy charts of how I see divinity/holiness in cccc

whole is a human being who is a "god", but in the way that god is seen as above or "more" than humanity. like how an intact vase is more complete and less flawed than a broken shard of a vase. do you see my vision.

[galactic-knightmare]

Chap 22 of Abstracted Identity is OUT!

Also links are still broken dammit

Anyway, lookit here! the last art piece to be made on this computer. the new one is being made later todayyy

[spark-hearts2]

BAM! Take these Caine drawings I have been saving up! Close ups under cut.

@galactic-knightmare @the-spam-specialist I think all of our Caine’s would be friends :)

Text: did chatGPT write this? I’ll kill you

3 fingers? (For human Caine design)

Blanket Caine lmao

[the-spam-specialist]

*reading Abstracted Identity Chapter 22* Man, Knightmare's Kinger and Caine sure are going through a hard time.

*looks at my Kinger and Caine*

Not that you two are safe. Far from it, actually.

[17-noodlebird]

...I have finished reading Chapter 19 of Abstracted Identity by @galactic-knightmare... & all I got from this was a lousy T-shirt.

Good Lord. What a read. I... Uh...

Oh wow.

...oh wow.

...*sigh*.

I'm gonna need 4 business days to recover.

Thanks for stabbing me in the heart three times, twisting that same knife, and then applying salt and lemon juice to it.

I'm not okay, Artemis. I'm not okay at all. 🥲

Excuse me while I recover from the heavy boatload of angst.

Thank you for the read.

[modgirlyreposts-revamped]

Making other Caines in Gacha Club pt. 2

Next up is Caine from the fic "Abstracted Identity"!

The fic that got me fully involved in the Caine angst portion of the fandom, with also the most fascinating twist on Caine abstracting to me

Used the face accessories to add his fangs and the abstraction tendrils on the second one, as well as using darker colors for his clothes, and editing the pupils slightly to give him his red pupils

Also had to add his bells of course, that's like the thing everyone knows him for lmao-

Is this also a safe space to admit that I genuinely teared up at the end of chapter 19 specifically Caine's final thoughts-

Abstracted Identity and AI!Caine belong to @galactic-knightmare

[yoroshiu]

Isn't it funny that most of the games in Kingdom Hearts end in tragedies, or very bittersweetly, AT BEST. And even the handful that are technically happy endings have the underlying pressure of the upcoming battle, so nothing is ever truly "outright happy."