#4lphaswap

[rockstarmiddy]

Shading’s kinda funking with FireAlpaca, but I tried.

Shaded, colored Roxy English, who is owned by @tacentdisease.

[rockstarmiddy]

DROPKICKS THIS SHIT ONTO TUMBLR LIKE AAAAAYYYYOOOOOO

I'M ACTUALLY REALLY PROUD OF THIS, HOLY FUCKING SHIT GIFT FOR THE MAGNIFICENT TACENTDISEASE  HE TOLD HOW A SONG I SHOWED HIM, THE HEADLESS WALTZ BY VOLTAIRE, REMINDED HIM OF JANE STRIDER AND DIRK CROCKER AND I WAS LIKE: I'M GONNA DRAW THIS SCENE SOONER OR LATER

AND I DID IT.

I AM SOOOO FUCKING HAPPY RIGHT NOW, AAAAAAAAAA, I HOPE YOU LIKE IT, TD. <3

[taceas]

spectre-inspecter replied to your post: Things I’ve done: Literally everything except...

I guess it may be redundant to some extent to ask, but what exactly is Relaxtier?

RELAXTIER is the 4lphaswap equivalent of Crockertier, albeit not a carbon copy. The entire thing is one big Zoolander reference. In the movie, the main character is mentally conditioned to become a fighter whenever he hears the song "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. 

So as long as Dirk Crocker is hearing that song (sporting headphones instead of a tiaratop), he becomes a brainwashed pawn of The Condescension.

(Sprite is a wip by the way.)

[taceas]

Good enough.

[taceas]

Plops all my 4LPHASWAP sprites into one post. (I can explain why Roxy's default sprite is her dreamself.)

[taceas]

Could you elaborate on Jane's personality a bit more? As in, is she very different in terms of being insensitive and commanding, or does she reflect her canon behavior, just in the AU's new context?

Nah, the only commanding fellow here is Dirk.

See, all the kids, just like the B3tas, have similar personalities to their canonical counterparts. But there are some differences due to the change in environment. For instance, Dave's a lot more naive due to his father's overprotective care (A result of chronic misfortune that descends with the meteor children), and Dirk's more tense and controlling. But at the same time, they retain a lot of aspects too! Jane and Jake still speak in that very old timey manner (Though Jane throws in random and unexpected pieces of modern slang), and Rose retains her interest in the biologically dubious.

See, in ERR0RBOUND, the only thing that changes are the locations of the meteors- not the times that they arrive. John and Jane Strider are still born on the 13th of April. And what means that Roxy and Dirk are still in the future, while Jane and Jake live with their superstar guardians in the past!

Jane Strider's a little grumpier than her canon counterpart, a tad bit less easy to befriend, and a little more insecure. See, having a famous brother kind of sucks sometimes. Particularly when you're constantly overshadowed by their greatness. The wealth is great, but the lack of privacy and identity isn't. Jane feels as though she's perpetually caught in Bro's shadow, and can't escape the title of 'Dave Strider's little sister'. She wants to grow and be her own person, to make people see her as Jane. But her brother's fame is really impeding on that in the most negative ways.

So as a result, she's become insecure in her relationships. Who likes her for who she is? Who only likes her to get to her brother? Who sees her as Jane, and who sees her as an accessory to a franchise? Does anyone like her for who she is on the inside? Or are they only interested in that awful surname of hers?

It's this that causes her to sometimes refer to herself as Jane Doe, the name used for a woman whose identity is unknown.

Her title of the Page of Blood is supposed to be ironic on the surface. Her relationship with her brother is shitty, and she has trouble making friends. Yet her title pins her as someone with 'unrealised potential in relationships'. It seems stupid on the top. But her character development involves her realising that it wasn't her brother's fault that she'd been overshadowed. It was the public that didn't let her grow. And she finally understands that her friends truly do love her for who she is. 

It's this forgiveness that actually leads her to realising her full potential, and fulfilling her role as the Page of Blood.

TL;DR: TD is bad at expositions in the morning, and Jane's a grumpy and insecure sweetheart who just wants to spread her wings.

[taceas]

I don't know how many panels I've drawn by now, but it's probably way too many on the story, and not enough on the flash. Whoops.

So I took a break because I feel kind of like garbage to stick a dumb nerd in his dumb god tier. Just like how the Betas switch their aspects and gain new titles, the Alphas cycle their titles and gain new aspects. Ergo, Rogue of Doom Dirk, and Page of Blood Jane who I may be doing next.

By may, I mean her sprite's open right now on SAI and I'm crying at how terrible the Page sprite looks.

[taceas]

Honestly, I don't give the 4LPHASWAP timeline NEARLY as much love as it deserves.

I could babble about it for days, and I love every part of it. From vengeful Jane Strider, to Derse-raised Roxy English, to RELAXTIER Dirk Crocker.

I love them all, and I need to world build them more.