#drill sergeant

whatever you do, don’t think about the “arkeyan memory” story scroll in skylanders: giants and how it explains that arkeyans have difficulties remembering things located directly below their line of sight, and as a result, they’d generally refuse to bury anything precious to them. and whatever you do, don’t think about how drill sergeant was buried alive and trapped underground for over 10’000 years. oh and don’t think about the possibility that not a single one of his fellow arkeyans went searching for him because they likely never realized he went missing at all, because he’s a drilling machine, and drilling machines belong underground, and arkeyans don’t remember what’s below their feet. and don’t think about drill sergeant’s power source dwindling and his inner mechanisms locking up as he waits and waits and waits and waits and waits and waits for help to arrive. don’t think about him entering sleep mode in an attempt to conserve energy. don’t think about how he ultimately runs out of power anyways. don’t think about it, don’t even worry about it, it’s fine. also don’t think about this part from book of elements: magic & tech, regarding drill sergeant’s thoughts on being frozen and banished to earth pre-ssa:

More Skylander Drawings, this time for Tech! Robots are really hard for me to draw so I hope this looks alright. ;v;

Currently writing a Skylanders story and rewatching the games and I’m on the Secret Vault of Secrets level where Machine Ghost “dies” and that got me thinking imagine either Chop Chop or Drill Sergeant being there during that scene how gut wrenching it would be to see one of the last good Arkeyans to seemingly die saving you.

Out of all the Giants, I think Ninjini would've been the first one to trust Drill Sergeant bc 1) her pre-skylander backstory, unlike some of the other Giants, isn't related to the Arkeyans so she would have an easier time accepting him and 2) she knows what it feels like to be trapped for centuries so she empathizes with him. as a bonus, I think her fondness and respect for him would grow exponentially once she learns that he always does what anyone tells him to do but he still fought against an old protocol he had in his system that demanded he eliminate the Giants