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Craft Siblings: Return to The Studio!

Heavily inspired by both BABQFTIM and BABMOTM, but instead taking an entirely different direction with the story and ultimate goal of the main cast.

Taking place 2,000 years after a war that wiped out all of humanity, toons are the dominant species, and have created their own country called "Inkwell". Things aren't perfect here, many toons having to sell their souls to others in hopes of making it through life.

Legend says if you seek out the The Studio, the last remnant of human life, you could "rewrite" your story.

Follow Goob and Scraps as they journey across the country and it's many districts, trying to find away out of Inkwell, and deliver a very special "cargo" to the fabled Studio.

I'm open to answering any questions you might have, go check out the first chapter: Opening Up!

I'd be so happy if you guys gave it some interest, even if it's just a quick look! Thank you!

I love learning about other people's ideas and lore plots and I love sharing mine!!

It would be so perfect to just share with complete security that neither of us would spoil or leak anything we're talking about.

Ofc chapter 1 and 2 are fairly quick reads, but production takes while.

I've noticed that with 90% of these aus, they start straight with the map and ink machine and everything. Meanwhile mine started with Scraps being late to her waitressing job.

I know the build up will be worth it, but GODD I just wanna skip straight to the good part with fun panels and exciting dialogue and action.

I wanna skip to the reveal of bigger characters and to major plot twists. UGHH !!

All of these are chapters in what I call "Arc 1". Hoping by the end of Arc 1, I have a decent following.

They won't have a rivalry.

Well, they will, but not as big as they're normally portrayed.

I love how in their own respective canons, Bendy and Cuphead are playful pranksters with youthful personalities. I understand the whole point is "They hate eachother at first, but then they become best friends!" But I much rather like the dynamic that they never really hated each other to begin with.

Won't spoil too much, but while there will be some tension between the two, they definitely don't hate one another.

It's kinda funny how Scraps took on the rivalry position instead.

Bendy and Cuphead get along because they share so many positive traits.

She's not a main character, but she's pretty important within the first major arc of RTTS.

One of Dancifer's "Mains", she stays in the Labor District with a massive museum, displaying the wonders of life before Toons.

She adores fossils and everything dinosaur! But of course, she also has a fascination with my humans- she wishes she was one of the lucky toons alive to see them!

She tries to get as much info from Dandicus but..

He doesn't seem to like talking about that time in his life.

Fun question!!

I don't exactly have perfect songs picked out for everyone just yet, so I'll answer this one ask more over time.

But I'll give you one!

"PLEASEEE we could win big right now! Think about all the money we could make- GIVE ME THE DAMN TAIL!"

"YOU'RE BEING WEIRD! LEAVE ME ALONE! FIND YOUR OWN CUP!"

PROPAGANDA GO !

Highly inaccurate lowkey on Goob's part.

Oh my god this is such a cute question

Okay so first off, I gotta say right now, they all kinda suck. None of them have had the best romantic history and all of them are currently single. But I'm gonna rank them all from best to worst.

1. Alice. She's the best with signals mostly because she knows she's hot shit and flaunts it. She can pick up on signals pretty well, but she does have her moments where she's genuinely just oblivious.

2. Bendy. Immediate downgrade, he sucks with signals. But it's not in a "He doesn't know if someone's flirting with him" way, but more "He thinks everyone's flirting with him" way. A lovely lady can tell him to have a nice day and he's CONVINCED she's fawning over him.

3. Scraps. Poor girl has so many self esteem issues. She's confident in herself in certain areas, but her looks aren't one of them. Not to mention all her relationships have ended in disaster. If you're flirting with her she'll either think you're bullying her or just playing around, but her brain won't let her comprehend you're actually interested. Very clueless.

4. Mugman. Okay now we're getting into really bad territory. As much as the man looks for love, he sucks at identifying it when it's right in front of him. You need to say it loud and clear for him. No subtle "Let's grab dinner," or "Are you free?". NO. He will see it as purely platonic unless you say it DIRECTLY to him.

5. Cuphead. Cuphead's just kinda stupid honestly. He definitely grabs the attention of ladies, but his obliviousness (paired with general disinterest) leaves him completely single. Every relationship he's been in, he has to be the one pursuing, otherwise you'll get NOWHERE.

6. Goob. Oh my god don't even TRY. PLEASE. First off, even if he did notice, Goob's pretty disinterested in relationships. But let's say you shoot your shot- he will see it as platonic and nothing more. Even if you openly tell him it's a date, he won't understand. Even if you buy him flowers, chocolates, and plaster a big fat kiss on his cheek, it just won't process to him. Goob has to really like YOU romantically before he even begins to see any of your attempts as flirtatious.

While I work on some Holiday art, here's some ♥️romantic♥️ fun facts about the Return To The Studio Crew!

🧶 Scraps doesn't like dating much! Every relationship she's been in has ended in failure!

🧶 Scraps prefers women over men. But she doesn't like talking about it much.

🐾 Goob also isn't much of a romantic, but that's mostly because he struggles to tell the difference between platonic love and romantic love! He loves everyone equally! He just can't tell when he loves someone a little more.

🐾 Goob doesn't really see himself getting married. He just always figured he'd live with Scraps for his whole life. And he doesn't mind it!

✒️ Bendy has never truly fallen in love with someone. He can play the part for the cameras, but he's just.. never really felt that spark.

✒️ Bendy however, can easily attract toons with his devilish charm! Or maybe it's just because he's a celebrity. Honestly, if he wasn't so famous.. he wouldn't get many admirers.

🪽 Alice has had many lovers in the past, many exes that shaped who she is now. She's thankful for each and every one of them!

🪽 Alice currently isn't able to date anyone though. Mostly because of her contract!

🥤Cuphead isn't fully over his ex.

🥤Cuphead is actually really romantic when he tries. Though most of his attempts at wooing end up making him look like an idiot!

☕ Mugman has always wanted to get married, but because of his line of work, he's given up on that dream.

☕ Mugman hates how his brother seems to attract all the ladies! (That idiot doesn't even bathe most of the week!)

Nope! I'm actually gonna be pretty strict with shipping within the main group, so don't expect anyone from the main cast to end up as a couple within the story.

However- Mugman is a massive fan of Alice's work! He's been a fan of hers since her debut, when he was just a little mug sitting by the television.

He's just a big ol' fanboy!!