#Age range here goes from 13 to 18

[kuedrawnunder]

Woah, no way!! More BDFI humanizations!! This is the second batch :]!!

[filthy-vigilante]

Since the fact that the current bat family ages makes no sense and absolutely infuriates me, here are my headcanon ages

For Bruce a lot of sources have him becoming Batman at 25, that part makes sense but that would mean, on my personal timeline, he would be 44 now and that just seems kind of old to me to still be a vigilante. So I headcanon him as becoming Batman at 22 and adopting Dick at 23. This puts him at 28, for Damian's birth, with Dick being around 17/18 and off with the titans and probably college. It also puts him at 32 for Jason's death. Currently, he's 41

Tl;dr Bruce became Batman at 22, adopted Dick at 23, conceived Damian at 28, and is currently 41

Pre-reboot established that Barbara was a couple years older than Dick, also that she became Batgirl around the time she was starting college. She graduated high school early at 16 meaning she was about 17/18 when she became batgirl. Dick would be around 15 at this time. I've seen some sources say that the events of The Killing Joke (and Death of the Family, which happens a few months after) took place when she was late 20s. This doesn't quite work with the Robins timeline as she was only Batgirl during Dick and Jason's time as Robin. 23/24 makes more sense on the greater timeline. Currently she is 33.

Tl;dr Barbara became Batgirl at 17/18, got shot at 24 and became Oracle shortly after. Currently 33.

Several different sources give different ages for how old Dick was when his parents died, ranging from 8 to 15. We do know that Tim was 3 when he saw Dick's parents die at the circus, so if Dick was 8, the timeline wouldn't be big enough for his and Jason's career as Robin before Tim at 13 takes up the mantel. 12 seems like the most reasonable age for Dick to be for the timeline. This puts him at 18/19 when he goes off to college, quitting the Robin mantle and taking up Nightwing. At 28 he takes up the mantle of Batman with Damian, age 11 as his Robin. He is currently 30.

Tl;dr Dick gets adopted by Bruce at 12, becomes Nightwing at 19 and is currently 30.

Jason's timeline is fairly straightforward. We know he died at 15 and was only Robin for about 2 years. So it makes sense for him to have been picked up by Bruce at 12 and trained for 6ish months and debuted as Robin by the time he's 13. Post death timeline is a little more shaky. He came back to life a few months after his death and wandered the streets for about a year. Talia found him and tried to help him recover, with little results. After about a year or so of that Ra's wants to send Jason away so Talia throws him in the pit. He's around 18/19 at this point. He does travel, training like Bruce did but I don't think it was for nearly as long and he makes his return to Gotham at 20/21. He's currently 24.

Tl;dr Jason became homeless at 10, adopted at 12 and debuted as Robin at 13. Died at 15 and returned to Gotham at 20. Currently 24

Cassandra Cain is slightly older than Jason, by a few months. We know this as she was stated to be 18 in a batgirl issue released in 2004, and a few months later in another comic run Bruce and her visit Jason’s grave and he tells her that it would be Jason’s 18th birthday. With comic timelines this could mean she is anywhere between 1y3m or just 3m older than Jason. Unfortunately I am not too well versed in cass’ history to make a chronological breakdown of her life events. 

 Tl;dr Cass is approximately a year older than Jason. Currently 24

Now that we are further down in the list the ages are a lot clearer. DC was a lot more willing to give specific ages to characters during the era. So we know that Stephanie Brown is firmly 15 when she becomes Spoiler because she states it. We know that she is still 15 when she is pregnant. After this her timeline has no exact age assigned to it except her death. Stephanie died at 16. This was of course later retconned out and she is discovered alive at 17/18ish and shortly after starts her freshman year of college at either 18 or 19. This is also when she becomes Batgirl. 

Tl;dr Stephanie is approximately a year older than Tim and became spoiler at 15. Currently 22

Tim Drake’s ages are fairly clear. He became Robin at 13 approximately 6 months after Jason’s death. He’s a year younger than Stephanie. He takes up the red robin mantle around 17/18

Tl;dr Tim is a year younger than stephanie. He became robin at 13 and is Currently 21

Duke of course is still a relatively new character for DC and one they don’t utilize quite as much as others. They have mentioned his age multiple times in the past several years but is always 16. I do find this hard to let be, as I believe he was also stated to be 16 during the Robin War/We are Robin…. Personally, just to give the guy some range and growth for his age, i do headcanon him as 15 during robin war, where he became a more recurring character in DC and probably about 13 when he is initially introduced. Currently he should be around 17.

Tl;dr DC hates Duke and refuses to think about his age. He was 15 during the Robin War arc, and is currently 17

Damian is another one that is too straight forward as DC is spoon feeding us every next birthday of his. He was 10 when introduced and shortly thereafter became Robin. Most sources state that he also died at 10 but I don’t find the timeline big enough for that so I am going to place him at 11 for that . He was only dead for a couple of months before being resurrected, which would be around 11/12. I believe he just turned 14.

Tl;dr Damian was 10 when introduced and became Robin, Died and resurrected at 11 and is currently 14

TL;DR

Bruce 41

Barbara 32 

Dick 30

Cassandra 24

Jason 24

Stephanie 22

Tim 21

Duke 17

Damian 14

[thecreaturecodex]

Mad Maddy Maddison

“Eccentric Jester” © London Workman, accessed at their ArtStation here

[This is one of many iterations of my “goth clown” persona, tailored to a low level game and with more emphasis on the clown. I created her for a freeform game run by @abominationimperatrix​, which we haven’t gone back to yet. I do hope to. The Harley Quinn influence is very much intentional.]

Mad Maddy Maddison CR 3 CG Humanoid (dark folk) Clad in mismatched and brightly colored jester’s motley, this tiny woman is thin, muscular and pretty. At first glance she might appear to be wearing stage makeup, but her gray skin and black lips are their natural color.

Mad Maddy Maddison has had a very complicated and strange life already in her nineteen years, and is excited to see what happens next. She was born to a clan of dark folk living in the Darklands beneath the Brazen Peaks, and the caligni callers selected for her to be a dancer, one of the dark folk who act as intermediaries between settlements. Unfortunately, that meant that her wanderlust started at a very early age, and she managed to get separated from her family. She was found and given a home, but unfortunately it was by Mater Cachinnarum, the Mother of Sneers. This wicked bogeywoman pops up in nightmares throughout eastern Garund, and tried to raise Maddy to do the same. Even though Maddy was raised by Cachinnarum for a solid decade, she held true to her overall sense of kindness and good humor, and escaped by the grace of Cayden Cailean, who has a soft spot for all orphans and runaways.

Maddy made it to the bustling city of Katapesh where she currently works at the Night Circus, an entertainment troupe in the Night Markets. At the Circus, she is a talented juggler, percussionist, clown and occasional pickpocket. Her favored instruments are the zills. Maddy has a fascination with death and the undead, having been surrounded by ghouls and skeletons in Mater Cachinnarum’s care, and she is learning how to affect them with her magical music. She’s also working on making friends, something she’s never had a lot of. Her closest friend is a flumph named Taktii, who has given dire warnings about monsters in space. Maddy currently finds this concept more intriguing than scary.

Maddy stands a whole two and a half feet tall and carries a club as long as she is tall. She has a caffeine addiction, and rarely goes a day without several cups of coffee.

Mad Maddy Maddison  CR 3 XP 800 Dark dancer bard 2 (dirge bard) CG Small humanoid (dark folk) Init +4; Senses Perception +8, see in darkness Defense AC 17, touch 15, flat-footed 13 (+1 size, +4 Dex, +2 armor) hp 33 (4d8+12) Fort +3, Ref +10, Will +3; +4 vs. death effects, energy drain, fear, necromancy Defensive Abilities haunted eyes Offense Speed 30 ft. Melee masterwork greatclub +5 (1d8+1) Ranged dagger +7 (1d3+1/19-20) or improvised weapon +7 (1d4+1) or splash weapon +8 (varies) Special Attacks bardic performance (13 rounds, countersong, distraction, fascinate, inspire courage +1), dark curse, death throes, sneak attack +1d6 Spells CL 2nd, concentration +5 1st (3/day)—cure light wounds, fumbletongue (DC 14), hideous laughter (DC 14), ray of enfeeblement (DC 14) 0th—detect magic, mage hand, message, open/close, prestidigitation Statistics  Str 13, Dex 18, Con 16, Int 14, Wis 8, Cha 16 Base Atk +2; CMB +2; CMD 16 Feats Point Blank Shot, Throw Anything Skills Acrobatics +9, Bluff +8, Climb +10, Diplomacy +8, Escape Artist +9, Knowledge (arcana, religion) +7 (+8 vs. undead), Perform (comedy, percussion) +8, Perception +8, Sleight of Hand +9, Stealth +17; Racial Modifiers +4 Climb, +4 Perception, +4 Stealth Languages Common, Dark Folk, Kelesh SQ poison use, secrets of the grave Gear masterwork greatclub, 5 daggers, leather armor, 4 bells, masterwork zills, wand of disguise self (25 charges), alchemist fire (x4), holy water (x4), 3 doses black smear poison, 1 dose oil of taggit, coffee pot, mortar and pestle, 5 lbs coffee, jewelry worth 30 gp, 13 gp Special Abilities Dark Curse (Su) As a standard action, a dark dancer can make a touch attack against a foe and curse it. The foe must succeed at a DC 12 Will saving throw to resist the effects. Creatures that fail the saving throw take a –2 penalty on all Dexterity and Charisma-based skill checks. This curse is permanent, but the victim of this curse can attempt a new saving throw each day. Death Throes (Su) When a dark dancer is slain, its body combusts in a flash of bright white light, leaving its gear in a heap on the ground. All creatures within a 10-foot burst must succeed at a DC 13 Fortitude save or be dazzled for 1d6 rounds. Other dark folk within 20 feet must succeed at a DC 13 Will save or be shaken for 1 round. The save DC is Constitution-based. Haunted Eyes (Ex) Maddy gains a +4 bonus on saves against fear, energy drain, death effects, and necromantic effects. Secrets of the Grave (Ex) Maddy gains a bonus equal to half her bard level on Knowledge (religion) checks made to identify undead creatures and their abilities. A dirge bard may use mind-affecting spells to affect undead as if they were living creatures, even if they are mindless (though spells that affect only humanoids do not affect them, even if they were humanoids in life). In addition, she may add one necromancy spell from the spell list of any arcane spellcasting class to her list of spells known at 2nd level and every four levels thereafter.

[thesolemnhour]

i'm curious, what variation and ballerina would you give to agria

Ama, I am SO glad you asked! I mentioned it here, but I have decided to use my executive power as blog owner to answer this question in so much more detail than you could have ever wanted.

The tl;dr answer is Natalia Osipova. The answer is so strongly Natalia Osipova that I couldn't bring myself to assign her to anyone else, even to characters where it would have made sense like Ariadne, Mino, or Hilde (though I think I found more fitting answers). The emotional freedom of her performances and her dogged stubbornness to stick to her own vision scream Agria.

As for a variation, I am weak, and I can't pick just one, so I have three! Look out below, everyone. Ballet takes be upon ye.

Kitri's Entrance

Natalia Osipova debuted her first principal role as Kitri when she was actually still just a member of the corps de ballet at the Bolshoi in Moscow. Osipova's Kitri is so, so special. The music starts up, and immediately, Natalia just absolutely bowls you over with her force of personality. You never ever ask yourself, "Who is this Kitri character, and why is everyone so obsessed with her?" You're right there clapping along like the rest of the ensemble!

There are so many wonderful details to the way she plays the character. How she tips her head to the side with a big smile at 0:24 to the music just delights me. Wherever she goes, the stage is too small to hold her.

Osipova describes this debut like a Cinderella story. She said something to the extent of, "I performed as Kitri, and the next day, I woke up famous."

2. Giselle Act II (0:00-0:18 and 1:08-2:13 for Agria but by god you should watch all of it)

This is the Osipova role that truly means everything to me.

I want to give a little context about where Osipova was in her career at this point: in 2011, she left the Bolshoi because she found their way of doing things to be creatively restrictive. When someone at the Bolshoi tells you to do these steps in this order, it's not usually up for debate. She didn't sign another contract until 2013 when she joined the Royal Opera House. This performance isn't too long after.

Giselle is sometimes referred to as ballet's Hamlet; the range it demands is tremendous. I discussed it in greater detail here, but I really like to read Giselle as a coming-of-age story where Giselle becomes an adult through the act of dying. Act II Giselle is all regret and wasted potential. Emma Byrne put it best when she said Osipova's Giselle rose from her grave "hollowed-eyed and sunken-cheeked, ready to go into battle for love."

It must have been so difficult for Osipova to follow up such an incredible performance as Kitri at the Bolshoi, and though she'd had a million incredible performances since she'd left, I think putting such a profound stamp on the character of Giselle in this performance proved that Osipova had been right to leave. It allowed her to grow.

Everything about this, from Osipova's place in life to the eeriness she manages to convey to Giselle's theme of regret, fit Agria outrageously well.

3. Raymonda Act III

Osipova in absolute command of her craft! I picked this variation for Lenarius/Leonosa to demonstrate Svetlana Zakhrova's control and precision, but here, I want to point out the way that Osipova throws herself into every role with all of the blood and breath in her body. She couldn't possibly be giving more at any moment. It's thrilling, and it feels like watching a force of nature. This is exactly how Agria would dance.

[anxious-art-block]

LU Headcanon's Part 4: Bring back the Twiddies

KIWI WIND “How ‘bout get fucked, mate.” “Eh?” “Oh, choice man!” “All good.” “Oh, yeah-nah, not really.” “Slow down, Trev.” “Ugh, that’s grotty!” “No worries, he’ll be right.” “Bloody nora!”

I used Kiwi instead of Australian cause there’s a larger Polynesian population in New Zealand 

But anyway

Sky’s Hylian is based on Korean

Hyrule, Dawn, and Aurora are besties

Hyrule has this huge sketchbook that’s basically a plant encyclopedia without words. It has really detailed pictures he drew of any plant he’s come across starting at age 8 so that he knows which is poisonous, toxic, or deadly and which aren’t

Most of them he learned from experience 

Wild cuts Florian’s hair properly, they walked in on him trying to cut it himself and did so horribly so Wild steps in like “I may be shit at this too but I can at least what I’m doing”

Wind has canonically killed a man and we need to address that more

Also probably could and very much would to do it again 

Age Headcanons (I know they have official age ranges but like I'm ignoring that)

Time: Physically; mid-30s Twilight: 19 going on 20 Warriors: 24 Sky: 21 Hyrule: 17 going on 18 (Ha) Legend: 21 going on 22 Four: 17 Wind: 13 Wild: 18 going on 19

So, this is technically a theory but it also counts as a headcanon so here it is:

My theory on the Chain becoming, well, The Chain

Each Link was pulled through (read: Walked through, thrown, forcefully pulled, etc.) a portal in order of the timeline. This means they were all thrown into Wild’s Hyrule since they’re at the end of said timeline

This also means that some Links were dropped off at the same time, just in different locations, in order it went:

Sky: Gerudo Desert  Four: Goron City (He just kinda sets on fire) Legend, Time, and Wind: The Great Plateau (Time), Lurelin Village (Legend), Zora’s Domain (Wind) Twilight and Hyrule: Hebra Mountains (Twilight), Korok Forest (Hyrule) Warriors: Hyrule Castle

Wild and Hyrule were the first to meet, they were in the Korok Forest when a portal opened above them and dropped Hyrule through it

I just like the idea of the first game Link meeting the most recent game Link

When one meets another, their triforces will glow, and after they’ve (most) all branched off into pairs or groups, their triforce will glow and give a tugging sensation, telling them to follow it essentially, and leads them all to the Spring of Courage

That’s all I got

The Chain goes to Wild’s Zora's domain and meets Sidon for the first time and are like “who in the fuck is that” cause it’s this fucking HUGE shark Zora with this thousand-yard stare and when he sees Wild he turns into this love-sick puppy and they’re all like “??”

Hyrule hates it when any of them insult his era, cause he's someone who fully believes it's not a hopeless world despite it proving time again that it doesn't care for him

Hyrule is the only one who doesn't have a last name, not in a case of has one and just didn't/doesn't know it (read: Time and Wild) he literally just doesn't have one. Any records of his blood family they could find only listed the first names. No surname given

Time and Twi have the same angry face, Twi will just bare more teeth (well duh)

Twilight has to physically stop himself from chasing things that are thrown, but you can see his head and eyes immediately follow whatever it is

Hyrule's hylian is based on Thai

I have a royalty au who wants to hear more about it?

No one?

Oh well gonna talk about it anyway

Legend: Eldest Prince Hyrule: Youngest Prince Warriors: Personal Guard to Prince Legend Wild: Personal Guard to Prince Hyrule Wind: Wanted Pirate Twilight: Head Groom Four: Local Blacksmith Time: Butler Sky: Local Baker/Former Knight

Fable: Eldest Princess/Twin to Prince Legend Aurora: Queen of Calatia Dawn: Youngest Princess of Calatia Artemis: Personal Guard to Princess Fable Florian: Local Apothecary Tetra: Captain of the Ghost Ship/Wanted Pirate Dusk: Royal Librarian Dot: Local Florist Lullaby: Housekeeper Sun: Sky's Wife/Local Baker/Former Priestess

Additional Characters:

Ravio: "Humble" Bard Malon: Time's Wife/Owner of Lon Lon Ranch Hilda: Queen of Lorule/Best Friend to Prince Legend Styla: Princess of Hytopia Impa: Princess Fable's Lady-In-Waiting

If you’re on the discord then u already know a good bit about it but that’s all you’re getting for now :]

alright I'm done

[katsettee]

Greetings! I love your art so dang much!! May I ask your headcanons on the LU boy’s ages?

Totally don’t feel pressured, just curious <3

Have a dandy day!

~🦋🤠

Thank you! I have been thinking really hard about this for a while but I think I have my answer.

This is all purely headcanon and how funny I think it would be for their dynamics and relationships.

The ages themselves are kind of fuzzy, but age order in my mind from oldest to youngest goes:

Time(ofc), Twi, Sky, Warriors, Hyrule, Legend, Four, Wild, and finally Wind.

In my mind, Time and Sky have experienced the most time between their last adventure and the crossover, Time obviously because he is just a whole ass adult married man now and Sky because I would like to think he has gained some responsibility and has started the establishment of Hyrule. I would put Time at mid 30s and Sky mid 20s.

I see Twi as significantly older than the others but with little desire to take charge, seeing as he has no experience in leadership to any capacity, but is the ultimate big brother in late 20s. I also see him as being much older than the others during his adventure.

Wars is also older during his adventure, like dude is a captain in the military, he’s been mature enough for long enough to get to where he is. This is where I get fuzzy with ages, but I would put Wars at 24/23.

This is where my headcanons really get the best of me, but I’m obsessed with the idea of Hyrule being older than Legend. I am all about the “Legend feels guilt for the state of Hyrule’s world” and “Hyrule looks up to The Hero of Legend” ideas but what I really love is complex emotions and Hyrule looking towards Legend, the hero that he can only hope to be, and realizing that its never been more than a broken child forced to think like a survivor. I view Legend as just barely pushing adulthood at 18/19 and Hyrule being 21/22. Their dynamic as two people who could only conjure the ideal image of the other (Legend saving his world for the ideal future and realizing it all falls to ruin anyways + Hyrule trying to do anything in order to live up to the “legendary” previous hero) and being ultimately disappointed by the other is fascinating to me, but I like to think they value each other without the title of hero eventually and are quite close because of that connection.

I’m going to be honest I know the least about Four, seeing as I have yet to really invest much time with his games and character, so I’m just going along with him being a comfy 18 for no particular reason. So sorry to all the Four fans but I would like to hear other people’s ideas.

Again here’s some very biased headcanons, but I like to think Wild quite literally JUST defeated Calamity Ganon and is still at that (1)17 age that we see in the game. I love the LU comic but the Wild I like to include in my works is very much an immature teen, not the angsty sad man. My preference of Wild portrayal is HEAVILY influenced by critbit and it will always be that way tbh. Additionally, Wild and Twi being the most “sibling” siblings in the group just appeals to me and putting them at a similar age gap to myself and my own siblings is just funny to me.

Finally you have the kid brother Wind, who I have such a hard time assigning an age to. His age gap is significant enough that he is much different from Wild, but I would also like to think that some time has passed since his adventure. I would like to put him at the 16 year old range, but if I’m being honest it should probably be more towards the 13-14 range- so I will probably change my portrayal of him a bit to reflect that in any upcoming content.

I am super on the fence about this and since these are fictional and very undefined characters I am mostly fine with sliding the ages up and down for enjoyment, but I suppose this is my personal view on what I think is in line with the content that I personally create. I probably will not even follow this super accurately if I’m being perfectly honest.

Thank you for the ask!

[wortsandall]

The Others- the lies we tell ourselves au

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very iffy on writing this one as I feel like no one cares because I'm basically inserting oc's into canon but that's what au's are for! and yall might not care but I care so I'm sharing it anyway!

under the cut is an introduction to leo's and rose's backstory and role in the moon knight system and how their existence affects the boys dynamic with each other and the system as a whole

tw for allusions to abuse, sa, and self-harm

starting with leo:

essentially he is a teen alter whose trauma stems from the time that marc was in and out of psych wards as a teenager. one aspect that he and marc share is not understanding or realizing that what happened during that was traumatic even if it's different ways. namely for marc, because of his amnesia surrounding it he genuinely doesn't know that anything unsavory had happened. on the other hand leo holds most of those memories (shared with jake) and due to being a teenager he doesn't understand the impact it has on him nor does he see anything wrong with conceptually.

in my head, marc most likely had a fragment around the time that his mother started her abuse whose sole purpose was to not piss her off. I feel like parts of this fragment would be incorporated into steven as time went on and the parts that steven didn't take would end up being leo when they are teens.

as a fragment-the goal was to do whatever they could do to please their mom and part of that came with the idea of longing for affection/love instead of the negative attention. so the fragment would also occasionally front while at school in order to get praise from teachers as a replacement for the lack of parental praise. which as steven continued to grow into his own person, the parts longing for that praise and attention started to exist solely for that.

enter the psych ward: and this fragment, now leo, starts to become more of a full fledged alter as the system needed someone to go to their therapy sessions as steven and jake were not suited for it. so it was leo and marc in most of the sessions (though marc only has vague memories) and jake hold memories of any fights due to being a gatekeeper knows what both marc and leo were doing. and the desperate attempts for attention and praise unfortunately made leo an easy target for those in the psych field who joined not to help people but to have easier access to vulnerable populations.

due to them being in the psych ward for long periods + the periods of time they were in regular therapy from like 13-18, leo is an age sliding alter. he will always be a teenager but his maturity ranges particularly because there's such a developmental difference between someone who is 13 versus 17/18. he also has two different abusers, one someone from the psych ward and another the therapist they were given once they left.

leo has a lot of anger because of his circumstances. specifically towards marc and jake for removing themselves from therapy. as it removed leo from a consistent form of praise and affection that he wasn't getting anywhere else. he ends up as a persecutor alter because of this. any attempt to remove or challenge his view of things leads to leo lashing out against marc and jake in ways that harm the system and body. the second part of my au/series goes deep into detail here on the dynamics between the system so I don't want to spoil it here. but steven and rose are the only alters that leo currently likes and gets along with.

I do think that over time leo will not be a persecutor anymore and come to understand that the choices that marc and jake were made for the betterment of everyone in the system and not to hurt leo. and that he's better off now because of those choices. in the end he helps out with various smaller roles in the system like helping to take care of rose as well as any task that any of the other alters aren't able to do.

overall I think that the moon knight system is terrible at recognizing triggers so leo helps with specific triggers that they never realized they had as well as helping the system become less touch starved overall. he'll also learn to move towards a middle ground rather than swing from one extreme to another.

now for rose:

unfortunately she has a smaller role but that's due to her age. I stumbled onto the knowledge of an alter in the moon knight comics referred to only as "Inner Child" and that's how I got my inspiration for rose. she is a little around the age of 7-9 years old.

in this au, rose is actually the first alter to form but one of the last that marc realizes exists. mostly because DID forms from severe repeated childhood trauma. getting blamed for your brothers death and then being abused for it certainly fits the criteria. and I understand that DID is caused by any severe childhood abuse, but one of the main traumas that people with DID share is sexual trauma/abuse. and I wanted to explore that specifically because it's less talked about with male victims. and I imagine someone like marc and jake would struggle with that knowledge and I again wanted to explore how that would affect existing dynamics and relationships.

on to rose specifically, in Marc's memory it seemed that his parents had a good relationship with each other and they seemed fairly happy. I think I mentioned this in another post, but I Imagine they used to go on dates and leave Marc and his brother with a babysitter and that was normal. writing this out, now I'm imagining they had a dedicated babysitter who moved or went off to college or something so they had a new one. and with the new one is where the trouble started.

I imagine this was maybe 1-3 years before Randall's death and stopped right around that time. as the parents struggled with grief that made their relationship falter and then the way Marc was treated by his mother, there just wasn't much need for one anymore.

rose's personality is world's different from the rest of the system. she's very shy and reserved. she's actually selectively mute and tends to prefer being on her own. she is a girl, but looks androgynous. when marc first meets her, he's unsettled by her presence and her general vibe. but she's very sweet when she's comfortable enough to talk to you. she mostly interacts with jake and leo due to not really fronting and staying in their inner space.

in the beginning rose fronted more often without marc realizing it due to their age. he has no memory of this but they actually went to speech therapy for a couple months (before randall's death) because rose would front and not speak which their father was concerned about. she only speaks when she feels safe, and due to not feeling safe due to her trauma when fronting, she really ends up speaking in the inner space. the first time she speaks when fronting is something very serious as it shows how comfortable and safe she feels. (it'll probably be around layla)

rose's trauma probaby won't ever be in extreme detail but jake does know and it might come up when it's his pov. leo knows the basics as well so if he ever gets a chapter, it might pop up.

rose turning up in the system is a sign of positive growth for them. her starting to front more and be allowed to act like a child will show their healing journey. as well as their ability to be a more cohesive system

jake treats her like a daughter and is very protective. a sentiment that leo shares, though it is an older brother kind of protectiveness. leo likes jake more than marc only because of his treatment of rose. rose and leo are kind of inseparable due to being in the inner space most of the time and only fronting on rare occasions. though rose rarely wants to or tries, while leo is constantly fighting jake for more time to front.

steven takes both to leo and rose very quickly. though he lacks experience with children and ends up more of an awkward uncle, but it's endearing to them. rose does not recognize steven as a threat in any capacity. but it did take her time to warm up to both marc and jake. she's more wary of marc than jake which marc is originally baffled by. he then chalks it up due to proximity basis which is true but not the whole truth. but marc's relationship with rose will be explored. for now-he has no idea what to think of her and tends to steer clear as her existence makes him uncomfortable which he feels guilty about.

[roobylavender]

Fellow Queen’s Thief enjoyer here! It always takes me back when Irene and Gen and their ages get mentioned because it is such an important part to who they are and it’s an age gap done for a reason that actually works within the series it is in. Irene was 20-23 (?) to Gen being 13-14 when the series starts? And even then she wasn’t framed kindly but the narrative still cared for her and allowed readers to love her.

What I have noticed when it comes to like Jason and fanon shipping is that the age gap problems always seems to be a problem for one ship but never for others. It’s like a selective fandom thing when like you see ships like JayRoy (age gap), JayArtemis (age gap, I mean she’s what 130+? or does Amazonian ages not apply to her?), JayKyle I’m not too sure about but there’s also that DonnaKyle ship so like how old is Kyle? But all are widely more acceptable than another certain ship. This is not like a defense or anything just something I noticed and I know you don’t ship any of these but it is just a fandom thing that caught my eye. And then you have characters like Talia and Bruce (age gap there) where you can talk about Bruce having a little of that upper hand and not really realizing where Talia might be coming from? Talia is actually interesting when you think of her age gap compared to Bruce and how she has been portrayed since the turn of her character.

Wait sorry. Gen was approx 10 in The Thief while Irene would have been 17/18.

eugenides is 15 in the thief! and he's about 18 by the time he finally returns to attolia to woo irene over in the queen of attolia. i think it's thief! where he's 10 years old bc it's a prequel story. donna and kyle i'm pretty sure are in the same age group bc kyle tends to be grouped with her, wally, connor, etc. but yeah it can be really amusing sometimes to see what fandom criticizes and what it doesn't (and like even moreso when it comes to jason bc his ships have such a broad range). like i can't lie i'm very confused by people who condemn dickbabs for the age gap only to turn around and ship dinahbabs gdkgjghlf like at least be consistent!

but yeah i personally really love the brutalia age gap from a narrative perspective. it's obv unintentional from an editorial perspective and maybe even subconsciously racist in the sense of pairing up an older white man with a younger "exotic" foreign woman but it inadvertantly really emphasizes on the issues in their relationship and talia's isolation as a result thereafter. she's young and comparatively without power or agency so when bruce walks away she's often left with nothing to stand on except for an abusive father occasionally meanwhile he goes back to his mansion and support system over and over. it'd be a nice thing to explicitly explore were writers to ever care enough (and tangentially i think the batcat age gap also brings up some interesting inquiries with respect to their places within gotham's hierarchy of power)

[dreamyhoroscope]

ALRIGHT im going to try doing the agere questions from @stuffielovinhours ... im actually in big mode right now so itll be answered from the big mode perspective. under a read more because its kind of long

1 - Favourite nicknames/pet names?

im not big into pet names! i do enjoy "little guy" and things of that nature

2 - How deep is your regression? Is it voluntary? Involuntary?

it is mostly involuntary

3 - What helps you get into headspace?

admittedly its usually brought on by stress, but sometimes i just go into it by being on here

4 - What’s something you absolutely need to have when you feel little?

plushies!!!!!

5 - What are things you need to avoid when you’re little? (or things that pull you out of headspace?)

nsfw stuff

6 - Best little outfits?

i dont actually have little outfits but when i regress i tend to be in clothes that are warm and comfy, such as robes and warm socks. so i guess pajamas?

7 - Do you like being taken care of? Are you independent or dependent?

this is a funny question because i dont like being taken care of, but i also want to be at the same time. but im too embarrassed to admit i age regress unless i know someone else does it. and i wouldnt trust anyone being my caregiver unless ive known them for years

8 - What should someone know if they’re going to be around little you?

most warnings that come with big me apply to little me as well. i WILL be cringe and i WILL be free

9 - Favourite show/movie to watch in headspace?

precure, aikatsu, spy x family, stuff like that :3

10 - What is/are your comfort item(s)?

my plushies and soft blankets

11 - Do your likes and dislikes change depending on whether you’re big or small?

nope! my interests stay the same

12 - What kind of gear do you prefer, if you like any? (Remember, having no gear is okay, and using things that don’t match up with your headspace age is also okay!)

i dont really have gear unless plushies count as gear. im way too embarrassed to try getting gear even if its subtle

13 - Does anyone irl know you’re a regressor?

...TECHNICALLY YES AND NO. my therapist, dad and brother do i know i slip into a childish persona sometimes and have more childish interests. but they dont know that i do it for fun sometimes since i mostly keep it online and this blog is a closely guarded secret for a lot of people

14 - What are your preferred terms for your headspace/yourself when you’re small? (e.g. small, little, tiny, regressed etc)

littlespace or baby mode

15 - What cg names do you like calling someone/the ones who take care of you? (you can answer this even if you don’t have a cg)

papa or mama, something simple and easy

16 - Any obsessions?

plushies, pokemon, stationery ... stuff like that

17 - Do you use a different voice when you’re in headspace?

my vocabulary changes but i dont know if my voice does? mentally its the same

18 - How long do you need to be small for to feel better?

id say about an hour or so. i dont think you should measure when youre in little space, that kind of defeats the point of it imo

19 - How often do you need to be small?

i can go a while without doing it voluntarily, but i couldnt tell you how long it goes for when its involuntary. i do have people try and get me out of it

20- What’s your headspace age/age range?

anywhere from 3 to 7

[timefospookies]

Gimme ur moon child information 👹👹👹👹

HERE ARE THEIR GIFTS 🦟🦗🦟🦗🦟🦗🦟

(I only listed a few of them cuz there’s too many Moon Children and I don’t have power ideas LMAOAO)

Matt (Ifrit): Teleportation

- Developed at age 18

- Can teleport to any place as long as he can visualize it clearly

- It’s hard to travel long distances, but with practice, it’s achievable

- If his destination is not visualized clearly, or he becomes distracted, he could quite literally get torn apart

(one limb ends up at a lake and another ends up in a desert. y’know how it goes HDISKJD)

- It requires mental strength

Rosa: Future Sight

- Developed at age 7

- Usually the visions came at random moments, but with practice she managed to control having them at will

- In real time, one full vision lasts from 1-2 minutes, and she can see up to 24 hours of the future in it

- In rare occasions, she can see a flashes of years ahead, but these visions are out of her control and usually come in her sleep

- Takes a lot of mental energy and is very draining, causing migraines if she looks at the future for too long

- Sometimes it’s hard to stop having visions and she may need outside stimuli, but usually going in and out is purely willing oneself and focusing

Alex: Shapeshifting

- Developed at age 12

- Can turn into anything, ranging from an item, to animals, to other humans

- He can only turn into things he’s seen before

- It requires flexibility, and he should stretch before transforming

- Otherwise, he could rip a muscle or crush his organs HDJSJJ

Kevin (Insidiae): Tracking

- Developed at age 13

- When he closes his eyes, he can sense the presence of any living mammal around (there’s a radius that limits it, but idk what it is yet)

- If someone theoretically got killed by an undetected force (*cough* BEN), the presence of that person would go out like a candle light in his head

- It just need concentration and quiet, but there’s no real downside

- Requires good sense of direction and mental strength

Rem: Healing

- Developed at age 12

- She can heal herself and others injuries but can only heal others from sickness

- Can heal injuries very quickly (although the time differs depending on the severity of it)

- The effort that it takes to heal can vary as well on the severity

- She can heal herself just fine, it drains her a bit, but it’s not terrible

- The only catch to her healing others is that it’s basically an exchange. She can heal another person, but in doing so, she receives the injury/sickness they have

(ei: you have a bruise on your leg, she heals you, but in the process she gets a bruise on her leg)

Spencer (Duskworld23): Aura Sensing

- Developed at age 12

- They can constantly see the emotional aura around any person

- There are colors assigned to the each emotion and they’re usually mixed, unless one is stronger than all the rest, in which case that color would dominate it

- So if someone’s angry BOOM they would see a red shine around the person’s body, maybe blues and purples in between for sadness and fear idk

- No side effect other than maybe mistrusting people’s intentions? When they say one thing but feel another way

- Requires emotional intelligence

Nekko: Telekinesis

- Never got to fully develop it, but she did show signs of starting to develop telekinesis

- Could only move small objects, like spoons and paper

- It takes mental and physical strength depending on what it is she wants to move

- Had she gotten more time, she would’ve eventually been able to move bigger things like tables, rocks, houses even

- Also would’ve been able to move sentient things like humans and animals!!

David: Invisibility

- Developed at age 14

- Can will it to happen. He just has to think about it and BOOM he’s gone

- Pretty cool until you realize he goes blind for the period he’s invisible 💀

- “This is lame…” -David when he got his gift HDJSJD

- Requires mental strength

Daniela: Agility

- Developed at age 13

- She had always been a sportsy kid so it made sense that she got this

- She’s got superhuman coordination, speed, reflexes, coordination and strength

- The downside is that she gets physically hurt very often, be it from running, breaking something, or straining a muscle

- Requires physical stamina and flexibility to have best results

Maerlie: Illusions

- Developed at age 12

- Can only make illusions based on what she knows about her target: any thoughts, dreams, memories, things they like or dislike

- They have a range and if you step out of it the illusion falls apart

- There’s individual illusions and group illusions which means the illusion either only affects one person, or several

[welcometomy20s]

July 23, 2022

VOCALOID LEGENDS - 2019 Part 9

#535 - SNOBBISM (Neru, z’5) [Kagamine Rin, Len]

Achievement Date: 19-12-03, Upload Date: 18-03-21

A nice addition of jazz to the funk era, creating a slick rendition of acoustic and synthetic. The lyrics are about getting your chin up and enjoying the chaos, hence the title, which is showcased by the odd english and kanji words. Pretty cool.

#536 - If You’re Gonna Jump (Omoi) [Hatsune Miku]

Achievement Date: 19-12-08, Upload Date: 17-12-02

One of my favorite Omoi songs with a cool rotoscope M/V. Yeah, it’s another death prevention song, kind of a fun version of My R, with an odd reference akin to the Pre-Golden Age… Omoi sometimes goes in an odd way…

#537 - Music Music (toa) [Hatsune Miku]

Achievement Date: 19-12-08, Upload Date: 14-08-27

Not to be be confused Mr. Music, although the katakana looks similar. Toa takes on a more dance beat on his typical sad but light song structure, which adds an odd pep. Again, the song is about pushing aside your love with music, kind of… 

#538 - Doubutsu Uranai (Scop) [Hatsune Miku]

Achievement Date: 19-12-13, Upload Date: 10-08-11

The song gives a good feeling and the song sounds sweet, but then it turns out it’s about a desperate plea about one-sided love and the whole thing kind of sours a bit. No wonder she gave a song to… and they sang this song to… huh? Interesting.

#539 - 39 Music! (MikitoP) [Hatsune Miku]

Achievement Date: 19-12-16, Upload Date: 16-06-29

A fun Magical Mirai song from MikitoP… third theme to be on this list. While the chorus sounds closer to your pop producers, it’s the verse that you can see the melancholic beats which MikitoP was well-known at the time. So, it’s a nice turn and shows that his range was much wider than expected, and leads to his two big hits in ‘18.

#540 - Meltyland Nightmare (Harumaki Gohan) [Hatsune Miku]

Achievement Date: 19-12-22, Upload Date: 18-02-16

Harumaki finally enters the list with this modern classic. Echoey tuning that sounds barely like Miku and a dreamy bass beat that makes a nice drive listen. This song actually is a pop turn from him from more guitar based song from earlier. 

#541 - Telecaster B-Boy (Surii) [Kagamine Len]

Achievement Date: 19-12-23, Upload Date: 19-04-13

The short version, its one minute run makes a quick and good impression. More note on the longer version which will be coming out two years after. Ending is rushed here.

#542 - A Passing Shower, The Final War (Orangestar) [IA]

Achievement Date: 19-12-27, Upload Date: 15-12-20

Famously given to Wolpis Carter. What pop song does the harp backing sound like? Anyway, quite a dark and story based song from Orangestar although it doesn’t stray too much from that patented Orangestar sound. Both versions are good.

[thenetvvork]

Rewatching some episodes of my world and realizing that not only do I age weird and am whatever age I feel like, but that I tend to age up (permanently) in age range archetypes

-Steven

So even though I turned 14 in s3 so chronologically I was 13 and then 14, technically I was just "kid" age

In Future when I'm 16 chronologically I'm just "teen"

I was technically a teen for a time when I was a kid but I wasn't a teen teen, and now I am

Which is funny because before, we were conceptualizing it as "I was physically 14 and now I'm aged up to 16" but then Ciel noticed how I looked at 13/14 was also how I looked at 7/8 so that turned into "I was physically 7/8 at 13/14 and now I'm physically 16" but really I was a kid and now I'm a teen. And in Network context that makes me a kid that hung out with younger teens but now I'm a teen hanging out with other teens even if for me "teen" started at what would be the older teen age range in here. But all my friends are not aging and are stuck at 13/14 which is technically teen! So it works!!!

Because in The Network, the age range goes that kids are 10 or 11 and younger, 12 kind of goes either way depending, 13-14 is young teens (my group with my friends!), 15 goes either way, 16-18 is older teens, 19 goes either way, and then 20-24 is young adults, etc etc

But thinking of me as 16 and my friends as 13/14 was. Awkward? It's not a hard rule or anything but it seemed weird. But if I just say "bro we are teens" I mean. It's whatever.

I think most of the "fear" comes from outside perspective too. If I say I'm friends with Morty and Sansa and Ciel, etc, but my profile says 16, what will people say? But afaik no one raised a fuss about media me marriage proposing Connie in Future and she's 14. And that doesnt have the added context of being a system or of being a "kid" 14 for years until I wasn't anymore because the movie coming out spontaneously changed that. So if I'm emotionally and physically close with my friends who have been my friends this whole time and people take it weird, that's on them

[ryuzakemo128]

Stranger Things Headcanons (Part 1)

Author's note: Female centric headcanons. She already has a name. These headcanons have two females in it, just in case you don't like one or the other.

Dividers Used: Link

Part one / Part Two / Part Three / Part Four / Masterlist

Marianna has black hair that looks like dark grey hair in the sun and blue - grey eyes. Her eyebrows being a darker charcoal in contrast to her hair.

Marianna is an orphan, orphaned at the age of twelve and she lived in America since she was twelve years old.

Marianna has inherited quite a lot from her parents, grandparents, etc. Often mistaken for a wealthy often, when in fact just a really well off one instead. Her adoptive parents are incredibly hands off when it comes to her inheritance or things she has inherited from her mostly deceased family. Thus, the known fact that Galina and Marianna, lived in the live in their own home. But still have people think they're dating.

Marianna is a tattoo artist working part time at a tattoo parlor near where the popular school group hangs out after school.

Marianna designs most of the example tattoo designs for the tattoo parlor. She ranged them from simple to complicated so the person could choose between which one. She is the one closing the store most of the time, she cleans between clients.

Marianna isn't tall, but at the same time she isn't short. She's Five foot ten, on the paler side and she has a few tattoos here and there. Mainly video game characters and horror.

She has incredibly dark humor, often to an extreme degree if you're close friends with her.

Kickboxing is something she trained in regularly growing up. Due to the heavy cases of bullying for her nationality, sexuality and who she is as a person.

Galina is the only friend for the first and second year of her school years. Often the one to get between fights that happened. Before any teacher caught wind of it.

Opal and Sapphire are two cats that Marianna had since she was sixteen years old. Her third cat being Prince, which is a large black cat that she adopted after she moved into her inherited home.

11. She has a lot of experience when it comes to sparring in a safe environment and school fights, fights outside of school, etc.

12. She doesn't like conflict, in fact she doesn't even like getting into fights or the fact that she had been in. So if she doesn't have to get into conflict with another person. She will avoid it as much as possible.

13. She loves horror movies and novels, but she also likes learning about her own culture. Even though a lot the Americans hated Russians during the 1980s.

14. Marianna is bisexual, Galina is straight and even though they're seen together most of the time and rarely seen apart from one another.

15. Marianna's aesthetic is goth mixed in with a lot of other things. Galina is more of mix between pastel and dark academia.

16. Marianna has been accused of being a vampire on multiple occasions of her life. Once during nineth grade, second time during eleventh grade and the last time at a friend's birthday party.

17. Her and her adoptive parents have moved at least three times a year. So her friends she would have made during that time were a few, maybe one or two that she stay in contact with. Thus, the relatively huge 18th birthday party threw off a lot of people that lived near her at the time.

18. Opal and Sapphire are Ragdoll cats that look like this. Prince is a big, floofy cat that looks like this.

19. Marianna and Galina have been friends since they were ten years old.

20. Galina looks like the typical 80s popular type. Except she hangs out with someone that isn't. Which caused her to be a defacto looser during junior high.

21. Marianna has a extensive record collection she's currently growing as her life goes on. Her mother, adoptive mother has added to it multiple occasions and the only siblings she has are ones they had before she adopted her.

22. She doesn't speak to her dad all that often, if at all and whenever they do talk it's often about being nicer as if she wasn't nice enough already. The grandparents of that family don't mind her, they're not overtly fond of her either. So the yearly family reunions don't include her to this day.

23. Marianna has almost killed a few people during high school because even if they were down. She'd kept punches rolling until her fist is red, cut up, bloodied and bruised.

24. She refuses to smoke in general. She doesn't care if someone else does it, but she isn't going to start anytime sooner or later. Galina on the other hand does smoke quite a bit.

25. Galina and her parents usually take Marianna with them on vacations during Christmas, Birthdays, etc. Just because they like spoiling her and the fact that the family she's adopted into stopped celebrating with her as much after she turned sixteen years old.

26. Galina is a writer, her mother doesn't work and her father is a carpenter. She plans on going into journalism like her great uncle that passed away three days after she was born.

27. Galina is the youngest of five, she has four older brothers and her mother is expecting to have another sometime. But Galina is hoping her parents change their mind sometime before Christmas.

28. Galina grew up in Texas, from one town to another until she turned 6, then she moved to Cincinnati Ohio until she turned nine and stayed in Hawkins, Indiana from then onwards.

29. Galina has several flower tattoos designed by Marianna. A few of them on her left wrist and at least three around her right elbow.

30. Marianna has a habit of recusing cats that need homes. As she is both a cat person, someone who would save them from animal abusers young or old. It literally didn't matter to her whom it was. As long as she could get that cat away from that person.

[truthshield]

18-year-old entrepreneur Sam Huhta finds passion in outdoor landscaping Loveland Reporter-Herald

While some 18-year-olds across Loveland are still figuring out what to do through the summer, one recent Loveland High School graduate and 18-year-old entrepreneur has found a passion in creating outdoor landscapes for homeowners to relax in and enjoy. Sam Huhta is the owner of NOCO Landscape, a landscaping company that works across the Loveland, Fort Collins and Greeley area to provide a “streamlined service so you can have your landscaping the way you want it — with no hassle,” according to the company’s website. While he found enjoyment in providing landscaping work at a young age, he has worked for the last several years to build up his company to provide landscaping work across Northern Colorado. He said that he has grown his company to include eight employees plus himself, bringing in around $50,000 a month, something he didn’t expect to happen after starting it following his departure from a fast food job. “I didn’t have any intention of growing or hiring anybody,” he said. Huhta said that while he graduated from Loveland High this spring, he also spent two years attending classes at Front Range Community College. He said that when he goes to his first year at the University of Wyoming in the fall, while he will be technically a freshman he will have the credits of a junior. He said that while he isn’t sure exactly where his company will go from here, he has put a lot of time into the local landscaping group that he has created. How did you get interested in landscaping in the first place?  Like any other neighborhood kid, I started by mowing lawns with my good friend, Jude. As we began to build a client list, there was an apparent need for yard work among Loveland residents. Within the first five months, we began securing contracts with real estate agents to prepare houses for going on the market. As the yardwork began to evolve into landscaping, I knew my passion lay in creating outdoor spaces tailored to the client’s needs. What made you want to start your own landscaping business? I am very fortunate to have found my passion for entrepreneurship at a very young age. Between the ages of 11-13, I sourced and branded a line of a bicycle grips. If you’re a longtime resident, you might have seen them in local bike shops. From there, I tried everything from e-commerce to 3D printing products. Eventually, I found a line of work I thoroughly enjoy. To you, what is the most difficult process when a client asks you for landscaping work?  A majority of our contracts are design-build jobs in new construction. Contracts like this can be challenging in many ways, but especially in the transition between design and build phases. Communicating measurements and making sure that the crew has a clear understanding of what to do was a large part of the initial growing pains. I am very fortunate to have a phenomenal team, including our project manager, Connor Patrick, who has been a large part in overcoming this challenge. Why do you enjoy creating landscaping pieces? From design to build, each job is usually in the works for three months. Showing up to a field of dirt, and working alongside the client to create an outdoor space from rendering to reality is truly a feeling you cannot explain. A mix of excitement, pride and pure joy comes with the finish of every single contract I am fortunate enough to be trusted with. What are your tips for Loveland residents wanting to have the best yard this summer? Be unique! Don’t do what everyone else is doing, use your yard as an expression of yourself. With the proper design, infused with personality, you can create more than a patch of grass. You can create a place you look forward to spending time in. Sam Huhta Age: 18. Time in the area: 18 years. Title at NOCO Landscape: Owner. How to reach you for landscaping work: Visit nocolandscape.com or email sam@nocolandscape.com. https://ift.tt/MDesi8F https://ift.tt/j0SIu9Y

[eijiphoric]

GAMING HEADCANONS — MHA BOYS

✧. ┊characters: todoroki, midoriya, bakugo, denki, sero, kirishima

✧. ┊warnings: 13+ free to read but please be 16+ to interact (liking, reblogging, following, etc.), all characters aged up 18+, cursing, literally just crack

✧. ┊a/n: i know relatively nothing about gaming, this is p much all for my baby @kodzucafe bc i love them and she deserves the world! she also helped me come up with some of the stuff for todoroki <33

[ TODOROKI ]

— 100% the type to play games like farmville, animal crossing, and even tetris

— he just thinks tetris is neat okay?

— it keeps him busy and though he finds it repetitive he cant put it down for some reason

— prefers farmville over every other game because he’s become somewhat emotionally attached to it

— he likes the calm feeling it gives him + he likes growing crops and raising livestock

— tried playing more action packed games when playing with friends and died almost immediately :(

— they still encourage him to come and join them when playing, and even some of them like sero or denki offer to guard him so he doesn’t die as quickly + try to help him out as best as they can

[ MIDORIYA ]

— sweet baby boy doesn’t know how to chill out when playing video games :(

— he’s sometimes unfazed and calm when playing, but when things start to get intense he goes from 0 - 100 real quick

— has broken multiple controllers with his quirk from how worked up he’s gotten

— everyone makes comments about it because they’re so confused as to why and how he manages to do that playing video games, but when it comes down to fighting villains he’s always relatively calm and level-headed

— it always makes him so embarrassed and he blushes so hard :(

— his favorite games are anything (super) mario related because he likes the characters and because it’s one of the few games that doesn’t make him absolutely lose his shit when trying to beat

[ BAKUGO ]

— an actual menace

— plays almost everything and anything ranging from gta, world of warcraft, cod, and even animal crossing

— enjoys playing by himself but also likes when he’s playing with his friends (even though he wouldn’t admit it)

— the type to run people over in gta and laugh until the cops come after him. then suddenly he’s yelling and cursing at them for “thinking they could actually catch him”

— when things are getting boring in any kind of first person shooter games he will and has shot is friends point blank

— the main target of his is always denki because he finds it so amusing how worked up he gets

— does his outbursts of screaming “DIE!” at his screen when he’s up against npcs or another team

[ DENKI ]

— we all know how this mans is when it comes to video games, don’t even lie

— literally is his whole personality and he isn’t ashamed of it

— plays SO many games but his favs are: fortnite, fnaf, league of legends, resident evil, minecraft and roblox

— knows extensive lore on the majority of games especially fnaf, league of legends, and resident evil

— i hc denki as having adhd and a lot of his hyperfixations revolve around video games and their lore

— one time he researched the fnaf lore that after playing all the games and reading all the books he made an entire time line of everything and wrote it all down on a giant piece of paper and pinned it to his wall

— unironically says he kins bonnie

— has the notorious gaming chair + has an official and well put-together setup

[ SERO ]

— this man right here is a GOD when playing video games

— ALWAYS beats every single game he plays and usually does so without any help or looking up how to beat the game

— literally so good at first person shooter games it gets kinda scary at a certain point

— also just likes fun and chill games where he doesn’t have to think too much and just enjoy it

— loves playing minecraft or stardew valley for these occasions

— has and will help bakugo team up on denki when they’re all playing together and trys to play it off like it was just bakugo who killed him

[ KIRISHIMA ]

— poor baby is so so so confused half the time

— he either understands a game down to a t, including every single hack and move. or he’s completely lost and sero + denki have to remind him how it works every two minutes

— has a love hate relationship with horror games

— he always ends up getting scared and having to turn it off or dies because he closed his eyes too long. but he always comes back or plays again because he wants to be manly and beat the game (even if he’s scared)

— one of his favs is fortnite. he just thinks it’s so manly and gets lost playing the game for hourrrsss.

— does know and will do the dance moves, but only if someone prompts him to do it.

[d-criss-news]

20 Questions With Darren Criss: How Acting Has Helped Him Make New Music

While Darren Criss has graced our TV screens with a range of characters, from high schooler Blaine Anderson on Glee to serial killer Andrew Cunanan on The Assassination of Gianni Versace, he was last spotted just being himself, on our For You Page on TikTok. “I’m walking to rehearsal with a guitar on my back with a Trader Joe’s bag ... I did not bring an umbrella because I forgot that it was raining. I’m rocking that NYC musician life,” the Glee alum explained in the hilarious clip posted three days ago.

While Criss’ acting work has earned him acclaim and stardom, he leaned into making music during the pandemic. On Aug. 20, he dropped a new EP, Masquerade, featuring five new tracks that Criss says were inspired by the different characters Criss has embraced throughout his career. After Criss wrote songs for his musical comedy web series Royalties and Apple TV+’s animated sitcom Central Park before the pandemic struck the United States, he then used those experiences as a precursor to his new EP. As Criss continues to promote his new music, he answered 20 of Billboard's questions – giving us a peek into how his new EP came together, and how growing up in San Fransisco shaped him as an actor, singer and all-around artist.

1. What inspired your latest project, Masquerade?

Although I would have preferred that it come at a far less grim cost, I finally had the time. Before the pandemic, I had written 10 new songs for my show Royalties -- along with an original song for Disney and another for Apple’s Central Park. These were all assignments in which I was writing for a certain scenario and character. Go figure. It was the most music I had ever written in a calendar year. This really emboldened me to rethink how I made my own music— to start putting a focus on “character creation” in my songs, rather than personal reflection. The latter was not proving to be as productive. The alchemy of having this time and having set a new intention with my own songwriting and producing made me put on a few of my favorite masques and throw myself a Masquerade.

2. How do you think your background as an actor complements your music?

They are one and the same to me. I treat acting roles like musical pieces— dialogue is like scoring a melody; there’s pace, dynamics, cadence, tone. Physical characterization is like producing -- zeroing in on the bass line, deciding on the kick pattern. Vocal characterization is like choosing the right sonic experience, choosing the most effective snare sound, and mixing the high end or low end. It goes without saying that it works in the complete opposite direction. Making each song is taking on a different role literally and employing the use of different masques to maximize the effectiveness of the particular story being told.

3. On Instagram  you wrote that “Masquerade is a small collection of the variety of musical masques that have always inspired me.” Which track do you identify with most in your real life?

Everybody absorbs songs differently. Some key into the lyrics, some into the melody, some the production, some into vocal performance. When I listen to songs, I consider all of their value on totally different scales. So it’s hard to say if there’s any track I “identify” with more than any others, since I -- by nature -- identify with all of them. I think I just identify with certain aspects more than others. If it helps for a more interesting answer, I will say I enjoy the slightly more classical, playful -- dare I say -- more Broadway-leaning wordplay of “Walk of Shame,” but that’s just talking about lyricism. I enjoy the attitude of “F*kn Around,” the batsh--t musicality of “I Can’t Dance,” the relentless grooves of “Let’s” and “For A Night Like This.” All have different ingredients I really enjoy having an excuse to dive into.

4. What’s the first piece of music that you bought for yourself, and what was the medium?

Beatles audio cassettes: “Help” and “Hard Day’s Night.” I just listened on repeat on a tape-playing Walkman until my brother and I got a stereo for our room with a CD player in it, which was  when I just bought the same two albums again, but this time as compact discs.

5. What was the first concert you saw?It’s hard to say, because my parents took us to a lot of classical concerts when we were small. But I guess this question usually refers to what was the first concert you went to on your own volition, and that my friend, was definitely Warped Tour ’01. My brother and I went on our own— two teenagers going to their first music festival, in the golden age of that particular genre and culture. It was f--king incredible.

6. What did your parents do for a living when you were a kid?

My dad was in private banking and advised really, really wealthy people on how to handle their money. My mom was, by choice, a stay-at-home mom, but in reality, she was my dad’s consigliere. They discussed absolutely everything together. They were a real team, and I saw that every single day in the house. They both had a background in finance (That’s how they met in the first place.) and were incredibly skilled at all the hardcore adulting things that I absolutely suck at. They were total finance wizards together. So of course, instead of becoming an accountant, I picked up playing the guitar and ran as far I could with it. Luckily, they were all about it.

7. What was your favorite homecooked meal growing up?

My dad was an incredible chef. For special occasions, I’d request his crab cakes. They were unreal. I’ve never had a crab cake anywhere in the world that was good as my dad’s.

8. Who made you realize you could be an artist full-time?

I don’t know if I’ve actually realized that yet.

9. What’s at the top of your professional bucket list?

The specifics change every day, but the core idea at the top is to continue being consistently inconsistent with my choices, and to keep getting audiences to constantly reconsider their consideration of me. But I mean, sure, what performer doesn’t want to play Coachella? What songwriter doesn’t want to have Adele sing one of their songs? What actor doesn’t want to be in a Wes Anderson film?

10.  How did your hometown/city shape who you are?

San Francisco. I mean, come on. I was really lucky. The older I get, the more grateful I am for just being born and raised there. It’s an incredibly diverse, culturally rich, colorful, inclusive, vibrant city. By the time I was born, it had served as a beacon for millions of creative, out-of-the-box thinkers to gather and thrive. I grew up around that. The combination of that with having parents, who were unbelievably supportive of the arts themselves, laid an incredibly fortunate foundation to consider the life of an artist as a legitimately viable option. It’s a foundation that I am supremely aware is not the case for millions of young artists around the world. I was absurdly lucky.

11.  What’s the last song you listened to?

I mean probably one of mine, but not by choice. I know, lame. But I’m promoting a new EP, what’d you expect? But if you wanna know what I’ve been listening to, as far as new s--t is concerned: a lot of Lizzy McAlpine, Remi Wolf, and Charlie Burg.

12.  If you could see any artist in concert, dead or alive, who would it be?

The Beatles is an obvious "yeah, duh." Sammy Davis, Mel Tormé, or of course, Nat King Cole. I would’ve loved to see Howard Ashman give a lecture on his creative process and his body of work.

13. What’s the wildest thing you’ve seen happen in the crowd of one of your sets?

I feel like just having a crowd at all, at any one of my sets, is pretty wild enough.

14. What’s your karaoke go-to?

The real answer to this I’ll write into a book one day, because I have a lot to say about karaoke etiquette. I have two options here: I can either name a song that I like to sing for me, for fun, or I can name a song that really gets the group going. The answer depends on what kind of karaoke night we’re dealing with here. So I will say, after I’ve selected a ton of songs that services a decent enough party vibe for everyone else, then I would do one for me, and that would be the Beatles’ “Oh! Darling.”

15. What’s one thing your most devoted fans don’t know about you?

What I have up my sleeve.

16. What TV show did you binge-watch over the past year?

Dave is a stroke of genius. There are episodes that I believe are bona fide masterpieces. Also, My Brilliant Friend is a masterclass in cinematic television.

17. What movie, or song, always makes you cry?

It’s A Wonderful Life.

18. What’s one piece of advice you would give to your younger self?

Get used to sharing everything about yourself and your life now, or more astutely, to the idea that you don’t necessarily get to control how your life is shared. I know it’s not really your thing, but you’re gonna have to get used to it, so start building up those calluses now. And don’t worry, all the stuff you love now will be cool again in your mid-thirties, so keep some of those clothes because you’ll be a full-blown fashion icon if you just keep wearing exactly what you’re wearing. Oh nd also, put money into Apple and Facebook.

19.  What new hobby did you take on in the last year?

I’ve always been a linguaphile. My idea of leisure time is getting to study or review other languages. This past year, I took the time to finally dive into learning how to read, write, and speak Japanese. Other than making music, it was one of the biggest components of my 2020-2021.

20. What do you hope to accomplish or experience by the end of 2021?

I hope I get to play live shows again.