#steam flow

[fuumiku]

Demon AU (krkb)

+ bonus Kuro

Kurokabuuu!! If Kabru gets to be naked then so does Kuro, equality for all 🔥Not to break the mystique but in that intro comic Kuro isn't flexing he's just pushing Mickbell away bc he about to be in business mode gdbdg. Was weird trying to make Kuro look more demony, did not work very well except for making him buffer but hey...! A black dog demon yeah yeah yeah...!

I have accidentally recreated Howl's Moving Castle... NOW HEAR ME OUT- The base concept for my satyr Kabru AU (the initial idea was the sketch where he has no horns haha) now turned demon AU was materializing Kabru's fear of anything monster, particularly his insecurity as a kid of being an incubus('s child and that making him a monster), and helping him work through it so he can love himself and others and the world better, but everything started clicking only after thinking about Kuro's role in the setting more. He's this feared dude with a witchy reputation and a lil rhyme about how everyone should stay away from him for their own sake etc etc, but he's not a demon just a dog dude really. The setting in this AU is much like Dunmeshi, but all monsters are called "demons" instead and tied with this concept of demonic not just monstrous, there's special generalized fear in them being kinda fundamentally evil. But they're just beasts, and sometimes just demihuman races, like Kuro. Magic does exist though, and curses, and yeah just a folk kinda vibe!

Kabru because he's become supernatural knows how to speak Kuro's tongue now too, or maybe he's always known it idk... But Kabru sought Kuro out because he's The demon guy around, thought if anyone around would know how to do anything about his having become a monster it'd be him- Mickbell is there too ig like waaa this innocent-looking (def isn't) human loves this demon and lives with him, alone but peaceful as hermits in the woods? Wah wild. Wah we can still have love?? Wah we can fall in love together and live happy monster lives even if ostracized??! Wah wait I'm not even a monster it was just my own latent magical powers cursing myself because I worried and believed myself to be a demon so intensely for so long?!! Wah we can truly have it all...... Growth feels so nice. Except Mickbell, that grown ass man is not finding inner peace yet. Still he's chill here since he's a side char not a main one

It's how Kuro's confident in himself despite everything being stacked against him, it's how he still trusts and likes himself, it's how he just wants a simple happy life and pursues what he wants, it's how he takes things simply... Self-critical Kabru always neglecting himself over obsessing about the greater good could learn from him........ Kuro is the only one after his transformation that unconditionally welcomes him and shows him compassion and it's all so confusing to him, especially since at first Kabru wouldn't even offer that same humanization to Kuro, only risked it out of necessity for his own circumstances, but he gradually becomes able to see the humanity in him despite his appearance, mannerisms, way of life and ideals, until he sees the humanity in him and himself too despite their appearances, until he finds there's nothing wrong in this routine and life of theirs in this isolated magical little place, until........... Just about accepting all of those fuzzy inbetween ways to be that are unclean and hard to understand from the outside, and growing comfortable in them and loving himself and kuro and the life they've made together.......!!!!!! What if through humanizing you I humanized myself... What if through growing a understanding for each other wevalidated ourselves, love as self-love...

I love including Rin into things, for a more plotty story it'd be neat if she tried and followed Kabru... He up and disappeared and she's a capable mage and she doesn't know what his plan was because he never tells her anything so she goes out and pursues him- Could even be the main antagonist besides just idk self-hate and townspeople lol, like she thinks Kuro is keeping him prisoner or something and also because she kinda represents the same kinda social trauma Kabru has, where she's strict about conforming and being an irreproachable undeniable human so she kind of wants to drag him back to that state he was in of anxiety over acting and being human enough...... But of course in the ultimate confrontation when she has her staff pointed at Kuro and they talk, she's hurt by him not confiding in her and thinking of her as someone who wouldn't help, but she understands and stops and yay happy ending :> And if we want them to be in this Holm and Dia may be allies I feel 🤔Like maybe they help out Kabru when they see him, help him escape their human village at one point or something, Holm is quite nice and cares for spirits and Dia's fled her home too so they kinda get it in a way, it'd contrast Rin... This isn't about the Laios party lol. Rin & Mickbell shenanigans would lowkey be fun like maybe Mickbell tricks Rin into thinking Kabru IS there against his will so she can take him away and the status quo of Mickbell not having to share Kuro with anyone is preserved, or maybe they just shittalk and grumble together. Gbdgd this is a plotline about accepting change and these two are noooot happy about it

So yeah he hates being a monster that's the schtick!! Won't a cool dog man pleaseeee turn me human again. Surely he can do that right. So he goes to live with this feared coolass magicky guy and that guy's little guy at his weird home and through making connections and self-love the curse you actually unknowingly put on yourself gradually lessens and disappears, but you don't care anymore because that's the point 😌 Which is why I call it a Howl's Moving Castle recolor gdbd

Kabru is usually the voice of reason within kurokabu so it's really fun switching the roles in that way. If you're just stumbling into this and are sooo confused first of all congrats on getting so far second I can't overstate how unironic this is + if you want more explanation about the ship I made a brainstormy manifesto here <3 Like, did you know Kuro's name is actually Yodan? He was likely called Kuro by Mickbell due to the language barrier. In this AU it's because no one's interested in him as a person so people just give him an ominous title that means black. But Kabru learning his name and Kuro willingly giving away that information and Kabru feeling the weight of it because he really thinks this'd allow him to control him (he can't actually control bc he's not a demon! No one's a demon yay! Just weirdo humans who get otherized)......

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Other vers because I 1) really like it and 2) am very indecisive. I overthink every single slight color change I stg lol

Sigh....... Like bro what if we were both so so far away from home and we knew we can't really go back and we've made our peace with that but man I miss not having been ripped away from my homeland and we are both so so isolated in our own ways in our presents and with a small yet gigantic gesture of compassion and of seeing each other we can learn and grow together with secret study dates where I teach you how to communicate the same way you're teaching me your language, we are both reaching across to each other we are both finding in one another a presence and humanity that feels so rare anywhere else. A sliver of warmth a sliver of home but also a sliver of the new, and embracing that things are changing and that we've changed and wow the animality within humanity and the humanity within animality!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey bro your humanity I am only now fully grasping and coming to terms with is so hot bro............ What if your beastly features ended up making me more comfortable in my own stinky human animal flawedness bro........ What if we could just be together reassured through each other that we're human enough no matter what and that's all we need to just be and wahhhhh aughhhhh

Kurokabu is Kuro needing to choose between Kuro and Yodan. Kurokabu is needing to feel comfortable in animality within humanity. What if we stopped repressing ourselves 🫶

[fisheito]

hello... please consider... yakumo in:

the classic traditional style qipaos

the modernised and modified ones

bonus: modified hanfu

he would look wonderful wouldn't he? all the more delectable and sashimiable?

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[thedancingmendicant]

"Higher than they've ever been before..."

[seekingthestars]

HOLD ON LET ME COOK 👀

[joelletwo]

the completely unimportant. takasugi was abused by his family. rhyming with my. takasugi would have just been Some Guy some normal guy if not for the intervention of [shouyou] [and even then. probably still if not for gintoki]. as in. he wouldve been some perfectly able to work within society. Guy. the modern au he couldve been some numbers crunching salaryman just fine. how to get to my point lol. hes a perfect depiction of someone working with society which is to say not working at all because society sucks when its one that hangs kids from trees. yeah?

[itspileofgoodthings]

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[deepspaceboytoy]

Think I just found my new favorite shooter of the year

[rks-systems]

I started doing a Sinnoh vs Hisui map for the Crimson Mirelands (Obsidian Fieldlands mapping is here) and the truth is that they don't really match up. I genuinely think that the Crimson Mirelands is the space between Solaceon Town, Veilstone City, and Lake Verity. It's that inaccessible space between the three places.

I had to rotate the Crimson Mirelands map, for example, to make it line up with location of Lake Verity in DPPt/BDSP.

(Source: Bulbapedia. Also, using the BDSP map because it has more detail, including unseen rivers).

I think my circling job on the modern map could have been extended out more, but that is roughly what I think the Crimson Mirelands are, and that only Solaceon Town is definitely on there. Maybe Valor Lakefront is there, and Veilstone City takes the place of Brava Arena and/or the Shrouded Ruins. In contrast, I think Hearthome City and Pastoria City do not appear here at all. Pastoria City is next to Route 213, which is beachfront, and Pastoria City has a harbor. It's either that or a large portion of Hisui/Sinnoh fell into the ocean/disappeared like Doggerland.

Also, I am starting to think that rivers are simply cut out of the DPPt/BDSP maps for simplicity most of the time now, rather than them being filled in.

[donotdrinkfrommyhead]

“ Welcome to Dandy’s World, Dear. Enjoy your stay. And keep… them, in mind. “

!! BLOG WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR DANDY’D WORLD !!

!! Mun/Mod has around 3-4 years of roleplay experience, possibly more but I am unsure. Will be trying to write Teagan as canonly as possible. !!

!! Keep NSFW to a minimum, Mun is in highschool and is alright with nsfw jokes, but anything relating to nsfw actions or attempts at nsfw actions will be ignored or blocked. Mun is new to the Dandy’s World so if you feel there’s something I need to know then feel free to send a dm to either my main or this account! !!

!! Homo/transphobes, maps, pedos, zoophiles, anti-blm, basic DNI criteria don’t interact or else you will be blocked. !!

!! MAIN SHIP IS SHRIMPTEA !!

!! Mun’s main account is @chaoticmoron. !!

[arolesbianism]

Working more on the local group of Synchronized Light and hoo boy. There's smth wrong with these guys.

[oveliagirlhaditright]

The Kingdom Hearts Steam trailer was fire.

[savingcontent]

Len's Island gets fast travel, new event types, and resource mining outposts with the launch of the "Harvest Moon" Update

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[ltadoriyuujl]

one day i will write smut

[findyiot]

Water is extraordinary: Here’s why…

The Universal Solvent: Water dissolves more substances than any other liquid, making it essential for chemical reactions, from human metabolism to industry. This trait alone is underutilized and underappreciated for its potential in science.

Thermodynamic Anomalies: Water has an unusually high specific heat capacity, meaning it absorbs and retains vast amounts of heat without dramatically changing temperature. This is why oceans stabilize Earth’s climate, absorbing heat like a global buffer system. It’s also why water is critical for cooling systems in machines and technologies.

Quantum Mystery: At subatomic levels, water displays behavior we still can’t fully explain. ..

[midnightwind]

WIP Wednesday

tagged by the darling @pixiedurango and since I was late on the Last Line game, you can have some more of that scene! a little Crow sparring on the heels of Weisshaupt's fall can only go well, after all~

For a moment, she was a child in a cage once more, snapping teeth her only defense and she wanted to sink her fangs into the detective’s flesh. But then she pulled in a long, slow breath. Her body relaxed, her hands going slack and Neve snatched both blades from her. When the spell finally released her, she took one stumbling step forward before she wiped the blood away from her nose. Free of the animal panic, she finally parsed what had happened. Davrin had lifted Lucanis’s feet from the ground, his arms now trapping the assassin’s to his chest. For his part, the Crow was deathly still, but pure murder was dark in his eyes. “Davrin,” she started slowly, voice lethal, “let him go.” The Warden hesitated. “I don’t trust him not to try to kill you again if I do.” That got Lucanis to twitch, incredulous. “Kill her? What-” The warrior tightened his hold, squeezing the air from the assassin’s lungs. “Davrin.” Her voice was thunderous. “Let. Him. Go.” He scowled, but dropped Lucanis. “Don’t like this, Rook.” “You must forgive me if I don’t fucking care right now.” She snapped before rounding on Neve. “And you. If you ever use your magic on me like that again without my permission, I will give you a very sudden and stark reminder that I am, after all, an Antivan Crow.” Neve held her hands up placatingly, but there was a sharp calculation in her eyes. “Don’t make me use it, next time.” Lucanis’ sigh was almost a snarl as he pinched the bridge of his nose. “We weren’t trying to kill each other.” “Was it just the demon trying to kill Rook, then?” Davrin pressed. Before that argument could properly start, Renn’s magic crackled in the air. “We were sparring. Like Crows do.” She saw the Warden’s face twist, saw Neve narrow her eyes, and she held a hand up to stop them. “Yes, it’s with naked blades. Yes, it draws blood. Yes, it can kill if you’re a fledgling or get carried away. Lucanis and I are professionals. We were in control. Frankly, it’s a bit insulting you would think either of us would be so petty as to cut the other down like this.” “The demon also playing by your weird rules?” There was almost a taunting tone to Davrin’s voice this time. She watched his hands twitch, blades glinting. Dangerous. She took a single step towards the warrior. “Davrin, do you think me inept?” That caused him to pause. “No, but-” “Do you think I would spend so much time with Lucanis if I was worried about Spite?” Her voice was soft, but threatening as she took slow steps. “If I thought I wouldn’t be able to fight off the demon should I need to? Do you believe I would be stupid enough to suggest a Crow bout if I thought Spite would be a problem?” She drew herself to her full height in front of him. “Am I an idiot to you, Davrin?”