#Also based on a true story heh

[lil-kissy]

Fluff, Drama, Lighthearted or Dark

FMA, Wonderland, Ygo or anything in between

I wanna plot gdi.

Look I love short n sweet interactions, quick asks and small threads they're all great but I'm going to be perfectly honest. I Miss plotted stuff.

I miss a single lengthy thread, or continues story beats and plots over multiple. I want progression.

Character Growth- for all muses, the world and story building, relationship growth/bonding. The good, the bad, the happy , the sad and everything else that comes with those types of threads.

Quite frankly that's what I want more then anything in regards to Kisara, future of the blog, general desire/rp interest.

This isn't to say I want to stop or won't continue doing small stuff, answering asks and sending that. I'm always for those especially as good buffers whether as a break from a current thread, a lull in motivation, life getting in the way of being able to focus on lengthy things you know whatever.

I'll always be 110% on board for any and every interaction nor am I discounting the enjoyment they've brought in the past, I love everyone one of you guys and everyone of our interactions has been a joy to do and always will be.

But I'm gonna be real it has been far to long since I last did like a properly plotted thread, a fun long continuous thread that didn't end up dying out or forgotten real quick.

Just wanted to let everyone know this is what I've really been feeling and really wanting to try and lean into more not just for her but in general with my rping as whole this year.

But especially here cause in part the fragmented one shot mini threads while always fun they kinda end up all over the place and I'd love to be able to start creating some kind of time line? do interactions that will actually carry over from one to the next, consequences for actions, lasting affects of things good or bad between threads (which I already have been trying to do that with some of her interactions and not just let them sit in a unconnected nebulous zone of their own heh)

[celepom]

Been thinking about the Adepti being shapeshifters.

It's stated that they can take whatever shape they want, but I think there's limits and some are better at it than others.

Cloud Retainer said that taking human form is "a simple task for one", but Ganyu confirms that this is the same form she took thousands of years ago, so it's not new. And we also see other instances of the limitations of her shapeshifting in her story quest. Instead of simply shapeshifting into a white crane (you would think changing your colour when it's already pretty close would be super simple) she paints herself white. And when giving Yuandi the medicine she made to preserve her facade instead of shapeshifting into another person, she wore fake facial hair and physical clothes to disguise herself (If Yuandi hadn't already been sick/out of it, she DEFINITELY would have seen through that nonsense)

It makes me think that there are some forms that are more "natural" and easy for them to take. Even the most adept (heh) shapeshifters we know can't change certain things about themselves. Zhongli, for all the forms he's taken, can never seem to change his eyes. Which has allowed people to clock him when he's gone incognito throughout history (I know Rex Incognito is semi-fictional, but Zhongli admits to the behaviour so it's based in some truth).

Half-adepti seem to have some shapeshifting ability, but not a lot. Like, Ganyu is evidently hiding a tail that she displayed when she was a kid, but she can't freely control her weight and struggles to keep it off.

So I don't think the sentiment that "They can be whatever they want" is entirely true.

[once-in-a-blood-moon]

Obey Me Boys as Tarot/Oracle Decks I Own

Is this stupid? Yes. Am I doing it anyway? Absolutely.

To make a long story short, I have a problem and I compulsively buy tarot and oracle cards, so I have...quite a few. So, I was looking at them and thought, "which ones would fit the characters?" And now look where we are! :) I do have exactly fifteen decks and had planned originally to assign decks to the new side characters as well, but I, A. got tired and B. couldn't find one that fit Mephisto, so I just scrapped that idea altogether. Anyways, here's what literally nobody asked for!

Disclaimer! I did pick out cards that I thought matched the characters as well, based on both meaning and look. I'm not going into detail on all of the cards either...because I will ramble forever. I'm did my best to keep these as brief as possible!

Lucifer - Archangel Animal Oracle Deck

Okay, so this could've been a great deck for Simeon or Raphael, but out of what I had, this fit Lucifer the best! It ties back to his origins of being a seraphim. I did pick a card or two that have Archangel Micheal and Raphael in them, and they do fit Lucifer in needing to let others in and to not let pride get in the way of being dependent on others.

Mammon - The Illustrated Crystallary Oracle Deck

Mostly picked this one due to the fact that crystals can be expensive and high-dollar, which Mammon would be into and exploit (and he has). If not him, this one might've gone to Solomon, but I had a better one for him >:) I picked Mammon's cards based off his greed and his love for the MC...and which crystals would cost a pretty penny.

Leviathan - Mystical Manga Tarot Deck

My tried and true deck. It was either this one or my Skyrim tarot deck, so I went with this one. It felt more him to me. I picked the Seven of Cups, the Hanged Man, the Hermit, and the Nine of Swords for Levi. In some cases, the Seven of Cups gives me feelings of envy for choices that may seem out of reach or wanting it all when you have to pick and choose, so I went with it.

Satan - The Language of Flowers Oracle Deck

This is the best I had for Satan, but I feel like he'd be quite knowledgable on flower language. I had several other cards that I had in mind for him as well, namely Action - the Venus Fly Trap, but I wanted to keep the number of cards to four, so... Also, when I first started using this deck, it took a lot of warming up to, (it was shy...if you can believe that or not), which is how Satan is in both games, not shy just...needs to get used to people before opening up.

Asmodeus - Romantic Tarot Deck

This is the pairing that kicked off this idea. This deck is new, my mom gifted it to me for Easter! She's a sweetie. And I kept think about how Asmo would adore the art and vintage depictions in the cards. Since the cards aren't labeled, I picked the Lovers, the Two of Cups, the Empress, and the Three of Swords. Most of these are "romantic" in nature, or with the Empress, embodies confidence and embracing femininity. Three of Swords because of how dramatic and tragic love and can be, and I'm sure Asmo has had his fair share :(

Beelzebub - Moonology Manifestations Oracle Deck

This is my second Moonology deck, my other-half, if you will. (Another gift from my mom:)) I really don't have much to say about this deck for Beel, but I figured it would be fun to assign the twins with these decks. The cards were picked based on his feelings of guilt of his past from the Celestial War.

Belphegor - Moonology Oracle Deck

My first Moonology deck! I think this was the first oracle deck I ever got, so it has a special place in my heart. I obviously had to give this one to Belphie since his theme revolves around the moon and space. Notice in both Beel's and Belphie's I picked one Gemini card each, hehe...

Diavolo - Dragon Wisdom Oracle Deck

Considering Dia's demon form is draconic (dra-ICONIC! Heh, anyone?), this seemed right. I'm less familiar with this deck since it's not one of the primary ones I use, but it was fun to go through it again like it was new, lol. There was another card I almost picked for him, Initiation. But I thought these ones fit best.

Barbatos - Celtic Healing Oracle Deck

Once again, this is one of those scenarios where this was the best I had for Barb. There's a strange energy to these cards, mysterious and timeless almost, a little spooky. Kinda reminds me of him in some way. I'm the least familiar with this deck as it's relatively new and I haven't really used it yet, so apologies for lack of substance with this one.

Simeon - The Field Tarot

This was a gift from a friend of mine. It was theirs originally, but they so thoughtfully handed it down to me, and I use it quite a lot! This deck felt very mellow and light compared to my other ones. Very minimalist, so I thought it fit Simeon's vibe. To note: the Perspective card is this deck's Hanged Man. The Three of Cups reminded me of the og Purgatory Hall gang.

Solomon - Oceanic Tarot Deck

Based on his love for marine life and his...past with the ocean, how could I resist! Also, didn't mean for two of the cards I picked to be king and queen of the same suit, but I thought they fit his personality and way of living. The suit cards are pretty basic, featuring some marine life behind the pictures and whatnot without having too much imagery.

Luke - Tiny Tarot Deck

Come on...I had to. I put it in my hand so you could really get the perspective of how small it is. It's cute! I didn't pull any of the cards out since the box struggles to hold them in and I'm afraid of getting them everywhere, but they are your standard Rider-Waite-Smith deck! I probably would've picked the Sun or the Six of Cups for him, something along the lines of youth and vibrancy. (MY GOD, MY VEINS LOOK LIKE A STAR WTH?? I just noticed that, omg) Well...that's new...

[pony-central]

Character Analysis - SMG3

Hello again, fellow SMG4 fans. Today, we're gonna be taking a look at the guy who conquered The Internet Graveyard - SMG3.

Now, looking at the picture here, you can see that SMG3 is a good character. Which is true. He's improved a lot since The YouTube Arc. Take it as Character Development of some kind.

SMG3 is a Meme Guardian who came to the Mushroom Kingdom in a USB Flashdrive that was originally meant to go to the Internet Graveyard, as shown in SMG4's Origins. It was back then that SMG3 and SMG4 had a rivalry, which dissolved after they became friends.

SMG3 appears as the same height as SMG4, but takes on a different look. Just like the Meme Man, SMG3 had two redesigns to no longer look like a Mario recolour. SMG3 has red eyes, facial hair and black hair. He is shown wearing an indigo hat with a cut on the brim, long sleeved shirt and dark purple overalls, which were originally black overalls. He also wears black studded boots and white gloves with black cuffs. The gloves have the Roman numeral of the number 3.

One of his concepts had him with spikes as the base for his gloves, and another one had him with black gloves.

SMG3's story started as early as 2011, where he was shown to have a disliking of SMG4, and began ripping off the latter's videos to get back at him for being a better Meme Guardian. Nine years later, SMG3 was punished for his actions by being sent to the Internet Graveyard as a proper punishment. He was easily able to rule over IG.

Throughout most of the current seasons, he was sometimes the voice of reason, as seen in Mar10 Day, where he tried to reason with SMG4 for causing a ruckus at the party. That shows us that he was just trying to calm Four down, only for this to not work.

Throughout all of It's Gotta Be Perfect, as the keyboard was corrupting SMG4 like crazy, SMG3 was shown to have some moments where he did genuinely care for SMG4's safety. That's the sign of a true friend. Once SMG4 does release himself from the keyboards grasp, Three is the first to smile at him, with happy tears in his eyes, knowing that his friend had saved himself.

In the past we've seen how SMG3 acts whenever SMG4 calls him a Tsundere, or if he states that SMG3 is sometimes insecure. There have been times where Three refers to him as "Baka", which could indicate that Three thinks of SMG4 and himself as being "more than just friends". Heh heh. This results in SMG3 having a small blush whenever calling SMG4 "Baka".

War of the Fat Italians 2023 had some classic funny moments, including Mission 10. This is where we need to talk about Snowtrapped. Ha ha.

In case you know already, Snowtrapped is a blooper of SMG4 that came out in 2016. It was famous for the moment that happened at 6:50, which was the question in WOTFI 2023's 10th mission. And let's just say that fans did not see both igloo references coming at all. I was jut laughing throughout the mission, which was a success.

Now let's talk about SMG3's Sussy Notebook, which was never seen again after WOTFI 2023.

SMG3 notebook is a purple notebook with yellow bands on the edges, warning people to "Keep Out", as it has secrets about SMG4 and SMG3. It was first shown in The Watermelon Man, as SMG3 was shown writing in it. It has since became a recurring item up until the latest WOTFI. Nobody knows what secrets it has until it became official Merch.

His relationship with SMG4

SMG4 and SMG3, AKA SMG34/SMG43 (depends on what you guys use), is a popular ship on the Internet that's either used in a platonic way or a romantic way. Sometimes the fans go too far with it an create angst, sometimes it becomes evident over the course of the show. We will talk about more SMG34/SMG43 moments in another analysis soon.

The analysis of the SMG34/SMG43 ship is next on out Character Analysis. Also, suggest ideas in the notes for anyone you want an analysis of from different shows after the SMG34/SMG43 analysis is done.

[absolutebl]

This Week in BL

June 2023 Wk 3 

Being a highly subjective assessment of one tiny corner of the interwebs. Organized by which ones (in each category) I’m enjoying most.

Ongoing Series - Thai

Step By Step (Tues WeTV & Gaga) ep 9 of 12 - There sure is a lot of drinking in this show (who am I to talk?). Omg so awkward: The not-break-up not-confession. I have heartburn. Also I could not watch Jeng break down. Just nope. Then time jump? If that was our DOOM episode the timing is off. Or next week is the final? Or we get 3 eps of domestic bliss and sexitimes? I’m confused. 

La Pluie (Sat iQIYI) ep 9 of 10 - I like how trope-subversive this show is - first soulmates, then love triangle, now the faen fatal. NO SINGING. Oh good. They didn’t! Yay! So yeah I still love it. But I am also still a touch scared of where it might go. This one can’t be trusted. 

Be My Favorite (Fri YouTube) ep 5 of 12 - not a bad ep this week or was I too drunk to register nuance and damage? You decide. Trash watch here.

Luminous Solution (Sat Gaga) ep 5 of 6 - I always have to psyche myself up to watch this show, because I want to fast forward through most of it, but it’s on Gaga so that’s damn near impossible. At least this is the penultimate episode. I think after 3 BLs I can safely say Gun is just not a good actor. Speaking of... crying clothed in the shower? I haven’t seen that trope in years. But I LOVE the high school boys and their story so much. Love Sick level of earnest floppy goodness, I’m such a sucker for this kind of romance. I want them to be in a completely different BL. I’m so conflicted. I NEED this show to end so I can decide how I feel about it.

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Love Tractor (Korea Weds iQIYI) eps 5-6 of 8 - So much is happening, evil x-boyfriend shows up. We got flashbacks to coming-out drama + nasty dad (super unusual for a KBL). But baby’s first taste of desire is hilarious. This one is full of lovely contrasts, and contrasting life experiences. It’s all about support and neglect. 

Tokyo in April AKA Shigatsu no Tokyo wa (Japan Thurs Gaga) ep 2 of 8 - Very much full of hero worship and giving me My Beautiful Man vibes (only softer and office set). “Dazzling” = always an interesting word when it comes up in JBL subs. It’s clearly a Japanese word/concept like kawaii  that is more complex than the English word being used. Meanwhile, this being Japan we get lots of hints as to separation and dark past events. 

Tie The Knot (prev Under the Same Sky) (Pinoy YouTube) eps 1-2 of 8 - From OXIN Films (Rainbow Prince), based on a true story (?!), Briggs's family runs a bridal business but he has never fallen in love until he meets a groom to be in an arranged marriage. EXACTLY the same premise at Mame’s forthcoming Wedding Planner. There are so many characters and prospective couples (including a v bi girl with a female fuck buddy, not seen that in a BL before) that it is a little hard to keep straight (heh). I’m sure it will shake out. It’s intriguing so far, if a touch silly. I actually like the arranged marriage premise because the two rich kids involved in it are so weirdly kind & platonically sweet to each other, even if they’re both on the same page about it only being for show. 

Vian the series (Vietnam YouTube ) ep 7 & 8 of 12 - Apparently there is very little difference between a cat and a demanding princess of a boyfriend. That clocks. Basically this was the dating times. 

Naked Dinner AKA Zenra Meshi (Japan Fri Gaga) ep 11 of 12 - There is a lot more meat to this silly little BL then I thought there would be given the premise, but it’s Japan so that’s as it should be. But, as it’s Japan there’s also a little too much cringe for me. I do enjoy how generous Japan is with late bloomers and I would def like to host a kimchi party  but otherwise... meh. 

Stupid Genius (Vietnam Fri YouTube) ep 3 of 6 - Bi erasure still alive and well I see. This one remains fine for VBL but no more than that.

It’s airing but ...

House of Stars (Thai Mon iQIYI) 12 eps - I bounced at ep 3. Will binge if told it is worth it at end.

Stay (Pinoy YouTube) 7 eps - It’s mostly in English and set in LA so I’m not bothering but the first one did drop.

Ever After (Pinoy YouTube) - I investigated but as spies reported it's a real mess (not a hot one). Don’t bother. 

About Us but Not About Us (Pinoy Prime?) - from 2022 supposed to be finally getting inter distribution, didn’t show in my territory. A professor grieving the loss of his partner meets an ambitious literature student. I’m not fussed. 

Stay With Me ... NO! 

In case you missed it

What Did You Eat Yesterday movie, BL Express posted a review. I’ve yet to get hold of it but if you enjoy Our Dining Table this is it’s grown up parent series & movie. 

Café in Love - I finally got around to watching this. And frankly it hits all the tropes but is so damn bad. The setting is cute, the central brotherly relationship is sweet, the side cast is v queer (baby gay has all these auntie queens catting about) and some complex bisexual awakenings but… but… everything else is a chemistry void. Some fun language wordplay and exploration of cultural tropes like cheek kissing does not save it from an unnecessary amount of punching  and a but ton of sexual harassment and statutory rape. No thank you. I had to rewatch Destiny Seeker to get over this. 3/10 

I gave up 

Takumi-kun Series 6: Nagai Nagai Monogatari no Hajimari no Asa (Japan Sun ????) 10 eps - NO ONE ASKED FOR THIS and no, I have no idea where to get it, why would I? Apparently it finished. I still can’t find it but it’ll be off this list next week.

Why You (Khmer ????) - Billed as a horror romance, not sure if this is a movie or a series where it aired... nothing except that it exists.

Next Week Looks Like This:

3 BLs are finishing but nothing is starting up. We running lean these days. 

Just started today (Sunday): Dinosaur Love (Thai iQIYI) Trailer 10 eps - from Ultimate Troop about a uni student, Rak, whose partner cheats on him with Rak's best friend. This gives bad boy hazer Dino an opportunity to hit on Rak at last. From The Yearbook people so I shouldn’t watch this as it airs. After Remember Me? I swore never again with them. But there’s so little on right now, I might fall on the pulp sword. 

I’ll include it in next week’s summation. 

I’ll have the July 2023 upcoming for you next week too. 

2023 forthcoming BL master post (see comments, some are inaccurate, NOT KEPT UPDATED)

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

I love him, Your Honor. (Be My Favorite... HIM, he’s my favorite.) 

I love them, Your Honor. (Luminous Solution) 

Watch a tiny GL ship set sail across the seas of overly optimistic tumblrs... (La Pluie)

MY PRECIOUS! OMG I LOVE HER SO MUCH. (Tie the Knot) 

Incidentally, I would like a future as a dictatorial elder queer running a slightly shady business fleecing the straights via their dumb marriage traditions surrounded by nubile half-naked hotties.

And ya know what? I think this is achievable life goal for me. 

Gotta go, I have a future to plan. 

(Last week.)

[torihakaraublog]

Obey Me! Nightbringer "The Phantom Butterflies" Pop Quiz Event

!SPOILERS FOR THE EVENT! (also this discussion will involve omegaverse cause if you know you know)

Read through this story the first day of the event, but then things got busy and I wasn't able to make a post about it till now. :(

This event was really fun! Also as an omegaverse fan all the conversations about Levi going into 'heat' was funny to me xD

I'm not a fan of perfumes - get agitated easily, but do like scents in other products. Its cool how you can mix scents to get something completely different or create a vibe that matches a character like Levi is doing here.

Ummm this sounds kinda disturbing... idk if I would want to put that on my face.

Ah yes the start of the 'scenting'. Was a side effect of mixing all these ingredients together that Levi can now smell people's 'true' scent, or is more sensitive to the scent of people he's attracted too? Also why do you need to be alone Levi? huh? huh?

Kinda sweet how Asmo remembered what show/character Levi is into at the moment TwT

Perfume ambassador would be a prefect job for Asmo if the situation wasn't so sus. Beel also gets Bel a pillow spray to help with sleep from the same shop that is 100% the same as the perfume given to Asmo. (loving all these brother support moments!)

Idk if it was mentioned before in past stories/events or not where Beel works? I'm assuming he works to help offset the cost of his food?

Luckily Beel told Bel before hand what the location of the shop is. That combined with Asmo's info they search for the butterfly store location. Turns out the area is owned by Mephi's family and he confirms the store is sus.

OMG Beel is so busy! (side note: he should have been in Fangol event)

Heck yah world lore! The phantom butterflies seem to be like a 'will o the wisp' leading people into the forest to get lost. Plus you could get turned into a butterfly!

Levi in heat part two xD was laughing at his survival rules! They are honestly great rules tbh based on the few horror movies I've seen.

This is really cool ngl. Poor butterflies were lonely though T_T

YES LEVI GO USE YOUR POWERS OF A GOOD OLDER BROTHER!!

It is neat Levi! You inspired the butterflies to go out and find happiness! (tho they kinda did it in a not so great way)

So cute his loud passion yelling about anime caused this :3

Levi in heat part three lmao This was just wild! Basically he basically begins to lose his sense of reason due to our 'scent'. I tried all the combos for this and sadly their was no kiss, just a lot of cuddling and horny words. But like...that was pretty good too heh heh. <3

Liked how Lucifer didn't discourage Levi here from making the perfume he wants to make, just that he should do it in moderation.

Overall this event gets a big YES from me!

[morkofday]

Nine people you'd like to get to know better

thank you for tagging me bea @23point5degree ♥

tagging in return: @jimmysea @chinzhilla @spicyvampire @thasorns @icouldhyperfixatehim @stormyoceans @mooninagust @celestial-sapphicss @khaotunqs ♥

and now revealing my darkest secrets heh

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3 ships

based on the fics i've been consuming lately (explains truly where my head is at rn):

the chocobros ot4 (ignis, prompto, gladiolus, and noctis) from final fantasy xv (you cannot convince me anyone would go to such lengths just for their "bro" even when said bro is royalty and the chosen king to save the world)

yuu kanda and allen walker from d.gray-man (used to watch this anime around 10 years ago and decided to do it again on a whim. it was as good as i remembered and i had to continue to the manga after finishing it. now am experiencing major brainrot bc like i saw someone comment, for a manga that doesn't aim to be a bl, it surely does make it hard to believe otherwise. i also adore the tragedy of it all)

chris redfield and leon s. kennedy from resident evil (maybe the most important thing were the ppl we met and could count on during the zombie apocalypse ♥ also damn, these bitches)

First ship

my first ever ship i read fanfics for was dominic x brian from fast & furious. otherwise, my first ever ship came from anime as i was consuming that before i ever touched any bl dramas.

my true first ship would so be soubi and ritsuka from the 2005 anime adaptation of the manga loveless. a bit questionable choice i admit, but i still collect the manga bc i find the story fascinating and delightfully painful. also, i love the concept of named pairs (soulmatism with a knife) and their ability to fight against each other

my first ever (thai) bl ship would probably be korn and knock from together with me. there was just something about them back then that made me feel slightly deranged. (with bonus yihwa bc i still think she's one of the best female characters in a bl)

Last song

ดาวหางฮัลเลย์ (halley's comet) by fellow fellow. (sea sung this during his solo stage in last twilight new dawn: live on stage and i've been addicted ever since. i usually listen to this on loop for hours, it's just so nice and vibe-y)

Currently reading

still stuck with midnight sun, for my thesis. otherwise, consuming only fanfics and hoping to get to the little prince soon.

Last movie

the newest resident evil animated movie resident evil: death island (2023). tells you about the depths of that particular brainrot :'D the latest acted movie would probably be the korean movie silenced (2011).

Currently craving

something more solid to eat, especially the pile of snacks i have stored away until i can eat them. got my wisdom tooth removed a couple of days ago and have been mostly eating soup, yogurt, porridge, ice cream, smoothies... anything liquid-y. starting to feel a bit bored but am gonna be free soon

[adleryoung]

As we entered the dolmen, it occurred to me that I should probably warn Zandar what was about to happen. She had, as far as I knew, never been to Faerie before. That was the reason I had tweaked the Gate (using my hard-earned mastery of it) to send us into the magickal scry-space instead of into the base of the tower. Couldn't have a potentially dangerous Changeling running loose until I had assessed the risk!

Did I forget to mention that? Well, it was something I did as part of my preparations. But to get back to the story…

"Nothing from that world may pass this portal," I warned her, an instant before all of her clothing disappeared. I turned to look, and saw that Zandar was very upset. I needed to let her know that I didn't do it on purpose! It wasn't a cheap trick just to see her naked, like Estvan would have pulled! "Oh my!" I exclaimed, in what I hoped was a convincing tone of surprise and regret. I also tried to make a face which indicated that, although this is not what I wanted to happen, I did still appreciate her beauty.

She was quite beautiful. I gazed a little longer, just to make my point (and to steady myself, since turning around had made my head spin.)

"BASTARD!!!" Zandar shrieked. "You made them put those horrible clothes on me!" She took a swing at me with some blunt object in her hand.

I blocked her attack easily, almost reflexively, thanks to Adoyret Sam's training. One concussion was enough for today! I had to admit to myself though, that this meeting was not going well. "Tut tut, temper, my sweet," I clucked in a soothing and reassuring tone.

Hold on a second; an object in her hand?? I had to keep reminding myself not to underestimate this femme! "What's this you've got?" I asked, peering at the item she had smuggled in. "No, this shouldn't have come through."

I took it from her and turned around to examine it in a better light. It was smooth and cold, fairly lightweight. What was it? "Ooh, no way! It's a.. That's.. WOW!" I muttered as I turned it around in my hands. In the state I was in, it took me more than a few seconds to recognize the item as a glass bottle.

"GIVE IT BACK!" Zandar yelled behind me.

I was raptly examining the bottle. How had it gotten through the Gate? Holy Fuma! Through my brain haze I could see some EXTREMELY dark magicks attached to this thing! What in the Netherhells had Zandar been doing?? "You must have been very VERY naughty to have gotten this, my sweet," I declared. "I'm somewhat impressed, though- OW!"

WHACK! She hit me in the back of the head! Why are femmes so quick to resort to violence? It was all I could do to keep from crying out in agony and falling over. I struggled to maintain my composure as the pain in my head rattled around like broken glass and rusty nails inside my skull.

"Okay, here… Jeez," I grumbled, holding the bottle out in the general direction of the five Zandars I could see, hoping that one of them would take it and be satisfied. "I guess that explains how it was that you managed to survive." I was disappointed to note that I had probably been giving her too much credit when I thought she had mastered preservation magic.

"Why did you bring me here?" Zandar demanded.

"Heh heh," I chuckled, changing tactics. If trying to soothe her with a calm and fatherly demeanor didn't work, then I would have to resort to Wiles. "Come closer and ask again."

"What do you want from me?" she asked, stepping closer.

I chuckled merrily so as not to seem creepy. It was working! She wasn't trying to hit me again! Her lack of murderousness meant she was primed for the coup de grace! I grasped her shoulders, cast a charming glamer over myself, and gave her a Smoldering Look.

"Oh Zandar, you and I are going to shake the pillars of the earth and set the halls of heaven ablaze," I breathed huskily. Pretty good stuff, just off the top of my head! She was surely becoming completely smitten!

"Um… We are?" she replied, in a way that revealed the true extent to which she remained unsmitten.

She seemed to have a high Wiles resistance. I would have to increase the dosage! I reminded myself that I wasn't dealing with Angela Weakflit here. It was time to take the gloves off! I leaned in close and gazed into her eyes. That's when I noticed… What WAS that on her forehead? It was hard to tell through my watery, blurred vision, but it looked like - IT COULDN'T BE - she was growing a third eye!!!

"GREAT FUMA'S WHISKERS!" I exclaimed as I backed away in horror and shielded my mouth so it couldn't suck out my soul. "Answer me plainly, woman, and do not dissemble- What in all the nine Netherhells is THAT?"

"Tis the mark of my sin," she answered glumly.

"I can see that already!" I hissed. What misbegotten demon-pacts had she made to turn her into such a freak of nature?? "FURTHER DETAILS!"

"Made with a silver dagger."

So it wasn't a third eye after all, but just a scar. Still, that was really bad! "HELSBEGONDI!" I gasped, horrified and dizzy. "By whom?"

"By one whom I had wronged."

What did that mean? Did someone try to murder her? Was that why she was late? Was there some deranged elf-hating serial killer going around tracking down and slaughtering Changelings?! I would need to warn Rebecca!

"What stupid, what knave, what miserable doomed cur would dare to do such a thing to you?" I bellowed, in spite of a headache that threatened to split my skull in half. "To one of US?"

I paused to catch my breath, and it suddenly sank in. Someone she had wronged? "Wait. You did what?"

I am well aware that this part of the story has already been told - and although the published version does not present me in a very flattering light, I cannot deny that it is an accurate record of events as they happened. Rather than rehash what you already know, how about you ask me questions and I'll fill in the missing parts.

[jigujellee]

SHE FELL FIRST, BUT WHO FELL HARDER? -> ning yizhuo is in love with you. or at least, she was.

ningning x reader angst word count: 2.9k warnings: brief mention and use of cigarettes, some swearing

a/n: this is kind of all over the place lmao but here's my first fic for ningning! i originally thought of a more angsty ending, but i went with what actually (kind of) happened (yes, this is somewhat based on a true story heh) but i hope you all enjoy :) thank you for reading! (also, not proofread lol)

most could agree that unrequited love is undoubtedly a really shitty and painful experience. hence why your best friend ningning was currently sitting at her desk, head down while whining and moping beside you.

“god, i miss her so much y/n! she hasn’t texted me in three whole days, what should i do?”

“what do you mean ‘what should i do?’,” you say without batting an eye towards her, remaining focused on your chemistry textbook. “if you miss her so much, then why don’t you just text her? simple as that,” you scoff in annoyance at how helpless she sounded over such a small thing.

“i’ve never missed anyone like this, it hurts!” ningning cries out, finally sitting up.

ouch. you finally tear your eyes away from the book to look at your best friend, and you deeply sigh.

“i don’t even get why you like her so much, she doesn’t even pay any attention to you ning. like look, she’s not even texting you back! what do you see in this girl?”

“i don’t know y/n, i just really love jennie” you furrow your eyebrows at her choice of words. love? she loves her? you scoff again, pinching the bridge of your nose, not knowing how to respond to her at this point. you found the whole thing to be ridiculous and you sadly laugh at your best friend for falling in love with someone who doesn’t feel the same way about her.

but what right did you have to laugh at her? you are in the exact same situation.

because you’re in love with ningning.

-

the two of you have been the best of friends since preschool and are inseparable. you were like two peas in a pod; if you knew where one was, you’d definitely find the other. you two understood each other’s sense of humour, and were the loudest and craziest duo of your friend group. you and ning, and even minjeong sometimes, loved to pull pranks on aeri together, which led to the three of you being scolded by jimin while trying to hold in all your laughter. but one glance at ning and you two exploded into a fit of laughter and jimin just gives up on trying to lecture the two of you.

until one day, ning starts acting different. all of a sudden, she’s more shy around you and you find her cheeks to be painted a light pink whenever she’s alone with you. then, she asks you out of nowhere what you would do if you were to confess to someone but then they’d reject you.

“how do you know you’d get rejected if you haven’t even confessed?”

“i just have a feeling. so what would you do?”

“i’d still confess”

“even if you knew you were going to be rejected?”

“i don’t know if i’m gonna be rejected. you never know unless you try, so just do it”

ning doesn’t say anything after. her head stays down, gaze avoiding you as she plays with the chipped black nail polish on her fingers.

“it’s you that i like, y/n” she finally says after a moment. you look at her in surprise and also confusion. but you’re not confused at what she said, you’re confused at the warm and bubbly feeling that you currently had in your chest.

“why did you think i’d reject you, ning?” you ask, trying to disregard the feeling in your chest.

“i don’t know, we’ve been friends for so long and i was scared that’s all you ever thought of me. plus, i thought you were still in love with yunjin. you’ve been more quiet and sort of gloomy since things ended between you two, so yeah i just kind of assumed,” her eyes never once land on you, only shifting her gaze from her hands to the ground.

you don’t know how to feel. you never entertained the idea of having feelings for ningning, but you weren’t exactly against it either.

“i..” you start, trying to think of your next words carefully in hopes to avoid hurting her.

“i’m not flat out rejecting you, but i’m not saying i feel the same way either. i need some time to figure out what i’m feeling. i don’t want to be with you if i’m unsure of how i feel, that wouldn’t be fair to you right?” you look at ning, looking for a reaction, to which she just gives you a tight lipped smile and nods her head.

“can you wait for me ning? i just need some time”

she takes a deep breath before answering.

“i can try” she says with a small smile.

and for the next few weeks, you two were back to your normal selves. the pranks continued, and so did the scolding, and the two of you were enjoying each other’s presence as if nothing happened.

yet something definitely shifted in the air. while things were fairly normal between the two of you, there were a few things that were different; like the way your hugs would last a few seconds longer, the grip on each other slightly tightening before pulling away. or the way you catch yourself staring at her when she’s in class, or eating lunch, or even just having a conversation with your other friends. or the way she started kissing you on the cheek when she drops you home and then waits for you to go inside. little things like this were making you realize that you and ning would be great together, not just as friends, but as lovers too.

but damn, this shit only lasted for a solid three weeks or so, because ningning joined the volleyball team where she met jennie, the captain and setter of the team. you offered to wait for her so you could go home together after her practices, but she brushed you off to go home with jennie instead. it was fine at first, but then she continued to brush you off. eventually it wasn’t just practices, because then she started ditching you during lunch to go eat with jennie and her friends. the only time you got to spend with ning, apart from class, was when she came over to do homework together like you’ve been doing since you were young. but nowadays, she’s just glued to her phone, texting jennie and laughing every now and then, not paying any attention to you at all.

-

for the last few days, jennie was all you heard from ningning’s mouth. and now that she hasn’t replied to ning, you thought it’d be over but oh were you wrong. she just complained left and right, constantly checking her phone for a text, and whining to you like she was doing now.

“i have an idea!” ning suddenly beams out, startling you out of your thoughts. “why don’t we pretend to date so we can get jennie’s attention? then she’ll get jealous and she’ll come back to me for sure!”

“what?”

“let’s fake date!,” she repeats as if you didn’t understand her the first time but you heard her loud and clear.

“you want me, to pretend to date you?”

“yes!”

“so that you could get jennie’s attention?”

“yeah, that’s what i just said. were you even listening?”

you were in disbelief. she wanted to pretend to be with you just to get someone who barely paid any attention with her? how insensitive could she be?

“what do you mean ‘insensitive’?” you look at her, not realizing you were thinking aloud. but you didn’t hold yourself back from letting her hear what you’ve been feeling all this time.

“you’re so fucking insensitive ning. insensitive, numb, and stupid at that” you were spitting out words like venom, not caring if they sounded harsh or not. you were tired of how she was acting and you needed to let everything out once and for all.

“excuse me? what are you talking about y/n?”

“how are you gonna ask me to pretend to date you when what i feel for you is actually real? haven’t you thought about what i felt this whole time? because i fucking hate hearing you talk about jennie this or jennie that, where’s jennie, i miss jennie well fuck! what about me ning? what am i supposed to say to all of that when i'm the one who misses you?! you’re right in front of me yet i fucking miss you all the time. god ning, i can’t even say that i hate you because i don’t. i’m so fucking in love with you and this whole thing fucking sucks because you were the one who fell first, so why am i the one suffering right now? why couldn’t you have waited just a bit longer?” tears were threatening to spill out of your eyes, so you ran off, not caring that she was calling out your name and not caring to hear what she has to say. you also didn't care that you were bumping into students and staff in the hallway, you just really wanted to get to your safe spot as quick as possible.

once you make it to the school rooftop, you let your tears flow freely and you scream at the top of the lungs. no one else was up here to hear you so you just let everything out, kicking and throwing the trash cans around out of pure frustration and anger. you felt that it was unfair of her to fall in love with you first just to turn around to break your heart when she met jennie. why’d she have to hit and run you and leave you all alone crying ugly?

when you feel that you got everything out of your system, you wipe your face with the sleeve of your blazer. you groan before attempting to clean up the mess you made since you felt bad for having the janitors clean up after you, and you start picking up pieces of garbage while pathetically sniffling to yourself.

after setting the last trash can back in its place, you walk over to the ledge of the rooftop where you can see the view of the schoolyard and as well as the lively city. you dig into the back pocket of your pants and pull out a fresh unopened box of marlboro lights. as you attempt to light one, you felt a hand harshly meeting the back of your head, causing you to drop the cigarette of the roof. you don’t turn back to look at who hit you, because only one person knows where and how to find you here.

“ugh you owe me a cigarette bitch”

“oh please, that was a fresh pack. i know you have 39 more stupid”

you place your elbows on the ledge and let the cool breeze hit your face.

“what do you want, rina?”

“you didn’t show up to math class, and when i asked ning, she said you ran off and didn’t know where you went. so i offered to look for you,” you don’t say anything and just continued enjoying the breeze.

“she also told me what happened”

“look, you didn’t need to come up here and convince me to agree with her stupid idea. i was gonna do it anyw-”

“i’m here to convince you not to accept it, y/n”

“wh-”

“shut up, let me finish” she cuts you off.

“i know you. we’ve all been friends for so long, so i practically know how you think and act. i came up here because i knew you were gonna be here, let all your feelings out just to bottle them in again. then you were gonna suck it all up, apologize to ning, and then agree to fake date her because that’s what you do. you always do things for her and even for us, even if it means you’re the one getting hurt”

you faked a scoff at what karina said, trying to brush it off as if it wasn’t true but you knew everything she talked about was indeed true; every time ning or your other friends needed help, you willingly did so even if it wasn’t in your favour. like that one time ning was crying at 3am and she called you, even though you were dead tired. without a second thought, you got up and bought her mcdonald’s and went to her house to comfort her. or there was that one time minjeong needed help with her essay because she procrastinated hers, so you pulled an all nighter with her to help her finish, and even bought her breakfast after. she got the better grade, but it was worth it because she was so happy about it. you just hated seeing your friends suffering, even if it may have been their fault sometimes, so you always wanted to try and help as best you can even if it affected you.

“scoff all you want y/n, but i really don’t want you to do this. stop hurting yourself for the sake of us and for other people! when was the last time you did something nice for yourself?

you thought for a moment. when was the last time you did something for yourself? “uhh, i bought some chipotle for dinner yesterday?”

“that doesn’t count, stupid”

“i just don’t want to see you guys suffer”

“have you ever thought that we’re tired of seeing you suffer? you have done so much for us and we haven’t even done much for you, and it’s unfair. y/n, it’s okay to say no and it’s okay to be selfish every once in a while. i want you to stop thinking about others and to just put yourself first please? for your sake?”

you don’t say anything. normally when karina scolds you, it’s because you pulled another prank on aeri so you rarely ever take her seriously. but when she starts scolding you for something serious like this, it can be a bit scary and you know she means every word.

“fourth period is starting, let’s go,” the purple haired girl said before turning to leave the rooftop. but she briefly stops and turns to you once more.

“if i find out you accepted that deal, you’ll never hear the end of it from me”

you walk towards karina and swing your arm around her shoulders. “aye aye captain!” with the “captain” coming out as a groan because karina punches you in the stomach before leaving you in pain by the door. you don’t know why, but she just hates when you call her captain.

you catch up to her and you both make your way to fourth period class, and as soon as you walk in, aeri and minjeong jump towards you. they wrap themselves around you and yell in your ear, telling you how worried they were and begged you to stop disappearing like that. but one girl simply stared at the three of you, not wanting to approach because she didn’t know what to say.

“ladies, settle down. it’s time to start,” your teacher said. the two finally stop their yelling and detach themselves from you to sit in their seats, and you do the same.

it’s a bit awkward between you and ningning. you just stormed off after saying some pretty harsh stuff to her, and you have yet to apologize to her even though you meant most of what you said. but you didn’t want to lose your best friend completely. you knew better than to let your feelings for her get in the way of your friendship, so you start thinking of ways to apologize to her. you’re so caught up in your thoughts that you didn’t notice the piece of paper that was slipped onto your desk, until you felt a tap on your shoulder from the girl beside you. you look at her before looking at the paper, and you hide it under your desk so that the teacher wouldn’t catch you.

i’m really sorry y/n. you're right, i was being so stupid and insensitive for not considering your own feelings especially since i was the one to confess first. i know that you’d be mad for a while and it’ll take some time for you to cool off, i know that’s how you are. please forget the stupid plan, forget about jennie, i’m so terrified of losing you y/n and i’d hate myself so much if i lost my best friend. i'm aware that this isn't the best way to apologize, you deserve more than a stupid note. but you know i won't stop bugging you until we're okay. i'm dumb and insensitive, yes, but i'm your dumb and insensitive best friend who's really really sorry and wants to make things right :( - ningie

ps. i don't need this back so just throw it at aeri or something

as you slowly crumple the note, you look up to see what the teacher is up to. when he turns around to write something on the board, you throw the note right at aeri’s head and the scrunched paper falls to the ground. you immediately point at ning while mouthing the words it was her. aeri glares at ningning, who is trying to point at you but aeri just rolls her eyes and continues to pay attention. you hold in your laughter but you end up making a loud shrieking sound when ningning pinches your arm.

“is everything alright back there?” your teacher asks as he looks at you and ningning.

you look over at her, who was trying so hard to hold in her laughter with a tight lipped smile and you couldn’t help but smile too.

“yes sir, everything is just fine”

[stitcheswashere13]

I thought it would be interesting if Thomas and his S/O's baby got kidnapped by the runaway victims that were only trying to save her life from being raised by massacres, not only Thomas would go after the victims. Hoyt would take the risk on getting his great niece back. I can imagine (whatever the baby's name is) stabbing the person with the dangling keys that Hoyt gave her, like she did to Hoyt from the previous story. Sorry if this is confusing.

How the baby was left alone, the family were trying to 'take care' of the victims as a distraction while the one sneaks in to grab the baby out the window. That's how I pictured it, but you have greater ideas then I would ever thought of. :)

AWE! I love this! lol! im glad everyone loves the baby series! Here are the previous stories! I would recommend reading these first for contexts! #1. Protector (Read this one first!) #2. The Baby Girl

Anyway on to the story!

Warnings!- there is some sadness, mainly fluff though. Dead body. Not proofread!

Side Note! Hello again, here is the survivor's name so I wouldn't have to write "the survivor" a whole bunch: Ava (ps. Im sorry if this is your name lol"

A True Hewitt

"IM NOT LETTING ANY OF YOU FUCKING, BASTARD FREAKS RAISE THIS CHILD!" Ava screams while holding the baby by the crook of her neck. Ava was the only survivor left that the Hewitt didn't kill. She managed to snatch up the baby and run with her, Thomas and Hoyt running right behind her. Tommy had told you to stay here at the house with Mama Mae so if she runs back inside you two can grab her and it keeps you from getting injured. Ava had run into a corner and grabbed a knife and held it to the baby, she told Thomas and Hoyt to get back or she would kill the baby. Back and forth there was a screaming match between Hoyt and Ava, with harsh hums from Tommy, indicating that he is also pissed. All of a sudden Ava was silenced by the baby driving Hoyt's sharp keys he had given to her to play with, into Ava's throat, killing her immediately. Hoyt, having a faster reaction than Tommy ran to catch the baby as Ava's body begins to fall to the ground. Just in time, Hoyt catches the baby just in time. "Heh. A true Hewitt!" He says while holding the baby close to him. Tommy ran over to Hoyt checking the baby for any sort of cut, Hoyt handed Thomas the baby and the two men begins to walk home. Thomas stopped to pick flowers for you and Hoyt picked flowers for Mama Mae and picked another one for the baby.

END NOTE!- Hello! Thank you so much for the request! Request are open, I just may get to them slow! SOOOOO! Because Everyone loves Hoyt's soft spot for the baby, would you guys like a comic series on the Hewitt Fam. and the baby? Or Just a written series? The comic episodes will get out about a week later than the written ones tho! ALSO! I have 3 names for the baby

1.- Tiffany: I picked this one as a contestant due to the name "Thomas" gender-bent it will make Tiffany.

2. Luna: I based this one after Mama Mae<3

3. Mille: It's a southern (mainly a Texas-like name) And I feel like Hoyt will love this name and it's also based off of Monty's name.

Lol, Let me know in the comments! That's all! Have a very lovely day<3

[katyspersonal]

Hey guys.. Thank you for the kind words. I am just not feeling like talking yet, I am mostly just spending time alone.

It is hard to explain how one thing leads to another thing and how things that are troubling me are conjoined, but I just feel like I don't have a place as a human being. I am caught in the loop of escaping people that hate whites / males / heteros / etc by proxy and soon enough the freedom and reason I've been after ends at dead end, me meeting people that instead hate blacks / women / LGBTs / etc. No matter what I do, no matter where I go it is always fucking something. It is always hatred to a demographic of people by proxy, people just can't comprehend the idea of hating the bad and harmful instead of this stupid disparity between "good" demographics and "bad". When it is not dumb American college esque "systematic/historical oppression" flex - it is a sob story about various bad events caused within confrontation to the group. EVERY demographics has people that will willfully weaponize belonging to it against others. EVERY single ONE. Every race, every gender, every culture, every sexuality will have pricks. When it is not """systematic""" privilege - it is victim's privilege.

And I am tired too. I question whether the freedom and reason I am looking for even exists. Maybe it is normal for humans to blame the ones who are not like them as a 'covenant' instead of looking up into something that can occur everywhere, and I just have no place in society. I feel like blasphemy is becoming the same entity as religion: there is always that guy that claims they know how things "really" work, that everyone who disagrees is against the "truth" itself. And I am tired. I am tired of running from one kind of control freaks and ending up with the other, after having a hunch of hope. I am tired of always, always, always being pressured into being an ideological soldier. When it is not 'you should let others walk all over you because you are white and cis' - it is 'you should stand against them with us as a woman and a bi'. And there is always control freakery, pressure and hatred for not agreeing 100%. When I am not called a disgusting bigot - I am called another woke brainwashed feminist (sometimes also with 'child murdering psychopath' for supporting abortion rights).

I am feeling ideologically homeless, because apparently 'for reason and against idiocy' is not an ideology. I choose my own sources of information and do what I can to keep drastically different people around so I am always forced to question or reaffirm what I already think, but HOW do I always end close with people with whom being honest is hated and punished? When it is not a public social abuse from cancel culture simps - it is private emotional abuse behind closed doors by friends.

And in the end? I am still the dumbest person in this equation. It is all my fault. I've failed to nurture enough self-confidence to be independent without the need of any approval, and so I am blaming who exactly? The entire human society for how it works? I feel like I am more like Djur4. He is not against the hunt altogether (he tells the hunter to go kill beasts outside), but he personally quit it and protects the beasts that CAN'T harm anyone, he has only like 3 true friends (funny enough, I also have 3 people that truly accept me as who I am without any contempt and conditions), but he has quite the mood swings and used to be fearsome (and well, I used to be aggressive kind of feminist anti something something years ago). But I am yet to become really like him, because he is confident living on his own with what works for him. (Heh. Would've been funny to switch M3nsis on Powder K3gs, considering he still resides extremely close to M3nsis base.)

In the end, what I am really looking for is the dreaded unattainable trait of "not letting someone's insults get to me", but even this is hard because if I never listen to them, how will I know when I am ACTUALLY being a dumbass? Is anyone really qualified to unmistakeably distinguish between "they insult me because they can't control me" and "they insult me because I really fucked up"? I've endured a lot of abuse from either "side" under delusion that they could not insult me without a logical reason... But what if they do not understand logic to begin with? Or what if their logic is rigid and stuck in certain dogmas, that can't adapt and evolve? And what if they don't know the "truth" but just fucking hate women, even if some of their observations and reasoning could be useful? In the end, no one can know my intentions better than me, but if I never listen - how WILL I connect with other people? Yet I did not connect just to be condemned for not being antagonistic "enough", or for constantly listening trash about women and their rights and being told that I am in "denial about FAAAAAACTS uwu" when I disagree. In the end, chaos is just another form of order, only its order is being antagonistic to the previous one.

And if I can't become whatever the secret third thing is... it is better to exclude myself from this life altogether.

[mylittlesecrethaven]

Heh.... I'm Back To Webtoon I Guess

I swore I wasn't gonna go back.

I told myself the nostalgia would hurt too bad.

And yet here I am.

Back reading a ton of Webtoons.

And I am not upset in the least.

(Below is just a list of all the different Webtoons I'm reading in case you're looking for anything to read on Webtoon yourself)

Bailin and Li Yun - Caught up - A cute bl story about a mermaid and a researcher.

Pixie and Brutus - Going to read - A series of different short scenarios that I kept seeing on YouTube.

Osora - Caught up - A story about a prince dealing with his kingdoms expectations. (Includes a love story, some bl and bxg, and some trans rep, but do be warned, there's lots of homo and transphobia)

hello, hello - Need to read

The Prince of Southland - Need to read

Boyfriends. - Have read, need to reread - Another series of short scenarios about a poly relationship of 4 of the most adorable college bois (also has a poly relationship of 4 girls)

So Not My Type - Caught up - A funny comic about the MBTI personalities as their own characters in college.

Crow Time - Going to read - Kept seing this one on YouTube as well.

Karsearin: Adventures of a Red Dragon - Need to read

Cursed Hero - Need to read

Not Even Bones - Have read, need to reread - A kinda gory story about these people with powers and other mythical creatures. Has lots of sensitive stuff and plenty of blood. (Though, it's not based around the blood)

Moonchild - Caught up - A comic about a teen who can see spirits and has his own abilities. I won't detail this too much, but it is very gory and has many sensitive topics, but is adorable in some places. (Tbh, a little hard to understand what's going on)

The Croaking - Have read, need to reread - Can't remember too much, but it's about these winged people in a military school and there's a crow there and people don't like crows.

The Little Trashmaid - Need to read - Kept seeing this on YouTube as well and it just looked adorable.

Out of Sight, Out of Body - Need to read

Everything is Fine - Caught up - A very mind-fuck of a story. Very dark themes and slightly gory. Very good though.

Castle Swimmer - Have read, need to reread - A bl story about two mermaids. It's very good and very cute.

SOULWINDER - Need to read

Straylight Tiger - Currently catching up - A futuristic world where some people have powers and some don't, and a girl suddenly finds out a secret about herself. Includes: A ragtag team of students teaming up to fight a cult, a mystery about the main character, and adorable characters and awesome designs.

LUMINE - Have read, need to reread - I think this is about a werewolf? It's been a while.

1HP Club - Need to read

Miez - Need to read

Lalin's Curse - Caught up - A comic about a kid who believes in conspiracy theories with all his heart. Are they true? Or is he going to be hurt by the truth?

I kinda just subscribe to whatever looks cool, tbh.

I'll read them all.

Eventually.

(I'm getting at least 20 chapters of whatever I'm reading done a day along with everything else I do, so I'm not exactly reading slow.)

[reinekes-fox]

Well, since you asked, I'll share my most worked on thylacine OC. I'm actually a tabletop RP player, and among the games we play is Changeling the Lost. My PC in that game is a thylacine beast changeling!

Now, this will be complicated if you don't know Changeling the Lost as a game, but basically, he's obsessed with his fetch and madly in love with him (this stems from a feeling that "no one but me can understand me" - and since a fetch is normally the "copy" a fae makes of the person they kidnap...). While now he doesn't feel like no one but him can understand him, that doesn't change the feelings for his fetch. (PS: don't worry, they are not "like brothers" and don't even look the same because of all the fae modifications).

Now, our campaign is a bit peculiar because our GM introduced a plot twist that's not in the canon of Changeling the Lost, which is that not all changelings are the "original" to a fetch. In some instances, a fae takes a human only for a minimal amount of time, not even taking them to Arcadia, and copies them as a base template in order to make "a better version of them" - in these cases, the "fetch" would be the actual person, still as they were before but without memories of the event (aside from some alien abduction theories some may have), while the changeling is a pure fae construct made from scratch and some raw materials. Some high ranking escaped changelings know about it but don't share the information to avoid emotional trauma in the changelings under their wing. Thing is, my character figured it out thanks to his obsession - basically, he sees his fetch with such rose tinted glasses that he always thought it's impossible for such perfection to be a mere copy, so he always told people he himself is the copy... and hey, it happens to be true! This is useful too, because that made it pretty easy to undo the normal fear of a fetch towards their changeling, as it was just a small spell and not ingrained in his whole being.

At his point, my dear thylacine managed to become very close friends with his original - though nothing more for now - and he's dead set on usurping his prior fae master and actually entering Arcadia and becoming a fae lord - which would also grant immortality to the fetch if he takes him along. He's pretty much a fae at heart to be fair (except he has actual empathy for the changelings and humans) - knowing he's a fae construct made him all the more certain that he doesn't have to try and be "human" to be himself.

Also fun fact, at some point when he was transformed into an actual thylacine thanks to one of his powers, he met an Australian vampire who was in his city for stuff, and the vampire went in overdrive heh (cause how the hell do you meet a supposedly extinct animal from your home country in PARIS of all stuff - which is where the story is set). They ended up becoming best friends thanks to the unlikely circumstancs that led and to it and followed their encounter. Currently the vampire still "lives" at his house (which is in the basement, so quite useful for the lack of sunlight).

Here, if you want to see him:

Old-ish art, but oh well. His name's Cumhea (celtic origins for the name cause that's what his creator is into)

Never ask me to share my OCs, because I WILL overshare. Feel free to just answer in private if you don't want to spam on your actual tumblr!

Hey fellow PnP player x3 God I wanted to play Changeling the Lost (and VtM) since years but just cant find a group 😭😭

I love this switch with the fetches ngl, but nothing compares to the sweet drama of coming back and see this thing that has taken your place. Everything could happen, I love it! (My character, that I never got to play, would so try and befriend his Fetch and since he has a twin they would be triplets lol)

Also I love your art??? Thats so cool, like hello?? The design! I wish I could draw like that!

And do not apologise for this! Because if you think about it, my IFs are also just me oversharing my OCs!

[intuitive-revelations]

“Guardians of the Edge”

Want to do a breakdown of the episode at some point, but this whole thing deserved its own post (heh...). So, what’s the deal with the ‘Edge’?

The telephone pole is interesting, but at first glance doesn’t seem to mean much other than a bit of abstract imagery to do with networks, as in the brain and memory centers.

I count 15 conductors (I’m sure there’s a proper name, but no idea what) on the post, with varing numbers of wires coming off them. Possible this might have something to do with regenerations, as since Hartnell there have been 15 regenerations at this point (including War, Metacrisis-Ten and Dhawan)? I thought the placement could possibly have something to do with the cycles (so 12 together, 3 separate) but that doesn’t seem to match up. Alternatively, excluding Dwawan it could represent 15 Doctor incarnations (including One as well as War and Metacrisis-Ten again.

Wires are much harder to count. I’m not even sure if it’s consistent between shots, as my counts have ranged from 26-34, though there’s also a lot of bloom in the sky and some are very close together, so it may be consistent after all. The number of connections seems to vary. If there were only one or two one-link conductors I would have assumed something to do with the before and after of each regeneration, with those potentially being Thirteen and the Meta-Crisis offshoot, with another with three maybe being Ten′s life, but that doesn’t seem to work.

Alternatively, maybe numbers of TV companions? (I haven’t checked if that could be accurate, but if anyone wants to test it feel free to run with it.)

As for the location, red dirt and rocks with an yellow-orange-blue sky immediately brings Gallifrey to mind. Of course it doesn’t need to be anywhere in particular, as the whole thing is a metaphor, but the dry terrain and surrounding mountains looks a lot like the Prydonian Drylands, which has of course been an important location for the Doctor. If it’s evening and the Suns are in the east (which they are for Gallifrey), then the mountains seen are probably part of the long range leading down from Prydonia and the Capitol to Southern Gallifrey proper.

There’s a few squarish structures that almost look like sunken buildings, but also could well just be rocks, it’s too hard to tell.

Notably, the ‘Edge’ not only seems to appear out of nowhere but also seems to move around slightly in distance from the post, suggesting perhaps that if this is based on a real location that it’s not a true part of it.

Personally, I think it’s appearance is likely strongly related to...

And yes, this works extremely well if you interpret the boy in the Timeless Child story as a previous (re)incarnation of the Master. Even if not literally true, the symbolism of the childhood friend pushing the other off a cliff in a jealous fight certainly works wonders.

I think the rest of the location is different however, since the rest of it looks like part of the Drylands, whereas the Timeless Child’s fall was almost certainly much closer to Mount Cadon, pretty much halfway between Mount Lung and the Academy (which I got during my Gallifrey map project, based on elements like the kids playing, the direction Tecteun approached, the Suns’ positions, surroundings etc.).

Fun fact, getting the above picture from Ascension of the Cybermen, I also noticed that some telephone / powerlines are also visible in Brendan’s story - apart for some fencing it’s the only sign of civilisation at the clifftop. 100% coincidental, but it’s fun annecdotal evidence for the Timeless Child backstory being the reason for the Edge subconsciously looks the way it does.

Little detail I didn’t notice originally watching, but I love - Eight isn’t the only one who diverged from the robes. Small continuity error I think in that he’s wearing it on his ring finger rather than middle finger, but I love the signet ring here

There’s also a little An Adventure in Space and Time music cue here, which was also used in The Doctor Falls / Twice Upon a Time.

The patterns on the robes don’t seem to be anything. Maybe some “daisy-est daisy“ / “blossomy-est blossom” symbolism with some of the flower-like patterns on One and Seven’s inner robes? One also does appear to have a pattern based on the Seal of Rassilon on his sleeves. Five has a recurring pattern that could almost be a sort of High Gallifreyan, while Six has what weirdly looks like a “3″ fabric pattern flipping backwards and forwards on his inner robes.

The red robes actually remind me a bit of the Merlin!Doctor - “Muldwych”? Colin in particular has an interesting resemblance with the pure-red robes and his larger frame.

Eight my beloved

As for why these specific incarnations? Beyond Doylist reasons of Tom being busy, actor deaths and New Who actors possibly being saved for next year, or at least being harder to get in (though in some ways I’m surprised David wasn’t used for a bit of foreshadowing)?

My person interpretation is that the similarity with Zagreus is quite deliberate. It was ultimately Five, Six and Seven who appeared to help Eight with his body being hijacked, so in a ‘life flashes before your eyes’ scenario, it’s not surprising that the Doctor’s subconscious imagining those personalities to help.

Hell, Eight even appears in his own outfit, as if he was the Doctor experiencing these events, because he has before! While it’s of course his looser Time War / Night of the Doctor outfit, it’s not hard to imagine the anti-time infected Eight of the audio in his worn out and damaged original outfit looking quite similar.

Presuambly this is the same place, at least metaphysically, that Eight met Five, Six and Seven. Like with Thirteen, they greeted and congratulated him, though in their case the mood turns sour as they realise Eight lost determination and thus the regeneration process stalled (which I always thought Night of the Doctor paralleled pretty nicely, with Eight essentially commiting suicide and failing to regenerate from Cass’s ship crash).

This might make the pole a visualisation of the Doctor’s Medulla Oblongata, which the past Doctors mention in Zagreus, though there it seems to appear as a constellation in the sky.

EIGHT: So what happens now? FIVE: Oh, you'll regenerate. You'll see this blaze of light, a comet across the medulla oblongata. SEVEN: A new star. SIX: Any second now.

As for One. Of course he’s a bit of a special rule as the ‘first’ kind of, but given he was the one that helped Twelve with his regeneration it’s not surprising he reappears here. His appearance could almost be considered a sequel, given that Twice Upon a Time featured his struggle with his own upcoming regeneration and now we get to catch up on him on the other side, with his sub-personality getting to speak with Thirteen, the result of Twelve’s regeneration, after going the ‘long way round’.

Finally on a meta-level, there is something interesting with the ‘ruining it for the next one’ line. It may be nothing... but could be considered a bit of a dig at Ten, not just with what’s happening with the 60th, but even the whole “I don’t want to go” thing, which I always considered a really rough way to hand over the show to Moffat and Matt after an extremely popular Doctor/era.

(And that’s not even mentioning the Metacrisis, the in-universe most extreme version of this, which Eleven also joked about with the “vanity issues” comment back in Time of the Doctor, and one could almost theorise left an erased incarnation somewhere between the Doctor’s “twelfth and final incarnations”...).

Granted, you could make the same criticism for Twelve’s regeneration reluctance going into Thirteen, though I’d argue that was handled way more tastefully (plus Twice Upon a Time‘s story arguably only exists because of Chibnall’s plans for releasing Series 11 anyway).

Personally, I see three options:

It’s nothing, purely a bit of heartwarming in-universe wording about handing over between incarnations (perhaps even lightly acknowledging the Six-Seven-Valeyard thing in the VNAs, given it’s Six who says it?).

It’s Chibnall having a dig at RTD (or possibly the BBC, if there was some upper-level pressure for Tennant’s return, as rumoured by tabloids for years) for the reasons above.

Best case scenario, IMHO? It is a bit of a dig at Ten, but it’s a deliberate in-universe setup for RTD to tell the story of whatever’s happening with Ten and Fourteen (yeah I don’t like calling Ncuti Fifteen either) which will confront it, in the same way this whole segment and the ‘degeneration’ process sets it up.

[comiiical]

Ashley Swift

45

Multifaceted artist, animal shelter funder.

Mutant

Ash lived a life little acknowledgement as he was younger, worked ina big hit of a TV show when he was barely on his late teens early twenties, proved to have potential in music and dancing through musical movies, but it was filming and film making what set him up. Going under a seemingly failed career by the end of his twenties, he hid behind the camera finally able to put up what he knew and had learned from those heh ad worked for and, short film after short film he began to regain recognition. He said, more than once, that he didn't want fame or money, just to make stories come true, bring art to those that wanted them, and maybe, maybe one day expand it further; and one day, when money was good enough to live, use that excess to pay it back to those in need. And he did it. Not only he amassed quite the fortune with his short films, he also created a gaming business and funded several animal shelters across the country to guarantee the survival of little abandoned souls.

Nowadays, he lives in los Angeles, in a comfortable loft with his two dogs and his cat, with his trophies and awards, with his money and the safety of knowing he was entertaining society.

Ashley can manipulate light, run at high speeds and record what a camera would on his own mind. He can use his powers to fly, empower himself, become invisible, etc. He is an omega level photokinetic capable of enhancing a rooms temperature or reducing it based on the presence or absence of light.

His hero name is Pathlighter.