#(they're kinda magnets for trouble)

[pianokantzart]

This fanart i saw made me think. Do u think mario and luigi went to prom?

I think they did, and actually had a pretty good time! I imagine Mario, Luigi, and three or four other nerdy kids who didn't want a date or didn't have a date all platonically partnered up and carpooled together. Destiny Del Vecchio got ditched by her date partway through prom, so she joined the carpool by the time they moved on to the after party.

[thevulturesquadron]

And another thing about Rogue x Magneto (feels like the old man screaming to the skies)! Another reason why, in the past few years, they’ve grown on me is their personalities dynamic. Besides how mature they are when they acknowledge one another, they kinda just balance each other so well.

Rogue is an atom bomb. She knows what's missing, but she never lets her pain and her craving for a normal life take her down. She knows she has one life and nothing can stop her from living it, even if she has to punch her way to happiness. Magneto is solemn, always burdened by his past, his pain, his ideals. There isn't a single part of him that exists just for himself. He carries the weight of responsibility, both as a survivor and as a powerful mutant whose abilities are channeled either towards destruction or creation.

And in the face of all of that Rogue is a constant reminder to live. She doesn’t tell him how to do it, doesn’t preach it or show him. She just does it, every day. And when it's in his presence it’s just impossible for him not to feel it. We see that in the comics. We see it in the unconditional, open love he has for her. We see it in the way he is pursuing her or the reasoning behind him pushing her away. We see it even when they're arguing, even when they're saying goodbye, in the way he values her happiness outside of himself. I adore how utterly in love he is with her because her sheer will to feel alive is magnetic (pun intended). On her end, in all of the arcs/stories where they are around each other, it feels like Rogue is empowered to be herself, to own her opinions and thoughts. She actually gets the space to own her mistakes, most importantly, in a way that is not syphoned through his presence in her life (which is one of the biggest flaws in the rogue/gambit relationship - or at least the way it’s been written and rewritten).

Rogue is volatile and full of life. Magneto is grounded by his troubles and responsibilities, real or self-imposed.

He says ‘the world is bigger than any one of us.’ And she answers ‘the world is each and every one of us’. And that’s that.

[goodboyaudios]

Could you talk to us about perhaps some legendary weapons in your universe? I liked the idea of the wraith sword in basterd warrior but I wanted to know if there were other cool ones even if they're ideas youre thinkg bout

I thought no one would ever ask! I love weapons!

Okay okay, so!

The Paladins of New Tennessee have a majority of the most creative futuristic weapon designs, like the Magnet Rifle, which is essentially a handheld railgun. Of course the recoil on such a weapon can only be wielded by Paladins wearing the appropriate armor, and only offworld too under law of the Paladin King.

They also have the ships with sword shaped canons, literally called Broadswords in reference to...well broadswords, but also to broadside combat.

They also have certain lovecraftian weapons as well, but they are few and far between. An example would be the Blade of Ahlanaas, which is sharp enough to cut through kill leviathans, but it also drives the wielder to madness.

Finally, they have this!

A great-sword with a built in rail-gun! combining two of the most iconic weapons wielded by the paladins! However, only on person knew how to make it and also make it so that it wasn't stupidly heavy. Only so many exist now.

It's possible to be made again, but it'll be too heavy even for a mechanized power armor.

Manas also has some crazy weapons, but they aren't really well known.

Most of the weapons are also spells, such as bound weapons, but one can only cast them if they fully understand the properties of the weapon cast.

What I'm saying is, a wizard can totally cast, "gun", but only if they understand how a gun fully works. Being as they don't have guns anymore, no one can cast it. Maybe if someone had found the warden's revolver in True Alpha? Hmm...

Of course, Manas has your standard rpg style weapons, you got your enchanted axes and swords, shields and armors, but what's unique about these enchantments is, if you can understand the inner workings, you can make a weapon that is anti-(insert anything here)

Imagine having trouble with Malenia in Elden Ring, right? So you get an enchantment that is the magical manifestation of "Let Me Solo Her". Apply it to your sword and suddenly...you're oneshotting her! Granted, it's kinda useless outside of that specific fight, so you'd need to use another weapon, so you know, ups and downs.

Outside of that, the most iconic weapon in Manasian History is of course, ArchAngel Taurus' Spacestorm Spear. This was a weapon that wasn't designed on Manas. Instead it was made by Raze and it was literally just a normal spear, but during the fight with the first Anarchanist, Magreos, the spear fell to Manas and landed right ontop of a Faena powerplant. This caused the spear to explode, but because it was more than just foreign metal, it remade itself with an added bonus from the extra faena. Thus it could bring about storms even in the depths of space!

That's all I got so far! If you have any crazy weapon ideas, let me know!

[jealousmartini]

JJK drself intro ig

I know I've posted her before but the last time I did on here she didn't get as much love as I wanted her to so here we go again🧍🏿‍♀️

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Year 2006, Season 1 Satsuma [no surname lol]

Curse technique: Electro shock

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She usually manifests the curse by rubbing her hands together quickly to create electro static friction inbetween her hands and through out her body (Like how the doctors use those electric pad thingys to bring back someones pulse).

She can summon lightning strikes, but it's not always controllable. The lightning strikes can stun/tazer/electrocute anyone around her in a 15-foot radius (Electrocution is the worst effect you can get, being stund is the least harmful effect). She can manipulate the strikes through her body to her hands like a finger gun, striking any one target directly. She can also use this in terms of speed too.

Unfortunately, there is a dead giveaway when she's about to use her curse. The people around her will tend to get strong goosebumps, and their hair will start to stand up like lightning is about to strike. If she is interrupted while trying to use her curse, the energy will just be stored in her body. And if she uses too much, she will get hiccups and twitches.

Idk which hand sign I wanna do more. Either the winx club✌🏾✌🏾 or that magnetic thing🤘🏾🤘🏾by ILLIT

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Anyways, relationships.

[ Gojo, Geto, Shoko and Satsuma ] SatsOjoKoTo

The silliest quad ever. Shoko kinda adopted Satsuma into the group when they immediately hit it off, and Shoko was sick and tired trapped in the middle of Gojo and Geto's frequent bickering like an elderly couple. And needed another girl in the group.

It took Geto sometime to warm up to Satsu, but eventually started to like her when she was able to show off her curse. Meanwhile, Gojo found no trouble annoying her whenever he could. They both think her curse is quite cool, but they both think they're better than her, of course

[ Nanami and Satsuma ] SatsuNami

I'll update this sometime soon idk come back to see something here

[ Yuki, Choso and Satsuma ] YuChoSuma

If Satsuma was a canon character and placed into a trio by Gege or the JJK fan base like Gojo Geto and Shoko but only based off a specific scene in an episode, she would definitely be in a trio with Yuki and Choso when Yuki once said how she likes "Muddy men" referencing Choso, and then asked her "what kind of men do you like? Or women!" and Satsuma replied she can't ever make her mind up anyway. Muddy men are kind of cute, I guess, and pretty women make her nervous.

[ Sakuna and Satsuma ] SatsuKuna

I'll put something here later icba rn 🫠

[souenkun]

💥 Pokémon Gameverse Fanfic Recs 2023 💥

Hello! 🥺✨️ I'm pretty new in loving the amazing Pokémon trainers that the official games created, so I thought I'd compile all of my favorite fanfics of them that I've read last year. Here are some notes to read before you start scrolling:

There is almost 80 fanfics that I listed here, if I counted correctly! They're divided into 3 big categories (which are Ships, Gen, and Character Study Fics), and each pairing that I listed follow the same way that AO3 writes theirs ("/" for romantic pairs and "&" for platonic pairs).

Trigger Warnings aren't listed here, so please check the Additional Tags section and/or the Author's Note to do so.

There are a few Explicit (E)-rated fanfics here, so please tread carefully.

Most fanfics are about trainers from the Kanto, Johto, Alola, Galar, and Hisui regions.

Lastly, please show the authors some love by leaving kudos and comments! They've poured a lot of effort and love for these fanfics that will blow your mind 💗✨️

The list is below the cut! Please enjoy these amazing fics as a way to start your new year 🥂💫

Category A: Ships

Truerivalshipping (Raihan/Leon):

dream in my soul, and i won't let it go by notavodkashot

i've battled hard with the face in the mirror by notavodkashot

the sea between us (and the storms we bring) by bukkunkun

against all odds (no matter what) by bukkunkun

namelessshipping (Red/Blue Oak):

return again by bukkunkun

Peaks and Valleys by clefairytea

Red's Halfway House for Troubled Trainers by clefairytea

Your love has come home (And so has your worst enemy) by clefairytea

What's Yours is Mine by lemonjelloarts

the vastness is bearable by synchronicities

the earth badge by littleroot

Supersonic by apockalypsis

Halcyon by Skylark

Huntershipping (Ethan/Silver):

Mistakes Were Made by deamsgirl

Rivalzoned by deamsgirl

kinda like fireworks by ghostscribe

Alloy by untilitbreaks

Sacredshipping (Morty/Eusine):

A New Kind of Future by Skylark

Let the wind rush crowned with foam by vaguada (orphan_account)

Darkunclesshipping (Grimsley/Nanu):

from the dark, will come a light by notavodkashot

beloved by bukkunkun

Dangerous Territory by Orcinus_the_Orca

Perfectworldshipping (Lysandre/Sycamore):

convalescence by bukkunkun

the hope that mattered by bukkunkun

Launchshipping (Archer/Proton):

Garbage Disposal by orphan_account

Recuperations by orphan_account

Fleeting by orphan_account

The Wishes of Archer and Proton by anewdayscoming

Oceanflowershipping (Moon/Lillie):

coming of age by eggtimer

i can't keep going on like this (but i can't stop either) by rosesscythes

Cuteboneshipping (Hau/Gladion):

Brightest Sky by dreamcp

Solace by The Results are Iridescent (flyingllamas)

Miscellaneous Ships:

No Fangs by TheIllusiveMantis (Hardenshipping - Archie/Maxie)

sprinkles and magazines by cocoacandy (Ignitionshipping - Volkner/Flint)

Pricks Like a Bramble by magnetism (Kabu/Peony)

Oversights by Silky_John (Lt. Surge/Koga)

A study in temperature by orphan_account (Lt. Surge/Koga)

leave it to the land (this is what it knows) by synchronicities (Clanleadershipping - Adaman/Irida)

Category B: Gen Fics (Based on Regions)

Kanto:

Feelin' Blue? by orphan_account (Lance & Blue Oak)

Red Herring by orphan_account (Lance & Red)

Bolt From the Blue by orphan_account (Lance & Blue Oak)

Johto:

Teacher, Preacher by mochawhip (Silver & Archer, Archer & Rocket Executives)

Arctic by mochawhip (Silver & Archer, Silver & Giovanni)

Still Breathing by anewdayscoming (Rocket Executives)

planting seeds in a garden you may never get to see by synchronicities (Ethan & Lyra & Silver, Red/Blue Oak)

Half a Revolution by herohelio (Silver & N)

Lance & Silver (I literally had to put a separate category for them here because of how much fanfic I read of them as a found family 😭🤚):

head smash by aeroblast

you know the rest by heart by nevermore_evermore

how do we make this heart (beat on and on) by nevermore_evermore

Silver has an awful time by anewdayscoming

lesson number one: never trust anybody by SakanaKana

when feeling burnt out from grinding on the main quest, try: harder (an ultimate gamer move advice from the best in Blackthorn Clan, Clair Blackthorn) by SakanaKana

Dragon Support by StratusCloudSurfer

pain split by aeroblast

dizzy punch by aeroblast

Hoenn:

on belonging by johnchurch (May & Archie & Maxie, Archie/Maxie)

Fearless by RageCandyBar (May & Norman)

Sinnoh:

maybe the real fire-types were the friends we made along the way by HopeStoryteller (Volkner & Flint)

mourning what cant be saved by miafey (Cynthia & Dawn, Volo & Dawn)

Alola:

until we meet again (Gladion & Lillie, Hau & Gladion) by synchronicities

Silver Bird by Saphruikan (Gladion & Silvally)

Fundamentals of Silvally by cteranodon (Gladion & Silvally)

Hisui:

Tag-Along by capitalj (Ingo & Akari, Subway Masters)

now the sun appears by sojourner (findingkairos) (Ingo & Akari, Subway Masters)

Converging Tracks [Series] by StellarCoachman (Ingo & Akari, Subway Masters)

End of Line by coolcrocs (Subway Masters)

Let’s Get You Back to Her by WaywardStation (Ingo & Akari, Subway Masters)

Dear Nimbasa Times: Please Stop Spreading Rumors About My Brother's Body Being Hidden In The Subway Tunnels Unless You'd Like To Start Paying For My Therapy. Love, Emmet by TrashfireRadiowaves (Subway Masters)

Diverge, Converge by Level99Eevee (Ingo & Akari, Subway Masters)

the only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one before it by dittolicous (Ingo & Akari, Subway Masters)

Given Some Time (And Maybe Space) by EVTrainingUniversity (Gaeric & Irida)

Fate Is Written In Stone by EVTrainingUniversity (Hisui Wardens)

Heights of the Tundra by EVTrainingUniversity (Gaeric & Sabi)

Category C: Character Studies

(i know) you're out there somewhere waiting by notavodkashot (Raihan)

these chains will not hold me down, they'll break and fall to the ground by notavodkashot (Piers)

Clever Girl by HopeStoryteller (Kabu)

Fidelity by Skylark (Silver & Crobat)

Alpha Beta by mochawhip (Silver & Giovanni, Silver & Rocket Executives)

1 by Silky_John (Blue Oak)

[aita-blorbos]

(OC)

AITA for . killing a lady

god im the asshole

ok look guys you gotta help me. i (44 M) started working at this like…. research company? we're investigating this strange place that appeared somewhere in the area, yk, it's weird and freaky but we're good.

so, uh, it's maybe not good actually

me and my coworker (43 M) have been having trouble with these sort of. strange monsters? they're like- they do looney toons sorta stuff, yknow? like one was literally trying to kill me with quicksand (not a thing that happens naturally here) and all that, and ok, whatever, we kill the monsters and take them back to our researcher lady for autopsy cause like, they are Killing People and also clearly not sentient enough to be reasoned with and also probably an invasive species.

but like. so the people on my research team have started getting weirder? My coworker and I seem unaffected as of now, but a few other guys have turned vaguely inhuman, including my boss (55 M) who turned into a fucking dragon . he died but it was his fault (dropped rocks on himself because he was being stupid) and also he was a dragon and clearly not himself anymore so im not really worried about that one in terms of my morality.

But. Hm.

Soo. this lady (50 F) . she. she was our research head lady, the one who was dissecting stuff to try to fix this. and she's a robot now. a robot!

she was still somewhat sentient, but like. insane. and she was trying to dissect both me and my coworker to try to find a cure for herself, and id love to do that if it was like. safe but she had a cartoonishly big saw and drill so im pretty sure that wasnt the intention.

we fled for a bit, but she captured me, and im here like, ok, cool, i die, whatever, maybe i'll see my ex in heaven or something, but cool.

anyways, this little.. hell thing thats a child but not and it might be me? it tells me that i can kill her with a magnet, because, according to it:

"computers are allergic to magnets"

and so like, i use the magnet, right? and she dies, dead dead, and that's. hm.

she had a kid, man.. she had a kid before coming here. i was like, gonna die, but like..

i feel so shitty. i killed her. and i mean, she did kinda suck beforehand, but that doesn't justify it. nothing should. maybe this place doesnst even have to turn me into a monster- i'm clearly as bad as one.

So uh. yeah. am i the asshole for this??? or like?? am i missing something? i mean, i killed a lady this is pretty cut and dry huh

[dialga64bitz]

kinda just want a relationship chart or smth

or just explain

I should make one.

Idk how I'd exactly explain some things, so

Synth and Trollex have a strained relationship due to quite a few things. Obvious one being Trollex being a very protective person and Synth being more of a magnet for things to go wrong, so they clash in terms of that. There's a few other things but that's spoilers and I'd rather explore it in the fic itself.

Bliss and Trollex have an interesting dynamic, they're both reckless and extraverted so they enable eachother to do really stupid things. Trollex is the more cautious one but Bliss will actively put herself in danger just for fun.

Summit and Sykes are opposites and cuz of that for some odd reason they get along just fine.

Laguna is what Bliss is to Trollex. A best friend. Although, Laguna and Synth don't get themselves into trouble (not on purpose anyway) often the way they like to hang out is just by Synth asking her questions and Laguna giving an enthusiastic response. They're very close like that.

[eachuisge-cc]

How to make regular TS4 clothing compatible with digitigrade legs: PART 2

This section covers long pants, as well as skintight and cuffed pants or other types of clothing that might require some texture/UV editing. For basic info on getting started and converting shorts/other above the knee clothing, see Part 1.

Mesh Editing For Long Loose Pants

These are arguably simpler than shorts in that there are fewer steps involved, but they can be more work intensive and may take some practice if you haven't done much blender modelling.

As with the shorts you'll want to be in orthographic side view (Numpad 3) switch the viewport shading to solid, and turn on x-ray view (alt+Z), but unlike the shorts those things are actually necessary here instead of just helpful. Once you've got the legs imported you won't actually need to touch them again, they're there as a visual guide.

select ALL segments of the pants mesh. go into edit mode and you should have a setup looking like this:

You now need to turn on proportional editing, which is the little concentric circle thing next to the little magnet thing on the lower toolbar

Choose Smooth, and make sure "connected only" is UNCHECKED. This will enable you to edit the whole thing a) without messing up the topology and b) without getting cracks in the mesh between segments. if you need to edit one vertex at a time, just scroll to decrease the radius of the tool and it will feel like working without it, the only difference being that you won't get cracks. Honestly this is a good thing to do any time you're working with sims 4 meshes due to the way they're constructed.

At this point honestly you just kinda. eyeball it. follow your heart. smush it around until you like the way it looks, then switch the viewport shading back to material to make sure it's not distorting the texture too badly. Instead of trying to explain how, I've just recorded my usual way of doing it and you can either copy that or do something else entirely that works better for you. The important thing is that at the end, the pants should follow a more or less natural-looking fall around the shape of the leg (one of the mesh seams frequently lands right over the hocks, which I choose to just let happen because I like the defined edge and feel like it makes a nice silhouette and fits TS4's cartoony vibe, but if you don't like that it's something to watch out for) and there shouldn't be any leg bits poking through. Once you're happy with the shape, go back to object mode and delete the imported digitigrade mesh, and you're done.

If you're having trouble lining the bottoms up with the feet, you can import some hooves or paws for reference and delete them with the legs at the end. This process will work for anything long enough that it ends below the ankle seam, and loose enough that the extra bend won't badly distort the texture or mesh.

Then just do the same with the other LODs and you're done with the mesh editing portion, and can refer to part one for additional steps. For capris and cropped pants you can often just combine this method with the shorts method, which brings us to...

So You Edited The Mesh And It Broke The Texture

There are certain styles that I prefer to shorten so they end at the hocks, like the second and fourth items in my werewolf edits, (the one between them, by contrast, was done with the long loose pants method above):

I don't really have any hard and fast rules for when to do this vs not but I usually base my judgement on "will leaving them long distort the mesh/texture awkwardly" and "if a werewolf transformed while wearing these pants, would they fall over the hocks, or be pushed up by them" (because the hocks are anatomically ankles, and digitigrade animals are basically standing on tip-toes with an elongated foot).

Anyway, sometimes you'll be able to do this just fine and move on with your life, but sometimes this happens:

I'm going to explain how to fix this as well as I can, but it's a process that's a bit less straightforward than the mesh editing and it involves some eyeballing and trial and error, so I'm sorry in advance. I'll edit this for clarity as needed, just drop me a message if you're stuck on something in the meantime.

In blender, go over to your UV panel, set it to display the outfit texture rather than the body (generally this will be DiffuseMap) and switch on UV Sync Selection. If you compare the UV panel with the model, you'll be able to see what you need to do to correct things. Here you can see that when I moved the pants mesh up the leg to fit with the hocks, it ended up higher than the placement of the UV, causing the texture to bleed over onto the leg.

Take note of where the UV needs to end and where you'll need to move it to; find a visual landmark on the texture if you can (if it helps, make a copy of the texture and draw markers on it to give yourself a reference point), because you'll need to hide the leg part so that you can edit the pants UV without distorting it.

With the leg hidden, select the bottom row of vertices on the pants UV, and hit G>Y to move it only on the vertical axis. Mess with the proportional editing range until it looks right to you, for best results I've found it's good to set it so all the vertices below the knee are affected, but no higher than that.

This is what it should roughly look like once adjusted, it's better to shoot for a little above where it needs to be than a little below. At this stage it will look like you just made it worse but don't worry, we're fixing the textures next. Hide the legs again, select all, and export the altered UV.

Go back to the package and export the texture for every swatch as well as the normal map (as a png), then open up your 2D editing software of choice and import them all into one layered file so you can edit them all at once. import the UV on top of them (might help to lower the UV's transparency to see what you're doing better).

At this point you can see pretty clearly how much the texture needs to be adjusted (and if it's not clear, I suggest exporting an unedited version of the clothing mesh and looking at the UV in blender, and using that as your guide) In this case, that lower detached bit is what the cuff needs to line up with, the strip at the bottom lines up with that very bottom row and makes up the underside of the cuff, and everything else is very light on detail so I can more or less focus entirely on getting the cuff right and the rest will look fine. As with adjusting the UV, select to just the bottom of the knee for best results, and frequently all you need to do is hit transform and move the bottom edge up. There may be some textures you need to mess with more if they're particularly detailed or have lacing/patterns/cuffs in an inconvenient area or something, but a lot of the time you can get away with just lightly squishing everything below the knee. Once you get a feel for the process you can also plan ahead while editing the mesh itself to minimize distortion (in this case, I made sure not to change the size of the cuffs while moving things around because those were the only detailed part).

Now export one of the swatches, test it in S4S or blender, make further adjustments if they're needed until it looks right. Make sure you hide the UV layer when you export, and make sure to import the mesh with the updated UV if you're testing it in S4S (I say this because I regularly forget and end up having to re-do steps).

To adjust the different LODs, you can just import one of the new textures to the UV editor in blender and use it as a guide, so you don't have to do the same eyeballing process four times.

Sometimes you'll also need to adjust the shadow map. to do this, just export it from the package, load it into your painting software, and just scoot the lower shadow up until it's sitting right, again using the new UV as a guide.

At this point you should have a finished set of digitigrade pants!

From here refer to part one for further directions if you need them.

[wetratheadcanons]

some battinson headcanons cause i still think about him almost a year later but 60% is actually just me projecting onto him

is autistic (obviously), but also has adhd

he also deals with intrusive thoughts, it's why his no-kill-policy is so important to him

loves video games, obscure internet lore and horror - especially analog horror and found footage

his favourite games are project deepweb, he solved it in just a little under 2 hours, and vampyr, he always plays the pacifist run despite it being harder

has a whole wall dedicated to the five nights at freddy's lore, scott cawthorne might be his biggest enemy

absolute animal magnet despite being kinda terrified of all of them

can't go anywhere that has animals because they're immediately flocking to him

the whole "introvert at a party finds the dog" - situation but instead the dog finds bruce and refuses to leave

ace was the first animal bruce wasn't ever really scared of, alfred thinks he may have been trained to be a psychiatric service dog prior to his adoption

wherever bruce is in the tower, ace isn't far away, his presence calms bruce

prefers loud music, he doesn't like being alone in his head too much and the noise helps him

apart from nirvana and my chemical romance, his favourite bands are ghost and ice nine kills because he likes their consistent themes

selina gifted him a pair of pink cat-ear headphones once and they're the only pair he ever wears at home

he claims it's just because they're comfortable but everyone knows it's because he loves them

eats when he's hungry but rarely at specific times, it doesn't make sense to him

he can't really eat after waking up

doesn't eat meat, he feels like it lies too heavy in his stomach

he also doesn't like the smell of cooked meats or fish

he loves sour fruits and has a mild sweet tooth

has a caffeine addiction but he doesn't like the taste of coffee, prefers black and green tea (to alfred's delight) and energy drinks (to alfred's horror)

he's trans ftm who is either gay or bi with a preference for men (he doesn't know and doesn't care to find out)

selina and him never went further than their kiss, bruce will always put gotham before anything else (until dick comes along) and selina needs a freedom that he can't give her

they also both realised it was a spur of the moment thing since they barely knew each other at that time and found they're better off friends

they're co-parenting a kitten though it's adorable really

bruce found her half dead on patrol one night and called selina in a panic about what to do, they named her chewy

ace loves chewy, she sleeps on his head, bruce has an entire folder on his phone dedicated to pictures of them

had a robin hood phase when he was 6, tried to steal from his parents to give to people in need

alfred continually reminds him of this after he takes in dick

his favourite rogue is ivy, they have important conversations (as in ivy talks and bruce hngs) about climate change while bruce tries to stop her from murder

he implements policies build after her ideals into wayne enterprise

his respect for her rises after she gets together with harley

for all that he fights it, he can't sleep without the sound of gotham - which includes gotham typical crime

he thrives when he's alone, it's how he does his best work, be it batman or wayne enterprise

has trouble admitting defeat, dick joining him as robin helped him in that department a great deal

is pierced. he did almost all of them himself, alfred has a heart attack everytime he spots a new one

the public has a weird badboy image of him, bruce has no idea where it came from

doesn't bruise easily but is still constantly in pain

has an absolute shit posture, social anxiety and crime fighting don't help

sleeps in the worst positions humanly possible

has a weird thing about mirrors, avoids them as much as he can

doesn't give interviews ever, it's part being a social recluse, part everything the press did to his parents, part hating to be perceived

has troubles with empathy, but his compassion makes up for it in great detail

dick uses him as a jungle gym, he pretends to be annoyed but secretly loves it

when bruce is working on cases in the cave, dick hangs head down off of bruce's back with his legs over bruce's shoulders

dick claims it helps him think, bruce knows it's because he doesn't want to be alone

bruce loves the relationship dick and selina have, might be a little jealous that cat got through to the boy much faster than him though

after taking in dick, bruce makes sure to show alfred that he actually does see him as a father figure - regrets all the times he told him that alfred's not his father

that's all i have for now

[space-invading-pigeon]

Had the idea of there being kind of a hive thing with cocoons attached to it somewhere in the Upside Down. Like, Steve finding it, seeing something move around it one of the cocoons. Out drops Kas/Vampire!Eddie. They fight and maybe Steve ties Eddie up with a jacket and throws him over his shoulder. Eddie is still flopping around, and Steve comes back to the group. He's kind of dirty and beaten from the fight, with little splashes of blood on his white shirt, the thigh of his jeans, his hands, possibly some in his hair, and his cheeks.

Another scenario could be that there is an opening in the hive. Steve goes in it, leaving the rest outside with Nancy, and finds Eddie sitting on a rock and twiddling his thumbs. Steve sits by him, but Eddie doesn't seem to remember him or himself. Eddie then kisses him after mumbling something like "pretty." And then, it all comes back to him. He's really confused. I haven't thought this was out entirely.

Idk just give me a hive kind of like the tunnels in s2.

That would be awesome???

Like, let's say that someone in the group gets a bad feeling. Paranoia, maybe, or maybe they're growing more sensitive to the things of the Upside Down. Hop isn't healthy enough to investigate, so Steve takes up that mantle. They find the tunnels just like they did in s2, but instead of demodogs, there's these.... Pods, everywhere. It's nasty as hell and Steve immediately herds the kids who refused to listen to him out of the tunnels.

But the kids are magnets for trouble and physically incapable of letting well enough alone, so Steve decides to run damage control before one of them inevitably gets hurt. He goes down into the tunnels alone like an idiot, armed with a flashlight and his walkie. A few hours of exploring brings him to what he thinks is a hub of some sort. It is, as I said, nasty as hell, and Steve is ready to go home, but one of the pods is glowing, something inside shifting like it's fighting to get out, and whatever it is could be dangerous, so Steve decides to hatch it himself, pop that thing open and just fight whatever comes out.

Only what pops out is almost definitely Eddie Munson. A weird, pointy-eared, fanged Eddie Munson, but that's definitely Eddie, and for a moment Steve is so shocked and relieved to see him alive that he forgets Eddie just popped out of something that belongs in a sci-fi. Eddie gets the drop on him, so there's ... An embarrassing amount of shrieking as Steve fends off the attack, followed by an awkward amount of time soothing the half-feral creature he'd tied up with his sweater. Actually, that hadn't been a bad idea- Monster Eddie seems to calm faster, shoving his nose into the fabric and making weird noises that sound like he's trying to speak to him. Steve decides that he's done dealing with this. He's just- there is a line he'd drawn, and it's somewhere behind him, and coaxing some Upsidedown Monster Version of a guy he may or may not have had a crush on out of Fight Mode is definitely crossing that line. He carries Eddie back to his car.

As soon as Eddie is mostly comfortable, Steve pulls out his walkie and radios Dustin. "Hey, Henderson, I found this weird lookin', uh, cat? Meet at mine tomorrow morning." He reports. Dustin responds immediately.

"Why are you telling me about some cat, Steve? Are you going to keep it or something? Over."

"I think we should keep it. It's kinda- uh, bitey right now though, so that's why I said wait until tomorrow."

"You're supposed to say 'over,' over."

"Oh my- fine, whatever. My place, tomorrow. Ten. Over."

"10-4, over and out." Steve snorts a little at just how seriously Dustin takes his radio chatter.

Dustin is delighted to find out Eddie is alive, as is the rest of the Party (although they are a bit shocked to see he'd been shifted into a vampire-esque monster). Eddie, now that he isn't fighting for his life- or maybe now that Steve has his arms tied securely- seems more than happy to let things happen to him. He chitters as Dustin, Lucas, Mike, and Max fawn over him, makes those weird growling noises as Robin tries to talk herself into being totally cool with the claws and fangs and subvocal communication, and melts into a puddle of churrs and purrs and happy grumbles when Steve carefully washes his hair. He does so well that the Party decides to untie him-

Eddie grabs Steve by the throat and holds him for about three lifetimes seconds, as if to assert that he did not like being tied up, and then reverts back to a mostly tame being. After that, Eddie likes to follow Steve around the house, happy to observe until something in the wind changes or whatever motivates goblin people like Eddie, and then he spends about ten minutes chasing Steve down, biting the shit out of him, and parading around the house like he'd done something praiseworthy.

El tries to offer her help, but after much talk, the Party decides to try and bring Eddie back to himself the old-fashioned way. It's a bit awkward, if only because Steve is insistent that they treat Eddie like he's Eddie. Steve becomes Eddie's Person, for a while, because they'd all agreed not to tell Wayne until they could get Eddie back to himself (or at least mostly back to himself).

[toonie-selfships]

Smiling cruise

@wulfums, started thinkin after a day of having no or negative thoughts, can finally type something out even if its not what i originally wanted, thought id tag you. so i been ponderin for a short minute and i was like "hm yes, put smiling friends on a cruise ship and write about what theyd get up to". simple ideas like that, youre more than welcome to reblog and add onto this what Lucky64 would be gettin up to

Lucky Charms & Gwimbly would be sharing a room obvi, probably one with a balcony because everything would be paid for by Charms, this is probably after the game ceo finally dies and Charms finally gets their proper earnings of music revenue.

Charms would be up early and awake late, so barely any sleep because they're excited. In the mornings they'd stand on the balcony to watch the sunrise, at night theyre probably on top deck watching the sun set and then probably dancing through the empty decks with their headphones on in the middle of the night to burn left over energy before returning to an already asleep Gwimbly.

Gwimbly would be the sleep late, wake up late type. and probably a bed hog. sometimes hes up earlier but thats a rarity. say this cruise is like 2 weeks or something, 4 out of those 12 days hes awake early.

They'd have a table alone but it'd always be close to Allan & Whatwulfs because they like to hang out and talk whenever they run into eachother. Gwimbly and Allan probably have quiet tension from the whole hose thing, Gwimbly never really forgave him for that. Maybe Charlie, Pim & Glep are also at that table, maybe not, that'd probably depend on you

Lucky carries their headphones and autism bag everywhere they go, especially to actives, they know how crowded and loud things can get sometimes and theyre always prepared. Gwimbly also always double checks to ensure they have their stuff, hes had to be the main escort out of a situation a few times when they first started dating because Charms forgot their stuff. He hates seeing them so distressed when they thought things would be fun and fine.

Charms is usually Gwimblys drink cut off, they dont really like seeing him incredibly drunk unless theyre both shitfaced and Charms cant cut either of them off, but that doesnt happen often, best Charms' gets is tipsy from a few cocktails.

Gwimbly spends alot of time in the arcade, usually at the little duck claw machine (every cruise ive been on had one and i love them) trying to win as many unique ducks for Charms before they can win them themselves, he knows they love random bullshit like that. however gwimbly is in no way a master at it like he claims.

On land days they try to stick with the main group and/or Allan & WW (im just gonna shorten it to ww for whatwulf sometimes or just wulf, lazy like that ✌️). Charms isnt great at directions in new locations and gets stressed easy when they dont know where to go, especially on a time limit.

the two of them collect as many postcards, magnets, keyrings and pins as they can. Lucky has a rather large collection and gwimbly wants to be apart of it.

Gwimbly has definitely fallen into the pools a few times. completely sober.

the two like to spend more time in the 18+ pool areas just to be away from the rowdy kids and parents.

Charms brought their laptop and stuff to still make music since they always love making music on down times. Gwimbly is slowly learning to draw, sure its akin to a 3 year olds but hes doing his best and Charms loves everything he draws no matter what, seeing their face genuinely light up fills him with the confidence to get better.

sometimes gwimbly gets a lil too handsy outside the room but not too much to warrent trouble, he just cant help it, he tries to hold onto charms as much as possible because hes terrified of losing them to homelessness again like the day he lost them after the games fell through.

Gwimbly & Charms participate in costume nights but if its somethin theyre not crazy into then theyre kinda half assing it.

Loathsome mozzy eaters (again all what i think would happen ur welcome to change and add things)

Allan probably sleeps early and wakes up early.

ww falls asleep real early and wakes up at the same time as allan to watch the sunrise together.

unintentionally got the balcony room next to lucky64, wave to eachother often. allan probably goes inside early if he hears them getting all googly at eachother or making out.

whenever theyre not in the dining rooms theyre either at the help yourself restaurant or the fancy pay to be at restaurant because allan wants to treat ww.

allan does all the shoretour talks while whatwulf does most of the friendly first interactions.

both probably get a lil tipsy but never overly drunk unlike everyone else (excluding glep and his wife).

allan got the cruise through work most likely.

whatwulf swims the most

both of them also use the 18+ pools to be away from kids #ChildFree.

allan has never seen Charms tic before and probably thinks theyre drunk or something at first before asking them about it, hes slowly learning to get used to it and pay no mind to any unintentional noises.

wulf understands Charms' tourettes well since theyre better friends than them and allan, sometimes he'll help explain them to others when Charms cant themselves.

they def kiss at sunset on leaving day & going home day.

allan seems like he'd enjoy trivia, much like Lucky Charms, they always swap answers with eachother at the end.

whatwulf HAS to see every performance, theyre too good not to see.

whatwulf probably doesnt get sea sick as easily as everyone else due to being an aquatic-ish critter.

whatwulf is also probably a connoisseur of rubber ducks, very appreciative of them when gifted by allan.

shore days the two try to find their own way around unless its really unfamiliar and they get a shoretour.

allan makes sure they both have any autism things they need, if somehow they forget something Charms always has something similar to offer. fidget toy? sorted. earplugs? cleaned daily with interchangeable silicone or the soft foam ones for someone elses keeping.

ww is ALWAYS prepped and goes all out for costume nights, hes always matching with allan to the T no matter what!

sometimes on quiet nights they'll slow dance on the lido deck when no one else is around.

what everyone else is doin (aka charlie, pim, glep + Marge and maybe mr boss + Jason)

literally NOBODY trusts pims with directions and shit, not after Brazil.

Charlie and pim get shitfaced on the regular.

charpim share a room more in the middle of the boat, they dont have a balcony.

100% from work tickets.

glep and marge have their own room on a different floor, opposite side of the boat, balcony.

all 4 of them share a table with mr boss and jason, sometimes allan and whatwulf. pim gets along with gwimbly and no one really talks to charms that much because only allan and whatwulf really know them. pim tries to talk with lucky sometimes though to get to know them. charlie silently questions their tics but never has the balls to ask.

mr boss puts jason in the kidsclubs even though hes 18, jason fuckin loves the kids clubs because who wouldnt? i fuckin loved kids clubs.

mr boss kinda scares lucky sometimes, his random outbursts of actions scare the crap out of them.

glep and marge sometimes get a table to themselves when they want a quiet moment.

charlie fuckin hates being dragged to every single activity by pim. "pim cant we just slow down and play mini golf or something man? my knees are killing me."

pim is always first awake out of everyone in the group, he swims the most too.

charlie rides the waterslides 50 times in a row whenever he can, though hes gotta take big ass breaks between them for his pace maker.

[witchthewriter]

Hi!! Would you be okay doing a big 6 birth chart ask, like you did for the anon for Jax Teller a while back, but for Eddie Munson? 

I keep getting stuck on whether he’s Leo, Aquarius, Scorpio, or Aries. You seem really experienced with this sort of thing. And in the last ask you said that you loved this kinda stuff, so I was hoping you could help me☺️ [I may or may not might be trying to find out if me and him would be compatible if he was real👀 I have mostly Scorpio in my big 6, except for my mars which is in aqua🥴]

Also, I hope you’re having an amazing summer. I live in California and over here it’s soooo hot, I feel like I’m dying. 

I'd love to! I do love doing characters' birth charts. Thanks for wanting my opinion lol 🌿Oh and I also have a Stranger Things Soulmate quiz, if you wanted another way of finding out.

To me, Eddie doesn't really scream Scorpio - but that doesn't mean a Scorpio has to be matched with another Scorpio.

I would deduce that he has a lot of Gemini in his chart; to me, Eddie is very quick-witted, he's funny, thinks outside the box and likes to come off as a badass but really he's just a big ol' nerd. But the outside image is to protect himself.

𝐒𝐔𝐍

𝑳𝒆𝒐.

Passionate, outgoing, humorous.

The sun in a person's chart represents your ego, your drive and possibly even your ideal self, i.e, the image that you want to put out to the world.

Eddie shines, and with Leo in its native house, it means a person likes to be the centre of attention, they're bold, they like rocking the boat, but they can also be great leaders and say what needs to be said. They speak up for others.

𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐍

𝑨𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒖𝒔.

Rebellious, imaginative, intuitive.

Signs in a person's moon aspect mean stereotypes are more obvious. Or rather, the moon in a person's chart makes the traits of the zodiac sign emboldened.

The Aquarius sign has two sides to it: the rebellious spirit and the humanitarian. I see the rebellious side of Eddie, but he doesn't seem like much of a humanitarian (not saying he doesn't want equal rights, he's just not framed that way).

But he does have a very imaginative and often feels like the odd one out. He's a loner at heart, even though he can be very sociable.

𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆

𝑮𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊

Curious, quick-witted, expressive.

A person's rising sign is the way one presents themself to the world; from your personality to your phyical appearance and mannerisms.

Gemini rising's are also very restless, and have we really seen Eddie sitting still? He's always fidgiting or waving his hands as he talks etc. He's interesting and fun, and his friends always want to be around him. He can be very magnetic.

Usually Gemini's can come off as unfeeling or less compassionate, which levels out with Eddie's Leo Sun - it levels it out.

𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐘

𝑮𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊

Eclectic, knowledgable, charismatic.

Mercury is the ruling planet for Gemini - known as the planet of communication, thought and focus. It represents a person's mind and style of communication.

There's an air of mischevious about a Gemini in Mercury. Fred and George Weasley also have this placement. They're smart, very intelligent but they aren't overly known for it. Their playfulness almost outshines it.

The very best at banter; they think fast but also speak without thinking. It usually gets them into trouble.

𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐔𝐒

𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓.

Caring, intuitive, sentimental.

When a Cancer Venus decides to love, they dive in deep - no small talk, no flakiness or flighty behaviour. They're all in. And although we don't see Eddie fully with a romantic partner, we do see him talk to Chrissy and he immediately brings up their shared past and his emotional link to his band.

Even when Eddie and Steve are talking, Eddie admits that whenever Dustin talks about Steve or opts to spend time other than with him, he gets jealous.

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐒

𝑺𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒖𝒔.

Go big or go home, restless, impulsive.

Having this placement means this person is ... loud. For example, Eddie has an obvious hate for all things stereotypical in Hawkins - especially those who abide by the social rules. Remember the first scene with him? He jumps up on the table in front of the whole cafeteria to berate the people he dislikes.

This placement means whoever the person dislikes is obvious. Unlike some who hide their hate/anger/dislike and use other methods, a Sagittarius Mars is open and upfront.

[lonelynpc]

Anaesthetist's Guide to Hospital Superstitions

an expansion of this post.

these are superstitions that i have come across personally! some are common, some not so much but i've seen enough people do it to include it.

don't say the "q" word. it is widely believed that saying it's quiet invites trouble. this goes for "slow", "easy", etc as well. staff will react to this.

we have lucky charms. some people have a lucky scrub cap or pen or shoes, i have lucky compression socks. this is pretty common.

never say anything positive about how a patient handled a procedure until you're away from them. one of my consultants taught me this one, it's just asking for trouble. i don't know how common this is but it's common where i work. i once said, "wow, this patient is amazing, very calm for their first surgery," and then i couldn't extubate for 45 minutes because he wasn't breathing on his own or following commands.

never mention a loved one by name on shift. routinely, i hear people saying, "my partner," or, "my kid," but never their name unless we're off the clock.

when pronouncing a patient, speak as though you are addressing them. i've seen it a few times where people will speak as though they're informing the patient that they have passed.

keeping the emergency or backup equipment nearby wards off bad outcomes. honestly, it's kinda just good practice. i always have a guedel and bougie ready for every intubation as part of this, i probably won't need it but you always need it when it's not prepared in advance.

don't bring patient's out of anaesthesia saying "are you in pain?" this is a complicated concept, there are studies on this and how drawing attention to it can increase pain awareness. instead, i like to say, "are you comfortable?" it's good practice.

the full moon brings chaos, sometimes called the "transylvania effect".

not going straight home after a shift where a patient passed. i tend to go and stop somewhere else then go home. it's so you're not followed home by the spirit, basically. i also do it to just decompress before going home.

never mention a former patient's name, even initials. again, it's good practice not to randomly bring up former patient's by name for confidentiality reasons but it's widely believed that this sort of "summons" them back.

bad luck comes in threes. sometimes people believe death comes in threes, sometimes it's a particular diagnosis or event. it tends to be "oh, i had two of (event), there's another one coming".

the black cloud. sometimes, a "black cloud" will jump from staff member to staff member inviting chaos to their shifts or difficulty for a while. there was a "black cloud" a while back in my workplace where each staff member would fail to cannulate first try for a week before it moved to someone else.

we never say "oh, it's just (procedure)". it invites trouble. e.g. "it's just an LMA case," then that patient goes into laryngospasm or you can't secure an airway. i also think it's good practice not to encourage complacency with "simple" procedures.

working with a specific coworker means you are in for a chaotic shift. similar to the "black cloud" but a bit more specific. these coworkers might be amazing at their job and have good shifts with everyone else but, for some reason, when you work with them everything seems to go wrong. i have a coworker that i adore but we refuse to work together because a black cloud seems to follow us when we're teamed up.

don't plan your free time during your shift. you'll get called back in or extend your shift.

stand your pager up or lay your phone face-up when you're on-call. it's a weird one but leaving a pager flat or phone face-down "tells the pager/phone" that you're resting and invites chaos. some people also face their pager or phone away from them when they're making coffee or having lunch.

some staff members are "shit magnets". no matter how good they are at their job, trouble seems to follow them.

eat/drink something and/or go to the bathroom before every case. if you don't, it'll go longer than expected.

don't listen to music with themes of death or suffering on your way to work. another one bites the dust came on the radio before my shift once and never again. this one, in part, i think it's also so you're not going into work with that in the back of your mind.

if a patient says, "i'm going to die," believe them.

some places will not have a room 13. i once saw a theatre department that went 12, 12a then 14.

don't look back at the theatres or the board while going on break or to the bathroom.

below the cut i'm just going to be a nerd so if you want to see that, go for it.

a lot of superstitions circle back to patient outcomes and care, i believe they call it "magical thinking" where somehow a factor is effected by an unrelated element, e.g. knocking on wood.

i also think the idea of "jinxing" is fairly common, not just in medicine.

there was an article in 2020 that reviewed 295 studies of specific superstitions and then organised them by specialty and subject while also assessing a specific superstition (patient age = chance of admittance), the evidence for this was compiled from 250,000 charts. the superstition was ultimately not supported by the data.

out of the 295 studies, psychiatry was identified as having the most articles at 74, OB/GYN was second with 44, and anaesthesia was 7th with 14. it also looked at the common themes, some of these were more diagnostic or relating to anatomy so i haven't included them as they're not relevant to the concept of superstitions in my opinion.

it did list a common anaesthesia "superstition" that people with red hair have an increased anaesthetic requirement, there are actually quite a few articles on this with varied results and a lot of them are outdated now so the research isn't conclusive but experience is a form of evidence.

there are actually some really interesting medical journals on the topic of superstitions where, as mentioned above, they measure the validity of certain superstitions and there is a peer-reviewed article from 2019 specifically on using the "q" word. it was a "randomised controlled non-inferiority trial" where we're basically testing whether the new treatment, or in this case simply saying "quiet", is worse than the alternative, refraining from saying "quiet".

this is that article if anyone is interested:

Brookfield, C. R., Phillips, P. P. J., & Shorten, R. J. (2019). Q fever—the superstition of avoiding the word “quiet” as a coping mechanism: randomised controlled non-inferiority trial. BMJ (Online), 367, l6446–l6446. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l6446

and here's another peer-reviewed article on the same topic if anyone wants something a bit beefier. this was an assessment of literature, including the one above:

Umar, T. P., & Jain, N. (2022). Debunking the myth of using “quiet” in clinical departments: an integrative overview of available literature. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 82, 104792–104792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104792

i don't know if anyone will find this stuff interesting but i do.

[townofcadence]

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Send a ⭐ for Muse Combinations!

Okay so I think Nikki can be a fun combo with a bunch of characters! I love the idea of her and artair getting to know one another. Artair is kinda kind and patient and protective, and it'd be interesting to see how she'd respond to him and the way they might bond, especially because he can be patient but also-- he has a way of getting other muses to share with him stuff they usually keep to themselves because he's stubborn. I feel like it might be nice for her to have someone fighting to understand her lol. He's also a magnet for trouble, so there's lots of opportunities for trouble

But also I think opal would still be fun because they could get into some on-purpose trouble together and break things xD.

Micah and Caelan might also be interesting with her, because they were kind of weaponized into soldiers, so I can imagine Nikki having some level of kinship with that

Also all the Lycan and yokai and familiars! Mack would be hilarious because he has gigantism so he's obscenely tall and only larger in his wolf form (he's one of the larger species, the Mackenzie Valley Wolf). He also cannot feel pain, due to nerve damage caused by said condition, and he can be very scary. He also aging faster due to it as well. He's got a grumpy father vibe in saying he doesn't want people around and then adopting you. I feel like he would accidentally adopt Nikki lol. Fox I could see also getting into trouble with Nikki-- or annoying Nikki to death with her cheery following you around and talking lots and not exactly being the best with personal space because she's too excited lol. Io could be neat, though he's incredibly hard to communicate with.

Scorpio has the capacity to be hilarious because he's a fighty little guy-- but his lycan form is a chihuahua. Filled with wrath but without the teeth to use it lol. His brother Newt is a chill shiba so that could be neat, but also the familiars who are cats could be very interesting too! Frankie is the biggest flirt for attention like 'hehe yes i am a specialest little guy :3' because he's absolutely doted on by his spellcaster, so he could be silly, and Nox is a mischief maker too. Alistaire is a bit more serious and suspicioius, so that could be neat depending on the type of thread you want!

I feel with what you've said about Nikki loving kids before my kid muses could also be a fun combo! I have a ghost girl named Willow, a mute merboy named Siren, though he like Io might be hard to interact with, though he's more capable of communication than Io. Then Kit I think could be especially interesting, given she's a shifter and they're at least part kitsune and a thief and a troublemaker lol. It'd probably be the opposite of Mack in that he accidentally gets bonded to and yoinked instead of Mack going 'that's my child' with nikki xD

All the animal coded characters could also be fun with Caleb! Also Caleb meeting caleb just because they have the same name xD

[thefirstknife]

how come we are only just now finding out about a whole civilization on neptune? like in all those hundreds of years no one thought of exploring neptune? which is in our system unlike distant places like nessus. and we went to europa too, io, tangled shore, mercury, venus, titan but not neptune? i'm very lost in the lore but this is pretty much the only question i keep asking after playing through lightfall. i know the veil and everything else will be explained later but now the only thing bothering me is HOW did we not know about neptune prior to this storyline.

im sorry if there is a very obvious answer to this but again i'm not very well-versed in the lore :( thank u for answering in advance!

You're good! It's a good question!

They were very well hidden, and deliberately so. Since they were created in the wake of people fleeing the Collapse, it was always important to get somewhere where they wouldn't be easy to find. We pretty much didn't know about them existing until Osiris had visions due to his and Savathun's connection.

I touched on some other reasons here in this post. Neptune's natural atmosphere and magnetic field made it hard to see both ways; Neomuni had troubles seeing outside and outsiders had trouble seeing into Neptune. Furthermore, one of the early Cloud Striders went to Earth and deleted all records of the colony ship and Neomuna's founding to prevent violent warlords (Dark Age Lightbearers) from coming over and devastating Neomuna.

They were so well hidden that not even Elsie knew about it, and she's been through dozens of different timelines. She makes a point of noting that in Quicksilver Storm lore tab when she finds her pouka and the gun itself. She says that she's never seen any technology like that and has no idea who might've made it.

After Osiris' visions, pretty much everyone pointed their technology into Neptune and scanned it, but nothing was found. I assume that the way they're hidden is deliberately made to obfuscate any attempts at scanning for life or activity, to make it appear barren. It may also have something to do with the CloudArk, since once the citizens moved into CloudArk for safety against the invasion, they are no longer leaving any material trace on Neptune.

Also from Season of the Seraph, Warmind's Avatar head piece:

"I don't doubt that he is," Ikora replies, a note of frustration creeping into her own voice. "But my Hidden turned their eyes to Neptune and found nothing. I can't ignore the possibility that Savathûn planted those visions in his head to misdirect us."

So if Neomuna was not detectable even with knowledge that something might be there, then their ability to stay hidden must've been something that Earth technology simply could not get around. Ships have visited places around Neptune and even Neptune's satellites, but going into Neptune is kinda strange to even think about since it's a gas giant (or in Neptune's case, more accurately, an ice giant, but still comprised mostly of gases and liquids) and not supposed to, like, have things inside.

And since nobody was able to detect anything with technology, there was no point risking a direct flight into potentially hostile territory with so many Pyramid ships around our system. Especially since there was a real possibility that the visions were a trap set by Savathun.

[lunaremy]

SBR headcanons list (1/?)

shoving this under a readmore bc its big

Black's actually a really good writer. He's also a fan of reading books of the fantasy-romance genre. He says he's already perfect, but I'd bet that if he applied himself, he could improve these abilities even more.

On the contrary, White's a pretty terrible writer. More specifically, he writes EXTREMELY literally (seemingly for the purpose of mission reports and nothing else) and takes Black's metaphors and flowery speaking way to literally for his own good (which pisses Black off, incidentally) Aqua is sort of tall for her age. Similarly, Yellow is a little bit short for his age. Also, Black used to be taller than White when they were younger. Nowadays, they're more or less the exact same height, but Black used to hold it over his head (sometimes literally) a lot. All eight siblings enjoy movie night. Blue normally sleeps through them, though. They usually don't disagree too bad over movies (they're relatively fine with all genres), but if two siblings wanna watch two different movies, it usually causes trouble that White has to break up. Also, White tends to get a little sappy at the movies Black enjoys (mostly those elegant and kinda pretentious drama films), to Black's slight annoyance. During October specifically, the oldest 3 (and maybe Blue if he's up to it but he sees through all the special effects in an instant so its kinda lost on him) have Horror Movie Nights, in which they prepare treats and watch horror movies. Internally, one aspect of White thinks that staying brave despite the terrifying imagery in the movies will keep him strong during missions, but another part tells him that it's simply a fake scenario. Also, Red had nightmares after sneaking into the living room during Horror Movie Night. Yellow and Pink like to draw together. She guides him away from drawing on the walls and spends a fair bit of money on sketchpads for him to draw with. Red's a big fan of video games, and he tends to spend his pocket money on whatever game came out recently. He likes action games and RPGs. Magnet Bomber sometimes comes over to play with him, but he gets salty if he loses, so White tends to keep an eye on them both.