#unexpected consequence

[yakwho]

눈나의 심연 개방: 마크의 예상치 못한 결과 (Eye Sister Unleashes the Abyss: Mark's Unexpected Consequence)

눈나의 심연 개방: 마크의 예상치 못한 결과 (Eye Sister Unleashes the Abyss: Mark’s Unexpected Consequence)

[bumblepony]

Joel, Ellie & Solana

I commissioned this from @hatosaur, and I am just speechless about how beautiful it is. This story holds a special place in my heart, and I love getting the opportunity to see old Joel with his daughter and nibling.

This is art for my FIC series, Unexpected Consequences. In the story, Ellie has a child after the events at Silver Lake, whom she gives to Tommy and Maria to raise as their own. They name them Solana. It's a story about family and how they care for one another even in the hardest times.

Support this amazing artist and all your artist friends. They deserve for their art to be appreciated and to be paid accordingly.

[ryuki-draws]

They crash your graphic software and then give you this look

[dairine-bonnet]

I've been thinking about the reason why the arbitrator comes out of the blue on RT's ship.

Wild guess:

It turns out that Theodora didn't pay taxes for a very long time, so now RT has to bear the arbitrator's presence in her retinue till she pays off the debt. It also explains why RT (at least, my Lynette) always desperately loots literally everything and why her first words when she arrives at any destination are often "Is there money to be made?"

[discordiansamba]

"okumura-san, might I speak to you about rin?"

before he can go down a memory spiral of all his own terrible preschool memories, rin's teacher just laughs awkwardly at him and tells him that while they encourage creativity here, she's noticed a trend in all of rin's drawings (terrible as they are) of him. he always seems to draw you with horns and a tail.

oh.

huh. that was not an issue he was expecting.

his tail twitches in its hiding place in his shirt- and he guesses those decorative rings mephisto gave him to hide his horns from people without a mashou must really work. at this point, they're too long to be hidden by either his bangs or a hat. right. of course. he didn't hide his demonic features from the twins- it was kind of impossible.

"oh uh," noctis laughs, "-it's just... an inside joke we have? don't worry about it."

the teacher frowns, but she seems to accept it. noctis heaves a sigh of relief- but also, man, it's so weird to be on this side of things. he'd ended up enrolling both rin and yukio in a different preschool from the one his father had enrolled them in- and maybe that was making a difference, because he hadn't had many bad reports about rin's behavior yet.

yet. he knew himself. it was only a matter of time.

(he's right. he always is- but he's also ready for it. rin's tiny fists can't do that much damage to him, and he quickly heals off what damage he does do. in the end, he ends up telling him the same thing that his father had- that if he keeps acting this way, he'll only drive people away from him.

looking back, it was one of the things the old man did right.

but what really catches him off guard is that rin's reason for losing his temper is different this time. it doesn't bother him that people call him a demon- why would it? his dad's half-demon, and he's really cool! no, what set rin off was some kid repeating gossip about him that they'd heard from his parents.

...in a weird way, he's touched.)

[livwritesstuff]

circa 2009

There's pandemonium in the Harrington kitchen.

Pandemonium in and of itself isn’t unusual, but this specific instance is.

Nancy and Robin are there (the latter laughing so hard she has tears streaming down her face), along with the whole Harrington family - Steve and Eddie and their three daughters.

Eight-year-old Moe is ranting and raving, twiggy little arms flying through the air. Hazel, who just turned three, is wailing, though her reason for it isn’t clear, and she’s clinging to Steve like a lifeline. Six-year-old Robbie is looking back and forth between Nancy and Steve with a look of disgust on her face.

The reason for the pandemonium: the girls had just learned that their dad used to date their Aunt Nancy.

“Papa, she’s a lesbian,” Moe admonishes Steve (as if he hadn't known that fact for years).

"Who cares about that — he’s her sister!" Robbie exclaims, looking vaguely horrified.

"No he’s not!" Moe fires back.

"Is too! Why else would we call her Aunt Nancy. Papa, tell her Aunt Nancy’s your sister!"

"I could," Steve says, doing his best to ignore Eddie and Robin's continued howls of laughter (and trying to not break, himself), "but…it wouldn’t be true."

"See!" Moe yells proudly, "Papa dated a lesbian!"

"No he didn't!" Robbie argues, "They're making it up. Papa likes boys!"

“No — Papa liked girls too. He likes both.”

For some reason, this makes Hazel cry even harder.

"What’s making you so upset, sweet girl?" Steve asks her.

Hazel raises her head to look at Steve.

“B-but what about Daddy?”

"What about Daddy?"

"Don’t you love him?"

"What??" he exclaims, "Of course I love him!"

"Then how come’d you date someone else?"

Her face crumpled and she was crying again, her little face pressed into the collar of Steve's shirt. He hugged her tight, meeting Eddie's eyes over her mop of blonde curls.

"She's not dating anyone ever," Steve tells him, "Call me a bad parent. I don't care. It's not allowed."

“Sweetheart, Papa didn’t really know me yet when he and Aunt Nancy dated,” Eddie tried to tell his youngest daughter, "We were in school still."

“Nuh-uh,” Robbie cut in unhelpfully, “You said you and Papa went to school together.”

Robin, who’d been halfway to composed, ended up doubled over in laughter again, and even Nancy, who'd been cool as a cucumber while she watched the whole situation unfold, couldn't help a snort.

"Thank you so much for your help, Amelia," Steve sighs.

"Wait 'til you guys hear who else you know that Aunt Nancy dated," Robin says with a wicked grin.

"No!" Steve and Nancy say in unison.

[klcthebookworm]

Stories For May the Fourth!

Star Wars: Sororal Lineality: Plans and High Command

BookWorm's Library | Ao3

The comm connected to the bunk was chirping for attention. Luke blinked his eyes once before squeezing them shut again. That sound reminded him strongly of Medical, and he remembered leaving Medical to get some sleep. Making that chirp stop took more concentration than he had right now.

The warmth against his back shifted away, and the chirp finally stopped. Biggs’ voice rumbled into the comm. “Darklighter.”

Summary: Luke wakes up and plans must be made and High Command must be briefed about what happened on Bespin and what Luke and Leia are planning to do next.

Star Wars: Interrogation Room

BookWorm's Library | Ao3

The Imperial guard dropped Mara onto a metal, waist-high table. Luke locked his teeth around his protest over his roughness. Her body settled limply on the surface, but her chest moved. The binders on her wrists clunked against the table.

The captain of Midnight Omen glanced over at her, but didn’t take his hands out of the case that also rested on the table. “It’ll be some time before she joins us.”

Summary: Luke and Mara share a midnight kiss.

[freezerfridays]

something about the bad kids not even choosing each other originally and being pushed together and forming a party not out of their own will but because of the circumstances they found themselves in makes me go insane

[lmelodie]

"I'm gonna have so much time for art and writing now that the busy season is over!" I say as the looming shadow of The Bachelors Degree hovers over me.

So I'm planning on going back to school in the summer and won't know how that's going to affect my personal projects here, but were gonna find out! In the meantime, here's some 2024 BlackIce: Frozen hair shenanigans and a finished version of the sketch from This Doodle Dump from A WHILE BACK.

[phlebaswrites]

The Hiraishin (Has Unexpected Consequences)

Summary:

Madara knows Tobirama.

(But he didn't know this.)

Rating: Teen And Up Fandom: Naruto Relationship: Senju Tobirama/Uchiha Madara Word Count: 340 (Complete)

Entry for @madatobiweek

Day 2 - November 11: Time-Travel | Hanahaki

Part 4 of Time Travel (And Other Shenanigans)

Hashirama. You won't be expecting this message, old friend, but there are things I have to tell you.

Madara pauses, wondering how he's supposed to describe what happened to him. The ink rapidly drying on the brush in his hand is a silent demand however, and he puts it to paper once more.

After you killed me, I -

A brilliant flash fills the room and his eyes snap shut on instinct to preserve his vision even as he kneads chakra to sense for intruders.

Only to reel at the feel of someone he never expected to see again this side of death.

And possibly not even then.

Read the rest on AO3.

[autisticlalna]

the problem with wanting to draw au stuff is the current thing i enjoy drawing is furries. i dont think the fandom is ready for that.

[krakenshipwreck]

10/31/24

[watcher0033]

ASTV AU idea

Wherein Miles Morales did NOT snark at his adversaries while chomping on an empanada to cope, and listened reluctantly to Spots instead. Them both unlocking an unexpected intergenerational friendship. Spots and Miles being high-key chaotic science bros, grudging mentor-mentee relationship, a highschooler as a leash to thy sanity, most reluctant reintegration of a supervillain to society. Ever. Maybe slightly codependent.

[starry-kattz]

Is it weird that I'm seeing character parallels between Sayaka Miki (Madoka Magica) and Ragatha (Digital Circus)?

[discordiansamba]

"good morning, lee."

prince zuko of the fire nation shot him an impressive glare, all things considered. a weaker man would have broken four days ago, when lan-wei had begun reconditioning the young firebender. prince zuko had stubbornly held, refusing to give up a single shred of his identity. any progress lan-wei had made thus far had been pushed back on.

well. that was what made it all the more rewarding.

"i'm not lee."

"no, you aren't," lan-wei admitted, "-not yet, at least."

the prince looked like if he came a step closer, he'd bite. lan-wei stroked his beard in amusement. when princess azula had offered up her own brother for experimentation, he could hardly believe his luck- and had to laugh at the coincidence. the last time he'd been given permission to do what he liked with one of their... guests, it had also been a prince of the fire nation.

he had turned prince lu ten into what long feng had wanted- a proper, upstanding earth kingdom citizen, who was fully loyal to the earth king and the dai li. everything else was just a little zest, to make min-su feel more like a real person. he'd given him a proper, if vague backstory. the result was someone who felt real and authentic- more so than the joo dees ever did.

ah, the joo dees. he'd perfect that experiment someday.

but for now, he had to focus on the second fire nation prince he'd been granted the task of altering. princess azula had requested that her brother become lee the tea server, the alias he'd had while here in ba sing se. she also wanted him to be unfailingly polite to those above his station- which would be everyone, she'd said. make him a commoner from the lower ring.

if min-su had been a dry run, then lan-wei planned to make lee the finished product. how much could you truly change a person with this technique? how far could it go? lan-wei wanted to push the boundaries. isn't that what any good man of science did?

"really, i don't see why you're trying so hard to resist, prince zuko," lan-wei observed, "-you could be quite happy as lee."

zuko spat in his face.

hm. crude behavior for a prince. he suspected that would be fire, if he weren't currently under the influence of a bending suppressant. he merely wiped it off with his sleeve, nonplussed.

"he's not wanted, you know," lan-wei observed, "-prince zuko, I mean."

zuko twitched.

ah. he was getting somewhere.

"think about it," lan-wei said, "-your father banished you and later declared you a traitor and your sister is the reason you're down here. i believe your mother disappeared quite a long time ago."

"my uncle-"

"ah yes, your uncle," lan-wei stroked his beard, "-poor general iroh. how cruel of you, prince zuko- to betray him after all the love and care that he gave you. forging fake passports to sneak you into the one place he'd thought you'd be safe from your father. couldn't have been easy."

zuko visibly deflated. lan-wei resisted the urge to smirk.

"ah, but you should look on the bright side," lan-wei said, "-you've got a real opportunity here, prince zuko. nobody wants you, but lee? i could make him into someone who's wanted. wouldn't that be nice, prince zuko? to be wanted?"

ah. there it was. the longing in his eyes. there was a crack there.

lan-wei smiled.

"prince zuko," he said, "-the earth king has invited you to lake laogai."

[bumblepony]

Sneak Peek Sunday

A little peek of my forey back into my Unexpected Consequences universe.

Tagging no one in particular. If you feel like you want to participate, please do.