#neo cranium command

Surprise. Here we go again. 

Buzzy

-Buzzy listens to whatever’s on the radio. He always asks Bobby’s parents to turn it on in the car, and makes an effort to say something good about everything that plays. He really likes what they did with hyper and indie pop in the 2000s and he has a great time playing certain songs on repeat.

The only thing he doesn’t really like is loud music, yet he’ll tolerate it if someone he cares for wants to listen to it.

Cortex

-In the ‘90s, Cortex was ABSOLUTELY listening to dad butt-rock; and when I say “listening”, I mean, “face-down in the command center, sobbing to Nickelback and Creed”.

In the early 2000s, however, someone dropped an MP3 player with My Chemical Romance’s debut album on it in the queue. The second he got his hands on it, it was over. The emo / post-hardcore phase was immediate.

(His favorite song since 2018 has been “The Ghost of You”)

Sito

-Extreme metal. She doesn’t do it to look cool or dupe unsuspecting others into listening to it, it’s genuinely something she enjoys and appreciates. She prioritizes instrumentals over lyricism, so those distinct riffs are primarily what keep her coming back to the genre for more.

Surprisingly, she also doesn’t mind country music in the slightest. Despite being raised in Texas, she never got tired of hearing it. She really appreciates the acoustic guitar and people who know how to play the banjo correctly.

Trousdale

Trousdale is a massive EDM + club remix person. It reminds him of his days spent piloting frat boys, where he spent weeks on end going to raves, toilet-papering houses and crashing random parties. Play him some Skrillex and he’ll probably start doing backflips.

(Unbeknownst to his comrades, he’s also a DJ. He doesn’t have anywhere to demonstrate his abilities when he’s around them, so he doesn’t see the point in bringing it up.)

Neo + Hypothalamus

-Neo and Hypothalamus both listen to classical + orchestra music akin to that one Samsung ringtone almost every single person over 70 has (https://youtu.be/k9_We6518SE).

Hypothalamus is very reserved about it, and is extremely well-educated regarding the genre as a whole. He knows what he’s talking about, and is often respected for it. On the contrary, Neo boasts and brags about it like it’s the best thing ever and all other music is trash.

Burton

-Burton listens to everything because he’s Burton.

Mainstream pop, hip-hop, classical, rap, rock, R&B, bachata, J-Pop, K-Pop, folk, throat singing, chanting, country, yodeling; you name it, he likes it, and he’s always willing to discover more. If anyone appreciates art on the Cranium Command, it’s him.

General Knowledge

Music distracts him from getting his work done, so therefore he finds it annoying.

However, this doesn’t mean he’s against it as a whole; he’s very glad it exists and is fully aware of the amount of talent it requires; that is, until it’s the Cranium Command marching band (Which IS a thing in my AU; that’s where the pre-show chant came from).

All of their scenes happen extremely fast. Sito speaks three times, and Trousdale twice. “Burton” has one line and was named by me, whereas “Neo” has a singular gesture…yet I gave her a name and a plethora of lore.

Still, I adore how much you get from them based on such little time. Thanks to those three lines, Sito is immediately established as someone playful and snarky in her free time. Trousdale upholds an externally serious demeanor, yet sports life is known to be beyond chaotic and full of parties.

On the other hand, however, there are so many opportunities left untouched. We don’t see Burton get into a craft, why not? Did Neo know Buzzy prior to takeoff, or was she just annoyed by his reckless enthusiasm?

Answering these questions and creating Neo in particular has genuinely been so gratifying and cathartic. She’s not the most likable character ever, but she’s a product of my mind nonetheless. They all become indirect products of my mind when they’re inside of that one shot collection.

The way I see this show is so heavily influenced by 90% of the stuff that I’ve made up. Of course the attraction’s not that deep (nor was it ever intended to be), but to me, it IS. With the inclusion of Buzzy and Cortex, these are fleshed-out characters that have existed in my mind for so long, I’m so happy to finally get to share how I’ve seen them for years on end. They really do deserve love and attention.

I feel like it’d depend on the situation established and how they’d bounce off of each other personality-wise.

General Knowledge dislikes his granddaughter primarily because she’s the independent, “I-do-what-I-want” antithesis to his definition of structure and order. She literally went into endocrinology with the government name NEURO LOGICAL, that was the nail in the coffin for Gramps.

I personally see him as someone with zero interest in romance, so he strikes me as the type that would adopt to pass his legacy down first and foremost. Therefore, because he took in a kid out of his own free will, it’s more likely that he’d try to bond with them. I think he’d make a bigger effort (albeit a stern one) to get them to stick around and follow his path when opposed to lashing out or shoving them to the side if they refuse a few times. It’s a closer familial relationship than just a granddaughter, so there’s more leeway.