Talk:Kelvin Andante

Tie it to new lore about Andante and alternates. Remove references to vague entity. Alternate Andante is definitely not Andante (is definitely Andante). Continue the themeing of the rest of the page where the authorial voice does not actually know what Andante is doing (i.e. does not know that Andante is Andrews etc.)

Proposed changes. Andante has stated that eir original self was 'for certain 100% banished to another universe forever never to return.' The Andante who took eir space in the Mechanic's shadows is apparently 'absolutely a different player' and ey definitely are 'not just using [eir] incredible pitching skills to simply perform slightly less badly in a different way.' Ey also feel 'no loyalty to the team or the league' and have 'no motivation to improve [eir] pitching' so that ey can 'perform better and potentially play again' and there is 'no reason' why ey would 'fake being an Alternate in order to improve [eir] official star count without exposing [emself] as a star fraudster<ref> the act of falsifying one's stars so that they are not representative of true ability <\ref>' because ey are 'definitely not committing star fraud.'

All of the above quotes are taken from eir response to a question about eir favourite brand of chips during a post game interview in Season 19.

Unbeknownst to the alternate who definitely is not Andante, there would be a heavy (or rather, Unheavy) price for eir definitely a reality swap. Eir soul became Negative and on occasion ey levitate both emself and blaseballs.

Followed by final paragraph of current Alternate topic.

- Changing Andante's origin story to reflect more blaseball-centric ideas. Replace narrative around attempts to create ultimate pitcher with Andante being in the shadows of [UNSPECIFIED TEAM NOT ONE WE KNOW] and being repeat alternated then having stlats summed due to (out of universe bug in universe divine oversight)

- Discuss Andante's plurality explicitly (as a result of being repeat alternated and attempting to process input from multiple realities, brain dissociated)

- Add in a CHOOSE function on Kelvin Andante's relationship with Kelvin Drumsolo [married/divorced/it's complicated/dating?/look sometimes you just see your ex in the supermarket and you say hi and then you start talking and next thing you know you're going out for coffee and.../JUST FRIENDS OK/having an intense custody battle over a cactus named Cactillius/having brunch/oh my god they were bandmates]

Alt Trust

During the Season 18 Election, the Mechanics voted to Alternate-Trust Andante. The idea had been seeded early in the season due to Andante's apparent difficulties as a pitcher.

Andante, who at the time was accused of committing star fraud (the act of falsifying one's stars so that they are not representative of true ability) due to anomalies in eir pitching performance, had little desire to be replaced by an Alternate and so approached the █████ ██████ and proposed a plan which would allow em to remain and to look after eir friends. Andante would remain but with 'randomised' stats which would be closer to representing Andante's true abilities as a pitcher. While Andante would have to continue to perform to eir star count (to ensure the allegations didn't gain any more weight), ey'd be able to be more use to eir team and potentially to the █████ ██████.

Unbeknownst to Andante, there would be a heavy (or rather, Unheavy) price for this bargain. Andante's soul became Negative, and Andante has been described as, under certain lighting, having the outlines of what appear to be Tarot designs appear on eir skin as well as on occasion levitating both eirself and blaseballs.

Andante allegedly felt that these aesthetic shifts were 'way less cool than I was expecting' and according to colleagues took dramatic steps to make them more extreme, which apparently led to structural damage to eir residence. Andante has been described as having a 'total color scheme overhaul', with one Mechanic stating that 'blue hair Kelvin is purple now and I've had to come up with an entirely new class of Kelvin classification'. Bandmate and colleague Drumsolo has, perhaps relatedly, begun insisting that zir spouse is in a parallel dimension now and that it is 'very tragic that ey've been replaced by a legally distinct shampoo stealing bathroom destroying stranger but it is what it is' and has also stated that ze's grateful that zir 'divorce count has reset because oof'.

Origin

Kelvin Andante was born █████ in ████████████ to parents ████████████████████. Records from ████████████ show that Andante was an academic child, placing highly in several Spelling Blees as well as achieving 'Most Improved' in the ███████████████████ hlandwriting competition 7 years in a row. Andante was reportedly not particularly athletic, struggling with hand eye coordination. Ey were diagnosed with Dyspraxia at the age of four.

There is not much information on Andante's teen years other than one picture of em in a report from ███████████████ where ey can be seen with various other unidentified teenagers. The picture is captioned 'Kevin Andrews [center right] along with the remainder of group 7b'. Andrews famously went on to be a legendary pitcher for the ████████████████████████, though there is little information as to who ey were or eir personal life.

Reports from the time indicate that ███████████████ were interested in synthesizing Blaseball players for the ████████████████████████, following annihilation of star pitcher ██████████████████. No records survive to indicate whether they succeeded or not, but these experiments may be an explanation as to Andante's apparent temperature control powers as well as ability to project stable Unfire in the place of hair.

Arrival in the Core

In interviews, Andante has claimed that ey struggled with exposure to heat as an adult and found that life in ████████████ was too hot for em, stating that ey fell into the Core in an attempt to leave. Andante is known to be a member of U.P. and joined just prior to signing up for the Core Mechanics, and the official records of that organization state that Andante was found in a supply closet a few days before the Decension wearing what appeared to be a false moustache that fell off five minutes later.

The U.P. report goes on to state that Andante did find the temperature fluctuations in the Core challenging and became unwell, requiring medical intervention.

While Andante's medical records are heavily redacted due to eir association with ███████████████, information on eir blood type is accessible. It seems that this was AA originally before becoming █ and then Fire.

Musical Career

There is little evidence that Andante had been a musician prior to arrival in the Core. However, 14 months after eir arrival, ey and fellow Core Resident Kelvin Drumsolo announced the formation of their indie-punk-folk-new wave-experimental band Kelvin and the Kelvins. While they initially only performed covers for friends at open mic nights they achieved some popularity within the Core and began writing their own music, often in collaboration with other musically orientated Core Mechanics.

Shadows

Andante was not originally part of the blaseball team the Core Mechanics as ey were apparently in ████████████ while the team was winning their first championships. During the Descension, when it became clear that the team were going to return to Internet League Blaseball, Andante signed on and joined the Shadows. When asked ey stated that ey were not expecting to have to play due to general lack of splorting talent but wanted to be with eir fellow Mechanics and help out where possible.

The friendship bracelets that many members of the team now sport are credited to Andante, who would often be seen making them while on the Bench.

Active Play

In the Season 17 Elections, Andante was called up to the rotation in exchange for Core veteran Jolene Willowtree. Andante and Drumsolo were seen arguing after this and it was announced that Kelvin and the Kelvins were going on hiatus shortly after. Andante stated that while fans were expecting em to return to the shadows via the Core Pillar Center's newly built Fax Machine, ey were very excited to have the opportunity to play. Andante initially proved unskilled on the mound, but seemed to have an odd habit of suddenly playing with surprising talent and failing to give up the required 10 runs. Fans speculated about possible relation to legendary former big leagues pitcher Kevin Andrews, due to Andante looking oddly similar to eir reported appearance. Andante has not addressed these rumours.

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Origin

Kelvin Andante was born █████ in ████████████ to parents ████████████████████. Records from ████████████ show that Andante was an academic child, placing highly in several Spelling Blees as well as achieving 'Most Improved' in the ███████████████████ hlandwriting competition 7 years in a row. There is not much information on Andante's teen years other than one picture of em in a report from ███████████████ where ey can be seen with various other unidentified teenagers.

The origin of Andante's temperature control related abilities may be related to eir engagement with ███████████████ - other records indicate that they were doing experiments along those lines at the time.

Arrival in the Core

Andante allegedly struggled with exposure to heat as an adult and, finding that life in ████████████ was too hot for em, apparently in an attempt to leave found eirself falling into the Core. Finding that temperatures in the Core varied massively with times of extreme heat, witnesses state that Andante grew unwell and underwent treatment to enable eir to handle external temperature shifts.

While Andante's medical records are heavily redacted due to eir asociation with ███████████████, information on eir blood type is accessible. It seems that this was AA originally before becoming █. It is currently Fire.

Musical Career

There is little evidence that Andante had been a musician prior to arrival in the Core. However, 14 months after eir arrival ey and fellow Core Resident Kelvin Drumsolo announced the formation of their indie-punk-folk-new wave-experimental band Kelvin and the Kelvins. While they initially only performed covers for friends at open mic nights they achieved some popularity within the Core and began writing their own music, often in collaboration with other musically orientated Core Mechanics.

Relationship

While Andante and Drumsolo have never publically confirmed their relationship, the pair have been close since Andante's arrival in the Core. Records show that the two have been married ██ times and divorced about as much. Andante, when asked, has stated that their relationship is 'fairly obvious' and 'the logical conclusion' and 'honestly a bit of a laugh but with a frankly surprising amount of emotional committement'.

Shadows

Andante was not originally part of the blaseball team the Core Mechanics as ey were in ████████████ while the team was winning their first championships. During the Descension, when it became clear that the team were going to return to Internet League Blaseball, Andante signed on and joined the Shadows. When asked ey stated that ey were not expecting to have to play due to general lack of splorting talent but wanted to be with eir fellow Mechanics and help out where possible.

The friendship bracelets that many members of the team now sport are credited to Andante, who would often be seen making them while on the Bench.

Active Play

In the Season 17 Elections, Andante was called up to the rotation in exchange for Core veteran Jolene Willowtree. Andante and Drumsolo were seen arguing after this and it was announced that Kelvin and the Kelvins were going on hiatus shortly after. The two were not seen together during the following siesta with Andante spending most of eir time with eir animatronic moose, a creation by Drumsolo named Kelvin B.

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