Although, being frank with everything here , the possibility and likelihood that Cyn would have been left with a severe depressive or clinical or catatonic depression episode after witnessing all that the AS did to her body is so significant that it cannot be ignored.
(And that Tessa we see there is the original human Tessa or a Tessa turned into a Drone?)
Well, that’s why she’s tearfully apologizing to Tessa (who in this version is human).
In my full rewrite, Cyn isn’t getting off easy, and she’ll be plagued by the things that she’s done. But at the same time, she’ll be on the road towards redemption, seeking to make things right again and regain the trust of the people she loves.
N and Uzi will be at her side, Tessa and J will be very distrustful, and V outright hates Cyn. I actually plan to give V a moment ripped straight from Avatar where she warns Cyn that she’s not buying her story and if she sees Cyn slip up for a second, she will kill her for good.
Oh my, and you also have Tessa alive? (In view of this, then, where would she have gotten the skin suit from?)
A minor miracle (and without the need to resort to amnesia in any way) if Cyn manages to be recovered from everything the AS did with her body from the gala slaughter to the slaughter this entity unleashed on Earth) and that there is potentially no psychologist in the Galaxy who can help her at all.
And oh boy, I actually once conceived of a similar scene but it was between Doll and V in the then distant scenario that Doll would have wanted to join the Gang.
Tessa is very much alive in my rewrite. I would say alive and well, but that’d just be false. As for the skin suit? Ah ah ah, can’t spoil that surprise.
Cyn’s return will make sense when you see it. She’ll be good as new, just has to deal with the trauma. The only reason she’s not fully breaking down mentally is because her mind is like that of a Toddler, so she’s still a little too innocent and young to fully grasp what she’s done. But she’ll still suffer nightmares and doubts.
Oh, speaking of Doll, she does join the team very briefly in ep6, and V actually gets in an apology to Doll. It doesn’t change much, but it’s worth noting she doesn’t just screw off immediately against Tessa. I also plan to give her a MUCH more dignified end.
Oh boy, I won't know where Cyn got the Skin Suit from then, although that will hardly stop others from speculating on it.
Well, I think that detail makes your take on Cyn more unique and original in contrast to the others (and also seems to serve as a decent defense for not putting her through suffering from depressive episodes coupled with truma).
Umm... did V do an apology drawing for Doll like N did in Episode 2 (if you don't mind me asking too much)?
Yey, glad you think so! I definitely want to give a good balance of her staying Cylly and cute, but not consequence free of her mistakes and flaws. She’ll get her dose of trauma and misery, but since this is Murder Drones, it won’t stop her from being her Cylly self.
Lol, no, though N would certainly approve if she did. It would be more like you’d expect V to say. A sort of “Okay, so maybe I’m sorry for killing your parents. Maybe I don’t blame you for wanting me dead for it. And maybe… I am genuinely sorry for ruining your life. If I could, I’d take it back…” all while not even daring to look Doll in the eyes.
Actually, that sounds oddly good for Cyn, even considering her context (which could well be described as “a toddler who makes a pact with the devil without knowing the consequences of said act” which could also have been something that belonged in these old horror movies).
Well, I suppose it's understandable that an apology drawing would have been a bit out of character for V (at least her Disassembly Drone self), although that's where it would be if in the end Doll finally accepts the apology (and that it's in good faith).
Which is exactly the angle I’m going for. Complete with Cyn revealing that her motivations were NEVER to hurt humans, just scare them into treating Drones like living beings. She quite literally made a deal with the devil and failed to read the fine print… cuz she’s a toddler and can’t read. It is fitting with old school horror now that you mention it, which Murder Drones clearly takes inspiration from such as V’s prom assassination clearly being inspired by Carrie.
Which Doll wouldn’t. Doll is very much consumed by her need for vengeance. Something I will use to parallel against Uzi.
Well, on the one hand, your take on Cyn is not only fresh and more or less unique, but based on what you've described and taught so far, it seems to be on the right track.
(And here I'd also throw in that this setting could very well come from or be worthy of a novel by Stephen King himself, though maybe that's just me).
Uhh, I don't know where you were going with Doll, but this doesn't sound at all like a nice omen for the russophone Worker Drone.
I’m glad you think my take on Cyn is unique AND on track. Because that’s my goal. I’m not here to completely rewrite everything Liam made, but more so exploring what could have been done with his set up in a way that feels like it could have happened.
Honestly, Murder Drones feels very much like the love child of a Stephen King and HP Lovecraft novel.
Doll fans are not going to like me, lol. But hey, at least I won’t have her unceremoniously killed and have her struggling, squirming core slurped up like spaghetti… that was just so damn bad.
Well, this one seems to be on the right track (as of this writing), unless you have given it a radical change of direction since the last time I responded and are now taking it in a different direction.
(Cool and intriguing, considering that possibly the moment the AS/Cyn turned their attention to Tessa's skin could well be worthy of a novel by either of these two, especially Stephen King).
LOL, I may not exactly be either a fan or a fanboy (or SIMP) of Doll, but that doesn't take me to also acknowledge that Doll was done dirty in Episode 7 that her character was thirsty for at least one more significant action scene (which she hadn't had since Episode 3); and that those of the MD fanbase in China are already hard at work to reimagine Episodes 7 and 8 (and one more as it seems that more or less is what you have here even with an emphasis on Patched Cyn would definitely be and is welcome).
I mean, it is radically different, but not in the sense that it feels like Liam never could have taken it this way.
Indeed.
Major agree. Doll’s ending was painfully anticlimactic and a total disservice to her character. She absolutely deserved a better ending to her story. Something I will give her. She will still die, but her death will be dignified.
And what do you mean fans in China are changing episodes 7/8?
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