#Magically Getting Turned Into A Baby

[galraluver]

This is the version of this request where I got a little carried away 😅

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~ Bogh ~

~ If you were magically turned into a baby

~ Honesty touching a random pouch of magic dust in an antique shop wasn't your best idea, but you did it anyway and got turned into a baby

~ Bogh’s initial reaction would be a mixture of confusion and shock, then when you look up at him he immediately picks you up and holds you protectively

~ He's your significant other while you're an adult, but when you get turned into a baby he naturally takes on the responsibility of taking care of you

~ While the two of you are in a town on a planet he buys some baby supplies for you, then he takes you back to his assigned base

~ He's not used to taking care of babies, although you're super cute and you fit in the palm of his hand

~ Bogh keeps you in his room in the blanket nest on his bed where you're safest, and he takes the rest of the afternoon off from his duties

~ His crew are confused when their commander returns with a baby that suspiciously looks exactly like you, but Bogh only gives them a brief explanation of what happened

~ Human babies cry a lot more than he originally thought and he wasn't sure why until he fed you

~ Human babies are also harder to take care of than he thought, luckily at some point he gets you to take a nap

~ Changing diapers is the hardest part for him because of how large his hands are, and it's a task he doesn't really want to do even though it's necessary

~ Honesty, Bogh loves feeding you because it's calming for both of you

~ Luckily for him your clothes shrunk when you got turned into a baby, so while you're taking a nap he takes a picture of you

~ Bogh definitely takes a few adorable pictures of you while you're a baby bc he thinks you're the most adorable smol bebe in the universe and he wants to remember you being tiny

~ After you return to your normal self he fills you in on what happened and shows you the pictures he took of you while you were a baby

~ He didn't take any pictures you're embarrassed of because he's not that kind of person, so naturally you think the pictures are really cute

~ If Bogh was magically turned into a baby

~ The same happens to him, only it happened by accident

~ One minute your significant other was standing next to you, then the next he turned into a baby and was sitting on the floor

~ You just stood there in shock, gawking at your once fully-grown lover who magically got turned into a baby

~ You're not necessarily used to taking care of babies, and even if you are you’ve never taken care of a galran kit before

~ The shopkeeper snaps you out of your thoughts and explains what happened, so after the explanation you have to take care of Bogh until he turns back to normal the next day

~ Compared to a human baby he's pretty big and he's definitely a chubby little guy, but he's super adorable and he's not too much trouble

~ His base isn't equipped for babies, so you have to go buy whatever supplies you might need (thankfully by some miracle you found the galra version of diapers at a baby supplies store)

~ You don't know the first thing about taking care of a galran kit, luckily one of Bogh’s crewmembers gives you a few pointers

~ Bogh is an adventurous baby and if you're not constantly watching him he tends to crawl away

~ Just like his adult self, he absolutely loves snuggling with you on the bed

~ Loves peek-a-boo and patty cake, so of course you play both with him

~ Feeding, burping and changing him are pretty easy since he's easygoing

~ However, you weren't aware that galra kits can sleep for so long

~ You take a few pictures of baby Bogh when he's napping because you won't ever get to see him as a baby ever again

~ You also recorded a few videos during playtime before he fell asleep

~ The next day comes sooner than you thought it would and Bogh returns to his normal self, and after you tell him what happened he thanks you for taking care of him

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~ Ulaz ~

~ If you were magically turned into a baby

~ You and Ulaz were our on a date at a street fair on a planet when you accidentally drank a potion that turned you into a baby

~ Ulaz was stunned at first, but then his instincts would kick in and he would immediately pick you up and cradle you against his chest

~ He would definitely take care of you because you're very special to him, but if you were magically turned into a baby then he would take care of you even more bc you're a tiny infant and technically you're still you

~ However, just because you're temporarily a baby doesn't mean that you don't have a good grip (seriously though, Ulaz is surprised by how strongly you can grip his suit, one of his fingers, ect.)

~ Once you both return to the castle/base he'll definitely remove his chest armor so you can be comfy against his chest

~ This man is very resourceful and will figure out how to make a baby sling to carry you around in

~ He thinks you're the cutest baby in the entire universe while he's taking care if you

~ Ulaz is a doctor, so he's not bothered if he has to change your diaper at any point in time; he won't tell you later about it since he doesn't want adult you to be embarrassed

~ Will let you nap on his chest if you get sleepy and he'll take a nap with you as well

~ The paladins/other Blades are surprised by how well Ulaz takes care of you considering that he's never had kids of his own before

~ You don't cry once while you're a baby because you feel safe with Ulaz

~ Ulaz makes a nest on his bed for the two of you to rest in

~ You love it when he purrs and snuggles with you

~ It takes about a day for you to magically turn back into your normal self and you don't remember a thing

~ Ulaz fills you in on what happened and that he took care of you, which you were grateful for

~ Ulaz can hardly wait for when the two of you have children with each other in the future, he'll be the greatest dad ever

~ If Ulaz was magically turned into a baby

~ The same thing happens, but in reverse

~ You weren't expecting Ulaz to magically get turned into a baby and at first you nearly have a panic attack, but then you quickly realize that Ulaz is a pretty chill baby

~ But only with you, if anyone else tries to hold him he screams

~ Imagine Ulaz as a somewhat chubby baby with an extremely fluffy crest and big round eyes

~ Come to think of it, he's pretty clingy as a baby

~ You have to carry him around in a baby sling pretty much all the time, otherwise he starts crying

~ He's literally the cutest baby in the universe and he doesn't cause any trouble

~ One of the other Blades has to give you instructions on how to feed Ulaz if/when he gets hungry, including how to mix the formula and how warm it needs to be

~ You get to take lots of cute pictures of Ulaz while he's still a baby, especially when he takes a nap

~ You only have to change his diaper once and it's not too bad since the galra version of diapers are more absorbent

~ Ulaz already loves snuggling when he's an adult, but he loves it even more while he's a baby

~ After taking care of lil’ Ulaz for a day you definitely want to have kids with him in the future after he returns to his normal adult self

~ To remember the day, Shiro/Thace takes a picture of you holding Ulaz

~ Your significant other returns to normal the next day and doesn't remember anything, so you show him the picture that Shiro/Thace had taken of the two of you

~ Ulaz is grateful that you were the one who took care of him while he was vulnerable, and he expresses his gratitude by snuggling with you

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~ Hepta ~

~ If you were magically turned into a baby

~ While you and Hepta were exploring a planet you saw some kind of fruit growing on a tree, little did you know that it had been enchanted by a sorceress

~ Right after you first bit into the fruit a poof of smoke surrounded you and the next moment you were a baby, luckily your clothes shrunk with you; Hepta had to rub his eyes when he saw that you'd been turned into a baby; he thought that he was just imagining it at first, unfortunately he wasn't

~ He nearly fainted, but he needed to get you away from the grove of trees before the sorceress came back

~ Hepta could hardly believe that you got turned into a baby and he doesn't know what to do because he's never been around babies before, nor has he even taken care of one

~ After calling up Ladnok she gave him a little advice; since she's his older sister she helped their parents take care of him back when he was a baby

~ Honesty, Hepta has to admit that you're pretty cute as a baby, but he has to get some baby supplies so he can take care of you until you turn back to your normal self

~ He prefers to keep you close to him because he's afraid that someone in the crew he's a part of might try to hurt you

~ Poor Hepta panics when you start crying because he doesn't know what you need until he figures out that you're just hungry

~ Loves feeding and burping you bc it makes him feel like a dad taking care of his offspring even though you're not his child, unfortunately he eventually has to change your diaper and nearly faints again

~ Swears to himself that he'll never tell you that he changed your diaper

~ Playtime is a lot of fun even though he only knows how to play peek-a-boo, just getting to hear your cute laugh makes Hepta feel a happiness he's never felt before

~ At some point you both take a nap on his couch with you sleeping on his chest

~ Just to remember the day, Hepta takes a selfie while he's got you in a baby sling

~ After taking care of baby you for a day, he decides that he definitely wants to have kids with you someday after you return to normal

~ The next day when you're back to your normal adult self Hepta tells you most of what happened after you ate the fruit and he shows you the selfie he took

~ Ultimately you're just glad that your significant other took such good care of you while you were a baby for a day

~ If Hepta was magically turned into a baby

~ The two of you were on the same planet in the same grove of trees, but the sorceress had been around and Hepta somehow pissed her off to the point where she magically turned him into a baby for a day as a punishment

~ You wanted to tell your significant other off, but he was a baby and you weren't mean enough to yell at a baby for something he did when he'd been an adult

~ Honestly you're just too shocked that your s/o got turned into a baby to react properly, you just do what you need to do in order to take care of him

~ Hepta's a super cute baby, but if you put him down he screams

~ Either that or he tries to crawl away and get into things he shouldn't

~ Basically, he's a little trouble maker

~ You keep him mostly to yourself, except you call upon his older sister for a little advice and she tells you a couple of embarrassing stories from when Hepta was a baby

~ You have to get some baby supplies so you can take care of your babyfied significant other, including a few cute little outfits

~ You also take lots of pictures

~ At some point Hepta spits up on himself because of an upset tummy because he drank his formula too fast and you have to bathe him

~ Hepta loves water and splashing is ensured

~ Your shirt gets soaked, but he's just so cute that you can't get upset at him; besides, you have plenty of dry shirts you can wear instead of the wet one

~ After Hepta's bath he gets sleepy and by that point it's bedtime anyway

~ The two of you fall asleep on the bed and he won't sleep unless he's laying on top of you

~ The next morning a fully grown Hepta is laying on top of you and after you tell him what happened the previous day and he decides to try not pissing anyone else off

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~ Herreh ~

~ If you were magically turned into a baby

~ You and Herreh were simply on an outing on one of the planets in Ladnok's territory enjoying a date at the alien equivalent of a café when you accidentally ordered a potion instead of a regular drink

~ One minute you were sipping your drink, then the next you turned into a baby

~ Herreh was absolutely speechless when he watched you get turned into a baby and even after he got a good look at you he was still speechless, then he realized what happened

~ In all his life he'd never seen anyone get turned into a baby in a magical way before and it took him a while to respond until he saw you staring up at him, and not knowing when you'll return back to normal has him panicking a little

~ Then a protective instinct takes over him and he pays for everything before he takes you back to the cruiser, but on the way he had to buy some baby supplies

~ Before Herreh takes the rest of the day off so he can take care of you he shows you to Ladnok and explains what happened

~ Ladnok understands and gives her lieutenant the rest of the day off

~ Herreh is a gruff older man who's seen a lot during his life, yet taking care of you makes him less gruff

~ When he sees you smile at him while you grip one of his pointer fingers he actually smiles and feels his heart melt

~ This poor man isn't sure how to take care of babies, especially human babies, and you turn out to be more of a handful than he expected

~ If/when you cry he's not sure why or what to do until he figures out what you need

~ He only takes one picture of you while you're napping

~ Herreh isn't exactly crazy about kids, but since you're his significant other when you're an adult and baby you brings out the caring side of him

~ Luckily for him you turn back to your normal self by the next day and he tells you about what happened

~ From then on you would be sure to double check your order whenever you go out to eat somewhere

~ If Herreh was magically turned into a baby

~ Herreh already knows not to order anything suspicious, unfortunately the waiter got his drink order mixed up with someone else's

~ As soon as your significant other turned into a baby you panicked; people don't just turn into babies on a normal basis and you're not sure what to do, all you could do at the time was stare at him with your mouth partially open

~ Herreh's a gruff older man, so seeing him as an adorable baby is extremely shocking

~ After you question the waiter on what happened he felt guilty about what happened and promised you that the effects would wear off by the next day

~ You naturally take care of Herreh since he's normally your lover, although while he's a baby you're his caretaker

~ You're the only person he smiles for and he's a bit clingy as well

~ He's a surprisingly quiet baby except when he's drinking from a bottle of formula

~ Baby galra sleep a lot which means Herreh sleeps for most of the time he's a baby

~ He's also got a head full of fluffy hair and absolutely no scars, it's kind of refreshing seeing your once significant other as an innocent baby

~ You get lots of cute pics while he's napping though

~ Before you know it the next day comes and Herreh is back to his normal gruff self

~ He thanks you for taking care of him during his time of vulnerability and for the first time ever he's actually a little more cheerful than usual

[gascreates]

avatar the last airbender x legend of zelda tears of the kingdom corssover les gooooooo

ive been working on this for far too long so im forcing myself to say it's done even though the background is just my color mock up. to draw fast, i must accept messiness

[artkaninchenbau]

It's Webcomics Day so I guess I should post about my cringefail magical girl webcomic Cloudy Wondrous. I've been very casually touching up the art from Chapter 1 (since I originally drew it in like 2016 and it looks like ass) and while I've been trying to keep the touch-ups minimal, I had a smidge more fun with this panel. (To be fair, it's supposed to be an important panel so putting a little extra effort into it just makes sense)

Here's what the original panel looked like

[moongothic]

Seen a few people too many discuss the concept of Dragodile Baby 2 and my hot take is that there's no way in hell Crocodile would ever detransition just to go through nine months of horrible dysphoria again, let alone go through pregnancy ever again (or allow Ivankov to even touch him, what if they died and weren't able to trans Croc's gender again afterwards? Hell naw, ain't worth the risk)

But this leaves an opportunity for a Funnier Option:

Dragon wants another baby? Sure, but it's his turn to carry it >:)

[mars-ipan]

cobbled together a quick ref of one of my dnd characters :) this is amber she is small and sweet and very very powerful

[look-at-the-stars-tonight]

the amount of effort that goes into figuring out what to cook and eat every day is RIDICULOUS. i used to think people were so weird and boring for eating the same thing every single day but it truly does make life so much easier

[galraluver]

How would the galra react to their significant other being turned into a baby through magical means, and vise versa

I've been waiting to write this because it's both hilarious and adorable ✨️ I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it 😊

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~ Bogh ~

~ If you were magically turned into a baby

~ Honesty touching a random pouch of magic dust in an antique shop wasn't your best idea, but you did it anyway and got turned into a baby

~ Bogh’s initial reaction would be a mixture of confusion and shock, then when you look up at him he immediately picks you up and holds you protectively

~ He's your significant other while you're an adult, but when you get turned into a baby he naturally takes on the responsibility of taking care of you

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~ If Bogh was magically turned into a baby

~ The same happens to him, only it happened by accident

~ One minute your significant other was standing next to you, then the next he turned into a baby and was sitting on the floor

~ You just stood there in shock, gawking at your once fully-grown lover who magically got turned into a baby

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~ Ulaz ~

~ If you were magically turned into a baby

~ You and Ulaz were our on a date at a street fair on a planet when you accidentally drank a potion that turned you into a baby

~ Ulaz was stunned at first, but then his instincts would kick in and he would immediately pick you up and cradle you against his chest

~ He would definitely take care of you because you're very special to him, but if you were magically turned into a baby then he would take care of you even more bc you're a tiny infant and technically you're still you

~ However, just because you're temporarily a baby doesn't mean that you don't have a good grip (seriously though, Ulaz is surprised by how strongly you can grip his suit, one of his fingers, ect.)

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~ If Ulaz was magically turned into a baby

~ The same thing happens, but in reverse

~ You weren't expecting Ulaz to magically get turned into a baby and at first you nearly have a panic attack, but then you quickly realize that Ulaz is a pretty chill baby

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~ Hepta ~

~ If you were magically turned into a baby

~ While you and Hepta were exploring a planet you saw some kind of fruit growing on a tree, little did you know that it had been enchanted by a sorceress

~ Right after you first bit into the fruit a poof of smoke surrounded you and the next moment you were a baby, luckily your clothes shrunk with you; Hepta had to rub his eyes when he saw that you'd been turned into a baby; he thought that he was just imagining it at first, unfortunately he wasn't

~ He nearly fainted, but he needed to get you away from the grove of trees before the sorceress came back

~ Hepta could hardly believe that you got turned into a baby and he doesn't know what to do because he's never been around babies before, nor has he even taken care of one

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~ If Hepta was magically turned into a baby

~ The two of you were on the same planet in the same grove of trees, but the sorceress had been around and Hepta somehow pissed her off to the point where she magically turned him into a baby for a day as a punishment

~ You wanted to tell your significant other off, but he was a baby and you weren't mean enough to yell at a baby for something he did when he'd been an adult

~ Honestly you're just too shocked that your s/o got turned into a baby to react properly, you just do what you need to do in order to take care of him

_____

~ Herreh ~

~ If you were magically turned into a baby

~ You and Herreh were simply on an outing on one of the planets in Ladnok's territory enjoying a date at the alien equivalent of a café when you accidentally ordered a potion instead of a regular drink

~ One minute you were sipping your drink, then the next you turned into a baby

~ Herreh was absolutely speechless when he watched you get turned into a baby and even after he got a good look at you he was still speechless, then he realized what happened

~ In all his life he'd never seen anyone get turned into a baby in a magical way before and it took him a while to respond until he saw you staring up at him, and not knowing when you'll return back to normal has him panicking a little

~ Then a protective instinct takes over him and he pays for everything before he takes you back to the cruiser, but on the way he had to buy some baby supplies

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~ If Herreh was magically turned into a baby

~ Herreh already knows not to order anything suspicious, unfortunately the waiter got his drink order mixed up with someone else's

~ As soon as your significant other turned into a baby you panicked; people don't just turn into babies on a normal basis and you're not sure what to do, all you could do at the time was stare at him with your mouth partially open

~ Herreh's a gruff older man, so seeing him as an adorable baby is extremely shocking

~ After you question the waiter on what happened he felt guilty about what happened and promised you that the effects would wear off by the next day

~ You naturally take care of Herreh since he's normally your lover, although while he's a baby you're his caretaker

[liebgirl]

got so scared of The Movie i was like shaking and nervous like that one gif of that cat. or dylan o’brien in love and monsters. anyway. put on my beautiful wife once upon a time <3 season 4 naturally… they said what if prince charming was a corrupt cop… and what if regina yelled at this ten year old kid about something he did when. he was. older... god can you imagine being august ouat

[itissadbutitsmy-artblog]

THATS WHAT IVE BEEN SAYING not aloud BUT

if i had a nickel for every time there was a cool-toned antagonistic teenaged cyclops character with terrible hair in a kids show who had just the most awful things happen to them, ended up paralyzed and stuck lying there on the ground for a while at some point, and just wanted to save everyone but couldn’t save anyone, i’d have two nickels. which isnt a lot

but it’s weird that it happened twice

[bookcrazybby]

Rouge really WAS in superhell if that's how the finale went. Damn

[sleepy-gay-puppy]

Not to be undertale posting on main but I fucking hate undertale fan works that r like "and then flowey gets a soul and turns back into child asriel dremurr both in design and personality, as though flowey was a separate character entirely who has now been killed" but also that's very much supported by canon as what would happen so like:(

[triple-pupil]

Hi, look who I got in silly Disney Mobile Game.

Don't ask how I got them...

Also it's beautiful how their little storyline and missions aknowledge the existence of the first movie's events, makes it worth all the money I wasted- I mean, all the troubles to get them.

So have the little I got of it till now below

"... All right, stop! Halt! ¡Alto! I'm making an executive decision, and that decision is... We're all making camp for the night!"

Look at the shoutout to the trio's and the first movie creatures' nomadic lifestyle... Brings a tear to my eye. And it seems it is just the three of them, Ice Age 1 style from the little other dialogue I saw. + Suggesting Sid is the lead of the herd POG???

"Now, why don't you and Diego just sit back and let the ✨Fire King✨ work his magic..."

Gotta impress the bfs, go King.

Diego didn't even give him a chance but Sid is trying his best.

Must mention, almost all character animations are exclusive of the first movie, as well as their designs, if I dare say.

Anyways, look at my baby eeping.

Almost all his personal missions are related to Patrol/security, baby, it's safe, you can stop working. Yes, take a nap before the journey, have happy dreams.

"Remember Someone Special"

This already got me. They aknowledge Manny's former family in an object that's a cave painting of him and his dead son, so seeing this has me in shambles, a mission dedicated to think of his previous herd-

IS THAT ROSHAN'S NECKLACE????????

HOLY FUCK???????

ROSHAN AKNOWLEDGEMENT POG???????????

Anyways, best investment I've done today, do not reccomend.

[asgardian--angels]

see now I feel the need to say that I am not, nor have ever been, against jayvik domestic post-canon AUs, please, they absolutely deserve to be domestic and live quietly and peacefully and just enjoy each other's company in that streamside cottage. the number of cottage fics I've read could, in fact, fill a cottage. let them bake cupcakes together, per harry lloyd. that's why we want them to have survived post-canon in the first place, so they can just fuck off and be happy together. like i'm also not against feminizing him in the general conceptual sense, of course, explore, do what you want, i'm not the fandom police. all I was saying was that making the skinny white guy in the ship be feminine practically by default is a bit trite and tropey, as well as heteronormative to think one of them needs to be feminine at all. just an assumption to think about before automatically drawing him all waiflike when he doesn't actually act that way in canon. femininity isn't bad, geez louise, it's just about the extremes to which things are taken, not the concept itself. I get equally peeved when Jayce is made to be more masculine than he canonically is (like making him a stud jock in college AUs just because of his physique when it's completely ooc). exaggerating perceived differences in a pairing so they can be opposites, diametrically opposed for the sake of it, which to me is the reductive part. there, i'm done, goodbye finally, this has raised my blood pressure way too much this week and I think I need to start only checking twitter once or twice a day because the algorithm is starting to shove fandom vitriol at me from people waaay outside my follow circle. perils of large fandoms. go have fun. mage viktor would want them to enjoy their cottage life. he needs to go water husk jayce's flowers now.

[burnsopale]

Childermass & Segundus - it sounds very well

So one day the York Society of Magicians receives a new member, and Childermass is like okay, no big deal, those guys never do anything interesting anyway.

But then, right, then the new guy and one of the old guys writes to Mr Norrell and asks if they may have the pleasure of waiting on him sometime, and Mr Norrell is like "No" but Childermass is like "Actually yes" because he's intrigued, or because the cards have told him something is about to happen, or because Mr Norrell is years overdue to go to London and revive English magic and Childermass figures this might jostle him into doing something. We don't know what exactly happened, but it seems likely that it was Childermass who made the visit possible, because the idea of Mr Norrell ever wanting visitors is impossible to accept.

So these two theoretical magicians come to Hurtfew Abbey, and Childermass is in the library waiting for the visit to end and Norrell to show up and tell him what the men wanted, but instead, when the door opens, there they are, the visitors, having been invited to see the library and what the fuck did they say to old Gilbert to make that happen?? Not that it matters, they're not gonna remember anything by the time they get home, the enchantments will see to that.

Mr Norrell introduces Childermass, and the new guy gives him a look like Childermass facinates him, but Childermass is used to that. He figures he'll just hang out until they leave.

Except the new guy, who is a dark, timid-looking little man named John Segundus, keeps looking around like he can sense the spells lighting the room, keeps looking out the window like he's not happy with the orientation of the walls, keeps blinking like the magic is making him a little dizzy. John Segundus is clearly magic sensitive. No one in the York Society is magic sensitive, Childermass knows that for a fact. This is suddenly intriguing.

So Childermass ends up keeping half an eye on Mr Segundus as he explores, until Mr Segundus notices, sensitive as he is, and their eyes meet. Childermass reads longing, need, delight and confusion on the man's face, but Childermass is without pity; by the time Mr Segundus gets home, he won't remember what he's seen. It doesn't matter; no one in the York Society ever did anything interesting anyway.

But then later, the letter from Dr Foxcastle comes, and Mr Norrell is Upset and Offended, and Childermass realises that the Revival is about to start at last. And because Mr Norrell is fearful and Childermass is pitiless, they send a lawyer with their demands.

Mr Robinson the lawyer returns to Hurtfew a little perplexed. Oh yes, they all signed, just like you said they would, every one of them ... except ... except one. Childermass is a little surprised to discover that the timid little man had a spine after all. Mr Norrell wants Mr Robinson to go back and demand the last signature, but Childermass says "Wait". And at this point, we do not know what he is thinking. Perhaps he simply thinks that they will need someone to write to London once the miracle has been done, and Mr Segundus is more likely to be amiable if he has not just been deprived of his calling. But then, Mr Honeyfoot, the other visitor, would definitely be happy to write, even though he WILL be deprived of that same calling. Perhaps, Childermass thinks that this is a strangely fateful twist, that the one member of the York Society who has an actual talent for magic is the one person who refused to give it up. Maybe he remembers a time when he himself was full of longing for magic, when he could sense it all around him but was unable to grasp it, when he too would get dizzy in Mr Norrell's library. He may not feel pity, but he can be intrigued. He convinces Mr Norrell to let Mr Segundus be.

Childermass laughs inside when John Segundus doesn't recognise him outside the cathedral, but then startles when the man almost recalls after all. He is not supposed to be able to break the enchantment. Thankfully, the moment passes, and after the magic is done, Mr Segundus turns out to be exactly as easy to manipulate as Childermass thought he would be. The polite ones are easy, especially when they are full of need and longing, and keep looking at Childermass like he has the answers they are searching for. Maybe Childermass uses a little bit of magic to persuade the man to write to London, or maybe he just smiles, and waits, and lets John Segundus come to him of his own accord.

Childermass returns to Hurtfew Abbey and says to his master "Go to London. Go now." and because Childermass knows about these things, they go.

And nine years pass in London.

But occasionally during those nine years, Childermass turns his attention to York, to see what timid little John Segundus is up to. Mostly it's not much.

Until Jonathan Strange happens. That he happens at all is rather extraordinary, but how interesting that he should come to seek Mr Norrell on the advice of John Segundus? For sure there are many people with an affinity for magic in England, but how many of them are magicians? Too few, thinks Childermass. How likely is it that two of them should meet at random? He wonders if this is another fated twist.

So he continues to keep half an eye on York, just in case Mr Segundus should discover how to actually grasp the magic that surrounds him. But when Strange returns from the war in Spain, his conversation tells Childermass that even with the learning, even with actual spells to hand, their timid little man in York cannot make the magic work.

John Segundus begins taking on pupils. Childermass keeps it from Mr Norrell. Childermass has been the instrument of many a theoretical magician's destruction, Childermass reads the hearts of men and feels no pity for them, and yet Childermass keeps John Segundus hidden from Mr Norrell. Maybe, just maybe, John Childermass is beginning to feel a little bit of pity after all. He was once the one longing to master the powers that often overpowered him. He too loves magic so much, enough to endure servitude and secrecy to be near it.

But then John Segundus wants to start a school. Well, if he is going to be that silly, then Childermass cannot help him. Mr Norrell finds out, Mr Norrell panics, and he dispatches Childermass to York to put a stop to this evil plan. Business as usual in other words.

Childermass sits quite comfortably on the steps of Starecross when John Segundus comes home. Childermass delivers his message.

"You know me, Sir," he says, completely forgetting that while he has always had half an eye on John Segundus, John Segundus has not seen Childermass for nine years. Maybe, just maybe, Childermass is a little embarrassed at his mistake. But the errand is completed, and Mr Segundus is easy to manipulate, because he is so very gentle and polite.

Childermass may or may not have noticed that he has been manipulated in turn, because he, who has no pity for any man, lets Mr Segundus know that he regrets that the school cannot be, and he is willing to do what he can to keep Mr Segundus' dream from failing entirely. Although of course, he knows that a regular school is not at all the same as a school of magic.

Childermass knows what it's like to long, but he has found, if not the answers to his questions, then at least the tools by which to hunt them down. He can do the magic.

Then Mr Strange and Mr Norrell quarrel.

And then Lady Pole tries to shoot Mr Norrel. The lady walks with one foot in Faerie and one in London, and for a while, so does Childermass. Something is not right with the lady, but Mr Norrell won't tell him what magic he employed to bring her back from the dead. She'll be sent away somewhere where Childermass will have no chance to discover the truth. Unless of course he decides where she goes. Perhaps for instance to one whom Childermass knows will feel the Faerie winds blowing about the lady, someone who will be able to carry on the search for the truth, whether he knows that he's doing Childermass' work or not. Mr Segundus is easy to manipulate.

Childermass recommends to Sir Walter that he send his wife to Starecross in Yorkshire. How fortuitous that the master of that hall has just decided to open a madhouse there. Surely the visions that gave him the idea were entirely coincidental.

Mr Norrell and Childermass quarrel.

Jonathan Strange Returns magic to England. The Raven King returns to England and rewrites his book.

Mr Norrell and Mr Strange disappear into Faerie.

Suddenly, Childermass is the most experienced magician in England. No one has read as much, has practiced as much, or knows the spells he knows.

But he thinks that there is one man who will not be far behind him in achieving similar results. And maybe Childermass wonders sometimes if it was not all meant to be this way, that it was fate, that he himself was meant to come out on the other side as a student of the two great modern magicians of the age, and that he was meant to bring with him, sheltered under his wing, a dark, timid little man with an extraordinary sensitivity to magic. The books may be gone, but through his instruments, the Raven King has made sure that the new generation of magicians are both capable of and eager to read the magic written on the sky. It will take sensitive men, full of longing, and isn't it fortuitous then, that all those years ago, in the library at Hurtfew Abbey, Childermass recognised another like himself in John Segundus, and decided to keep half an eye on him.

[whosyourcreepyunclenow]

ETERNAL HANGOUT (the bug I suppose I should share)

if you're tired of goodbyes, try it

invite your friend(s) and go to the cable cars (the icons aren't visible during hangout, so it would be easier to tag the place in advance) wait one, get in, get out, then get in again. you'll see the option to use the cable car for $10, do it. and once more if you're not exited of hanging out on the Chilliad peak.

keep in mind that:

- you can't go to the bar or do any other activity (except shops & customs), the map will be empty as if you were on a mission

- you also can't drop your friend(s) off, only abandon them but you'll still be unable to do something else

- the only way to get out is die

- or load. not sure if you can save during that, but it makes sense to try (as you can save during a normal hangout but not with your phone, the bed only)

- you might accidentally abandon them so make sure they aren't stuck. if you do, you won't get a warning notification to come back, they'll just stop following you (still react on bumps and shoves though, if you're into that))

- they might die. from a tank shot or a plane crash (even if you're on a painkiller and made it out alive)

SO WHAT'S THE POINT? well, first, they'll not be scared when shit hits the fan (did you ever get a message "Trevor got scared" when your car went underwater or something exploded nearby? what a nonsense). second, they'll not be wounded so you can bump into them as much as you want and they'll become much more tenacious during shotouts. third, they'll not suddenly leave you with an unavoidable goodbye cutscene after you spend a few days together. kinda satisfying, for T especially)

♡♡♡

and now a little background. a few months ago I saw a cute trikey dream where they had a cable car ride together. it wasn't the game's one, more like a ski lift but without skis and without even winter, rather a blossoming spring. it felt sorta "secret after-ending scene which you can get only after fulfilling some conditions" so I was somehow aware of myself as a player and took A HELL LOT of screenshots. they weren't an actual couple there, just chilling buddies with a complicated backstory to talk out, so they talked (it's a shame I didn't remember any dialogues, visual only, but the vibes were like "so everything settled, we're both alive thanks to Frank, he did great and we did great too"), they argued, they laughed, and then Michael almost fell off (for wtf reason), Trevor grabbed him. and held in his arms for the rest of the way, Mikey didn't mind (what surprised me most) and they kept talking. then the cable car stopped (or they just jumped off while it was closest to the ground? more likely) and later they were standing on a cobblestone sidewalk, whispering quietly, without moving even an inch away of each other's faces. I turned on my paparazzi mode again wondering why this scene is so underrated and no one even said a word about that. and when I already was like "omfg, they're so damn close it nearly looks like a kiss!!1!1" they really STARTED KISSING without any "looks like". AND AFTER THAT, I thought sincerely, SOMEONE STILL CLAIMS THEY AREN'T LOVERS? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU PPL? ehh it's rather what's wrong with me but ok... more importantly, the one who initiated was Trevor. the view was from his back, so I only could see Michael's face: he wasn't surprised, rather uncertain if he should've done it first. their kiss was long, not really passionate but very affectionate and gentle. like they finally reached their comfort zone and it all worked out the best way possible.

don't recall anything further, guess I just woke up or the dream channel changed to something boring. hmm... probably first.

(just to say, it was long before I learned how to use rockstar editor and started to take these kiss-alike shots, but yeah, I've become obsessed with the idea since that))

next day I tried a cable car with them and detected the bug (or whatever else it is). was playing as Michael and got confused at first, like what do you mean he can't get rid of T now? I suddenly felt trapped. tried a lot of shit to trigger back a normal hangout, with no results. didn't dare to simply abandon Trevor but I knew it can't go on like this. so I just killed Mikey to let him escape lol. such an irony.

so in summary, it's a trap. a gay trap, particularly. maybe you'll find it entertaining ;3

[iamearthy]

the first pony i've drawn in eons... Alex as a pony :)