#mindlink!toffee

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Inktober Day 6

"I'm feeling like a ghost

And it's what I hate the most

'Cause I'm giving up again, and this time

I might just disappear..."

Song of the Day: Ghost by Mystery Skulls.

I dunno. Was in a Mystery Skulls mood (probably because of the new Hellbent teaser), and had a part of a Mind Link WIP to finish. Decided to just doodle it while listening to Ghost. Cos...you know...Toffee's a ghost in this AU. And stuff.

I dunno. This is probably just gonna be a month of doodles while I get the hang of digital art.

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Mind Link Ask #6

At this point, I'm just assuming Toffee knows everything.

Fun fact: A year or so ago, I was asked this same question on my Tumblr, shortly after Monster Bash aired. I answered it with Toffee in this same pose and saying the same thing...but the sketch looked like a piece of crap. So when Tabby asked me this question, I decided it was second chance to give this answer in a less garbage way!

Also, I did this completely digitally (which I normally hate doing) and I'm pretty proud of myself!

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WIP: Some sneak peeks of my Mind Link AU

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Mind Link AU doodles. In my AU, Toffee can possess Star at any time, and even used this to help her fight against Mina. Luckily for Star, she's protected by the soul magic of the Blood Moon, so Toffee can't possess her without her consent.

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(Mind Link snippets)

"So, what do you think this place was, anyway?"

Ba-dum

"...I don't know, but these stairs are not easy in this dress."

Star Butterfly kept her dress up with one hand and held the candlestick in the other, her platform boots forming an instinctive kickwalk as she trudged down the winding stone staircase. The young princess took note of the images passing her vision under the dim orange glow: little statuettes of Avarians resting on shelves carved into the walls; water trickling down from the ceiling onto fallen debris; carvings greeting her from the left wall at the bottom of the stairs, depicting groups of monsters attacking soldiers. Or, being attacked? Star couldn't tell through the surrounding darkness, and didn't bother straying from the goal to go back and check further.

Ba-dum

The two friends made their way through a hallway, passing by several more intricate carvings of monsters, each one vague in its setting and story but creepy and foreboding no matter what could be read into it. Each one common in the dust collected, the damage to its structure, the cracks and crevices etching out pieces of the walls' stories. Dust...spider webs...water damage...time itself...all seemed to consume the memories and secrets of this temple. But the emotions remained untouched.

Do they, now?

The Mewman princess' ears perked to no noise, her face scrunching reflexively into an expression of confusion, begging to answer a question no one asked.

Carvings. Damage to the walls. Monsters attacked. Monsters disappearing.

Her fingers curled more tightly, almost painfully, around the candlestick. She only just realized how sharp and quick her breath had been shuddering since she and Marco had descended. The top of her stomach simmered with nausea and threatened to boil over, much like the time she bet Janna she could drink a pitcher of rose bud tea, rose bud and all.

"Are you okay?" Marco asked, the worry in his voice clear. Caught off guard, Star straightened and inhaled sharply. What was wrong with her? There was nothing here creepier than anything she'd dealt with before. So what's my deal? This place isn't even scary.

Ba-dum ba-dum

Star shifted her eyes upward to see Marco's hand just barely touching her face, as if checking for wounds. When had he even stepped in front of her? When did they stop walking? "Star, what's going on?" She looked at her warped reflection in the candlestick. Sure enough, there was her left eye, glowing a brighter green than ever.

Toffee?

"I...I don't know." Star couldn't seem to catch her breath. Those wall carvings, the crumbling statues, the suffocating darkness. She hadn't been this terrified since she'd almost drowned in tainted magic; once again her world was sinking in around her, the only connection to reality being Marco's reassuring hand on her shoulder. "I hope we find them soon," Star groaned through quivering teeth. "I don't want to be here anymore..."

Ba-dum ba-dum ba-dum

Marco let go of her shoulder as they stalked onward to a blue glow, and Star held tightly to both her shoulders, not daring to ask for her best friend's embrace. Her feet on autopilot, she was only vaguely aware of torches, of blue firelight melding with the light of her own candles, flickering to a familiar rhythm.

Flicker flicker flicker flicker

Ba-dum ba-dum ba-dum ba-dum

These aren't my emotions. They can't be. Toffee...why are you feeling this way?

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Just looking through some of my old Mind Link sketches. (Ugh, glad I ditched Star’s horns. And Toffee's messed up hair. And all those extra squiggles.) (Also, why is Toffee’s face so hit and miss with me?)

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Mindlink!Toffee being a pest.

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Set in my Mind Link AU. Added two more panels. Not really a resolution between Star and Toffee. Not even an understanding, either. Just a mutual agreement that they both did some messed up stuff to each other.

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MindLink!Toffee being a pest.

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Seeing people make fanart of your AU...it fills you with determination!

Andela Zigovecki (her art above) redrew one of my Mindlink AU sketches (original sketch below), and it's really flattering! Her DeviantArt is https://ambera18.deviantart.com .

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Mind Link AU headcanons/fun facts

*Star is the only one who can see and hear Toffee's ghost. Though people as powerful as Eclipsa, or those with strong links with the dead like Tom, could see him if they tried hard enough.

*Star and Toffee can feel each others' strongest emotions. When Toffee is furious, Star starts getting angry too, and her left eye starts glowing an even brighter green. Vice versa, Toffee's right eye glows more when Star feels something extreme.

**This is because their souls are connected, and being mindlinked for a long time has its effects on them. Since their mind and heart are somewhat in sync, being away from each other for too long is a bit frustrating.

*In the first few months, Toffee could only appear to Star in her dreams. The longer they were mindlinked, the easier it was for him to manifest himself in the day.

**Similarly, in the first few months, Toffee could only appear to Star in the form she most remembered him as, which was his form in Storm the Castle (ripped shirt, no tie, missing finger). He was also just a floating half-body with a ghost tail instead of legs.

***By the time of Monster Bash, Toffee could finally manifest legs and had a full set of fingers again. By the time of Stump Day/Holliday Spellcial, he could control his form fully and was back to wearing a full suit.

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Mind Link AU: Redraw

I redrew a cover sketch for my Mindlink AU, as an entry for the Redraw Your Fanart Challenge on the Star Vs Amino. I couldn't have gotten that shading done without help from @tofficoretrash and @moonealtair ; thanks, guys!

Bonus background just cos:

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"Here comes a thought that might alarm you:

What someone said, and how it harmed you."

Mind Link AU. Star and Tofee have yet to confess they did some pretty messed up stuff to each other. But they're both hurting on the inside.

Inspired by Here Comes A Thought from Steven Universe.

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A few of my AU Toffees. I have a several more, and will be posting them as well as explanations for them all soon. (Though if anyone wants me to explain a specific AU, I can provide a quick answer at the moment.)

Mindlink!Toffee: from Mind Link AU

Tira Blackwell and Blackwell!Toffee: from Blackwell AU

Headmaster!Toffee: from New St. Olga's AU

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"These aren't my emotions. They can't be. Toffee...why do you feel this way?"

I'm actually not sure which idea came first: the fanfic snippet or this sketch. Either way, they accompany each other. And, until the show proves my theory wrong or right, the Savior of Lovers Theory is part of my Mind Link AU.

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Mind Link!AU. Star and Toffee have a heart-to-heart. There's supposed to be two more panels for this; I'll finish them tomorrow.