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Addendum to my last post! Here's some more information about the stuff I made up for the StP AU (by @speedytheporcupineaucorner (and @eggsbenedictinurmom )) I didn't make it a reblog because the original was already long enough as is. If there are still questions you have, feel free to ask!

- I forgot to give credits in my last post, so here they are! Credits to @saddowthehodgeheg for letting me yoink some ideas from his NU rewrite for Ironia, and credits to @thecrazypurplebiscuit for inspo I used in Thornie's design.

- The in-universe equivalent of "demonization" is called "damnation" instead. (Yes, I know that sounds logistically confusing when referring to people.) The series differenciates between the process and the supernatural entities by the spelling - "damned" is a killed-and-revived mortal, "Damned" is a separate category of beings. Because of this, the series avoids using the word "damn" in its usual meanings, opting to use other words (swears included) instead.

- Because Mr. Benedict is the only victim in the original Speedy.yan creepypasta (and thus in Start of Apocalypse too), Cooper and Fists get damned in Delayed Apocalypse instead.

- Cooper doesn't get an Inner Tails equivalent, but if he did, they'd be called "Id" (like the psychology concept, not to be confused with my unrelated Sonic OC who has that name).

- The main cast barely get their designs changed, both when alive and damned, that's why I haven't drawn them.

- The simulations don't exist in AD.

- Syne-Life doesn't possess Speedy in this AU (seeing as him and Ironia are meant to be parallers to Mr. Benedict and Himiko, that'd be pretty weird), but they do still intervene with the plot.

- Speedy is spared from canonically having an emotional parasite, mostly because he seems like too mentally stable of a guy for that.

- Yantoria is the only one of the .YAN cast who actually uses walking as the primary means of movement. Netrealty and Malicle prefer to hover above the ground (although, in Malicle's case, she only hovers, her legs are pretty atrophied because of that) and Ironia just straight up teleports.

- Steel getting unacknowledged by the plot is mostly an AD and AD-adjacent projects thing. Most other .yan fangames featuring more of the cast don't ignore him like that.

- Now for the best part, some additional designs!

Rotten Peaches - The version of Peaches from Ironia's domain. Once a kind and innocent soul, she changed when the Damned invaded her world. Young and easily impressionable, she took on some of Ironia's worldview, to the very obvious dismay of pretty much everyone else besides Ironia. Despite that, though, she continues to stay on somewhat good terms with Thornie, possibly because she's the only other person left aside from her. Her strange appearance comes from the fact she was once a bit too close during one of Ironia's outbursts, killing her on the spot, and later got damned back to life by Ironia herself (fun fact: this is the only time Ironia has damned someone and also the only time she felt remotely any guilt for killing someone). It's also how she got her nickname, aside from her abrasive personality (that, and keeping it as "Ironia's Peaches" sounded ass).

Thornie Blossom - The version of Holly from Ironia's domain. Unlike Peaches, her personality hasn't really shifted by much. She feels bad for letting her friends end up like this (to be fair, though, she's not exactly able to do anything about it) and carries resentment towards the Damned that caused it. She doesn't exactly hate Ironia, however. Her outlook can be more accurately be described as "disdainful pity", continuing to hang around due to knowing she's the closest to a proper support system Ironia has. While the crystalized ichor in her left eye came from the same incident that initially left Peaches dead, the right eye isn't due to any external injuries. Thornie just hasn't slept in a while.

Absidy - One of Malicle's experiments. While created as an attempt to create the "perfect soulmate", whatever that means, she was later considered a failure by her creator and taken in by Yantoria, who treated Absidy like all of the other mortals under her care. Absidy's personality shifts between "bold and playful", "hot-headed and energetic" and "kind and timid", seemingly as a side effect of being composed of three different bodies. She's a prominent character in Delayed Apocalypse, though she ends up dead by the end of it as a result of an attack by the Highests. Malicle offered to "make another", but Yantoria refused, as it wouldn't be the same person (and would also be extremely inhumane).

Meringue the Jakalope - Netrealty's most cherished (and only) "resident" of Lotus Paradise. She's sassy and energetic, initially appearing as somewhat of a jerk. Deep down, though, she has a heart of gold. Her quips and insults aren't malicious - she just hasn't socialized for several years and doesn't know how to do it. Not much is known about her past, aside from the fact she got trapped in it when she was seven years old and has been stuck there for 15 years since (by what time measurment those years were counted was never made clear). Due to the memory-erasing properties of the realm, she barely remembers anything about her past. Sometimes, she's not even sure if she ever had one at all. And despite the fact she misses her old life dearly, she is TERRIFIED of leaving LP. Not even because of Netrealty, who would, at worst, just put her back in there like nothing happened, but because she knows almost nothing about the outside aside from the fact it's apparently terrible. For that same reason (+ wanting to not be alone again), if anyone else found themself in the realm, she'd do all she can to keep them there.

(By the way, a lot of content from the NU series that I haven't mentioned by now DOES have AD equivalents, but this was already a lot to think out and, frankly, I don't think anyone would want a 1-to-1 counterpart to the series anyways. It's already confusing as is.)

Now for the 2nd part of this post!

The StP equivalent of the Spirits of Hell series is called Spectres of Inferno. Released by Stan the Hasty Otter (also known as Stanuh2625) in 2018, the first game of the series was inspired by Apocalypse Dimension and, notably, improved on it in pretty much every regard. Three years later, they released a sequel project called "Echoes of Essence", continuing from the best ending of the first game with a grand total of 23 endings and fully developed plotlines for the main cast. AD is canon to the SOI series, just like NU is to SOH, and Steel the Porcupine continues to get completely unacknowledged by the plot. (Also, the equivalent of Sonic.exe: The Prophecy doesn't actually exist in the StPverse, as it relies on the .exe archetype as we know it.)

The main antagonist of both games in the Spectres of Inferno series is Yanvie, a Category Null Divine (not of the AD kind, despite the same species name), who got infected with the red-eye virus, causing her to become obsessive over the first person she saw (which, due to her mortal overseeing duties, happened to be Speedy) and start killing anyone who gets in her way. Mostly other Divine at first. This caused her to have to hide away on Earth in order to avoid the wrath of the few Divine left remaining. In order to successfully disguise as a mortal, she uses the last of her shapeshifting powers to shapeshift into a Himiko-like form.

The first game is pretty much exclusively Mr. Benedict trying to avoid death and even getting so desperate that he reaches out to Speedy and the others, who VERY reluctantly agree, only because the being is after Speedy and if they don't team up, they could ALL possibly die. In fact, that exact thing happens in the game's worst ending, as well as some of the "not much better" ones. In the game's canon ending, though, they all survive. Speedy also recieves a magical bracelet from the few remaining Divine in all of the endings, which allows him to rewind time upon the death of one of his friends (and Mr. Benedict too, I guess), as well as use protection magic to defend himself and others from Yanvie. Yes, he's the Alice equivalent, I felt that was cool.

From the fact the "real" Himiko wasn't seen at all in the first game and the Speedy crew didn't mention her either, players were led to believe that there's no version of Himiko in the series. This was proven false with the release of the second game, where it was revealed that Yanvie can't mimic someone that doesn't exist. Because of the situation escalating beyond control, we get to meet the REAL Himiko Benedict (yes, I will avoid making a Sally equivalent like the plague). The reason she hasn't been seen before was because this is a version of her that never tried to sneak away to spend time with Speedy and the crew, instead stuck inside with only machines to keep her company. A version that, unfortunately, took after her father a lot more. It's not all bad though- she does have ONE friend, that being Holly Thorn. The status of their relation is frail, however, and hinges entirely on the porcupine not knowing that her secret bestie is the daughter of the man that killed her parents. This becomes a problem in the "Insanity Holly" branch of endings, where the plot gets derailed by Holly going on an entirely separate quest to do the exact same thing they were previously trying to stop the .yan from doing. (You bet your ass I kept that plotline 😎 Come on, this is a LEGENDARY angst opportunity, I couldn't say no to that!). At least they get to make up in the best ending...

Speaking of the best ending, the cast ends up having to unite to defeat Yanvie once and for all, purifying the red-eyes virus away with the magic gifted to Speedy. Mr. Benedict now has to follow through on his promises and actually repent for his actions, Himiko finally gets to make friends and Yanvie is freed from the virus. The game ends on a cliff-hanger, so it's not really known what happens, but it's generally agreed upon that Echoes of Essence is one of the few .yan games to feature a canonical bittersweet ending. While that did net the game some criticism, most consider it a well-earned reward for full completion, especially considering the fact Yanvie stops the player from achieving it too early.

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