#stickmen

𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍:

In a world where cursors occupy everyday life, it's considered perfectly normal to treat their creations as disposable. But what happens when one cursor discovers that the animation he created was alive? What then?

And what if he was far too young to understand the consequences of what he had done?

𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍:

Cursors are sentient beings who wear masks and look similar to hollow heads.

They possess their own civilization, complete with laws, traditions, and a governing Council of Elders.

Their equivalent of the Outernet is the Internet.

Cursors standardly have two names. One is their ‘True Name' and the other is their ‘User Name.’ Inspired by the whole “Names have power” in fairytales, and “Don’t tell your real name on the internet.” (More information for why this is important will be provided later.)

Cursors are tied to their computer. It acts as their life force. Each individual cursor has their own PC, and could be majorly affected if damaged. (Background shown above is how a Windows 10 wallpaper looks like from inside a PC.)

There are 3 variants of Gradation: Blend, Hatch and Stipple. (Alan has the Hatch variant.)

Alan uses sticky notes to talk to TSC and the Color Gang.

Alan is enormous compared to the gang. This created the confusion that he was an adult, but by Cursor Society’s standards, Alan is still a minor. (Adults are taller than him. If stickmen see Alan as a giant, then older cursors are colossal compared to him.)

Alan was 5-years-old when he was given access to the internet, and was 8-years-old when he created Victim.

𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑’𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐒:

I know that Alan being a child wouldn't excuse what he did (and I’m not really planning to excuse it), but it would definitely explain why he did what he did and his thought process the whole time.

Why is this being written? This is technically a reference to my previous post. But I'm mostly after one thing: Everyone’s realizations of just WHO created them, but by the time they realize it, it'd be too late because Alan would already be in his twenties, and he has TSC and the Color Gang even if it was late. (Better 16 than never, right?)

From what I'm aware, the fandom sees the relationship between Alan and the hollowheads (especially TSC) as father-and-son rather than brothers. So this idea may not all be that well-liked, but I can’t really do much since a sibling relationship works better for this AU.

I'll be revealing more of the world's lore over time. I don’t really want to dump everything in a single post.

I'm considering opening asks if people have questions about the worldbuilding!