#botverse

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What is botverse? What's the lore and world like? I would love to hear about it :D

Thanks for the question! Forgive me if it's a bit long, but was excited to work on it. It's come a long way, and hopefully covered everything.

Gonna put it under a read more.

Botverse takes place on the planet Urf, where robots inhabited after humans left everything behind as they migrate to a moon called Loon. Everything's left from the aftermath of global drastic enviromental changes, constant wars, and apocalyptic damage behind.

Hundreds of years passed, the abandoned robots (now self-refered to 'Bots') rebuilt many towns and buildings where they now claim home. The main goal is to restore the planet the best they can since honestly those fleshbags humans neglected their home. One's trash is another one's treasure as they say!

Now Bots live their lives as they please, many with their own beliefs, culture, society, and dreams, etc. Basically: their humanity. (Botmanity?) Many work hard to keep the gears going, as they believe that's what keeps things going in motion. (Gears are very important to them not as parts needed for some, but see it as part of life.)

Through out Urf, the biggest things underneath are 'Titans', their mechanical gods that are essentially gigantic mechs that were controlled by humans. Bots believed that they were like them, not knowing they were controlled by humans.

Bots believe in our science as 'magic'. Some believe in such things, others are superstitious or straight-up nonbelievers. The dinosaurs are known as 'dragons' to them.

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AU Redraw: Donnie

Poor guy. Witnessing Raph get “turned” (infected by Krang)

I think this is my new favourite drawing :]

Original under cut

^^ Original drawing ^^ was made in January of 2023

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You asked for questions, so: What is the first thing DJ cooked all on his own? ( Possible follow-up: what was the first think he cooked on his own that was edible?)

“Dad day.”

Tony pried open one eyelid, squinting across the bed.  “Every day is dad day, I get all the days,” he said, as a plate was plopped on the sheets next to his pillow.  “This day is no different, and what is this new, fresh hell?”

DJ blinked at him, his dark eyes peering over the edge of the bed.  “Dad day,” he repeated, holding up a fork in one tiny fist.

Tony reached for it.  “Yes, yes, we’ve been through this, what-”  He rolled over, propping himself up on an elbow.  The plate contained a single, crispy-brown waffle.  That looked very much like Steve’s shield.  “Did you make me a waffle, bratbot?”

“Waffles,” DJ said, emphasizing the s with a great deal of enthusiasm.  He hopped up and down, his grin bright and wide.  “Waffles for ALL.”

“Excellent,” Tony agreed.  He moved the plate out of the way and reached for DJ.  “That is excellent.  Jay, help me out here, what’s the over under on getting a mouthful of eggshell here?  Raw flour?”

“The mix required only water and oil, and was mixed, with a great deal of gusto, in the blender,” Jarvis said.  He sounded resigned.  

Tony paused in the act of settling DJ in his lap.  “So.  The kitchen?”

“Requires a hazmat team,” Jarvis said.  In Tony’s lap, DJ giggled, reaching for the plate.

Tony got there first.  “Great.  Thank you.  That’s going to be a problem for after breakfast, or preferably someone other than me, that would be excellent.”  He pressed a kiss to DJ’s hair.  “Thank you.  That was very nice.  That was a gesture.”

“Dad day,” DJ said firmly.  He pulled an edge from the shield, his fingertips soaked in syrup.

“Okay, first of all, Dad Day is in June, it is not June, it is January, which is the opposite of June, and if you get syrup on my sheets-”  That was as far as he got before DJ wiped his sticky fingers on the sheets, and Tony gave up.  He dug the fork into the waffle, fending DJ off with his other hand.  “And where did we get a Cap Waffle Iron?”

“Phil,” DJ proclaimed.  He leaned back, his mouth open like a baby bird, and Tony obligingly fed him a chunk of waffle.  

“Phil has a Captain America Waffle Iron,” Tony said, and DJ nodded.  “Why am I not surprised?”  Shaking his head, he cut into the waffle, stealing a bite for himself.  It was soggy with syrup and maybe a little undercooked in the middle, but he smiled down at DJ anyway.  “Thank you.”

“Waffle,” DJ proclaimed.

“Yes, waffle, and after waffle, we’re going to go see if I need to sell this building and buy another rather than attempting to clean up after you,” Tony said.  DJ considered that, his mouth pursed.  He held up two fingers.  Tony nodded.  “Fine.  Two waffles, and then we flee from your disastrous mess.”

DJ nodded.  “Fair.”

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AU Redraw: Raph

Krangified. The damage is irreversible.

Original under cut (I never finished it)

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cw: bright and flashing colours

I’m still slowly chipping away at this thing from 2023

The artstyle has changed at least 4 times…

Maybe someday I’ll get better quality audio

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Places around Urf are named after music genres. Bluegrass being the largest agricultural land taken. Rocksteady rich with wilderness goods and lumber such as Alkapine. Other confirmed areas include:

- Honkytonk

- Metal City

- Shoegaze, etc.

The naming scheme also works with music references if it tickled right, such as the vast Darude Dunes casting endless sandstorms.

This also works for digital 'realms' such as The Vaporwave and Lo-fi Realm. (excited to tweak and flesh out these ideas, tbh)

There's just plenty of places made on Urf over years.

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GRUNGE:

"Worst Place on Urf!" ✨️

Land of JUNK and RUST

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Now... with full confidence, I will have a tag for my current project known as the Botverse. Not sure how much I’ll update, but I’m slowly getting comfy sharing this lil world of quirky, skrunkly robots in a post-apocalyptic world!