#thank you for the ask tho i’m having so much fun omfggggggg

[sapphicdib]

Hello! I have a question about the angst machine your au:

You've mentioned things like the iterators going to places other than the chamber (I think) as well as Suns and Sig getting into a physical fight, so does this mean the iterators can get off the string?

And if so, would this mean that the iterators would use this to threaten/appease their citizens further?

Feel free to infodump, I'm listening. o_o

RUBBING MY HANDS TOGETHER.

So in pretty much any situation i make (rot au or not) where two iterators are in the same can, one of them is being projected as a hologram into the other’s chamber by an overseer! It was a side project driven by boredom and loneliness, and well. The ancients weren’t exactly supposed to find out, especially when they optimized the code to the point the holograms may as well be physical beings in the same room! The ancients…at least in my interpretation of them, see anything that isn’t working on the great problem as a “worldly vice/distraction”, and are so strict and conservative that holding hands is as scandalous as like. fucking. LMAO. So when Their Iterators are quote-unquote “giving in” to these self proclaimed vices, that’s seen as an acute failure in their programming, and could be very dangerous for them, possibly even leading to their decommission/complete overwrite of their personality. So it actually is kinda backwards, their citizens are a threat to them because of their ability to “travel”!

Aaaaaand this is where I get back to the rot au specifically! Sig is ESPECIALLY in danger when it comes to that “vice”, his love language is touch and being physically in the room with anyone—Suns, Wind, Moon, even Pebbles, means hes glued to their side, peeking over their shoulder at whatever they’re working on, making stupid jokes or (in Pebbles’ case) being an annoyance. Even if/when her intentions are purely innocent, it wouldn’t matter to her citizens, they would see it as breaking the taboos against worldly attachment or lust no matter the circumstance. This is part of the reason Sig infects himself, so his creators can’t stop him from loving his friends in his own way anymore. Piddles Pebbles is also touch starved as fuck, but his anger towards his citizens is mainly because they don’t respect him as much as they do Moon, so his motivation lies more in getting back at them for being cruel to him. Not to say he doesn’t also despise them for putting all these restrictions on him, letting him sit in Suns’ lap for a few hours would probably fix him 💀 (Also side note: Even tho Pebbles complains about Sig’s touchiness, he would never actually want her to stop. It’s comforting having a hand on his shoulder or waist while they’re working, and since Pebbles hates ASKING for affection, it works out because he doesn’t need to ask Sig to do it. She just does automatically out of habit.)

So that’s how that works! When Suns n Sig get into their big Confrontation™, Suns is projected into Sig’s can at the time. Sig grabs him, and Suns freaks the fuck out, because gods above void below that is not No Significant Harassment anymore, and shoves Sig away from them. Sig’s antigravity fails at the worst possible moment (due to decay of her systems), and…crack! Hits the ground at a horrific angle. Suns immediately runs to help her, but stops when her scarf (which has become basically 90% rot), lifts her off the floor of her chamber to tower over them, since Suns is stuck on the floor now that the antigravity’s gone. Yeah. Needless to say they nope the fuck out of there really quick.

Yes this really do be an angst machine. Goddamn. Thank you for letting me ramble WAHHH!! I love speculating about the relationships between the iterators and their creators (especially Pebbles), and this AU was kinda spawned because I was like “huh wouldn’t it be fun if he didn’t internalize all their hatred towards him and instead lashed out because of it?” And now here we are. TYYY!!!!!! ^_^