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Anyone who has dived into the lore written in old posts probably knows that BE used to be known as 34RTH-1 back in the moon, but I never really illustrated how she looked like back there. Her body is inspired off BJD (ball jointed dolls) because, aside sculpting them being part of my favorite hobbies, it fits the narrative of having an almost perfect puppet for HEL-102 to manipulate the robo-city. Now that I’m on break I’ll take the liberty of illustrating more unseen designs from the lore AND of course continue the prologue comic I’ve mentioned a lot of times before! As always, your patience is very appreciated, I really enjoy working on this passion project <3 (I might start illustrating more with this lineart-less style, I love it)

Extra pair of drawings from her. For a little context on the second one, HEL-102 used to bring her into his theater inside a glass dome.

I know it might seem a bit cliché, perhaps even edgy, to have BE develop into the classic evil counterpart of herself, HOWEVER as I have mentioned before somewhere inside the AU’s tag the evolution of BE and AM’s characters differ in the way they were offered an environment to grow and learn; she had a reason to change that way. AM was given time, patience and affection throughout his stay in BE’s realm, which allowed him to improve at his own pace and barely suffer a change in the physical sense. BE on the other side, was struck with the truth in a very sudden and improper manner under so little time that her emotions scattered all over the place and thus projected themselves into a whole new body.

This form of her’s is greatly inspired by three concepts that I consider fit her situation best: hurricanes/tornadoes, “La Llorona” from Mexican folklore and the myth of Medusa (Roman version).

Her form doesn’t resemble, but literally portrays itself as a wandering cluster of strong winds that travel the lands in an endless journey. I believe it’s easy to relate this concept with her conflicted thoughts and the sorrow from betrayal. Not only AM’s betrayal (in a way) but the betrayal from her own home and creators who shifted the blame of nature’s destruction to her. Deeming them all unworthy of stepping foot in her realm again, the clouds she’s connected to also represent the desire of keeping the planet under a roof, and thus to herself.

Medusa, the mortal woman who was unfairly punished by Minerva for being violated by Neptune in her own temple, is also a mythical figure that I aimed to reference mostly in BE’s design (take note that this is the Roman version told by Ovid, versions of the myth may vary). Although Medusa’s story doesn’t match BE’s completely, I wanted to focus more on the symbolism that she represents which is female rage and the opposition to a patriarchy. The opposition to patriarchy may not directly reference AM (most of us have read Ted’s views on him, mentioning him as “the patriarchal”) since BE never really got to see that side of him, considering he had to behave in order to keep his real identity hidden. This side of the symbolism references HEL-102, BE’s father figure if you’d call him that, and the way he managed his city up in the moon + the ways he utilized BE as a vessel to manipulate the robotic population.

“La Llorona” is maybe the most important inspiration out of these three, since it’s a tale that I’ve been close to since little and that almost perfectly represents the way BE, as a self-proclaimed mother of nature, deals with grief. The original tale is based on the grief suffered by Mexica deities Tonantzin and Cihuacóatl, mourning the loss of their children before the Spanish conquest. A later version of this same tale explains the tragedy of an indigenous woman who drowns her children in a fit of rage after a Spanish man abandons her. One of the most modern versions, which is the one I’m the most familiar with, is the movie “La leyenda de la Llorona” which narrates the story of Yoltzin: a working mother beloved by the community of Xochimilco who suffers an accident after her house catches fire and her children are taken away by the river’s stream. Story-wise, I see either of this versions relate with BE’s situation since she’s both mourning the death of a whole “civilization” or her “children” which is the original nature as a whole. Ironically, the movie version of La Llorona narrates that she abducts children at night to take care of by herself… but I’ll leave it up to you to notice the correlation with my AU. I’ll leave a link below to a portion of the movie.

AND ofc a song from Aurora I feel represents her best, mostly from the minute 3:19 and on.

This is my idea for Ted’s outcome in my AU :3! I wanted to give him a role in the events posterior to BE’s re-emergence (which is after her divorce + the arrival of her humans), and although I DON’T have his purpose very clear because of the lack or development in that part of the lore, I DO know that I want him to shift into a new body just like AM did! My idea comes from the fact that he was turned into a slug-thingy, which is sorta similar to a caterpillar, which logically could transform into a butterfly man-thingy! I hardly believe he would be satisfied with this body at first, but he’d very much prefer it over the previous. I sketched my first ideas as shown below

Hi guys! I bring the news that I’m very close to finishing this first chapter of my illustrated fic! I’m still polishing some stuff from the text and drawing missing scenes, but it’s safe to say I’ve done significant progress. The chapter will have Adam (this au’s “Ted”) as a narrator and will cover his last moments of consciousness inside the bunker before induced into hibernation. It will also serve as a small introduction to a few important characters for the story’s development. Once I feel satisfied with the text and the illustrations are done, I’ll post the complete chapter here and only the text on AO3. I’m also planning to make a side-blog entirely destined for the updates of the chapters and better organization.