#definitely...definitely not a less strained version of the dynamic between my two db ocs

[parryperi]

Just passing thoughts as this brainrot continues and I still feel some attachment to the whole "the protagonist you choose is the twin that survived" headcanon.

At least, with Crea/F!Builder, I interpreted it as Bil/M!Builder initially being much better than her at their craft and her feeling envy for it. Thus, once she's in the illusion world and gets put up as this whole heroic builder, she's internally feeling like she's defrauding everyone there. And of course, once she finds out why she's there, believes Bil was supposed to have been the one that was brought to the Isle of Awakening. She had just been doing any request she got because she wanted to be praised (which inevitably leads to the Moonbrooke Incident).

And with Bil in my interpretation telling her he couldn't wait to meet everyone whose lives she changes before he's gone, she feels like she's failing him too.

But of course, at the end of everything, she grows to be more accepting of her work and have her perfectionist complex chip away. She had become so overly optimistic in order to imitate her brother's friendly personality, but it became a natural facet of her. She stops comparing herself to him, and goes on to continue her work.