My awesome Defernull lore takes (mostly images) will come out in bursts, I don't want it to start feeling like a chore, so doing it this way feels a bit better to me.
I WON'T HAVE STRUCTURE HERE, BEAR WITH ME.
ALRIGHT WITH THAT BEING SAID. I'M JUST GOING TO PASTE DRAWINGS AND MY THOUGHTS.
Did you know? Defernull spamton has TWO hairstyles?
One for trying to keep up the facade that he's on the good side ! The other for when...oh that's just him.
I imagine when he starts losing his patience when upholding his NICE GUY act strands of his hair starts to comically become undone.
Some drawings of how I imagine he generally carries himself.
" I SEE THAT [WEAR & TEAR] IN YOUR EYES H0TSH0T!! YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO BE [[ ]]"
imagine a reallllyy long pause between the brackets, afterwards he'd burst out in laughter.
HE BELIEVES IN YOU !! HE KNOWS THERE'S GREATER THINGS FOR YOU!! JUST LIKE HE THINKS THERE'S GREATER THINGS FOR HIM!!! IT'S DESTINED!! OR AT LEAST HE BELIEVES HE'S DESTINED !!
( **YES** SPAMTON WOULD STILL YEARN FOR THAT SWEET SWEET FREEDOM. THAT WILL NOT CHANGE LOL. )
him being persistent idk
I thought about how his car dump shop would look like and this is the general idea, his phone would be white instead of black.
I also think it wouldn't have a number pad. Maybe sometimes when he hits a low he thinks there are numbers and starts pressing them.
I think down the line of doing his Odd Jobs, the act just drops entirely.
Like his laughing would just become more and more frequent,
JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW I AM A VISUALS KINDA GUY....IF YOU NEED ME TO DIVE DEEPER PLEASE SEND ME AN ASK !!! IT HELPS ME !!!
I really am just sending this to form some kind of foundation of what kind of character I envision him for this AU..
okay last one.
I'll let ya'll know if I come back to add more descriptions later. I rushed this a little because I GOTTA GO SOMEWHERE.
Defernull is brand spanking new and is an AU based off of an unfinished game. So things Will Most Likely change, whether it be tomorrow or when the new chapter comes out. Who knows.
I’m not going to lie, it’s going to be a little difficult for me to describe Tenna and Spamton’s characterizations in Defernull along with their situationship without it being a word vomit. Like all of this is purely me spitballing.
I'm currently only using MTT as a foundation for these two in terms to overarching themes. Once I renew the UF MTT design I'll come back to explaining this.
KEEP IN MIND, SOME OF THIS COULD CHANGE. THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE ANALYSIS, CONSIDER THIS A FIRST DRAFT. GO EASY ON ME!!!!!
SPAMTON
Spamton is harder to get a grasp on purely because of not knowing what his overarching role is in Deltarune.
Anyway, I picture Spamton as some "cleaned up" Conman who says he's not the same guy he was before, but really he's just saying that so you'd let your guard down. He acts invested and overly ecstatic to try and earn one's trust, despite having full intention of betraying them to get what he wants. Maybe he uses mirroring as a way to get what he wants too? The odds are in your favor, he's here to help you !!! (YOU SCRATCH HIS BACK HE'LL STAB YOURS!!!)
This song by musician neutrina really helped me figure him out more because of the title itself, WANT WHATCHA NEED? YOU GOTTA JUST TAKE IT.
IMO THAT'S EXACTLY what it is, that line I feel is how DN Spamton would carry himself throughout possibly every era. Also, probably a line he would've said to Tenna during the time they spent together.
Which I think would've put Tenna off at some point.
It goes without saying that Spamton really deep dove into the madness, almost like an addiction. Maybe he thought he was a bit invincible during his big shot era. Really basking in his success.
Also, he definitely lives in his car at the dump. A thank you and Credit to Milkaroos for that genius idea.
TENNA
I want to say instead of being afraid of being abandoned/not liking change like DR Tenna,
DN Tenna’s problem would be more so that maybe he’s a bit apathetic. He’s comfortable with how things are because he worked hard to keep it all together despite losing himself (The Apathy) practically becoming desensitized in a way?
He’s probably not happy, but he’s comfortable. This is what he wanted, right? Type of deal.
He can front like no one's ever fronted before. He's serious, he means business, and You will trust that he's always right.
His thinly veiled anger management issues...(idk where to put this)
I think the deal with him too is that he'd 180 from who he initially was (that being closer to his DR counterpart), which is where the whole "losing oneself" comes from. He'd use tactics he originally didn't want to use or believe in using. But then forced himself to use.
Tactics including the Hypnosis Channel, Subliminal Messages, fearmongering, Twisting the narrative. (JUST LIKE REAL TV, BABY!!!)
I might even go on a whim and say these tactics might be some that Spamton might've brought up to him before their eventual separation.
I believe both Spamton and Tenna influenced each other in different points of their lives..? Tenna rejecting Spamton's initial ideas, but then eventually falling into the same habits/mindset as Spamton in order to stay relevant and "Successful".
THEIR RELATIONSHIP (A HEAVY WIP)
I think here it would be more prominent, I’m trying to mirror Underfell’s Alphyne already dating and getting engaged at the end of the trust/closure routes. IN A WAY. So bear with me.
One of those - they kind of know they’re together, but don’t really outright make it “official” deals. At first, it definitely was just business, Tenna wanting to know his secret, Spamton riding off of Tenna's already present significance and stardom. One thing led to another etc etc etc. CLOSE, but not TOO close. Definitely no I love You's being said here. Maybe one of them thought about it? Who knows.
All I've gathered so far is that the two were definitely a bit closer than their DR counterparts here.
AT SOME POINT, Spamton becomes more and more addicted to the madness.
Tenna definitely witnesses him going off the deep end in real time, it gets to a point where Tenna tries to break off their "Private Business" aka their unspoken relationship, thinking that maybe that would give him a reality check. Obviously it doesn't.
They both convinced themselves it wasn't anything special.
I want to say after Tenna broke it off, they both revert to pursuing their initial goals. Trying to get secrets, life advice, bigger from each other. It's a little messy, idk.
Instead of Tenna sweet-talking Spamton to let him in on his secret, Tenna would've probably given him an ultimatum? Another shot? I'm still figuring this out, but Spamton would still leave. Without a word.
Which forces Tenna into a last resort, using the hypnosis channel on Asgore to get better signal. (The new Rabbit Ears) Which is where his whole 180 would come in.
Random: Instead of "tropic of love" island for Defernull I think there'd be something called "LAST RESORT" because that's basically what Tenna would've come to, a last resort. Lawl.
Annnyywayyy That's ALL I got so far, my word vomit.
THIS IS NOT ALL OF MY THOUGHTS.. THERE IS SOOOO MUCH MORE...THIS IS JUST ENOUGH TO AT LEAST GET A BALL ROLLING.
