#rq!mite steve

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Serious update: Why I discontinued the Mite Steve AU and the RRFF Extended AU

(Just to clear any worries I just spawned: don't worry, RRFF will not be discontinued, and Mite isn't gone forever. I just have different plans now.)

This is actually a decision that I made months ago, but it took me a long time to figure out how to explain my reasoning in a way that gave me emotional closure, without leaving it on a sad note. Well, I finally know what to say. I admit that the timing is awkward since I just had to delay the Reverse Rewrite AU, rip. But I don't want to delay this anymore, so here we go.

(Heads up: minor spoilers for RRFF in this explanation. It’s actually a spoiler for a plot point that’ll never be explored, but here’s a little heads up in case someone wanted it)

Why the Mite Steve AU is discontinued

Short explanation: I have drastically different ideas and plans for this AU now. I no longer want Mite’s story to be related to the Galaxy Family or Steve lore in general. Because of my new plans, I want to scrap the AU and start over in a new setting.

Long explanation:

The Mite Steve AU is basically a case of me mulling over a story idea for so long that new plans conflict with old plans. That's the fun thing about working on the same idea for years: current me is looking at past me's work and thinking of different ways to handle it.

For the Mite Steve AU, I actually never had a clear story - just a bunch of ideas around a concept I really liked. If you've been following this blog for years, you probably saw all the ideas I bounced around. Like Mite and Galaxy having an estranged father-son relationship, Void existing in this AU, Proto-Mite, Mite having a bunch of issues to work on (like his arrogance and his inability to relax), and Zero.

I've received some asks about the Mite Steve AU, but the truth is, I never had answers for these questions to begin with. I wanted Mite to defend Steves against a new threat, but I never figured out who or what that new threat was. I never figured out why Mite and Galaxy grew distant. I kept changing my ideas for Mite's origins. The only concrete ideas I had were Mite being a fusion, his personality, and his powers.

However, I enjoyed this messy idea phase without stressing too much, since this AU was just for fun. I figured all the pieces would come together eventually, and I’d figure out which ideas to keep and which ideas to make "uncanon" by then for the official story.

Fast forward to 2022. I stopped posting weekly about the Mite Steve AU because at that point, my ideas were really starting to conflict with each other, and I needed time to process it silently. During that time, one update I made for the revamped replacement of the Blue Straggler AU was taking it out of the Steve Saga world and building an original world. Because of that, I thought, "hey, what if I also take Mite Steve out of the Steve Saga world?" That made me realize something important:

The Mite Steve AU and what it was meant to be has changed, and I realized I'm no longer interested in making Mite’s story centered around the Galaxy Family, or Steve Saga lore in general.

Originally, my plan for this AU was, "hey, I like talking about the Galaxy Family through my fanworks! Let's make Mite’s story explore the Galaxy Family!” Then RRFF became my main focus. It turns out I got everything I wanted to say about the Galaxy Family through RRFF, and I’m content with using just RRFF to express all my love and creativity around the Family. I don’t need the Mite Steve AU to be another huge Galaxy Family fanfic. Since the Galaxy Family is the main thing I focus on in TSS, I realized there is no reason to keep Mite in TSS lore either. I'd rather use Mite’s story to explore different concepts now.

Eventually, I decided this was the route I wanted to take! So, I kept the few ideas that aligned with this new route and left most of the original ideas behind, so that I can focus on delivering these remaining ideas in the most epic way possible. I always knew I'd have to scrap some ideas once I decided on something, but wow, I never expected that I would basically scrap the entire AU and switch the lore!

Ultimately, this is what I mean by discontinuing the AU and starting the story over. I’m really excited with the new direction I have in mind, and I hope you guys enjoy it too once I’m ready to post about Mite again!

Which brings me to my next topic: Why the RRFF Extended AU is discontinued

What does the Mite Steve AU have to do with the RRFF Extended AU being discontinued too?

Here's the thing...the Mite Steve AU and the RRFF Extended AU are the same AU! Yes, this is a spoiler for RRFF, but RRFF and Mite’s story are connected!

While I was editing RRFF years ago, I had a thought to make RRFF connected to the Mite Steve AU, and I went with it, creating the RRFF Extended AU. RRFF became a prequel to the Mite Steve AU. I started planning a spin-off sequel for RRFF, which would connect RRFF to Mite Steve's backstory.

I’m discontinuing the RRFF Extended AU because that AU is the Mite Steve AU - the AU I didn’t have a clear story for and the AU I’m scrapping for new ideas and changed interests. I no longer want to write another multi-chapter Galaxy Family fanfic, so I’m canceling my plan to write RRFF’s spin-off sequel. I just want to focus all of my love and attention on RRFF, Memory, and Illusion.

How these AU's discontinuations will affect RRFF

Short answer: The only effect it will have on RRFF is some unanswered questions. RRFF will continue as is. RRFF will be a stand-alone story now.

Long answer:

Let me make this clear: although the process is slow, I do not plan to discontinue RRFF. The Mite Steve AU/RRFF extended AU may be discontinued, but RRFF is far from over! I still love RRFF and want to finish it and share the remaining chapters!

That said, there will be unanswered questions in RRFF due to the RRFF extended AU being discontinued. I don’t think I’ll ever answer these questions, since I never had solid answers in the first place. I hope the main story with Memory and Illusion is satisfying though, even if the subplots and hints about [Six Bright Eyes] and [the Narrator] will never get closure.

Final notes

Thank you so much for all the love the Mite Steve AU has received in the past ;0; I love Mite, and I'm so happy you guys enjoy him as well. Even though the AU is discontinued, I loved making posts for it while it was active!

Mite will return one day! Just in a completely different premise and setting - one that'll bring his story to his full potential. However, it’ll take some time until I’m ready to post about him again. If you’re interested and ok with waiting, thank you so much!

To everyone who's followed the journey of the Mite Steve AU and read all of this, thank you so so much. Take care!

#update #long post #mite steve au #mite steve #rq!mite steve #my ocs

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Depending on how the lore of the Obsidian Steves unfolds in the future, I may add “worked for and lived with the Obsidian Steves for a while” into Memory!Mite’s backstory. I like the idea that he and Obsidian Steves would get along, but I won’t make it canon until I see how the rest of Steve Legends plays out.

Until then, have a little comic I was inspired to make.

[ID: A two-paneled comic of Obsidian Captain introducing Colle to Memory!Mite, a Rainbow Quest OC. In the first panel, Obsidian Captain gestures to Mite - who is wearing a helmet and holding a spear and shield to match Obsidian Steve. Obsidian Captain tells Colle, “Here’s another one of our warriors. He’s not actually an Obsidian Steve. Just someone who works for us and manages to keep up with us.” Colle looks at Obsidian Captain and Mite with an uncertain expression, while Mite looks at Colle with an unreadable, but unhostile expression. In the second panel, Mite takes off his helmet and points to his exposed red hair. Colle gasps and holds his head, excited that Mite has red hair like him, while Obsidian Captain glances at Colle.

Obsidian Captain is a large Steve wearing purple armor with glowing pale yellow accents and markings. He has a black cloth covering the lower half of his face and he is surrounded by glowing orange particles. Colle is drawn with peach-colored skin, freckles, and green eyes, while wearing a brown coat, red shoulder pads, and a blue scarf. His hair is divided to three parts, with the middle part being a darker red with blue streaks. Memory!Mite wears his dark purple outfit, dark gloves, and dark balaclava face mask, and he has two demon horns protruding from his temples. Additionally, he is holding the Obsidian Steve’s shield and spear and wears a dark helmet that glows yellow and orange like Obsidian Steve’s armor. He is surrounded by glitches that are colored in with an orange-to-purple gradient, and the orange parts are glowing.

End ID.]

#steve legends #my art #rq!mite steve #mite steve au #mite steve #steve saga oc #colle #steve legends colle #obsidian steve #holy crap...it's been almost one year since I last drew rq!mite #i don't draw rq!mite that much because i don't have any ideas for this au tbh #(oh and i changed Memory!Mite and Illusion!Mite into half-demons because of the lore of demon steves in rq)

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So at this point, we all know that “First X” and “Last X” is a standard naming convention in Rainbow Quest just like “X Steve.”

This makes me wonder if I should rename the Mites in the RQ!Mite Steve AU.

Would Memory!Mite be the First Mite? Would Elemental!Mite be the Last Mite?

I cannot write “First Mite” and “Last Mite” with a straight face. Him being called “Mite” was already kinda funny, but adding “First” and “Last” to his name to make him sound Important just makes me laugh.

So maybe like Rainbow Steve/First Hero/Last Hero, maybe he’s real name is Mite, but his “First/Last X” name can be a different name entirely.

“Hero” is already taken. TSS!Mite is a bodyguard, but each RQ!Mite has a different job. I still haven’t decided if RQ!Mite is a fusion of Steves or one Steve powered by four different artifacts.

First Vigilante? Last Vigilante? I really like how it sounds. But it sounds edgy, and RQ!Mite does work with leaders to keep Steves safe, so vigilante doesn’t describe him well.

First Interdimensional Weirdo? Last Interdimensional Weirdo? That is too wordy. But Mite’s full name is also wordy, so it kinda fits. (Memory Illusion Time Elemental Steve, the First Interdimensional Weirdo. lmao, this makes me laugh harder than “First Mite”.)

First Guard? Last Guard? Vague and generic, but sounds good.

“First X/Last X” characters also tend to be named after the purpose of their creation (ex: Curse, Inferno, Hero). And I’m still trying to find out RQ!Mite’s origin story. That’s probably why I’m struggling to come up with a name.

I’ll keep thinking about possible names. Just wanna put my thoughts here.

#mite steve #mite steve au #rq!mite steve #writing rant #rainbow quest au #rainbow quest oc

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(RQ!Mite Steve(s) AU)

Violet Steve: Ah yes, the five love languages.

Violet Steve, pointing to Elemental!Mite: Touch starved.

Violet Steve, pointing to Memory!Mite: My parents never told me they are proud of me.

Violet Steve, pointing to Time!Mite: I love Stuff.

Violet Steve, pointing to Illusion!Mite: I’m so freaking tired please god just let me rest for five minutes.

Violet Steve, pointing to Elemental!Mite: And hey, pay attention to me.

Elemental!Mite: Hey, why did I get two?

#rq!mite steve #mite steve au #incorrect quotes #source: tumblr #violet steve

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(RQ!Mite Steve(s) AU)

Elemental!Mite: There is still one thing I don’t understand.

Memory!Mite: Math? Science? Bathing??

#elemental!mite is feral and owns a lot of 'i woke up like this' shirts #while memory!mite is the cleanest of the 4 #despite looking like someone who would hide in a tree for days to spy on an enemy #mite steve au #rq!mite steve #incorrect quotes #source: jessie

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(Rainbow Quest Mite Steve(s) AU)

[Elemental!Mite does some chores at the Orange Village]

An Orange Steve parent who’s looking for a babysitter: Do you have any experience with children?

Elemental!Mite: Yeah, I chill all the time!

Orange Steve parent: No, like a baby.

Elemental!Mite, remembering his days as Proto-Mite: I was one of those.

#mite steve au #rq!mite steve #orange steve #rainbow quest #incorrect quotes #source: vine #source: evan breen

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(Rainbow Quest Mite Steve(s) AU)

Illusion!Mite: People always ask me how I pronounce my name. “mite” or “m-i-t-e”?

Illusion!Mite: I always tell them the same thing: How dare you speak to me.

#mite steve au #rq!mite steve #mite steve #incorrect quotes #source: jeff goldblum

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(Rainbow Quest Mite Steve(s) AU)

Illusion!Mite: Fine, I admit it. I still can’t swim! I never took those lessons at the community pool.

Time!Mite: Mite, you promised!

Illusion!Mite: They want to put me in beginner’s class with the little kids. I can’t be swimming around with a bunch of five-year-olds. They can be so cruel when they sense weakness!

Elemental!Mite: That’s why on the first day you have to beat up the biggest one in the yard.

Time!Mite: Mite, that’s a prison.

Elemental!Mite: Only if you let it be.

#Illusion!Mite dreads it when Galaxy or Orange!Rainbow invite him to go fishing for pufferfish #he'll just sulk under the shade of a tree refusing to go near the water while they fish #he's doesn't want anyone to jokingly shove him into the water #rq!mite steve #mite steve au #incorrect quotes #source: sonic boom

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(Rainbow Quest Mite Steve(s) AU)

Memory!Mite: [bursts into an evil laugh]

Memory!Mite: [calms down and gives Sabre a friendly pat on the shoulder] Great knock-knock joke, Sabre ^^

Sabre, lowkey concerned: ...Thank you...

#looks like he can kill you but is actually a cinnamon roll #mite steve au #rq!mite steve #incorrect quotes #source: vine #source: prozd

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Me and the boys being different variants of the same fusion in Rainbow Quest.

#mite steve #mite steve au #rq!mite steve #meme #humor

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(Based on this draw the squad pose by croxovergoddess!)

Me: The RQ!Mites are all created during different time periods, so there is no way they can interact with each other.

Also me: *makes content of these 4 bois interacting with each other*

*******

I drew this while I was sick two weeks ago, so I cringe looking at it now. Oh well.

I worry that the more I make these 4 bois interact with each other, the more likely the RQ!Mite au is gonna inspire some cursed content *shudders*

Buuuut, I’m still gonna add fuel to the fire anyways, lol.

#mite steve #mite steve au #rq!mite steve #draw the squad #my art

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(Rainbow Quest Mite Steve(s) AU)

A villain: You’re too late, the Mites Across Time! You’ll NEVER stop me now!

Time!Mite: That’s where you’re wrong, evil-doer! We will stop you with the powers of:

Memory!Mite: Friendship!

Elemental!Mite: Harmony!

Illusion!Mite: incredible violence

Time!Mite: And love!

#mite steve #mite steve au #rq!mite steve #incorrect quotes #source: owl turd comix

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(Death and swearing warning)

75% of the RQ!Mite Steve AU in a nutshell

RQ!Galaxy Steve: *pokes at Mite’s lifeless, broken body*

RQ!Galaxy: Mite Steve? Mite Steeeeeeeve? Mite Steve?!

Mite’s dead body:

RQ!Galaxy: Oh my f***ing god, he f***ing dead.

RQ!Galaxy:

RQ!Galaxy: *proceeds to create the new Mite Steve* One more try!

#mite steve #mite steve au #rq!mite steve #rq!galaxy steve #swearing #death tw #incorrect quotes #source: vine

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(Rainbow Quest Mite Steve(s) AU)

Elemental!Mite, wearing a face mask and carrying hand sanitizer in both hands: *glares at his forest refuge*

Elemental!Mite: You damn TREES better practice social distancing before I unimagine you guys away!!

[the forest suddenly expands 4 times its size as all the trees suddenly teleport to different locations to be 6 feet apart from each other]

#idk. this just came into existence in my mind one day #mite steve #rq!mite steve #mite steve au #skits #coronavirus

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(Rainbow Quest Mite Steve(s) AU)

Time!Mite, reading a Islamic proverb: “Don’t fear death, fear the state in which you will die.”

Illusion!Mite, quietly: Ohio.

#(note: Time!Mite is not religious; he just reads a lot) #mite steve #mite steve au #rq!mite steve #incorrect quotes #source: tumblr

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(Rainbow Quest Mite Steve(s) AU)

Time!Mite: [sees a bee] I respect you.

Bee: [stars flying toward him]

Time!Mite: [runs away shrieking]

#mite steve #mite steve au #rq!mite steve #incorrect quotes #source: tumblr