#(if the rats/lizards let me lol)

[rivetgoth]

New Releases of 2023

Was waiting until the last few stragglers I was excited for were released lol but here is my list of LPs, EPs, and singles that dropped this year that I adored. I am probably missing some! But I’ve TRIED to keep it somewhat consistently updated. Just for fun, asterisks are next to artists I also saw live this year 🖤

I loved this year for music. Some absolutely insane new songs and albums this year.

Albums & EPs:

January 20: Ladytron — Time’s Arrow (synthpop, electronic)

*February 3: DIN — Up (synthpop, electronic, house)

March 24: Debby Friday — GOOD LUCK (dark electronic, industrial hip hop, darkwave)

*April 7: Shrouds — Grimoire (post punk, goth rock)

*April 21: Lead Into Gold — The Eternal Present (electro industrial, dark electronic)

*April 28: Male Tears — KRYPT (darkwave, EBM, dark electronic)

April 28: Bellwether Syndicate — Vestige & Vigil (darkwave, post punk, goth rock)

*May 11: Madeline Goldstein — Other World (synthpop, darkwave)

*May 12: IAMX — Fault Lines1 (dark electronic, darkwave, electro industrial)

*June 2: Puerta Negra — Playa Sola (EBM, electro industrial)

*June 3: ¿La Pregunta? — EP 2023 (EBM, electro industrial)

*July 28: MVTANT — Low Culture Metal Bodies (electro industrial, EBM, dark electronic, darkwave)

August 22: Patriarchy — Forcefully Rearranged (remix album) (dark electronic, electro industrial, darkwave)

*August 31: Hallows — A Quieter Life (darkwave, dark electronic)

*September 15: Sextile — Push (electro punk, electro industrial, techno)

September 15: Nation of Language — Strange Disciple (synthpop, new wave)

*September 22: Choke Chain — Mortality (EBM, electro industrial)

October 27: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard — The Silver Chord (neopsychedelia, synthpop, disco)

November 3: Deceits — If There’s No Heaven… (darkwave, post punk, goth rock)

November 8: Panther Modern — Deluxe (techno, dark electronic, EBM)

December 7: HEALTH — RAT WARS (dark electronic, electro industrial, noise rock)

Singles (not otherwise on albums):

*May 19: Harmony Index — Rainbow’s End / In My Dreams I See You Again (synthpop, trip hop, indie)

*August 9: Void Palace — Machine of Vision (EBM, electro industrial)

August 15: Vision Video — Normalized (darkwave, post punk)

*September 21: Pixel Grip — Bet You Do. (darkwave, EBM, industrial pop?)

*September 22: Sacred Skin — Bitter Heart (dark synthpop, darkwave)

October 6: I Speak Machine — BRING ME THE GIRL (dark electronic, electro industrial)

October 10: Grizz — Frightening, but blissful (darkwave hip hop)

October 20: Sleek Teeth — Gone (darkwave, EBM)

*December 13: TR/ST — Robrash (darkwave, dark electronic)

Artists w/ Multiple Singles:

*Catherine Moan Singles (synthpop)

January 13: Pavement 2

August 17: Jawbreaker

October 27: Undo Undo

*Some Ember Singles: (darkwave, New Romantic, dark electronic)

March 9: Love Comes Quickly

May 20: Touch

December 7: Pendulum

*Touching Ice Singles: (dark electronic, techno)

May 5: There Is So Much Pain in the World / Praise Kink

November 29: Jersey City / 2k14 soft grunge 

*Male Tears Singles: (dark electronic, EBM, darkwave)

July 7: sad boy, paint my nails

July 28: Switchblade

August 4: in this house

August 25: you are your posts

September 29: delete this conversation

October 1: IF YOU WANT, I’LL LET YOU

Bootblacks Singles: (darkwave, goth rock)

September 23: Forbidden Flames

December 1: Wilderness

[quackkaz]

here are some pics of animals from the pet store close to my house because they were adorable!!! 😭😭

lizard

frog (I believe its a pacman frog)

turtles (one is on top of the other lmao)

parrots/birds (there were frickin lovebirds, AAAAA!!)

bunnies

ferrets (I took so many pics of the two because they were ADORBS and I adore ferrets so mmmmmuchhhhh)

and finally…. so. many. RATS. /pos but I can only put some pics because tumblr doesn’t let me put any more 😭😭

that one kept wanting to escape lol

and some sleepy rats 💤

thanks for your time :)

(@rataticaisdreaming here is your dose of serotonin from rats for today >:D)

[davenweenie]

Lab Rats Pet Headcanons

What pets the LR characters would have and what dynamics they would have

We’ve already established that Chase would have cats, I derived my cat headcanon (Tesla the calico cat) from Aster’s cat hc (Einstein)

Chase would absolutely crochet the cats cute little hats and sweaters, especially for Einstein because she’s a Sphynx cat and gets cold easily.

Bree is a weird reptile girl (this is meant in a loving way, I think weird reptile girls are so cool) she has a whole reptile room with a few snakes and a lizard

She has the most unheard of Ball Python morphs and they all look so cool. She names them all after iconic movie characters (two of them are named after Mean Girls characters, Regina and Gretchen) and they all love it.

Oliver is terrified of the snakes when Bree moves them all into the EF penthouse.

Adam would 100% have dogs. He ends up adopting Otis when Chase moves away.

Adam does trick training with Otis and teaches him loads of tricks that he doesn’t already know.

He enters him into competitions and he starts doing Heelwork to Music (proud to say I’m friends with the person who invented this, look up Mary Ray heelwork to music if you don’t know what it is) and wins almost every single time.

When Otis retires when he’s 10, Adam gets an Australian Shepherd puppy and trains her up from scratch. He gets a bit of help from Douglas but he does to mostly himself and competes with her in the future too.

I can’t decide if Leo is a dog or cat person, I also think he would hate animals with fur and would end up getting reptiles like Bree.

Leo would have a sphynx cat after meeting Einstein and realising they feel like peaches and not like human skin. He names him Sid after Sid Viscous because his favourite band is the Sex Pistols (give me more punk!Leo)

On the other hand if Leo were to get reptiles, he would get a snow/albino corn snake for his first snake but then would later get an Urban Camo Ball Python.

It freaks the hell out of Tasha when Leo comes downstairs with one of his snakes wrapped around his shoulders.

His snakes match his style really well

Daniel would have a dog, for sure. He’d have either a Golden Retriever or a yellow Labrador. He’d get a show line Golden and a working line lab if he were to get those breeds.

He would definitely do some form of joring, he would definitely skate down the corridors of the Academy with his dog pulling him (all on proper gear ofc)

that’s it from me. let me know if you want anymore of these. I actually really enjoyed it lol

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[awkward-tension-art]

Put on a Show

So @weebsinstash has an incredible yandere!erasermic x reader series go read everything they write, its fantastic

I wanted to play around with the idea too, so i asked for permission on anon lol.

enjoy this full 2,090 words

Warning: yandere themes, yandere!erasermic, League of Villains, fear, mentions of past torture, mentions of abuse, mentions of past abusive relationship, implied  Spinner x Reader, kissing, Villain origin story, female pronouns used for reader, (if i missed a tag lmk)

You ran. You ran as fast and as far as you could. Your bare feet hit the wet ground, cursing as you stumbled. Your hands hit the mud, but you didn’t stop.

Even when your lungs screamed.

Even when your muscles burned.

You kept going.

With luck, a razor and your own wits you had managed to escape that hell house. You’d managed to escape from the clutches of your obsessed demons. 

At the slight thought of your tormentors, the now healed break in your leg aches all over again. 

Keep going.

Keep going.

KEEP GOING.

The woods betrayed you before, but hopefully, the downpour may erase your footprints. A branch latched onto your shoulder and you screeched. Memories of Aizawa’s cruel grasp flooded your mind. You slipped on the wet ground, tumbling down a slight incline. 

Dazed, confused and hurt, you ignored your pain and kept going. Desperation and adrenaline kept you going.

Do not stop.

Do not stop.

You looked down to avoid losing your eyes to another branch, only to embarrassingly run straight into a tree. Your body fell back, landing harshly on the mud.

You heard a groan.

Trees do not groan.

Fear overran your systems as you slowly, shakily looked up.

In front of you was a man covered in green scales. He looked more like a lizard, than an actual human, but you quickly guessed that was his quirk. But, he wasn’t alone.

A scarred man with piercings. A teenage girl with blond hair. Another man with a mask. And lastly…

You recognized him from the news.

Shigaraki.

The League Of Villains

“What the hell,” The lizard-man hissed, rubbing his head, “Where the fuck did you come from?”

You took your chances.

“Please…” you gasped, looking up at the white haired leader, “Help me.”

It took approximately 3 seconds to be taken from the forest. The scarred man, Dabi you learned, pulled out his phone and called Kurogiri, their method of transport. 

Spinner, surprisingly like a gentleman, helped you stand and introduced himself. 

Not a second later your vision was filled with black and you were out of the rain.

Out of the cold.

Out of the monsters’ clutches.

Instead, you found yourself in a surprisingly comfortable bar scene. It was warm, bright, and quite homey.

Shigaraki continued to stare at you, his red eyes giving away nothing. The blonde however, hovered, as she began to talk. You couldn’t keep up, exhaustion slowing your mind and mental process. All you managed to register is ‘blood’.

A tall woman spoke up first, “oh dear, look at you. You look like a wet rat.” She inspected you before standing straight, “Let me get you something dry.You can call my Big Sis Magne!”

You nodded, managing a small “thank you,” as she rushed out of the room to come back with a dry towel, draping it over you.

‘Huh, it smells nice,’ you thought, wrapping it around your shoulders, taking in the small comfort. Almost like roses and lavender…

The leader finally spoke up, “Who are you?”

That was the question. That one simple question caused the dam to burst. You broke down, telling them everything. The torture, the abuse, the agony, all by the hands of two supposed heroes. You went over every grueling, painful detail, tears pouring down your face. 

They knew of your captors and torture before they even knew your name.

With every word, The league members, especially Dabi, became more and more disgusted and angry. You didn’t even finish when Spinner offered a kind hand for you to hold onto. 

“P-please,” you finally managed, “D-don’t send me back…”

Shigaraki scoffed, “Heroes think they can just do whatever they want huh? Well fuck ‘em. Eraserhead and Present Mic want their precious treasure back? Well too bad. It’s ours now.”

Big Sis Magne let out a happy laugh, “Oh good! Another girl! If you ask me, only having Toga around was getting to be too much.” She took your other free hand, “We’re gonna be such a good team, those nasty heroes won’t know what hit them.”

“I can’t wait to make them pay with their blood,” Toga smiled, her golden eyes shining with excitement. Dabi remained silent, but Spinner gave you a kind smile. “What a show it will be! You, coming face to face with those demons, and having us at your back!” The one with the mask, Mr.Compress, finally spoke, giving a theatrical hand wave.

With every word, you felt your shoulders get lighter. 

“Now,” The leader, your new leader, spoke up, “Tell me all about your quirk, and those pieces of garbage that hurt you.”

When Shouta and Hizashi returned home, they knew something was wrong. The house seemed...cold. You were not in the living room, nor the kitchen. 

They assumed this was one of your bad days. Where you’d sleep until it was late at night, only so you can avoid them.

Quickly, that changed. 

The closer Shouta got to your door, the more he felt his gut twist. The air seemed wet and almost humid.

“Hey, are you awake in there?” He knocked, concerned, “I’m coming in!” 

When he opened the door, the wet air made sense. Your window was open, rain poured in from the storm outside. The carpet and everything else by the window was soaked, giving the hero a clue that you’ve been gone a while. 

“HIZASHI!” The black haired male called out, darting into the room. Desperately he looked around, only to look up when he heard his husband cry out. 

“She’s gone! Our songbird is gone!!” He panicked, aiding Shouta in his desperate search. The couple tore apart the house, hoping this was something else. Hoping you didn’t leave through the window. 

They hoped and prayed, only for their optimism to be dashed when their search turned up empty. 

“We need to go after her!” The blonde hero cried, “s-she could be hurt! She doesn’t know how to take care of herself!!” 

Shouta was already preparing to venture outside. He was at the door when he turned to look at his severely distressed husband, “stay here. In case she comes back, I’ll go look for her.” 

With that, Eraserhead ran out of the front door of the house, hoping to find you in the woods. 

Days became weeks became months. With every passing hour, you felt happier and lighter. Your spirit and soul were healing. It will take time, but you knew you were able to recover. You had escaped, and found a family who would ride or die with you. 

You’d ride or die with them. 

Spinner was especially kind to you. He was a gentleman, always asking before touching. You spent most of your free time with him when he or you weren’t gone collecting information or searching for members. 

You still weren't comfortable going on missions by yourself. Most of the them were with Dabi, Big Sis Magne or Jin, who you’d met shortly after your joining. Despite the short time with them, you felt like you belonged. You helped them, they helped you. You became a part of their family. 

They’d even gone so far as to get your cat Mochi back. Dabi simply dumped the kitty on your lap and walked away without saying anything. You missed your feline friend, and now in the league, he gets all the love the villains could muster. 

They try to keep sudden loud noises to a minimum. Occasionally a surprise yell or sound would happen, but someone was always quick to jump to your defense. 

It was mostly Shigaraki, but he’d apologize begrudgingly.

Even he wasn’t so bad. You had gone with Toga to get him a new controller, and he’s tolerated you ever since (maybe even respect you after you managed to beat him to a quick video game match). 

This was your life. This was your freedom. 

This was what you wanted. 

It’s been hell without you. Shouta and Hizashi were in hell. It’s been months since the eraser hero found your footprints surrounded by others. It’s been months of searching. Months of desperation to rescue you from your kidnappers. That’s the only logical reason for your disappearance. 

You were kidnapped. 

You needed them. You needed your lovers. 

But they couldn’t save you. 

Some nights Shouta would wake up alone. He’d be cold and lonely. Slowly he’d walk to your room, and find his blonde husband asleep, holding your favorite pillow. 

It stopped smelling like you a while ago. 

With every passing day their hope waned. With every passing hour their hearts ached. 

Shouta finally broke down one night. When he woke up alone again he wandered to your room, finding Hizashi in his usual position. Instead of being asleep, the blonde’s shoulders shook with muffled sobs and cries. 

The Eraser hero sat on the bed and held his husband, not bothering to muffle his own weeping. 

This isn’t what they wanted. 

The view from the roof was both beautiful and hilarious. You orchestrated a nomu attack, remaining hidden. Spinner was accompanying you. The others were scattered around the city, taking in the chaos. 

You remembered those roads and streets. You walked them for so long. 

Until those bastards stole you. 

Now, with your life in the league, you could stroll down the sidewalk again. You could see the sky and feel the sun. 

You could punish heroes for abandoning you. For letting you get kidnapped. 

A smile graced your lips. The chaos of the nomu was beautiful. 

There was a flash of black in the corner of your eye, and you turned your head. Slowly, your smile grew at the sight of Eraserhead struggling to take down the brutish monster. 

Only to have your smile fade when Present Mic saves him. 

“Ugh, I hate them.” You growled, “I see them and I hate them.” 

Spinner looked up from his spot on the roof. He swished his tail once before following your gaze to your distant tormentors.  

“You should put on a show,” he put a hand on your shoulder, “drive ‘em even more bat shit.”

You laughed warmly, the idea of breaking their hearts even more gave you infinite joy. 

“Mind if I use you?” You asked, preparing to use your quirk. 

With the villains you have gotten stronger. Your quirk was a weapon. A strong, powerful, useful weapon. 

You’re the opposite of what Shouta and Hizashi said over and over again. 

They can’t tell you that you're weak. Not anymore. 

There was a tipped over bus, and that’s where you planted the illusion. 

You and Spinner, hand in hand. 

Oh this is gonna be good. 

When they dealt with the Nomu, Hizashi looked to the bus, and even from a distance, you could see his eyes widen. 

“S-songbird!” 

You gagged, and Spinner laughed softly beside you.

Shouta looked up, meeting the illusions gaze. 

You feared he’d use his quirk, destroying your fun, but he didn’t, at least not in that instant. 

“G-get away from her!” The black haired male shouted, his black eyes trained on fake-spinner. 

“No,” the illusion spoke, “I think your precious songbird belongs to me.”

The illusion of spinner pulled illusion you closer. The illusion of you looking bashful.

Shouta prepared an attack, jumping up in the air to do so. Hizashi prepared his own quirk, apparently ok with sacrificing your well-being to get you. 

You cause fake-spinner to dip fake-you into a deep kiss. 

That was apparently distracting enough to cause Present Mic to choke on air, and Eraserhead to stumble and miss his attack. 

“Come on my sweet,” fake-you cooed, “let’s go.” 

You created one more illusion, covering the two fakes in smoke, making them disappear. 

As you finished with your quirk, you rubbed your temples. 

Spinner laughed beside you, “m-my sweet! Oh my god you killed me.” 

You gave a faint smile, that only grew when you heard Hizashi’s mournful howling. 

Spinner and you peered over the edge of the roof, and spotted the two of them breaking down. The blonde was wailing. You swear you saw his fat tears from your position. 

Shouta just looked broken. He looked absolutely devastated.

Maybe a long time ago that sight would have hurt you. 

You made eye contact with your partner next to you. 

“My sweet,” you teased, promptly bursting into laughter.

“Let’s go! Before they hear us!” Spinner tried to shush you, failing with his own giggling. 

You nodded and grabbed his hand. 

“Let’s go then,” you winked, “my sweet.”

The both of you fled, making your way to Jin and Toga. 

You smiled at the sight of them, only feeling happier as more of your family of villains got together. 

This is exactly where you wanted to be. 

A villain, to make those heroes suffer.

[miscecanis]

HC: pets certain dynamics lean forward to most

!!! this is so interesting!!!!

alphas:

dogs! alphas are unabashedly loyal and similar in their own respects to dogs. i think they would desire a pet that would listen to them, one that would be by their side no matter what. also, dogs like to play hard, and i see alphas wanting a pet they can tussle with and do physical activity with if it’s something they like. also, i think they’d really love training and teaching commands.

ferrets! going along with the theme of playful alphas, i think they’d really enjoy a hyperactive pet like a ferret! always chasing them around and they’d just have toys all over their house lol. imaging an alpha walking around with a lil ferret around their neck is so wholesome aahhh!! and ferrets can be adorable lil snuggle buddies too, which i’m sure any alpha would appreciate (even though they may never admit it.)

horses! again going along with the active theme as well as the desire to train, i think alphas would love having a horse. perhaps using them to compete in racing or jumping or sports in general, or maybe even just riding for the pure desire of feeling free and adventurous with the wind in your hair and all with their personal companion. plus alphas wouldn’t mind the upkeep of a stable!

snakes! alphas would be drawn to snakes maybe for the fact that they just look epic in general? or perhaps that they’re dangerous? or maybe as a warning to others that they’re not afraid of anything. or honestly, they just want a snake because SNAKES ARE EPIC!! instead of a ferret scarf around the alpha’s neck, imagine a long ball python? epic.. also they’d probably name them something silly like “noodle” or “george” tbh. they’re not afraid of their little buddy, and their snake probably has an awesome decked out enclosure that’s themed all spooky-like. they’d probably have more than one snake too bc let’s be real, snakes are so fun and cool.

betas:

birds! especially talkative birds! betas would love to just sit with them and have tons of conversations and teach them to say new things. imagine a beta walking around with a parrot or little parakeet or cockatiel on their shoulder? 🥺 my heart !!! their birds would only sleep in a cage at night, bc the rest of the day they’re just hanging out. they’d probably hand build them an epic cage too.

hamsters! for whatever reason i am feeling that betas would be drawn to hamsters! they are so tiny and cute. i could totally see a beta being like “psst, wanna see what i’ve got?” and pulling a hamster out of their pocket. it would totally help them attract omegas, who would be all like “OMG!!! A BABY!!! ITS SO TINY!!!!” and like... YES. also, they’d find such joy in decorating and designing a massive enclosure just for their little buddy.

rats! just like hamsters i feel like betas would just love rodents in general? rats and betas to me are a lot alike, in that they are very curious and smart, inquisitive and always wanting to know more. they also love to explore, and i could totally see a beta with their little rat buddy exploring new places. their rat would have a tiny harness and omg 🥺 !! it would just be so cute seeing them walk together and explore new things.

frogs! betas are definitely frog people, they would love making little hats for their frog and building them an awesome enclosure. they would love blogging about their frog or posting cute pictures of them on instagram! they’d probably have a whole youtube channel dedicated to their frog if i’m being entirely honest lol!

omegas:

cats! i definitely see omegas as more cat-like in general and i think they’d mesh best with kitty friends. cats are very snuggly and would appreciate a cozy nest, to be curled up at the omega’s side as they read a book or play a video game. they’re pretty laid back and don’t require as much upkeep, but for me, i find cats to be very playful and loving! they’re a little purr machine too- and when an omega and a kitty are laying together, believe me when i say they’ll definitely be purring along with each other... like how sweet is that 🥺!! omegas like to play, and i feel like cats are a good balance between playful and peaceful, which is great for an omega.

bunnies! i think omegas would also be really drawn to a cute and tiny pet that requires a lot of care. omegas like to care for others, so an animal like this which takes a lot of work would be great! plus bunnies can be really cuddly and playful too! they’d more than likely let them free roam and would take lots of pride in decorating the house for their bunny, or bunny proofing it. they’d treat them like their lil baby and take super cute pictures of their bun. also, omegas are similar to bunnies in the way of their sensitives and softness, so i think they’d just genuinely mesh well.

geckos! omegas are drawn to cute things. and what’s cuter than a gecko? or any tiny lizard as a matter of fact? i mean come on!!!! they’re so tiny and adorable! omegas love pets they can hold, so as long as their lizard doesn’t mind being held sometimes, they’re super happy with one. they might be squicked out about the bug part (for some lizards), but they still really enjoy having them as a pet. they’ll most definitely show it off. they’ll probably sit there watching the lil thing all day long with just an “owo” face, so enthralled with its cuteness and little activities.

guinea pigs! tbh i think omegas would be really comforted by those soft little squeaky noises that guinea pigs make. guinea pigs are very similar to omegas too in their shyness and such, so i think it would be easiest for a guinea pig and an omega to become friends and trust each other. their guinea pigs would be so pampered and loved, and have places to hide all over their house!

[survey--s]

147.

Do you prefer dark, brown or white chocolate?   Milk or dark chocolate. White chocolate is nice in things like cheesecakes or coffee (I love white chocolate mochas) but on it’s own I find it really sickly.

Do you get Easter eggs at Easter?   As a kid I did, sure, but not so much as an adult. I might buy one if it’s on offer and catches my eye, though.

Would you prefer a pet rat, mouse, snake, lizard or spider?   A lizard.

Do you like carrot cake?   I love carrot cake, especially with decent cream cheese frosting.

If you were in a more medieval time period, would you prefer to excel in might, magic, or finesse?   Magic or Finesse.

What is one recipe that you would like to learn how to make? (Can be anything from breakfast to dessert.)   Decent breakfast waffles or pancakes.

Is there any specific reason why you prefer to take a shower in the morning or night?   I take a shower after work (normally mid afternoon) and I prefer it because I work a physical job and like getting clean ASAP. On days off, I have a shower in the morning as I feel like it refreshes me and sets me up for the day, even if I’m not going anywhere or doing anything.

What is your favorite type of muffin?   Blueberry. 

What is the last expensive item you bought?   Uh, my new phone but I got in contract so it doesn’t seem that expensive.

Would you rather be a successful writer or artist?   Writer. 

Would you rather have a cottage on the beach or in a forest?   On the beach. I love the idea of a forest but I think I’d get freaked out if I was there on my own at night, though I could get a guard dog or something.

Who’s the last person you talked to about sex?   Probably my husband.

Where is the biggest scar on your body?   On the back of my head, hidden under my hair luckily.

Would you date someone who was addicted to drugs?   No, I wouldn’t even date someone who smoked weed. It’s not that I’m against it, it’s just not something I have any interest in at all.

Do you know anyone who drinks a lot?   Not anymore, but a client of mine was an alcoholic and it killed her last year.

Do you have any facial piercings?   Just my nose.

What were you afraid of the most when you were a kid? Bears, for some reason. I think it was because our local zoo used to have a huge black bear, lol.

Is your hair long enough to put in a ponytail?   Yeah, easily.

Last time you were attacked by an animal?   Uh, I’ve never really been attacked by animal before. Oh, maybe yesterday when I was trying to get Purrlock into the kitchen for dinner. The dog wouldn’t let him walk past so I carried him and he tried to scratch me so I’d put him down, hahah. He hates being picked up unless it’s 100% on his terms.

If you need to ask a question in class do you raise your hand?   I did, yeah.

How many times have you been engaged (if any at all)?   Twice, and married once.

Is the United States really the best country in the world?   God no. I’d never, ever want to live there.

Have you ever gotten so dehydrated that you passed out?   No. Dehydration normally left me with headaches and sickness.

Are your eyes sensitive to sunlight? Yeah, definitely.

Would you ever change your whole appearance?   No.

Do you have a picture of you and your lover kissing?   Yeah, on our wedding day.

What is a comfort show of yours?   Friends. <--- definitely this. Plus any David Attenborough documentary, The Big Bang Theory, Fawlty Towers, Trollied and the Simpsons.

Do you think we were put on this earth for a reason?   Nope. We just evolved and here we are.

Animal Crossing, yay or nay?   I’ve never played it.

Did you ever have a MySpace?   Sure.

Do you have a YouTube channel? If no, would you create one? If yes what’s your content?   No, no.

Do you watch anime?   No, not my thing.

Do you like TikTok?   I don’t have the app but I do watch some of them when they appear on Reddit or whatever.

Do you ever miss Vine? No. I never used it.

Would you ever have a pet rat?   Nope. A friend of mine from school had rats growing up and they always really creeped me out, ha.

Do you think dreams mean anything?   I think they can sometimes be a reflection of your current state of mind, especially if you’re feeling something heavy (I almost always have dreams about work when I’m particularly dreading the incoming workday). But I don’t think they hold meanings or predictions per se. <--- yeah, I like this answer.

What was the last topic you read about?   The Pallas cat, lol. I’m watching a documentary about cats in India and they came up on there. I was trying to remember where I’d seen one in captivity.

What’s the best amusement park ride you’ve ever been on?   I loved AIR at Alton Towers.

Would you know how to read a house blueprint? I could probably figure it out given some time.

What shirt do you wear the most?   Lately, it’s been hoodies, jumper dresses and oversized sweaters.

Have you ever used Duolingo to learn another language?   Yeah, I taught myself some Spanish on there during the first lockdown.

Do you remember much from high school?   Unfortunately.

What’s your favorite fruit to snack on?   Raspberries, watermelon, mango and pineapple. Oh, and grapes, but we don’tr really have them as they’re toxic for the dog.

Has anyone ever come out to you?   Sure.

What was the last album you listened to in full?   I honestly don’t remember.

Would you prefer cupcakes or a big cake for your birthday?   A big cake. I’m really not a fan of cupcakes - they look cute but they have way too much icing on them for me.

How many jobs do you have on your resume?   Well, I’ve worked for three companies but in six (?) different positions as I got promoted at my last two workplaces.

What in your opinion is the best love song ever written?   Meh, it depends on my mood, lol.

Pro-life/Pro-choice?   Pro-choice.

Was your mother married when she had you?   Yeah, they’d been married a year or two, I think.

Who is the person you dislike the most?   I don’t really out-and-out dislike anyone.

What’s your favourite type of cookie?   Chocolate chip cookies.

Do you have a pair of Beat headphones?   No. I always wanted some but they’re SO expensive.

Are any of your electronics not working properly at the moment?   No.

Are you excited to pick out your wedding dress one day?   Been there, done that, and it was more stressful and time-consuming than anything else, hahah.

What’s a food that you like every once in awhile but not often?   Ribs. <--- this! Or Crispy Duck.

Are you the type of person that enjoys getting hugs?   It depends on who’s doing the hugging.

Do you carry a bottle of water wherever you go?   No. I pretty much never drink plain water.

Are you afraid that one day you might get cancer?   I mean, kind of. It’s not something I actively think about, though.

What age do you look forward to reaching?   None, really. I mean, I’m an adult so it’s not like getting to a certain age really means much anymore.

What exercise do you hate the most?   Running.

What do you do at a party?   I don’t go to parties.

What was the most unsettling film you’ve seen?   Hmm. The Road, I think. Mainly because it could so easily happen - especially with what’s happening in Ukraine right now.

What’s something people don’t worry about but really should?   Oh, I don’t know. I think there are so many things people worry about when worrying will never achieve anything so it all seems a bit pointless.

What movie quotes do you use on a regular basis?   None, really.

If magic was real, what spell would you try to learn first?   Oh, I don’t know. Something to cure my vision? lol.

What’s the hardest you’ve ever worked?   Well, I’ve worked fucking hard to build my business and it’s paid off because it’s really successful now.

If you could have an all-expenses paid trip to see any famous world monument, which monument would you choose?   I’d like to go to Japan and see Mount Fuji and the cherry blossoms.

What’s the most addicted to a game you’ve ever been?   I used to play Sims for HOURS on end. The same with a game called Gems of War on the xBox.

What’s the coldest you’ve ever been?   I have no idea, but I’ve been to Canada where it was -27 degrees. Now THAT was cold and incredibly painful, lol.

Do you eat food that’s passed its expiration date if it still smells and looks fine?   Of course. I mean, those dates are generally an arbitrary guess at best, and companies will always err on the side of caution when it comes to things like that.

What outdoor activity haven’t you tried, but would like to?   Proper outdoor rock climbing.

What’s the most interesting documentary you’ve ever watched?   I like anything about big cats or North Korea.

What really needs to be modernized?   The public transport system in this country. <--- yep.

Do you know anyone that has a gecko as a pet?   I do.

Do you put ketchup on your burgers?   It depends on the burger, but generally I prefer mayonnaise.

Are you or were you in any clubs in high school?   No. Organised clubs have always been my idea of hell, lol.

Do you own a yoga mat?   I think so.

Do you like Greek mythology?   I studied it for a while at university but it wasn’t that interesting, tbh.

Do you like peaches?   Yeah, but I prefer tinned ones to fresh.

What is your favorite endangered animal?   Tigers.

What is your favorite game to play on your phone?   Klondike, BingoBlitz and MarioRun.

Who was the last person who was rude to you?   I have no idea. I don’t really experience rudeness that often.

What was the last thing you bought at the farmer’s market?   I can’t remember, we don’t have one near here really. The nearest is Ulverston but even that’s a fair way to go.

Are you scared to stand up to a police officer?   I wouldn’t really try it - not out of fear but because it’s never going to achieve anything positive.

Have you downloaded unique fonts for your computer?   I have done before, yeah.

What is your doctor’s first name?   I don’t have a regular GP.

Have you ever worn those Drunk Goggles?   Yeah. Our local nightclub used to do underage nights and the police helped supervise it and we all got to try them out if we wanted.

Do you draw fanart of anything?   No.

Favorite thing to see in museums?   I like science museums with interactive displays.

Have you ever seen an unwrapped mummy in person?   In a museum, yeah.

Which animals do you tend to go check out first at the pet store?   Pet stores here aren’t really like that - they only sell rodents/rabbits/fish.

Have you ever been a victim of a house fire?   No, thankfully not.

Have you ever had a cavity before? How about a root canal? A tooth pulled? Braces?   I’ve had two wisdom teeth removed but that’s it. I’ve generally been really lucky with my teeth.

Last movie you saw in theaters before the pandemic hit?   Cats.

What is your favorite zoo animal that you would like to set free?   None of them, because most zoo animals would never survive in the wild now that they’re used to being kept in captivity.

Favorite kind of fish?   To eat? Tuna, cod, salmon and sea bass. To own as a pet? Anything tropical.

Is there anyone that you’ve visited in jail? Nope.

Has anyone ever told you that you looked like a celebrity?   Yeah.

Kissing someone with facial hair, do you mind?   it’s fine but I do get rash from it sometimes so I don’t do it loads.

Have you ever slept on a beach?   I mean, just during the day when I’ve dozed off sunbathing or whatever.

What size shirt do you normally wear?   A UK 12-14.

Would you ever travel to Los Angeles?   If someone was paying for it, I’d go, but I have no real desire to visit there otherwise. It looks dangerous to me.

[starr-fall-knight-rise]

Humans are Space Orcs, “Keeping Pets.”

It’s been a while since I have given you one of Krill’s rages. Plus I got up late this morning, so lol. Hope you like it

Discord server invite https://discord.gg/VSj2EC

From the Journal of Biology and Medicine 

This research focuses primarily on the ability of the human to interact and bond with different types of species. All over the galaxy it has been seen that humans have the ability to interact with and understand different species around them in ways that are meaningful for both parties. However, a different and more interesting phenomenon witnessed on the human home world is that practice of keeping a “pet: an animal which is not considered sentient that is allowed to live and interact with the humans, sometimes sharing their houses, and even sharing their beds. No one knows what underlies this profound urge to bring other creatures into their homes, but it is a practice humans have been participating in for well over four thousands years, perhaps even, since the beginning of their existence.

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Am I allowed o make a complaint! No no I am not asking. I was simply warning you that I am going to complain in a very round about way. I don’t really care whether you want to complain or not. I am simply angry at how everything humans do seems to be a direct attempt to make me angry, or scare e half to death. I honestly think it is on purpose, a species cannot feasibly be this reckless if that were not the case. I mean, they bring apex predators into their beds for Sanctum’s sake. Here, here let me explain.

The Dog. It basically just a fucking wolf. Yeah, once upon a time humans cuddled up to the most cunning pack predator in the world and thought it would be fun to bring them inside around their kids. I mean are you kidding me, this creature can grow to over one hundred pounds and has razor sharp K-9 teeth that can rip your throat out. It has a nose that can smell the adrenaline excretions…. It can flip the smell fear. IN fact humans say that this creature is domesticated, but may I point out to you that dogs are responsible for killing people all across the world. It’s a predator, it wasn’t to eat your face. And before you go saying , well that is only big dogs, the little dogs are worse. They are big killers trapped inside a tiny body and that makes them neurotic and angry and way more willing to just go ahead and chomp your finger right off.  And humans LOVE these creatures, they love them. They will dress them up in little sweaters  and little shoes, and they will coo over them constantly. It is HORRIFIC. They even give them to disabled people, some of the most vulnerable of their species, and they just hand them an apex predator like it’s no big deal!..... I’m getting worked up, aren't I?

The cat: So basically a tiny tiger that still has all the instincts of a tiny tiger. If it were bigger it would definitely kill you. Now luckily for us the domesticated ones only come in one size, and that size is rather small (for the most part) because if these suckers were big, they would be like tigers or pumas, and they would be more than willing to rip our face off. What is worse, at least with dogs you can argue that they are well tempered and loving, but cats. They hate you, they are using you and they know it, everyone knows it. They will come up to you to be petted and instead of walking away like a normal creature when they are done they will just claw you, just claw you no explanation to apology just claws. And what is WORSE is the people who own cats are even more delusional than the ones that own dogs because I bet you there is a human reading this right now that says well my cat is nice, or another human that thinks well yeah my cat does this sometimes, but he/she’s so cute and I love them anyway so there…. Humans are blinded by their need to touch and hold fuzzy things.

Horses: Ok, I know this one does not go inside, but hear me out on this one. It is a giant frigging deer thing that comes in as many sizes as dogs do, and one day some a hole human decided to hop on one’s back and go riding into the sunset, never mind that this thing could kick you into a state of internal hemorrhaging even “I” Would balk at.  IT i to big put it away and let it roam free, but no instead humans decided to ride it.

Rabbit: Shouldn’t you be eating these things? Also, they have clawed back feet, and sometimes they bite. Why do you want one so badly

Rats : It's a fucking rat! Like boubonic plague! Is any of that ringing a bell. This thing is literally vermin, its job is to carry diseases and be nasty, and you want to keep one in your child’s bedroom 

Guinea pigs/gerbils/ mice: See rats above, I am just saying these things are tiny rats and their job is to carry diseases. It is gross so don’t touch them.

Birds: Again with the disease thing. These guys are flying rats. Ok I get it humans love cute things that can make noise and talk, but these guys are super loud and expensive to take care of. Just do yourself a solid and let it go, it belongs out in the wild where it can be annoying outside and not inside. 

Lizards: I mean ok…. Pretty sure these carry diseases too.  Also, they will never love you and they are very expensive to keep.

Snake: it's a fucking snake! One of humanities the worst fears, and you WANT one. This thing has haunted the nightmares of your people for the past couple thousand years, and you want to cuddle it. Plus you have to feed it dead mice. Some of you have a snake so big that it is capable of swallowing medium-sized animals whole. This is literally the definition of a predator, some of them are even venomous. Why- why-why-why-why do you have one. WHY DO YOU HAVE A SNAKE. THE MIND BOGGLES!

Tarantula: *slamming noises* You guys are just fucking with me now right. Just straight fucking with me. This isn’t serious. Like we have come all this way, just for me to learn about this shit. This isn’t real, it cannot be real because that would mean that you guys are way stupider than I thought you were. I mean…. I can't…. Nope I am done I cant…. I draw the line at big ass spiders.

Why hasn’t god terminated your species yet. Surely natural selection would not encourage you to actively seek out creatures that can kill and eat you. Why, why, why are you still getting bigger. Why are you thriving. Why am I here with you, why did I decide to leave the safety of my own planet 

*incoherent screaming”

“Why is the human need to touch other living things so damn strong!. What biological purpose is this!”

Rrrrrrrraaaaaaaaahahhhhhhh

[poptropicaaaaaah]

Oh yeah! I should make an intro post abckcjdkbksb

I don’t really have a DNI because I know most asshats are gonna ignore it anyways 😒 but let it be known amongst my followers! This is not a safe space for transphobes, truscum, racists, antisemites, ableists, anyone pro-SH/pro-ED, anyone Anti-LGBTQ, anyone Anti-MOGAI, anyone anti-neopronouns, anyone pro-cringe culture.

~About me beneath the cut~

My name is Bandit, I also go by Kyle!

And since this is the poptropica blog you can also call me Blue Comet >:3

I’m a minor so don’t be creepy lol

I use it/it/its/its/itself, they/them/their/theirs/themself, rat/rat/rats/rats/ratself, he/him/his/his/himself, and she/her/her/hers/herself

I really like scenecore and stuff like that so I might reblog some stuff like that here too

I also like Webkinz, Minecraft, and Cool Math Games and will definitely talk about that here too

Anything not poptropica related is tagged #not poptropica

I have had. So many poptropica accounts in my life. So many. So it makes sense that I have lots of players/OCs/etc so feel free to ask about them!

Current username is heybestie420 if you wanna friend me on poptropica

Four of my old players/OCs have their own rp ask blogs that are still being set up: @asklittlelion @askfearlesscheetah @askredcrown @asktrustyhero

Absolutely pro self shipping and pro OC x Canon ships. Pro “”cringey”” self inserts and Mary Sues.

Other than that idrk know anything about general shipping discourse and would prefer if you didn’t drag me into that

Also I’m deadass afraid of lizards so just don’t show me pictures of lizards lol

[keyofjetwolf]

Bonus Question Answers! (non-anime animated final)

I asked a silly question! You gave me incredible answers. SO VERY MANY INCREDIBLE ANSWERS. If yours is listed below, you’ve earned an entry in a random draw to win a GIFTENING liveblog OF YOUR CHOICE

This question may have inadvertently created my favourite solid block of answers. I wouldn’t have called that, and was DELIGHTED. Narrowing these down was so incredibly hard. You are all beautiful and I love you.

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Q: What was one of my favourite songs in JEM? Points will be awarded for accuracy, OR making me laugh, so if you don't know any JEM songs (or Misfits or Singers, of course!), DON'T LET THAT STOP YOU.

*  The Limp Lizards launched a shockingly popular remake of their 1 (one) famous song, and it is literally just an ASMR soundtrack of glass breaking.  That's it.  And yet, their renewed royalties have set them up comfortably in the 2000s.  -- @amberlilly  [I hoped in my heart of hearts that someone would say The Limp Lizards, and then you did, BUT DID IT MORE, Lilly you are the hero we need in these dark times.]

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*  If one of your favorite songs wasn't Takin' It All, then I just don't know you.  @ayu-ohseki​  [I DO LOVE THAT ONE YOU GOT ME]

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*  Bad Influence? I don't know, the Romeo and Juliet tale but instead of people getting stabbed/poisoned, you have of a bunch of people hijacking YOUR stage performance to sing about how much you and your friend suck. It seems really appealing.  -- Don Jose  [I’m not sure I ever quite phrased it that way to my myself, BUT YOU RIGHT.]

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*  Designing Women. It's an incredible bop that features the Misfits trashing a store and then buying everything. All just to spite one of the protags. -- Eddy  [I DO IN FACT REALLY LOVE THIS ONE.  Oh, Misfits, you’re so ridiculous and poorly socialized.]

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*  "Come on in the Water's Fine" because when I looked at song titles, I imagined Michiru saying this to Ami to bully her into the pool to race her again bc Ami seems like the kind of girl to her who would need such kind things said to entice her. But additionally, when it started up for some reason it made me think about "Holiday" by Madonna which boy, talk about nostalgia for me. Also also when the dude in the video first shows up, I thought the striped part of his shirt was the only part of his shirt and the peach flesh colored part of his shirt was just his torso and therefore that he was wearing the most hideous crop top that ended just above his nipples because that would be QUITE the fashion statement. Also mermaids rock okay   -- Furi  [There isn’t a word out of place in this entire answer, but also it made me really want you to have to do a blind reaction series on JEM song videos.]

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*  "Be Gay, Do Crimes, Rio Sucks" obviously a Misfits song, preaching only truth  -- @incorrecttact  [Bless you, friend]

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*  I Snort Glitter Everyday  -- Jillwalker  [ACTUAL LOL, this was clearly from one of Kimber’s 1938577 rebellious phases this week.]

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*  That one, in episode 47 I think? about rats being good for your skin? Wouldn't expect it to be so catchy just looking at the lyrics (I mean really, "Put 'em in soap, that's the peak, all squeaky clean, makes the boys' knees weak"? Who greenlit that?) but I haven't been able to go two months without it lodging itself in my brain for *years*  -- @kariachi  [just *chef’s kiss*]

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*  Glitter and Gold, because it's such a gigantic "WE HAVE NEW DOLLS TO MARKET!" advertising tie-in that I can't help but enjoy how shameless it is. GLITTER AND GOLD! GLITTER AND GOLD! HERE COMES GLITTER AND GOLD, IN STORES NOW! (Also truly outrageous I guess, but GLITTER AND GOLD!)  -- Peter Svensson  [IT’S TRUE AND YOU SHOULD SAY IT. It’s so fucking brazen, I love it.]

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*  Jemmicle Songs for Jemmicle Cats!  @sirblackaxe  [Bravo. BRA. VO.]

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*  "alone Again" for the sole reason I want you to go "wtf song was this again?" and have to look up this nightmare fever dream of an episode  -- shoujo screamer  [HA JOKE’S ON YOU FRIEND I DON’T HAVE TO LOOK IT UP I ALREADY KNOW THE SONG AND THE EXACT EPISODE IT CAME FROM SO TAKE THAT I AM VERY COOL]

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AND THAT’S ALL THE BONUS QUESTION ANSWERS. Thank you all so much for playing along with me. I’ll be pulling for the winner (winners? THAT’S UP TO YOU) this Thursday the 14th! The winner(s) will have 24 hours to let me know what I’ll be doing, and we’ll have that liveblog(s) on the last day of THE GIFTENING, Tuesday the 19th.

THANK YOU AGAIN YOU’RE ALL TOO GOOD IT’S DISGUSTING

[surveys-at-your-service]

Survey #360

“we are the ones that wanna play  /  always wanna go, but you never wanna stay”

"Crawling" or "In The End?" I want to say "Crawling," but I really can't be sure. Both are bomb. Is your window open? No. Monsters Inc. or Shrek? Shrek, my man. What did you last hear that made your jaw drop? Jason's mom died. What is the longest shower or bath you have ever taken? I remember as kids, Nicole and I would sometimes play 'til Mom made us finish because the water was cold by then. As an adult, idk about my longest shower. Do you have a preference of chocolate? Yeah, milk chocolate. Is there anyone you’d like to hug right now? Yeah. Could you ever picture someone writing a biography about you? Definitely not. Do you have a clock in your room? No. Do you shut off the computer when you’re done using it? No, I just close it. Do you usually catch a cold during the winter? No. I just about never get sick. Are you a good multi-tasker? NOOOOOOOOOOO. Do you know any deaf people? If so, is it easy or difficult to have conversations with them? No. Is there a door knocker on your front door? No. Were you ever into Pokémon? Bitch I still am. Do you drink a lot of water? Sigh, no. I'm definitely better than I used to be, though; once upon a time, I literally never drank it unless I was extremely hot and dehydrated. Nowadays, it's usually after I finish my soda for the day that I then only drink water, normally around one full tall cup of it. Do you like fireworks? They're beautiful, but I'm personally against them out of respect for veterans suffering from PTSD as well as animals, because I'm not exactly interested in traumatizing them, either. Is respect given or earned with you? It's given, the way I think it should be. Are you “in the closet” about anything? No. Are you missing any teeth? No. Do you like scrapbooking? I've never gotten into it and am not really interested in doing so. What was or will be your first tattoo? It's a semicolon butterfly on my right wrist. Sometimes I've thought about getting it covered with a cooler design but the same concept; it was literally from Google, and I'm very much not into "sharing" tattoo designs with probably thousands of other people. But, I still think it really is cute, and it's just very special to me as my first, so idk. Do you have any tattoos dedicated to someone special? I have one written in Sara's handwriting inside a heart, and my "ohana" tattoo that I am 100% getting covered was dedicated to my former best friend Colleen. I've talked before about why "ohana" has never really resonated with me, and I just don't like it anymore at all. Thank God it's small. Do you like ghost stories? Oh HELL yeah, lay 'em on me. What was your favorite movie as a kid? The Lion King. Some things never change, ha. Do you own a lot of cookbooks? Mom has looooots, but never uses any. I think her mom gave them to her, so she just keeps 'em. What’s your father’s handwriting like? It looks like every other man's handwriting I've ever seen lol. All the letters are capitalized. Did you wash your hair last time you showered? I wash my hair every time I shower. I have to with it naturally being so oily. What does your shampoo smell like? Coconut. Do you listen to Guns N' Roses? Not a lot, but yeah. They've got some bangers. I actually want "Sweet Child O' Mine" to be the father/daughter dance at my wedding. Have you ever been a bridesmaid? Yeah, at my sister's wedding. What was the last video game that you beat? I replayed Silent Hill 2 a long time ago. Have you ever hyperventilated? Yep. Do you talk in your sleep? I scream in my sleep. Nightmares/terrors are a blast. Whose house did you last sleep over? Sara's. Have you ever been cut by scissors? No. Do you like peaches? It's odd, I like canned sliced peaches, but the actual, full fruit, I don't. I love peach flavored juice, though. Do you enjoy being surrounded by neighbors, or would you be more comfortable someplace secluded? Take me back to the middle of nowhere, please. I'm really not digging being in an actual neighborhood. Is there any sibling rivalry between you and your siblings, if you have any? Not at all. Do you usually root for the good guys or the bad guys? Ha, the baddies... Are you allowed to have pets at your house? We're allowed to have what we currently own and then maybe one dog if Mom finally finds one. Have you ever lived in a trailer park? No. Is there anyone that you know through the internet that you would feel comfortable meeting in person? There's quite a few, actually! Have you ever had a dream involving characters from a game/movie/television show? Yeah. What’s the last thing you wrote down? My signature, I think? Do you remember any phone numbers from years ago that now belong to someone you don’t know? No. Have you ever found something strange in your mailbox? No. Who was the last relative that came to visit you? My half-sister and her husband. Does your bedding all match? Not currently. Are you more comfortable with having short hair or long hair? SHORT. Are you interested in fantasy movies/shows? That's my preference. Have you ever gone whale-watching? No, but that'd be dope. What is something that you have a large amount of? Meerkat plushies. Who is it that you’re in love with? Nobody. Have you ever gotten love and infatuation confused? No. Do you have a steady income? No. Do you take your medications in the morning or at night? Both. Have you ever bought a YouTuber’s merch? No, I wish. :( Do you think oatmeal tastes better when made with water or milk? MILK. I don't eat it with water. When was the last time you ran into someone that you didn’t want to see? Idk. Have you ever tried vlogging, and if yes, did you stick with it? Noooo, I'm completely disinterested in doing that myself. If you go to church, what is your favorite thing about it? I don't go. Even as a kid when Mom made me, I hated it. ^and what is your least favorite thing about it? N/A What do you do for exercise? I don't. .-. I want a pool SO badly to swim and strengthen my legs without having to worry about sweating or collapsing, though. Mom says we don't have space, but we definitely do. Not a lot, but enough. Do you have a birthmark? If yes, what color is it? Yeah, it's just a bit darker than the rest of my skin. Do you need to lose weight? Yes. My sister, Mom, and I very recently started a Weight Watchers subscription and we're all working our asses off to stick to it. Ash has already lost like, 12 pounds (she started before Mom and me), so I'm kinda hopeful. Have you ever had a cat? Growing up, after we took in a stray female, we ended up with a fucking empire of cats, literally around three dozen, I'd say. They were all outdoors, too, and not fixed because we couldn't afford it, so tomcats would come around and, y'know, make matters worse. Eventually, animal control took them all and I was DEVASTATED, but looking back, I understand it was necessary. Anyway, I have one cat now. Indoors and fixed and the prince of my world, haha. Have you ever had a dog? We've had a few. I was born with my dad having a collie named Trigger, but I don't remember her at all; she died of old age I believe when I was very young. Then we briefly had a pup named Angel, but she died due to that disease some puppies just have. We didn't get another dog until Teddy, who was my Christmas present, and he was put to sleep only last year, rest my baby's soul. We also had Dale, Cali, Delilah, and Bentley. Have you ever any other kind of animal? A LOT. I'm probably going to forget some, but we've had hamsters, rats, snakes, fish, a turtle, two lizards, gerbils, guinea pigs... just a lot. Animals have always been very important in my life. Have you ever had a pet rock? HA, yeah. I didn't take it seriously at all, but I had one. When was the last time you painted something? Not since my Painting course in my final college attempt. Do you have any disabilities? Not in the traditional sense, no. My social anxiety though is at such a severity that it majorly infringes upon my ability to do a LOT of things, though. What are five of your favorite stores at the mall? I couldn't name five. Just Hot Topic and Spencer's, really. What season do you want to get married in? AUTUMN. The actual dream situation would be to get married in the snow in a black dress, like can you IMAGINE the pictures, but realistically, it'd be in the fall to avoid the biting cold. Has anyone ever spread lies about you? Yeah. Anything special planned for today? Nope. Blue or green? Blue. How much older/younger than you was the person you lost your virginity to? He's two years older than me. Do you still care for that person? Very much. Can you completely annihilate the first Mario game in less than an hour? I haven't even played the first game. I've never really been into the games to begin with. Did you make it all the way through the Oregon Trail game? Yes! I was OOOOOBSESSEEEEEED as a kid. I would usually play it after school when my mom was an assistant teacher and was finishing up her work for the day. Have you ever contemplated climbing a water tower? Uh, no. Those kind of people got some wanderlust levels that I ain't got, haha. If you have a Facebook, when was the last time you changed your profile picture? It's been a few months. Would you ever marry someone who was lower class? Um, yes? You can deny it all you want, but answering "no" is pretty much the same as saying you'd marry for money. Is there a guy you wish you hadn’t let slip away? ugh Which do you prefer: English or math? English, by light years. Who is a singer that has given you chills? David Draiman's voice in the Disturbed cover of "Sound of Silence" is fucking haunting. Greatest cover of all time. Do you watch America’s Got Talent? I did when Sharon was a judge. Do you think you could win America’s Got Talent? Hell no. What act would you perform in a talent show? uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Have you ever practiced yoga? Yes. I used to be BANGIN at it. What is your favorite thing to buy at the Farmer’s Market? Fruit! Do you get carsickness? No. What color is the rim of your full-length mirror? Black. What is your state’s bird (if you live in the US)? Cardinal. Which style of wedding dress is your favorite? I'm a sucker for ballgown dresses. Do you enjoy editing videos? I used to love it, for many many years. Now, I just don't have the dedication or motivation to. Do you enjoy editing photos? Yes. If you gave birth, do you think you would want it filmed? Um, absolutely not. I would have NO desire to look back on me shrieking my lungs out and essentially dying. I handle abdominal pain very poorly, so I've got a goooood feeling that if I actually wanted to have kids, I'd be that woman screeching like a banshee.

[fallenqueen2]

True Parentage [Descendants]

Chapter 1: The Kids

When Carlos gets the idea to use science to find out who their other parents are, everything they thought they knew about themselves is shaken up.

I blame @takaraphoenix for all of this because of our conversation about their missing parents way back when lol

Ao3 Link

True Parentage Tag

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“What did you want to talk about ‘Los?” Jay asked as he dropped down onto Evie’s bed, the four were in the girl’s room post the coronation. It had been a week or so and things were starting to settle down around them and Carlos felt that it was the right time to bring up an idea he had.

“Have you guys ever wondered who our other parents are?” Carlos blurted out, fingers twisting together as he spoke.

“I mean… Who hasn’t at some point?” Evie said carefully and Mal hummed as she aimlessly flipped through her spell book that she had just gotten back from Fairy Godmother.

“What are you getting at?” Jay asked his face twisting up as he thought about Jafar and his unknown mother.

“I think I have a way we can find out, no magic just something they call a DNA test,” Carlos explained as he looked at the others. Jay had confusion on his face, Mal had an eyebrow raised as she gave him her full attention and Evie had an understanding look on her face.

“According to the records in the library, before they locked all the Villains up on Isle, they took their DNA and put them in a file… If we compare their DNA against our DNA, the test will tell us who our unknown parent is… I mean if you guys are interested in it. I know our parents no longer rule or define who we are, but I’m just curious I suppose.” Carlos carried on, wishing Dude was there but he had taken off for a run with the track team.

“I don’t see why not! Not like they can hurt us here after all, more so since everyone saw Mal here take her mom down to the size of an actual lizard.” Jay smirked and Mal winked at him playfully while Evie looked thoughtful.

“I think it’s a good idea, I mean my mom does not have blue hair and Mal your hair is starting to match mine,” Evie touched a blue streak in Mal’s purple hair.

“I vaguely remember my father, he left me when I was a baby I think but I suppose it would be nice to have a name to swear and curse at,” Mal said as she closed her book and propped herself up into a cross-legged position on her bed.

“Sure why not,” Jay huffed not wanting to be left behind and melted a touch at the beaming smile Carlos gave at their answers.

“Trust me guys, this will work.”

~~/~~

“I can’t believe this worked,” Carlos whispered as he clutched at four envelopes as he walked next to Ben who had happily joined Carlos at the lab.

“Are you nervous?” Ben asked softly as they made their way to the boy’s dorms where the others were no doubt waiting.

“A bit, I mean what if this tells us something we don’t want to hear?” Carlos was now second-guessing himself as his heartbeat fast in his chest.

“You never know until you try, no matter who your other parent is, nothing about you as people will change.” Ben said firmly and Carlos nodded, somehow feeling better at the King’s words.

“I’ll be in my office if you guys want to come and talk or just hang out after,” Ben said softly as they stopped outside of Jay and Carlos’ door.

“Thanks, Ben,” Carlos ducked his head as he tightened his grip on the envelopes. Ben grasped Carlos’ shoulder in a silent show of support before he headed down the hall and Carlos took a steadying breath before stepping into his room.

“Finally!” Evie squealed and grabbed the envelopes from Carlos the moment he stepped into the room and handed them out to the others.

“Who wants to go first?” She was all but bouncing on her feet; Mal was glaring at her envelope while Jay twisted it around in his hands.

“I suggested it, I mean how bad can it be right?” Carlos tore open his envelope and pulled out his results and scanned the words.

“Oh, okay, yeah that makes sense in a twisted way… However it’s worse.” Carlos said faintly as he sank onto his desk chair as he stares at the paper.

“Carlos?” Jay asked slowly at seeing how Carlos’ freckles stood out even further from his pale skin.

“So…My dad is… Gaston.” Carlos wet his lips as he spoke and looked up at the others.

“Well that explains the bear traps I guess?” Evie offered weakly.

“That means… You’re half-brothers with Gil, Gaston Jr and Gaston the Third.” Jay realized and Carlos let out a groan as he leaned back in his chair.

“Oh god,” Carlos covered his eyes with his hand. “Someone else go, please, I can’t think about this too hard,”

“I’ll go, I want answers,” Evie said firmly as she opened her envelope daintily and quickly scanned her results and her painted lips fell open as she read.

“Oh, oh!” Evie squeaked.

“What?” Mal leaned forward, interest on her face as she took in the shock on Evie’s face.

“Hades… My father is Hades, no wonder I have blue hair.” Evie whispered as she looked up at the others with wide eyes.

“Okay, this is all making sense now because E… Looks like we’re half-sisters.” Mal held up her results and laughed when Evie squealed and threw her arms around Mal, hugging her tightly.

“So that’s the real reason Evie and EQ were banished that one time.” Jay murmured to Carlos while debating if he wanted to see his results or not.

“That does make sense,” Carlos whispered back as they watched the newfound sisters cling to each other, their blue hair matching.

“Wait, doesn’t Hades’ hair you know flame up?” Carlos furrowed his eyebrows as his words caught the girl’s attention.

“I get why mine doesn’t, my fae DNA from my mom must cancel that side of me out,” Mal said thoughtfully before her eyes drifted to the red heart necklace Evie never took off.

“Do you ever take that off?” Mal asked curiously pointing to the necklace that Evie grabbed a moment later.

“No, mother told me never to take it off… You don’t think… It’s some sort of charm?” Evie whispered in realization.

“Only one way to find out,” Mal suggested and Evie got off of the bed and pulled the long-chain up around her neck. The moment it left her, her eyes glowed blue and her blue hair all but flamed to life.

“Oh my god!” Evie screeched as she caught the sight of her flaming hair in the mirror and gingerly touched it, not getting burned.

“Okay, that’s badass.” Jay whistled impressed while Carlos watched with his mouth open and Mal was nodding almost proudly at the sight.  

“Jay, you’re next,” Mal said after a moment of watching Evie’s burning hair and eyes and the thief shifted on his bed as he looked at the envelope before setting his face and tearing it open.

“No, this can’t be right… There’s no way,” Jay whispered a horrified look on his face, his hands shaking as he re-read the words on the paper.

“Come on Jay, it can’t be as bad as Hades and Gaston,” Carlos said soothingly as he got off of the desk chair, moving closer to the shaken form of Jay.

“No, it’s worse… Jafar isn’t my biological father…” Jay whispered and the others gasped at his words.

“My biological parents are… Aladdin and Jasmine.” Jay whispered, fear and horror in his voice as he dropped the paper like it burned him.

“Oh my god, the lost prince… We learned about it in history… Aladdin and Jasmine’s firstborn was taken one night, never to be seen from again… Jafar took you from them that night,” Evie clapped her hands together as she spoke, looking confused as Mal’s eyes began to burn bright green.

“This test is accurate, it’s not just some trick right Carlos?” Mal turned his eyes on her and he cringed back a bit before straightening up.

“Ben and I watched the lab do the tests in person, these are the real results,” Carlos confirmed, wincing as it suddenly hit him that his father had tried to kill Ben’s dad and tried to marry his mom. Sickness and guilt coiled in his stomach but he focused on the shaking form of Jay and hugged the thief tightly, seeing how shaken up he was by it because Jay didn’t wrestle him instead he sagged into Carlos’ embrace.

“What do we do now?” Evie whispered as she touched her flaming hair once more as her eyes darted to the charm that suppressed the Hades, no the demigod in her.

“We have two options. One we keep this to ourselves and tell Ben that they were some no-name random minor villains or… We tell him and we tell Aladdin and Jasmine, that part is up to Jay.” Mal said as she reached out and smiled when Evie’s flaming hair didn’t burn her either, she was trying to process she and Evie were half-sisters. They always had felt like sisters, more so since they left the Isle but now they were bound by blood and it was a nice feeling.

“What if they don’t want me? I was raised by Jafar of all people and I’m a thief from the Isle.” Jay blurted out as he pulled his beanie off his head to run his fingers through his long hair, still leaning against Carlos.

“Aladdin was a thief and a street rat before he met Jasmine and the genie, they won’t condemn you for that or who raised you as you had no say in the matter,” Carlos said confidently as he remembered the stories about Aladdin and the genie.

“They still celebrate your birthday in Agrabah and they mourn the day you were taken, everyone in Agrabah does,” Evie said quietly as she recalled her history lesson about Agrabah.

“They still care then… That’s weird,” Jay wrinkled his nose before letting out a sigh.

“I knew you were too good looking to be Jafar’s kid,” Evie teased and her comment got a laugh from them all before Jay stood up from the bed and put his beanie back on his head and sent them all cocky grin.

“Let’s go see Ben then, see what he can do about all of this.” Jay waved his hand at the four of them and Mal made a face as she held the heart necklace up for Evie. Evie sighed but looped the chain back around her neck and her eyes and hair returned to normal.

“I feel a weight now like it’s on my very soul,” Evie commented as she clutched the necklace.

“When we figure this out, we can practice getting all that fire under control… As sisters.” Mal promised and Evie just beamed and Mal couldn’t stop her smile as the two stood up to join Jay.

“You guys go without me,” Carlos twisted the comforter in his hands, not looking up from the bedding.

“Carlos…” Mal started but stopped when Carlos shook his head.

“It was fine when I was just my mother’s son, but being Gaston’s son? No way Ben or his parents will accept me, they’ll ship me back to the Isle.” Carlos whispered allowing his fears to bubble forth.

“It’s like you never met Ben, he won’t care and neither will his parents because they all know you, Carlos. They won’t see your parents they’ll see you,” Evie said kindly and held her hand out to Carlos who let her words wash over him.

“Besides if they try then they will have to go through us and I’m pretty sure being a lost prince of Agrabah will trump you being Gaston’s kid,” Jay smirked and Carlos let out a small chuckle. Carlos took Evie’s hand and let her pull him over to the others.

“Remember, we’re rotten…” Mal held her hand out.

“To the core,” The others sang as they placed their hands on top of Mal’s.

[damienthepious]

OwO lizards? on a tuesday? are we kissin em? not yet press f for damien

thorns that burst from my skull in the night (chapter 4)

[ch 1] [ch 2] [ch 3] [ao3]

Fandom: The Penumbra Podcast

Relationship: Lord Arum/Sir Damien/Rilla

Characters: Lord Arum, The Keep, Sir Damien, Rilla

Additional Tags: Second Citadel, Lizard Kissin’ Tuesday, Canon Compliant, Prophetic Dreams, Alternate Universe, canon typical Arum ignoring feelings, (very mild suicidal ideation or at least. canon typical arum being reckless with his own life), Canon Retelling, (sortaaaaa)

Summary: Arum has always seen glimpses of the future in his dreams. This gift is sometimes useful, but more often than not it leaves him with more questions than answers. The dreams of the flowers are particularly unhelpful.

Chapter Summary:  Arum has seen this duel piecemeal in his dreams already. None of this should come as a surprise.

Chapter Notes: pst love you. Happy LKT! It's dueling hours let's just chillllllll. OH RIGHT. Chapter specific warning for canon compliant moment of injury lol.

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Even this darkness is familiar.

Sir Damien runs, an attempt at pursuit, and Arum slithers silently behind, taunting and jeering as the knight leaps and swerves, and Arum is focused, primed, strangely hungry-

(gasping breaths racing heart crying out like song)

Arum was correct about the placement of the thistle-cage. Damien nearly trips over the thing, nearly falls right into the rat's fangs, and then he spins so elegantly before he fires-

The twang of a bow in the dark. Another memory manifesting, this night. Another piece of the dream falling into place, but then- was the noise not more musical than that? Arum cannot say, it is all so confused, and the knight is running again. Arum and the rat both give chase, above and below, and Sir Damien mutters to himself, revealing his position even further than his clomping human steps.

Damien evades Arum's traps, skillful and quick, though he cuts a number of his dodges rather close.

"Nearly plucked the little honeysuckle right out of his armor," Arum taunts, and-

(your arm honeysuckle sit still let me)

(gasping breaths racing heart)

(like this Arum let me show you how)

He is still distracted, damned flowers on his tongue, the ghost of touch on his scales, and he barely has any attention for Damien's words or his own when Sir Damien stops.

Damien stops, right in the path of the rat, a morsel ready for the devouring.

No. Arum stares, confusion and frustration making him clench his claws in the bark of the tree beneath him. No. This is- this is wrong. The knight does not die like this.

(pinned beneath)

"What? Why have you stopped?" Sir Damien does not die like this, and Arum's frill flares unseen in the dark. "The rat will kill you, you fool!" he barks, tail thrashing against the branches in agitation, because the dreams are screaming in his mind and Damien does not die (a prayer, before you) like this, he should not fall to so unworthy a test, he is meant for Arum's teeth and claws- meant to fall beneath Arum-

(bare one of your)

Damien does not die. The rat dies instead, rough and unpleasant beneath another trap, and Arum buries a twinge of sympathy for his creation, because the duel is still on and there are other traps to spring. Sir Damien is… soft. Manipulable. Prone to that rotten human habit of selfless concern.

Very knightly, Arum thinks with a sneer. Screaming through the jungle for his damsel, his Rilla, his prize to rescue. Shriekweed draws him in so easily, a frantic little moth to the flame, and it is such a simple thing to drop from the branches above, to position himself as Damien plucks the flower, to bunch his muscles and flick his tail and pounce.

He collides with the solidity of the knight's body and they both thud into the dirt and Damien's gasping breath sounds precisely like victory.

Victory, and Arum crows with it, taunting again, and Damien narrows his eyes, his lips pulling into a delicate frown, and Arum tries to pretend that he does not remember the shape of it already. He tries, but-

Arum already knows this feeling. Arum already knows Damien's shape, and his heat.

It is only pleasant as a victory. He reminds himself of that through the vague fog of the dreams. The sweet delight curling in his stomach is- is only that. Victory. The poet's frown does not pull on anything within him.

Prey. Damien is prey, panicked and nearly writhing. Arum can feel his heart.

His gasping breaths. His racing heart. Another echo pinned into reality, and Arum wants-

"You are-"

(petal-press against his mouth)

"-very close-"

(teeth against the soft skin of his throat, warbling breathless cry, but no blood, no blood, only-)

"-to me," Damien pants, his cheeks dark and hot and close.

"So…" Arum's own breath leaves him. The memory, the visions cloud his mind in a flickering show, pages turning too fast, and the steady heat of the human beneath him makes his already-quickened pulse trip faster. "So… I am," he manages, and there is no flicker of violence left in the dream-memory, now. No violence. Only heat, and touch, and terrifying softness, and Arum's body is sinking down, settling closer against Damien beneath him, and-

And with the hot reality pressed flush against him, Arum can no longer deny it. Can no longer deflect, can no longer dig his claws into dirt and pretend the symbol is enough. He wants what the dreams have shown him. He wants it, and he is terrified that allowing himself to want will be all the more painful, when the dream fades, and the universe puts him back in his proper place.

… his proper place, in which he is a monster, meant to kill this knight.

Meant to kill Damien, as the hot cheeked human pants close against him, and blinks up into his eyes.

"May I- say a prayer, before you kill me?"

Arum breathes, and his knives are in his hands, and his claws are sharp beside Sir Damien's warm, dark skin.

(you can't do it, can you)

Arum clenches his teeth. He growls, low and barely controlled.

(honeysuckle)

He can't.

"Bare one of your arms," he snarls, leaning back enough that Damien has room to obey.

Damien blinks, his expression too twisted with confusion to show any hint of relief. "What?"

(kill you but I)

Arum shakes his head, teeth still bared. "Just do it!"

Damien stares up at him, and his cheeks flush even darker as he peels back his sleeve, as he shows his fragile skin to Arum, and Arum flicks his tongue without meaning to and he is strangely surprised when he doesn't taste the scent of honeysuckle on the air.

He tastes Damien, instead.

He pulls his claws down Damien's arm, the bright scent of blood distracting him (blood and cloth and) as Damien cries out, and Arum knows that the Universe is not fair but humans have such a preoccupation with the matter regardless, so perhaps-

"There," he sneers, not looking as Damien clutches the wound. "Now we're even."

"But…" Damien says, and Arum pulls himself up from the dirt, breathing, moving back, attempting distance. "I thought…"

Arum lets his mouth run, barely aware of his own words. This choice is absurd, but-

So had Damien's been, yesterday evening. If Damien can claim the match was unfair, Arum can say the same. It is not untrue, anyway, even if fairness should be the least of his concern. Of course he would refuse to be called a cheat-

Not that the opinions of any other creatures matter one whit to him. No. Regardless, regardless, he has talked himself through the circle and it is apparently enough to throw the poet off his scent.

"I think I see what you mean-" Damien interrupts himself in a cry that makes Arum's frill press tight against his neck, and the poet clutches harder at his arm. "My, those claws of yours are sharp-"

(blood and cloth)

Sir Damien does not die like this.

(and blood and cloth)

"And you won't bleed out on me, either!" Arum snarls, bending to pull his claws through his cape, this time, freeing a strip of purple cloth. Damien watches him as he kneels again, wide-eyed and wondering, and now-

Now Arum can taste flowers on the air.

"Delicate little honeysuckle…" he murmurs, and they are- too close, again. Too close. "A breeze could rip your petals off…"

A breeze could. Arum does not want to.

"But- you've torn your cape," Damien points out, his fluting voice going nearly sing-song, and Arum's teeth clench compulsively.

"And you stole your Queen's scarf!" Arum looks away again for only a moment, wrinkling his snout in something like despair. "Seems we're in the business of bleeding on priceless cloth. Now- hold still."

He wraps the bright fabric tight around Damien's soft skin before he can change his mind, staunching the blood, pretending not to feel the knight shiver at the touch of claws gone softer, this time.

Damien breathes, stares, shivers, as Arum ties off the makeshift bandage.

"… thank you, Lord Arum," he breathes.

Arum flinches, and then he bares his teeth, crowding closer against the knight in a threat.

"If you thank me one more time I'll tear your throat out with my teeth," he snarls, and-

(teeth against the soft skin of his throat, warbling breathless cry)

Damien looks-

(no blood, only)

Far less afraid than he should.

Arum watches Damien swallow, his breath gone shallow again, and Arum feels his own heart speeding. Damien is so- warm.

"I will… certainly keep that in mind," Damien murmurs, and the poet is close enough to-

Close enough to-

(try this)

A voice calls out through the night, reminding Sir Damien who he is. Where he belongs. A real voice, this time, and Arum rolls away from Damien with his heart still thudding too fast, and this evening- what almost passed between them, whatever it was-

A dream.

(I can't believe it's really)

Whatever feelings, whatever possibilities the dreams present, they are only fleeting. They will shred beneath Arum's claws as easily as his own cape. They will not support his weight- he cannot forget. He cannot allow himself to rest upon them.

Arum has seen one more duel. One more clashing of blades, to (remind you) break this tie.

Tomorrow. Tomorrow this will end, and one way or the other, Arum will have peace again.

[fart-gate]

SG1

Season 4 episode 8

"THE FIRST ONES"

Notes by me

- the thumbnail is a lizard man

- the BANDANA

- archeologist! Daniel

- "sg11, archeologist survey, P3X 888, dig site 5" is it bad i thought it was sexy when he did this

- I paused it on the fossil and it looks like it had wings???

- Cleo lol

- so the goaulds werent parasites a few million yrs ago. Good to know

- robert rothman is bossy as hell

- old goaulds did NOT have naquada in their dna

"Thats significant"

"How so?"

"I have no idea"

💖💖💖💖

- 🎵sometimes I feel like...somebodys WATCHIN MEEEE🎵

- omg Daniel one punch and your down. Need to have more combat training with tealc buddy

- Daniel gets kidnapped YET AGAIN

- rothman yelling for Daniel was nice actually

- an unas!!! From the viking episode

- hopefully this one doesnt sound like james earl jones

- sg1 said oh Daniel in trouble? I already have my boots on lets go

- P3X 888 is where the goaulds originated? Didnt we already try looking for a homeworld?

- I thought the unas growling was Daniel snoring for like a hot sec ok im tired leave me alone

- apparently nobody likes rothman and yeah i get it hes annoying

- tealc is lead on this one! Master tracker

- "rest!....it means.......rest"

- "grrrrr rest" the stargate programs professional linguist everyone

- love Daniel just talking to himself

- "yes! Very refreshing! ok im good for the next ten miles"

- his eyes are piercingly blue for my pleasure only

- forest sets are my favorite btw

- 2 moons thats so cool why doesnt earth have 2 moons we're missin out

- why does he have 2 phones???

- oh its a recorder

- daniel recording himself: this creature has dragged me around for hours and wants to eat me. But other wise we've become great pals < 3

- "juvanile" he got kidnapped by a teenager akdndjd

- im sorry his eyes are so distracting

- OKAY OKAY when it growls at him and he puts his head down to be submissive hhhhrrrrnnnngggggg

- SHE SPEAKS!

- daniel could make friends with a rat and it would show him all their rat friends and rat culture. I got away with that metaphor but you know what I mean. He could make friends with anything

- I just CANT get over how pretty he looks in this ep??? You thought I wouldnt keep talkin about it??? U were wrong

- this unas whole costume is so cool

- daniel: *tries to drink by dipping face in water*

Unas: what were you raised in a barn?? Use your hands idiot

- how is he swimming with his hands tied

- that goauld came at him like a torpedo

- ok! The unas said you get goauld guts all over your face for being an idiot

- ka means no

- well now hes gonna be wet forever (👀)

- is hawkins the leader of sg11?

- of course Jack sits RIGHT next to the goauld infested lake!!! Of course!!

- ah my favorite. Spit roasted parasite

- needs salt

- unas: this is my cave

Daniel: LOVE what youve done with the place

- hot potato with a goauld head ajdjs

- "yes yes all the kids are playing this these days OOPS in the fire!"

- at least he made him laugh

- why every time one culture shares food with earth its always chocolate?? Why not idk fuckin??? Pringles???

- oh its a cliff bar

- alright. He didnt have to sexually moan while eating a cliff bar BUT he sure did

- this unas is very curious

- "I met my father in law like this" OOF movie reference

- btw the guy that plays the unas?? Amazing 10/10

- ah shit hawkins has a GOUALD!!!!

- the unas have cave drawings ooooo

- daniel recording himself: me and the unas are besties now

Unas: *draws picture of him dragging Daniel to his doom*

Daniel : ......nevermind

- can tealc sense the goauld in the lake?

- when he shoots it out of the air. Invented sexy

- Sam can only sense the ones with naquada!!! This is really cool plot

- jaffa are unblendable. I wonder if the other guy that was immune had what jaffa have

- daniel about to kill him with a large rock and then his chaotic morals take charge again

- btw no glasses Daniel has been here for almost the whole ep

- "its been a hoot"

- WHEN HE PUTS HIS HEAD DOWN 👀👀👀👀👀👀

- "anybody with a snake in their heads, raise your hand!"

- see!?!?! Tealc with the plans im tellin ya

- rothman too damn.

- that guy pronouncing goauld like "goo-ahld" ????

- "this way" *points to a sign that says 'this way'

- hurry up!! Daniel about to get consumed by reptilians!!

- aw hes protecting him!

- Daniel speak Big Lizard Man language now

- "we've communicated, we're friends!"

- LIZARD BRAWL

- KING LIZARD BOY!!!

- "dan-yeeeell??" Oh no oh no I'm crying he wants to keep him

- "sha-ah-ka" he liked Daniel bc Daniel said the word for their moon god ok I get it now

- "whats that mean?"

"I have no idea....but I think ive just been invited to come back one day and find out" 💖😭 best friends with lizard people

~

Whump under the cut

Daniel jackson whump: knocked out,dragged, kidnapped, waking up,hands tied, out of breathe, collapsing, flinching, exausted, leg swiped, fell over onto back, cut on face, bloody cheek, fear, more flinching, noises!, almost sacrificed to lizard ppl

BONUS:

Jack and sam whump: hands tied, less than 10 min

🤓no glasses!Daniel for 99% of episode!

🎶listening to Youve Got A Friend In Me by Randy Newman🎶 bc Daniel and the Unas are besties and I think im funny

[dipshitcoyote]

Breath of the Wild Daemon!AU

Ok so! I’m working on an actual fic using these concepts and this version of the BotW world, but I thought that maybe some of you might be interested in my ideas so here! I’m putting pretty much everything under a readmore, because this is copypasted from my planning document, which got very long and doesn’t even have anything to do with the plot of what I’m writing ^^’

Enjoy!

Link’s daemon is a Hyrule Field Mouse (lol get it) named Firielore (fih-REE-ehl-ohr), Firi for short. From Fi, Ciela, and Farore. They settled early, when Link first drew the Master Sword. Historically, the Hero most often settles as a wolf, but other forms are not unheard of and he isn’t the first Hero to settle as something more unassuming.

Pre-Calamity, most people, even other knights, thought that Link and Firi’s behavior was odd. Neither of them ever spoke (Link is mute, but Firi can speak and just doesn’t), and Firi was just as stoic and inexpressive as her human. As a mouse daemon, she was always on his person, usually on his left shoulder as was uniform for smaller daemons of knights and soldiers, but was rarely seen out of that position except for when she would turn to increase their field of view or leave him briefly to scout stealthily around corners/over boulders and the like.

Relating to the issues that make him canonically selectively mute, Link’s lack of self preservation re: his Duty translated to Firi as well. Things like stretching their bond too far for too long for the sake of getting the scope of a situation or enemy, but not letting the pain show externally where someone else might be brought to their knees with it. Other things like Firi using herself as a distraction, running from Link’s arm to the Moblin’s to divide its attention and leaving them both exposed to give Link a chance to strike. The monsters don’t know the difference between hitting a daemon vs. its Hylian, and that makes the contact less bad, but not insignificant. There were rumors throughout the castle that Link and Firi had been separated traumatically or that the Master Sword allowed them the distance, but both are untrue- their bond was no different than any other Hylian, they just pushed it further in the name of duty.

Link and Firi’s character development (in the memories) is subtle just like in canon. Through the Yiga attack she is always on Link’s left shoulder, even when they and Zelda are just traveling. On the hill with the Silent Princess is the first time she’s not there- she hops off his shoulder when he crawls forward to look at the flower and she moves closer to it. After Zelda’s failure at the Spring of Power, Firi touches Zelda’s daemon to comfort him, just for a moment.

Firi had and has (Impa gave it to them with the Champion’s Tunic) a small set of custom armor for protection, but rarely wore/wears it; she’s fast enough that any attack that would possibly hit her in battle would probably kill Link as well. On the battlefield she would either deftly scurry around Link and warn him silently about attacks from behind, or slip into a small armored pouch that existed to protect her in one-on-one combat unless an opportunity to assist presented itself. In the present, she doesn’t participate in battle the same way she would 100 years ago (with the aggressive distraction and the like), moreso providing Link extra ears and eyes in a fight.

Post-Calamity, she is considerably more physically active, but she still doesn’t speak out loud- except very occasionally to Link himself. I.e when they first wake up in the Shrine of Resurrection, Link hears Zelda’s voice first and opens his eyes to Firi sitting on his chest, also saying his name. However, she’s still a very quiet daemon, especially considering that Link communicates via signing and it would be considered acceptable for her to talk for him. In Post-Calamity Hyrule she’s more outgoing towards other daemons and will greet them physically if appropriate.

Zelda’s daemon, Hylayrune (hih-LAE-roon), Layrune or Rune for short, is unsettled until the moment she awakens her power, when he settles as a Snowcoat Fox (Real life equivalent: Arctic Fox). His name comes from Hylia (all Zeldas daemons’ names start with ‘Hy’), (La)Nayru, Hyrule, and rune/ruin. Before he settled, he took atypical forms for the sacred princess’ daemon that were more representative of Zelda’s scientific pursuits, such as bugs (usually a bee), frogs, and lizards. Almost always, the Princess settles as a bird of prey (often owl, occasionally eagle or loftwing), or in some cases a small dragon (as the three dragons Dinraal, Farosh, and Naydra are said to be the daemons of the three Goddesses, with Hylia’s being most often depicted as a golden dragon or occasionally a huge, golden Loftwing).

Rune’s late settling, and his preferred forms before settling, were a huge cause of anxiety for him, Zelda, and their father. This is all tied into their self-doubt about awakening their sealing power and being able to fulfill her duty as the sacred princess, but it’s also personal for the King. His daemon is a Mountain Crow, which though known to be clever and resourceful are seen as a bad omen, even a curse, within Hyrule. It puts stress on his regime, and the idea that his daughter prefers frogs and lizards over forms that have become symbolic of the royal family and the sealing power is deeply troubling. Rune takes “appropriate” forms only at official appearances and ceremonies, and even then, usually a more wild hawk over an owl, eagle, or dragon.

Other characters:

The Old Man/King: Mountain Crow (real life equivalent: Raven)

Urbosa: Islander Hawk (with kind of a more desert coloration. real life equivalent: Harris Hawk)

Riju: Unsettled, usually a Sand Seal bc they love them

Impa: Blue-Winged Heron (real life equivalent: Great/Little Blue Heron).

Beedle: Hylian Retriever (A golden one, fight me)

Other random stuff/past Links:

- The Princess traditionally settles when she first unlocks/uses her powers, and the Hero traditionally settles when he draws the Master Sword. There are some exceptions, like the Hero of Twilight being old enough to have already been settled, and the Links in games without the Master Sword settling in other ways.

-Hero of Time and Twilight both had Wolf daemons. Their wolf forms are kind of a combination of them and their daemons’ appearances. Time had a lighter colored wolf and Twilight had a darker colored wolf.

    - BUT Hero of Time’s daemon is usually a mouse as a child, when he’s unsettled, alluding to past and future heroes.

    - The mouse thing (here and for the Hero of the Wild) comes less from personality and more from the feeling of facing an enormous dungeon boss as Link, like a mouse about to fight a lion.

-Both the Hero of Wind and Four Swords/Minish Cap Link also had mouse daemons.

    - For Wind this is because of the mobility he needed re: moving on a ship (also kind of like a ship rat? Disclaimer: I’ve never played WW)

    - For Four Swords/Minish this is because he shrinks down and is pretty much the same size as his daemon (she’d have to shrink a little bit too but not as much) and I just think that’d be really cute

-I’m not sure what Skyward Sword!Link’s daemon would be. Not a loftwing because it isn’t possible for anyone but a Goddess or a sacred princess (with Goddess blood) to settle as one, but I’ve never played SS so I can’t really say. It would have to be small enough to ride on a loftwing with him, or a bird of some sort- probably all of the people in Skyloft settled like that, now that I think about it. Maybe a beetle?

-Link from the original games probably has a wolf daemon, as well as LttP/LBW Link.

- Spirit Tracks!Link has a white dove daemon and she rides on his head like the birds in the game and its adorable

-Ganondorf always has a boar daemon in any iteration. When he transforms into Ganon they merge, similar to Wolf Link, but grotesquely instead of dissolving together in Twilight.

-Only the Hylians, Sheikah, and Gerudo have daemons

    -The Sheikah have mostly same-sex daemons, with opposite-sex daemons being about as rare as same-sex daemons among the Hylians and Gerudo. No one’s quite sure why.

    -The Zora have sort of a connection to their jewelry and weapons, but not necessarily a physical one. More of a literal “put your soul into your craft” type thing, which is why Zora armor is the way it is and most of the Zora have specialized livelihoods like sculpting and smithing.

    -The Gorons don’t have a physical Thing, they have a special brotherhood with other Gorons. It’s why you rarely see Gorons traveling too far from Goron City, and almost never alone. They can be alone, like a Zora can be without their craft and affects, but it negatively effects them after a while.

    -The Rito have their songs; though not all of them are musically inclined, its a cultural thing and not a physical requirement. Kass would be considered very spiritually aware and expressive, whereas Revali would not, but a non-musician Rito doesn’t suffer for it. There would only be an issue if there were no bards among the entire Rito race, and the songs faded from memory.

[mrtonesbones]

Tag 20 followers you’d like to know better!

I was tagged by glorious @padfootz-princess! (I’m so sorry I just got around to this lol. My laptop wasn’t working and it wouldn’t let me post on mobile.) 

Tag list (idk if I’ll come up with 20 but we’ll see): @skyeravenhelliquinn, @witchystump, @peachygarbage, @l1ghtningrider, @little-punk-shit-hargreeves, @modernday-ache, @dirkygoodness, @babyboyklaus, @aphnxrising, @logicheartsoul, @lovelyprincejehan, @sleepydolores, @beebo--urie, @theseanceklaushargreeves, @verybi-verytired, @fi0lki

Nickname:

Uuuhhh... Most people call me Sarah? Some people know me as Tony. I only have a couple nicknames. One of my friends calls me Mr. Stark, and one calls me Bunny.

Gender:

Agender! They/them preferable, but no pronouns really bother me

Astrological Sign:  

Taurus sun, Libra moon, Aquarius rising

Height:

Damn near 6′0″?

Sexuality:

Bi-gray-ace, biromantic, polyamorous

Hogwarts House:  

Ravenclaw! I’m a Thunderbird in Ilvermorny, and my patronus is an Irish Wolfhound!

Favourite Animals:

Rabbits are always #1, tigers, foxes, birbs, lizards, and rats.

Number of Blankets:

Just 1 or 2. Pillows are my problem. I have upwards of 20.

Where I am From:

The north of the south, the south of the north, and the west of the east. West, by god, Virginia, baby! Mothman, pepperoni rolls, take me home country roads.

Dream Trip:

Um? Space? If I could go anywhere just stick me in a rocket and shoot me out into space forever. 

When I Created This Account:

Jan 14, 2013! This is my second blog. I got locked out of my first. That was in.... 2011 I believe?

Why I Created This Account:

I was a huge superwholock back in the day. I wanted all the fanfic and fan art and came here......... I look back on those days and just....... cry

Followers:

618!!! I gained a lot of followers the past year. I hadn’t gotten over 500 in 2 years and now I’m on the up and up c: