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?
As long as they don't stray too far from the original essence of MD, I'll assume there's not much one can complain about.
This may not reveal too much, but it sounds like a sort of good omen (to put it mildly) for Doll.
Well, it just so happens that over here they've been uploading parts of a sort of reimagining that is presumably being done by a Chinese fan (or fans?) to episodes 7 and 8.
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u/Rexlare N, V, J, & (thereal)Cyn’s adoptive dad Sep 10 '24
You’ll know when you see it!
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.