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For OC ask game:Optical

10,50,60

10. Their most defining moment vs your favorite one of them

Their most defining moment was when they first joined the Alliance, before they were promoted to a chief engineer. When the plan to construct a titan was put forth, Optical was against the idea because they did not want a single person to have that much responsibility. They fought the plan, but ultimately lost. So, instead they demanded to lead it

I can never pick one favourite of anything lol. I think what I like most is their activation day (memory #1), their defining moment above, this comic, and probably several random moments in their future when they have their character development They're just my favourite in general lmao

50. If faced with a magical mirror revealing their deepest fear and greatest desire instead of their reflection, what would they see and would they be surprised by it

Everyone they know alive and happy.. or dead and lost.

60. What type of smart are they

I like to explain the smarts of the chief engi trio by the D&D stats: Whistle is Wisdom, Parallax is Charisma, and Optical is pure Intelligence.

They think with logic, facts, and are extremely pragmatic and practical. They have a lot of raw knowledge and prefer processing information over hunches, feelings or social relationships. Optical doesn't do well with emotions or socializing and overcompensates by trying to logically solve everything in their life.. including personal relationships and "fun" things.

This leads to a lot of issues whenever Optical tries to do something that isn't work or makes sense logically. Casual activities or social events get overanalyzed for their purpose and leave Optical very confused as they struggle to fit in and participate, often getting stubborn or acting out in unconventional ways. However, Optical's model was built with a nudge to encourage curiousity in their AI, which draws them to learn about new engineering techniques, do and examine research. ..And also attempt new things they don't understand like fun or socializing.

That curiousity gets suppressed by Optical for certain things that they learned through bad past experience lead to punishment or harm to them and people around them. Abusive human supervisors didn't exactly want their advanced engineering robot getting distracted by learning how to play darts or chatting away at coworkers.

So, Optical is stuck between being immensely curious about something, trying to understand it through logic, but hesitating to interact with it due to past trauma.

We could pretty much agree on the fact that Chief is a selfless hero of the alliance, from the action of tossing the prototype disinfection gun to the POV in Ep.35. Regarding some of my headcanons about Chief, I can envision him being an optimistic person with a rather inviting personality. 

Chief had personally recruited Styrofim from the infantry division. To be fair, Styrofilm was seriously traumatized since the beginning of the war, with the accidental murder of his mentor and almost losing his head due to the Kamikaze Skibidi in Ep. 14 (if you check the post of pre-Film-Industry Styrofilm, he has a notch in his filmstrip-holder and he is missing one of the handles). Chief valued Styrofilm not because he considered him too smart to be a cannon fodder, it was because he genuinely sympathized with Styrofilm. He took Styrofilm under his wing and helped him move on from the tragedies.

Chief was introduced to Foley when the speakerman faction allied with the cameraman faction. Despite Foley’s expertise in weapon smithing and organic biology, many units were weirded out by Foley’s eccentricity and ominous and refused to interact with him under any conditions, especially due to the fact that he returned to his faction with a bomb strapped to his core. Different from most units’ reactions towards Foley, Chief was willing to accept his differences as well as his defects, disregarding the Speakerman faction directors’ warning about Foley’s past. Foley was surprised by Chief since he never had an actual friend, which led to him developing a close relationship with Chief.

As mentioned in a previous post, Chief first encountered Gaffer when the alliance formed with the TV faction. Gaffer always has trust issues due to the TV faction culture and her experience of being used by humans to commit atrocities. But with Chief and Styrofilm’s kindness, she soon opens up to them and offers her complete trust toward the Film Industry.

In short, Chief was the one who kept the team together. Losing him really takes a toll on all the members of the Film Industry, as he had been emotionally supporting them for so long, especially Foley. As mentioned in the Film Industry Intro, Foley has been so emotionally dependent on Chief, that he almost completely lost it when he heard about Chief’s death.

[A throwback to what Foley talked about in this comic]

Also, if you are asking about Chief and Polaroid's relationship if they meet, well...

Anyways, I gotta ask a couple of things about this guys. If they can't possibly find food, what would these guys do? Do they starve, find an alternative or do they actually need food and are just hunting for enjoyment?

And if Veteran Cameraman were to encounter one of these, like they're chasing a human for food or something, what would he do? He looks like the type who can fend them off just fine by himself (again, so sorry for asking about him. I just love this non-OC character of yours so SO much 😅)

I do draw Chara as a ghost in normal Undertale stuff! But for the KFC Gang AU I draw them as alive and part of the family! 

So we all agree that Titan Speakerman (my belovediloveyouI'msorryfor this-) or maybe all the titans can sense wherever their people are, right? Well, let's take that up a notch.

My headcanon (?) is that they can, not only they know where their people are, but they can feel whatever's happening to them too. Like whenever their kin is sliced in half, blasted down to bits , dying before help comes etc., they can feel every. Single. Pain of those fallen. Every broken or cut limbs, every crushed lower half, every flicker of the last light in their lens/screen /sounds from their speakers, they can feel/hear all that to their very core and there's a point where that becomes overwhelming.

Although they're glad their people can't feel/sense what they feel back, it still awful for them to feel/sense everything their fellow hardware heads feel during their possibly dying and painful moments.

Titan Speakerman has had its the worst. It's one thing to feel/sense/hear to his very core of your fellow comrades dying but it's another when you're the one who caused it against your own will. It's too overwhelming and it adds fuel to his fire of guilt, rage and possibly self-hate.

Well, that's it. Sorry not sorry (?) about how all over the place this is. Just thought I share ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

You just chose violence didn't you

I never thought about the titans sensing others before :o

Poor fellas would want to help any smaller ones they can cus they can't keep listening to their pain aw geez

This is a very cool idea but also how dare you hurt me this way in my own house smh