#rrff!reality

[illusion-reality-steve]

If you’re wondering how Illusion is mentally doing in Act 3 of RRFF, here’s a paragraph I just deleted from a chapter draft, but is still canon nonetheless:

“I don’t believe in chairs. Chairs are a social construct,” Illusion grumbled. He knew the truth about this video game. He knew chairs weren’t real. If he broke this so-called chair and picked it up, his inventory would correctly call it a stair block, not a chair block. Stair blocks were only insisted to be chairs once they were put in front of a table, which was also a social construct.

[illusion-reality-steve]

HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO, WHEN MEMORY WAS SO SCARED AND TRAUMATIZED, HE RAN TO TIME AND ELEMENTAL FOR COMFORT.

AND NOW, WHEN ILLUSION/REALITY WAS SO SCARED AND TRAUMATIZED, HE RAN TO MEMORY FOR COMFORT.

[illusion-reality-steve]

[ID: a digital drawing of Elemental Steve and Reality Steve sitting on a dark purple obsidian platform. The background is a gradient that starts dark purple at the bottom and light yellow at the top. Elemental Steve and Reality Steve are sitting cross-legged, with Elemental resting a hand on Reality’s shoulder. Both are looking up, with Reality giving a closed crooked smile and Elemental giving an open-mouthed smile. Above them is the text “1000th post!” with a circular bright yellow glow and a few rays of light behind it. End ID.]

This marks the 1000th post of this blog. What a milestone!

I’ve started this blog years ago as a place to keep all my Steve Saga related art and to react to episodes, even though I was usually late to watching them. Long time followers know that this blog has had a lot of ups and downs. Long periods of inactivity. Inconsistent posting schedule. Low quality posts in between the more higher effort stuff.

But so far this year, I think I’ve been consistent with posting. I really hope to keep this pace up for the rest of the year!

Anyways, I wanted to celebrate the 1000th post by saying thank you to everyone who has followed to see this random person on the Internet talk so much about fictional characters who share the same secondary name and Minecraft skin pattern. It means a lot to me that you enjoy my posts and memes, as well as my art and whatever I contribute to the asks I’ve been sent!

Thank you again!

As a reminder, I’m also running a week-long Steve AU Ask-a-thon to celebrate the 1000th post milestone. If you’re interested, stay tuned because the event is going to start later today!

[illusion-reality-steve]

(Spoilers if you haven’t watched A:TLA)

Somehow I just realized that Memory and Illusion are having a Zuko/Iroh moment. Zuko was struck down and banished by his (terrible) father, and once he was banished— Zuko did everything in his power to please his father again, anything he could to feel like his son again. Really depressing. :( Iroh was always trying to open Zuko’s eyes, telling him that his father wasn’t worth the trouble of everything, and that Zuko was only destroying himself by trying to earn his honor again— that he would only earn his honor again by earning honor from himself. Illusion and Memory... kinda ties up if you ask me!

(For context: I've only watched Books 1 and 2 of A:TLA...I'll get to Book 3 eventually XD)

Ah yes, Zuko, the most iconic redeemed character in the history of media.

This is a really interesting observation :0 Thank you so much for the ask!

I'd like to add onto your observation: While there are similarities between Zuko and Iroh's dynamic and Memory and Illusion's dynamic, one major difference is the swapped temperament, which I find amusing.

Zuko has a lot of anger issues. Illusion is a very salty boi.

Meanwhile, Iroh is just so chill and mentorly, and I nickname Memory "the chill cousin" because he is relatively calmer than Illusion, even when he's...unhinged in his quest to bring back Void.

Zuko and Iroh have an angry misguided sad child and chill supporter dynamic going on. Meanwhile, Memory and Illusion have a chill misguided sad child and angry supporter dynamic going on.

Thank you again for the ask!