OK i wanna make an actual post on my reponse to @supermarketorphanâs lore post!! so here it is
1) Can toons die in your lore?
yes they can! although it is Very difficult to actually end their lives, itâs plausible. since toons are basically able to bend reality as long as itâs funny, if someone were to drop an anvil on a toons head - theyâd survive! but if someone had a genuine cruel intention and attempted to a kill a toon, theyd likely succeed and the toon wouldnât survive. itâs based around whether or not itâs cruel or funny basically! and as a note - slappy and several other toons in my lore are actually dead, so..... Its Happening
and extending on my toon blood headcanon, i think toons are all physically âcreatedâ by an outside source, and theyâre aware of it. Like how jessica rabbit knows sheâs a drawn character. but anyway Classic toons that were created in the black+white era bleed ink, whilst more modern toons just bleed normal blood (which could technically be ink as well, just red)
2) Can cogs die in your lore?
cogs can definitely Technically die, however itâs easily avoidable if said cog would be able to recover their parts after getting destroyed in battle. i like to thing the cog bosses usually do this tactic - recycling parts and just re-building the same cogs over and over for easier mass distribution. and the cogs are able to keep their personalities if enough of their original parts are salvaged. but if there was a cog who was made up of a Bunch of different parts, theyâd have no idea who they used to be. but if a cog is completely destroyed and the parts are not gonna be good for repurposing at all, then they can be considered dead
3) Are the cogs inherently evil?
NOT AT ALL! cogs are just doing their jobs. itâs what they were created for, and even if they hated their jobs they wouldnât dare defy the cog bosses, or break the status quo out of fear of being destroyed or have their personality erased and have their body be re-purposed as a whole different cog. they really do kinda live in fear if theyâre against their jobs. BUT... cogs Can be evil. just as thereâs cogs who hate their job (notably, my name dropper oc Berry) there are cogs who Love their role in the business and wouldnât give it up for anything. while berry hates her desk job and doesnât really care for stopping toons, a courageous cog who loves their job would be the exact opposite. and there are also cogs like my oc Toronto who is completely neutral. heâs just trying to get by!
4) Are the toons inherently good?
nope! just like cogs, toons are often seen in the public to be 100% good because itâs how theyâre being raised in the community. but sometimes.. toons just arenât friendly, or happy, or toony. like my oc fleabag, she was always kind of an outcast because she just.. doesnt find toony behavior funny. she doesnât like pranks, or fun, or gags. and she couldnât help it. she prefers order over anything, and thats why sheâs anti-toon and joined the cogs. in her eyes, most toons are just childish kids who need to open their eyes. But that doesnât mean she was inherently evil either! it just... depends on the personality! my oc vanilla is very bitter and angry a lot, but she isnât evil in the slightest. sheâs good even if she refuses to give cogs a chance.... !
5) Do your characters play a large part in the overall world, or do they live their own lives that only affect their own surroundings?
SO ITS KINDA OFF/ON.... i suppose it affects more so the Entire world though. it starts out inward and only affecting my characters, but as time goes on things progressively get more serious and flippy and the toon resistance get involved... flippys slow mental break and the death of slappy + other kidnapped toons is kind of a big part of my story! so yeah, it does get pretty real! and since flippy is the mayor of toontown, the drama affects the entire place and kinda throws it into chaos dfiufdkjfdsd Welcome to Dark Toontown (-:
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