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Purecode | Utilize Key Prop for List Items
When rendering lists of elements, it’s crucial to provide a unique key prop to each item. This helps React identify which items have changed, are added, or are removed, optimizing performance during updates.
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#mrs flood who are you: time lord edition
#dwedit#doctor who#mrs flood#fifteenth doctor#the master#jacobi!master#tenth doctor#jack harkness#martha jones#twelfth doctor#ninth doctor#*#okay here is my argument: mrs flood IS a time lord but her presence here has nothing to do with the doctor#instead she's here because of ruby. she's seemingly part of/related to the pantheon of discord & we know that ruby is connected to them too#so i think that she was deliberately placed as ruby's neighbor by the pantheon/oldest one/ruby's mom/? in order to watch over her#it also explains why she was there to check on ruby in 1.04. once she realizes she's on the phone w carla she says 'nothing to do with me'#and she leaves. which implies that it COULD have had something to do with her. if it had been something else going on#ANYWAY. to get to the time lordness of it all. rn i personally believe that she's a time lord that's been hiding on earth for 50+ years#bc i don't think she recognized the police box as a tardis initially. that first quote should be taken at face value.#instead picture this: she's watching over ruby as per usual. a police box is there - weird but nbd. then it dematerializes in front of her.#she drops her groceries. she's shocked. she kinda looks scared. if she already knew it was a tardis why would she react like that?#so imo she knows OF tardises. she DIDN'T know the police box was one. and she's worried the time lords have found her hence the fear.#but when nothing happens and nobody comes at her she realizes she's still safe#later when she sees the doctor she realizes the tardis is his/he must be a time lord. he doesn't identify her but that's happened before#so then when she asks him who he is i think what she's actually asking for is his title. WHICH time lord are you.#bc lbr if she knows abt tardises then she knows about time lords and if she knows abt time lords she knows what it means for ruby#to be joining him - and that's why she wishes ruby good luck. meanwhile this is clearly the outcome she WANTS (them to be together)#bc she gets visibly upset when the doctor seems to decide to leave without ruby.#and for once i'm not master clowning bc the list of names the doctor gives out is VERY interesting. some of them we've never heard before:#the bishop; the conquistador; later he adds the pedant and sagi-shi and reiterates the bishop AGAIN. so i wonder if she's the bishop.....
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The fact that Adaine "i don't know if im asexual im 15" Abernant and Riz "why is everyone so horny im definately aroace" Gukgak both being in the same show is incredibly important to me
#like i was just like adaine at 15 and have slowly shifted more towards riz but i like that both are shown#having 2 characters with similar aspec experiences and showing how they react differently is great#and do i think adaine is ace? not really i think if she feels attraction she would put that on the back burner while she deals with her#anxiety and her family being the worst and even now thats shes dealt with all that i dont think its a storyline shell dive into#i think what im trying to get at is that having people support her being ace would help adaine regardless of how she ends up identifying#and i think that riz having a friend (one who doesnt identify as ace) is important for him and feeling like he fits in while being aroace#i dont know if that made any sense but they are best friends#dimension 20#fantasy high#fhjy#riz gukgak#adaine abernant#you'll have to pry aroace riz from my cold dead hands#<- thats my aroace riz tag
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Klaus really completely clocked Martellus in less than a minute, and that's before we even consider what just happened to the dog guys
Klaus, I love you, but sweet jesus I understand why everybody's scared of you.
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#girl genius#page react#Klaus had gotten martellus and his posse to reveal themselves in a situation he nominally had control#and it wasn't even directly about them!!#that was a shock and awe visual For Gil!!#but since Martellus was in a position to know that Vapnoople's brain had been 'disassembled' as Albia put it-#it's understandable that he would balk at being identified by that connection even if Klaus HADN'T just sliced and diced his dogs#I think this comic just officially switched the does-the-dog-die meter#unless maybe the gentry-knights Andy zombified were Dogs???#it's unclear to me#I'd assume not?? Since Martellus was very clear they had backstories and lands and responsibilities#which in theory are all things he could have given them- but it seems less likely than them being his most trusted allied polities#and possibly his friends.#but these are the first dogs I'm SURE were dogs that Died#we probably already failed a lot of similar tests: horse died. parents died (kinda graphically)... Lars died.#but still. they are officially earning the 'redshirt' title wow
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by the way can I just say how much I love Hirano's hair. more specifically, the way Harusono-sensei draws Hirano's hair because her skill is most obvious on him
like it Looks like it Feels like hair. do you get it? like yeah he's a little bit anime with how much it sticks out and he's got the ear tufts but!!! in other series you'll pretty much never see the ear tufts get tucked back, but with Hirano we DO!! And when his hair is wet or he's sweating or he touches his hair, the way it bends and moves feels so REAL, like. his hair DOESN'T look like a glue-sprayed wig just holding it's shape all the time no matter what. it's impacted by the environment!!!!
#this is actually so rare like unless a character is soaking wet and even then half the time it's not really drawn in the way hair reacts#i've been thinking about this for ages like it's incredible#in the lap pillow chapter when hirano is fresh out of the shower HIS HAIR IS A DIFFERENT SHAPE#he's not locked into One Look as a manga character!#hair is so often a Defining Shape for identifying characters#Sasaki and Miyano too!! they get different hair styles like for their date!!#and i LOVE LOVE LOVE that Harusono-sensei drew Miyano's hair clip!!! because yes that hairstyle would require that!!!#also just the fact that a boy is drawn wearing a hair clip like she didn't have to do that but she diiddd she included that detail#harusono-sensei i respect your writing and art so much#hirano to kagiura
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You know what…
Celebrities are followed by the Paparazzi
and Bruce Wayne is a celebrity.
so… in a stroke of luck a paparazzi manages to take a photo of Bruce Wayne aged 50 or more with a muscular and strong body that is also covered in numerous scars…
and this was just a month after the "leak" of a photograph of Bruce Wayne where he looked like a normal body according to his age and where the use of Photoshop to "improve" the image was debated for days…
now we don't know what to think…
#batman#bruce wayne#dick grayson#jason todd#tim drake#damian wayne#cassandra cain#stephanie brown#duke thomas#Many paparazzi wanted a photo of Bruce's 50-year-old physical downfall#According to rumors#this is the reason for his current lack of dating#The harassment for photos reached an unsustainable point#So the Batclan planned to let a bunch of photos leak#The photos were the work of a scammer#They altered them to make him look like any average 50-year-old man#The editing was identified by internet skeptics#But they thought they improved the photo out of fear of the Waynes#A paparazzi became obsessed with debunking the good photo#This guy knows the real photo will be worth gold#So he built his own photo drone for these photos#He managed to get the photos and video of a Wayne family event#Now everyone is hot for Bruce Wayne#The Batkis don't know how to react to the enthusiastic public wanting their father#It's gotten to the point They have been asked for more shirtless photos of their own father#This is like the video of a girl looking at a man who turns out to be her friend's dad
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i'm realizing how much tapping into the void is just... not difficult. and ig i knew this conceptually, and anytime i've gotten close to or briefly tapped into the void state, it's always "just happened." but this understanding is sinking in on a new level.
the degree to which i've released judgments during my meditations has allowed me to "go deeper" so much faster because i'm not trying to accomplish anything through force, will, or intellect. instead of trying to master my awareness, i'm just being mindful of my awareness and where it's placed, therefore putting the concept of mastery in action.
we think we need a crowbar to pry the doors of consciousness open when we are actually the door itself. it's about a feather light touch, gently tapping your awareness back to where you desire it to be. because the moment you start trying, you're intellectualizing, and as the ancient one said in doctor strange, "your intellect has taken you far in life, but it can take you no further."
consciousness defies all reason because it's beyond all reason. the mind will never be satisfied, so stop trying to satisfy it. as jesus said in the chosen when healing the paralytic at the pool of bethesda, "you only need me." you only need your awareness to continue staying on your desired end. instead of trying harder or looking for another new method or technique, soften your touch and see what happens. be a shepherd to your awareness and gently herd it home.
#void state#mindfulness & transcendental meditations have been really helping me recently!#just in terms of identifying more with my awareness and not the body.#and also not reacting to every thought. sensation. or thing i see.#i know meditating sounds gross at first. xD but i'm glad i stuck it out.#what if you went about this experience like you loved yourself??? yknow?? what then!
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no feeling has or will ever beat seeing vinesauce gay sniper thumbnail after coming home from class
#for context ludwig took a 'which tf2 class are u' quiz n got sniper n everyone reacted like he came out as gay in a disappointed way#ludwig later realizes spy is french and identified as him more btw#tf2#vinesauce#vinesause vinny#tf2 sniper#jerma985#ludwig
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The thing with reclaiming things for oneself is that it's not always inconsequential and comforting than it seems. I mean femboy, for an example, may seems appealing to some to claim as without the social context it come from which will be attached to it no matter if the person who identify as such like it or not. I mean, even if the word may seems like it describes someone who's perceivable as feminine while identifying as masculine, it was still coined as a reductive, defeatist and fetishizing term targeted at people who can achieve a rather specific, based off fiction, more often than not, idealised aesthetic. There's reasons why people avoid calling themselves and others shemales or traps, rebranding it won't make it much different.
#truth to be told i'm way more baffled at tmes doing that like...ok so you identify as backhanded tongue in cheek transmisogyny? interesting#when tma do that im like ok i see you and i get the idea of self preserving by eating crumbs of backhanded validation from oppressors#but it's kind of primordial to just set boundaries otherwise it's easy to fall in the rabbit hole of self depreciation#and to recognize that people wanting to stay out of it aren't cringe and their hostility may be earned but they're not inherently enemies#at the end of the day it's kind of a “you do you” kind of thing but remains that words have meaning and connotations#so it's normal to react in accordance#it's all fun to let people have fun but when the fun is feminity served as an aesthetic that's only valid if fuckable or a joke if not is uh#but at the same time isn't there a more feminine experience than having your value as a person in society reduced to your fuckability#so yea...i mean some people do call themselves bimbos also#but with thick skin and some self awareness to an extend why not...just don't beg for validation over it
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There's something about re-watching the Gordon Walker episodes of SPN when you realize: "Gordon was a kind of right about Sam Winchester."
Or at the very least, he was just a little early to "Sam is a problem" party. Like a math problem where you did the work all wrong but somehow still got to the right answer.
Logistically, I can see why the writers decided to have Gordon's character written off at the time. The show can only have so many ongoing antagonists at once, especially in what turned out to be an abbreviated season. But I can only think what a missed opportunity it would have been to have him around in season 5. Remember how he reacted to thinking Sam was the one who opened the Devil's Gate let a shit-ton of demons out? Or how he reacted to finding out Sam was one of the YED's special children with powers? Imagine how he'd react to:
Sam allying himself with a demon
Drinking demon blood that gave Sam power over demons
Sam killing a woman to drink her blood
Sam sleeping with a demon
Sam accidentally letting out Lucifer from the cage and starting the apocalypse
Sam being Lucifer's vessel
Would Gordon have been absolutely insufferable with "I told you so"s and a be major problem for our boys (on top of the apocalypse)? Absolutely. But it would have had some interesting dynamics to explore.
#i watched this episode last year and this concept has been rattling around my head in various iterations ever since#i can't even imagine how he'd react to angels#as monsters he can't identify ala Dean at first?#and this doesn't even factor in him dealing with Dean being the Michael sword or Dean's time in hell#gordon walker#sam winchester#supernatural#spn#spn meta#supernatural meta#spn discourse
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did you hear about what Martin said about Susan and Linda on the Twitter space he hosted on the 27th? i thought of you instantly when he started talking about them and have been waiting for you to post your thoughts! :-)
HEHE YES IM THE ONE WHO’S QUESTION LED TO THAT!!!!!
Now for those who didn’t listen to that space, Martin said that Linda called her to say goodbye but never specified how it went of course. Besides “hey Susan I’m leaving sorry this is really impacting my mental health” “gaaaaaaaaaaey”/j
This is all a personal headcanon but I like to think that their friendship grew incredibly distant ever since Linda married Felix, Susan probably stopped talking to her altogether for a while and it would leave Linda very confused and upset. They might’ve started talking to eachother again a little bit as the series of events began to approach but only very brief small talk, maybe Linda complaining a little and giving Susan a few life updates and them both talking about stuff they’ve been noticing with others lately (especially Felix’s drinking), but nothing deeper than that.
I see Susan being extremely emotionally closed off to most people except maybe a select few that she knows very closely, so if you were to ask her what’s going on in her life she’d give you a very vaguely watered down version and not what’s actually going on or how she’s really managing herself emotionally.
So basically she used to be more open with Linda, but during that period she sort of just started treating her like a stranger.
So when Linda called her first to tell her that she’s finally leaving, Susan acted how she usually would, keeping it calm, understanding and respectful and wishing her luck, but she won’t really show any more than that. Or that she cried later and felt pretty bad that they couldn’t be so close anymore and that she’ll probably never be able to make up for herself acting so distant for the past many years again.
Of course this all comes from how I view Susan as a character myself though and also the fact that I refuse to pass up the idea that she has feelings for Linda. I like to think that she introduced her to Felix cuz Linda was getting more desperate to find a relationship and Susan was getting weird thoughts so in a panic she shoved her off to him so she could avoid the urges. They’ve been boiling within her since highschool and she always was able to push them aside or excuse them as “she’s just my very close friend I don’t have many close friends so she feels extra special” and as the years went by they began distracting her a lot from her work and were growing stronger and more unavoidable aaand they were really beginning to affect how she’d interact with Linda and you see Susan hates feeling like another has any control over her and Linda just wouldn’t shut up about hooooow badly she wants a relationship and hoooow many dates keep failing and Susan was at the point to where she was starting to get the kind of dreams that make you stare up at the ceiling in horror when you open your eyes in the morning so one day when she overheard Felix speaking about being single and wanting to start looking around, she decided to introduce her to him. Susan allegedly never finds a problem she can’t fix in some way so that was her solution.
They hit it off, Susan’s solution isn’t working for some reason cuz she doesn’t feel any relief at all and in fact feels worse but just sucks it up and just focuses on her work and looks the other way. Linda and Felix get married, Susan feels like throwing up the entire day and now feels somehow even more worse by now and suddenly whenever Linda wants to chat she’s suddenly always “busy” every time. Susan’s often busy anyways but you know yourself when there’s a difference between “shit I’m busy that day, let’s do Sunday instead” and “Sorry I can’t, I’m busy”, “I don’t know when I’ll be available.”
While Linda and Felix were dating, Susan probably assumed that she was just jealous that she couldn’t have a little fun at her age herself. When they got married, Susan told herself that she’s probably so depressed over it cuz it’s making her feel like she’s fallen behind others her age and that maybe she feels bitter that all of these people are moving on and going through these important life stages while she remains behind. Which made no sense otherwise cuz Susan couldn’t give any less of a fuck about starting any sort of family or going out. But that’s what Susan would tell herself that she feels so she wouldn’t have to think about it any further. By the time Susan thinks she’s over whatever it was, she begins having brief talks with Linda occasionally. Not often and still a bit distant, but way better than before.
So yeah can you imagine how shitty and guilty Susan felt that whole time of her weird bitterness toward Linda being in a relationship and not being able to approach her much anymore or how Felix turned out to be such a shitty husband.
If this headcanon is aligned with twf’s canon, she’d probably be dead before she even gets to actually acknowledge and accept her feelings as they are. Such is life though. Not like she could’ve done anything about it.
#tldr Susan is emotionally stunted as fuck and has no idea how to identify her emotions and struggles a lot with strong emotions. she’s the#poor bastard type to stand there light a deer in headlights whenever someone cries around her#you ask her how she feels and she doesn’t react on the outside and is like ‘it’s cool’ but deep down she’s falling to her knees and crying#plus she’s a busy woman and got no time for gay shit like pining#idk if u wanted that whole hc ramble but take it anyways (˘◡˘)#it’s cool that you thought of me though!!! means a lot I like it when I’m the first someone thinks of when it comes to susan Woodings :^)#now if you’ll excuse me my sleep gummy is kicking in#the walten files#twf#sulinda#twf sulinda#twf susan x linda#the walten files susan x linda#linda thompson#susan Woodings#headcanons#I remember after Martin announced them being school friends and that Susan introduced her to Felix I made a post mentioning how I see her#haven done that to push Linda away so she could avoid her attraction fo her and how that blew up in her face lol#and he liked the post heehee obv I know that that doesn’t mean it’s canon but it is to me 😁😁😁😁🌼#i stg if this is incomprehensible to read#I’m too tired to proofread and I just wanna post this lol
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the moment in canon that I wish we had is L testing the task force members one by one
#tbh I just care about how Aizawa reacted to his questions#in dfd I put that L asks how they think they could identify and catch Kira#by '' identify '' L can understand if their psychological profile matches the one of Kira#by '' catching '' L can understand if they know more about the Kira's powers than he has told them. its limits and so on#but I never got to write their answers#but generally I feel like it would tell a lot more about their character#death note#l lawliet#I didn't put the messages thing because they are the one keeping track of them and L must consider that one of them could know#if one is fake based on that and not the fact that they are kira
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A very soft, quiet Leo pride flags reveal
#i dont share being native on the internet a lot but as I was deeply considering what I consider leo’s gender to be there was only one#conclusion I came to that actually felt right for him#this means a lot 2 me personally I don’t Identify as two-spirit but non western identities are still close to my heart#and the existence of them did help when I did come out as gay to my family#ANYWAY again this is how I see him! Im quiet abt it and probably will be for a bit bc idk Im scared people will react badly? Or not get it?#but im being brave by posting this! Happy leo lore tues
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People NEVER talk about p*laski and data right... like there's been a big push recently to say people only hate p*laski because of misogyny bc she's "just like Bones" but like she's not. She's not doing Racially Charged Banter with him - Bones' racism is a different conversation ENTIRELY to what p*laski is doing with Data. She's doing ableism to the planets biggest walking autism allegory. I think you have to be understanding of why a doctor undermining the autonomy of The Autism Allegory might be a sensitive subject for some people. Like. If there are actual autistic patients on the enterprise then the year dr crusher was away is probably spoken about with the same tone as a terrible war bc ALL the things she treats data poorly for are literally just autism symptoms. They probably brought Beverly back bc she started refusing to give vaccines.
#when she barges into his sherlock holmes larping and tells him he's doing it wrong#HIS SPECIAL INTEREST. HE'S DOING IT WRONG.#I hope the romulans got her#and I just...#star trek has Always had an audience with a Significant amount of autistics#who identified with data#how did you THINK they would react to seeing him treated like that. my god.
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2025 reads / storygraph
Love Points To You
YA contemporary coming of age
an artist struggling to get used to the idea of moving in with her new stepmother & stepsister can't wait to go away to art school
when her ipad is destroyed, her rich classmate offers to buy her a replacement in exchange for concept art for an otome game she’s developing, and as they work on the game, they start to fall for each other
while she tries to get used to her new family situation, and the fact that her parents seem to be more invested in her stepsister’s future while ignoring hers
bi ace MC, bi demi LI
#Love Points To You#aroaessidhe 2025 reads#asexual books#sapphic books#demisexual books#I thought this was pretty good overall!#It’s very much a coming of age kind of story with as much focus on her family relationship as the romance which I appreciate.#I like how their romance developed pretty casually into dating rather than being all in love all of a sudden#- and all the moments of bonding over otome games and both being acespec and both speaking Mandarin#I like how the conflicts with her stepsister/art rival/family etc were quite grounded and mostly resolved (semi) maturely#and not all overblown into drama despite Lynda’s petty explosive personality.#( and honestly; love some girls who are kinda petty and pretentious and stubborn and oblivious)#That is - until the end she kinda fucks up with everyone and pretty quickly realises she’s in the wrong; I feel like it was a bit overdone?#I understand why she felt and acted that way but it was all very fast paced and a bit of a contrast to the rest of the book#where things were handled with more nuance and maturity.#And oh my god if you found out that a potential investor wants you to change the game’s pairing to straight#why would you not think that’s a dealbreaker? like how could you have any other reaction? I know she realises she was wrong to#react that way pretty much immediately but it felt a little too much like it was there to create a conflict rather than being natural#My favourite part of the book was her developing friendship with her stepsister. made me tear up fr#(this also backtracks a little at the end with the final conflict in a way that felt a little overdone but whatever)#I put some specific art opinions and asexual opinions in my storygraph review (in link above) but a main point for each lol:#She has a sticker shop that’s mentioned a few times but no details…. is this via print or demand or is making/sending them herself#because that's a MASSIVE amount of admin that I'd expect to see depicted in some form. i have experience. lol#Generally speaking I liked the depiction of asexuality she already identifies as such and it’s not brought up all the time#but it does effect how she interacts with the world / thinks about people from time to time#- her dad says “even though you're not interested in dating this applies to you too” & she thinks: “I'm asexual not dead"#- which.. oof. unnecessarily arophobic. I know it’s probably unintentional on the author’s part and I’m used to brushing that aside#- because it’s so common in romance books but I’m gonna be honest it soured my opinion on the rest of the book a bit.#it also felt at odds with her otherwise having various anti-amatonormative thoughts and feelings about various things.#that and the slightly too much conflict in the very end i didn't love but everything else about the book i thought was rly good
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Merry Christmas Newt!
@dont-offend-the-bees You simply said that, if I was inclined to write something, it could involve ghosts or ghost detectives -- so I threw Edwin and Charles of Dead Boys Detective Agency into the Valicer In The Dark verse. ^^; Hope you enjoy your favorite ghostly duo getting very confused and worried by Duskwall!
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“Mate, I think that last mirror hop went a lot more wrong than we first thought.”
“Really?” Edwin murmured, looking around the misty street where he and Charles currently found themselves. “What tipped you off? The lack of familiar landmarks to navigate by? The frankly Dickensian architecture around us? Or the fact that the moment we tumbled through the glass, we were met by a woman who promptly started screaming ‘SPECTERS! FETCH THE SPIRIT WARDENS!’”
“Definitely the latter,” Charles replied, one hand deep in his backpack as he squinted into the gloam. “What do you think a ‘spirit warden’ is, anyway? Something like the Night Nurse?”
“Perhaps – I don’t recall ever hearing the term before, and unfortunately, as of right now, our library is off-limits to us.” Edwin glanced at Charles. “Perhaps, should we encounter one, I could encourage you not to immediately go in swinging with your cricket bat? The Night Nurse proved able to be reasoned with – perhaps they could too.”
“Yeah, well, I think taking a few to the face and getting swallowed by a sea monster for a bit is what softened her up enough to be reasoned with,” Charles argued, frowning back at him. “And I’m not letting anyone separate us. Not after what we’ve already been through.”
“On that point, we are thoroughly in agreement.” Edwin looked around again – or, at least, tried to. “Even if, right now, I think anyone could sneak up on us and have the advantage. How is anyone supposed to find their way around in this?”
“Guess the locals are used to it.” Charles rummaged around a little. “Know I’ve got your little alchemy set in here somewhere...you think you could brew up something to–”
“...this way, you said?”
“Yes, there’s definitely some ghosts around here.”
Edwin and Charles both froze as three hazy figures appeared at the end of the street, coming toward them fast. “Shit,” Charles hissed.
“Calm, calm,” Edwin said, as much to himself as to his friend. “Again, we might be able to talk to them. Maybe.”
Charles opened his mouth to snap something back – but before he could, the trio were upon them, features resolving themselves into something more definite than mere foggy shapes. They were a bit of a bizarre bunch – a young woman in a black-and-white dress and black cloak, holding a knife that glowed with a peculiar gray light; what looked to be a young man about the same age in a bright yellow vest and black pants, peering at them curiously with what appeared to be yellow eyes (another cat king?); and a second taller, paler man in a black suit and long dark blue coat, wearing a mask that appeared to be made out of twitching moth wings and carrying a pole with a loop at the end in one hand. They stared at Edwin and Charles for a long, quite worrying moment...
Then the fellow in the mask sighed, the tension leaving his shoulders. “Oh – it’s all right,” he told his companions, collapsing the pole and stowing it away in a pocket. “They’re Reconciled.”
“Oh good – I really didn’t feel like getting into an electroplasmic scrap tonight,” the woman said, holstering her blade. She tilted her head as she looked Edwin and Charles up and down. “Though – that doesn’t explain why they’re in full color. I’ve never seen a ghost who wasn’t all blue or gray before.”
“Me either – maybe they’re a new type of ghost?” the other fellow said, before giving them a bright smile and a wave. “Hi! I’m Smiler, and this is Victor and Alice! Just a quick question – you’re definitely not interested in sucking our life essence, right?”
Edwin blinked a few times. “Ah – no,” he finally said. “I’m – certainly not currently inclined to do that.”
“We’re not local,” Charles added, not taking his hand out of his backpack – Edwin was deeply suspicious that it was clutching a certain cricket bat. “Don’t suppose you lot could tell us where we’ve ended up?”
“Duskwall, in Akoros!” Smiler provided, grin not budging. “Are you ghosts from another part of the Isles then? Oooh, maybe from Tycheros?”
“They don’t seem to have any of the usual tells, though,” the woman – Alice – said, squinting thoughtfully. “Victor?”
“I...” The masked man – Victor – stared hard at them, his eyes glowing with that strange gray light Edwin had seen on Alice’s knife. “They’re definitely not regular ghosts, but I’m not sure h-how precisely they’re different. Not hostile, just not – right?”
“Ah – lovely. A mystery for us to solve in the middle of the blind hour on our way back from a heist,” Alice grumbled, folding her arms. “But if they’re sane, then at least we can talk to them. Where do you two hail from, then?”
Edwin exchanged a baffled look with Charles. “We’re...we’re from England,” he said slowly, starting to get quite the bad feeling in his lack of stomach. “And I believe we’ve gone terribly astray.”
#dontoffendthebees#merry xmas#christmas fic#xmas fic#valicer#valicer in the dark au#dead boy detectives#dbda#...I do believe I said in the last post#any excuse to write my Valicer In The Dark AU ^^;#what can I say I really wanted to throw your detectives into a world where ghosts work MUCH differently#(for example everyone becomes one because there is no afterlife#and almost every ghost eventually loses their mind and starts trying to feed on people's life)#Edwin is going to have to take SOOO many notes XD#I watched a compilation of the two being a married couple to try and get a feel for their voices#so hopefully they feel at least somewhat in-character#the one thing I didn't like doing was having to slightly misgender Smiler during this#but Edwin and Charles wouldn't know that they identify as nonbinary would they?#not just yet anyway#...wonder how they'd react#anyway I hope you like this even if it's a bit self-indulgent on my part XD#queued
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