Ask blogs seem to be one of the things going well for this fandom, and while I can’t promise an ask blog I do want to answer some questions in character as my sides so I can get a better feel for their personalities and how they act (these ocs are like a week old and are replacing characters I’ve had for multiple years they need some development stat)
So uh… can everyone introduce themselves? -🌙
Of course! Why don’t I start? I’m Storyteller, the creativity, imagination, and passion!-📝
Hey there! I’m Justice. Crescent’s moral compass, empathy, and emotions. -🪽
You may call me Reason, I represent well… quite obviously reason as well as Crescent’s logic and intelligence. -🔭
I go by Terror. I’m anxiety and intrusive thoughts. -⚡️
They’re also curiosity, though they often neglect to mention that as it dampens their so called “scary persona”. -🔭
It’s not a persona asshole. -⚡️
Haha anyways my name is Crescent! I’m the person these four are apart of! And it is just these four so far… Sorry dark side fans you’ll just have to make due with one instead of 3.5 for now -🌙
…Is the 0.5 Virgil or the orange side? -⚡️
Up to interpretation. -🌙
[Terror is still considered a dark side at the time these asks are taking place, Crescent has not met any of their other dark sides yet and I’m not sure if I want to completely spoil who they are or leave that for a potential fanfic- but if there’s audience demand I might let them get revealed. Normally this au works how the Spiderverse does where TCM!Crescent is the c!Thomas of her universe and thus canon SaSi doesn’t exist to the TCM sides, but for these asks they do know about the canon so that they can answer questions about their options on the show. All of these characters are minors and use they/she/he pronouns. Terror’s actual color is yellow and Storyteller is indigo blue like Logan, but I’m on mobile so we make due with what we have]
Welcome back to another episode of Crescent yaps to absolutely nobody: one of the meta things I was most excited about back when I was super dedicated to my side OC au was the idea of messing with audience expectations
Cause TCM au is pretty derivative, you know the anxiety side is going to get redeemed by the end of season one, you know there’s secret sides the protagonist doesn’t know about, you know the creative side has a secret sibling, you know the logical side is bottling up their feelings and that certain antagonists intend to take advantage of that. But you don’t know all the differences in how any of that plays out.
The main example was in act one: everyone knows the dark sides are going to be revealed next season, so there’s no reason to be subtle about the foreshadowing! So it’s not subtle, it’s not subtle to a point it becomes odd that our protagonist- the only one who doesn’t know what’s coming- isn’t picking up on it. Until you realize he is picking up on it.
C!Crescent starts off far more aware than C!Thomas does, they have the standard teenager insecurities so the idea of them potentially being a bad person isn’t unfamiliar to them. But TCM, their show, is where they don’t have to be a bad person. TCM was never about Rowan learning about themselves or confronting any problems that couldn’t be solved with under twenty five minutes of talking, it was about running from everything they wanted any escape from, a solution to the little problems and a shield from the big ones.
I guess one downside to TCM: Recolored (this only matters to me and I am fine with this but TCM: R is the potential new version of TCM where the sides don’t represent the exact same things as canon and when they do the color associations are different, hence the recolored name) is that now the audience won’t know exactly who everyone will be. So while Rowan’s whole escapism thing would still be like this and it would still get to that point of something is obviously going on idk how direct I’ll be able to be this time, since honestly my dark sides have way more differences from canon in what they represent than my light sides do (having morals, being creative, and being capable of logic are like the three most universal positive traits, so I probably won’t change those much). But I’d hopefully still get the point across
Incorrect quotes of my side ocs cause I feel the need to post something, I think these are from a generator? I have a lot of incorrect quotes of them saved from over the years and this is only a few of them (also all of these take place early in TCM au so Stress who’s the Virgil equivalent is still a dark side and no one’s calling each other by their actual names)
I currently need to remake their refs so instead of refs you get screenshots from the wip I’m never finishing.
Sanders Sides OC introductions!!! (TCM au act one) intro explanation/context to the au here
Yapping about them under the cut!!!
Since I got some reason decided attempting a fanseries was a good idea I’m going to be vague about spoilers and the sides will be referred to be titles instead of their actual names, I’ll probably give up on being vague about spoilers eventually but for now I’m trying
Let’s start with the basic one: it’s me but not really: TCM!Crescent
Taking the role of c!Thomas: Crescent is the protagonist! The one whose mind everyone else is apart of! They’ve only just been introduced to their sides and will learn more about them as we go. His personality is a combination of the four he’s met. She’s creative, kind hearted, emotional, anxious, a bit awkward, and simultaneously very smart and very stupid! Well, that’s not all he is, but we don’t have to think about that, do we? TCM is a fun show where we only have to deal with the problems we want to face, we can just ignore that, this place is an escape and no one is going to change that.
Crescent is different from c!Thomas in well, they are literally just different people. Crescent is a teenager with a different gender and sexuality. I guess in terms of what they do in the story the first difference I think of is that Crescent is more aware of certain parts of themselves. This won’t stop him from acting just as oblivious though.
Now we have Artist: Embodiment of creativity, imagination, passion, and ego!
Artist takes the role of Roman! They’re passionate, creative, brave, a bit hyper, and the most confrontational of the group. He likes to act as a hero, even having a “magical girl” (despite not being a girl) form to transform into! She’s very willing to fight or get aggressive when nessecary, maybe even a bit too much. Funfact: the two dots on their crown are eyes! Her crown’s name is Ray and they’re what she used to transform into Ember Knight (the name she gave her magical form). Funfact 2: Despite being the creative side of a horror fan, Artist doesn’t like horror! Wonder what that’s about…
In terms of differences from Roman, Artist is less regal and overall has different vibes and demeanor. She also takes his thing with wanting to be a hero up several notches. She’s also less likely to just insult her friends for no reason, she will be kind of rude but with reasons. Basically if someone’s rude to her she’s rude back almost imeadiatley and she’s very aggressive towards people she has unresolved conflicts with.
Next up is Intel: Embodiment of intelligence, reason, and logic!
Intelligence, or Intel as literally everyone calls them for short takes the role of Logan! The most knowledgeable side in the mindscape, Intel is just as smart and rational as you’d think they’d be. They can be overly cold and serious at times, but that comes from a genuine desire to get things done and help out. And boy does she do a lot of helping! With Crescent being a former gifted kid who now as a teen is almost always in advanced classes (or art related classes, at least Artist can handle that part of their school) and with Intel always trying to use reason to calm the others down when things get serious, he certainly has a big job! Just hope they can handle it.
Intel acts a lot like Logan but the vibes are shifted to the right (listen it’s hard to describe how she acts I swear she’s different) but her arc and struggles are very different. Because of how much Crescent needs her she’s very hard to ignore so she isn’t really, tldr burnt out gifted kid needs a break.
Then there’s Heart: center of feelings and morals!
(I know her color is kind of hard to see I’ll fix that eventually) Heart takes the role of Patton! She’s kindhearted, empathetic, and very sensitive. The least aggressive or confrontational of the group. They’re the youngest of the gang, everyone is physically and more or less mentally the same age as Crescent but Heart formed the most recently. However they’re not a child and will dispute claims they are. Being the newest to the group they have big shoes to fill and he’s still learning how to do that best, can Heart really fill the void he left behind?
While Patton is seen as the group dad, Heart is often seen as the group child (even if she disputes it.). Her arc involves a lot of coming into her own in different ways.
And finally there’s Stress: embodiment of fear and anxiety!
Stress takes the role of Virgil, including starting out as an antagonist. At this point in the story they’re very rude and condescending, masking everything underneath a scary persona they’ve had as long as anyone can remember. But it has been a while. Him deciding to be a threatening presence within the show was a bit surprising for the other three sides, ever since the incident she’s mostly done her job remotely, staying away from direct confrontation with the others unless something major happens. So why do this now? There’s something deeper that they’re connected to, and I don’t think Crescent wants to find out what.
Stress has more energy than Virgil, but you won’t notice that at first because the scary persona definitely takes some of that energy to keep up. Her motivations are also pretty different from his but I’ll keep that a secret for now (she has the most complicated backstory out of everyone you will see)
