SMG4: Beta Godbox AU/Harvester AU
Half a year ago, when I was first getting into the SMG4 fandom, and drawing the characters for the first time, I had created a nameless AU that would later develop into my current project: Godbox AU.
This nameless AU had a completely different story! Thought it would be interesting to look back upon it and add some lore to it.
Here are my first ever SMG4 drawings, along with the beginning concept drawings for the AU:
Originally, Godbox AU didn't even have the Godbox involved. It was supposed to be about an antagonistic version of 4 and 3. They were alien invaders, a life-form known as Super Meme Harvesters, so they were named SMH4 and SMH3. Meme Harvesters are energy vampires that conquer and drain worlds of their memes for sustenance. Memes are the lifeforce of the universe, so this causes many worlds to destabilize and fall into glitchy ruin.
Some new lore I recently created:
Meme Harvesters are artificial lifeforms created by the inhabitants of an empire far far away. While it has everything they could ever want, it can no longer offer them food and energy. There are no more memes left on their home, so they must outsource their energy from different planets and alternate dimensions by sending Meme Harvesters. They don't usually destroy worlds on purpose, because that would destroy their food source.
3 and 4 were sent on a mission to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom, and the two of them terrorized it for a good long while. Their brainwashing ray dumbed down anyone that tried to stand up to them. But eventually, 4 ends up defecting because this world has grown on him, and his new objective is to become a Youtuber and make friends! Of course, this betrayal hurts 3, and the two of them become bitter rivals after that.
But how long can SMH4 betray his programming and true nature? The instinct to feed on meme energy is his instinct. The directive to serve the empire is hardwired into his brain.
I redrew them here! (designs NOT official)
Harvester AU will not be my main focus, but SMH4 and SMH3 may be explored and developed sometime here and there! And they probably won't look like this forever. Would like to differentiate them from Godbox AU.