#eddward rambles

Let me explain.

One of the strongest, misconceptions about Ruin and his decision to erase 5k universes - both out and IN the show - is that he was selfish for committing it. He’s not. It’s a sacrifice mindset.

If Ruin hadn’t killed the 5k universes, there would be no multiverse. Whether the event happened the day after he could’ve said “no, I won’t do it” — or it happened in 5 billion years from now…The Creators would’ve overthrown and enslaved the universe. We saw their hunger for control time and time again, explicitly and indirectly saying their craves to control the multiverse - and Ruin was first hand to WITNESSING something adjacent. To prevent what Ruin saw happen to the multiverse, he had to erase the main factor entirely. That’s why he rejected the “just kill creators” idea, that’s why he was so persistent on erasure, because their unstoppable hunger would continue to thrive until it happened.

The Overseer is similar in his mindset way.

None of what either party is doing is morally correct. It is killing, it is hardly justified. But, there is reasoning. Solid reasoning. It’s an action to prevent a much worse outcome. Solar essentially has been walking with a trail of decay following his every footstep. It will affect everyone he loves, everyone he talks to, everyone he sees and encounters, and it may very well damage the fabric of reality and the multiverse with it. This is why The Overseer has to eliminate him. Damage control.

I should’ve posted this the second I got to see the secret video behind the quiz — but I held off. Though, the episodes that came after that quiz only proved my following argument is correct.

Solar is not supposed to exist. We know this. I need you to sit with me on some old, possibly retconned or really messy lore. If anyone can provide me the episodes in which they retconned these following pieces of evidence, let me know and I’ll attempt to make a future post about analyzing it and determining what’s true and what’s false. The show is an unreliable narrator, and constantly swings the fandom around like a fumbling dancer. I’m going to try to tap dance my way to the stage of reasoning here.

This goes off the ORIGINAL lore statements made by Eclipse when first resurrecting Solar.

The reason Ruin could not find this thread of science upon looking for loopholes of any sort…is because Eclipse’s method was…scientifically IMPOSSIBLE. It was a false hope and a threat to nature as everyone knew it. It was a useless dead end that only prevailed in fairy tales. Though, Eclipse disregarded nature and went through with it anyways.

The ORIGINAL STATEMENT is that Eclipse had split his Dimensional Coding in half, and gave it to Solar. This re-wrote Solar’s place in the multiverse, allowing him to exist again without consequence on his body and mind.

This is scientifically illegal, and can have horrific outcomes. One of the main warnings Eclipse even gave was that Eclipse and Solar would not to make contact with each other…otherwise, they would cause the multiverse to collapse.

What is Dimensional Code?

It’s your fate, your place in existence and reality as you know it. It acts like your soul, but is treated as if God Himself is writing your story. That code is essentially your story. It does not end until the dimension does.

Eclipse’s have the same dimensional coding, this is why it was possible for Eclipse to give half of his own. These characters are like classes in a video game, “Eclipse” and “Solar” are essentially just the skins you choose. To rewrite Solar into existence, Solar’s dimensional code was completely rewritten with the same story he’s had (keeping his memories, personality, etc) as if he always existed in this dimension, as Eclipse. With the split halves, Eclipse kept his as well.

One piece of “retcon” I saw reported was that “Eclipse said he got the dimensional code from V3” (or something along the lines of.) V1, V2, V3 and V4 do not exist. “Versions” of Eclipse are based on his body, not his life. Eclipse in present day is now V5. Eclipse has never fully died nor changed drastically due to death outside of basic character development. We were told this is always how Eclipse was meant to turn out, he is not a carbon copy, and he has always been the same Eclipse. Therefore, this argument is flawed and incorrect, and within show terms, this means Eclipse was still going through his “am I a copy or not” phase, which is why it’s phrased this way. (Though I would still like the episode if someone wants to hunt it down for me 💙💙)

Everyone is an unreliable narrator, remember this.

Fun fact! Did you know Nexus was the reason Ruin ever pretended to lie at all? Ruin’s “Cure act” was a product of Nexus’ making from the very start, Ruin simply rolled with it. This is a strong example of unreliable narration. ( I’ll make a separate post if you’re interested on hearing that breakdown. )

Back to Solar.

Solar is now a walking butterfly effect. Everything he does, the people he talks to, the people who even SEE him are now being put off course of their original stories. TSAMS is following the “canon event” trope from the Spiderverse.

This isn’t a stretch at all because we see that TSBS often takes tropes from varying shows.

EX: Alice & The Looking Glass when Eclipse explains Solar and Eclipse cannot be near each other, Rick & Morty when creating Solstice (Dark Sun), The Wither Storm being an entire multidimensional event, explaining Star Power in proximity to Dragon Ball, etc.

Solar is now single handedly, VASTLY damaging the designation of their Universe and the events that are meant to happen. Because Solar shouldn’t exist, nothing he does should’ve taken place. Now, The Overseer is trying to do some damage control.

And if you think affecting his own universe is bad, what do you think will happen if Solar starts dimension hopping? Visiting other universes for X, Y, and Z…in the worst case scenario…this could cause the multiverse’s collapse.

No, it’s not right to kill Solar. He has friends, family, people he loves and protects.

But it’s for our safety.

It’s for their safety.

I think I am tired of TSAMS at this point.

I am glad he's dead, because his ultimate ending shouldve been rejoining Monty. Though, this was not given.

Instead, he is still being milked for views, and his ending was ultimately destroyed leaving him completely unfinished.

He should not have died that fast, nor nearly as easily. What was the point of giving him immortality by someone who is ABOVE Star Power if all it takes is a small spell to undo it?

It destroys his repayment of his sins, and I am tired of trying to explain this show to myself so I can watch an episode without the feeling of eyebags under my eyes.

I consistently defend the writers when talking about TSAMS, but I was doing this while they were putting out their best work.

Davis and Reed made it clear they are not as passionate for this show as they were, so the writing is lazier.

They have also made it clear they care more about clicks and views and payment than the story itself, and if angst sells, that's what they'll keep doing.

They also made it clear the show will not be ending.

I may be somewhat emotionally charged right now, but I have been thinking this for years, I just never wanted to pull out because I feared many would stop listening to me, as TSAMS characters is all they care about in my content.

I do not want to be dragged along this forever train. I can't keep stomaching it. I need something nourishing, which is something I can't say TSAMS is to me anymore.

I jumped to my own writing a very long time ago when I started noticing the empire of TSAMS start falling apart.

I will still be working on those. I love the stories I want to share. Ten Week Eclipse, Ruin In Wonderland, Ruin's 40 years, etc.

I want to focus on writing those stories in a way that is nourishing, conclusive, nuanced, but rounded and something to learn from.

TSAMS started like that for me, like many other great people.

I fear it has lost that now.

Ruin is being left unfinished. I don't believe he is in a state where he can be finished in a satisfactory way.

I still believe Reed and Davis are good writers and I will celebrate them silently for their indie works whether I watch it or not.

Excuse my Cookie Run Kingdom Husband Of The Year freakout.

BUT I MADE YOU SOME CONTENT! DADDY MADE YOU YOUR FAVORITE OPEN WIDE!!!! (please get the reference)

Toxic Yaoi is all of your favorites, right???

This is definitely one of the pieces I’ve spent the longest on. My typical pieces are 1-2 hours, this took 5!

I was struggling like CRAZY with hands, the butcher knife, and rays. Though when the Unus Annus stream dropped, I was legit possessed and NEVER struggled since. Unus Annus makes me feel like I can do anything, man. Mark & Ethan are a big beacon of hope for me.

Both of these characters belong to @quinzii !

The top character is named Comet, an awesome sauce God I equally fear and love.

The lower character is an original Eclipse design! Though we lowkey call him “Wax” because he’s kinda brainwashed.

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YOU WILL LIKE THIS POST YOU WILL LIKE THIS POST YOU LOOOVE TOXIC MEN YOU LOVE IT SOOOO MUCH

Step before the throne and greet your Highness…

SATURN!

+ 1 BONUS COMIC — BEFORE YAP

People have come to me during my fusion drawings and original design drawings asking “how do you come up with your designs?”

I figured I would start breaking them down!

1 - TEMPERATURE

Depending where you are on the planet Saturn…the temperature can be FREEZING COLD or it can be BURNING HOT! Hence, I used both cool and warm colors on this new design! (This secretly might’ve be a +1 free “keep og skin color” coupon.)

I pulled several reference photos of Saturn up, using that and the color picker to find the platte that I wanted. This is how I discovered all the colors that I used, and even found the cool colors around the rims of Saturn itself.

I added markings much like the movie Avatar because I was pushing to make her feel more extraterrestrial. Though mostly varying stripes, you will also find symbolistic markings on her.

2 - ARMOR

I wanted to keep her heavy armor - it is probably my favorite part in the OG design… but I also was looking for something almost Mandelorian like? Along the lines of Star Wars and the way they dress their desert fighters. Her vital areas are heavy protected while less important parts of her body are exposed to prevent heat exhaustion. Though, Saturn has a high tolerance to extreme heat and the cold, this simply helps not make the problem worse.

Her loincloth shows off her home proudly, as no enemy cares to “doxx” her when her planet is known fearsomely as a high-military planet. Saturn’s planet is much like the Russia of our Solar System in terms of military…leaving Earth as the “USA”. LOL?? YAY??? I GUESS ????

Saturn is adorned in moons, as Saturn (The Planet) has ~250 moons. You can find it on her belt, around her rings, falling from her armor, and even in her markings.

She wears heat-resistant gloves under her armored ones to handle hotter weapons and more dangerous situations (such as saving a casualty from some fire-related event, which she has done many times before with her own soldiers and civilians.)

Her armor is extremely strong! If Norman tried to punch it, it’d probably split his arm in half!

3 - HAIR

The original color looked very out of place when I added it, though I tried to subtly keep the blue tone in there, if you look hard enough with your brightness all the way up…lol…

Her hair is where I added the “star rep”..though it’s more directed towards Space as a whole rather than just stars / constellations. Think of Princess Celestia’s hair from MLP with this pattern of stars in her dark, midnight hair. I kept the “star rep” very small due to the fact that she was a Gas Giant (not even a full planet) instead of anything close to a Star. It felt like staff impersonation to keep adding star rep on her. Though…there is a certain Star located on her chest piece…behind the Gas Giant emblem.

Her hair is properly tied back, though sometimes seeming disheveled. The hair-tie is to keep her from tripping on herself in battle - the wrecked state of her hair from time to time is due to the stress on her as a general.

4 - RINGS

Removable! They float around, attached to nothing and being silly. She has a second eye under the ring over her head, it’s just obscured by hair and a ring.

DISCLAIMER

I’m well known for my original designs that act as “watermarks” for the fan-content I create! In no way is this changed-design any kind of insult or criticism to the original creators. This is just a “how I designed the character” type of trend I’ve been doing for years!

I figured I’d ask you since you nicknamed Dark Sun, but do you have a name for the new Eclipse on TEAS? It feels wrong? weird? calling him Eclipse🙃

WHY YES, I DO!

I fully agree on how weird it was to call him Eclipse, and I decided to take a complete turn on interpretation of his name and environment!

We all (hopefully) know the base foundation of the world around TSBS is a world in which Humans live along side AI in a not-so-friendly manner. They’re given a couple rights, but not much overall. Put into work the second they’re created and not expected to live a life outside of servitude. Little did humanity know, androids were advancing faster than they could predict.

This lead to the science of AI, questioning if our recognizable animatronics are actually ALIVE. If they feel emotional/physical pain, if they understand humanity’s concepts, if they have souls.

If you want to check out an example of young AI vs old, sentient AI - observe Solar Flare and Eclipse from The Sun and Moon Show. Their interactions depict an AI that is not supposed to be sentient, confronting a faulty AI that is.

Because we’re in a different dimensions with clearly different rules, I decided to bend them as well.

In this universe, AI is getting farther ahead, and laws aren’t. AI is discovering itself and its identities, and Eclipse (EAS) is finding himself as well. Though he loves the name “Eclipse” and wouldn’t dare part with a “gift” such as it (or so he calls it), he strives to discover what it’s like to feel human, like many sentient androids wish for. So, he gains a human sub-name, Norman.

His design is based off the “regular joe, 9-to-5” stereotype…ish? Basing himself off a stereotype of the common man because it’s all he understands at his current moment in his sentient journey. Characters like him (and inspired off of) includes Free Guy and Fix It Felix.

“Kiss the brick! Kiss the brick!!” THESE ARE MY KISSES. TAKE IT LIKE A MAN! /J

Ughh I just need to sit down and right a 400 page fanfiction about the grotesque events that happen in Ruin’s past. I have SO much fan-lore and theories based off in-show implications, dude.

This being one of them,

Speaking of your designs, what made you design Eclipse the way you did?

Ruin’s Design Explanation!

I figured i’d do a whole rundown because I’ve been asked why I designed em like this before!

Secret design LORE, comic sneak-peaks, in-character dialogue, headcanons, and more!

Eclipse will be a separate one, his has a lot more history!! The color palette question is answered in #7!!

And now, some in-character lore…

Yes he in fact has trans scars. Why? The AI’s are all naturally agender and can be programmed to act as a singular gender. Gender itself is not a real concept to them, and is only there to make humans feel more comfortable.

After everything Ruin has gone through, delving into human life and discovering the different genders humans may identify as, he related to the struggles of transgender slander, being labeled as a complete freak for being born the way he is and then outcasted for it. He designed those scars himself to give himself his own “identity” as you would program into him.

Ruin has no specified gender (my specific Ruin) but he leans towards being a feminine he/him.

In shorter terms I watched all his past abuse and all I could think about was transgender representation.

SNEAK PEAK COMIC!!

The comic’s results in present day!

More in-character transferring to my own thoughts.

Extra questions:

why the hell is he blue tinted

Just mood coloring! He’s not ACTUALLY blue-ish grey. It is color theory fr fr!

WHERE’S HIS MARRIAGE RING

I frORGOOOOTTT ASSROTPPPPPP DOFNT YEEL ATT MEEEEE

was ruin known by many dimensions people after ruin killed many dimensions, or something else?

Ruin was a threat to planets at first while he was in war and looking for the Wither Shard. It wasn’t until his escape from V-42 (his dimension) that he became a multiversal threat. Even then, his story reached very far.

Some of the writings and posters that have made it across the universe - and eventually, dimensions:

minor tw: fictional t3rrorism mention and war topics such as propoganda.

#1 - The Broadcasts

Não (Ruin’s Creator) films Ruin with a pre-written script of warnings, commands, and information about the war that is going on, and how it will end. These repeated constantly, 24/7, across any and every screen that wasn’t visibly corrupted for fear mongering effect.

Civilians did not run from these broadcasts. They stayed. Because every once in a while, the televisions would change with announcements from the same cloaked figure to command them to safety.

This video is often used to show the severity of Ruin’s existence. It’s physical evidence against him and is treated somewhat like “lost footage” or “analogue horror” by worlds that don’t take it seriously…that is, until Ruin pays their planet a visit.

#2 - Propoganda

One of the main posters that are thrown across the post-apocolyptic world. A call for remaining humans to surrender themselves for some greater plan, though many didn’t agree. Though, Não did his best to suffocate the survivors with constant propoganda.

#3 - Wanted Poster

This poster is released after Ruin’s departure for the Wither Shard. The earth, with Não and Ruin is monitored by refugees and other extraterrestrials for a while. The situation severely escalates when the most dangerous solider gets pushed onto a mission to hunt for a shard to extend The Creator’s reach. It becomes a hunting mission very quickly. Civilians are told to hide, fighters are told to always be at arms. If they can stop Ruin from completing his mission, they can stop Não from reaching to other planets, then other dimensions. What they didn’t know was that Ruin was sabatoging his own mission half the time while keeping himself alive.