#spacebats

Here's my submission for Entrapdak Positivity Month, even though I'm a day late AAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!

You know what, lemme bring my old sketches back, cause lord knows i wasnt annoying enough about this lil piece of wiki trivia about filmation Prime (literally the more i learn about the 80s HP the more insane I get about my Kur Twins au cause how does this fact fits it so perfectly)

Basically, this idea is an AU for an AU, where Horde Prime's backstory is the same except for the fact that he and his brother are conjoined twins Since in this version the boys look exactly like their planet's local deity (also known as The Comet Brothers) they were worshipped since day 1 and the religious community didn't even need to convince people that they were truly the ones. In this story Anillis and Hec-Tor actually believed in their divine origins and feared to be proven wrong, because if they're no saints then they're just... strange kids, a burden to their community, unlovable defects. They were certain that they had no other choice but to embrace sainthood

So they gladly played along and were exploited by the high priests until a massive investigation was conducted that proved to the world that the boys had no godly powers and thus couldn't be real protectors of Krytis. Feeling useless, lost, humiliated and unwanted, Anillis and Hec-Tor wished to be seperated for the first time in their entire life. Thus came the idea of making new perfect bodies for both of them. It took them way longer than in the og backstory, but in the end, they succeeded. The problem was - they didn't like being in seperate bodies. After decades of sharing a life and a body, such huge change felt weird, unpleasant and scary. The brothers had given each other a chance at normalcy but soon rejected it, despite it all

But once they switched back, they discovered that the new bodies could move and speak on their own, that those were not just bodies but fully developed sentient people. It is when it hit them - the brothers had just created life. Their scientific invention could as well be seen as magic. They do have powers, they are saints, they are stars. No, they are better, more powerful than all of the stars in the vast sky. And they shall be treated as such. And they will make Krytis and the rest of the known universe fear and adore them, everyone will pay for ever doubting the brothers and casting them aside. But at first - they still needed a new body. One body for both of them, but this time stronger, more beautiful, more perfect. And of course, they couldn't just leave their new brothers behind too...

Hello! I like dragging hundreds of people into silly ideas, so welcome!

This account is for a SPOP/Spacebat Tumblr-wide event starting Thursday, July 2nd, and going until we can’t go anymore!!!

Behold mine plan;

1.) We spend the next month and a half growing our army by following this page (we can extend timeline if not enough)

2.) One or two days a week, this account will post a picture of a random background Horde Clone or two.

3.) In the comments, anyone is free to suggest names! You can like other people’s comments or boost your own name idea on your page by reblogging the post and your name idea (but you must also comment or it will be disregarded). Campaign as much as you want!

4.) After one week, I will set up a poll with the top 10 liked comments/name suggestions for the spacebat. If we have less than 10 suggestions, we will vote anyway. If we do not have three or more, we will wait an additional week. At this point if we do move to voting, I will ensure the original post shows as closed.

5.) VOTE VOTE VOTE!!! SPACEBAT DEMOCRACY!!! PICK UR FAV, ONLY VOTE ONCE!!! CONTINUE TO CAMPAIGN IF SO YOU WISH!!!

6.) At the end of the week (seven days after it opens), I will close the poll and announce the winner! We then officially dub that spacebat whatever the most popular name chosen was.

7.) Continue until the sun implodes or we run out of background clones/spacebats (a while)

8.) Eventually get enough attention to get one of the show’s creators to say the names we’ve given are canon (I wrote this as a joke but genuinely that would be amazing)

Rules:

1.) Be nice! Do not put others down or tell people not to vote for specific names. And don’t be down if a name you wanted didn’t win, it’ll be okay! And of course, no hate speech, anti-LGBTQ, racism, or any other kind of hate. Any hateful behavior will not be tolerated, and you will be blocked on the first offense.

2.) One name suggestion per person per clone. We don’t need five name ideas for one clone from one person. Don’t worry: there will be plenty more babies to name :)

3.) Nothing inappropriate or insensitive. I will delete any comments with inappropriate suggestions and write down your profile. Three strikes of intentionally doing this and you are blocked. We are respectful here. If I fail to delete one due to not seeing it or not understanding its meaning, please let me know. If it somehow makes it to the poll, it will be disregarded/deleted.

4.) No naming them after irl people please! No puns on celebrity names either. If you’re unsure if a name is ok, ask.

5.) “Name” is a strong word. Remember the spacebats are still learning naming concepts, so you can totally suggest object or place names (no real world places). Clones named ‘Coffee Cup’ or ‘Window’ would be funny and entirely acceptable!

6.) No OCs! We love spacebat/clone OCs here, and you’re free to name a clone after them, but do not say ‘that clone is now canonically my OC’ if your name wins. Additionally, if your name wins, do not claim them as yours. The goal is to come up with fandom-wide names for unnamed characters that we can all share, so it isn’t nice to steal one by claiming it as yours, whether your name wins or not :)

7.) Again, promote your names if you’re passionate, but you must comment the idea as well!

8.) You’re free to suggest the same name for multiple clones! However, not at the same time. Some weeks we will have several polls going, so wait until a name suggestion has been closed/outvoted before suggesting it again. Along those lines…

9.) No doubles! If you comment a name that’s already in rotation or has already been used, I’ll just comment under yours to let ya know.

10.) SPREAD THIS! The goal is fun and to get as many people in on it as we can! The more the merrier, and it will be 10X as fun with a hundred people rather than ten! Come have fun :D

And finally

11.) Don’t take this too seriously! As of now, it’s just a game and way to unite the SPOP/Spacebat community. You are free to not accept a name or ignore this challenge. It’s more so to have fun with the show and giving names to all these unnamed characters. And if we can get officially recognized, you could say you helped name characters on the show! But yeah, in the end, this is just for fun :)))

Enter: Minna!

ID's are in alt text and transcripts are available upon request

Spacebat!

Plus a shiny version of Batreign based on the Horde clones color scheme

Wanted to squeeze this in before the end of June <3

Big Red and Saffron sharing a muscle handshake

I had to pause so many times during the process of this to laugh about how much the composition makes Saff look like just a little guy XD He's 7'7 and in good shape, but compared to Big Red's 8' and broad shoulders he's just dwarfed!