#sentient-cloud

[mudstoneabyss]

Bluffscels seething-

yeah. yeah we were ):

[reallypheelingit]

drawing of an eager young wizard named Katherine Ravenwhisper for @sentient-cloud !!

omg i typoed her last name as ravenwhisker at first dfgsfd

[stormbreaker101]

While I’m here I don’t know shit this is a infofump gift to you. Um. The chosen one.

heeheeehee

my brain is frickin Dead but i shall attempt to ramble abt them

the chosen one. chosen. cho. my darling stick who is always on the wrong side of history. my second dearest ex terrorist (first is judge veg :P ) who is recently getting FRAMED FOR MURDER AND TORTURED FOR IT :D

ok lemme back up. spoilers for just about all of AvA (but not AvM) for anyone who cares

The Chosen One is a stick figure drawn by c!Alan Becker, who was at that point just a young hobbyist animator who enjoys cartoony slapstick violence... and whose animations come to life.

As soon as Chosen was drawn and named, their powers sparked into action and they started causing havoc in Alan's computer. So Alan imprisoned Chosen in an antivirus program and turned them into his adblocker for 4 years.

Let me rephrase that. Alan drew a stick that he DEFINITELY knew was alive (because Chosen wasn't his first stick figure. He's had other victims before) and then enslaved them for 4 years.

Chosen managed to break out of imprisonment after those 4 years and so took wrathful but totally understandable vengeance against Alan. So Alan, in all his GENIUS /s, decided to make a THIRD STICK FIGURE to destroy the Chosen One.

Anyway so Chosen and this new stick, the Dark Lord, duke it out and Chosen wins. Dark's like "shit please dont kill me i am literally 4 minutes old" and chosen's like "dude i'm not gonna kill you. i just want to kill alan [or rather, his cursor, but neither of the sticks realize that alan is an entire person on the other side of the screen]. how about we destroy him together?" and dark's like "alright BET >:D"

and so the two absolutely destroy Alan's computer and escape before they're destroyed in the process, and end up in the realm of Animations, the Outernet. And they live brand new lives revelling in their freedom and power, and go on rampage upon rampage across the Internet. Wikipedia, Twitter, Newgrounds (that last one is important), nobody can stop them!

except... Chosen doesn't want destruction, chaos, control, or notoriety. All they ever wanted was freedom. Do they tell their dearest accomplice and only friend Dark about this? ABSOLUTELY NOT. Because Chosen is SO BAD AT EMOTIONS AND NUANCE. literally the only sticks worse than them at emotions and nuance are Dark and victim (Chosen's predecessor and Alan's first ever stick).

So Chosen has this entire turmoil about them that's been fermenting like a fine wine and meanwhile Dark (perhaps seeing and misinterpreting Chosen's turmoil, perhaps seeing the notoriety that only Chosen got from the Newgrounds attack as the "Angel of Death") unveils a new project of theirs! A cannon that can shoot viruses into peoples' computers! Now they can get vengeance on Alan without having to go to his computer themselves!

Chosen STILL DOESN'T EXPLAIN JACK SHIT ABOUT THEIR OWN DESIRES OR ASK DARK ABOUT WHAT MOTIVATED EM TO DO THIS. AND JUST ASSUMES THE WORST. AND STARTS A FIGHT BECAUSE "NO IM NOT GONNA LET YOU USE THAT"

AND SO THEIR BESTIESHIP OF HOWEVER MANY YEARS FALLS APART.

And uh. Dark fucking dies. Chosen isn't the one to get the final blow on Dark, that's another entire tangent, but yeah Dark fucking dies and Chosen is left to try and work through the grief in solitude.

HAVE I MENTIONED THAT CHOSEN IS SO BAD AT EMOTIONS. They're such a tragic tragic stick.

anyway timeskip, and Chosen is hunted down by some mercenaries because one) they're a former terrorist (though we DO SEE that Chosen will go out of their way to try and protect people) and two) the mercenaries' boss victim (yes, the SAME victim) incorrectly but understandably thinks that Chosen is LOYAL TO ALAN. BECAUSE VICTIM SAW A SNIPPET OF THE SHOWDOWN BETWEEN CHOSEN AND DARK WHERE CHOSEN AND ALAN'S CURSOR WERE STANDING NEXT TO EACH OTHER SEEMINGLY AS ALLIES

anyway it's been over a year since chosen has been kidnapped and uh. sniles. who the fuck knows when the next episode of AvA is gonna come out, these episodes take For Fucking Ever to come out because YOU CANNOT RUSH ART.

anyway x2. chosen can be transfem. to me. that's what the transing their gender square is for. it's about the striving for autonomy and freedom. it's about wanting to distance yourself from your father, your god, who made you in His image whether he intended it or not.

gddammit i gave cho the same kind of transgenderism i gave duck savage. oops.

i will say also. gender headcanons are like really fast and loose in AvA/M. bc they're sticks. i think cc!Alan assumes he/him for every stick besides 2 and occasionally some sticks are refered to by gendered pronouns or titles, but like. they're sticks. it's free real estate.

anyway x3. tldr chosen is tragic and keeps fucking up because they're doing their best but their best is just awful. i love them. angst SPONGE.

[dire-vulture]

Good ending. Fathom dragons are released, we see the official art. They’re all fat! Turns out the npcs we see in the Odyssey are just all dragon twinks

YES fdssgsdf please omg. yearning for this

breed that has a twink pose and a bear pose. both poses can be any gender.

[stormyykat]

FUUUCK ITS THE MUTUALS/FRIENDS ATTACK !!!!!!!

[everysinglepheel]

Happy Birthday, I hope its a good one!

thank you!!

[anxiously-sidequesting]

Puts my hand on your shoulder. You should realize the community of grown ass adults who are obsessed with a 2008 family friendly wizard mmo and the community of grown ass adults interested in warrior cats would have considerable overlap

puts my hand on your hand on my shoulder. This is why you all are my people. because we're all hurting /lh /j

you should have seen how i terrorized the fandom with this. i wrote a few joke paragraphs and legit the whole chat started shrieking and coughing up blood it was so funny i mean so sad .

[thenothlng]

Can i ask ab like. Solomon if you have any thots

WHAT A GUYYYYY i know 4 some people, the area of the night forest in general and its themes makes them uncomfortable but PERSONALLY 4 me at least, it was rlly interesting! i can say the same thing abt solomon tbh. he rlly is just a guy and if im comparing him to all of the other lemurian heroes, he places like. a solid 3rd for me i think. he doesn't do anything rlly mean to us nor does he rlly "undervalue" the wizard and their help... hes just a little goofy sometimes (more thoughts in the tags :3)

[dragonroilz]

Another one. Have you come to regale my splendor?

Weshan.

AS FAR AS THE UES KNOWS, YOU'RE A HUMAN TO THEM.

Hello there. . . . Ah. You're asleep. You wouldn't mind if I took a few things, right?

[tsunadadudi]

Heyyyy what's up, I made adopts again! Shoot me a DM if you wanna nab one. Cu Sith and Selkie were already grabbed, but the others are wide open!

Buyers get full HD png files, you know the drill.

EDIT: Asrai has sold!

[astro-nomaly]

About the IDWBAMG au

You said you didn't know what to do with Hoshi really so I propose the idea-

It's Morro, and Wu (since he distributes magical girl powers) basically is like alright Morro, babysit your cousin and make sure he doesn't crash out and Morro is so upset because he has to be like come on Lloyd go beat up those thugs on mainstreet so Wu doesn't yell at me and Lloyd is like no bitch why are you here at my school go away. He's either just a normal ghost guy or hes chibified for silliness

But yeah. Just a thought

- @ren-cerati (though you could assume from how morropilled I am)

YES

Omg instead of Morro being jealous of Lloyd Lloyd is jealous of Morro bc Morro is a Retired Magical Girl (he just went to college) either that or he’s actually dead but just doesn’t gaf. Doesn’t care that he’s dead at ALL

If he is at college tho I propose he has a little elemental dragon follow Lloyd around bc he has homework goddammit

[mudstoneabyss]

The Old Ones Heroeria

[flowersdiceandlove]

The burial mounds, a place of mystery, the place of the dead, cannot be comprehended by humans. It is a place warped by time and resentful energy and the intentions of those who inhabit it and who knows what else. It is sentient and has a strong will of its own. It’s said that no one can leave the Burial Mounds, and that is true as much as it’s not. The burial mounds keeps what is theirs; protects what is theirs. No one can escape from the Burial Mounds bc more often than not, once you enter, the Burial Mounds see you as theirs. It does not take well to people hurting and taking what is theirs. (And, maybe this is why a certain demonic cultivator was able to survive and leave that place. Maybe he understood this will and resentment bc he too would do anything to protect those he loves. For him as well, once he considers someone family, they are family. And nothing will change that. No matter what happens, his family is his family, and those under his protection are fully under his protection. They can see a kindred spirit in each other, and so the Burial Mounds let him go, knowing that he will always carry part of the Burial Mounds with him. The souls in his sleeves and the resentful energy he welcomes into his body. The boon that the Burial Mounds grants him.)

It is for these reasons that WWX knows to bring the Wen remnants there. Not only does he know he can defend them if needed in that place teeming with resentment, he knows the Burial Mounds themselves will protect them. It protects its own, and the Burial Mounds knows these people that WWX brought are his, so they are its. It’s as simple as that. And, the Burial Mounds likes it. It likes having these people here, milling about and carving a life on it. It likes how they turns its soil from barren to fruitful. It likes how they are happy and content. It likes being their home and haven. It will do anything to protect them.

When the first siege comes, the Burial Mounds try to protect what is theirs. These people who have made a home on it. But, they are all grieving deeply, and it’s beautiful child, the first to even understand them and want to make peace with them instead of destroying them, is breaking apart. He is breaking apart with the weight of someone who could not protect that which is most precious to him. And he has been breaking with this weight for months now, every day chipping another piece of himself away, every day pulling further and further into himself, every day driving him just a little more insane. The Burial Mounds have no problem with madness. They will still embrace him fully and without question, but it pains them to see him like this. They are all breaking under the pressure of what the world outside its borders do. This is no longer their haven, but now their place of imminent doom. It is only a matter of time until the cultivators attack. The Burial Mounds fights back as it always does to protect those that are its. But, some of these living cultivators attacking are family of WWX and it cannot attack family. And, it knows that even should he wipe all these harmful intruders out, that will not stop more from coming, and more after that. The Burial Mounds would fight every wave they send, but that is not the issue. The issue is that its people are grieving and breaking. The issue is that it cannot do anything to fix that and every attack will break their spirits just that much more.

So instead, the Burial Mounds decide to change it. As the cultivators pour in, the Burial Mounds pulls its energy from defending and into charging its intention.  Some of its people get cut down, but that is fine, it will still work, they do not have to be alive. Just as WWX is about to destroy the Stygian Tiger Amulet (oh, and look at their brave boy, but don’t do that, my child, it will tear you apart) a large pulse of resentful energy ripples out over the battlefield, shaking the ground and seeping into all that is theirs. The air and ground starts to ripple, unstable and warping like swirls of marble, until none can stay standing in this odd happening, toppling over, nauseous from the swirling. Those that are theirs are sucked into the soil, deep into its power, and it embraces them into its depths.

Then—

They open their eyes.

WWX is seven, on the streets of Yiling, and turns his head to the Burial Mounds so close by, calling to him. Come home, my child, it whispers. Come to me; I will protect you.

Wen Ning is eight and Wen Qing 14. They also look in the direction of Yiling—of the Burial Mounds. They too hear the call. There are gasps rippling around their home, and people bursting through doors, embracing each other, crying in joy. Eyes flick around at everyone. They know. All those that were on the Burial Mounds, as well as Wen Qing and Wen Ning remember. They know what Wen Ruohan is planning. They also know what will happen to their real family.

They go to Yiling. Just a few at first. They lost many people in their branch before they were saved by WWX, and those people are more than hesitant to go to that cursed place. Those that remember can’t simply leave them to their fates again. So, some go, while some stay. They will convince the rest later. When they arrive at the base of the Burial Mounds, there is already a large collapse in the wall surrounding it looking to be made recently. The paths open up for them as they start their ascent. The path is just as they remember, the corpses and spirits howling, but leaving them be. They know they are already part of them. Granny Wen and Wen Qing are at the front of the group, leading the way. Wen Qing wishes her brother was there, but that was not something their parents would budge on. They barely let her go, and only because Granny was insisting as well and promised to look after her.

They reach the clearing where their homes were, and there they are. Their little shacks that barely stay standing. The patches of land they’d tilled and toiled over. And there, perched on a tree stump by the side of the road is a boy, even smaller than A-Ning, covered in dirt and grime that can’t all be from the Burial Mounds, spinning a black, bamboo dizi in his tiny hands. He watches them with shining eyes and a large smile they’d know anywhere breaks out on his face, then—

He laughs. The boy laughs loud and clear and bright as he topples off the stump in his joy. Many of them join in the laughter as well. Amazed and in disbelief. Wen Qing, granny, and a few others rush over to the little Wei Wuxian and pull him into a crushing embrace. The laughter soon turns to wracking sobs as they all cling to each other and let it all sink in. 

They are alive. They are together.

And, they will make sure it stays that way.

The Burial Mounds hum around them, welcoming them home.

[stormbreaker101]

I’ll defend you and the Bantams titties Stormbreaker101

i and his titties are honored o7

[casually-salad]

im so sad i forgot to post him yesterday but... he is probabluy one of my favorite ponys i made

[stormyykat]

No because changing Innovative Concepts for Lordtech and specifically choosing to make him a tech bro… there’s no way they’re not doing like some hamfisted Elon Musk shit with Maxwell Lord right 🙁

NO LITERALLY like theres no way they are not gonna try and pull the 'look at these superSHILLS meanwhile superman is so cool because hes for the people smiley face' which is like. a fine story whatever but YOU CANT TELL THAT STORY WITH THE JLI !!!!!!!!!!!! THATS NOT WHO THEY ARE !!!!!!!!!!! rips my fucking

i hope im wrong i hope they prove that wrong but i have no faith esp from what ive seen :(((((( im so sorry JLI you deserve better...... at least they had a sort-of reunion in absolute power. shakes my head