#does robo have a tag?

[mushroomb0i]

Purge (with a flip phone)

also features robo

[kibutsulove]

playing barbies with @ozais-lobotomist ‘s and i’s ocs don’t mind us

[valentronic]

rare oc post?? :0

intro-ing Doctor Corkscrew, a very saturday morning cartoon kind of mad scientist villain, she’s got big plans and nefarious schemes (to take over the world by turning everyone into adorable critters)

[cheapshrimpysheep]

Dating in a Dream - Idia Shroud

SUMMARY: What would his dream be like, exactly the same as in the original story, but with the small detail that he is dreaming that you two are dating?

CHARACTERS: Idia Shroud x Reader 💀🦐

TAGS: Fluff; GN Reader; In a Relationship (kinda)

WARNING: Spoilers from Book 7 and Idia’s dream (Eng Server)

WORD COUNT: 4.930 words

COMMENTS: This was written as a companion piece to the original dream story, so the parts that are the same as the game are just summarized.

I hope you enjoy 💀

Dating in a Dream: (Idia) / Epel / Rook / Vil / Kalim / Jamil / Floyd / Jade / Azul / ...

Idia had just finished playing with Muscle Red when the sound of a request from Ortho to make a video call started playing. Even though he finds it strange that he is calling him through Gloomurai's account, he answers anyway. However, he is surprised to see that it is not Royal Sword Academy Ortho, but a humanoid that looks like him.

“Bwha?! *sputter* What's going on, Ortho?! This is the first I've heard from you having an interest in cosplay!”

Ortho wants to try to wake Idia up in a gentle way and to do so he mixes the reality of being a humanoid created by Idia with the act of being any entity or something trying to convince him that he is ‘the chosen one’ to save the world. But Idia keeps finding excuses for it, like it being some kind of prank or something, and he laugh it off. But eventually, continuing with that act, Ortho gets the reaction he predicted from Idia.

“A handsome young humanoid is asking me for help from inside my computer?! I've read literally 500 million light novels with this exact premise! Is it finally time for me to be the chosen one?!”

Ortho almost starts to laugh, but holds himself back.

“That's right, Idia. The time has come. Awaken... from this dream!”

“Dream? ...Hrk?!”

The dream begins to distort and Idia's head starts to hurt. He begins to remember that Ortho didn't grow up and enter Royal Sword Academy, he was a humanoid who attended Night Raven College with him. But it’s at that moment that his phone starts ringing with an incoming call from Ortho.

“Idy! (Nii-chan!) Don't let him fool you! That robo-Ortho is nothing but an impostor!”

“An impostor?” However, Idia continues to have visions of memories of reality. “Gah... What are... all these strange memories?!”

"That impostor's trying to brainwash you!” The dream Ortho insists. “Don't believe him!"

“I should've expected he'd have something in place for this.” The real Ortho says. “So when they're in danger of waking from their dream, the NPCs try to keep them inside. What a sophisticated autonomous spell. Guess Malleus isn't one of the top five mages in the world for nothing!”

“Stay right there.” The fake Ortho says. “I already called for help! But I'm still coming to save you, Idy (Nii-chan)!” And he hangs up.

“Hmm? Called for help?” The real Ortho questions. “Wait! If the darkness uses the people the dreamer likes to trap them here, then does that mean...?”

The door to Idia's room suddenly opens.

“Idia-senpai!” You enter the room, or rather, a version of yourself that Idia's dream created. And you were wearing Ignihyde's uniform. “Ortho called me... AH! What is that? Is this the impostor?”

“(Y-Y/N)!” Ortho stutters your name. “Wait! Why are you wearing Ignihyde's uniform?”

“Because Grim and I transferred here. Duh~”

“Hm?! And when was that?” Now Ortho was more curious to know more about that than to actually wake up his brother.

“When Idia and I started dating.”

“Wehehehe. And it even came with a bonus kitten.” Idia brags about it. “Best deal, ever. The best thing about being a Housewarden is being able to let them move into my dorm without anyone questioning it.”

“So you'd like them to transfer to Ignihyde? Is it so you don't have to go out to visit them?”

“DING DING DING!” Idia smiles enthusiastically talking about you. “Oh, c'mon, who wouldn't abuse their power to bring their little flower closer to them?”

“Little... Flower?” Ortho says almost astonished. He had never heard Idia speak like that about someone... real, at least.

Idia approaches you, or rather, the dream you, with an extremely confident smile and caresses your face. “My little flower~.” He holds your chin to turn your face towards his. “My little bird~.” he affectionately squeezes both of your cheeks with that hand. “My little nutmeg~”

“Cute aggwession.” Your-darknes-self warns between the lips compressed by the cheeks. Which didn't stop Idia from giving them a quick but strongly affectionate kiss.

‘I knew that Idia had a crush on (Y/N), but I wasn't expecting to see him so happy...’ Ortho thinks. ‘But I have to wake him up regardless!’

“Idia, that is not (Y/N). They are in Ramshackle dorm with Grim. And you never confessed your feelings to them. You barely have the courage to talk to them!”

“What? That's not... Okay, fine, but who doesn't get nervous just thinking about the possibility of being caught looking at their crush, let alone talking to them... Especially after practically kidnapping... Grim... URG!” His head starts to hurt again and the world starts to distort.

“He didn't need to confess to me.” Your-darkness-self said. “I confessed my feelings first.” They hold Idia's face to force him to look at them. “Don't listen to him, senpai~” The room gets darker and black goop starts to flood the room. “You don't need to leave your comfort zone to have me. I can do aaall the work for you... I'll jump into a whirlpool of souls if you need me to...”

Another figure forms from the black goop, a grown Ortho wearing the Royal Sword Academy uniform.

“And here I am too, Idy (Nii-chan). It'll all be okay now.”

“(Y/N)...? Ortho...?”

“Wait a second...” Ortho says. “Idia, does that black goop look like Ortho to you? No! Get away from there! Don't let the goop get you!”

“You don't need to think, Idy (Nii-chan). You're just tired from too much gaming. Get a little sleep.”

Idia begins to close his eyes, giving in.

“I don't think he hears me. Idia, no! IDIA (NII-SAN)!”

But Idia ends up being swallowed by the darkness.

When Idia opens his eyes again it was night and he was in the courtyard, dressed in his ceremonial robe. Malleus appears, also wearing his ceremonial robe, and tells Idia that it is almost time for orientation. Idia finds it strange, but he is almost ready to believe it and follow Malleus, until a ball of light appears in the sky and seems to be heading towards them. Idia panics because he thinks it's a meteorite that's going to destroy them, while Malleus simply wonders what that could be.

It was Ortho in his Cerberus Gear. Idia recognizes the Styx emblem and asks if that is a new powered suit his mom built, but Ortho can't explain anything at that moment because Malleus wants to put an end to that inconvenience and send Idia back into a deep sleep.

Malleus, in his Overblot form, and Ortho fight until the dream begins to shatter around them. Malleus withdraws, as his presence in that situation would no longer be necessary to destroy the little Shroud. In his panic, Idia begins to be swallowed by darkness again. Ortho tries to save him, but their mother's voice can be heard through the radio communicator in Ortho's gear, ordering him to get out of there. Realizing that the person in that suit was Ortho makes Idia's head hurt more and the darkness pulls him in harder. Until he is completely swallowed by that black goop.

After his fight in the underworld, and finally realizing that it was all a dream, everything goes dark again.

Lying down with his eyes still closed, he feels a kiss on his forehead. He begins to open his eyes slowly, as if he had just woken up and sees your face.

“Wakey-wakey~” Your-darkness-self says it in the cutest way you could possibly say it. But quickly, that changes. “Ugh, no, too cutsy. Don't make me do that again.”

“Hmm? What are you doing here?” Idia asks.

“Hum?! You make me be transferred to your dorm as soon as we start dating and you still ask what I'm doing here? What a boyfriend.” Your-darkness-self mocks. “Come on, Mister Housewarden, breakfast is ready.”

“Hum?! You make me breakfast?”

“Did you think I would trust you with that role, Chef Instant Noodles? Of course I am the one making you breakfast, for your sake and mine.”

“Aaaah... yeees, a hot significant other taking care of me... Every otako's dream... Heh... Hee hee... Ehehehehehee!”

“Even though I kind of like your psychopathic laugh, it still worries me. What’s the matter?”

“All those rare drops in my MMO...” Idia explains. “Pulling the triple SSR of my fave... Muscle Red never retiring from gaming, me attending orientation in persons... It was all a dream! Everything from start to finish was what I wished for! Classic otaku fantasy!”

“Huh? Wha? What are you...” Your-darkness-self tries to say, but Idia continued, talking over them.

“And In what world would my little brother EVER attend Royal Sword Academy? He wouldn't go to some bright, wholesome school full of guys so extroverted they make my stomach tie in knots.”

Idia's cell phone starts to vibrate.

“Hee hee... looks like someone got their cue to appear in the shot.” he answers the call with a sinister smile. “Ah... what perfect timing. Vil would be proud of you.”

“Hey... Hum? Vil?”

“Yeah, Vil Schoenheit. You know, the super beauty queen in charge of the Film Research Club. The club Ortho goes to.”

“Hm? What are you talking about? I'm not even in Night Raven College to attend that club. I-”

“No, you're right. You don't. I was talking about the humanoid Ortho, enrolled with me in Night Raven College, the school chock-full of SSR Epic Troublemakers. And then there's Phantom Ortho, down in the dark, gloomy Underworld. These are the only two brothers I have! And you are none of them!”

“What?! Wait, Id-”

“Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to do something I would normally avoid at all costs.” Idia finally looks directly at your-darkness-self again. “Resolve a matter in person.” And then, furious at his cell phone. “And I'll be submitting some very in-depth feedback to your customer support! GOODBYE, SIR.” he smiles in a frighteningly sinister way at your lookalike. “Now... about you...”

“Me? Idy-senpai, please listen to me.”

“Ah-ah-ah, sorry. I'm not into getting called cutesy pet names by anyone who's not a video game or anime character. With one single and unique exception.”

Your-darkness-self smiles seductively.

“Oh, no, no, no, no. Trust me, you have no reason to smile. Quite the opposite.”

“It's that stupid robotic copy of Ortho that's putting these things in your head, isn't it? Don't listen to-!”

Idia takes out his magic pen and makes ropes of black smoke form around Your-darkness-self to tie and gag them. By also trapping their legs, they lost their balance and fell to the ground with muffled complains.

“Hehe, cool trick huh? I've been practicing. This smoke is very useful for bringing things to me when I don't feel like getting up. Let's see if it can do the same with a person.” He make the black smoke take your look-alike to sit on his bed.

“Now I'm sure you're not the real (Y/N). They would never treat Ortho like that.” His sinister smile turns sweet for a moment. “In fact, I'm p. sure they're nicer to Ortho than to any other student.” The smile becomes disturbing again. “And looking at this face, knowing it's an impostor just irritates me more.”

He places his index finger on the impostor's chin to tilt their face slightly and seductively upward. “Using someone's crush as a puppet to manipulate them and get what you want from them. I'm not gonna lie, it's a really good strategy. And the best way to PISS ME OFF!” He aggressively grabs your look-alike's face by the cheeks while his hair turns red as he says this and his expression shows the deepest anger.

But soon after he becomes calmer again, or at least appears to be so, and lets go of your-darkness-self's face.

“Aaahh~ Yeah... It was really good to have (Y/N) with me... they are a quite cute otako fellow... and hot too when they get serious... But because they are such popular fave they deserve to have high standards. And not settle for a guy who barely has the courage to speak to them. They would never agree to do all this awesome things for me out of the blue and just because.”

He was smiling slightly talking about you, but then he gets annoyed again.

“I don't know what kind of otaku you had me for, but don't insult me by thinking that I'm one of those sick losers who wants a partner desperately in love with them simply because they exist. That's not only lame, but creepy as hell. A person who reduces their entire personality to be your significant other? What a turn off. Do you think I only like (Y/N) because they are pretty? Please, it takes a lot more than appearance to make me even remember a person.”

“I don’t know who's showing me this messed-up dream, if it is illusion magic or some evil syndicate's brainwashing headset. But let me tell you, your whole narrative sucks. If I can't have a happy ending, you just hit reset? ‘Yes, please meddle more!’ said literally no one, ever. Regardless of what the outcome is... Whether it counts as a happy ending is for ME to decide!”

He pauses for a moment to look at the terrified face of your look-alike.

“You know, the fact that this is a dream only makes things worse for you.” He says smiling. “‘Cause, you know, I'm a p. reasonable guy. If you were a real person I'd still try to resolve things more peacefully. But since I know you're not...” He violently grabs the thick smoke as if grabbing them by the collar and says with red flame hair “I CAN BURN YOU TO A CRISP! But not with that face...”

He grabs your-darkness-self’s face in a way that covers it with just one hand and starts burning it between muffled screams of pain that began to distort as the figure turned into black goop as well. When that was no longer your face, Idia squeezed it in anger and increased the flames until the figure melted into goop and disappeared into the ground.

Idia takes a moment to take a deep breath.

“You're there right, Ortho?”

“Welcome back, Idia.” Ortho reappears on Idia’s screen.

Idia apologizes for the hurtful things he said to Ortho and talks about how incredible he was in his mission. After a heartwarmingly little chat between brothers, Idia asks what in the world was actually going on?

“I understand everything now.” Idia says after Ortho's explanation. “Or at least, I wish I did. But learning Mom's seen everything on my PC was too of a shock to my system. All I've managed to process other than that is Malleus is some kind of ginormous cheater...?”

“Look, um, it was an emergency. Don't let it get to you, okay?”

“Easy for you to say! She's totally seen THAT now. And THAT... She's seen it all... *shock* She... SHE SAW (Y/N)'S FOLDER! SHE KNOWS ABOUT MY CRUSH!”

While Idia was lamenting about that, Ortho remembered that during one of the conversations with their mother...

“Hmm... Orthy... I really don't want to intrude on Idy's privacy, but... Hmm... does he have any friend at school that he or you never told me about?”

“A friend? I try to help him make friends, but I don't think he's ever considered any Night Raven College student as one. Why do you ask?”

“Oh, I just... that... that student without magic, (Y/N), I have almost no information about them, but... what do you think of them?”

“(Y/N)? I consider them a good person, especially compared to most Night Raven College students. They are also quite diligence and can be very caring. But why do you... ... Idia has a folder on them, doesn't he?”

“So, you know about Idy's crush?”

“Well, he never admitted it, but... I can read his vital signs when he talks about or is around (Y/N). I also know that he has already made some drawings and sketches of them.”

“Oh, I saw! They are so beaut- Huh, I mean...”

“I like (Y/N).” Ortho said smiling. “Idia once went to play some video-games in their dormitory lounge with some other students. And I can see that he feels very comfortable around them. (Y/N) respects Idia's space and time, but also likes to help me try to get him out of the room. They are very fun and attentive.”

Ortho didn't need to see his mother's face to know she had a huge smile behind her helmet.

“So why must I have my PC's contents laid bare for my mother to see?! It makes no sense...” Idia kept lamenting. “I just took 50 billion points of psychic damage, at least...” He loses strength in his legs and falls to the ground.

“It really was just an unfortunate accident. One nobody could have predicted...” Ortho says. “Don't worry though, Idia. Mom didn't make any comments about anything there...” Just that one small exception that Idia didn't need to know about.

“GAAAH!” he gets up. “Not low-key discretion! That's the LAST thing a young guy wants! If I didn't naturally incinerate blot, I'd absolutely be overblotting right about now!”

Blaming Malleus for this, Idia vowed to take revenge on him.

You, Grim, Silver and Sebek had just arrived at Ignihyde, or rather, Idia's dream, after Ortho had guided you there after leaving Lilia's dream.

Idia appeared and tried to explain a little of what was going on, until he remembered that he had not yet introduced himself to those two students from Diasomnia with whom he barely interacted with.

“I'm Idia Shroud, housewarden of Ignihyde.”

“Oh, of course! No wonder you looked familiar.” Sebek says. “You had a more... tabular form at orientation. This might be the first time I've had a proper look at you in person.”

“Oh, uh... Yeah. In the real world I attended remotely it seems...”

“I am Sebek Zigvolt of Diasomnia Dorm － freshman, class D, seat 33!” He said quite loudly. “And this is Silver. Same dorm, sophomore year! He always has that blank look on his face.”

“Eep! Talk about loud... Thought my eardrums were gonna rupture there. How do Malleus and his dormmates endure this decibel level at close range every day without ear damage...?” Idia says a little lower, while also thinking: ‘I hope (Y/N) didn't go deaf after spending so much time with him.’

“Sorry, Idia.” Silver apologizes. “I'll tell him to be more careful about that. Though I doubt you'd have to worry about ruptured eardrums in reality, considering we're in a dream － ah! Everyone, stay vigilant!” he suddenly shouts. “Idia, Grim, (Y/N)! Get behind me and Sebek!”

When he suddenly pulls you behind him, you lose your balance and end up bumping your back into Idia’s chest. As soon as this happens, the tips of his hair turned slightly pink. But even if he wanted to move away he wouldn't be able to because Sebek quickly joined Silver to cover you all and ended up making you crumpled against each other. Which made Idia get even more flustered.

“Mrah? What's the matter, Silver?” Grim asks trapped between you and him.

“If Idia's woken up from his dream, we should expect darkness to attack and try to pull him into an event deeper sleep.”

As Silver, Grimm, and Sebek talk about the possibility of Malleus appearing there at any moment, the physical pressure between you and Idia begins to increase and making it harder to breathe.

“Hrrrk... Pressure's... too much... can't breathe...!” Idia still tries to use his strength to create more space between you so that you can breathe too. The pink in his hair ends up disappearing as he is suffocating.

“Not to rain on your parade, but...” A familiar voice said. “We won't actually have to worry about Malleus Draconia or that black goop for a while.”

Ortho reveals himself and explains how they are safe in that dream. He also explains that he disappeared after guiding you there because he cannot appear in his normal form in Idia's dream because it triggers a critical error.

“So, I'll be sticking to a monitor display. Also... Idia's turning pale from oxygen deprivation. Could you please give him some room to breathe?”

Silver and Sebek walked away apologizing and Idia took a deep breath as if he had finally emerged from underwater.

“Whew, I almost set out on a journey to the Underworld... Thanks for the save, Ortho...”

Finally, it was time for Ortho to explain everything that had happened up until that moment. He and Idia tell you about his dream, but obviously hiding the part about your look-alike.

“So, uh... While you guys were chatting it up in Lilia's dream...” Idia says after Ortho said that they would need your help. “I was doing some brainstorming of my own. I've come up with a plan to escape this dream world － or rather, to do something about Malleus.”

“Operation Make Malleus Ugly Cry and Beg for Forgiveness?” You ask.

“Y-yeah, there you go.. Hee. Heehee.”

It may be a small detail that those who don't know Idia might not notice, but being able to understand him and his humor is a huge green flag. And Ortho knows this.

“Anyway, I threw together a video to go over the plan. Would you mind watching it?”

After they showed you the video and explained the plan, Sebek was ready to move on to the next dream. Until Idia warned that it would be a good idea for you to change your clothes so that when you enter your next dreams, the shock of wearing unfamiliar clothes would not be so great for the dreamer as to activate the defenses of Malleus’s spell. But since none of you can do it by yourselves, he installs an outfit-changing spell in your magestones.

“Here, lemme see your magical pens. Oh wait, you don't have one, do you, (Y/N)? Okay, I'll insert a chip with a technomantic program in your phone...”

While he was installing the ship he accidentally pressed one of the side buttons and your locked screen image appeared. It was the exact same image that Idia had on his tablet.

“HUH?! W-why do you have my voice call image as your background?!” Idia asks, surprised.

“Oh! Did I never tell you?” Ortho says. “Give me a second.” A sort of scanning sound is heard, as if he was looking for something in his memory files. “One result found.” he said in his robotic voice before speaking normally again. “The first time I was going to tell you, you were busy playing, so I ended up not doing it. I was talking to (Y/N) once and they said they thought your tablet’s image was cool. I asked them if they wanted a copy of the image for their phone and they said yes. That was a long time ago, though. It's good to know you still have it, (Y/N).”

“Y-you think it is cool?... I-In that case, I can customize an image for you.” Idia started talking excitedly. “I can make a version with a different color, it can even be pink if you want.” The more excited he got about it, the more confident he became and the faster he spoke. “And I can change the eyes too, I can turn them around and make them look like they’re smiling, or I can just rotate them a little bit like they're half-closed, like in an cool annoyed way.”

“Focus on the task!” Grim complained. “Don't you want us to change our clothes?”

“Uh-uh... Y-yeah... S-sorry, I’m on it.” He gets a little shy again.

If you tell him that you accept the offer and that you can talk about it later when that whole dream thing is sorted out, he'll give you that sweet little smile of his.

“There, installation complete.”

“Here you go, everyone!” Ortho says. “You can have your magical pens and smartphone back.”

“Hm? You said you installed something in my magical pen, but it seems no different to me.” Sebek comments.

“Each of you, face your implement of choice...” Idia explains. “And say: 'DREAMY MAGICAL MAKEOVER!'”

“WHAT?! What is this bizarre spell?!”

“You gotta say a cool catchphrase when you change outfits.” Idia smiles amusedly. “That's a staple of transformation scenes in children's anime. That was a joke, for the record. Or at least, half a joke... Thing is, spells should ideally specific phrases to avoid setting them off by accident. And I did make this for the benefit of a bunch of sprouts who can't even do basic outfit changes on their own. I'm busy enough with dev work as it is. So get on with it!”

Regardless of how you say it, Idia will secretly find it very cute, but if you say it shyly he will find it even cuter.

“You want me to save the video of this to share with you later, don't you?” Ortho discreetly asks his brother who confirms.

A screen appears in front of each of you with clothing options: School Uniform, PE Uniform, Labwear, Ceremonial Robes and Dorm Uniform. Ortho tells you to try tapping the outfit you'd like to wear.

You start by trying on the ceremonial robes or the labwear, but you wonder what would happen if you tapped the Dorm Uniform option, because Ramshackle doesn't have a Dorm Uniform.

“Maybe it was a default error.” Idia assumes. “Either nothing happens or there might be some weird glitch... or...”

“AAAH! WAIT!” Ortho and Idia say worriedly in unison after thinking of another possible outcome.

But it was too late and you had already pressed the button to find out. The clothes you had on... transform into the Pomefiore dorm uniform.

“It's random...” The brothers sighed in relief.

“What's wrong?” Silver asks. “Could something dangerous have happened?”

“N-no, just... d-don't worry about it... p-programming stuff.” Idia responds, trying to hide the embarrassment with a smile.

You tap it again and the uniform changes to the Heartslabyul one. Meanwhile, the others also tried their own menus to change clothes and Grim insisted that he also wanted to do that.

“Not like you really need it, Grim...” Idia says. “But I guess I could set it up for you as well.”

“Really?! Gimme, gimme!”

If you thank Idia for doing that for Grim, he will say it's no big deal with a mix of smugness and flusteredness.

While Grim is also having fun changing clothes, you tap the Dorm Uniform option once again and your Heartslabyul’s Dorm Uniform changes to... Ignihyde's. This surprises Idia who immediately sets his sights on you.

“(Y/N). look! All I gotta do is push a button, and I can change into all sortsa outfits!” Grim was changing outfits too quickly.

“Don't forget, Grim, these tools are strictly to assist the user.” Ortho warns him. “The magic for those outfit changes is still drawn from the one casting the spell. And (Y/N), you probably shouldn't go overboard with the smartphone tool either. But before you change your outfit again, can I ask you for something?”

You nod.

“Will you let me take a picture of you with Idia in your Ignihyde uniforms?” He asks in the most cutely convincing way.

Idia even takes a little jump in place, surpriced by that request as well. And he only gets even more flustered when you accept. He would be against that if it weren't for you.

“You two can be such normie sometimes.” Idia says with a shy smile.

You get closer to him and the tips of his hair turn a little pink again. And as soon as Ortho said he was going to take the picture, Grim says he wants to be in it too and jumps into your arms.

“It's funny.” You point. “Grim matches the uniforms.” You lift him up a little. “And your hair.”

Ortho laughs with you and Idia smiles amusedly too, while looking at you foundly.

“Aw, you should be in the picture too, Ortho.” You say.

“Don't worry, I can put myself in the picture through editing.”

“In that case, let's pose as if you were here too. This will make it look more natural when editing.”

Ortho is very happy with your idea and tells you that he will stand on the other side of his brother. He takes a picture of you next to Idia and holding Grim between the two of you.

“If at any point (Y/N) presses the button again and Diasomnia's uniform appears I can take another picture of (Y/N) with you two, Silver and Sebek Zigvolt, if you want.” Ortho suggests, to divert any suspicion from him and Idia.

“I think Lilia and Malleus would also like to see that too.” Silver says in a chuckle,and smiled slightly.

“I recommend setting your default to the Night Raven College uniform.” Idia returns to the main topic. “That one can cover most situations you'll be in.”

You all change into that uniform and were ready to move on to the next dream. After you leave with Ortho, part of his consciousness returns to Idia’s side to ask him something.

“If (Y/N) asks me for a copy of the photo... do you want me to edit your hair to remove the pink ends? Heh heh heh.”

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[bluecookies02]

Viktor x Reader

tags: nsfw, suggestive but on a spiritual lvl 🤌 hurt/comfort. robo viktor and intimacy basically.

[established relationship]

Viktor's new body doesn't feel physical pleasure. Doesn't feel friction or warmth to any extensive degree.

But you'll often find yourself placed on his lap, with him guiding your hips to grind against his own. His arms guiding yours around his shoulder, neck, back...wherever your heart desires to leave a ghost of an imprint. He traces your skin with fingertips that don't really feel any pressure whatsoever, but his soul yearns to touch you like he used to.

And he does. It makes him desperate at first...lost and heartbroken. He has to learn to calculate better, in fear of not giving you a good enough illusion that he is still as human as he was, still an attentive lover that he used to be.

The kind that would spend hours making you feel good, loved and precious. He used to push himself to exhaustion just because he needed to show you his affections thoroughly.

He still would. He still does. Every little speck of him that is left within this new vessel, he selflessly gives to you. The shudders that he lets out when you whine and moan are raw and real, the adoration in his eyes when he does something right and you gasp...it's for you only.

He can feel your emotions and hear your thoughts when the connection between you is at its peak. Once you place your forehead against his and you fall apart under his skilled hands, he can experience the ecstasy similar to the one he used to when he was mortal.

It's yours. It's borrowed. But it gets him high. The fraction of your pleasure that he can feel through your bond makes him addicted, insatiable. It can be considered selfish when he thinks about it more in depth, however it isn't.

Because he would do it all just for you...even if he couldn't feel a single thing, he knows he would always feel utter love and devotion towards everything that makes you. Your plump lips, your eager hands, your honey coated words, your mind and intelligence, your familiarity.

He'd rip himself apart and turn to nothing if it made you happy.

So he's quick to learn. He learns how to press his cold lips against yours just right...all over again. Relearns how to touch you in ways he used to know by heart. The instincts that seemed to die with his body, he has to fabricate.

There's beauty in those calculations. It comforts him. Because those seemingly "robotic" efforts are naked proof that his love for you will never falter, no matter the form he takes on.

He knows that you see his struggles, notice the smaller errors he makes in rhythm, in the gentleness or the roughness of his movements. But as always, you understand him and his body, the state of it, the "faults" as he used to call them, which you always said you'd love, no matter what they were.

This stayed constant in your relationship from before and now. Your stubbornness to love him through everything , even this, and he'd be a fool to not repay you.

So he makes love to you, under the glossy, shiny stars and then under the morning sunrise, on the wet grass or the cloudy floor of his hidden universe. You'll feel him molding his body for you and pouring his soul into you until you're crying, panting and shaking underneath him.

He'll swallow the screams from your lips as you crumble for him, and he'll engrave them so deep within himself so that nothing could rip them away.

Noone can ever love me like the fictional men in my head and I'll have to accept that eventually . Anyways I hope you enjoyed this blurb, if you did, stay tuned bc this blog is slowly turning into a Viktor shrine.

requests are set to open while this season's high fuels me, so feel free to drop by🩵

[rulerofthetanakaempire]

Tch.. Of course he would do such a thing to you. A newborn soul such as you getting so easily swayed.. How pitiful.

And so it seems Mortal Souda hasn't actually perished. And from what I've gathered, even has a mechanical replacement... > @rulerofthetanakaempire

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[dark-lord-of-awesomeness]

DarkLord. DarkLord what does Maurice think about the Jurassic Park debacle. Please tell me I gotta know. Do they tag along to watch. Does it happen on the one day they decide to take a break from their favorite show and go check in on some other spawn. Do they try to help or just watch in horrorified fascination as Shifty and Stan fight dinosaurs. Please tell me

Also also. How disgusted do they and Stan get about Emma-May making the dinosaurs part shifter

Hmm..... let me think....

I almost always operate by 'rule of funny' so the funniest thing for me is if Maurice is spying on the day Stan's going in to tour the dino park. They can't miss a special episode of 'Stan's life' after all, but they also can't let Stan see them. So they're upstairs, pretending to be one of the scientist or something when the whole place goes on lock down and they watch all the screens Fiddleford is frantically pulling down (Fiddleford only agreed to help Emma-May with her project to help manage his robo mania and to try and mend bridges so that there's less fighting over Tate. This ruins that attempt).

Thankfully both of the shapeshifters that could have called Maurice out for being there are downstairs when the whole thing goes down. Not so thankfully they are both downstairs, and Maurice watches them both throw secrecy out the window in the name of punching and beating up every dinosaur they come across. There is no horror movie anymore (except for the fact that Shifty and Stan are horror monsters) just a straight comedy of attempted horror that gets instantly smashed as both shifters beat up everything that wants to try. Stan's only marginally more subtle about it, trying to avoid dinos when possible, but he's still very much on camera shapeshifting.

They are holding their head in their hands. Its a nightmare scenario, and then they're scrambling to delete all the tapes in such a way that no one finds it suspicious. Which involves just straight burning/ destroying everything. So Emma-May doesn't get to watch her babies get syruped on repeat.

On the flip side, it is the first and maybe only time that Maurice willingly shows up, forces everyone involved to sit in the living room, and does the Maurice equivalent of yelling at them. Which doesnt involve yelling, but is just them listing out what they saw (Shapeshifting on camera, stolen DNA, stolen DNA used to modify dinosaurs without telling anyone, dinosaurs that caused havoc and nearly escaped) and what future consequences of those actions might be (Hunted down, experimented on, stolen stolen DNA used to create shapeshifter hybrid armies, shapeshifting dinosaurs on the loose) then list what they are going to do about it if any of those consequences happen(Lock down, they will ruin everyone's life. they will take Shifty away. they will take Stan away. They will bring the full might of their circle down on this house and strip it of anything shifter related. Stan might be versatile, but Maurice is very old, and has contacts and favors they will use to make sure Stan can't see Ford for the next decade. If Emma-May tries anything like this again, they will make her disappear).

Then they are there. they are in the house, watching everyone. They are not leaving, and everyone's going to know about them watching their every move, until they disappear without a word. Then they are watching them from the trees, and they are mailing detailed descriptions of what certain members of the house (Emma-May) have been doing when no ones seen them. This is a threat.

Stanley is very upset with Emma-May over the whole dino DNA modification. So upset, she looses her bug body viewing privileges. Its devastating for her. At this point Stan's barely comfortable with getting the whole arm bugged, she hasn't seen the rest of him, and Shifty's form just doesnt have the same mysterious appeal. Stan might look different! They don't know! The colors already don't match, what else!

I need you to imagine Emma-May, kneeling with a boom box outside of Stan's window here. Thats the immediate effects of the dino incident. Like a break up, but its a scientist and the bug they want to study under a microscope but has person hood and rights. Stan's going moss already, clinging to Fords chest and making him wheeze as he shakes his head at Emma-May through the window for hurting Stan's feelings and making Ford suffer for it.

[ask-robokasa-and-rui]

It’s our anniversary!

Tags: @aspenii @bobcross1010 @mizuribbons @kiwi-does-stuff @scodscod @dazeddoofus @kusanagi-nene-official-mod @kitchenaidmixer02

The remaining story:

After Rui gets turned into Ruirobo, the gang find him next to the empty hospital bed. Kanade suspects that Saki was behind this and told everyone to "prepare"

Meanwhile our robo girl trio,

Mafurobo explains to Emurobo and Nenerobo that she and Emu have dead spirits in them that control their robot-selves. And the shadow on the wall, behind Emu, is the spirit that controlled her. Ena Shinonome. But just then, Saki breaks in. She starts dashing to the robots. Emu tries calming her down, but she gets torn to pieces in the process. Next, Mafuyu gets crushed. Nene manages to escape, being face to face with Tsukasa. He explains Rui's new predicament to her and she agrees to help.

After their preparation was over, the gang go to the warehouse. There, they find Saki. She tells the whole story to Rui as she tries to get a hold of him. Thanks to Tsukasa, they managed to weaken her a bit. Nene tells her (Saki) how it's all over now. In a moment of despration, Saki creates a fire that covers the whole warehouse. Nene ran to the room with the tubes and found Rui's body in there. As she was trying to get him out, water went through her system, causing her break down. Kanade and Minori help the body up and run. Tsukasa glances at Saki once more before running off aswell. However, he gets crushed while trying to escape. Rui survives and returns to his normal body, and he uses the mini-robokasa to re-build the normal one.

Now that we're closing this story, let me show you the premise of the revamped version!

In an apocalyptic country with no escape, Rui and Mizuki, both 7 years old, live as the only people left. While they wait for rescue to come, they decide to build homes in this place. Years past, they're 23, no hope. They made peace with the place they were in, until-

-Rui, who had a strong interest in robots since he was little, a whole ahh lab full of abandoned robots. He decided to fix them up and see what they'll do, and they worked! Now he, Mizuki and the robots have to find ways to survive in the wastelans of a country.

[i-want-the-rock-i-need-the-rock]

OKAY I have squinted at the Murderbot tv show and here are my thoughts

-Apple really did blow their entire tv budget on Severance, huh. It really looks like they're trying to keep costs down. Like, in the book the planet they're on is described as having forests and beaches but here it's just Sand. I mean for me it kind of reminds me of old Star Trek eps where they'd just drive out to like Palm Springs and pretent this patch of desert was a COMPLETELY ALIEN PLANET so I found it kind of charming.

-The presumed cost-cutting shows in other changes, too, most notably cutting down the Presaux crew. Which, like, I get. Volescu is only in book 1 and never shows up again, so you don't lose much by cutting him. And I can see the thought behind just combining Arada and Overse into one character and tagging in Pin Lee to be Arada's wife instead. It was a little surprising at first but I got over it quickly.

-Another thing things from the books that got left out that I am more upset about was Murderbot's more robotic-y parts. It mentions that it has to pretend to be an augmented human because there's no way it could pass for a regular one. The impression I got was that it only really looks human from the shoulders up and elbows down, and even then you can see its gun ports. It says that its legs and feet are completely nonhuman and it has to keep them covered, too. This contributed to it struggling to integrate into human society, since if it's not careful to cover these parts up it's immediately obvious that it's not human. And then in the show it just. Looks like a regular-ass person out of armor. This was most likely a budget problem out of the creative team's control but I wanted my robo-legs. We do see that MB has no anatomy down there, though.

-Loved the Sanctuary Moon clips. Loved that MB is explicitly quoting it whenever it doesn't know what to say. Perfect, no notes.

-Not sure how I feel about them immediatly figuring out it's alien remnants. It's a small change, but there's already a lot of small changes and they're starting to add up. In the book they probably wouldn't have realized it if GreyCris hadn't jumped to conclusions and tried to kill them, emphasizing their greed and paranoia. IDK it's the little things.

-Was going to be miffed that MB didn't go along to check out the map spot but having it and Gurathin perform autism on autism violence on each other while Pin Lee Ratthi and Arada have a threesome in the next room was Sending Me so I'm letting it slide.

-I saw some folks talking about Arada trying to use he/him for MB while Gurathin agressively uses it/its but for me at least it...kind of worked. The kicker is that nobody actually asked MB how it wants to be addressed, they just started making assumptions. This goes with the running theme in the book that, while the Presaux gang is nice and well-meaning, they can still fall into the same pitfalls all humans can when dealing with bots/constructs/AIs. MB mentions that bots are either treated as tools that can go haywire any second or are infantalized like pets. The Presaux gang's main arch is learning to stop assuming they know what MB wants and start listening to it as its own person. It's the reason MB runs away at then end of the first book, and this just felt like planting that seed early on.

-That said they are making some choices wirh Arada that are setting of some little alarm bells so will continue to monitor the situation going forward.

-I hate to admit it but Skarsgard genuinely does a great job as MB. It's so weird because he looks nothing like how I pictured MB but acts exactly how I pictured MB. Honestly the performances overall were solid everybody did a good job.

-Yeah I agree with someone else's post that they would've liked it better if they hadn't read the books. It's honestly not bad and I do like it on its own, but it's not the books.

-So yeah. Bit of a mixed bag, but leaning towrd posative feelings. For now. We'll see how the rest of season pans out.

[ssruis]

Re: “don’t people make fun of Tsukasa. Even a little bit”

I’m also guilty of forgetting that tsukasa is generally pretty well liked regardless of his freak behavior and obnoxious personality. However. KAITO comments on his natural charisma in his Kamiyama Fes story:

And bear in mind, this is when he’s directing a play with his classmates as actors so he’s in his True Freak Element.

In Tsukasa’s Kamiyama Fes card story he shows them Romeo Battle Royale which they all think is Dumb As Hell (fair), but they also think it’s funny & that this is deliberate. They’re not laughing *at* him or mocking him, they’re assuming - incorrectly but he does not gaf - that they’re laughing with him.

& later on in the card story you, even though they thought he was a weirdo initially, they had fun under his direction and even compliment him.

Which is kind of a running theme with a lot of his interactions with new people. “This guy is an egotistical weirdo” -> “This guy is an egotistical weirdo but he’s also genuinely nice and a decent guy” -> “He’s a freak but he is also my friend & I have fun with him.” & this has been true from a young age, as you can see in Pandemonium:

Tsukasa: When I first proposed the idea, everyone booed me for not choosing between tag or hide and seek and rattling on about this "show" business...

Tsukasa: However, after I began performing, they quickly followed suit. Through my show, we all had a chance to play both games!

Tsukasa *is* self centered, and he does have a high opinion of himself, but he’s not interested in putting other people down to make himself feel better. In fact, he also has a pretty high opinion of others and isn’t shy about making that known, which contributes to his likability.

(Outside of the main WxS story. Him yelling at Nene there was more out of frustration towards himself and the failed show, but that’s a different and lengthy discussion I don’t wanna get into here. It is important to keep in mind that he definitely became less “I’m the only one who matters here” and more “I’m great but so are other people” after it, though.)

You can see more clear examples of this in Nene’s earlier card stories as her opinion of him shifts to be more positive. From her initial 2*:

Nene: Rui has taken Robo-Nene for upgrades...

Nene: And once they're complete, I'd like to perform together with her.

Nene: (Tsukasa will probably shoot down my suggestion because he wouldn't want Robo-Nene to steal his spotlight.)

Tsukasa: Okay, so we'd be using Robo-Nene for our next play. But what sort of performance do you have in mind?

Nene: Huh?

Nene: (That...was a more positive reaction than I was expecting.)

Nene: Well that... That depends on what upgrades Rui is going to give her...

Rui: If I might offer my suggestion, the play could begin with only Robo-Nene on stage...

Emu: Hmm, yeah! That's cool! Let's tumble with this idea!

Tsukasa: It's let's roll with, not tumble!

Tsukasa: Anyhow, I like the novelty of it. You got me on board.

Nene: That's...cool.

And from her Kamiyama Fes card story:

[After Nene gives her idea for their next show’s plot]

Nene: Um... We're really doing this?

Tsukasa: Hey, what's this now? It was your own suggestion!

Tsukasa: Okay, we've got the basics down. Now to hammer out the details!

Nene: (Th-They're really going with my suggestion...)

[…]

Nene: (It might be even more fun if you could get different stuff each day or week...)

Tsukasa: Nene, do you have anything you'd like to add?

Nene: Huh?

Tsukasa: Don't be shy. It's your story after all!

Nene: Um... I-I was just about to say something, okay?

[…]

Tsukasa: Nene! I'm going to start writing the script. I need some more input from you.

Nene: Huh? But I already told you everything.

Tsukasa: That couldn't have been everything! This is your chance to make yourself heard and create your very own play. Don't pass it up!

Nene: (What happened to his overblown ego? He's always so pushy about putting what he wants in the script.)

Nene: Fine, I'll see what else I can think of... But you need to contribute too, okay...?

Rui also echos what KAITO said in Kamiyama Fes later in Nene’s Gleaming Stars side story:

& you can see that this is true with how well he gets along with the other people in the workshop in his own Gleaming Stars card story.

In Pandemonium, he also gets along well with his own group in his card story despite being very… himself. And trying to make a star shaped cup on a spinning pottery wheel.

And in the second part of that card story, 1) we learn that he frequently talks with them, and 2) Rui’s group reveals that Tanaka, Yamaguchi, and Fujiwara are all considered popular and cool.

…which is something Tsukasa evidently does not pay attention to or care about. Guy who is immune to the high school social order because he just treats all his peers equally. They’re all future fans friends to him.

From his Kamiyama Fes card again:

I think that even if he notices people laughing at him/thinking he’s bizarre, he views it with this mindset and brushes it off pretty quickly. He’s very confident in himself! He likes himself! Why would he pay attention to any negativity aimed towards something he has no desire to change (his personality)? His loved ones (saki, toya, wxs) all like him just the way he is, so he likes himself just the way he is, and that’s all there is to it.

^ That ofc depends on whether or not he even realizes people aren’t singing his praises. Also from is Kamiyama Fes card story:

Akito & Mizuki are like wow he just said something kinda smart & Tsukasa’s immediate reaction is “they admire me so much I must give them a token of appreciation” (which he also did in Akito’s initial 3 star (?) where he gave Akito & Toya PXL tickets despite Akito pretty clearly not wanting them).

He’s kind of the opposite of Nene, in that Nene enters just about every social interaction going “they’re gonna think I’m so weird what do I even say they don’t want to talk to me at all (spiraling)” & Tsukasa enters every social interaction going “I am so great I bet they’re happy to talk to me (regardless of how they act) and they are enjoying this conversation.” He doesn’t take it seriously when someone like Shiho or Akito are like “🙄 oh great it’s this guy”, and he esp doesn’t take it seriously when wxs poke fun at him.

As readers/viewers who see A Lot of him, it’s pretty easy to go “he is so fucking weird. How do people like him,” but that ignores that most characters find his antics pretty entertaining. Take Mizuki as an example, because even after knowing him for a short period of time she was like “oh this dude is a riot I love it.” As for the characters who found him obnoxious at first, after spending enough time around him to see that he’s a nice guy underneath the ego and attitude, he wins them over (Nene). That, or he earns their respect (Shiho and Akito) which later leads to actual friendship once they’ve built up a tolerance to his personality through repeated exposure.

TLDR:

1) Other characters find Tsukasa funny/entertaining and are able to see that he’s a genuine and kind guy underneath the ego.

2) He’s very extroverted and has zero issues striking up a conversation with literally anyone, whether they’re very popular or someone who doesn’t socialize at all. He treats his peers equally.

2.5) this, coupled with the fact that he’s very friendly, makes people enjoy talking to him and view him as a friend pretty quickly (gesturing at the fact that he still talked to Asahi after Curtain Call and how quickly Bakuno opened up to him).

3) Self confidence will get you everywhere, and he has a lot of that. Some would say too much.

4) Even if someone doesn’t like him very much, he either doesn’t notice or doesn’t give a fuck. People are laughing at him? Well, they’re having a good time and that’s what matters. Denseness + self love is an incredible shield.

Tsukasa is like if you combined a jester/clown with a very extroverted friendly dog. Yes Kamiyama students/fellow actors/his friends/etc think he’s an egotistical weirdo, but he’s THEIR egotistical weirdo, and they (for the most part) enjoy his freak behavior.

[xinsareforever]

please robo ky relationship hcs pleaseeeeeee....

Robo-Ky x GN!reader

Topic: Relationship hcs

A/N: BRO SKIPPED THE LINEEE THATS CRAZYYY/JJJ WAIT OMG THEY HAVE NOTHER ROBO-KY ONE TOO?!?!

Tags: Fluff

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-Robo-Ky isn’t just loud, he’s over-the-top. Expect him to show his affection with explosions—literally. “WATCH THIS, BABE!” he’ll shout as fireworks go off in the background, with his robotic laughter echoing. Everything he does to impress you is a spectacle.

- Sometimes, his voice pitch goes haywire, causing him to speak in odd accents or pitch shifts mid-conversation. He'll start in his normal tone, then suddenly switch to a high-pitched squeal, making both of you burst into laughter.

R.K-“Oops, guess I’m too excited to be around you!”

-Despite his clownish behavior, Robo-Ky genuinely cares about you. He’ll throw himself into taking care of you, but in the most extra way possible. If you’re cold, he’ll bring you a mountain of blankets and insist,

R.K-“WARMTH OVERLOAD ACTIVATED!” [While flailing his arms dramatically.]

-His compliments are absurd and exaggerated. “YOU'RE HOTTER THAN A SUPERCOMPUTER IN OVERDRIVE!” or “I’VE SEEN THE UNIVERSE, BUT NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU!” He has no concept of subtlety, and his compliments come out of nowhere, often accompanied by exaggerated gestures and poses.

-Robo-Ky is both oblivious and overly protective at the same time. If you’re walking down the street and someone so much as glances at you, he’ll zoom in front of you, arms spread wide, You have to remind him not everything is a battle scenario- (I still love him)

- Robo-Ky views everything as a training opportunity. He’ll challenge you to playful sparring matches out of nowhere, saying, “Let’s get physical! For research, of course.” He makes sure to go easy on you but can’t resist throwing in some flashy, unnecessary moves just for show.

- Despite all the chaos, Robo-Ky can be romantic. He’ll hand you flowers and say, “These are for you, my perfect human!” while striking a ridiculous pose. But in those rare quiet moments, when he’s not trying too hard to be funny, his sincerity comes through, and those moments melt your heart.

- Robo-Ky gets hyped up about everything. Going to the store? “MISSION ACCEPTED! LET’S ROLL!” Movie night? “PREPARE FOR AN EPIC CINEMATIC ADVENTURE!” His constant excitement brings energy to even the most mundane things.

[moon-buggg]

hi hi hi!

I just looked through the entirety of the haunted house au tag (again) and i don’t think i saw u answer this sorta ask yet sooooo….

does y/n ever bring stuff from the outside world into the haunt for the boys? ik you’ve written about movies, but i was thinking about toys, props, little gifts and souvenirs from the places they visit. Showing the boys photos and videos on their phone.

i know that i definitely would be thinking about my weird endearing robo clown coworkers all the time when i was away from the job and want to show them little bits of the world outside since they cant experience it for themselves. im curious also if the haunt management would actually discourage this sorta thing but y/n sneaks nicknacks in anyway 😝

also…

i have something coming ur way very very soon…🤫… i was gonna not say anything until i posted but im really excited and couldn’t help myself 🫨

also also wishing you a swift recovery!

oooh I hadn't considered this! It's very cute ^^

I could very much see yn showing the boys pictures and memes and shit on their phone or when they bring a laptop in for movie night. Physical gifts would be a bit harder, because the boys don't have any sort of space to like. actually keep stuff you know? The closest thing would be Sun's 'stage' for his scenes with yn, but thats part of the show and very much can't be decorated. Any gifts would have to be hidden away, most likely in the vents/crawl spaces Moon uses to sneak between rooms.

but now that you've suggested it I can't stop thinking about it it's so fun! Like imagine they have to do some repair work on the vents and they just find a shit ton of random stuff with no explanation for how it got there?? And yn and the boys both just have to be like 'thats sooo weird! wonder who's responsible?' and walk away while whistling.

I think if management caught wind they'd probably have a sit down talk with yn about not anthropomorphizing the animatronics. Because, yes, they move and talk like humans and can respond to what you're saying, but they don't have feelings. They don't need gifts. And it would be really awkward for everyone involved (and very embarrassing/frustrating for yn who Knows the boys are more sentient than everyone thinks) and would probably drive a further wedge between yn and the rest of their coworkers because like. that's Weird right?? That the scare actor seems to think the animatronics are Actually alive???

Anyways if I was yn I would bring them clown themed objects

Very very excited to see what you've got in the works I love your art!!! <3<3

Also thank you ^^ I seem to be on the upswing thankfully lol

[robo-sleuths-robot-detectives]

ROBO SLEUTHS: FAQ

Will update with the things people ask a LOT about the Robo Sleuths, plus a few extra questions I can easily answer.

1. What is Robo Sleuths: Robot Detectives?

According to the RSRD community: "Enid is an optimistic and spunky go-getter who has been in a very deep rut recently. She hasn't been able to get a job as an entertainer, she's been very close to getting kicked out of her property (twice), her alcohol problem hasn't been getting any better, and, oh yeah, she still secretly thinks the robot thing sucks. But recently, she's been presented with a new opportunity: a chance to work as a paid detective for an anonymous source, if she can solve a case. Given she took a crime course in college she sees this as a great opportunity to gather her life together. In her newfound career, she encounters a plethora of sleuths, including a human-like yet pessimistic computer, a quiet robot with a secret past life, a threatening interviewer with a wide-eyed stare, and a guy there just for the benefits. But the deeper she goes into this crime rabbit hole, the more she uncovers about the shady town- and perhaps the robot business itself."

2. Who are the characters?

I'll be honest... I need to make a document for that; there are quite a few of them. But you can check out the "robo sleuths: robot detectives" tag for a start! (To find all the posts you may need to scour the "robosleuths" and "robotdetectives" series tags as well.)

3. Are Enid and Rodney married?

No, Enid and Rodney are not married in canon. The drawing I made is for an AU, which was stated just below the cut but which I really should've put above it. They do have an on-and-off situationship for the most part, though.

4. Is Rodney cool/Does he pull?

...no.

5. What's with the robots?

(I have started calling them robos to distinguish them from pure robots but) The robos are humans that have been turned into machines for various reasons, including appearance or medical reasons! The robots, on the other hand, are wholly machine/AI.

6. What is the series' age rating?

Currently, the series is rated 14+ or TV-14 DLSV (though I'm uncertain whether to keep the language part as I don't tend to swear with these projects). As I develop the series, though, it may be a little more mature and get a TV-MA rating (17+)... time'll tell.

7. How do I find a specific character?

Besides the tabs on the website version, you'll be able to find a character by searching for #robo sleuths [character name]. Keep in mind not all characters and posts are tagged yet!

[cacophonouscatharsis]

I've perused the Arcane critical tag somewhat, and a lot of people have a lot of valid points that I agree with. I haven't seen anyone talking about my biggest issue in terms of the events of the plot. My biggest overall issue is the writing which feels rushed, but like, an actual event that happened in the story that drives me nuts is Viktor and Jayce in the alternate reality. Maybe I'm missing something and my "media literacy" is garbo but I don't understand what happened. Keep in mind I know nothing about LoL lore so maybe there's some lore for some other thing that explains these things. Also keep in mind I am very verbose and I like to cover all my bases so things will be rambly

So the wild rune beneath the hex gate as I understand it from only watching the second season once. Is an unthinking unfeeling force. Just raw random arcane that can send you to alternate dimensions and timelines, and probably a host of other weird things. So it sends Ekko and Heimerdinger to an alternate reality where seemingly everything is exactly the same except Vi died, which has a butterfly effect that leads to a wholly different Piltover. Okay cool. Jayce, for whatever reason gets sent to a different reality. I presume it's because Jayce had the Hextech hammer and rune in his armband which set him apart. Unless Viktor from the doomed timeline somehow controlled the wild rune from across realities and intentionally summoned Jayce to his reality, but it didn't seem like that was the case. Anyway so Jayce gets there, see Old Viktor who then vanishes. Jayce sees doomed Piltover and walks its streets, getting spooked by Old Viktors robo slave people and then falls into a fissure, severely hurting his leg in the process.

My first issue is, why does Old Viktor just...let Jayce suffer? I know it's thematic or whatever to give Jayce a busted leg like Viktor, but why would a character whose all modus operandi is to reduce suffering just let his old partner starve and writhe in a hole in the ground? It doesn't seem to make sense for his character.

So he just kinda chills atop the hex gate until Jayce gets there, no doubt almost dying a bunch of times along the way. I'm sure Viktor coulda just teleported/fly up there with Jayce at any point. Jayce sees himself holding the hammer, which we later find out is the exact place he'll end up in our own reality. Therefore, I assume this doomed reality is exactly the same as the reality Jayce is from, only Viktor wasn't stopped, and achieved his "glorious evolution." By exactly the same, I mean Viktor was shot by Jayce and was resurrected to become evil Viktor in his own timeline just like he does in Jayce's.

In how the show plays out we don't see Old Viktor till the last episode, but Jayce does, and is sent back to prevent his own reality from becoming doomed. From my perspective Old Viktor and Jayce's actions from this point make no sense. Let's handle the former first. So if this doomed reality is exactly the same as Jayce's, other than Viktor getting his way, couldn't Old Viktor tell Jayce exactly what to do in order to avoid that from happening? I feel like if Jayce just let the Viktor of his timeline touch him and see what he saw, just like what happens later, Viktor would've come to the realization that his plan is wrong. He wouldn't have made the deal with Singe and Ambessa, Vander wouldn't have gone nuts and everything probably would've turned out a lot better.

In telling Jayce almost nothing about how to fix his own reality, Jayce decides "Okay so I gotta kill my Viktor and everything will be okay." Which leads me to my issues with Jayce. He....just kills Viktor. No talking it out, no allowing Viktor to see what he saw in the doomed timeline. Nothing. It seems absurd. And ONLY later when Viktor is super evil is when Jayce tries to talk it out.

"I just want my partner back." Then why did you try to kill him on sight? I'm sure from his perspective he doesn't know that Viktor is not yet wholly evil. He sees Salo being possessed and is like "Oh man it's already started." That being said, I don't think it makes sense for Jayce to go full murder mode from the getgo.

Again, maybe there's some big answer I'm missing that makes all of this make sense, but this is one of my biggest issues and I haven't seen anyone else talk about it yet, so yeah.

[stormbreaker-290]

Drew some sweater-less Static to show of their anatomy and design (also cuz im fucking melting from the heat up here and wanted to give him the freedom i dont have <//3 /hj)

ye!! :D he has a pretty thick layer of silicone along her body (hence the lines all over em) that acts as a sorta artificial skin, though he does still have a metal skeleton and metal plating that the silicone rests on (plus those metal panels on their arms for access to her shoulder joints should they malfunction)

tagging @oddstar-draws cuz oc development timee (i know youre busy with school stuff but i just wanted to show ya how far hes come since i last info dumped abt em xP)

aand @holygarm :)

>:)))

(close ups under the cut)

Ebebe also a silly bonus doodle X3

(plus robo-enby-boy-girl-thing top scars cuz I said so >:]c)

[winnielewoo]

if the bloomic cast had tiktok

after robo's post now i'm just imagining what the bloomic cast is like on tiktok LMAOOOO

nightowl: does gen z thirst traps. does outfit checks. lip syncs to music. loves vaguing people and ranting with random memes in the bg. maybe posts covers of him singing sometimes. does tiktok trends a lot.

xyx: ragebaits in comment sections, loves arguing and making people mad for no reason ("ts pmo icl ngl"). posts him trying out filter games in friends-only with only half of his face in the frame. posts short videos of him playing with Cat. the caption is probably something like "this little shithead lol"

quest: doesn't really use tiktok. mostly reposts the most millennial core memes you'll ever see and cat/dog vids. you'll randomly see him repost something concerning and emo but he'll never reply to you if you talk to him about it LMAO

nakedtoaster: mostly has tiktok to reply to xyx's 10+ tiktoks that he sends them, but sometimes reposts techy videos and random memes. posts videos of himself doing subtle thirst traps on friends-only. like, he has a filter on or running their hands through their hair and the caption is some shit like "man im tired lmao look at my eyebags." also plays filter games with half of his face in the frame in friends-only.

two2: posts gameplay clips, mostly minecraft or overwatch. matching pfps with one of his friends. does outfit checks for school.

june: posts and reposts bloomic edits. loves making bloomic-related tiktoks, sometimes makes her own little animatics or memes about it. her entire account is basically a bloomic fan account. she also reposts a lot of cute animal vids. tags the gang in wholesome tiktoks about loving your friends.

BIGLADY: reposts a lot of memes. likes to debate in comment sections and makes videos joining in on discourse, though much less mean-spirited than xyx or onion. she also makes thirst traps of her in cute outfits. replies "thank you, sweetheart <3" to her friends hyping her up in the comments. also, WOMEN.

onionthief: purely has a tiktok account to get mad in comment sections. he doesn't repost anything or post anything. good luck trying to get him to reply to anything you send him too.

salocin: he doesn't have a tiktok account. the gang just sends him videos in the server. they tried to send him the link at first but he couldn't really get how to make them load, so they just download it now.

bonus, societyboy: got suspended at least 3-5 times for trolling, on the cusp of getting permabanned. still makes tiktoks complaining about it.