#mod reverse

[keferon]

Swerve: Builds a farm in his singleplayer world

Chat: ᛐᛌ᛬ᛜᚣ᛫ joined the game

Swerve:

[shroomedits]

꒰𑁬 : // buttons gif icons from the red flags + uno reverse music videos art by @galoogamelady

bonus headers:

[making-you-in-spore]

this is the craziest fucking spore mod i have ever seen

[cripplecharacters]

What about subverting the faking disability trope? You’re pretending to be able bodied but are actually disabled

(This is mostly a joke)

I know this is a joke question, but you said 'mostly.' So for the part that isn't a joke:

This is definitely a thing that happens, whether 'successfully' or not, because disability is seen as a moral failure or the worst possible outcome or whatnot. So a lot of people (who are somewhat able to; not all or probably even most disabled people can do this) decide, "well, then I don't want anyone to know I'm disabled/consider me disabled/know my struggle/know what I need to do every day."

This can help in some ways, like maybe they get more job opportunities or less people judge them or they go to more events, but it can also come at a great cost. When you're disabled, you need accommodations. If you pretend not to be, you might go without them. Or less than you need. Or cause yourself pain, or further worsen your disability. Or socially isolate you because you are hiding something that affects your life in a pretty big way.

There's definitely stories that can be told about this, given that I'm sure many people are living it.

When this ask was originally queued, these comments were added by mods (including me):

that's called what i do every day (also mostly a joke)

Same (I'm failing miserably)

Years of experience and you too can have people tell you "But you don't look disabled" (yeah...)

Story of my bloody life

So that's something even some of us mods have experience with.

Hope this helps not just you but maybe anyone else wondering,

mod sparrow

[animatedjen]

You're better than that! Right? ... You know I'm right. Traitor Inquisitorius Part 3: Ghost

[vasito-de-leche]

;R1999 - Self-Aware AU

Headcanons about an Alternate Universe in which everyone knows they're living inside a videogame. However, Vertin is the only one aware of the entity inhabiting her own mind, the real conductor - the "Player".

this is one of my favorite AUs to slap on whatever media I'm into so here we are <3 not sure if anyone's done this already, but PLEASE PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE link me if you've seen any other ppl write for this AU! this one and any actor AUs are my absolute fave

this is just a word vomit introduction for fun, to get the basic ideas out of my head, so I can start writing for characters individually!

Okay, okay! First of all, some context for the AU before I go deranged overexplaining my HCs!

Aside from the "Storm", there is something else that haunts the people of this world: the fact that their lives are nothing but a simulacrum, part of a game.

The requirements to obtain this "self-awareness" is unknown. Those within the Foundation believe it's related to their respective "roles", that only the main and relevant characters are given the chance to fully open their eyes to the truth. Those within Manus Vindictae claim that one must be strong enough to break through the fog of complacency and their assigned scripts, to have their full potential unleashed and obtain true liberation. Either way, similar to the "Storm", this is a well-kept secret for a very good reason - everyone wants to have the upperhand.

There is one outlier to this whole system. Vertin is not only aware of the truth of this world, but also of her duty as the eyes and hands of the "Player". She must experience it all for their sake. Or rather, whatever she experiences will be the story that the Player will see.

This applies to her suitcase, the place where the Player's influence increases tenfold, bending everything and everyone to their will through her own body and voice. The longer one stays within her suitcase - or within her general vicinity - the easier it is for them to become self-aware.

How does one become "self-aware" and what does it entail?

The requirements and the catalyst for a character to become self-aware are still a mystery. But that's mostly because I specifically wanted to keep them as vague as possible, to allow some flexibility for NPCs and other characters outside of Vertin's suitcase.

The whole process of gaining sentience or self-awareness is mostly described as waking up from a nightmare, or a very, very realistic dream. It's like a switch, something that happens in a second without any warnings whatsoever.

I like to think that most of the people who wake up are easy to spot, because it's a jarring experience and panicking is the most normal reaction - but that they're often taken care of by the Foundation or recruited by Manus Vindictae.

The levels of awareness also depend heavily on each individual - some only know that nothing is truly real, that everything they've done up until that point was just a carefully scripted lie, the most basic realization. Others can understand the rules that govern this game and use them to their advantage, either through observation and study or just inherently.

Overall, the experience of being sentient varies as well, with some describing a disconnect from their body, while others feel exactly the opposite. Again, keeping it pretty vague so that people can fill in with their own ideas!

I'll talk about Vertin's case in detail when we get to her specific bullet point, but the same way the Player is able to experience the "story" through her eyes, she's able to see the same things they do - this includes the UI, the menus and everything you can interact with in-game.

Vertin as a character and a vessel for the Player.

The most common thing I've seen in self-aware AUs in my years of fandom is to turn the player stand-in (the main character that serves for the player to experience the story through and/or project onto, depending on the genre of the game) into an obstacle, one that keeps the characters from truly interacting with the Player, capital P.

The second most common thing I've seen is to simply ignore the existence of this player stand-in and replace it with the Player themself, either through isekai methods or thanks to the customization the game allows, etc etc.

When it comes to Vertin in this AU, I know I want her to retain her role as the center of everything, instead of being sidelined by the Player. She's THE Timekeeper, after all.

There's still some details I'm trying to iron out, like whether she's always been self-aware or if she became self-aware at some point during her childhood at the St. Pavlov Foundation. But I like to think that her relationship to the Player is a parallel to her immunity to the "Storm" - neither of these two things are inherently good nor bad. Surviving the "Storm" is helpful, sure, but it's painful for her. Having an entity like the "Player" haunting her is scary, sure, but it can be an advantage. It's a matter of how she utilizes the assets she was given, since her adaptability and determination are big aspects of her character. Vertin makes up for her mediocre arcane skills with unconventional plans and strategies.

But this isn't to say that Vertin isn't affected by the presence of the Player. Ironically, she's the one person whose freedom is limited. During battles, her skills and Tuning are available to you, they can also prove to be vital to win a fight, but in the end you're still the one calling the shots and choosing when her friends get to attack. You're the one choosing the layout of the Wilderness. You're the one picking which one of her friends deserves to become stronger.

In the last bullet point I mentioned that some characters can understand the rules of the game - Vertin is the most extreme case, as she can see the same UI as you do. She learns the way you like to fight your battles, your own strategies, she can see this and more.

Overall it's a very complex dynamic. It's not as easy as saying that she likes or dislikes you, that she considers you a friend or foe. You're part of her, you influence each other in many aspects and are stuck together for reasons she can't even fathom. While you may be able to read her thoughts most of the time, she becomes invisible once you enter the suitcase - the main menu of the game. Sure, the character you selected to greet you every day is actually talking to her, not you, but she's out of your view and therefore, out of our range. That's when Vertin wonders the sort of person that you are, if you care about her friends as much as she does. Are you playing just to be entertained? Are you invested in these events? Will you be there for her until the end of her story?

Another detail I like to think about is that Vertin is the only one who knows your name. Because at the very beginning, you were asked to input a name and she was there.

[screenshot was taken from this video, since it's the first one I could find that showed this specific part of the game lol]

Well, "your name" not quite right - she knows that whatever you wrote there is the name linked to your account, at least. And that's the name she knows you as.

Those who take residence in Vertin's suitcase or spend prolonged amounts of time with her, growing closer to her and all, end up becoming self-aware. This is a direct side-effect of your presence.

I like to think that characters who reach the 100% Bond can begin to sense the Player, to see the world in a similar way as Vertin does. Maybe even feel their presence EXACTLY like Vertin does whenever there's a battle. There is someone else on the other side of this screen, the fourth wall, who watches over them.

To some, it's hard to differentiate Vertin from the Player, as they just go hand in hand - but Sonetto, for example, has the easiest time telling the two apart.

On the subject of freedom and acting out of script.

The Foundation, Manus Vindictae, Laplace... It doesn't matter if they're self-aware and acting outside of what their script dictates, because they're missing one key ingredient: you. No one else but Vertin and her group knows about your existence, after all.

They don't know that the only story that matters is the one that Vertin is part of. The one that the Player gets to see and read and experience. And because the game gives you a very limited view into the lives of these characters, you don't know what neither Arcana nor Constantine do behind the scenes. You and Vertin don't see that, therefore, it never truly mattered.

Those most likely to start "acting out" are the troublemakers within Vertin's suitcase. Characters who are too curious for their own good, who are more susceptible to supernatural entities, who are just too impulsive - they would start to test the limits and see how far they can go, how much they can interact with the Player. Can the game be broken should they end up shattering the fourth wall? Is there a way for the Player to communicate with them? What will happen to Vertin?

I like to think that Vertin probably supports this, as she's rather curious herself, prone to questioning everything. She would also like to learn more about the Player, to truly tear into the game and see the full extent of your influence and her freedom.

Sometimes, Regulus and X will change their usual voicelines, just enough to be noticeable if one pays enough attention. Characters like Sotheby or Leilani might slip up and address the Player, rather than Vertin. Lilya, Pavia, Bkornblume have new animations and different expressions, ones you've never seen before - they stare ahead, as if searching for something, and then smirk or hum to themselves, deep in thought, like they realized something you're not privy of.

Sometimes, if you leave them as your selected assistant on the main menu, you can catch them muttering to themselves - idle quotes you never heard enough, about the outside world. Diggers does this the most, it's almost embarassing how easy it is to catch him talking nonsense, followed by Sonetto. If you leave Medicine Pocket alone for too long, you might come back to a screen covered in weird scratch marks.

On the subject of these characters being curious about the outside world and all, I think that a good chunk of them are generally content with the way things are?

We have to remember that in-universe, they're arcanists displaced from their respective eras. Their best chance at surviving is siding with Vertin, and if Vertin is content with the way things are, then there's no point in trying to disrupt what they have right now. They're curious enough to prod, but only as far as Vertin allows it.

And I think that's it for the word vomit!

There are some details I didn't know where to fit in, like the possibility of the fourth wall slowly dissipating the more time the Player invests in the game, leading to some characters being able to directly hear you if you talk while playing and whatnot. Or what would happen should someone outside of Vertin's suitcase figure out the existence of the Player, let alone interact with you in some way.

Or the concept of death being meaningless, unless it was pre-established by the game itself.

In Borderlands, there's this game mechanic where you can just be revived over and over and pay a percentage of your money as a fee, even though the canon that's established is that you play through the whole story without dying a SINGLE time - because the revival mechanics aren't canon. There's the divide between story and gameplay. That's pretty much the standard. But what about the deaths in battles in R1999? The amount of times I died to 1.3's UTTU's Flash Gathering is insane. How do self-aware characters feel about this, now that they know that they're bound to die over and over and be brought back because you have to do your Pneuma Analysis or reach the final stage of Limbo?

But that's pretty much it for now, I think I got most thoughts out of my system! Thank you for reading!

[peachesandplumsbigbang]

WELCOME TO THE INAUGURAL PEACHES AND PLUMS BIG BANG EVENT!

What does that mean?  Well, the short answer is a Magician’s Big Bang.  The longer answer is probably best answered in our Rules and FAQ page.  That’s where you’ll find all the details on what a Big Bang means, at least in this context.  Other fandoms and events may have different interpretations, so please, really, check out the FAQ.

There, now that you’ve done that and have some idea what THIS Big Bang is about, in general terms, we can get into the smaller details.

For our opening we’ve decided to run a Reverse Bang.  There are several reasons for that, most of which fall on the modding side of things, but also because it’s a smaller commitment which makes it great for a starter.  What that actually means is that artists will sign up first.  They will submit between one and two new original works.  Each work will go into a list of works for the event, and then writers will sign up and submit a list of which works they would like to write a 10k+ work inspired by.  Artists and writers will then be paired up based on those selections.  Now, Artists, this doesn’t mean that you can’t submit more art for your writer's work, if you so choose, but it isn’t required.  Just the original work, which can be tweaked with the writer's work if so desired, but again, isn’t required.  You could technically be done once your art is submitted to the selection pool.  It is lovely community, though, to be around for your writer to at the very least toss some ideas at, or pick your brain about your artwork.  And just to chat with other creators in general.

Writers, your job, once you’ve been given a partner, is to create a fic inspired by that piece of art.  For a Reverse Bang we’ve lowered the required word count to a 10k minimum, which is a large part of why we decided to start with a Reverse Bang.  Something a little smaller to let everyone get the feel for the event.

We will set up lines of communication between each set of partners for this event, be that email or discord.  So please be prepared to offer up one if not both of those methods of communication for your partner.

And that’s about it.  As the FAQ says, if you have any other questions please reach out, either here on tumblr or by emailing the mods at peachesandplumsbigbang @ gmail.com .

(Below you will find the schedule for this year’s Peaches and Plums Reverse Bang)

Artist sign-ups open - May 5 2025 (Monday)

Author sign-ups open - June 2 2025 (Monday)

Artist sign-ups close - June 30 2025 (Monday)

Art drafts due - July 2 2025 (Wednesday)

Art drafts available for preview - July 9 2025 (Wednesday)

Author sign-ups close - July 14 2025 (Monday)

Claims open - July 16 2025 (Wednesday)

Check-in 1, 50% of fic complete - September 1 2025 (Monday)

Check-in 2, 80% of fic complete - September 29 2025 (Monday)

Final Due Date - October 13 2025 (Monday)

Posting period - October 20 2025 (Monday) until out of works

[reverbmod]

Reverb 2025 Partnerships

Claims are officially closed and the 2025 partnerships have been newly minted by the mods. We are so proud to present to you your Reverb Class of 2025!

All your fears artist: Holydrakes and author: Ku-Hakku

Gilded Cage artist: worldismyne and author: TheAngryPomeranian

Hey you, feed the machine (bring them all back down to their knees) artist: emotional-support-hufflepuff and author: clemor

Ecstasy of Dust artist: Alcruid and author: indigolightning

Dance the Monkey with Me! artist: lilliesofinspirationvalley and author: Sharks833

Ink Eaters artist: Ku-Hakku and author: emotional-support-hufflepuff

The Death Scythes artist: blackbloodteeth and author: Alcruid

To Death & Infinity…Resonance of the Heart artist: DJ Rebelina and author: lilliesofinspirationvalley and author: neonzervis

Tell Me Again (working title) artist: drowsystarlight and author: toweroftunes

Steel Wings and Hazy Sky (working title) artist: snaii_ and author: memethebum

Extra Terrestrial Roommates (working title) artist: JustPocketChange and author: guacamoletrash

Shattered Souls (working title) artist: not-so-scandalous and author: chichirichick

[keferon]

My dashboard is mainly reverse mecha au stuff at the moment, and I'm just scrolling down and it's basically

JP angst

JP angst

JP angst

JP angst

BS fluff/funny joke

JP angst

JP angst

And it's so fucking funny to me lmao. The horrors, everyone living in the horrors and then there's Blurr and Swerve just living it up on their lil' minecraft world Philza and Mumza stlye

It's hilarious, this is such a funny gag. I know you like angst and all, but this is so funny to me I'm hoping you keep it this gag going (maybe some hurt, but the comedy aspect of this is amazing)

JP are going through every nightmare scenario while Blurr and Swerve are just. Playing. Blocks.

ACTUALLY ahahahaah A C T U A L L Y If we want some tension we should just make Swerve install a horror mod

[aro-culture-is]

Aro culture is being in middle school and feeling less mature because, unlike everyone else, you weren't interested in crushes and relationships.

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[wolftails-funkin-arts]

Gametoons' embodiment of joy and embodiment of balance concept but I made them their own characters instead lol

Marisol, the deity of life and happiness, and Knight, the deity of dullness and peace.. Despite their differences, both of them need each other...

Also good friends of Rayne :3

[psi-hate]

pj64 decided to close improperly and remain a background process and now it looks like i've been edging it far longer than i usually do

[liartheater]

✦ The newest piece of the Theatre of deceit !

🍎  scrapped layout pieces and unfinished graphic sets from mod candy apple cookie

 f2u with a like / rb and CREDIT 💙

🔮 All Self indulgent idea bursts I had

Note : some of these are kinda shitty sorry. Can you tell I love pinned headers. 🍦

might finish one or two of these if I get more energy.

[aziraphales-library]

Hello there

Thank you all so much for all the help and recommendations. They're wonderful.

I'm just wondering if you know of any stories that have Female Angel Crowley and Female Demon Azirphale?

I've used the tags "Female Aziraphale" and "Demon Aziraphale" together and "Female Crowley" and "Angel Crowley" together but nothing really pops up. I know there are one or two smut fics for this, but I'm looking for full length stories that are a bit more than just smut.

Hopefully you can help?

Btw, how exactly do we recommend our own stories to you for inclusion in your archives?

Hve a lovely day/week/month

Tamsin

I used the role reversal and F/F tags to find you these fics...

A filigree tin of tiny gay secrets by Kalachia (G)

As an angel there are certain behaviors Crowley is expected not to indulge in. She's not supposed to accept gifts from demons, Especially not from Aziraphale; even more especially she's not supposed to fantasize about it afterwords in a stunning display of indicipline. Crowley has never been very good at doing what she's supposed to do.

Foreigner’s God by orphan_account (G)

An angel who lost her faith and a demon desperately trying to repent can’t seem to stay out of orbit, certainly not at the dawning of this strange new earth. Raphael wants nothing more than to heal the suffering she sees, Azirafell wants nothing more than for the suffering to just stop.

Important Things by Chocolatepot (G)

Aziraphale and Crowley reflect on some memorable occasions in their long history together. (Genderbend and roleswap.)

Eros Isn't Only For Demons by LightningInABottle (E)

One woman’s embarrassment is another’s pleasure—quite literally. What Crowley had thought to be nothing more than a simple nightcap with Azirafell turns out to be anything but when her words cause more trouble than they’re worth. She's not exactly complaining, though.

Flip It, Reverse It by MelayneSeahawk (E)

The angel Crowley has been waiting for the demon Aziraphale to update the Arrangement since they stopped the Apocalypse. Happily ever after, right? But no dice. Anxious and unwilling to continue waiting, she takes matters into her own, gold-tipped fingers…

- Mod D

[shittysawtraps]

apprentice outing to the gay club but they bring john, who is standing awkwardly by the bar drinking a screwdriver and handing out money to random people in a well-intentioned but misguided attempt at comradery

[drawing-every-rw-ship]

uhh. the got dang uhhh.

can i have Aurora Borealis? (what i call Nightcat x Invenot x Survivor)

Sorry chat I went too hard on this

I saw Surv with these two technically not real slugs and I had the greatest idea of "what if Surv and their otherworldly partners"

Do not use my art without my direct permission