#also the talking bird thing only further cements by belief

[roberttheglitcherino]

ce@galacticxangel​

Okay so you got me to really wanting to dump my headcanon ideas about Conductor and DJ Grooves so I’ll just speak them here under readmore

Basically, my rough idea of their personality sort of comes from little clues from interactions and  background elements. We know both of them have been competing for the awards for many long years, so they have plenty of reason to be irritated at each other, starting from when they ended up buying the same building and are pretty forced to work around each other while competing against each other. Conductor’s films, despite being vanity projects and using the same rough idea, manage to beat out DJ Grooves’ films, which seem to be more like feel-good films all about flash and pomp and would appear to do well on release, but die out after a while enough to harm his odds by the time the award ceremony kicks while Conductors’ films presumably stay strong through the season. Yet when Award 42 came around, DJ Grooves ended up winning, the exact reasons are sort of vague, but judging by the newspaper clippings just outside of the weird award room, my idea is that because of Conductor taking time to mock someone missing his train, he ended up being late for the award ceremony, which resulted in his streak being lost and then physically fighting DJ Grooves. Afterword, Conductor got back to his streak, but presumably the competitive spirit only sparked further. Now, this sort of leads to the idea that DJ Grooves, after winning, got way overconfident, possibly thinking he only lost the previous awards due to Conductor doing something shady behind the scenes, which only strengthened further as he kept losing years after winning, and if you help him win, cement into a firm belief that Conductor has been cheating for years. However Conductor outwardly claims to never have broken laws in his life if you talk to him during Mustache Girl’s reboot of the planet, and in fairness, he only gets you to work with him because DJ Grooves was intending to bend the rules by getting you to help him win despite not legally being a bird, wanting you to join him to get even with DJ Grooves and make it harder for him to beat him again. This kinda leads me to believe that Conductor was telling some lengths of the truth, yes he still did cheat by getting you to work for him like DJ did, but only because otherwise it would be unfair, perhaps taking offense to the idea of having to compete with someone bending the rules and would prefer to fight on equal footing, which makes me think that DJ, after losing so much, that one win made him feel so confident in that it couldn’t be because of his films is why he lost, and puts the blame on the Conductor somehow cheating to win. He even says he can’t prove that Conductor is lying but says that he feels like he knows he’s been cheating for years, and at that point DJ was so far gone in his own ego thanks to the win that he couldn’t see that he might be getting irrational, all he thinks is that Conductor has been cheating to win every trophy except 1 and with the time pieces, fully intends to go back and reclaim what he feels like were his all along. Basically, my idea is that Award 42 changed the both of them into how they act now, Conductor took the loss very negatively and developed a perfectionist mentality, getting angry at just about anything and everything and wanting to not lose again, perhaps feeling deep-seeded regret for that one little slip up that resorted in him losing the awards and not wanting to repeat the same mistake again, while DJ’s win seeded in questions that affected him negatively in the long-run, making him believe that in some way, Conductor has been and still is cheating to win the Bird Movie Awards, and while he shows the pomp and hype, he hides how he really feels among his peers, only really showing how he feels to Hat Kid, outright telling her that his penguin crew, despite being loyal to him to a fault, claim them to be “terrible actors” and will freely hire this human-like child, one not even supposed to be in Dead Bird Studios and even get rid of her debt, just to get an edge against the Conductor, who he firmly believes has to have been cheating for years and feels like he’s justified in cheating first. It shines a comparison in their filming styles, Conductor prefering improvised and on-the-spot method acting that feel genuine over  DJ’s flashy and feel-good films play more on the first-time emotions for hits. Conductor’s method plays more into long-term or consistent views, as while they’re cliche in theme, they have a certain charm in them, whether it be from the nostalgic setting or the genuine acting, which keeps the viewing consistent, while DJ’s seems to feel like how I feel some films are like: All about the first-impression film, to pump people with hype and ceremony to hide the fact there’s not much sustenance in the film that leave a lasting impression, and tend to be forgotten from much of the public memory after the season’s over, which is probably what DJ Grooves is banking on, using that first strong wind to try and coast the whole season to the end. I sort of imagine that in that regard, DJ Grooves sort of reflects his films, living in the moment and hoping for the best for him, while the Conductor seems to know what he does well and sticks with it, showing a better sign of long-term planning than Grooves does. This whole thing makes me sort of imagine how the Time Piece incident affected them afterword, as apparently no matter what, the result from both is the same regardless of who won, basically my idea is that after the fight, both of them sort of cool down from their heated and competitive spirits and choosing the settle in their own ways, Conductor deciding to book a cruise on the S.S. Literally Can’t Sink, whether it be because he felt like he needed a vacation after DJ Grooves trying to kill Hat Kid and change history or simply just feeling like he needs to step away from the studio to settle down after being beaten, while DJ Grooves stays and does some planning for next-year’s film, granted only because he knows the Conductor is taking the same ship. It gives the idea that after the fight, DJ Grooves sort of realized the flaws of his films, being all show but no sustenance and thinking how to improve for next year and win fair and square, while Conductor eases on the perfectionist mood and unwinds onto simpler plans for his films, the impression of that I got from the movie poster of his in the Nyakuza Metro, which also kinda brings the idea that Conductor’s wins were because he advertised a whole lot and words of his films perhaps has a wider reach than DJ Grooves’, which I am assuming is more focused on areas he knows he’s already very popular. I sort of see DJ Grooves overall to be the sort to basically actively avoid paying mind to his own problems, choosing to pin the reasons for his losses on other reasons, choosing to actively assume Conductor has been cheating without any proof to back his theory, while the Conductor, while vain, knows a lot of his problems but tries to fight back instead of actively hiding from them. Hints of this is sort of implied with the Arctic Cruise where he knows he’s just gonna get drunk as hell, and tries to leave his grandkids somewhere where they won’t mimic his actions. Tellingly, while drunk, he shows a much softer side to him, even calling you a friend and is more welcoming towards you, though if those are his actual feelings or the alcohol muddling his brain is vague, but I like to assume he does feel like he can trust Hat Kid as she does help him despite all the problems he’s caused for her in the studio. I feel like Conductor would be the sort of guy that while tough and strict, he would pay a genuine compliment if something is worth complimenting, basically like a stern-but-fair dad, while DJ Grooves probably just praises if it means it builds hype and makes him look good, like one of those soccer moms. I’m pretty sure there’s more info somewhere in my brain, but I kinda burned out from making this whole thing and writing it from off the top my noggin.

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