#(spelled wrong intentionally >:3)

[cgarttrailsandtails]

Hey, real quick thing-

Cause idk what to draw and idk if y’all would wanna see that or not

[irbcallmefynn]

When your life's motto essentially boils down to "Fuck, Steal, maybe Kill" you tend to acquire a large amount of clothes. And sometimes you gotta sort them. That gets tricky when you've just been throwing them in a big pile and also have the mental capacity of a very gay Salmon.

Nauno tried to write labels, but obviously he can't write. So it's just vaguely letter shaped scribbles that maybe look how the word sounds. Also note the drawing taped to the wall. Nauno made that when Fynn, Euphi, and him all started living together. It's taped to the wall because it means a lot to them, and also they have no picture frames.

*The boxes are meant to be (top to bottom) pants accessories shirts jewelry. They tend to try and spell things how they sound. But Nauno can't even do that right.

[tac-the-unseen]

I love all ur blog sm!! Can I ask abt something with the slashers (specially Thomas <3) with an foreigner!reader that don't quit speak english very well and normally forget words?

(Sorry if something is spelled wrong, English is not my native language lmao)

Absolutely, I can!

And because the request didn't specify, this fic will strictly be about speaking a foreign language.

Sorry if this is inaccurate! I'm a native English speaker and don't know many who aren't. Sorry in advance!!

Slashers x Foreigner!Reader

Micheal Myers:

•This man will act like he doesn't care but in reality he's so intrigued. (It might be why you're still alive) 

•He’ll spend his time watching you practice your pronunciation and recognition patterns, like it's a movie.

•Is he a bit mean about it? Yes. Will he laugh? Probably.

•If you find yourself not knowing what certain words are and stumble around until you find the right word, You'd be surprised at how patient he is. 

•If you are very new to the English language he'll secretly get you flash cards and stash them into a place he knows you'll find them

•Despite everything, if you ask him for help, he will help. He might be mute but he can write and use TV to aid you.

Billy loomis & Stu macher:

•Stu is already romanticizing your language, but instead of using the actual name of your language, he calls it “Talking pretty to me��

•Billy asks if you want any text books or study equipment to help you on your English speaking journey 

•Both boys are a surprising help! Stuttering trying to articulate what you mean? They've already jumped in to, A) help save you some of the embarrassment, and B) give you time to think about what you're trying to say. 

•Someone making fun of you? They're either dead or a social outcast by the end of the week. 

•Are you struggling to remember a certain word? These boys are willing play charades until you figure it out. And they won't drop it either, Stu says ‘It’s bad to give up when you've already come so far.’ 

•Over all it's not so bad (Stu 100,000,000% uses Google translate to figure out how to say ‘i love you’ in your native language) 

Thomas Hewitt:

•When both of you met, he had never met an actual foreigner before.

•He knew people travel around and occasionally some valley girl would end up in their small town, But someone from a whole different part of the world?

•His interest in you spiked the moment he heard your accent 

•Thomas has so many questions but doesn't know how to ask you

•With him being mute and your struggles with English, It's not the easiest relationship. In the end both of you just end up pointing at things and making noises to get your point across. 

•Absolutely loves to listen to you speak in your native language, Even if he'll never understand it. 

•When he's first trying to court you, he leaves you slightly damaged flowers (he struggled to pick them) to communicate his affection. 

•even with a language barrier, he's gonna love you like no one ever could 

Bubba Sawyer:

•He had no idea people outside of America existed 

•When You fell into the palm of Texas and his brothers found you failing to remember the word for your favorite snack, They knew you would be an easy target.

•When they kidnapped you and brought you to the basement so Bubba could chop you up, he was fascinated by the way you desperately tried to beg him not to kill you. 

•It ended in a huge fight in the family, But he got everyone to let you live a bit longer.

•Sits Criss Cross applesauce while you speak for your life. You could babble about anything and he would listen intently. 

•He pulls out his alphabet soup machine and spends hours typing with you. (You help him finally get past the clown level)

Bo Sinclair:

•absolute meanie, stinky poopy head about it >:(

•will mock your stutters and say stuff like “Oh come ON! The word is Cat! C. A. T. CAT! What's so hard about that?” 

•If you speak your native language around him, He thinks you're insulting him or intentionally hiding something. 

•”If you could say it to my face in your language you can say it to my face again in mine!”

•The same sentiment is not shared when it involves bedroom fun

•Will eventually apologize, But that's going to take a while 

Vincent Sinclair:

•As another non-speaking fellow he takes his time to make sure you two can understand each other 

•He’ll mostly use body language and and little doodles to get his point across 

•Stuttering over a word? He doesn't care, he'll let you work it out without any judgment!

•Want his help? He has several books, Vincent will just pull out a book he knows as the word in it, flipped to the page, and point at the word. 

•Love listening to you talk, In English or not. He'll happily let you yap his ear off. 

Lester Sinclair:

•Poor boy was lovestruck when he first heard you talk!

•Full on heart eyes while you explain where you're from and how you ended up here 

•If you end up fumbling on a word he'll start shouting out potential words for what you're trying to say. 

•Example: “and then I had too…uh…um..” “Run? Pee? Eat? Were you hungry? Are you hungry right now?” 

•So helpful, I know

•But the guy is already googling restaurants based off your native cuisine. He's got the date set up. 

•”It's no biggie, I'm a native English speaker and I still can't get it right!” 

Billy Lenz:

•Billy 100% understands the struggle of finding the right word to say 

•He can't stop stuttering himself, so when you start stuttering you kind of reinforce us in his brain that you were meant to be together 

•He feels like he can bond with you over it, and even feel safer around you knowing that you also mess up 

•the thing is if you start stuttering, he'll start stuttering. If you can't get it by God he will.

•”W-we can't bo-oth be wrong.” 

Brahms Heelshire:

•this man will 100% try to learn your language as soon as he finds out you're a foreigner

•That man has a huge library, there's bound to be at least one book written in your mother tongue 

•He spends a lot of time practicing your native language so he can speak to you more comfortably

•You already know he has children's learning books he'll pull out if you ask. 

•Can't find the word you're looking for? He's already 10 books deep, he'll find it for you. 

•Brahms is a well-educated man and he intends to use His years of learning to help 

•If you want to take classes to better your English skills he will 100,000% throw money your way to do so.

Hannibal Lecter:

•Now Hannibal really understands 

•He's a Lithuanian who learned English as a 10 year old

•He didn't struggle as much, But for the first couple of months you bet he was stumbling. 

•If you're struggling with a word, He has a process of teaching you so you don't forget it again. 

1) Identify what you're trying to say 

2)Slowly begin to sound out the word 

3)Have you recite the word a few times 

4)He'll either teaches you a little tune to remember or he'll do something so you remember the moment 

•Does it feel a little condescending? Yes. But it works 

•He's also willing to pour an ungodly amount of money into your English education if you ask 

•He'll even teach you himself in his spare time

Will Graham:

•Doesn't really know what to do, He's a bit awkward about it 

•He'll also identify the word and repeat it a few times so you can get a better handle on it.

•He thinks it's a bit funny and a bit cute when you stutter or mispronounce something 

•He will gently correct you and move on like nothing happened 

The Lost Boys:

•holy fucking shit this is a cluster fuck, let's do this one by one 

•David

-David, having been around a while, has picked up a couple languages.

-If he does know the language you're speaking he'll speak it back to you and guide you into English better than the other boys could 

-If not, he'll just read your mind and tell you what you're trying to say. It's by far the easiest way to articulate what you mean. 

•Dwayne

-Dwayne being just slightly younger than David has also picked up a couple languages 

-It's really the same if he does know your language But with a little more verbal teaching 

-If he doesn't he'll patiently wait until you figure out what you're trying to say. 

•Paul

-as soon as you start to stutter over yourself Paul starts shotgunning words off 

-some slightly related to the situation and others wildly out there 

-”Drink? Food? Ocean? Horse? The unforgiving eyes of God and His kingdom???” 

-he'll do this to confuse you and have a nice laugh 

•Marko

-Marko speaks English and Italian, so if your language isn't one of those two you're kind of shit out of luck 

-”Come on babe, you'll get it” 

-He finds it a bit funny but still tries to help in little ways 

Thanks for reading <3

Sorry if this seems hastily written together, I haven't had the request in a while so I kind of jumped at the opportunity.

[fluff-n-cookies]

DABI Warmup

Note: I haven't written in a hot minute, just a warm up to get back into the flow of things. This post is a platonic x reader.

Dabi is Reader's father, Reader has blue eyes like his. No use of Y/N

For those who don’t know, this post is related to these

Pt 1, Pt 2

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Civiliains are silly, fickle little things.

They're ignorant, that's what they are. those were Dabi's, well, Touya's, exact thoughts as he smoked on the balcony. the cool night air stung at his bare arms and seeped into the fabric of his pajama shirt. it didn't matter much though, not when the bustling streets of Yokohama are still wide awake.

He chuckled at his own thoughts, a chuckle then turned into a strangled cough. Damn lungs.

He couldn't be the one to think of such things though, it wasn't right for him to belittle others for remaining ignorant when he himself had his own little civilian daughter who he had been keeping in ignorant bliss for her whole life.

He cannot be the one to talk when he had intentionally refused to talk about heroes with her, or even speak of his day at work with the league. he would immediately change the topic of conversation the moment it turned to heroes and villains.

Dabi flicked his cigarette over the side of the balcony, stuffing his hands into the pockets of his sweat pants to see what his daughter was doing.

she had fallen asleep on the couch, elephant stuffie in hand, curled up under her favorite blanket. the My Neighbor Totoro one that was only 2 USD at their regular thrift shop.

she was a toddler by now, she had been watching him smoke on the balcony to give into his nicotine addiction since birth at this point. he would always set her down on the couch with a cartoon on and a bunch of stolen toys so she wouldn't get bored. he would then watch her from the other side of the glass sliding door that separated the balcony and living room.

it always felt a tad bit wrong though, to leave her alone like that, but addiction calls, it's hard to resist, I guess.

You know what's sillier than civilians? being a father.

it means having to wake up at the butt crack of dawn to get your daughter dressed and ready. I means having to help her choose the dress she wants to wear today and then consoling her when she can't choose, gets to overwhelmed, and cries until you bribe her with ice cream.

it means stashing her school pictures and drawings in a little shoe box under the sink because you don't have the heart to throw them away and you can't afford anyone suspecting you have a daughter if they see her picture in your stolen wallet.

it means downloading Disney and Studio Ghibli movies from a pirating website for movie night the next day. despite knowing full damn well that she'll probably fall asleep half way through and never bother to finish the movie.

Silly, so silly.

so silly and so fun to be able to ignore the pain and suffering in this world and just focus on helping her finish math homework. (the first question was 2 + 3) and then making her favorite food for dinner because she got an A+ on her spelling test.

Maybe being a civilian isn't all that bad.

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figured you guys might like some updates.

[cypherheartnokey]

Mike & Will are more aware of their (own & each other's) feelings than people think.

Regarding this reblog by @ven0moir:

In my opinion most of the Byler fandom is underestimating Will’s & Mike’s level of awareness of the situation. Which is leading to some equivocated beliefs about these characters, their relationships & their possible s5 arcs.

1 — WILL’S IDEA OF MILEVEN

First things first...

Will cares about Eleven. But deep down, he knows her & Mike’s relationship is not actually real or genuine... & considers it kind of a joke, even. This is highlighted by his frequent sassy mocking remarks & facial expressions towards Mileven. He thinks it’s unserious. Will definitely suspects (but obviously can’t be sure) Mike might feel the same for him. And as far as I understand it, despite Will obviously not saying it out loud, he does deep-down know that El is a farce/façade/beard Mike is hiding behind to avoid confronting the truth.

It’s kinda like how everyone close to the Wheelers looks at Ted & Karen’s “relationship”. They, including Karen herself, know this “marriage” is a joke. But obviously, no one says anything out loud, as it’s a sensitive/taboo topic. They know that if they were to actually say or do something about it, it would disrupt the comfortable familiarity & start an irreversible chain of events.

The only reasons Will tries to keep Mileven together is because (1) he cares about Eleven, (2) he cares about what Mike seems to want/need at the moment & (3) Will has self-sabotaging traits: he’s too afraid himself of what a romantic relationship with Mike would actually mean.

If you pay attention, when Will is trying to “fix” Mileven, he never once states or implies that Mike loves her. The only thing he states is the reverse: that Eleven needs Mike, & therefore she deserves him. “But she’s sad, mommy!”.

This was never about Will thinking “Mike truly loves Eleven”. It just means that right now, he knows being with Eleven is what Mike seems to need (for other reasons other than love) & being with Mike is what Eleven seems to need too.

2 — WILL’S ROMANTIC MOVES

I believe Will was sending hints intentionally too, you know, “just in case”. In the remote possibility Mike would ever want this with him. Even though Will isn’t sure this could be possible, he still tries in a low-key way, which is a testament to his (thin but resilient) remaining thread of hope.

I think that he also sent an intentional hint through the red heart in the painting. Words don’t come easy.

Will’s trying to subtly tell Mike that underneath his (apparent) friendly gestures, there is a romantic undertone & an invitation to maybe start something deeper & “serious” between them.

And he’s hoping that Mike takes the hint, understands it & gives some type of *sign* back—makes a move—without Will having to spell it out for him in an obvious way.

3 — MIKE’S PERSPECTIVE

Like @ven0moir, I’ve always wondered if Mike’s behavior in these conversations (Rink-o-Mania for example) is actually him “testing the waters” & trying to get SOMETHING out of Will. Like, pushing the emotionality up in hopes that something ends up “spilling” out. So that he can be “sure”.

The problem is, he's adopting the cowardly, toxic & therefore wrong, approach. From a character standpoint, Mike needs to be the one who makes the unambiguous (sincere) first move. Why? Because he naturally & inherently craves being the masculine, protective, proactive, BRAVE energy in his relationships.

But in this particular case with Will, he’s still too terrified of doing that, because of multiple factors. He’s not prepared, yet.

He hasn’t grown enough to (1) learn that this is what he must do, & (2) decide that this is what he WILL do—despite the fear & everything else. Hence his hero journey, set to happen throughout s5.

4 — THE MUCH-FEARED TURNING POINT

I think they’re both aware that *something* is going on between them. But they’re both afraid of making the “first move”.

Because they know—they just KNOW—that the very moment it happens in an unambiguous way…

…there is no going back. It changes everything. Forever.

And they know that, from that very moment, they will have to deal with the real consequences that come after.

Pay attention to their nervous gulping while making eye contact during their tension-filled heart-to-heart (s4 scene in Will's bedroom).

This is completely uncharted territory for Mike & Will. They are so scared.

“Our relationship is going to change permanently”. “I might lose him forever as a friend.” “What comes next?” “How will we act with each other from now on?” “Even though I want this, it still feels weird & unbearably shameful.” “What does the future hold for us?” “What if others find out?” “How will people react? Our friends? Our family?” “Is this even a morally good option?” (Religious/cultural guilt) “We will put ourselves in danger” (stigma, ostracization, loss of opportunities, hate crimes, health risks, AIDS) “What will happen to Eleven? How will she feel? How will she react?” “What if I’m just imagining things?” “What if he freaks out?”

The questions are endless. All of these thoughts, beliefs & doubts, even if unconscious, would be tormenting two queer teen boys from 1980s rural Indiana. Like an impenetrable wall or obstacle made of uncertainty, fear, hurt, shame, guilt, hopelessness.

5 — HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE 1980s

I think many people in the Stranger Things & Byler fandoms—probably because they’re still so young or just sheltered—heavily underestimate or straight-up dismiss the overwhelming impact of the above factors.

For teen boys, it’s incredibly difficult (from a social & emotional standpoint) to act upon queer feelings even today. In 1980s Midwest America… being homosexual & engaging in homosexual behaviors was one of the worst possible TABOOS you could be involved in.

I mean, let's be clear: on a literal wide scale (unlike today), gay men were associated with the worst of the worst: weakness, shame, ostracization, mental illness, moral corruption, filthiness, disgust, disease, pedophilia, death... the list goes on.

The only contexts where "the lifestyle" was more-or-less tolerated were in very specific environments in very specific big cities—still accompanied by many risks & stigma nevertheless.

By s4, Will & Mike are 15 years old. They know homosexual men exist, somewhere. TV, movies, books, music, people—all of them talk about it, even if rarely, subtextually or in a neutral or negative light. They've gone through puberty: they know what they themselves feel. They know what they crave & desire, emotionally & sexually. Mike knows Will is an effeminate boy & about the rumors of Will being gay. And they are also aware of how they act with each other & of how their relationship is not like their other friendships: which means they very likely have at least suspicions about each other's feelings.

What they don't know, though, is IF it will ever be possible to actually fulfill those needs, & fulfill them with any semblance of safety, peace or happiness. And by consequence, they don't yet know HOW to proceed exactly—which decisions & choices to make.

This is why they are behaving in such subtle, careful, guarded, defensive, angsty, roundabout ways despite correctly suspecting what is going on.

Mike knows what he's feeling... he's just too stubborn, insecure & fearful (at least for now) to be able to accept & come to terms with its real-world implications—let alone act on it properly.

6 — BYCHANCE & MIKE

The only thing Mike cares about right now is mending his friendship with Will, keeping him close & selfishly/possessively making sure Will isn't pursuing anyone else.

Which is, of course, unfair to Will (& to Eleven as well obviously).

This, I believe, is what is going to lead to s5 Will "taking a chance" on someone else who acts sooner than Mike.

Because, even if he suspects Mike reciprocates his feelings, that's still (understandably) not enough! The way Will functions romantically requires that Mike be the one to "bravely" pursue him & make the first move. This push-pull dynamic is even demonstrated in the lyrics of Should I Stay or Should I Go. Romantically, Will is not in the pursuer role. Mike is.

And as we know, Mike is avoiding. Stalling. Procrastinating. Getting late. Postponing the issues he needs to face. Which is another recurrent motif/pattern consistently foreshadowed & associated to Mike throughout the show.

7 — CONCLUSION

So, for those in this fandom who are still very young, let me end this post with a very important lesson on romance:

Will isn't wrong for getting involved with someone else. He can't wait forever. He has already made his moves, sent his hints to Mike.

This is on Mike now. He needs to grow. And if he truly wants Will for himself only, he needs to act!

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To see more of my Bychance posts, click here -> BYCHANCE MASTERPOST.

[janceezer]

The funniest (& saddest) thing about mr co creator arcane (Christian Linke) (a male that benefits from the patriarchy and its privileges) is that he said the asexual thing all on his own, here is what’s wrong with that, with a deep analysis relating to sociology / the patriarchy:

1: Misunderstanding the asexual definition, thinking it’s some literal „STOP” sign that says *thinking jayce and viktor can be romantic or physical with eachother is illegal* lmao.

2: He said this ALONE. out of his own volition, pretending like he spoke for the WHOLE TEAM OF ANIMATORS, EXECS, WRITERS, ETC….That’s disgusting and to me, sounds like you’re pulling an authority card. which feels severely toxic. you did not make that show ALONE.

3: You can not make a show in which you so obviously gave people many context clues of romantic interest or physical contact / attraction, intentionally, and be like „throwing up card asexual because i think asexual means jayvik dead”. „tHeYrE bRoThErs”. Sir do u interact with your siblings like this? I sure DON’T.

4: Elaboraring on point three, it’s giving SEVERE, homophobia. like SEVERE. You really are trying to throw up some ultimate magic spell to make people think they’re famillial and not queerplatonic or outright romantic…? Like that just signs to me that you dislike seeing gay men (and those rooting for them) win.

5: Elaborating on point 4, i think that usually stems from internalised or societal toxic masculinity. People stereotype gay people as being emotional „softies” and thus „less macho” or less of a (in stereotypical definitions) „man”. But, that patriarchal definition is toxic in and out of its own? so you project „ew they’re not gay but brothers” because ew they’re more emotional than straight men that way!!!! in ur eyes.

6: Building more on that, it comes off as though you are favoring lesbian relationships. Why?Because they are in the eye of the patriarchy, taken more as girls being silly, more broadly accepted because women are less privileged. & some men even fetishise gay women.

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In short Christian Linke, is just someone who benefits from the patriarchy as a privileged male. Especially in comparison to queer men, disabled people and ace people. He does not seem to understand the viewpoint, of the communities he is discriminating, misunderstanding and stereotyping.

[bloodyshadow1]

I get people being sympathetic to the Rat grinders, I really do, but the way people will out right lie about canon to make the Bad Kids the villains. The Rat Grinders are kids, they're being groomed by charismatic and dangerous teachers who they trusted, they're corrupted by rage so they're not thinking straight. At the end of the day, that makes them cultists, pitiable and sympathetic, but still villains who are perfectly willing to create a hell on earth for the plan.

I've seen posts condemning the bad kids for killing the rat grinders, I've seen posts calling the Bad Kids bullies this season, I've seen posts that blame the Bad Kids for the whole thing saying the rat grinders are just kids who are being tricked. It's all bullshit, whatever your headcanons, whatever your feelings on the Rat Grinders, they're not the good guys here and are very much the villains this season.

The bad kids killed the 3 of the rat grinders this fight, Ivy, Oisin, and Ruben. No, they didn't stop to try and reach out to them, to try and make them see the light. The Rat Grinders are trying to condemn a whole town to become the domain of a the new god of rage and murder a goddess to usurp her domain. They are high level with the capacity to cast 9th level spells regardless of their hp, with two epic level pc's with super abilities that normal class features don't cover. If the Bad Kids hesitated they would be dead, they knew that, the Rat grinders tried to murder them little over an hour ago. They've hated the bad kids for years and now decided to make their vendetta known, they fucked around and found out.

Which leads me to my second point, the Bad Kids are not bullying the Rat grinders. They're not pleasant to the rat grinders, but you don't have to be nice to the people who hate you. Other than Fig, who I will admit was messed up with how she treated Ruben this year, but also the Rat Grinders did something similar, they were just bad at it, the Bad Kids mostly ignored the Rat grinders. The worst thing the other bad Kids do to the Rat Grinders is make fun of Kipperlily's name, that's it. They don't even do it in front of other students, unless they legitimately forget her name, other than that it's only in front of each other or not other students like Alewyn or Jawbone. It's not great, but that is literally all they have done.

The Rat grinders however, have done all they could to make themselves enemies of the Bad Kids. Ivy was a mean racist bitch who helped steal the cloudrider engine and place pingpong balls all over seacaster manor for the plan. Ruben tried to get the bad kids to take drugs knowing it would get them in trouble. He intentionally had frosty fair held at Gorgug's home to corrupt it, putting not only Gorgug's family in danger but countless other people. Sure Jace had a hand in that, but at best Ruben was an accomplice. Buddy was a smug creep who vandalized Kristen's locker, threatened her brother, and demeaned her and her goddess, without being corrupted by rage. Mary Ann legitimately didn't do anything wrong this season she was just there and did her best on the field as she was supposed to (not even saying this as a joke, she has literally done nothing bad on screen so it's hard to judge her like the rest). But Oisin tried to honey pot Adaine the first week of school, stole the cloudrider engine and the pingpong ball trap, and sent a whole pack of dragons on them to murder them and hundreds of other kids. Kipperlily has been goading the bad kids since the first day of school, she has tried every dirty trick to try and win. She has murdered people, not even people affiliated with the bad kids, but people like Buddy who was on her side, she's tried to murder the bad kids or at least make sure it's harder for them to come back to life if they die, she's stolen from them, she's tried to kill them, she's done everything bad the fans have accused the bad kids of but worse.

And that's just the Rat Grinder's individually. Why are the Bad Kids monsters for killing dangerous people who have tried to kill them, but the Rat Grinders aren't? The Rat Grinders literally tried to commit mass murder of their school a little more than an hour. 500 students of the Aguefort adventuring academy were in Seacaster manor when it was brought into the sky and beset by dragons. 500 innocent bystanders, almost all children, half of them younger than both parties.

I'll get to the rage stars in another post, but I just want to finish this off with, the Rat Grinders are kids, kids who are being groomed by evil men and corrupted by magic. But the Bad Kids are just kids too. They're kids who have been specifically targeted by the rat grinders. The rat grinders started this feud, the Bad Kids retaliated and were better at it. If you're going to take a shot at the king you better not miss, and the rat grinders have been missing their shots this whole season. I don't get why people are blaming the bad kids for trying to save the world but it pisses me off. I apologize for the rant but the tag is for everyone

[danadiadea]

I always assumed that the "great risk to his life" was implying that the attempted homicide occurred before they'd been able to finalise the Animagus transformation. By SWM, or OWL exams at the end of fifth year, they were using their nicknames with each other, which would have come AFTER they knew their Animagus forms. Sirius was sixteen in Nov of their fifth year, the shack incident likely occurred soon afterwards. Then they became Animagus to accompany Remus so he didn't have to be alone on the full moon, and possibly to mend the rift about the whole thing, which explains why Remus is extra submissive around James and Sirius during SWM, because he didn't want to lose their companionship either in the dorms or during the full moon, since Remus admits that his full moon nights were easier once the others started joining him. If they were already Animagus at the time of telling Severus about it, then wouldn't it have been a wasted night to gallivant about the forest with Remus?

Remus says: "Finally, in our fifth year, they managed it. They could each turn into a different animal at will.’". It's doesn't specify the time, indeed. But Severus tells Lily "they sneak out at night" after the Prank. Lily responds: "Why do you care what they’re doing at night?" The books also tell the reader about the events in the order animagi transformation first/the Prank second, which doesn't necessarily mean that's how it was, but I think it's implied.

Well, the Marauders needed time to sneak out from school, wait until Poppy leaves, and transform. After all, if James wasn't an animagus yet, it made no sense for him not to sleep in his bed soundly and be outside at all. I think that Severus seeing Remus and Pomfrey, Sirius tricking him, Severus going to the Shack and James "saving" him all happened in one day, otherwise it doesn't make much sence with Sev/Lily dialogue to me. And that would require them to have the Map and to be Animagi already.

But also, it could mean that Severus was right, James (and Peter) were initially part of the Prank, but James got "cold feet" and changed his opinion last moment. That's why they weren't there.

Would they even know how to pass the Willow before they became animagi, but after they knew Remus was a werewolf? I mean, they could, but they didn't need that information. And Sirius sending Severus to the werewolf is even more insanely sadistic, than, because otherwise it looks like a logical progression of sadism – first they let a werewolf out "blinded with their cleverness", and then Sirius takes it further and sends someone to the werewolf intentionally.

On the risk on James' life – in could mean that James normally didn't enter the tunnel as a human, since Remus said they transformed before entering. But that's a half-truth. Because James could transform if he wanted to (exposing his illegal skill but that's better than death), and Severus couldn't. James apparently painted himself as a great hero, tho, so no wonder Remus assented.

Remus wouldn't want to lose Marauders companionship either way, so he would sweep everything under the rug. And I think the Prank would crack their friendship too much if they weren't animagi at the time it had happened yet. Like the reason Remus overlooked using him as a murder weapon, in my opinion, is them being animagi and making transformations "fun" for him.

Also, I think someone would've noticed they had a Mandrake leaf in their mouths for a month during school year?... I don't know the fuck had they been figuring out for 3 years to be honest, because the ritual is: having a leaf in the mouth for a month, than putting that leaf, your hair, dew and moth chrysalis in a vial and put it in a closet or something. Then recite a spell twice every day, until the lighting storm comes, and then the transformation – the most dangerous but quick part – goes. The main shit here is that you might need to repeat the leaf process from the beginning if something goes wrong. And I doubt Marauders were going around with leaves in their mouth for three years, and no one noticed. Also, how the hell would James and Sirius help Peter with that is beyond me, especially since this guy had more patience than both of them together. The problem with Amato Animo Animato Animagus is that it has to be recited without fail, or the process will become useless or damaging, so the patience again.

[comicaurora]

These have been pent up for a while, so there's a whole list lol. Some are Aurora, some are not.

1) Can lacrimas carry out multiple purposes at once? Or will they blend them? I'm assuming that this is possible, considering that the automaton in the ruins was using a lacrima as a brain

2) Has anyone tried to make tools or weapons out of lacrimas? I'm talking like chisel that needs no hammer. Or maybe a Fire lacrima on a bow that sets your arrows on fire

3) Can you engrave runes on lacrimas to make them affect themselves?

4) Where can I read more about the Twins? If I'm not wrong they're the creator gods, aided by the Light dragon and the Void dragon to create life, but I might be getting a wrong read on that

5) Since we see Erin successfully become the first Void mage, does that now mean there's potential for him to make a Void lacrima? The dragon probably won't allow it, but still

6) What exactly does elemental corruption of each element do? Fire literally burns you up, as we saw in Arc 1. I can infer that Life likely makes you a chimera. Void corruption makes you a cave crawler. But what do the other one do? Does Earth make you a statue? Does Wind disintegrate you, Thanos style?

7) Now onto the non-Aurora questions, is your art vector or raster? I believe it's vector, but it's always better to confirm

8) What are your opinions on reading into the environment and the character design to infer things about the character themselves? In any type of media

9) Have you played Baldur's Gate 3?

10) Do you have any music that you'd recommend? I've listened to every song I liked so many times that I hate them now.

11) I'm new to Tumblr, anything that I should know? You don't have to answer this one if you don't wanna. I think I know some of the basics already. Reblog what you like, and avoid the terfs, right?

You might be able to tell that I like the idea of the lacrimas a little bit. Just a teensy bit. The artificer in me definitely isn't obsessed. I appreciate any answers you can give :3

Cheers!

Ooh, lots of stuff!

Yes, it's possible. A lacrima can be engraved with multiple spells, set in a casing engraved with commands, or some combination of the two. Typically, all spells engraved directly on a lacrima will activate at once when the lacrima is "switched on", but a spell can be quite complex, and conditional activations are possible - "if-then-else" statements, basically.

Yes, magic items exist.

Generally no. If the lacrima is disrupted or broken, the spell generally stops functioning, so a self-affecting lacrima will run only as long as it takes for the lacrima to distort or break.

There's an extra lore page about them!

He probably could if he wanted to (and the Dragon allowed it) but Void energy is very dangerous, so he likely doesn't want to.

Each form of elemental corruption agitates the presence of the element in the mage's body. Earth corruption can damage or alter bones, encourage unhealthy petrification of soft tissues, etc. Wind corruption can have physical effects but it often most obviously produces breakdowns in the person's ability to speak or understand language. Lightning damages, numbs or intensifies a person's physical senses.

Raster, I draw with CSP's digital pens. I've only very briefly experimented with vector art - I don't like how it simplifies the lines.

I think it's a fun school of analysis but, like all literary analysis, it runs into trouble if it tries to lock down exactly what the writer was thinking or intending (which is an objective fact that one can be incorrect about) rather than trying to analyze the story on its own and what meaning might, intentionally or unintentionally, be factoring into it.

Nope

don't trust my taste in music it's 90% nu metal and sonic OSTs

Like what you like, reblog what you want, generally it's considered dubious form to add a comment to a reblog unless you have something profound to contribute (commenting in the tags is fine), steer clear of discourse and callout posts and generally the sectors of the site that are constantly on fire, blocking someone for any reason is 100% fine

[ego-osbourne]

Rakell (Revamp)

Continuing with the Masquerade Revamp series: Rakell! He has been needing a proper outfit the most out of all of the Masq, and finally I’ve got somethign I like.

He’s got a lot to him, so bear with me. Also, his backstory has changed some! Seen below the cut

After his husband, Iren, passed post-Crisis, Rakell spent the next 190-ish years in relative solitude in northern Cyrodiil, Bruma County. He received visits from their adoptive son, but being mortal, his son, too, eventually passed. Rakell continued on in his family’s memory, continuing to follow the Green Pact in Iren’s memory. He maintained their home and small chicken farm, eventually shrinking its production to fill the needs of just himself. He appreciated Cyrodiilic customs and culture, but preferred to stay hidden away from any towns or cities due to the Crisis making Daedra feared and hated for generations to come.

With only one self to feed, Rakell has maintained having only 2–3 chickens at a time, and has established an uneasy relationship with local farmers to borrow their roosters when one of his hens passes and a new chicken is needed. He travels by foot primarily for hunting and supply trips, and has fashioned his bag to double as a nest for when he needs to bring his “little ladies” anywhere. By The Dez Illusion, he has two chickens, Ku and Velzen, Daedric names. Ku is the older of the two, and her name means “blessing,” because she was a welcome addition to his small flock during a spell of infertility with his hens. Velzen is the younger, and her name literally means “fast woman,” aptly named due to her speed and being hard to catch.

The colorful things on his bag are unicorn horns. In my canon, unicorns are carnivorous, intelligent, and sapient, and extremely predatory towards other creatures on Nirn. They are Daedra made by Hircine, who wield powerful magic in their horns and prey on farm animals. They have also tended to have animosity towards dremora and other Nirn-wandering Daedra, with unicorns purposefully seeking them out to hunt for sport rather than for food (since Daedra’s bodies will disintegrate and be banished upon death, and therefore cannot be eaten). However, a unicorn can be magically commanded and warded off with other unicorn horns, hence why Rakell has two so he can protect himself and his chickens.

The current intention is for Rakell to be introduced in The Dez Illusion when Ego randomly summons a dremora to help in a battle against a dragon. This dremora is, of course, Rakell, and he is not happy to be pulled away from home, especially being so far away from his chickens. In the spur of the moment, he agrees to help Ego with the dragon if they will help him get back to Cyrodiil as quickly as possible so his chickens don’t starve. He’s angry and does not want to speak with any of the Masq at first, but sees Ego is genuinely remorseful at the thought of his chickens starving or getting hurt because of them, and Rakell knows that Ego did not intentionally summon him, it was random chance. Rakell tells the Masq that they do not have to follow him out to Bruma, he relieves them of their debt, but Ego is determined right their wrong. So, to Bruma they go.

After shedding their animosity, the Masq recognize that Rakell is obviously very lonely. He’s willing to talk to them at length about his life, and he’s a fantastic storyteller. When they make it to Cyrodiil, they find his chickens alive but hungry and Ku is sick. The Masq help to get Rakell chicken feed and medicine and invite him to join their party. He accepts the invitation.

[catcherwrites]

TDP S7E7 Rewatch (feat. my commentary)

Everyone’s suiting up for a hero shot! I love the owl griffons

Number one rule in media: if you explain a plan before it’s been executed, there is a 95% chance that the plan will fail

“Big help” callback to Ezran’s line in S3?

The fact that Soren and Corvus were explicitly sent on the Zubeia mission and Terry just…tags along without being asked. He’s just happy to help :)

I absolutely ADORE Astrid asking everyone she meets if they’re Aunt Amaya and complimenting them anyway

This scene between Karim, Janai, and Amaya originally made me think that the show would be redeeming Karim, which is SO funny in retrospect

Ethari baiting Rex Igneous with a hallucination-inducing berry pavlova was not on my S7 bingo card

I find it so fascinating that Aaravos proclaims innocence by telling Ezran essentially “well I never hurt you [humans]. Everything I did was for you [humanity]". He and Viren were so alike in that way – constantly minimising/justifying the pain their ‘allies’ suffer due to their actions. They’d argue that hurting you is a worthy sacrifice (or compromise, in Aaravos’ words) so long as your shared enemy is also hurt

Side note, Aaravos’ star markings are completely unblemished by the dirt, scratches, and bruising. Idk, just a cool detail I noticed

“Have Zubeia back in a week” yeah…about that

Truth be told, the first time I watched this episode, the hints about what happens when a Startouch elf dies went over my head. Now that I’m rewatching it, I can really appreciate Aaravos’ manipulation. You can tell he’s intentionally sowing the seeds in hopes that Ezran will act rashly and unleash a nova

Claudia looked soooo creepy standing in the shadows! I absolutely LOVED it!

The animation for the mage battle was fairly well done (I do wish Callum and Claudia were moving around and interacting with their environment more though? They both just stood there casting spells at each other)

“We wait for Callum … Then he will decide whether you live or die” was a fantastic response from Runaan. He’s an assassin, it’s his job to kill, but only when he’s been ordered to

I really want to know what these dragon-winged elves are! The wing placements are different from standard Skywing elves

Genuinely, truthfully, I lost my mind when I saw the magma titan the first time…

…And then doubly lost my mind when I saw Ziard summoning Avizandum’s spirit

Overall thoughts:

There’s so much about this episode that I love, and I think it’s one of the episodes that is benefited most by a rewatch. The highlight for me is definitely Aaravos and Ezran’s interactions, but I have to give a shoutout to Akiyu for being our first major character death of the season (sorry Lujanne). Unfortunately, this episode was also the one that made me realise a slight issue I have with TDP Arc 2 overall; the battle sequences. Arc 1 had some really dynamic fights, and from what I remember of Arc 2’s fight scenes, they just don’t hit as hard. Don’t get me wrong, every battle in Arc 2 has at least one standout moment for me, but the average sequence tends to be ‘flat’ and ‘stiff’ (I can’t think of better words to describe my memory of them). If we get Arc 3, I hope that’s something the team gets to work on in the future! That tangent aside, this episode did a great job of raising the stakes and setting us up for the last two episodes.

[coral-lilies]

prepping for fom's next big update

fields of mistria is my current comfort hyper fixation, it is literally all i think about rn lol and with the big update coming next monday (3/10) i am literally bouncing off of the walls in anticipation. if u intentionally haven't seen the roadmap for the update and want to go in without knowing ahead of time what they're adding, you might wanna skip this post.

my current save file is in fall year 2 with roughly 70ish hours (give or take). i am definitely not someone who likes to min/max games, especially not cozy games so i'm far from the most efficient and productive of players but i have been working on some prep work for the big update.

mines: go pick up literally everything in deep earth

the next update unlocks the quest for opening the next seal in the mines, the fire seal on lvl 60. with the past seals, you've needed to gather items from the mine biome before the seal: the gemstone, a specific fish (one of the five), a specific bug (one of the five), and a specific forageable (one of the five). since the seal quest has been locked, we haven't been able to know which fish, bug, and forageable we will need.

so my biggest order of prep work was to find one of each and hoard them in advance. i have a chest designated specifically for keeping these items so i don't accidentally sell them. so far i have collected everything except for one elusive bug (losing my mind a little). so everyone manifest that we don't need that one bug.

other than that, i'm pretty set for the mines update. i've unlocked the elevator to lvl 60 in the mines and upgraded all of my tools.

in the teasers from the dev team, they revealed a new mechanic for the next biome: using your watering can to make paths over lava!! so definitely upgrade your watering can if you haven't already. there's also a new spell coming so save up some of your lil magic energy if u can (or don't, it does not take too long to get it back lol).

new town repair quest: hoard materials like it's doomsday and become a capitalist hog

we're getting a new town repair quest!! which means say goodbye to all of your tesserae, wood, stone, and probably some of your other resources. don't want to be destitute for another season? stockpile like there's not tomorrow.

one of the best parts about gathering resources in fields of mistria is that all trees and rocks outside of your farm will respawn every single day. don't listen to the lorax, become mistria's #1 deforestation expert. a couple in game days of purely focusing on resources should get you in a good spot. feel free to go as insane with that as you will, i usually stick to doing a day of resources, having a break day to go off and fish/mine/whatever i want, and doing another resource day. at the end of the day, this is your cozy game. if you don't want to grind like crazy, don't! everyone plays at their own pace, there's no right or wrong way to play!

there's a lot of ways to make tesserae in mistria, one for each playstyle in my opinion. are there some that are better than others? sure, but whatever. whichever money making method sparks joy (shoutout Marie Kondo) and rolls in the dough, do it! i personally love the ranching and farming aspect of the game so i spend a lot of time selling crops and milled ingredients. would it be better to make dishes to sell for max profit? probably but don't hold your breath, cooking is one of the things i do least. one way i have started making some cold, hard mistria cash is selling furniture. with the skill perk of having a chance for the items to be high quality and be sold for more, it's not a bad way to make some dough. it is so sad though when i make furniture purely for decor only to begrudgingly sell it cause it'll sell for 10% more. you also might want to save up some tesserae for the new decor and customization items coming with the update!!

i have some ideas of what the next town repair will be but truly though, there's no way to tell until the update drops. we have no idea what we will need for the new town repair quest so it might save you some time later to stock up on any and all supplies you run across now.

sprinkler and auto-petter: go slay some monsters, adventurer!

the new update will bring two new mechanics to the game: sprinklers and auto-petters (a name that i just cannot get behind lmao). from the looks of the teasers, these will be powered by essence stones. now maybe i'm just unobservant but i'm not aware of essence stones as an item in the game yet. what i do now of is essence drops, an item dropped by essence bats when killed in the mines. as of now, essence bats are on floors 21-59 of the mines. my best guess is that essence stones will be crafted with essence drops or will be dropped from essence bats in the next biome. either way, i'm stocking up on essence drops just in case. and if i'm a silly goose and there are already essence stones please for the love of everything holy tell me.

elsie's gossip: an in game gift hint so you don't have to keep tabbing out for that one guide you found online

this one is not really something to prep for in my opinion unless you haven't been raising elsie's hearts. i'm not sure if the mechanic will be based on your heart levels but it's worth giving her some gifts and chatting (plus she just is that girl so go give her a rose, you casanova).

we are not getting the heart max raised so if you want to stockpile gifts for people go ahead but you will still be waiting for the next big update before you can go bother your crush with lavish bribes for affection.

new festival: please please please let it be halloween adjacent, npc studios im begging

new festival is on the way! with the first update we saw the addition of the summer festival so i will bet all of you $10 that the next festival will be fall (if it isn't... i'm broke pls don't hold me to that).

you might want some money in case there are booths with goodies, that's all i got for ya. please npc studios give me the giant skeleton from the teasers last year please.

caldarus: y'all are down astronomically bad

he's coming. if you want to stockpile gifts for him in case he is here for longer than just a cutscene (i'm rooting for y'all fr), dataminers have compiled a list of the gifts that he likes. i like to avoid datamined info to the best of my ability but it is an option if you feel so inclined.

also get some tissues or chocolates or something in preparation for that cutscene, not cause it's sad or anything, just cause your mans is finally returning from war.

kk that's all i've got for now! those are the main things that i am doing to prep and so that i don't sit and watch a countdown clock for an entire week. i'm trying really hard not to play too much and skip over fall so i'm taking the slightest break from grinding to save some time in the season for hopefully fall festival. last update i was already in fall so i didn't see the shooting star festival until i went all the way back around in year 2. the wait was so worth it though.

[byalexisness]

☆daddy issues

Oliver Aiku x gn! reader

another idea from pookie @ringasm :3

content warning: yandere themes, reader has problems with their father, emotional manipulation, reader falls in love way too fast, implied stalking, suggestive, oliver has a daddy/sir kink lol???, kind of begging kink if you squint

along with otoya eita, aiku oliver was one of the best known players of your university.

honestly, it wasn't hard for him to be. he was attractive as hell. those heterochromatic eyes could make anyone, man or woman, fall under his spell. their deep shades of purple and green were so alluring that, even if you didn't want to fall, the second you met them, you were swooped under a spell.

the dark stubbles on his chin and around his upper lip were also adding to his attractive appearance. even if you didn't like facial hair on men, he still managed to look good with it.

but what made everyone fall for him the most was his attitude. you see, maybe to his teammates he seemed like nothing but an arrogant, cocky bastard, but in university he was known for being sweet and caring (while being arrogant and cocky).

you were sure you wouldn't fall for him, no, it wasn't possible. he was a well-known player, both at soccer and with girls, it would be stupid for you to fall for him.

however, when you found yourself being dragged in the same friendgroup as him because your best friend had a crush on his roomate and best buddy, otoya, you found it hard to ignore him.

the accidental touches, the small, cocky smiles, the way he always said 'take care of yourself' or 'be careful', how he was always overprotective when it came to you, all of these and many more things made you feel...safe. they brought you comfort. it filled the void that was always present in you.

he filled the fatherly role that wasn't in your life.

unconsciously, oliver modeled himself into your father figure. he unwillingly filled the space in your heart that longed for a father, for one's love. you were sure he didn't do anything intentional, it wouldn't be possible to do something like this intentionally.

or, at least you thought so.

but you were wrong. oliver aiku did all of this intentionally. he knew you had problems with your parents and that you lacked your father's attention and affection, even if he was physically present.

how did he know?

well, you'd be surprised how many people he bribed asked to know more about you. and the fact that your best friend likes otoya made it easier for him. a date with otoya was all it took for him to gain all the information he needed.

it was hard to resist him and oliver knew it. he knew he got you under his spell easily, he knew that you fell in love with him because of how caring he acts around you.

that's why he found it very easy to have you in his lap.

while you were dragged by your best friend to his and eita's apartment, 'hanging' out as usual—which consisted in her being all over otoya while you looked at your phone, or taking shy looks when you thought oliver wasn't paying attention.

however, when otoya and your best friend left 'to the supermarket'—in reality, to you and your best friend's shared apartment, you found yourself stuck with oliver. and, when you made up some stupid excuse that you had to leave, he quickly caught up and pulled you on his lap, knees on either of his sides and arms drapped around his neck.

"now, now, where's the hurry, little one?" he cooed as he saw your body tensed in his lap, his hands casually gripping your hips and pressing your bodies together. the nickname made you squirm as you felt a warmth in your heart. "we are all alone, the apartment for ourselves...why hurry away?"

"i-...o-oliver, i h-have to-..." you were about to say but the click of his tongue instantly shut you up, along with his lips getting close to yours.

"that's no way to address to the one you love, is it? come on, i know how you view me." he said seductively and leaned closer to your ear, his hot breath brushing against your ear. "i know you want me to act like your father. i know you want me to be your fatherly figure. come on, don't be shy sweetie. call me daddy." his sultry voice erupted a whine frok you and you shakily obliged, the words 'please, daddy' rolling off your tongue mindlessly as you stared at his lips when he pulled back to look at your face.

"please what, my little one? tell me, use your words." oliver whispered as his thumb brushed over your lower lip. he already knew what you wanted, you wanted a kiss. you wanted him and he knew it. "say it."

"p-please...a kiss..." you whimpered as you looked into his heterochromatic eyes.

and with that, he smashed his lips against yours into a passionate kiss and you fully melted in his arms, just like he expected.

now, oliver had you exactly where he wanted you.

and he wasn't going to let you go.

ever.

you were his and only his. his baby, his love, his to care for, his to demolish. his.

[prettyboypistol]

Real Sweet Talk || King Candy x Reader PART 10

Warning for gaslighting, manipulation, and general assholery.

King Candy x Reader (Part 1)

King Candy x Reader (Part 2)

King Candy x Reader (Part 3) Spicy, not r-18

King Candy x Reader (Part 4) nsfw

King Candy x Reader (Part 5)

King Candy x Reader (Part 6) nsfw

King Candy x Reader (Part 7) pg-13

King Candy/Turbo x Reader (Part 8) nsfw

King Candy x Reader (Part 9)

You and King Candy were officially in a relationship- you two openly held hands and did all those grossly cute couple things. Of course, you had your friends outside of Sugar Rush, but it was when you brought up a new friend you made that King Candy visibly stiffened. Fix-It Felix Jr. 

“You okay?” You asked reflexively. 

“Oh! Haha! It was just a surprise that you’d get along with him of all characters!” King Candy waved off. You furrowed your brow at his strange response. That tone was reserved for the times when people (either intentionally or not) crossed one of his many invisible lines in the sugar-sand. But, since they were in public, King Candy always had a regal yet slightly tight smile on.

“Is this a more private discussion?” You whisper. King Candy nods. 

So, you both excuse yourself from the throne room and slip into the nearest available room, which you shut and locked the door behind you both. 

“Oh goodness, where do I begin with Felix…” King Candy muttered, no trace of fun in his voice. “Remember how I told you to keep Turbo a deep secret between us and only us?”

You nodded curiously. You knew that Felix was around for the Roadblasters incident, but you were slightly intimidated by that fact- not sure if you wanted to hear a first-witness account of the happenings. 

“Well, if Felix finds out, he’d get us all unplugged!” King Candy warned with a flourishly serious hand gesture. “Ohhhhh-ho-ho, he hates Turbo with a- a- I dunno, but he hates Turbo something fierce!”

King Candy guided you to a chair, as you both realized that you were in the parlor. You followed your king and sat next to him on the loveseat. From what you saw, Felix was one of the sweetest characters in the arcade! Was it all a front? Despite your racing thoughts, King Candy continued.

“From what I heard from Turbo, he and Felix used to be… well, neighbors for one, but Felix was the closest thing that Turbo had to a friend. But Felix would always put Turbo down and think he was a hotshot because no matter what, he always got a medal, no matter how terrible the players did.”

You couldn’t believe what King Candy was telling you- well, you did, but it was certainly hard to hear. Felix’s smile seemed so genuine and kind! He helped you up when you tripped over your own bell-shoes getting out of the fast-train!

“You didn’t tell him about Turbo being alive, did you?” King Candy asked, his voice barely audible. You shook your head in assurance. You promised to not tell anyone!

“Good, good. I tell you, there’s nobody in the arcade I fear more than Fix-It Felix. That’s why I don’t leave Sugar Rush! Everyone is always so kind about him and on his side- it’s like he’s got them under some spell!”

“O-oh, really? I thought he was just a nice guy at first! But I guess someone who is always looking to be a hero is almost always doing it for the wrong reasons.” You sighed, a little disappointed in yourself. You thought you were smarter than that! You thought you were able to sniff out manipulation from a mile away. You shrugged- Felix did have a decade or two of experience though…

“You don’t need to blame yourself, sugarlump. Even Turbo thought he was a good person at one point.” King candy comforted as he put a gentle hand on your shoulder.

[chuckeroo777]

Dungeon Meshi Volume 6 Part 1

Welcome back to my liveblog! As a reminder, this is a re-read, so expect plenty of spoilers!

Don't intentionally spoil people or get thwacked in the face.

Huh. So they have been here for about a week. Makes Rin's exasperation even more understandable.

Wow, rude. I feel like if you actually knew her, that's kinda the last thing she would do. She hates eating weird stuff.

Batting 0 for 3 Maizuru. Honestly, I originally thought she was kind of a jerk, but between this and "Ninja Art: Babysitter", I think her observational skills are just really bad.

See? She doesn't have a clue why this is an atrocious idea.

I mean, it was an elf who was around during Delgal's day, and was using exceptionally potent ancient magic. Who the heck else would it be? Plus the orcs confirmed his identity. And of course Laios thinks Thistle is mad about the food.

Asebi is not amused.

Hmm... another depiction of the winged lion with horns. Also, there was no need to bring up the black magic. Marcille used a regular resurrection spell, just using ancient magic to boost the power level. If the dragon hadn't been soul-bound by Thistle, it would have gone without a hitch. People like to joke Marcille did nothing wrong, but in this one case, I think she was totally in the right. There is plenty of time for her to commit war crimes later.

Chilchuck: Gasp! You were drugging him!

Kabru is here for ALL the hot goss. From a distance.

I love how the canon explanation for why Faligon has feathers is that Dragons = Dinosaurs. It's like an atavism or something. Idk, it looks cool. Stop asking questions.

God. Marcille may be my favorite, but I relate so much to Laios. This chapter and the next are painful. (And I'm not talking about the part where everyone dies)

If only Chilchuck won the coin toss, we could've avoided this drama. (At least until Shuro saw Falin)

Now that's a trustworthy face if I ever saw one.

Well well well. If it isn't the consequences of my actions.

I know I just got done explaining that her actions were fine. Just let me be funny.

Eh, it's worth a try. It works in at least one alternate universe.

She's beauty, she's grace. She's gonna eat your face.

What's all the more heartbreaking is you get little moments where Falin shines through. She wants to pet the doggie! But then the dragon reasserts itself.

Even freakier, I think this is actually Falin too. You can see her pupils oscillate throughout this scene between normal, and elongated.

Like, I don't think it did that on purpose, but the dragon is more than happy to exploit the opening it creates.

Holm? Holm, are those golem cores? Have you been holding out on us?

Man, no wonder she freaks out. Imagine you've been a dragon for who knows how long, covered in scales of iron, and suddenly this dude manages to stab you five times like it's nothing. Heck, Laios just stabbed her in the foot with a normal sword. This dragon must be fearing for it's life like crazy.

Obligatory Whoa Hey!

An important image.

No you dummy. This is standard dungeon procedure. There's a reason healers like Holm and Falin wear those silly robes. So that they get priority resurrections.

Hold up a sec. My drama senses are tingling.

I am genuinely curious what this insult was in the original Japenese, if only because I can't see that coming from either of them.

You know, when I first read Dungeon Meshi, I kinda glossed over the secondary cast a lot. Hard not to when you have my attention span, and like two dozen characters. I didn't even notice the Asebi stuff.

I know people dunk on Toshiro a lot, but I really have to question his relationship with his retainers if a simple thank you and sorry elicits this sort of reaction. Honestly, I mostly get the impression that his dad isn't great, and Maizuru is too loyal to do anything about it.

I also have to wonder why he left Asebi behind. Did he just not want to bother? Or is he rethinking his whole relationship with his retainers, and is offhandedly giving her her freedom?

Like brother like sister.

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[ohwolfling]

First, I am sending you strong heating pad thoughts! Second:

Non-sexy Gale headcanon: we know that Gale is familiar with Three Dragon Ante and that the Yawning Portal is basically his neighborhood pub. As a master of illusion he actually has an immaculate poker face and he was secretly (until Tav finds this out) the winner of a tournament like three years running back when he was a student. Now, post-epilogue, he plays with a group of friends and a rotating cast of adventurers once a week.

Sexy Gale headcanon: given Gale's line about finding Tav sexy in the aftermath of battle/after close brushes with death, for the duration of Act 3 he and Tav just have like a private room or something because otherise... whoof. This is how Gale discovers he may be a bit of an adrenaline junkie, because after each and every brush with death he is just, like, super charged up and so... much that Tav is almost overwhelmed by him.

HI THIS WAS LOST IN MY DRAFTS???? FOR A LONG TIME... ORIGINALLY REPLY I STARTED

my heating pad quakes with fury & healing 🙏

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We know Gale is a canon nuisance so I'd like to think he ran the magic equivalent of five card stud betting rings and intentionally had the wealthier & dumber students pay more into the pool so those on scholarship or house poor & grandfathered in statistically won more often. Also the entire thing is very against academy rules but he absolutely exploited professors rivalry with other professors and this professors gambling problem etc to not only get away with it but to end up with protected super gambling events.

I think inevitably some older student would do the wizard school equivalent of a call out post and Gale would feel he had no choice but to prove he very much knows the rules and very much could body you and it's maybe the first thing that gives him high school age Reputation™️.

OKAY IT'S CURRENT TIMELINE ME NOW

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Gale Dekarios lowkey risking his life to make sure he has spell slots saved to essentially burn them for conjuring a cozy pile and also somehow tantric sex magic to make sure he can go several times in a row the night after a touch and go fight.

But also I think before he has that "super hot when you're killing people btw" moment in the shadowlands he's taking advantage of his now stabilized orb to self pleasure himself into oblivion, maybe working himself up about whether it's right or wrong to be thinking about Tav this much. It's all very "Talk" by Hozier but if you reciprocate that convo afterwards he is just... perpetually edging to thoughts of Tav and everyone is like, "wow, Gale has been so on top of it but also so feral in both combat and social encounters, huh."

We know he's a little like "I'm out of practice with kissing 😔" but I fully believe he came prepared in as many ways as he could think of. I think he wouldn't last long because of a year or whatever in orb hermit era is fine and valid and I've seen it talked about/written around very sweetly. For me, however, Gale knows and enjoys sex magic on many levels and it's maybe it's first exercise in being free agent horned up to imagine using that for or with Tav as opposed to doing it out of fear that he'll never be enough for Mystra.