i wrote another.. deltarune thing even though i was on the fence about doing this kind of thing again. but i ended up really liking how it came out.
i see swatch as someone dedicated to their role as a darker and as queen's right hand bird, finding fulfillment in what they do, but having this hollow feeling after years of doing the same thing over and over. i've always felt that there's this underlying feeling of not truly being satisfied with their role, but any uncertainty or qualms about "the way things should be" and "everyone having a place in the world" is pushed down.
them thinking that it's not appropriate for them to be worried about their swatchlings ("My apologies. This is no time to reminisce."). the ignoring of more difficult topics until they had no choice to speak ("What? Basement? There's no basement here.", "Some even going so far as to attempt to impersonate me… In order to get the… Oh, nevermind. Macaron?"). the purposeful lack of any other expression. in an ironic way, i see the things people bring up as evidence for swatch being an asshole as evidence for another layer of depth they have being concealed.
i think ralsei and swatch mirror each other with how they're resigned to do what they must and keep the order of their respective worlds, and despite the ass dialogue for swatch in ch5, this is still true between them as of now. ralsei continuously telling flowery that he can't just do whatever he wants because things aren't supposed to be this way or another made me think of how swatch was trying to make susie conform to a certain standard to fit what they thought was appropriate.
so, overall, i interpret them as someone with the mask of a polite servant, but has an underlying frustration and pessimism for what they have to do.
in regards to this, this is why i like thinking about their relationship with spamton, because he inherently challenges their world view. nearly everything about him is what swatch can't be, small, defiant, chaotic, ambitious and doing whatever it is he wants. it's the same thing in reverse, given that spamton wants to call his own shots and get away from people controlling him while swatch must listen to the orders they're given.
i think swatch avoids talking/thinking about him because he makes them question their own values, and they can't possibly be doing that. he has to be the one that's wrong. swatch has to be the one that's morally superior to him, even though they're the one who abandoned him. with both of their collective issues, there is an opportunity for growth between these two, and it's hard for me to not get invested in such a thing when i value people improving very much.
now, i heavily dislike interpretations of swatch where they're more of an asshole because i find it boring and reductive honestly. there's little to be invested in a rigid character like that. to me, swatch has more going on than simply someone who listens to whoever's calling the shots and sees those who aren't with them as below them. i see swatch's annoyance/negativity in their in-game lines as a clear cause and effect, as well as an indicator of what i was talking about eariler. i'll copy and paste what i wrote elsewhere:
everything they've been annoyed at is fairly reasonable. this whole time, they've just been expressing their gripes at things that make sense to be bothered by. which is why i've been so eh about how people interpret that as being their primary character trait…. like what are you expecting someone to do? not talk about it?
like.. guy showing up demanding a job at your workplace making a huge mess and hitting on your co-worker? yeah go kick his ass he's being disruptive. dude wants the castle town cafe even though he has an entire bakery shaped like him already? yeah go send him back to his establishment (and swatch shows some remorse if the swatchlings aren't with them, referring to what they did as cruel). ex-friend stole that sacred thing you helped make? yeah get upset over it. having to wear something embarrassing for work? makes sense to be annoyed !
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also…. i think that when people talk shit about acid theory but still insist that swatch is a massive asshole, it's funny that they think they're so different from the people they're complaining about.
I suppose this kinda counts as an au so. In this, battat is seen as attractive by lotsa darkners, but he COMPLETELY misses the point and thinks they're either being sarcastic or threatening him. Even Tenna managed to notice...
Lately, his employees have started to dislike him quite a lot (The main reason being, well, the horrid contract they have) so after lotsa thinking, he decides to find this little guy that's been captivating everybody lately and get him to be his co-host! Ahaha whatdoyoumeanitsdefinitelynotbecausehemisses[[SOMEONE]]...
also, sorry my posts have been very inconsistent w the fandoms and when I post them. I'm just very anxious to share my art
made a bunch of sprites for several swatchton fankids on artfight! for @lionacuty, DizordLizord, @charlestheking, @zebzztown, @ne0nwithazero, and @decaffeinatedqueenfan ! (the seventh one is my own fankid)
neon why'd toby do that to swatch in chapter 5 I'm devastated 😭😭😭
Swatch died and was replaced theory 💔💔💔💔💔
But yeah fr the fact that we all made a fanon interpretation of Swatch and were left in the dark for so long only to see them turn out like this is just
It's Toby's OC first whether we like it or not, and on that account I respect his vision as I do with other headcanons! x) Does make it tough to draw my Swatch more though because I feel like I have to tell everyone that every time I draw Swatch, it's My Swatch #MySwatch
They/Them, The Shadow Crystal Holder, The Long History with Spamton, The Prototype, The one who put all of their creative endeavours away
But, genuinely speaking, one of my favourite Swatch traits that I love writing on Deltacable Swatch, just has to be their pettiness and hypocrisy haha
And I do admittedly like to see how canon Swatch reflects this hehe, like you cannot convince me Swatch would willingly put themself in a situation where they bought from Addisons let alone use their stuff x)
But at the same time I do like how it reflects the kind of hypocrisy traits I like writing on them as a Person trying to do this High Class persona, but will do things that go against this perception of themself and that they wouldn't be caught dead doing any of it hehehe
Also their Castle Town sprite is 100% kneeling, I cannot imagine that as anything else LOL I want to draw Deltacable Swatch like that
But yeah, I guess that unless we get to see an interaction with Spamton or something, I feel like they're just going to stay a side character and will get lackluster development ;w;
was so inspired by the Digital Circus finale and Jax's overall character arc, I wanted to make an animatic about it and I think this song works really well for how I see her. I hope you enjoy. Special SPECIAL thanks to trestrestres for working on the color keys for this (his website is linked in the video description)
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