âAll the world will be your enemy, Monarch with a Thousand Enemies. And whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you; watcher, keen-eared listener, windrunner, Monarch with the fleet hooves. Be swift and wary, and you will never be destroyed.â
"And yet I cannot help but wonder, what if our dreams are just us looking into different realities of ourselves?"
Hello!
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-Call me doe! any other way of saying "deer" (stag, fawn, antlers) or âperytonâ (pery, wings) pretty much works as well
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-doe
hi guys does anyone have literally ANYTHING from crown of shadows that they managed to save? If so please share them because Iâve been searching for anything pertaining to the original plotline of COS and other than what remains of demo playthroughs on YouTube and the COS-gallery on the wikiâs cancelled installments page, Iâve unfortunately found nothing.
so if you have anything (official art, references, devposts, dev Q&As, archives of the planned storyline, or any form of material) please share them
yoy guys will get my interpretation of how COS went in return. yea
m actually pretty curious regarding how the AFvamp AU would have gone. Like assuming the timeloop broke because SS1 told Mason about everything, would Anshine still have vampiric traits and/or impulses due to the nature of his pre-point self? And if so how would the other Points have seen them for it (or did some of them even know. I feel like your mason/anshine is the type to hide stuff to not worry others)
and after the events of AF2 did him and stratos go back to doing the âvoluntary feedingâ thing like they did back when they were still Mason and SS1
-doe
vamp!mason mentioned!! thank you so much for asking about this AU i love to talk about my AF AUs even if there are only 3 of them hehe
long post warning!
AF vamp AU actually centers itself around AF1, largely before the timeloop even begins.
due to a lot of like scientific stuff regarding pointification + the lore of the first loop in K!AF2 (which my AUs are based on, just my interpretation/writing of AF as a whole) it would take a while for the loops to begin, if they ever did.
mason would then instantly sniff claud out as being weird due to their excess of star power lol! no need for ss1 to infodump!
one thing about anshine is that, due to being the first point cyalm ever made, they're very poorly made. like. there are so so many oversights, just purely biologically. in the vamp AU that issue would be exacerbated because star power vampires are not something cyalm/the red X was at all familiar with before trying to turn one into a god.
they would absolutely retain their vampirism, and it would wreck them mentally even worse than it did mason...
you're completely correct that anshine, both in this au and in K!AF2 generally, hides things to maintain a perfect image of themselves in order to not worry others! they're not good at it but they try!
being around literal star deities does numbers on their hunger. they're always craving it. it makes them feel like a monster. they have tried to feed on themselves many times and the results are pretty unpleasant
i think the other points would quickly notice something is off, especially those that knew anshine for longer, namely ixol, ulipse and shallare. it would be really hard to discern exactly what until it's too late though
i have ideas for some almost-cannibalistic outbursts they'd have around these three during the early plot, but that's still up in the air...
besides those fun little events, they wouldn't really shun anshine for it or anything. absolutely not their biggest problem when cyalm exists - anshine cannot physically drain most of them to death (shallare is an exception with solgon and ploque being the next closest to that danger)
as for stratos, i think they'd would very much want to go back to that voluntary feeding arrangement you mentioned, especially because it'd give them a sense of normalcy/gaining their old life back, but anshine would avoid it like the plague for fear of what might happen. if they accidentally hurt or stars forbid killed stratos because of their hunger...
anyway, please let me know if this answers any questions, and if there's anything else you wanna know!! this is very scatterbrained since i haven't thought it out fully, but i really love thinking about it!
what happened when he attempted to feed off himself?
Do different types of blood from different species (animals, humans, other Point) taste different and if so are there any effects (positive or negative) that come from consuming the different types of blood?
I feel like I maybe missed something BUT how did An feed himself for those 300 years?
how long did it take for everyone to find out that one of their fellow Points was a literal vampire
ANSHINE AVOIDING FEEDING OFF STRATOSFEAR YOU. YOUUU- please tell me they eventually do get to that point after the events of AF2 :( please
also the mental image of Anshine sitting up in bed and staring at a sleeping Stratosfear next to him and using all his willpower to not bite down on them whilst sounding like a starved survivor looking at a proper meal but was told they couldnât start eating is funny yet terrifying. imagine being stratos, waking up and seeing your husband making weird starvation sounds and staring at you like THAT.
again, I feel like I missed something but how did Mason end up as a vampire in the first place? Like was he born like that or was it due to getting attacked (for lack of a better word) by another vampire?
do the traditional vampire things (hating garlic, canât go under sunlight, needing to be invited, mirrors donât work, etc) apply or just not at all. Or do some of them exist/work differently while other rules donât
YYAY THANK YOU FOR LIKING MY STUFF AND ASKING SO MANY FUN QUESTION this makes me so happy!!
first off, a disclaimer - generally all my versions of the points only go by they/them! there are some exceptions but anshine isn't one of them :-3
long post warning!
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1. it's kind of like advanced self-harm. it causes a pretty bad surge in star power, which effectively detonates in their mouth because their body can't reprocess their own star power
this surge doesn't do anything except expend what little star power they have left in them Violently
i call it self-harm because they've done it multiple times... mostly as a punishment to themselves for who knows what
2. so, the vamp AU doesn't concern itself with regular vampires. they're star power vampires! the blood of humans that don't have any star power in them is useless to them.
there are always the usual negative effect of consuming too much iron and also yk blood-transmitted diseases of course, but if it's from a human with a lot of star power those are negated because of star power's healing properties.
my doc explains star power, the Stars (the deities in this worldbuild) and pointification in great depth, but we don't have the space for that here
3. same diet as mason - maytowners. though they had to feed much more often... which was part of the reason cyalm made them their first point buddy (ixol) to go with - they were basically meant to be a feeding trough for anshine.
that didn't work out for reasons that should've been obvious (ixol is NOT okay with that) so then ulipse was made.
that also didn't work out for similar reasons (ulipse is way too cautious of being hurt (reasonably so in this case)) and then shallare was made.
that was all fine and good (because shallare is fine with that) but then they started, like, withering away because anshine was consuming too much of them without knowing. and so ulipse sucked it up a little and they shared the burden. after the other points started coming in it was just a matter of anshine getting the strength to 'come out' and scheduling whose turn to feed them is when.
4. depends on the point - some of them are pretty oblivious and wouldn't jump to conclusions, but compale and mino had their reservations about anshine from the start.
ixol knew immediately, they were "told" (memories were implanted) by cyalm. ulipse and shallare were told by ixol who ratted anshine out about it. after that ended up putting shallare in danger, they stopped telling on anshine, so the rest are variable
i won't lie i don't have an exact timeframe for this but i can make something up if it's specifically requested methinks...?
5. sure! they probably would, after a few years. i mean, all they have is time, and stratosfear won't stop insisting.
the second star savior would be a much easier bite, but their blood is literally boiling lava, both figuratively because of the star power quantity and literally because... yeah. kompot/k!SS2 is an interesting lil bugger.
6. LOL that's so real. they would. but stratosfear would not be surprised, scared, startled or any similar adjective - they'd be extremely endeared and even excited. that's what mason used to do! they're acting like themselves! it feels familiar and comforting! how nice is that!
bit weird that they find comfort in their lover being their sleep paralysis demon but i don't judge
7. the leaders of maytown are a bloodline of star power vampires! this might come as a surprise, but in this AU, the entire reason maytown is so close to the stars/one of the biggest religious hubs for the Star religion/just... yknow... very infused with star power is because it was made for the leaders to be able to sustain themselves. why look for star power infused people when you could just... make them, sorta?
mason hates this. this is maybe the only mason in the world that hates his town. he also hates his existence and his family for perpetrating it but he's no better so what's the point. by the time AF1 rolls around, his parents are both dead Anyway so who cares. who cares. he was born a literal predator and he just has to deal with it until he finally gets the courage to... not
8. nope! none of the stereotypical vampire mythology applies here, besides their sharp teeth and the fact they consume blood. actually, being in the sun is good for star power vampires. it's a star!
they have their own set of funky little rules they have to obey, and myths about how they started existing, but that's all extra
also, star power vampires can't... really make thralls... but maybe i'll change that? because it sounds like fun? maybe there is some rare exception, some sort of terrible coincidence that results in possibly the worst thing mason/anshine could ever imagine doing to someone?
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ok that's all i've got for now let me know what you think smiles!!!!
(stars above Iâm so sorry for accidentally misgendering them the entire time đ„Č)
There are many things I want to say in regards to this information, but I donât think amount of words will ever accurately portray my emotions about this. That being said, the second best thing I can say however is: âIâM GOING TO GET YOU, KOMPOT.â
ooh that makes a lot of sense! Star powered blood
the fact that Cyalmâs first instinct whenever a Point doesnât like being fed off of is âoh well, time to pointify another poor bloke so that I can feed the accidental freak of biology AND star power that Iâve made!â is both funny and extremely terrifying because that is exactly the type of thing theyâd do with their non-existent âethicsâ. Also the fact that everyone has to sit down have a whole meeting on âalright, whoâs going to be scheduled on which day to feed themâ is amazing⊠yet do they (referring to An) feel bad about inconveniencing everyone like this (letâs be real the answer is probably yes)
they all found out at different rates and times! Again I really like this detail cause I think by having the all have different time frames of finding out it does highlight everyoneâs individual traits and personalities. Like all the different methods (ratting it out, having reservations and being proven right, or just not knowing entirely until youâre directly told) all tell you something about the corresponding Point!!
YAY!!! Oh stratos being a persistent little sod and managing to convince them into it đ„č a decision that they both end up enjoying cause yknow An gets to feed off of someone whoâs doing this because of genuine love and care. And stratos gets to have their SS1 fantasies which hey I wonât judge good for them!!
STRATOSFEAR YOU FREAK. On an actual note that actually⊠really sweet? yes we donât judge that their spouse is effectively a sleep paralysis demon love is love
again: âYOU BASTARD. WHY ARE YOU HURTING ME IN THIS WAY? DO YOU DERIVE JOY OUT OF MY SUFFERING? WHY. WHYY-â
stars above the image of them curled up in the sun like a cat next to a window on a sunny afternoon awwww⊠and NO WE HAVE SUFFERED ENOUGH. (jk do whatever you want, itâs YOUR storyline afterall!!)
also bonus question, does blood taste different or does it taste like⊠blood. If it does taste different is there a difference from Point to Point?
WAHH I'M GONNA BE FUCKING GOTTT NOOOO I'm notsorry for torturing anshine and mason you don't even know the half of what i've done to them. smiles
i'm so overjoyed you like my AU i'm super averse to sharing my writing because i generally understand it's Not up to par but NOTHING makes me happier than people liking my silly headcanons and worldbuilding... WAH
as for le bonus questions!
9. yes of COURSE anshine feels bad. you know it!
mason was pretty badly eating disordered even before he became a point, but now there's a gaggle of GODLY QUEERS that are keeping track of their eating and making sure they're not running on 5% fuel all the time?!?!? what a waste of time, they should be doing something productive, like NOT caring for and feeding a predator!! (anshine voice)
10a. blood tastes like blood. it's not very good. but you grow used to it quickly if you've been drinking it since you were a little baba. also, star power tastes(?) good, so it negates that somewhat! raw, non-star-power-infused blood tastes like crap to mason
10b. i have accidentally forgotten to clear up a misunderstanding! points don't actually have blood. anshine directly siphons the star power out of their body (which is made of what we call star glass or point glass entirely)
star power is yummy and delicious, metaphorically! if siphoned out without warning, it tastes like... good. there isn't an exact flavor to it. it just feels good to consume because it literally heals you.
if the points are providing star power to anshine, like, planned, they can choose to flavor it. compale started doing it in the hopes of getting anshine to enjoy eating more (so they do it more often and put up less of a fight) and it sorta worked?
im scared to know the half or even quarter of what you do to them. But on a lighter note YAY I get it as well cause nothing feels better than someone taking interest in your own little storylines that, even if halfbaked or is still yeast, is still a storyline that YOU can be proud of creating and sharing with others!!
GAGGLE OF GODLY QUEERS IS A COMBINATION OF WORDS I NEVER THOUGHT ID SEE TOGETHER BUT NOW I HAVE. AND ITS SENDING ME you have no clue how hard i laughed when I saw that.
ânow there's a gaggle of GODLY QUEERS that are keeping track of their eating and making sure they're not running on 5% fuel all the time?!?!? what a waste of time, they should be doing something productive, like NOT caring for and feeding a predator!! (anshine voice)â
(smiles at you like im definitely not about to get you again)
also how do the points flavour the âbloodâ/star power for them? (Star power as âbloodâ in the Points is a very interesting concept to me)
+one last (haha no it probably isnât the last by a long shot) question, being how does the vampiric body process normal human food (does it give them no energy at all, or like any weird positive/negative effects)?
lowkey was looking forward to finishing WHA anime just so i could go check my reblogs in case u asked more questions I giggle
it's very hard to be proud of something that i don't see myself as good at for me, so it's one of those rare moments i get super excited about..... Genuinely my gratitude and excitement is infinite i always look for ways to share without being afraid.. being asked is the easiest for me
more bonus questions!! grins wide and EVIL
11. star power can be used to do literally anything you want, so long as you are biologically capable of it and know how to control it! if you meant "how" as in "in what way", star power is the magic system of my worldbuild so it just kinda... works... ? like if i had to describe it it's like. when anshine bites them, they're prepared to give up star power to them, so they can control how much and what kind of star power ends up in anshine's mouth
if you meant "how" as in "what flavors would they each choose", compale mostly does warm, baked goods, so think cozy wintery christmas feeling. big surprise. they're the only one that does it super frequently.
some others might beeee signol flavoring it like fruity cocktails (depends on the day), arrolin would try to make it savory and good but it almost always end up a bit too spicy, ixol (if you ever witness them voluntarily giving themselves up to anshine) would make it purposely as spicy as possible, shallare's tastes smoky (anshine REALLY likes it. mason was a smoker, shallare still is. imagine taking hits of your situationship like a blunt) and ploque's would have piney/minty tones
12. ok so! as i mentioned, mason was very eating disordered. he wants to consume as little star power as possible (because eating his townfolk is bad) and "compensates" for that by binging regular food. this is really bad for him in mostly undocumented ways
star vampire bodies are capable of processing normal food, certainly, but it's a taxing and painful process. the pain from it can sometimes be quite strong... strong enough to drown out the cravings for star power, i guess
the only real side effect is that it's like salt water. despite it being something you drink, it's the wrong kind of drink, which results in health complications, like dehydration (counterintuitively).
aww everyone flavouring it with the intention of helping them eat better :) except AAH IXOL YOU BASTARD. (ps: are there the only one who actively does this to make feeding on them offputting?)
TAKING HITS OF YOUR SITUATIONSHIP. ANOTHER PHRASE I NEVER THOUGHT IâD SEE BUT AHAHAHA
OHH I GET IT NOW. Making regular food be like drinking salt water is actually really clever?? I donât think Iâve considered that stand point before (with what little and rarely I think about when it comes to vampiric characters, Iâve always imagined âthey can eat it as per normal but the nutritional value it gives is very reduced but itâs kind of possible to pull it offââŠ. Iâve never thought of the fact that it could be damaging.)
(as some food for thought, upon doing a bit of research, i did learn that vampire bats have âsandpaper tonguesâ where itâs covered in microscopic, backward-facing papillae so that they can just lick the area where thereâs blood flowing out and the blood would just get into the tongue easily since it flows between the âhairsâ on the tongue. That being said would mason have that?)
[and yes, im happy that i got the chance to be one of those rare moments for you :) and donât worry this wonât be last time you see me tormenting your inbox about K!AF2 and its branching AUs]
TEEHEE definitely don't make it the last time this is awesome!!
as for the sandpaper tongue, that's unironically super cool and i didn't know that... i am hereby making it canon!! I don't think it'd be the case for anshine since they drink straight magic most of the time and not blood but mason can totally have a funky lil absorbent tongue!!
and! as for ixol! yes, they're the only one that actively gives anshine trouble. ulipse and naen would be the other likely candidates but ulipse does care about anshine's wellbeing (ixol does too but you'll never hear it from them) and naen doesn't really care. cyalm never had to do it because anshine was too suspicious of them (due to their star power radar) to ever go near them.
if you want to know more about K!AF2's long lasting ixolshine horrible divorce situation, i've talked about it just a tad in this post! but tl;dr they aren't JUST being a bastard and there's definitely more to it! that's how they are for everyone but with anshine especially there's a lot of history to their sour behavior
SANDPAPER TONGUE IS CANON NOW!! Benefits of knowing the local zoology-passionate person :) on the topic of sandpaper tongue (and bear with me because I find this stupidly funny), I once saw a short story/comic on Twitter where someone talked about how one of the characters was a cat (and therefore had a rough tongue), and the thing itself was the cat person kissing another person where the other person involved deadarse had to stop mid-kiss and tell the cat person âyour tongue feels weird. Why does it feel like wet sandpaper.â and the two of them just stood there in silence after that was asked. That being said would that have happened between Mason and SS1.
divorce situation. Oh dear. They⊠they feel like the type of couple whoâd both listen to No Children (by The Mountain Goats) post-divorce except one party mostly (???) stops listening to it and then goes and gets into a new relationship. and the other never stops. oughh⊠they make me sad. yet, assuming stratoshine does become canon after the events of AF2⊠(I can only imagine.)
LOL yeah totally i can see that. in canon K!AF2, eden (SS1) wasn't mason's first kiss, but in vamp AU i guess they would be because mason avoids people like the plague for obvious reasons
eden would regret being like "wtf is your tongue" very fast because mason is gonna be insecure about that for the next 2 months and not wanna kiss them </3
at risk of becoming nsfw on main i'm just gonna say eden has ideas after finding out.. now if only mason stopped being ashamed of it
and about ixolshine! so K!AF2 has what i like to refer to as The Sky Emporicule, where basically every ship is canon. except a good amount of cyalm ships but that's a given. i just like playing with my touys too much i want to explore every dynamic!!
stratoshine definitely does become canon but that isn't to say ixolshine never reconcile or anything. DOES make it way harder because ixol IS very jealous but like it's in the cards for them. stratos also has to get used to anshine being passed around like a blunt because everyone want them but they'll be fine lol
point is that there's no superior ship here. stratoshine is not the "main" anshine ship, anshine is really weird and gay with a LOT of them!!
if you really think about it they've all been together for hundreds of years (save for strat and ss2) there's no way they aren't weird about each other. it's like the greek pantheon they are fuckin left and right methinks?
STARS ABOVE EDEN and also stratos thanks to pontification YOU FREAK (joke) itâs nice to finally know SS1âs name though!
THE SKY EMPORICULE IS SOME MASTERFUL NAMING RIGHT THERE. I donât think Iâve ever seen anyoneâs use the phrase âpass around like a bluntâ to describe a polycule where everyone wants one guy in particular. This conversation has introduced at least five be terms I never thought Iâd see into my vocabulary thanks a lot. The image of Stratosfear and SS2 standing there (are the pocket points under this category as well?) looking at everyone then at each other like âis this normal??â
m actually pretty curious regarding how the AFvamp AU would have gone. Like assuming the timeloop broke because SS1 told Mason about everything, would Anshine still have vampiric traits and/or impulses due to the nature of his pre-point self? And if so how would the other Points have seen them for it (or did some of them even know. I feel like your mason/anshine is the type to hide stuff to not worry others)
and after the events of AF2 did him and stratos go back to doing the âvoluntary feedingâ thing like they did back when they were still Mason and SS1
-doe
vamp!mason mentioned!! thank you so much for asking about this AU i love to talk about my AF AUs even if there are only 3 of them hehe
long post warning!
AF vamp AU actually centers itself around AF1, largely before the timeloop even begins.
due to a lot of like scientific stuff regarding pointification + the lore of the first loop in K!AF2 (which my AUs are based on, just my interpretation/writing of AF as a whole) it would take a while for the loops to begin, if they ever did.
mason would then instantly sniff claud out as being weird due to their excess of star power lol! no need for ss1 to infodump!
one thing about anshine is that, due to being the first point cyalm ever made, they're very poorly made. like. there are so so many oversights, just purely biologically. in the vamp AU that issue would be exacerbated because star power vampires are not something cyalm/the red X was at all familiar with before trying to turn one into a god.
they would absolutely retain their vampirism, and it would wreck them mentally even worse than it did mason...
you're completely correct that anshine, both in this au and in K!AF2 generally, hides things to maintain a perfect image of themselves in order to not worry others! they're not good at it but they try!
being around literal star deities does numbers on their hunger. they're always craving it. it makes them feel like a monster. they have tried to feed on themselves many times and the results are pretty unpleasant
i think the other points would quickly notice something is off, especially those that knew anshine for longer, namely ixol, ulipse and shallare. it would be really hard to discern exactly what until it's too late though
i have ideas for some almost-cannibalistic outbursts they'd have around these three during the early plot, but that's still up in the air...
besides those fun little events, they wouldn't really shun anshine for it or anything. absolutely not their biggest problem when cyalm exists - anshine cannot physically drain most of them to death (shallare is an exception with solgon and ploque being the next closest to that danger)
as for stratos, i think they'd would very much want to go back to that voluntary feeding arrangement you mentioned, especially because it'd give them a sense of normalcy/gaining their old life back, but anshine would avoid it like the plague for fear of what might happen. if they accidentally hurt or stars forbid killed stratos because of their hunger...
anyway, please let me know if this answers any questions, and if there's anything else you wanna know!! this is very scatterbrained since i haven't thought it out fully, but i really love thinking about it!
what happened when he attempted to feed off himself?
Do different types of blood from different species (animals, humans, other Point) taste different and if so are there any effects (positive or negative) that come from consuming the different types of blood?
I feel like I maybe missed something BUT how did An feed himself for those 300 years?
how long did it take for everyone to find out that one of their fellow Points was a literal vampire
ANSHINE AVOIDING FEEDING OFF STRATOSFEAR YOU. YOUUU- please tell me they eventually do get to that point after the events of AF2 :( please
also the mental image of Anshine sitting up in bed and staring at a sleeping Stratosfear next to him and using all his willpower to not bite down on them whilst sounding like a starved survivor looking at a proper meal but was told they couldnât start eating is funny yet terrifying. imagine being stratos, waking up and seeing your husband making weird starvation sounds and staring at you like THAT.
again, I feel like I missed something but how did Mason end up as a vampire in the first place? Like was he born like that or was it due to getting attacked (for lack of a better word) by another vampire?
do the traditional vampire things (hating garlic, canât go under sunlight, needing to be invited, mirrors donât work, etc) apply or just not at all. Or do some of them exist/work differently while other rules donât
YYAY THANK YOU FOR LIKING MY STUFF AND ASKING SO MANY FUN QUESTION this makes me so happy!!
first off, a disclaimer - generally all my versions of the points only go by they/them! there are some exceptions but anshine isn't one of them :-3
long post warning!
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1. it's kind of like advanced self-harm. it causes a pretty bad surge in star power, which effectively detonates in their mouth because their body can't reprocess their own star power
this surge doesn't do anything except expend what little star power they have left in them Violently
i call it self-harm because they've done it multiple times... mostly as a punishment to themselves for who knows what
2. so, the vamp AU doesn't concern itself with regular vampires. they're star power vampires! the blood of humans that don't have any star power in them is useless to them.
there are always the usual negative effect of consuming too much iron and also yk blood-transmitted diseases of course, but if it's from a human with a lot of star power those are negated because of star power's healing properties.
my doc explains star power, the Stars (the deities in this worldbuild) and pointification in great depth, but we don't have the space for that here
3. same diet as mason - maytowners. though they had to feed much more often... which was part of the reason cyalm made them their first point buddy (ixol) to go with - they were basically meant to be a feeding trough for anshine.
that didn't work out for reasons that should've been obvious (ixol is NOT okay with that) so then ulipse was made.
that also didn't work out for similar reasons (ulipse is way too cautious of being hurt (reasonably so in this case)) and then shallare was made.
that was all fine and good (because shallare is fine with that) but then they started, like, withering away because anshine was consuming too much of them without knowing. and so ulipse sucked it up a little and they shared the burden. after the other points started coming in it was just a matter of anshine getting the strength to 'come out' and scheduling whose turn to feed them is when.
4. depends on the point - some of them are pretty oblivious and wouldn't jump to conclusions, but compale and mino had their reservations about anshine from the start.
ixol knew immediately, they were "told" (memories were implanted) by cyalm. ulipse and shallare were told by ixol who ratted anshine out about it. after that ended up putting shallare in danger, they stopped telling on anshine, so the rest are variable
i won't lie i don't have an exact timeframe for this but i can make something up if it's specifically requested methinks...?
5. sure! they probably would, after a few years. i mean, all they have is time, and stratosfear won't stop insisting.
the second star savior would be a much easier bite, but their blood is literally boiling lava, both figuratively because of the star power quantity and literally because... yeah. kompot/k!SS2 is an interesting lil bugger.
6. LOL that's so real. they would. but stratosfear would not be surprised, scared, startled or any similar adjective - they'd be extremely endeared and even excited. that's what mason used to do! they're acting like themselves! it feels familiar and comforting! how nice is that!
bit weird that they find comfort in their lover being their sleep paralysis demon but i don't judge
7. the leaders of maytown are a bloodline of star power vampires! this might come as a surprise, but in this AU, the entire reason maytown is so close to the stars/one of the biggest religious hubs for the Star religion/just... yknow... very infused with star power is because it was made for the leaders to be able to sustain themselves. why look for star power infused people when you could just... make them, sorta?
mason hates this. this is maybe the only mason in the world that hates his town. he also hates his existence and his family for perpetrating it but he's no better so what's the point. by the time AF1 rolls around, his parents are both dead Anyway so who cares. who cares. he was born a literal predator and he just has to deal with it until he finally gets the courage to... not
8. nope! none of the stereotypical vampire mythology applies here, besides their sharp teeth and the fact they consume blood. actually, being in the sun is good for star power vampires. it's a star!
they have their own set of funky little rules they have to obey, and myths about how they started existing, but that's all extra
also, star power vampires can't... really make thralls... but maybe i'll change that? because it sounds like fun? maybe there is some rare exception, some sort of terrible coincidence that results in possibly the worst thing mason/anshine could ever imagine doing to someone?
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ok that's all i've got for now let me know what you think smiles!!!!
(stars above Iâm so sorry for accidentally misgendering them the entire time đ„Č)
There are many things I want to say in regards to this information, but I donât think amount of words will ever accurately portray my emotions about this. That being said, the second best thing I can say however is: âIâM GOING TO GET YOU, KOMPOT.â
ooh that makes a lot of sense! Star powered blood
the fact that Cyalmâs first instinct whenever a Point doesnât like being fed off of is âoh well, time to pointify another poor bloke so that I can feed the accidental freak of biology AND star power that Iâve made!â is both funny and extremely terrifying because that is exactly the type of thing theyâd do with their non-existent âethicsâ. Also the fact that everyone has to sit down have a whole meeting on âalright, whoâs going to be scheduled on which day to feed themâ is amazing⊠yet do they (referring to An) feel bad about inconveniencing everyone like this (letâs be real the answer is probably yes)
they all found out at different rates and times! Again I really like this detail cause I think by having the all have different time frames of finding out it does highlight everyoneâs individual traits and personalities. Like all the different methods (ratting it out, having reservations and being proven right, or just not knowing entirely until youâre directly told) all tell you something about the corresponding Point!!
YAY!!! Oh stratos being a persistent little sod and managing to convince them into it đ„č a decision that they both end up enjoying cause yknow An gets to feed off of someone whoâs doing this because of genuine love and care. And stratos gets to have their SS1 fantasies which hey I wonât judge good for them!!
STRATOSFEAR YOU FREAK. On an actual note that actually⊠really sweet? yes we donât judge that their spouse is effectively a sleep paralysis demon love is love
again: âYOU BASTARD. WHY ARE YOU HURTING ME IN THIS WAY? DO YOU DERIVE JOY OUT OF MY SUFFERING? WHY. WHYY-â
stars above the image of them curled up in the sun like a cat next to a window on a sunny afternoon awwww⊠and NO WE HAVE SUFFERED ENOUGH. (jk do whatever you want, itâs YOUR storyline afterall!!)
also bonus question, does blood taste different or does it taste like⊠blood. If it does taste different is there a difference from Point to Point?
WAHH I'M GONNA BE FUCKING GOTTT NOOOO I'm notsorry for torturing anshine and mason you don't even know the half of what i've done to them. smiles
i'm so overjoyed you like my AU i'm super averse to sharing my writing because i generally understand it's Not up to par but NOTHING makes me happier than people liking my silly headcanons and worldbuilding... WAH
as for le bonus questions!
9. yes of COURSE anshine feels bad. you know it!
mason was pretty badly eating disordered even before he became a point, but now there's a gaggle of GODLY QUEERS that are keeping track of their eating and making sure they're not running on 5% fuel all the time?!?!? what a waste of time, they should be doing something productive, like NOT caring for and feeding a predator!! (anshine voice)
10a. blood tastes like blood. it's not very good. but you grow used to it quickly if you've been drinking it since you were a little baba. also, star power tastes(?) good, so it negates that somewhat! raw, non-star-power-infused blood tastes like crap to mason
10b. i have accidentally forgotten to clear up a misunderstanding! points don't actually have blood. anshine directly siphons the star power out of their body (which is made of what we call star glass or point glass entirely)
star power is yummy and delicious, metaphorically! if siphoned out without warning, it tastes like... good. there isn't an exact flavor to it. it just feels good to consume because it literally heals you.
if the points are providing star power to anshine, like, planned, they can choose to flavor it. compale started doing it in the hopes of getting anshine to enjoy eating more (so they do it more often and put up less of a fight) and it sorta worked?
im scared to know the half or even quarter of what you do to them. But on a lighter note YAY I get it as well cause nothing feels better than someone taking interest in your own little storylines that, even if halfbaked or is still yeast, is still a storyline that YOU can be proud of creating and sharing with others!!
GAGGLE OF GODLY QUEERS IS A COMBINATION OF WORDS I NEVER THOUGHT ID SEE TOGETHER BUT NOW I HAVE. AND ITS SENDING ME you have no clue how hard i laughed when I saw that.
ânow there's a gaggle of GODLY QUEERS that are keeping track of their eating and making sure they're not running on 5% fuel all the time?!?!? what a waste of time, they should be doing something productive, like NOT caring for and feeding a predator!! (anshine voice)â
(smiles at you like im definitely not about to get you again)
also how do the points flavour the âbloodâ/star power for them? (Star power as âbloodâ in the Points is a very interesting concept to me)
+one last (haha no it probably isnât the last by a long shot) question, being how does the vampiric body process normal human food (does it give them no energy at all, or like any weird positive/negative effects)?
lowkey was looking forward to finishing WHA anime just so i could go check my reblogs in case u asked more questions I giggle
it's very hard to be proud of something that i don't see myself as good at for me, so it's one of those rare moments i get super excited about..... Genuinely my gratitude and excitement is infinite i always look for ways to share without being afraid.. being asked is the easiest for me
more bonus questions!! grins wide and EVIL
11. star power can be used to do literally anything you want, so long as you are biologically capable of it and know how to control it! if you meant "how" as in "in what way", star power is the magic system of my worldbuild so it just kinda... works... ? like if i had to describe it it's like. when anshine bites them, they're prepared to give up star power to them, so they can control how much and what kind of star power ends up in anshine's mouth
if you meant "how" as in "what flavors would they each choose", compale mostly does warm, baked goods, so think cozy wintery christmas feeling. big surprise. they're the only one that does it super frequently.
some others might beeee signol flavoring it like fruity cocktails (depends on the day), arrolin would try to make it savory and good but it almost always end up a bit too spicy, ixol (if you ever witness them voluntarily giving themselves up to anshine) would make it purposely as spicy as possible, shallare's tastes smoky (anshine REALLY likes it. mason was a smoker, shallare still is. imagine taking hits of your situationship like a blunt) and ploque's would have piney/minty tones
12. ok so! as i mentioned, mason was very eating disordered. he wants to consume as little star power as possible (because eating his townfolk is bad) and "compensates" for that by binging regular food. this is really bad for him in mostly undocumented ways
star vampire bodies are capable of processing normal food, certainly, but it's a taxing and painful process. the pain from it can sometimes be quite strong... strong enough to drown out the cravings for star power, i guess
the only real side effect is that it's like salt water. despite it being something you drink, it's the wrong kind of drink, which results in health complications, like dehydration (counterintuitively).
aww everyone flavouring it with the intention of helping them eat better :) except AAH IXOL YOU BASTARD. (ps: are there the only one who actively does this to make feeding on them offputting?)
TAKING HITS OF YOUR SITUATIONSHIP. ANOTHER PHRASE I NEVER THOUGHT IâD SEE BUT AHAHAHA
OHH I GET IT NOW. Making regular food be like drinking salt water is actually really clever?? I donât think Iâve considered that stand point before (with what little and rarely I think about when it comes to vampiric characters, Iâve always imagined âthey can eat it as per normal but the nutritional value it gives is very reduced but itâs kind of possible to pull it offââŠ. Iâve never thought of the fact that it could be damaging.)
(as some food for thought, upon doing a bit of research, i did learn that vampire bats have âsandpaper tonguesâ where itâs covered in microscopic, backward-facing papillae so that they can just lick the area where thereâs blood flowing out and the blood would just get into the tongue easily since it flows between the âhairsâ on the tongue. That being said would mason have that?)
[and yes, im happy that i got the chance to be one of those rare moments for you :) and donât worry this wonât be last time you see me tormenting your inbox about K!AF2 and its branching AUs]
TEEHEE definitely don't make it the last time this is awesome!!
as for the sandpaper tongue, that's unironically super cool and i didn't know that... i am hereby making it canon!! I don't think it'd be the case for anshine since they drink straight magic most of the time and not blood but mason can totally have a funky lil absorbent tongue!!
and! as for ixol! yes, they're the only one that actively gives anshine trouble. ulipse and naen would be the other likely candidates but ulipse does care about anshine's wellbeing (ixol does too but you'll never hear it from them) and naen doesn't really care. cyalm never had to do it because anshine was too suspicious of them (due to their star power radar) to ever go near them.
if you want to know more about K!AF2's long lasting ixolshine horrible divorce situation, i've talked about it just a tad in this post! but tl;dr they aren't JUST being a bastard and there's definitely more to it! that's how they are for everyone but with anshine especially there's a lot of history to their sour behavior
SANDPAPER TONGUE IS CANON NOW!! Benefits of knowing the local zoology-passionate person :) on the topic of sandpaper tongue (and bear with me because I find this stupidly funny), I once saw a short story/comic on Twitter where someone talked about how one of the characters was a cat (and therefore had a rough tongue), and the thing itself was the cat person kissing another person where the other person involved deadarse had to stop mid-kiss and tell the cat person âyour tongue feels weird. Why does it feel like wet sandpaper.â and the two of them just stood there in silence after that was asked. That being said would that have happened between Mason and SS1.
divorce situation. Oh dear. They⊠they feel like the type of couple whoâd both listen to No Children (by The Mountain Goats) post-divorce except one party mostly (???) stops listening to it and then goes and gets into a new relationship. and the other never stops. oughh⊠they make me sad. yet, assuming stratoshine does become canon after the events of AF2⊠(I can only imagine.)
m actually pretty curious regarding how the AFvamp AU would have gone. Like assuming the timeloop broke because SS1 told Mason about everything, would Anshine still have vampiric traits and/or impulses due to the nature of his pre-point self? And if so how would the other Points have seen them for it (or did some of them even know. I feel like your mason/anshine is the type to hide stuff to not worry others)
and after the events of AF2 did him and stratos go back to doing the âvoluntary feedingâ thing like they did back when they were still Mason and SS1
-doe
vamp!mason mentioned!! thank you so much for asking about this AU i love to talk about my AF AUs even if there are only 3 of them hehe
long post warning!
AF vamp AU actually centers itself around AF1, largely before the timeloop even begins.
due to a lot of like scientific stuff regarding pointification + the lore of the first loop in K!AF2 (which my AUs are based on, just my interpretation/writing of AF as a whole) it would take a while for the loops to begin, if they ever did.
mason would then instantly sniff claud out as being weird due to their excess of star power lol! no need for ss1 to infodump!
one thing about anshine is that, due to being the first point cyalm ever made, they're very poorly made. like. there are so so many oversights, just purely biologically. in the vamp AU that issue would be exacerbated because star power vampires are not something cyalm/the red X was at all familiar with before trying to turn one into a god.
they would absolutely retain their vampirism, and it would wreck them mentally even worse than it did mason...
you're completely correct that anshine, both in this au and in K!AF2 generally, hides things to maintain a perfect image of themselves in order to not worry others! they're not good at it but they try!
being around literal star deities does numbers on their hunger. they're always craving it. it makes them feel like a monster. they have tried to feed on themselves many times and the results are pretty unpleasant
i think the other points would quickly notice something is off, especially those that knew anshine for longer, namely ixol, ulipse and shallare. it would be really hard to discern exactly what until it's too late though
i have ideas for some almost-cannibalistic outbursts they'd have around these three during the early plot, but that's still up in the air...
besides those fun little events, they wouldn't really shun anshine for it or anything. absolutely not their biggest problem when cyalm exists - anshine cannot physically drain most of them to death (shallare is an exception with solgon and ploque being the next closest to that danger)
as for stratos, i think they'd would very much want to go back to that voluntary feeding arrangement you mentioned, especially because it'd give them a sense of normalcy/gaining their old life back, but anshine would avoid it like the plague for fear of what might happen. if they accidentally hurt or stars forbid killed stratos because of their hunger...
anyway, please let me know if this answers any questions, and if there's anything else you wanna know!! this is very scatterbrained since i haven't thought it out fully, but i really love thinking about it!
what happened when he attempted to feed off himself?
Do different types of blood from different species (animals, humans, other Point) taste different and if so are there any effects (positive or negative) that come from consuming the different types of blood?
I feel like I maybe missed something BUT how did An feed himself for those 300 years?
how long did it take for everyone to find out that one of their fellow Points was a literal vampire
ANSHINE AVOIDING FEEDING OFF STRATOSFEAR YOU. YOUUU- please tell me they eventually do get to that point after the events of AF2 :( please
also the mental image of Anshine sitting up in bed and staring at a sleeping Stratosfear next to him and using all his willpower to not bite down on them whilst sounding like a starved survivor looking at a proper meal but was told they couldnât start eating is funny yet terrifying. imagine being stratos, waking up and seeing your husband making weird starvation sounds and staring at you like THAT.
again, I feel like I missed something but how did Mason end up as a vampire in the first place? Like was he born like that or was it due to getting attacked (for lack of a better word) by another vampire?
do the traditional vampire things (hating garlic, canât go under sunlight, needing to be invited, mirrors donât work, etc) apply or just not at all. Or do some of them exist/work differently while other rules donât
YYAY THANK YOU FOR LIKING MY STUFF AND ASKING SO MANY FUN QUESTION this makes me so happy!!
first off, a disclaimer - generally all my versions of the points only go by they/them! there are some exceptions but anshine isn't one of them :-3
long post warning!
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1. it's kind of like advanced self-harm. it causes a pretty bad surge in star power, which effectively detonates in their mouth because their body can't reprocess their own star power
this surge doesn't do anything except expend what little star power they have left in them Violently
i call it self-harm because they've done it multiple times... mostly as a punishment to themselves for who knows what
2. so, the vamp AU doesn't concern itself with regular vampires. they're star power vampires! the blood of humans that don't have any star power in them is useless to them.
there are always the usual negative effect of consuming too much iron and also yk blood-transmitted diseases of course, but if it's from a human with a lot of star power those are negated because of star power's healing properties.
my doc explains star power, the Stars (the deities in this worldbuild) and pointification in great depth, but we don't have the space for that here
3. same diet as mason - maytowners. though they had to feed much more often... which was part of the reason cyalm made them their first point buddy (ixol) to go with - they were basically meant to be a feeding trough for anshine.
that didn't work out for reasons that should've been obvious (ixol is NOT okay with that) so then ulipse was made.
that also didn't work out for similar reasons (ulipse is way too cautious of being hurt (reasonably so in this case)) and then shallare was made.
that was all fine and good (because shallare is fine with that) but then they started, like, withering away because anshine was consuming too much of them without knowing. and so ulipse sucked it up a little and they shared the burden. after the other points started coming in it was just a matter of anshine getting the strength to 'come out' and scheduling whose turn to feed them is when.
4. depends on the point - some of them are pretty oblivious and wouldn't jump to conclusions, but compale and mino had their reservations about anshine from the start.
ixol knew immediately, they were "told" (memories were implanted) by cyalm. ulipse and shallare were told by ixol who ratted anshine out about it. after that ended up putting shallare in danger, they stopped telling on anshine, so the rest are variable
i won't lie i don't have an exact timeframe for this but i can make something up if it's specifically requested methinks...?
5. sure! they probably would, after a few years. i mean, all they have is time, and stratosfear won't stop insisting.
the second star savior would be a much easier bite, but their blood is literally boiling lava, both figuratively because of the star power quantity and literally because... yeah. kompot/k!SS2 is an interesting lil bugger.
6. LOL that's so real. they would. but stratosfear would not be surprised, scared, startled or any similar adjective - they'd be extremely endeared and even excited. that's what mason used to do! they're acting like themselves! it feels familiar and comforting! how nice is that!
bit weird that they find comfort in their lover being their sleep paralysis demon but i don't judge
7. the leaders of maytown are a bloodline of star power vampires! this might come as a surprise, but in this AU, the entire reason maytown is so close to the stars/one of the biggest religious hubs for the Star religion/just... yknow... very infused with star power is because it was made for the leaders to be able to sustain themselves. why look for star power infused people when you could just... make them, sorta?
mason hates this. this is maybe the only mason in the world that hates his town. he also hates his existence and his family for perpetrating it but he's no better so what's the point. by the time AF1 rolls around, his parents are both dead Anyway so who cares. who cares. he was born a literal predator and he just has to deal with it until he finally gets the courage to... not
8. nope! none of the stereotypical vampire mythology applies here, besides their sharp teeth and the fact they consume blood. actually, being in the sun is good for star power vampires. it's a star!
they have their own set of funky little rules they have to obey, and myths about how they started existing, but that's all extra
also, star power vampires can't... really make thralls... but maybe i'll change that? because it sounds like fun? maybe there is some rare exception, some sort of terrible coincidence that results in possibly the worst thing mason/anshine could ever imagine doing to someone?
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ok that's all i've got for now let me know what you think smiles!!!!
(stars above Iâm so sorry for accidentally misgendering them the entire time đ„Č)
There are many things I want to say in regards to this information, but I donât think amount of words will ever accurately portray my emotions about this. That being said, the second best thing I can say however is: âIâM GOING TO GET YOU, KOMPOT.â
ooh that makes a lot of sense! Star powered blood
the fact that Cyalmâs first instinct whenever a Point doesnât like being fed off of is âoh well, time to pointify another poor bloke so that I can feed the accidental freak of biology AND star power that Iâve made!â is both funny and extremely terrifying because that is exactly the type of thing theyâd do with their non-existent âethicsâ. Also the fact that everyone has to sit down have a whole meeting on âalright, whoâs going to be scheduled on which day to feed themâ is amazing⊠yet do they (referring to An) feel bad about inconveniencing everyone like this (letâs be real the answer is probably yes)
they all found out at different rates and times! Again I really like this detail cause I think by having the all have different time frames of finding out it does highlight everyoneâs individual traits and personalities. Like all the different methods (ratting it out, having reservations and being proven right, or just not knowing entirely until youâre directly told) all tell you something about the corresponding Point!!
YAY!!! Oh stratos being a persistent little sod and managing to convince them into it đ„č a decision that they both end up enjoying cause yknow An gets to feed off of someone whoâs doing this because of genuine love and care. And stratos gets to have their SS1 fantasies which hey I wonât judge good for them!!
STRATOSFEAR YOU FREAK. On an actual note that actually⊠really sweet? yes we donât judge that their spouse is effectively a sleep paralysis demon love is love
again: âYOU BASTARD. WHY ARE YOU HURTING ME IN THIS WAY? DO YOU DERIVE JOY OUT OF MY SUFFERING? WHY. WHYY-â
stars above the image of them curled up in the sun like a cat next to a window on a sunny afternoon awwww⊠and NO WE HAVE SUFFERED ENOUGH. (jk do whatever you want, itâs YOUR storyline afterall!!)
also bonus question, does blood taste different or does it taste like⊠blood. If it does taste different is there a difference from Point to Point?
WAHH I'M GONNA BE FUCKING GOTTT NOOOO I'm notsorry for torturing anshine and mason you don't even know the half of what i've done to them. smiles
i'm so overjoyed you like my AU i'm super averse to sharing my writing because i generally understand it's Not up to par but NOTHING makes me happier than people liking my silly headcanons and worldbuilding... WAH
as for le bonus questions!
9. yes of COURSE anshine feels bad. you know it!
mason was pretty badly eating disordered even before he became a point, but now there's a gaggle of GODLY QUEERS that are keeping track of their eating and making sure they're not running on 5% fuel all the time?!?!? what a waste of time, they should be doing something productive, like NOT caring for and feeding a predator!! (anshine voice)
10a. blood tastes like blood. it's not very good. but you grow used to it quickly if you've been drinking it since you were a little baba. also, star power tastes(?) good, so it negates that somewhat! raw, non-star-power-infused blood tastes like crap to mason
10b. i have accidentally forgotten to clear up a misunderstanding! points don't actually have blood. anshine directly siphons the star power out of their body (which is made of what we call star glass or point glass entirely)
star power is yummy and delicious, metaphorically! if siphoned out without warning, it tastes like... good. there isn't an exact flavor to it. it just feels good to consume because it literally heals you.
if the points are providing star power to anshine, like, planned, they can choose to flavor it. compale started doing it in the hopes of getting anshine to enjoy eating more (so they do it more often and put up less of a fight) and it sorta worked?
im scared to know the half or even quarter of what you do to them. But on a lighter note YAY I get it as well cause nothing feels better than someone taking interest in your own little storylines that, even if halfbaked or is still yeast, is still a storyline that YOU can be proud of creating and sharing with others!!
GAGGLE OF GODLY QUEERS IS A COMBINATION OF WORDS I NEVER THOUGHT ID SEE TOGETHER BUT NOW I HAVE. AND ITS SENDING ME you have no clue how hard i laughed when I saw that.
ânow there's a gaggle of GODLY QUEERS that are keeping track of their eating and making sure they're not running on 5% fuel all the time?!?!? what a waste of time, they should be doing something productive, like NOT caring for and feeding a predator!! (anshine voice)â
(smiles at you like im definitely not about to get you again)
also how do the points flavour the âbloodâ/star power for them? (Star power as âbloodâ in the Points is a very interesting concept to me)
+one last (haha no it probably isnât the last by a long shot) question, being how does the vampiric body process normal human food (does it give them no energy at all, or like any weird positive/negative effects)?
lowkey was looking forward to finishing WHA anime just so i could go check my reblogs in case u asked more questions I giggle
it's very hard to be proud of something that i don't see myself as good at for me, so it's one of those rare moments i get super excited about..... Genuinely my gratitude and excitement is infinite i always look for ways to share without being afraid.. being asked is the easiest for me
more bonus questions!! grins wide and EVIL
11. star power can be used to do literally anything you want, so long as you are biologically capable of it and know how to control it! if you meant "how" as in "in what way", star power is the magic system of my worldbuild so it just kinda... works... ? like if i had to describe it it's like. when anshine bites them, they're prepared to give up star power to them, so they can control how much and what kind of star power ends up in anshine's mouth
if you meant "how" as in "what flavors would they each choose", compale mostly does warm, baked goods, so think cozy wintery christmas feeling. big surprise. they're the only one that does it super frequently.
some others might beeee signol flavoring it like fruity cocktails (depends on the day), arrolin would try to make it savory and good but it almost always end up a bit too spicy, ixol (if you ever witness them voluntarily giving themselves up to anshine) would make it purposely as spicy as possible, shallare's tastes smoky (anshine REALLY likes it. mason was a smoker, shallare still is. imagine taking hits of your situationship like a blunt) and ploque's would have piney/minty tones
12. ok so! as i mentioned, mason was very eating disordered. he wants to consume as little star power as possible (because eating his townfolk is bad) and "compensates" for that by binging regular food. this is really bad for him in mostly undocumented ways
star vampire bodies are capable of processing normal food, certainly, but it's a taxing and painful process. the pain from it can sometimes be quite strong... strong enough to drown out the cravings for star power, i guess
the only real side effect is that it's like salt water. despite it being something you drink, it's the wrong kind of drink, which results in health complications, like dehydration (counterintuitively).
aww everyone flavouring it with the intention of helping them eat better :) except AAH IXOL YOU BASTARD. (ps: are there the only one who actively does this to make feeding on them offputting?)
TAKING HITS OF YOUR SITUATIONSHIP. ANOTHER PHRASE I NEVER THOUGHT IâD SEE BUT AHAHAHA
OHH I GET IT NOW. Making regular food be like drinking salt water is actually really clever?? I donât think Iâve considered that stand point before (with what little and rarely I think about when it comes to vampiric characters, Iâve always imagined âthey can eat it as per normal but the nutritional value it gives is very reduced but itâs kind of possible to pull it offââŠ. Iâve never thought of the fact that it could be damaging.)
(as some food for thought, upon doing a bit of research, i did learn that vampire bats have âsandpaper tonguesâ where itâs covered in microscopic, backward-facing papillae so that they can just lick the area where thereâs blood flowing out and the blood would just get into the tongue easily since it flows between the âhairsâ on the tongue. That being said would mason have that?)
[and yes, im happy that i got the chance to be one of those rare moments for you :) and donât worry this wonât be last time you see me tormenting your inbox about K!AF2 and its branching AUs]
m actually pretty curious regarding how the AFvamp AU would have gone. Like assuming the timeloop broke because SS1 told Mason about everything, would Anshine still have vampiric traits and/or impulses due to the nature of his pre-point self? And if so how would the other Points have seen them for it (or did some of them even know. I feel like your mason/anshine is the type to hide stuff to not worry others)
and after the events of AF2 did him and stratos go back to doing the âvoluntary feedingâ thing like they did back when they were still Mason and SS1
-doe
vamp!mason mentioned!! thank you so much for asking about this AU i love to talk about my AF AUs even if there are only 3 of them hehe
long post warning!
AF vamp AU actually centers itself around AF1, largely before the timeloop even begins.
due to a lot of like scientific stuff regarding pointification + the lore of the first loop in K!AF2 (which my AUs are based on, just my interpretation/writing of AF as a whole) it would take a while for the loops to begin, if they ever did.
mason would then instantly sniff claud out as being weird due to their excess of star power lol! no need for ss1 to infodump!
one thing about anshine is that, due to being the first point cyalm ever made, they're very poorly made. like. there are so so many oversights, just purely biologically. in the vamp AU that issue would be exacerbated because star power vampires are not something cyalm/the red X was at all familiar with before trying to turn one into a god.
they would absolutely retain their vampirism, and it would wreck them mentally even worse than it did mason...
you're completely correct that anshine, both in this au and in K!AF2 generally, hides things to maintain a perfect image of themselves in order to not worry others! they're not good at it but they try!
being around literal star deities does numbers on their hunger. they're always craving it. it makes them feel like a monster. they have tried to feed on themselves many times and the results are pretty unpleasant
i think the other points would quickly notice something is off, especially those that knew anshine for longer, namely ixol, ulipse and shallare. it would be really hard to discern exactly what until it's too late though
i have ideas for some almost-cannibalistic outbursts they'd have around these three during the early plot, but that's still up in the air...
besides those fun little events, they wouldn't really shun anshine for it or anything. absolutely not their biggest problem when cyalm exists - anshine cannot physically drain most of them to death (shallare is an exception with solgon and ploque being the next closest to that danger)
as for stratos, i think they'd would very much want to go back to that voluntary feeding arrangement you mentioned, especially because it'd give them a sense of normalcy/gaining their old life back, but anshine would avoid it like the plague for fear of what might happen. if they accidentally hurt or stars forbid killed stratos because of their hunger...
anyway, please let me know if this answers any questions, and if there's anything else you wanna know!! this is very scatterbrained since i haven't thought it out fully, but i really love thinking about it!
what happened when he attempted to feed off himself?
Do different types of blood from different species (animals, humans, other Point) taste different and if so are there any effects (positive or negative) that come from consuming the different types of blood?
I feel like I maybe missed something BUT how did An feed himself for those 300 years?
how long did it take for everyone to find out that one of their fellow Points was a literal vampire
ANSHINE AVOIDING FEEDING OFF STRATOSFEAR YOU. YOUUU- please tell me they eventually do get to that point after the events of AF2 :( please
also the mental image of Anshine sitting up in bed and staring at a sleeping Stratosfear next to him and using all his willpower to not bite down on them whilst sounding like a starved survivor looking at a proper meal but was told they couldnât start eating is funny yet terrifying. imagine being stratos, waking up and seeing your husband making weird starvation sounds and staring at you like THAT.
again, I feel like I missed something but how did Mason end up as a vampire in the first place? Like was he born like that or was it due to getting attacked (for lack of a better word) by another vampire?
do the traditional vampire things (hating garlic, canât go under sunlight, needing to be invited, mirrors donât work, etc) apply or just not at all. Or do some of them exist/work differently while other rules donât
YYAY THANK YOU FOR LIKING MY STUFF AND ASKING SO MANY FUN QUESTION this makes me so happy!!
first off, a disclaimer - generally all my versions of the points only go by they/them! there are some exceptions but anshine isn't one of them :-3
long post warning!
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1. it's kind of like advanced self-harm. it causes a pretty bad surge in star power, which effectively detonates in their mouth because their body can't reprocess their own star power
this surge doesn't do anything except expend what little star power they have left in them Violently
i call it self-harm because they've done it multiple times... mostly as a punishment to themselves for who knows what
2. so, the vamp AU doesn't concern itself with regular vampires. they're star power vampires! the blood of humans that don't have any star power in them is useless to them.
there are always the usual negative effect of consuming too much iron and also yk blood-transmitted diseases of course, but if it's from a human with a lot of star power those are negated because of star power's healing properties.
my doc explains star power, the Stars (the deities in this worldbuild) and pointification in great depth, but we don't have the space for that here
3. same diet as mason - maytowners. though they had to feed much more often... which was part of the reason cyalm made them their first point buddy (ixol) to go with - they were basically meant to be a feeding trough for anshine.
that didn't work out for reasons that should've been obvious (ixol is NOT okay with that) so then ulipse was made.
that also didn't work out for similar reasons (ulipse is way too cautious of being hurt (reasonably so in this case)) and then shallare was made.
that was all fine and good (because shallare is fine with that) but then they started, like, withering away because anshine was consuming too much of them without knowing. and so ulipse sucked it up a little and they shared the burden. after the other points started coming in it was just a matter of anshine getting the strength to 'come out' and scheduling whose turn to feed them is when.
4. depends on the point - some of them are pretty oblivious and wouldn't jump to conclusions, but compale and mino had their reservations about anshine from the start.
ixol knew immediately, they were "told" (memories were implanted) by cyalm. ulipse and shallare were told by ixol who ratted anshine out about it. after that ended up putting shallare in danger, they stopped telling on anshine, so the rest are variable
i won't lie i don't have an exact timeframe for this but i can make something up if it's specifically requested methinks...?
5. sure! they probably would, after a few years. i mean, all they have is time, and stratosfear won't stop insisting.
the second star savior would be a much easier bite, but their blood is literally boiling lava, both figuratively because of the star power quantity and literally because... yeah. kompot/k!SS2 is an interesting lil bugger.
6. LOL that's so real. they would. but stratosfear would not be surprised, scared, startled or any similar adjective - they'd be extremely endeared and even excited. that's what mason used to do! they're acting like themselves! it feels familiar and comforting! how nice is that!
bit weird that they find comfort in their lover being their sleep paralysis demon but i don't judge
7. the leaders of maytown are a bloodline of star power vampires! this might come as a surprise, but in this AU, the entire reason maytown is so close to the stars/one of the biggest religious hubs for the Star religion/just... yknow... very infused with star power is because it was made for the leaders to be able to sustain themselves. why look for star power infused people when you could just... make them, sorta?
mason hates this. this is maybe the only mason in the world that hates his town. he also hates his existence and his family for perpetrating it but he's no better so what's the point. by the time AF1 rolls around, his parents are both dead Anyway so who cares. who cares. he was born a literal predator and he just has to deal with it until he finally gets the courage to... not
8. nope! none of the stereotypical vampire mythology applies here, besides their sharp teeth and the fact they consume blood. actually, being in the sun is good for star power vampires. it's a star!
they have their own set of funky little rules they have to obey, and myths about how they started existing, but that's all extra
also, star power vampires can't... really make thralls... but maybe i'll change that? because it sounds like fun? maybe there is some rare exception, some sort of terrible coincidence that results in possibly the worst thing mason/anshine could ever imagine doing to someone?
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ok that's all i've got for now let me know what you think smiles!!!!
(stars above Iâm so sorry for accidentally misgendering them the entire time đ„Č)
There are many things I want to say in regards to this information, but I donât think amount of words will ever accurately portray my emotions about this. That being said, the second best thing I can say however is: âIâM GOING TO GET YOU, KOMPOT.â
ooh that makes a lot of sense! Star powered blood
the fact that Cyalmâs first instinct whenever a Point doesnât like being fed off of is âoh well, time to pointify another poor bloke so that I can feed the accidental freak of biology AND star power that Iâve made!â is both funny and extremely terrifying because that is exactly the type of thing theyâd do with their non-existent âethicsâ. Also the fact that everyone has to sit down have a whole meeting on âalright, whoâs going to be scheduled on which day to feed themâ is amazing⊠yet do they (referring to An) feel bad about inconveniencing everyone like this (letâs be real the answer is probably yes)
they all found out at different rates and times! Again I really like this detail cause I think by having the all have different time frames of finding out it does highlight everyoneâs individual traits and personalities. Like all the different methods (ratting it out, having reservations and being proven right, or just not knowing entirely until youâre directly told) all tell you something about the corresponding Point!!
YAY!!! Oh stratos being a persistent little sod and managing to convince them into it đ„č a decision that they both end up enjoying cause yknow An gets to feed off of someone whoâs doing this because of genuine love and care. And stratos gets to have their SS1 fantasies which hey I wonât judge good for them!!
STRATOSFEAR YOU FREAK. On an actual note that actually⊠really sweet? yes we donât judge that their spouse is effectively a sleep paralysis demon love is love
again: âYOU BASTARD. WHY ARE YOU HURTING ME IN THIS WAY? DO YOU DERIVE JOY OUT OF MY SUFFERING? WHY. WHYY-â
stars above the image of them curled up in the sun like a cat next to a window on a sunny afternoon awwww⊠and NO WE HAVE SUFFERED ENOUGH. (jk do whatever you want, itâs YOUR storyline afterall!!)
also bonus question, does blood taste different or does it taste like⊠blood. If it does taste different is there a difference from Point to Point?
WAHH I'M GONNA BE FUCKING GOTTT NOOOO I'm notsorry for torturing anshine and mason you don't even know the half of what i've done to them. smiles
i'm so overjoyed you like my AU i'm super averse to sharing my writing because i generally understand it's Not up to par but NOTHING makes me happier than people liking my silly headcanons and worldbuilding... WAH
as for le bonus questions!
9. yes of COURSE anshine feels bad. you know it!
mason was pretty badly eating disordered even before he became a point, but now there's a gaggle of GODLY QUEERS that are keeping track of their eating and making sure they're not running on 5% fuel all the time?!?!? what a waste of time, they should be doing something productive, like NOT caring for and feeding a predator!! (anshine voice)
10a. blood tastes like blood. it's not very good. but you grow used to it quickly if you've been drinking it since you were a little baba. also, star power tastes(?) good, so it negates that somewhat! raw, non-star-power-infused blood tastes like crap to mason
10b. i have accidentally forgotten to clear up a misunderstanding! points don't actually have blood. anshine directly siphons the star power out of their body (which is made of what we call star glass or point glass entirely)
star power is yummy and delicious, metaphorically! if siphoned out without warning, it tastes like... good. there isn't an exact flavor to it. it just feels good to consume because it literally heals you.
if the points are providing star power to anshine, like, planned, they can choose to flavor it. compale started doing it in the hopes of getting anshine to enjoy eating more (so they do it more often and put up less of a fight) and it sorta worked?
im scared to know the half or even quarter of what you do to them. But on a lighter note YAY I get it as well cause nothing feels better than someone taking interest in your own little storylines that, even if halfbaked or is still yeast, is still a storyline that YOU can be proud of creating and sharing with others!!
GAGGLE OF GODLY QUEERS IS A COMBINATION OF WORDS I NEVER THOUGHT ID SEE TOGETHER BUT NOW I HAVE. AND ITS SENDING ME you have no clue how hard i laughed when I saw that.
ânow there's a gaggle of GODLY QUEERS that are keeping track of their eating and making sure they're not running on 5% fuel all the time?!?!? what a waste of time, they should be doing something productive, like NOT caring for and feeding a predator!! (anshine voice)â
(smiles at you like im definitely not about to get you again)
also how do the points flavour the âbloodâ/star power for them? (Star power as âbloodâ in the Points is a very interesting concept to me)
+one last (haha no it probably isnât the last by a long shot) question, being how does the vampiric body process normal human food (does it give them no energy at all, or like any weird positive/negative effects)?
m actually pretty curious regarding how the AFvamp AU would have gone. Like assuming the timeloop broke because SS1 told Mason about everything, would Anshine still have vampiric traits and/or impulses due to the nature of his pre-point self? And if so how would the other Points have seen them for it (or did some of them even know. I feel like your mason/anshine is the type to hide stuff to not worry others)
and after the events of AF2 did him and stratos go back to doing the âvoluntary feedingâ thing like they did back when they were still Mason and SS1
-doe
vamp!mason mentioned!! thank you so much for asking about this AU i love to talk about my AF AUs even if there are only 3 of them hehe
long post warning!
AF vamp AU actually centers itself around AF1, largely before the timeloop even begins.
due to a lot of like scientific stuff regarding pointification + the lore of the first loop in K!AF2 (which my AUs are based on, just my interpretation/writing of AF as a whole) it would take a while for the loops to begin, if they ever did.
mason would then instantly sniff claud out as being weird due to their excess of star power lol! no need for ss1 to infodump!
one thing about anshine is that, due to being the first point cyalm ever made, they're very poorly made. like. there are so so many oversights, just purely biologically. in the vamp AU that issue would be exacerbated because star power vampires are not something cyalm/the red X was at all familiar with before trying to turn one into a god.
they would absolutely retain their vampirism, and it would wreck them mentally even worse than it did mason...
you're completely correct that anshine, both in this au and in K!AF2 generally, hides things to maintain a perfect image of themselves in order to not worry others! they're not good at it but they try!
being around literal star deities does numbers on their hunger. they're always craving it. it makes them feel like a monster. they have tried to feed on themselves many times and the results are pretty unpleasant
i think the other points would quickly notice something is off, especially those that knew anshine for longer, namely ixol, ulipse and shallare. it would be really hard to discern exactly what until it's too late though
i have ideas for some almost-cannibalistic outbursts they'd have around these three during the early plot, but that's still up in the air...
besides those fun little events, they wouldn't really shun anshine for it or anything. absolutely not their biggest problem when cyalm exists - anshine cannot physically drain most of them to death (shallare is an exception with solgon and ploque being the next closest to that danger)
as for stratos, i think they'd would very much want to go back to that voluntary feeding arrangement you mentioned, especially because it'd give them a sense of normalcy/gaining their old life back, but anshine would avoid it like the plague for fear of what might happen. if they accidentally hurt or stars forbid killed stratos because of their hunger...
anyway, please let me know if this answers any questions, and if there's anything else you wanna know!! this is very scatterbrained since i haven't thought it out fully, but i really love thinking about it!
what happened when he attempted to feed off himself?
Do different types of blood from different species (animals, humans, other Point) taste different and if so are there any effects (positive or negative) that come from consuming the different types of blood?
I feel like I maybe missed something BUT how did An feed himself for those 300 years?
how long did it take for everyone to find out that one of their fellow Points was a literal vampire
ANSHINE AVOIDING FEEDING OFF STRATOSFEAR YOU. YOUUU- please tell me they eventually do get to that point after the events of AF2 :( please
also the mental image of Anshine sitting up in bed and staring at a sleeping Stratosfear next to him and using all his willpower to not bite down on them whilst sounding like a starved survivor looking at a proper meal but was told they couldnât start eating is funny yet terrifying. imagine being stratos, waking up and seeing your husband making weird starvation sounds and staring at you like THAT.
again, I feel like I missed something but how did Mason end up as a vampire in the first place? Like was he born like that or was it due to getting attacked (for lack of a better word) by another vampire?
do the traditional vampire things (hating garlic, canât go under sunlight, needing to be invited, mirrors donât work, etc) apply or just not at all. Or do some of them exist/work differently while other rules donât
YYAY THANK YOU FOR LIKING MY STUFF AND ASKING SO MANY FUN QUESTION this makes me so happy!!
first off, a disclaimer - generally all my versions of the points only go by they/them! there are some exceptions but anshine isn't one of them :-3
long post warning!
áŻâ
1. it's kind of like advanced self-harm. it causes a pretty bad surge in star power, which effectively detonates in their mouth because their body can't reprocess their own star power
this surge doesn't do anything except expend what little star power they have left in them Violently
i call it self-harm because they've done it multiple times... mostly as a punishment to themselves for who knows what
2. so, the vamp AU doesn't concern itself with regular vampires. they're star power vampires! the blood of humans that don't have any star power in them is useless to them.
there are always the usual negative effect of consuming too much iron and also yk blood-transmitted diseases of course, but if it's from a human with a lot of star power those are negated because of star power's healing properties.
my doc explains star power, the Stars (the deities in this worldbuild) and pointification in great depth, but we don't have the space for that here
3. same diet as mason - maytowners. though they had to feed much more often... which was part of the reason cyalm made them their first point buddy (ixol) to go with - they were basically meant to be a feeding trough for anshine.
that didn't work out for reasons that should've been obvious (ixol is NOT okay with that) so then ulipse was made.
that also didn't work out for similar reasons (ulipse is way too cautious of being hurt (reasonably so in this case)) and then shallare was made.
that was all fine and good (because shallare is fine with that) but then they started, like, withering away because anshine was consuming too much of them without knowing. and so ulipse sucked it up a little and they shared the burden. after the other points started coming in it was just a matter of anshine getting the strength to 'come out' and scheduling whose turn to feed them is when.
4. depends on the point - some of them are pretty oblivious and wouldn't jump to conclusions, but compale and mino had their reservations about anshine from the start.
ixol knew immediately, they were "told" (memories were implanted) by cyalm. ulipse and shallare were told by ixol who ratted anshine out about it. after that ended up putting shallare in danger, they stopped telling on anshine, so the rest are variable
i won't lie i don't have an exact timeframe for this but i can make something up if it's specifically requested methinks...?
5. sure! they probably would, after a few years. i mean, all they have is time, and stratosfear won't stop insisting.
the second star savior would be a much easier bite, but their blood is literally boiling lava, both figuratively because of the star power quantity and literally because... yeah. kompot/k!SS2 is an interesting lil bugger.
6. LOL that's so real. they would. but stratosfear would not be surprised, scared, startled or any similar adjective - they'd be extremely endeared and even excited. that's what mason used to do! they're acting like themselves! it feels familiar and comforting! how nice is that!
bit weird that they find comfort in their lover being their sleep paralysis demon but i don't judge
7. the leaders of maytown are a bloodline of star power vampires! this might come as a surprise, but in this AU, the entire reason maytown is so close to the stars/one of the biggest religious hubs for the Star religion/just... yknow... very infused with star power is because it was made for the leaders to be able to sustain themselves. why look for star power infused people when you could just... make them, sorta?
mason hates this. this is maybe the only mason in the world that hates his town. he also hates his existence and his family for perpetrating it but he's no better so what's the point. by the time AF1 rolls around, his parents are both dead Anyway so who cares. who cares. he was born a literal predator and he just has to deal with it until he finally gets the courage to... not
8. nope! none of the stereotypical vampire mythology applies here, besides their sharp teeth and the fact they consume blood. actually, being in the sun is good for star power vampires. it's a star!
they have their own set of funky little rules they have to obey, and myths about how they started existing, but that's all extra
also, star power vampires can't... really make thralls... but maybe i'll change that? because it sounds like fun? maybe there is some rare exception, some sort of terrible coincidence that results in possibly the worst thing mason/anshine could ever imagine doing to someone?
áŻâ
ok that's all i've got for now let me know what you think smiles!!!!
(stars above Iâm so sorry for accidentally misgendering them the entire time đ„Č)
There are many things I want to say in regards to this information, but I donât think amount of words will ever accurately portray my emotions about this. That being said, the second best thing I can say however is: âIâM GOING TO GET YOU, KOMPOT.â
ooh that makes a lot of sense! Star powered blood
the fact that Cyalmâs first instinct whenever a Point doesnât like being fed off of is âoh well, time to pointify another poor bloke so that I can feed the accidental freak of biology AND star power that Iâve made!â is both funny and extremely terrifying because that is exactly the type of thing theyâd do with their non-existent âethicsâ. Also the fact that everyone has to sit down have a whole meeting on âalright, whoâs going to be scheduled on which day to feed themâ is amazing⊠yet do they (referring to An) feel bad about inconveniencing everyone like this (letâs be real the answer is probably yes)
they all found out at different rates and times! Again I really like this detail cause I think by having the all have different time frames of finding out it does highlight everyoneâs individual traits and personalities. Like all the different methods (ratting it out, having reservations and being proven right, or just not knowing entirely until youâre directly told) all tell you something about the corresponding Point!!
YAY!!! Oh stratos being a persistent little sod and managing to convince them into it đ„č a decision that they both end up enjoying cause yknow An gets to feed off of someone whoâs doing this because of genuine love and care. And stratos gets to have their SS1 fantasies which hey I wonât judge good for them!!
STRATOSFEAR YOU FREAK. On an actual note that actually⊠really sweet? yes we donât judge that their spouse is effectively a sleep paralysis demon love is love
again: âYOU BASTARD. WHY ARE YOU HURTING ME IN THIS WAY? DO YOU DERIVE JOY OUT OF MY SUFFERING? WHY. WHYY-â
stars above the image of them curled up in the sun like a cat next to a window on a sunny afternoon awwww⊠and NO WE HAVE SUFFERED ENOUGH. (jk do whatever you want, itâs YOUR storyline afterall!!)
also bonus question, does blood taste different or does it taste like⊠blood. If it does taste different is there a difference from Point to Point?
m actually pretty curious regarding how the AFvamp AU would have gone. Like assuming the timeloop broke because SS1 told Mason about everything, would Anshine still have vampiric traits and/or impulses due to the nature of his pre-point self? And if so how would the other Points have seen them for it (or did some of them even know. I feel like your mason/anshine is the type to hide stuff to not worry others)
and after the events of AF2 did him and stratos go back to doing the âvoluntary feedingâ thing like they did back when they were still Mason and SS1
-doe
vamp!mason mentioned!! thank you so much for asking about this AU i love to talk about my AF AUs even if there are only 3 of them hehe
long post warning!
AF vamp AU actually centers itself around AF1, largely before the timeloop even begins.
due to a lot of like scientific stuff regarding pointification + the lore of the first loop in K!AF2 (which my AUs are based on, just my interpretation/writing of AF as a whole) it would take a while for the loops to begin, if they ever did.
mason would then instantly sniff claud out as being weird due to their excess of star power lol! no need for ss1 to infodump!
one thing about anshine is that, due to being the first point cyalm ever made, they're very poorly made. like. there are so so many oversights, just purely biologically. in the vamp AU that issue would be exacerbated because star power vampires are not something cyalm/the red X was at all familiar with before trying to turn one into a god.
they would absolutely retain their vampirism, and it would wreck them mentally even worse than it did mason...
you're completely correct that anshine, both in this au and in K!AF2 generally, hides things to maintain a perfect image of themselves in order to not worry others! they're not good at it but they try!
being around literal star deities does numbers on their hunger. they're always craving it. it makes them feel like a monster. they have tried to feed on themselves many times and the results are pretty unpleasant
i think the other points would quickly notice something is off, especially those that knew anshine for longer, namely ixol, ulipse and shallare. it would be really hard to discern exactly what until it's too late though
i have ideas for some almost-cannibalistic outbursts they'd have around these three during the early plot, but that's still up in the air...
besides those fun little events, they wouldn't really shun anshine for it or anything. absolutely not their biggest problem when cyalm exists - anshine cannot physically drain most of them to death (shallare is an exception with solgon and ploque being the next closest to that danger)
as for stratos, i think they'd would very much want to go back to that voluntary feeding arrangement you mentioned, especially because it'd give them a sense of normalcy/gaining their old life back, but anshine would avoid it like the plague for fear of what might happen. if they accidentally hurt or stars forbid killed stratos because of their hunger...
anyway, please let me know if this answers any questions, and if there's anything else you wanna know!! this is very scatterbrained since i haven't thought it out fully, but i really love thinking about it!
what happened when he attempted to feed off himself?
Do different types of blood from different species (animals, humans, other Point) taste different and if so are there any effects (positive or negative) that come from consuming the different types of blood?
I feel like I maybe missed something BUT how did An feed himself for those 300 years?
how long did it take for everyone to find out that one of their fellow Points was a literal vampire
ANSHINE AVOIDING FEEDING OFF STRATOSFEAR YOU. YOUUU- please tell me they eventually do get to that point after the events of AF2 :( please
also the mental image of Anshine sitting up in bed and staring at a sleeping Stratosfear next to him and using all his willpower to not bite down on them whilst sounding like a starved survivor looking at a proper meal but was told they couldnât start eating is funny yet terrifying. imagine being stratos, waking up and seeing your husband making weird starvation sounds and staring at you like THAT.
again, I feel like I missed something but how did Mason end up as a vampire in the first place? Like was he born like that or was it due to getting attacked (for lack of a better word) by another vampire?
do the traditional vampire things (hating garlic, canât go under sunlight, needing to be invited, mirrors donât work, etc) apply or just not at all. Or do some of them exist/work differently while other rules donât
there is a proper document for this thing in progress, Iâm just choosing to keep it private until Acts 1 and 2, The Overall Timeline, and individual character âpagesâ are done.
but if people are interested I donât mind sharing stuff early since the doc is just for it to be all in one place! Itâll mostly be just through posts like these or asks.
still thinking about the tea party scene from right before W10 happens.
(thoughts underneath the cut because spoilers for W10 + a bit of stuff before it that happens in Sky Emporium. I know this game is old as heck but still)
I mean yeah it does play its role in the story being a nice way to reintroduce stratos back into the plot + foreshadow the whole red x thing but from SS2âs standpoint imagine how bizarre it was.
like one second youâre watching a Point try to kill another Point and then all of a sudden the Point who nearly blasted with a distortion beam teleports you and another Point to a tea party? And the âbig badâ from the past 300 years is sitting there?? AND CYALMâS OFFERING HIN TEA AND NOW BOTH STRATOS AND ANSHINE ARE BOTH PANICKING FOR ENTIRELY DIFFERENT REASONS.
and then reality straight up shatters on you. (and then you go fight god.)
Another thing that stands out to me is the music used. Why the song Know That Youâre Mine specifically? (would enjoy to hear peopleâs opinions on this!)
though I do like one line in particular being: âThe sky turns from blue to an orange to blackâ since the Points present at the tea party are, well,
(Image credit: screenshotted from one of Guy Monochromeâs AF2 videos)
blue, orange and black :)
+a personal HC from me that stratos was the one who was singing/humming the song at the tea party itself.
i don't think there's anything wrong with making something of your own when its based on or even just inspired by a piece of media with a problematic creator. youre not e1 nor are you directly funding e1. at most, you'd be bringing more eyes on adventure forward, but doing so does not benefit e1 in any way. in short, i think its fine
thanks for your input on the situation. The Astronomerâs Gaze has moved into doing minor rewrite so far but other than that, yea
to the 5.7 remaining Adventure Forward fans on this platform:
âŠWhat is the generallay ethical standpoint when it comes to basing something off a game like Adventure Forward which has such a problematic history?
Because recently I started work on an independent story called The Astronomerâs Gaze, to which many of its aspects like certain important world building elements are based off Adventure Forward. Now at the time where I first stumbled upon Adventure Forward (literally two weeks ago), I didnât know anything about it others than âokay itâs an old game that no one plays anymoreâ. However, upon doing some research and learning about the gameâs VERY turbulent and downright problematic history, especially revolving around the creator and how many people were affected by the actions of the creator, im left wondering if I should keep the current plotline of TAG or change all the parts of TAG that are based off of AF.
A general overview of what In TAG is based off AF is:
- the premise for some designs (ie: immortal beings having a symbol for their face + the concept of the symbol being able to break)
-important events tied to the lore (someone gets falsely imprisoned for no reason for a ridiculously long time)
-some character aspects (tutorial guy who ends up being the villain, guy who was set up to be the big bad is actually your ally, etc)
-major locations (Acts 1 and 2 of TAG take place in a small town + magic deity place in the sky respectively, and AF1 and 2 take place in Maytown and the Sky Emporium)
Heck three of TAGâs characters have aspects of their design and major events be parodied off their inspirations in AF.
However, the characters of TAG are all their own characters with an independent personality, worldbuilding, and overall the style of TAG is planned to be different from AF. But seeing how much the situation behind AF has hurt and traumatised so many really makes me feel bad for making TAG a loose recreation/reimagining/remix of AF and I fear that TAGâs lore and worldbuilding are too similar to AFâs despite efforts to change some details. And if I were to change those details even more or entirely then the whole plotline would fall apart :(
Of course there will be disclaimers that TAG inevitably started because of me discovering AF and starting work on TAG without knowing what happened with AF so that those who were affected can choose to not touch TAG in the first place if they choose to do so, but I honestly donât know what should be done
