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image description/text transcription: doodly diagrams. At the top it reads
"The Battat Soup. very undifferentiated but still not singlet. frequent blurring/rapid switching. occasional full switches w/ dissociation."
Below is a huge circle with 5 small Battat face doodles, all with different looks and expressions, each labeled with a name and bullet points. First,
"Bossman
- jackass
- ridiculous ego
- distinctively loose/coarse speech
- most likely to cause the egg to crack"
Next,
"Premiere
- decently adjusted
- control freak. denial central
- less repressed outwardly"
Next,
"Shame Cube
- others being vulnerable like well-adjusted folks? can't have that
- arguably more of a complex than a guy"
Next,
"Strings
- obsessive
- does not sleep
- scared scared scared
- lots of passive influence on others"
and the last,
"f(x)
- rationalizer
- info hoarding
- strings's flipside tbh"
A small bubble in the side of the circle also notes, "various other fragments floating around also"
Below the circle are two more doodles with names and bulletpoints.
One is of Small Mike, like the costume.
"Mike
- Mike
- fronts to be Mike"
Next is of Tenna, though he looks pretty different from usual, with longer and more angular antennae, and a more tense smile.
"Tenna Factive
- Battat isn't gonna acknowledge this guy. But he's here"
End of diagrams.
The ones in the circle are all collectively Battat. They're probably a median subsystem. The names are just speculative because I kind of don't think Battat's ever figuring it out.
So, Premiere is more or less the host. He thinks he is most important and also is the only guy. Actually a pretty decently chill and functional guy if the others aren't making themselves known. Just, really severely denial-brained, and self-important.
Bossman is the one calling his partners bozos. He sucks honestly. He very much fills a more defensive role if they were to have roles, and is very goal-oriented. Also, if Battat was to get things figured out and define themselves as separate to any degree, I don't think he'd even be dating the other Mikes. Like, oh, Bossman's in front, our boyfriend's not here it's just some other asshole.
Shame Cube is, as said previously, probably more of a complex than a guy, but like if a complex gained sentience. This thing is gnawing on their wires and ruining everything constantly.
Strings is the little obsessive freak that got them deep in the Mike Sauce. Someone else has to take front to be able to function. If it was just this guy they'd probably be dead. Often a little voice in the back of the others' head rambling off some crackpot theory and shaking like a chihuahua.
f(x) is the reason for the boards. Likes to stay extremely organized. Fairly disconnected from emotion. While not as dysfunctional as Strings, he's not a lot better at being a Person. If they were to figure out headspace bodies/other forms, he'd probably be a robot or something.
Mike is Mike. Very over the top guy. He's Mike. He's the one in love with Tenna with a vested interest in being the Real Mike and doing things for Tenna. Don't know if he knows about the Tenna factive, or if he's interested.
The Tenna factive. Is there. Doesn't tend to interact with Battat much and is probably never going to have his existence acknowledged, even though sometimes his thoughts end up leaking into Battat. He's got more of Tenna's shitty boss characteristics than other things, given their collective exposure to Tenna (original flavor).