speaking of the starlight brigade, i just LOVE the symbolism of what dan’s dream was: to be a singer. this will be my interpretation of the song. positive rant is below
when strive saw that ship, he looked so interested, much how dan was interested into becoming a singer. strive’s grandfather didn’t want him to go up to space, but strive wanted to go. he felt something calling to him. he meets ninja brian and twrp and their relationship with each other grow
during that battle with those other evil spaceships, strive’s ship starts to power down, and his gem on his chest. before he blacks out, he sees the star in front of him, desperately reaching out to it. to me, it represented dan’s doubt and fear of not making his wish, but still clinging onto that light
then, we see strive as a kid running towards the star. dan, when he was a child, again, wanted to pursue singing. even during his doubts and his dark times, he wanted, needed to keep going to pursue that dream. the light ignites in strive’s chest and the ship turns back on, and the crew manages to defeat the dark
when those evil spaceships were defeated, it symbolizes dan powering through and fighting those dark thoughts. he’s finally made it. he did it. the star kept burning and burning. and, to this day, still is
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I drew Strive from TWRP’s Starlight Brigade
Flats and reference below the cut
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Another scene redraw! I decided to go a different direction with the background this time, making it look more like a galaxy!
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Trick or Treat!
Oh goodness! Trick or treaters at my door. Hm, perhaps you would like…A starlight brigade ficlet?
“Trick or treat!” Strive announced, holding the bag out and open with both hands. At the door, Phobos looked down at it with a blank stare. He seemed to think about it for a second, then his head jerked up in idea and he snapped his fingers. He disappeared into his room, and Strive heard him rummaging around a bit. He returned shortly and dropped a small scented candle into the bag. He then flashed Strive a thumbs-up and closed the door.
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“Trick or treat!”
Meouch pondered him for a second, then reached into his pocket. He pulled out a can of beer and a pack of cigarettes, both of which he dropped into Strive’s bag before ruffling his hair.
“Don’t tell Sung.”
He closed the door.
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“Trick or…treat? Treat please?”
Brian dropped a knife into the bag, where it promptly tore a hole straight through. He then flipped Strive off (with just a hint of affection in the familiar gesture) and closed the door.
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“Trick or treat!”
Sung, dressed in some kind of ratty robe and wielding an old-looking book, swept Strive inside into his room which had been decorated with strange orange gourds and a whole lot of skeletons. He took Strive for a tour around, enthusiastically telling him about the history of this particular earth holiday (it had been his idea for Strive to trick-or-treat), some old stories about ancient demons, and also the finer points of necromancy.
At the end he dropped several “nutritional food bars” into Strive’s bag and told him not to take anything from Meouch.
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“Trick…or treat?”
Havve stared at him. Strive stared back. Havve kept staring. Strive started to sweat.
Havve reached out and dropped a rock into his bag, then closed the door. Strive blinked in surprise, because from his perspective, that had been the more normal thing he had gotten.
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At the end of the night, Strive took inventory of his bounty. He put Havve’s rock in a nice place on his shelf (gifted rocks were very important to moebians), and Phobos’ candle beside it. He tucked Brian’s knife away in a safe place, and buried Sung’s and Meouch’s gifts at the bottom of a drawer which he mentally labeled “emergency rations.”
Some of the other people on the ship had actually given him some candy, which was nice. He had never tried candy, really. He decided to munch on it while watching the movies Sung had recommended.
Unsurprisingly, he did not get much sleep that night.
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Today (technically yesterday but shhh) marks the day I first watched the music video for Starlight Brigade, I expected it to be a hyperfixation for a couple of weeks, but two years later I'm still here, obsessing over this music video from 2019. But it's special to me, it's the music video that revitalised my interest in art, allowed me to make some wonderful friends, and introduced me to my favourite band.
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