THE ENIGMATIC FOE

Originally wrote this as a vent, but im proud of what I wrote. cw for medical paranoia

Delightfulization shares a lot of traits with dissociative disorders and brain damage. The latter more relates to how they manage their motor skills and their relation with sense, namely vision and proprioception (body position).

They can technically see (all their eyes are technically functioning fine), they struggle to register what they are necessarily seeing. They often struggle to remember/register faces of others (including their own), regulate eye movement, and name characteristics of objects (ex. color). This ends up mixing very poorly with their dissociative issues. They often have to rely a lot on their hearing to recognize others.

Most of their issues with proprioception are a result of them being a hivemind and having to manage the bodily movements of so many people at once. It takes quite a bit of concentration for each individual member to move on their own, though they may stumble or drift off in moments of stress. As a result, most of them have synchronized movements even in situations where it doesn't make sense for them to do that (ex. all talking at once, one member picking an object up causing the others to pick up nothing from the ground). They also have issues with undershooting and spatial awareness in general. Funnily enough, their awareness actually increases when separated, almost to an overstimulating degree.

Many, many memory issues. Most of it impacts memories before delightfulization and they are under the assumption that Father is their biological Father and the only parent they've ever known. Occasionally they will get a glimmer of their past, but whose past is it specifically always trips them up.

They very often confuse one another for each other, which gets incredibly difficult whenever traits of one member overlap with another. The overlap prompts them (mostly Alessandra) to make the assumption they are just one singular person that's "playing pretend". This makes the revelation that they are separate people much more painful. This also causes them to have a lot of alexithymia.

They fervently deny their issues, though Bruce and Alessandra are common culprits. Lenny, David, and Constance often become the target for this denial, as they often hold some of the group's more revealing and troubling issues. Most of this is a result of dissociation

Thoughts range from dead silent to very very loud. Tends to be the latter.

Technically, all the members are making decisions/in a state of "fronting", but some members are more active in decision making in day-to-day life, which is usually Bruce and Alessandra.

Theres probably no need to say this but they are dissociating a lot. Whenever there's no action, the world is just a void to them, just an endless dark room full of vaguely familiar objects.

Most of their personalities overlap but they still have individual traits:

Bruce is very bratty and sadistic, a street urchin in the body of a prissy prince. As much as he helps tolerate the beating he helps cause them.

Alessandra is their "levelheaded leader"/host. A pseudo-parental figure to the others, giving them some level of self control. Father sometimes adultifies (largely due to projection) the Delightful Children, and she usually ends up getting impacted by it the most. She is very perfectionistic, but enjoys being cruel with Bruce at times. She tries to have the best of both worlds between behaving and misbehaving as performing femininity is both a prison and a privilege for her.

Constance is the sensitive soul of the Delightful Children. She is prone to fawning and fleeing. She often tries to seek comfort from others, especially Father. Deeply childlike, she's usually the main cause for the Delightful Children falling for Father's manipulation.

Lenny is highly enigmatic and that frustrates both their fellow members and Father. Lenny often suffers the most from dissociation and their gender dysphoria can spread to the others, releasing a stampede of confusion amongst the members. They are somewhat of a klutz and can become spiteful/angsty in some situations. Despite suffering the most from Dissociation, Lenny tends to be the one who gets the most glimpses into the group's pre-Delightfulized past. In rare occasions, they are the one responsible for group getting so close to questioning their situation.

David is incredibly shy and tries to run away from consequence. He sometimes butts in to deal with a situation only to delay the inevitable. They are also very anxious and prone to dissociation; the concept of aging is what triggers the teenager typically. He is the oldest within the group, dealing with his own developmental problems that confuse the others, especially the youngest member, Constance.

Their current personalities are only distortions of the lovely children they used to be.

Bruce was certainly still mischievous and a prankster, but he was keen on using it for good. He was very rebellious and casual, having a strong hatred for snobby pompous rich-types.

Alessandra was a smart, diplomatic, and gentle leader. She was still perfectionistic, though she mostly kept it to herself. She took pride in her femininity, and she was keen on preventing others and herself from seeing her as lesser for it.

Constance was brave in the purest form: Afraid of so much, but still overcoming anyway. She came from a troubled background, being a common target for bullying and isolation, and she strove to be kind to others so they would never feel the loneliness she's felt before.

Lenny was quite nerdy and eccentric, as per every 4x2 engineer. They were quite shy, but was very open around their friends. Lenny seemed like the type that Bruce would poke fun at, but them and Bruce were actually very close friends.

David was still shy, but made efforts to be a part of the team, usually through acting as a voice of reason. He was a big dreamer, creative, and rather feminine. Despite their efforts, David would sometimes get lost in their head and be overcome with anxiety, often causing him to isolate from the others. The last few days before Delightfulization had him become very enigmatic as the dread of his 13th birthday loomed in his head.

ok thanks for reading bye

I get that appeal. Even in narrative-based shows, you can only dilly-dally and explore the show's world so much until you lose the plot. Many KND episodes are incredibly fun because they get to explore numerous concepts that elaborate on the show's worldbuilding. Say what you want about its larger narrative being unfocused, but you still certainly get a good idea on how this world functions, what its people are like, etc. As fickle as the format is, being episodic gives a lot of opportunity for worldbuilding, like one giant mural you can keep adding onto. Not only that, but shows like KND, as a result of this format, are very good at spurring the imagination in their viewers. Since KND is a children's show, I can imagine this made watching the show as a child very very exciting.

At the same time, things only get elaborated on so much. You get the compelling idea, then it flies past. Then you're sitting there hoping you'll see it again; more often than not it doesn't come back. Although I am very satisfied and have tons of fun watching this show, I find myself asking so many questions. What did the KND do to make Mr. Wink and Mr. Fibb look like that? Did they do the same thing to Crazy Old Cat Lady and Miss Goodwall? Why did Wink and Fibb leave their club? Where's Hoagie's father? When will Abby get more opportunities to be vulnerable/show flaws? What is this organization all the villains seem to work under? Does this organization have any association with that fucking supermarket they all go to? Why do they even keep XXXL if xey don't seem to have much interest in fighting the KND unless they directly inconvenience xem? Why did Cree join the Teen Ninjas? Does the KND know about Lasso Lass? What the fuck was Laura Limpin's deal?