THANK YOU SO MUCH TO VELVETSTRINGS FOR ALLOWING ME TO USE THE DESIGNS HE MADE FOR THEM!!!
AS WELL AS FOR TALKING TO ME ABOUT THEM AND FIGURING OUT THEIR PERSONALITIES FOR THE AU...!!!
Months ago I saw this design she made for small mike and I asked if it was possible to use it for Defernull, because it was just so perfect. Velvet is a genius.
Once again a BIG thank you and Credit to Velvet Strings for the Mike Trio Designs and descriptions! His Tumblr and Twitter !
Also please check out her FAQ for the designs !
OKAY YAY THANK YOU FOR THE PATIENCE... I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL
HERE'S THE INFO ABOUT THEM BELOW !!!
GENERAL INFO ABOUT MIKE TRIO
All the Mikes act more-so as bodyguards with different roles to uplift Tenna.
SMALL MIKE/BATTAT
KEY POINTS:
-Elusive "Co-host" and spy for Mr.Tenna, does all of the surveillance around TV world as well as gathering intel on the Dreemurrs for Tenna's benefit.
-Dynamic with Mr. Tenna is somewhat flipped from the canon counterpart, Battat has a bit more leverage over him here. Though this dynamic wouldn't be outwardly admitted by Tenna, leaving it unspoken.
-Compared to his canon counterpart he is less concerned about only finding out who the real "Mike" is and is more concerned with uncovering Mr. Tenna's personal business. Which includes his past regarding Spamton. Becoming obsessed with finding out what had caused Mr.Tenna to change in the first place. Documenting everything.
-Helps to journal and create sensationalist headlines for Tenna.
GENERAL PERSONALITY:
-Smug, vain, overconfident, somewhat superficial. Deeply juxtaposed to canon Battat, he assumes he knows everything and knows it best, especially when itâs about Mr. Tenna.
-Due to being around and monitorting Mr. Tenna so much, Tenna's traits have somewhat naturally ârubbed offâ on Battat. Especially in times of stress Battat tends to mimic his behaviors.
-He feels entitled about Tenna, wanting Tenna all to himself (like canon Battat) and is technically successful in doing so (unlike canon Battat) but at the cost of a skewed dynamic.
-Somewhat mirroring Mr. Tenna's loss of identity, he's lost himself in the entire Mike facade and has lost himself by being so absorbed with Tenna's past.
-Generally a bad influence on Tenna alongside Ramb (enabling the changes that caused Tenna to lose himself in the first place and spiral down into isolation as well as the tactics he uses to keep eyes on himself).
-No better than the fanatic Pippins, he's taken the concept to the extreme.
-Is still an emotional rock to Tenna here and heavily relied upon, deeply trusted by Tenna for better or for worse considering all of the past info he has kept on Tenna unbeknownst to him.
CAT MIKE/PLUEY
(Shadow Guy Design by Velvet)
KEY POINTS:
-Mike Trio's costume designer, Mr. Tenna's personal tailor, and stylist.
-Designed the Mike costumes and Tenna's "new" outfit (the current one he wears after giving into Rambâs suggestions). Most trusted Mike he often goes to for (literally) keeping up appearances.
-Probably the most similar to his canon counterpart out of the three Mikes, mostly here for fun, enjoying the promotion from costume designer to Tennaâs personal stylist that he gets in this role.
GENERAL PERSONALITY:
-A bit more bold and "forward" in comparison to his canon counterpart's laid back and reserved attitude. Doesn't keep to himself as much and moreso nosy.
-He gets along incredibly well with Battat, unlike canon they're much more tightly knit due to their similar personalities. Especially since Pluey doesn't actually want to be personally involved with Tenna's feelings and emotional needs, allowing Battat to fully monopolize it.
(This in no way stops Tenna from still finding him cute, which Pluey is flattered by.)
-The Mike that Battat considers the most helpful in terms of gathering information and just knowing what others are saying about him.
COWBOY MIKE/JONGLER
(Zapper Design by Velvet)
KEY POINTS:
-The Mike who takes their role as bodyguard seriously.
-Although they're not versed at the whole gathering intel or reconnaissance like Battat is, they make sure to keep everything in physical order, ensuring Mr. Tenna's Safety and Privacy.
-Because of their clashing roles, intent, and personalities- Battat and Jongler do not get along well. Jongler was under the impression that the Mikes were here to aid Tenna, they werenât really prepared for Battat spiraling into uncovering Tennaâs past and trying to co-host the whole show alongside him.
-Leaning more into an "Outlaw" Persona, theyâre more imposing here and a little less âairheadedâ than canon Jongler.
GENERAL PERSONALITY:
-More quiet and reserved compared to their canon counterpart.
Willingly refuses to listen to Battat's commands, sometimes going out of their way to do the complete opposite. (Thinking of the bit in the actual Mike battle)
-For this reason, they have the better sense of humor of the three.
-The only Mike who feels a bit guilty about the vice grip that Battat and the idea of "Mike" in general has over Mr.Tenna. Feeling especially bad about the whole ruse, including Battat knowing and digging though Mr.Tenna's past and secrets.
-For this reason, when they're the Mike-of-the-Day they keep any new revelations they find out about Mr.Tenna secret from Battat, which can lead to arguments and infighting.
-Ultimately they are willingly still a part of the Mike Trio. They can be amiable and silly with the other two.
Because I saw a lot of confused posts by people who seem to think that the Trans Lars headcanon has sprung out of nowhere after âThe New Larsâ, when in fact this episode only further completed a picture that has been in the making for a long time. Donât believe me? Hereâs everything I could find to indicate that Lars is a trans boy, from the very beginning.
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First of all: From his looks to his mannerisms, Lars is someone who adheres to a quite strict code of hypermasculinity that is, apparently, self-imposed. If you look at his environment and at the people he associates with, it does not seem likely that he picked up that kind of behavior from direct outside influences. Sadie is totally chill and also doesnât give much of a hoot about stereotypical gendered presentation. The cool kids are also chill, and actually surprisingly in touch with their not so stereotypically male sides. Ronaldo? â Nope. Now we met his parents, and they also donât seem the type for toxic masculinity. But Lars draws the need to be perceived like that from somewhere, and if itâs not from the pressure and the standards of masculinity coming from the people around him, then where?
I mean, this is almost a caricature of âmanspreadingâ.
Sometimes â ok, pretty often â he takes it too far and comes off as simply a jerk (though I feel like I need to mention that Lars has some very real emotional issues and this is by no means all related to him being trans!), but as it always is with over-the-top behavior in a certain direction: itâs mostly just there to distance yourself from something else that you really donât want to be associated with. In Larsâ case, the way I see it, the most distance from being seen as a girl is achieved by playing up his masculinity, and as heâs still young and insecure about himself, he tends to overdo it.
In Lars and the Cool Kids, Lars takes center stage for the first time â and takes off his shirt. Some people have used this to discredit the trans theory, because his chest is flat and he doesnât have any surgery scars that we can see, but actually, I beg to differ. It is unlikely that Lars at his age would have had top surgery done anyway, but surgery is not the only possibility here. He could be on puberty blockers. He could be on T. Additionally, he could just have naturally small breasts â you know, those exist. And if you look at Larsâ build (barely discernible upper chest fat, no hip fat, skinny as a stick), it seems that he has just always had a very boyish figure anyway, no matter what gender he was assigned at birth. (EDIT: For those who donât want to discount surgery completely: there is such a things as Keyhole or Periareolar Surgery, which is perfectly suited for naturally small-breasted people and leaves little to no noticeable scarring. Thank you @papercraneâ for pointing that out!)
And looking at him in this episode, he is definitely not completely flat-chested.
A boy that skinny has no business having that much muscle/fat in his upper chest area, and yet he is consistently drawn with that slight outward curve of his chest and the line in the middle of it. You can often even see it while he has his shirt on. This is not character design happening on accident; this is very much intendend.
And I believe Lars is aware that he passes very well, but maybe not entirely upon close inspection. It doesnât seem like going around shirtless is something he is accustomed to, and his reaction when he sees the Cool Kids all undress for going swimming is the opposite of enthusiasm: shock, maybe a little bit of fear.
He then turns away to take his shirt off and visibly steels himself, taking a deep breath and a sort of âI can do thisâ-moment before turning around again, ready to face them.
EDIT: Thanks to @missthornbirds who let me put in her tags about this part:
#regarding the taking off his shirt scene LOOK AT HIS STANCE! #before he turns around to face the cool kids he makes sure to puff out his chest and get rid of the obvious curves there #to smooth them out by stretching them
which I thought was a very neat additional observation!
Then, of course, they almost get eaten alive by Roseâs moss and Lars saves the day with Steven, all the while shirtless, and by the end his initial anxiety about it seems to have all but dissipated. He even initiates Stevenâs âchest-high-fiveâ that he had been fending off before; showing, I believe, both that he has bonded with Steven and that he has become a little more confident about casual touches in that area being okay.
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