Waking Dreamer

This was originally supposed to just be a quick warm up thing to test SIMPLE rendering... whoopsies... That late night 2am power hit me I guess 🤷

Like, Helen was good at being the Distortion, which is why she seemed so (over)friendly. Michael, in contrast, kind of sucked at it. I made a post about that years ago that I'll never find again that went into more detail about that, but essentially: even when he acted confusing, he made genuine attempts at explaining things. It tried particularly hard to accurate describe its own nature; it literally told Jon directly that it wanted him "to understand, even if it d[id] go against [its] nature."

The Distortion itself is a part of the Spiral, AKA It Is Not What It Is AKA It Is Lies. Helen acted helpful, because she wasn't. Michael acted like an enemy despite never working against the Archival staff. The only times Michael actually interacted with them, he 1) showed Sasha how to defeat Jane Prentiss, 2) tried to warn Jon about Not-Sasha, 3) gave Jon a headstart against Not-Sasha, and 4) gave Martin and Tim a door into the corridors. In that last one, I think it is very worth noting that they later got out of the corridors, and Michael didn't come for them again the way it did Helen Richardson. He pretty much just removed them from a situation that was likely to get them killed. When it showed up in MAG 101, I think it was planning to do the same thing — save Jon from Nikola while threatening to kill him, and then let him miraculously find a way out.

In that phase of planning a v indulgent AU for the fandom I'm obsessing over ( The following names are in danger : Nikola Orsinov , Breekon and Hope , Michael Distortion , Michael Crew , Jared Hopworth and Jane Prentiss )

Fell in love with your Avatars roommates AU.Thinking about possible situations, comedic or not. Like Mike just coming with terms living with Michael, who is a branch of the Spiral he tried escape for so long and that's, ironically, has same name to him. Or Jaded in the morning that gets a morning voice that is even lower than his normal one. Or Strangers being Strangers. Or Jane and Nicola becoming friends and having girls nights just for themselves. And so much more. I love it. I'm vibrating just with thoughts of it.

I desperately need more, even if that's just your thoughts about it. I will eat up anything you made. Do you have anything planned for it in the future?

I thought the idea of Jared having a super deep morning voice to the point you can't understand him was so cute <333

I'm so glad you're enjoying it !! Didn't expect this much love so fast but I've got lots of ideas !! I plan on making rough lore related doodles as to why they're roommates but I wanna draw them being stupid together , spending nights indoors , drinking , arguing , what they do for a living to stay afloat , etc <3

What do you do when you have 7 favourite characters who the majority have not interacted in canon ?

Obviously you make them roommates :3

DoorKeay oughh you deserved betterrr </3