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1. InfiniteChoicesMind on Chapter 1 Fri 24 Nov 2023 03:13PM UTC

   

   You're accepting requests??? Cool I'm immediately requesting the seadragon!mor AU. It's just something I think about more than I should, what with the implications of the Tweels getting lumped with the other siblings by family outsiders and Malleus getting disappointed when Mor tries to pull the "I'm not a dragon" thing on him.

   Edit - though I'm also a bit interested in learning a little more about the AUs I don't remember you talking about. Specifically the omegaverse AU, the differences between the yandere AUs, and how being raised by a fisherman led to Mor befriending Rollo

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2. 1. mercen on Chapter 1 Sat 25 Nov 2023 05:14AM UTC

      

      OHO VERY INTERESTING,,,, tbh i haven't thought abt sea dragon au for a while lol, more so art/design comparison ideas when i do think abt it, that's one of those aus which i haven't thought of a very defined storyline for yet lol (in no small part bc it can imply a Lot Of Divergences/Repercussions, here because it upsets the power balance so much in favor of the leeches and that attracts a lot of hostility and goodwill both from competitor 'mafia' as well as geopolitical attention/consequences as befitting the revival of a thought-to-be-extinct magically OP sentient weapon/boon etc.)... i'll try to post a summary post + some new notes/art for it after finishing arc 2 (and move over + update the concept art from 'devil's details' ) !!

      i'll also try to post more about those other AUs you mentioned !! they're in the 'request queue' now ('v')b to briefly preview:

      - omegaverse: mor is transbeta! no distinct storyline, also a collection of worldbuilding and character notes (i.e. how dynamics generally differ across species, omega tweels and alpha azul lol with mor sweatdropping as they tell yuu that "omegas are... maneaters, undersea", left ambiguous whether mor is omega-to-beta or alpha-to-beta, some notes on The Transbeta Experience.... honestly this is my excuse to play around with some unconventional worldbuilding with one of those hugely popular 'obligatory fandom tropes'

      - yandere AU silly: horror comedy! mor is always a bit yan from the start~ the focus is more on the worldbuilding in a world where Yandereisms is societally normalized. fridge horror or some comedic gore
      - yandere AU serious: horror drama. mor finds himself slowly and unwillingly becoming yan as he is forced to adapt to this world where such abnormalities are normal. psychological horror
      ^^ separated the two when i realized i was writing pretty distinct kinds of characterization/inner worlds for yan!mor .

      - fisherman AU: that title was a bit intentionally obfuscatory. a better summary would be 'mor gets separated by a Big Storm before even reaching the reef, washes up on the shoreline of a tiny fishing village somewhere along the Pyroxene mountains, gets adopted by a human fisherman, grows up w Diaspora Feelings abt being basically surrounded by humans mutually aware They Are Not Human (Anymore), for various reasons ends up getting some healing magic scholarships with a special interest in magical flora and goes to Noble Bell on a free ride, attends a year early so they become yearmates with Rollo, 'twin stars' of an otherwise very average student body, becomes eventually interested in Rollo's Friendless And Emotionally Unstable Genius (Obvious Protagonist) Energies, actively observes+seeks to befriend Rollo, eventually becomes vice president to his president on the student council, has a lot of Intensely Specific Philosophical Hypothetical Discussions about a magicless world interspersed in his personal mission to Get Rollo To Smile.....

      and on the side has become a niche faceless Magicam poster who unintentionally has made online friendships with a decent chunk of NRC canon characters (including the mutually unaware long-lost Leech siblings)!

      branches off into three different timelines once the bell of salvation event arrives in their third year at noble bell:
      1. rollo has been convinced otherwise from his canon plans, still invites NRC to suspiciously gauge their vibes + go ahead with plans to raise prestige of NBC and increase inter-college exchange (which is also an objective mor has been working on, though focused on inter-college library resources exchange)
      2. rollo has not been fully convinced otherwise but makes up an excuse to send mor away from the city/region before the event in case they try to stop him. mor comes back as a surprise on the night of the gala after rollo's been defeated and given the canon fate of keeping his crimes guilty on his conscience, seen as a hero he doesn't deserve
      3. rollo has not been fully convinced otherwise but keeps mor there (unknowing that mor is planning to meet up with nrc online friends in person) for the event, planning to keep mor safely unaware like the rest of the NBC students. (of course things go awry)

      lots of fun thoughts abt fisherman!mor's psyche being changed by growing up in such different circumstances than ddb mor; originally named this 'freshwater au' but that's not really accurate even if he does like hanging out in the fleur city canals lol

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   2. 1. InfiniteChoicesMind on Chapter 1 Wed 11 Sep 2024 03:30AM UTC

         

         Thank you for responding to all of my comments. It's been a while since I've looked at this Work but after spending some time messing with my own OCs I randomly had a thought I wanted to ask.

         Have you ever thought of isekai-ing Mor (whether in his eel or human form) into another, non-TWST franchise in some sort of crossover thingy?
         (Asking because I ended up making an entire new doc for "what if my oc-inserts were sent into a different franchise" with a heading for each fandom. At some point I had to open another doc because the bullets under one of the fandoms were getting ridiculously long.)

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      2. 1. mercen on Chapter 1 Tue 17 Sep 2024 09:44PM UTC

            

            yes !! i don't think abt it thaat often, way less often than au's that don't have to do w other franchises, since the way my brain works, it would feel like a pretty big commitment to explore Mor in another world bc it's less 'playing dolls in a new dollhouse' and more 'studying for an immigration visa or to lead a guided tour' in terms of worldbuilding and integrating the character into the setting etc. lol. i think there's need to be a hint of a storyline naturally in there for me to even think of it.

            and also mor, specifically, as a character is very difficult to think abt placing In Situations bc his personality and backstory is so literally Up For Vote and changeable. they contain Multitudes to me lol. and the easy way out would be to use strictly ddb!mor bc they have a specific canon, but that's actively being written, so it's actually less flexible. and then also it introduces the problem of 'are you talking abt isekaing Mor who only has memories/life experience of their first life, or abt isekaing Mor has has the memories/life experience of TWST as the second life' etc.

            anyway reviewed my notes and found just these brief snippets, hope they amuse you <3 lol u can literally tell some r from before Mor even got a name, it's just MC:
            * mc transmigrates as shuukaku w repressed shuukaku memories and helps gaara
            “Well,” the voice says, bracingly. “Good thing I’ve always liked sand.”
            * tma au:
            mor is a stranger/end monster who is too conscious of being an imposter; ambiguous whether they are human surrounded by monsters (leeches are desolation or hunt?) at first but then it’s clearer that mor is like the pet monster who thinks it’s human that the twins brought home one day to adopt
            azul is web or eye leaning
            * pokemon au: almost made this a school for psychics w mc is literally a ghost incarnated. but decided instead if i ever wrote anything it would everyone as pokemon gijinkas. dont think too hard abt it. mc is ghost possessing
            * not specifically another franchise but ig it counts as scp au: - outsider pov, cryptid mor au
            - >> cryptid!mor (total crack, 'you do not recognize the bodies in the water' au, eldritch big sib): all eel mer are related. to me personally. also non-eel mer. you're all related to me now. <3 <-- blatantly not related and blatantly lying truthful
            * daemon au that's more for species worldbuilding, i dont know anything abt His Dark Materials as the og 'daemons' franchise
            * omg i forgot abt this one, khr au: 'lightning in a bottle <> greek fire'
            Morgan is a reincarnated Lightning from a KHR famiglia. Highly in disbelief that with brothers with Shock and shield/redirecting themed magics,,,,,,, they got the ripoff Mammon/Giglio Nero package.
            expectant of the political marriages and backstabbing and assassins and spies of the mafia; surprised when they seem to operate more subtly, and where their totally normal preemptive measures and expectations just seem like super intense overkill
            appearing strangely innocent to other parts of society just bc their expectations are so geared one way

            lol maybe i'll post a chapter full of these little au snippets im highly unlikely to expand on in future, there's a bunch more 'generic' setting ones (corporate hell, haunted house, 'aquarium', a/b/o, soulmarks, imperial harem/palace drama, *lot* of otome and inifinite flow game musings, etc.)
            

            edit: forgot to add these snippets from my personal discord, good reminder to move them to my doc:

            * one piece x ddb:

            1. void century eldritch creature mor? adopted sibling to the charlottes

            > Now, normally, a writhing mass of eldritch un-matter being fished up from the ocean and transforming into a mimic copy of you would put anyone off. Unfortunately, X was a Charlotte, and so had a significantly different threshold for uncanny than most people.

            Also a significantly different sense of normality.

            “A new sibling!” X concluded with a cheer, already reaching forwards with grabby grabby baby hands to inspect.

            “No,” panted Katakuri, who had just caught up.

            “[zalgo text]” moaned [zalgo morgan], having not had lungs to do so with for the past couple centuries, and passed out immediately.

            * one piece x ddb where mor can be on second (no twst) or third (yes twst) life: mor as older(?) sibling to katakuri and other charlottes. design note: blindfold over eyes bc of powers to do with sight (only katakuri can see mor's eyes in observation haki future sight) -

            > You’re pretty sure if you were anyone else, spending this much time thinking about the feasibility of taking out of this world the one who brought you into it would be highly concerning. As it is, though, you’re a Charlotte, and that means you have far higher concerns to deal with.

            * ddb x tokyo revengers: mor as ran’s twin, they’re both sleepy and protective of rindou, mor is protective of ran too and moral compass. needs to be third lifetime, ie right afterr ddb

            “If you hurt anyone without a good enough reason,” you say patiently, tying off the fresh bandages and helping him flex his fingers, “I’m going to stop you.”

            --
            but yes, please feel free to share with me your oc-insert thoughts on different franchises (esp. any stories or relationships ur thinking of), i'm always fascinated by others' creative processes!!

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         2. 1. InfiniteChoicesMind on Chapter 1 Wed 18 Sep 2024 11:58PM UTC

               

               Thank you for combing through your docs to answer my question! Forgot to mention it in an earlier comment, but I think the Transbeta thing for the A/B/O au is a cool and unique idea!

               When I was asking about isekai-ing Mor, I was thinking of like dropping him into another world in his TWST body. Like if he was in his human form in a setting where people mainly had normal hair colors, everyone would think he dyed it (if a more modern/realistic setting) or that he's a peacock spirit/beastman/demon (if a magical ancient or medieval setting, with possible new cultural connotations if sirens exist there). But now that I think about it, I too mainly used the AU-reincarnation route for all of my oc-inserts' alt isekai except the ones who went into TWST (where they replaced Yuu) or the danganronpa one (which was mainly an excuse for the oc-inserts to be forced into the same room together).

               Speaking of my oc-inserts, is there anything you specifically want to know? The four Yuusonas I had originally made for TWST are Going Through It in the xianxia setting I tossed them in (without their TWST memories), the first 2 being reincarnators having to learn a new language from scratch (one having the extra handicap of spending his early years mostly-alone as a disabled orphan, the other always surrounded by people while trying to navigate her new social expectations of a high-context culture) and the 3rd having an existential crisis due to clashing cultural values with the guy he transmigrated as (the 4th having it easier (on a surface level) than the other 3 because she's Disney Princess-coded with Neige-style plot armor). The list of OC-inserts tossed in TWST is actually pretty short, with the Disney Descendants one actively avoiding the guy TWSTed from their parent, the Tokyo Ghoul and Naruto ones going "actually I think I should just stay in this world", and the Invader Zim one getting sorted into Ignihyde.

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            2. 1. mercen on Chapter 1 Mon 04 Nov 2024 08:20PM UTC

                  

                  thank you for asking!! :> OH i see haha, yeah i've seen a couple of those premises where the oc keeps the body of one 'canon' while crossing over into a different 'canon', i've enjoyed several too, but for the specific kind of character that Mor is, i just prefer the au-reincarnation route. but maybe i'll change my mind for an au drabble down the line or something!! mor's first instinct in any weird new world would likely be to try to blend in haha, so i guess the dramatic/comedic irony would write itself with how badly he does it. (though if i was going to write a twst-body ending up in another universe's setting, i think i would actually pick a canon character to do so, since that lets me focus more on the worldbuilding implications without worrying about also establishing the OC to the audience who may not be familiar/interested.)

                  anyway, glad you understand/agree on the benefits of the au-reincarnation route! to me, it kind of neatly prioritizes what themes and questions will be focused on in a story, i think. (a big one i hate answering is 'how did they get there and won't they try to get back since their life is interrupted' haha, and separating it into 'another life' generally avoids placing serious reader expectation on that being answered.) but a setting like twst, that makes a lot of sense, it's well within audience expectations that 'ah yes, yuu is canonically transported physically to this magic world from a nonmagic world, and this OC simply hijacked/replaced that process', there's no *new* narrative questions raised. (and danganronpa plays enough with mindwiping/brainwashing/simulations that i think you could equally kind of handwave it in the way that reincarnation gets handwaved haha.)

                  1. like, can i ask then because i'm curious, how do you answer or plan to answer the 'how did they get there and how will they try/succeed/fail to get back' isekai question raised for the yuusonas in xianxia (is it an original xianxia setting or a franchise? i may or may not know it :0)?
                  * (love all the descriptions of ur characters btw !! super interested in exploring cultural context-level and values differences, and love it when a character seemingly has it easier but not really (subverting what 'having it worse' looks like))
                  * love 'neige-style plot armor', im sure in-universe twst fan forums analyze movies like that, are you doomed by the narrative like a vil-style character or are u plot armored up like a neige-style character, the quizzes meant to psychoanalyze u from ur responses must be amazing
                  2. how would your yuusonas and twst!oc-inserts interact if forced into the same room? (with a reason, on a timeline of your choosing.) i'm always so curious/fascinated by the like, metaparallels that come of characters originated for related (but different) reasons/purposes
                  3. what was your danganronpa background setting, 'main villain', and survivors going to be? (i actually recently got into a bit of a danganronpa (fanfic) binge so i'm hopeful i can understand fanworks about it now haha)
                  4. how is the tokyo ghoul one (if theyre a ghoul) handling the ah dietary needs?
                  5. omg naruto oc-insert fics strongly influenced the writing of ddb and morgan, please tell me more about your naruto oc-insert (and how are you handling their chakra system vs twst magic system? is chakra still around in twst without the sage of six paths and the moon goddess stuff going on?)

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               2. 1. InfiniteChoicesMind on Chapter 1 Fri 15 Nov 2024 12:16AM UTC

                     

                     1. The xianxia setting I put them in has game-style Systems that immediately introduce themselves upon their arrival, so they know exactly what put them there (I did make some lore of how that System usually isekais people into more PG settings and how there was a fuck-up where they were supposed to be sent into Twisted Wonderland which came with a free translation spell, but it wasn't going to be focused on), and will be given the option to return home upon completing the “plot”. (The setting is SVSSS. I was being vague because it wasn’t a PG story but I already keep some of those bookmarks public so might as well be honest.) The plan was that the first 2 reincarnated yuusonas spent so much time in that xianxia world, they're hesitant to return to their old bodies because A) they're too ashamed of their change in morality to face their past friends/family, B) they're worried about reverse cultural shock, and C) returning to their old bodies would mean losing any strength/cultivation/social progress they made in the xianxia world (also the first guy had a bunch of allergies in his old body and would likely accidentally poison himself if he returned) (also both of them lived in the xianxia world longer than they lived in the original world, being only teenagers when they first died). The 3rd guy came from a toxic household with strict parents - he does miss his own world but at the same he doesn’t want to lose the freedom he gained and be stuck under them again. The 4th with the plot armor... THEORETICALLY she has the most motivation to go home but ngl she's kind of my least developed character out of the yuusonas, and due to the themes I assigned to her it's 50/50 on whether she Stays for True Love or returns. (They all grow to be pretty different from their twst selves)

                     2. Okay so the actual plotline of The Fic I'll Probably Never Write actually have 4 main timelines - each one with one more yuusona added to the previous ones, but only one person per timeline actually having Yuu's plot armor (when a new Yuu shows up, the previous Yuusonas get sorted by the mirror). Timeline resets when the "Yuu" reaches a point where they aren't "Yuu" enough. The 1st Yuu (who has an "I" sound somewhere in his name, haven't decided btwn Ivan Isaac or something else) views the plot as a really annoying time travel story with smaller unwarranted time loops (for every time he tries to avoid a "plot-relevant" event) (also has underlying angst of his friends losing their memories together). (I think I’ll wait for either Chapter 7 or the Epilogue to end before I write a reason behind the loops.) 2nd Yuu is a girl who presents as a guy and lies about her name in the 3rd and 4th timelines, with wildly different relationships in the timelines she’s in due to butterfly effect (in all three having a strong dislike towards different TWST guys due to harm they caused to the other yuusonas). 3rd Yuu (whose name seems to be settling on Hallelujah “Hal”) is a guy who had official job training under Disney, knows “customer service smile” and is great at de-escalating but very hesitant in going directly against authority figures to their face. 4th Yuu (Eunice) is a mix between “Disney Princess” and “early 2000’s Disney Channel protagonist” (she was homeschooled and TV was her main source of “normal teenager things”). The below is the relationships in the 4th timeline, where all the yuusonas fell out of the same coffin clown-style.
                     1st Yuu’s views on the other 3:
                     -2nd is smart and creative with plans but prone to bad influences (dislikes how she respects the tweels due to his 1st Timeline ending with them accidentally drowning him to death)
                     -3rd has the best social skills out of the group but is weirdly twitchy compared to how he was in the 3rd Timeline?
                     -4th is a naive trouble magnet (due to her Protagonist role) that the other Yuu’s shouldn’t spend too much time around
                     2nd Yuu’s views on the other 3:
                     -1st gives a lot of cryptic instructions and sus knowledge, but he’s usually right so might as well go along with it
                     -3rd is a caring guy but sometimes he needs to mind his own business
                     -4th is the only other girl here which means we should hang out more! (not much else in common but both can learn!)
                     3rd Yuu’s views on the other 3:
                     -1st is suspicious AF but genuinely seems to care about us with his plans
                     -2nd is polite and helpful but kinda selfish (feels guilt every time he sees her or 1st but doesn’t know why)
                     -4th is a kindest person in this school
                     4th Yuu’s views on the other 3:
                     -1st seems to dislike her for some reason - she doesn’t know why and it makes her sad
                     -2nd is intimidating (gives her flashbacks to mean girls she’s met before switching to homeschool) but helpful when 1st isn’t diverting attention from the problem
                     -3rd is a nice guy but kind of a pushover when it comes to teachers + dorm heads

                     3. For the Danganronpa background setting, I was just thinking "trapped in a school" (either 1st game, V3, or secret third option). "Neige-style plot armor girl" (AKA the 4th Yuu who I named Eunice) was planned to be the protagonist. (Meanwhile offscreen the 1st Yuu is using their time loops to actively prevent the more violent oc-inserts from murdering each other because they're also likely to take out 10+ witnesses). There aren’t really specific survivors or a "Mastermind" planned because it really was just an excuse for the inserts to meet each other, but I did have the idea of the Invader Zim insert (whose brain was previously used for a prison AI) being a hackable "traitor" and for the Mastermind to knowingly use the 1st Yuu to prevent too many people from being murdered at once. I also listed how likely each character was going to be a killer/victim (the Ghoul being more likely to try manipulating someone else to kill and gets accused a lot due to tampering with the crime scene, the 2nd Yuu possibly being a victim due to being too used to the tweels and getting caught off-guard by the wrong person, the Naruto one being more likely to murder someone who found out their past crimes then try to hide the body because they don’t trust the mastermind, the 3rd Yuu possibly panicking and killing one of the “dangerous” inserts with their Chapter 6 apocalypse experience). (The Naruto one and the Ghoul one have a high chance of collaborating, but will throw each other under the bus if A: the Naruto one decides to take their chances outside, or B: the Ghoul goes a month without eating)

                     4. In the TWST world, the Tokyo Ghoul one is handling their dietary needs by signing vampirism medical disability prescription forms to receive regular blood bags (because it seems like the type of setting that would have that). In the Danganronpa one, they're just offering to help any killer hide the body (or stealing if the killer is gone before they show up). In the TG world, just same as other ghouls.

                     5. The Naruto oc-insert is a war orphan who ended up separated from their siblings and stuck under Orochimaru, and is using their past life's education to elevate their position/"usefulness". (It was supposed to be the edgy insert but then I joined fandoms with way darker source materials and fics lol.) Didn’t really think too hard about the Chakra/Magic system - their notes in the alt isekai doc is legit just "will always choose to stay in the world they isekai'd into if it's safer than the Naruto world. will take out anyone who threatens to send them back if they manage to bring a family member with the isekai.” I always imagined they had average/below average Chakra reserves due to not being a clan member + being too wary of the military, so they relied more on weapons + poison + martial arts. If getting isekai'd to TWST was suddenly “Chakra no more”, they'd be annoyed about the stuff they lost but gladly accept the cost for the safety + resources Crowley provides (while shoving down the guilt of leaving behind their past connections who were also in bad situations). If it weren’t for their good internet skills, everyone would've thought they were a time traveler.

                     (Damn. I think this is the longest I've ever replied in a comment thread.)

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3. Poker on Chapter 1 Wed 13 Dec 2023 07:18AM UTC

   

   I’m really looking forward to the yandere ones! I think it’ll be super interesting to take a look at how someone like Mor can skew yandere and I’m super interested in the psychological horror of the second where Mor being aware of things being wrong and just, wow, that being able to see your slow sliding descent and Mor dealing with the yandere Tweels, done in your writing? Incredibly excited.

    

   I keep giggling about the Rollo besties one because like. Who do you think is most likely to be the problem when you show up at a strange school for a class visit? Short class president guy who’s usually inexpressive (Rollo may look less like an angry raccoon because Mor probably insists his sleeps). Or the vice president guy who looks like he’s plotting your death as a resting face (but is actually a cinnamon roll).

   Sea witch… very curious about how Mor ends up worsties with octotrio.

   Even just the titles and little tidbits have me so hyped up! Your writing is amazing and I can’t wait to see how you write any of these.

   *gnaws furiously at list*

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4. 1. mercen on Chapter 1 Fri 19 Jan 2024 10:21PM UTC

      

      HEHE thank you for your interest!! :]] as one can maybe tell from the second person pov and gratuitously lengthy writing of book 1, i too am an enjoyer of psychological horror and Being Shaped By The Narrative Of Living, so im very very happy to see a fellow study-fellow of the yandere skewings!!
      silly mor feels kind of bad for serious mor, honestly. pitying in the merfolk way but also the mor way. silly mor also doesnt love himself still but like, it's way better than serious mor!! at least they accept those who they love, love them!! you're still you, when you've changed for love. you're better!
      serious mor would just. be so horrified abt silly mor's existential implications and refuse to consider him another version of themself at all lol. though, at the same time, they're willing to compare themselves enough to feel relieved they haven't compromised as much as they've thought...

      PLSSS I LAUGHED SO TRUE,,,, that would be a really fun direction to take it, but mor who grew up as 'fish out of water' adopted diaspora actually looks quite different from canon mor (finally gets to look like a cinnamon roll too!), and instantly flags rollo as 'a total protagonist-type character design' (it's the SILVER HAIR and EYE BAGS,,,, and also the like weirdly culty school worship but mainly the silver hair tbh). instead of mor standing next to rollo and thus making him look less troublesome by comparison, it's mor standing next to rollo and thus making him look less troublesome by association lol

      sea witch worsties: deepsea mor is constantly monetarily broke yet making valuable casual magical deals (a la 'trade you an enchanted tool for like, your jacket. and your shoes') with no fears no pretences and barely any interests in life, and it pisses off azul with the wasted opportunities and skill/talents SO bad and it intrigues the tweels who like messing with azul AND increasingly with mor who does Not Have Normal Reactions. and one of the only interests mor DOES have is 'avoiding annoying things' and octatrio can be VERY annoying

      <3333 thank you so much for your interest omg, i haven't been able to work on ch15 recently due to life stuff but i have been yearning about au stuff, this was a really fun and inspiring comment to both read and respond to!! :>>

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   2. 1. Poker on Chapter 1 Sat 20 Jan 2024 05:50AM UTC

         

         Aaaaaa you replied! And awwww, glad you liked my feral comment, I feel that, the AU yearnings never stop but life and writer’s block are ready with a bat at all times.

         I know!!! Hhhhhhhh it’s just, a very unappreciated subset of psychological horror, the realization that your environment is shaping you, and you remember having morals and honestly that makes things Worse because all it does is underscore how the world and You are becoming different and there’s nothing you can do about it. But in the other hand, good for silly Mor that they finally get Floyd and Jade love them and they’re threels now? But on the other other hand, there’s some good horror in this line: “you're still you, when you've changed for love. you're better!” Mmmmmm loving the vibes. Changing for love, but something in the back of your head yelling that you’re not supposed to change like this.

         Mor in a last ditch attempt: Okay so there’s this thing called morals-
         Jade: No :)
         Floyd: Are they edible

          

         Glad I made you laugh! And honestly that’s so funny in it’s own way, the realization that Mor is related to the leeches, someone’s gotta be looking at Floyd and Jade (feral, keep dropping hints that they are down for murder 24/7, bites) and Mor (stressed but vibing, cinnamon roll, nerd) and is just like “okay why did we get the feral twins and they got the nice one and also, did Mor just steal all the nice genes??”

          

         Mor: sees Rollo a protagonist???? In MY school????
         Rollo: Cackling surrounded by dark fire
         Mor: ….hmmmmmm cursed by the trope of protagonist fake out aren’t i

         Also!
         Mor: hmmmm so I guessed wrong on protagonist front, but I guess I wasn’t wrong that this was most definitely a story thing so-
         Yuu: For the love of the seven, GET OUT OF THE FIRE
         Mor deadpan: Rollo won’t kill me, I help him with paperwork

          

         And now the thought is stuck in my head of Rollo meeting the leeches first and then inmediately dedicating himself to killing them before they meet Mor because A. If Mor leaves, THE PAPERWORK and B. He already believes magic is corrupting and he’s not letting it happen here.

          

         And ohhhh okay, that explains Sea Worsties. Mor casually hands over an enchanted item and Azul is going to rip his hair out, he’s going to kill him, he’s going to OVERBLOT ON THE SPOT. That’s literally the best way to send Azul into fits of rage and wow, the Octavinelle arc would be sooo funny with Sea Witch Mor just vibing while Yuu and friends stumble around.

         Honestly, that would be very funny to see Floyd and Jade following Mor around and bugging him while Mor is just Not Having It. It’s the younger sibling curse. Though I’m very curious how Mor ended up so detached from life in general.

          

         I guess in terms of other AU ideas… I was wondering if you would ever write an AU where Mor gives into the Fear of Being Known, and reveals his past life to Jade and Floyd? I remember you saying in a note that it wouldn’t be happening in the main story.

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      2. 1. mercen on Chapter 1 Tue 23 Jan 2024 12:32AM UTC

            

            I know!!! Hhhhhhhh it’s just, a very unappreciated subset of psychological horror, the realization that your environment is shaping you, and you remember having morals and honestly that makes things Worse because all it does is underscore how the world and You are becoming different and there’s nothing you can do about it. ... Changing for love, but something in the back of your head yelling that you’re not supposed to change like this.

            YOU GET IT YOU GET IT YOU GET IT HAHA,,,, HEHE,,,, >:3c >;3c love being such a horrifyingly beautiful and beautifully horrific force of nature

            Mor in a last ditch attempt: Okay so there’s this thing called morals-
            Jade: No :)
            Floyd: Are they edible
            I LOVE UR LITTLE SKITS ty so much omg <33 by the end of this somehow jade has convinced mor that what they're doing IS moral and floyd has convinced mor that he can accept this thinly veiled excuse or like, not

            the realization that Mor is related to the leeches, someone’s gotta be looking at Floyd and Jade (feral, keep dropping hints that they are down for murder 24/7, bites) and Mor (stressed but vibing, cinnamon roll, nerd) and is just like “okay why did we get the feral twins and they got the nice one and also, did Mor just steal all the nice genes??”

            it gets even better bc jade and floyd r canonically not attending the nbc trip (jade asks azul for permission to join floyd in a tantrum abt this before he leaves LOL) + mor and jade, despite being online friends eager to meet up in a city of flowers trip (nrc is too far away for mor), and despite floyd having been online introduced as jade's twin, have coincidentally avoided ever seeing each others' faces and thus ever having suspicions about being long lost siblings (despite having an inside joke that's literally them sharing they are both moray eel mer and then not-raised-among-mer mor asking a genuinely curious question about how mer morphs look similar and jade chides them for assuming *all* eels look the same! --but also they do have a big family so maybe mor is a really distant relative wouldnt that be funny haha)

            everyone from nrc upon seeing mor (more tanned/freckled/human-looking with shorter Still Tall height and bluer hair due to mer adaptation and upbringing, but otherwise Same Fucking Face): 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
            azul: fuck i have to buy extra bribe-gifts for floyd and jade now they are gonna be PISSED i met their Interesting doppelganger first
            mor: ouo ((rollo why is everyone staring at me?? i mean you're the main star of the show here and they're barely listening to your tour-- wait, actually, that's so rude, how dare they--))
            rollo: O_O ((i dont know and i dont like it. here is an obviously manufactured excuse to send u my only confidant and definitely not only friend out of the room immediately bc i still dont trust these magicfuckers.))

            Mor: sees Rollo a protagonist???? In MY school????
            Rollo: Cackling surrounded by dark fire
            Mor: ….hmmmmmm cursed by the trope of protagonist fake out aren’t i
            DING DING DING EXACTLY . protagonist halo really lets rollo get away with a lot of Foreshadowing before the glorious masquerade event LOL though on a darker timeline, mor is more aware of how thin the line they're walking about casting themself as either a savior or a stepping stone to rollo's villain arc ('v')b

            
            Mor: hmmmm so I guessed wrong on protagonist front, but I guess I wasn’t wrong that this was most definitely a story thing so-
            Yuu: For the love of the seven, GET OUT OF THE FIRE
            Mor deadpan: Rollo won’t kill me, I help him with paperwork
            HONESTLY I SEE IT,,,, yuu and mor can bond over doing what has to be done to keep the school running bc the rest of the students sure aren't usually helpful... though yuu's curse is being in a school full of villains and mor's curse is being in a school full of background characters lol

            
            And now the thought is stuck in my head of Rollo meeting the leeches first and then inmediately dedicating himself to killing them before they meet Mor because A. If Mor leaves, THE PAPERWORK and B. He already believes magic is corrupting and he’s not letting it happen here.
            >> I LOVE A GOOD CRACKY SITCOM thank u for sharing this lol, meta mor commenting in the studio audience like, 'should i be proud or concerned he's narrowed his goal from killing a fuckton of ppl to killing two fuckers... this is not what i meant when we talked abt the trolley problem that one day in botany class,,,, '

            <333 VERY HAPPY YOU ENJOY THE SEA WORSTIES !! yess u have the azul reaction right LOL all behind a picture-perfect business smile and a fist so clenched he's trembling. mor has all this ultra rare deepsea magic value and seems totally uninterested in even *trying* to maximize his benefits !! it's like ANOTHER floyd's philosophy towards deals but azul doesn't care abt mor like that (yet) and mor doesn't give a shit abt him either (yet). that jealousy/disdain-for-unmotivation complex is gonna flip to admiration/determination-to-motivate once mor becomes one of *his* assets, of course.
            OCTAVINELLE ARC WOULD BE SO FUNNY,,,, I HAVE NO THOUGHTS HEAD EMPTY ABT IT NOW BUT IM VIBING VERY HARD IN AGREEMENT W UR BEAUTIFUL MIND !!

            Honestly, that would be very funny to see Floyd and Jade following Mor around and bugging him while Mor is just Not Having It. It’s the younger sibling curse. Though I’m very curious how Mor ended up so detached from life in general.
            >> 1. extra irony because their first conclusion when they spot Mor at the mirror ceremony is that he's either a distant/unrecognized cousin or someone trying to start political shit by pretending to be one, so they actually first threaten mor to leave them alone (and have to wait for so long in mor's room to dramatically ambush him on the first night bc mor is just taking his sweet ol time wandering around and feeling up the enchanted walls and candlesticks etc.)
            2. dying and waking up a baby murderfishy who then gets lowkey kidnapped to be an apprentice to a solid c+ mentor figure in the isolating deep sea with ur only uncomplicatedly positive and long term emotional bond being ur bestie who's a really smart magic fish will kind of fuck up your social skills and a lot else to do with you. and we all know how good mor is at repression and willful ignorance given a chance <33

             

            an AU where Mor gives into the Fear of Being Known, and reveals his past life to Jade and Floyd? I remember you saying in a note that it wouldn’t be happening in the main story.

            >> it wouldn't be its own au but i've definitely thought abt it before as like, a DLC tacked onto other au's!! :> (ty for asking questions btw it tickles my brain <33)

            it's both sort of a huge revelation but also a very minor one !! like. depending on how mor presents this information, the tweels are more or less skeptical/surprised, but also, they always choose to simply:
            1. believe mor bc he wouldn't lie about this
            2. just think this makes mor cooler/more interesting while also contextualizing a lot of things abt them
            3. not meaningfully change their relationship or life trajectories at all.

            if anything, depending on the universe and their existing dynamics, jade and floyd are most interested in ensuring/confirming that mor has never used them as *replacements* for other loved ones and essentially getting at the maybe-voiced maybe-not idea of, "you're *ours* now. and we're yours."

            they're pretty happy mor confesses to having unnaturally severed emotional attachments to people in their past life (and was an only child before lol). though they have a lot of questions about mor's past life, both as a fascinating glimpse into another world and a greediness over hoarding and having all explanation about Mor, they actually don't want to seem *too* interested in the end, because they dislike it when mor feels more grounded in the past (and thus, floats away from them in the *present*).

            depending on mor's intentions / mental state behind presenting this information, their satisfaction about this sort of acceptance varies, but generally, it's always a relief to have that secret released! (for au's like soulmarks and yanderes, there's also another layer of mixed interest/possessiveness that comes up)

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         2. 1. Poker on Chapter 1 Tue 23 Jan 2024 04:06AM UTC

               

               love being such a horrifyingly beautiful and beautifully horrific force of nature YES YES YES YE- And oh man, it’s also be so interesting to juxtapose that psychological horror against the unnaturally severed ties of his past life! Like, I can’t help but think of the conflict Mor has because like, part of him clings to his morals but on the other… he can’t feel anything for the people in his past life. There’s no love there, just the echo where it once was like when you have a missing tooth there, and that makes the moral conflict hurt even more.

               I’m glad you like my little skits! And think that they’re funny, it’s good to hear. I love how you took that one because honestly, I’m VIBRATING in excitement about that like Jade just steadily convincing Mor that this is a totally fine and okay thing to do while Floyd lazily eggs him on, and just- good scene. Good scene right there.

                

               despite having an inside joke that's literally them sharing they are both moray eel mer and then not-raised-among-mer mor asking a genuinely curious question about how mer morphs look similar and jade chides them for assuming *all* eels look the same! --but also they do have a big family so maybe mor is a really distant relative wouldnt that be funny haha
               On one hand, this is adorable, like the thought of the separated threels bonding through the screen and Mor and the tweels having little in jokes, and Mor being curious. But on the other, my brain immediately just went ‘wouldn’t it be funny if they meet and Jade is like ‘what’ and Mor just assumes and sticks to the facts that they cannot be siblings while Jade and Floyd are trying to work it out and convince him that wait we might actually be closely related’

               On the other other hand, made myself a bit sad because like, with your great writing of the threel arcs, it took forever for Jade and Floyd to open from tweel to threel, and some pretty big catalysts- it’d be interesting to see how that impacts their relationship considering Jade and Floyd have solidly grown up as tweels now, and now meeting Mor. Oof.

               Rollo: So, of course as my vice president, you’ll need to stick around-
               Everyone stares at Mor for two seconds too long
               Rollo: Get out

               This has either the potential to be a sitcom or a freaking tragedy like- the darker timeline and Mor trying to both remain in denial about the protagonist fake out while also walking the line of keeping him in the light while also desperately trying not to get attached and by the time nrc shows up, he knows he’s running out of time-

               And like, the tragedy aspect if he fails, the futility, and also pain for poor Mor because Rollo wants to wipe away magic, and he is also magic and so Rollo is basically declaring him a target after him thinking they came so far so- honestly, any point while Rolli still goes off the edge hurts my heart because it’s such a firm betrayal of Mor and like, Mor feeling the futility of fighting against fate on top of him already struggling after being transferred to another world? Ow.

               Mor: *desperately repressing a panic attack* okay, so this was a major revelation I did not need today, any other major stressors of my sanity
               Azul: ….so is now the time to mention that you look a lot like two people in particular I know-

               Consider. Rollo gets a student roster of potential students who get sent and Crowley just opens his letter box to “NO LEECHES” in big capital letters, Rollo will happily rig this lottery-

               On the other hand, if that’s real, Jade and Floyd will be so annoyed.

               extra irony because their first conclusion when they spot Mor at the mirror ceremony is that he's either a distant/unrecognized cousin or someone trying to start political shit by pretending to be one, so they actually first threaten mor to leave them alone (and have to wait for so long in mor's room to dramatically ambush him on the first night bc mor is just taking his sweet ol time wandering around and feeling up the enchanted walls and candlesticks etc.

               That is both intimidating and hilarious. I can just hear Floyd whining about how bored he is while lying on the bed waiting for him and just Sea Witch Mor-
               Jade: Impersonation can lead to bad things if you hope to start something with us
               Floyd: Yeah, I’ll just have to squeeze ya~
               Mor who hasn’t heard of politics in his life: Whomst are you??

               Octavinelle arc would literally be both hilarious but also the emotional drama. Yuu having to delve into the super complicated relationship between the most powerful people in Octavinelle but like, contrast it with the fact that everyone has completely different ideas of what’s going on like Azul is frothing with rage, Mor just want to vibe, and Jade and Floyd want to poke him with a stick.

               And OVERBLOT, like Azul’s entire overblot centers around trying to take everything of value for himself and Mor is such a prime target too!

               I know it’s unlikely, but like, my favorite scene is Mor defending Jade and Floyd from the other siblings and just, the mention of the little sibling curse and them annoying them but like. The idea that during Overblot, Mor just trying to protect Jade and Floyd despite consistently attempting to get them to go away, it’s the big brother rules, Mor choosing not to leave and possibly even getting hurt because he takes on too much and hhhhh-

                

               Honestly, that’s such a cute DLC because like, Mor gets slapped in the face with people who don’t think they’re crazy and Jade and Floyd getting to firmly tie up their own definitely not an insecurity that they’re family now and forever.

               But also like, good thing Mor is not attached because like-
               Floyd: You didn’t have anyone before right, right?
               Mor: *having flashbacks to the time he found them going after Chameleon, a cuttlefish he just hang out with*
               Jade: *about to figure out world hopping to tie up any loose ends* :)

               That’s probably more yandere AU- good luck to Mor in the yandere AU because wow, if they reveal that? The psychological pain because it would probably make the situation worse not better. Oooo, consider Mor finally revealing it when he tries to talk them into morals and compound it with before of Jade just cheerily listening and then using his unnaturally severed ties as leverage like maybe Mor just didn’t love them enough before? After all, he can’t feel that he loved them when he went by the morals of those world, but he loves Jade and Floyd now, right? And he’s going by the rules of their world! Though that might be a bit too on the horror/dark side.

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            2. 1. mercen on Chapter 1 Wed 24 Jan 2024 11:42PM UTC

                  

                  juxtapose that psychological horror against the unnaturally severed ties of his past life! ...There’s no love there, just the echo where it once was like when you have a missing tooth there, and that makes the moral conflict hurt even more.
                  yes exactly i love how you describe it!! if he didn't have the context, his conflict would be far lesser... for better or worse? 'missing the idea of it more than the memory' for sure. his perception of self is so shaped by his conclusions drawn... when the lines have already been erased, and only they remember it. so would it be so bad to give in to a new definition? or something like that lol
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                  <333 love your skits and thoughts and ideas!! <33 teamwork improv Q&A lol -
                  -
                  my brain immediately just went ‘wouldn’t it be funny if they meet and Jade is like ‘what’ and Mor just assumes and sticks to the facts that they cannot be siblings while Jade and Floyd are trying to work it out ... it’d be interesting to see how that impacts their relationship

                  LOL it would be funny !! dramatic irony working against jade while floyd ribs him for making the misunderstanding. i think it ultimately wouldn't last too long though; i think it would be something like, the tweels ask for mor's blood for Reasons, mor gives it, tweels test it for close relation and cross-check with parents. in the meantime mor is just making friends and Nobody Brings Up The Family topic, mor getting subtly interrogated on his life story and prospects through 'Friendship Bonding'...

                  eventually when the family decides whether or not to admit mor as a long-lost leech, the tweels would be the ones to approach, and it would sort of be more of a semi-political thing almost akin to adult adoption rather than late recognition, since mor was decidedly not *raised* as a leech / into the mafia life. mor would be easy to convince they're related once it's brought up by them first; but he would still consider his father to be the fisherman, and the hometown the seaside village, etc.

                  so for various security/political/ruthless reasons it's totally possible or even likely that mor is deliberately ignored by the leeches and even if he suspects something, he can never be allowed to establish an official 'sibling' relationship with the tweels (and thus become competition) .
                  but in that case, for personal reasons that don't need to be scrutinized under mafia business, jade and floyd (and thus, azul) just grow very close and invested and involved in their Good Friend Mor's life and so do the Parents Leech by extension <3 they might never call each other brothers in this lifetime (the canon game JP tweels deliberately only refer to each other as 'twin') but mor could become the octatrio's civilian friend. (though it's a toss-up if they like them enough to keep them out of mafia shit, or if they like them enough to drag them into it)
                  --
                  Rollo: So, of course as my vice president, you’ll need to stick around-Everyone stares at Mor for two seconds too long
                  Rollo: Get out
                  LOL EXACTLYY i love this, perfectly captures the softest ending -> rollo being relatively less emotionally repressed
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                  -THE TRAGEDY ASPECT IS DEFINITELY SO REAL AND UR SO CORRECT ABT MOR TYING IN THOUGHTS ABT FATE AND THIS BEING A POSSIBLY FICTIONAL/PREDETERMINED WORLD THAT IS HIS REALITY,,, cinnamon roll nbc!mor can't escape the tragedy of becoming burnt like ddb mor lol.
                  --
                  Rollo wants to wipe away magic, and he is also magic and so Rollo is basically declaring him a target after him thinking they came so far so- honestly, any point while Rolli still goes off the edge hurts my heart because it’s such a firm betrayal of Mor"
                  this is a really good thought to have!! mor and rollo have discussed similar 'logical conclusions' for sure in their seemingly lighthearted hypothetical debates. that's why i think in a darker timeline where rollo sticks to the plan (which mor is wary but never fully aware of, since rollo would never actually tell them), he would still feel enough for mor to try and send them away before (accepting that when the plan works he'll never see them again as they'd be stuck in the sea if they survive).

                  and if mor surprises him by showing up, he'd be horribly conflicted, but in the worst timeline where he keeps making the worst choices and feeling trapped and continuing on, it would be him continuing to the bitter end with the plan and either draining mor of magic to unconsciousness before it all starts to keep him out of the way (in one of the rooms in the tower) and decide what to do After, or grimly determining that if mor must stand against him (betraying HIM), then burning away this *weakening* attachment will prove his resolve to his mission (but of course, offering one last chance to mor in the final confrontation to change sides and be on the *right* side of history)
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                  PLSSSS LOLLL no yeah azul and mor interactions during the event would be so funny regardless but kind of extra funny in the darker timeline when it's mor joining the nrc gang to Stop Rollo. mor be in merform showing everyone around some shortcut canals to sneak up on rollo / destroy some flower caches and Keeping So Calm and Normal (but is obviously having one of the worst days of their second life) and azul's just like 'purely hypothetically while we are all facing possible death would u prefer to know abt a long lost relative before or after the boss battle. asking for two friends.', thumb hovering over send on the group photo everyone took during the day
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                  Consider. Rollo gets a student roster of potential students who get sent ... “NO LEECHES” ... Rollo will happily rig this lottery
                  CONSIDERED AND AGREED rollo to me is someone who is very rigid and concerned abt doing what is just/right but also totally just does not acknowledge how much his personal emotions/ideals bias him and he's smart enough to be a total hypocrite about finding Logical loopholes/arguments to justify reaching different (emotionally driven) conclusions on otherwise the same problem. nbc!mor (usually) thinks this makes him very interesting and fun to debate totally hypothetical fantastical ideas with (such as a magicless world...)
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                  Jade: Impersonation can lead to bad things if you hope to start something with us
                  Floyd: Yeah, I’ll just have to squeeze ya~
                  Mor who hasn’t heard of politics in his life: Whomst are you??
                  mor's unfortunate soul of a randomly assigned roommate, calling from the hallway: um, can i come back in yet...?
                  threels, two of whom don't live there and one of whom is already planning to monopolize their own room: no.
                  --
                  Yuu having to delve into the super complicated relationship between the most powerful people in Octavinelle but like, contrast it with the fact that everyone has completely different ideas of what’s going on like Azul is frothing with rage, Mor just want to vibe, and Jade and Floyd want to poke him with a stick.
                  ooh i really like this idea of yuu having to navigate like the different factions/interpersonal relationships set up!! made me think of, what if instead of azul's task being 'get me this photo before the sun sets on this day', it's, 'get me this artifact or signed agreement from morgan (no last name, just like silver) before the sun sets on this day etc.'! and this time, instead of the tweels ambushing them in the sea... the tweels *graciously* offer to accompany yuu in negotiating with / approaching / catching mor, who is a slippery eel to even get a conversation!

                  but then yuu (perhaps with ruggie's advice) catches on that this actually makes mor actively avoid them. of course, when yuu tries to find/approach mor alone, they only get to talking for a little bit before the tweels crash the party and mor gets too annoyed to deal with yuu. shenanigans ensue, but the premise is basically the same: mor is like the museum, and whatever yuu needs to get from mor is like the photo, and the tweels WILL play interference and also interception. so the winning strategy from leona is basically the same, although perhaps yuu can convince mor to be more actively helpful...
                  --
                  And OVERBLOT ... it’s unlikely, but like, ... The idea that during Overblot, Mor just trying to protect Jade and Floyd despite consistently attempting to get them to go away, it’s the big brother rules, Mor choosing not to leave and possibly even getting hurt because he takes on too much and hhhhh-
                  HOHOHO... i will say that i love all your ideas omg and not to confirm or deny anything but part of the deepsea lore (and thus, seawitch!mor's specific skillset) has a lot to do with interacting with Blot... so mor would be uniquely equipped to offer support in this confrontation.

                  i would say that once actually stuck in the situation, mor *would* help yuu's party as much as possible, because they still have that much sense of wretched responsibility; and as for specially taking care of floyd and jade... i don't think he'd ever admit it but after having gotten to know each other for that long, a special concern would definitely happen, whether consciously or subconsciously. well, special is relative, but... yeah.

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               2. 1. Poker on Chapter 1 Thu 25 Jan 2024 11:50PM UTC

                     

                     when the lines have already been erased, and only they remember it. so would it be so bad to give in to a new definition?

                     That’s such a cool way to put it!! I really feel bad for Mor, like a little extra emotional security, but at what cost really?

                     Honestly, the entire thing is just, such a high degree brain rot to me. Like, the casual horror of seeing your lines slowly shift, slowly talking yourself into it, the influence of Jade and Floyd and later Azul on them? Like, Mor seeing how happy Floyd and Jade get when he acts yandere, even when they’re horrified upon realizing it and snapping out of the moment? Delicious.

                     And then on top of that, juxtaposed with how you mention that by the degrees of their world, Mor is actually a relatively chill yandere.

                     for personal reasons that don't need to be scrutinized under mafia business, jade and floyd (and thus, azul) just grow very close and invested and involved in their Good Friend Mor's life

                     Honestly, this strikes me as just hilariously funny. The leeches: Hm, ignore the new Morgan person, it’s too big of a risk
                     Jade and Floyd: Mhm, yep
                     The leeches: Who’s that
                     Jade and Floyd: *chilling with Mor* a totally unrelated friend

                     And another skit for your consideration
                     Yuu: Even if we call for help, no one would get here in time
                     Azul: Handled. *sends group photo*
                     Floyd: *bursts through the door* Azuuuuuul who is that!
                     Yuu: Aren’t we- aren’t we days of travel out??

                     I imagine, and I hope I’m not going too far in speculating here, but would their relationship might to some degree affected by how badly Rollo and Mor clashed during the Noble Bell arc? I imagine in the lighter comedy, it’s just Mor vibing with friends in between Rollo’s possible sitcom antics of having Rollo who Does Not Like the leeches at all.

                     But in the darker one you describe, gosh, poor Mor. I can almost see the game scene where it does one of those interludes of Mor confronting Rollo and the draining happen and it snaps to dark and the watcher knows something is wrong even as you shift back into the main story. That’s gonna be some lasting pain for our poor guy, especially with figuring out where he stands with Rollo afterwards.

                     As a funnier note, Mor being in mer form kinda cracks me up a little, poor Yuu is having flashbacks to the leech twins going after them in the Coral Sea and Mor is just chilling and vibing and asking Azul questions that they have about being a mer.

                      

                     Hahahah, Mor’s poor roommate, they’re gonna be going through it before they manage to move rooms. First day of school and your room is the showdown between the mafia twins and their long lost sea witch brother.

                     My brain is just rotting with the idea of Mor being present in their lives even when he’s gone like. Jade and Floyd finding the caches of food, and the scribbling he did on coral and stone, like he’s gone but still very present somehow. Like, his last interaction is with Floyd, he makes his promise and just, never comes back.

                     Brain rotting more, Floyd calling him on that promise?

                     Oh oh, consider, just hhhhhh tying the contract idea to Azul’s overblot and Azul wants them to get an ‘employee’ contract from Mor, basically so he gets their usefulness to himself like his overblot motivations and Yuu having to balance their friends being forced employees with the idea of making another person an employee to save them, especially as they get closer to meeting Mor and realizing who Mor is under the surface level of the factions.

                     I also like how you mix sea worsties with the idea! Floud and Jade being so earnestly helpful and enlisting their help gets a Mor who will literally drop a conversation during the first sentence to flee. Mor’s just trying to go about their life while first years chase them down and the tweels are even more annoying.

                     Mor: *vibing while they get ingredients in the coral sea* why do I hear frustrated screaming in the distance

                      

                     I do kinda feel bad for Mor, he’s just trying his best to be a big sibling and accidentally gave the tweels an insecurity complex. Probably the opposite of what they wanted, but I’m glad they didn’t talk themself into leaving? I can’t imagine Mor going through on their plan to runaway would have gone the best for them emotionally and the poor tweels.

                      

                     The more I hear about the yandere AU, the more im excited to see it! It’s a neat difference from the more common ‘non-yandere in a yandere world’ though that AU is cool too! Poor Mor, at least shifting his morals would make it easier to adapt? I can’t imagine them having a good time if they stayed staunchly stuck to their morals and stayed non yandere.

                     proven they pick floyd and jade over everything/everyone else (including morals). a key part of the 'canon' ddb threels' dynamic that gets taken to extremes in yandere au's is how all three will do things they don't want to do because of consideration for each other.

                     so in both yandere aus, mor is still violence-averse, but they will hurt/kill others if the tweels want it, and the tweels will help/*not* hurt others if mor wants it. silly mor is just more likely to actively entertain and 'take the boring/dirty work' from the tweels, thus setting up a more equal initiative dynamic; serious mor is more likely to actively avoid 'entertaining situations' and to redirect the tweels' attentions/aggression from others onto themself as a way of penance for their own guilt over being unable to control/stop his brothers
                     I really love how you describe the difference between silly and serious yandere Mor! I really feel bad for serious Mor, it sounds like they’re going through it, but at the same time, the psychological horror component has me vibing in excitement, the remaining guilt and the redirection, and existing both in a state of ‘I’d do anything for you’ but also redirecting Floyd and Jade. They’d be a very interesting read.

                     I’m glad you liked where I took the serious yandere idea of Mor telling Jade and Floyd, and that it would happen later. Honestly, that makes it feel a bit darker to me, not a statement meant to convince but something Mor throws out to distract them, and doesn’t even expect how Jade takes advantage of it, though I’d imagine Floyd would be just as good at poking and twisting the info until Mor starts agreeing more with them, he’s scary smart sometimes.

                      

                     Also, can I just say, I’ve been really appreciating your responses! It’s been super nice hearing more about these AUs and sharing my speculations and little silly skits, especially as you went above and beyond with such detailed responses. Thank you! :)

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               3. mercen on Chapter 1 Wed 24 Jan 2024 11:42PM UTC

                  

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                  Mor gets slapped in the face with people who don’t think they’re crazy and Jade and Floyd getting to firmly tie up their own definitely not an insecurity that they’re family now and forever.

                  yes!! i think mor would not share it unless they were 99% sure they would be believed but that 1% certainty is always great to have. and then the bigger underlying insecurity is actually 'will they resent me for being an imposter or a fraud of their brother somehow and lying to them all along', which the simple acceptance and affirmation of 'you're stuck with us now this changes nothing' will help :>> and yeah, the insecurity complex they unknowingly gave the tweels about 'why does mor sometimes feel just out of reach even when theyre right there' will be helped somewhat by this Big Act of Intimacy/Trust/Context!

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                  Floyd: You didn’t have anyone before right, right?
                  Mor: *having flashbacks to the time he found them going after Chameleon, a cuttlefish he just hang out with*
                  Jade: *about to figure out world hopping to tie up any loose ends* :)

                  definitely more leaning yandere but yeah, even in regular ddb 'jade and floyd wanting mor to Pick Them over Everything/Everyone else' is a recurring thing for sure!! (as an expression of the underlying unresolved insecurities in their relationship)regular ddb tweels would just be more easily satisfied with mor verbally affirming and through actions showing they're fully integrated into this life and not yearning for anything abt the untouchable past life
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                  good luck to Mor in the yandere AU ... it would probably make the situation worse not better.

                  well, silly yandere mor would be just fine / improved even (also definitely one of the earliest to volunteer this information), bc they already have repeatedly proven they pick floyd and jade over everything/everyone else (including morals). a key part of the 'canon' ddb threels' dynamic that gets taken to extremes in yandere au's is how all three will do things they don't want to do because of consideration for each other.

                  so in both yandere aus, mor is still violence-averse, but they will hurt/kill others if the tweels want it, and the tweels will help/*not* hurt others if mor wants it. silly mor is just more likely to actively entertain and 'take the boring/dirty work' from the tweels, thus setting up a more equal initiative dynamic; serious mor is more likely to actively avoid 'entertaining situations' and to redirect the tweels' attentions/aggression from others onto themself as a way of penance for their own guilt over being unable to control/stop his brothers

                  but yeah, i know ur talking abt serious yandere mor lol, and ooh ur thoughts on jade leveraging this moment of vulnerability/trust (which it's entirely possible mor offered as a half-desperate half-calculating move himself) to manipulate mor around into changing his mind on what's 'good and normal' are so delicious !! just right amount of horror/dark for serious au, no worries lol. i love it, although i think by the time a ser!yan!mor would think to reveal this backstory, they would have already given up on instilling morals, because they love their brothers but they know their brothers too much to trust them. perhaps he doesn't expect it to be more than a moment of weakness/interest thrown out in order to distract floyd and jade from something else...?
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5. navyb1ue on Chapter 1 Tue 03 Dec 2024 04:15AM UTC

   

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6. 1. mercen on Chapter 1 Thu 09 Jan 2025 05:19PM UTC

      

      🐬🐋🦈🐙💖!!!

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7. Crossfire12 on Chapter 2 Fri 24 Nov 2023 10:12AM UTC

   

   *gives Morgan a head pat* I love him your honor!

   Since you welcome suggestions do you think you could do a what if Morgan got to interact with his own Tsum Tsum like the other students did during that event?

   I would love to see how a Tsum Tsum Morgan would behave lol

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8. 1. mercen on Chapter 2 Sat 25 Nov 2023 04:39AM UTC

      

      of course, thank you for asking!! hmm i did briefly think about it before but as one of the events which is way more about fun/vibes rather than worldbuilding, i didn’t dwell on it much lol. tbh i havent fully read the second tsum event yet, but from my memories of the first, i’d say that tsum!mor presents the same kind of ‘shocking personality juxtaposition’ as tsum!riddle does!

      where the ‘true/baseline personality’ unfettered by Growing Up In A Society (With Extra Trauma) is much more carefree and open and ‘honest about desires’ than the nrc character parallel ends up. like, it’s a very similar case to riddle’s juxtaposition with his tsum (still sharing core values but much more mischievous), except mor is more… quietly kind of wistful about what could have been, rather than riddle’s sternness/embarrassment.

      so yeah, mor’s ‘aloof/cold/indifferent’ image gets cracked a lot with tsum!mor wanting to lean on everyone and peek in on what anyone is doing and openly bring little gifts to anyone they like and be included and invited and praised always lol . and the inner overthinking/worrying/melodramatics get exposed a bit too in the tsum’s somehow terribly expressive dead blank eyes?? tsum!mor is both so much more ready to fight or cuddle at any moment than mor, lol.

      mor doesn’t really know how to interact with his own tsum, and vice versa; they amiably prefer the company of other oct4 counterparts! (mor squishing the tsum!octatrio and tsum!mor bouncing around the regular octatrio)

      (mor would be much more distressed and want to hide open-book tsum!mor away if there wasn’t such a ‘this is event canon only’ vibe lol; he's just chilling, teases yuu/Player in his voicelines about how well a marketable plushie of himself would sell)

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   2. 1. Crossfire12 on Chapter 2 Sat 25 Nov 2023 07:21AM UTC

         

         Dawwww all of that sounds really cute!

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      2. Crossfire12 on Chapter 2 Sat 25 Nov 2023 07:25AM UTC

         

         It sounds like Tsum Mor would just be the cutest thing ever.

         Oh I know this is off topic but do we know which club Mor is in? I'd love to see something with him enjoying his time with club activities and potentially bonding with other club members assuming there are other members and not just one like with Jade or Malleus.

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      3. 1. mercen on Chapter 2 Sat 25 Nov 2023 08:03AM UTC

            

            everything is on topic in the AU collection meant specifically for off topic stuff lol :>

            we do not know yet! it will be up for reader vote in book 2 :> <3
            i will say it'll be much easier to vote mor into mountain lover's club rather than gargoyle appreciation club (those may not be the exact correct names im not double checking rn lol) for obvious reasons but it will be theoretically likely to vote mor into any of the clubs!! (just, not guaranteed to have them stay in membership lol)

            metagame!mor is Decided to be in newspaper club just because of yuu's Main Characterness lol

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         2. 1. Crossfire12 on Chapter 2 Sat 25 Nov 2023 09:22AM UTC

               

               Okie dokie, makes sense. Personally I see him vibing in the Science club since he and Rook are good friends.

               Thanks for answering all my questions so far too!

               Maybe you could do a what if Mor was there during the Glorious Masquerade event for a future chapter here. Since not only would it be fun to hear how you think his outfit would look like but the amount of panic he might experience due to the events that happen lol.

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            2. 1. mercen on Chapter 2 Sat 25 Nov 2023 09:55AM UTC

                  

                  *metagame!mor and rook are good friends! just a light reminder that ddb!mor may not turn out that way depending on reader votes :> although i would be happy to have them do so !! though, regardless, one does pick a club rather early in school so it'd be before any friendship significantly develops (and actually, now i wonder if rook was always in science club, given he starts off in savanaclaw, and he does mention a big motivation for science club being to develop special effects for vil's film club (which vil is said, i think, to have founded)) <-- i can figure all that out when i actually get to book 2 and need to wrangle my references in order lol

                  of course, thank you for your curiosity <33

                  yes !! well actually, i have Extensive plans for a noble bell college!mor au, which would go somewhat into the event! because the event is such a kind of serious, story-driven, premeditated-planning type of event (as opposed to things like beans day or ghost marriage which feel 'lighter' in impact and therefore more 'changeable' without having to seriously consider consequences, if that makes sense), i would need to think more deeply about how metagame!mor gets involved with that events to write a good what-if about it. not up to it right now, but i'll keep it in mind for the future, thank you for your interest! :> (i will say that if i had to choose between a what-if for metagame!mor in glorious masquerade vs a what-if for metagame!mor in playfulland, i would definitely go with glorious masquerade, just bc playfulland would require even more thinking abt how off the rails it may go lol. but maybe my mind will be changed when i do a thorough read through of those translations!)

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9. Lavalamp24 on Chapter 2 Fri 24 Nov 2023 05:55PM UTC

   

   The voicelinesss Morgan leech u own my heart, how can u be self deprecating when I’m single handedly funding the game w all ur merch I bought?? I love hearing him speak he’s just such a character and I want to express cuteness aggression but I’d feel bad (and the rest of the oct4 would kill me). The part about the crystal ball had me so excited I’m so ready to see where Mor’s UM lands him!! I also loved mor’s gift back philosophy, like there’s the defensive owe no debt but there’s also care there and it’s so Mor and ughhh. The part about him tagging chubby’s crush for azul was also quite cool, I like to think mor isn’t as activitly intimidating as the twins or plotting as azul but his observing makes him just as terrifying. (Writing that out just made me think of all the seeing/observing stuff uve woven into mor’s story and the crystal ball stuff and ooooh you are such a writer!! I feel like a mouse that has been following a trail in a dark maze and I just found a cheese.)

   For suggestions all I can really think of is rook and mor (sue me, they’re both characters I like and hitting them together like dolls is all I can think of). Stuff like sparring (helping mor get acclimated to a human body and able to go more all out cuz he’s against rook while rook can get a case study in mer combat styles) or general cultural exchange (or the thing with like. Accidental courting stuff. If anyone’s the type to accidentally stumble into stuff like that just bc he’s weird, it’s rook methinks)

   Thank you so much for writing this, it’s so much fun to read and I hope you have a lovely day!

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10. 1. mercen on Chapter 2 Wed 29 Nov 2023 10:25AM UTC

       

       WE ARE HOLDING HANDS AND BOUNCING AROUND,,,,,,,,, METAGAME ME IS ACTIVELY PRINTING MORE MORGAN LEECH MERCH TO SHARE W U,,,,,

       no fr i enjoy writing these voicelines a lot so it means a lot that ppl enjoy reading them as much too!! :>> reread ur comment so many times and it makes me smile so giddily each time <333 IM SO HAPPY THEY'RE SUCH A CHARACTER TO U,,,,,,, gives u marketable plushie morgan leech in the metagame!au so u can cuteness aggress that (mor would definitely empathize but ur right to be wary of the rest of oct4 rip)

       i started writing this reply 4 days ago and then just kept it in an open tab because i was facing that particular intimidating-with-admiration Feeling of 'oh my gosh this is such a lovely sincere heartfelt joyous letter to me i need to Fully Reciprocate with the same gush of overwhelming Serotonin it gives me but idk if im up to that level rn' and now i'm just gonna hammer it out and make myself reply lol + i read some excellent rook fic just now while procrastinating hw (im behind) and it reminded me of ur rook appreciation <33 rook fans unite !!

       MWAHAHA... IM SO EXCITED FOR THE UM IVE BEEN EXCITED FOR IT SINCE YEARS AGO LOL curse my own slow writing and story style lol but the UM vote for arc 3 will be super exciting (even though we don't get to SEE it until arc 4) (unless some specific voting choices happy...) !! AND IM REALLY HAPPY YOU ARE THE MOUSE FINDING THE CHEESE IM THE CHEESE FANATIC HOPING TO FIND MORE OF MY KIND AND IM THE HEDGETRIMMER DELIGHTED PPL ARE HAVING FUN IN THE MAZE,,,,, idk if u already knew from sidestory or elsewhere but mor's 'twisted concept' was from 'ursula's crystal ball vision (formed by the eels' connected eyes)' from the very start!! so themes of observing (and of being used/useful + a passive approach to knowledge, etc.) are definitely deeply intertwined with his design!

       yesss getting/giving gifts becomes such a loaded gesture to him after his upbringing but in the end,,,, they still like giving gifts :> and are a sucker for a sincerely given gift <3 and yuu friendship is SO important to them

       "For suggestions all I can really think of is rook and mor (sue me, they’re both characters I like and hitting them together like dolls is all I can think of)."
       >> SO REAL OF U and the great thing abt an au is this doesnt have to be too fussed abt how they got there !! will definitely take these requests into consideration :>> rambling some thoughts below to show how i've thought abt it so far for possible premises

       hmm,,,, something like sparring, i can see happening maybe later in mor's second year as their friendship settles and they'd trust rook enough to show him that side of them... having generally complicated feelings about their mafia training / self-defense / strength / bloodlust / inhumanity they're mostly at peace with by 17 but still don't like getting into with just anyone. i think where i can see it really coming up naturally (because he's still unlikely to propose it first and rook might suggest it but would go along with a deflection) is if they're in a vargas camp type of event and fooling around or!! whenever a chill moment after the point is in canon that the nrc cast finds out what rook's Sketchy AF Family *actually* does (if they ever find out lol). maybe near the end of the school year mor mentions he's always wanted to test himself against rook's combat skills actually ever since Understanding how much of a battle nut he is (and they do agree on the philosophy of Understanding someone by how they fight) and they make it a friend date before rook goes off into fourth year internships! and then spar again as a welcome thing when the fourth years return sporadically to campus between internships!

       --> they r definitely texting so much while separated. mor wants to know ALL ABOUT ancient ruins and archaeology and rook is excellent at telling effusive and thrilling anecdotes involving unnerving implications abt danger! rook is happy to share details abt his studies and demand details in exchange abt mor's thesis progress and campus life! they're both people who tend to be close-lipped abt their personal lives but enthusiastic abt their passions or people in their lives, very good active listener exchange! rook and mor keep making increasingly seriously planned jokes about courtesy kidnapping each other to sightsee isolated dig sites on land and challenge lost trapped mage caves undersea!

       mor sends a picture of zoomed-in grass to rook and he confidently identifies it as the leftmost field in the pomefiore gardens and rook sends a picture of an animated tomb guardian about to smash the camera and then doesnt reply for 4 hours while mor sends increasing strings of !?!?!?!?!! and also records all the spellscript he can see from the blurred pixels and translates them for fun. yuu gets a standing invitation to their show/movie/book club (often starring works with vil schoenheit or eric venue or the source material adapted into their films)! man i could go on abt this. rook's dialogue dramatics with mor's inner dialogue dramatics which become external dialogue dramatics when they let you in is so good-- i just need to study his lines more to get the right mix of french peppered in lol

       "or general cultural exchange (or the thing with like. Accidental courting stuff. If anyone’s the type to accidentally stumble into stuff like that just bc he’s weird, it’s rook methinks)"
       >> PLSSSSSS LOLLL its a fun trope fr and i think rook is both weird enough to get into it and then get the Curiosity To Learn More about it definitely and mor is definitely the type to respond really eagerly/open up to discussing/dissecting cultural/societal nuances through unconventional perspectives and especially on an interspecies level without actually internalizing it as directed as personal interest (and therefore not getting flustered/bewildered enough to close off. that could be an interesting shippy fluff drabble for sure

       --> tbh in the fisherman!au aka the noble bell college au aka the mor-happening-into-french-pen-pals-with-rook-au i DID have a whole bit written up where rook once addresses mor as 'mon ami' and mor excitedly corrects him that actually its a common misconception/mistranslation to refer to friends that way, usually 'mon ami' in casual speech would imply a romantic partner instead, and then it became an in-joke that they keep referring to each other as that in letters anyway, to the point when mor accidentally refers to 'mon ami' in conversation with rollo and rollo misunderstands for a moment that mor is long distance dating ''someone who goes to another school' lol .

       --> but yeah idk if u meant for this to be shippy at all but an accidental courting thing for metagame!au would be funny especially if its from an outsider pov like yuu and everyone gets in on the gossip bc theyre bored... ?? but maybe you'd be more interested in a mor or a octatrio or even a rook pov! lmk ovo --> it might be linked to the sparring drabble LOL

       THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LOVELY COMMENT AND ENJOYMENT OF MOR <333

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    2. 1. Lavalamp24 on Chapter 2 Wed 29 Nov 2023 01:02PM UTC

          

          First of all this was such a kind reply?? Thank u sm TvT I woke up to this in my inbox and started giggling maniacally which scared away my cat, but also woke me up enough to not oversleep so it Twas a blessing in disguise.

          Letting u know now that my mor plushie goes everywhere with me. He may not be sentient, but if he were then he’s going to love all these lil trips!! Actually he might just feel mournful over his past life if his old world was similar to ours, but hey maybe it’ll help him reach catharsis? (Me talking to plushie mor as I sip air from a tea cup at our tea party and they’re dressed in a frilly monstrosity cuz I forgot to change the tension on my sewing machine- they still look pretty tho. Pretty privilege wins again!!).

          I had caught the crystal ball symbolism before, but the multiple hints to watching and observing never fully clicked until writing that comment -v-, this is why I reread stuff so often…I read to fast and miss stuff, tho this is also great cuz it means I can reread and reread and never get bored! This is especially true here cuz there’s always sooo much going on in ur story, much fun.

          The thing abt them texting??? Oh these NERDS I lob them. They’re both theatre students at heart and I love the home made geoguesser they got going on. Rook seems to be having a grand time being an intern, I can’t decide if I’d like an internship like that…either way it seems perfect for rook! (Can’t get my mind off Rook just bringing mor back a rock and mor is just ??? And it’s either like a puzzle box or a cool geode but that calls into question how Rook knew it was a geode and not a dud?? Ah. Rocks… and just anything you can bring back from sites, so really it’s Ah. Trinkets…(mor’s gonna need a vault just for random stuff Rook gives him))

          I NEED TO SEE THEM SPLUNKING IN UNDERWATER MAGICAL CAVES/DIG SITES. I think Rook would do well underwater and I also just wanna see them explore and have fun and just stare at stuff for a bit as a thousand thought go through their head and then they turn to each other and both start info dumping about what they’ve observed and it’s great and fun and they’re having too much fun and being too chill for how dangerous the setting is, but they’re too cool for school so everything works out for them look at em go. (Also ruins are cool and this is an excuse to make you world build a dungeon <3)

          Rollo’s misunderstanding (or is it ô.ō) is so funny cuz he meets Rook and finds out that Mor’s “partner” and starts to treat him that way…. He’s making these digs at Rook about being a good partner or communicating properly with your significant other and Rook is just confused and rollo is internally lamenting Mor’s taste. The look of horror on Mor’s face when rollo says “met your partner today. I’m not saying you could do better but-“. In other news, I’m now thinking of possible Rook nicknames for mor…

          This stuff can be shippy or just platonic, honestly I just want them to interact lol. An outsider pov may be fun for the sparring though (yuu is just on a stroll when Rook slams into a tree in front of them and they’re worried abt another overblot but here comes mor like oh hey, we’re sparring, do u need us to move? Or they both keep showing up late to stuff covered in bruises and yuu is raising a brow like what’s goin on ô.ó (could be a they-didn’t-know-they-were-dating thing there).

          I’ll have to leave it there cuz I gtg exist in the world, but thank you again for such a lovely response (for for your writing in general) and I hope this comment is somewhat cohesive despite my sleepiness <3

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       2. 1. mercen on Chapter 2 Wed 29 Nov 2023 08:23PM UTC

             

             GIGGLING MANIACALLY AT COMMENTS IN MY INBOX IS LITERALLY HOW I SPEND MY MORNINGS AFTER A CHAPTER UPDATE,,,, MUTUAL GIGGLING GOING ON !!

             MOR MARKETABLE PLUSHIE ADVENTURES LETS GOOO!! by decree of author ill allow this mor to Enjoy Life . Just this mor. he is such a good tea party listener fr and listen the frills are probably a high couture fashion statement undersea so like ur killing it as a responsible mor plushie friend . leech pretty privilege fr fr!!

             YAY TO REREADERS <3333 AND TO SYMBOLISM CLICKING AND FEELING LIKE A PUZZLE UNLOCK !! i love it as a reader so im so glad i can spark that joy as an author <33 and ALWAYS happy to hear my super detailed writing's pros (since as the creator im always acutely aware of cons)

             YES mor is always on their phone and i think rook is familiar with all the tools of his hunt and in the digital age (of social media stalking) the phone is indispensable u know --> their quirkyass textlogs are a mine of potential meme templates. "theatre students at heart" SO REAL, NOBLE BELL COLLEGE MOR AND ROOK LITERALLY STARTED OFF CONNECTING OVER THEATER POSTING LOL

             "Rook seems to be having a grand time being an intern, I can’t decide if I’d like an internship like that…either way it seems perfect for rook!"
             >> when i first learned that was his canonical book 7 stated internship interest i was like I Don't Know What Else I Expected But Somehow That's Both Surprising And Perfectly Fitting. (i expected like an investigative journalist for a legal career i guess LOL but archaeology cryptid really fits better) . like they emphasized in story that oh, ancient ruins don't *really* have such lost magic artifacts lying around nowadays etc., etc..... but u know rook is getting to Hijinks

             (Can’t get my mind off Rook just bringing mor back a rock and mor is just ??? And it’s either like a puzzle box or a cool geode but that calls into question how Rook knew it was a geode and not a dud?? Ah. Rocks… and just anything you can bring back from sites, so really it’s Ah. Trinkets…(mor’s gonna need a vault just for random stuff Rook gives him))
             >> PLSSSS mor is only a little disappointed it's not Cursed. he's so appreciative and pleased !!! trades rook the limited edition neige leblanche collab promotion items he missed that can't be bought easily (including the RSA campus event exclusives !!)

             "I NEED TO SEE THEM SPLUNKING IN UNDERWATER MAGICAL CAVES/DIG SITES. I think Rook would do well underwater and I also just wanna see them explore and have fun and just stare at stuff for a bit as a thousand thought go through their head and then they turn to each other and both start info dumping about what they’ve observed and it’s great and fun and they’re having too much fun and being too chill for how dangerous the setting is, but they’re too cool for school so everything works out for them look at em go. (Also ruins are cool and this is an excuse to make you world build a dungeon <3)"
             >> LOL ur evil (speaking to my worldbuilding weakness!!) --> it *would* be a great excuse to fit a lot more tropes/scenarios into one premise tho tbf 0v0 ...
             everything you said in this paragraph is so perfect i have nothing to add really. mor does idly think a lot about whether a non-mer classmate would thrive as a mer and rook would definitely be excellent both underwater and in mer society. hunt some krakens hunt each other... ('v')b info dumping as love language is so real, i think having a friend with rook's personality is a good fit for getting mor out of his head some so they *can* achieve that 'too chill for danger' state of relaxed confidence lol

             "Rollo’s misunderstanding (or is it ô.ō) is so funny cuz he meets Rook and finds out that Mor’s “partner” and starts to treat him that way…. He’s making these digs at Rook about being a good partner or communicating properly with your significant other and Rook is just confused and rollo is internally lamenting Mor’s taste. The look of horror on Mor’s face when rollo says “met your partner today. I’m not saying you could do better but-“. In other news, I’m now thinking of possible Rook nicknames for mor…"
             >> LMAO fisherman!mor actually clears it up rather quick (hmm i do like fisherman!au much less than freshwater!au, maybe ill just give up and change to nbc!au to keep it short...) but that's a hilarious scenario for a branch off that au lol. moreso utter bafflement than horror (until the horror is 'realizing' 'wait have i been leading someone on??? am *I* the dense romantic interest in this campus genre isekai????') but rollo being Politely Rude At Every Opportunity and awkwardly/stiffly Attempting Social Communication of Investment is so good

             HAHAHA THE ROOK NICKNAME,,,,,, ill just share my planning notes abt it LOL from 8/19/22 lets gooo . very fascinating looking into his JP nicknames for the tweels being specific terms/categorizations for premeditated vs spontaneous crimes and the many ways fan translators and also official EN translation took that!

             DISCLAIMER: DDB NICKNAME MAY CHANGE WITH CHARACTERIZATION FROM READERS VOTES...

             rook nickname: originally 確信犯 , to fit with brothers; a "crime of conviction", where one performs the crime according to the beliefs that they are right, or rather, according to the beliefs that what they are doing should not be a crime (even if they acknowledge it is perceived by others to be a crime). this is how he sees mor's apparent compromise between his strong moral interests and his actual actions.

             perhaps once he knows mor better, this nickname could change to '模倣犯', a 'copycat crime', where one performs the crime regardless of personal beliefs, where beliefs don't necessarily have anything to do with the perpetuation of a previous example. it would be somewhat ironic comparison to the previous nickname, and yet, meant to reflect a deeper understanding, rather than a more insulting name.

             in a french translation (such as in the EN version of the game), 'conviction' would be 'légitime' for 'legitimate' and derived from the term for ‘self-defense’ (légitime défense), conveying a sense of 'someone who does not do things without perceived good reason', and 'copycat' would be 'impersonnel' for 'impersonal' (and a riff off of a ‘crime of passion’ antonym) or perhaps ‘complice’ for ‘accomplice’, conveying a somewhat contradictory yet built-on sense of 'someone who does not do things for personal reasons' or ‘someone who does things because of others, not for oneself’

             also to consider: 証人 or témoin, for 'witness'; the implication of 'someone who observes a crime but is not involved'.

             "This stuff can be shippy or just platonic, honestly I just want them to interact lol. An outsider pov may be fun for the sparring though (yuu is just on a stroll when Rook slams into a tree in front of them and they’re worried abt another overblot but here comes mor like oh hey, we’re sparring, do u need us to move? Or they both keep showing up late to stuff covered in bruises and yuu is raising a brow like what’s goin on ô.ó (could be a they-didn’t-know-they-were-dating thing there)."
             >> I FEEL THAT they contain multitudes . to us <33 --> sparring bloody and hunting each other for sport and healing/supporting each other ^v^ ^v^ avoiding being late by having the winner carry the loser to drop off at class/club/study group ('v')b ('v')b yuu accidentally well-intentionedly starting rumors OvO OvO

             this comment was VERY cohesive thank YOU so much for enjoying mor's story !!

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11. TheatricSmile on Chapter 2 Fri 24 Nov 2023 09:21PM UTC

    

    this is one of my favorite aus! meta game sounds the most interesting to me

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12. 1. mercen on Chapter 2 Sat 25 Nov 2023 04:40AM UTC

       

       <33 !! thank youuu happy you like it !! this is very 'classic yuu au' to me lol, which i think a lot of ppl are interested in! glad to deliver

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13. purplelarks on Chapter 2 Tue 19 Dec 2023 10:51AM UTC

    

    GWSDUFBEDHFBDSJWDFBUDSJ I LOVE MOR SM AAAAAAAAAA i am right with that commenter who said theyre funding the game by buying mor merch — i am stingy and grumbly but i would whale 99.9% for mor's cards + merch!! i am holding his nui gently in my hands as we speak!! i am organizing a cupsleeve event rn for his birthday!! i love your worldbuilding and characterizations sm and reading this chap felt like such a treat oml. the oct4 brainrot is real, ty for the food mx. mercen

    can i ask though, does mor still room with floyd and jade in nrc? or does he room with someone else? i really love the mental imagery of baby threels curling up together when they sleep in their bed, but i imagine that it would probably be hard for them to do that now that they're grown and huge by human standards.

    again, tysm for writing this!! seven habits is genuinely one of the best things ive read this year. do you also happen to have a tumblr or anything like that where we can send u stuff about your works? my fevered dreams, hued blue-green and as oppressive as the coral sea, haunt me endlessly 3 (oct4 thoughts run around in my mind 24/7)

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14. 1. mercen on Chapter 2 Tue 19 Dec 2023 06:58PM UTC

       

       <33333 !!!! replying to comments as i fight against chapter 15 writing, thank you so much for the food <333 :>> MORE MOR MERCH FRRRR THANK U FOR THE SUPPORT !!! so delighted whenever someone builds on the joke, reading your fan scenarios is such a treat omg

       YES I LOVE QUESTIONS !!! i actually have so many accumulated design notes abt mor's nrc room decor and how it looks like by year 2; year 2, mor will have their own room!! although floyd and jade are over so often it doesn't really matter. the beds are too small yeah; thats okay tho, they can still nest in the dorm mini-ocean (?) (it's hard to tell how big the ocean is in that mini-dimension the dorm is in) sands and crevices (even though it's considered kind of childish if mer can't sleep like humans should after graduating land training). and you bet they're shoving each other and flopping over each other to make space on that couch in azul's office

       mor has no roommate; canonically, second year dorms are meant for 2 ppl, but also canonically, octavinelle dorm has empty dorm rooms they rent out, so clearly you can have your own room if you pay the price/cut a deal. one bed is his, and the other bed kind of is set up as a guest hangout/study 'couch' complete with a snack shelf (similar to floyd's, but organized neatly as jade's terrariums).

       i won't go into too much detail about the room decor itself, but there's lots of soft 'land-only' textures like rugs and pillows, different lights (string lights, lamps from other dorms purchased via sam's mystery shop stock, etc.), and mor's bed is converted into a canopy bed with black-frilled dark teal drapes that kind of look like eel tails.

       last note on rooms: that's all year 2 stuff. for year 1... mor starts off w at least one roommate, same as anyone else (it's implied first years all have quad rooms, but again, octavinelle seems to have many empty rooms which suggests many possibilities...), but we'll see how that evolves (or not) as we get to book 2 voting choices lol.

       THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING AND SENDING YOUR THOUGHTS !!!!! <33333 i do not really have any socials unfortunately, sorry!! thank you so much for your interest tho :]] sending stuff in comments here is pretty much best, it's not well organized but at least it's all theoretically in one place lol, and it ends up in my dedicated fanfiction gmail inbox so i do see everything. AND THIS SIDESTORY IS ESPECIALLY PERFECT FOR DISCUSSING OCT4 THOUGHTS PLSSSSS I LOVE HEARING AND CHATTING ABT UR THOUGHTS PLSPLSLPLSPLSSLSL love that poetic rhyming line too :>> omg mor inspires poetry,,, fr,,,

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15. Letra_sable on Chapter 2 Fri 29 Dec 2023 06:31PM UTC

    

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16. 1. mercen on Chapter 2 Fri 03 May 2024 06:40PM UTC

       

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17. Lavalamp24 on Chapter 2 Tue 07 May 2024 09:23PM UTC

    

    You mentioned Mor thinking Mama Leech would look killer in a big coat, and we know Mor’s good with fashion in general, so I wanted to ask if Mor would be the one in charge of fashion in the group? Especially once they hit NRC. Mor’s got both taste and knowledge, plus I think it’d be fun for Mor and maybe help the others settle a bit :3 (and a possible conversation topic w Pomefiore? You can never have enough of those)

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18. 1. mercen on Chapter 2 Tue 07 May 2024 10:04PM UTC

       

       yuu tells metagame!mor their sense of fashion is good and he blinks and goes, "oh... that's just from thinking about character design. but thanks." ('v')b

       BUT SERIOUSLY i love this comment/question omg, and i love x2 that u remember the 'killer in a big coat' thought. listen, when ur raised by fashionable mob bosses u may as well reinvest some of that blood money into whatever u wanna wear <3 i think mor also would just really like supporting/appreciating land artisans; they would thrift more instead of being bougie tailored if the isle of sages wasn't always out of his tallass size smh u-u

       calling morgan in charge of something is always up for a debate lol. hmm, i'm assuming by 'in the group' you mean oct4? i think we could explore that in ddb book 1, how mor's actually more out of touch than he expects after 16 years away and also all his experience from a different world lol; but to answer the actual question, for metagame!au where they're already in nrc year 2, i'd say that by then each member of oct4 has had their share of dressing up and critiquing each other lol.

       azul would definitely have done so much research into his first week fits before even entering the carriage; he canonically only started wearing glasses on land to look smarter and more sophisticated!! (i dont remember if he actually needs them at all though). and floyd canonically has a lot of fun experimenting with land fashion and buys merch/accessories for the others sometimes (like a ridiculously cutesy eel bag), and jade canonically has a rather selective taste in stuff that 'blends into the background' (and maybe appreciates outdoorsy practicality).

       morgan would probably be doing a lot of experimenting with floyd; and at the end of the day, their preferences i would say touch on all three of the others' styles. so i wouldn't say 'in charge of' anything, but they definitely trust each other to give (serious and unserious) feedback on presentation, and maybe they even gift or share things between each other. (mor buys oversized things already lol so actual clothing ends up comically oversized on the others.) and metagame!mor canonically likes gifting things :>

       metagame!mor is also intimidated by the seriousness of pomefiore LOL they wouldn't feel prepared for a fashion discussion (but to particular members on a 1:1 maybe they could have fun casually chatting! rook. i mean rook lol. omg rook and mor would absolutely fan-discuss vil's fashion)

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    2. 1. Lavalamp24 on Chapter 2 Tue 07 May 2024 10:28PM UTC

          

          *I turn to look at you, my eyes bloodshot* Thrifting…thrifting w the gworls…. Wonder what their thrift styles are, Azul def goes in with a plan, and I bet he’s got an eye for objects everyone dismissed, but are actually rly valuable. Ooo speaking of good spotters: Rook again!! He’s got those eyes of his, nothing designer or collectible is escaping him!! He’s like those girls you spot in thrift stores where after you see them you just pack up and leave cuz you Know Nothing will be left in the wake of their skills. (I want Mor Rook bonding so bad, I’m grabbing all my fellow voters and shaking them by the shoulders, like guys you don’t understand this *needs* to happen!!!). Also Mor being out of touch *is* fashionable, I’d say he’s vintage, but fairytales kinda cover that hmmm, whatever it is, he’s got years of refining taste (rusty tho it may be, and that’s worth something!! (Probably)). I’m rly happy for your focus on fashion and beauty in this story, Ik it’s probably easier to do with how much TWST canon focuses on each character’s beauty, but it still makes me veeeery happy <3 Thank you so much for replying, your thoughts are always so fun!

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       2. 1. mercen on Chapter 2 Wed 08 May 2024 01:35AM UTC

             

             LMAO thank u for the thrift headcanons omg i totally agree, azul is here for $$ and rook is here for Hunting ('v')b they should work together tbh lol bc i dont think rook would necessarily care/want to buy up the finds; just appreciate them and if anything encourage others to buy them to enhance their personal beauty etc etc

             MOR AND ROOK BONDING <33 forgot exactly where but there was a comment reply i wrote to someone abt it in a nrc au about fourth year rook and third year mor texting on rook's apprenticeship if he ends up going into archaeology like he was interested in and mor inviting rook undersea to spelunk trapped and highly dangerous old magic ruins etc. lol, the very powered nerds with whack senses of danger having fun

             EDIT: OH LMAO I WENT TO GO FIND IT AND IT WAS LITERALLY A RESPONES TO U LOL THANK U FOR FEEDING THE MOR & ROOK INTERACTIONS IN MY BRAIN

             aww thank you!! yeah definitely encountered it a lot when researching canon twst notes for effective character interpretation, but also im a very descriptive writer and mor's a very detail-attuned perspective, so it naturally does come up (im a big believer in fleshing out many aspects of a culture to make it feel alive and fashion is always a big one that reflects how ppl live and work and play etc.!!) thank you sosomuch for asking <33

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19. YotasukeFavCanvas on Chapter 2 Wed 08 May 2024 12:57AM UTC

    

    hm, alright, reading this make me starts to wonder some stuff y'know? Like how would Jade and Floyd, when they grew up and eventually have a distinctive personality from the 7habits would act when Mor have his occasional mental breakdown? Assuming that he is more emotional (and aloof???) in a way. Or the one who think a bit too much for his already terrible mental state, (I can relate to him for a lot of reason so that's why I can see him having occasional mental breakdown, though he would try his best to hide it from Jade and Floyd, I think) and seeing that he already have several one already throughout the 15 chapters you've released! It was just, I think Mor is such a realistic and the closest character to my heart so I keep on wondering about a lot of possibility!

    anyway, either you answer this question or not, I hope you a really good day! ><

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20. 1. mercen on Chapter 2 Wed 08 May 2024 01:47AM UTC

       

       hmmm thats one of those questions where an answer doesnt immediately come to mind, bc i think it's so context dependent and also bc i,,, totally agree mor would try his absolute best to hide the worst of whatever he's feeling, which makes it harder to think abt. theyre so repressed and weird abt being perceived and upkeeping certain roles or images they hold to others that they would hate so much for their siblings to notice and 'make a big deal' about them... and jade and floyd would understand that, and it would be so deeply weird for them too. arc 3 and 4 are going to navigate more into the emotional complexities and how the threels emotionally navigate/support/work with each other, as floyd and jade themselves start growing more emotionally aware and developed.

       as u said, he had several already through those 15 chapters, and to be fair, while the tweels are instinctive, observant, and familiar enough to understand when mor's acting strangely... they don't rly talk abt it, they attempt to distract mor at best or just wait it out at worst, usually some mix with clinginess thrown in. ...i think that's the dynamic that would likely persist, tbh, especially as the tweels are themselves really quite mentally and emotionally stable, so they don't rly have breakdowns that mor reacts to, and they take so many learned behavior cues from mor honestly.

       i think they would react similarly to how azul's overblot breakdown went, tbh, except relatively (awkwardly) gentler and more open about how concerned and relieved they are, since they know mor likes to see that?

       well, maybe we'll have an opportunity to see how that plays out in ddb! depending on reader vote <3 though i did promise that mor's over the worst of the terrible mental health arcs now lol

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    2. 1. YotasukeFavCanvas on Chapter 2 Wed 08 May 2024 06:30AM UTC

          

          Ahhh I see where you're coming from! It is true that throughout most of the story that the tweels often learn a lot of things from Mor the most, it's nostalgic to think about how they all started, like in the first 5 chapters(??) where's Mor literally just tell them about fairytales back when they're still just small little things. Or when they have no idea why Mor want to save his friend back then either. The more animalistic part of the tweels behavior and Mor's more human's feeling really did send me chills sometimes too haha.. ╯∀╰
          The thoughts of Mor being a bit sulkier and quieter than usual and the tweels just pressed him in between them is hilarious too LMAO and maybe Azul shrugging while looking at more, not really bothered and just thinking stuff like "sigh, he's in his period again". WWWWW thinking about them growing up is honestly the most hilarious part

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       2. 1. mercen on Chapter 2 Thu 09 May 2024 04:31PM UTC

             

             <33 im very glad that contrast gave you chills and that its clear how much mor is (mostly) unintentionally influencing the tweels (and vice versa)!! its a compliment to me achieving my emotional effect goals haha, thank you

             YEAH lol and depending on azul and mor's bond in that timeline, it's entirely possible azul is also right there trying to fuss over mor lol

             yayy stay tuned for arc 3 and 4 growing up :>> the focus is on mor but we'll definitely be seeing a lot of character growth of the rest of oct4 through their eyes!

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21. Pink_Paradox on Chapter 2 Thu 01 Aug 2024 12:52AM UTC

    

    I love Morgan soooo much, you have no idea. :D I've literally found myself planning out unrelated TWST stories and unconsciously slotting him into them, he just feels like he fits so naturally!

    As for AUs, I'm curious if you have any thoughts about a Morgan who ends up going to RSA? Obviously this is extremely unlikely to happen since he's so close to Jade, Floyd, and Azul but it's interesting to imagine. He would probably be really uncomfortable at first surrounded by so many "hero" types, but maybe he would eventually get to relax a little when he's not in an environment that's constantly cutthroat? Or maybe he'd just stress more since he's not able to keep an eye on his boys, lol. He'd probably be sending them text messages every other day reminding them to behave and take care of themselves, and sending a care package over every week full of treats.

    If Morgan isn't at NRC I'd imagine most of the events would play out basically the same as they do in canon, with Morgan showing up once or twice as a side character or as a background detail in story vignettes (kind of like Chenya). He'd eventually make an onscreen appearance in book 3, maybe at the end like Cheka does in book 2 to fuss over Azul after he overblotted. He'd also be the "guide" character for Jade and Floyd's special character focused event in the same vein as Eric Venue and Kifaji/Neji. Maybe their family is holding a gala and they were told to invite a few of their classmates? Yuu and Grim would be a given, but I'm not sure who the other characters would end up being! Azul feels too obvious, maybe he has an important business opportunity elsewhere that prevents him from attending. XD

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22. 1. mercen on Chapter 2 Thu 15 Aug 2024 10:05PM UTC

       

       omg thank you so much for this lovely and thoughtful comment !! highest honor of all to have morgan live in ur brain rent free and for u to mentally canonize him <33

       lol this question has been asked before but i see it as a wonderful compliment that mor inspires such 'natural conclusion' thoughts! here's the comment thread if you'd like to see that reply: (i may have also addressed it / added more details elsewhere but i forgor/can't find it if so lol)
       https://archiveofourown.to/comments/771920404

       to address ur thoughts tho!! first of all, thank u so much and so deeply for sharing ur musings on mor, sincerely, knowing that u've put time and energy into analyzing my silly little blorbo touches my heart

       Morgan who ends up going to RSA? Obviously this is extremely unlikely to happen since he's so close to Jade, Floyd, and Azul but it's interesting to imagine. He would probably be really uncomfortable at first surrounded by so many "hero" types, but maybe he would eventually get to relax a little when he's not in an environment that's constantly cutthroat? Or maybe he'd just stress more since he's not able to keep an eye on his boys, lol. He'd probably be sending them text messages every other day reminding them to behave and take care of themselves, and sending a care package over every week full of treats.

       yup, this is extremely unlikely if they follow the trajectory that ddb!morgan has/is going to take, up until school invitation. i think it's definitely possible for a morgan who has this other-life memory to end up being picked for and going to rsa, but the likelihood differs depending on all these different choice-paths/'routes'; and the 'true heir' route that has been voted into ddb canon is one of the least likely ones. totally agree it's interesting to imagine though!! just, personally, with the way i kind of think about 'academy age ddb morgan' and the ambiguity of what their ultimate character/realtionships will end up being (depending on reader votes), it's a bit more difficult and less interesting for me to imagine rsa!ddb!mor (as opposed to rsa! being stacked onto a mor who is already an au and who i therefore have total control/assumption over understanding their set personality/circumstances), if that makes sense?

       so for example... running your musings through my brain to check against 'what would metagame!mor do if he actually went to rsa instead (bc he didn't get an nrc invite, and figured rsa was still prestigious (and close enough to brothers + azul)', happy to say ur toally right abt their initial discomfort turning into softening barriers over time! i think the triplets would figure out their own ways of keeping an eye on each other enough; i think that mor would actually be more passive and respond to texts quickly as they come in, but not really be the one sending them (or care packages), since he doesn't actually believe in holding himself accountable to their brothers' actions. maybe there's a relief in that kind of space to Be Himself in rsa, rather than the mixed annoyance/satisfaction of being seen as 'part of a set' that they're used to? (but mor would still feel obliged to Say Something if he's aware, so i think what works out is actually a mutually aware satisfied balance of deliberate ignorance, where both sides are very selective in what they tell the other abt their respective separated school/daily experiences. (though, azul can't resist bragging abt his achievements (ignore the morally dubious means) and the tweels have a Different filter of socially acceptable even before it comes to mor being their blood-brethren confidante.)

       i think they'd spend a lot of time hanging out on weekends etc. in the sage isle town and beaches (and sneaking each other into each others' campuses) --> they don't need care packages when jade and floyd can just come encroach on mor's personal space in person and demand treats lol. mor's brothers aren't actually that interested in rsa but azul Thrives in seeing so much Opportunity to profit off having this exclusive 'in' to RSA through mor; for example, he always knows what rsa festival booths r gonna be selling or what rsa events are coming up so he can theme his business endeavors accordingly lol

       If Morgan isn't at NRC I'd imagine most of the events would play out basically the same as they do in canon, with Morgan showing up once or twice as a side character or as a background detail in story vignettes (kind of like Chenya). He'd eventually make an onscreen appearance in book 3,(...)He'd also be the "guide" character for Jade and Floyd's special character focused event (...)

       great guess and absolutely spot on !! in au's where morgan actually doesn't go to land academy at all (and thus, still doesn't go to nrc) that's pretty much the default 'timeline of appearanaces' for him lol. (and often times whenever the canon characters meet morgan they're like,,,, Damn, there's more of u??? --> b/c i think the tweels would find it hilarious to Never Mention They're Triplets (but just vaguely imply they have an Older Sibling at most) and i think azul is private enough In General that he'd just discuss mor (like, active correspondence) within the octatrio anyway)

       though, it's also possible that rsa!mor is physically close enough to actually get alerted to + be involved in the events of Book Three... but i don't actually have more thoughts abt that rn lol and i think for the most part, given the 'i have it all under control' attitude of azul + tweels in book three, rsa!mor wouldn't hear/know anything abt anything unusual until it's too late lol (since i think azul literally would not have overblotted without so many contracts being destroyed at once)

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       EDITING TO RESPOND TO UR OTHER COMMENT HERE TOO:

       I also wonder what would happen if NRC aged Morgan got sick. I imagine him as the type to get really clingy (...) so whenever he's not resting he's lounging around the Octotrio and constantly leaning over their shoulders or splayed against their backs. Floyd has a much higher tolerance for this behavior than Jade does and Azul is indifferent as long as it's not happening in sight of customers

       damn i couldve sworn ive answered a 'nrc!mor gets sick' comment before but i forget if i went into any detail and i can't find it anyway lol. hmm i think ur absolutely right in ur clingy interpretation tho!! (especially with the subconscious anxiety of 'i am weak now --> i cannot protect loved ones as effectively --> where are loved ones i need to keep an eye on them so i'm not totally useless if any danger occurs--!')

       though whether sick!mor is actually shameless/unselfconscious/impulsive enough to follow through with the clinginess in public is a different matter; their public persona to most of nrc is deliberately quite aloof and intimidating, and as we all know mor is quite capable in the 'denying himself simple happiness' department, so it's quite possible they also just end up wholed inside room + doesn't want anyone else to see him sick + wants to be w octatrio but doesn't want to hold them back from normal routine to accompany them because they aren't like, y'know, *dying*.

       --> so i think it wouldn't be like, dramatic around the clock, but ocatrio *would* actively seek out mor in their room and be soft w him lol. and/or like convince mor to rest in azul's office with no other visitors taken so they all just converge there lol. agree that floyd has higher tolerance for like, cuddling than jade, but I think mor's physical and mental state of being sick is unusual enough that like, the brothers are especially interested in observing this novel weakness and the novelty of acting like the ones comforting/caring for mor when usually the dynamic is flipped (by mor's own will)? like it's a weird kind of soft for them

       azul is the most normal abt all of this of course lol; but he's already comparatively quite indulgent to mor on a regular basis (since mor is so preferential to him, too)

       I also think that Jade and Floyd would take advantage of Morgan not observing them as closely to let loose on the other students a little since he's not there to disapprove. Morgan catches on of course, but since he really doesn't feel up to being strict he just asks them not to kill or maim anyone.

       lol this is also true enough, esp. if mor being sick actually puts the tweels in a more bored/negative mood than usual that they want to take out on others, rather than a novelty/interested mood to focus on mor. i do think it depends what version of nrc!mor this is, though; for example, metagame!mor already doesn't lift a finger or speak a word to restrain brothers from messing w classmates, but it's still possible for ddb!mor to develop a more proactively restraining personality... in which case that line abt just not killing or maiming anyone is very in character with an exhausted sigh lol

       laughed at the ace skit. him being voice of Normal Reason is always hilarious when he so clearly wants to be the one goofing off

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23. Pink_Paradox on Chapter 2 Thu 01 Aug 2024 02:11AM UTC

    

    On a completely different note (hence why I'm making a separate comment for it) I also wonder what would happen if NRC aged Morgan got sick. I imagine him as the type to get really clingy when he's not feeling good even when he's older, so whenever he's not resting he's lounging around the Octotrio and constantly leaning over their shoulders or splayed against their backs. Floyd has a much higher tolerance for this behavior than Jade does and Azul is indifferent as long as it's not happening in sight of customers, so Morgan just kind of rotates around between the three of them looking all wilted and sickly.

    I also think that Jade and Floyd would take advantage of Morgan not observing them as closely to let loose on the other students a little since he's not there to disapprove. Morgan catches on of course, but since he really doesn't feel up to being strict he just asks them not to kill or maim anyone.

    (Ace, observing: That's seriously all you're gonna ask of them?
    Floyd, looking sulky: Awwww, that's no fun. Can we maybe maim 'em just a bit?
    Ace: You're still gonna ask for less restrictions than that??)

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24. Tomik0 on Chapter 2 Fri 16 Aug 2024 04:31PM UTC

    

    i love the voicelines! morgan is so sweet to yuu i love them 🥹 i wonder how would he interact with yuu if they had a language barrier? like with the common language of twstland being japanese but yuu can only speak english. would morgan finally put his english knowledge to use? (if he still even remembers it?)

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25. 1. mercen on Chapter 2 Sat 17 Aug 2024 12:00AM UTC

       

       <33 nrc!mor has been Repressing The Sweetness or rather, they have a very limited pool of acceptable 'targets' to be sweet to, so yuu gets the overflow + the genuine true comradeship of being isekai victims <3

       ooh hmm well the english knowledge will continue to be useful in a limited context throughout ddb too, because it's so magically important / treated as 'magic latin' kind of, and we'll be exploring how UMs always have an instinctively known english name... but yup, even in ddb it's unusual/heavily impractical to be a fluent speaker. so yuu would be the first person morgan meets where it's practical, if we're assuming that the novel!canon translation spells don't exist in this 'what if'.

       i think mor would have some reservations about revealing he has this (rusty, but clearly still fluent and even specifically-accented) fluency in english if it was anyone except yuu. but yuu's 'Otherworlder Buddy' status serves to break into another exception here; mor will easily prioritize yuu's comfort/communication over the possible risk of questions he doesn't want to answer.

       though, they'd still probably tell yuu (honetsly) that they're just a magic nerd who finds english really useful for studying spellcrafting, and that it's very rare to find people who know more than a few words of english (from popular media's depiction of UMs, probably). and just avoid the question/suspicion of 'are you not from this world'. --> would strive to teach yuu as much 'Common' (fantasy japanese) as soon as possible, to empower yuu's agency, and also conveniently be able to limit the amount of spoken english Mor does while maximizing the amount of listening english he does.

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26. Passion473_Fru1ts on Chapter 2 Thu 14 Nov 2024 09:32PM UTC

    

    Morgan softness toward you is adorable
    Lobe the metagame idea too

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27. 1. mercen on Chapter 2 Mon 02 Dec 2024 01:53AM UTC

       

       <333 mor plays favorites SO obviously, just look at them and their triplets. yuu gets to enjoy the gap moe stickiness of mor AND malleus!

       hoping to update with more metagame!mor art and updated design thoughts (with some comparisons to where ddb!mor has already diverged significantly in characterization!) with or shortly after publishing c18! working busily on c18,,,, hoping to see you there <3

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28. feralankleb1ter on Chapter 3 Tue 03 Dec 2024 12:01AM UTC

    

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29. 1. mercen on Chapter 3 Thu 09 Jan 2025 05:18PM UTC

       

       🐬🐋🦈🐙💖!!!

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30. Kittypelt on Chapter 3 Tue 03 Dec 2024 01:07AM UTC

    

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31. 1. mercen on Chapter 3 Thu 09 Jan 2025 05:18PM UTC

       

       🐬🐋🦈🐙💖!!!

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32. Lavalamp24 on Chapter 3 Tue 03 Dec 2024 01:32AM UTC

    

    Seeing all my comments in the second half made me laugh lol. Sorry you’re having so much trouble with procrastination, I hope it gets better 🙂‍↕️

    Your break downs on meta!mor’s relationship w the dorm heads was so amazing but alas I am greedy and now I want to know post over blot interactions…. Imagine Mor helping Riddle to grow outside those clearly defined “proper things to knowwww”, they both get taken away by a question and fall into a research frenzy and Riddle doesn’t realize until after that’s one of the first times he’s pursed a question just to know rather than to fit his mother’s ideas for what he should know…. Riddle Rosehearts you make me so emo.

    Leona and Vil’s rather calculating view on Mor is so fun, like yes the school for villains has selfish people!!! It’s great how much you made them seem like…predators?? Idk if that word has the right connotations, but even outside the sea, where Mor has family backing, there are still big fish that could chomp them up with the right incentive…. No rest for the wicked. Precision tool Mor (Azul) is so funny to me, and I really hope that’s the way we end up going. Being used to do the crushing blow is still hard on Mor, but at least it’s less mindless than simple brute force :( (also I think it’s cooler ^o^).

    Idia ily, also u r so annoying <3 u characterized him so well in only a few paragraphs, fascinating.

    The online gaming group side bit was so fun, how was it its own story?? Would watch a series around that plot it was so cute…. I also never put together how much the three of them value their families? Idia, Lilia, and Mor all have so much sacrificial love woven into their characters that I never registered before?? Insane. Muscle red thinking the two’s antagonistic favoritism for him over each other is amusing means the world to me, that old man (and the other two) need more joy!! I’m kinda partial to [bloodsuckered] bc there’s a lot of potential for gloomurai to use it to mock Mor. At the same time, I think it’s could also lay a foundation for the kind of build Mor goes for? Where they drain something to repurpose it else where, be that hp, mana, etc. A very give and take kit. (Because Mor can’t have a day off no sir)

    So interesting how one of the cons Mor lists for clubs is “too personal”. Like yes, that is a hazard of joining an extracurricular I’m sorry to say. I vote film club and or science club, I believe in Mor’s ability to intimidate away crowding (khr reference anyone…anyone…?) and have fun doing evil witch things. Film club is nice because I think it could give Mor the opportunity to work on different types of art, like textiles or stage/interior design. And also rook. To whom I have no biases what so ever :3

    The Rook nicknames are all really cool, but my favorite is definitely témoin. And you could accuse me of choosing it because I thought it would be coolest, and you would be right, but I also like how it matches Mor’s thing of watching/being watched. Nods sagely.

    Mor reusing the clothing from when he was a puppet? We love a non wasteful king. The “Ruggie’s manipulation smile is so cute” thing made me laugh because Mor you are so WEIRD!! I LOVE U !!!

    I have nothing to say abt the comment responses, because just as you respond to comments to procrastinate, I read through them when I crave more of this universe. One could say ive pondered hard enough. Very excited for your next updates, both in the main story and in here. Thank you so much for sharing your art, and I hope you have a lovely day <3

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33. 1. mercen on Chapter 3 Fri 10 Jan 2025 09:38PM UTC

       

       ive simply unlocked a new level of procrastination which is productivity on other things --> just added art to the outlets instead of writing c19 LOL im still basking in c18 it sokay.................. hoepfully can get more done on c19 this weekend tho im eager to move arc 3 along, i just don't think writing in-character dialogue comes naturally to me and there's a LOT of that in arc 3 onwards lol .... in unrelated news, as someone who asked a lot of great interaction questions, do u have any drawing requests for rook and mor art?? (or any others lol, feel free to use this on the post overblot interactions!! which sadly i don't actually have that many thoughts on at least rn BUT what you described sounds so cute omg i love how you naturally extended the implied relationship arcs from the dorm head blurbs!! i <3 riddle rose<3s)

       "Leona and Vil’s rather calculating view on Mor is so fun, like yes the school for villains has selfish people!!! It’s great how much you made them seem like…predators??" LOL nw i get what u mean, thank u i'm very glad that was enjoyable to read and felt hopefully in character !!! leona and vil are canonically some of the more/better manipulators (and i mean that affectionately and neutrally, we can say 'social optimizers' or 'people resourcers' if that's better lol) which makes a lot of sense too for how their experiences have shaped them and how their philosophy to living their lives are. i think the nrc attitude towards others is *generally* 'how do i maximize benefits from this guy or else minimize trouble' (which fits great with the coral sea cultural attitudes) but there's also levels of skill and leona and vil are ✨ (and also have their own considerations for how they use who obviously; mor is probably willing enough to be used by this leadership he respects lol)

       "Precision tool Mor (Azul) is so funny to me, and I really hope that’s the way we end up going. Being used to do the crushing blow is still hard on Mor, but at least it’s less mindless than simple brute force :( (also I think it’s cooler ^o^)." all very good considerations of funny and coolness :>> i agree LOL we'll see~

       "Idia ily, also u r so annoying <3 u characterized him so well in only a few paragraphs, fascinating." what a great summary that's also how [mor's username] feels about [gloomurai] LOL thank you for enjoying his characterization !!! that means a lot :>

       "The online gaming group side bit was so fun, how was it its own story??" the new dramedy mmorpg / modern day slice of life anime hit of the season featuring found frenemies, ripoff WoW, many memes, a stirring soundtrack, and themes that confront fantastical escapism from real-life troubles and social obligations ~ !!

       (glad to make you think about the guild trio's dynamics and parallels and have fun with that!! thank you for sharing your joy <33 muscle red is their favorite berserker babygirl i believe it, idia and mor may or may not regularly argue over whether muscle red is like a grizzly special forces retiree running decathlons for fun OR whether he's a student with a shit sleep schedule dedicatedly LARPing for a bit) --> ur the only one to comment on a preference so far i will definitely keep [bloodsuckered] in mind :>> great idea for the build parallel!! love that thematic tie in (even in a comedic side arc mor can NOT escape their narrative themesa nd motifs!!!!)

       metagame!mor is constantly fighting the demons of not wanting ppl to get to know them and yet being So Unfortunately Person-ally Knowable U-U

       i literally have a plot bunny gathering dust abt hibari isekai into a rook hunt's younger cousin ("lark" moves to deuce's hometown around middle school delinquent phase, beats his ass and takes over / 'reforms' the gang to deuce's starry-eyed wonder, then has to move again but they reunite in nrc where "lark" deeply wants to kidnap the heartslabyul hedgehogs and also beat leona's ass for savanaclaw dorm leader (leona "who is this sassy lost child no i won't fight u this is way too much trouble"))) . i put my hand on your shoulder. i ffeel your reference <3

       THANK YOU FOR THE CLUB AND NICKNAME FEEDBACK I LOVE HEARING YOUR THOGUHTS <333333333 im Noting and Remembering this all :>

       mor the non-wasteful weird king <3

       THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS AGAIN AND BEING A MORGAN LEECH LOVER !!!!!!!!!

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    2. 1. Lavalamp24 on Chapter 3 Fri 10 Jan 2025 10:49PM UTC

          

          Hum hum, mor art ideas…. Well ofc u must have the stereotypical “spa day” type, where he’s got a mysterious substance slathered on his face and cucumbers on his eyes, this could be w the oct4 or Rook. For specifically Rook and Mor, I’d say something where both of them are doing their own thing by each other, like parallel playing - Rook doing maintenance on his bow and Mor scribbling at a desk. They seem like they’d appreciate being able to work around someone with out pressure (inspired by how stressed Mor can get around his family and the perceived expectations). Or maybe Mor convinced Rook to tour him around Pomfidore because they wanted to sketch the greenery (the dorm has a garden with rare plants if I’m remembering right?) and they ended up just hanging around. Guys is being a sucker for just being around your friends basic. Whatever!!!

          Idia and Mor seem to belong on a shitty png of a screen shot of wizards 101 or smth and they’re both yelling at each other (w voice modifiers ofc) while Lilia laughs and also carries. Or maybe they lose utterly and put aside their being idiots and rally like the climactic game in a sports anime. Not a character rly mentioned with Mor yet, but I could see him sketching Silver sleeping w a ton of animals around him, mostly because of the novelty (this isn’t normal right? It’s not happening to anyone else…but I also haven’t been up here in a long time…).

          Last would just be a silly thing about Riddle and Mor working on a project because I’m now attached to their nerd kinship. (Does Mor have any friendships not based on them being a nerd?? Rook and infodumping/being fans, Idia and loser gamers, Riddle and acedemics, (dubious) Malleus and Tamagotchi…. Well. Whatever works king!!

          Other than that, I wanted to say that your thing about Mor letting himself be used by those he respects…wao. It hits to me because Mor spends a lot of time looking at themself and hating what they see, as well as being very out of control of their own life. But at the same time, they let themself be used, they choose who they respect. It certainly doesn’t make up for how much they have no say in and can’t escape, but sometime I get so used to the looming doom in Mor’s mind I forget that choosing the heir path, and Mor growing was to give them choices, which shows through here.

          I hope we get to see your Hibari one day. Idk what age group you were planning for him, but the idea that he’s with the first years is hilarious to me. For the most part, the 1st years are the nicest and silly, but then you add Hibari and now all the year groups seem much more equal in scariness, who’d have thought. I do wonder what his ambition would be in TWST, is he taking a city again? Or maybe he’ll travel to discover this new world. Argh so many questions, but the Hibari plot is so far away with how big devil in the deep blue is, and I knowing more world make me long more…do we exist just to pine after the yet to be written….

          Thank you so so much for sharing your writing and your drawings!! They are both so lovely and beautiful!!! I shall continue my work as a Mor Leech lover, have no fear ^_−☆

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34. InfiniteChoicesMind on Chapter 3 Tue 03 Dec 2024 04:05AM UTC

    

    <3<3<3<3<3
    Auggh, I really want to toss in more in more ideas but I'm still in the processes of taking in the info. Really love the amount of thought you put in this AU, this chapter really digs in how large the TWST cast is and the amount of relationships you'd gotta keep track of. The brain rot is real.

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35. 1. mercen on Chapter 3 Thu 09 Jan 2025 05:18PM UTC

       

       🐬🐋🦈🐙💖!!! the brain rot is SO REAL,,,, and the cast rly is so large !!!

       I FEEL U ON MORE IDEAS,,,,
       i have a 6 years older au where mor is 6 years older than the tweels (and therefore same year as the older trappola bro) and mor becomes savanaclaw dorm head + holds themself back a year (bc they are buying time for their plan to run away from home after graduation buying time for their ideal fourth year apprenticeship as a research fellow with a renown mage professor (via nrc professor networking) to open up availability) --> therefore is still a third year dorm head when leona joins nrc as a first year (bc leona canonically joins a year late) . and i think abt the mor and leona relationship/parallels there regarding the idea of giving up/pursuing selfish happiness, predeterminism, reputation, family expectation etc. a Lot . but alas ddb!mor would never have that sort of relationship with leona bc the circumstances just don't work !! sigh

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36. YotasukeFavCanvas on Chapter 3 Tue 03 Dec 2024 07:23AM UTC

    

    Author-nim please don't procrastinate too much on the new chapter.. I'm starving for more Mor content please.. But I'm also glad there's this QnA I could chew on while waiting ahhh!! So many reliable questions~ it's so fun thinking about the game!mor and the fic Mor too! The interactions with dorm leaders is making me so very happy~ especially can't wait for Mor to meet them in the future waah!!

    The one that I can't wait the most is probably Rook and Riddle.. Rook, well blame Lavalamp24 for this ughh, Rook and Mor interaction sounds so fun and exciting!! And for Riddle, knowing the beef he have with Floyd! (it's cute, the ship is cute too) Riddle would probably consider Mor the more normal and tolerable one out of the triplets but oh my... I want Floyd to take advantage of that knowledge and maybe use Mor as bait or something heh

    And Ruggie.. Ruggie and Mor.. Ruggie and Mor.. I think I'm going insane.. Ruggie and Mor please smooch..
    (Ruggie and Mor sounds crazy cute.. I want.. I need them together..)

    And Vil inner thoughts lololol, he indeed would not like being in the same par with Leona in Mor's mind┐⁠(⁠‘⁠～⁠`⁠;⁠)⁠┌

    And finally, the Octotrio shady works! Oh, the best part of them in my opinion of being a Twisted Wonderland fan.. so obviously, just like Jade and Floyd, Mor would be Azul's underlings too huh? I just LOVE to imagine how exactly he would listen to Azul (or in any case, what Azul would tell him to usually do lol)

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37. 1. mercen on Chapter 3 Thu 09 Jan 2025 05:33PM UTC

       

       rook and mor be like: *externally info dumping to each other on very specific artistic/sociological/psychological/philosophical interests* *internally both thinking the same thought bubble: i need to hunt him for sport (affectionate)*

       riddle looking betrayed at mor: how could u do this to me. does our nerd bond mean nothing
       mor, sheepish: yes but it would be nice for floyd to have a friend who can kick his ass .... u can kick his ass now if that makes u feel better....... not letting u go tho

       i looked at the height difference chart between nrc mor (tweels) and ruggie recently and its so funny LOL mor is. literally looking down at the top of ruggie's head !! (right at those fluffy and distrustfully twitching ears lol) they are tall enough if ruggie is standing (reading expense reports or something idk) and mor is standing then they could literally lean down and put their chin on his head and read down. thinking abt logistics of a smooch??? the first thing that comes to mind is at the start i don't think ruggie would like feeling surrounded/small/vulnerable (at least at the beginning of whatever relationship) so maybe he sneaks kisses when mor is sitting/lying down and has to look up at him lol . but maybe over time he'd get comfy enough to just tug mor down by the back of the neck or by the shirt collar for a kiss and not mind (or even enjoy) how mor's (loose) hair waterfall-curtains their faces. i do NOT know how they'd get together but those r my kiss thoughts in response to ur comment lol <3

       mor: wow vil and leona are BOTH such great dorm leaders i would find it really great being under either of their leadership haha hope they both keep doing great research !!

       :>> arc 3/4 will decide that !!
       vil, somewhere: *psychically disturbed* someone just compared me to neige again or something. mira, mira--

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38. cavaliar on Chapter 4 Mon 06 Jan 2025 04:28PM UTC

    

    This is like I went to ao3 for an art class, and I'm invested in the plot, art, and lore.

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39. 1. mercen on Chapter 4 Mon 06 Jan 2025 06:23PM UTC

       

       LOL thank you very much!!! :> (this rly did make me laugh bc i was like 'oh just wait until they see the merfolk study i'm going to upload + more mer art + arc 1-3(+4?) sketches, coming later this week in the canon sidestory!) <-- sneak peek <3

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