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iron bond is more than friendship souvenir

Jul 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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what if sand zone and blood stained sanctuary curlys are just clones from gclone
and quote just used the iron bond to locate his other half
( ◜‿◝ )♡
quote wanted sand zone curly to give him iron bond because he didn't want to remove it manually
so he jamed in her mouth a purple mushroom ma pignon (i called it truffles in other post) to trust him with iron bond

about bss curly she got some memory from curly
through iron bond that is
curly's memory card

uhm sorry if this seams misleading you can help me improve it
 
Jul 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Wind Fortress isn't canon.
 
Jul 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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nope it is,
a twite from nicalis in 2014 response to someone asking about wind fortress
and they said pixel design it
 
Jul 3, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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nope it is,
a twite from nicalis in 2014 response to someone asking about wind fortress
and they said pixel design it
The song for this stage was written in 2002, so this is probably Pixel taking a map from the beta and reworking it. Since we don't know what parts are new and what parts are old, we can't really judge whether it is canon.

Though if we were to assume it was canon then it doesn't really fit in with the events of Cave Story, so it would have to've occurred when they came to the island 10 years ago.
 
Jul 3, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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Heavy snark aside, I did have a mini theory about the Iron Bond in my thread about Quote being a "Curly Brace" android. Important parts are bolded.
But what really seems to seal the deal with those two being the same model has to be the Iron Bond. An item seemingly shared exclusively between the two. Now, in the description for the Iron Bond, it is Quote's "tie to Curly Brace, the only warrior [he] would trust his back to." Now, in a story perspective, it makes a whole lot of sense metaphorically. Despite Quote and Curly having barely met in the Sand Zone, he still felt compelled to rescue her from drowning, drain the water from her system, travel all around the Island just to help restore her memories with the help of a mushroom he has slain just to restore her memories of him, only to find out they were there for each other long before in-game events, it'd only make sense for them to team up later on and fight side by side, as partners (that is, if you already know about the Sacred Grounds, but that's another story altogether). But it can also be taken in a literal sense. Quote literally straps her onto his back so they can traverse through Hell together, and seemingly shoot at things without any spoken command at the same time, like, literally simultaneously. While that can just be deduced to just the two of them being controlled by the player, and video game logic, there could be more to that. What if the ability to shoot together simultaneously comes from the two robots using the Iron Bond, the item that is exclusively used between the two robots? With its coloration, it resembles a computer chip, and it could be used as a network transmitter between the two, the two robots become one entity when in combat, sharing the same mind together. They're also able to switch back to their usual selves once they finish their killing rampage, as seen after killing Ballos.

tl;dr Quote and Curly are compatible via bluetooth
 
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Jul 3, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Though if we were to assume it was canon then it doesn't really fit in with the events of Cave Story, so it would have to've occurred when they came to the island 10 years ago.
anything made by the main author consider canon
(like the iskai anime sword art online movie been tied to the story without a manga chapter
how did quote get spur & blade before the story
tl;dr Quote and Curly are compatible via bluetooth
exactly i thought about this
iron bond could be raspberry pi
that quote attached in the back of his head
and on curly's waist and still need rope (the rope could be metalic wire)
that he find in the other androids graveyard (core room)
 
Jul 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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anything made by the main author consider canon
I've seen plenty of authors create AU stories. As in what ifs, or same characters in a different setting.

For instance the Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts manga has two side stories running in the back of the volumes (one chapter per volume), one being a story where the races of the different characters were swapped, and another being a high-school setting, neither are in any way canon to the main story, and both are by the same author as the main story.
 
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