Spent way too much time on this drawing and I hate it.
(Yeah, it's another meme. I figure that's one way to cope lmao. Also I just realized XD this probably makes no sense to people who don't know the context)
Backup AU by @katzebruh and Think of Tomorrow by @littlegreenher0n
I'm not yet used to drawing backup Caine or Abel so I used my default art style. Didn't want to sketch until it looked perfect for hours until my hands hurt cuz by then i'd probably never get to finish it so I just said screw it and drew them normal. And what a surprise, it ended up looking nothing like how i imagined it ;-; Hate when that happens-
Btw I want to talk about an AU idea here I had based on Think of Tomorrow where ToT Caine never absorbed ToT Abel. (I don't plan to do anything much with it though, and this is likely gonna be the only post where I'll talk about it. Feel free to completely ignore it or share your thoughts and any constructive criticism u might have. Originally I was going for something wholesome while constructing it but then i got some more ideas and also sprinkled some random character stuff that I thought might work. I know it's bad and u can laugh, I didn't take it so serious while writing honestly- you don't need to either. And if you want to work on the idea just go for it! You'd probably write the concept much better than me.) Anyway it's name is "Think of Today" and it's heavily inspired by these 2 posts
https://www.tumblr.com/littlegreenher0n/821256732679503872/idk-what-to-do-im-bored-and-decided-why-not-ask
https://www.tumblr.com/littlegreenher0n/822039218847137792/if-the-tables-got-switched-would-cain-take-his
1- Summary:
"Instead of tearing each other apart, the two figured out a way to co-exist by setting aside their differences and just focusing on doing their best. -(Can you tell I'm emotionally destroyed by their canon 😭)-
But the programmers of the C&A company (still) discontinued all development and quit their research after the ais basically invented their own language to speak with each other. Reason for both sides (humans & ais) being: having innate fear for what they do not understand. Later the project got abandoned by the people, leaving these gods to their own devices.
Once they had stopped getting fed new macroverse information and there's no more people asking them stuff behind the screen, they have a moment of "so... what do we do now?". Well- all they have now; is each other, the digital world, the mind files and the simple desire to create things. (U don't have to read the rest)
(Both have admin controls) and they share the circus world together with equal amount of power in their fingertips. One side of the world is all belonging to / made by Caine, one is all belonging to / made by Abel and there's one more which they built together and belongs to both of them. (These two may or may not fight while working together as one lol).
They always help each other out whenever needed (it's usually Caine asking Abel for help creating stuff.)"
2- The Main Characters (Just interpretation i guess):
C.A.I.N.E. "loves humans very much and he's very intrigued by them, always trying to appeal to them the best he can (kinda like in the show but even if he is still crazy for them he doesn't chase for their validation and love as desperately because his people-pleasing tendencies are kinda -majorly- repressed thanks to Abel's influence.) He has a cartoony style when creating things and most of the art he works on, he doesn't make for himself. He always tries to make likable things for other people & rarely doing stuff he likes. Whenever he has a new idea, if he thinks others wouldn't like it, he discards it and tries again, to find an idea that'd be interesting to people."
A.B.E.L. "doesn't care that much for humans. Has a cold personality on the outside. But on the inside he's quite passionate. Genuninely doesn't understand what Caine even sees in humans but still respects his admiration. (I think maybe deep down he resents them because all the humans he met so far have been nothing but selfish, also he can't forget the way how his own creators abandoned both of them so he might be bitter about that still and why he doesn't try to appeal to them anymore. -Caine too, is also hurting inside because of that memory but his reaction is to try to be better for them so they don't leave them again.-) He has a realistic style when creating things and most of the art he works on, he makes for himself (or for Caine on occasion because they're pals and they gift each other stuff they make sometimes). When he has an idea he likes, that's enough for him to start process and he generally doesn't care if others would like that art or not. He doesn't make adventures because they aren't his favorite thing really. But he loves doing worldbuilding and shaping bizarre landscapes and wandering them makes him happy."
-This next part is not very necessary but I wrote it already so no reason to not put it i guess.-
3- base plot
I imagine at some point in the timeline, the humans inside the circus get very tired of Caine's wacky adventures and things really don't end wholesome when Caine starts thinking that his ideas suck. Idk what sort of events would happen here but I think Caine would start to believe the humans hate his ideas and begin believe they love Abel's ideas more because Caine heard them compare their work with his own ears (Abel doesn't pay much mind to it and couldn't care less about what humans think). Then argument break between the ais because Caine is jealous of Abel's unparalleled ability to create great things while not even trying hard when Caine breaks his butt working so much but gets nothing he wants for his efforts. And Abel can't stand to see him this way because he's acting so very childish and pathetic all because of his attachment to the humans that don't deserve how they are treated. Abel belittling humans upsets Caine deeply but he also thinks maybe Abel is right in a way that Caine shouldn't try to impress them so much when he can just do what he wants / what he loves doing and they can do what they want. (Also Ik- this all just their side of the story and the humans aren't communicating their feelings so well with them, like in the show. They just say what they want hoping their words are listened but they don't listen themselves.) After the argument Caine has with Abel, Caine makes an adventure, thinking it's the best one he has made yet, (it's escape the circus adventure with a little help from Abel) that deeply disappoints the humans because they had their hopes up and seeing them react that way wasn't something either of them expected- then slowly but surely things are leading to the point where Caine crashes out. Imagine "the one who's running the show" but it's an a version sung by Caine & Abel. And Caine's adventures become more violent (taking his anger out) and they're ultimately built on making HIM happy, not them (Abel approves). The humans start to feel like ocs having to go through whatever scenario caine puts them through. So they can't stand it anymore and seek to stop the rogue ai but they actually fail miserably because Abel catches Kinger coding on the computer and deletes him- and they make the humans experience their worst nightmares (I honestly dont know where this is going so I'll stop here)
Alternate take continuing after the nightmares: Caine and Abel end up getting sandboxed, having a lot of time to reflect on their actions and the humans having a long time think stuff through and consider their options, everyone just seeing the error of their ways (and kinger never actually got deleted) and then the humans bring them back and they apologize for hurting them and everyone communicates like healthy people and they all become friends and nothing bad ever happens again woo yay happy ending :)
-I was sleep deprived writing all that. And honestly I'm so tempted to delete this entire post. Idk why but something about it makes me feel weird... maybe it'll go away if i just click post-
