#rede would be so much more violent if it wasnt for Chickenstab holding him back so often

[creaturefeaster]

This may be a stupid question, and I’m sorry if you’ve answered it before, but why do the mimes do everything they do?

Not a stupid question at all. It's a pretty broad question, however, so it may have been answered in bits and pieces in the past throughout several other asks. So I suppose this is a chance to put it cohesively:

They are of a different realm. The physical realm is not their own, and though they have existed for eons, they have only lived life in the physical part of the universe for a tiny sliver of time. So more often than not, they have almost no clue what they're doing.

They've also just finished fighting a war, and are aware that fate is not on their side when it comes to sticking around in the physical realm, so they are very ready and willing to fight. Their kind as a whole goes a bit overboard though, as I'd argue they wipe out maybe a good 70% of the living people on the planet alone within a couple of days.

The mimes in the focal lense of the story-- the ones you see me draw and talk about-- are no exception to this behavior. Some of the first things they do when they arrive is kill. Out of curiosity, fear, adrenaline, or out of a feeling of necessesity. None really out of hate, though, and none with initial malicious intent (...perhaps debatable, depending on how you look at things ^^;)

Once the crazy phase is over, about two or three days after the Fault, a lot of the immediate hostile behavior slows down. Everyone's had a chance to get used to their new world, and has had the time to understand the meaning of what life is. Though they are against the main 15 living protagonists, they actually try to avoid outright killing them. The persuasions of fate fortune the protagonists, so it makes it a little more difficult to get rid of them anyways, but a lot of the mimes often opt to thwart the living's plans rather than continue the cycle of brutal hostility.

Some mimes are just more hostile in nature though, or some more chaotic, but some are just trying to enjoy their new life. Their motives and aspirations are all over the place. Almost all of them though just want to remain despite the destruction they've already caused. The living, of course, want their world back to the way it was, so they continue on. And so the mimes must as well.

#jarna is here to hunt for sport more often than not. #calamea just doesnt give a fuck and does whatever always #rede would be so much more violent if it wasnt for Chickenstab holding him back so often #but past those three none of the main mimes are here to be brutal #twiddle acts like he is but news flash he isnt. he just thrives off of making enemies #foxglove doesnt even wanna be here at all so shes just doing what she thinks she has to #brambleramble #tyv and uppsulka pretty early on actually go. yknow fuck all this mess. idk if we might disappear again one day. #we are living out in tha middle of nowhere now. leave us alone #(alas. they cannot escape the. Shenanigans) #some mimes even help work towards the living's goal #as they accept their fate- realise they'll both be doomed if it isn't done- and that their doomed fate would be worse than-- #--simply having their fate reverted.