#megalodonanswers

[i-am-megalodonna]

Since Dexter didn't go completely bonkers in your au, does he end up running into Bob at some point

That is something I've very much considered. I haven't quite figured out how that would go, but it would be fun if that were his moment of realizing that he doesn't like these kids but he doesn't really want to see them get murdered by a serial killer either. Also hey free excuse to stab someone and not feel immense guilt.

Skid and Pump only see Bob at the very end, so maybe Dexter notices Bob following them and tries to suggest that mayyybe should go home right exactly now, but they wouldn't listen.

Who would win: one cannibal serial killer or one possessed doll desperate to retain the tiny bit of stability he has in his cursed life.

[i-am-megalodonna]

Omg I didnt know you like dsaf :0 Who's your favourite phone guy?

Steven. The classic. The og. Just look at him.

I can't tell if I want to be with him or I want to be him.

[i-am-megalodonna]

Smth I think is funny about Borrowed Time is that Dexter is looking for ways to revive his body, yet unknown to him his body is still technically alive because Moloch is possessing it, so he'd need an exorcist and not a necromancer

Yeah getting Dexter back into his body is a whole mess that I haven't figured out at all, which is funny because it's the logical end point of the story. Then again, I hate writing endings.

From what I know of the lore his body is alive, in some aspects, but it's so fucked up by Moloch that it can hardly be called a human body anymore. If it gets exorcised maybe it'd go back to normal, but it also might not. The question of whether or not his body is even viable for repossession is just all over the place and I need to make a flowchart. Give me like twenty minutes I'll get back to you on that one.

But yeah, he's kind of trying to cast as wide a net as possible in his research because he really doesn't have the foggiest clue what's going on. All he knows is what he saw after his soul got violently transplanted by another, and that was a lot of body horror and then his neck got snapped. So maybe he's dead? But it's also a demon, surely it wouldn't be killed that easily. But who's he to make that assumption, maybe they are. He saw a lot, but he doesn't know what to make of any of it. Writing his perspective will be very interesting because he's working with both a lot of information and very little information because he has absolutely no idea what he's dealing with. He just wanted to catch a rat.

[i-am-megalodonna]

I'm imagining in Borrowed Time Susie comes across Dexter covered in blood, but mistakes it for paint and thinks Pump got into her art supplies again

ARGH okay I had a comic for this in the works but I'm no longer in a place where I can finish it, so I'm just going to say that yes this absolutely happens and I am absolutely making it a plot point. Dexter is darn lucky that the Happy Fellas are hand-wash only or he'd be screwed.

[i-am-megalodonna]

I feel like even after Dexter gets his body back he'd be forced to live with Lila, considering his house/apartment was likely sold off to someone else given how long he was gone

Though given he's around other people at least they can remind him to eat and sleep before passes out from exhaustion

That's something I've thought of, and you're definitely right. Some missing posters may still be up, but he's been gone long enough to be assumed dead, and there's no use holding the spot of a probably dead person. Even if he did somehow still have a home to go back to, Lila would insist he stay because of the concerns you mentioned. He's fucked up physically and mentally and that isn't really the time you want to leave someone on their own. But yeah he doesn't have a place to go back to so all the more reason to stay where he is.

Oog, unrelated but that makes me think of the amount of police questioning he's going to go through. It's pretty rare for missing people to suddenly reappear after years; they'd have a lot of questions.

[i-am-megalodonna]

The way you draw Doc makes me wanna bite him/aff/pos/silly

The highest of compliments, thank you. I think he would be very tough and chewy (ignoring the coarse fur)

[i-am-megalodonna]

I like how you draw Happy Fella (both the doll and the character) with lil eyelashes. It's cute!

Thank you! I figured giving the dolls little eyelashes and blush would make them look more saccharine, for better or for worse. Like, given the aesthetic of the Happy Fella I feel like they'd at least try to make him cute (even if for some people that circles right back around to being creepy).

[i-am-megalodonna]

My apologies if I spammed your notifs I'm having a bit of a Militsioner moment . Don't mind me

Never apologize for havving a militsioner moment. Every day of my life is a militsioner moment.

[i-am-megalodonna]

Hellooooo, me and my friend recently found your Militsioner fanart and we absolutely ADORE it. Thank you for the sketches, they are really cool!!!

Another militsioner fan secured.

But seriously aaa thank you! Every time I find another person who actually knows Militsioner i do backflips. Sorry for not posting anything in literally forever, it's been a rough term. But he is always on my mind always forever

[i-am-megalodonna]

Oh they're not videos! Pelo used to make twitter threads talking about the episodes after they went online

Once Twitter... ah, X'd itself, he moved it all over to Patreon. All the stuff from past episodes is free to view :>

(it's where I got the doll box picture from)

Ah, that checks out. I looked at the Patreon shortly after it debuted, but I haven't checked for updates since then. I'm gonna do that now.

[i-am-megalodonna]

hey just wanted to ask can i use this art

For a edgar pfp??? just wanted to know if ur fine with it, i'll give credit dw :]

Go right ahead! 🖥️

[i-am-megalodonna]

happy birthday!

Thank u! :]]

[i-am-megalodonna]

Is it annoying to collector when Luz and Amity are being super lovey-dovey or do they not care.(also love your auuu :D)

Super fun time to be stuck together

[i-am-megalodonna]

Okay Ik that when everyone finds out about the collector it's a serious moment and stuff but I think it'd be really funny if it went something like this,

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[i-am-megalodonna]

personally i would've preferred if the collector stayed to fix the mess they've made and help rebuild the isles. it would've been a great way for them to do that growing up that he needed to do. and it's unclear what "going back to the stars" means exactly but it seems like the only two options are that the collector is just alone again or they're going back to their siblings and i don't think either is a very good option. but that's just me

I really doubt they'd ever go back to their siblings considering what happened (I can see a potential conflict in the future now that they're free, though), but I do have to agree with people's concerns about them being along again. It was definitely a very interesting way to conclude (well, loosely conclude) the story of a character who was horribly tragically alone for like hundreds of years or something.

My take on it is that he just needed some distance for a little while, on his terms. Them having a lot of growing up to do is a decent reason - although Collectors/Archivists probably live a long time I wouldn't be surprised if he was severely stunted due to his time in the In-Between. He just had a whole new dimension of morality and existence opened up to him, and that would take some time to process. He wants and needs to learn, and the Boiling Isles might not be the best place to do that right now. What with the horrors.

At the same time, though, I agree that it would have been good if they'd stayed behind and repaired some of the damage that they caused. Though, if I remember correctly it was implied that they did do that? At the very least they freed everyone, and it's kinda hard to say how much of their game was an actual physical change vs. weird magic reality warping that can be reversed in a snap. I'd have to rewatch the ending.

[i-am-megalodonna]

How does the Collector react to Amity and Luz's relationship? Also I love your AU!!