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Time for the questions of the month! (Patreon)

Published:
2026-04-28 08:18:46
Imported:
2026-09

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Alright, back to writing the next demo, had a brief detour while stressed to work on some puppet paths (hehehehe) but now I plan to finish off Chen's path in the latest demo.

Yes, that means managing the Chen/Ortega/Sidestep poly variables, which let me tell you, is... complex.

In the meantime, please ask the questions for the month!

Comments

Ella Jean

This might be spoilers, but what do the SD do with the genetic "donors"? Are they used as well? Do they just take their DNA then get rid of them? Also, how often has everyone had to get their teeth replaced? Thinking about Blaze spitting his teeth out when we fight him, and how this is probably a regular (?) issue. Does Riley still bother/harass Ortega? Will Mortum get their hands on that generator in Ortega?

Snakesnack

How did Ortega shower before their mods were upgraded to be more insulated? Was that ever a hazard for them?

BogoBogo

Feel free to ignore if this has already been answered in a different Q&A, but do any of the Rangers have a "favorite" villain that they've fought over the years?

Maëlle Banor

It is a sensitive subject, so I would totally understand if you do not wish to say anything on the matter, but what do you think of AI in writing projects ? Do you use it yourself ? (Not to write everything from scratch obviously, because you have a very specific and personal writing style, but maybe to brainstorm some ideas, or when you don't know how to say something in a very specific way etc). Do you think it could truly be a tool to help writers, or that it just gives the illusion of that ?

jlillian1123

Do Innocent AFAB Sidesteps have to have The Talk (about menstruation/menstrual products) with the (male) Ranger they're staying with? Who handles it the best & worst? Scratch that, how does each of them handle it? On a less silly note, how would/did they go about getting toiletries, menstrual products, etc. in a way that doesn't scream "now hiding someone"?

Muzania

Apologies if this has been answered before / might be spoilers. How impactful will the Fakeself tag be if you manage to keep it going into revelations? Could see a a few different kinds of steps use it as fuel in a bad way. Especially with a romanced Ortega.

QueenRattie

Would you ever consider selling fallen hero merch of any type (like a print on demand model maybe?) in a future that didn't make it so impossible to ship and sell things? And if so, what kind of merch would you consider/want to sell?

Gorogs

If it's not too bad of a spoiler: Was Heartbreak's family still living in apartment 412 when Heartbreak returned there during The Incident? If they were, did Heartbreak's aura of madness get them too? Would Heartbreak even be capable of psychically recognizing they were there, or were they too far gone by that point? If they weren't, would it have made a difference for Heartbreak if someone from their family had been there when they arrived?

mona isa

How do you think things would have turned out if Step had somehow incidentally run into Owl at some point early on after their second escape? Or Pyroclast/Sentinel post-leaving the LD Rangers (unbeknownst to Step)?

Joshle

If it would be posible at all would step be able to have the talk about the Hero motivation with Mortum in book 2 with Ortega, Daniel or Chen and what would their reaction be Will it be possible for guilty Sidestep to still be at Ortegas Birthday (some kind of Truce maybe) or will that exclusivly for the innocent path. If Step would show up regardless who would arrest them first and also when( imedeatly or after the party) Is it possible for Step and the RO to go to the cinema and watch a Movie( maybe something with Step in it) If that is the case how would each of them react/tease step about it (especialy Ortega and daniel)

Forkliftcertified

Follow up on the answers for these questions: (-Could sidestep make more puppets on their own? What they did carter in one route is kind of similar to what happened to the puppet and if they could improve this proccess could they make someone braindead while leaving their nervous system intact? -If so, could sidestep begin collecting heroes, villains and in general powerful boosts/mods to use as puppets?) If the main issue with making more puppets is consciousness resurgence and in general the people regaining control when sidestep isnt possesing them, could imprisoning the puppets while they're not in use, fix these problems? -It wouldnt require wiping someone's mind to use them as a puppet, so if sidestep didnt want to or was unable to wipe someone's mind, they could still be used -Sidestep could practice the process of deleting someones mind and in general hone their skill of building more permanent mind structures -In case someone regains control of themselves it'd be either in a cell or while sidestep is around and worst case scenario is that sidestep would lose them as a puppet -Isolation and sensory deprivation are great at erasing one's sense of self. Sidestep would know. -Also since short periods within mortums gun are fine, with the use of it, the puppets could be deployed almost exactly like pokemon Other questions: What is the most physically demanding task the 'old man' could feasibly accomplish? How would sentinel react to finding out that sidestep has become a villain depending on their actions? If a sui and monster tagged sidestep escaped the hospital, would ortega be more concerned about what they'll do to themselves or others? How would ortega react to finding out about the rat-king and them having saved sidesteps live with the grappling hook or by stopping them from spiraling? Could ortega charge their battery by rubbing their socks on a carpet?

pyuruun

Sorry if this has been asked before but is it possible for Puppetstuck step to stay in the puppet and disguise themselves as the original Sidestep to do hero stuff? After all, combat wise both abilities act similarly, or would the height difference be a dead giveaway? If they did try though, would the rangers be able to see through the lies?

Eris Ni

If Argent successfully gets her skin/body parts back by using the regenerator, could she still be a hero? Would she be weaker than before?

Eris Ni

For Ortega, what is their type? Dating wise. Actually, what are all the love interests’ types?

Forkliftcertified

Did sidestep emit the same telepathic aura when the catfiend was being devoured by the nanovores as they did in 'ghosts' and if so did skyraider recognise it?

Forkliftcertified

How well known is the fact that sidestep stopped the nanosurge?

BogoBogo

Will we ever be able to attend one of Mortum's villain parties?

QueenRattie

Oh, another question! I think it's probably a 'no' given that it would add yet another variable and there's a lot to keep track of already, but do you think it will be possible for sidestep to set up chen and ortega without romacing either of them?

PeerlessApricot

Aside from adrenal fatigue and quantity consumed, what exactly influences if someone survives or not consuming void blood? I remember being said that Jake and Ashfall would survive if they did, which makes sense considering their powers seem to be related to dimensions, but Argent, Ortega and HG were also on the list. Does having a "weird" mind also influence your survival?

Eris Ni

Does Ortega, or anyone else, ever visit Sidestep’s grave? If they do, what type of flowers do they bring?

Aurriearts

Why is Argent's ethnicity/race a secret to the readers, exactly?

ClueCardCaster

Will we be able to get Mortum/Sidestep/Argent poly in Book 3?

Aurriearts

Hi! This one's actually answered in the FAQ I wrote up from previous QnAs (the answer is yes, you can setup chentega without needing to romance either of them, one setup is in Chapter 25 in the puppetcrash selfstuck route where you go see Chen! or telling Ricardo about Chen's crush in Chapter 21)! https://fhr.miraheze.org/wiki/Frequently_asked_questions#Romance

Faithless_Lehane

During Heartbreak, Ortega saves Chen and because of it arrives just slightly too late to help Sidestep. The same Chen who Ortega knew froze Sidestep out and made them feel like an outsider and an intruder. How did that affect their friendship? On the topic of Heartbreak, if Ortega knew it was one or the other, would she have let Chen die? If yes, is there anyone she wouldn't have left to save Sidestep? Would either of those answers change if she had future knowledge equivalent to having read Fallen Hero: Retribution? Now, time for me to ask about your favourite children: Do you have a version of Sidestep that you prefer to write for? Either because of the enjoyability of their scenes or because they are more likely to get into interesting places narratively. What about when you are re-reading or playtesting, any particular path, personality or RO you find yourself gravitating towards?

Aurriearts

What does the mind of someone who has dementia/Alzheimers feel like to a telepath?

minjostens

Giggling and kicking my feet after reading that you're working on the Chentegastep poly. By far my most anticipated branch, it's gonna be so peak fiction

mona isa

Does Danny ever float around aimlessly and have "air time" to decompress (the same way some people need "floor time")?

All Blue

What was going through redcut!Jake’s mind when Sidestep turns down HG? If an Omega level Sidestep were to join the Rangers on the condition that the media/PR team is forbidden from mentioning them on anything (official advertisements, news, or even that they joined the Rangers, no obligatory events/celebrations, etc), would it be possible to arrange? Would Argent be interested in a dramatic movie about secret identity villain Sidestep… where all the other characters are humans, and Sidestep is the only muppet? Inducing their own villain persona? And this isn’t mentioned by the cast at all at any point? (E.g ‘I wonder who’s the mysterious villain…’ Sidestep: [The only muppet on cast, in and out of armour.]) Will we have relationship variables for the Guardians as a villain? I want to make them afraid, too 🥺 Does Jake ever regret turning down a hot encounter with a cool!Puppet that propositioned him and his date?

All Blue

Given his superstitious nature, especially with Filipino monsters, how would Jake feel about an exact 1-1 similar boost (appearance, power, demeanour), but with none of the weaknesses? Varying from the above question, how would he feel if they were attractive, otherwise keeping everything else accurate?

All Blue

I know it’s been taken out of the game, but how would Chen + Argent have felt about Sidestep prioritising the *Handyman* as the bigger threat than them? How would Leonard feel about it? Will there be an option for Sidestep to have seen Regina as a mother figure?

Angel

not really a question, feel free to ignore this (and any of my questions!) but i love your writing and i am absolutely obsessed with Ortega. i do not know what flavor of crack you put into that character, but i have never understood Sidestep more. infuriating person, love of my life, i want to eat them whole!! idk what the fuck is wrong w them but im into it!!! sorry if this was asked before/falls under HC territory/is spoilery, but would Ortega be freaked out if they found out Sidestep was equally or more obsessed over them then Ortega is over Sidestep? would they be flattered in some way? smug abt it? does Ortega like it when their lovers wear their clothes? like stealing one of their shirts to wear around the house in the morning would Ortega wear terrible awful t-shirts if Sidestep gifted it to them? im talking some of the most godawful prints ever. would they be of the attitude that "anything can be fashionable depending on the wearer/how you wear it" and take it as a challenge to make it work, or would they be delegated to stay at home clothing/thrown away? would the answer change between pre- and post-HB Ortega, since they seem to not care as much abt their public image anymore? in a previous QnA, you mentioned that it was up to HC if Ortega knew where Sidestep's home was pre-HB. in Retri during the Ortega apt date, while discussing the cracked Sidestep mug, Ortega also admits that they kept it in part bc they didn't have much of Sidestep's stuff left for them to keep after their death. with that in mind, out of pure curiosity, -i always assumed the SD would have found Sidestep's apartment and turned it upside down, completely gotten rid of everything that was in there, am i right to assume so? if so, how fast did they do that? was it top priority in case there was anything incriminating in there, or did it take a while? if the SD didn't do anything w Sidestep's previous home, what happened to it? or is that up for HC? -if Ortega knew where Sidestep's home was, did they go there after HB? probably after the SD did or after it was put up to rent again? or did Sidestep just not own much of anything back then that they could have kept together w the mug? i noticed the way that sometimes there will be bits of text that show up in game, little phrases/paragraphs in italics with lowercase letters throughout that really stand out from the rest of the page. when it happens while we're possessing Ace, that's usually a sign of their premonition power manifesting. when it happens while we're normal Sidestep, however... it feels almost like there's someone, or something, talking to them? the first few times i read the books i thought they were basically Sidestep's thoughts, but now knowing that there's something/someone(s) riding shotgun inside Sidestep's head... was that them talking to Step? are the gates a stopgap measure at trying to keep them contained? is Sidestep even aware they're there before the crash? am i going crazy?

Angel

sorry if its been asked before, but how did Argent learn to fight? did she already know some martial arts before the nanosurge, or did she only start developing those skills afterwards?

Angel

what would happen if we managed to just... yoink Sidestep's chip out of their brain without killing them? would the chip memories fade? would it affect/damage their brain in some way? would they be the same, or irreparably changed? could it be taken out safely or would they die regardless? how dependent are they on the chip really?

malinryden

Alright, cutoff pint now, I am posting the qna today!