The Literature Club-Something Different (Scratch Project)

## The Literature Club-Something Different

Art of the main 5 found in the scratch project

The Literature Club-Something Different is a scratch project created by @NintenBen98 for a fanfiction of the same name. It was posted on @NintenBen98's page in October, 21st of 2023 and is considered to be the very first TLC:SD project to date.

## Project

The Project consists of art of the main 5 for the 2023 fanfiction "The Literature Club-Something Different" (now called "The Literature Club: Something Different.") which is based off of the popular 2017 visual novel game "Doki Doki Literature Club". The art consists of Ben Rokuhara in the middle, Mario Mizuno on the left, Jonathan Kitahara on the far left, Luigi Murakami on the right, and Marcus Chihara on the far right. This project was the very first project to introduce TLC:SD to the public eye and it soon became popular with DDLC Scratchers.

## Description

In Instructions, @NintenBen98 informs that the project is now considered "Outdated" to the canon TLC:SD and links a project to TLC:SD Chapter 1 for the viewer to view instead if they want the dated version of TLC:SD. Beyond that, it says that this might be @NintenBen98's take on Doki Doki Literature Club and he also lists the possible Endings you can get in TLC:SD. In Notes and Credits, he gives description to all 5 of the characters.

### Ben

Ben is the President of the literature club and is usually a very chill and hardworking perfectionist, he is somewhat obsessed with the MC as well.

### Mario

Mario is the Vice-President of the Literature Club, he is enthusiastic and charismatic and tries his best to be a positive influence to everyone he meets despite suffering from schizophrenia.

### Luigi

Luigi is a short, hot tempered person who is very abrasive and has major trust issues, he is also suffering from anorexia nervosa and usually doesn't eat much, however despite him being abrasive, he is a kind and caring person underneath.

### Jonathan

Jonathan is a chill and cool gamer who usually wears a jacket. He is a very extroverted person who likes to play video games and have fun with friends, he suffers from pyromania however and usually likes to light things on fire for arousal.

### Marcus

Marcus is a shy and introverted person who has a strong interest in video games and poetry. He also has a strong obsession with knifes, typically daggers, that he likes to keep in a collection, sometimes might do self harm.

### The MC

@NintenBen98 dosen't provide a description for this character, however it's very possible that they are referring to Mia Tanaka as the "MC".

## Secrets

There are a few secrets within this scratch project that are influential to the original TLC:SD lore. In Instructions, beyond the credits, @NintenBen98 says in the description "oh and by the way, don't press 6 and if you do, then press space after." which is extremely strange why he would tell the viewer to not press on a random number while viewing the project. If you do press 6, the title will distort as the DDLC song "Sayo-Nara" plays and a pop-up notification similar to the ones found in DDLC shows up saying "ONLY BEN" which is probably a play on the "Just Monika" notification found in act 2 of DDLC. The title is also changed to a distorted mess with the words "ONLY BEN" scatters throughout in a glitchy text.

You can also see what appears to be Mario hanging, Marcus has his eyes covered and if you look inside the project you can see Marcus is stabbed, Luigi's neck is snapped, and Jonathan is surrounded by flames. Clicking space will then show you that Ben now has large black eyes with red pupils and a huge, creepy grin on his face, he also has blood on his clothes, this is an early version of ONLY BEN that will begin the surrounding lore in TLC:SD. It also is probably indicating that Ben killed his friends and it even says in the official TLC:SD scratch group that "However, in the bad ending, Ben might find a book that will tell him his reality is fake and that all his friends are not real except him and Mia. This makes Ben go insane and he ends up editing the bio's of Mario, Jonathan, Luigi, and Marcus and ends up erasing them. Ben will also become dangerously obsessive over Mia and will keep her in a empty classroom with him." This is most likely a take on Act 2/Act 3 in DDLC where the other characters get erased/deleted and the antagonist keeps the protagonist to themselves.

## The Importance Of This Project

This Project

-Is The First Time TLC:SD was shown to the public

-Introduces the main 5 characters

-Introduces the 7 endings

-Introduces ONLY BEN and early lore surrounding TLC:SD