#redux!cake

I get the reigns... wo...

Here's some fun facts about different characters!!

Bottle's choice to switch from Death PACT in TPOT was simply because she wanted to branch out and get to know other contestants.

Bracelety has some of the strongest willpower in the cast. Even after being left alone, she keeps her hopes high and herself busy by exploring.

Lollipop and Teardrop would have kissed if Teardrop didn't move to TPOT. Lollipop flirted with Teardrop a lot and Teardrop reciprocated.

We all know Pin loves paprika. Her obsession with it stems from positive association with a soup her caretaker used to often prep. She is very brave with what she uses it on-- one time she put paprika on her cheese pizza!!

Cake tried DMing a campaign after he was eliminated with what little resources he had. It was put on the back burner because Cake wasn't able to keep track of the worldbuilding.

Flower can not swim.

Bomby brings fruit salad to Price Tag's Just Not game nights. He prides himself in how much Just Not enjoys it and makes sure to put a variety in.

Leafy went camping every year with her guardian(s). She built her survival skills from what they taught her and knows how to use a blade.

Nickel can give you the common name of every bug in Yoyleland.

Roboty dreams of a world where he lives in peace and isolation. Just .. somewhere away from BFDI.

Gaty actively cared for the Funny Plant Saw liked so much up until it died, completely out of her control. She was upset and was made to feel worse when the whole species went extinct for a challenge.

Ice Cube gets Blocky's Funny Doings International shut down by inciting a legal battle due to the harm of Blocky's pranks. Blocky's Funny Doings International lasts from mid 2010 to early 2012.

I feel like Cake didn't get enough time to shine in the whole of BFDI.

With The Losers getting rewritten to give each member more agency, Cake will have his time!

Cake has untreated DPD developed pre-BFDI.

his parents are not in a healthy relationship!! But they refused to break up for Cake's sake. It... Didn't go as planned.

He also had MEEEAAAAN school bullies.

By his appearance in the show, Cake is around the age of a young adult.

Cake is shy and an overall very sweet person. He's well-intentioned and easily bothered.

A bit of a Goiky's Dragons fan.

Cake is a HUUUGE Loser fan. During his teenagehood he used to listen to podcasts from Loser, buy merchandise, and watch content featuring Loser-- he found those to be good distractions. Hearing Loser's trans experience helped Cake go through his own.

He once got to go to a performance. His grandparents took him!

Cake is SO HAPPY to see Loser in BFB,, but also kinda nervous. THAT'S HIS IDOL!!

He follows Loser around like a lost puppy and goes to Loser for help with his problems. He's the same with the rest of The Losers-- but not nearly as much as he is with Loser.

Loser is eliminated. For a while, Cake's... uncertain. He grows closer to other members of The Losers instead and wow! I am going to let this team be dysfunctional with or without loser, especially after everyone realizes hey. Hey! Loser's not someone to put on a pedestal.

There's tension on The Losers. Past drama Cake isn't familiar with is stirred up and uncomfortable amount. Firey and Leafy are NOT playing nice. (Seriously, Leafy joining The Losers made Firey meaner.) Pin dances around the topic of BFDIA. Coiny is struggling to mend things between him and Firey. Eggy and Needle are TRYING to hold everything together. Cake is just... Here. He's not actually that close to anyone. Hm.

When Two comes and Loser escapes Four, Cake is uncertain about switching shows. Cake's been doing better without Loser and I think I know how to seal that.

Kickstart the friendship between Book and Cake.

Loser is off being Loser, probably telling contestants to do what they think is right. Yeah. But not Cake.

Perhaps this is the start of Cake's realization. Hr doesn't need Loser. He doesn't need The Losers.

He comes across Book after she and Taco had a tense talk. Cake stands there awkwardly, Book asks if he's alright, he kinda nods and looks away.

Book is learning the power of healthy communication. She is quick to ask Cake--

"Do you want to talk about it?"

The weight on him starts to lighten. It feels good.

So, he follows Book to TPOT, walking with her off-screen and talking about his experiences as his voice fades out.

In TPOT, Cake joins Just Nots with Book.

This is a WONDERFUL IDEA!! He gets into an old interest and starts a Goiky's Dragons campaign with the whole team. They also get along wonderfully!!

Buuuuuut there's Pillow. Cake doesn't say anything to her but he doesn't appreciate the way she treats him or Bomby. Those two are the first in TPOT to have a strained relationship with her.

Pillow also ended their Goiky's Dragons campaign. Thanks. Wow.

Cake gets to be friends with everyone but finds himself closest with Book. The two talk about their history with each other. Book can empathize with Cake's struggles with The Losers and his DPD. Book actually helps Cake through it up until his elimination.

i feel like grassy's parents bear immeasurable amounts of guilt due to their lack of supervision essentially leading to grassy getting traumatized

Oh man... Certainly.

Some contestants were not raised by their parents X-X and others I havent thought that deeply about

GRASSY!!

Grassy's parents were mortified. I'd dare say they were young and inexperienced with no support but each other. One at work, the other napping..

Grassy liked watching BFDI! The reruns were entertaining. He found out about BFB and applied. A few weeks later, he snuck out and took a bus to the show.

Both parents were MORTIFIED when they found out. There's so much guilt there, especially with the violent nature of BFB and TPOT. When the world fell into darkness, they fretted over Grassy's safety further.

FIREY JR

Dude...

So angry.

His parents had a lot of expectations but also weren't often present. When they were, Firey Jr felt like he had hawks eyeing him. Sometimes they say he can take care of himself, that he's a young man now, but other times they tell him he's still a kid.

He hates that.

He had a rebellious streak before BFB, it built up to him applying as a sort of means of running away.

His parents are not perfect people. I think, following Firey Jr first disappearing, there was anger. Ohhh, he's going to be in so much trouble when he comes back!! Then, panic-- oh god he actually ran away. And lastly, guilt-- because of us.

I do want some of Firey Jr's actions to feel irrational and others justified. He is flawed. He is a teenager. He builds up anger and resentment, especially in the EXIT because he never got to grow up and mature. Dora and 8-Ball were not perfect caretakers either.

If Firey Jr gets therapy and some time to mature, he could definitely reunite with his parents and talk his feelings out. His parents, during the 5 years Firey Jr has been gone, HAVE grown a lot. They feel that guilt and, if Firey Jr hadn't gone to BFB, probably would've tried to be more present in his life.

You can't change the past but you can make the future. There is still time for things to mend between them, if only Firey Jr is willing to.

CAKE

He loves his parents to death but GOD, why did they have to stay together??? Stubborn people.

His parents only stuck together because they wanted Cake to grow up with both of them. They didn't get along well, though nothing ever got physical between them, some shouting matches WOULD happen.

They fully split off when Cake turned 18. He wishes they did it sooner, it would've saved everyone a lot of stress.

PIN

LOVES her parents. All three of them have a strong relationship-- they're very encouraging people and no doubt are the reason why Pin was confident and refused to be knocked down.

She probably visited them between BFDIA and IDFB-- she seriously needed that break. I could open up IDFB with her coming back from that??

RUBY

She does not have a strong relationship with her parents. She cares about them but like... she had so many siblings that her parents were trying to divide their attention on, though Ruby is the youngest. I do Not want to get into object reproduction right now sorry

It's mostly her sisters that raised her.

FLOWER

Her parents endorsed everything Flower wanted. They cherished her and loved her deeply, though they were admittedly inconsistent while raising her, one often full of criticism while the other was not.

I'm toying with the idea of her dying at one point and one parent spiralling so bad they commissioned Robot Flower essentially to get their daughter back. This turned up pointless as Flower was recovered a year or two after.

Flower didn't find out about the commission until BFB. Safe to say she was NOT happy when she found out that was kept from her and it caused a serious strain between everyone involved.

I'll make a post exploring that storyline at some point. It's got a lot of potential to play into Robot Flower's character.

NICKEL

His parents owned an animal rescue sanctuary :D they have a positive relationship with him and vice versa. He calls them every weekend until he's eliminated in TPOT

TENNIS BALL

I think Tennis Ball lost her parents young. He revolved through a foster system for a long time and that ultimately played a roll in his separation anxiety.

She has some fond but distant memories of her parents, old as they are-- it makes her feel bittersweet when she thinks about them and he wishes he got to know them longer.

GELATIN

He has a distant relationship with his parents. He cares, they care-- but since the Steakhouse fell apart nothing has been the same. A part of him still feels like he failed his parents.

GOLF BALL

HAHAHHAHA!!! BACKSTORY TIME! BACKSTORY TIME!! Kicking my feet.

Some characters have drafted backstories!! I'll go over every one I can remember/have planned. I'll count backstory as anything that happened pre-BFDI or before the character's debut in a gameshow season.

CAKE

Cake was raised by two parents who did NOT get along. The only reason they were together was to keep him happy(good job /s!) This meant a lot of conflict. Even over the smallest things-- they could not stand each other.

It's not even that they were bad people either. They just. DID NOT GET ALONG. And his school life wasn't much better: bullies and little friends are a shitty mix.

So, going into teenagehood, Cake drowned out his problems by popping in some earbuds and listening to music while working. His SMALL circle had huge Goiky's Dragons fans, so tabletop RPGs were a good way for him to stay distracted.

He also had his trans actualization when he started getting into Loser as a preteen. Cake was a DIEHARD Loser fan at the time and idolized the man. He dreamed of going to Loser's performances and meeting Loser in person.

I want to make an IDFB episode that focuses on Cake!! Tempted to call the episode "Cake Day"! It would be about Cake and his grandfathers on his mother's side taking him to a live Loser show for his 16th birthday. It'll introduce both characters!

LOSER AND WINNER

They met during highschool, in which Winner got some bullies to leave Loser alone.

They both started off as kids with big dreams. Loser wanted to make it far from the start and Winner was there to support him through it all.

In their early twenties, they got into a talent show and were met with praise, basking in the attention. Within a month, they became a viral sensation.

Loser loved it. Winner didn't. They felt pressured and stressed. So, when Loser came to them with a movie deal, Winner finally put a stop to their team-up. There wasn't a big fight. Loser tried to be understanding and was deeply hurt. He eventually broke contact with Winner and went off on his own.

Winner faded into obscurity-- no matter how hard they tried to get back into the spotlight, hoping to be seen by Loser again, it never worked out.

FLOWER

I don't have a strong idea but I do have the foundation for a backstory!!

Flower was brought up in a wealthy family, raised in values of status and fortune. Stereotypical rich highschool popular girl bully.

Her parents made it very clear to her that she would eventually be on her own and have to learn to fend for herself. To act like and be an adult. They gave her starter funds when she said she was ready to move out.

PIN

Raised by great people who encouraged her to express herself. To be herself no matter what stands in her way. We'll see how that turns out.

TWO

This algebralien has a streak of bad luck to their name!

Friendships rarely did work out for them. Despite being omnipotent, Two was pushed into doing what others wanted. Two wants others to like them. Others(One) took advantage of their power.

They had a best friend in One, or so they thought. When One was trapped away, they felt at fault and struggled with their self esteem for a long time.

Then they met Eight!! They and Eight would all. Become a QPP-- which ended after Two helped Fourteen. Right before Fourteen showed his true colors.

So, Two left the algebralien world behind in search of new adventures.

RUBY

The youngest of too many sisters to count!!

Ruby's sisters were all majorly successful in some form or another-- artists, scientists, doctors, CEOs... The list goes on! Ruby wanted to be successful too. In her childhood, Ruby explored several things to find what she liked. She tried cooking, photography, painting, and writing before landing on acting.

With the support of her closest sisters, Ruby pursued her goals and applied for BFDIA to get her name out there.

LEAFY

Leafy spent a lot of her life with her legal guardian, her uncle!! She probably had a forest in her backyard. In her childhood, she'd go to summer camps that taught her vital survival skills for the wilderness-- skills Leafy would put to use by going camping with her uncle in the fall.

GOLF BALL

Golf Ball grew up in a small town in Yoyleland and moved to Yoylecity for college. One day, perhaps a few years into her studies, something happens in Yoylecity that causes it to be abandoned-- and leave Golf Ball with some serious trauma.

I don't have enough clues from Canon!IDFB to tell you what exactly happened,, but as I start to piece together a solid timeline I should be able to.

GELATIN

Gelatin got into science during middle school. It started with biology, went into biochemistry, and finally landed permanently on chemistry.

After graduating highschool, Gelatin started college-- having to stop halfway through this parent's steakhouse business that he inherited and did not want.

FOUR, X, AND ROBOTY

The epitome of algebralien chaos and his polite best friend!!

So, I don't know how Four and X got their powers, but they have some!!

X and Four met at a young age! They stuck together through rough patches and as they began to discover their own power. Four easily learned to master theirs while X fell behind and began to show signs of struggling with their own self-worth.

Four frequented the Equation Playground because X spent a lot of their time there. Through X, they met a lot of other integers-- including Two, who set up doorways into personal domains for ease of access. X was on good terms (but not particularly close friends) with everyone.

However, due to boredom, Four began looking for other things to do and took X along with him. X eagerly complied. This included Four being inspired enough by Two making those gateways-- they tried making one of their own and made a lifeform with a gateway instead.

Roboty! Four gave him to X as a gift so X could go to Four's domain without Four being present. X took Roboty everywhere with them.

One day, Four had the idea for a new adventure. He had seen BFDI and BFDIA and wanted to try it for himself!! When you get this number obsessed with something, it's hard to get him to stop.

He made a physical copy of BFDI and then got X and Roboty to come with him, proposing an impulse season for BFDIA: BFB. X was ecstatic and Roboty did not want in.

A couple of much rougher ideas -

Snowball being raised around bigotry and toxicity, specifically idealizing strength.

👕: 12, 15, 16

📦: 2, 4, 8, 12, 14

🍽️: 10, 13

🌤️: 1, 13, 14, 18

💓: 3, 5, 14

🎲: 11, 12, 18

i think you can tell that i really like cake

Hmmz i think that. Just maybe! You really like Cake.

Has your character gone through major stylistic or physical changes?

He would as a part of transitioning, changing the fondant on his head and the icing. It just feels more... him. And it's one of the only things about himself he feels comfortable with changing for himself. Everything else is just. What he thinks others would want him to be.

Would your character wear something someone else picked out for them?

Yes, he would.

Is your character's appearance more telling or deceiving?

Very telling. He comes across as shy and friendly.

What gift would your character give to someone they didn't like but felt obligated to?

Depends on who it is. Even if he doesn't like them, he'll still try to get clued in on their interests to buy the perfect gift.

Is there an item your character liked that they can’t get back?

Cake probably had some Loser merch that got tangled into a garage sale or a throw away pile while organizing his room.

What would it take for your character to give up an item they really like?

Not much. It would take him feeling pressured and/or the person asking for said item to be someone he likes or knows.

Does your character personify objects?

Yes! Cake has a strong imagination and many OCs, especially thanks to getting involved in Goiky's Dragons campaigns.

Is your character willing to ask for things?

Entirely depends on who it is. He doesn't want to be a bother to anyone.

What is a childhood meal your character cherishes?

His grandfathers made some banger lasagna.

How much does your character care about wasting food?

He cares a lot. If there's leftovers, Cake will try to preserve them for another meal.

What would your character do if they were suddenly caught in the rain?

He'd find a roof to get under and listen to the sound of the rainfall.

What element best represents your character?

Water!

Does your character prefer hot or cold weather?

Cake loves colder weather. It feels nice. The hot sun in summer could bake him.

How willing would your character be to nap outside?

He'd be resistant without shelter.

Is your character more prone to fight or flight?

Flight. Cake doesn't want anyone to be hurt.

What words could tear your character down?

Anything that degrades his worth.

Is there a secret thing your character longs to hear?

I don't think there's anything secret, per say. He wants to hear praise and support from those he cares most about.

Does your character have any injury stories?

I can't think of any off the top of my head 😅;; there is a death story, though. The time Two accidentally crushed him under their arm trying to send him to their domain.

What kind of music does your character enjoy?

Indie rock with a side of funk, folk specifically when he's thinking of Goiky's Dragons character concepts.

What is a topic your character wouldn't want to talk about?