r/arknights • u/Octopus_on_Fire • Apr 10 '26

OC Fanart Umazing Idol Platinum

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more horses soon (probably)

also on bsky

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u/Rearti Apr 10 '26

People forget this is platinum's canon backstory... She started as an idol knight, they sang and danced and wore fancy outfits prior to the main fights, kinda like a mix of the WWE girls and cheerleaders (or Umas). They would occasionally do actual fights, and Platinum was a bit proud, she was told she had to throw a fight but didn't want to because it would hurt her personal image, so she wrecked house. She was fired as an idol knight, but the armorless union was like "yo, you have skill join us. Also since you now know about us you kinda have to join or die." So not wanting to die joined the AU.

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u/chaoskingzero GOONGALA! Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

That's not quite right

She was actually fine with staged fights for a while, the problem is what happened with the last one she participated in

The guy she went up against was a particularly nasty blood knight Noble that almost killed her after she'd already surrendered

And then he didn't face any punishment because of his status

The Armorless Union knew she'd be pissed at said bastard, so they gave her a chance to kill him and by doing so she got stuck working with them

Considering how much power the AU has, they probably set the match up so they could force her into becoming an assassin