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post solarballs things :p

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you know, i just realized that astrodude is literally the first human ever to actually empathize with earth as an individual.

during the mars terraforming arc, he understood that earth feels super insecure because of humanity, and he genuinely wanted to make up for it somehow. i think it's pretty obvious that deep down, astrodude is relieved that SAR ruined that mission.

like, i'm 100% convinced his inner monologue went something like:

"wow, earth is actually a living person... damn, he even acts like an inexperienced guy in his early 20s. i can't even imagine how heavy that must be..."

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it sends me how astrodude literally has to suffer for all of humanity, while at the same time the planets completely forget he’s an earthling. they just treat him like this random separate guy who hangs around and is just cool like that lol.

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Solarballs theory

the higher-ups at ROTSAR actually know that earth is alive. they're just keeping it a secret from the general public. it's either to prevent mass panic, or because they’re planning to do something to earth-like finding a way to control him so his shenanigans stop causing near-apocalypses every other week.

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earth doesn't have favorites among his earthlings, but he definitely has astrodude😏😏😏

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wonder how he's gonna explain this to the planets lol.

[nightly-earthy]

An incredibly late Father's Day special

I've just caught up with the episodes after so long. I enjoyed how the recent arc ended :>

Side note: I really love parent-children relationships in media

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Playerdude is such a sweet boy overall... well, if we ignore the fact that he literally tortures fully self-aware game characters and uses "it’s just a game" as an excuse.

but yeah, this is basically my vision of what would happen if these characters actually sat down and talked. this is my headcanon.

Bonus:

for some reason, i’m fully convinced that pleyerdude's dad actually left the family (like, went to get milk style).

[zoldi-ball]

found my old DIY planet models!

Mercury has absolutely nothing on it, because like, he has no atmosphere lol. Venus and Earth have clouds, and Mars has his little ice cap.

i also made jupiter out of yarn because he's a gas giant and i wanted him to be squishy. saturn is also made of yarn—i glued it in strips onto a ball to make it look exactly like his stripes in the show.

uranus and neptune were coated in epoxy resin to give them that icy giant look.

there was also a pluto, but he got lost 😢

[zoldi-ball]

i feel like Earth avoids talking about the dinosaurs, because it was literally his fault...

Theory/ headcanon?

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i'm convinced astrodude is great with kids, so he’d definitely get along with neptune's moons.

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guys i’ve been having so many thoughts about how planet personification and aging actually work in solarballs.

sooooo, from what i gather, when stars or gas giants are born, they wake up instantly as kids and grow up over time (just like we saw with jupiter, the other gas giants, and the sun).

but with rocky planets, it feels a bit different. it seems like they need time to form and "marinate" before waking up, so that when they finally open their eyes, they’re already closer to their teens (like mars)

then there’s earth. he woke up as a teenager right after forming. maybe it’s because he was made from two colliding objects that were already somewhat "mature"? let’s say that's the case.

but then again, what about rocky planets/dwarfs like pluto and charon? didn't they like, wake up instantly and stay as kids who grew up together over time?

anyway

i also wanted to talk about moons. they only seem to wake up after they start orbiting a planet. imo, life in the solarballs universe triggers when an object starts to actually matter to someone else. like, it stops being just a random asteroid and becomes an individual. after a few years of this, they get a personality and everything. (this probably happened to captured asteroids like phobos and deimos. does this mean Guillermo could come to life too? honestly, yeah)

this also kinda explains the whole dark side of the moon situation. he’s not just moon's coping mechanism, but a literal second consciousness. it probably happened because moon had no one to talk to and started heavily relying on this imaginary friend (back when he couldn't hang out with the planets). if that’s true, it’s heartbreaking. it means dark was literally created because earth ignored his moon. i feel so bad for him, especially rn since the only person who knew him can finally talk to others, leaving dark feeling completely useless.

well, didn't expect to go this deep but yeah, here are my thoughts (◕‿◕)

let me know in the comments if i missed anything!

[zoldi-ball]

Spot the difference, I dare you.

[sun-splotches]

Hi! I really love your SolarBalls AU where all the planets are birds ¿SolarBirds?

By the way, do you have a bird version of Astrodude? I’d absolutely love to see it! Thanks in advance!

I think of Astrodude as human in the au because in my head it’s just the celestials having bird forms rather than the fanon typical human forms.

That being said

Here you go! Astrodude as a black capped chickadee :)

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IT'S PERFECT!!!!! THANK YOU!!!

[zoldi-ball]

I will never tire of posting my idea that in the SolarHumans AU, Astrodude would be a hamster using a hamster exercise ball instead of a spaceship.

And yes, in the first photo, Moon is holding him (Earth is taking the picture)

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Guys, I’ve been thinking... where is OTS? What if she comes to the Solar System to visit Earth while the Sun is gone?

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A strange encounter.

Part 1/2

Part 2 is almost ready! Thank you for waiting, and I'm so sorry it took so long. I lowkey lost motivation for this comic for a bit, but I’ll try my best to finish it as quickly as possible now!

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I'm sure they would become friends.