#questionable but answerable

i have watched it (statement)! you were right this shit good

i now need to read the book because i want to see how the interspecies communicating was worked out in text form...

HOLY FUCK!!!!! WILLIAM SHAMSPEARE!!!!!!

4. In developing their backstory, what elements of the world they live in played the most influential parts? 

i'll answer this one with TSDUL as a whole, since that's been my biggest brainworm as of recently.

the most obvious answer: the fact that everything takes place in Minecraft. this part is by FAR the most "stable" element of TSDUL, so it often works as my launching pad for ideas/plot devices/jokes. the other reason why i focus on the minecraft aspect so much is because of what i plan to spoof: minecraft "args" (which, controversially, are not actually args). my fixation on this new wave of minecraft roleplay makes me realize.... er, not a lot of stories really USE the minecraft setting?! which i think is fine, but i think there are a lot of things you could do if you take advantage of the setting. a lot of things that you could imply without ever saying, even.

18. What is the most recent thing you’ve discovered about your OC?

O-KAY, DISCLAIMER: INTERLOPER, DESPITE ITS MAIN TAG, IS NOT ACTUALLY AN ARG.... it's more just a webseries that sometimes lets it's audience contribute to the in-universe narrative.

with that said:

as i tend to gravitate towards robots in media, i like a lot of robot characters in general... i do have a few faves though. here are some i can think of:

FIDO811

FIDO811 is a character(s. you'll see soon) that's part of an online anthology series by Upgrayeddddd on Reddit. while i recommend to just read the whole series in release order (it has some really neat stories about sentient ai!), i consider Fido811 to be the best story that you can read standalone.

the best way i can describe Fido is that it's a military ceberus... it's a one-dog body that created 2 more personalities after it was active for so long. due to it's unique circumstance, it's able to be sentient without going insane (it's a thing of the anthology's universe) because the three personalities balance one another.

Here's Fido 1, 2, and 3 if you wanna read it... r slur warning for the first story.

RB-34 (or Herbie)

another robot from another anthology... Herbie's a character from I, Robot (which is a book i highly recommend every robot fan to read at least once... AND DONT WATCH THE MOVIE) it's really hard to explain what Herbie's deal is without also having to (re)explain the three laws of robotics... so all i can say is that a) he can read minds, b) he's willing to lie for the sake of keeping the first rule, and c) this fact would lead to his own demise.

TOBOT D