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[wenevergotusedtoegypt]

Yearly reminder that when we say Chanukah is a "minor" holiday, that means it was rabbinically established rather than from that Torah, not that it's unimportant.

Yes, the non-Jewish world overemphasizes it relative to all our other holidays due to its proximity to another winter holiday.

No, that doesn't mean that we should underemphasize it in reaction.

[dcxdpdabbles]

So, I wrote the thing. I don't know if you'll like, but I sure hope you do. The only warning I think I should give is about the pairing, because it's heavily implied (a little more than that, actually) that it's Val x Wes x Sam x Tucker x Danny, (I have no idea what's the name of this ship, I just love it because it sounds chaotic as heck) and Dani is their daughter. Maddie and Val are also implied to be a little unhinged.

So... I gave Wes and Val their alternative versions, and changed Dani's:

Danny Fenton --- Bruce Wayne

Samantha Manson --- Selina Kyle

Tucker Tuck --- Ethan Bennett

Valerie Gray --- Talia al Ghul

Wes Weston --- Harvey Dent

Dani Fenton --- Damian Wayne

(a secret, third thing: Clockwork is Alfred)

I hope you like it!

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The day Valerie decides to hunt down Danny until she could punch him in the face even if it’s the last thing she does has, surprisingly, nothing to do with his double life as Phantom, or the fact that he passed a third of her skate into the wall and she had to ask The Ghost Box to take it out so she could teach Dani how to skate.

If she’s feeling nice, she might even say it isn’t because he left the family group chat on read after saying that sometimes it is better to ask for forgiveness than permission and hasn’t been seen again in one week, but.

She’s not feeling nice.

At the start of their summer holiday, two days unsupervised were enough for Danny to find a word in the stone age and get a lot of new pets when the meteor fell, filling their castle with the biggest and scariest Woolly Rhinoceros imaginable… Who he called Sweetheart.

At the end of their summer holiday, three days were enough for Danny to turn into a squirrel and start a war against the pixies, and Wes had to step in to create a democracy when the squirrel won over the fairies and Danny was almost crowned King 一 again, this time looking like he really wanted the title. Thankfully, it wasn’t in another dimension and sometimes he can come back to see how they’re doing, or Clockwork knows what he would do to protect them from other creatures.

Now, at the beginning of their winter holiday, Valerie fears what he has done in the week no one could stop his intrusive thoughts or find him, because the little shit learnt from his mistakes and took the boo-merang with him.

And that’s why she’ll hunt him down in a way Skulker wishes he could accomplish, with their three years old daughter tracking him down like a sugar-high boo-merang would.

Valerie isn't doing it because if he’s not in their dimension in three days, she is the one going with Sam to one of her parent’s boring galas as her partner to listen to their speech about how supportive they are to accept that their daughter has more than one partner, one even being a girl.

It’s also not because she and the others are worried about him, and also Tucker, who hasn't slept in days trying to help Dani find her familial ties with Danny.

So when Valerie packs her weapons and puts on her suit, she pretends she doesn’t notice that some of the guns Maddie created for her are heavier than others and wouldn't work on Ghosts, so that Sam doesn't get even more panicked.

She also pretends, when she follows Dani through the Infinity Realms, that she isn't scared for what could happen to Danny with his Fenton Luck 一 she’s the level-headed of the relationship, after all, and she has to keep her composure because the other three surely won’t.

… She's still punching him as a greeting, though.

::

Tasting the decaffeinated coffee Alfred poured for him, Tim knew that the day was going to be long.

When the front door was blasted out of its hinges by a young alternative version of Talia al Ghul screaming for her stupid boyfriend, though… That's when he knew he wouldn't know peace until his last day alive.

Seconds before the door was blasted:

Dani *turning off her invisibility after scouting the area and not seeing her Father*: Mother, they have a secret basement!

Valerie "I'm the level headed of the relationship" picking the rocket lancer that wouldn't hurt a ghost: Say less, sweetie. Also, call your Fenton grandparents, tell them Danny is involved with another billionaire :)

After Danny is back home from feeding his raccoon friends and getting dropkicked by Val:

Danny: This is my girlfriend, Talia.

Val: ???

Danny: And this is our daughter... Daniyah.

Dani: ... >:)

Damian "We never told Brucie my mother's name": I'M A GIRL??????

Dick "I have my priorities straight": I'M NOT THE OLDEST????

Alfred "I do have my priorities straight and a shotgun I'm not scared of using": I'm already a grandfather????

Clockwork "I could have stopped this any time I wanted but let the alt me have these sweet moments to remember the good ol' times": Yes, we are :)

Maddie and Jack showing up in Gotham with their Midwest smile and a lot, a lot of weapons that wouldn't hurt ghosts: ◉⁠‿⁠◉

Everyone withing 100m radio: Why... Why do I suddenly fear for my life... More than usual?

(I'm sending this without much proof reading because if I don't I'll ending up not sending anything, so sorry about any mistakes)

I love how Val is the most level-headed but also the one who shoots a mistle at the door just because they couldn't spot Danny but saw a basement.

Like they didn't even confirm Danny was in that basement, they just went "Well it's time to say hello! *BOOM*"

Thank you for sharing this with me!

[bethanydelleman]

Please watch, read, or listen (all free) to Oscar Wilde's A Woman of No Importance. It's so good! It is about a moral absolutist learning she was wrong. It's about a fallen woman, but more about how men should be held accountable for ruin. It's about society not caring what a man does as long as he serves good dinners. It has a character who is basically a grown up and married Mary Crawford (Mansfield Park). It is so Me Too. It's about people treating crime as interesting gossip.

It ends with a VERY satisfying slap (not a spoiler because I won't tell who!) and a great line reversal:

It gives me such feelings. I love it so much I gutted the entire play and filled it with Austen characters. It's officially my favourite Oscar Wilde creation.

[jaythelay]

The end question to AI/living in VR is:

"Is existence any less if you don't believe in it"

[kirric-the-fan]

Coming up with Precure All Stars movie ideas is a fun mental exercise because step one is always: Okay, how do I put 90% of the cures out of action for most of this?

because 80-odd magical girls is too many for pretty much any enemy or screen.

[fluffypichu876]

Ultrakill Layer 7 has dropped and the soundtrack with it is a BANGER, as expected.

Here's some of the tracks for my followers and mutuals who enjoy the OST :)

The World Looks White

The World Looks Red

The World Looks Red - Combat (my favorite layer 7 track. it goes HARD mid-combat)

Do Robots Dream of Eternal Sleep?

Do Robots Dream of Eternal Sleep? - Combat

Hear! The Siren Song Call of Death - Combat

Suffering Leaves Suffering Leaves (theme of "wait, V1 has a flashlight?")

(seriously tho, i love this one. layer 7 constantly switches between melancholic and chaotic and it's great)

Danse Macabre

Danse Macabre - Combat (walking into the combat room to find the enemies already fighting between themselves was a very fun experience)

War Without Reason(AWESOME climb-inside-the-big-robot's-inner-workings-and-explode-it-from-there bossfight)

Overall, Layer 7 has some great level design and atmosphere, awesome fights, very good bosses and a wonderful soundtrack! It was worth the wait. Keep up the good work Hakita and company!

[the-blind-geisha]

Artist: ryky

I love this piece I got of King Boo with Princess Violetta! ♥ KB looks so glowy and spooky looking! Adore it!!

[iobartach]

i should get up and do some replies, but the boops are so much fun--

[what-eats-owls]

Painted Devils!

I realized that I've shared this in a couple places, but not here yet: M.S. Corley's cover for Painted Devils, aka the sequel to Little Thieves! And we have a release date of May 16, 2023, which I will hilariously be sharing with the sad, gross excuse for a US senator that is Josh Hawley. (It is not terribly likely, but I will laugh very hard if we manage to beat his first-week sales.)

This also means that US, CA and UK preorders are open! Preorders are unfortunately more important than ever these days—Barnes & Noble is the last remaining nationwide bookstore chain, and they're now refusing to stock hardcovers that aren't guaranteed bestsellers. How do they predict bestsellers? Preorders. (Among other things, but that's the biggie.)

So here are the preorder links for the US and UK, and I'm dropping the summary below the cut! Please preorder if you can, especially if you'd like to see the hardcover in B&N!

United States: My local indie store, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop dot org, Amazon if I must

UK and Canada: Chapters Indigo, Waterstones, Blackwell's, Book Depository, Bookshop dot org

Summary below! Also: If you're on Netgalley, the first two-ish chapters are available to read right now!

Let’s get one thing straight—Vanja Schmidt wasn’t trying to start a cult.

After taking down a corrupt margrave, breaking a deadly curse, and finding romance with the vexingly scrupulous Junior Prefect Emeric Conrad, Vanja had one great mystery left: her long-lost birth family… and if they would welcome a thief. But in her search for an honest trade, she hit trouble and invented a god, the Scarlet Maiden, to scam her way out. Now, that lie is growing out of control—especially when Emeric arrives to investigate, and the Scarlet Maiden manifests to claim him as a virgin sacrifice.

For his final test to become a prefect, Emeric must determine if Vanja is guilty of serious fraud, or if the Scarlet Maiden—and her claim to him—are genuine. Meanwhile, Vanja is chasing an alternative sacrifice that may be their way out. The hunt leads her not only into the lairs of monsters and the paths of gods, but the ties of her past. And with what should be the simplest way to save Emeric hanging over their heads, he and Vanja must face a more dangerous question: Is there a future for a thief and a prefect, and at what price?

[arkon-z]

TOTK is a good game and it's got a good story to boot. But the thing is, that story doesn't connect very well to BOTW. It really does read like a sequel fic of someone who loved the source material but really wanted to gush about how awesome the Zonai were. I'm not a game dev or writer, so maybe this is just my inexperience showing, but with two delays, you'd think they'd have enough time to polish up the story.

[strawberry-seal77]

the cool thing about tumblr is I can be nice in people's askboxes

[buddyup1]

me, watching the same youtube video for the millionth time: surely this will save me from the horrors of retail!

[flame2ashes]

The Virmire Assist AU be like

[rinahayashi]

Welp! ♥                             hehe... ꈍ .̮ ꈍ He's not kidding... though you can only see it in the manga ¯\_(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)_/¯  I swear, at this point, I'm just re-watching it for the screenshots & memes...  such a fun show. \(^ヮ^)/

[semperama]

It really helps my zen when the only thing I'm thinking during a race is, "What pieces of this can I mine for fanfiction purposes?"

[papermint-airplane]

If anyone out there is looking to inject a little chaos into their game, I highly suggest ghosts. They ironically liven things up considerably.