#bird interface

[facw]

the bird interface, shadow player for the gamma1 crabs.

[ID: a colored digital drawing of the bird interface, an empty suit of chitinous armor with a nest in place of its head. It stands, slightly hunched, with long spiked arms that end in bird talons. algae hangs from under its shell-like shoulder pauldrons, and a pair of insubstantial yellow wings sprout from its back, ending in floating shards. it is surrounded by an assortment of birds, with some standing on its shoulders and wings, some on the ground, and others flying above and in the distance. End ID]

[facw]

bird(s) interface for the headcanon thing!

favorite thing about them: it's very fun to draw, and i love the worldbuilding potential (every link that i find between bird players and the crabs strengthens my silly hc that that the Birds of Montgomery County are their own entity that send players to the crabs to represent their agendas).

least favorite thing about them: that it was a shadow on the gamma1 crabs, so it never actually played games

favorite line: when i asked for a crab to draw, someone in the crabitat said "i'd love to see your illegal take on bird interface." so i came up with an interp and quickly became besotted with a crab that never played. like a fool.

brOTP: looking at the old half-filled gamma1 crabs sheet, i could see it spending a lot of time with clara moonberry. something about birds, cranberries, bogs, bog bodies, and robot crab armor just gel very well together? and uhhh to throw out another name i think that aza stein started out as fascinated by it and initially tried to find out how it ticked but ultimately started roping it into helping with their unethical schemes. the birds don't care about human ethics so it ends up vibing with aza a lot.

OTP: hm. don't know about this one.

nOTP: afaik nobody has shipped any iteration of the bird interface with another player, which isn't something i'm personally planning on changing any time soon?

random headcanon: it didn't have any sense of self until it joined the crabs and carcinized. most of its big actions are still dictated by the Birds, and it doesn't really feel the need to change that considering it's technically one the Birds of Montgomery County, as well. but it's a lot more able to decide the best course of action when the Birds are arguing or unable to offer input.

unpopular opinion: its lore is very tied to the concept of flock of birds!mongomery bullock, which isn't a very popular take on monty compared to actual "montgomery county possessing residents of moco"!moco, crocodile!monty, or armor!moco

song i associate with them: uhhh open six tabs of eastern bird sounds on youtube and play them simultaneously or something idk

favorite picture of them: there has been almost no art of it other than this picture which i posted earlier today, but jiggit did make a really cute clay bird interface at some point.