#two of these are like... a week old

[bunnymadeofstardust]

siff and loop doodles that went a little farther than intended, and then I immediately forgot to post them ,:3

a bonus I made for the second to last one for ya~!

[maibeloved]

Guess who is back in their gravity falls phase! (After it being dormant for almost a decade!)

[xxplastic-cubexx]

cherik fall collection i guess !!!!!!!!

[wombywoo]

retired 🩶

[yuukirita]

In your Baby Bee AU, how did poor Bee end up in Sub-level 50 anyway? Did Sentinel throw him down there because he saw something he shouldn't have? Or did someone (like Darkwing) throw him down there just because they got annoyed at his constant yapping? Or some other reason?

He tore his cog before he came online. Weak frame and mighty spark.

An easy choice.

He wouldn't have survived in the mines anyway.

[keymintt]

i haven't drawn a dragon in a while and needed to fix that

[astrangergivingthestrangewelcome]

The universally hates old people crowd truly does not understand how much of our society is run by old retired ladies working what ought to be a 40-hour a week paid position with benefits for free. You have no idea how much knowledge would be lost if everyone over the age of 60 just disappeared right now.

[starry-bi-sky]

Blood Blossom Au: Baby's First Commissioner Meeting :)

TL:DR This Post: Danny (orphan) gets poisoned with blood blossom extract by Vlad. He runs away from him and ends up under the care of one Pre-Robin Battinson Batman! Starry is loudly pushing her batdad agenda.

(Also known as "Late At Night, When The Nightingale Sings" on my ao3!)

This was a fun rough idea I've been sitting on for weeks, thinking about how Commissioner Gordon and Nightingale's first meeting might go.

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Commissioner Gordon likes to think that he's adjusting to the new normal of Gotham very well, -- the new normal being grown men running around dressed like bats, in military-grade strength body armor, committing acts of vigilantism, -- and slowly, little by little, he was no longer being surprised when this new normal pops up out of the shadows like the world's most terrifying daisy. His shaving lifespan thanks him for it.

....

The kid is a surprise though.

Granted, he seemed to be a surprise to the Bat too.

There's been a string of murders lately, -- which, in Gotham, is kind of like saying there's been another storm during monsoon season. And there's just been another; in some dilapidated building down in south Gotham, with the broken, boarded-up windows and mildew-crawling walls to match. The victim is a man in his thirties, multiple gunshot wounds to the chest, left in the center of the room for the blood to pool out around him.

The place is already secured when he arrives, the building swarmed with officers and the forensic detectives. The Bat emerges shortly after he does -- or, he might've been here the whole time, hiding someplace dark and shadowy. For his own sanity, Gordon doesn't think about it too hard.

The kid is a surprise, and he appears like a bolt of lightning.

He shows up in the middle of a conversation Gordon is having with the Bat.

A whistle, sharp and loud, slicing through the air, meant for open air rather than a confined space. Gordon's ears pierce and protest the sound, and the solemn, murmured chatter floating through the room abruptly cuts off like the swing of a gavel. As he turns towards the sound -- as they all do -- he swears, up and down, that he sees Batman's shoulders jump, just slightly.

At the source, perched on the window, is a boy. A boy in a gray-blue scarf and an oversized black hoodie, one that hangs off his frame and has ace bandages wrapped around the wrists in some attempt to cinch the sleeves. The hood is up, big like the rest of it, and threatens to swallow the upper half of the boy's face whole in the fabric. What upper half Gordon can see, is smeared with some kind of opaque, black face paint. He's holding onto the side of the frame with one hand, on his hip is a grappling hook. A familiar grappling hook.

Gordon has multiple questions, and his officers tense up.

Martinez puffs up, brows furrowing as his face shapes into a frown. Shoulders rolling back. "You can't be here, kid--"

The reaction is immediate, like a spark to gunpowder, the boy yanks his fingers from his mouth and his mouth twists into a scowl. Head snapping over to Officer Martinez, his hood manages to stay on but Gordon swears that as he bares his teeth, the glint makes them look sharper than they should be. His voice is rasp and quiet and harsh; snappish in its hissing; "Put a fuckin sock in it, Martinez. I'm not stayin."

Martinez reels back, and the boy immediately veers his attention off him. Like a switch, his demeanor drops. Despite half his face being covered, his mouth twists into a cringing, apologetic smile. Slanted and off-beat, embarrassed. It'd be disarming if this wasn't Gotham, and if he didn't just hiss at Martinez like he was about to bite his head off.

"Sorry." He whispers, voice deceptively polite and softer now. Gordon has to strain his ears to hear him. "I was looking for him."

He points his finger towards-- Gordon? No, Gordon follows the direction, and finds himself looking at -- the Bat.

The Bat, who always looks stiff as a pole, now looks even stiffer. Somehow. Well, the explains the grappling hook attached to the boy's waist.

"What are you doing here?" The Bat says, gruff and unable to completely smother the stumble of surprise in his tone.

The boy still holds a sheepish smile, and slips off the window ledge. His feet hit the creaky boards with a near-silent thud, the Batman finds his feet and rapidly begins crossing the room.

Gordon notes the slight tremble in the boy's legs as he straightens. He adjusts his scarf, which droops close to his knees now that he's standing, and slings a backpack -- how long has had that? -- off his shoulders. When the Bat reaches his side, he does as he always does, and looms over the boy like a spectre. A threatening mass of shadows cloaked in all-consuming black. Standing next to him, the boy looks teeny in comparison.

The Bat is a man who terrifies even the most hardened criminals, Gordon has seen grown men shiver in fear at the mention of his name. And yet when the boy looks up at him, he doesn't even flinch.

Instead, his sheepish smile melts away like ice under the sun, holding only traces of his previous embarrassment. It remains as a shadow on his face, a small upturn at the corners of his mouth. The boy pushes his hood back just enough to reveal glinting, ice-flint eyes surrounded in tar-black face paint. He holds the backpack up with one arm. "You forgot this."

[fatehbaz]

weekly navel-gazing update: this week is most consequential event in long time. keyword search: "scared" "is it ok to be scared" "beaten and tortured by the ogre"

[ivyithink]

[for-stories-maybe]

So, this idea hasn't left me for *looking at the clock* at least four weeks. This is my first post of this kind and length, so bear with me for a bit, I need to get this out of my head so someone can write fanfic about it if I never get to reaction/animation. (Disclaimer. I've only been in Xianxia recently, and I know even less about China and traditions, so feel free to point out if I'm messing up somewhere)

Crossovers are fun, aren't they? I've been stuck on genshin for 3 years now and I mix it with everything I can get my hands on. Of course, having become familiar with svsss, my brain could not miss the opportunity.

I present to your attention!

Archons (+Neuvillette) in SVSSS!

I will focus on one specific version of this idea, but if you want, I can make a post about different variations later.

The point is simple and obvious, the 7 Archons + Focalors and Neuvillette enter the world of SVSSS during the childhood of the Qing generation, about 10-15 years before Luo Binghe was born (I'm not sure if the exact age of the characters has ever been mentioned, so this is my best guess). Isekai could be the fault of the System, but I like the idea that the Archons fix the plot without even knowing it exists too much.

At first, everyone is shocked and confused (Furina and Neuvi are crying, hugging Focalors), but after searching around, making sure that they are no longer in Teyvat (Celestia's absence in the sky is very obvious) and that they have no idea how to return home, the Archons decide to do the next logical thing – to adjust, settle down and spend a more thorough investigation.

Zhongli becomes an unspoken guide: the setting, culture, people, and even the language of this place are very reminiscent of Liyue from about 1,000 to 2,000 years ago. The Archons change their names, pick up clothes, Zhongli and Nahida (and Venti) teach the others the Liyue (Chinese) language, and they look for ways to earn money. This is where an interesting aspect of this world is revealed – cultivation. Upon arrival, the Archons noticed that something had changed in them - the developed abilities to perceive and use qi and everything that follows from this.

The principles of cultivation existed and were practiced in Liyue, but were not as widespread or accessible, few achieved immortality in this way, it is easier to obtain Vision. Right now, only the exorcist clans are doing this.

So, yes, their new bodies, in addition to the slightly altered appearance, received a certain level of cultivation. I'm a little lame at this, but from what I've understood, the following turns out: Venti, Zhongli, and Raiden have a Spirit Transformation stage, Nahida, Focalors, and Neuvillette have a Nascent soul, Mavuika has a Core Formation, and Furina either also has a Formation or a Foundation. We don't have much information about the Tsaritsa yet, but let's assume that either the Core Formation or the Nascent soul. Without much choice (Nevillett is definitely annoyed that he doesn't have as high level as the three Archons), they continue to develop their level. + they all have a strong affinity with their own element.

Before we move on to the plot snacks, let's quickly go over what our transmigrators decided to do after they settled down a bit:

Venti (Tian Ling) is still the same drunken bard, wandering between towns and villages, singing songs and playing music for food and alcohol. He also listens to the wind, which whispers gossip to him from all over the world. Later, he started playing pranks on arrogant Immortals, as well as collecting dirt on important people cough Old Palace Master cough.

(Long) Zhongli – oh, that old man doesn't sit around. He has the most useful knowledge (because of the similarity of cultures) and he is a jack of all trades (interest in the life of his people has been affecting over the past few thousand years). It was Zhongli who started the business that brought them considerable profits and reputation – jewelry business. Morax has the "Earth Sense", which, in addition to sensing everything that steps on the ground around him for many kilometers, gives him knowledge of the exact location of various ore deposits and mines. Get jade, gold, and so on? Not a question. Do you want variety? Handicrafts made of wood and clay sell well among low-income citizens. At first they were traveling merchants, then they settled in some city/settlement, and when they started picking up homeless children, a small sect was formed.

Raiden Ei (Lei Jianshou) is a wandering cultivator at its purest. When her fellow Archons don't need her help, she just roams the country, taking orders for monsters. There are few things that can really challenge her (I was thinking, but how often in this case did Ei come across one of the many, MANY aphrodisiac poisons? If she were still controlling the puppet (it just got itself a qi system), would all this not affect her? Oh, what a potential!). Raiden also occasionally visits the demon world, probably causing a stir there and disappearing without a trace~

Nahida (Ye Zhi) – oh, this little girl is HUNGRY for knowledge about the new world. She spends most of her time in Zhongli's company helping him with their business, Venti tells her world gossip, Furina sometimes takes her to concerts. Others often bring her books or get admission to various libraries of noble people/clans for her. She is also the one who mainly looks after the orphans they are gradually recruiting.

Furina (Shui Zhuying) – this girl wants to promote Art! She often teams up with Venti and sometimes Mavuika for her music shows. She mixes the styles of Fontaine and China (Liyue), even accidentally at first, and then intentionally influences fashion and trends.

Focalors (Shui Zhuqian) – of course, she helps Furina with her performances and preparations, but she akts more like Nahida: she helps with business, looks after children, collects knowledge. She also often engages in diplomacy, along with Zhongli, Neuvillette, and Mavuika.

Nevillette (Shui Jiaoban) – he mostly travels with Furina, to protect her. He watches people, reads books. He is looking for everything about the laws of this place and other intelligent species besides humans.

Mavuika (Huo Guozhan) is like Raiden, she spends most of her time Hunting, sometimes performs with Venti and Furina, and also trains children.

The Tsaritsa (Yin Lian) mostly travels, especially in the demon world, and tries to spend less time in the company of other Archons.

(I was thinking of adding "character sheets" here, but this post is already taking too long to create, I can make separate posts later.)

So, the foundation has been laid, now we can talk about the plot.

First of all, the Shen brothers! There are many options, but let's focus on the fact that Shen Yuan (transmigrant) the eldest, and Shen Jiu is the youngest with a difference of a year. Yue Qi and Shen brothers were orphans on the streets and later slaves. SY had health problems, and although SJ was younger, he took on the role of a "responsible" brother, taking care of the elder's well-being, so that his too kind and naive Yuan-ge would not be deceived by evil adults.

But in the end they are separated. Shen Jiu is sent to the Qiu Manor, and Shen Yuan is later given to some wandering medical practitioner. Imagine the horror and grief when, after several visits, Qi-ge comes very sad and, having beaten the answers out of him, A-Jiu finds out that the wandering doctor has left the city with his Yuan-ge. They no longer know where Yuan-ge is or if he is even alive.

Oh, how it breaks little A-Jiu. Qi-ge then goes to the sect and promises that he will train, look for A-Yuan, and return for Xiao-Jiu to either reunite the brothers or continue searching together.

Shen Jiu has little hope, but he believes in his Qi-ge.

Meanwhile, Shen Yuan is not doing well.

Our unfortunate transmigrant ended up with some arrogant NPC villain who wants to achieve immortality through science, because he is complet zero in cultivation: no makings, no talents + a bunch of rejected attempts to get into the sect. He tests his experiments on child slaves, and also sells all sorts of concoctions to stupid rich people.

SY is a particularly profitable investment, because although he is sick in himself, his cultivation base (natural talent + attempts to meditate based on his knowledge from a previous life) supports him well, which means he is potentially more resilient and will survive more experiments than ordinary children.

So yes, he wanted to check it out, but it turned out to be sideways for him. The System is to blame for everything!! (By the way, does Shen Yuan have a System? The issue is under discussion)

So what's all this about? The sale of the Shen brothers takes place about 2 years after the arrival of the Archons in this world, and they get to know SY 2 more years later. Zhongli has already gained a good reputation, Archons have recently rebuilt several houses on neutral mountain as a base, but they are still mostly nomadic traders half the year. One day, they (Venti, Zhongli, and Nahida) arrived in the city to trade and decided to stop by the fair/market. Venti and Zhongli started quarreling as usual, Nahida was distracted for a minute and then bam! Some people grab her and drag her into an alley. It turns out that these slavers urgently needed a little girl, whom they almost immediately put in front of the doctor.

Nahida quickly understands what's going on, warns her Archon brothers ("I'm kinda kidnapped by slavslave traders here, which you probably be glad to deal with, but in the meantime I'll go with the doctor. He clearly has more children (learns from a conversation with him), which he experiments on.") and goes to the monster's lair. The doctor has an estate in the middle of nowhere so that he won't be disturbed and it will be harder for the slaves to escape. There, Nahida meets Shen Yuan (who quickly notices how strange this kid is).

SY is the (self-proclaimed) chief responsible in charge of the experimental child slaves, looking after them when he himself is not suffering from another fever, malaise or surgery. He tries to calm and make her comfortable (girl is completely calm), she asks him about the other slaves, and then Venti appears.

Tian Ling (Venti): Your problems with doctors are truly impressive, little radish. Did you really forget your apple for the day? Says a guy in aquamarine green robes, playing with that apple in his hands. How did he get here in the first place? Wait a minute… "Did this kid just make a reference to 'an apple a day keeps the doctor away'? What the hell, there was definitely no such saying in ancient China! Although in the novel from such a hack author-" Ye Zhi (Nahida): You're punctual as always, Ling-ge. A-Yuan and I were just discussing how to get the other kids out of here. Tian Ling (Venti): Yes, you're right. We need to hurry up before everything turns into a pancake. Shen Yuan: Excuse me?!

They actually manage to escape and take the child slaves with them, but at the last moment the doctor appears with a couple of henchmen. A fight ensues, in which SY manages to sacrifice himself to protect Nahida, Venti throws all the villains into the building and then…

A shiver runs down their spine as pressure builds up in the air around. High above the manor, a man stands on a sword, his brown robes fluttering in the wind, and even at this distance, Shen Yuan knows that the man's eyes sparkle with gold, promising retribution. "Show-off," Shen Yuan hears Ling-ge snorting to himself, and he would have easily agreed – this scene reminds him too much of a superhero action movie – if the sky hadn't abruptly darkened and a WHOLE FUCKING METEORITE hadn't crashed out of the thickening black clouds onto the damned doctor's estate! WHAT THE FUCK, AIRPLANE, WHERE DID YOU HIDE THIS OP CHARACTER??!!

Venti, Nahida and Zhongli take the sick children to their base (where Focalors spends most of her time), treat and take care of them. Shen Yuan is very confused about this strange group of NPCs who barely fit into the world of PIDW (except for Long Zhongli, he's like a native here), whether they're scams, but they're full of contradictory signals. (If SY has a System, then he remembers very well the prohibition on disclosing his transmigrant status, but on the other hand, how would the System… not recognize these people? Which is very strange.)

Shen Yuan soon tells the Archons that he has a brother whom he would very much like to save from the cruel Owners, but he only knows the surname of Qiu, not the location. It takes a couple of months to search (- a few more slave trading networks) and they find the Qiu mansion. Zhongli and Focalors come to Qiu with a desire to "buy" Shen Jiu, diplomatically threaten to inform the high ups about all the illegal affairs of this family (Venty found out), and the boy is quickly given to them (they inform anyway).

At the time of the rescue from Qiu, SJ is 13, SY is 14, and YQ is 15.

Shen Jiu, of course, is in terrible stress, quiet horror and caustic anger - exactly as long as he does not see Shen Yuan. His lively and healthy Yuan-ge, right there in front of him, smiles that warm smile and takes him into a safe and secure embrace. A-Jiu will definitely not let his Yuan-ge out of his sight in the coming weeks.

Depending on how much drama you want, Shen Brothers will go to Cang Qiong Sect in a year or later. The archons (mainly Zhongli, Nahida and Mavuika) gave them a base and knowledge, and given their potential in cultivation, they are eventually accepted despite their age. Shen Jiu goes to Qing Jing, Shen Yuan to the Beasts Peak. And either they reunite with Yue Qi before he drew his sword, or they join the sect shortly after he was locked up in the Lingxing caves, which is why it takes a whole year before they can meet. I have a dramatic scene for the second option)

Yue Qi runs straight from the caves to the Qiu manor, only to have them laugh in his face that the Jiu boys haven't been with them for a long time. Yue Qi leaves the manor with nothing, as if in a daze, he wanders away from the city, on the verge of qi deviation, his hands clenching his grip on the sword. His thoughts spiral, and the boy falls to his knees. So many years of work, sweat, blood and pain for one purpose, when Xiao Jiu had not been there for a long time. He didn't even manage to find a trace of Xiao Yuan. Qi-ge is really pathetic and useless. He failed his dear people, couldn't keep a single promise, didn't- "Aya, buddy, breathe deeper! At this rate, you'll suffocate before I can say 'apple'." Yue Qi blinked. A bright young voice like a spring breeze pulled him out of a spiral of dark thoughts. The young man managed to barely control his panicked breathing and look at the speaker. The man, even the boy, looked barely older than Yue Qi himself, in clean, bright turquoise robes, dark hair, and large green eyes full of worry and playfulness. Yue Qi averted his gaze and bowed his head. "This one apologize to Gongzi for the unworthy appearance. This one-" "Aya, don't do all this official stuff with me. Not a fan," the young man's eyes darkened. "Besides, there's nothing unworthy about feeling emotions. And considering the situation…" His throat tightened at the reminder, but now, with a clearer mind, the phrase aroused suspicion. "Does the young master know anything about the situation of this?" "Mmm, there's a little bit here and there," the young man plopped down on the ground in front of him, and Yue Qi almost recoiled from such careless and disrespectful behavior. "Name is Tian Ling, to friends just Venti, the bard carried by the wind. The wind speaks to me, and when it told me about my child's desperate plea, I couldn't ignore it." He grinned and leaned closer to the young cultivator. "We can't let Qi-ge do something stupid and reckless again, can we?" This time, Yue Qi couldn't help but shudder. His eyes widened in shock, disbelief, and a spark of hope as he stared into Tian Ling's kind eyes. Not happening. No one calls him Qi-ge except- "A-Jiu and A-Yuan have been waiting for you in Cang Qiong for a year now. Come back home, Qi ge."

(I'm not crying, it's just pollen) This is the main tie of the Shen brothers arc, the details can be specified separately. I tried to connect the Archons with as many canon characters as possible. For some, there are more ideas, for others there are fewer. For example:

As the main researchers in the group, Focalors and Nahida (although more than Nahida) could eventually start publishing some scientific reports (with rare cameos from other Archons, Neuvillette definitely has something to say about their legislation.) Focalors' topic is medicine, Nahida's – properties of various plants and animals. On the basis of one of the reports, they could have started a business and then a friendly correspondence with the young Mu Qingfang.

Liu Qingge could definitely cross paths with Raiden and Mavuika a lot on his night hunts. And fought them. Even purposefully tracking them down for revenge. Mavuika could give him a couple of lessons about teamwork and the power of friendship.

In later years, Yue Qingyuan could get to know Zhongli and Neuvillette (and Furina) at some official events.

The Tsaritsa saved baby-Mobey and has since plunged into demonic politics.

Getting to know Shang Qinghua would be fun. Imagine that he is on some kind of An Dean's mission as an apprentice and runs into Venti, who is singing a slightly reworked version of "Toss a coin to your Witcher" in the middle of the street. How many misunderstandings will there be until they figure out that, yes, they are transmigrators, but not from the same world?

Oh, Tianlan-jun is also an interesting topic. His love and interest in human culture is a good opportunity to make friends with Zhongli (a strong and wise man who nevertheless shares his admiration for humanity), Venti (a funny guy with a sense of humor and dirty songs) and Furina (a bright talented lady actress who promotes a "new" style of theater that It's very much to Tianlan-jun's taste.)

That seems to be all for now… Well, what do you think?

Masterpost

[tategaminu]

Thinking today about how Callum chose Rayla over his brother and kingdom while Claudia couldn't even choose Terry over a crusty old man

[cinnamon-flame]

I was going through my art folder again and I saw one of the oldest wof stuff I've ever drawn (the fourth one ever I think?) and I redrew it! I love Turtle and I just took this excuse to draw him again

[anxiousapplepie]

Dyed Hair / Dragon Eyes

[faithy-bean]

a few doodle comics i made with my idiot spore child who i hate and need to throw bricks at. also mold sam is here because i thought it would be funny

[javussyannihilator]

do you think valvert fucking fuses them back together into vidocq