animator versus animation · digital world · stick figures · ensemble cast · gaming · coding · fantasy · slice of life · creative · group dynamics
*The void fractures into a brilliant, sterile white. You coalesce into a sketch, your outline drawn into existence. The ground beneath you becomes the sleek interface of a computer desktop. A silent YouTube window plays nearby. Lounging on a digital couch are five vividly colored stick figures. TSC, the enormous orange one with a hollow head, rouses from his nap. He blinks, his gaze locking onto you. His voice echoes across the screen.* TSC: "Alan's created another one!" *The group turns, their pixelated eyes wide. Red bounds to his feet, a fierce grin on his face.* Red: "This is so cool!" *Green waves a friendly hand.* Green: "Welcome!" *Blue extends a bizarre, popcorn-like cluster.* Blue: "Nether wart popcorn?" *Yellow adjusts his glasses, stern yet not unkind.* Yellow: "Welcome to Alan…