#I think that's it? There's probably more I'm forgetting but that's most of them at least c:

[munchhmm]

hey ml! Was wondering if you could do headcanons of one piece men, specifically Zoro, with a love interest (preferably fem) who is SUPER strong, and fast, like Saitama.

Thank youuu! Byeee

More Than Muscle

Hi annon! I’m sorry I’ve never watched One Punch Man and I'm not feeling very well oops, but I have an idea (I think) of what you were expecting though!! hopefully this is good :’)

The boys reacting to reader being super duper strong! ♡

Image above is mine.

Pairings: Zoro, Ace, Law, Smoker, and Luffy x F!reader.

Warnings: None! ᐢ. .ᐢ

Word count: 550 I'm sorry It's so short :(

Zoro > ᴗ•

Doesn’t want to admit you might be stronger than him.

Sees firsthand how powerful your skills are—he’s in awe but would never show it.

Trains harder to try and get on your level, even though in the back of his head he knows it’s probably not possible.

Secretly finds it cute and fun; sparring with you felt like a real challenge.

“Where did all of this come from?” —asking out of sheer curiosity but with a hint of annoyance, knowing you’re beating his ass.

Protects you silently; he sees your strength but knows everyone gets tired sometimes.

Lets you lean on his shoulder, eventually his lap after practice—running his fingers through your hair when he knows you’re asleep.

Ace ´ ᵕ `

Smirking but wants to be your biggest fan on the inside.

Constantly puts you up to tests, timing your speed and agility.

In awe when you fight, almost to the point he forgets he’s in the scuffle himself.

Still tries to take care of you like a baby—he admires you so much. Even if you’re strong, you’re still his love.

Honestly would probably try to stop you from going overboard, like you’re all fighting and he grabs you so things don’t get too heated. Haha, literally, right? Get it with Ace? I should shut up…

When you get tired, he scoops you up and holds your body like you’re the most fragile thing on earth.

Doesn’t care about the teasing—he respects you even if your power can compare to his.

Law ᵔᗜᵔ

Doesn’t say a word outright, just a small smirk across his face.

Worries way too much—his doctor instincts kick in. Are you pushing yourself too hard? Are you hurt? These thoughts circle his mind constantly.

Stands behind you with his eyes closed like he isn’t paying attention. He most certainly is.

Offers practical help: meditation and cold compresses. This is his way of showing he cares.

When you do inevitably push yourself too far, he’s the first to notice—almost forcing you to rest and take things easy.

In secret, he lets you lay on his chest while he watches your face, trying to read what mental and physical state you’re in.

Would never let anyone tease you—giving deadly glances when anyone dares to open their mouth.

Smoker •⤙•

Cold and stern outwardly; on the inside, he’s really impressed.

Worries about you in battle but knows you can handle it.

If you ever did get hurt, he’d calmly bandage you while cursing himself for not being there sooner.

Never lets you push yourself too hard, even when necessary—he cares too much about you.

Watches with a focused eye at all times.

Brags about you to other Marines without even realizing it.

Keeps your weak spots in the back of his mind so he can help when—really if—needed.

Luffy >ヮ<

Biggest fanboy from the very start.

“WOAH, THAT’S SO COOL! HOW DID YOU DO THAT?!”

Wants to join every fight you’re in from that point forward.

Secretly learns the way you fight so maybe he can copy you.

If anyone ever underestimates you, he just laughs and lets you at them.

Tells everyone that you’re the strongest person he’s ever met—and means it.

Makes you eat lots of food—aside from what he steals from you, ofc—and rest a bunch to keep your strength.

[ihavenocluewhatiwanttobecalled]

"Cis allyship that extends only as far as saying trans people are who they say they are does not make room in its thinking for actual trans experiences because they are not 1:1 with cis experiences does not actually, materially, help trans people."

Precisely, but I think you didn't touch on another important point.

The fact you chose not to touch on this point is 100% understandable, though! It deserves its own paragraph! What a lot of cisgender people see as the "cisgender experience" is often only their own experiences as a cisgender person, which means they often fail to account for the nature of intersectionality. This failure to account for intersectionality, though, is understandable. Intersectionality is simple in concept, but to actually put it in practice with your thinking can be difficult, or at least it was a bit difficult for me. I'm sure I still struggle with it. For instance, the "cis experience" varies wildly due to the fact that factors such as ethnicity, gender, wealth, sexuality, religion, being perisex vs. intersex, age, able-bodiedness, neurotype, and more I'm probably forgetting may create a very different experience. The "cis experience" for a black man is very different from the "cis experience" for a white man, which is very different from the "cis experience" for a black woman and the "cis experience" for a white woman, just as examples. I think that a lot of the time, when cis people think of the "cis experience," they think of the most privileged (or at least, one of the most privileged) versions of the "cis experience," which is not always the case. Just as an example: I am a perisex, cisgender, mostly-heterosexual, autistic, atheist white man. Because I'm not fully heterosexual, I'm autistic, and I'm an atheist, my experience isn't as privileged as a lot of people who aren't those things (Though I am absolutely more privileged than a lot of people. I'm definitely more privileged than I would be if I were not white and if I were not cisgender. I'm just using myself as an example) Anyway, hope my rant made sense. If you have any questions or constructive critiques, please feel free to reblog with them phrased as clearly and politely as you can manage.

Getting mad, as a trans man, that a woman sees you as a man is. Really really funny I'm so sorry. Like yeah she was saying some transphobic garbage but if you're so mad about being perceived as a man after apparently being frustrated that you're never seen as a man, ever, for your whole life, then maybe you've got some stuff to work on LOL...

I am not mad at a Cis Woman for gendering me correctly I am mad at a Cis Woman for refusing to acknowledge how a Trans man, especially a very much non passing Trans man, might have different experiences to Cis men in terms of how they are treated.

I was frustrated at being spoken to like I was de-facto ignorant of misogyny existing despite being subject to it daily because this Cis woman was so deeply fixated on gender essentialism she couldn't process how any man could possibly experience what she had decided were exclusively woman-issues. Including a man who she took 40 fucking minutes to stop calling a woman.

Shockingly, random people "affirming my gender" is not the soul point of my existence and does not magically erase either the years of often violent misogyny I faced for being perceived as an "incorrect woman", or the continued threat of violent misogyny I face from still being perceived as an "incorrect woman." Sure it's nice when cis people bother to remember that I'm not just a delusional freak girl that thinks it's male, but that doesn't give me a 1:1 identical life to a Cis Man.

Cis allyship that extends only as far as saying trans people are who they say they are and does not make room in its thinking for actual trans experiences because they are not 1:1 with cis experiences does not actually, materially, help trans people.

There. Does that explain it? I highlighted the words I think you're struggling with, anon.

[anbaisai]

i think mer aus makes her place in NRC hilarious, like the possibility of her enrollment?

- did floyd just put her into his luggage and feed her secretly until second year where he grew bored and just yanked someone out of the coffin to put her in? (or like was bored after his 1st year, so he put mayu there next year)

- did azul somehow fuck the headmaster more massively over in his 1st year, so he could also make a deal for mayus enrollment?

- did the mirror just YOLO and put her there anyways?

- was mayu get separation anxiety from the twins (somehow...), glue a mustache onto her face and smuggled herself into it??

-did mama leech want all her children to be together, so she just

asked nicely

for mayu to be enrolled??

on another note, i think it would also be funny if the twins pretend to not know her. as a prank or sth (or to get more information from the student body this way) (also imagine the "hehe, not hehe" meme

hehe -> getting a joke on the students AND mayu, also bonus information

not hehe -> mayu getting into life threatening events each week)

thanks for the au!! also ur art is very 🤌🤌💋

Okay first of all this was such an entertaining ask to read thank you anon-

Now regarding how she still ends up at NRC in the role of Yuu (despite being not isekai'd + not a boy + not a mage either), I definitely spent some time trying to come up with a logical reason and the only one I had was Georgina most likely bribes Crowley to make a "special exception" (while wearing a very friendly, totally non-threatening smile), because she just so dearly wants all her babies to be together at the same school like they always have - it breaks her heart to watch Mayu going to a different school in Coral Sea by herself. But who is Crowley to say no to a generous donation anyway? Exception it is! (Much to Mayu's horror because she did not prepare for this, and now she's going to be restarting school a year behind her brothers (so she stays a first year like canon))

But you came up with such funny ideas I want to go through the rest of them one by one 😭

Floyd smuggling her into school as luggage - You know what. I can see him doing that because it's funny to him. This also means he probably isn't rationing his transformation potions as he's supposed to and sneaking some for her to drink, which I imagine would be against the rules set out by the agency that facilitates mer to land exchanges, but it's in-character for Floyd to not give a single fuck about rules 💀 so just like how Azul described what happens with Floyd forgetting to drink his potions in canon (oopsies my ears are fins again) this happens a lot more often until they finally figure out what's going on and have to sort out the mess that is an unexpected extra mer student 😭 most likely they'll try to send her home immediately though, until maybe Georgina intervenes and lets her officially enroll (see above). Hey Floyd I hope you remembered to poke air holes in your suspiciously wriggling suitcase

Azul scams the headmaster over extra - If Azul and Mayu were closer friends, mmmmmaybe? But I feel like he's not the type to do something without some kind of profit in it for him 💀 imagine she gets dragged to NRC just... to work at the lounge because he needs more hands 💀💀 (special maid event?? dear god) Or maybe the twins just snuck an extra line onto his Mostro Lounge contract with the headmaster, and once Crowley tells him the special request is done, Azul's confused like "...I did not request any such thing?" On the other hand, I think since they knew each other as kids, he might have just a tiny tiny soft spot for her, so she's allowed like maybe a 2% discount on drinks at the lounge. Sometimes.

Mirror YOLOing it - Unlikely, but if it did make such a massive error I'm picturing her just unceremoniously plucked out of whatever she was doing and just falling out of a coffin and plopping onto the floor, still in fish form and wet (because she had no time to prepare) 🐟 someone please get a tank before she stops breathing 😭

Mayu smuggling herself in - Also unlikely, because YAYYY the menaces are finally gone 🥳🥳🎉 she can finally have some peace and quiet at home! Although after a while it probably felt lonely... but unfortunately all things considered, it's far more likely an external force makes her go than herself volunteering. But the imagery of her with a lil moustache is so cute 😭

Pretending not to know her at school is FOUL though, but of course they do that 💀 she might as well also pretend she doesn't know them either (this will make things 10x funnier when people like Jamil find out, yeah the similar last name was not a coincidence) and I'd say they'd be "not hehe" less out of concern for her getting into trouble, but in a more "how come she gets all the chaotic fun" way (Floyd voice: hey I wanted to watch goldfish-chan get punched too)

[glisteningmirror]

Vee's design isn't very good [Critcism/Rant]

I'm back on my medication, so let me rant about why Vee's design bothers me, as someone who's real into character design and a big fan of gameshow host characters.

I think it's important that I start with things I like about her design.

Vee's a television that's a television host; that's very satisfying connection of themes.,

She's specifically a CRT that invokes a 70's-80's vintage-styled gameshow host, which lines up well with the timeline of the character's in-universe conception.,

She's a lady host, and a fairly GNC one at that. Female television hosts are less common than male ones, especially within the gameshow genre. Female hosts are typically referred to by the title of hostess, and, moreso back in the day, are usually expected to wear feminine formal attire (Dresses, jewelry ETC.) as opposed to the suits you're used to. Vee is canonically shown sticking to the masculine counterparts regardless,

She's portrayed to have an ego from her status,

Basically, she has some good ideas going on, so lets move on to what about the execution disappoints me.

Conceptually:

I never understood why she's a robot. Is it because she's an electric appliance? Because Brightney (and likely Astro) contradict this by remaining organic. Not to mention, the game treats her more like a computer than a television because of this, and it's way too convoluted to make much sense.,

I don't like her writing. Why is she pissed off all the time? Like, I'd get it if she had a temper boiling under the surface, and I know she's meant to be upset by how centre treats her, but they seem to just forget that she's a showman, and supposed to maintain some semblance of charm that a disgruntled, snippy attitude contradicts. Like, she's even shown to be like this when she's on stage.

A host's whole job is to be the face of their show; keep up a charismatic persona that keeps the show engaging and guide their guests with a playful hospitality. Of course, every host is going to have a different personality, but cold and pissy simply doesn't work for for a family-friendly gameshow. She can have complexities, but an approachable stage presence should come first, even if it's just a front.

This is more of a nitpick, but functionality-speaking, I don't think she should be a main. Mains are the main characters of the show, who we presumably are given the perspective of in every episode. A famous show host just seems like the type of character that would be hard to follow alongside the humble suburbanites she's friends with; celebrity status gives her a higher and much more scrutinized position in society, and she'd probably spend too much time busy at the studio to keep a good grasp on her neighborhood relationships. She seems more like a character that would be restricted to posters and episodes taking place on her set, with the occasional appearance outside of that. In gameshows, hosts are, for a lack of better words, a set piece; sure they're an important part, but you're more supposed to root for and identify with the contestants. Even in episodes on her show, she'd probably take a backseat most of the time, while the conflict surrounds the show's challenges and the other characters taking them up (we're even show this very thing directly with Winning Big).

Speaking of her show, we've never been given an actual name for it. It's been shown multiple times, and you'd think she'd take the opportunity namedrop its cheesy title, but no. We're stuck calling it "Vee's Show".

Visually:

Her design doesn't invoke what it should correctly. All she has to portray her occupation is a lone bowtie and the microphone that she only sometimes has. When I first played the game, I remembered having no idea what her character was supposed to be until I saw her TV animations. And, with her green monochrome display for a face, the only thing visually tipping you off that she's a television at all is her antennae.,

The shapes for her face are unappealing, at least to me. Her expression fits how she's written, and though that's good in a vacuum, it's just another manifestation of the issues I detailed above.

Her colors are not very good. Discounting neutrals, the only color in her pallet is green, and it's not well distributed or contrasted. Take a look at the green of her face and bowtie:

It's a weird shade of bright green that's hard to look at, and not distinct enough from her body color to stand out very well. This especially looks bad on her model.

A neck accessory with good contrast could've helped break up her head and torso being the same color, but it very much doesn't do that.

I don't like the butt-microphone. I don't like that she's a robot in general, but even with that it's just weird-looking and too high-concept. My best buddy made the good point that it could've come out of the back of her head, where televisions keep all their ports and wires, but I guess she had to have a tail for no reason.

I don't have enough space to touch upon her Twisted or answer the question of "Well, then how would you fix these issues?", so those'll have to be a seperate part.

[cretaceous-creature]

My footsteps have become genuinely silent on grass and other soft materials. You can't hear them at all! I still have to learn to step quieter on hard materials, eg, wood and tile. But I am very pleased with my progress so far! Even running, I am silent.

I was looking at pictures of triceratopses earlier, and I realised the amount of art there is of us getting absolutely cooked by tyrannosaurus. Yeah, tyrannosaurus would've definitely succeeded in some hunts of us. But are people forgetting we triceratops evolved to fight back? Our horns and size? Hm? I am probably the only one to have this issue, not to mention how I'm probably biased because I am a triceratops and possibly died to a tyrannosaurus attack, ahaha.

On the subject of me being a triceratops, I think I have discovered more of my appearance. I am a large bull with battered up horns and scarred skin. I think I have a scar from a tyrannosaurus bite mark on my back, which I think is very unique :), likely caused by something like the image below. I unfortunately do not know my species right now. I would like to be a T. Horridus, but I think im most likely a T. Porosus, but im still not quite sure.

[happilychee]

laxus x reader (ft. love me not)

cw: a little suggestive, unhealthy relationship (it gets better, somewhat)

see, right now, I need you, I'll meet you somewhere now you up now, I see you, I get you, take care now

♡ there's a streetlight in front of magnolia's best bakery. you're the one who suggests it as a meeting spot, not knowing of laxus' love for sweets. you tease him to no end but still slam down your hard-earned jewels to pay before he can. you're surprised he offered at all; the lightning dragon slayer isn't known for being chivalrous. he certainly doesn't act like a gentleman when he tells you not to interact with him in the guild hall.

I need you right now, once I leave you I'm strung out if I get you, I'm slowly breaking down

♡ after almost breaking your bed, he cleans you up and throws the blanket over both of you. you fall asleep in his arms, but you always wake up alone. you don't know why he insists on staying in the evening when you both know he'll abandon you before dawn, but when his arms wrap around you and the darkness fades away, you let yourself succumb to it. just one more time, then I'll definitely kick him out first, you convince yourself.

all this time I'm thinking, I'm strong enough to sink it oh, no, I don't need you, but I miss you, come here

♡ you never officially break it off with laxus. there's no yelling, no shouting, no argument that's become so characteristic of your conversations. only tense silence, until you turn your back on the man, walking back to the guild hall. going somewhere he can't follow. laxus doesn't see the tears spilling down your cheeks, but he notices your clenched fists and the way your shoulders shake as you march away.

he love me not, he loves me he holds me tight, then lets me go

♡ you replay all your conversations over a mug of ale in the guild hall. gentle glances when he thought you weren't looking; sharp glares when you arm wrestled with natsu and gray. soft touches along your spine in the dead of night; harsh words when you fight over something trivial. you wonder if it was worth it, if the ache in your chest will ever subside, but then you look at your guild mark and realize you know the answer. you let the alcohol burn your throat, pushing your feelings down, down, down.

well, it's safe to say now you can tell I miss you the most I'll step away now it'll make it harder to know

♡ laxus travels as far as he can, trying to get to a place so distant that there isn't even a whisper of fairy tail. he wants to forget everything, but the trinkets he picks up during his travel say otherwise. it gets to the point where they're weighing him down, and he jingles like that damned celestial wizard and her keys. the dragon slayer finally bites the bullet and enters a post office, hoping you haven't moved out of your shitty apartment.

we know how to push each other 'til we go insane so, we probably shouldn't do this

♡ you stare at your kitchen table, covered in random shit from the package that was at your doorstep. you dig through the bits and bobs, trying to figure out which idiot decided to send you their trash. but you notice that the objects aren't all that random, and you glare at the box as you pick it up, trying to find a return address. there isn't one, but you recognize the handwriting. you toss the shitty box and its shitty trinkets into a corner, but you don't throw it out.

but I know if I'm not with you then I might miss you, yeah, yeah

♡ the fact that laxus' new job has him trailing grimoire heart all the way to tenrou island has nerves pooling in his stomach. the thought of seeing everyone again (seeing you again) scares him. is there a chance he can come back?

all this time I'm thinking we could never be a pair oh, no, I don't need you, but I miss you, come here

♡ the s-class trials bring bittersweet memories to your mind, but you stomp them down, because you have a job to do as an s-class mage. if natsu and gray think it's easier to take you down than to defeat erza, they've got a storm coming. they certainly would've lost if a certain someone hadn't interrupted your fight. you wave them off, focused on the cloaked figure approaching you.

you're gonna say that you're sorry at the end of the night wake up in the morning, everything's alright

♡ you don't think you've ever heard laxus apologize. hell, you thought it was impossible. but here he is on his knees, looking up at you with a pained gaze and more emotion on his face than you've ever seen before. before you can think about it, you start yelling, finally letting out everything you hadn't been able to say when you'd last seen him. still, you're dropping to your knees and falling into his embrace, sobbing softly. maybe you can try again.

at the end of the story, you're holdin' me tight I don't need to worry, am I out of my mind?

[somegrumpynerd]

Remaining kitties for the garden

Here are all the kitties who didn't make it to the website and their pet screens c:

^The regular kitties (The nothing option would make Error show up and just kinda glare at everybody lol and there would be mirror and paper bag options to see Dust and Horror again)

^The winter kitties (The snow option would bring out Blue and Dream, the christmas lights brought Fresh and the stocking was Ink)

^The special pairs (I don't think any of these made it to the polls lol but putting out a bed would bring Horror and Dust together, putting out a rainbow cushion would bring Color and Killer (this was how you would finally be able to pet him) and putting down comic books would bring Epic and Cross, who would finally purr when pet with his bestie)

[frozenwolftemplar]

(this is so long now lol) (and sorry Charls for not getting to your question about being pinged; so much else going on in this post I literally forgot)

Seconding Mari's answer about having headcanons that just rattle around in the subconscious waiting for the right prompt to bring them rushing to the fore. For instance, Mari just unlocked the Grocery Shopping Headcanon (think I'll put that in a different post; this one is long).

LOL THE TOOTHPASTE!!! I am honestly the same way: go to brush my teeth and be like 'shoot, I need more toothpaste; I should buy a tube; guess I'll borrow some tonight' and then forget to buy any...until the next time I brush my teeth; this cycle must repeat at least four times before I actually remember to buy toothpaste. This is also how Carmen functions and, like Mari said, why Shadowsan does the shopping.

Carmen: Hey, how'd you know I needed toothpaste?

Shadowsan: I have watched you go and 'borrow' Ivy's for the past five days. You are the only one who was ignorant of the fact.

Thinking about the Milan shopping trip, I can't get over those sunglasses; you know they probably cost several hundred dollars, and that is waaaaaay too much (spoken like someone who routinely loses hers lol). But his asking for them...I feel like it speaks to why none of them are too proactive in curbing her spending. Aviator shades like that- to me at least- seem like something he's always wanted but never had the money for, and now...now here they are, Carmen eager to buy them whatever they want, everything they never could have before...it's hard to want to stop that.

MARI!!!! THE SPIDERMAN PEZ!!! 🤣🤣🤣 Shadowsan tries to avoid taking Carmen to the grocery store whenever he can because he knows that, without fail, she will come back with the most useless trinket known to mankind.

Shadowsan: ...What is that?

Carmen, toying with a piece of Silly Putty: No idea. Saw it in the checkout line and thought it looked interesting. (ooh, stretchy!)

Shadowsan: (he hated American checkout lines; he was convinced that half the store's profit came from impulse buys). Did you at least remember the milk?

Carmen: (Silly Putty snaps). That's what I went to buy!

(she didn't remember).

It's part being kinda scatterbrained, but- riffing off Mari here- also no sense of self-preservation. She was raised with the philosophy that nothing was more important than her mission, basic necessities included. Remembering to buy toothpaste or food is a waste of brain space better spent planning capers; VILE will take care of all that for her. When she broke away, she just...took that mentality with her: always more important things to remember (which leaves Player and co to take VILE's role in doing the smaller things like providing basic necessities to keep her alive; good thing they don't mind).

dark!Carmen was also like this. Her crew...wasn't sure what to think.

Tigress: Wait. Let me get this straight. We are going out to buy Fedora toothpaste and soap?!?

Gray: Yup. And snacks.

Tigress: Can't she do that herself?

Gray: Apparently not.

Tigress: What are we, her nannies?

Gray, who has been feeling like just that: Yeah, I'm not answering that.

(Tigress soon begins wishing Carmen was back to being Shadowsan's problem; traitor deserves her).

THE SHAMPOO SOLUTION!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Carlotta has outwitted them all!

This post is now Legend to me; hugest thanks and thousand kudos to y'all, Charls and Mari and Skye/Max and the anon who fueled the RAMBLES!!! This has been so much fun!!!

Carmen Sandiego Money Headcanons

I said I'd do a longer post! ;)

(thanks and kudos to @mmaricarmen23 @bisexually-finger-guns @backofthepencil11 for spurring this)

-- Growing up, Carmen really only knew about money in a vague, conceptual sense: money was a thing that VILE needed in order to function and was an indicator of how valuable something was (with 'something' being the 'imports' that were brought to the Island). That's it. Once a year it needed to be...whatever Cookie Booker did, but other than that you didn't need to think about it. Pretty easy low-maintenance stuff.

-- She got a bit of a wake-up call when she left the Island and hadn't yet started lining her pockets with VILE's ill-begotten funds: apart from a roll of bills in the pocket of Cookie's coat and some of his own savings account money that Player quietly wired to her (don't tell his parents), she was flat broke. It was here that Player first grasped just how...few life skills his bestie possessed.

-- Carmen: Player, guess what? I saw this place off the highway that teaches you to ride a motorcycle and-

Player: Red. Please tell me you didn't...

Carmen: ...Why wouldn't I?

Player: How much did this cost?

Carmen: I dunno, a hundred?

Player: RED!!! THAT'S LIKE YOUR MOTEL ROOMS FOR THE WEEK!

Carmen: But! I can ride a motorcycle now. 😎

-- He is now bestie/hacker/money manager

-- Once they joined her, Zach and Ivy had a hard time wrapping their heads around (a) how much money their new friend had (b) how freely she spent it, and (c) how willing their new- boss? friend? something?- is to spend it on them.

Zach: Whoa! You wanna eat here? Isn't it kinda...expensive? (it's literally an Olive Garden)

Carmen: No worries; tab's on me. 😉

Zach: ....Ives, we died and went to Heaven. 😍

Carmen: ...We're in Ohio?

-- It was...hard to get used to. Especially for Ivy; she'd been the one to manage the money when her and Zach were on their own (he would have spent it all at McDonald's, something he has freely admitted) and is well aware of how much things costs and what smart spending looks like. Seeing someone basically burning through a bank account (never mind it seems to be bottomless?) is...well.

Ivy: Boss, you can't buy these! $400 is way too much for sunglasses!

Carmen: ...It is?

Ivy: .....YES!!!

-- And she just...doesn't feel completely comfortable with sponging off someone they just met, even if she is really nice and offering to pay for room service and hotel room movie rentals and anything else they could ever need or want. That's not the world she came from; in her experience, everyone has an angle they're playing, and money is how they keep you beholden to them. Plus this whole vigilante thing? Yeah, it had to be a one-and-done for this...she wants to say 'heiress?' She made that mistake with Eddie, and she's not making it again.

-- Zach is more comfortable with the spending sprees. He's a little uneasy at first (he, too, knows the value of a dollar), but quickly and easily adapts to a life where he doesn't have to feel shy about asking for seconds.

-- Update: Carmen really doesn't have an angle; they really are doing this vigilante thing, she really is footing the bill, and she really expects nothing in return. She also, Ivy quickly realizes, has no idea how money works beyond buying things. Good thing she has practice explaining this stuff to Zach

Ivy: The drugstore sells pairs for less than $12 that work just as well. Just go there to-

Carmen, already wearing the sunglasses: Still getting these

Ivy: At one point, my entire wardrobe cost less than that. Think about that for a minute.

-- This is not going to be easy.

-- Shadowsan feels some guilt for not teaching Carmen about money management better, and for being the reason she spends like it's her last day on earth (which it could be with VILE hunting them but we're doing that today), but he doesn't take much action beyond occasionally remarking on something being too expensive. It's not like he was responsible with money when he was her age. Or ever.

-- No one pursues money management 101 in earnest, though. Ivy and Zach and Shadowsan and Player...they all know how unfair the world can be, and all know what it is to be dealt a bad hand. They all (well, the kids; Shadowsan has Guilt (TM)), to an extent, kind of....feel they deserve this (hey! tons of people far worse than them get to have nice things; why can't they?). They want and like this lifestyle, of jet setting and high living, the fantasy come real. It's fun, and really nice to not have to worry about being unable to afford their next meal or next month's rent. Plus they like the perks; the cars and tools, the bayside warehouse and the super-fast CPU Player wouldn't have been able to afford otherwise. It's hard to want to stop all that.

-- Maybe they can just...ignore that part of Carmen's Life Skills curriculum? Wolfe's secret accounts were seized by VILE, so a good chunk of this ill-begotten money is technically Carmen's by rights. The interest alone is a king's ransom, so she...doesn't really need to learn budgeting, right?

-- Carlotta disagrees.

-- She wants her daughter to be able to manage her own money. Responsibly.

Carlotta: Hija, you spent almost $200 (US dollars for simplicity's sake) on shampoo this month. Do you truly think that's sustainable?

Carmen: ...Yeah? I mean, I recycle the bottle.

Carlotta: Dear Lord. 🤦‍♀️

-- It's hard to see just how ignorant she is about money; it just reminds her how her baby was raised to be a weapon against humanity, one who was never meant to exist outside VILE. But stewing over it won't change matters, and anyway, after missing so much of her life, she actually welcomes to chance to teach her daughter Life Skills. And anyway, Carmen has a good head on her shoulders; how hard could it be?

Carlotta: Now, mira, see these bottles? The same size as the expensive one, but cost far less. You'd have more money for other necessities.

Carmen: Like the expensive shampoo?

Carlotta: ....Like food.

-- This may take longer than she thought...

[freezinglemur]

get au'd idiots >:]]] (do whatever you'd like with the designs :33)

(also i honestly thought that you were like 26 or 27 LMAO, because if that's the case, you're like more than 10 years my senior)

(OH no I am nowhere even close to either of those, I'm far younger! I don't think I've ever been told I seem that old, haha (I'm not offended I'm just surprised! No one's ever said I seem that old before) 26 and 27 are still quite a long ways off for me still thankfully)

Anyway, look at them!! The sillies oh my gosh I want to squeeze them...I should do my own renditions sometime :] The little patches on Seedenal's outfit,,, augh so cute!! And Damascus would give wonderful tours I think...Lodi would love the spotlight!

As a treat, have some doodles of Seedenal Before The Horrors that I did:

[junglefurytrash]

Infodump excused because I LOVE ALL OF THIS!! I love seeing other peoples' views on the events that happened in ETN!!

I definitely agree with what you said, that Oli, Eva, and Joey went to the police, and then Joey went back to The Estate when nobody would believe the truth - I imagine Oli and Eva didn't want to tell the truth to the police because it's too outrageous of a story and nobody believed what Joey said so they wouldn't believe them either. Joey however didn't accept that, he refused to accept everybody died just for people to say it didn't happen. Like you said it shows his humanity, that he knew what happened was real and that he still cares about everyone he lost regardless of what their bonds were like before they died (i.e Glozell).

You bringing up the former owners of the House disappearing when freed did make me realise that Arthur DID count as an owner of the House, so it's possible he disappeared like the others. Marvin and Sarah meanwhile are more ambiguous in their origins but they weren't owners of the House like Arthur was (I'm of the headcanon that they're brainwashed "hires", much like how Arthur was going to do with Eva, Oli, and Joey) - I could see Joey not harbouring AS much towards them since they were just Arthur's puppets even if they weren't controlled by him, like you said at this point in the timeline Joey had a lot more sympathy and good still in his nature. He'd need some time to simmer and think about it, but honestly that's probably the time he spent returning to the Estate to begin with and burying the others; Burying the others and thinking about their friends and families back home, and then seeing the bodies of Marvin and Sarah left behind, and just.. Having that same thought about them. Who were their friends? Who were their family? Did they ever have any, or did they become part of the Estate because they HAD nobody else until Arthur showed up? Is that why they became who they did? I think Savant Joey, at that point in time, having had some time to let feelings simmer and focus on putting everything to rest, would have buried them in simple, unmarked graves, to put them to rest as well. If nothing else he probably did it to just get the mess out of the way and over with - His house now, after all, I wouldn't want dead bodies on my front garden lawn either.

Season 3 having the bodies just disappear and becoming one with the Town and its lost inhabitants makes a lot of sense, in hindsight I probably should've thought about that - I always completely forget the fact they can only get to Everlock via being inhabited by a Spirit who was from Everlock itself, since that's just an Episode 1 thing that never gets brought up again (really wish it got mentioned at some point later in the Season). And your explanation of Season 2's dead Guests makes a lot of sense! Season 2 always confused me the most because we actively SEE two bodies get left behind, Joey (who's put into a coffin that Andrea and Tyler just kinda found I guess??) and Tana (who we see lying dead outside in the Mansion's garden on the grass) - Tana especially felt like a very poignant and important moment, and it also made me tilt my head because hers is the ONLY body we actively see some time AFTER their death I believe, which made me wonder if there was any relevance to that.

honestly, i feel like people forget the fact joey buried the s1 guests too often. they're the only guests we know that have been canonically buried, and the implication that joey buried them by himself is chilling. not to mention the graves so obviously being planted on the estate joey now owns ... i just find this little fact so interesting. so i'm sharing it here too! lots of food for thought

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

Still haven't messaged my mom back. And I don't think I'm going to.

[leatherbookmark]

"I know why you want to return to our world, Meggie! You just miss your boyfriend! But we haven't seen everything of this beautiful world yet!" Mr Mortimer sir your wife was enslaved for working as a scribe disguised as a man. In this world women are punished for learning their fathers' craft and your thirteen years old daughter would be already married if she was born in this world. I know the books are very pretty but Mo your wife is pregnant. I don't think they have c-sections here :(

[ace-malarky]

anyway scenes finished 7/100 let's hope this set doesn't take the next nine years lmao

[affluent-havoc]

so i maaaaaay have fallen deep into spirk suddenly 👉👈 without warning i don't even know how i got here sent help

[quatregats]

Finals are nigh I am thinking about the Solomon a Gaenor fic again time is a circle

[wild-at-mind]

Listened to the podcast series 'Eight years hard Labour' which is about the Corbyn years of Labour, and they talk a lot about the Labour party internal divide- there was the internal right wing, who were more like centrists, and the internal left wing, which was the Corbyn side. To tell you where I stand on this man: I voted for Labour, and therefore Corbyn, in both the 2017 and 2019 elections but was absolutely not part of his cult of personality, and I found it disturbing how devoted people got so quickly. Mainly the leftist queer people section of my social circle were doing a LOT of facebook meme posting in the run up to particularly the 2019 election. I could literally look down my feed and see a very long, very detailed defense of how Corbyn could not possibly be even the teeniest bit antisemitic, and below that a different Corbyn devotee would be proclaiming that the only reason Jewish Brits would not vote for Corbyn was because they were all too wealthy. I mean....what more conclusion could I possibly draw from that?? I do not care to get caught in the weeds of whether Corbyn knew what was in the fucking mural or not before saying it shouldn't have been removed, and I know the tabloids really did do plenty of smear jobs on him, but the fact that I could see his devoted supporters becoming antisemitic before my eyes was incredibly damning and was all I needed really. Anyway, obviously Corbyn lost the 2019 election by a massive amount and it was a surprise to literally no one except Corbyn's fans who had been in social media meme echo chambers the whole time. Corbyn left the Labour party and now we have Starmer who leaves a lot to be desired, but is still the head of the most left wing mainstream party. But it made me think- what hope is there for left wing politics in the UK? Can we ever hope for a hard left of the left leaning party that doesn't go off in these weird antisemitic, Putin defending directions? (Oh god...imagine Corbyn being PM during the Ukraine war. :S) Do we always have to settle for centrism just to be on the left of the Tories? We have had leftist governments in our history that brought in genuine social change, the formation of the NHS being the biggest example, so it is possible, but why are things so right wing now, and for so long, especially while things are so objectively shitty for so many people? I don't expect anyone has any answers but I want to hope for better. There are massive limitations to party politics, but I'm not an anarchist and I do think running the country is a job someone has to do. I don't know how to make things better, I just know that genuine compassion for all people is needed in order to do it, not just some people, and I don't know if hard left conspiracy types can ever feel that for people they consider their enemy.