#sso!hypno

( @itsgirlcraft @dracl-dragon @starsoftheevening hehehehehehehe )

It was made by false prophets.

This was the art I needed the prophecy panels for >:]

So! I've always thought it was very interesting how this prophecy in SSO virtually guided Rainbow through the storyline (created for him,whole reason he stayed looking for the artifacts) only for it to be of absolutely no significance in TSS. Ik the real reason is that SSO didn't exist until the Elemental arc but shhh hear me out

Right from the start Hypno was calling bullshit on this thing. He's the only one as far as I know who ever even questioned it,and,well...Hypno promised to whisper in the Steves ears about Rainbow. He didn't say anything about this prophecy.

Can't have anyone else stumbling on it and messing things up. Might as well burn this fate away ❤️‍🔥

Rainbow was created,quite literally,as nothing more than a weapon. He was supposed to gather the artifacts,defeat Nightmare Steve,and thennnn...what? Rainbow himself doesn't even know. When Hypno asked what Rainbow was planning on doing after the evils were defeated, Rainbow just awkwardly said he'd go live off peacefully somewhere.

Imagine being born and told your only reason for existence is to fight. The elders didn't consider that Rainbow would be his own person,that much is obvious. Didn't consider that Rainbow would make friends,or be scared,or struggle with the artifacts and with his powers. And don't even get me STARTED on the artifacts. I have a deep,deep hatred for those things. What do you MEAN they don't work all the time and say cryptic bullshit. And oh,that red one? That stole Blue's powers and gave him a panic attack to "teach him a lesson" that he was "more than his powers and had to accept losing them" or something? I want that thing dead. I'm so happy Hypno destroyed them. Ahem,back on topic-

It's really saddening to think that the people who wrote the prophecy wouldn't have cared how much Rainbow suffered or was lonely as long as the Nightmare king was destroyed. And Rainbow feels bound because of it. It doesn't matter how scary it gets,how impossible it seems. Even when the worst happens,when your best friend is dead and the villains all powerful- you don't have the luxury of giving up. You have to save the steves. You don't want to be a failed prophecy,do you?

Anyway,I don't think it's a coincidence that Rainbow becomes really close with Blue (who does believe in the prophecy,but obviously values Rainbow outside of that,and considers him as a person more important than his fate) and Hypno (who immediately calls bullshit on the prophecy and likes Rainbow despite it all being a sham)

Once again thank you to Hypno for destroying that prophecy because it is not Fucking Anywhere in TSS. As it should be.

It looks like he's staring at both an autism diagnosis and some doomsday writing next to it. He's more judgemental of the overused "end is near" text than anything else

Also why did he do this

No reason to place that sign. His vibes in SSO were absolutely off the charts. I'm in love with him