I think, rather than slipping and easily shattering every time, Bottle will end up with cracks. She'll shatter and be recovered sometimes, being brought back to a healed state. Cracks can help create some really interesting patterns!!

Pencil's eraser reflecting her mental health. I did that in her FreeSmart drawing from June and really liked it. It's full in BFDIA and by TPOT 19, it is worn and used.

Needle using a thread as a ponytail. I see fanartists do this or a bow and it's REALLY FUCKING AWESOME. Rather than a piece of paper in BFDIA, she can use thread colors to express which team she's on, eventually going for the dark red I drew her with in her IDFB art as a means of showing that she's now playing for herself. Independant.

Pin keeps her mech suit. No new limbs. She has her pigment removed to explore and have control over her own identity, reverts to red in BFB, and then goes all out in TPOT with all sorts of colors and patterns. Probably changing every couple of episodes, especially when she has to be recovered as her default state is red pushpin with a mech suit.

Leafy having singes on her side after post-split due to spending so much time close to Firey on the boat and the new island.

I want to use Match's hair dye more. It's a similar case to Pin, wanting to explore her identity and findinf what works for herself. She spent so long AVOIDING trying to understand herself, who she is and what she wants, that now that she isn't.? She's happy to step out of her own boundaries.

Grassy getting his blades taller as he ages and sprouting little. Seed bits adult/uncut grass has. I forgot what it's called. Also being dryer in fall/winter and being more inclined to seek out water.

HELLO!! We are SO BACK.

I've been keeping up with BFDI.

SO I will look over what's happening with redux!BFDIA 23 and 24, as well as faint ideas for 25.

SO, from what canon leaves me with:

Coiny is eliminated.

Book wins BFDIA 23.

TB is eliminated.

Book and Needle remain.

THE OUTCOME I DESIRED!! We're having a woman win BFDIA no matter what.

For the redux, I need to use BFDIA 23 to tie up loose ends and set the finale in stone. Tennis Ball will have her stress accumulate. One big explosion -- desperation to win, he's come this far. She goes all out and loses...

Voted out. Tennis Ball is relieved.

Needle and Book are both characters who can be used to explore autonomy. Needle works her ass off for two teams, gets dragged along, experiences the idgaf attitude of Fries, and comes out independent.

Book is a character who depends heavily on others. She had a habit of losing challenges and getting by thanks to audience pity. Winning took aid from her teammates, and that is okay.

However, she doesn't think she can do anything for herself. For Book, even when she tries to win for herself, she finds herself in Pencil's pressure. Pencil WILL attribute Book winning BFDIA to herself and that is the perfect segway for Book's continued story in IDFB.

So, Book lags behind. She worked with a frustratingly pitying Needle in the past -- now Needle won't bat Book an eye. It's about WINNING. TB won't aid Book either. To them, there's no advantage in helping Book -- and the underestimation gives Book the opportunity to blindsided her opponents and win BFDIA 23.

Also: Pin and Coiny aren't buddy-buddy until the very end of the season. They're STILL at each other's throats or Pin's with Leafy.

I want Pin to destroy the new Dream Island. It is her last FUCK YOU to the rest of the cast. She is hurting so bad. It would also keep up the trend of the winner not keeping their prize. (Leafy takes OG Dream Island, Flower gives up her prizes to other object). IDFB would be recovery for Pin.

Pin wouldn't until BFDIA 23 or 24. Coiny was eliminated, ideally by her hands -- and it wasn't enough. How can she go back from this? Leafy can't talk Pin out of it. She's angry. Needle knows no loyalty, why does she deserve to win? Book always supported FreeSmart, why does she deserve to win? Tennis Ball sat back and did fucking nothing, why does he deserve to win?

And I'm not letting Woody take her accommodations, Pin NEEDS those to get around. I'll figure out what to do with that glass bridge. Woody's major story focus would happen in IDFB and BFB.

Pin destroys most of the island in BFDIA 23. Runs off with the last piece, cue glass bridge. She drops it and huddles up somewhere in guilt, shame, and frustration? The only person willing to listen to her was Leafy. Maybe destroying that stupid island is what it will take to make everyone stop and listen. They will eventually and the last piece isn't.. really a dream island, is it? Barely a farm.

Leafy would be trying really hard to be buddy-buddy with everyone. She makes good strides with Pin but Fiery won't budge. He acts like he doesn't know who she is and it feels so petty.

Canon!BFDIA 24 has a deep lore drop about how votes are counted but redux is a lot simpler. Show runners behind the scenes do it via an online voting system. I can use the spare time to give eliminated contestants (and Bubble) some attention. Set people up for their IDFB stories. IDFB would be the season to focus on a lot more lore.

Perhaps redux!BFDIA 24 will be eliminated contestants saying who they'll root for in the finale. Voters in the AU would have other perspectives to listen to if they so desire.

Ideally, Announcer will make an appearance. TV had been running a lot of BFDIA behind the scenes... even though he's supposed to be Announcer's assistant, he ended up with most of the responsibilities AND babysitting his sister. Announcer was busy running another season alongside BFDIA. That would be Battle For Dream Island Elsewhere, BFDIE.

On a side note/tangent... Announcer could show up in early BFDIA once or twice. He ends up dipping for the rest of the season because he gets proposed to host ANOTHER season at the same time, BFDIE. So S1: BFDI, S2: BFDIA, S3: BFDIE, S4: BFB, S5: BFDI: TPOT.

I'll see what they do with BFDIA 25. I think the finale is pretty set in stone though. Emotional climaxes, characters making up, keeping arcs that need to cross over into IDFB.

Everyone assumes it's over after the finale. All of that and the island is gone. But our winners are left with their own feelings...

The two winning options:

Needle still feels victorious because she WON. She won for herself and learned a valuable lesson about independence. It's something she may take to extreme levels, but with the competition over, she's willing to sit and take a break.

Book winning is VERY exciting. The whole season, she's been stressing. She's been working as hard as she can, even though she gets downplayed at every turn. Sure, she's not the best player, and yeah, she kept getting mauled, but she WON!! And Pencil will soak that victory as an extension of herself.

Relating to this post

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 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

i do get its probably because pins gonna be eliminated in bfdia 22 {i hope not but cmon its inevitable} so they wanted to wrap her arc up before they cant anymore but like. ya know???

Agreed!!

I think that it's possible to do her character arc if she's eliminated OR if she's not eliminated. Hell, even if she wins the season.

Redux!Leafy is starting to open up after a period of isolation. She is actively searching out relationships and Pin happens to be one of the people she approaches.

I may let redux!BFDIA 21 be the challenge episode and have a special episode earlier in the season focusing on Leafy's time alone. Or just shorten the season by an episode.

Pin is angry. Pin is spiteful. Hurt people hurt people. She wanted to be herself-- she wanted what was best for her team and her friends and she did anything to see that though. However, in being vocal and loyal, people saw her as a boundary. As a threat. As a nuscuince.

So she will be a nuscuince. She will be a thorn in your side. She won't let people hurt her again-- she won't even give them the chance. Needle left her for FreeSmart, the team that censored Pin into oblivion. In BFDIA 13, Pin's song was hated by the judge but when her work was stolen and remixed, it was suddenly good??? What?

Pin and Coiny were gonna go far-- but he betrayed their friendship by brushing off WOAH Bunch's split. When he said "May the best person win!", Pin felt like she had been punched in the stomach. Her best friend just. How is he OKAY with this??

There are several ways this can go. I want Pin to reach an emotional climax where she breaks down.

Coiny being eliminated: Pin will rub it in his face. Pin will ask him if betraying her for the STUPID game was worth it with a big smile on her face. Deep down, she is ready to CRY. High chance if she and Leafy get close enough, Pin will break down.

Pin being eliminated: Pin tells Coiny that she hopes he's happy. Coiny says he is and that it's been a fun game-- he tells Pin that she's been a great ally and competitor and Pin doesn't know how to respond with words. She will go on to try to sabotage the players before she gets confronted and finally breaks.

Pin wins BFDIA: Completely relies on her winning in canon. She is SMILING, tearing up at the same time-- "Look at me! Look at how far I got in this stupid game without your help!" (Actively gesturing to Needle and Coiny) "All of those times I was left to rot, even when I had the whole game against me I MADE IT. I MMMMADE IT and won Dream Island. I don't even CARE about Dream Island anymore and I still- I still-" cue her falling apart on set.

Leafy: Last idea that came to mind. I really want their friendship to build up over a few episodes, with Leafy showing Pin that she is GENUINELY there for her and Pin struggling to believe her. Leafy can be intense and pushy, however, she's got good intentions. Being patient with Pin is what gets Leafy through Pin's high walls and gets Pin to finally break. I'm talking. Blubbering and tears and hiccupping. It is SAD.

I think talking with Needle, Coiny, or Leafy again after this could be the right steps to Pin realizing the mistakes the made. Yes, she was hurt. No, she shouldn't've taken it out on others like that. The guilt stays with her for the rest of her life.

i just had to go back to watch her crashout(not as in "ooh she's unhappy. Ooh", she ACTUALLY crashes out) in BFDIA 14 for this.

There's more to it than "they wont swing with me 😭😭😭😭". To quote Pin:

"FreeSmart, you fools. You have crossed far too many lines. You ripped off my face, you crushed my body, you didn't let Ice Cube come swing with me, and now you have the gall to steal my song?!"

They crossed her boundaries. They disrespected her. She refused to let it happen again. Pin got more competitive.

That will be the same case with Redux!Pin although I would leave the swing part out-- or swap it for another reason, we'll see how the rewritten BFDIA goes! She has more than enough motivation to be furious.

In TPOT, Pin expressed not being proud of who she was in BFDIA:

She's got a lot of willpower and determination. As we get further in BFDIA, she shows herself outspoken and vengeful. She's VERY competitive. Ultimately, she damages her relationships with the other contestants(save for Coiny, Coiny had fun!)

She hurts people because she's been hurt. She electrocuted FreeSmart. She brutally killed Book and dropped Coiny to win. I LOVE her story in BFDIA.