#c. cecil may

[lealdog]

Nine images that capture my oc's vibe:

Since @deathandthesoul tagged me (thank you!) and requested Cecil and Aurélio:

Cecil May Nagaraja / Sabbat / Pathologist /E-boy

Aurélio Cabral Toreador / Sabbat / Graffiti Artist / Yearning

Tagging: @mournwatch @swoomoo @informaltorching @wurmholz @heavenbesidey0u @astrangedoor @fangpoint @sotc

[dilfdater420]

cecil fluff alphabet 🤔

I didn't mention this the last time you requested, but by the universe are your images funny I love them.

As always, thank you for requesting!

#dilfdater420 : answering asks! Cecil Stedman fluff headcanons through the alphabet. maybe sweet enough to rot your teeth? this is formatted as if you're dating/married to him. gender neutral reader. "___" used in place of y/n. may be a little OOC, i'm sorry! not beta read we die like... you know who...

A - Affirmation

Cecil works day and night, 24/7 for the safety of the human race and Earth. At times, it can feel like you're getting in the way, taking time away from what is more important.

However, Cecil would rather die than let you feel this way. He'd let you know that you're just as, if not more important to him than his job. You're his only break in the day, something positive amidst the chaos. It's integral to him.

B - Bald

He's balding, all stress related too. After someone at work pointed it out, he confided in his now lowkey insecurity about it. You try to tell him that it's not a big deal, and he looks fine, but he can't help but think about it at least a little.

You telling him he still looks fine as a mug makes him feel better though.

I have a feeling Cecil would use it as a way to get compliments and affection from you without outright saying it. He's old, old guys love to avoid being completely transparent with their needs.

C - Chicken

I have a headcanon that he's from the south, specifically Kentucky, so he absolutely loves his chicken (and food in general) well seasoned. He can't have it any other way or he will throw a fit. And if that does happen, it's super funny to see him hangry. He'd have his signature frown, a bib he clipped to his dress shirt, a glare at the food, and his arms crossed.

D - Down (to Earth)

Cecil is a very practical man, taking things in as they come. He's always working pro-actively, never waiting for something else to come and lead him in the right direction.

This bleeds over to you. When you both were starting to date, the way he got a first date was not by flowers and nervousness, he was very blunt about it: "Hey, I'm going to say this outright because life is too precious to hesitate: I like you. I think you like me too. Can I take you to dinner?"

It definitely doesn't work for everyone.

E - Elated

When he gets happy, it's noticeable. His smile reaches up to his eyes, and he loosens up. In fact, him being delighted can make him tired since he's stopped tensing up. It's like the weight of the world is lifted off his shoulders, which is more literal than figurative.

In particular, say it's Valentine's Day. You're both at home in the living room, and you're giving each other your gifts. You'd already given him his gift, and you're currently opening the one he's given you. Before you can even tell him how much you love it, he's passed out on the couch.

F - Faithful

Is very committed to you and only you.

One of my personal headcanons is that Cecil loves love and values the close relationships he has with others more than the other party might understand (i.e. Cecil bringing Donald back from the dead).

So, say there's a scenario where you might feel a little insecure that you're away from him so often and that he might be cheating--he'd swiftly nip that misconception in the bud. It'd be a very serious conversation with hard boundaries on that being set.

He'd never forsake you, his whole heart, for momentary pleasure.

G - Gentle

Yes, he's practical and blunt, this was the case back in the letter D, but that doesn't mean he's not considerate with it. He'd treat you like a gentleman.

Him being upfront (most of the time, we'll get into that) means he cares, not that he has a lack of tact. Like if you two were shopping and you were modeling outfits you might want to buy, and he didn't like any of the ones you tried on, he'll tell you he doesn't like it. Not like "I don't like any of these, you should try on some other clothes." It'd be like, "Sorry ___, to be honest, I don't like any of the ones you've showed me so far. I feel like they don't really fit you, can we go look for some other ones?"

H - Hard-Headed

He's very stubborn. When he's stuck in his ways, he's very unmoving in that viewpoint.

Once something clicks, it clicks forever until there's some situation when he's forced to re-evaluate his ideas, which doesn't come often.

With you, he's a similar way. It can lead to some strong discussions on outdated opinions on the world that shouldn't be held anymore. Nothing serious like human rights or something, just little stupid stuff like the Monopoly Man definitely having a monocle or how he won't even try Wingstop because, "Kentucky Fried Chicken is the best".

Compromise is only made when his hand is forced.

I - Icy

Sometimes Cecil can be quite cold.

He thinks in a calculated nuance at work, and it's hard for him to relax that part of him sometimes when he's with you. He tries but the man is stressed out! Having the whole world under the care of you and your annoying heroes is a lot.

J - Jazz

He loves music, and I have a strong feeling that jazz (and country but that's not at the forefront) is a genre he's been accustomed to since childhood in the south.

Since he's a boomer, I could see him being born in the midst of the boom, which would be the 1950's. This era was characterized with a shift to rock and roll through the lens of things like rhythm and blues, i.e. jazz.

Since the (white) south was y'know, not cool with black music (which is rock and roll) they listened to the thing they just got accustomed to: jazz. And he loves that shit

I feel like he'd have a little dream of being like the big wigs and going to a jazz bar in NYC, surrounded by alcohol, love, and sweet tunes. He'd take you there as a treat one evening, and it would be grand.

K - Kiss

I headcanon that he was a bit of a player back in the day, not a lot though. Like he didn't have a revolving door of people every day, but maybe about 10 partners a year? (He could've also went undercover for operations that might've gotten a little freaky, but I digress. Would love to talk more about this full length if anyone's interested.)

So to that respect, he knows how to kiss, and how to do it well. His style of smooching changed as he got older, he got more tender, less cocky. But that same passion permeates through his kisses.

L - Lazy

He hates lazy, relaxing is hard for him. It was frowned upon to lounge around when he was a kid (southerner on a FARM? trifling...), and it's even more frowned upon now in his line of work. He's always doing something whenever he is home, whether it's tidying you both's room, washing the dishes, doing the laundry, etc.

Even with all the money he has he refuses to hire someone.

M - Money

Speaking of money, Cecil's dough is so large that he probably doesn't know what to do with it. Every time he teleports it's over 7 billion, and he couldn't care less! He teleports all the time!

In your relationship, you don't even have to work for a day in your life. He provides everything! And working is frowned upon anyway, because it could allow people to find your relationship out and use it against him.

For the readers that might want to do more than be a house spouse (/are like Debbie), you and Cecil would have to find a workaround that doesn't include a public establishment with easily broken records. Perhaps the government? But even they're flimsy. Regardless, despite his hatred of compromises, you both would find a way that worked.

Also, depending on if he even let you know what his real job was or not, he'd still be acting in the same way. He'd just go about you working in different ways.

N - Nocturnal

His sleep schedule is probably incredibly off from where it should be. He lives on melatonin and caffeine. This can make for some long nights where he wants to talk to you before the melatonin kicks in, and you're hanging to consciousness for dear life so you can listen.

O - Oblique

Whenever Cecil discusses his work, it's very vague.

Depending on if he tells you what he actually does or not, because I feel like he could do either or, he's the same.

He doesn't want his work life to bleed into his normal one. Something that brings him peace shouldn't be tainted with chaos. He loves you dearly, but his world wouldn't, so he saves you from it as much as he can.

P - Petnames

Since he's a southerner, "darlin'" is most definitely his favorite. You make his real self come out, the one not polished to be "professional" and lack his accent.

His runner up? Love. He loves love, so he should call you what he loves.

And finally, his third favorite has got to be hun and hunny--I just have a feeling.

Q - Quality-Time

His time with you is precious, considering he doesn't get much.

It's become one of his core values in life, so he cherishes whatever he can get with you at any time.

R - Romance

Yes, he loves you, but is he the smooth, romantic type? No.

In fact, he might fumble a little whenever he tries to do that. This could look like surprising you to a night of champagne and a trail of flowers leading to the living room more often than Valentine's, but that isn't his style.

But if you liked it, he'd at least make an effort. That's the type of "romantic" he is.

S - Snuggles

In the sterile world Cecil works in, and the touchy world he'd grown up in, he'd be a touch loving man. In fact, with the right amount of whiskey, he might see you laying down someplace and jump on top of you for a hug like the "oh boy it's smooching time!" Link and Zelda animated scene.

Here's the clip for reference: https://youtu.be/zPAo6mW3WYE?si=ZXziBHDO5Vd6IoIX

T - Timeless

When he loves someone, he loves like there is no tomorrow. With the reality of his world often being bleak, and with the amount of time he gets to see you, whenever he does see you, his love is very purposeful and full.

U - Unspoken

His communication skills only activate in things he deems truly serious. But when it comes to "little things" like his emotions or stress, it's something that goes unspoken.

It takes a lot for him to really open up.

To put it in perspective, he calls therapists "shrinks".

V - Vacation

He can't have a vacation; it'd just be a hibernation where he catches up on the years' worth of sleep he hasn't gotten. And that's if he's with you, since you make him elated.

W - Warmth

He grew up in the south, he loves warmth. But up working in the Pentagon can get cold, and he absolutely hates it.

This can look like Cecil snuggling up when Mark was doing his training in the artic.

So as soon as he gets home in the winter months, he's turning up the temperature and you can't do anything to change his mind. Your sauna is his normal.

X - XOXO

Sometimes he'll have to leave for work in the middle of the night, so he'll leave you a note in the kitchen for you to read.

Somewhere along the track of his life, he learned that you put XOXO under your letters without learning how that makes him sound.

Depending on the reader, you might not have the heart to tell him that doing that makes him sound like a little girl writing her first crush a note.

Y - Yearning

When he's not with you he thinks about you and wants to be with you. He wants to know what you're doing, shoot you a text, get a picture back maybe? He just wants you.

Z - Zephyr

Last but not least, he loves walks in the outdoors. Feeling a nice soft breeze to carry some of the sweat away with his love is his kryptonite. It always reminds him of what's important, of what he's protecting.

You, the answer is always you.

a / n : heyyy

I am always open to critiscm especially since it's my first time doing something like this. Not too confident but, I'm being honest with how I see his character and I think that some of that can resonate with my fellow Cecil enjoyers.

On that note, lemme know if you liked it. I also have a huge fear and pet peeve with OOC-ness, so please, help me out! lol

Anyways, thank you, and lemme know if you want me to elaborate on my ideas with any of the letters. My thoughts have been shortened down to little bite-sized pieces for this post.

[mediumgayitalian]

The best part of being his own camp counsellor is that he can wake up whenever the fuck he likes.

Nico’s a fan.

Because, however, his dumb ass made friends with the camp’s head medic, he doesn’t get to sleep in as often as he would like. He is instead often woken up before the clock strikes nine, which is a tragedy and one of the forty thousand reasons he is going to be present on Will’s judgement day. (The scales tip any which way on a regular basis, but as of last week, Will is going to hell. Unfortunate. Nico’ll still visit him, though. Bring him one half of a twizzler or something.) So when he wakes up, one lovely morning, mouth tasting like something rotted in it and sun well past halfway across the sky, he is capital-C Concerned.

What a horrible tragedy that is. Finally, for the first time in months, he was able to sleep in. And his first thought is not gratitude. Solace may indeed have to die — Nico was not this way before he started planting his annoying ass front and centre in Nico’s life. He’s quite fairly certain he used to be frightening and badass. Now Will orders him to drink milk for the sake of his calcium and he does. Gods.

“Morning,” he hedges, approaching the archery range, feeling marginally more alive than twenty minutes prior.

Kayla raises an amused eyebrow. “Dude, it’s, like, two.”

“Well fuck you, then.”

She smirks. “Aw, did baby not get his Sunshine fix of the day? Is that why he’s so grumpy?”

It really sucks that Will is so fond of his siblings. Nico wonders if Will would still like him if he knew how many times he daydreams of transporting Kayla onto the moon per day.

“As soon as I figure out which god would appreciate you as a sacrifice, you��re gone.”

“Yeah, right,” she snorts, turning away and lining up an arrow. She lets it fly, watching as it shaves a splinter off a hunk of wood fifty feet away. “You couldn’t get close enough to kick my ass before I’d skewer you, di Angelo.”

Remembering the warning arrow Kayla had shot through his shoulder last week, he wisely chooses not to press the matter any further. The power visibly goes to her head. Fuck.

“Just — tell me where Will is.”

“Why?” She strings another arrow. The grin on her face is a level of shit-eating that Nico has only before seen on a Stoll. She should spend less time around Julia, or else the camp is in for some serious trouble. “What are your intentions with my dear brother?”

Nico, on principle, refuses to answer that question. Kayla shrugs, finishing her shot and then turning around to stick her tongue out at him.

“No answer, no location! Find him yourself, loverboy. And remember that I am always watching.”

Stomping away, and ignoring the smile twitching at his lips — she is so annoying, truly, gods above he owes Bianca a thousand apologies for ever opening his mouth — he heads towards the infirmary. There are only six locations Will is at any given time, after all, except when he disappears for several hours randomly but Nico doesn’t know how to bring that up yet. As he approaches the infirmary, though, he hears it absolutely blasting with music, like genuinely shaking the ground a little bit, and knows exactly where to find him.

As he approaches the door, wincing at the door, he finds it closed. Odd — Will likes a breeze when he works. Even odder is the hastily-written sign pasted onto it:

ANNUAL CLEAN OUT DAY. IF YOU NEED ME, TOUGH SHIT. IF YOU NEED A BANDAID, TOUGH SHIT. IF YOU’RE BLEEDING OUT, CALL AN AMBULANCE AND PRAY. I AM BUSY.

(‘Busy’ is underlined three times.)

In smaller print, under the all-caps monstrosity, is:

Unless you’re Nico, in which case disregard the previous sentiment. No, Cecil, this does NOT mean you.

The note is written again in Ancient Greek, Latin, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Mandarin, Italian, Polish, Korean, Morse Code, and another ten languages Nico can’t even name. Actually, wait — the top left is Klingon. And middle right note does not appear to be language, showing instead a poorly drawn stick figure in armour being shoved into a cannon and shot into the sun by another poorly drawn stick figure in a lab coat. Nico loves a man who’s multi-talented, indeed.

Hesitantly, Nico cracks open the door. He is immediately assaulted by a solid wall of sound, and then nearly bowled over by the enigma himself, William ‘I Can Restructure A Human Brain But Cannot Tie My Shoelaces’ Solace. He catches himself at the last second, and then barely manages to catch Will, grabbing him around the waist just before his head hits the floor.

“Nico!” he shouts over the music, smiling brightly. “Hi! You’re here!”

“I’m here.” He can physically feel his voice cracking, but luckily the music drowns it out. Hopefully. “Uh, what’re you doing?”

“Cleaning!” Will straightens up, although he stays within the circle of Nico’s arms. Nico tries real hard to keep his gaze firmly planted on his face and not on the hands he still has in his hips. “I do it once a year, kick everybody out and deep clean the place. Helps keep it fresh and minimize the bloodstains on the floor.”

“Ah. And the music…”

“It’s fun!” Will shouts. He gasps when the CD player skips and a new song comes on, heavy base and funky synths blasting so hard the window panes shake. “Oh my gods! I love this one!” He turns his bright grin at Nico full force, absolutely no holdbacks on the dimples or freckles, gods help him, and bows cheekily. “Can I have this dance, good sir?”

“It’s Britney Spears’ Outrageous,” Nico protests weakly.

“Yeah!”

…Very, very weakly.

“…Okay.”

Will whoops, grabbing his hands and spinning him around. Nico yelps, nearly tripping over a cot, but when he looks back up Will has his eyes closed and is shimmying not unlike a worm on a fish hook, and it’s so ridiculous that he can’t help but laugh. Will pries one eye open, grinning widely, and shimmies harder.

“You’re such a dweeb!”

“Join me in the dweebiness! Free yourself!”

Nico rolls his eyes fondly, squeezing Will’s hand, and lets himself get ridiculous. He’ll deny it if anyone asks, but it’s fun.

…And not just because Will is next to him, smile brighter than any star, dancing like a massive dork, hand clasped in his.

[cozymochi]

Hey Cozy! Saw your most recently answered ask about Nyoka and wondered. How much would someone or thing have to push him to actually show or use his fangs? Or use his unique magic on them. Basically, how much would it take for him to actually go off? Since he's not a hot head, I assume it would be a lot.

Also, what about Emilio and Cecil or Tia? How much would it take for them to go off on someone, and would they use their unique magic/Grim (or any physical object within reaching distance for the lovely magicless Tia) in that situation?

(Apologies if this has been answered before! I couldn't remember if it was or not.)

Anyway, thank you for sharing these wonderful characters with us! And for putting up with us and our questions. 😌 Hope you have a wonderful day/night!

(i like questions, they keep me sustained 😭💖 I was gonna draw for everything but I kinda. Hurt. Anyway-) Prev Ask in question /// Unique Magic/Signature Spells

I’m not sure… he puts up with a lot already every day. It’s very hard to get him to bear fangs at all, he’s just not going to no matter how much he’s goaded. He’ll certainly threaten it, but he doesn’t want to actually do it. He puts being dignified above that. That’s a last resort defense if truly cornered, and he would be very unhappy (and lowkey embarrassed) if it resorted to that without a justifiable reason. He’d have to really be taken by surprise, which also isn’t easy to do. Unless, like…. Someone like Grim was suddenly lobbed at his head out of nowhere—

Who can prep for that? But, I suppose it would vary. He’s not as bite-happy as one would think.

Nyoka’s UM in itself isn’t very practical in terms of being beneficial to him consistently, so there isn’t much incentive for him to use it. Unless he was playing very dirty for some reason and knows what kind of person he’s targeting— and don’t get me wrong, he’s not above that sort of thing. There’s just no reason for him to want to use it. It’s just not subtle enough and risky. Somebody else more ambitious might find making others act unscrupulous against their will useful though.

Cecil mostly takes the any of the shit given to him with sarcasm or grumbles to himself, but he’s an opportunist. IF given the shot to retaliate in a dirty way, and he isn’t having a second-guessing moment then he is more than willing to shut somebody up via freezing them like a statue. They won’t be having a good time when their eyes dry out from not being able to blink /hj. God forbid being on the receiving end of a spell screw-up from him too at that. With how sarcastic he is, it seems like everything bothers him all the time to some degree.

Emilio is already a mess, stepping on his boots might be enough to get him upset to the point of retaliation /hj. Like Cecil, he’s an opportunist so if there’s a chance to play dirty he will. His UM is not useful in this kind of scenario though. If Emilio feels his abilities in some way are being underestimated or disregarded it’ll probably just turn into a stupid competition to prove his superiority. Despite how he wants to present himself he is a bit hot-headed and his retaliations might be disproportionate in scale. “This person touched my coffee mug, so I took their kidneys” headass. (Disclaimer: not literal, but that’s the energy)

The first thing Tia did when summoned to Twisted Wonderland - aside from run from Grim - was scream and lob nearby objects at Crowley when he found her. He still holds this act of violence against him to this day. Tia gets bothered pretty easily and will speak up about it or try defending herself in some way. She also hates being underestimated and thanks to her tunnel-vision may jump into situations she’s not equipped for at all just to prove a point— then regret it almost immediately. She tries to stay composed and usually she will be, but she can get cranky if pushed too far.

She’s the prefect, I think the “what” in this scenario speaks for itself. She’s at NRC. Her friends are the principle cast. It’s over.

[irish-agender-moss]

Riordanverse race/nationality headcanons (Main characters and background characters alike)

This may be a very long post, and I’m throwing in little tidbits about appearances, so with no regard to any particular order, strap in:

(Seriously, this is a huge post)

Edit: Changed Luke from just Korean American to mixed Argentinian/Korean American, inspired by @tagthescullion

The Seven (Including Nico and Reyna):

Percy Jackson: Biracial White/Latino, Cuban American (Sally was born in Havana, she had Percy shortly after moving to the US)

Annabeth Chase: Biracial Black/White, Irish/African American (with Swedish, Ghanaian and Polish descent)

Jason (And Thalia, by extension) Grace: White German American (Beryl moved from Germany to the US)

Piper McLean: Native American, Cherokee

Leo Valdez: Latino, Mexican, Born in Texas

Hazel Levesque: Black, African American, New Orleans (1940's French Creole)

Frank Zhang: Chinese Canadian, Vancouver

Nico Di Angelo: White, Italian with Russian descent, 1920’s Venice

Reyna Avila Ramirez Arellano: Latina, Puerto Rican

Camp Half Blood:

Will Solace: Biracial White/Bangladeshi American, Texas

Luke Castellan: Mixed Argentinian/Korean American (Born in the US, May (or Mi-Hee) grew up in a Argentine Korean community in Buenos Aires before she moved to the US and met Hermes)

Malcolm Pace: White with albinism, Scottish, Glasgow

Travis and Connor Stoll: Mixed Scottish and Laotian, Edinburgh (Source: @freddie-77-ao3)(I think in the TV show, they cast two Asian boys as the Stolls, so I've made them Asian)

Alice Miyazawa: Japanese American, Los Angeles

Julia Feingold: White Luxembourger, Luxembourg City

Cecil Markowitz: White Austrian/Northern Irish (Born in Graz, grew up in Belfast since he was two, has dual citizenship)

Katie Gardener: White Scottish, Aberfoyle

Castor and Pollux Vintner: Black, Irish (Pollux is Albino, Castor wasn’t), Donegal

Michael Yew: Mixed Irish and Chinese, Limerick (Granny moved from China)

Lee Fletcher: White Irish, Donegal

Clarisse La Rue: Mixed French/Pakistani American, Arizona (Mother moved from France)

Chris Rodriguez: Afro-Latino, Nicaraguan (Moved to the states when he was seven, lived in the same neighbourhood as Clarisse)

Silena Beauregard: Blasian, African American and Filipino, Mississippi (French descent)

Charles Beckendorf: Black, African American

Jake Mason: White American, Wyoming

Harley Smythe-Davidson: Biracial White/Aboriginal Australian (Source: @freddie-77-ao3)

Nyssa Barrera: Latina, Panamanian, Panama City

Shane O’Doherty: White Irish, Laois

Christopher Chalkevas: White Greek/English (Born in Larissa, moved with his mother to Hackney, London at age five, has dual citizenship)

Clovis Karlsen: Wasian, Welsh (Welsh/Norwegian grandad, Indonesian granny, Source: @ashthenerdtheythem)

Chiara Benvenuti: White Italian, Florence

Alabaster C. Torrington: British Indian, English, Westminster

Lou Ellen Blackstone: Black with vitiligo, British Ghanaian, Birmingham

Drew Tanaka: Japanese American, New York City

Valentina Diaz: Latina, Colombia

Mitchell Singh-Donovan: Mixed Indian and Irish, Cork

Lacy Alfsen: White Danish, Copenhagen

Ethan Nakamura: Japanese, Tokyo

Damien White: White Irish, Northside Dublin

Miranda Gardiner: Vietnamese American, Massachusetts (Distant Irish ancestry)

Billie Ng: Wasian, Irish/Thai Canadian, Toronto (She grew up in Longford till she was seven, then she and her mortal dad moved to Canada)

Sherman Yang: Chinese American, Alaska

Marcus (Mark) Dooley-Wallace: White Irish American, Georgia

Ellis Wakefield: Black, Algerian

Holly and Laurel Victor: Sri Lankan American, Seattle

Meg McCaffery: Wasian, Irish/Vietnamese American

Camp Jupiter:

Dakota Cheshire: Black, Bermudian

Gwendolyn Nunez: Hispanic, Spanish American

Bobby Herrera: Latin American, New Mexico

Lavinia Asimov: White Russian, born in San Francisco

Larry Schumacher: White American, North Carolina

Leila Grunfeld: White American, Colorado

This has been a very exhausting post to make lmao. I gave some of the characters who don’t have canonical surnames my own Hcs for their surnames. Also, I am yet to read through trials of Apollo, so maybe I’ll come later back to add more Roman names to the list.

Tagging my moots that I like to see their opinions for this (as well as the ones I tagged within the list as well):

@aki-bara @ravingcoffeeaddict @ebony-reine-vibes @squiggle3worm @sleep-needer

[javijunebug]

miss naomi, resident archangel of earth- and the gda’s kickass lawyer

needed to give her ref a revamp, so yeah here’s to me yapping about naomi’s lore as well hehe

…

Name: Naomi is her name, or Miss Naomi is acceptable.

Age: She’s an eternal figure who’s always existed. A divine being forged by God’s creation.

Time works differently in the heavens, whereas time on earth moves in a consecutive time stream, time in the afterlife doubles back, and loops around, hardly makes sense. Things in heaven don’t happen at the same time as things on earth, like today is Tuesday but also July. And sometimes it’s never! (there’s a reference here. brownie points iykyk)

For simplicity, she chooses the form of a youthful woman when she’s sent to earth in 1984. Naomi chooses to subtly change her form over time to show age, as a different sense of love and appreciation for humanity is realized.

On government forms that are under lock and keep, she’s listed as 24 on her first forms identification, making her 64 in present day, 2025.

Personality: Naomi is very strait-laced, and believes her moral compass is strong, despite some choices she’s made. (At least that’s what she tells herself.)

Discovering the color green was a GAME CHANGER. You mean you can wear that color in ANY outfit? And there’s VARIATIONS??? say no more. Naomi loves fashion, and takes much pride in her appearance. She is rather sassy and confident, often extending/ruffling her wings for emphasis in a conversation.

She is very easily perceptive of feelings, and knows how to tap into them/push people’s buttons when she needs to. A lawyer tactic she uses, but she’s trying to break from the habit. Mostly from having to callout bullshit all the damn time.

…Mostly from Cecil.

But she never really minds, despite the bravado she may put on when she’s still annoyed with him. She likes him too much to stay angry for long.

Sexuality: Bisexual, but labels don’t inherently matter to her in this context! Ladies, ladies, there’s enough to go around 🫶

Hair color: vermillion red, with grey streaks framing around her face.

*

Extra: funny idea that came to me, but i think it’d be funny if she picked up her last name on a whim, like it’s only for legal purposes since she probably can’t exactly just go by her first name in her line of work.

so like… When asked “last name?” when she needed to gather government documentation for law school, her mind drew a blank and then a movie poster she’d remembered seeing for the movie Lassiter that was released in the same year she’d been assigned to earth, 1984.

“My last name? It’s… last…Lassiter. Mmhm. Yup.” and the poor dmv lady just slowly squints at her 😭

The feathers of her wings are divine magic, and can essentially perform little miracles and wishes so long as she plucks them out herself.

She’s 5’8 normally, 5’10 with heels

I’ve been in between on voice claims for her, had her nailed down a with wendie malick for a while but ngl amy sedaris would be a good choice for her too honestly

…

She’s earth’s resident archangel sent from the heavens, enacting her divine powers into helping humanity through little miracles at the whim of her feathers itself. Most specifically in the court of law.

She landed in NOLA in 1984, and resided there for about 4 years working to become officially accredited as a lawyer. During her time there, she’d slowly developed a Cajun accent and quickly grown to love the cuisine.

Her knack for persuasion and ability to coerce witnesses/informants to say what she needs in order to help the prosecutor isn’t simply a divine power of hers, but it contributes. She’s a damn good lawyer, and it shows in her gradual work with civil court, particularly involving superhero clientele. She helps families who are affected by fights between villains and heroes, especially the collateral damages but physically and emotionally. Tries her best anyways, even if it keeps her up late cooking to keep her mind off work.

Eventually of mouth of a so called ’godsend of a lawyer,’ reaches Director Radcliffe, who is quick to request her employment as the GDA’s on-site attorney. Specializing in legal disputes or filing lawsuits against hero’s, in essentially shutting them down from getting far in court.

But it’s all for the greater good, right?

…

She accepts the position, despite fighting the inner moral turmoil.

In 1989, and she’s officially employed at the GDA.

Very soon enough she finds herself bumping into Radcliffe’s number one agent, Cecil Stedman.

It’s a rough banter between them, less of a meet-cute and more of a meet-drop all your organized stack of paperwork as she turns the corner as they bump into each other.

“I’m sorry, kinda in a hurry here-“ Cecil huffed, as though out of breath. He blinks after a quick second, then again. Trying to register what he was seeing for a considerable pause.

“Do people here just not know where they’re looking, or what?” she scoffed, quickly brushing herself off and ignoring him as she rushed to pick up her now disorganized files.

It’s sort of embarrassing how long Cecil just silently looks at her, mostly observing her wings that seemingly sprouted below her shoulders. His radio chimes, another voice on the other end asking for Cecil’s current status.

Right. He was in a hurry for a reason.

Naomi raises an eyebrow at the agent, his lack of initiative to even help her pick up her scattered papers was only serving to bother her further. She raises a limp hand, waving her fingers a few times, her wing fluttering coincidentally, as though she were shooing him away.

“You can go now?”

Cecil doesn’t even remember muting his radio, but she swears by this day that she saw him click it off.

He then silently kneels down across from her, quickly beginning to pick up the few remaining papers. He looks up, expecting to hand them to her, but she’s already stood back up by now. He doesn’t dare look up at her, especially it from where he’s at now.

Cecil is quick to stand up, his eyes fixed on the papers he held before finally handing them over.

“I.. I kinda have to go here, but.. I owe you one.”

Naomi’s eyes now seem to finally access his figure, before staring at him straight in the eye.

“Mmhm,” is all she says, before turning to leave for her new office.

…

bonus younger naomicil, i really need to draw their younger selves more tbh 😭🫶

[spacetimeaccordionfolder]

Cecill: Noel Finley!!! I have returned!

Noel: sorry, you are?

Cecil: [sounding actually hurt] you don’t remember me?

Noel: … your name started with a ‘c’ and had two ‘l’s in it.

Cecill: I’m Cecill! Your nemesis!

Noel: my what?

Collins: [overlapping with Noel, more serious.] His what.

Cecill: I’m your nemesis! I tried to kill you a year or so ago, we- we had a glorious battle, and - [regaining confidence] and although you may have won then [aside] and sent me to jail for a year [louder] I have returned! You will-

Collins: [turning to Noel] you’re seeing other hitmen?

Noel: what? No, no, this was before you- wait why am I defending myself here? 

Collins: I can’t believe you!

Cecill: hey i wasn’t done talking. I’m going to-

Noel: [still talking to Collins] look she’s not even that good of a shot [Cecill: HEY] I think she ended up knocking herself out last time if i remember right.

Cecill: that might have happened. But! I have improved for the purpose of this confrontation and soon you will see-

Collins: All this time, I thought you were the one for me. A counterpoint to my melody. And now? This?? [gesturing at Cecill with his gun]

Noel: I just told you this was before you- why do i sound like i’ve been found cheating.

Cecill: could you two focus please. I’m going to shoot at least one of you.

Noel: Right, right, sorry. Cecill, was it? With two l’s? I think I remember you specifying that at the station.

Cecill: [happy] You DO remember me!

Noel: Not sure I remember a “glorious battle,” though. Tried to sneak up on me in an abandoned alleyway and then tripped on a box or something. Ended up falling into a trash can… Then there was the thing with the alley cats… I barely had to do anything to stop you.

Cecill: Hey it was dark in that alley!

Collins: …she snuck up on you?

Noel: key word there is tried.

[themousefromfantasyland]

A Fairy Tale Rabbit Hole

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the movie that it started it all for Disney Animation and it's the most influential fairy tale movie ever. Its tropes and its tone still inspires fairy tale media to this day, either as parodies, or homages.

But what less people know is that Walt Disney was inspired to make this movie because of a peculiar silent movie that he watched when he was a teenager.

That movie was Snow White from 1916. Its writer, Winthrop Ames, adapted it from his own Broadway play. An example of American fairy tale theater.

This kept me thinking.

The Wizard of Oz is one of the most iconic fantasy films of all time, and it was made in direct response to Snow White. What people don't know is that the scene where Glinda saves the gang from the deadly poppies with a snowstorm came straight from a fairy tale musical from 1902. It came from The Wizard of Oz, a fairy tale musical "extravaganza", with direct input from L. Frank Baum, only two years after the original novel.

Actually, stage musicals seem to take a slight part in the creation of Oz. The Marvellous Land of Oz, the sequel, seems to be inspired by this stage culture. General Jinjur and her army dresses like chorus girls, Ozma/Tip may be inspired by the crossdressing in children roles, and this was the book's dedication:

"To those excellent good fellows and comedians David C. Montgomery and Frank A. Stone whose clever personations of the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow have delighted thousands of children throughout the land, this book is gratefully dedicated by THE AUTHOR"

These were actors of the 1902 stage show.

Two years later, on 1904 Peter and Wendy premiered. This play is also one of the most famous children stories ever. Walt Disney himself acted as Peter in a local production of it and Tinkerbell quickly became a mascot for the studio.

This all led me to think more about fairy tale theater specifically.

Since the ending of the 18th century and through the 19th century, a genre of stage show developed through Europe. It was mostly comedic and light-hearted, mainly inspired by fairy tales, and it was geared towards children and families. It involved lavish fantasy spectacles told through operas, ballets, and what we today would call "musical theater".

It had many different names and variations depending on the country.

On England, it evolved through the pantomimes and it became a Christmas tradition.

In Russian, it was mainly through ballet, called the ballet-féerie, often considered a lower-class, more commercialized entertainment than traditional ballet. Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker are among some of them. Sleeping Beauty would later inspire Disney's telling of the story.

In France they were called Féerie, and it was a mix of music, dancing, pantomime, acrobatics, and stage effects. It influenced the development of burlesque, musical comedy and film.

From Wikipedia:

With his 1899 film version of Cinderella, Georges Méliès brought the féerie into the newly developing world of motion pictures. The féerie quickly became one of film's most popular and lavishly mounted genres in the early years of the twentieth century, with such pioneers as Edwin S. Porter, Cecil Hepworth, Ferdinand Zecca, and Albert Capellani contributing fairy-tale adaptations in the féerie style or filming versions of popular stage féeries like Le Pied de mouton, Les Sept Châteaux du diable, and La Biche au bois. The leader in the genre, however, remained Méliès,[37] who designed many of his major films as féeries and whose work as a whole is intensely suffused with the genre's influence.[38]

Once you realize a huge chunk of fairy tale media has roots in family friendly stage shows from 19th century, a lot of it started making sense.

The focus on romance, the focus on damsels in distress, prevalence of lighter tones, the everlasting connection to music and dance.

They may be the main reason why some fairy tales are more famous than others. Some became source material for a continuous stream of operas, operettas, musical extravaganzas, ballets, plays, and others simply not.

And besides the Victorian Era storybooks that bowdlerized fairy tales for children, I think this whole genre of the theater was responsible to firmly establish fairy tales as a child friendly media, decades before Disney ever released Snow White to cash in that nostalgia.

If you have something to add or if I just got something wrong, feel free to correct me.

@ariel-seagull-wings @princesssarisa @adarkrainbow @the-blue-fairie @theancientvaleofsoulmaking @natache @tamisdava2 @thealmightyemprex

[teddywesworl]

ok y'all said you want director's commentary so I'm gonna start by saying a couple things about 🪑 since it recently celebrated 2k kudos

🪑DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY LET'S GO

1.

A fun fact about the poems at the beginning of each chapter is that I took two of the poet's classes in college, and she might be solely responsible for convincing me I was a good writer and should pursue the skill. I don't know how she'd feel about me using her poetry to thematically frame an explicit fanfic, but that's neither here nor there.

As a poet, she (I'm not naming her here in case she might possibly name search on tumblr, lol) is obsessed with transformation and with the discord between the material and spiritual self. Blackberries, Brambles in its entirety goes as follows:

Akhmatova wrote, "O look!—that fresh dark elderberry branch is like a letter from Marina…" And she was right, branches criss- cross, words sharpen. We lop them down, fit them into envelopes. But I forget: you don't do letters: Too much tangled in thickets and desperation. Did I say envelopes? I meant elevators. See, I've snagged favourite sweaters in high rises, snarled hair in hedges, given up skin scrapings for blackberries, tongueburst, the sweet stain, explosion under light canine pressure. Don't you just wish you were a dog sometimes? No panic. Romping through brambles. Even in delirium, near death, Akhmatova remembered. Her bitter friend had been dead a long time. Love. Don't think I'm thinking about you. Anything but you.

Akhmatova here being Russian poet Anna Akhmatova, and the Marina in question is Marina Tsvetaeva. You can go on as much or as little of a research spiral about them as you like; many of the layers of this poem are in the reference to Akhmatova and Tsvetaeva, but I was mostly interested in the commentary on the cost of pleasure. I've snagged favourite sweaters in high rises, snarled hair in hedges, given up skin scrapings for blackberries. What are you willing to pay for happiness? Wouldn't it be nice not to think about it? Wouldn't it be nice not to be afraid to pay?

2.

Obviously the other major literary framing device is A Room With A View. The movie, specifically, but obviously the Forster novel as well. A Room With A View is about the clash between tradition and modernity, familial duty vs. adventure and romance, etc. etc. etc. And like, listen, the Duffers have not put this much thought into Steve Harrington, but his arc, despite them, is that of the ultimate privileged 80s all-American masculine symbol taking a slow, deliberate turn toward Otherness. He was supposed to die a static character. He did not, and now we're all writing fic about it.

I probably didn't need to have Eddie literally whack the point home with a hammer with the you're Lucy line in chapter 2, but here we are.

3.

The other bits of ~Art~ in the Steve chapter are Elton John's The Fox and Bruce Springsteen's The River. As follows:

But if you’re wily, you will leave them lying, snared up in the traps that they set for you, Elton sings. And it’s an evergreen affair— Steve lifts the record out and replaces it with The River. Springsteen sings, you're walkin' tough, baby, but you're walkin' blind and that’s not really better.

The Elton John record, you may recall, was a compromise between Eddie and Nancy. The inclusion of these lines in particular was very vibes-based, but hopefully the vibes are semi-coherent. Snares. Traps. The hunter, the fox. Btw the next lines after these are:

As temptation taunts the fox Into the hunter's waiting lair

Which, okay. Teasing out the vibes just a little. Argyle interprets Nancy as Lucy (and implies, without meaning to, that Steve is Cecil--a character that represents old money and tradition and duty and, like. Being trapped). Nancy would probably also view herself as the titular Fox. And Steve has bought into this line of thinking! He sees himself as the snare! He has internalized the idea of life with him being a trap! He is Bullshit, etc.

Eddie complicates this self-concept. Through him, Steve becomes the Fox and Lucy. Temptation taunts the fox into the hunter's waiting lair, after all. And, you know: 🪑🪢

(The Springsteen lines are just. All Steve.)

Ok I have to go feed some horses. More.... later. eventually.

[howsitduud]

INVINCIBLE SEASON 3 REVIEW

SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON. I WILL BE SPOILING MAJOR EVENTS THAT HAPPEN. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE SPOILED THEN STOP READING HERE.

Ok, so I have some fucking beef here. I usually want to watch episodes of this show when they release, because I really like this show, and I want to be eagerly anticipating the new season. Except, for some godforsaken reason, the episodes release at 3:00 IN THE MORNING in my time zone. Why? Doing some math, I found out that the episodes would be coming out at midnight in Seattle, Washington, where Amazon headquarters are. WHY MUST YOU GATEKEEP ME LIKE THIS JEFFERY BEZOS?

Anyway, this season was good.

Like I said, I really like the Invincible show thus far, so I was really looking forward to the new season. So much so, that I read ahead in the comics up until the final arc, which is something that not many fans of Invincible have done. I really like the comics, and I'd say that the show is on a similar level of quality. There are some moments from the comics that I think were translated pretty well onscreen. I'm not gonna refer to the comics too much, though, since there are a few changes made to the show that cement it as its own thing, like Rae being alive after being eaten.

This season mainly focuses on the relationship between Mark and Cecil, where Mark is frustrated with Cecil for trying to rehabilitate criminals who did unspeakable things so that they can get another shot helping out the good guys. I have seen so many posts by people who have the reading comprehension of a fourth grader saying things like, "What's Mark's problem? Why is he tring to fight Cecil on rehabilitating criminals? Is he stupid?" Yes. That's his arc throughout the season. Mark is tested time and time again throughout this season with his identity as a now-independent superhero, and he comes face-to-face with the consequences of the actions of him, like in episode 2 and episode 6, or the actions of other versions of himself, like in episode 4 and episode 7.

Speaking of episode 7, I was really looking forward to the Invincible war and it was so fucking good. This entire season was bleak, with Mark forced to kill a future version of The Immortal and with Mark's new brother killing the Maulers in cold blood, but episode 7 really upped the dark elements of this show. Omni-Man destroying Chicago for no reason was bad enough, but Angstrom Levy getting an army of evil Invincibles to cause what is essentially the apocalypse for no reason is just another level of dismal. So much so that when Conquest showed up for the final episode and destroyed more of the city, my brain just got numb to it.

Yeah, my biggest issue with this season happens in the episode that currently has a 9.9 on IMDB. Maybe I'm the problem, but oh well. I'm not big on some of what happens in Mark's fight with Conquest because it feels like it's retreading on stuff we've already seen. Cities getting destroyed like in the last episode, Conquest uses Mark to splatter innocent civilians just like Omni-Man did in season 1, and Mark beats him to near-death just like he did to Angstrom Levy. It also doesn't help that I'm not a big fan of Conquest. He feels like a C-tier redo of Battle Beast and the thing where he explains his entire backstory and motivation to Mark just before Eve comes in with the clutch of a lifetime was especially stupid. And his characterization in the comics doesn't leave me especially excited for him in the future.

You may have noticed that I haven't talked about a lot of the side characters, and they were good in this season, but nothing could compare to Mark's storyline. Rae surviving the Lizard League fight was pretty cool, since it gives her time to spend dating Rex. Normally, I absolutely despise Rex as a character, but this season made him tolerable. I even liked him when he sacrificed himself to kill one of the Invincibles. All he had to do was die. Kate, Immortal, Debbie all have their moments, but they were fine here. Amanda and Rudy (or Rex) are the most adorable couple in the show, and Oliver is a great addition to the cast since he doesn't have the same contempt for Nolan that the other characters do. Powerplex, though, is my favorite new addition to the cast, and he's the focus of my favorite episode in the show. Aaron Paul stays winning.

Nolan and Allen also get half of episode 4 all to themselves, which was great to see. Their jailbreak was some of the best action in the entire show thus far, and it keeps up the great animation that's a consistent highlight of the show for me. I especially love how the animators lock the fuck in for the Mark vs Conquest fight, it was so beautiful to watch. Absolute Cinema.

Even though I loved a lot of what this season offered, I don't feel it hit the insane highs that season 1 did, which is still not a bad thing in the slightest. This season is on a similar level of quality to the last season, so I am giving it the same score I gave season 2, an 8/10.

[lealdog]

📻 Cecil, 📻 Mike, 📻 Cygnus

Send me 📻 + an oc and I'll give you a random song off their playlist + an explanation of why it's there

I have a feeling for all three of these the explanation of why it's there will just be "because of vibes". I actually forgot Cygnus had a playlist and was scrambling to go make one. But he does have one.

Cecil: The Cycle by Death Tour, WARGASM (UK)

He only exists because of trap metal. That was kind of his original idea when the premise was guy in a band: Edgy TikTok guy who makes videos with weird death facts (he's is, well, was, a pathologist looking very funny when he cleaned up for his job) and has never been part of the local music scene and is kind of a poser who will play tough (especially with the Sabbat vampires he met) but really he's a whole rich kid nerd and spent most of his human days studying.

Mike: Neo Tokyo by Pertubator

He was created because of the Pertubator concerts I went to. And I needed something synthwave-y with demons, fast cars and violence. Mike is so over the top he's really kind of a parody.

Cygnus: Guillotine by Stray From The Path (the song is so good. good workout song)

When I made Cygnus' playlist it was pretty much "What's the vibe?" "Hm, Beatdown Hardcore". And that's that. It's intense just like he is. Though you don't see it on the surface (usually). I also think he listens to it but the jury's still out on that. Anyway, the song just goes hard and the lyrics kinda fit, too. Cygnus himself (if you take the lines out of context, because he's a hitman) but also the anger about a broken system and the greedy fucks at the top etc etc.

Death I can guarantee As quick as a cut can bleed

[thebrainrotsreal]

Hypothetically, how do you think Mark would turn out if he never got his powers? What would he be doing? How would it change the original story? If the original Mark met this version of himself, how would they react to each other?

This took me a min to respond to because I am extra and had to draw something about this, but thay just means I was so delighted to take this ask, holy shit. I love thinking about AU's, tysm fo the ask, anon! :)

I don't know of the comics add any details about Mark's interests other than being a hero like his Dad (ex. even comic hobby seems to go right back to that). Nothing about school life stands out either, (besides struggling with geography, a detail I love sm), so he's probably an average student who fumbled hard when he started to get busy with Invincible stuff! So, while I can see the possibility of him working hard and striving for career that also helps saves lives ergo paramedic, fireman, emergency dispatcher, etc I actually adore the idea of him interning at the GDA???

(Okay, note, while I do see him training or getting experience in random roles, Cecil would not EVER let Mark actually be a GDA solider because imagine telling Omni-Man his son got killed. Yikes! So, intern/trainer uniform and not the official solider one.)

I can see him diving into it wholeheartedly, eager to not only prove himself, but help people like his Dad does, kinda trying to get as close to his dream as he can be. And honestly, Nolan would probably be thrilled the last reminder for Colonization Time is permanently delayed (ergo Mark never getting his powers), so I can see him either encouraging this, or being slightly conflicted? I don't know how much he actually trusts the GDA or Cecil, so it could just be bittersweet?

But, I love the idea of GDA!Mark for the potential strain in their dynamic. See, while we can't have the kind of unfolding drama in s1 considering Nolan's slaughter spree might not necessarily happen, the idea of Mark having to process the weight of his own idolization, unable to stand side by side with him on the field, feeling like Nolan feed into the idea he'd get powers, only to end up disappointed year after year could foster some bitterness and/or desperate need to prove himself. He would see Nolan slightly more, but maybe that's just a reminder of what he can't do. Where he can't reach. Nolan having doubts in GDA, would only worsen the strain, how exciting!

Plus, GDA seems to be the classic kind of trust nobody type of government agency that may to try detach Mark's (almost) unshakable faith in his Dad, and could push him to look into what exactly his Dad's past/planet/history is exactly like for documentation, as Mark tries to grasp how much he trusts Nolan and the GDA. If Slaughter Time does happen, then that's incredible drama!!! As Mark, who feels aligned with both the GDA and his Dad, now has to work to find the truth, probably to prove his Dad's innocence, only to find the horrible news instead.

Does Nolan tell Mark and Debbie at the same time, who both already know, haven't told the others, and you got family drama of the fucking century again? Ideally? Yes. I love dramatic irony a normal amount.

I think GDA!Mark and Canon!Mark wouldn't get along tbh. While C!Mark is relieved by the lack of maliciousness, GDA!Mark is literally seeing where his entire life could have been if he'd only gotten powers. 'Cause, while I do think Mark is a fundamentally kind person, it's also clear he's incredible hard on himself which I think crosses over to alternate selves. So, he'd be bitter as fuck. Yeah, they both suffered, but I think the envy would go crazy. GDA!Mark would start questioning everything, like if that Nolan loved his son more for having powers, and if C!Mark just fucked it up somehow, so if GDA!Mark got powers maybe he could've done something different? Said the right thing? Like there's this desperation to know could it have turned out any other way? Was it truly his fault? Was it something he should've said better? I think there's a quiet spiraling despair in seeing the distorted mirror version of oneself and still seeing them suffering. Was there really no other ending? It had to be this way?

Thanks for the ask tho :D !!! Currently trying to remember I have this blog while I fight art block fjgkfg.

Oh! And Bonus idea of interning at GDA still means he hangs out with Teen Team!!! Maybe he helps log injuries, reviews battles, handles reports, memorizing villain weaknesses as base support, but there's this underlying part of him that still feels so useless next to them? I can see Rex and Mark getting off on the wrong foot immediately, but Kate and Mark bonding? Mostly because I want Kate and Mark bonding like please.

[herrenxenoberg]

Fandorm Showcase #1 - Tarzan

Starting off strong with this one, initially the idea came when I started playing Twisted Wonderland, I noticed there is a lack of references in the game relating to Tarzan, which is considered one of the all-time classic movies in the Disney archives. So, to fix this obscurity, I made Tarzan into an NRC dorm, courtesy of William Cecil Clayton, the villain with the darkest death off-screen (unless you are the subtle types to notice it).

Introducing...Spoorjag, the dorm inspired by Clayton, and values the spirit of resourcefulness.

The name, Spoorjag, is a combination of "Track" (Spoor in Afrikaan) and "Hunt" (Jag in Afrikaan), as a reference to the story of Tarzan originating from the west coast of Africa.

You may notice there is a shotgun and a machete behind the logo of the dorm, this is both a reference to Clayton's paraphilia and a theme to this dorm in particular, which to most, it's mature type of content, but again, this is made for my Discord roleplays, we swore a lot in there- Anyways, here is the short description thingie for the dorm:

“A dorm founded on the jungle expeditioner’s spirit of resourceful, which students conserve the environment and its natural resources for research and studies.”

Yeah, you would think this description contradicts the dorm's logo theme, but it is a double meaning in itself. In order to be sorted into Spoorjag through the Dark Mirror, you need to have these traits:

Has an interest in animal study or wildlife-based careers

Has vast knowledge in wildlife or flora

Determined to preserve the natural environment at any costs

Next, we have our dorm uniform designs:

The uniform inspiration comes from Clayton's outfit, as well as some additional elements taken from the theme of jungle exploration (Including a holster for shotgun shells, leather gloves and a satchel). The ascot (especially the housewarden version) has a leopard print that is similar to Sabor's patterns. It mostly centers around the theme of jungle explorers and wildlife researchers, with the secondary gear look (suggested by a fellow creative) being the gear used for more...riskier treks.

Naturally, the magic item that the housewarden of Spoorjag owns is a double-barrel shotgun, which doesn't actually cause harm as the bullets it fires are duds. Except...the bullet shells he carries has a purpose which will be explained in the character bios.

Anyways, on to our character roster, here is the full cast of Spoorjag:

(I did them in the style of the game's display UI so I don't have to painstakingly make the reference sheet for each.) (May contain some heavy/controversial subjects)

Meet the housewarden of Spoorjag...

Wilder C. Clayson! (Twisted from William Cecil Clayton)

Known for his charismatic approach and dedication to wildlife, Wilder is a junior housewarden who takes risks no matter the cost, whether it be for beneficial reasons...or personal reasons. He carries a slight Australian accent and tends to be impatient with things he has no interest in hearing. Given his family history of poacher parents, he is the complete opposite of what you expect, a caring individual for natural flora and fauna, prefer to keep it as it is rather than ruin it, much to his extended family's dismay. The philosophy of "Man is greater than beast" is practically drilled into his head everyday, leaving no room for him to block it out and defend what they call "beasts", harmless and innocent animals who are as alive as humankind. This would however, further traumatize Wilder, as his parents were sadly mauled by two rogue and feral leopards during one of their hunts, and thus solidifying his deep-seeded hatred for the wildlife until he's 16 to which carries it with him into Night Raven College.

Extra notes: So remember the double-barrel shotgun I talked about? This is linked to his unique magic, [Bullseye]. How it works is that he channels the unique magic energy into one of the bullet shells he carries, which are hollow inside, once it was filled with the magic energy, he can fire them out of the shotgun at enemies, which paralyzes any target it hits for 20 minutes. He can't fire the spell as it is, or else it could affect himself, so he chose to concentrate the spell into bullet form for easier aim and targetting.

Notable members:

Vilyen Trigger (Vice Housewarden, Sophomore) - A sort-of lap dog to Wilder's ideals and would always support him no matter what. (Twisted from Vincent Snipes)

Sabel Klou (Freshman) - A freshman leopard beastman who just only wants to hang around and do nothing, despite being a deadly predator who lives in the wild. (Twisted from Sabor)

Tallac Konga (Freshman) - A freshman gorilla beastman who always wants to prove and show his strength by picking fights with seemingly strong people. (Twisted from Tublat from The Legend of Tarzan)

Mchafu Loxodon (Freshman) - A bull elephant beastman who is sick and tired of being the prey that he retaliates by becoming a predator himself and reveling in it. (Twisted from Mabaya from The Legend of Tarzan)

Silas Tangelo (Junior) - A fae who lost his nature-filled home to deforestation and has less trust in humans. (Twisted from the vines that eventually k!lls Clayton)

And finally, a short synopsis on what would Spoorjag's chapter be about:

It was a quiet day in NRC, everyone is preparing for both the upcoming spelldrive tournament and the semester exams before winter break. Although, one dorm seems to be promoting a nature walk campaign to raise donations for animal shelters, hosted by Wilder C. Clayson, the housewarden of Spoorjag.

Shenanigans ensue with this group of seemingly thoughtful "jungle explorers". (This takes place in between after Book 1 and before Book 2)

That is all for Spoorjag's introductions! Hope you like my creations, there is more to come!

Next Up: Peter Pan

[beansprout-tea]

WTNV 234 THOUGHTS

(to preface @asydicsydney made a post on this previously so check that out!)

// SPOILERS FOR WTNV 234 \\

okay so i definitely think that the boy is kevin, not a de-aged version but kevin as a child.

this may be far fetched but i caught a couple things while listening and had to make note... here are my weird and wacky thoughts

"I remember a sky so full of stars that it looked like a blank sheet of paper." -connecting to one of the pateron episodes(listener questions 9), kevin (when asked about what he remembers before strex) he mentions a thousand stars... which could also allude to a full sky

"My first breath was minutes ago." -linking to another patreon bonus episode (listener questions 9), kevin said that he remembers every single second of his own birth- which realistically this could make sense if the boy was kevin... the boy seems to be able to form thoughts and have the ability to collect memories (in the present) after having being just born

"His teeth look meticulously cared for." -again just the teeth analogies scream kevin (that's all i got for this one folks)

"I remember a warmth that did not comfort. I remember joy that wrenched the soul." (connection to the smiling god?) -yeah this one really made me think of the smiling god because the light that the smiling god emanates has been describes as "warm" those that worship the smiling god pray to its "great warmth". we kinda know kevin's backstory with the smiling god but i feel like it is a possibility that kevin was afraid of the smiling god growing up hence the use of words like "did not comfort" and "wretched". and the fact that the sentence was "joy that wretched the soul" what correlates with joy? the smiling god- and kevin.

basically the whole speaking avoidance with the boys mom- idk i just thought it was weird and raised an alarm -i just thought it was odd that the boy just really did not want to talk about his mom and it got me thinking that we don't know much about either doubles childhood so this one is kinda a stretch but i feel like there is something to connect both cecil and kevin's mothers together, i just haven't found it

also another note- cecil isn't able to recognize the boy as kevin because a) its kevin as a little kid b) cecil doesn't even know what he really looks like c) this is kevin as a kid... cecil hasn't seen or met kevin face to face before strex- he would have no clue what he looks like or even be expecting it to be kevin

in conclusion... i really got a whole bunch of kevin vibes on the down low from this episode and am really excited to see where we go from here

[asfaltics]

a something of, six feet of

  a something of a linguist, of unknown age; he lived in an impregnable moral enclosure of his own   ₁   (attending to this only) to conclude a something of six feet   ₂   midway on clumsy pillars, assuming a something of   ₃ middle between the ballad and the scientific.   There is a something of — but this may wear off   ₄   — of rough manufacture; a something of blue   ₅ a something of immutable reserve; a curious diction of the atmosphere   ₆   a something of distance in the relations; that the silence, the fits of absence, and the almost brusqueries   ₇ I have, it is true, in all the instances I have yet brought, adduced examples connected with words, and consequently with definite ideas.   which anticipates in these sounds a something of moment to come   ₈ something (often, alas! no more than a something!) of music   ₉

—

sources, their respective details at the more’s

1 Arnold Bennett, Dream of Destiny, an Unfinished Novel : And Venus Rising from the Sea (1932) / more 2 The works of Horace, translated literally into English prose, for the use of those who are desirous of acquiring or recovering a competent knowledge of the Latin Language. By C. Smart. (Philadelphia, 1836) / more 3 Narrative of a Year’s Journey Through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862-63) by William Gifford Palgrave (London, 1865) / more 4 “The Theatrical Examiner, No. 376,” performances at Covent Garden, in The Examiner No. 612 (London; Sunday, September 19, 1819) / more 5 an extract from Border Lands of Spain and France. With an account of a visit to the Republic of Andorre (London, 1856), published in The Dublin University Magazine (November 1856) / more 6 V. Cecil Cotes, Two Girls on a Barge, with 44 illustrations by F. H. Townsend (New York, 1891) / more 7 Sink Or Swim? : A Novel by the author of “Recommended to Mercy,” etc. [Matilda Charlotte Houstoun (1811-92)] (London, 1868) / more 8 “To the Editor; On the philosophy of musical composition,” in The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review (1823) / more 9 Jenne M(orrow). Long, “Common Sense in Oral Expression,” in The Western Journal of Education (San Francisco, April 1902) / more

20250309 all a something of’s  

[freyayuki]

Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia Spheres List Part 5

After finding out that, sadly and unfortunately, the Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia (DFFOO) mobile game will discontinue or end its service on February 29, 2024, started spending my saved resources and upgrading the chars who I ended up skipping before.

The end of service announcement news came as a shock. I talk more about that in another post, but I really wish the news wasn’t true. Wish the game wasn’t ending at all.

But since the game is unfortunately ending soon, there’s no longer any reason to save resources.

Started working on maxing out chars who I may have skipped before or who aren’t fully built yet. This includes equipping Spheres to these chars.

Some of my chars already have real Spheres while some have RF Spheres while others have no Spheres at all.

Some chars have RF Spheres which I now replaced with real Spheres while some chars have no Spheres but I now gave them some.

Much, much later: By now, there's only about a day or so left before Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia ends forever.

By now, I've been able to fully build and max out all of the playable chars in this game. Just haven't been able to equip them all with Spheres.

Since I still have some real Spheres that I've yet to use, and I still have a bit of time before the game ends, decided to use these remaining Spheres now.

Want to equip all of those to as many chars as possible before the end. Would also like to be able to give real Spheres to as many chars as I can before the end.

Still have a lot of Ex weapons that I can max out and get real Spheres from. But am running out of the Books and Ingots needed to get those real Spheres.

I can still get those Books and Ingots from the co-op shop but I’m running out of time so I’ll probably not be able to give real Spheres to all my chars.

The real Spheres I've equipped to the chars listed below may not necessarily be the best ones for them since I'm now focusing on using the remaining real Spheres that are still in my inventory.

Will still get new Spheres, if needed though. And will still try to equip my chars with the most appropriate Spheres for them.

At the very least, will try to make sure they can make use of the Spheres they’re equipped with.

Cait Sith from Final Fantasy VII

My Cait Sith from Final Fantasy VII (#ad) used to have no Spheres, real or otherwise.

Now I equipped him with 2 real Spheres and 1 RF Sphere. The RF Sphere is Paladin Cecil Harvey's (from Final Fantasy IV) Full HP Break Hit BRV Gain All (RF) C Sphere.

This is the best C Sphere for some chars, including Cait Sith. However, don't have any more copies of the real version of this Sphere so opted to just settle for its RF version.

Celes Chere from Final Fantasy VI

My Celes Chere from Final Fantasy VI used to have 3 RF Spheres.

Now I equipped her with 3 real Spheres.

Iroha from Final Fantasy XI

My Iroha from Final Fantasy XI used to have 1 RF Sphere.

Now I equipped her with 3 real Spheres.

Aphmau from Final Fantasy XI

My Aphmau from Final Fantasy XI used to have no Spheres, real or otherwise.

Now I equipped her with 3 real Spheres.

Eiko Carol from Final Fantasy IX

My Eiko Carol from Final Fantasy IX used to have 3 RF Spheres.

Now I equipped her with 3 real Spheres.

Leila or Reila from Final Fantasy II

My Leila or Reila from Final Fantasy II used to have no Spheres, real or otherwise.

Now I equipped her with 3 real Spheres.

Seven from Final Fantasy Type-0

My Seven from Final Fantasy Type-0 used to have no Spheres, real or otherwise.

Now I equipped her with 3 real Spheres.

Desch from Final Fantasy III

My Desch from Final Fantasy III used to have 3 RF Spheres.

Now I equipped him with 3 real Spheres.

Raijin from Final Fantasy VIII

My Raijin from Final Fantasy VIII used to have no Spheres, real or otherwise.

Now I equipped him with 3 real Spheres.

Agrias Oaks from Final Fantasy Tactics

My Agrias Oaks from Final Fantasy Tactics used to have 3 RF Spheres.

Now I equipped her with 2 real Spheres as well as Paladin Cecil's RF C Sphere.

Guy or Gus from Final Fantasy II

My Guy or Gus from Final Fantasy II used to have no Spheres, real or otherwise.

Now I equipped him with 3 real Spheres.

Edge Geraldine from Final Fantasy IV

My Edge Geraldine from Final Fantasy IV used to have no Spheres, real or otherwise.

Now I equipped him with 3 real Spheres.

Alisaie Leveilleur from Final Fantasy XIV

My Alisaie Leveilleur from Final Fantasy XIV used to have 3 RF Spheres.

Now I equipped her with 3 real Spheres.

Gabranth or Noah fon Ronsenburg from Final Fantasy XII

My Gabranth or Noah fon Ronsenburg from Final Fantasy XII used to have 1 RF Sphere.

Now I equipped him with 3 real Spheres.

Conclusion

So what about you? What do you think about the news that DFFOO is ending its service on February 29, 2024? Did you build any of the chars mentioned above? Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below or by reblogging or replying to this post.

Notes:

screenshots are from my Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia game account