Hey, it's IRL!Alterrune here.
The Colorstreak Battalion are currently having some downtime, so I figured I'd do another "alterrambles" post again, this time with 10 fun facts about AtO, the blog itself, and the four protagonists.
The name of the blog, "Alterrune", actually came from a video by PlayXel, a spanish-based YouTuber that makes some great Undertale fan-music. The video, was, of course, of a Deltarune version of Altertale's Dynami, which was called "DynaCrazy" (I'll leave a link to the video in the comments of this post. The video's joke is Axel F. - Crazy Frog, though, and I'm one of the people who can't stand that song, so be wary). It kinda just popped into my head as I was creating my Tumblr account, as it sounded amazing.
The reason this blog came into existence was because I stumbled upon a little animation for @ending-the-cycle-ask on YouTube. I wanted to follow the story, and when I heard it was on Tumblr, I figured, "fuck it, I guess I'm joining Tumblr". I have never felt more proud of that desision in my life.
When I joined Tumblr, my account still had all the stock account icons (which has actually been archived via my very first ask to Ending the Cycle, regarding why EtC!Henry doesn't like the Revenged ending. I still had the stock PFP when I asked the question, which is seen in the photo). I made my current custom banner and PFP myself using a combination of an online logo generator with the Deltarune title font and paint.net, my personal editing software of use (the little hearts in the letters were actually added in paint.net, they were blank beforehand).
When I first made Violet, I heavily based her upon Raven from Teen Titans. Her first appearance in the AtO story (jamming her sword [later revealed to be called "Leadhead"] into the CCC console whilst conceleaed by a cloak) was incredibly Raven-like with her demeanor. Eventually, however, after the Intermission 3 post was made and the Violet Garden was revealed, I gave her a personality of her own, adding in an enviromentalist/botanist side and, of course, giving her ties to Alter via being related to him.
Originally, I was going to have Violet be an ANTAGONIST, who would be a recurring enemy, a lá the Rival Trainers from Pokémon. However, that idea got scrapped when I realized how good Vi would be on Alter's side.
I hinted at this in the scene where Henry goes to his room, but henry took a specific route to get to Toppat King. He went on this path: Lawyered Up - Intruder On A Scooter - Rapidly Promoted Executive - Convict Allies - Toppat King
Timeline-wise, AtO starts a year after CtM's Toppat King ending. When the story starts, the Toppat Clan has become so unstoppable thanks to the launch of the Orbital Station that the Airship could land in a military-only zone and the armies there would be too scared to do anything to them...well, until GEOGRAM came along, that is. 😉
Carol Cross, Alter's mother, is actually a real character from the Henry Stickmin games. She only has some minor background appearances in the CtM story, but she's still a canonical character in the story. Her personality in AtO is also based upon what her bio card in The Henry Stickmin Collection says about her: "One of the higher-ups in the Clan. She is extremely strict and by-the-books. You don't wanna cross her." Her dark green top hat is also something she canonically wears in-game as well. I did add in some of my own tidbits, though, such as her playing favorites with Alter and the rest of her familes, while being strict to everyone else.
Believe it or not, the creation of Jacob Wolfsbane, Violet's younger brother, was actually a total accident. When I made the original post that mentioned him, I was actually thinking of ELLIE by accident. When I noticed the mistake I made, I was about to make some changes...but then I realized I could actually make it work. Vi hadn't said Jacob Rose, she had only mentioned a Jacob, no last name. So I decided to work in a "Jacob Wolfsbane", not only for the sake of fixing my error, but also because I wanted to give Violet a little brother for a long time and that was the perfect excuse for it.
All four members of the Colorstreak Battalion have distinct signatures with an emoji that matches their color, and considering I haven't shown Alter's yet, here they all are:
And there you go. 10 random facts about AtO, the Colorstreak Battalion, and the story behind the blog! Hope you enjoyed.
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