I didn't mean to seem rude, I'm just saying your reference to when they were matesprites is odd because they never were?
Anonymous
OH NO HOLY CRAP WOW HI MY NAME IS SAM AND I MESSED UP
I thought that went to my personal inbox and not demfantrolls. It’s been a very very long day for me. Okay here’s a proper answer.
I agree with you on that they were never matesprites. It is also fanon that matesprites may end up copying each others quirks. I would say you could apply matesprite quirk rules to other quadrents like moirails regarding quirks, this doesn’t mean that a matespritship may not copy each other’s quirks on purpose or by accident. I think it’s up to you in the end about if you want to have them copy each or not. I think for your flirty fantroll I would have her do it out of habit with someone she’s close to or when she’s legitimately flirting.
~Mod Sam
I am sorry, I thought that they were at one point due to a certain conversation when they shared hearts at the end. Well, Terezi did first and Karkat reluctantly did afterwards.
-Phem
Following the fannon(?) that Matesprits tend to sort of copy each other's quirks, would it make sense to have a flirtatious troll mimic some of the quirks of those she chats with? Sometimes for legitimate flirting, sometimes accidentally out of habit, and sometimes just to screw with people? (She also has her own quirk in ALL CAPS DUE TO SHIT-TY EYE-SIGHT AND EN-UN-CI-ATES SYLL-A-BLES.)
Anonymous
Ugh, another “all caps” quirk. I don’t really like those because I notice quite a few people using them and all those quirks do is make me think of Karkat. She seems to have a legitimate reason for it, but I would still suggest leaving the all caps off.
And that’s fanon? I have have never heard of that before. When Karkat and Terezi were matesprits, their quirks didn’t seem to change at all. Honestly, I don’t really agree with the idea. I get where the idea came from, the whole idea of dressing like each other, but it doesn’t seem like trolls change their quirk very often except for specific reasons.
-Phem
I know that a lusus being exactly like a normal animal but white or maybe bigger or smaller is kind of an uncreative idea, any tips on how to make a lusus more monster-like? Is it a good idea to fish around in D&D books for monster ideas?
Anonymous
Using D&D books are perfectly fine. I would suggest using mythological creatures or crossing two different animals/beasts into a hybrid, mythological or normal. You’re already on the right track.
-Phem
Your opinion on Denizens and any tips for people who wish to make fan-denizens? Would they have to be related to the aspect somehow? And can one use a name that isn't from Greek Mythology like perhaps Hindu or Hebrew origin?
Anonymous
Time to break this ask down a bit:
1. If by “opinion” you mean what do i think about the currently theory of every aspect sharing a denizen, I generally don’t follow it. I don’t think there’s enough concrete evidence to show that every aspect shares the same denizen. My agreement with the theory really wavered when the information about Yaldabaoth was revealed. Yes, I remember what Aranea said about Echidna, but that still hasn’t won me over.
2. I would related them to the aspect. At least, that is what I have done for a couple of the denizens for my fantrolls.
3. No, it does not have to be of Greek origin.
-Phem
Space players would have frogs in their land by default, right? But do they have to be just plain frogs? What about robotic ones or fire-breathing ones or both?
Anonymous
Yes they have them by default I could see fire-breathing frogs, robotic ones not so much, but totally fire-breathing ones.
~Mod Sam
How do you run a fantroll review blog? And how do you share it with someone else?
Anonymous
On the bottom of the sidebar, there is a page that says “tips for reviewers”. That’s basically what you’re looking for.
-Phem
I see tanks as just another weapon in the government's arsenal. Niche use to be sure, likely only used against dissidents that were well organized or well armed or in possession of particularly nasty lusii, but still there.
Niche use? Yeah, I can agree with that.
-Phem
I'm failing to see the connection between the form of government and the development of land vehicles. Sure, there's no other nations to use them against, but I think it's silly to say that's the reason they wouldn't have them. It's like saying that troll ships have no cannonry for the same reason. Tanks are just another form of weaponry, and for a species that's so violent and dickish, a likely invention. They probably made tanks before they made non-fighting vehicles.
I guess mentioning the form of government they had showed no correlation to the fact that Alternia doesn’t really have any nations, but I don’t think saying that trolls wouldn’t have any use for the tanks is a silly reason to say why they wouldn’t have them, which was my entire point, albeit not worded well. Just because trolls are violent and dickish doesn’t necessarily mean they will make tanks. If they have no use for them, why waste resources trying to do so?
Though now that I think about it, tanks could have been used as a way of getting around without having to worry about getting attacked.
-Phem
So we know that ghosts are a credible thing on Alternia. We also know that ghost /ships/ exist on Alternia. Do you think that ghost planes and ghost tanks might also be a thing?
I don’t know about tanks, but I can definitely see planes. Tanks I’m iffy about because I’m questioning whether or not trolls would have used them as a weapon.
Humans used tanks against each other, particularly countries at war. Alternia isn’t set up like that though. Instead of countries, Alternia is one nation ruled by one troll. It doesn’t seem like tanks would have been especially useful for HIC’s conquests of other planets either. I suppose they could have put the tanks on ships and drove them out onto other planets so they can be used in combat, but I don’t really agree with that idea.
-Phem
I'm working on a fanventure themed around angels so I have a few questions. First can I have two trolls share a hive? They're 8 sweeps old and moirail seadwellers. Then my second is since I have a troll based around lucifer and she goes grimdark and god tier while grimdark do you think I could use that to glitch out her god tier so it's more, well, grimdarky to fit with the whole fallen angel thing :?
1. No, trolls should not be sharing a hive, probably because lusii would consider the hives their territory. They can live next to each other, but I wouldn’t suggest the two trolls living together.
2. How would the glitch work…? When she goes god tier, she doesn’t really ascend and just goes grimdark again?
-Phem
Do all purplebloods have the power of chucklevoodoos, or would it just be those in the subjuggulator cult?
Anonymous
I’m pretty sure it would only be those in the subjuggulator cult.
~Mod Sam
do you think it's out of the question for a young troll on Alternia to be able to make pizza? i think they'd certainly have it sure, because if they have orange creamsicles why NOT pizza, but do you think it's too complex for a troll to whip up themselves?
Anonymous
If your troll can cook well enough to make pizza, then I don’t see a problem with it. They could also eat microwaveable pizzas.
-Phem
