Character proposal: Pencil
CONTENT WARNING: This post includes depiction and discussion of abuse. It is from the perspective of an abuser. Please keep that in mind!!
IVE BEEN WANTING TO DO THOS ONE SINCE I STARTED THE BLOG !! Canon!Pencil has captured the hearts of many. Me included. Redux Pencil? We'll see!
I want to play so hard into Pencil just. Not being a good person. She can get better. Maybe. But not without ruining her relationships with everyone 😋
Loyal to her cause, a prideful leader, cliquey, assertive, and in desperate need to stay in control. You join a group with her, it will belong to her.
Professional bridge burner. She keeps finding ways to hurt the people around her.
Pencil joins BFDI with a plan-- having people on her side will further her standing in the game. If the voters see how loved she is, she'll get further too. It's flawless.
She and Match hit it off on the drive to BFDI's main playing field. Match seems to share a lot of her qualities and values, so it's worth pursuing.
Bubble is the one to suggest an alliance at the balance beam. Pencil takes charge immediately and Match full on supports her.
Ice Cube tries to join, pops Bubble on accident, and isn't let in until the middle of BFDI. Pencil finds her to be clever but a bit argumentative-- but Ice Cube wanting to not be excluded keeps her in check.
Pencil is right about her theory, too. She doesn't get out until episode 19 of BFDI.
Pencil is in support of chasing off Leafy when she buys Dream Island. Her alliance backs her up on this.
Pencil is SOOO down to join when she's invited back for BFDIA.
Here, Match and Ice Cube also rejoin and Bubble is a happy spectator.
Two new contestants join the alliance-- now called FreeSmart.
Book, a passive and loyal teammate. She does as she's told without a problem, Pencil makes sure of it. Sometimes she looks at Pencil with eyes Pencil cannot read, perhaps it has something to do with how close she is with Ice Cube.
Ruby is the second-- a high energy aspiring actress and endless optimist. Pencil appreciates her dedication but sometimes her energy is too much. She acts out of line and Pencil loses her cool.
But hey, she has to keep the team in check.
Even if it hurts their feelings, it's for their own good.
It's how she'll make sure FreeSmart wins BFDIA.
Needle is a late addition to FreeSmart. Like the rest of the team, she craves validation. Validation that Pencil initially wants to offer-- but Needle ruins that.
She's independent. She argued more than even Ice Cube. She's between Pin and Coiny and working with FreeSmart. So, in order to deem her a true alliance member, Pencil demands Needle makes a sacrifice.
Needle says she did. Pencil never saw it, so... No. No, Needle didn't. Needle says Book saw her do it. Pencil glances at Book at Book clams up.
Pencil's been wanting a reason to drive Needle out. Now she has one.
Pencil makes decisions for her teammates. They won a prize? Pencil puts it to good use. Remove Pin's limbs. Remove Pin's face. Pencil comes up with strategies. She's the leader. It's her job and she won't let anyone else take it.
Her alliance is useful. If they continue to be, she praises them. If they don't, she has to point out their errors.
The games are over, Pencil thinks she can relax. The cast is chilling in Yoyle City.
Match is back. She was eliminated pretty early in BFDIA.
Pencil finds Match clingy. She's closest to Match, yes. Match is the most devoted, yes. Match also acts similar to Pencil and Pencil is tired of it.
Ruby's been keeping a video journal-- or so Pencil thought. Ruby left the cap over the camera's lense. WOOOOW.
FreeSmart does. FreeSmart things. They're more of a REALLY UNHEALTHY friend group during IDFB.
One that's about to crumble. Sure, they have their good moments-- joking, exploring, hanging out.
Pencil's juuust a bit more irritable now.
When Pencil's control slips, so does her mask.
On a particularly bad day, Pencil scolds Ice Cube. Ice Cube SNAPS. [Near the end of IDFB!]
Book inches after Ice Cube, trying not to draw Pencil's attention--
"Where do you think you're going?"
Book stammers something and starts walking again. Pencil goes up to her and gives her a light shove. "No."
Pointing an accusatory finger and blocking Book's view of Ice Cube, Pencil interrupts with a bite to her words, "Would you rather go with the one who just abandoned us or stay with a team that values you?"
"Don't. You're just like Needle. After everything I've done for you-- I introduced you to your friends and got you to the final four of BFDIA-- you're making the choice to hurt us. FreeSmart wouldn't be the same without you and you know it."
It's not like Pencil would give her the chance to anyways. "How could you? I care about you, we care about you. How do you think, I don't know, Bubble would feel? Ruby? You know Ruby is sensitive."
"I'm sorry." Book's response is so quiet that Pencil needs a second to process it.
"I bet you are. Go join her, see how well we'll do without you, abandoning us like this..." Pencil gives a shooing gesture with her hands.
Book trudges away looking guilt-ridden.
Pencil takes the opportunity to rub it in Book's face for the rest of IDFB.
Pencil makes sure what's left of FreeSmart gets their shit together for BFB.
Iance is formed by what's left of FreeSmart, Snowball, Fanny, Flower, and Lightning.
Snowball butts heads for the fun of it but he's strong. That's useful.
Lightning electrocutes anyone Pencil asks to be. Like the OGs, he wants approval. Good.
Fanny...? All Pencil gets to see of Fanny is her contradictory behavior. "I hate (this)! I hate (that)!" SHUT. UP.
Flower-- Pencil's not the biggest fan. In BFDI, Flower was a jerk to everyone but her bullying is demotivating and she's strong. Except when Pencil gets to interact with Flower she realizes Flower has mellowed out some. Still spicy but not a total ass.
They didn't.. really interact in IDFB. She must've gone through something then or during BFDIA.
Pencil gets out like. INSTANTLY.
Four traps her in his dimension. She's alone for about a week with nothing but algebra. The doors are locked, there's nothing to do, and she's ALONE. ALONE.
She's ecstatic to see another person.
This goes on for a while. The same cycle-- until the EXITors try escaping Four. Spongy and Loser make it, everyone else is stuck.
Nobody does ever come back for them.
For years, they're trapped in eternal algebra. For over half a decade.
Liy figured out how to escape the room. They get to explore some but have to be careful. Four checks on them every once and a while and if he knew they weren't working, he'd chase them down.
Match is there but... Yeah, Pencil still finds her kind of clingy. After coming to the EXIT, Pencil noticed Match has been acting less like a clone and more like her own person.
Pencil can't bring herself to ask about FreeSmart. Not at all.
We get TPOT 11. The EXITors escape. Pencil's leadership skills really shine through here.
They escape. Two takes them and locks them in a dining space where they can serve contestants and debuers.
Pencil won't be trapped again. Fuck no. No, never again. She can't.
Dora breaks the window and the EXITors all make a break for it. They then DEMAND to be able to join TPOT. For many, getting back in the spotlight is great!
For Pencil? She loves the game and winning limitless power is so tempting.
She just doesn't want to go back.
i want some sort of breakup between Pencil and Match here. Not super dramatic,, just something like--
Match asks Pencil why she's been avoiding her because it feels that way. Pencil dismisses her. Match starts to realize maybe Pencil never felt the same way-- but before she can say anything Four zops her across the sky during the storm.
Liy and Pencil both get in.
This is Pencil's first time without her alliance, or so she thinks. Book and Ice Cube are here.
She pulls them aside and gushes. Price Tag intervenes, calls her a newbie, and Pencil just stares. WOOOOW.
Post-EXIT Pencil changes a lot. Six years of being trapped did this to her. She's quick to irritate and aggressive. She doesn't care for her new team, using the same logic as always-- Donut and Golf Ball? So useful, even if she doesn't like them. Winner, Yellowface, and Pillow? No. Just. No.
She tries to brush things off. She tries and kinda fails to be uncaring but she's LONELY. She's ontrying to get control over her life again. She's scared to be left behind. She's unstable emotionally. She's a disaster!! Nobody needs to see her like this. (Blind to your own actions. Go girl!!)
This back and forth goes on until TPOT 15. Pencil's been doing worse mentally and it's showing.
She has her infamous scene in TPOT 15 where she goes back in time and tries to change everything. It doesn't go as planned, they're brought back by something.
Pen gets Pencil's new team to lose TPOT 16.
Pencil tries again with Book after Ice Cube is eliminated.
This Book ain't afraid to stand her ground. She's a bit nervous, sure, but confident.
Pencil gets the most votes in TPOT 17. She has a panic attack and Donut is there to comfort her despite everything.
Book and Pencil have a confrontation on the Fourse in TPOT 17. It goes about the same!! Book tears Pencil a new one, Pencil is shell shocked but hides it, taking the victory for her team.
Pencil hops off the fourse. She seems like she's about to berate Book but, tired and out of energy...
She doesn't need FreeSmart. It means nothing to her. All of it-- it means nothing to her. She tries to convince herself of it. It's for the better.
She retreats to her Clubhouse of Awesomeness. In TPOT it is VERY MAKESHIFT instead of what they did in canon. Sorry not sorry, I want to to reflect her mental state :D
Pen follows her in there and gives her the same/a similar talk as he does in TPOT 17. Note that while he could express his anger about Pencil getting Eraser eliminated, he doesn't.
She doesn't answer him but... Hm.
She has tje option to get better or worse from here. We'll see what they do in canon!
I HAD SO MUCH FUN WRITING REDUX PENCIL AUADUUFHDHSISIDUFUUDHSU she sucks so much. Love redux Pencil
