#(i should probably put share tags)

[blueper-saiyan]

I’m overanalyzing something that’s canonically not meant to be thought about, for fun, so here’s a speculative Saiyan biology question: how often do they actually need to eat? I’ve sort of joked about the possibility that it’s like large predators irl where they gorge themselves occasionally and then wait until the next big kill. This would balance out the amount they’re eating to closer to a normal human, just a surprising amount in one sitting, and dodge the thing I’m about to go off the deep end about. But I think they’re probably supposed to need that amount frequently? Which is like, rodent levels of frequency and portions, but unlike a small mammal, a huge amount of actual food consumed. It’s fine if there’s only a handful of Saiyans on a whole planet but how did that work when there was a lot of them? That’s a massive amount of food, where is it coming from? Are they mostly feeding their army by taking food from conquered planets? They’d still need to be producing enough for their homeworld. Is it being farmed automatically and that’s how they can have the majority of their whole species be soldiers? But like, Gine has a job processing meat, so it’s clearly not entirely automated. Stuck thinking about Saiyan agricultural production and supply logistics help.

Unfortunately, I can also say that almost immediately after finding out the amount that Saiyans eat, the back of my mind did jump to “how fast do they starve?” Like, is that a much bigger threat for them than a human or do they have about the same amount of reserves, even if they’re eating more? If it is way faster, how does that affect how they view food/hunger? As a fun irl example, hummingbirds have such an insane metabolism that they would potentially starve to death if they slept at night. So they don’t sleep like normal, they enter a state that’s more like hibernation to slow their metabolism down enough to survive. Many hummingbird species are fiercely territorial because they need access to their food source or they starve. I imagine a theoretical hummingbird society would be thinking about food differently. And because this is my indulgent post where I get to talk about animals, I’m also going to bring up vampire bats, which could also potentially starve if they can’t feed within two days or so (I did not go deep into scientific literature to find original numbers and sources for this estimate I’m sorry true bat fans. Actually same goes for the hummingbird estimate but I know more about birds.). Unlike the more territorial hummingbirds though, vampire bats roost together during the day in colonies, with the same other bats repeatedly. And their food source can’t be guarded like a flower patch can, so there’s less purpose to territoriality. So they can form long term friendships with each other by interacting in ways like grooming each other. Within these friendships, when one bat gets a meal during their few-hour-a-night feeding window, but the other one doesn’t, the one who got enough food will often share with their friend to keep them from going hungry. Then their friend returns the favor when their roles are reversed, keeping them both alive, along with the rest of their friend network.

So those are some very different responses to needing food nearly constantly. If I were deeper in ecology mode I could probably try and come up with explanations based on the types of food source and territory and other factors for why, but I’m here to apply this to Saiyans lol. Honestly, a cooperative strategy would make more sense given that they’re pretty human-like, but that’s certainly not the sense we get given of their society. Were they always super individualistic or is that a recent development? Are they even actually individualistic or is that fully a societal role thing (elites are different from lower class warriors)? Or is the idea that they don’t cooperate partly a lie made up after their deaths anyway? Speculative biology for intelligent species get the extra layer of culture just to make things more messy and fun. We also know pretty much nothing about their original home planet and the actual context that shaped them, so I don’t get to apply other factors, like how easy it is to defend food sources or how important it is to stick together. We probably won’t ever get to know anything more about their original homeworld/Sadala, which is disappointing given that we got hints about it, but it does leave more room for speculation.

[sparklings-bf]

WALLY AND I'S ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY<3<3<3

I CANT BELIEVE ITS BEEN SO LONG ALREADY WHAT!!!!!!

I LOVE WALLY SO SO MUCH<333<3<3 he's so cutie pie and sweetheart and silly i wanna kiss him 284758482 times oh my god perfect little guy.. he makes me sooooo very happy and has gotten me through so many things in this one year we've been together, i wanna squeeze and hold him tight<3<3 one of my most important f/os ever i love him very much always in my heart💕💕💞💓🫶🫶🫶

[royalarchivist]

I really liked Ramon's idea of filling a tag with cute little things for Fit's birthday, and I was like "Hey, I got a bit of time to spare today, I can whip something up real quick. Surely I don't have THAT many clips of Fit!"

Well...

[jerrythebug]

It's WIP Thursday on a Sunday babes!!

[meep--tm]

:)

[cheaploafs]

more old art ft. dragon!jayce ! i miss him everyday

(bonus jayvik undercut):

[sinbrook]

Man whenever someone writes some degrading shit about their art on the post of the art like "this is stupid" or "forgive my ugly drawing" or "the anatomy is off because im bad at art" "I don't know why I even try lmfao", I simply do not reblog the art. I don't want those vibes on my blog. Most people don't want those vibes on their blog. That's why you see some genuinely amazing art with like 100 notes instead of 1000, because the caption is awkward and self-degrading. And it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, ya know? You keep saying your art is shit and then that's confirmed to you by the fact that your art has way less notes than everyone else in the tags. But it's not the art, its your self-deprecation that nobody else wants to take part in. You're not tempering expectations or providing a needed apology, you're making people uncomfortable. Just post the thing and let other people decide whether they like it or not. I promise it'll be so much better for your mental health.

[guinevereslancelot]

my saffron crocus didn't die :0

[hailsatanacab]

Chapters: 8/? Fandom: Danny Phantom, Batman - All Media Types Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Danny Fenton & Damian Wayne, Batfamily Members & Danny Fenton Characters: Danny Fenton, Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake, Damian Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth Additional Tags: Good Sibling Damian Wayne, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Danny Fenton and Damian Wayne are Twins, Danny Fenton Needs A Hug, Implied/Referenced Torture, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Not Phantom Planet Compliant (Danny Phantom), Bad Parents Jack and Maddie Fenton, Gun Violence, Blood and Violence, Gunshot Wounds, Mugging, Medical Torture, Vivisection Summary:

“If you ever find yourself in danger, go to Bruce Wayne. He will help you.”

His mother had loved him, in her own way. If she hadn’t, she wouldn’t have helped him escape. If she hadn’t, she would have dragged him back to the League of Assassins, to Grandfather. If she hadn’t, he’d be dead.

She loved him, but she loved the League more.

Jack and Maddie Fenton loved him too, they did, but they loved their work more.

They loved their work more.

--

After his parents react poorly to his reveal, Danny escapes to the only person he thinks can help him - Bruce Wayne. He doesn't know what to expect when he gets there, but it has to be better than where he is, surely? He certainly doesn't expect to be reunited with his long lost twin brother Damian. It's funny how things work out that way.

Danny is 16 years old, not Phantom Planet compliant

--

Chapter 8!! Chapter 8!! Chapter 8!!

[echoheart0324]

*drops them in casually* Anyways, yeah they have issues. Just make sure they don't lose the one brain cell while I go make the other half of this group eventually...maybe....

[aquilamage]

rotating all of team snakemouth in my mind now. screaming crying et cetera

[fionnaskyborn]

ah fuck me running lads the "can a monster be loved" paradox strikes again only this time it came knocking at my door and hit me square in the face personally

[paganinpurple]

AO3 Etiquette -UPDATED

Based on both decent and not so decent replies, I have made some changes to my original post below.

It would seem a whole new kind of AO3 reader/writer is emerging and it is becoming clear not everyone quite understands how the website community works. Here is some basic guidance on how most people expect you to go about using AO3 to keep this a fun community archive that funtions correctly:

As well as likes, kudos is for when the story was interesting enough to make you finish reading. If it sucked or was badly written, you probably left. If you finished it, you liked it - so kudos.

If you really liked it, you should try to comment. It can be long and detailed or a literal keysmash. Writers don't care, we just love comments.

No critisism unless the author has specifically asked or agreed to hear it (so use your notes to say if you want some constructive feedback). Even constructive critisism is a no-no unless an author note tells you it's okay. No, posting it online is not an open invitation for that. Many people write as a fun hobby or a way to cope with, among other things, insecurity and just want to share. Don't ruin that for them. I've seen so many authors just stop writing coz they can't handle the negative emotions the critism brings, and it's only meant to be a fun thing shared for free (pointing out tagging errors is not included in this).

Do not comment to ask the author to write/update something else. It's tacky and off-putting and will probably have the opposite effect than the one you want.

There is no algorithm, it's an archive. Use the search and filter function to add/remove the pairings/characters/tropes etc. you want to read about and it will find you the fics that fit the bill.

For this to work, writers must tag and rate stories. This avoids readers finding the wrong things and missing the stuff they want. I don't care how cringy that trope is in your eyes - it gets tagged.

The tag exception is if you don't want to tag a million things or spoil your story, you can rate it as "chose not to use warnings," and maybe tag the bare minimum.

Don't censor tags. How can someone exclude a tag if the word isn't typed out correctly? There are no content bans for terms so don't censor them.

If the tags are mostly content/trigger warnings, especially if they are things considered very fucked up or graphic, you might want to use "dead dove - do not eat" to ensure people know that you're not messing around with tags and what they get is exactly what you've warned them about.

Character A/Character B means a ROMANTIC or SEXUAL relationship of some kind. Character A&Character B is PLATONIC, like friendship or family.

Nothing is banned. This is an rule because banning one thing is a slipperly slope to banning another and another, until nothing is allowed anymore. Do not expect anyone to censor for you. Because of the tags system, you are responsible for your own reading experience.

People can create new chapters and sequels/fic series any time after they "complete" a story. So it's considered perfectly normal to subscribe, even to a finished story. You can even subscribe to the author instead just to cover your bases.

Do not repost stories or change the publishing date without an extremely good reason (like a complete top to bottom rewrite or an exchange youve written for going public). It's an archive, not social media. No one cares what's the most recent, only what fits their tag needs.

Instead of deleting a story you wrote if you hate it - consider making it anonymous or orphaning it so others can still enjoy it, without it being connected to your name anymore. If you still want to delete it, fair enough.

It's come to my attention that metaworks ARE allowed on AO3, which is something I wasn't aware of. So if you do post an essay or theory, please tag it as such so others can choose to search for it or exclude it. Art is also allowed.

The only reason this archive works is because NON ONE PROFITS. Do not link to your ko-fi or patreon or mention monetary gain in any way or you violate the terms and risk having your account removed. If anyone does link, it leaves the archive open to people claiming it's for profit and having the whole thing removed.

I KNOW there's plenty more I missed but I'm trying to cover most of the basics that people seem to be struggling with.

I invite anyone to add to this, but please explain, don't berate.

[p2iimon]

do you guys want my entire fnaf au. yes

basic timeline of events:

-1979 fredbears opens. moderately popular

1981 charlie (4) goes missing, and “is found” about a year later. henry pretty much abandons fredbears for a new project (charlie, but then freddys)

1983 bite of 83. crying child (8) dies and michael (15) is completely and thoroughly fucked up about it. fredbears is “temporarily closed” but is never reopened

1984 freddy fazbears family pizza place (pre fnaf 2) opens

1985 missing children incident, over the span of about 2 months. closes a month later

-1986 elizabeth goes missing publically. circus baby, wills passion project, kills her. and all. in his own workshop though. he manages to cover it up as a runaway.

-1987 the NEW freddy fazbears pizza! (fnaf 2) opens :D surely this will go great.

1987 like a month later bite of 87. mangle bites the frontal lobe of the night guard (you know him. jeremy). immediately closes.

-1988 wills wife leaves him fucking finally

-1989 freddy fazbear pizza opens finally! this one is actually probably gonna be fine

roxy (0) is born! michael (20) had this girlfriend he thought he was gonna spend his whole life with and she got pregnant! but she didnt want it. but he did. so um its all his. great.

-1991 circus babys pizza world opens :) genuinely pretty normal also the whole child murder robot thing doesnt come up like almost ever. until! it does!

1993 freddys closes to focus circus babys much more advanced animatronics

1999 roxy (10) dies. um she got eaten (yknow) by funtime freddy see she wasnt allowed near the animatronics (wow sounds familiar) but she somehow ends up in the room and decides. well hes silly. and well. BUT DOES SHE DIE REALLY??????

1999 michael in the search for what the fuck happened there gets in the sister location game predicament where he. fucking dies kinda but hes okay dw hes just ourple and pretty much just skin and spite. circus baby closes. bc. the animatronics are gone

-2009 the brand new freddy fazbears pizza opens!!! (its just called freddy fazbears pizza) its great it does not have animatronics its human actors :D to dispel any controversies yknow :) this is where the story is set. :)

maxwell dalton works at freddys currently! he is a mechanic and works in the basement cleaning and repairing all the old animatronics. the idea is that maybe with the right modifications and such they can open MORE restaurants with animatronics. of course that isnt going to happen. but william is a nostalgic man and he owns it. max is a weirdo freak that tries his best to be friendly likable and most importantly, trust worthy! he is very interested in the history of freddys and likes to talk about Fun Facts with his coworkers, like that fabric suited animatronics were made by henry but the plastic ones were will, and that chica was reportedly the first animatronic to start noticeably smelling bad and starting leaking some strange liquid by the time the restaurant closed. but max isnt just here bc he likes the animatronics, max is here bc spoilers max is roxy haha wow can you believe it did you see that one coming.

michael was a single father and will had a new kid in line to mess with so instead of just using his money to help michael raise his kid, he used his power over him to make him work at his restaurants and generously volunteered to take care of roxy while he was gone. in these times will decided roxy (who was starting to look more like will than michael did. but like a little girl.) would be his little mini me, but in order to be that they had to like the same things he liked. so he talked and talked about his own life and confessed to like. yknow murder and how awesome he found it to them. roxy didnt actually take this well and became very reserved and unhappy, and will doesnt take THAT and comes up with this epic plan.

see charlie. um died he knows this. he knows this for sure bc he killed her. personally. fortunately for him he realized this when it happened and managed to steal the plans for charlie. so. if henry can build a new daughter he can fix his granddaughter so he decides hes gonna kill them and fill them up with parts. he doesnt have the visual crafting skills of henry, but he does have. roxy. so he can just use their skin.

so he tricks them into the funtime auditorium, gets them snatched by funtime freddy, and then retrieves them before anyone could find them. unfortunately for him roxy is tall and chubby for a 10 year old, just like he was at their age, so theyre a bit. mangled. by the robot meant to grab average sized 5 year olds. but thats okay. he can fix them. and well roxy seems to be... alive again! but not as a robot in human skin but as human skin holding these robot parts in it. which sucks major ass and they immediately want to leave and get out of this absolutely terrible situation but they know as well as anyone else in town that william is well liked and nobody would believe them at all even a little bit. fortunately having. um. died. they can talk to ghosts. and one of the ghosts. charlie. knows that theres at least one person that would fully understand their situation: samuel emily WOAHH so roxy goes and finds him

roxy does make it to sammy (samuel baker his mothers name) in northern arizona and well. after being very confused and making various phone calls to his mother (he was 4. when everything happened to him and then his life was pretty normal otherwise) he decided to take in this weird fucked up little kid. of course um he couldnt tell anyone though its. illegal. probably. so he did his best to like kind of homeschool them and keep them happy. which involved supporting them through transition once they realized that. max is trans simon make a cis oc challenge (no).

so okay max becomes an adult and we’re back to the present of the story max decides to go back to hurricane to this new freddys restaurant and theyre trying to hire a mechanic for the animatronics very convenient because thats what mac wants is access to the animatronics. max has already heard the terrible shit will did so he wants to like. yknow some sort of. justice. or whatever and he knows theres ghosts in the robots bc he met them after having experimental surgery done in wills workshop. so he wants to go help. them. leave and stop being ghosts. and try to find ways to implicate will and get him like. not arrested the goal is to kill him in the end. remembered as a bad person. thered be no story if max just came in with a gun.

FAQ:

did you really go with the name roxy. is that a reference

umm. yes i did and yes it was post roxanne wolf. its a cute name and a reference to foxy and security breach doesnt exist in my au so.

did you really go with the name max. is that a reference

no max i came up with years ago. not for this character (it was this characters previous versions boyfriend)

what happened to henry?

henry left the franchise after the bite of 87 he could not do it anymore. he also left charlie to his sister bc he was really guilty about making her and while jen didnt like that he did that, charlie is like. a person. so she did agree to take care of her

what is charlie doing?

she works at freddys! as a mechanic also i just kinda wanted her around. she fixes the arcade machines theyve had for 25 years but she came in for max’s job and um. well max has it and doesnt let her see the animatronics so she kinda has beef with him but not really

what is michael doing!!

michael also works at freddys!!!! he knows his dad is like a bad person who at least caused the death of elizabeth (but not really anyone else) and fucked up his daughter but will is the only living family member he has (as far as he knows) (his mom has passed. at this point) so like what the fuck is he going to do. so he tries to keep watch of things there and makes sure nothing goes on. he knows unless will is dead freddys is happening so hes trying to take hold of it and keep it safe.

where did the circus babys animatronics... go.

they separated into scrap baby and molten freddy. it was mostly babys idea and it didnt work at all so they were mad at her and kicked her out. ballora and foxy wanted to go home but freddy was scared what they would do to him (bc he had almost Just got roxy at that point) and didnt want to be alone so he kinda forced them in with him. they were eventually both recovered and shoved in the basement with all the other animatronics.

where is [x event/character/game]

i probably. dont know much about it/them or couldnt fit it/them in cleanly. feel free to ask about it though, it may have A place.

feel free to ask anything you want!!!!! thank you for reading if you did :)

[skelly-bean]

I love the character I’ve made for baldurs gate 3 SO. MUCH!

I feel like there is so much going on with them visually but I don’t even care they’re amazing

I also love the guardian I made a lot too - definitely put way less time into making her but I was so tired of overthinking in character creation haha

[creune]

The Great Muses, Ancient Beings or the Fucked Up Beasts Screaming Outside have blessed me with inspiration today

So I got to work on my project

Kinda

I just drew a very basic first draft of the map that kinda helped realize a few things I wasn't sure of before so that's neat

Sadly, the realization was that the current version of the map is completely useless. But it's because of how much land is depicted vs how much is in the story which made me realize a few things about the world I wasn't sure of so

Ya win some, ya loose some

I still couldn't get myself to write but

Hey

Baby steps

I'm gonna get there at some point

I have some short writing practice ideas to get the rust off already and I'm feeling myself getting more excited to finally get to grab this story by the cuff and grind it into words

Small things and stuff clearing up, while others become more muddy due to questions that I come up with about the things I want to do

In a good way, like "why is X acting like Y", "where is Z's place in everything", "at what point does this or that happen"

All that stuff

I do have a long

And I mean looooong way to go, obviously

But I take all the small victories I can get

Cause writing is hard and getting back into it is even harder

I know exactly the reason why now at least

It's all just self-doubt, that motherfucker

But I can and will work past it, and won't let it stop me from enjoying creation

Because I create for myself

And the fear that some person who stumbles upon it hating or misunderstanding whatever I create is bullshit anyway

I can't please everyone

So I will create the story I want to tell, regardless of any imaginary crowd reading it

Because fuck it all

I will write

Even if I hate everything the moment I read it back

Like

My skills are not up to par at this moment, sure

But I'll work on it

And I'll work on this story

And fuck it, I'm not giving up this time

If y'all don't like it, fuckin block me

I ain't backing down this time and I will create something

It won't be grand or anything

But it will be mine