#i'll start actually wotr ocposting at some point they occupy too many of my thoughts not to

[thronealigned]

i have thought somewhat about what impulse would be like in wotr (aside from deeply hilarious, on account of them being a 20-22 year old dipshit put in charge of the fifth crusade. literally it'd just be like if you made woljif the KC). i was leaning towards aeon at first on account of the whole ego death, transformation into something cold & inhuman, the space motifs, emphasis on Logic and Reason, all that. but the focus on Justice - the self-sacrifice in pursuit of it (or at least the aeon's vision of it) - means it just doesn't work, because fundamentally impulse is a very selfish person as much as they (at least at the start) would like not to be, and i'm not sure they even believe in justice as a concept (virtue & idealism is a luxury they've never been afforded). so the real answer i think is trickster->swarm

#it doesnt hit the same specific chaotic->lawful shift as impulse's ceremorphosis does but #to be fair illithid-impulse doesn't stay at lawful evil for very long. they squid-cannibalize their impulse control (hehe) and shift #straight over to chaotic evil. they are both a perfect and really shit illithid #but you know it could be so much worse. at least they're not doing human experimentation as a bit #actually that's a lie illithid-impulse is definitely doing that. swarmpulse still takes it Several steps beyond though. what with the swarm #and all #but then ALSO so much of impulse's downfall comes from being actively manipulated into being their worst possible self #by an external seemingly-benevolent figure #so. actually. azata->devil? #but swarm has so much more emphasis on monstrosity and hunger. and Hunger is such a big thing for them #hmmmmmmmm #irrelevant au thoughts over #i'll start actually wotr ocposting at some point they occupy too many of my thoughts not to #but well i'm shy. #i might revisit some of my impulse wips too since im thinking about them more again.... #but *** ******* is too intimidating a character for me to write that's why i never got anything done for them #why did i censor that. anyway #and i Still haven't really written much for wotr yet as much as i've been wanting to #sighs!