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“Mmnnn sometimes that works, but a lot of the times they’re so focused on their own sport they don’t have time to think about romance.”
Or rather, all the girls he was ever into were that way- but that’s also partially why he liked them! He likes the drive, but it was a bit counterproductive for relationship building. What irony!
“Or you get the situation where someone cheats because both sides are too busy all the time.”
Not from personal experience, but he’s seen it happen. Of course, there were some success stories too! It just hadn’t born any fruit for him thus far in life. He casually shrugs his shoulders.
“I’m not in a rush for a relationship anyways.”
Vivian was safe for a while longer yet. He was probably going to stay single for quite a while longer so she’d have company!
“Mmm… assertive men is a classic. It’s a good trait to like in a guy. Ya gotta make sure they’re still respectful tho’ cuz there is a difference between assertive and just being a pushy ass.”
He didn’t need to tell her that, of course, she was an adult, but he still felt the need to cast a warning! Mizumachi cared for his buds, and she had to be careful! Some guys out there were asses and they deserved to get thrown into a pool.
“That’s your type in women, huh? Hmmmm Japan has a lot of kind and patient girls, but I dunno how many of them have unusual hair colors at the same time.”
Vivians type in women may be harder to find, but assertive men shouldn’t be that hard to find. Though, to his earlier point, a lot of guys thought they were being assertive while they were in fact… an ass.
“True, you don’t gotta worry about reciprocity, but what about sharing? Ya gotta share with other people, right? Gonna fight off the other fans?”
He wasn’t too keen on the idea of sharing, but he didn’t have a strong opinion on the matter. You can’t really decide on something until you’ve tried it at least once! That’s how Mizumachi thought, anyways.
Imagine Vivian fighting off the many fans of her favorite characters, though. That would be a fun sight to watch! Maybe he could give her some tips on how to punch someone in the solar plexus, haha!
"O-Or you could maybe date someone who is also into sports?" Vivian suggests, because now that she thinks about it, a fellow athlete might actually be understanding about his preoccupation with American Foot Ball. "I dunno... could be worth looking into." Despite saying this, on the other hand, she did subconsciously wish Mizumachi stays single, because if he ended up getting a girlfriend like everyone else... well, then that would mean he'd suddenly turn into a normie and have even less time for her, which would suck immensely.
"A-As for my type..." Sure enough, Vivian then proceeds to bashfully roll around a strand of black hair between her thumb and forefinger. Honestly, she had hoped this topic would never come up, because her answer honestly differed depending on the gender; in fact, if it was a masculine presenting person, her type could be best described as someone who was dominant and a little bit mean, and if it was a feminine presenting person, her type could be best described as someone who wasn't hyper-feminine, had short hair, and enjoyed being humiliated or teased... but there was no way she could possibly tell him all that.
Why, even if gender itself didn't exactly play a role in her attraction, to the point where she would even find a non-binary person attractive in the event they had white hair and wore an eye-patch, there was no way she could simply divulge she was pansexual to him without then having to explain the nuances of her sexuality... and she just didn't feel like doing so at the moment.
"Welp, if we're talking about three dimensional ones, I think I like assertive men... the kind who ideally doesn't beat around the bush and is willing to make the first move," Vivian finally admits at long last, which if nothing else, wasn't necessarily a lie, for dominant men did tend to be pretty assertive. "But when it comes to women, those who have short hair and unusual hair colours tend to catch my eye. P-Personality wise, though, they have to be kind and patient... yet then again, not many people in real life happen to fit those criteria or even like me back, to the point where I find myself sticking to 2D. A-After all, you don't gotta worry about reciprocity with 2D..."
#Unladielike#(Vivian04)#RPans#((Muse; Vivian))#((I think that for some people it’s because they’re more ship oriented and only care for that))#((Which is fine. A lot of people like that but it just aint me and that’s also okay))#((Ohhh yeah that’s very true. Tho I’ve seen you create other verses for Vivian so you could do that to plot with ppl no?))#((Difficult to plot with the lore as is? Time for a new AU))#((Some people are more than willing to roll with it but we’re not those people. Power to the people that are but I cannot))#((Ohhhhh!!! Fascinating! I feel like that would be so trippy to me to see it))#((Do you remember if you also had to first POV as well?))#((I wonder if it still reads okay if someone first POV and the other person doesn’t))#((My himbo comes from the land of Fujoshi and the like. He be like ohhh bats for both teams? Cool!))#MizuQueue
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MOE (Missionarirs of Eden) AU Peri and Irep in a nutshell
I know I said I would draw more ship art BUT the AU just got a HUGE update* and I had to make something silly related to it
Peri is giving big Steven Universe energy in this one. Peace and love on the planet Earth, am I right
Also hey, look at that! First look at what my AU Irep looks like! (If we don't count the outdated drawings I made)
*So, what's the update?
Note: fairies are called angels and anti-fairies are called demons, if you still didn't know. Both of them are called "children of God"
As you could probably guess from the image, the updated lore has to do with the children of God (angels and demons) wanting to cleanse the Earth from what they qualify as sin**. They just have different ideas about how it should be done.
The angels believe that life should be preserved, but that they have a right to intervene so that sin that comes from it can be minimized. Especially difficult are humans, who not only destroy others and their environment greatly, but also themselves (among many other things), giving them the highest sin rate of any species. To combat this, the godparenting programme was initiated***.
The demons have a more neutral reception towards life, but since the angels have power over the universe and them, they have mutually agreed on following their command. This means that their mission is also to purify the Earth from as much sin as possible, though they are not as devoted as the angels are and instead they want to kill and eat those causing the most harm. This is due to the fact that the demons can't get energy from their God**** and they have to rely on external sources, like suns, planets and living beings (whose flesh many have come to love).
To create balance between the two sides, the scribes (a.k.a. the pixies. Yes, they're back and I renamed them again) were created to keep track of the amount of sin on Earth, more specifically the amount each species create. As long as the total is under a certain limit, the demons are not allowed to kill any of the members of that species (though they do hunt creatures, including humans, from time to time).
Explanations:
** There is no definite answer to what counts as sin, and the angels' criteria comes purely from what they think their God deems bad (demons follow the same guidelines). These include things such as change and disruption of the natural order, greed, for social species: engaging in antisocial behaviour, etc. Children of God can also sin by breaking their law or forming a relationship with a child of Eden (a.k.a. any biological being, *cough cough*... I'm looking at you, Peri) including other things.
Note: some actiong may cause more sin than others
*** The godparenting programme includes taking care of children ages 4 to 18. They target those who have a medium to a high risk of creating sin as an adult, but who also have a high chance of not sinning if they're helped. This results in the overall sin rate to hopefully shrink with each generation.
**** The angels' God works like a giant battery that provides the angels with a constant flow of energy, while the demons' God works the opposite. In essence, the angels and demons work as gateways for energy to pass through from one side to the other.
Once the angels' God has used up all its energy, the angels will die and when all the energy (including matter) from the universe gets consumed by the demons, they die too. Once all the energy has been collected to the other God, it will create a new universe for the energy to pass through again. This cycle will go on forever, though that isn't too relevant to the plot of the AU, since the children of God are not even aware of this cycle.
TLDR:
The angels (fairies) want to get rid of sin by helping, while the demons (anti-fairies) want to get rid of it by killing and eating them. Since they don't want to fight, they created the scribes (pixies) to keep count of the amount of sin on Earth. They agreed that as long as there isn't too much sin, the demons are not allowed to kill anybody.
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This is what living in isolation from the rest of the fandom does to a mf
I shortened the name of the AU to now be "MOE" for simplicity
Uhhgggghhhhhg it feels sooo good now that I've finally started explaining the AU hghhh. There are still many things I didn't touch on, but I didn't want to overwhelm you too much
#the fairly oddparents: missionaries of eden au#fop peri#periwinkle fairywinkle cosma#fop irep#the fairly oddparents#the fairy oddparents a new wish#fairly oddparents au#fairly oddparents
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We're here, dammit. This is DanganStuck, and these are the V3 character casts!
SPOILER ALERT. This whole thing contains major spoilers for V3!
So, this all started when we found a dead body in the Lab…
Sorry, it’s an inside joke!
Hello, I guess? I don’t know what I’m doing, but here I am, telling you about the Danganronpa x Homestuck AU crossover.
I’m developing this project (?) with [ @happy6machine , @julia-bunncat ] and with the help of some other cool guys as a support team. Lots of headcanon material has accumulated, and progress in the development of the au has simply... stalled, and I thought I’d try to share it >_< because I haven’t seen anyone else doing something like this so extensively!
I’ll start with V3 (my current fandom fixation) and castes, I guess!! The choice for some characters was pretty obvious and straightforward (ex: olive cast for Ryoma and Tenko, purple for Kokichi, indigo for Gonta and etc.), others were more unusual options (violet for Kaito, whaat?), but I swear I have an explanation behind them :Ъ
But first, I’d like to make a small remark: We hadn’t set a specific lore for the whole thing. Sometimes we experimented with transforming characters into trolls during gameplay to see how it would work, leaving the game plot, killings, interactions and so on untouched. Other times, we made up certain plot snippets and events as if they all lived on Alternia. Occasionally, we’ve stayed in the session area (which we’ll discuss further), prescribing classpects, castes, quadrants, and so forth—all these options were considered.
Now back to the castes, let's go in order:
• Himiko is the weakest, slowest, and laziest member of the V3 cast. She isn't very bright, or at least she's too caught up in fantasies. She's also, well, red. I didn't see the point in making up something special for her, so I just put her in the rust caste. It also makes the dynamic between her and some of the other characters very intriguing, which I'll discuss later. Her desire to perform tricks can be interpreted as 'service/entertainment for the people', literally a jester for the public, which suits the lower castes. But what are the tricks? Well, rust and psychic powers, right? :D So Himiko has psychic powers, though not very powerful ones... And still calls it magic, of course.
• Kaede was a… difficult case. OK, my excuse: I wanted to include a representative of every caste (except Fuchsia) at least once, and Kaede got caught in the hot seat. But she's bronze for more than just that reason! There's a joke that I'll tell you about some other time, because I want to hold its punch for a while. As it is, we're hooked on the scene in the first chapter where Kaede immediately falls on her knees in front of Miu (instinct of subordination??). Also, the music is associated with birds, and all animals are associated with the bronze caste. Of course, Kaede is extremely... feisty and enthusiastic for such a caste, but luckily she has many highblood friends—including Kaito, who stood up for her in-game, and if they were trolls, it would work perfectly ;)
• /heavy sigh/ Keebo.
I originally drew this art [link] when my friends and I were just starting to get through V3, and I just liked the sort of black dynamic between the three of them. I didn't think much about the castes at the time, but ironically they haven't changed.
There are some problems with Keebo, because he's obviously a robot, and I want to keep him as a robot in this AU. The most realistic option is that Keebo is a prototype for a new kind of drone to be used on spaceships. After all, he is an advanced AI imitating a troll, so it makes sense to give him some blood color. Gold blood is often associated with the "trolls are used as batteries on ships” theme, and Keebo was literally created to maintain ships. It's... a bit of a stretch, really, but that's all we have for now. I think the lore will be expanded upon in the future.
• Korekiyo. Giving him gold blood was sort of a joke at first, playing on the fact that Korekiyo, like Sollux, has a point that grants him duality—his sister. However, as we fleshed out the lore, the choice felt increasingly fitting. I'll be writing separate posts, probably more than one, to outline his lore because, folks, this is FIRE. I never particularly liked Kork in the game, but now- hell, I LOVE him. Have pity on the poor boi; he's suffered a lot.
• Ryoma and Tenko. Since they both get the olive caste on the same principle, I will combine them. Guys, It's literally a catboy and a catgirl; what other questions could there be?
Okay, technically, Tenko also receives olive blood because she is combative and strong, which are characteristics of this caste. She generally looks like a cat herself ([EN] we’re referring to her fangs and headband with ears in the beta design, her collar with the bell and some of her facial expressions on the sprites), and her temper matches her caste. I'm not sure how to adapt her hatred of men to Homestuck... yet. Maybe she'll hate highbloods instead? That's something to think about.
Ryoma, for his part, with his whole cat theme (his Lusus is a cat, of course), the resemblance of cat ears on his hat, and his tendency to stare into space—he's a good fit too. And despite his small size, he is quite strong.
• Maki. And that's where the problems and doubts begin to unfold. We were deciding whether to make her olive or maybe jade, given her backstory. After all, she disguises herself as a caretaker in canon, and you wouldn't expect a girl from an orphanage to turn out to be a professional assassin. On the other hand, you might expect that from an olive caste troll. Actually, there are indeed olive assassins. But several factors convinced me to give her this particular caste:
- Maki herself is like a wild cat. Her killer stare, mouth shape, quick reactions, strength, agility, grace.
- raising jade trolls as ''assassins'' sounds not only ideologically dubious (after all, the jade caste has a special place in troll society), but also illogical. Jade's killing instinct is probably suppressed, otherwise there would be complete bloodbath in the brooding caves, they wouldn't get along with each other, they wouldn't be able to take care of wigglers.
- yeah, we've sort of canonised Maki being raised by a group of trolls to be an assassin. And raising an olive for that purpose is a perfectly reasonable idea, given their natural abilities.
- the idea for the jade caste came from the fact that children are attracted to Maki. However, Maki gets surprised by this fact every time. She calls it silly, paradoxical, and strange. Well, it wouldn't be strange at all if wigglers were attracted to a jade blood troll; that's natural. But the fact that they are attracted to an olive one should come as a surprise, even to Maki herself.
• Kirumi. Wasn’t overthinking it. The caste is given to her at the same time because of the method of exclusion (others don't really fit) and because of her calmness, composure, and desire to care for others. Kirumi can also be very, very dangerous, just like the jades in canon ;)
• Rantaro. Anybody ordered male jade? I love them personally, despite knowing they're very rare. Well, that choice is pretty obvious: Rantaro is filled with the desire to care for and protect his younger siblings. Where else could he end up but in the jade caste? He's also just a handsome guy with the cutest face, and he's GREEN, dammit! I made my choice immediately. And there's already a story about him! It's small, but we're definitely going to expand it.
• Shuichi. Do I have to explain anything??? Well, in case someone doesn't know, teal caste and detective work are two sides of the same (hee hee) coin, there was simply no other way.
• Angie. Blue caste. Uuuh, yeah, the elimination method again, I suppose? At first, I considered gold blood to maintain the original palette, but Angie has a blue caste psycho vibe to me. Damn, she's brainwashed half the class at some point! What else could it be but minor mind control? Also, Angie is quite bossy, feels at ease, and has the markings of a dominant personality (oh, the Love Hotel scene...). Blue caste suits her.
• Tsumugi. So, okay, given all her statements about her being "plain" and "nonexistent," it would seem that she should have been given low blood. But listen to this: she BULLIES MIU!
...okay, this might not be entirely obvious, but Tsumugi often makes all sorts of sarcastic comments about the other characters, most of which you can only notice if you replay V3 with knowledge of the plot. Her tweaks towards Miu are more noticeable, though, and considering that Miu herself is an indigo blood, it goes down well. Tsumugi is high-blooded enough to tease the indigo troll, saying things like, "Hey, why is it that as soon as someone starts talking back to you, you immediately turn into such a wimp?" She's also high-blooded enough to ignore Kaede when she tries to talk to her at the beginning of the game. Her blue caste might be the reason the killing game worked out at all, considering how many mistakes Tsumugi made. Who knows, maybe she also created Flashback Lights with her psychic powers...
And... eh. I confess. I wanted to keep her in blue colors, in addition to all the above reasons, so I didn't really consider any other castes.
• Miu. Indigo caste, wow! Well, considering her behavior and the fact that no one had ever punched her through the entire game, it’s CLEARLY obvious. Only a high-blooded troll, a really high-blooded troll, could afford to be so rude to those much lower down. The funny thing is that she targeted low and mid-bloods more often: Kaede, Shuichi, sometimes Himiko, Korekiyo, and Keebo. She didn’t bother, or almost didn’t, with Gonta, Kaito, and even COOPERATED with Kokichi—as if she had to, as if she were afraid of crossing the paths of those above her in caste. Also, Miu said she liked it when Kaede and Shuichi knelt before her...
You might ask—why not purple caste? Still, Miu’s strange behavior is a bit like that of a purple-blooded schizo, isn't it? Well... Firstly, there's nothing to suggest that Miu belongs to this weird purple cult. Secondly, Miu’s odd behavior when someone insults her gives us an interesting, almost Equius-like, God forgive me, “I'm superior to you, but I want to obey; it's SO WRONG but so arousing” conflict.
• Gonta. There was no reason to even try. I did have a stray thought, due to Gonta's nature and his connection to bugs, to place him in the bronze caste, but...no. Given his immense power and his lack of insanity like that of the purple-blooded trolls, you can't put him anywhere other than the indigo caste. Plus, he's from a noble family himself. And this ALSO creates a cool dynamic and adds interesting lore aspects to Homestuck!Gonta that I like VERY much and will definitely cover in other posts!!!!
• Kokichi. Oooh reeeally, who'd have thought? Of course he's purple-blooded! It's not that simple, though. Kokichi is definitely not a crazy purple cultist like most members of the purple caste. We are going to be talking about that separately, and believe me, I will give this guy a lot of lore, because I freaking love him. There isn't much else to say–no other blood color suits him better.
• AND HERE WE ARE: VIOLET-BLOODED KAITO, WAT???? Okay, let me explain!
1. I have a headcanon that violet-bloods are not as obsessed with the hemospectrum as land trolls. This is due to the fact that they are mostly isolated, living in the sea. In that environment, there are only fuchsia caste above them, and no one below them Occasionally, rare purple-bloods get caught on the shores, but EVEN then, their status isn't significantly lower. They don't live in a society where lower-bloods are constantly stigmatized and killed for no reason. They simply don't have any possibilities to "grow" those oppressive, rigid attitudes. Eridan shows this well: no matter how much he talks about hating land dwellers, he always interacts with other trolls on almost equal footing—for example, by hitting on everyone and asking Karkat for advice.
2. Kaito has strong leadership skills and a desire to guide, mentor, and support others. He stands up for Kaede, takes Shuichi under his wing, and protects Maki. This demonstrates the attitude of a strong leader willing to take responsibility. It seems very reasonable for an intelligent, thoughtful violet who knows that he is in a position of authority and must be relied upon. He can't afford to appear weak. No wonder he hasn't told anyone about his illness...
3. He conquered the sea... AND CAME TO LAND!!! All these stories about Kaito in Homestuck could become TRUE if he really is a troll with access to EVERYTHING. Fight a pirate king? Hell yeah! And he WANTS to go into space! Maybe not to enslave worlds, but to get off the planet and pilot a ship—why not? He has nothing to fear, unlike many other trolls, as he'd literally be in charge, with only the Empress above him. But back to his travels: tired of his life at sea, Kaito could just go and explore the land, and nothing can stop him. No other troll but a sea troll could afford to do that (although land trolls shouldn't go to sea).
4. Kaito is daring. And combative. He is pretty much the only one in the class who has no problem expressing his displeasure to Kokichi (a purple blood!) regularly and hitting him. Kaito is generally capable of aggression (I shudder to think how Shuichi must have felt when he was punched—minus another protagonist?) and emotion, which is also characteristic of the highblood. Even when he tries to stop Kokichi at the end, he's probably the only one who can do so after Gonta and Miu was killed.
5. COLOUR SCHEME. Let's just leave him with a beautiful violet. Especially as a highblood, he has every right to dress up. Even a star coat :з
Aaand yeah that's it! It has been a bit of a journey, hasn't it? Gosh, I'm really embarrassed. If you made it to the end, I love you guys so much!!!! I hope you enjoyed it!!! I'll develop this thread if there's minimal feedback and people are interested. And, uh, if you have any questions or anything, go for it. Questions help develop this whole thing.
TRANSLATION PREPARED BY MY FAVORITE WONDERFUL FRIENDS SUNSHINES I LOVE YOU WITHOUT YOU THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU <33333
#homestuck#danganronpa#drv3#danganstuck#holy shit i actually took this on#himiko yumeno#kaede akamatsu#k1 b0#kiibo#keebo#korekiyo shinguji#tenko chabashira#ryoma hoshi#maki harukawa#kirumi tojo#rantaro amami#shuichi saihara#angie yonaga#tsumugi shirogane#miu iruma#gonta gokuhara#kokichi oma#kaito momota
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Arctic Fox Was Abducted (By Doc)
Lots of lore in this one, compared to anything else I've said about Do Not Call! This snippet stars Doc and Arctic Fox in a plot point I have had planned from nearly the beginning of the planning process. So yeah. Enjoy!
Oh and for anyone who found this randomly scrolling through Tumblr, this is part of my story currently still being mostly planned, Do Not Call Any That You Cannot Put Down, which is a (very AU) fic written in the universe of @watcheraurora's Even Ice Walls Fall Down!
The blackness stirs. It is heavy, pulling him back inside. Fluorescent lights peek through the blackness, fading away as he's pulled back again.
Light?
An ache in his head forms. Or maybe he only just became aware of it. With pain though, comes awareness of his body. Cuts and scrapes ache, but…duller. Heavier.
Sound emerge from the blackness. Whirring and humming. A steady clank-clank-clank beating a rhythm into the air. Footsteps. He tried to force his eyes open, tried to see where he was, but all that did was expose more of the bright - too bright - lights. Pain flared in his skull, and he let out a yelp before he could stifle it. A new sound emerged - a voice? "…open? No…gave…-point." He tried to shake his head, clear his hearing. He had to listen. But he could barely move. Oh. His wrists were shackled far above his head, and now that he was noticing, his ankles were shackled as well, barely touching the ground. The shackles on his ankles had no chains between them, basically preventing him from being able to effectively fight (or get away) at all.
Time passed, and slowly, the blackness lifted. Hearing came first. He didn't have to move to do that. The footsteps clearer, the constant clank-clank-clank now more aggravating than grounding.
Then he could just barely get his eyes cracked open, past the initial flare of the bright fluorescent lights. The room was…darker than he expected with the lights, filled with various machines that had lights of their own. Finally, he fully opened his eyes, and tensed when he could now see the creator of those machines.
White lab coat. Goat-like horns. Doc.
Oh right, that was how he ended up here. Etho remembered now. Searching a building, eerily empty in the way of things that aren't truly empty. The click of a lock behind him. Blackness blotted the rest out like ink stains.
He lightly shook his head. No. Focus. Any situation with Doc was a dangerous one.
…How long had he been out? Etho swiped his tongue around his mouth. He was fairly dehydrated, so it had to have been at least several hours. His wrists and shoulders were sore, and the lack of bloodflow to his hands would make it difficult to do much fine motor movement with his fingers for a while even if he managed to get free.
"Back to the land of the living, eh?"
The low rumble of a voice like the eerie hum of unremembered wilderness shook something in Etho's core. He didn't say anything.
…His mask had been removed. For that matter, he was only in his undershirt, pants, and socks. Of course.
"Feel free to attempt escape," Doc continued. He had yet to even look at Etho. "It does not concern me." Etho had never liked Doc's voice, though he wasn't as determined as Lore to get the man to shut up. Or whatever Doc was, anyways. So he stayed silent.
Instead of pulling on the chains or kicking (though Etho noticed he might have enough leverage on the ground and enough pull on the chains to vault himself up), he looked around. His eyes adjusted to the flourescent lights more and more, the shadows no longer seeming as deep - though the edges were still blurred, like someone took their finger and smudged the charcoal. But the room was fairly well-lit - if one could even call it a room. It was more of a space, hollowed out of…something. Etho couldn't even see the walls, now that he realized it. The space simply vanished into blackness beyond the reach of the lights. But within this space were several machines undoubtedly of Doc's creation. The whirring sound they made was smooth, each piece working in perfect tandem with every other to complete…whatever task these machines had.
Something flashed with light on the floor, and Etho looked down just in time to see some sort of circular design vanish before he caught any details. Still, the outline of the circle seemed to burn itself onto the back of his eyelids when he blinked, squeezing his eyes shut to wipe it away. He opened his eyes -
Doc was right in front of him. Staring Etho dead in the eye. Watching him. Observing. Like a mad scientist observing his subject - except this is Doc, and if one called him insane, it was in the way that is as awed and terrified as it is desperate for something to name this thing no name is worthy of.
Doc hummed, the sound rattling around Etho's skull, and he was grateful then for whatever made him resistant to…whatever it was about Doc's voice. "Suitable," Doc decided. Etho remained silent. Something clinked above Etho's head, and whatever held his wrists suspended released - just in time for Doc to snatch the few chains between his wrists. Etho stumbled as his feet hit the ground, Doc yanking him off-balance and dragging him across the space. Just fast enough that Etho couldn't get his feet under him, and his muscles still did not want to obey him. Trying to move even slightly felt like being a parachute in water, the very air resisting him. Doc swiftly dragged him across the room with no such issues, and the shackles were reattached - wrist and ankle - in a more center location, surrounded by the machines.
Except…now that Etho was closer, and more in the middle, he realized that these weren't many machines. It looked that way from where he'd been before, but now seeing the ways they connected, fueling each other, feeding to and from tubes of…something that made a tingle deep inside him scream and laugh. No, this was all one great machine…and Etho still couldn't see what it was doing. Not that he expected to, really. This was Doc. Whatever he was…he was secretive.
The floor flared with light again, and this time, the light stayed. Etho could see it better now, lines weaving across each other, down, up, left, right, occasionally ending in a circle, all inside one larger circle - and many of them intersecting at the spot he was chained to. The tingle inside him changed, from screams and laughter to an eerie hum. Etho shivered. Doc chuckled.
The villain stood just inside the circle, hands folded behind him. Watching Etho. Always watching, always observing. Always analyzing, always planning. Always scheming. Etho only hoped Doc hadn't gotten his hands on Lore, too. Who even knows what Doc would do to him in the secrecy and territory of a lab. Or whatever this place was.
With a simple, decisive nod, Doc left the circle - and the small little circles at the ends of lines flared again, and the light began to drain away from the circles and across the lines…and up Etho's shackles and onto his skin, reweaving the pattern.
It did not burn. It did not hurt at all. In fact…it felt numb. Cold, even.
"Normally, I do not bother with circles such as these," Doc hummed. "But sometimes they are simply more efficient." At what, of course he did not say.
The light vanished from the floor, from the shackles, and flared even brighter, Etho winced against the harsh white light. What was before only a hint of a cold numb where the light touched him now was a blizzard whipping around him yet not stirring the air at all. He clenched his teeth against screaming, against asking what this was even for, the purpose.
Another flare of light. But this one not from the lines on Etho's skin at all. On part of the machine, a large flat section of metal, the same circle was inscribed. It flared, and flared again. One more flare - this one matched by the lines on Etho's skin, painfully cold. Spots of blackness danced in his eyes.
"Suitable indeed."
And Etho sank back into the blackness.
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2024 fic wrapped
thank you to @wetcatspellcaster for tagging me! <3
What’s been your biggest learning point this past year?
I've learnt a huge amount from writers that I admire, especially @aevallare. mostly, I've learnt to get words down quickly and freely and messily, and then refine, rather than trying to do it as I go. that's very different from how I write academically. it circumvents the perfectionist overthinker in me, and has definitely resulted in better work.
How has your writing developed this past year?
ironically, it's difficult to put into words. before this (or rather last) year, I hadn't written fiction consistently since my teens. I was extremely burnt out from my PhD, and felt I had no words left in me. then something shifted gears in my brain and I suddenly needed to write. working with forgotten realms lore and bg3 characters has given me "permission" to be creative without the pressure; subsequently I'm developing a style and a rhythm that feels like me.
Good writing habits?
writing what I'd like to read, rather than what I hope other people will like.
analysing, synthesising, percolating.
roget's thesaurus.
Bad writing habits?
if we're being technical, I use far too many adjectives, dialogue tags, adverbs galore. so much purple prose. but... I love playing around with words and I'm having fun.
Favorite thing you wrote?
aside from my two oneshots, probably chapter five of the fall. it has kisses, angst and jaheira giving unsolicited sex ed.
Favorite reads?
answered here - but happy to have an excuse to share some more things I've read that have stayed with me.
fic
these two shitheads (series) by @atsadi-shenanigans out of the saddle by @koalamatcha houses (series) by @bluebeebalmwrites momento vivere by @hylianworrier (plus many more)
not fic
redeeming objects by natalie scholz the poisonwood bible by barbara kingsolver
Biggest win?
the reaction to an offering has genuinely floored me (in a good way).
Goals for the new year?
answered here, but also: delivering the story I want the fall to be.
Your favorite words of the year, aka the words you check each chapter for, making sure you didn’t repeat them 788 times?
like dr wetcat, rather than looking for repetition, I'm going to share a couple of bits I'm happiest with.
He saw her admission about Gale for what it was, an olive branch extended (although yew would be a more apposite choice, he supposed: evergreen; common to graveyards; decidedly poisonous). - chapter four of the fall
Gale is steel wrapped in soft edges. - an offering
What are you excited for in the new year?
properly working on the bloodweave au I've been threatening plotting for months.
more generally, 2024 was a year of purest shit. in 2025, I have publications in the offing. I won't be continuing in academia, but publishing my research before I leave is the best fuck you I can imagine.
plus, you know, more pelfnis.
tagging: @aevallare @koalamatcha @slothquisitor @kittenintheden
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Skizzekai Au- Character and Group Summary
Very long summary post! This contains information on every single hermit, established group, and major plot event. Summaries are below the cut.
KINGDOMS AND GROUPS
Skizz's Adventuring Party
Team ZITS! Skizz, our main hero, quickly found allies in the other three. Tango was his first ally, and Zedaph joined up because of his alchemy skills. The alliance was a bit strained after Zed brought Skizz back from death and gave him some difficult and annoying tasks to do, but now they're closer than ever. Impulse came to join them after hearing rumours of the new hero. Grian and Mumbo are not formal party members, but show up to help from time to time.
ConVex Travelling Merchants
Scar, Cub, and False roam throughout the kingdoms, selling wares and taking both money and names! They also may be a little bit possessed. Neutral forces, both helping and messing with Skizz, they're in this mainly for fun and profit.
Lore Kingdom
Ruled by Joel, this kingdom has a heavy concentration of magic affecting fate and stories. A group of seers called the Watchers were the ones who made the hero's prophecy, forseeing Skizz would be needed- and so Joel summoned him to this world. Naturally, they've been on his side the whole time.
Ice Kingdom
A harsh and frosty place ruled by Queen Stress- and one of the first places hit by the great evil, slowly draining the magic and life of the citizens. Thankfully Iskall, the queen's bodyguard, seems to have some sort of protective aura, keeping the palace and those nearby safe. The native iskallium crystals, capable of pulling energy from the environment and turning it into pure magic stored within, might be one reason this kingdom was targeted so quickly. They also cause the eternal winter of the kingdom, drawing in heat. Ice Kingdom artificers are known for the incredible magitech iskallium can be used in.
Undead Republic
Formerly a kingdom ruled by Ren, after the crown passed on to Cleo she declared the place a republic. The votes that followed landed her in charge anyways, with Ren as second in command. All sorts of undead live here, including the half-ghost Joe and the drowned Gem. The kingdom is currently dealing with an infestation of strange blue lichen underground. It's sensitive to sound and seems to be able to infect people into monstrous and deadly creatures.
Evil Empire
Lead by Evil X, this is the big bad of our story. The citizens here are mainly demons, using magic drawn from risk, danger and gambles, often used to form contracts. EX himself has found a way to drain magic from the world into himself, stealing it from the environment and the people. He uses this to gain power, create loyal constructs that take the shape of other people throughout the world, and also to power a really good hot tub. Unfortunately for him, dissent grows in his citizens, and at least one- Impulse- betrayed EX's side completely.
Jungle Guardians
Deep in a sprawling, deadly jungle, four hermits make their homes. Acting as guardians, they help adventurers safely pass through. Their forms are created from the environment around them, with Bdubs being all plant, and Etho having a metallic shell around his leafy center. Doc likes to change things up, constantly adding and replacing new parts. Beef is as of yet undetermined.
Pirates
There exists a kingdom that is not quite a kingdom, oceans ruled by whichever captain, warlord, or general scoundrel happens to be most listened to at the moment. False used to be one of them, leading a crew of harpies. She still visits from time to time. Wels used to be part of her crew as well. Xisuma also joined a crew of pirates once, thinking the flag meant they had bones to spare. He was wrong, but they let him tag along anyways.
HERMITS
(alphabetical order)
Bdubs
Species: Jungle Construct
Bdubs is made entirely of leaves, moss, and vines. He is NOT small, thank you very much, he is above average for his species. Along with the rest of the NHO, he protects the jungle he calls home. Has powerful plant magic. If provoked too far, may unleash a terrifyingly powerful aura.
Beef
Species: Undetermined
Protects the jungle with the rest of the NHO. Seems to be a perfectly normal, if slightly creepy, farmer.
Cleo
Species: Zombie, previously Fae
Prime Minister of the Undead Republic. Cleo leads her people well, and is currently fighting against the sculk infesting the tunnels. Has an army of constructs and puppets, but is willing to hire adventurers to help out. Friends with Joe and Ren.
Cub
Species: Fae (Sculk?)
After a deal with the Vex leaving him slightly possessed, Cub runs a traveling shop full of magical wares with Scar and False. Unknown to them, he had an interest in the other, nonmagical world. One thing lead to another, and he managed to build a functional portal, only to find that the sculk living in the cracks between dimensions followed him back. It's starting to take over him, slowly but surely.
Doc
Species: Undetermined/Varies, presumably Jungle Construct
Protects the jungle with the rest of the NHO. Constantly changing his form, adding new traits and replacing old ones. Also has the ability to grow to kaiju size. Made a portal to the human world with Etho, just to see if they could.
Etho
Species: Jungle Construct
Despite being of a normally short species, Etho is seven feet tall. This may be due to the fact he has formed a metallic shell around his plantlike inner body. Not quite in control of his aura, which is constantly projecting a slight threatening feel. Made a portal to the human world with Doc just to see if they could.
Evil X
Species: Nothingness
The ultimate villain of the story. EX has been draining the magic of the world, trying to maintain his form with stolen power, as well as just for fun and to make himself stronger. Maybe take over the world while he's at it. Rules his own kingdom, and created the Hels Hermits with stolen magic. He's created a fake prophecy to justify his rise to greatness. A tiny bit of magic is used to power his hot tub, which is filled with water from a magic spring and actually helps all the stolen magic cohere. Since the magic he's stealing is helping form his body, EX's appearance is constantly shifting based on where he most recently took from.
False
Species: Harpy
Used to lead a crew of pirates, but after a deal with the Vex she had to leave. Now travels with Cub and Scar, although she does meet up with her old crew sometimes. Recently, shes taken to hunting down Skizz, due to the bounty put on his head... if only her companions were more helpful.
Gem
Species: Drowned, previously Human
Skizz isn't the only hero of prophecy this world has seen. Gem was summoned for the same reason, not too long ago. She used to have angelic, feathered wings, and wield powerful light magic. Unfortunately... she failed.
She was struck down, and the ocean saved her, by changing her into a Drowned. Undead, adapted to life underwater, and with the wings she used to have only broken scraps on her back. Now, her light magic burns her. She can't use it. But she was still working on saving the world! It's moved on. It's replaced her. So she sets a bounty out on Skizz, to teach him what happens if he fails too.
Grian
Species: ????? Entity???
Grian is... strange. He appears different to everyone, seeming like one species or another, with the only constant being that he is known to be powerful. In truth, he's simply not able to be understood- a being sewn into the very fabric of the world, deeper than anyone else, perhaps made entirely of pure magic. He used to be a member of the Watchers, getting thrown out of the group because blowing things up is "distracting" and "makes it hard to see the future". He still knows a few tricks though, such as being able to recognize if you've been a subject of prophecy. He also likes fishing.
Hypno
Species: Human
Changelings are a rare thing in this world, a few sneaky fae slipping between dimensions to swap out their children. Hypno is one of those humans who got taken. His fae "family" had plans, ones that relied upon the human ability to adapt to magic so easily. They kept him away from any strong sources of magic... until it was time. That night, when the plan was pulled off and Hypno felt the magic moving inside him and trying to twist him and feeling so very wrong wrong wrong, was the night he ran away. He never wanted this. Was he just some kind of tool or exotic pet to them? He just wanted to stay human.
The deal EX offered him was almost too good to be true. A simple watch, capable of absorbing the magic that would otherwise be mutating him. He could feel at home in his own skin. And the payment? Just the magic the watch stole. Basically free! So what if it worked a little too well, slowly draining the magic around him if he stayed in one place too long? He can keep moving. It's fine. It's better than not working well enough. He needs to stay himself.
Impulse
Species: Demon
A former citizen of the Evil Empire. Having grown up under EX's rule, living and working there his entire life, he had doubts but didn't think he could make a difference. Maybe the prophecy could save them if he held on long enough.
He saw Gem try, and fail, and lost hope entirely. So he kept his head down, worked hard, got promotions, did what he needed to survive. If the chosen one couldn't win, what chance did he have?
Until he heard the rumors of a new hero, of them gathering an army and growing stronger. He left, joined up with Skizz, and has become a great ally and friend. Shame that his old coworkers think he's a spy for them now. Hopefully his new friends don't believe it.
Iskall
Species: Undetermined
A citizen of the Ice Kingdom, and Stress's bodyguard. His original name was lost in a bet a while back, but Stress only uses it for silly pranks, and he likes Iskall better anyways. Has a strange aura full of magic and life, working as an energy source, and protecting the area around him from the draining darkness.
Jevin
Species: Slime
He is a slime guy who does slime magic. Likes hanging out with Hypno, and doesn't understand why the guy doesn't want to be magic. It's fun. In fact, Jevin is made almost entirely of magic, which.... may be a bad thing if he's going to spend so much time around Hypno.
Joe Hills
Species: Half-Ghost, previously Human
He may be a citizen of the Undead Republic now, but Joe will always introduce himself as being from Nashville, Tennessee. He did use to live there! Ended up in Hermiton after Doc and Etho made a portal and found him. Thinking it was a scam, really he should have just left, but he was curious.
Joel
Species: Minor God
He wasn't always godly. Due to the kingdom he rules being so full of lore magic, the belief and opinions of his people had a strong effect on him. Originally an ogre, he's gone through quite. a few transformations, and finally settled on aacending to godhood. As a god, he can look however he wants, although a ogre-like form is still most comfortable. A really tall and handsome ogre, though.
Keralis
Species: Unicorn
He's a unicorn. And a menace. He's got an ego, only uses his magic when he wants to, and claims he can see the value of souls. Keeps calling XB the princess of the lake.
Mumbo
Species: Weakened God
Mumbo used to be the god of the night and all its creatures, until Grian accidentally stole half his power. That power was, again accidentally, used to create the species of vampires, which Mumbo now greatly resembles, right down to his ability to turn into a bat. Grian still feels bad about it. As for Mumbo himself, he turns up to help the heroes now and again, and may or may not follow them around in bat form.
Pearl
Species: Fae (Mothlike)
Pearl was once the queen of her own kingdom. It was a wonderful place, known for nature magic helping them grow anything. When a talking dog came asking to be her advisor, she made the decision to accept its offer. From its advice, her decisions got more and more cruel, her powers stronger, and the hound grew into a beast. The queen corrupted, and so did the magic.
But one day, it all got too much. Pearl realized what she had done, slew the beast, and exiled herself. Her powers faded, she keeps her head down. Now she just tries to live her life and have fun, doing her job delivering mail.
Ren
Species: Werewolf, previously Fae
Him and Cleo were friends since childhood. Even when she got zombified and he got bitten by a werewolf, they never gave up on each other, and even bonded over it. They formed their kingdom together, and these days Ren is second in command of the Undead Republic. They're still very close.
Scar
Species: Fae
A wizard who made a deal with the Vex, and now travels around selling enchanted wares with Cub and False. Jellie is his familiar. Took Skizz's name at one point, but gave it back after Skizz found Jellie, who had been missing. He also keeps letting Skizz go whenever False captures him, for various reasons each sillier than the last.
Skizz
Species: who knows at this point, previously Human
Main character. Was summoned from Earth to defeat a great evil and save the world. Joel didn't quite explain how, so he's just doing his best. Currently, he's going around to different kingdoms, trying to get them on his side.
When he was summoned, he was still wearing his suit he had put on for work. It didn't take long to annoy a wizard, who cursed him so that he can't wear sleeves. The sleeves of his suit then proceeded to explode. Thankfully, the rest of the suit picked up durability magic somewhere.
A more important magical item is his necklace. It was made as a sort of battery for mages, charging up and storing ambient magic. When full, it bleeds off excess energy by sending it into the wearer, which normally results in boosted magic. Unfortunately, it is currently on a human, who has no magic of his own.
The result of this has changed Skizz, attuning him to the world's magic, and causing dragonfly wings to sprout from his back. He can feel the faint electric-current buzz of magic in his chest and at his fingertips. He's become able to learn and use the magic known by his friends, channeling their power through him.
Skizz's life on Earth was not a good one. It was boring, monotonous, and stressful. Wake up, work, go home, sleep. Is there any wonder he prefers this fantastical world over it? When everything is over, he chooses to make his home in Hermiton, with his new friends.
Stress
Species: Fae
Queen of the Ice Kingdom. Has Iskall's name, but only uses it to be silly.
Tango
Species: Undetermined, presumably Fire Something
Tango has strong fire magic, but it's hard to control- it's tied to his emotions, flaring up with anger or fear. He has to keep calm to properly control it. A side effect of this magic is that he has a prehensile tail made of fire. It also reacts to emotions, but in a much more harmless way, perking up when he's curious and wagging when happy. He doesn't use his fire much, preferring to rely on a deck of magical cards, each with a different effect.
TFC
Species: Unknown
TFC likes to mine. He spends his time in tunnels underground, mining in many different caverns. Nobody is quite sure what species he is. Dwarf, goblin, fae, and construct have all been theories, but none turned out to be right. The one time Skizz encountered him, he simply gave him the gem he'd been looking for. After all, why not help out? He doesn't have the energy for nonsense anyways.
Wels
Species: Selkie
A former member of False's pirate crew. Wels is proficient in bard magic, weaving power into voice and song, and he's also good with a sword. Most of the time, he wears his sealskin as a cape, appearing human. He has a second set of armour that fits his seal form so he can kick ass underwater.
XB
Species: Water Spirit
Lives in a lake fed by a magical spring. This is, in fact, the place EX got his hot tub water from. XB is not happy about this. Leave his lake alone!
Xisuma
Species: Nothingness (+Bones)
A puddle of nothingness that learned to sustain himself and build a solid body from bones! He finds them delicious. At one point, he joined a pirate crew because he thought the skull and crossbones flag meant they had bones to eat. They didn't, but they were nice and let him stay. Over time, he found a way to grow his own bones, poking out of the nothingness that is him. It doesn't even hurt to pull them out.
Zedaph
Species: Undetermined
Originally, Zed was just a normal alchemist, with a little reality distortion magic. Somehow, he happened upon the secret to immortality. There was not supposed to be a secret to immortality. Death didn't make it possible. When Zed did it, Death Himself showed up, extremely confused. He took Zed on as an apprentice to try and figure out how that even happened, and hasn't succeeded yet.
As Death's apprentice, Zed has the ability to bring people back to life- not even undeath, just straight up life. He has a rather terrifying reputation, but he's friendly, if a lot weird, and prone to making those he revives do silly and almost impossible tasks for him. For fun, of course. Revived Tango at one point, and accepted a card full of luck magic as payment.
Hels Hermits
Species: Various, may or may not be the same as their original due to the different types of magic used in their creation
These are constructs, people formed and brought to life from the magic EX stole. They work as his underlings, endlessly loyal and just as evil as he is. Notable members include Helsknight, EX's personal guard, Badtimes, a diplomat, and True, a spymaster.
PLOT IDEAS
- Skizz, after being summoned, ventures around the land collecting allies and getting the help of various kingdoms
- At some point, ZITS raid EX's palace, presumably to try and defeat him
- During the final battle, Skizz manages to channel the light magic Gem still holds deep inside
- After his journey is complete, Skizz is sent back to earth... only to find he no longer feels like he belongs there. Using the last bit of magic stored in his necklace, he contacts the Hermits, and asks to be summoned back home.
- In exchange, Hypno is sent to live on earth, after a bit of preparation from the former humans. He no longer has to worry about magic changing him, and now he can make new friends, without having to keep distant to avoid draining them.
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i would’ve made this post earlier but. i forgot 😭
so, it’s 2025! i don’t really know what to do for any sort of resolutions, but i just wanted to say thank you to some people for 2024:
to @denieatsart,
thank you for being such an awesome friend. thank you for listening to me when i wanted to talk about my silly stories or about my problems or just to casually chat. thank you for helping me create and develop my ocs. thank you for creating such amazing and fun characters. thank you for trying your best to cheer me up when i had my lows. thank you for being the reason rêve and crest exist. thank you for introducing me to inkmare. thank you for just existing to be honest, you’re such an awesome friend and i wouldn’t trade the world for our friendship 🫶
to @justanidiotartist,
thank you for being you. thank you for helping me feel more comfortable in my selfshipping choices. thank you for giving me so many laughs. thank you for being such a fantastic artist and frankly supportive friend. i’m so grateful to have you as a mutual and even more grateful to have you as a friend.
to @analexthatexists,
thank you for creating so many amazing stories and characters. thank you for sharing your characters, for being interested in my own, for overall just being so passionate about your creative side and allowing me to share mine. i’m so lucky to have met you this year, truly! i can’t wait to see you on my dash again in 2025 🫶
to @funtime918,
thank you for roleplaying with me for the past two months. thank you for trying your hardest to ensure my happiness, for going the extra mile for me. thank you for persevering through whatever life tosses at you. thank you for making me laugh. thank you for enjoying my stories so much to the point where i’ve gotten sentimental. thank you so much for sharing media with me that i wouldn’t have found otherwise. here’s to the next all nighter, to the next roleplay, to even more lore drops and even more new plot points. i’m so grateful to have you as a friend /gen!!
to @psycho-chair,
i’m so happy to have you as a friend, too. i’m grateful for the hours the kross mutuals have spent on pony town, on ashes town, just hanging out and having fun. i’m grateful for you and geddon introducing me to pony town in the first place— it’s been a blast, and i’m so happy that i had the chance to meet you. thank you for persevering through your last year of high school. thank you for doing that in college. thank you for being here. every time you enter a space, you make every conversation, every interaction, immediately brighter. and i’m so glad to be in these spaces whenever i can.
to @t0ydoesstuff,
YOU!!!!! STINKY!!!!!! thank you for being such an awesome friend, too. for creating, for trying to cheer me up, for laughing with me, for making school so much more enjoyable, for going through the hell that was last school year, for overall just being so fantastic to the point where i wonder how you make art that’s so beautiful and wonderful. thanks for listening to my rambles, matching my freak [/silly] and introducing me to tally hall and will wood and the beatles. thanks for just existing, too. i’m so grateful for you and i hope we can be friends for as long as possible 🫶
to @starswirly,
i’m so glad to be your mutual, as well. thank you for sharing your stories with me, for doodling on the magmas with me, deni, and funtime, for helping me and the others create the apocalypse au, for roleplaying with our sillies even when things were difficult for me in life, for drawing vou during artfight [i am SO ill about that drawing btw <3], and for just being awesome all around with such fun characters.
to @unknownarmageddon,
thank you for being the Kross Guy. thank you for making me even more normal about kross. thank you for being the first person i friended on pony town. thank you for introducing me to ashes town. thank you for writing sirius. thank you for hanging out on pony town with all of the kross mutuals. just thanks for being such an awesome person!!!! never stop being awesome, geddon. ✨
to @sunnemona,
i know we don’t talk much, but seeing your positivity on my feed makes my bad days immensely better. so thanks for being bright, for always having such amazing ideas, for creating the apuldor psalter, for checking in on me during that Eventful Day, for overall just being such a kind individual, even with all of the toxic things thrown at you and your friends from the fandom. your positivity does make an impact on me, and every time i see you on my dash, i’m reminded to be kind to someone. on the street, in class, in my family, whenever. so thank you so much for being my mutual, and i hope we’ll have more chances to talk in 2025. 🫶
to @consumeroflemoans,
i know we don’t talk much anymore either, and even though this happened last year, thank you for helping me create the utmv roleplay server. thank you for introducing me to kross. thanks for making me laugh whenever i see you on my dash. thank you for being so lovely to be around, to talk to, to laugh with, to be friends with. and no matter where you end up or whichever fandom you end up in, you’re always going to make the space you find yourself in brighter and so much better than it was without you being there.
and to anyone i missed, to my other mutuals, to my followers, thanks for sticking around. for being here with me as i mark my second year on this hellsite. you’ve made it better than me 5 years ago could have possibly imagined, and i hope we’re here for however much longer we all have. hugging all of you!!!!! rahh!!!!!!!!
have a lovely 2025, y’all. enjoy it, make resolutions, get silly, be cringe, just have fun. okay? have fun. i love you all 🫶✨❤️ /p
#nash talks#long post#nashdoesstuff#friend!!#not tagging everyone i mentioned in this post here sorry#new years#new years 2025#what do you tag this as???? giving thanks????? cackles#i’m seriously so grateful for all of you though. i truly am#thanks for being with me throughout this frankly wild journey. i really hope we can have more of these in the years to come 🫶
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HoneyDream AU
Quick Links: Comic Index, First Comic, Fic Ao3
'HoneyDream' is a Hollow Knight AU set in a world where the Hive and Queen Vespa take a stand against the Radiance. Following the adventure of a Vessel who lost their memories, the secrets of the Hive and the magical Vespa's Blessing preventing the spread of Infection are uncovered and the mystery of this Vessel's past begins to entangle with the uncertain future of two kingdoms held in a precarious relationship with dreams old and new.
In the end, what future will the Honey Knight choose? Are the dreams of Hallownest really to be no more?
The AU:
This is a canon-adjacent story that branches from the game by including a fourth Dreamer into Hallownest. Queen Vespa and her actions as the Hive's Dreamer are what deviate the story from what happens in the game, and following the fall of Hallownest she enacts a Blessing that shields the minds of bugs from the Infection after contact with honey. The Hive shelters bugs who fled the Infection after the Pale King vanished and with her power she protects them from the light, although Hallownest remains in stasis until the Radiance within is destroyed.
The Vessel's adventure intersects with the Hive and their story becomes one of difficult choices between dreams, memories and the future. To seek the ending Vespa chooses the Vessel must protect the Hive at all costs against any threat, and while they seek their lost memories they uncover futures stained bright by dreams and histories obscured by the dark. To uncover who they once were and the past that haunts them they must fight- although the enemy is not always who they believe it to be.
Comic and Fic:
This story was originally written as a comic that was concluded upon the first of two endings. The comic is over 1000 pages long and the easiest way to pick it up is from the start, or continuing via the comic index. The comic version is no longer being posted.
An updated version of the story is being made in a fully written format and will begin from the start with the intention of fully completing the story to its second, final ending. You can read the fic version on Ao3, although links to each chapter will be posted here alongside chapter cover art as I update.
Fic Updates:
From the comic to the fic version the majority of the story will remain the same. Some parts of the plot will be streamlined, cut entirely or expanded on depending how they fit into the overall story. Some events are also shuffled around or given a new purpose, and some sections are entirely new with the intent of balancing out the lore and story arc weights. Originally I had planned on including a written side-story for the comic which would expand on a secondary plot involving the backstories of several characters including a Vessel who only ever made secret cameos in the comic. This secondary plot has been introduced into the main plot and revised for the updated story. The overall lore of the AU remains mostly unchanged.
As a drawn media the comic faced several restrictions in needing to both script and draw everything I wanted to story to do and required a significant amount of time to draw so many pages. This was not something I could maintain and is the main reason for switching to a written format, although while making the change I want to do better. I aim to improve the story and lighten the load of presenting it in the updated version and I hope you enjoy what is to come :D
The End:
Thanks for the continued support for this comic and upcoming fic over the years. This story means a lot to me and it is important to me personally that I see it through to the end. This journey has been made so much better thanks to everyone who has been here for me, Honey and their friends along the way. Thanks for reading :D
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Alright so I’ve finally finished all of Make Your Mark on Netflix (I have no interest in Tell Your Tale) and, well… I certainly have thoughts. Unfortunately I felt MLP G5 (even including A New Generation) was pretty weak. I don't HATE G5 of course, but it certainly has problems. Not counting the ton of continuity errors and plot holes and retcons from G4, most of the episodes + specials on their own I found flat and boring.
And yes I KNOW that G5 deserves to be its own thing and shouldn’t rely 100% on G4’s popularity but come on… a sequel series still needs SOME connection to its predecessor, and G5 has so little of it?? And the worst part is that the super sparse FIM references were for legal reasons, which makes me even wonder why bother setting it in the same universe as G4 instead of just making a complete reboot. And yes I’ve heard that the G5 comics actually go deeper into the lore, but important worldbuilding details should be included in the show proper, not in supplemental materials.
So yeah, that only inspired me to make even more changes for my MLP next gen AU. Starting with a bunch of different ideas I have for Opaline. More details about my revamped design and backstory for her under the cut
First off, her canon design is way too gaudy and takes away a lot of her intended scare factor, so I redesigned her with multiple variants. For all versions I removed her blue eyeshadow and the braids around her ears (too ridiculous-looking and difficult for me to draw), and made her hair a bit more asymmetrical.
As for my version of her backstory, rather than Opaline being over a thousand years old and having known Celestia and Luna when they were fillies, I made Opaline a former student of Twilight who became her successor as the next Alicorn Princess. Only Opaline didn't do a great job as a ruler which caused Twilight to drain her of her magic and banish her to the outskirts of Equestria.
But after Twilight died of old age (don't ask me why Twilight didn't find a new successor, still working that out) the magic shield locking Opaline outside Equestria faded and allowed her back in. So she was the one who caused disharmony between ponies all over again (yeah kind of a repeat of the Nightmare Moon situation but), and additionally kidnapped Misty as a filly to use her as a spy and do tasks to help Opaline get her powers back, including her wanting to steal dragon fire to become a fire Alicorn like in canon.
Made this change for two reasons 1) the whole “ancient villain who knew Celestia and Luna back in the day escaped now and is planning to wreak havoc on modern Equestria” has been done a hundred times already in FIM, let a new villain form literally during Twilight’s reign 2) it would keep the rejection aspect of Opaline's canon backstory but give her more personal beef with Twilight which is why Opaline targets her
so my AU wouldn't just have all ponies restore unity and then have Opaline just come as a threat right after like A New Generation + Make Your Mark did. Achieving harmony between pony AND non-pony kind would be done over the course of a series and not just one movie, with Equestria being restored + Misty being freed after Opaline's defeat. The Unity Crystals still play a role in my AU, with Twilight having created them as a new alternative to the Elements of Harmony rather than just a macguffin to stop Opaline specifically.
Also if it were up to me I like my #3 redesign the best, the blue hues would probably fit the best for a fire-based villain (fire being blue when it's hottest and all) but that depends on if/when I wanna draw my AU Opaline in the future
#my art#mlp sketchverse#mlp g5#opaline arcana#mlp opaline#mlp make your mark#my little pony make your mark#redesign#mlp redesign#mlp au#my little pony g5
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top 5 wips you’re most excited to write? :D
AH …. anon my beloved 🥺🥺🥺 tysm for giving me an excuse to talk about them!!!! i have a whole bunch but here are the ones i’m most excited for/planning to write soon :3 hopefully
TITLES ARE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION BTW but if you know where any of them are from you get a big gold star ⭐️
it’s your touch that i need
the best friend’s brother!satoru fic that i’m planning on posting next….. i’m . Unsure if i’ll have time to post it this week but :’3 i’ll get it done!!! honestly i just think bfb!toru is insanely attractive so this is mostly an outlet for that but . i have a plot mapped out kind of… the unrequited love trope is just perfect for him but it’s Me so it’ll probably be less angsty and more funny/bittersweet !!
here’s a snippet from it <3
”you’re a good kid,” he says, and his smile teeters on the edge of something apologetic. mostly, it’s pitying. ”there are lots of people out there for you.” the weight of his palm on your head is usually a comfort, but like this? it’s a specific kind of torture. he ruffles your hair, as affectionate as ever, the same as it’s always been. not a trace of any romantic intent. there are lots of people out there for you. (i know, you want to tell him, but your voice is raspy and your throat feels sort of dry. i know. but i want you.)
hunter, you were human
my neglected mer!sugu fic…… our beloved fish man….. one day. i’ll write it out. i’m having some trouble deciding the order of events + general formatting of the outline so 😭😭 i’m a bit stuck. i’ll get there though!!! this au has angst potential but it’s Me so trust that this will be fluffy and nothing else. lots of banter and cutesy moments. i have a lotttt of thoughts about this au and character/reader dynamic so….. i’m. really excited to eventually write it all out!!! i love him sm :cc
“i don’t really like freshwater.” … your eyes widen. his voice is silky, smooth, like a silver river running from the forked tip of his tongue; a melodic lilt that makes you think of the lullaby your mother used to sing you to sleep with. a long, slow moment passes you by, like the rocking of a rusty ship. silently, your tongue forms around a bundle of words, your mouth gaping like a fish out of water. staring at the merman in your bathtub. “you can talk?!”
consider the hairpin turn
THE BELOVEDEST OF THEM ALL …… my extremely neglected best friend’s brother!kenjaku fic T_T my magnum opus even . i started writing it out a while ago but had to stop bc i can’t decide how to format it …. i think it’d be best to tell the story through a lot of flashbacks but it’s difficult to decide where to put what flashbacks in a way that doesn’t disturb the flow, yk??? but i do have everything outlined and i’m super excited to finally post it :33 someday… bfb!kenny is the actual loml i have so much lore planned for him. this fic is just a whole bunch of yearning and tension… the tiniest tiniest bit suggestive bc he truly makes me ill.
nervously, your gaze trails towards the stairs. worried, your teeth gnawing at your bottom lip. kenjaku notices. a large palm cradles your cheek; making sure your eyes stay locked onto his own. ”don't worry about him,” he soothes, a rough thumb smoothing down your skin. ”it’s just us here… just you and me. why don’t you take a deep breath for me, hm?” (you do. without thinking. as if your body was waiting for instructions, waiting to satiate this gnawing desire to impress him, make him proud. be good for him.) “now,” he exhales, in tandem with you, molecules mingling together. “do you want this?”
only in the next world
ANOTHER DEARLY BELOVED WIP that’s been rotting in my drafts for a while ….. 👉👈 i think that out of all of these fics this is the first one that i wrote the outline to?? probably even before i made this blog. it’s basically just a canon-aligned au where gojo navigates his maybe-possibly-feelings for you, a new teacher at jujutsu high!! sooo really just my attempt to write what i view as a more canon-aligned gojo and his feelings towards love :3 mostly character-centered fluff and slowburn… some office au vibes…. i’m very fond of this reader!! and i love this version of gojo so bad i really hope i can do him justice…
“they’re a softie, huh?” shoko exhales — smoke drifting past her lungs, mingling with the cold air, a stench of tobacco that makes him crinkle his nose. ”they are,” she hums, glancing at him out of the corner of her eye. a dangerously knowing look. “it’s not often someone captures your attention.” gojo smiles. ”is that what it seems like?” he drawls, almost a chuckle. closing his eyes and thinking of you, the fading scent of your perfume. ”well, who knows.” (certainly not him.)
signs of affection
my sickeningly fluffy cult leader geto fic <333 bc i’m spreading the agenda that he is a puppy of a man towards his s/o. this one is just meant to be funny and sweet!! i adoreee the thought of him dating a retired sorcerer with a normal ass job so in this one the reader works at a preschool…. and they’re meant to attend some kind of event for the preschool + is offered to bring a plus one. mild chaos ensues (geto doesn’t want to be anywhere near your non-sorcerer colleagues but he also wants to support you so he’s having a bit of a crisis rn…..) i LOVE this one and i’m so excited to write it out <333333 i think this geto is the most endearing man alive.
suguru blinks, eyelashes fluttering, gleaming under the shallow light of the lamppost just behind him. illuminating the peach-dyed flush dusting his ears, those wide pupils. and his lips, glossy with something cherry-flavoured, soon to curl up into a smile — fond, fond, fond. melting into your touch, basking in your long-sought attention. if he were a cat, you’re sure he'd be purring. he places one big palm over yours, where it rests on his cheek, and he stares. silently, like you’re the only thing worth seeing; dreamy galaxies inside his eyes, all honey and star clusters, leaking adoration. a milky way of love. ”… another,” he pleads, nosing at your fingertips.
#TYSM FOR INDULGING ME ANON!!!!!!#these r all very important to me#anyway im abt to spoil where the titles are from bc i cant contain myself 😔😔#it’s your touch that i need is a pinkpantheress lyric (song: just for me) bc her music is so gojocoded and ESP bfb!gojo coded…#also the lyrics are very much in tune w the fic and reader being horrendously down bad#hunter; you were human is a lyric from one of my favorite mitski songs pearl diver <333 it just feels mer!sugu coded to me!!#but the song is a lot more somber than the fic#consider the hairpin turn is ofc a line from a richard siken poem <333 bc kenny is sikencoded and this fic is VERY in tune w you are jeff#that’s the name of the poem btw. you are jeff. it’s super good go read it rn !!!#only in the next world is a quote from my belovedest video game disco elysium :3 the full quote is:#“true love is possible only in the next world — for new people. it is too late for us. wreak havoc on the middle class.”#<- which is just. insanely gojocoded#aaaand finally signs of affection is the name of a persona 4 song that i rlly like :3 im not completely sure if that should be the title#but im going w it for now <333#anyway if you read all this pls know ily. 🫂🫂 here’s your gold star ⭐️ !!#ask tag ✩
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TWSTERY DUNGEON AU LORE Part 12 - Team Nightwing
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Its been a while and I think im a bit overdue for one of these bad boys... as such, why not continue with the team that also serves as the namesake for the Nightwing Guild?
Please note that, without knowing the staff's UMs, I actually don't have any ideas for what kind of Special Moves these guys would have! So for now, those will remain unknown, but I'll update later once we learn!
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So... Team Nightwing, yeah? They're the primary namesake for the Nightwing Guild, and thus are the longest-running team in the guild as well. Because they're a rescue team, they do still take on various missions semi-regularly. Most of the time, though, they're more fulfilling the duties of guildmasters instead, handling recruitment, managing teams and missions, so on and so forth. If there are any problems between team members or with those who submit missions, these six Pokémon are the ones to call.
Granted, some of them are better than others at their jobs, but they're still mostly reliable.
Now. As for the members of the team...
Corviknight - The ever-generous and kind leader of Team Nightwing, as well as the guildmaster of the Nightwing Guild itself. Although he claims that he's a magnanimous mon with unlimited skill and kindness, he's... not the most qualified or responsible leader, and often passes on responsibilities to other team leaders or, Arceus-forbid, his teammates (namely Carracosta and Houndoom...). Still, though, he's shockingly dedicated to his guild and cares deeply for its members, even if it's in his own unique way...
Nature: Jolly. Likes to Relax.
Ability: Pressure - Reduces PP of opponent's moves
Moveset: Hurricane, Power Trip, Iron Defense, Nasty Plot.
Special Move: ...?
Carracosta - One of the most reliable members of Team Nightwing, Carracosta is the one in charge of handling the sorting of new recruits into teams and tracking mission logs for every single rescue team and member in the guild. Rumor says he's been around since before the guild was established, but that's about all it is. He's by far the most responsible member of Team Nightwing, and also one of the most reliable ones to go to when having trouble. He and Purugly handle posting new missions for the guild.
Nature: Calm. Alert to Sounds.
Ability: Solid Rock - Reduced damage from supereffective hits
Moveset: Ancient Power, Meteor Beam, Brine, Zen Headbutt.
Special Move: ...?
Houndoom - A somewhat sharp-tongued and strict Pokémon who handles training new recruits alongside Machamp. He makes sure that any whelp under his guidance knows every single rule and regulation to working with the guild, as well as teaching them how to handle situations in ways other than battle. Despite how scary he acts, he is a caring leader to the guild and will defend his members however he needs to.
Nature: Naughty. A Little Quick-Tempered.
Ability: Flash Fire - Raises ATK when hit by fire-type moves.
Moveset: Flamethrower, Inferno, Crunch, Temper Flare.
Special Move: ...?
Machamp - A pokemon who is probably more brawn than most anything else. He trains new recruits alongside Houndoom, specifically in physical training meant to help with traversing difficult terrain and battling. He believes strictly in pushing oneself to the limit in order to surpass those limits and better oneself overall, but knows when to hold back for the sake of his rookies. He enjoys a bit of mischief once in a while, something that he and Houndoom can actually agree on (even if it results in some atrocious fashion decisions...).
Nature: Adamant. Proud of its Power.
Ability: No Guard - All moves used by and targeted towards the ability-bearer will hit without fail.
Moveset: Cross Chop, Endure, Swagger, Seismic Toss.
Special Move: ...?
Banette - A bit of an oddball among the Team Nightwing crew, Banette happens to be the manager of the guild's store, where he provides equipment and items to teams preparing for missions. If you're looking for something, chances are Banette will have it, and if he doesn't? He knows a friend. He's a very chipper and charismatic Pokémon who always knows just the thing to help in a pinch... if you have the money to buy it from him, of course!
Nature: Quirky. Alert to Sounds.
Ability: Frisk - Finds an item held by the opposing pokemon.
Moveset: Phantom Force, Shadow Sneak, Poltergeist, Fling.
Special Move: ...?
Purugly - Adopted by Carracosta when he was a Glameow, Purugly assists in setting up and posting missions for the guild. He doesn't talk very often, but when he does, it's usually with some level of sass about some of the younger guild members.
Nature: Lax. Likes to Take Siestas.
Ability: Thick Fat - Takes reduced damage from Fire and Ice type attacks.
Moveset: Retaliate, Hypnosis, Dream Eater, Protect.
Special Move: N/A - He was never able to develop one.
With that - there's one (or technically, two) more teams of the Nightwing Guild left to go!!!!!
I forgot how fun it was to write up these posts and... man I should actually start writing this as a fic or something maybe... would people even be interested in that????? I dunno, but I sure hope so!
#twst#twisted wonderland#pmd#twst au#twisted wonderland au#twstery dungeon au#vii rambles about nothing#vii rambles about twisted wonderland!!!#vii rambles about pokemon!!!
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"I'm so relieved to have you at my side, my loves," G'raha declared. "The fate of the star was not just in my hands, but yours too, and I cannot say how proud I am of us."
"Even me?" asked Frog, as Erenville rolled his eyes and tried not to look affected by the praise, despite the please twitch of his ears.
"Even you and the Gleaners did your part, Bounding Frog."
Day 5: Alternate Universe | In Another Life
"Oh, I don't think much about alternate universes except joke ones where Frog runs off with the Fuath but there's not like any lore or anything - Oh my god that one time Frog trolled Erenville by pretending to be a new Gleaner." *immediately comes up with 3 pages of backstory*
Anyway meet fucked up Allagan bloodline Erenville, Gleaner Frog and Warrior of Light G'raha :D (I really ought to have made Frog's colour scheme without the pink but it's so much a part of her I forgot it's from her Azem legacy until long after I posed and took the picture :P Really, G'raha should have pink highlights and a pink eye since I only have 1 canon Azem who is the forebear of any WoL in any AU I have and they have the Blessing of Pastel Pink Aesthetics they pass on)
Not a canon relationship as of the current waning days of Endwalker we're in and I can feel Frog trying to kill me with her mind for putting her this close to Erenville because this is currently her Nemesis and I am being a very bad blorbo caretaker by shipping them before plot has elapsed... But Erenville doesn't scare me as much as Y'shtola does so I can get away with it as long as Frog can't become so OP she can reach out of the fourth wall and murder me :P May be a level 100 ability but I hope the narrative gives me an opportunity to set her up with Erenville before then. And of course I ship G'rerenville 5eva.
WoL!G'raha's special interest wouldn't just be Allagan horrors but ALL the horrors and he'd know the most about manipulating aether for combat against primals and how to kill them all. It's joked that Hydaelyn blessed him with the Echo because she wanted to spare him bothering Krile with any more questions and tests and puzzles, and gave him the Blessing of Light so he could go off and do his own research. He made a beeline for the Scions of the Seventh Dawn and became their champion with a try hard attitude and known for his enthusiastic thumbs up whenever tasked with the hardest task.
Erenville diligently and quietly studied all he could on Allagan Horrors to learn what his family's dark secret was, but never made it too well known why he was studying it, or that his one gold one red eyes were anything strange. However, his quiet competence got him sent to Erozea to help Rammbroes, and despite all his attempts to lay low, he found himself there at the unlocking of the Crystal Tower, learning way too much about himself in front of people who couldn't unhear it, and pushed along by an over-enthusiastic Warrior of Light who could not shut up about how great an advantage such a magical connection could be. Still, Erenville is calm and professional and when the time came and he knew there was no other way, he shooed the Sons of St Coinach out of the Tower and looked almost dispassionately over his shoulder to G'raha and bid him farewell.
The Exarch was, of course, 1000x more impenetrably vague and annoying but - and this was rather difficult for the Exarch to handle - the huge dark ears sticking out of his hood did give G'raha a hint about who he may be dealing with, though he suspected all sorts of terrible things like Allagan clone or robot and so on before daring to hope it was truly Erenville - when he realised the plan was to tidily pack himself and the Light away with a minimum of melodrama and fuss. This was mostly because of the extremely intricate plans for running the Crystarium in his absence that Erenville had bequeathed before they left for Mt Gulg. It was all just too like him.
G'raha made a ten times more melodramatic intervention while actively coughing up Light everywhere, but Emet-Selch is going to Emet-Selch and can't stand the Warrior of Light being as big a drama queen as he is so he just shoots Erenville and kidnaps him to the Tempest because he's fed up of G'raha talking and posing. A rescue was mounted, love confessed, everyone forgave everyone and cried a lot etc etc.
Erenville joined the Scions after that and provided a sensible counterpoint, inexplicably becoming close to Alisaie (she reminds him of Wuk Lamat but he still hasn't disclosed an onze of backstory).
When they come to Sharlayan for help to stop the final days, they meet an over-worked but still cheerful Gleaner who can lift a whole Troll over her shoulder, and is very helpful and friendly winking and showing them the secret paths. Of course, Bounding Frog is a born Gleaner - she's loved animals forever and had mapped the whole mountain ecosystem around her home village. Sent to Sharlayan by her parents to study the things she loves, she'd quickly risen through the ranks of the Gleaners to become one of their trustiest hands.
She did see through G'raha hopping around as a frog instantly, and on hearing of the incident Erenville only wryly said "I'm sure I could have played a better toad." This could not be disputed, as Y'shtola refused to cast the spell frivolously to settle their debate.
Frog kept in contact and kept them updated on events in Sharlayan once they left to take the fight to the Telophoroi and kept them updated on the Blasphemies once the final days began; by the time G'raha returned from Elpis having learned of an Azem somehow even more annoying that the most annoying interpretation of Azem you've previously heard of, they had all become very fond of one another. By the time they set off for the stars, G'raha and Erenville had admitted to each other they both had a huge crush on the huge Gleaner, and she in turn was waiting for their return more anxious for them than the entire fate of the star.
And of course once they came back from Ultima Thule, Frog's only problem was working out which one of them to smooch first, before carrying G'raha off somewhere quiet to sit and hug and be extremely relieved and happy together :')
#ffxivpolyamoryweek2024#ffxivpolyamweek24#endwalker spoilers#erenville#g'raha tia#bounding frog#gpose#my stuff#frog feud
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[So. It's been a long while, more than I anticipated. But... well, things have been difficult on my end, for many different reasons I will not go into in any detail here, partly because privacy and partly because my main focus has been moving forward and not dwelling unhealthily on certain things. But I am slowly feeling more, comfortable with returning to Tumblr again after yet another unplanned hiatus.
[What I have noticed, however, as I once again try to test out new blog banners and the like - a commission that's still in-progress but nearing completion - is that a LOT of my lore-pages on the Blog itself are rather outdated, or at the very least somewhat bloated from older content that I am not sure if I will be keeping at this rate. That includes things like how I structure it all to begin with, as well as the Blog Pages for Relationships, Timelines/AUs, Predecessors, Equipment, Powers, and more. I hope to try and get that revamped a bit in the next week, maybe two depending on time, availability, energy and inspiration, but above all else I do want to try and (re)connect with my mutuals on here, maybe reach out to potential new ones, and plot things out more again - both to either resume, restart, and/or recycle old threads and drafts into something new again, or revamp/add new shout-outs/mentions in the aforementioned Blog Resources as I work on the new changes.
TL:DR - I'm slowly working my way back to activity, but I will be dusting some things off as I do - don't be a stranger!
#ooc#the mun speaks#minor psa#I may also decide to rework my Tags system some more - the Tarot themes for the AUs is great but I think I can do more
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Finally (almost) over my bout of flu (it was probably flu), though my voice is still a bit crackly.
Had my regular 6 week bloodwork done the other day, and it's flagged up different issues than the last time. (The old issues? Those are normal now. These are new new issues.) Apparently my immune system is haywire in a way that's making the doctors go 'oh, that's interesting.' Is it? Is it really?! *SIGH*
I know I joked about it, but I honestly didn't expect to be posting so many Lore pieces for the Gods AU this month. My brain's been too mush lately for much else tho. orz
I wanna take a baseball bat to Ch.29 of Commencer Par La Faim. I've been working on it so hard (and I'm dying to get to Ch.30 because that's a major plot development), but this stupid chapter is being. So difficult. So so difficult.
I've been curled up and making soft little croaky crooning noises at all y'all who've developed a fondness for bb Lenore in the two versions of The Lindworm's Lullaby and have told me so. I really am so relieved, and so happy about it.
We had to get a new oven this week (old one went kaput) and I keep smacking myself in the legs with the door on the new one. (Who needs tights in the winter when you've got bruises to keep you warm?)
Also guess which idiot signed several Christmas cards this week as being from 'Auntie Shacha' to rl peeps who don't know about her online handle. Guess.
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❄️ ⇢ what's your dream theme/plot for a fic, and who would write it best?
🥤 ⇢ recommend an author or fanfic you love
🌵 ⇢ share the link to a playlist you love
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THIS IS HARD!!!! When I dream of a fic, I simply write it.... there is one genre of fic that I really adore but can't bring myself to write and it's daemon aus, as in His Dark Materials. I *adore* the sort of "spirit animal" concept but I just can't write it myself! And this AU is so rare I can barely find any fics for it, especially in modern fandoms!!! It's such a dilemma for me, I'm begging *anyone* willing to write it.
I find myself wanting existing fics to update more, though. For instance, Whumpbby has a couple fics they haven't updated in years (no hate obviously, that's just how the cookie crumbles sometimes) but their Reaper76 one and Voltron Gijinka ones are really good and I am BEGGING for more. [Linked below)
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Well, I can't recommend enough! Aside from the ones above, there's:
want to see your animal side by blackkat (but blackkat has said they want to distance themselves from this fandom so.... sigh). It's a Naruto yokai au Kakashi/Zabuza fic that's deliciously spicy and builds on Naruto's lore nicely. This is the fic that inspired my own fic series In the Snowfields!
Pretty Hyung Who Buys Me Food by InBooks which is a S Classes that I raised fic, Sung Hyunjae/Han Yoojin ofc, where instead of regressing 5 years, he regressed 20 and lost his memories 👀 sweet and funny and adorable, highly recommend
Never Ever by LostOzian (their archive) is a Tiger and Bunny fic, Omegaverse bc that's how we roll, where Tiger hasn't smelled a compatible Alpha that he liked ever, until Barnaby came along. The tension is so tight it could be a yaoi uke's asshole. Highly, highly recommend if you like slow burn and forced-proximity
A World of One Color by The Big Roman (Hammocker) is a Roman Sionis (Black Mask)/Jason Todd fic series that I drool over every time I think about it. Sadistic yet caring Roman and a Jason desperate to be loved, muah. Chefs kiss. Honestly anything in the Jason/Roman ao3 tag is perfect.
Designation: Miracle by Umisabaku is a kuroko no basket fic with all the classic pairings (and a curveball with my favorite, Akashi/Furihata) which is a sci fi au of KNB. Her summary is the best so I'll just copy:
"It's been three years since seven human experiments, called "Miracles," escaped Teiko Industries, alerting the world to the presence of super-powered children. Now they're finally integrating into society-- going to normal high schools, playing basketball, falling in love-- and trying to find out if it's possible to truly escape their past."
I find it so difficult to get into plot-heavy fic, especially these days, but this fic is a downright masterpiece. I can't emphasize enough: if you're going to read anything on this list, read this. The plots emotional and technical beats never disappoint, and Umisabaku has a rich and wonderful range of OCs that are just as if not more interesting than the characters we know. They've also written stunning original fiction you can find on their Tumblr!!! @/umisabaku
Tear into your Soul by Nirejseki. Just kinky fucked up Hashirama/Madara/Tobirama goodness.
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Phew, that last section got long. Believe it or not, I don't really listen to Playlists! I let YouTube Recommended decide lmao. Here's one I enjoy though: https://youtu.be/nGjtdh5T9II
Thank you for the asks <3<3<3<3<3<3 I love doing these!
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Can. Can I ask to hear more of the it was only Tuesday AU? It sounds really neat (plus powers in the real world is my JAM).
Thanks for the ask anon! o7
And yeah, I'd be happy to talk about one of my many crossover fics (seriously I have a ton lmfaooo).
Recapping "For Me, It Was Only Today": CL/MLB AU with combining lores, Lyoko powers sprouting irl, and some Odd/Adrien rarepair shipping
Okay I'll admit straight off that I didn't realize how much content I made in the trio AUs for a CL/MLB crossover. I thought it was just Cherrybird with all the stuff I wrote up but I'm looking at this one and Strays and it's hitting me my notes are so deep haha
They were so thought out that I got stuck for a moment thinking about how I'd explain this but here I'll try my best:
I mentioned this above but this fic of the trio I do plan to mix the lores together without going uh, too crazy. I don't want to reveal my hand given it's supposed to be a big plot point properly unveiled in this version's take on the episode Franz Hopper (I had to specify episode but it's also fun adjusting Hopper the character in this lore shift).
If this got posted this would likely be a fusion type of crossover I think.
This fic in particular is limited to Ulrich's POV given I want to have the story be about the Warriors seeing Odd's shifting relationship with Chat Noir. The wacky lore is just stuff that goes on in day-to-day. Also sorta open ended to leave room for additional content given the lore of this particular fic is pretty big + the cast leaves ample other stories to tell from their perspectives.
But I digress, we're talking about the Ulrich POV for this fic in particular.
I'll first start off by focusing on the format of this fic in particular. There should be about 12 chapter to match up with the Subdigitals album because I'm a bit corny and wanted to pair that up haha
Each chapter takes the premise of a episode (whether it be CL or MLB) and meshes it together with the crossover/lore shift.
An example I can throw out is the first chapter, which would just be Ulrich and Odd chatting while watching some of the events of Prime Queen happen from their phones (given Nadia did host her segment etc etc).
The CL powers though I agree I'm also a big "powers in the real world" enjoyer haha. Sometimes I just think about this AU in a bubble without the crossover and ponder the shenanigans that can crop up if you just play the power exposure as comedy instead of the angsty potential it is.
Love this AU because the kids are not alright. They have to adjust to shifting into things very much not human, despite having some of the basic human traits.
Odd gets the worst of it given he's a literal cat-boy in Lyoko. The Digitization process is subtle at first but then it becomes extremely difficult to hide that he's growing purple fur, he's nursing intense migraines whenever a Future Flash decides to crop up, his vision nearly landed him some glasses, etc.
Yumi and Ulrich don't have it as bad, but the pains that settle in once Telekinesis and Super Sprint respectively show up for each of them is exhausting. Their clothing tends to get shifted by their exposure, so there's a bit of a running gag of swapping shoes out so they don't constantly lose them (at one point Ulrich has more sandals than shoes lmao)
I also toss in some new abilities because as they grow older aka as the chapters progress in the fic. Odd deals with camouflage that glitches whenever his emotions get out of control (it changes the color of his purple fur like it's a mood ring), Ulrich has to keep a certain mask on him (the one on the back of his S1-S3 outfit) just to make sure he's not phasing through the earth every few minutes, and Yumi has to be very cautious when it comes to stepping in shadows in fear of getting stuck in them.
Digitization (i.e. the term Jeremie coins to explain the shifts the four are going through) is not completely defined all at once. It takes time and as they grow older, their forms will only grow stronger and more defined.
The process isn't immediate for anyone. It shows up with frequent scanner usage, though it isn't until the events of Frontier that it truly settles in that Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi are not exactly humans anymore.
Will also mention that I abuse the concept of TransWatches that Evolution introduced and rehash them to be a temporary solution to let the kids blend in as proper humans. It doesn't prevent some of their glitches from leaking out though, just hides away their outfit changes or their cosmetic changes (i.e. Odd's fur or Yumi's makeup).
Aelita does not immediately experience Digitization given she only used the scanners once then stayed on Lyoko for a long time. Throughout S2 she'll deal with her own changes and will catch up in time with her creativity ability being very uh, destructive when it comes to her nightmares making the power flare. This fic in particular glosses over it given it's not her perspective focus but I feel like I should mention Aelita since I don't give her a lot of love in these recaps ;-;
I also feel extremely bad for Jeremie since he always has the weight of the world on his shoulders all because of his decision. He's the leader of the group and sometimes his plans don't pan out which result in him being extremely cautious to give them another shot unless he's forced to.
One of these plans was trying to enlist Ladybug and Chat Noir for help at the very beginning of this mess. A RTTP stopped the duo from trying to get rid of the machine to prevent XANA from ever harming the real world again. So it's obvious why he wouldn't be the biggest fan of Odd turning around and trying to court Chat Noir.
I'll talk about the Chat Noir in the room. Why him? Why not Ladybug? Well besides my own shipping agenda, I do have a bit of a fic logic haha
The fic in particular starts in the midst of MLB S2. Ladybug and Chat Noir have been established in Paris enough. The whole reason Adrien gets involved is due to Fluff.
She's the one able to sense all this time phenomenons and wants to know more. Fu is already busy with training Marinette to be the Guardian atp, so he decides to give this investigation mission to Chat Noir to satisfy Fluff's curiosity.
Hence Adrien gets his own time companion and has to keep this secret from Ladybug (Fu doesn't want it to leak out to anyone that Chat currently possesses another Miraculous, that and he worries Ladybug would become distracted if she found out that Chat is working on other things not involving her).
MLB S2 is working around the same time as CL S1. So thanks to Fluff's Miraculous, Adrien can feel the time shifts too. He just can't completely remember things.
This is how Adrien gets to remember some of his interactions with the Warriors, and how he and Odd start to bond a bit. A Great Day is when Fluff can finally fulfill her satisfaction and Burrows herself, Adrien, and Plagg into these Time Phenomenons.
After that the shenanigans can properly ensue where Adrien can remember everything after a RTTP has been done. He also has to give Fluff back as she's perfectly fine with these phenomenons now that she can properly access them in her Burrow.
Adrien couldn't leave well enough alone though, way too curious about why these things were happening in the first place. It's why he continues his investigation to the other plot points that happen generally in the fic.
I'm sorry if this one seems pretty jumbled haha. I have been having some issues with sleep so my brain was just all over the place trying to convey this recap without like giving up everything plotted out.
Once again thank you for the ask anon, and thanks to anyone who reads this o7
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