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I’ve designed almost every type of steve now that I’ve done these, so have some fun facts about the designs!!!!

Funny is a jester and gave me the hardest time with colors.

I had a design of forest before this and that one was UGLY

Ocean leader is based on a whale shark

Green steve is based on one of my irl friends :3

And Violet Leader is based off Ever After High Cupid

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You know, while brainstorming my Steve Saga designs, I realized how HORRIFYING some of the concepts are.

Like Rainbow steve? An amalgamation of several steves. Nightmare steve ABSORBED several steves. Elemental being so desperate to learn about his creation that he almost tears the world apart. Several steves that can warp the timeline and reality. Steves dying and un dying, breaking and unbreaking. AND THEN SABRE IS JUST THIS GUY AND NOT IN THE WAY THAT YOU THINK. Like he IS the forth wall, he’s actively invested in these block people. Like he’s an enigma.

This series feels more like a horror than whatever it is the more I think about it

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Welcome back to…

Axol’s analysis about Minecraft characters!!!!!!

Today I will yap about Shadow Saber (RQ ver)

So Shadow Saber or Shadow as I will be calling him, is on the surface, just an evil Saber. And yeah, that’s basically what he is.

BUT! I think that instead of looking into why Shadow did what he did, I think we should look at it from what Shadow potentially symbolizes and why he was such an important character in Sabers Character development.

So why not start at the beginning? What led to his creation, why did this have such an impact on the overall vibe?

Before we officially meet Shadow, Saber is going through a really hard time. I mean, there’s like no steves that aren’t infected by darkness. He’s watched two friends die and things are just hopeless. Saber had been able to bounce back from these bad situations, but he had Orange Steve with him, he had people he could ask for advice, but now? He’s left with practically no one.

Yes he has some steves left, but with all the things I just previously mentioned, takes a toll on Sabers mental health. It is this emotional turmoil that allows darkness slip into Sabers mind and makes him become Shadow.

Now when Saber is Shadow, he does horrendous things. He’s slaughtered many, he’s betrayed his friends. All things regular Saber would NEVER do.

But when Saber meets Shadow. It’s in his own mind. It’s just him and his own thoughts basically. Yet when Saber takes control, Shadow is still there. Like a phantom only he can see.

So why? Well besides Shadow not having a body of his own, I think that Shadows is the personification of someone’s intrusive thoughts and resentment towards the world.

Now do I think Saber intrusively wanted to kill everyone or resented everyone? No. Not at all. The darkness is overall just an evil force that in my eyes is like a parasite but that’s for another day.

Now to build on my former statement about Shadow… whenever we see Shadow, he’s constantly saying things that seemingly are meant to tear Saber down. Make him feel bad about himself. Make him hate himself.

From episode 135

But the way Shadow puts things, he doesn’t make them sound cruel. He phrases them as thoughts, reasonable thoughts. Like when watching the episode back, I had a point where I thought Shadow made a fair argument. Like when he was saying to love all is to love no one, and that when you choose to love, you pick favorites. Like he had somewhat of a valid point.

But the thing is, that’s what Shadow is trying to be. Convincing. Shadow makes fair points followed by unreasonable ones. Questions and promises that are meant to keep Saber in his mind, to break him down. To manipulate him.

Shadow says things like “…right now, your worry of the real world is gone as long as you stay here.” Promising safety and security within his mind. But even saber himself says that he doesn’t want that this place, his own mind is depressing. Now is it because of darkness being in his system? Yeah but you could also say that this is what’s been there. Something that always has followed Saber, it just hasnet been able to be acknowledged until now.

“…no wonder why the darkness takes over so quick. Everyone has this dark shadow following them huh?” Saber recognizes what Shadow is trying to do. That Shadow is just the thoughts and feelings that we don’t want to think about.

And even Shadow says it. “…no matter how much you think I’ll be gone, I’ll always be here. In the back of your head, deep in your mind. The subconscious you don’t want to think about.”

From episode 136

Even when Sabers free of his mind, Shadows there. He’s a projection, the personification of the bad in Saber. But he also acts as a guild. A guild for the Shadow Sword. Which is a concerning dynamic.

And unfortunately due to Shadows guidance, Saber becomes more reliant on the sword, it’s the ONLY reason why he’s living at the moment. And despite Sabers distrust and resentment towards Shadow, keeping the sword keeps Shadow around.

From episode 143

And even when Light offers help, but at the price of the sword being destroyed. Saber can’t bring himself to take this opportunity. He’s become reliant. And despite what Saber thinks, it’s only leading him down a path of self sabotage. Something Shadow doesn’t make better. He only amplifies his paranoia about what might happen without it.

From episode 146

And even when Time and Elemental try to help Saber and get him away from the sword since it very clearly is doing more harm than good, Saber lashes out, partly because Shaodw is saying shit like “they’re jealous of you” “they want the power to themselves” and “they are going to shun you once they take the sword”

Like till this point, Saber was pretty good with not letting Shadow influence him, but with practically no one who understands what’s happening and the reasons behind why he has the sword. It’s hard to talk to anyone else but his shadow.

From episode 147

But when Green Steve actually listens to Saber and hears him out. Shadow is VERY unhappy about it. It’s a different and reasonable perspective. I feel as if Green Steve though about from Sabers perspective. This insight is what gives Saber the strength to move forward. And ultimately put the sword deep underground. Were no one but him or light can find it.

See kids? Therapy is good for you!!!! Bad for the demons in your head tho.

Now since I don’t have much to say until close to the end of Shadows existence because he’s just evil Saber. I’ll sum up what happens and a breif analysis

So the Shadow sword is technically connected to Shadow so locking the sword deep underground is like locking Shadow away. But this definitely causes Shadow to grow more resentful. Because when he ultimately gets a body when the demon steves are around, he does betray Saber, not only because he still has the goal of the darkness in mind (darkness to take over and create some sort of nothingness.) and he also hates Saber.

This is because Shadow is his own person. To some degree. He’s Saber yes, but he has his own thoughts and feelings like anyone else.

From episode 229

Now Shadows end was something that felt bittersweet, it was good that Shadow, who was trying to bring back the darkness. But it was bitter since Shadow, who as previously mentioned, was basically his own person at this point, is being locked away in Sabers mind for all of eternity. Which can be argued that is a cruel fate. As Shadow says it, “I don’t want to be alone!” It breaks your heart a little since he’s one of the characters with proper voice acting, the emotion in his dose make you feel bad.

But I think as Saber puts it, he won’t necessarily be alone, in his mind, there’s everything. It’s acceptance. Saber accepts the dark part of himself, even if that part, resents him. Because in the end, they are the same. You can’t have light without dark.

Shadow is an important character in Sabers story and to overlook him as “haha, evil Saber” is kinda brash. Because Shadow is what represents the bad in us.

Sorry if this ending seemed rushed, Shadow is a character that I don’t have much for and also I have work that needs to be done and I don’t want this on my mind-

So I hope you enjoyed this and feel free to put your own thoughts and comments onto this!!!

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I made some steve saga designs.

Thought process time!

So Sabre is like a horror protagonist while steves are the horror creatures. That’s my idea

So rainbow is like a Frankenstein, bug, peacock thing, sewn together and kinda falling apart but trust he’s not that bad when you get to know him.

Sabre, I Headcannon that he thinks steves are like endermen so that’s why there’s the blindfold and the chicken fit is a cut up onesie since it’s hard to maintain pure white outfits. Also he has a knife instead of sword

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I love Elemental so much bro I’m not even joking

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First curse doodles since I PHYSICALLY cannot take this guys seriously

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Some 2 am headcannons since it’s been a fat minute since I’ve done one of these and I have some good ones

The First Curse is low-key kind of a freak. LET ME EXPLAIN-

Now my first reason is that it’s just super funny.

My next reason is that when we actually get to see him the first time in ep 259 he calls Green Steve and Light food and he ligit says “Back in my original time, I never saw such exquisite beings as a Light Steve”

Third, he has to touch people to curse them.

He also was stuck in a suit of armor for god knows how long

Honestly the joke writes itself I’m just the messenger.

Now one headcannon thats oddly specific to my designs is that out of all the Steve’s, the most pretty ones are ones that have something to do with nature (ex: forest, green and elemental Im not obsessed with him you are-) since nature is very beautiful and Light since lights pure and also, it’s just funny that the leader of the colorless gaurd is a pretty boy (and also this makes my previous head cannon funnier in my humble opinion)

Now moving on, I think that only some Steve’s can actually float, some examples being void, any rainbow steve that I don’t give wings (this does include reverse) and any god like steve (ex: Hypno, tfc, genesis, dream and origin)

now since I’ve given Forest and blue Steve’s wings, I won’t say they can all fly nessaraily, like yeah they can if they work hard enough but most of the time they are like Minecraft chickens and just float when falling from high places WHICH can be a good Headcannon as too why Seers fear wasnt taken seriously by other blue Steve’s since they can’t get fury by falling unless they are being idiots-

↑ TLDR if they have wings, probably can fly

Now what about of the rest of the steves who i didn’t mention? Well they use like, floating constructs of sorts? Which can explain why flying seems to drains steves energy

Best example I have in mind is Elemental using some wind power to lift a part of the ground to carry him. Like maybe indigos use water and greens use plants or something

Idk but Time. I have a funny idea for him so either he makes magical clocks to fly which boring or he uses some time fuckery to make him fly so his flying looks like he’s lagging

Now, if coleslaw was to exist in this universe, it wouldn’t be because Saber introduced the stevs to it, it would be because of yellow steves. Or colle. I mean it has cole in the name

The stronger the orange steve, the more Disney princess energy they get.

Seer was a theater kid

If you were to assign a vibe to the violet steves, it would be like the festival from Tangled. Rip violet leader you would’ve loved Tangled 😔💔

Red leader makes a point to remind M that he wants him as his apprentice (no I won’t be going into this-) (that’s for a later analysis :3)

Chestplate has tried to make armor before and he can ONLY make chestplates. Any other peice of armor he tries to make FAILS HORRIBLY

Boss/ elite leader, tired to make goggles into an elite but everyone told him that would give Goggles too much power.

Goggles could beat Goku.

Genesis made a friendship scrapbook for him and Colle that never got filled because of certain events

If origins creations were siblings (minus the chromes) The Judge would be the oldest, dream the middle and Genesis would be the youngest. And the first curse? Mega super disowned. They do not like his ass 💔

What if the reason the first curse became evil is because genesis threw stuff at him when they were younger?

Idk why we had so much tfc today but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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I have art block rn so have baby potato + his origin story!!!

So crazy violent steve scientist wants to make life so he makes a potion that can bring things to life. He accidentally spills it on a potato which is not ideal since the potion took years to make and a potato wasn’t what he wanted to bring to life.

Since I hc that there aren’t any steves under the age of like 12 due to energy stuff, taking care of babies is something that no one has had to do EVER so the voilet steve is left with a child

Also he can’t see that well and is green