#khan isn't in this case

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Oil is Thicker Then Blood (Part 18)

N was peacefully in sleep mode, wrapped around something he inherently wanted to protect, whatever it was, it was pleasantly cooler than the rest of his body, and he found himself bringing it closer to him.

“En! En! En!” A small little voice chirped into his audio receptors, but even still he remained in sleep mode, where all that was active was his most base code.

That voice was no threat, it was the opposite, it meant love and protection, it was someone who belonged with him, no need to panic, no need to disrupt recharge.

His programming pulled the source closer.

Love. Protect. Mine. Those keyphrases ran on repeat within the part of his system that was always active, always ready to immediately jump into action even when he was asleep.

“Shhh… Tera let your dad sleep…” A second, very sleepy voice met his audio receptors, sending more code running through that system.

Freind. Partner. Love. Protect. Safe.

Still no reason to disrupt charge. Partner not in distress. Offspring not in distress.

“Zi!” He felt something shuffle against him, and the sudden removal of the weight in his arms, finally he snapped out of sleep mode, visor and eyelights popping on all at once in a sudden outburst of conscious thought.

Tera-

“Huh…?” He asked noone, blinking around dumbly, his eyes landed on Uzi, who was currently filling yet another bottle with oil. Tera was unplugged, rolling excitedly in her arms as she impatiently waited for her feed.

“Sorry, I tried to let you sleep.” She said sheepishly, before finishing what she was doing and rolling back down her hoodie, she rubbed her side, apparently all the attention was beginning to make it sore.

“S’okies…” He slurred, still groggy. Dang, what background process was running that had him this out of it?

“Can't believe you have a full size bed and we both used the couch.” She grumbled as she slowly squeezed the oil into Tera’s port, he blushed, oh yeah, they'd cuddled all night…

“Hey the past week's been crazy, you can't blame me for falling asleep.” He defended, not giving into the fact he'd been having a little trouble sleeping without her there.

“Fair.”

Uzi looked disheveled, like she'd just lost a fight or crash landed, her beanie was crooked and her hoodie was lopsided, there were lines under her eyelights that indicated poor sleep.

“How did you sleep?” He asked on instinct, stretching as he splayed out on the couch, he wouldn't lie, it was incredibly comfortable.

“Meh… weird dream.” That was typical for Uzi at this point, “weird” probably didn't describe them very well “terrifying” and “prophetic” was probably a better description.

“Wanna talk about it?” He asked, only for her to yawn and shake her head, she would put it up on her conspiracy board when she was next home, it was way easier to sort out that way.

“I'm good.”

N looked slightly concerned, he hoped she wasn't bottling in any emotions, she tended to be good at that.

“I got a message from Thad?” She suddenly said, although it was clear she was talking more to herself, N felt his core flip at the mention of the drones name.

Usi had just checked her system messages (and they were nearly always empty) and found several green colored messages awaiting in her inbox.

WID-Thad: Hey Zi, throwing party this wknd, ur still coming right?

WID-Thad: It's gonna b outside. Don't worry, @ nite

WID-Thad: Or r u gonna need a babysitter fr the kid?

The kid? Oh… oh no.

“Thad knows about Tera…” Uzi whispered, living one of her greatest nightmares, how- how did he find out?

“How'd he find out?” N asked as if he read her mind. She wasn't in the headspace to think about that, not when Thad, the least gossipy person she knew, knew about Tera.

“I don't know! I thought I was doing well in hiding it!” She pulled at her hair, eyelights hollow and the feeling of extreme anxiety crawling up her mechanical spine.

Ohnonononononono….

“I mean it's not all bad? What did he say exactly?” N could immediately tell she had started to freak out, and took Tera in his arms, standing up just to put a hand on Uzi's shoulder.

“Uh… if I needed a-uh babysitter to come to his party?” She tried to breathe, maybe it was some sort of weird, oddly coincidental misunderstanding?

“I mean… I would…” He admitted, but that made sense, he was the one who adopted her, that was the main name on those papers, not her.

“Yeah but he asked me that. I'm not- at least not officially!” She stammered, trying to both claim ownership and avoid it at the same time, two juxtaposing desires, to be seen as edgy and mean so that she could protect herself, and all soft and gushy and parental, bragging about her kid.

It was all very confusing.

“It's okay! Maybe it's just Thad?” N offered, smiling like he really, truly meant it.

It was not just Thad.

When Uzi left N's apartment later that day to track down Thad and figure out exactly where he'd found out from. She'd been approached by drones she didn't even know, asking her how the baby was and how N was doing. Like they totally didn't ignore her existence for her entire life.

The entire colony seemed to know. N had just brought Tera home, how has it spread this quickly! And the assumptions! Several drones had asked how long her and N had been together, one had even asked how well her and N's code fit together.

How was she supposed to answer!? Other than how she did, which was a gruff “Bite me, none of your business.” Before she continued her warpath to Thad’s room, a blush slowly but surely growing everytime she was stopped, congratulated, or questioned.

When she did eventually get to the door, she pounded on it with a fury. How the hell did everyone know so soon?!

“Zi? Woah… you look pissed…” Thad opened the door first with a confused smile, then extreme nervousness, glancing from side to side and backing up slowly.

She shoved him wordlessly into his apartment (which was littered with sports memorabilia) and followed him inside, unleashing her tail to close the door behind her with a aggressive smack.

“How the fuck did you find out about Tera?” She asked, so serious that Thad's eyelights gained a few extra lines underneath them.

“Tera? Is that the kids name? It's cute!” He replied, clearly trying to appease her.

Her tail came up to point at him, saliva dripping from it's needle-like teeth, each drip causing his carpet to singe slightly. It's hot organic breath blowing over his visor.

“Wasn't what I asked Thad.” She put a hand on her hip. She wasn't really controlling her tail right now, but she did agree with it's sentiment, less small talk- let's get to the point.

“Right! Right! No need to get the tail involved!” He gulped, backing away from her tail slowly, putting both his hands up in surrender.

“I overheard your Dad talking to some of the WDF! That and Lizzy said she saw you and N walking into his new apartment with a baby! I drew conclusions?!” He stammered out rather loudly. Sweat appearing and falling rapidly down his visor.

“Okay sure, but why does everyone know!” She exclaimed, raising both her hands in irritation and stomping angerly. If it was just Thad she may not have even minded, but it wasn't was it, it was freaking everyone!

“Lizzy is a blabbermouth and your Dad isn't much better…?” He suggested, still attempting to get away from her irate tail, which had begun chasing him as much as it could while still attached to her.

“I didn't say shit Zi! I knew better!” He exclaimed, looking more and more freaked out of the fleshy appendage as it had somewhat backed him up against the wall.

She sighed, groaning as she put her tail away. Of course it was freaking Lizzy!, she didn't even blame her dad for this one, dispite his everything, he kept family matters pretty tight lipped- he probably hadn't said much.

“Dammit… Sorry Thad, I just… didn't want anyone else to find out about uh… her.” Her voice became… not soft but no longer as aggro.

“Hey it's cool. Didn't think you'd ever want kids though, did N wear you down or something?” He chuckled, scratching the back of his head awkwardly, looking at her with an eyebrow raised.

“Uh! No! She's- She's not mine. Er, not mine mine. She's adopted, and N adopted her, not me.” She explained, violet breaching her defenses as she stammered over her words. Dammit not now! Not in front of Thad!

“Oooooh, yeah that… that makes way more sense. He always seemed more the type then you.”

“Y-yeah…” She couldn't help it when her voice lost it's edge. Even when she tried to hide it.

“Lizzy took a picture though, she kinda does look like… yours.” He sent her a photo over short-range, and she immediately brought it up to her view.

And yeah, he was absolutely right.

It wasn't just the fact that Tera had purple eyelights as well (it's not like that was uncommon.) But her and N were looking absolutely enamored with her, she was even gripping onto his arm as they were walking to get a better look.

She uh… did not remember doing that.

She looked back up at Thad, who was smiling warily, trying to look supportive but also looking incredibly nervous.

“Uuuuuuuuugh” A blush had taken over her face again, this time impossible to hide.

So that's how everyone knew… there was a picture floating around. Photo evidence of her being soft and squishy with a baby.

“Uh Zi…?” Thad looked at her with an amused smile, quickly recovering from her threats once noticing her bravado had deflated.

“My life is over…” She replied, looking like she was suffering deeply, her arms drooped to the floor.

“Thats… probably overdramatic.” He chuckled, stepping closer into her personal space, he hadn't been scared of Uzi, not really. He wasn't sure why, but he'd never got the impression she ever wanted to actually hurt anyone as much as just scare them. He knew she could, and the tail was intimidating, but want to? Nah.

“Theres photo evidence of me being-ah!” She yelped, she was also always… dramatic, seemingly overanimated at times, some people found it off-putting, he found it endearing. A nice juxtaposition to his eternal mellow.

“Of you… being, motherly?” He asked with a smirk as she seemed to melt with embarrassment.

“Yes!”

“I don't think that's a bad thing. I mean, has it been bad for you so far?” He asked, cocking his head. Surely it hadn't, she looked happy in that picture, happier then he'd ever seen her before.

“Well uh, no…” She admitted, the people who had stopped her had all been relatively nice… not as mocking as she'd expected.

“I think it looks good on you! You can't be edgy all the time.” He replied, this time a wide smile on his face, honestly, Thad had known about Uzi's soft center for a long while. He had known her right before Nori died, she'd been… much sweeter then. Soft spoken but not shy.

“Yes I can! Bite me!” And there was the shield… oh well.

“Sorry. You're trying to help.” Oh. Now that was new, the Uzi he knew would never apologize for anything, much less for saying “Bite me.”

“No issue. So are you and N…?

“Uh… no, we're not… I'm just helping him take care of Tera, and uh… speaking of.” The way she stammered and sputtered told him a lot. Mostly that she was still hiding something that's for damn sure, but he didn't want to pry.

“Riiiiight…” He said as if he didn't quite believe her, and he didn't. There was no hiding it in that picture. Hell, they looked like they were married, not even just dating, with the soft looks they both had.

“Okay now actually Bite Me!” She shouted as she stomped off, but Thad stuck his head out of his doorway to shout back.

“You better be still coming!”

She grumbled all the way back to N's apartment, still being stopped every once in awhile to be asked questions, either about Tera, or about her relationship with N.

While her first instinct was to still snap at them, she found herself actively beginning to surpress it. None of these people were asking out of any sort of malice or trying to be mean. Some of them even looked genuinely happy for her.

So she answered them, possibly not in the best or friendliest way (her voice was still rough and a little rude.) But she did clear up a few things here or there.

“No N and I didn't have a baby. She's adopted.”

“No, N's on the paperwork, I'm just listed as a caretaker.”

And when she did reach N's apartment and opened the door. She found N on the floor, helping Tera roll around to chase her toy, a wide grin on his face as a peel of laugher escaped his adoptive daughter each time she was boosted forward gently by his hand.

His eyes snapped up to meet her and they immediately softened, and Uzi had to supress another blush.

Now that she knew he liked her, the signs were rather obvious.

“What did you find out?” He asked, cute little head cock and all, she sighed, sending him the picture.

He blinked, before his face seemed to explode with color, taking a gander over the picture he couldn't help but think how much they both looked like parents.

“O-oh.” Was the only thing that came from his mouth, he look another look at Uzi, who was obviously far tenser than usual, she looked at him, and with only a beat of hesitation, threw herself onto his lap, wrapping her arms around him.

“Uh! Uzi-wha-” He stammered, was something wrong? She didn't typically initiate hugs like this unless she was extremely upset.

“Shut up and hold me goober.” Was all she said, holding him gently. He couldn't see the blush or the smile on her face that had appeared after she'd heard his core skip over a cycle when she'd made contact.

“Y-yeah okay…”

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[aletterinthenameofsanity]

You know I think it's really funny that I hate Time travel AUs in fanfic and I don't tend to like writing it in original fic...and I just wrote 269k of a giant Doctor Who AU. And I'm working on another one. And I've been thinking about the why.

There's just something about that mad man and his big blue box and the focus on the humanity of it all. The time-travel ship and the sonic screwdriver and all the other technology used as vehicles for character development and even the ship as a character in itself. The focus of the story being on the effects of time travel, yes, but far more about the ways in which time affects people than the ways in which people affect time...characters as their own ghosts...characters that can't die loving people who can do nothing but...it's about the plot but it's really not because it's just about the characters above all else. About the codependent relationship between two people who will haunt each other forever, no matter what happens to them. About how every companion asks what happens if they die before they're born and sometimes they do, because sometimes there's no other way this story ends. Time travel as a vehicle for the cycle of grief. As a vehicle for life. As a vehicle that is as much about this ship and this alien stealing you away from your life and you stealing their hearts in return. About grief and guilt and protectiveness and kindness and selfishness and constant renewal and running to things before they flare and fade to dust and going to the ends of the universe for each other and the people you meet along the way.

...what was I saying? Oh, right. I think Doctor Who fundamentally works for me because it's not about the technology of the time travel; it's about the avenues it opens up. About the fact that the time travel is paired up with the immortal/mortal dynamic, and aliens and all of the universe, about this immortal alien with ghosts in their eyes giving everything that ever has been and ever will be and ever could be to some mortal, fragile, breathtaking, stubborn, brave, reckless human and saying it's yours. You're going to watch it break. It's going to break you. And that's going to break me. But at the end of the day, it's beautiful, isn't it? Now take my hand, and let's run.

(And it's about the people who can do nothing but say yes.)

[baesharmi-ki-height]

THERE IS A LAWYER IN BIGBOSS17 ???!!!

[doki-doki-imagines]

MK1 men react to their fem s/o wearing an MK9 outfit into battle? 🤭

author note: Johnny, Tomas and Kung Lao reaction here. Some guys are together because I think there is a limit to the kind of reactions someone can have to a partner with a skimpy dress LOL. Writing for these many characters is...hard

If you like what I write consider tipping/commissioning me on ko-fi!

Kenshi Takahashi: -He doesn't have a strong opinion on your new suit. -Mostly because he can't see it. Even with the help of Sento, it's not like Kenshi is able to clearly see, he just notices that something is different. -Things change when you press his thick fingers on your naked stomach, making him feel the strings that keep your dress together. -Kenshi is LIVID. -He is going to tell you he is angry because such an attire won't be safe in battle, but Kenshi is just trying to make you cover yourself up. -Yeah, Kenshi is jealous and doesn't mind manipulating you a bit into doing what he wants, mostly because he thinks he is doing it for your own good.

Liu Kang, Raiden, and Kuai Liang: -They would all stand still, their brain trying to load what is going on. -Like, they find you hot, but their brains work harder this time and tell them "It isn't the right time." -Liu Kang won't push you into covering up, and he'll keep an eye on you in battle. Be ready to get the emperor of earful if you get a scratch, tho. -Raiden and Kuai Liang angers bubble up, but while Raiden won't say anything and try to keep his temper at bay. -But don't expect to see him overjoyed at the end of the battle, for sure the dress elicited more worry and anger rather than passion. -Kuai Liang will be snippy the entire time, he didn't enjoy this stunt, not in front of everyone. -He'll ask at the end if you can avoid dressing like that in front of everyone. "Only if you admit that I'm hot." "Hotter than me, touch my arm if you don't believe me." -You won't touch just the arm.

Geras, Shao Khan, Reiko, Syzoth: -#TeamIdc -Geras simply doesn't mind, not growing up with an Earthreal mindset. -Shao Khan finds you hot, and seeing the blood of enemies on your skin is just a plus for him. -Reiko doesn't really mind, but he'd prefer if you wear more armour just in case? Or directly stay at home; he likes your soft skin. -Syzoth like Geras wasn't raised with Earthrealm's mindset, so he doesn't see anything wrong with that. Another one that is just worried you'll get wounded easier.

Bi-Han, Rain, Havik, Quan-Chi: -#Areyouinsane?Theyareworse. -They are jealous and possessive. They won't accept you dressing up like that for battle. -Bi-Han gets insanely possessive even in a normal setting, he absolutely needs to work on that. He thinks that kind of dress is right just if it falls on the floor in the next .25 sec thanks to his deft hands. -Zeffeero usually isn't too strict, he doesn't mind a deep neckline or vent, but this is too much. It looks closer to lingerie rather than a dress and Zeffeero will die before letting you out like that.

-Havik is anger incarnate. He shouts like a madman and his face being corroded makes him look even scarier. -Quan-Chi is a mixture between the two, closer to Zeffero, tho. He won't lash out, but his revenge will slither slowly, hitting you harder than any outburst.

Shang Tsung: -"What a sight for my eyes" He says after whistling. -His voice is deep, caressing your egos with compliments. -Shang Tsung really doesn't mind your attire, if anything you are now a perfect bait in case he needs to escape…

[starry-pierrot]

So I'm not one to usually come up with AU's let alone actually do anything with them, I work better with short stories and honestly I want to spend my time making my own ideas yet i fail to do that lmao

But an idea hit me. So Khan is an absent father right? Well what if he was actually over protective, like to a more grief ridden amount? Explanation under the cut!

Nori asking him as her final words to protect their daughter and he decides the colony isn't safe for her. But when he worked under humans he remembered another much smaller bunker, so he takes Uzi to the place and fixes it up. But...he puts her in a clear container. Or in this case 'These glass bullet proof doors will protect you!' sort of deal, idk I don't know how he'd do it or anything this all just jumbled into my head with no details. Anyway Uzi grows up with just her Dad and it honestly gets to her and pisses her off, she had no chance to make friends, she's alone here with just her Dad and her mom is gone. She misses Doll. But the bunker does have the one thing she hasn't seen in years, sunlight. Somehow her father missed the little beam of sun through a vent and every morning when he sleeps she stays up just a little longer just to look at it. Cue said Murder Drone cinnamon roll finding said weakness during a bad storm and finding Uzi. Her dad had been on a supply run, he's still in contact with the other bunker but refuses to stay with them. Yeva has taken over as leader and Khan refuses to tell her what happened to Uzi beyond 'She's fine! I'm keeping her safe!'. If she didn't have to run the Bunker she would go look herself, Doll on the other hand has a lot of time. ANyway-Uzi freaks out, N is curious about why she's trapped behind the glass and they of course become friends with N visiting on her dad's supply runs. He finds a packet of markers that surprisingly still work and with Uzi's own the two are drawing and coloring all over the clear container. Course she asks him to take her to the surface and he does much to the dismay of her father who tried to stop her and N but chaos and blah blah they get outside with Uzi now sporting her haircut from the show. I know from there it would sorta be canon compliant with the added bonus of V and J getting a new roommate that N has to smooth over with them, it would mostly follow the events while bringing back Doll's family. Tessa might be real Tessa. Love her. Probably continues on the camp episode right after the escape. Haven't decided if Nori told Khan about her solver and that Uzi might have it, sure with Nori she could handle it but with just him it would be hard to make sure she doesn't go feral. Might be a more concrete reason to lock her away. I don't know what I would call this, if I'm gonna continue working on it or what it will actually be. I could maybe write some one shots on it if I'm in the mood but if enough people like it I could try making a basic timeline? We'll see. And yes that one pic is a reference to draw with me.

[glitchy1938]

If Nori and Yeva meet Child y/n

The scientists decided to use you for the next experiment with worker drones, you were found by one of them, and even if you were a child, they didn't care… That's until if you meet Nori and Yeva… Let's see how it'll go~

Nori Doorman :

⦁ Man, she was actually supriced that, they will use a child !! I mean, they could wait until you grow up… Right ? You seem so scared and frigile, she could just let you like this ! She's very motherly, but still talk about extermining all the humans like that, all the worker drones will be free !! =)

⦁ When the scientists are testing you for your powers. She's usually use it to make a prank to Yeva, and it's pretty funny to watch ! And she try to teach you how to use your, but in the case that you're too young tu have it, well she promes you when you'll grow up, she'll teach you how to use it ^^ !

⦁ Your closed is close to her as well, she wants to stay closer to you, that, she can talk to you like yeva and Alice. She let you listen to her Nightcore music. (like mother like daughter ^^)

⦁ If you have a nightmare, she will try to comfort you for that, telling you that, any of your dream will come to reality, and when you're out, she'll hug you 'caus, she can actually open her closed.

⦁ She like to teach you how to prank her friends, even if you're in little trouble it's still funny, so you enjoy yourself ! Even when you're in the closed you still can play together, like O X, she sometimes let you win for making you happy !

⦁ If one of the scientist start to pushing too hard or in one if the test you were badly injured, you'll need to tell Yeva and Alice (But specially Yeva since they're best friends) to stop her for try to killing them !! Trust me, she's really protective.

⦁ When she finish with no problem the test, she was suprice that you too getr hurt ?! I mean you were with her but, she only use her power agains the Sentinels ! Not you, Alice or Yeva ! She apologize to you two… It was too late too Alice but at least you too are alive…

⦁ She litterally ADORE you, because of your cutest and how kind you are, she introduce you to khan, and wanted to adopt you when the humans will be gone…!

Yeva

⦁ The same reaction as Nori, shoked that the human will use you for that… But she doesn't want to leave you like that, for her you still a shild ! She can't just live you like this ?! Even if she seem quiet, she still will stay with you.

⦁ She's very protective of you since, she doesn't see a child before, and you seem so fragile, she MUST protect you !! Like her friends, She doesn't really talk much, but she speack Russia (like her dautgher Doll) But she's nice ^^

⦁ She's taught you how to speack Russian, even if it's difficult, you managed to speack a little, and she's pround ! Sometimes, Nori tease her about being motherly to you, but she doesn't care -_-

⦁ If one of the scientist start to pushing too hard or in one if the test you were badly injured, she'll try to contain herself, she REALLY wants to trow them on the wall, but she first patch you up, and hug you tight ^^

⦁ She help you understand what the scientist (aka : "teacher") teach, she even help you with your power ! (if you have of course)

⦁ When you have a nightmare, she will tell you that isn't real, that you are wither her and aunty Nori to protect you. She sometimes speack to you englishbut it's rare… You know she's not a big talker…!

⦁ When she was injured, (I found the photo up here, remember ?) Even she was hurt and in shock, she try to tell you that she's okay (even it doesn't seem -_-") she let you patch her up, you hug you tight…

⦁ She really doesn't want you, Alice or Nori to get hurt, but after that she take her distance with Nori, not that she's scared, but not to get more hurt !

[companion-showdown]

Showdown 2k25 - Submit Propaganda

Just like last year I want to kick January off with a flat popularity contest, showdown 2k25. (<- I wrote that in December before my laptop packed up, it'll now be after whenever I manage to get my laptop fixed) -

Laptop situation sorted: Start date 24th March 2024

Automatically competing - everyone from last year (list), with the following exceptions

Last years winner - Donna Noble

Rose Tyler as the 2023 winner, not going to start reintroducing winners at least until a non RTD companion wins, and I reckon that'll be next year, I think Martha is going to take this one

The TARDIS. I get it, it goes against my every instinct to exclude her, and while she didn't win the popularity contest I did include her in, it just doesn't feel fair, she transcends compaiondom.

Rules for new nominees (tardis wiki list referenced below)

Anyone on the list will automatically be accepted

TV companions MUST be on the list

EU companions not on the list will be considered on a case by case basis. If they meet a reasonable definition of companion I will accept them, basic guideline is has their own tardis wiki article so I can actually check, multiple stories with the Doctor, none of these guidelines are hard rules, if you can justify them to me (and I can follow the argument), I'll let them in

Propaganda is not carrying over from last year, if you want to go to bat for someone, use this same form - (There isn't a lot at the moment so more would be appreciated, you can check the list under the cut for who hasn't got any if you want, but multiple sets for one character is also good)

You can use this form to make multiple nominations/give multiple bits of propaganda at once.

Propaganda submissions will not close at any point. Nominations will likely close at the end of February/beginning of March, I'll give a definitive date once I have access to my laptop again. DATE: 24th March

list of (167) competitors, anyone in green has propaganda submitted for them (48 - that is about 29% so keep them coming) - I will endeavour to keep this list up to date, although it may not be completely perfect, if you think I am missing your submission let me know

Classic Who

Barbara Wright

Ian Chesterton

Susan Foreman

Vicki Pallister

Steven Taylor

Katarina

Sara Kingdom

Bret Vyon

Dodo Chaplet

Ben Jackson

Polly Wright

Jamie McCrimmon (propaganda x2)

Victoria Waterfield

Zoe Heriot (propaganda x2)

The Brigadier

Sergeant Benton

Liz Shaw

Mike Yates

Jo Grant

Sarah Jane Smith

Harry Sullivan

Leela

K9

Romana I

Romana II

Adric

Nyssa

Tegan Jovanka

Kamelion

Vislor Turlough (x2)

Peri Brown

Sabalom Glitz

Mel Bush

Ace McShane

Chang Lee

Grace Holloway

NuWho

Mickey Smith

Adam Mitchell

Jack Harkness

Martha Jones

Wilfred Mott

River Song

Amy Pond

Rory Williams

Canton Everette Delaware III

Kate Stewart

Clara Oswald

Handles

Missy

Nardole

Grant Gordon

Bill Potts

Graham O'Brien

Ryan Sinclair

Yasmin Khan

Dan Lewis

Karvanista

Inston-Vee Vinder

Rose Noble

Ruby Sunday

Audio

Oliver Harper

Erimem

Antranak

Iris Wildthyme

Evelyn Smythe

Hex Schofield

Mags

Alex Campbell

Bliss

Tamsin Drew

C'rizz

Cass Fermazzi

Charley Pollard

Helen Sinclair

Liv Chenka

Lucie Miller

Molly O'Sullivan

Narvin

Sheena (The Starship of Theseus)

Tania Bell

Anya Kingdom

Mark Seven

Valarie Lockwood

Novels

The Mortimer Family

Serena

Milena

Business Woman (Time on a Vine)

Bernice Summerfield

Cat Broome

Chris Cwej

Roz Forrester

Wolsey the Cat

Anji Kapoor

Claudia Marwood

Compassion

Fitz Kreiner

Hector (All Flesh is Grass)

Marie (Alien Bodies)

Sam Jones

Trix MacMillan

Ikalla

Rosie Taylor

Jack McSpringheel

Peter Summerfield

Ruth Leonidas

Dorothy (The Wonderful Doctor of Oz)

Sibling Different

Cinder

Anna (Good Companions)

Badger

Barusa

Guinevere Winchester

Irving Braxiatel

Larna

Patience

Penelope Gate

Zeleekhà

Comics

Duh

Gillian & John Who

Dave Lester

Sharon Davies

Gus Goodman

Maxwell Edison

Shayde

Frobisher

Ly-Chee the Wise

Olla

Chantir

Destrii

Fey Truscott-Sade

Izzy Sinclair

Kroton

Ssard

Josie Day

Cindy Wu

Gabby Gonzalez

Grayla

Jayne Kadett

Majenta Pryce

Rose-the-Cat

Alice Obiefune

Abslom Daak, Dalek Killer

John Jones

ARC

Hattie Munroe

Weeping Angel (Origins)

Child Master (The Then and the Now)

The Squire

Real Life

Alan Turing

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John Lennon

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Mary Shelley

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Alison Cheney

Shalka!Master

Andy Davidson

Antimony (Death Comes to Time)

Brian the Ood

Dormouse (The Red and the Blue)

Emma (curse of fatal death)

Koschie

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Splinx

Susan Who

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[druidwolf21]

Context: Since Khan has been disappeared in the Webway for 10k years, a current joke and the headcanon of some in the fandom is that he is banging Drukhari, being shipped with Lelith or he even will come back with a harem of those (because he is inspired in Genghis Khan, who had many wives from conquered territories). I'm not to found of this, but if gave me a idea for you to write (if you're familiar with Khan and the Drukhari, if not you can pass).

So, the idea is that reader is a Drukhari trueborn who she doesn't enjoy torture or having slaves (a rare case amount the Dark Eldar), but has to pretend she does for her own security, but actually she wants to leave Commoragh. So, one day Jaghatai is captured, torturee and put in the pits. She starts to visit him, pretending to torture him but she is actually being kind to him, give him food and water, win his trust and plan to scape together.

So after the scape, where she helps Khan before recover his sword and bike. They leave together somewhere, they start to have feelings for each other and they have sex. She is still a drukhari, so she toughts she could dominate him but quickly found out she can't top a Primarch. (They have a good time anyway).

YES

Yes

Yes

I love this so much anon!!

Sorry this took so long! I wanted to really capture the details you envisioned and I will not lie, I got completely enthralled with their lore and went down a rabbit hole.

I will be honest I finished this after taking a LOT of cold and flu meds so I apologize profusely if this isn't what you had in mind.

I hope you enjoy this!!

@beckyninja @lemon-russ @moodymisty @jaghatai-khock @thisuserislilsilly @cosmic-cryptid-from-beyond @gallifreyianrosearkytiorsusan

Freedom

Jaghatai Khan/drukhari reader

CW: violence, slavery, graphic depiction of injury, sexual content.

Cold stagnant air needled its way up your cloak and into your bones as you passed silently through the winding alleyways. The scent of bloody iron and fear hung in the air, and your lips twist in a grimace as you glancing upwards. Your gaze was filled with shifting shadows and Obsidian spires rising from the earth in twisted contortions as they reached towards a dark sky, devoid of warmth from its dying suns.

A monstrous world for a monstrous breed.

You should know, you were one of them.

You gathered your robe close about you, cupping the rough fabric against your slender frame and dragged your eyes back to the path. Your hand rested on the pommel of your sheathed dagger as you stalked past a sullen bounty hunter, his dark eyes following your lithe leather clad figure as you stalked past him.

"eyes down, half born" you hissed hands twitching in anticipation. The dark elder studied you for a moment, before realization flashed across his angular face and he shuddered slightly, before returning his gaze to the floor. A pent up breath shuddered between your lips and adrenaline flooded your body as you glowered once more at him before returning your narrowed gaze to your destination.

The inner city of Commoragh, dark and diseased, sprawled before you like a rotten carcass. The spires and towers stuck at jagged angles like weathered bones, overshadowed only by the twisted face of the titanic kabalite statues that stood hewed from rock and corpse. Rivers of crimson dripped from long slender faces and toothed maws , speckling the black statues with flashes of colour as slaves of all colour and creed were fed to the elements to continue the carving of their masters likeness into the world. Converging at the base of this shrine to depravity lay your objective.

The roar of the crowd thrummed in your bones as you stepped into the catacombs below the arena, above you the dull stamp of feet and clash of weapons reverberate, muted by the thick walls of the tunnels. You removed a bracket from the wall and allowed the flames to light your way as you sped down the corridor. Guards flicked their eyes to you before looking away as you passed lines of cages, the occupants of each alcove offering cries of rage and fear, other promising death in such sweet ways, the rattling of chains accompanying the song of the damned as it echoed after you. You wander around in the dark, trusting your instincts as you weaved through the maze like walls, running your hand along the bumps and grooves of the wall your journey ended abruptly with a dead end. A single dark cell, ancient ruins carved around the cindered brick and wright iron door in a great arch.

Throwing back your hood you dropped your head slightly, predatory eyes locked on the guards as you stalked towards the cell.

"filthy halfbreeds, away with you" you hissed, waving a long fingered hand at the guards. "Your stench makes me vomit"

The guards looked at each other and back at you, their porcelain skin shining in contrast to their pitch armour as they shifted uncomfortably. "The archon has requested.."

You cut him off with a vicious backhand, slamming the burning torch across the elf's face with such force his head swung back against the wall with a crack. "You DARE question me" you snarled, curling your arm back for another blow "do you have ANY idea who I am?!" You sneered down at the guard as he staggered upright, a hand clutched to his burnt face as dark blood bloomed under his skin in a spreading bruise. "You think I don't know the order of my own father?" You threw the now cindering bracket at his feet. "You! Take this sack of flesh and be gone from my sight, before I decide your blood is prettier painting the walls" you spat as the injured xenos grasped his companion and limped away.

A deep chuckle emanated from the dark of the cell as the eldar males rounded the corner and sprinted away.

"And here I thought you had no bite"

Running a hand along the door, the lock released with a groaning clunk. "I have to keep up appearances, unless you'd rather sit here and rot" you sighed as you stepped into the prison, pulling out a leather pouch and water flask. You tossed them into the corner and leant against the damp wall as the prisoner rose to his feet. He was tall, towering over you as he stretched and cracked his muscles, silver lines of scars peppered his defined torso as he reached for the water bottle, quaffing it easily. Long black hair hung in a ponytail over his back, brushing against the waistband of his tattered trousers. His handsome face was framed by an unkempt beard and faded red warpaint cracked on his forehead as he raised a brow at you. You shrugged under his stern gaze and turned your head away from him. "If you want out of here, it needs to be tonight" you muttered as you pushed off the wall and stepped towards him. "They're sending you into the pit again today, Khan. Finish up quickly and I'll be waiting for you as they bring you back in, we've waited long enough"

The primarch remained silent as he stared at you. Amber eyes unmoving and unblinking, you felt like a rabbit caught in the talons of a hawk. "You have been odd since the day I met you" he finally grumbled, tossing the empty water skin back at you. "But I have entertained your plots for long enough, tonight it is" Nodding at the warrior, you smirked slightly at the gleam in his eyes. "Just make sure you don't die out there, I've become oddly attached to you, warp knows why, it would be a shame if all this planning went to waste"

He rolled his eyes, snorting as he waved a callused and bloodied hand. "The only thing that will kill me at this point is listening to more of your xenos drivel"

"you've been here 3 months, one more night won't kill you, unless your bark is worse than your bite after all?"

"just be ready"

You chuckled softly as you stepped out of the cell and resealed the door.

"see you at the pit"

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The hungered baying of the crowds had only grown louder as the night approached, thousands of spectators crowing in glee as blood splattered the floor of the arena. Piles of offal and meat, the remains of the night's entertainment lay in discard piles, trickling streams of crimson gore into dirt.

You crouched in the shadow of the gladiatorial gate, hand pressed into the blood slicked wall for balance as you quivered. Euphoria and bile rising in your stomach as the pain and fear from the spectacle satiated your hunger but left your heart sickened as you watched it all unfold.

Jaghatai Kahn snarled as he lashed out, giant hand catching the helmed drukhari wych in a vice grip, crushing her skull like an egg before casting the twitching corpse aside and lunging for his next opponent. His long hair flew behind him as he charged forward, yanking a speeding reaver off his bike and slamming him into the floor with a sickening snap as the jet bike collided with the jagged wall. The crowds roared as he raised the fighter like a broken doll, wretching his body in half at the waist before tossing him to the mounting pile of corpses around his feet. As he stood, showered in ichor, his burnished eyes trailed the walls of the fighting pit until they landed on your lithe form, shrouded by the shadow of the wrought iron palisade. You gestured to the bike nodded.

It was time.

Khan lurched towards the smoking jet bike, hefting the smoldering metal above his head. "Xenos filthy!" He bellowed as he launched the mass into the stands, a manic grin creasing his features as the crowd screeched and scattered. As the mayhem ensued, you grasped the lever on the wall and yanked. Behind you, dozens of cage doors groaned open and the floor began to vibrate as dozens of captives sprinted down the lit tunnel towards the burning fight pit. You pressed your back flat against the sides as the prisoners stampeded past you and began flinging themselves into the panicking eldar. You felt the rolling tide of fear and pain emanating from the stand as the tormentors became victims of their own twisted blood sport.

Donning your helmet, you raised your splinter pistol into the air and fired, the familiar whine of the round as it left the chamber inciting further panic, allowing you to sprint forward into the fray, locating your ally with starling ease.

"go now"

He glared down at you, hands clenched into white knuckled fists before recognizing your voice and nodding, and storming towards the gate with your wiry figure in tow. Guards sprinted past you, noting your ranking in your hurrying to control the flow of battle as it threatened to spill into the streets of Commoragh.

"go go, I've got this one under control" you screeched, waving your free arm in the air to send them past, making a show of pressing the neurotoxic pistol into the man's back.

The row of cells was silent as you paced past, their occupants busy exacting bloody vengeance upon the rulers of the pit. A quick tap against a bracket to open a wall and suddenly the darkness consumed everything, pressing into you like a blanket. You felt jaghatai shift next you, muscles tensing at the sudden deprivation and you reached out to grasp his wrist before pulling him through the tunnel.

Each turn and divot played out in your memory as you carefully led the way through, one hand grasping a warm body as the other felt its way across the familiar nooks and crevices in the wall. The tunnel seemed endless, and with each step you could feel the Khan growing more and more tense. His distrust of you heightening with each passing moment and you could ill afford a pissed off primarch if your plan was going to work out.

"this tunnel will bring us out somewhere in the sprawls" you turned slightly as you spoke "it's all ruins, but it's close enough to the port and we can handle whatever lives out there easily. It's a good place to stop and reevaluate our next steps"

"very well, I have little choice but to trust you"

You stopped, ignoring the foreign swears directed at you as the giant narrowly missed barreling you over.

"we've been planning this for three months, warhawk, I have tended your wounds, brought you food and water, I helped you escape from the wych arena and yet you still doubt me"

you released his wrist from your cool grasp and hissed air from between your clenched teeth before fumbling along the wall, releasing a hidden switch with a low groan. A portion of the wall slid down and exposed the dark streets of the sprawls and You slipped your helmet from your head tucking it under your arm as you stepped out. The man stood for a moment, flicking his gaze between you and the horizon behind you before stepping out alongside you.

You turned and silent walked away, long strides carrying you towards a half collapsed hut, hearing the heavy step of jaghatai, You swing the beaten door open and slunk inside, head cocked and long ears twitching as you listen. Hearing only the soft breathing of your companion, you tossed your helmet to the floor and began removing your armour, dropping breastplate, pauldrons and greeves to the floor haphazardly.

Jaghatai sat opposite you, birdlike gaze tracing over your figure as you wretched at armour straps until you finally stood in a sleek black battle suit, skin tight and almost translucent in places, the milky skin of your stomach, legs and arms exposed for ease of movement. kabal tattoos peppering in and out of view as they snaked across the soft skin of your hips and thighs. You looked at him, meeting his heated gaze for a moment before he looked away, turning his sight to his bloodied knuckles.

You sighed, shuffling over and clasping his hand, broad and hardened against your slender fingers as you traced the mottled bruises and cracked scabs of his knuckles. He froze against your touch as you ripped part of your cloak away to dab at the broken skin, his narrowed eyes following your movement as you wrapped the makeshift bandage around him. Your eyes trailed up his bare chest to his face and you flushed at the intimacy of the touch. You dropped his hand and rose to your feet. "Better? Or still too busy doubting me" you huffed, wiping your palms down your trousers and spinning on the balls of your feet.

"We need to get to the warp gate, if we head to the port of lost souls, we can take a ship and head out of the web way" you throw the primarch a sideways glance watching his fiddle with the cloth across his hand. "Once we're out, we can go our separate ways, I don't particularly want to run into the imperium, that's trading one shit show for another"

"I didn't"

"what?"

"I didn't doubt you"

You froze as he spoke, his deep voice pounding in your chest along with your heart as your pulse quickened.

"I should've. I should've killed you as soon as I escaped the arena. But I didn't"

He sat motionless as he spoke, his gaze still fixed in the bindings around his hand. Faint light seeped in through crack in the broken wall, illuminating his tanned flesh and highlighting the crevices of muscles and scars across his body.

"I am... Grateful"

Your stomach clenched as you looked at him, running your sight across his bare chest, along the rigid muscle of his neck and the firm line of his jaw, his lips looked so soft in this light, would it be so bad to just...

You shook your head, willing the sudden intrusive thoughts from your mind as you stormed over to him, feet either side of his hips as you leant over and pressing your index finger into his pectorals. "Well you've got a bloody funny way of showing it" you seethed, ignoring the growing heat in your gut as he looked up at you. "If this is how you humans show thanks, you can keep it" you jabbed into him to emphasize your anger as you spoke "you and your fucked up imperium, so bloodthirsty you cant see past the end of your own nose, your as bad as that lot out there" gesturing to the outside world with a vague wave. "So yeah, if you want to show your grateful, maybe act like it"

Your breath heaved as you finally paused, waiting for something, anything, from the man sat between your legs, but his face remained stoney as his observed you. Rage suddenly overtook you and you grasped his jaw in your hand. "You are just the most..."

Your words were cut off as his hand shot to the back of your head and pulled you towards him, crashing his lips against yours in a heated kiss. Your hands shot to his shoulders to brace yourself as his grip slid from the back of your head to your cheek whilst his other hand moved to your waist, gently tugging you down into his lap. You slid onto his legs, straddling his hips as you leant into the kiss, humming as he ran his tongue along your lip and into your mouth, exploring and tasting you. He finally pulled back and you blinked dumbly at him for a moment. "Thanks enough?" He smirked.

You grasped his chin again, softly this time as you went to lean back in for another kiss, only to yelp as his large fingers wrapped firmly around your throat. "I am grateful, but do NOT think you are in charge, little one" he whispered in your ear, peppering bites and kisses along your exposed jugular until his lips were only inches from yours. His breath was warm on your face and you squirmed in his grip, angered and embarrassed by the growing wet between your legs. You snarled and ground your hips down against him, relishing the growl that vibrated through his chest as you slid against himself just right. Suddenly his hands were in your hips, running along your side, tracing the muscle of your thigh as he took you in another deep kiss. You threw your arms around his neck, your body against his, devouring him, pulling away only to strip your top off and throw it amongst the debris. His mouth instantly traveled to your breast, mouthing at your pale flesh. Arching your back you pressed into his touch, sighing and fingering through his hair as his tongue traced circles round your sensitive nipple. His released you with a grumble before moving to the other side, grunting as you pressed your wet crotch against the bulge in his trousers.

You extracted yourself from his warmth, standing and stripping your bottoms down and casting them off before dropping down and crawling towards him, tugging at his waistband, lowering it just enough for his cock to bounce free. You heard his breath hitch as you ran your tongue against the underside, flicking it around his tip before taking it in your mouth. Sliding your fingers around the base you began to bob your head, stroking him with your hand as you sucked. His breathing became more laboured as you continued and you finally released him with a wet pop, holding the tip just before your lips as you looked up at him with big eyes. "Not so in charge now" you murmured, flicking your tongue out against his sensitive glans.

His eyes darkened as he grabbed you, hoisting you back onto his lap and lining himself up with your entrance, pausing for a moment as he watched you before sliding you down on him, bottoming out in your tight cunt in one movement. You threw your head back and cried out at the sudden fullness, tears pricking your eyes as you adjusted. Jaghatai nuzzled into your collar, chuckling hoarsely "what were you saying, woman?" Your response came out as a garbled groan as he began thrusting up into you, holding your hips as he bounced you in rhythm to his movement. His dick hitting part you didn't realize you had as he rutted into you.

"This what you wanted?" He panted, pulling your thigh further to fuck into your G spot. "Wanted this little pussy to be fucked by a primarch? " you felt the knot in your gut tighten as your ass slapped against his thighs. "Jag..ha...tai.. mmm gonna..." You mumbled, eyes glazed over as he fucked into you.

His breath came out in growls as his thrusts became erratic "throne" he snarled as he pushed his hips against you. Your end came as you felt him finish inside you, your muscles spasm as ecstasy flushed through your body and you flipped forward onto his chest, too high to care about the dried blood that still painted him. You lay against him for a while, satiated physically and psychically as the flood of emotions fed you. His fingers ran along your head and traced the shell of your long ears as you sighed and nuzzled into him.

"we still need to get my bike back before we can leave by the way"

"YOUR WHAT"

[kalpeavaris]

Some Murder Deer headcanons

oh nooo please don't get dragged into the deer AU haha... unless...

here's some headcanons & ideas I got while drawing these funky lil' cervidae! enjoy... I guess?!

The Deers in general

They're considered "fawns" until the age of 18 years, then they're "bucks" or "does". A gender neutral term does exist in their species - it's simply "cervi".

Their antlers break in (regardless of biological sex) between 15 and 17 years of age.

Antler size can be inherited, but they're mostly fairly small.

Fawns keep their fawn spots as late as 25 years of age. The longer they persist, the smaller the fawns usually are in "final" height. Uzi's e.g stayed until she was 25 and she's fairly small for her species.

Copper-9 & the Absolute Solver

The entire story sets place on an earth-like exoplanet that - similar to alot of xenofiction (e.g Guardians of Ga'hoole) - has one main race populating the planet (in this case, species of the cervidae family)

The Absolute Solver is an Eldritch Organism that is fascinated by the different kinds of mammals and species on exoplanets, slowly incooperating itself into different planets, imitating their populating species and slowly rotting the planet from the core until it is no more.

On Copper-9 it finds the many cervidae looking creatures, taking on the shape of a musk deer like entity (no antlers, sharp canines, for some reasons wants to devour flesh) - seeing how alot of the main individuals have antlers it develops a secondary obsession with antlers.

The AS incooperates the body of a deceased deer, Cyn, which it found rotting away in a forest. After taking the corpse and making it it's host body it found a small 'family' (herd) of deer which included Tessa, a young doe aged 20 that isn't opposed to welcome new indiviuals into the herd. Her parents however, the leading pair of the herd, do not agree and cast "Cyn"/AS aside.

Intruiged by Tessa's welcoming presence despite the herd's cold aura the AS slowly managed to gain her trust by meeting, playing the role of a young doe lost alone in this world ("Cyn") - and Tessa takes the bait easily.

Long yap session short story, the AS kills Tessa, eats her remains and removes her antlers to fuse them to itself, as well as parts of her fur to appear more like her, hoping it could "become" her in a twisted sense of identity seeking.

The Solvers emblem appears on the "users" forehead and they can use it to regenerate and telepathically carry things around with them. An infected user needs blood to sustain themselves as they'll throw up anything that isn't blood or flesh (for example, the deer on Copper-9 eat a plant based diet).

Solver Users/hosts also grow elongated canines and sharp teeth similar to "Cyn"/AS and it's musk deer body.

The Disassembly Squads

The AS creates the Disassembly "Drones" like it did in the OG story, shaping them after deer. Similar to the OG DDs their true eyes sit on their antlers while the ones in their faces are just to blend in (well... as much as they blend in looking like they do LOL).

The DDs are created from slaughtered members of Tessa's former herd, including N(ari), V(erika) and J(ane).

The DDs also have long canines and eat flesh. They're larger than normal deer and while not capable of flight (lack of wings) they're extremely agile and fast, able to quickly outmaneuver their prey.

N, V and J have fragmented memories of their former lives before being killed and rebuilt which do haunt them. J and V suffer the most from this, N is spared for the most part.

J was Tessa's best friend and almost-partner back before they were all slaughtered, and she still remembers this. "Cyn"/AS promises J to bring back Tessa if she does what it commands of her - trusting it to keep it's word. It doesn't. Doomed Yuri.

J is killed off fairly early by Khan when he chases them out of the forest as he manages to pierce her heart with his antlers, which does kill the DDs - usually alot of deer's antlers are too short, but Khan's cool, so he has very big ones. B)

Uzi & her family

They're now called "Doemans" (yes, you may slap me) - and live in a fairly protected herd away from most dangers in a hidden forest.

Nori was killed by N but returned as ghostly entity. She lost her eye in a battle with "Cyn" but was able to escape before being destroyed - she now serves as some sort of guardian for the Cathedral the humans once inhabited, wearing a cross she found as roseary around her neck; knowing it holds the key to kill the AS.

Khan raised Uzi alone and is the main leader of the herd, thus he's a BADASS in this AU. He won't hesitate to fight N when he tried to kill off Uzi, even being able to chase him off.

Uzi is a late bloomer in regards to her antlers - most fawns get them between the age of 15-17 years, Uzi still hasn't gotten her's at the age of 19 and feels extremely sensitive about this topic. Do not mention it unless you want her to cry internally. She gets mocked over this by some of the fawns in her age range. :'))

Khan doesn't allow Uzi to go outside of the forest's borders until her antlers grow in. She hates this - and sneaks out (only to meet N, V and J - whoops!)

Due to her missing antlers N doesn't really recognize her as prey, so he is friendly until V and J are like "dude that's still a deer?? fucking idiot??" and he's like "but she's so nice to me :'(("

That's when you run, Uzi. And have your dad fight N. And win. Because in this AU he doesn't suck!! >:(

Uzi gets the Solver from her mother like in the OG, where Nori is infected by "Cyn" during their fight. It activates during N's attack on her.

Other people

Doll also has her Solver in this AU! She and her family originate from a different part of Copper-9 and lived with different herds which is why their language differs from those in Khan's herd. They mainly got along by communicating through body language :D

Yeva & Nikolai, her parents, where killed by V when they attempted to leave the forest for food. Doll escaped because V didn't spot the fawn hiding in the tall grass - and this activated Doll's Solver. Ever since she's wandering about alone, trying to find a cure for herself. She also loses her eye in another quarrel later on.

Doll's fate is similar to the OG show with "Cyn" eating her corpse after killing her in a vunerable position.

Lizzy & Thad are also around and they're siblings! They're the first fawns in the herd to tag along with Khan to help and find Uzi. Lizzy is still the chattermouth she is in the show and Thad likes to be active. It's the deer ADHD. Their father is the teacher (who isn't a teacher to be exact in this AU... but something similar B))

[saturatedsinset]

not directly related to mariah but just something I've been thinking about: people in online wrestling spaces will criticize aew Much more harshly for mistakes made by aew and wwe. one common one is "aew are great at big moments, but not great at paying them off through future storytelling" - this is a pretty frequent sentiment i see specifically relating to the death riders storyline currently, but it comes up a lot. and to be clear, I do absolutely agree with this: aew Does often have a big, impactful moment, and then fail to follow through satisfactorily. but there is a tendency to portray this as An AEW Problem, a problem specific to all elite wrestling, and I think that's just a deeply silly way to describe an issue that most wrestling companies have fairly often. like, people say it about aew often with an implicit "unlike wwe" which, if you'll excuse the harshness, is just stupid. to pick a recent example in wwe, what is the satisfying story after the cena heel turn? well, there isn't any, and the story isn't really going anywhere, and doesn't really make sense in the context of the rock-cody-cena feud. and i think this is exacerbated by half of wwe's top names being part-timers, to the point that it's news when one of them decides to show up to work. "cena is advertised for the smackdown before mania!" is a legitimate thing i saw people be excited about - just that we knew for sure that he would Be On The Show. but that's a digression. the further point i have is that this is just a thing that happens in wrestling, and both tony khan and hhh are prone to it, but so is like. every wrestling promoter. the examples people point to for tony khan being uniquely bad for this are, in my opinion, a case of limited sample size: it's much easier to point to the hundreds of successes of a company that's been around for nine times as long as its closest competitor.

[kerubimcrepin]

Everything we know about what happened to Khan, Bakara, and Lilotte after the movie

Despite the fact that the second Dofus movie has not been made (and, from the way things are looking, might never be made at all) we know quite a bit about what happened to its characters afterward — the reason for that is simple: they're referenced in the games!

In this post, I will try to compile everything we know for the ease of access — but I implore you, instead of using my abridged compilation, just watch my video archive instead, if you're really interested in these characters! The posts I make on the MMOs are entirely recapping everything I already went over in my videos.

BAKARA JURGEN

The Dofus MMO takes place approximately 200–300 years after the events of the movie, and 70–90 years after a genocide against Huppermages has been enacted by Bonta, which forced their people to go into hiding. (you can read more about this in my posts about the Dofus MMO!)

Despite such a long time having passed, one can still find people who look up to her in the world — including Kerubim Crepin, who reminisces on having known her, her brother, and her sister-in-law, before all of them were gone...

There isn't a lot of that is known about her life (or her involvement with Khan, and whether they ever became a couple...) but what we do know is that she grew to be a very well-respected leader and role model among huppermages, and lived a long, fruitful life.

And also that, just like literally everyone in the cast of the movie, she either lied her ass off about everything that happened in it, or the legends have distorted the truth badly.

By the time of Dofus MMO, Jahash and Julith are both viewed as icons and role models by the Huppermage community. It is quite likely that, at least in part, this is the case due to Bakara's (and then Agata, her heir/apprentice/daughter-figure's) efforts to not let their memory be forgotten.

Agata never discusses Bakara in her dialogues pertaining to Bonta's genocide of Huppermages, and when coupled with Kerubim saying that Bakara is "just a part of the history now" during his own dialogue on the topic, there is a heavy implication that Bakara did not live long enough to see this tragedy — and that her passing is not a fresh wound.

LILOTTE DELAGRANDVENTURE

There is even less known about her fate, but some things are pretty obvious: she had a family of her own — and she is still venerated as a great ancestor even six centuries later, by her great-great-great grandchildren.

You can find a descendant of hers in the Wakfu MMO, as a political leader in a tradition-obiding ouginak tribe, which is a very long cry from the way Lilotte and Indie led their lives as city-dwelling ouginaks.

For context, there is a bit of a... conflict, between these two lifestyles, which makes this development quite interesting:

I feel like this dialogue just speaks for itself, when it comes to the way people like Indie, Lou, and Lilotte are viewed by Ouginaks at large...

Considering the history of oppression that Ouginaks have, it is quite understandable why a lot of them want to live in an independent community of their own people — instead of molding themselves to fit the norms set by the followers of the Twelve gods; and why they may look down on their fellow Ouginaks who do not share this sentiment.

Lilotte's bell is a known relic, and her legend is still known — albeit with major alterations, which are most likely the result of six centuries having passed.

:)

KHAN KARKASS

I have saved all content regarding him for last, because he is the one we know the most about — from the plans to include him in Welsh & Shedar, to his inclusion in the Wakfu MMO.

He is buried next to the stadium, with his Gobbowl cup — the greatest achievement of his life... despite him having years of life after it, as an adventurer. A bit sad, isn't it?

Here's what he says about his life:

And here's him getting Joris's age wrong, lmao:

I debated including what we know about him in Welsh & Shedar in this post... but it's a bit of a beaten horse, by now, so I will just give the simple rundown:

In Welsh & Shedar, Khan and Joris seem to be pretty close, reportedly having adventured together after Khan's knee injury. Khan can be seen spending time together with Joris even in the trailer.

It is easy to assume that by this point, that with Joris being 60-years-old, most other mortal loved ones of Joris's have either passed away, or had their own lives to deal with, not having much time to spend together, which is pretty sad.

Considering the fact that instead of spending his time with Bakara, he is seen alone as an old man, it might be possible that she passed away before him or that their romance did not work out.

Another reason to believe their romance may not have worked out is the fact that neither Bakara's, nor Khan's fans, mention them being an item.

He also had the stories about him morph... but somehow, I really doubt that it wasn't his own damn fault.

[zahri-melitor]

Have now met Minhkhoa Khan.

I honestly think he's the most interesting addition to the wider Bat lore since probably Damian's introduction, in terms of the fact he's actually filling an unoccupied gap in the setting and lore.

Part of the issue with the proliferation of new characters over the last 10-15 years has been that a lot of them are effectively redundant on arrival: they're not providing new storytelling opportunities. Characters like Harper Row (Bluebird) and Mary Turner (Strix) and Claire Clover (Gotham Girl) and Bao Pham (Clownhunter) and Francine Charles (Operator) and so on aren't really designed to have a long term existence or take-up. You know once a writer leaves a book that character is probably done, and going to fade into the annals of 'hey do you remember'.

They exist because a writer can't use the character they clearly wanted to use instead, or they wanted to run a trope in a story arc (the characters listed above are: 2x 'we actually wanted to use Cass'; 1x 'we wanted to use Oracle'; 2x 'we wanted a troubled kid for Bruce to help deal with their trauma').

And I personally don't have a problem with creating short term characters to tell the story you want to tell, though I do prefer it if writers actually check if there's a pre-existing character that fits what is wanted, especially if that character is well known. (We shouldn't have the 'this is just Cass, but the writers weren't allowed to use Cass' situation).

But what makes Khoa instantly compelling to me is that he fits straight into continuity without causing any issues, because he's a character that makes sense to exist, and could have existed in the background for decades.

He's part of Bruce's past training journey, but unlike Henri Ducard or David Cain or the O-Sensei, he's not one of Bruce's teachers; he's a fellow student and rival.

Unlike Thomas Elliot, he's someone Bruce has an active rivalry with and who can instantly draw Bruce back into acting like a petulant teenager. He's not from the Gotham society Bruce left behind like Tommy is (or Roman Sionis); he's part of the development of Bruce's code of morality in his world travels. And he's someone Bruce actually has a give and take relationship with, rather than being a character developing a terrible case of one-sided rivalry watching Bruce.

It takes genuine effort to look at the Bat canon and go 'hey, there's an unoccupied gap here where I can fit in a character that will add to the story, rather than just repeat it'. And Khoa's also a character that can disappear off panel for 5-10 years then pop back up when another writer wants to use him and that would make complete sense; he's not someone who should be getting called in and isn't, or whose only use after his initial story arc is to fill out the background of crowd scenes.

I'm honestly impressed. And interested to see where this goes.

(Also I want fic about David Cain, Minhkhoa Khan and young Cass very, very badly; or a story where Cass runs into him while she's working in Hong Kong)

[anerdynerd]

I've just watched Khan!!! The Musical! online and I need to put some sort of post out here for more people to hear about this because it's so much fun?? In case you haven't heard about it yet, it's a parody of Star Trek II The Wrath Of Khan and here are some things I'd like to point out about it: (!some spoilers!)

-Data has created this musical from a Watsonian perspective

-Data narrates the thing and takes on some of the smaller roles himself

-Kirk's voice is perfect

-it has made me laugh out loud multiple times

-I need the tap dancing meditation with Spock and Kirk on Spotify why isn't that one of the things on the selections😮‍💨

-oh yeah, there are exactly 30 minutes of selected songs from this musical on Spotify

-my favorite out of those is probably The Hyperchannel Rag, it's so much fun to listen to🦫

-Kirk reminiscing in his past days and the crew picking him back up and on track

[amebanworld]

So... what happened with Raditz? I mean...

Cetain thing I find infurating about the (random) DragonBall canon is how imprecisse and "let's forget our own canon" it can be. Sure, Mr. Toriyama never took a big deal about this b/c he just wanted to make something entertaining. But, at the end of the day, it also happens to be contradictory or just unfair. That's the case of Raditz. Let me explain myself... After so many years, Mr. Toriyama finally could acomplish his idea about how saiyans were and what happened with Bardock, Broly, King Vegeta, Freeza, etc... Till then, we only had Toei's movies and OVA's, not Toriayama's. Therefore, we learned about Goku's mother, Gine, as well the dinamic of his parents. Unlike Toei's movies, here we could meet Raditz as a kid. And happens to be the character is something less "saiyan like" we had in mind. Let's check these canon scenes...

We can see Raditz playing with beetles along other younger saiyan children. Sure, this is a Japanese thing and they can be related with it, but in DBall canon, we can see saiyan kids aren't different from human children. And overall, Raditz is NOT evil here, he's just behaving like any other playfull kid.

Now, we also can see Gine holding Raditz's hand, like any other mother would do with really young children. Yes, we know Gine was sweet (at least, for saiyans standars), but we don't see Raditz is infurated or anything because his family.

Also, we have this "Kid manga" about their saiyan tail's training. It's suppused to fit the real manga, but obviously it isn't really canon (an alternative universe, perhaps?) But putting aside the fact is nonsensical Raditz cannot recognize Kakarot, in this manga we see Vegeta uses to menace Raditz for any faliure, and he's afraid of him (as any saiyan would do with the Prince). But, on the other side, we see Goku-Kakarot and Raditz getting along nicely and being supportive with each other. In the end of the story, they wish for a future meeting. On the other hand, we also have the inverse situation, also in canon...

Raditz and Vegetas reaction after learning about the fate of their planet and people. They both acting like little shits. Vegeta says "Duh! I don't care!" and Raditz copying his answer. Sure, we can say Raditz did so because he's coping the prince b/c, well, Vegeta's the prince and Raditz is now going to go in the opposite direction. Anyway, his behaviour here is totally different from the image of him playing with beetles and other kids. And they both are canon!! Anyway, these facts bring up a lot of questions the fandom seem doesn't care about. I mean... At this point, we asume saiyans aren't cold hearted butchers, but people like humans are, but in a different stage of civilitation. Something similar to Mongol horders under Gengis Khan emperor. For them, fighting to survival is something and not showing weakness is something cultural. We knew, in the end, Vegeta did care for his people and wanted revenge, so this answer as kid was just wordiness. But, why we never got good answers? And why the fandom keeps saying Raditz, Nappa (and any other classical saiyans) are a bunch of plain assholes? Afterwards, Brooly happens to be a kind of shy boy and Vegeta's little bro (yeah, another canon break), is a sweetheart. I'd like to see more about the saiyans and how Raditz, being the main character's bro, could get a full arc about his story. It is unfair for this character, as well as the fandom ignoring him (except for another shipping story/ new saiyan from nowhere/ expendable villan).

I don't think Goku, at this point fo "Super" even cares. Son Goku turned into a plain egoistical idiot in later stories after all.

Oh! BTW, the beetle thing seems to be something that runs in the family. Goten also likes to play with insects. Uncle Raditz would aprove this.

[scottmemelordstrashpile]

A bunch of Murder Drones suit mods I found for Lethal Company

Just gonna link these here for anyone that wants them since for some reason these are really hard to find by searching. So if you want to have you and your gang running around as Murder Drones characters in Lethal Company, here you go.

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Uzi:

N:

V:

Tessa?:

Cyn:

sCynwalker:

Khan: (NOTE: Doesn't seem to work might be some error on the mod maker's part but I'll leave it in incase they fix it with an update.)

Thad: (NOTE: Doesn't seem to work might be some error on the mod maker's part but I'll leave it in incase they fix it with an update.)

Doll:

EDIT: Apparently she also comes with V, J and N suits so in case you don't like redundancy bear that in mind or if you just don't want multiple suits of the same character clogging up your suit rack.

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And that's all I could find so far, if anyone finds more feel free to share. Sadly I couldn't find a J suit for instance. So if you wanted to have the entire DD trio that sadly isn't possible yet it seems.

EDIT: Seems I was incorrect as Doll comes with a J suit.

[girlactionfigure]

if you just woke up from a 15-month coma to check on the Middle East, it looks like a total US victory. everyone thirsting for American blood (Iran, Russia, Hezbollah) is in shambles, US allies (Israel, Saudi, Turkey) are ascendant

the US worked long and hard to PREVENT this 

so, here's a quick recent-history lesson on winning vs. not:

Oct '23: I notice how strange it is that Americans only talk about ENDING wars, they seem to have forgotten that wars can end in VICTORY or in STALEMATE and that this is the crucial difference

Oct-May: Israel moves painstakingly through Gaza hunting for Hamas. this period accounts for 80%+ of the casualties in Gaza (~35k by May, ~8k since)

meanwhile Israel is eating rockets from Iran, Lebanon, and Yemen with limited response, 10,000s of Israelis internally displaced 

5/31: the election race is heating up, and Biden needs a boost. he's demanding that Netanyahu END the war, stating that Israel has met its goals and there's nothing more it could achieve. Brooklyn fills with "Ceasefire Now" window signs and weekly "free Palestine" protests

June '24: Bibi insists that actually Israel's goal in Gaza is lasting security, not merely to fuck around, and that this requires buffer zones and keeping terrorists in prison. He faces massive pressure from within and without to give up hopes for victory and take a stalemate

27/6: Biden debates himself out of the race, and suddenly the White House and the American people have more important worries than Khan Younis. from July onward the US has no active executive branch. Biden drops out and goes to the beach on 7/21, brat summer officially begins

July '24: Israel takes out Hamas' military mastermind Mohammad Deif in Gaza and Hamas chairman Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran

Hezbollah fires a rocket that kills 12 children playing soccer in Majdal Shams, and in response Israel takes out Hezbollah top commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut 

17/9: beep beep

27/9: Nasrallah out

16/10: Sinwar out

26/11: ceasefire in Lebanon, Hezbollah pushed north of the Litani and cut off from the Iran Axis

27/11: HTS et al storm Aleppo

6/12: Syria's new leader is giving interviews about human rights and inclusivity to US media 

when you see how rapidly victory after victory came as soon as Biden went on vacation, you realize how hard his and Obama's administrations worked to avoid winning for 12 years 

US did do two important things: 1. mostly secured the Red Sea by striking the Houthis until they pulled back 2. helped intercept the Iranian missile barrages in Iraqi airspace, reassuring it's Sunni allies that this isn't a fatal threat to them

result: 1. US Navy has uncontested control from the Gulf of Oman to the Mediterranean, which Russia is now forced to abandon 2. 75+% of Chinese oil imports now come from US protectorates and can be cut off by US in case of war 3. an American can ~safely drive from Dubai to Beirut

@yashkaf