Thinking about Sparkeater!Perceptor at the brink of insanity. Suicidal Perceptor because he thinks there's no other option than to offline himself to avoid eating more sparks.
Brainstorm trying desperately to talk to him, get through to him, but he could be very well talking to a empty frame, the way Perceptor gave up on even trying.
Perceptor warring every day with the mounting static to slip into oblivion, while at his very core there's still a tiny string of code, the will to fight. But it's burried beneath layers upon layers of haunting memories, of mecha he's killed and frames he's mutilated and torn apart. Images of mecha he will kill, rip the spark out of their casings and break it open to feast upon them with a delighted joy that frightened him into just watch it all happen
Basically what if Dream/Nightmare were less comprehensible than they already are. This is info about Dream and Nightmare, the others might follow at some point.
Go say thank you to @corruptinmyself for getting me to chat about my own AU again.
Nightmare / Albtraum
Concept of negativity. Identifies more closely with being an individual than a concept.
No matter how tall the (perceived) ceiling he is under is, he will appear taller.
Uses he/him pronouns & a name he chose himself.
Prefers physical over mental attacks.
His mental attack can be boiled down to mental torture. He makes his victims live through essentially their personal purgatory for as long as it takes for them to give up.
He can conjure those up without thinking about it, and they are ‘personalized’ for everyone. However, depending on how often he puts an individual through that, it’ll take him more or less time to trap their mind there. The easiest ‘rooms’ for him to summon are for the MTT, and he doesn’t have to focus on what their rooms are anymore.
His mental attack ultimately creates positivity, after allowing people to return to their own bodies and a better (but still very bad) situation (compared to his mind torture).
Can still feel positivity; usually triumph after besting Traum, or self praise; 'ill guided positivity'
Toxic negativity; Can’t take criticism against himself (from others or himself), or deal with his few emotions in a non destructive way.
Mortals are either tools or obstacles for him.
Got absolutely bodied by Traum in their first fight.
Picked up the MTT right after getting decked by Traum. He has a reason for why he picked out each member individually, but has yet to reveal those to anyone.
Only communicates by wrapping the thoughts or emotions of someone. He commands the MTT by making them feel an urge to perform an action, or rearranges their thoughts.
Does not care for casualties in his ‘army’ (brainwashed people picked out of random AUs) due to having an abundance of them in his mind. Think of it as an organized hivemind, with him as the head of the hive.
Regularly violates others boundaries; simply enjoys their discomfort.
Will cause harm for the thrill of creating it.
Feared and hated by everyone.
Naturally craves courage and being loved.
Has killed out of carelessness.
‘Protects’ the MTT from Trauma influence by including them in his hivemind to a certain extent; they are still their own people, but their thoughts are always open to Albtraum.
Dream / Traum
Concept of positivity. Identifies more closely with being a concept than an individual.
Unless blocked by an object, he will always be in your peripheral, regardless of where his physical body is. You could stand back to back with him, and he'd still be in your peripheral.
Uses any pronouns & names you assign him.
Prefers mental over physical attacks.
His mental attack can also be boiled down to mental torture. He shows his victims the best possible outcome/their personal dream, to remind them of their current misery (compared to the fantasy he conjured up for them).
Unlike Albtraums attacks, which makes people yearn to return to their actual body/reality, Traums make people yearn to stay in the blissful illusion he can weave. He avoids using it because of the whiplash it can give his victims.
His mental attack ultimately creates negativity, after forcing people to return back to their own bodies and a worse (albeit still kind of good) situation (compared to his fake paradise).
Can still feel negativity; Usually pity for others; 'ill guided positivity'
Toxic positivity; can’t focus on the current, only past and future.
Mortals are to him like cats and dogs to us.
Absolutely bodied Albtraum in their first fight.
Picked up Ink, Blue and Outer after realizing Albtraum had kidnapped a crew of his own. Since he was very transparent in his actions, he openly talks about each reason. Ink because he, too, is a concept (I’ll get to that), Blue for his physical strength and capabilities, and Outer for morale and his urge to do good.
Only communicates by talking or signing. He does not invade someone’s mind to wrap their perception (consciously).
Does not care for casualties in the AU they are fighting through, due to his belief that the AU will recover regardless. Why worry about the current damage when it could be so much worse later on?
Regularly violates others boundaries; simply has no sense of boundaries.
Will only aid harm for the thrill of relieving it.
Disliked and avoided by everyone.
Naturally craves praise and attention.
Has killed out of convenience.
‘Protects’ the Stars from Albtraums influence by purging all negative emotions from their minds when he feels Albtraum ready a mental attack.
As always, please send me asks if you want to ask a question about my AUs, I love the attention chatting bout it! /silly
