#Rooty Writes

[rootbeergoddess]

Our Love is Enough

Summary: You’re Tengen’s fourth wife. You pass out because you haven’t been eating and Tengen finds out. Furious, he confronts and later, confronts your bullies.

~*~

You woke up with a start. How long have you been asleep? God, you were so behind on your chores. You threw the blanket off you and were about to stand up when a wave of dizziness hit you. You sat back down, holding your head. This headache was still driving you nuts. How could you do your wifely duties while your head hurt?

“Ah, I see you’re awake,” 

Damnit, someone needed to put a bell on Shinobu. How long had she been in the room? 

“Yes, I am. How long have I been asleep?”

“Asleep?” Shinobu cocked her head. “Y/N, you passed out. You suddenly collapsed while making dinner for your husband and your wives.”

Oh no.

Your dizzy spells had been worsening, but you managed to hide them. When you passed out, you could always tell. Why had this one been so bad? Oh, and Tengen saw it! Tengen probably went ballistic; he was so protective of his wives. Suma was also so sensitive; she hated seeing people she loved hurt. God, this was such a mess. 

“Y/N, how long were you planning on not eating?” Shinobu asked.

You didn’t say anything for a second. There was no way Shinobu hadn’t realized what was going on. While she wasn’t the strongest Hashria but she was brilliant. There was no one smarter than her. 

“It was only three days,” You managed to answer.

“Oh, that’s fine. You only starved your body of nutrients needed to survive and caused yourself to pass out,” Shinobu’s voice had a bite to it. “Not only did you worry Tengen and your sweet wives, but you didn’t even think of poor little Zenistu.”

Shinobu was good at making your feel guilty. Granted, she was right. Zenistu had found out about you not eating; he heard your stomach rumbling. You explained and begged him not to say anything when he asked why. The secret was probably eating him up inside. Sweet Zenistu had always been so kind to you, partly because he had an obvious crush on you. What a terrible person you were to take advantage of him.

“I—-I—-” Your voice wavered. “I was trying to lose weight so I wouldn’t embarrass Tengen and the others.”

The first tear slid down your face.

“What?” Shinobu asked.

“Look at me!” You shouted. “My body is so unappealing compared to Suma, Makio, and Hinatsuru’s. I’m a fat tub of lard who doesn’t deserve four loving spouses! Tengen would be better off without me anyways!” 

Tears begin to fall, and you hide your face, sobbing. All you had wanted was to be a beautiful wife to Tengen and your three wives. Now, you had failed. You had failed completely. They would never accept you back. What were you going to do? Where would you live? The idea of them rejecting you was worse than death in your eyes.

Shinbou grabbed your hair and slapped you across the face.

“That is enough! Y/N, I’ll poison you if you ever speak about yourself like this again!” She said. “How could you doubt Tengen’s love? Do you think he’s so cruel?”

“No, but—”

“While I think four wives is too many, there is no doubt in my mind that Tengen adores you,” Shinobu continued. “I remember when he came to me, asking for advice.”

“He came to you? Why?” 

“He said it had been long since he courted anyone. He was nervous.”

“Nervous,” You deadpanned. “Tengen Uzui, the god of festivals, was nervous?” 

“I know, I can barely believe it myself, but Tengen was enamored with you. And your wives? Oh, they were beside themselves. Didn’t you notice how Suma would always follow you around?”

The memory brought a smile to your face. Before marrying Uzui and your wives, you were a nurse at the Butterfly Mansion. When you met Uzui, you didn’t think much of his flirting. How come could someone like him be interested in a fatty like you? Then, you met Suma, Makio, and Hina. They were each beautiful in their own way, and you weren’t shocked when Tengen revealed he was married to all three of them.

What was shocking was all four of them had taken an interest in you. Suma would show up at the butterfly mansion and just trail after you. Even though she was squeamish around blood and broken bones, she never stopped following after you. Makio had been a bit more awkward, coming off as mean when she interacted with you. Your sweetness had won her over; that she what she told you. Whenever Makio showed up, you always smiled at her no matter what she said.

Hina was much more subtle, but you had caught her blushing a few times. When you asked why, she brushed it off, but eventually, you noticed her staring. You were naive at the time; you hadn’t dated much. Being a bigger woman meant a smaller dating pool. You didn’t pick up on these clues until Tengen came to you with a massive bouquet of flowers. It was filled with some of the most beautiful and unique flowers I had ever seen.

“Oh, those are beautiful, Tengen,” You said with a smile. “Shinobu will love them.”

“These aren’t for Kocho-san,” He said.

“Really? I thought they were a gift to thank you for constantly patching you,” You teased.

“It’s true; she has been a great help in keeping me in tip-top shape,” Tengen said. “But these are you for.”

That made you freeze. Was this a joke? No one had ever given you flowers. Well, your father had, but that didn’t count. You looked at him, searching for a bit of malice in his smile. No, that smile was genuine. Tengen wasn’t a person to lie; he was always honest about his desires.

“For me?” You looked at the flowers. “But wouldn’t this be something you give to some you want to court?”

“Oh, so you’re finally catching on,” Tengen handed you the flowers. “Y/N, my wives have been begging me to ask you a crucial question. It’s not a question I ask just anyone. Y/N, would you allow us the honor of courting you?”

The world had gone still at that moment. You were speechless for an eternity before you squeaked out a small ‘yes.’

“Wait, did you suggest the bouquet he gave me?” You asked Shinobu. 

“I did,” Shinobu giggled. “He didn’t know what kind of flowers you liked, so he decided to get that big one, full of different ones. He was nervous even then. I had to push him into the mansion to get him going.”

This news was shocking. Tengen was the most confident man you knew. No one could even come close to Tengen’s bravado. He saw himself as a god and declared he was flashy constantly. But he had been nervous about courting you? That seemed impossible. It drove people crazy, but you personally found it charming. You wished you had at least a fraction of his confidence.  

Your conversation was interrupted when the door flew open. There stood your husband, panting and slightly sweaty. Oh, you were in for it. He was going to be so mad at you. He made his way toward your bed and then grabbed your face.

“Are you alright?” He asked. 

“Um—yes?”

“There are no bruises from the fall? Did you hit your head? What about a fracture?” He turned to Shinobu. “I want you to run as many tests as you can. What if she contracted a deadly disease?” 

“Um–Tengen?”

“When she fell, she fell hard! Was there any bleeding?”

“Tengen?”

“Do we need to contact any other doctors?”

“TENGEN!” You managed to shout. “Tengen, I’m fine. I just passed out.”

“Yes, because you weren’t eating,” Tengen said.

Great, he knew. Zenistu had probably told him. You winced as he gave you what was known as the ‘Husband Stare.’ He was angry.

“It’s no big deal, I just—-”

“No big deal?” Tengen repeated. “No big deal? No big deal!? You PASSED OUT! You could have been injured when you fell!”

“But I wasn’t,” You tried to interrupt.

“And do you know what starving yourself does? That is not flashy! It thins out your hair, and your complexion becomes dull. I will not allow it!”

“I just–I was trying to lose weight. I thought it’d be faster this way,” You admitted. “I don’t want you to be embarrassed by me.”

“Embarrassed? Why would I be embarrassed by you?” 

“Tengen, you’re so muscular and toned, while our wives have perfect waists. All of you are so perfect, and then there is me. I’m not even close to being on your level.”

“Who says?” Tengen asked. “Wait, were those assholes in town?”

“I—wait, you know?” 

“Of course, I know. The blonde hair wimp told me. He was worried about you and used his hearing to figure out someone in town had been harassing you. Beloved, I don’t care what others think. It’s their fault for not seeing how brilliant and flashy you are. I’m also hurt. Do you think I’d leave you just because you’re not skinny?”

“Tengen,” You sniffled. “I—I’m sorry, I just got scared. You’re the best thing to happen to me, and I love our wives too. I’m just always afraid of losing this wonderful life.”

“Why?” Tengen asked, caressing your face. “Suma, Hina and Makio love you. I love you. Can’t our love be enough? The rest of the world can be stupid and not see your greatness, but you never have to worry about our love.”

“Oh, Tengen!” You hugged him. “I’m sorry, I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean you scare you or our wives. I love you all so much!”

“Please, don’t starve yourself to fit in. You don’t have to,” Tengen squeezed you. “Let’s go home.”

“Wait,” You looked over at Shinobu. “Shinobu, I want to thank you. Not just for your help but for talking to me.”

“You’re welcome. Normally, I’d recommend you stay in bed, but I have a feeling Uzui won’t listen to me,” Shinobu sighed. 

“You’d be right,” Uzui said.

Uzui picked you up effortlessly. You squealed, wrapping your arms around his neck.

“I can walk!” You protested.

“The girls don’t want to be away from her,” Uzui continued. “Thank you for your help Kocho!”

“Tengen, I can walk!” You said again.

“Walking is for those who are unflashy,” He said, carrying you out of the mansion. 

“Y/N, YOU’RE OKAY!”

Suma started bawling upon seeing you. The entire way back home, Uzui refused to put you down. When you entered the house, the wives all came running to greet you. Tengen put you down, and immediately, you were swarmed by the three women.

“I thought you were going to die!” Suma wailed. “You passed out, and it was so scary!”

“Stop smothering her; you’ll get snot all over her!” Makio said. “Y/N, don’t you ever do that to us again! You almost gave me a heart attack!”

“I’m sorry, Makio, Suma,” You said. “I wasn’t thinking.”

Your stomach growled loudly, interrupting the sweet moment. 

“I had a feeling you’d be hungry,” Hinatsuru chuckled. “We prepared a special dinner.”

“Would there be any tempura?” You asked, hopefully.

“Of course,” Hinatsuru said.

“Yes! I love your cooking, Hina!” You hugged her.

“Hey, where is my hug?” Suma asked.

Tengen smiled as he watched his happy wives. It was chaos, but god, did he love it. People usually enjoyed silence and stillness but not Tengen. He wanted his house to be loud, filled with laughter and love. As the girls ushered Y/N into the dining room, Tengen slipped away. He was going to join them, but he had something else he needed to attend to. 

Quietly as he could, he took off towards town. He reached the local bar; outside stood Zenistu. 

“Are they in there?” Tengen asked.

“Yes,” Zenistu said through gritted teeth. “Once you’re done with me, I want to a turn! Those slimeballs insult Miss Y/N’s beauty! They’re going to pay.”

Tengen chuckled; Zenistu was many things, but he didn’t take people disrespecting women. It was flashy. Zenistu entered the bar and pointed towards a rowdy group sitting at a table. Tengen nodded as he marched towards them. He stopped before the group, waiting for them to notice him. A sloppily, dull man with greasy hair looked at him, unimpressed. It took them a minute. 

“Can we help you?” One of them asked.

Tengen responded with a hand around the man’s neck. Without breaking a sweat, he threw the offender over an empty table. It shattered, and bar patrons took notice. The man gasped for air but had little time to breathe as Tengen picked him up by the feet.

“Daichi!” Someone yelled. “Hey, put him down!”

Tengen turned to look at the rest of the group. The rest of them froze as he gave them a cold, heartless stare. These were the people who harassed his wife; they had no rights. He dropped Daichi and strode over to the table.

“Which one of you said it?” He asked his voice low.

“S-said what?” One of them gulped.

“Which one of you called my wife a cow?” He asked. “Don’t act like you don’t know. Y/N Uzui, she comes to town frequently, and I was told that you unflashy lot are the ones who demeaned her. So who said it?”

The rest of the table was silent, giving each other glances. Tengen’s patience was wearing thin. He took his blades on and stabbed the table. 

“It was Shouji!” Daichi managed, pointing at a man in a green kimono. “He was the one who started it! He even said she looked like a whale!”

“It’s true! He even oinked at her like a pig!” Another added.

“Seriously?” Shouji said. “Okay, so I called the fatty a cow! So—”

Tengen grabbed Shouji by the neck. Shouji started gagging, but Tengen didn’t let go. Instead, he left the bar with Shouji in hand. He passed by Zenistu and merely nodded. The yellow-haired boy returned the nod and ran into the bar. He could hear the young boy screaming up a storm, defending Y/N. Shouji kept trying to breathe, but Tengen ignored him. 

Using his training, he jumped up into the air and landed on a building. No, it wasn’t high enough. Looking around, he saw a tower. Ah, that was perfect. He ran towards it, never releasing his grip. Tengen jumped up and ran up the building when he got close enough. When he reached the top, he held Shouji over the edge.

“Please, please don’t drop me!” He begged.

“Oh, I’m not going to drop you,” Tengen said with a twisted grin. “But you are going to suffer. I’m also going to make something clear. Don’t you ever interact with my wife again? Don’t look at her, don’t think about her, don’t even mention her name. Got it?”

Shouji nodded. Tengen brought him away from the edge and set him down. He got a kunai and held it against the other man’s throat.

“Get undressed, now,”

Shouji complied. Once he was down to his underwear, Tengen threw rope toward the man.

“Tie your arms up,” He said. “Hurry it up.”

Once again, Shouji obeyed. Once he was tied, Tengen grabbed the rest of the rope. He tied it firmly to the railing and then grabbed Shouji. Shouji started to beg for mercy, but it fell on deaf ears. Tengen tossed Shouji over the edge and watched as the man wailed. He hung there, naked and terrified. Tengen felt satisfied and decided to head back to his wives.

“Wow, you even made ramen? Just for me?” Y/N said.

“Of course! I even added extra pork,” Hinasturu said. 

“Hina, you’re the best!” Y/N said. 

“Hey, what about us? We helped you know,” Makio grumbled, crossing her arms.

Y/N laughed and gave Makio a kiss on the cheek. Makio tried to hide her face, but she was apparently smiling.

“I want a kiss too!” Suma pouted. “I was the one who made the dango!”

“There is dango for dessert? Hooray!” 

Y/N pulled Suma forward and showered her with kisses.

“Hey, no fair!” Makio said.

Tengen managed to sneak back into the kitchen without his wife noticing. He laughed heartily, seeing Makio and Suma fighting over Y/N’s affections. Y/N noticed Tengen, and she got up to run to him.

“You’ll miss out if you don’t come and sit! If you don’t, I’ll eat all of it!” Y/N teased.

“Now this?” Tengen tickled her chin. “This is what I like to see. I like to see my Y/N happy and silly like she normally is. No more starving yourself?”

“Nope!” She said. “Now come on, sit down!” 

Tengen sat down with his wives. He smiled as he looked down at his spouse. Y/N was feeding Suma a dumpling while Hinastru cleaned something off Makio’s face. Makio was blushing, trying to avoid Hina’s look. This was his perfect little family; he’d do anything to protect them.

[abyssal-zone-stares-back]

Wilford x GN!Reader (Part 1 - Glitter) 

Warnings - Coughing,

You were sitting on your bed, cross legged, laptop propped up in your lap, mindless scrolling through Tumblr blogs. The day so far was boring which was pretty concerning since you lived with the Markiplier egos in the manor. 

Google and Bing haven’t had a fight. Illinois hasn’t tried to convince someone to go on an adventure with him. Wilford.

You flinched as an explosion sounded from somewhere in the house. A sigh escaped your lips, speak of the devil.

Closing your laptop and setting it off to the side you got off your bed. Wincing slightly as the feeling came back to your leg that fell asleep, you walked downstairs.

As you approached the kitchen a couple more egos appeared. All looking for the source of the noise. You watch as Google poke his head in the kitchen before stepping back.

“What happened?” You ask confused, walking up behind him. “Someone, probably Wilford, set off a glitter bomb.” Looking in the kitchen yourself you see part of the kitchen is dusted in a fine layer of bright pink glitter.

“That’s gonna take forever to clean!” Yancy whined from behind you. “Where’s Wilford anyway?” You asked turning around to see the person you were looking for. Wilford was looking at the carnage with amazement.

“Wilford,” He startled, as it he wasn’t expecting you to talk to him. A smile broke across his face. “You don’t think I did this do you Buttercup?”

Your eyebrows raised playfully. “It seems like you did.” You replied gesturing to the room behind you. “Pink glitter?” Wilford raised his hands in defense. “I’ve been framed.” Yancy had walked into the kitchen now. “Who would frame you Wil?” You giggled.

“At least help clean,” Yancy grumbled from where he was trying to wipe glitter off the counter. Eric was sweeping, or at least trying to, the glitter wasn’t very cooperative. “Come on Wil.” Grabbing his elbow you pulled him into the kitchen.

Fifteen minutes was spent trying to get rid of the glitter. Illinois and The Jims joined in to help. No one wants to eat glittery food. At the thirty minute mark it just devolved into shenanigans of dumping glitter on each other.

The Jims stole Illinois’ hat and put glitter in it and Illinois didn’t notice. Laughing as he put it back on and it showered him in glitter, you didn’t notice Yancy throwing glitter at you until you breathed it in accidentally. You doubled over coughing and there was immediately a hand rubbing your back.

“I’m sorry,” You could hear Yancy saying. “It, it wasn’t your fault.” You got out in between coughs. “It was an accident.” A couple of weak coughs later you were waving away the hand on your back. “I’m ok, I promise.” Turning, you see it was Wilford.

Illinois cleared his throat and placed a hand on his hat. “Well, I don’t think we can get all of the glitter but we got most of it, albeit on us. I think we can stop now.” Casting a glance around you agreed with him.

Most of the glitter was on the floor now, not the surfaces you put food on, so it should be ok. All of you agreed with Illinois and left the scene of the glitter bomb crime.

Hearing footsteps chasing after you, you slowed down and Wilford fell into step with you up the stairs. “So where are we going now?” He pulled a sucker out of, somewhere, and popped it in his mouth.

“I’m going to my room, I don’t know where you’re going.” “Why I'm walking you to your room of course,” Wilford replied cheerfully, smiling. Your smile mirrored his, and a tickle crept up your throat. Probably residual glitter. Turning slightly away you cleared your throat and it left.

At your door, Wilford reached over and opened it for you. Stepping inside, you turned in the doorway until you were facing him again. “Thank you Wil, but you didn’t have to,” “Course I did! It wouldn’t be very gentlemanly of me to let you walk alone!” He interrupted.

“It wasn’t that far!” You protested. Wilford flapped his hand at you in response. “I didn’t mind! Now, if you’ll excuse me I have an interview!” A slight, playful, bow and Wilford was gone from your line of sight.

Chuckling slightly you closed the door, stopping as a pain shot through your chest. Maybe the glitter was worse than you thought. Rubbing the area you went back to your computer on your bed.

Smiling as you thought of the glitter fight earlier with Wil, you felt another cough coming so you turned away and coughed into your elbow. It was a bad one, they just kept coming and soon you were having a coughing fit.

It ended as soon as it started and you removed your face from your elbow. Blinking the few tears from your eyes, you turned back to your computer, freezing as you notice something.

How you didn’t see it before you don’t know, but in the crook of your elbow was a single light blue, something…? With slight disgust, you just coughed there after all, you picked it up with your opposite hand.

Your disgust quickly dropped away to astonishment and your confusion grew. A flower petal? What? Did you cough up a flower petal? No, that’s impossible. You must have picked it up from somewhere.

But where? You haven’t been outside today, it’s been raining on and off all day. Maybe it would help to figure out what flower it is?

After spending ten minutes scouring Google search looking at pictures of blue flowers and opening gardening pages you finally find it.

Delphinium.

Closing the tab you lean back on your bed, laying an arm over your face. “That barely helped…” You removed your arm and sat back up, the offending petal resting on a folded tissue. “Where did you come from?”

As if the petal would answer.

Putting if off to the side you forced your mind to wander to different things. Flowers. Flowers to gardening. Gardening to plants. Plants to vegetables. Vegetables to food. Food to the kitchen. The kitchen to the glitter bomb. The glitter bomb to Wilford.

Your wandering mind decided to land on Wilford and you wondered if his interview is going well. It’s only been, what fifteen minutes? Wilford interviewing people is always something to behold. Another cough forced its way up your throat.

The feeling of something stuck in your throat appeared and you coughed again this time coughing up what was stuck.

Another petal.

Oh,

Oh no.

(Part two)

@sardonic-the-writer @prinxejeanne

[goldenlinixx]

future!harry / dad!harry x taylorrussell

The trophies are not the most valuable thing in my life, my love xx

"mummy mummy mummy what are those trophies in daddy's room?" taylor is in the middle of preparing lunch when the loud footsteps and completely excited voice of her almost four-year-old daughter light up the house styles. no sooner has tay turned round to look at her little girl than the exact same green eyes as her husband's are looking at her. "my angel, what are you doing in daddy's working place?" "i was looking for rooti" "oh my angel, you know that root has her place here in the living room. that's where she’s lying: look". there lies the little family dog, who has now reached old age, asleep in her basket, completely unaware that her „sister" is excitedly running around the house looking for her. tay lovingly strokes the curls from her daughter's face. taylor loves to answer the questions from her little one. it was only a matter of time before she discovered the "trophies", as she affectionately calls them.

„the „trophies" is the most valuable thing your dad owns. it's a so-called grammy, my little sunshine." "a grammy?" "yes exactly, a grammy … daddy and i told you that he makes a lot of people in the world happy with his songs, right? and you know my love... a grammy is the most valuable thing a music artist like daddy can ever get in his life and career." "so daddy is a superstar?" "yes my little peanut, you could say that ... daddy is a superstar" taylor can't help but smile and place a loving kiss on her little daughter's hairline. they have just finished their intimate moment when they hear the front door slam shut. "i think daddy's back from his jog" as soon as taylor has finished her sentence, the little one is already walking quickly towards the front door. "daddyyy you're a superstar" harry can just about put his airpods down on the cupboard before his three-year-old daughter jumps into his arms. "hello my little darling." this really is the best thing for harry. he has never wanted anything more than to be almost run over by his own little daughter after a strenuous run. "now tell me again peach ... what am i? a superstar?"

harry's little daughter hugs him close. "yes, i was looking for rooti and then i looked in your room and then i saw your trophies and mummy told me that they are grammys." in the meantime, taylor has also found her way to her two favourite people. first and foremost, of course, to say hello to her husband. this morning they hadn't seen each other because he had left early for his long sunday run. she only caught a loving kiss on her sleep while she was still half asleep.

"our little angel was very excited. i told her that her daddy makes a lot of people in the world happy with his music and got his grammys for it." smiling, harry can't help but go up to his beloved taylor and pull her tightly into a hug and a long, deep kiss. of course, he holds their daughter tightly in his other arm. "oh so that's how it is. a hello to you too my darling" "hi babe" the intimate kiss between the two is quickly interrupted by their sweet little daughter. "and mummy told me that it is the most valuable thing you own" harry carefully sets his daughter down on the floor. that he can communicate with her at the same level, he squats down lovingly next to her.

"mummy's not quite right. you know, my love, the trophies, the grammys, are not the most valuable thing in my life that i own. musically speaking, yes, but in a personal way, you are the most valuable thing in my life. you, your mum and your sister in mummy's belly. you know, my peach ..music was the most important part of my life for a long time and it still is to some extent. but when i met your mummy, love took centre stage and i wanted other things in life. i wanted you, for example ... but now i mainly write music or songs because i'm happy. and i'm happy because i have you. you are the most important and therefore the most valuable thing in my life. so love you to the moon and back." in support of his loving explanation, harry gives his little daughter a loving kiss on the head, who then presses herself very close to her dad.

"you said that so beautifully, h. we love you so much too" in support of her statement, taylor can't help but caress her baby bump, which has grown quite a bit in the meantime. harry notices this too and immediately puts his hand on his wife's bump as well.

in that moment he realises once again that his music will never make him as happy as his own little family does. his success can never reach the value that being a dad does. he will be forever grateful that he spent that one month in los angeles and met taylor, the love of his life.

harry and taylor can't wait to show their daughter all the photos and videos taken at the grammy awards that night as a bedtime story. harry has wished for nothing more in life than to be able to show his own children these photos one day. that moment has now arrived and he could never be happier.

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i really love harry and taylor so much and can't help but write down my thoughts and sweet imaginations that keep buzzing around in my head.

i hope you enjoyed it!

xx Celine

[galadriel1010]

Tell us about your eight pets?

I would be delighted! Please allow me to introduce....

Tybalt. Proper little gentleman. Would not send anon hate, but would write very politely worded 'fuck you' replies in comment sections

Fred. Horrified by the idea. Generally pleasant and sweet natured, but when he gets angry you know about it.

Rooty. Never been angry in his life. Just made for cuddles. Vet addressed him as "Not fat, just dense". We knew that.

Lottie. About as bright as a glowworm's fart. Very sweet. Would not figure out how to use social media even if she had opposable thumbs.

Titch. Aloof. Independent. Would send herself anon hate just to cause trouble.

Izzy. Demands all the attention all of the time, but only on her terms. What's the fun in anonymity? She wants you to know it was her. And also fuss her.

Magnus. Absolute brat, absolute baby. No one who knows him would ever believe the things he would send anon.

Benji. Does not understand why anyone would send hate ever. Wants everyone to play with him and love him. Does not understand that he is being a dickhead and so does not try to hide.

[babiebom]

Dbd Killers as Nicknames my friends and I use in game

A/N: because i think. I only have like one thing posted for dbd. These are the Male Killers!

Tw:maybe cursing? None? Slight sexualization of certain killers?

Genre:headcanons? Or written like headcanons at least

Wc: maybe 3+ for each killer?

The Trapper/Evan Macmillan

Has no nickname

Is just "the trapper"

Always said in a panic tho

Is usually called a "stupid stupid man"

The Clown/Jeffrey Hawk

"Oh it's *imitation of him coughing*"

His nickname is just us coughing in gross ways

Also "you absolute baboon" by when we're upset

The Ghostface/Danny "Jed Olsen" Johnson

My boyfriend

I exclusively call him this

Everyone else says "oh no your boyfriend is here"

Or we call him Ghost-a Fa-che in really bad italian accents

The Executioner/Pyramid Head

Conehead

Forgot the word pyramid

Also trianglehead

Usually proceeded or followed by "ewwwwww why is he sludging up the place????"

The Twins/Victor Deshayes

Ugly little baby

We forgot that he is not really a baby

We also call him Viktor Vector

Usually followed by "kill her little baby"

Or "stomp on himmmmm"

Then "yeah that's what you get you ugly baby"

The Mastermind/Albert Wesker

Lil Kitty Meow Meow

Bc I accidentally called him whisker

And that reminded me of the Lil kitty meow meow meme

Is usually followed by his "urgh" when he does the dashy thing

The Nemesis/Nemesis

Nemesussy

It was a slip of the tongue that stuck

I also call him Thanos half the time

I forget his name and panic

Then call him Thanos because big purple man

Usually proceeded by "oh god it's Thanos I can see his stupid little zombies"

The Doctor/Herman Carter

Has no nickname but is usually called out by saying "sorry I can't talk right now he's ELECTROCUTING ME"

followed by imitations of his laugh

The Legion/Frank&Joey

I do not know how to write this

It's literally just The Legion but pronounced with a very bad French accent

Also Franklin or Frankie-boy

And Josepher and "which one is this one again"

The Trickster/Jiwoon Hak

We either call him Trickster

Or Jungkook from Bts(yes this whole thing)

Is usually followed by "bob and weave and bob and weave"

Or is followed by "please dont kamsahamnida me"

The Wraith/ Phillip Ojomo

Bing Bong

Because when he hits his little thing it goes Bing Bong

Usually proceeded by "oh god" and "please don't be bingbong"

Usually followed by "oh god where did he go"

The Hillbilly/ Max Thompson Jr

We just call him by Max

I usually call him Maxie-poo

Cute

The Cannibal/ Bubba Sawyer

Like Max we just call Bubba by Bubba

Bubba is a cute nickname in of itself

The Oni/Kazan Yamaoka

Onigiri

Because I said "Oni? Like onigiri?"

Followed by screaming or "someone stop him he's eating my blood"

The Deathslinger/Caleb Quinn

Rootie tootie mcshooty shooty

Because it's funny

Also sometimes call him the hashslinger

Or hashslinging slashed

From spongebob because we again forgot his name

The Shape/Michael Myers

Miku Miku

Because I panicked when I saw him and could not speak or remember his name for the life of me

Usually followed by "oh god this is gonna be a bad match"

Also followed by singing the song but only by saying Bing and bong.

The Nightmare/Freddy Kreuger

"Ew its stupid what's his face....sleepytime....nightnight"

Has no real nickname because we're not happy to see him

"Why is there blood coming out of this...oh."

"Haha your neck is bent weird"

The Blight/Talbot Grimes

Incoherent screaming

Literally it's "uhhhh HA HUHHHH WHA HELP"

Followed by "why is he so fast?"

Or is called speedy Gonzales or Sonic

The Knight/Tarhos Kovács

I have accidentally called him the borgo

We also just call him the knight or just scream

The Cenobite/Elliot Spencer

Pinhead

I find it funny that that is an actual name for him

Because we usually call him that

The Demogorgon(?)

Or "stupid pinhead" but you get the gist

Also BabyBox

Bad doggie

He is a dog that is bad because he keeps biting me with his weird little face

The Dredge(?)

Is this thing a male? Idk but it counts

Again we are bad at remembering names

Half the time he is called the sludge

Usually followed by "why is it nighttime"

[pansexual-opera-house]

Kinda upset at Transformers: Rise of the Beasts... Spoilers Ahead, be warned. (Edited bc I'm dumb and forgot the mid-credits scene.)

Firstly, we got very little "beast" action compared to the Autobots. They were there and cool as hell, but we didn't see much of them in their other forms, or fighting, they just helped the plot along. It sucks because they had so much potential, yet we got "they're animals but ooh here look at Optimus, he's got explosions!"

Secondly, I spotted WAY too many Transformers: Prime "references". The giant spire that summoned unicron looked nearly IDENTICAL to Darkmount, the spire that Megatron erected in TFP. It was way too much to be "inspired by" to me. Also, Bee dying trying to save Prime and being brought back by some mystic energy which nobody knew was possible is another thing. (I'm less picky about that on its own but added onto the other things, it was too obvious to not call out.) There were a few more I can't remember, but I knew about halfway through the movie how it was gonna end not because it follows a timeline or was from Micheal Bay, but because it was a mix of both Transformers Prime movies.

The main human character, Noah, wears a fucking CORPSE, which just made me unsettled. Mirage dies giving Noah a suit made from himself. I thought maybe Noah would find a way to bring back Mirage or Mirage's spark would still be alive considering the suit HAS POWER. It still fires the guns and has a jetpack! It was even able to come off easy! I understand Mirage wasn't in the next chronological movie in the timeline, but that felt really cheap and just disgusting to watch. He literally was walking inside a corpse, and when I saw him pat the suit at the end, both I and the people I went to looked at each other in what I can only call shock.

Edit: I was wrong, Mirage wasn't dead, he was alive and I forgot about it. I'm gonna keep that part in because

1. It isn't revealed Mirage isn't dead until the mid credits scene so for a hot minute i was still really weirded out. And 2.I'm bitch enough to admit I was factually incorrect.

He was still wearing a fuckin' coma patient! (Though that's a little better than a corpse.)

The first time Optimus Prime fights Scourge, he gets his ass handed to him. I mean, he gets his ass beat so bad he can't even get up to save Bee. Then in the last fight sequence, he beats Scourge nearly flawlessly. I understand that he was injured because of Noah and Mirage and they both did some damage before Prime got there, but if I told a master of Tai Chi to only use one leg to stand on and let me punch him a few times but to still fuck me up, after I'd hit him, I'd STILL be on the ground in four seconds flat. And Scourge was still able to use his foot (although limited), so there's no excuse other than "plot convenience" and less-than-okay writing. It was messy and felt weak.

And the last twist, the G.I. Joe inclusion... I understand that maybe it was an answer to the question "Where do all the people go after the Autobots don't need them or they move on?" It's not my thing, but it's a nicer explanation than "They go on with life." But if they try to bring G.I.Joe and Transformers together, good luck. I'm into crossovers but that's a lot, and I don't know how much I'd be up to watch that. Maybe I'm in the minority (because the person I went with immediately looked at me with a gaping jaw excited as all hell) but that's gonna be hard to pull off. And given the past few movies, I'm not sure how well that's going to work out.

That being said, I liked a few things.

They make Wheeljack a Hispanic Nerd, which was a nice change compared to the "Rooty Tooty Aim and Shooty Badmouths" that we get a lot of in Tranformers. He was witty and a nerd and a damn "hippie van" and was just overall really cute.

Acree was a strong, independent femme bot who don't need no man. Not trying to point out "feminism shit" to make people mad, just trying to say usually Arcee is pictured with Optimus or some other mech, and she held not only her own, but Wheeljack's as well without seeming aggressive or spiteful about it. She just seemed like a bot who was bright pink, which I enjoyed.

In all, I give the movie a solid "Don't ever do that shit again" 5.5/10. Writing this I've changed my rating from 5 to 6 about four times so that's why it's got a .5.

[marshmallow-biscuit-blog]

Would Rooty go back to work after Mugman came home? We know Mugman writes, but did he try to work other jobs to help out? Or did he just stay home with the kids?

Well, Mugman's main job is a fisherman, his side job is a writer (and watercolors as eventually he begrudgingly took up the suggestion from Ludwig and Kettle, and actually enjoyed it and was as naturally good at it as Cuphead was at piano.) So the kids kind of meet him at the docks after school until he's done because yeah, Rooty goes back to full duty instead of traffic cop when he returns.

[grimlock]

desperately writing my dream because i am PRETTY SURE this is a dream caused by my recent dragon ball super watchings

In the dream, I was also like. part saiyan (and trying NOT to do all these saiyan things in public, so I don't shock people i guess? DESPERATELY just wanted to fly around the whole dream) Goku and Vegeta were there for sure, along with other people?

(The first parts were kinda boring, they were at a fucked up version of my high school, where there were staircases that abruptly ended mid-air and I couldn't figure out why. Vegeta was there.)

Anyway, the dream basically takes place at an ice cream shop, I had basically asked goku and vegeta to let me take care of stuff if anything happens so I can actually like. learn SOMETHING.

And wouldn't you know it, the ice cream shop gets robbed. So stuff happens, the ice cream shop is saved, and I get free ice cream for life

Vegeta spent most of the rest of the dream agonizing over wanting an ice cream cone with a REALLY ridiculous name vs not wanting to say that name (Think like, rooty tooty fresh n fruity) And I remember every time I looked at goku, he had a different ice cream. I basically spent the rest of the dream waiting to eat ice cream, I didn't even get the ice cream by the time I woke up :(

[rootbeerwrites]

Hey Everyone, It's Rooty!

I decided to make a side blog for my writing. I wanted a place for my original stuff, commissions and other stuff! Don't forget to follow me!

[cantbelieveyouregone]

hey since you gave me a bunch of questions im gonna give YOU a bunch of them so how about 1, 6, 7, 20, 27, 39, 46 >:)

Damn, Lee, making me face the consequences of my actions. Greetings hello hi by the way :D

1) What was your first exposure to Danganronpa?

There's a few different answers to this depending on the level of awareness I had on what DR was. In like 2014-ish I had a friend cosplay as Monokuma, but had literally no idea what DR was at that point despite them enthusiastically recommending it to me. A few years later, another friend cosplayed as Chiaki, equally clueless then. It wasn't until like lockdown that I saw a play through of DR1 come up in my recommended on YouTube and I was just like "I vibe with detective games right now, sure" and then I experienced The Horrors (cautiously affectionate). Though I did vaguely recall Hifumi's death when I saw it for the first time, definitely hadn't seen the whole game before.

6) Do you have a fan character? Tell us about them!

I somehow don't have a DR fan character yet! Mainly because my brain took a different route and just started throwing my own characters into a slightly modified DR-like scenario as a game design challenge for myself. More focused on changing parts of the killing game formula and stuff. :p

7) You get the chance to reassign five characters new talents. Who do you choose, and which new talents do they get?

Gonna do this with the angle of characters keeping their underlying personality, and force myself to choose at least one per game. Leon is now the Ultimate Stage Actor, and yes he still wants to be a rock star - dude never learns his lines, just improvs flawlessly. Taka is now the Ultimate Lawyer, and my boy does NOT cope with the changed rules of killing game trial mayhem, repeatedly explaining that you can't just do the death penalty like that and Monokuma telling him to stop being a spoilsport. Hiyoko is now the Ultimate Opera Singer, partially because it makes it ten times funnier that she likes Ibuki's screamo, and because I find it very funny the idea of her absolutely dragging someone through the mud with words while singing Like That. Gundham Tanaka is now the Ultimate Janitor. No further comment, imagine what you will. Finally, I'm gonna say that Shuichi is now the Ultimate Marksman. He retains a literal eye for detail, the insecurity from rooty-tooty-thing-go-shooty thing going wrong, and a better background for the trial text going as absolutely buckwild as it does while the player still handles it, as well as better meta for not participating in the fundamental trial stuff near the end. You're asking the Ultimate Marksman to not take any shot.

Not all of those are amazing choices but it is 6am and I'm writing this because I can't sleep lmao

20) What is your favorite aspect of Danganronpa?

For as flawed as they are, the characters are what I latched on to and made me keep playing. Don't have much more to say without going on essay-length rants about individual character analyses right now though. But the characters are definitely a big draw.

27) You’re placed in a Killing Game as yourself (who you are now, no perks). How far do you believe you’d get?

Bestie, I am fucked. I am exceedingly killable and the embodiment of the Barely Hanging In There Star. I'd be paranoid, self-isolate as much as possible, and that would give anyone that figures out where I go an easy place to kill me with no witnesses. If I don't die first, I'm either a dishonourable second, or the least memorable of the two chapter three victims (because I'm assuming the others are still Ultimates, so I'm literally Just Some Guy) that the writers just get rid of because I outlived whatever subplot significance I had.

39) Which character do you feel deserves more love?

This is a hard one to answer simply from the fact I'm very much in my own bubble and don't really know the fandom's most beloved blorbos. Gonna do a few different ones for different interpretations of the question. Korekiyo was done dirty by the writing and could've been an interesting character but instead just feels like a waste of a good motive, so he deserved more love by the DR writers. Leon seems very ignored because first killer, obvious killer once the investigation started and his literal name was at the scene, and relatively shallow what we got in just the original game. So he could probably do with more attention to expand on his character. And I just don't want the TERFs to have Tenko, so I'm gonna say Tenko. Tenko would aggressively support trans rights, you can't change my mind. Deserves more love from non-TERFs.

46) What are some of your pregame headcanons?

I'm going to assume this is mainly about the V3 crew and answer based on that. And because I'm not creative, one pre-game headcanon per character.

Rantaro was a hell of a homebody, but got very good at cooking, and enjoyed trying to create foods from different cultures as accurately as possible. Danganronpa had a hell of a time getting ahold of him for the 52nd game.

Kaede was actually incredibly good at maths. Never saw herself as the creative type because of it.

Ryoma was actually a relatively happy-go-lucky guy, before the Character Writing made him depressed. He was a very good singer, too.

Kirumi was one of the popular kids, but like... the Secondary Character of the main popular kids friends group. She let you copy off her homework because she was equally as confident when she was completely wrong as when she was right.

Angie regularly ran DnD campaigns for a small group of people. She was the glue holding the friend group together, and the one who stopped them drifting apart.

Tenko was studying psychology in her free time in a desperate attempt to try and find a way to outwit her ADHD. Mainly she just ended up going down Wikipedia rabbit holes. Very good on the clarinet.

Korekiyo was just a normal guy. Didn't have a sister. Healthy relationship with his existing family. He had a pet dog that he hung out with a lot after school. He never brushed his hair.

Miu was actually a completely average student, the kind of person you'd never happen to really meet unless someone introduced you. But by God she was passionate about writing. Not that she ever told anyone.

Gonta was very much a gym bro. Neglected a lot of his studies to get back on the grind, but was still quite naturally smart. He paid no mind to people wondering how a teenager like him was jacked as fuck.

Kokichi was very much your archetypical emo kid. Got very good at pretending everything was fine for the sake of not getting bothered by people, and tried to blend into the background. He wanted to hack the school website for fun but couldn't be bothered to figure it out.

Kaito was the guy to go to if you needed to pretend you had a boyfriend for an event. He'd do it for a day's lunch money. Solid C+ student in everything but art, where he was a B+ student.

Keebo, I have always imagined as a regular guy who was augmented into a cyborg masquerading as a robot. Aka, not actually even a robot, but Danganronpa fucked him up big time for their purposes. He was a very sporty kid, but didn't like people drawing attention to it. He just had a lot of energy.

Tsumugi... I find it hard to do a headcanon for her because I can't even agree with myself whether she's actually a teenager or an adult cosplaying as one. But she had a small close knit group of friends that she'd spend at least one weekend a month with.

Maki was really looking forward to studying literature in her higher education. But then someone made her apply to Danganronpa on a dare, and she did it to shut them up, intentionally making herself sound as boring as possible to reduce the chance she got picked. Unfortunately, Team Danganronpa took it as a challenge.

Himiko was the one who you'd hear about doing some wild shit, but then you'd meet her in person and the vibe can only be described as the gif of SpongeBob sitting in a coffee shop looking sad. You could never be sure if the things you heard were rumours or true.

Shuichi was the disruptive one with anger issues. He'd aggressively disagree with the teacher's opinion just because he could and he was bored. The only exception was in Geography. It was the one subject that for some reason calmed him down.

Hope those answers were alright! I'd link to the ask game but I'm on mobile and can't be bothered right now, might edit to add it later though lmao

[rootbeergoddess]

Nezuko Loves Baby

Tanjiro can’t find his sister but you know where she is. She’s cuddling your baby in her crib. I based this on a TikTok I saw of a little boy holding his newborn sister and refusing to let her go.

This was a predicament you never thought you’d find yourself in.

Ruka, your daughter, was fast asleep in her crib. Next to her was a demon, a demon you knew. Nezuko, in her tiniest form, was snuggled up next to your baby with an arm around her. It was adorable, but you figured Tanjiro would be looking for his sister. You had tried to remove Nezuko, but she pushed you away and pulled Ruka closer to her. Honestly, you were at a loss. Nezuko wouldn’t hurt you; you knew that. She was a special case, and the master had permitted her to fight with her brother.

There was a knock downstairs, and you left the bedroom to answer it. Your husband reached the door first.

“Ah, young Kamado!” Kyojuro beamed at the younger boy. “To what do I owe the pleasure?”

“I’m sorry to bother you, Mister Rengoku. I know it’s late, but I’m desperate. I can’t find Nezuko,”

“I was wondering when you’d arrive,” You said, coming up behind your husband. “Nezuko is here.”

“She is?” Tanjiro asked hopefully.

“She is?” Kyojuro looked at you, confused.

“Yes, follow me,” You said.

You headed back upstairs to your bedroom as the two men followed you. In the bedroom, you walked over to the crib.

“Nezuko, Tanjiro is here.”

Nezuko opened one eye and sat up. Both your husband and Tanjiro were speechless. Nezuko stared at them for a second before yawning and lying back down. She pulled Ruka closer, making sure the baby was near. Tanjiro quietly tiptoed over to the crib and looked in. He reached towards Nezuko, but she pushed his hand away. With Ruka in her arms, she turned over onto her side. You stifled a giggle.

“What? Nezuko, what are you doing?” Tanjiro tried to grab her again.

“No, no, no,” Nezuko mumbled sleepily.

“Ah, Nezuko, you can’t stay here! This isn’t your crib, and you’re too big to be in it anyways,” Tanjiro said. “Let go of the baby.”

“No!” Nezuko declared.

“Nezuko, please!” Tanjiro was getting frustrated.

“No!” Nezuko repeated and slapped her brother’s hand.

“Nezuko!” Tanjiro held his hand.

“It seems we have quite the dilemma,” Kyojuro said. “How do we remove Nezuko from the crib while making sure she leaves Ruka?”

“Do we have to?” You said. “What’s the problem?”

“But—she barely fights in the crib!” Tanjiro said.

“It’s fine,” You shrugged. “I trust Nezuko.”

Smiling, you leaned into the crib and kissed Nezuko on the forehead. She hummed happily, hugging Ruka.

“Well then, I see no reason to remove her from the crib then!” Rengoku said.

“Are you sure? You don’t have to let her stay,” Tanjiro said.

“You can stay too, Tanjiro,” You said. “We have a spare room.”

“I don’t want to impose.”

“Tanjiro, I’ve already told you. You’re family. You are always welcome here,” You said. “You’re not imposing. We love having you here.”

Tanjiro’s cheeks turned pink, and he scratched his head, smiling. You were going to search for a blanket when your husband grabbed your hand and pulled you into his arms. Without a word, he kissed you.

“Kyo, what was that for?” You asked.

“I have fallen in love with you for the second time,” He said, pressing his forehead to yours. “The love you have for others is astounding. I consider myself lucky that you agreed to be my wife. You have given me love, a beautiful child, and more.”

“You say the sweetest things,” You said, smiling at him. “Tanjiro is family as far as I’m concerned. He did protect you from that demon on the Mugen Train. Speaking of Tanjiro, I better find him a blanket.”

You kissed Kyojuro’s cheek and went to the closet for a blanket.

“I agree with you, Mr. Rengoku. You are lucky. Onii-chan is amazing.” Tanjiro said.

“Yes,” Rengoku crossed his arms, watching you. “She’s one of a kind.”

[max1461]

strangely a languagr about you is only english (though perhaps old english, deapite and WITH all the modern nuances and flexibility of it) in my head. Im sure you probably (i think you posted that you do) speak and understand way more than just eng, i dont know if its your native language, and i hope this isnt taken badly- i mean it nicely and with fascination, and geniuine aprechiation to english as a language without relation as a political tool. But the way your syntax and thoughts flow, at least how theyre expressed in your posts, is only really with such a cadence and charm in english which allows near word-salad paragraphhs to be very coherent. In an endearing way i want to say you as person make me think of english. Your trailing on and on and on in, like an upwards spiral of paralilogramic thesoi is to me much like how old english texts in murals and illuminated manuscripts are. Very rooty, despite your many uses greek-etymology words ("orthogonal" comes to mind), very grounded, very real, sprawling like ivy. english!))))

wow, thank you!!! this is such a nice thing to say and, like, it makes me very happy that my writing comes off in such a specific way. thank you!

[arttrampbelle]

My mk asks answered by me

Here is my mk asks answered by me

(These are just my personal opinions and takes)

Various mk based asks

Combo of sfw and nsfw.

Cw:nsfw content.

❤🐉❤🐉❤🐉❤🐉❤🐉❤🐉❤🐉❤🐉❤

SFW:

• What is in your opinion the best stage?: honestly overall in any game is living forest, shang tsungs throne room(mk1) and island ruins(mk11) respectively(because im a shang tsimp). And there are a few others but i can't think of the name specifically rn.

• Who is your main?: currently shang tsung. The og main is/was kung lao

• What powers/fighting type would you have if you were in mk?: well if i go by my self insert oc lady tsung(shang's wife),she has his fighting skills since she was trained by him,only a bit of magic which is fire magic. She is very monitored and limited with soul magic (due to her husband being cautious af). But if its me straight up? Fire magic/fire chi.

• Who is your fave kharacter(s)?: this will be extensive) shang tsung,kung lao,liu kang,scorpion,subzero(both kuai and bi-han),raiden,fujin,jax,johnny cage,kano,jade,kitana,shao kahn,mileena,goro,kintaro,sheeva,reptile,smoke,rain,cyrax,sektor,nightwolf. These are just ones i really like.

• If you had to pick a representative realm,who's side would you be on? Or would you be on your own side,acting alone? Aka neutral.: I'd be neutral. I mean I'd be probably a bit bias to earthrealm,because i live there. Buuuut. Eh.

• If your found yourself on shang tsung's island,washed up on the beach. What is your first reaction,and what would you do first?: besides choking half to death of seawater. I'd probably mildly panic. But then be happy because its a tropical paradise. Unf,yes. But I'd try to find out who lives here if any at all. (And me finding shang well....this is the hell i choose hun)

• Would you have a master/teacher/sensei? If so...who?: well my self insert oc lady tsung is technically his pupil. Soooo. Shang tsung. But also I'd pick him anyways,because who better to learn from then legit the guy that can turn into anybody?

• Fatalities,brutalities,or friendship?: depends on the situation. Game wise. I love brutalities more now than fatalities. Friendships are always welcome. Storywise or in a narrative? Maybe a fatality,cant go wrong with that. Friendships or mercy if the story counts for it.

• What stage would you NOT wanna be stuck in?: fuuuuuuck. Probably the pit only because,i do not like heights. But close second would be the deadpool/acid pit.

• Who would be absolutely terrifying to fight in mk. Even if it was at its fairest and you had the highest advantage.: raiden. Because why would you fight a god? Shang tsung not because he is only dangerous to fight but this fucker would know i like him,and take full advantage of that. He probably already has. The fight wouldn't get anywhere because he'd be too busy trying to get a rise outta me.

• Who's your least faves and why?: Stryker,because acab and i just dont like him all that much. Kronika because she's useless as a main badguy is underwhelming,and boring. (Look things could always be written better but how it was played out was hella sloppy and no excuse for them to not write better)

• Who's in your opinion the best character to play as? Who is the worst?: that depends entirely on you. For me personally the worst,i hate playing d'vorah and mileena in mk11 soley for the fact its hella unbalanced. But overall in mk across the board. Any character with gun(minus erron black because his character is based around rooty tooty mc shooty). As for the best character. Any of the two monks,johnny cage,raiden(if done right) and shang tsung if you wanna be an absolute jerk to your opponent. These characters are well rounded across many games for the most part and good to play even if you know nothing of mk. Or fighting games. Liu kang is easy and so is johnny cage. Good for beginners.

• Fave game?: shaolin monks and mk2.

• Least fave game?: honestly i dunno. I can't hate a mk game. Only critique its storytelling. But it's never been 100% anyways so despite any personal gripes. All mk games at the end of the day are fun. If you aint having fun. Then it sucks.

• Favorite iteration of your faves? The least fave?: ok look my fave shang tsung is always the 95 movie. 11 when he came back i was so stoked! (And the only reason why i got mk11 in the first place. I wouldn't touch it otherwise) but i have a soft spot for mk legends SR and BOTR old man shang tsung. Artt butler's performance grew on me. But no offense,unpopular opinion here. Snowblind sucked. Unless you are a kano simp or a kenshi fan. You wont like this movie. It feels so catered to one type of audience it aint funny. But BOTR and SR also has some problems too. But shang tsung is once again the only good thing about it. Maybe raiden. But thats about it. Sadly.

• Who would you love to have a drink with?: shang,not because i love the character. But because it would be fun and interesting conversations I'd have. Maybe raiden or fujin.

• Who would you play board games/videogames with?: raiden or kung lao or liu kang. They'd be fun. Videogames with johnny cage. Because he'd be a blast.

• Who would you have as a sparring partner?: if not shang? Liu kang. He'd be fair... ish.

• Who is your arch nemesis?: quan chi. More likely.

• Who if given the chance to. Would you love to sit down and have a deep conversation with?: shang tsung or raiden. If i can get away with it,shao kahn surprisingly. (Look my shao kahn is waaaaaaay more scary intelligent than is depicted in most media)

• Where would you like to live in the mk verse?: shang's island. Far tf away from people. Plus i love the ocean and beach sm.

• Would you help johnny cage with a movie if given the opportunity?: maybe. Depending on the script.

• What's your main outfit look like?: i have art of it.

• Do you have a self insert(s/i)? If so what do they look like?: see above

• Do you self ship? If so. With who?: shang tsung uwu. Because i absolutely love this character.

• If you could change 3 major things about the story. What would you change?: ok first of all get rid of these "titans" bullshit. Thats for starters. Second of all actually make the elder gods do their jobs,be more involved and relevant again. 3rd thing,write a better system of rules of mk and enforce the tournament,like actually make this not just plot convenient. Actually enforcing these rules.

• If you could have the power of the crown,would you take it? If so what would you do? If not,who would you give it to and why?: i wrote a whole thing for that with my self insert oc lady tsung.

• What is a race/species in mk you want to be explored or expanded upon?: the kytinn,the shokan,maybe reptiles species the saurians.

• What part of the lore is underrated or underused?: shiiiiit there is too many things they forgot and left to rot.

• Opinion on the special forces?: too much involvement in the story when they dont need to be. Not to be that guy but i really wish people would stop having this obsession with us military. It's disturbing to me. And special forces,was never ment to be a huge thing. It was so minuscule in the grand scheme of things for mk. Like it was to show " hey yeah, you aren't the big bad tough guys here. There is something bigger than you. So buckle up bitch because you about to get humbled" because i loved it when the characters had to rely on things that was beyond them. Like actual fighting skils and not relying on "gUn" to do the job. Maybe magic. Because let's be real. The us military would both piss their pants at an actual invasion of another world. Plus wanna get their greedy hands in whatever crap outworld has to offer. Dont lie. We'd be fucked if we didn't have a raiden or mk tournament to back us up. The only thing that should come out of SF is sonya n jax and they are again,minuscule in the grand scheme of it all. They got humbled real quick. As it should be. There is more I'd add. But id be here all day.

• Opinion on the elder gods?: should be utilized more and better. But overall cool.

• Opinion on the old timeline? New timeline?: honestly i just want a good story. New,old,dont matter.

• Opinion on the "kombat kids"?: could be better. Takeda and jin are the only ones i actually care about. Jacqui is cool but became a jax "clone" instead of her our autonomy as a character. And cassie,dont get me started on her. I'd be in a rage for days. But I'll leave it as she should have been johnnys kid from other marriage,instead of a careless one night stand that turned into loveless forced marriage for plot because the writers are brain dead and bigoted towards jax's family(because of course the only two main yt characters gotta have happy endings without much damage and actual consequences). But ya know. That's too spicy for people who don't understand why this shit pisses me off personally.

• Are you a heroic kharacter,villainous,neutral,etc?: myself? neutral for the most part.(as for my self insert oc Lady tsung will always be by her husband's side regardless if it's agreement with him or not. That woman is loyal. She is also neutral for the most part)

• How dirty are your willing to fight?: as dirty as it calls for it.

• If tempted by an enemy to join them if it ment saving your realm,home,loved ones,friends.....would you?: if its shang id be boned. Lol. Take that as you will. But if its shao kahn,fuuuuck i would begrudgingly say yes. I'd find a way out tho. If im already on shangs side or the "bad guy" side. Probably not,I'd be loyal af to shang even if i agree or not.

• If you were to be in an arranged marriage with a "bad guy" who would you rather be with? What about a "good guy"?: *chuckles* im in danger. *sweats as shang looks at me suggestively* But im not sure about a good guy tho. Kung lao would be the prime candidate for that maybe.

• If you could kiss any kharacter,who would it be?: shang tsung no doubt. But maybe lao. Kith,kith him on his head. :3 maybe fujin. Hee hee.

• Would you show your opponent mercy?: have they earned it? Then Yes. If not. Well time for the pain.

• If you had to pick a kharacter to die or killed off,for good. (Aka no bringing back for plot,like actually they ded ded bro) who would it be?: stryker....sorry Stryker enjoyers. But hey...he'd go out in style. So dont worry too much.

• Who would be a better guest kharacter?: duke nukem. Dont ask. I think it would be funny.

• Opinions on guest kharacters?: i dont care for em. I feel they take up space on the roster for more important characters and characters more deserving.

• What rules of mk are absolutely necessary and what rules do you think would be absolutely bullshit? (This one is for people who actually give a damn about tournament rules,lore rules,and general rules that were established in lore. If you dont care. Skip this.): honestly the rules should be more prevalent in the plot and story in general than what is shown. Period.

• What features would you keep,get rid of,and better utilize or polish up. Or even add?: get rid of too specific augements that legit are useless otherwise. Keep the easy fatalities tokens those are a godsend. And maybe add better skins and outfits. Better customization than just color palette swaps. And not 30000 of the same one only slightly different. Add a color wheel to custom the color more.

• Who is more aesthetically appealing?: shang tsung. Yeah im bias. But maybe the storm gods. But again they are gods so....yeah.

Ok now for nsfw

❤🐉🔥❤🐉🔥❤🐉🔥❤🐉🔥❤🐉🔥❤🐉

• If you had to have a one night stand with a kharacter who would it be?: probably shang tsung. Tho i wouldn't really do one night stands. But especially with him. But he'd make it worthwhile. Next after that would be fujin,raiden,maybe kuai or hanzo. But again i dunno if these would actually be a one night stand.

• Who in your opinion has the biggest pp? Whether in energy or literally the biggest: as in figuratively,probably big pp energy is shang,shao kahn,hanzo,sonya,and fujin and raiden. But literal big pp would be: shang,shao kahn,raiden and fujin

• Who would you say gives the best oral?: not to be bias but shang tsung. Silver tongued isn't just for communication and or scheming dear. 😏💖🐍. But i feel he's got experience. Plus i hc he likes oral giving and receiving.

• Where in the mk verse would you liked to get fucked the most?: shangs island,the wushi gardens,and maybe the fire gardens.

• Who would send the most chills if they did dirty talk to you?: shang tsung automatically but fujin i hc gives the most filthiest dirty talk,you'd never know. And to be praised by a God would be ....excuse me a moment *throws water on self* ah much better.

• If you woke up next to your mk blorbo,naked,in their bed. What is your reaction?: *dies of embarrassment and happiness because omfg im next to shang tsung*

• Sexual tension training session? Thoughts?: *hee hee hee* yesss. Bonus points if i can get shang flustered. But training with anyone with "tension" would be hilarious.

• What god,elder god,or immortal kharacter would you smash?: fujin. Hands down. No contest. Raiden a close 2nd.

• If a god caught with your mk f/o (if you have one) doing the do. What would your reaction be? Theirs?: I'd die of embarrassment. But raiden would be like "i didn't wanna see that" *leaves immediately*

• Who is the most husband/wife/spouce material? Who is the least?: honestly for bad guys shang tsung. You'd have everything you could ask for,nobody would dare be stupid enough to harm you (less their soul be food for fodder for shang) and he's actually very accommodating. I hc he's cuddly and a bit maybe possessive in bed. But overall a good husband. As for other characters good and or neutral. Hanzo,kuai,johnny,raiden and fujin,kung lao,liu kang,and baraka.

• Would you bring back sexy outfits? Skimpy attire for everyone? Or just keep it rather tame or realistic outfits?: both and all,keep many options open.

• The smuttiest,filthiest,hc you have for your faves.: *cracks knuckles* ok look im only gonna give 3 for shang. Because i have too many. That i can make for a separate post for another time.

1. Shang tsung loves to eat out his partner on his throne,and also getting head too. But if he's getting head he wont mind if anyone happens to walk by or see by "accident" it's kind of a "ego" boost for him. But if he's going down on you,giving YOU pleasure? Nobody must see,if anyone thinks about seeing you like that. They'll get a face full of flaming skull or worse. This is him pleasing his beloved. This is a private and more pampering time. He wants you all to himself. To savor all of you.

2. He will only let you dom him if he is married to you,and its been at least a year or 2 after you married. And only if he is absolutely in the mood for it. But only you are allowed. And only certain things. Shang has trust issues and if he let's you do these things and you communicate well with him. He definitely loves you. But you have to be a special person for him to let you. But oh boy shang tsung whimpering to you in bed gives me the best high of my life.

3. Shang tsung has used magic to please his partner. Dont lie. If he's busy he will use his magic to pleasure you. If he's extra spicy he'll use a magical sex toy on you. While he does his work. Which might be making magic scroll,to alchemy,to helping reinforce his islands defenses or engineering. (No making clones is a tedious process and takes up way to much resources. Plus its annoying for him unless he gets paid enough or compensated for it. He dont do that shit for free. Plus im sick of the clones excuse and plot. Ugh no offense to people)

• How loud is your mk blorbo in bed?: shang is moderately loud. Most of the time. If he wants to be loud however,all the island will hear him. If he wants to be quiet however,its more likely you are playing a little lovers game. He always want you to be loud. How else will they know your heart and soul is his?

• Mk Blorbo,angry sex? What's it like? What about other faves?: oh yes. Please. I need this in my life. Shang is rough not enough to do bad damage. But he won't hold back. It's what you expect from a dark and very powerful sorcerer such as shang tsung. As for other faves. You know how they fight. Thats how they fuck. Makes only logical sense. Lol.

• Mk Blorbos Opinions on virginity?: look shang i genuinely feel doesn't guve a fuck if his partner is a virgin. It's only icing on the cake. If you are a virgin,he will absolutely take pride in being your first and would have the biggest smug ass grin on his face. But if not...oh well. He will make it feel like its your first tho. Either way he'd love you no matter what. If you managed to capture his heart n soul? Oh boy he'd have his little claws like a vice grip.

• Mk blorbos opinions on breeding kink? Would they have this kink? Would they be willing to get into this kink?: *evil laugh* the idea and fantasy? Sure shang is down. But in reality? Eh i dunno. He's too cautious for that. But with convincing,you could change his mind.

• How would your fave go about asking for sex? Would they be straight up or would they give hints and play around with you? What about you?: shang tsung could go either way. But he's always tactful and tasteful about it. Shang loves playing games,mind or otherwise. So the courting isnt any different. As for me,I'd rather be upfront but tasteful.

• How long would they wait to have sex with you? Would they be ok with rather early on or would they actually wait a bit?: at least give him a year. Shang isn't gonna say no if you are willing a bit early on in your relationship. But give him at least a year to figure you out.

• Would people know about your affairs or would they keep it under the radar? Or would they kinda have something in between?: depends. It's more of an open secret. Like they'd know you fucking shang or at least are close with him. But they dont know details. Just as shang would prefer it to be.

• Would they fuck after a fight? Would they fuck during a sparring match? Would the do this during training? What is their opinions about sexy times during kombat?: depends on how that fight went. If shang comes home after a fight and he lost badly,he might take his frustrations out but only if you agree thats ok. He'd never do it unless you wanted to. But if you green light that,be prepared for a sore ass the next day. But otherwise he'd work out or take it out on a minion. He comes back however and the fight was an absolute flawless victory. He'd celebrate and pamper and cherish you like the jewel you are in his life. Either way you're good.

• Turn ons? Turn offs?: he likes to be somewhat clean. He hates feeling dirty when fucking. So at least let him shower a bit beforehand. During the sex he can get filthy. And its not a huge deal if you both are in the moment. But he prefers to be clean and have a bit of a romantic atmosphere. Also i hc he loves somft s/os and naughty brats. So if you are both or either. You in luck.

• What they seek in a sexual partner (aka what they find sexually attractive) vs what they seek in a significant other/spouce (aka marriage material): ok shang doesn't discriminate with sexual partners. He's down for anything. Be it somft and sweet or you are more aggressive type. But as for a spouce? If you are patient,know how to talk and handle people,diplomatic,and or intelligent(doesn't need to be scientific or book smarts. But emotional intelligence is a huuuuuge turn on. Someone who has emotional maturity and understanding is a huge way to get him to say "unf just fucking marry me already!" ) you have him at hello.

• Who would they have a dick measuring kontest with. Aka who would they have to throw hands the most with for your affections?: there may be many. But i feel kung lao(for personal reasons),hanzo(because he feels shang doesn't deserve me) and maybe fujin(out of jealousy and the fact he doesn't trust him), maybe liu kang but in weird platonic way(unless its an au) maybe shao kahn but thats for funny memey reasons only.

• Do you like them softer/romantic or more spicy/kinky?: both

• What "bedroom" nicknames would you call them? What about what they'd call you?: shang would use. peach,my love,my beloved,my jewel,my pearl,or straight up calls you beautiful. As for me I'd call him master tsung (he relishes this),sorcerer(only in a teasing way) maybe bao bao if im feeling mushy,my love,but for the most part i just call him by his name.

[wildfirehq]

CHARACTER NAME: Wylan Van Eck

CHARACTER FACECLAIM: Jeremy Dufour

CHARACTER AGE/DOB: August 8, 1992

CHARACTER PRONOUNS/GENDER IDENTITY/SEXUALITY ETC: He/Him; Cismale; Jespersexual

CHARACTER FANDOM: Six of Crows

OC OR CANON:  Canon

IF RELEVANT, PLEASE COMMENT ON ANY IMPORTANT CANON DIVERGENCES: Wylan go Boom. 

WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED & ANY IMPORTANT ALLIANCES OF NOTE: Crows. Cannot be physically 6 feet apart from his rootie tootie shootie boyfriend or he’ll explode (this is a joke). Goes between Alexandria and Commonwealth but considering Everything with the Crows, his location is at Kazzle Dazzle’s discretion. 

IMPORTANT CHARACTER INFORMATION TO NOTE AND SHARE:

TW: CHILDBUSE; ABLEISM

Wylan has an extreme form of Dyslexia, and therefore it makes reading and writing horrendously difficult for him.

Wylan like to make projectile explosives. Walkers go boom. 

Grew up with a richie rich “STEM adjacent entrepreneur billionaire” father who thought Wylan was useless because of his disabilities. Oh no, the kid can’t take over the family business. How said. 

Insanely talented at playing the flute. Can play the piano, but he’s of the opinion that while it sounds pretty, it’s just not as fun sounding. 

His mother, who was basically the only light in his life, “died” from a “lung infection” when he was about 8 She was locked up in a mental institution, to whom Wylan’s bitch ass father paid a metric fuck ton of money to keep her from seeing the light of day again. 

But why did he do this? Because Wylan’s disability and Jan Van Eck didn’t want any more “defective” children

Marya’s fate in the apocalypse is unknown because Meri hasn’t decided or conferred with Andy and Alice on if this can be a plot later

Remarried a lovely girl named Alys when Wylan was about 16ish. Alys was only a few years older than Wylan. Which. Creepy. 

Alys also had a big ol’ gigantic affair with her music teacher and ran away with him once the apocalypse started and took Van Eck’s new kid with her. Go Alys. 

Meanwhile, Wylan’s dad became involved in Wildfire. 

And, well, Wylan showed promise at science and math. So his dad was content in leaving him alone for the time being. 

Except, well. Around April 2010. When Wylan tries to whistleblow about wildfire. And things turned a tad…. Murder-y. Bad murder-y.

He eventually meets Kaz Brekker. Because sweet little moron Wylan is an idiot little rich boy, he doesn’t realize Kaz already knew exactly who he was. Wylan is placed under protection for some time. 

Spring 2013, Wylan joins the rest of the crows and is irritable when Wylan realizes that Kaz knew who he was this whole time and wasn’t coming to him for his explosives/chemist abilities

He’s still salty. Yeah, it’s been 11 years. And?

Something something simps for Jesper

Wylan enjoys his time with the crows and their slightly more blood robin-hood esque adventures. 

Something something simps for jesper. 

Truly, he starts to have Kaz’s “scheming face” nailed down. It’s a little frightening. 

Something something - you get it. 

He enjoys America. Especially because it put many, many miles between him and the shitshow that his father helped cause. 

………………. Okay fine, he wants a heist too. Fuck off. 

ONE SONG THAT HAS YOUR CHARACTER VIBES:

Liability by Lorde

[bennyswhims]

Rooty Toot Toot (Columbia/UPA, John Hubley, Art Babbitt, 1951)

The 1950s was a pivotal decade for the industry. Disney was going all in on the parks, deeply unsettled by the war and demoralized by the strike, his rug was being pulled from under his feet. This isn't to say that Disney Studios was struggling, far from it, as they were releasing some (for the first time in many years) successful feature films, and settling in as even more of a household name. This, however, led to a lot of former Disney big names to feel a bit stifled by the direction the studio was headed in. Family entertainment could only go so far for many, and the styles in which they could work were limited to a mostly standardized "American cartoon" set of Art Nouveau guidelines, which, while beautiful, were definitely far from creatively encouraging.

This led to many important Disney animators leaving ourselves, and coming together to form what came to be called the UPA (United Productions of America) studio group, a production house led almost entirely by animators who revolutionized what cartooning could be. Abstract and impressionistic, their animated shorts were aimed at a general-but-adult audience, similarly to the early 1930s Disney shorts (though with the racism dialed way down). Death, infidelity, crime and violence were often what the films centered on, and black humor and esotericism were the genres of choice. This leads us to the film I'd like to highlight today:

Rooty Toot Toot is a 7 minute Noir black comedy that tells of the trial of Frankie, accused perpetrator of the murder of her sweetheart Johnny, shot by 3 bullets to the chest. The prosecutor tells the story, Johnny was meeting with singer Nelly Bly for rehearsals at the local bar, and, out of jealousy, his scorned lover shot him as soon as she found out. The singer and the bartender give witness accounts, and then Frankie is represented. After her defense attorney spins the story on its head, the court deems her to be innocent, and she is released. Or, she would have been, had her defense attorney not kissed Nelly Bly at the courthouse, and caused Frankie to shoot him the same way with the evidence-gun right then and there.

A simple story, this short is eye opening for the time (and yet has aged like wine), and is much, much more than the sum of its parts. Set to a bebop tune, the short often rhymes and dances around itself in the most charming of ways. In fact, most of the character movements are presented as dances, and all of the character voices are fully in song to the music. A renowned milestone for the industry, the short was nominated for an Academy Award on release, and has been deemed to be in the top 50 most influential cartoons of all time.

This film stands out, as UPA was a house of much star power balanced out by puny amounts of funding. Mostly filled by embittered-yet-passionate ex-disneys and arthouse commies, it was hard for the artists to even afford the paper they shot, let alone aim for the success that they obtained through their cleverness, resourceful style and genius settings and stories. They should stand ad proof for any animator that ideas are king, and your skulls and resources should be honed for the service of the stories you want to tell if you aim to create the worlds you dream about.

I obviously find UPA to be incredibly inspiring, and I'm very happy to get to talk about them here, so this post was a treat to write. Happy Halloween!

References:

Rooty Toot Toot, Wikipedia:

The 70th anniversary of Rooty Toot Toot, Cartoon Research:

Rooty Toot Toot ~ John Hubley ~ UPA ~ 1951 ~ nice copy, justjeff53, YouTube

[pocketvenuslux]

Earlier in the summer of this year, Nicholas Nilsson, founder of the American niche house Pineward Perfumes announced he had purchased the original formulas for Apoteker Tepe from Holladay Saltz and would be releasing them. I have long wanted to try this house but it folded before I could try anything other than The Holy Mountain. In particular, I had smelled After the Flood briefly and longed to test it on my skin. When I heard this news, I immediately began counting down to the day I could purchase the sample set. AT fragrances are now available here. Many thanks to both Saltz for her creations and Nilsson for bringing them back to life!

After the Flood is perhaps the house’s best known fragrance. It’s an interesting scent with a hyperrealistic opening of waterlogged soil. The kind you'd find in a forest. There's the suggestion of flinty stones but unlike scents like Coven or Bat where there's a focus on geosmin, this one is full of organic material. It's very vivid. You can almost see the wet bits of organic matter in the dirt. The mushroom accord that emerges is lighter and starchier than I imagined. So much so that if I hadn't read mushroom, I would have described it as more rooty and starchy. At one point it becomes positively creamy. But there's this hint of dankness that keeps it from being pretty.

Anabasis is a terrific cooling fragrance. But very beautiful and not your typical citrusy freshie. You're immediately struck by pine and a shiso leaf so realistic, it's like it's just been sliced. Backed up by cedar. Imparts a sense of cleanliness while being gentle. There are no harsh or sharp edges here. Luca Turin gave this one a poor review, but I personally think it was dismissive. While it’s not as challenging or complex as the other scents in this house I've tried, it's not boring. Versatile and perfect for a hot summer evening.

Brother Night is an intriguing, citrusy, sweet and smoky scent that's almost flinty at times. I've never smelled marigold before and it's not like a typical generic floral scent. It actually reminds me a lot more of a bitter citrus - pomelo to be exact but if you aren't familiar with pomelos, think of grapefruits which can also have that flintiness. A little unusual but still wearable.

Karasu is probably the most difficult from the house. The opening is particularly challenging with the starchy costus root imparting more than a hint of unwashed hair. This mingles with smoky woods which tempers that unwashed vibe but it's present well into the dry down. This is an intriguing incense perfume. I will note though that while costus is used in some Japanese incenses, the "hair" note doesn't remind me of any Japanese incenses I've tried. Definitely test this one first before buying.

Pale Fire opens as a fairly conventional boozy chocolate gourmand scent but quickly gains complexity and depth as a charred note settles in. It's a bit sweet, like barbecued corn on the cob. It's never harsh and it's smoothed out by vanilla amber. Along with Anabasis, this is probably one of the easier wears in the house and the most conventional, though I'll note this was released before woody ambers took off big time. Particularly if you are smelling from afar, it's nothing special. Closer up though, the burnt grains makes it odder than usual.

The Holy Mountain. I actually have a sample of the original so I’m going to write a separate review comparing them side-by-side.

The Peradam. I was so blown away by this, I’m going to give this one a separate review as well.