Since I took a social media detox for the past years, it feels overwhelming to catch up again.
I like things chronicle and organized, and that means that will take weeks again until everything is finally cleaned up.
In fact, I wanted to post this here as the very last thing to ensure it doesn't get buried, but at the same time, I need to stop doing that before I end up posting nothing.
The story TideTale was published on May 22, 2016, and in just 7 days, it will celebrate its 10th anniversary! YEPEEE!
I wish i could provide you links to re-read it as celebration, but within these 10 years deviantART decided to fuck themself over and became an AI shithole, my sta.sh is gone, switched so many devices and memory mediums inbetween and argghhh..
I need to refresh old links and re-upload stuff and man so many things to do idk where to start guyz.
Revisiting the whole thing makes me nervous because it brings up so many emotions in every direction. I mostly worry that I might have been a burden or unfair to the people involved in this project.
I wanted to join a new fandom and hoped to make a mark, and it did in a way I hadn't expected—but it certainly left an impact on me.
I connected with new friends, found an engaged (still fresh at the time) community, and explored art forms I had never ventured into before, like 3D and 2D animation, writing, and music.
This was also the first time I collaborated with others to complete projects, including the series of Tide.
With TideTale I was testing my leadership skills and quickly realized I wasn't good at it at all—I barely knew what I was doing UKGVFKUHJG.
But idridian on tumblr generously offered to help me and worked wonders, enabling me to save this project and shaped it into what it is today.
It was all in their hands just like AnotherMedium *hinthint*
As a way to meet in the middle, I jotted down a summary to give the seasoned members among you a pleasant recap:
TideTale/MechaTale Talk (if that's too much to read, you could simply copy it into Google-Translator and let the software read it for you LMAO I’d do that):
As TideTale, TideTale:102 and MechaTale describes—EVERY AU has a 'Tide!Sans' slumber in their code, as Tide is part of the BASEGAME.
You need a reallife person (META in this case) who is playing your AU and completes 100 pacifist playthroughs.
On the 101st playthrough, Tides scrabbet code emerges in your AU and alters the entire timeline.
The idea behind Tide originated as a scrabbet code during the base game's early development. However, this code could not be fully removed without causing the entire game to crash, as it was already too deeply embedded by the time this significant decision was made.
The guidelines above outline what is needed to introduce your own Tide as an additional character in your AU.
Now with that in mind you can freely personalize and bring your own Tide character to life!
See how the original Tide was personalized as an example:
META chose to carry out their first genocide route in TideTale:102, yet they refrained from killing Tide since it wasn't necessary—they could still achieve a 100% score without doing so. Tide is considered irrelevant to interact with, as he is a scrapped character in an unlocked state, though still present and forced to witness.
META salvaged their entire basegame data onto a digital USB-stick and reload playthrough 101, acting as though playthrough 102 had never taken place.
META decides to entrust this digital USB-stick to Gaster (If you're curious about the reason, I suggest reading the full story).
Now this specific USB-stick is what MechaTale builds on.
This digital USB-stick contains the basegame code reflecting all 102 playthroughs and a safeguard—something that "bites" anyone unauthorized who attempts to extract this .ini-File.
What happens is pretty much like the mythical box of Pandora.
And you already know, Tide was given the USB-stick and exactly that happened.
The moral of the story is that your past shapes who you are today. No Mecha without a Tide.
Focus on repairing what you have broken and stay determined in the process.
And this—as Mecha's personal goal—unfolds as part of his journey in AbyssTale.
Who knows? Perhaps Mecha will have the opportunity to choose whether to return to where he came from or remain with his newfound family.
Let Error celebrate his false victory, he will be surprise to see them again, alive. So this is the end part of Error scene. The next stop is Newtale when Abyss meet Kin and Beats. Don't forget, Nightmare is there too.
It took me longer to get around to editing it than it took me actually (re)writing the damn thing, but here we are. The first chapter of the TideTale Rework.
