So, in World of Light will Aku meet HIM? I'd like to see these two shapeshifting masters of darkness intereact.
And what are the Odin, Rama and Ra doing after Aku's end? Are they aware of HIM's existence?
It's coming sooner than you think.
In World of Light, Him is an embodiment of human Hate, which is what "Pure Evil" in SJ/PPG is referring to-- the force of hatred itself, NOT Aku. Aku is basically a vessel, someone who listens to the "human hate" as his conscience. He comes to embody the spirit of this force because of how closely he follows it.
After Aku's death there sure was a lot of RED SMOKE. What if it lingered in the area for hundreds of years, waiting for its powerful host to be resurrected again?
As for the three gods... they have wives, don't they? 😏 And as higher entities none of them are permitted to interfere EXCEPT FOR giving gifts (the sword)
You have some songs dedicated to My Little Pony (Spitfire, Console Ponies). Would you consider yourself a brony? An ex-brony? And if I may ask: what do you think of MordeTwi?
I was in the MLP fandom back in, like, 2012-'16. I wanted to leave the fandom by 2014 (that's partially why I made Eris), but decided to gradually phase out the pony content to not attract drama (a lot of fandom artists were getting into "leaving the fandom" drama back then).
I avoid the fandom these days. Drawing random fan art and creating my own characters from scratch has been far more rewarding.
I just wanna say I very much like your headcanons. Appreciate your insights and how you extract a lot of information out of short monster descripitions and crumbs of dialogue and small details on the models.
Although I still haven't gotten around reading the older ones, so I ask: ever written about the Dark Engine?
Thank you so much!! It’s definitely a lot of fun to work on these and explore some in-depth ideas for the game’s lore. :) If you want an easier way to see the older posts, I’ve created a masterpost to categorize them.
I’ll put some ideas on the Dark Engine below the cut:
Once Fuse found out that Earth could actually fight back against fusion matter using imaginary energy (IE), while he was still confident that he'd win in the end, he knew he'd have to work a little harder for that victory. The creation of the Dark Engine was one method to further his advantage. It serves as a biotechnological weapon, a "giant, mechanical terrafuser" that pumps out more fusion matter than a normal terrafuser can naturally. It also can emit large amounts of fusion matter in a gaseous form, as evidenced by the haze that surrounds the machine.
While Fuse has had to experiment with tactics in past conquests, such as using fusion seedlings and soil contaminants to damage things like nanotechnology, IE is something that he's rarely faced before that does actually scare him: With it, humans can not only stop the spread of fusion matter, but destroy it. There have been rare cases where he's had to give up on taking over certain planets, but those were stalemates. Prior to reaching Earth, he's never faced someone who can genuinely fight back. As a result, the Dark Engine is pretty new technology. We see this evidenced in the fact that, in later missions of the game, the Dark Engine is still said to be in mid-construction. For all the advantages he has at his disposal, Fuse was not ready to make this machine at the start of the war.
Nevertheless, there are a couple reasons why the construction has gone so swifty. First off is simply the location: Steam Alley is a place that focuses on industrialization, close to energy plants, the ever-innovative Tech Square, and the massive spaceport that is Offworld Plaza. There's also plenty of heavy equipment nearby, like those left behind from the construction of Morbucks Towers. Secondly is the sheer number of fusions with technological know-how that can work on the project. Fuse's army has everything they need available to them and the genius to put those things to use.
Like when we talked about fusion spawns, it’s not a terrafuser alone that causes the spread of fusion matter. Even one with mechanical enhancements like the Dark Engine is still stationary, requiring monsters to spread fusion matter at a rapid pace across a wide area and help defend itself. The mission “Dark Engine Days (Part 1 of 4)” supports this by requiring us to stop fusion monsters in order to slow construction efforts. Attention on enemy combatants means less focus on ensuring that the Dark Engine is running properly--better yet, this constant string of attacks can damage the machine. Sadly, this also means that it is heavily guarded at all times. Fusion Hoss Delgado is one of the biggest threats there.
The most looming threat though isn’t the monsters or any fusion, but rather the fusion matter gas. Concentrated amounts of it pollute the air and, without the right equipment or a nano with the antidote ability, the body is pretty much guaranteed to be infected by it even though the effects won’t be immediate. We see this potential danger covered in the “Dark Engine Days” and “Bet on Ben” mission arcs. Outside, you might be able to withstand the gas, but inside, you’re practically swimming in a poisonous smog.
The “Don’t Fear the Reaper” arc reveals that Fuse had every intention of building yet another Dark Engine that would “stretch from Morbucks Towers to the beach.” Fortunately, we players are able to put a stop to it by getting rid of gooby traps and stealing the blueprints; however, it is extremely concerning that Fuse is confident enough to attempt to create a Dark Engine on such a massive scale. The one is Steam Alley is already huge and causes enough problems. Another covering that much more ground could spell doom for Earth.
You are a person I consider to be a specialist in Akuology and its related subjects. How are you that knowledgeable? I mean, you really are knowledgeable.
Do you keep notes about SJ and tiny stuff that most people forget, watched it enough to remember it all or each time need arises you go down the online rabbit hole in search of facts to gush and discuss about blorbo?
Can you quote non-meme dialogue?
>Do you keep notes about tiny stuff
Yes.
>Watched it enough to remember it all
YES I have gone frame by frame through Aku's scenes as well
>Go down the online rabbit hole
I google "aku samurai jack" and search on every platform all the time, at least once a day
>Can you quote non-meme dialogue?
Yes, I made a guide for what your favorite Aku quote says about you on the end of this post. Mako's inflections live in my head rent free
>Why and how all this?
GRRREAT and POUWAFUL AUTISMM which threaded the image of Akuuu into the fabric of my SOUL
You play visual novels from other indie devs? Any you recommend?
If you're looking for western VN indie devs, I'm not the most experienced. Highway Blossoms was decent. I've been planning to get A Summer’s End at some point. Beyond that, I don't know much.
I have difficulty finding western VNs that interest me despite making them myself. From talking with other indie devs, it seems to me that many western devs don't have much experience with the genre and view VNs as a low effort alternative to more "serious" forms of game development. This is especially the case for ero gamedevs.
I typically like to play Japanese visual novels, but true indie/doujin works can be somewhat hard to find in English. Of those, I can recommend MUSICUS! and the first few A Kiss For The Petals games (I need to get back to them) . I also have a soft spot for older simulation VNs like Koisuru Oukoku and Princess Maker. The latter is the reason I still stubbornly intend to make a catgirl raising sim.
Recently, I've been going through the original Tsukihime. It's fun.
So, if we follow the theory of PPGs being Aku juice, are the Prehistoric Girls and Steampuff Girls also related to him? Are they coincidences made out of another empowering material?
The Prehistoric Puff Girls don't have superpowers. They even pre-date Aku. It's likely just a coincidence and we don't know what they were made of. Although Primal did give us the MONKEY FIGHT CLUB BLACK STUFF LOL!!!!!
The Steamypuff Girls were made of different ingredients with coal being the extra ingredient, and they also have no powers; Their powers come from steam engines. Mojo also seems completely unrelated there which makes no sense. Honestly it watches like a PPG2016 episode.
If we're using those episodes in the headcanon [I usually don't] then my explanation is that the forces of fate were trying to recreate the "pattern" of Aku and the Girls, but the stars never aligned to bring the proper materials together until the Powerpuffs.
The Emperor and/or Jack and their reincarnations+descendants are always going to be the stewards of Aku in whatever form he incarnates. If you want to use the alternate generation PPGs then you could argue that the girls are three spirits continuously incarnated to protect people, and in their latest form as the Powerpuffs they are bonded to Aku because he is their essence.
BUT for my general purposes they are a single consciousness divided into threes, the single consciousness of course being Aku's. Similarities to the one-offs are basically coincidental
