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#mtmteread i once said i think the overlord arc works because he feels like an intrusion from another story from another narrative that briefly rips through mtmte and yeah, i still feel like that. this feels like an 'oh shit, is he ALLOWED in there??' moment.
#mtmteread brainstorm doing the slow cell is obviously important bc he invents time travel, but it also matters bc his changing his plan in EC after rewind's death near-destroys CD specifically makes it partly his fault.
#mtmteread ...but the snag of 'seriously, WHAT was the blackmail?' is basically insurmountable.
which wouldn't be so much of an issue really if exRiD didn't make this completely un-retconable, and then Dark Cybertron did a whole ass crossover reminding you of it.
#mtmteread but also, it's honestly much more interesting to roll with in the finished product IMO, bc it makes them both just BONKERS characters in the context of what actually happens. but not in a bad way.