#skulktech 9.9.

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LISTEN TO THE BACKGROUND MUSIC IN THIS RIGHT NOW 🫵 ALL OF YOU

BECAUSE IT IS MAKING ME SO EMOTIONAL.

THE MUSIC IS PLAYED WITH ONE SET OF INSTRUMENTS (normal) WHILE FOCUSED ON SKULKER. THEN ANOTHER SET OF INSTRUMENTS (digitized beeps and boops) WHILE FOCUSED ON TECHNUS. AND THEN- AND THEN!!! IT COMBINES AND BOTH OF THEM PLAY AT ONCE, AND THEY SOUND GOOD TOGETHER, THEY MIX PERFECTLY!!! AUGH!

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i have SO MANY THOUGHTS abt how dan is a combination of two people. and both future people sent back in time to stop danny from becoming dan were also, in a way, combinations of two people (box lunch being the daughter of two ghosts, and skulktech being literally a fusion)

was this intentional? was it not? i don't know.

but i think about it a lot and i really think the bad future outside of dan is an underutilized concept in fandom.

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Bad Future Squad redesigns!

(This is not a height chart mainly because Johnny's wheelchair was hell to draw so I had to choose between "accurate heights" and "Johnny 13")

Design notes below cut.

Box Ghost's normal body type is already a good mixture of buff and fat, I see no reason for him to get unhealthily buff in the bad future. Also, why did he get taller in the bad future? That's a grown man!

Johnny's wheelchair got a redesign to be more functional and also to resemble his motorcycle. The seat is directly a copy of the seat on his motorcycle, which I referenced extensively, and he also has his "13" logo on the wheels.

Kitty gets her scarf and ring back.

Ember's original Bad Future design was just a fatphobic joke. So I kept the rough concept of "her vocal cords being destroyed made her 'go to seed' and stop taking care of herself" but made it. Not fatphobic. Still a big girl but a lot of that is baggy clothes. Instead of "oh she's fat now" I went with visible signs of her not caring about her physical appearance as much anymore- acne, smudged mascara, no lipstick, baggy clothes.

The name on Box Ghost's tattoo and the flame for Kitty's other earring are just fun little headcanons that have nothing to do with practical character design.