#blue string doodle world

[taruth3mighty]

I just had a mini lore episode and had to post it on Reddit since it was too long for Tumblr. Some Food for Mind. Long story short. The Blue Strings isn't just a way to explain why we're here. It's also like a very tragic idea of war. Forcing someone to be a soldier to protect those they care about. Because the Blue Strings essentially makes those it attached to, a soldier. Since like there was more than one vessel for the Blue Strings. The Ten Heroes. I thought about "What if there were others, what if there were children like Player, what if they didn't make it?" Since War involves lots of death and loss. Especially for the Doodle War. Safe to say shit got dark fast.

[taruth3mighty]

I have this headcanon that the Blue Strings after the Doodle War didn't just disappear But the connection between them and the heroes was severed. Like at the cost of your free will and body, you become "fearless" and know what to do in a battle. Essentially becoming a perfect soldier, yet with no thoughts or idea to think for yourself as someone else is doing that for you. Wouldn't you feel so lost and numb? I imagine that whenever the Blue Strings take full control over any person's body, they grow numb for a moment and they're in a bit of a daze. They don't at first realize they have the Blue String; it takes a while to set in that you have it. Hence, I headcanon why when we control Portia in the Oasis, she doesn't notice it since it's only for one short fight. Player essentially has to become a soldier for an up-and-coming war and that must feel terrifying. They're only a teenager, one that never even wanted to go out and do the Key Hunt yet has to deal with the burdens of having to save a whole person, then a whole island. I feel like another reason why the Blue Strings disappeared not only because the connection was severed but also because after a war is over... Why would you need a soldier? They serve no other purpose, hence why the Blue String dipped after the war, since why would you need to be "fearless" and know everything in battle if there is no important battle?

[taruth3mighty]

Imagine after we beat Somniere and everything is set and done. It's said that the Blue Strings (aka us apparently) disappear once the catastrophic event is dealt with or has passed. Such as in the Doodle War. And during cutscenes, we don't get to really control Player's body, it acts by itself, we're the camera. Imagine we get a cutscene where we see Player, as in the character itself, the camera pans to them going back home to Sketchvile and entering their home. They pause before entering the door, even turning their head as if they're about to turn around and look at us. But they don't. They enter the house and it cuts to black. (Or the camera pans to the sky before fading into like... the title.) They're free now and we're no longer needed.